WEBVTT - The Power of Your Testimony 0:00:00.380 --> 0:00:04.430 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.460 --> 0:00:08.330 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.420 --> 0:00:11.149 Carl and crew helping you take your next step with Jesus. 0:00:11.180 --> 0:00:16.100 Have you underestimated the power of your testimony? Possibly. If 0:00:16.100 --> 0:00:20.270 you go into the book of revelation, the linchpin turning 0:00:20.270 --> 0:00:24.890 point is in the tribulation about halfway through. And I'm 0:00:24.890 --> 0:00:26.870 going to back up and get some context here for 0:00:26.870 --> 0:00:29.420 one of the coolest verses of the power of your 0:00:29.420 --> 0:00:32.779 spoken testimony. Go all the way back to verse seven 0:00:32.780 --> 0:00:37.040 in chapter 12 of revelation. Now war arose in heaven. 0:00:37.070 --> 0:00:42.350 Michael the archangel and his angels fighting against the dragon 0:00:42.350 --> 0:00:45.650 and the dragon and his angels. So this is Satan. 0:00:45.650 --> 0:00:49.190 And all his demonic forces fought back, but he was 0:00:49.190 --> 0:00:51.920 defeated and there was no longer any place for them 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:56.330 in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down that 0:00:56.330 --> 0:01:00.570 ancient serpent who was called the devil and Satan, the 0:01:00.570 --> 0:01:03.900 deceiver of the whole world. This is where we get 0:01:04.380 --> 0:01:11.160 the theological premise and context for how Satan deceives, thrown 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.009 down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down 0:01:14.010 --> 0:01:16.500 with him. Verse ten. And I heard a loud voice, 0:01:16.500 --> 0:01:18.780 This is John now repeating what he heard from from 0:01:18.780 --> 0:01:23.730 Jesus himself in heaven, saying, now the salvation and the power, 0:01:23.730 --> 0:01:26.010 and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of 0:01:26.010 --> 0:01:30.119 his Christ have come. For the accuser of our brothers 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:33.480 has been thrown down or could be translated. Brothers and 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:39.000 sisters has been thrown down. Who accuses them day and 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.430 night before our God? So here we have in a 0:01:41.430 --> 0:01:46.350 few short verses. He's the accuser. He is the deceiver. 0:01:46.350 --> 0:01:50.160 But now he's thrown down. Theologians say this is the 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:54.540 linchpin verse that I'm about to read, where everything shifts 0:01:54.540 --> 0:01:58.990 in the spiritual realm. Verse 11, and they have conquered 0:01:58.990 --> 0:02:04.150 him by the blood of the lamb and by the 0:02:04.150 --> 0:02:08.290 word of their testimony. For they loved not their lives, 0:02:08.290 --> 0:02:12.610 even unto death. Here's what's going on. There are, no 0:02:12.610 --> 0:02:17.590 matter where you're at theologically, whether you're eschatology is that 0:02:17.590 --> 0:02:21.490 we are going to be here through the tribulation or 0:02:21.490 --> 0:02:26.050 the church is raptured out before the tribulation. There are 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:31.810 God's kids who are so radically transformed that they stand strong, 0:02:31.810 --> 0:02:35.500 no matter the cost, even unto the point of death. 0:02:35.500 --> 0:02:38.290 And it's through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and 0:02:38.290 --> 0:02:43.780 the testimony of brothers and sisters that this all happened. 0:02:45.100 --> 0:02:46.720 Pretty powerful ally. 0:02:46.750 --> 0:02:50.200 When you think about the power of testimony. I mean, 0:02:50.470 --> 0:02:54.850 we would probably share our testimony more if we read 0:02:54.850 --> 0:02:56.740 this verse every morning. 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.950 Yes. And this is why Ali gets so fired up. 0:03:00.950 --> 0:03:03.710 And so many of you have been bolstered because there's 0:03:03.710 --> 0:03:07.130 something about hearing people's stories. That's why when you go 0:03:07.130 --> 0:03:09.470 to a church on a weekend and you hear someone's story, 0:03:09.470 --> 0:03:14.480 it's so good. It fuels you, it inspires you. It 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.360 takes away some fear, possibly in you. But Ali has 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:22.310 a whole podcast committed to this. This is what you do, right, Ali? 0:03:22.340 --> 0:03:25.340 Yeah. I've got over 100 testimonies that I've been able 0:03:25.340 --> 0:03:29.240 to collect and share over the last 3 or 4 years, 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.440 and each one of them is unique. There's the pivotal 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.720 moment that shaped your faith in Christ. That's the premise 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.060 of it. And so people go a lot of different directions. 0:03:38.060 --> 0:03:40.940 And I've gotten to talk to higher profile guests. And 0:03:40.940 --> 0:03:42.980 then one person who we asked, hey, do you want 0:03:43.010 --> 0:03:45.800 to be on this podcast? And she said, what's a podcast? 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:47.120 So that's. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.780 Awesome. She's 82 years old and she'd never heard of 0:03:50.780 --> 0:03:51.620 a podcast. 0:03:51.620 --> 0:03:52.400 So awesome. 0:03:52.430 --> 0:03:54.080 That's the full gamut. 0:03:54.860 --> 0:03:57.240 What do you think a podcast is. If you've never 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:58.890 heard it and you hear it for the first time, 0:03:59.370 --> 0:04:02.910 it's like, uh, pea pods. You're casting them out into 0:04:02.910 --> 0:04:05.760 the wind. I don't know. What would a podcast be? 0:04:07.470 --> 0:04:09.930 A sleeping pod that you cast into the lake? 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:11.220 I don't know. I don't know. 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.220 Oh. That's precious. So I want you to get it. 0:04:14.220 --> 0:04:16.680 If you have not heard these stories and you want 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.279 something more than Doomscrolling cat videos, we got it for you. 0:04:20.310 --> 0:04:26.100 Text the word snap to 800 555 7898. Text snap 0:04:26.100 --> 0:04:31.589 to 805 five five 7898. Everyone knows what I mean 0:04:31.589 --> 0:04:33.780 when I say doomscrolling cat videos, right? 0:04:33.810 --> 0:04:36.900 Oh, yeah. Absolutely. It's the the time where you opened 0:04:36.900 --> 0:04:38.520 up the social media app and you said, I'm going 0:04:38.550 --> 0:04:40.800 to spend five minutes on this, and then you black 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:42.930 out on cat videos and you wake up and it's 0:04:42.930 --> 0:04:43.860 been five hours. 0:04:44.790 --> 0:04:46.200 Listen, we've all done that, man. 0:04:46.230 --> 0:04:46.710 Oh, yeah. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.380 Come on, come on. Confession time. 0:04:49.410 --> 0:04:49.950 We've gotten. 0:04:49.950 --> 0:04:52.320 On that. And I'd love to confess this, but I 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.870 went through a season. Thankfully I'm out of it now. 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.250 grew out of it went through a season where I 0:04:57.250 --> 0:04:59.529 was watching boats that hit docks. 0:05:00.460 --> 0:05:01.390 Told me about that. 0:05:02.890 --> 0:05:07.750 Every size boat and even even ships. And it's it's 0:05:07.810 --> 0:05:10.450 what I don't like is, well, I know I didn't 0:05:10.450 --> 0:05:13.930 see any where people got injured, but you see people, 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.109 you know, it's like run for your lives. We've got 0:05:17.110 --> 0:05:19.570 someone on the catamaran that does not know what they're 0:05:19.570 --> 0:05:23.469 doing and whammo! And and then ships coming in. I've 0:05:23.470 --> 0:05:27.670 seen cruise ships and I won't tell you what company, 0:05:28.390 --> 0:05:32.080 but they come into dock and they've got too much 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:36.130 steam going and whammo! Entire piers are taken out. And 0:05:36.130 --> 0:05:37.990 I don't know why I got into this, but like 0:05:37.990 --> 0:05:42.789 two hours later, after watching boats run into docks, it's like, okay, uh, 0:05:42.820 --> 0:05:44.229 let's go on to something else. 0:05:44.260 --> 0:05:45.550 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:05:45.580 --> 0:05:46.780 Let's move along. 0:05:46.779 --> 0:05:50.020 So we got the other thing for you. Text snap 0:05:50.020 --> 0:05:53.530 to 800 555 7898. And by the way, I want 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.570 to tell you it is a spiritual battle to stop 0:05:56.570 --> 0:06:00.800 doom scrolling stupid stuff into getting stuff that's valuable. No, 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:05.330 straight up, it's a spiritual battle. Satan would much rather 0:06:05.330 --> 0:06:08.960 have you watch calico kittens that are playing for four 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:13.790 hours than listen to one story on Ali. Snapshot. Testimony. 0:06:14.690 --> 0:06:18.589 Satan's like, watch the kittens, watch the kittens. 0:06:18.620 --> 0:06:21.650 That distraction is one of the most powerful tools of 0:06:21.650 --> 0:06:22.460 the enemy. 0:06:22.910 --> 0:06:24.500 What are you laughing about, young Thunder? 0:06:24.529 --> 0:06:28.130 I just thought of just like, a little punchy line for, like, 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:32.660 a sermon. Like, Satan loves cat videos. And I was like, what? But, oh, 0:06:32.690 --> 0:06:34.340 I love I love it drawn out and it's real. 0:06:34.370 --> 0:06:37.279 He does. He loves cat videos because he loves distraction. 0:06:37.310 --> 0:06:39.680 Look, I don't want to get weird on this one. 0:06:39.710 --> 0:06:40.550 No, I mean. 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.760 There's some Netflix are great, but when you watch four 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.460 hours back to back, maybe not so much. You gotta let. 0:06:46.460 --> 0:06:46.850 The Lord. 0:06:46.850 --> 0:06:48.260 Lead you on that one. I'm not going to tell 0:06:48.260 --> 0:06:49.460 you what to be convicted of. 0:06:49.490 --> 0:06:50.630 Give your mind a break. 0:06:50.900 --> 0:06:56.880 Yeah. All right. Uh. Coming up. His name's Butch. He 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.969 was asked a question. He's a high profile guy. You 0:06:59.970 --> 0:07:03.030 might have heard of him. And CBS news asked him 0:07:03.029 --> 0:07:06.539 the question, and thankfully, somebody found it on the cutting 0:07:06.540 --> 0:07:09.089 room floor, and we got it for you. Coming up 0:07:09.089 --> 0:07:13.620 straight ahead. Sometimes some of the best stuff hits the floor. 0:07:13.620 --> 0:07:17.700 You journalist Sally, sometimes miss the best stuff sometimes. 0:07:17.730 --> 0:07:19.800 But this is a great interview. 0:07:19.950 --> 0:07:24.030 He was running from God, but God's love brought him home. 0:07:24.030 --> 0:07:27.960 Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on 0:07:27.990 --> 0:07:29.280 Moody Radio. 0:07:29.430 --> 0:07:31.800 Oh, no, I blew it, Ali. I blew it. Somebody 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.230 texted me. Now I'm about to search boats that run 0:07:34.230 --> 0:07:35.250 into docks. 0:07:35.490 --> 0:07:36.360 No joking. 0:07:36.390 --> 0:07:40.410 Now. Oh, no. Don't do it. Don't do it. 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:41.250 Don't do it. 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:42.750 Go listen to testimony. 0:07:42.780 --> 0:07:43.110 I know. 0:07:43.110 --> 0:07:44.100 It's kind of fun. 0:07:44.130 --> 0:07:44.580 But it's. 0:07:44.580 --> 0:07:46.260 Kind of fun. I wish I could put you under 0:07:46.260 --> 0:07:47.850 a channel or two, but I don't even know how 0:07:47.850 --> 0:07:50.520 I find those things. But then when you click on them. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:54.640 The way social media algorithms work. Then you're like, man, 0:07:54.670 --> 0:07:57.130 this guy likes boats running into docks. 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:58.120 Oh, you like that? 0:07:58.150 --> 0:08:00.640 Here's 56 other videos we think. 0:08:00.670 --> 0:08:01.540 You might like. 0:08:01.570 --> 0:08:02.500 They'll show you boats. 0:08:02.500 --> 0:08:02.770 For. 0:08:02.770 --> 0:08:02.830 A. 0:08:02.830 --> 0:08:03.730 Month or so. 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.180 Oh, man, I don't know. 0:08:07.210 --> 0:08:09.580 I told my wife, I said we should see what 0:08:09.610 --> 0:08:13.540 each other really kind of clicks on, because it would 0:08:13.570 --> 0:08:16.780 be hilarious because she gets she gets all these this 0:08:16.780 --> 0:08:20.020 cooking stuff, man. Which wood? Man? Talk about driving me 0:08:20.020 --> 0:08:24.250 to your Snapchat. Snapchat testimony page. Ali I'm the last 0:08:24.250 --> 0:08:26.620 thing I need is to watch someone cook. I watched 0:08:26.620 --> 0:08:29.410 that beat Bobby Flay or something like that. 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:30.430 Yeah, that was a good show. 0:08:30.460 --> 0:08:30.850 Yeah, yeah. 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.790 Yeah, that was that was good. Because Bobby usually wins 0:08:33.790 --> 0:08:35.620 and I love that. But I love these guys coming 0:08:35.620 --> 0:08:38.770 in trying to dethrone Bobby. Bobby Flay. Isn't that his name? 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.309 Bobby Flay. Flay not thought it was Flay because flavor. 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.689 Not to be confused with Flavor Flay. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:48.550 I didn't even think I'd hear that. 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:50.520 Flavor Flav, love. 0:08:50.550 --> 0:08:51.750 Isn't he the guy with the clock? 0:08:51.780 --> 0:08:52.380 Yeah. 0:08:52.410 --> 0:08:55.590 Oh, yeah. Can you imagine? The dude wears a clock 0:08:55.590 --> 0:08:57.630 that's like this, like 12in across. 0:08:57.660 --> 0:08:59.040 Well, it's about the size of his torso. 0:08:59.070 --> 0:09:00.540 Well, yes. 0:09:00.990 --> 0:09:03.480 So 12in. He might be offended by that. 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:04.560 Oh, dude, I got. 0:09:04.830 --> 0:09:07.830 12in across my torso. Flavor flav. 0:09:07.860 --> 0:09:08.970 Oh, that is hilarious. 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.120 Okay, so listen, we're talking about testimonies. And the power 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.360 of testimony during the tribulation is what we were talking about. 0:09:15.390 --> 0:09:18.750 Check it out in Romans. Uh, revelation 12. By the way, uh, 0:09:18.750 --> 0:09:24.420 but there is this clip from Butch, the spiritual stud 0:09:24.450 --> 0:09:27.839 muffin Wilmore. And he was stuck how many months when 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:28.439 he did this? 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:29.220 Nine months. 0:09:29.460 --> 0:09:34.920 So nine months into this space run that was supposed 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.140 to last 8 or 9 days. And they're asking him, 0:09:37.140 --> 0:09:38.790 how in the world did you do it? Take a 0:09:38.790 --> 0:09:39.990 listen to this. 0:09:40.380 --> 0:09:43.050 We're all the product of our life experiences, and this 0:09:43.050 --> 0:09:47.160 extended business trip of yours certainly qualifies. What is your 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:51.189 life lesson or takeaway Away from these nine months in space. 0:09:51.220 --> 0:09:53.200 Well, in answer to your question, I can I can 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:57.850 tell you honestly, um, my feeling on all of this 0:09:57.850 --> 0:10:01.150 goes back to my faith. It's bound in my Lord 0:10:01.150 --> 0:10:04.570 and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is working out his plan 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:07.599 and his purposes for his glory throughout all of humanity. 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.540 And how that plays into our lives is significant and important. 0:10:10.540 --> 0:10:13.689 And however that plays out. And I am content because 0:10:13.690 --> 0:10:16.960 I understand that. I understand that he's at work in 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.720 all things. Some things are for the good. Go to 0:10:19.750 --> 0:10:22.270 Hebrews chapter 11. Some things look to us to be 0:10:22.780 --> 0:10:26.260 not so good, but it's all working out for his good, 0:10:26.260 --> 0:10:29.440 for those that that will believe and and that's that's 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.480 the answer. So thanks for asking. 0:10:31.870 --> 0:10:32.650 Thanks for. 0:10:32.650 --> 0:10:33.160 Asking. 0:10:33.190 --> 0:10:34.929 I'm so glad you asked. 0:10:34.929 --> 0:10:35.589 Part. 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.740 If you turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 11. 0:10:39.700 --> 0:10:40.360 Yeah, right. 0:10:40.390 --> 0:10:44.200 That was so classic. As we find in Hebrews 11, 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:47.320 as we find in Hebrews 11. 0:10:47.620 --> 0:10:48.040 Yes, he's. 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:49.400 An elder at his church. 0:10:49.429 --> 0:10:49.640 Yeah. 0:10:49.670 --> 0:10:50.270 Is he. 0:10:50.270 --> 0:10:50.630 Really? 0:10:50.660 --> 0:10:52.790 He's been going to the same church in Texas for 0:10:52.790 --> 0:10:54.290 17 years. 0:10:54.380 --> 0:10:57.080 But I reached out to the church, so I'm praying we. 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:57.770 Got to get Butch. 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.439 On here. I've reached out, so we're working on it. 0:11:00.470 --> 0:11:01.460 We got to get Butch in here. 0:11:01.490 --> 0:11:02.270 That's so cool. 0:11:02.660 --> 0:11:06.620 It's so cool. And, you know, the question is, do 0:11:06.620 --> 0:11:09.980 we speak up when somebody tees it up? I mean, 0:11:10.010 --> 0:11:12.320 it was teed up. I mean, what's he going to do? 0:11:12.350 --> 0:11:14.599 You know, I noticed one thing. Did you notice him 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:18.050 licking his chops before he got into the answer? 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:18.859 I mean, no doubt. 0:11:18.890 --> 0:11:20.510 He was licking his chops. Yeah. 0:11:20.929 --> 0:11:23.929 Well, and you can hear the the lilt in his 0:11:23.929 --> 0:11:25.910 voice when he says, thanks for asking. 0:11:25.940 --> 0:11:26.329 Thanks for. 0:11:26.330 --> 0:11:27.079 Asking. Pops up. 0:11:27.110 --> 0:11:27.500 Hold it. 0:11:27.620 --> 0:11:30.050 Play that last little bit again. You got that last 0:11:30.050 --> 0:11:30.500 little bit. 0:11:30.530 --> 0:11:32.120 I don't I have to when I, when I play 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:33.979 the system I have to play it from the whole thing. 0:11:34.010 --> 0:11:34.670 From the whole thing. 0:11:34.700 --> 0:11:38.209 Do we have a link? Because everyone's asking for a link. Oh, no. No, 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:39.590 I just totally got us in trouble. 0:11:39.620 --> 0:11:43.280 No. It's okay. Savannah, our. Our person who monitors the texts. 0:11:43.309 --> 0:11:45.290 She's been sending stuff out to people who are asking 0:11:45.290 --> 0:11:47.610 for it, so. All right, let me, uh, give me 0:11:47.610 --> 0:11:49.949 two seconds. I can pull up the clip here on 0:11:49.950 --> 0:11:50.280 my own. 0:11:50.429 --> 0:11:52.650 Well, okay. Well, here's the deal. If you want the 0:11:52.650 --> 0:11:58.140 clip for Savannah. Just just text. What? No. That's going 0:11:58.170 --> 0:12:00.690 to give you something else. No, that'll. That's the key word. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:04.080 Just just text. No, just. Do we have a keyword 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:04.590 for Butch? 0:12:04.620 --> 0:12:05.760 No, I don't think so. Don't. 0:12:06.030 --> 0:12:06.270 Okay. 0:12:06.270 --> 0:12:09.390 So go. Butch. Go, Butch. Butch is good. Just text. 0:12:09.390 --> 0:12:12.600 Butch and Savannah will return it to you with a link. 0:12:12.630 --> 0:12:14.880 All right, I've got the. I've got that one little part. Okay. 0:12:14.910 --> 0:12:17.160 The one little part at the end. Ali's right. That's the. 0:12:17.190 --> 0:12:18.300 That's the payoff. 0:12:18.330 --> 0:12:19.050 Here we go. 0:12:19.350 --> 0:12:22.829 And and and that's that's the answer. So thanks for asking. 0:12:27.179 --> 0:12:29.429 By the way. Got any more questions? 0:12:29.790 --> 0:12:31.740 The way he said that. Thanks for. 0:12:31.740 --> 0:12:32.640 Asking. For asking. 0:12:33.059 --> 0:12:34.980 I just it's just. 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:35.970 Oh. 0:12:36.450 --> 0:12:40.170 Don't you know, his elders are sitting there going. Go, Butch. Yeah. 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.319 You go Butch, man. 0:12:43.740 --> 0:12:46.660 Oh, boy. Poor Savannah is going to get deluged here. 0:12:46.660 --> 0:12:47.530 She's got no. 0:12:47.530 --> 0:12:50.679 More. She disappeared. No, no, no. She went to the phone. 0:12:50.710 --> 0:12:54.070 Someone texted. Sorry. Savannah. And then texted Butch. 0:12:55.150 --> 0:12:56.770 She loves helping the boomers. 0:12:56.980 --> 0:12:58.720 No. She gets she has a blast with it. 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:02.140 By the way, if you're getting sweetheart responses to your texts, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:04.870 it ain't Young Thunder, it's Savannah. 0:13:05.890 --> 0:13:07.540 It's true. It's Savannah. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:11.920 I didn't know if I was going to pick up myself, 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:13.600 but then I thought, no, I'm going to pick on 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:14.410 Young Thunder. 0:13:14.650 --> 0:13:15.700 You're more than allowed. 0:13:15.730 --> 0:13:18.010 All right, we got a question for you. Ali. What is. 0:13:18.010 --> 0:13:18.250 It? 0:13:18.490 --> 0:13:20.230 We want to ask. Have you ever had one of 0:13:20.230 --> 0:13:23.530 those moments where somebody teed it up for you, not 0:13:23.530 --> 0:13:26.770 knowing that the question that they asked set you up 0:13:26.770 --> 0:13:30.520 perfectly to talk about your testimony, about how Jesus has 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.640 changed you. Tell us, when did someone give you that 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.770 kind of a set up question? And you, with a 0:13:35.770 --> 0:13:39.130 lump in your throat, maybe some excitement, you went for it. 0:13:39.130 --> 0:13:44.020 You talked about Jesus. 800 555 7898 tell us your 0:13:44.020 --> 0:13:48.230 butch story. 800 555 7898. 0:13:48.530 --> 0:13:53.090 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:13:53.090 --> 0:13:56.960 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:13:56.990 --> 0:13:58.670 Line them up, guys. We're going to get you in 0:13:58.670 --> 0:14:02.809 here lickety split, like we're stacking cordwood. Chuga chuga. Chuga chuga. 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.020 Ali loves stacking cordwood. Help her stack some cordwood. Get 0:14:06.020 --> 0:14:09.350 your testimonies in here right now. Gonzalez wants to stack 0:14:09.350 --> 0:14:09.980 them up. 0:14:10.010 --> 0:14:13.340 I've never stacked cordwood before, but I do like this 0:14:13.340 --> 0:14:16.490 question we're asking you about a time when someone asked 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.460 you a question, having no clue that they were setting 0:14:19.460 --> 0:14:23.660 you up perfectly, to share your testimony, to share about Jesus. 0:14:23.660 --> 0:14:26.660 800 555 7898. 0:14:27.260 --> 0:14:28.700 Give us a call right now. We're going to get 0:14:28.700 --> 0:14:30.440 as many in as we can in the next couple 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:36.470 of minutes. 800 555 7898. Ty called in to answer 0:14:36.470 --> 0:14:37.490 this question. 0:14:37.700 --> 0:14:39.890 I just wanted to say that early on in my life, 0:14:39.890 --> 0:14:42.230 I was a teen mom and had kids early and 0:14:42.230 --> 0:14:44.580 later got married and my husband and I, we ended 0:14:44.580 --> 0:14:47.670 up having six kids in four years and two sets 0:14:47.700 --> 0:14:50.730 of twins. And everyone always asks me like, how did 0:14:50.730 --> 0:14:53.160 you manage to take care of these kids? I had 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.640 six kids in diapers. It was like a crazy time. 0:14:56.670 --> 0:14:58.710 And my husband and I were actually going through some 0:14:58.710 --> 0:15:02.250 things and then. But my only answer to everything is 0:15:02.250 --> 0:15:04.530 only by God. Like, I can't even go back and 0:15:04.530 --> 0:15:06.810 identify one single thing or one thing that I did 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.910 on my own strength. It was never my strength. It 0:15:08.910 --> 0:15:11.820 was always God's strength that just carried me. And I 0:15:11.820 --> 0:15:14.970 look back and everyone's doing fantastic now, and we're blessed. 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:18.030 And God just carried us. It was like an angel 0:15:18.030 --> 0:15:20.430 just carrying me through this whole time. 0:15:21.150 --> 0:15:27.870 That's. Ty. You got six kids in diapers? Yeah. Giving 0:15:27.870 --> 0:15:29.970 glory to God when he's the one that pulled that 0:15:29.970 --> 0:15:35.220 one off? Yeah. Come on, mom, you agree with that one, 0:15:35.220 --> 0:15:35.730 don't you? 0:15:35.850 --> 0:15:39.000 My goodness. How in the world do you do it? 0:15:39.030 --> 0:15:41.609 I have one, and I don't get it. That doesn't 0:15:41.610 --> 0:15:43.690 make any sense to me other than the power of 0:15:43.690 --> 0:15:44.410 the Lord? 0:15:45.100 --> 0:15:45.460 Yeah. 0:15:45.490 --> 0:15:48.460 I mean, I got a second cousin who had twins, 0:15:48.460 --> 0:15:51.250 and then they got the news that they had another 0:15:51.250 --> 0:15:53.620 one on the way, and they had triplets and they 0:15:53.620 --> 0:15:57.040 had five under. They had five under two. 0:15:57.070 --> 0:15:58.120 That's so crazy. 0:15:58.150 --> 0:15:58.810 Wow. 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:02.710 Change. It's life changing. Experience is what they tell me. 0:16:02.740 --> 0:16:04.480 Yeah, I could imagine it was. 0:16:04.660 --> 0:16:05.440 Can you imagine? 0:16:05.470 --> 0:16:06.310 Oh my goodness. 0:16:06.340 --> 0:16:09.640 Oh my goodness. What? When? When you're teed up. How 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.650 in the world do you get through this. What do 0:16:11.650 --> 0:16:17.979 you say (800) 555-7898. Philip in Illinois. We haven't heard from 0:16:17.980 --> 0:16:19.630 you in a while. Philip. Tee it up, my man. 0:16:19.630 --> 0:16:20.680 What's your answer? 0:16:21.730 --> 0:16:23.410 Thank you for asking, y'all. 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.230 Yeah, man. How does it work for you? 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.350 You know something, man? That so often I get people 0:16:29.350 --> 0:16:31.900 that say, dude, you're losing your sight. You're almost blind. 0:16:31.930 --> 0:16:35.590 You've been through tongue, neck and throat cancer. You've been 0:16:35.590 --> 0:16:38.050 through spinal fusion therapy, and yet you always have a 0:16:38.050 --> 0:16:40.630 smile on your face and you always seem upbeat. How 0:16:40.630 --> 0:16:44.000 do you do it? And it's just a wonderful, you know, 0:16:44.030 --> 0:16:47.240 front porch for me to say. The Lord has shown 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.850 me that he is sovereign in my life. I can 0:16:49.850 --> 0:16:53.480 choose to be either bitter or bitter. I choose better, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.810 and I know that I serve a risen Savior. And 0:16:56.810 --> 0:16:59.870 what's more, I know that in heaven I will see 0:16:59.900 --> 0:17:03.920 colors like I have never seen before in my life. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.640 You know what, man? Only you can say that we 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:11.870 can't tell your story for you. But, Philip, have there 0:17:11.869 --> 0:17:18.740 been moments when you're like, God, this glaucoma, this, this cancer, 0:17:19.550 --> 0:17:22.820 I mean, alone at night? There must be some discouraging 0:17:22.820 --> 0:17:26.060 moments where then God just gives you a big old hug, huh, bro? 0:17:26.930 --> 0:17:28.909 Oh, absolutely my friend. You know, I tell people all 0:17:28.910 --> 0:17:31.340 the time, there are moments, especially when I was losing 0:17:31.340 --> 0:17:34.220 my vision and dealing with cancer, where Heather and I 0:17:34.220 --> 0:17:36.199 and my wife and I would just kneel by the 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.510 side of our bed and we would just weep. I mean, 0:17:38.540 --> 0:17:42.480 we would weep with just our shoulders shaking, you know? 0:17:42.510 --> 0:17:46.230 Snot flying tears. But, you know, at the end of 0:17:46.260 --> 0:17:51.990 that trial, that intercessory prayer, we would be able to 0:17:52.140 --> 0:17:56.520 laugh through our tears and know that God had us 0:17:56.550 --> 0:18:00.180 during the entire time, and that we knew, even though 0:18:00.180 --> 0:18:04.590 it was so hard and so painful, you know, that 0:18:04.590 --> 0:18:06.660 God was going to bring us through it. And there 0:18:06.660 --> 0:18:10.439 was such joy, not just on the other side, but 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.890 there was such joy in this journey, in this struggle, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.880 because that's when you really know that you are God's child, 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:21.540 when everything seems to be going sideways. And yet you've 0:18:21.540 --> 0:18:25.620 got a northern star that never wavers, that doesn't leave. 0:18:25.740 --> 0:18:27.480 It's always right there. 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.070 Yeah. You know, our premise has been this morning, Philip. 0:18:32.070 --> 0:18:37.170 And hold on a second. Boom boom boom. I mean, 0:18:37.170 --> 0:18:41.170 triple boomed you in a month of Sundays. But there's 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:44.470 there's a notion, and I think a false one, that 0:18:44.470 --> 0:18:46.870 we need to be able to know now that we're 0:18:46.869 --> 0:18:49.359 going to be able to stand and deliver when we're 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.840 asked for the hope that indwells us and to give 0:18:52.869 --> 0:18:58.060 reason for it. But don't you find, Philip, that it's 0:18:58.060 --> 0:19:01.060 in that moment that God shows up? 0:19:02.260 --> 0:19:04.780 Oh, absolutely. You know, it's hard for us, even as 0:19:04.780 --> 0:19:07.660 Christ believers, to be able to rest comfortably in the 0:19:07.660 --> 0:19:11.050 already and not yet. You know, it's like what Max 0:19:11.050 --> 0:19:15.370 Lucado said, we want dessert. And sometimes God gives us broccoli. Okay, 0:19:15.369 --> 0:19:18.369 he knows that we need the broccoli. You know, and 0:19:18.369 --> 0:19:20.200 that's really where it is. We have to also be 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.869 comfortable in the struggle. And I know that that's a 0:19:22.869 --> 0:19:25.510 lot of theology. But, you know, sometimes it's just as 0:19:25.510 --> 0:19:28.510 simple as just what our old grandma used to say, son, 0:19:28.510 --> 0:19:30.100 trust and obey. That's all. 0:19:30.100 --> 0:19:30.550 You got to do. 0:19:30.550 --> 0:19:31.629 It. Trust and obey. 0:19:31.660 --> 0:19:35.230 They had it right. They did. I mean, we get 0:19:35.230 --> 0:19:38.510 so theologically bowed up, and then it comes back down 0:19:38.510 --> 0:19:42.409 to trust and obey. For there's no other way to. 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:44.179 No other way. Jesus, happy in. 0:19:44.180 --> 0:19:44.930 Jesus. 0:19:45.109 --> 0:19:47.270 Is to trust and obey. Come on now. 0:19:47.300 --> 0:19:50.840 Come on man, I got half a mind to make 0:19:50.869 --> 0:19:53.510 Young Thunder sing that right now a cappella. But I 0:19:53.510 --> 0:19:54.290 won't do it to you. 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:55.910 Thank you, thank you. 0:19:57.109 --> 0:19:59.630 Come on. To prepare. You can do it I gotta prepare, 0:19:59.630 --> 0:20:01.040 I gotta prepare, Philip. 0:20:04.310 --> 0:20:05.360 I love you, Philip. 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:05.719 Thanks. 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:06.770 Thanks for calling in. 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:08.600 God bless you all. Absolutely. 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.939 It's in that moment, Ali, that God gives us the 0:20:13.940 --> 0:20:16.370 grace to deliver when it's teed up for us. 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:19.639 You know, it's it's encouraging because you can start to 0:20:19.670 --> 0:20:23.510 think about all of the bad things. I mean, talk 0:20:23.540 --> 0:20:25.310 about doom scrolling. You can start to think about all 0:20:25.310 --> 0:20:28.850 the bad things that can happen in life. I mean, 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:31.520 and that can take you down a crazy road. I mean, 0:20:31.550 --> 0:20:36.270 from persecution to Philip mentioned, you know, going blind A 0:20:36.270 --> 0:20:40.110 cancer battle. Back issues, all of these things. And your 0:20:40.109 --> 0:20:42.480 mind can go. How in the world could I possibly 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:45.090 give glory to God in the midst of that? Well, 0:20:45.090 --> 0:20:48.900 I think it's our daily preparation right now of seeking him, 0:20:48.930 --> 0:20:52.380 of taking our roots deep in him that prepares us 0:20:52.380 --> 0:20:54.690 for those tough moments when they come. 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:57.090 Yeah, no doubt about it. You know, he's shared this 0:20:57.119 --> 0:20:59.820 on air before, so I'm going to share it again. Uh. 0:20:59.820 --> 0:21:01.350 Hold it. Is he still there? 0:21:01.500 --> 0:21:03.750 Uh, yeah. He's holding Philip. 0:21:03.930 --> 0:21:11.909 There. Philip, are you there? No. He's gone. Um, he 0:21:11.910 --> 0:21:17.190 lost a big contract. He lost his agent because he 0:21:17.190 --> 0:21:21.780 wouldn't take a script. That a big production company. I mean, 0:21:21.810 --> 0:21:24.270 Philip's been on big screen and small screen guys. 0:21:24.300 --> 0:21:24.659 Mhm. 0:21:24.990 --> 0:21:29.129 A lot. And that's that portion of the story is 0:21:29.130 --> 0:21:31.679 for him to tell. But the portion that he shared 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:37.420 here before is he, he lost his agent because he 0:21:37.420 --> 0:21:40.959 wouldn't take a role. So sometimes standing up and speaking 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:44.080 out is costly. Ally. It's costly. 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:46.930 But even still, we trust that God will give us 0:21:46.930 --> 0:21:50.109 the grace in that moment and the courage to do 0:21:50.109 --> 0:21:52.720 the thing that he's calling us to do. 0:21:53.020 --> 0:21:55.330 Yeah, I got to go back and read this again. 0:21:56.470 --> 0:22:02.320 Middle of the tribulation, Satan is thrown down. Why? And 0:22:02.320 --> 0:22:05.050 they have conquered him by the blood of the lamb 0:22:05.050 --> 0:22:07.600 and by the word of their testimony. For they loved 0:22:07.600 --> 0:22:14.920 not their lives, even unto death. Oh my goodness, that 0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:22.690 is a faith that is solid and secure. That is powerhouse. 0:22:22.690 --> 0:22:27.070 And that's what God wants to do in you. You 0:22:27.070 --> 0:22:28.960 might say, Carl, I don't know if I got the 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:31.030 stuff to speak up. If I had it teed up 0:22:31.030 --> 0:22:34.880 for me like a Butch Wilmore or Philip. I don't 0:22:34.910 --> 0:22:40.160 know if I've got the stuff or a tie. Well, 0:22:40.160 --> 0:22:42.710 we don't in and of ourselves, but the Spirit of 0:22:42.710 --> 0:22:45.980 God that indwells us has the stuff. All we've got 0:22:45.980 --> 0:22:48.409 to do is make sure that that connection is solid 0:22:48.410 --> 0:22:50.900 with God, day by day, moment by moment. Because then 0:22:50.900 --> 0:22:53.959 when the opportunity tees itself up, bam, you're going to 0:22:53.960 --> 0:22:57.530 hit a home run, you're going to do it. It's 0:22:57.530 --> 0:23:00.469 going to happen. Let's get some news, my man. 0:23:03.470 --> 0:23:06.230 Hey, let's get you updated with a couple quick pieces 0:23:06.230 --> 0:23:09.500 of your headlines this morning. Greenpeace is being ordered to 0:23:09.530 --> 0:23:13.670 pay $660 million to a Texas company over its involvement 0:23:13.670 --> 0:23:16.850 in the Dakota Pipeline protests. A jury at a civil 0:23:16.850 --> 0:23:19.970 trial in North Dakota on Wednesday decided that the environmental 0:23:19.970 --> 0:23:23.810 group is liable for defamation and for orchestrating criminal behavior 0:23:23.810 --> 0:23:26.630 at the protests held nearly ten years ago on the 0:23:26.630 --> 0:23:31.399 standing Rock reservation, Texas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners successfully 0:23:31.400 --> 0:23:35.189 argued that Greenpeace incited people to protest by using a, quote, 0:23:35.220 --> 0:23:41.490 misinformation campaign. Greenpeace had denied the claims. The Federal Reserve 0:23:41.490 --> 0:23:44.550 is holding interest rates steady despite some signs that the 0:23:44.550 --> 0:23:48.180 economy could be slowing. Chair Jerome Powell said the fed 0:23:48.210 --> 0:23:52.320 is focusing on achieving maximum employment and stable prices. The 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:55.050 central bank forecasts that two rate cuts will come later 0:23:55.050 --> 0:23:57.900 this year. The decision is in line with the market 0:23:57.900 --> 0:24:00.720 expectations and is the second time the fed has paused 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:04.860 rate cuts since January. I'm Jonathan and that is your update. 0:24:05.310 --> 0:24:09.030 Savannah has sent out hundreds, so why not 200 more? 0:24:09.030 --> 0:24:15.300 We played Butch Wilmore. We played Butch Wilmore's testimony. CBS 0:24:15.300 --> 0:24:19.139 news asked him at a out of space presser, which 0:24:19.140 --> 0:24:21.600 is a really cool thing. Wouldn't you love to have 0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:26.010 done that when back in your network days? Ali, when 0:24:26.010 --> 0:24:28.320 you were doing weather and news and all that stuff, 0:24:28.350 --> 0:24:30.780 you go live with somebody in outer space and ask. 0:24:30.780 --> 0:24:33.580 Them a question. So cool. That would be such. 0:24:33.609 --> 0:24:35.139 A fun thing to get to do. 0:24:35.170 --> 0:24:39.429 So somebody at CBS asked Butch Wilmore a question about, man, 0:24:39.430 --> 0:24:41.290 how do you basically what he was asking is, how 0:24:41.290 --> 0:24:43.180 in the world do you make it up here for 0:24:43.180 --> 0:24:45.130 8 or 9 months when you were planning on being 0:24:45.130 --> 0:24:49.389 here eight days? And his response? Epic. You didn't hear it. 0:24:49.390 --> 0:24:52.750 You can. Savannah is here to serve you. And boy, 0:24:52.750 --> 0:24:55.930 does she text the word butch to our number. We'll 0:24:55.930 --> 0:24:58.659 get you that clip. Share it. All we ask you 0:24:58.660 --> 0:25:00.580 to do is don't just listen to it. You got 0:25:00.580 --> 0:25:02.859 to share it. That's the only caveat. You got to 0:25:02.859 --> 0:25:09.399 pass it along. Text Butch to 800 555 7898. Ali 0:25:09.400 --> 0:25:11.500 tells me he's an elder at his church, for crying 0:25:11.500 --> 0:25:13.840 out loud. That's his real job. He's an astronaut on 0:25:13.840 --> 0:25:14.560 a side hustle. 0:25:14.619 --> 0:25:16.630 That's so cool. It's a side hustle. 0:25:18.580 --> 0:25:21.010 He was even checking in with the older members of 0:25:21.010 --> 0:25:22.719 the church while he was orbiting Earth. 0:25:22.750 --> 0:25:25.270 No, he was not. Yes. Yeah. 0:25:25.570 --> 0:25:26.830 No he. 0:25:26.830 --> 0:25:27.100 Didn't. 0:25:27.130 --> 0:25:28.689 We got to get Butch on here. 0:25:28.780 --> 0:25:30.040 Forsake his duties. 0:25:30.040 --> 0:25:32.760 And his responsibilities even while he was orbiting. 0:25:32.760 --> 0:25:32.910 Earth. 0:25:32.940 --> 0:25:36.180 That's awesome. He goes, hey, I'm in space right now, 0:25:36.180 --> 0:25:37.950 but I'm just checking to see how you're doing. 0:25:37.950 --> 0:25:38.160 In. 0:25:38.160 --> 0:25:38.460 From. 0:25:38.460 --> 0:25:41.010 Space Elders meeting. Okay. 0:25:41.010 --> 0:25:43.740 I would love to have I'm talking to you elders 0:25:43.740 --> 0:25:46.230 at 180. Some of you get on one of these missions. 0:25:46.230 --> 0:25:48.840 I would love to get a call of encouragement back. 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:50.670 From. 0:25:50.670 --> 0:25:54.629 Jerry. Jerry. Yao. Hello, Carl. I'm in space. How are 0:25:54.630 --> 0:25:55.110 you doing? 0:25:55.140 --> 0:25:56.100 How about doctor Coakley? 0:25:56.130 --> 0:25:57.300 He's a good friend of ours. 0:25:57.330 --> 0:25:57.810 Yeah. 0:25:58.230 --> 0:26:00.090 Doctor Coakley is one of our elders. 0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:00.869 He'd be great. 0:26:00.930 --> 0:26:01.260 Shoot him. 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:02.460 Doctor Coakley. 0:26:02.490 --> 0:26:02.760 Up. 0:26:02.760 --> 0:26:04.920 To space. I want him on the next mission. 0:26:04.950 --> 0:26:05.190 Okay. 0:26:05.220 --> 0:26:07.350 They're going to do a lottery pick. We need to. 0:26:07.380 --> 0:26:11.430 We need to stuff the ballot box with Jim Coakley's name. 0:26:11.550 --> 0:26:14.010 Could you imagine if we stuffed it with his name 0:26:14.010 --> 0:26:16.919 and he doesn't know? And we go, hey, Jim, we 0:26:16.950 --> 0:26:17.760 got a surprise for you. 0:26:17.790 --> 0:26:18.659 He's gonna know now. 0:26:18.690 --> 0:26:19.169 You're going to. 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:21.150 Space. There you go. 0:26:21.960 --> 0:26:23.970 And, Gail, I know Gail enough to know his bride. 0:26:24.000 --> 0:26:26.850 She'd be like, yeah, you get on that jet. He 0:26:26.850 --> 0:26:29.460 get on that rocket right now. Get up on that rocket. 0:26:29.490 --> 0:26:29.919 That's right. 0:26:30.190 --> 0:26:33.760 Oh, too much fun, Tex. Butch. Oh, no. They're coming 0:26:33.760 --> 0:26:34.629 in like. By the. 0:26:34.630 --> 0:26:35.500 Droves. Yeah. 0:26:35.530 --> 0:26:39.700 Tex. Butch to 805 five. Five. 78. 98. You got 0:26:39.700 --> 0:26:42.070 a friend that listens in a different time slot here. 0:26:42.070 --> 0:26:43.720 Send it on to them as well. 0:26:44.050 --> 0:26:47.710 You know, for me, this reminds me of a couple 0:26:47.740 --> 0:26:50.680 of years ago I went to a wedding of my 0:26:50.680 --> 0:26:54.040 old high school buddy, and I was in in the 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:56.410 wedding party, and so was another friend of ours from 0:26:56.410 --> 0:27:00.939 high school. And and he isn't saved. And and I 0:27:00.940 --> 0:27:02.860 wasn't at the time I knew him, but I was 0:27:02.859 --> 0:27:05.110 going to church all the time and, you know, but 0:27:05.109 --> 0:27:06.790 at the time he knew me in high school, I 0:27:06.790 --> 0:27:08.830 was living a very double life. He knew I went 0:27:08.830 --> 0:27:11.530 to church. I invited him to church sometimes, but then 0:27:11.530 --> 0:27:14.080 we would go and run off and do crazy things together. 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:17.740 That absolutely proved that I didn't know God. And and 0:27:17.740 --> 0:27:20.649 so we we got together and we're talking and he 0:27:20.650 --> 0:27:23.320 was like, dude, I think you'll be really excited. He goes, 0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:26.080 I'm doing a lot of like, spiritual searching right now. 0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:27.340 And wow. 0:27:27.369 --> 0:27:30.600 And I was like, oh, this is awesome. And I said, well, dude, 0:27:30.630 --> 0:27:32.550 I was like, let me tell you about what God's 0:27:32.580 --> 0:27:35.970 been doing in my life lately, because this was this 0:27:35.970 --> 0:27:38.610 was just a couple years after I got genuinely saved. 0:27:38.609 --> 0:27:41.609 And so I was able to talk to him and say, hey, man, like, 0:27:41.609 --> 0:27:43.679 I know when you knew me in high school, I was, 0:27:43.710 --> 0:27:45.179 you know, I was going to church and I was 0:27:45.180 --> 0:27:46.740 doing all these things. And I said, but I don't 0:27:46.740 --> 0:27:48.990 I didn't really know God at the time. And I 0:27:48.990 --> 0:27:50.939 was like, I was living this life this way. And 0:27:50.940 --> 0:27:53.160 it was a wreck. And I go, but now he's 0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:55.649 really changed me. And there are these things. And I 0:27:55.650 --> 0:27:57.959 specifically laid them out and said, he's pulled these out 0:27:57.990 --> 0:28:00.300 of my life and he's allowing me to thrive in 0:28:00.300 --> 0:28:03.270 this way. And it was it was a great experience 0:28:03.270 --> 0:28:06.660 to be able to share with someone who I shared 0:28:06.660 --> 0:28:09.929 Jesus in incorrect way in the past, but was able 0:28:09.930 --> 0:28:12.629 to say, hey man, I was wrong in that way. 0:28:12.630 --> 0:28:14.730 I lived Jesus for you. And I was like, now 0:28:14.730 --> 0:28:16.949 I can. Now he's changed me. And it was it 0:28:16.950 --> 0:28:17.760 was really cool. 0:28:17.790 --> 0:28:20.340 Oh, wow. Well, did he seem receptive? 0:28:20.430 --> 0:28:20.729 Was he. 0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:21.359 Surprised? 0:28:21.390 --> 0:28:24.209 He did seem receptive. I think he was. He was 0:28:24.210 --> 0:28:27.060 very you know, I don't I don't think it it 0:28:27.060 --> 0:28:29.699 brought him to Jesus. I, I pray it planted a seed, 0:28:29.730 --> 0:28:32.640 but but he seemed really like. Oh, that's cool man. 0:28:32.640 --> 0:28:35.010 I'm I'm happy that this is what's going on in 0:28:35.010 --> 0:28:37.199 your life. And so he was at least receptive and not, 0:28:37.230 --> 0:28:38.910 you know, pushing me off. 0:28:39.510 --> 0:28:40.380 That's awesome. 0:28:40.770 --> 0:28:45.000 That's beautiful. What's your story, Anthony in Illinois. Thanks for 0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.010 holding on. What's your story, my man? 0:28:47.820 --> 0:28:51.540 Hey, Carl Ali young sons. I love you guys so much. 0:28:51.870 --> 0:28:57.930 So I'm a soldier. And recently I got awarded a 0:28:57.930 --> 0:29:01.230 little coin for for my hard work during this most 0:29:01.260 --> 0:29:05.130 recent exercise. And one of the traditions when you receive 0:29:05.130 --> 0:29:10.620 an award is everyone yells speech! Speech. So, so I 0:29:10.650 --> 0:29:13.740 my heart was beating so fast. I was so nervous. 0:29:13.740 --> 0:29:16.410 But I was just praising the Lord in my heart. 0:29:16.410 --> 0:29:20.010 I'm like, all right Lord. So I had an opportunity 0:29:20.010 --> 0:29:23.310 to tell everyone that it was because of my relationship 0:29:23.310 --> 0:29:26.160 with God that I was behaving the way that I 0:29:26.170 --> 0:29:29.440 was and and that I primarily tried to serve him 0:29:29.440 --> 0:29:33.430 to the best of my abilities. And I was too 0:29:33.430 --> 0:29:35.920 nervous to really get the whole gospel out. That was 0:29:35.920 --> 0:29:38.920 about it. And then everyone clapped for me. But later 0:29:38.920 --> 0:29:41.890 on that day, I got approached by one of my 0:29:41.890 --> 0:29:45.280 other fellow soldiers and he was like, hey, man, you know, 0:29:45.880 --> 0:29:49.960 there's something, something different about you. You know, you always 0:29:49.960 --> 0:29:53.710 talk about God and and, you know, you're always kind 0:29:53.740 --> 0:29:56.830 of chill. And it was it was just a really 0:29:56.860 --> 0:30:01.300 it was a really amazing experience for me to see 0:30:01.300 --> 0:30:05.020 how God is working in me and around me. And 0:30:05.020 --> 0:30:07.840 I just was praising the Lord that day. 0:30:08.050 --> 0:30:16.180 Boom boom boom. I'm triple booming, you soldier. Couple of things. 0:30:16.180 --> 0:30:20.650 Number one, thanks for serving. Thanks for being a man 0:30:20.650 --> 0:30:23.200 and thanks for being a man in the moment who 0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:29.120 spoke up for your God. Thank you. No speech required 0:30:29.120 --> 0:30:31.880 right now. You just get to say. All right. 0:30:32.120 --> 0:30:33.140 I'm too nervous. 0:30:33.170 --> 0:30:35.690 No, you just got a copy of your book, Carl. 0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:38.450 Killing sin. And I'm going through it. And it's a 0:30:38.450 --> 0:30:40.610 it's a great book. So thank you. 0:30:40.640 --> 0:30:44.660 Thank you. Anthony. Stay on the horn. You're getting two copies. 0:30:44.660 --> 0:30:48.050 Probably because we're sending you a Carl and crew prize pack. 0:30:48.050 --> 0:30:51.410 So stay on the horn, Anthony. And in all seriousness, 0:30:51.410 --> 0:30:54.709 thank you, soldier. Thank you for serving. And thank you 0:30:54.710 --> 0:30:58.520 for serving God first and foremost. Epic. 0:30:59.780 --> 0:31:00.770 That's awesome man. 0:31:00.800 --> 0:31:01.370 Wow. 0:31:01.910 --> 0:31:02.900 What a blessing. 0:31:02.900 --> 0:31:04.280 How beautiful is that. 0:31:04.310 --> 0:31:06.650 Yeah. And that's a that's a hard thing to do 0:31:06.650 --> 0:31:08.840 to talk about your faith in Jesus in front of 0:31:08.840 --> 0:31:12.020 all the guys who, you know, might have the possibility 0:31:12.020 --> 0:31:15.800 of just ribbing you later for it, but it planted 0:31:15.800 --> 0:31:16.490 a seed. 0:31:16.610 --> 0:31:18.530 Speech, speech, speech, speech. 0:31:18.560 --> 0:31:22.610 I'd like to thank my mom and my handlers. I'd 0:31:22.610 --> 0:31:27.180 like to thank. I'd like to thank Sergeant Goomba over here. 0:31:27.300 --> 0:31:30.780 I'd like to thank. I'd like to thank the US 0:31:30.810 --> 0:31:33.930 Air Force or military. I'd like to know. Let me 0:31:33.930 --> 0:31:35.820 tell you, I want to thank God. 0:31:35.850 --> 0:31:36.390 Amen. 0:31:37.980 --> 0:31:44.880 Way to go, Anthony, man. You know, one of the 0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:47.880 greatest evidences that you've been transformed by God is that 0:31:47.880 --> 0:31:50.100 when you're asked to give a reason for the hope 0:31:50.100 --> 0:31:53.970 that lies with you and you. You. Yeah. A little 0:31:54.000 --> 0:31:56.280 bit of weak in the knees, of course. Are you 0:31:56.310 --> 0:31:58.950 kidding me? I'm convinced. Peter, on the day of Pentecost 0:31:58.950 --> 0:32:02.250 was not like I got this. He was clinging to 0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:06.540 Jesus the whole way through that message. The whole way 0:32:06.540 --> 0:32:09.600 through it. He was clinging to Jesus. There's no way 0:32:09.600 --> 0:32:12.840 he's like, ah, yeah, I got this. Cause he remembers 0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:15.240 back to when he denied Christ, and now he's filled 0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:17.430 with the Holy Spirit. And he's like, I'm blazing a 0:32:17.430 --> 0:32:22.050 trail here. I'm blazing a trail here. Whoo! How about 0:32:22.050 --> 0:32:22.790 Anthony Ali? 0:32:22.820 --> 0:32:23.780 I love. 0:32:23.780 --> 0:32:26.240 That story. And when he described that, sort of like 0:32:26.270 --> 0:32:29.240 the heart racing lump in the throat when you when 0:32:29.240 --> 0:32:32.840 you're about to speak up. We've all felt that. You're going, okay, 0:32:32.990 --> 0:32:35.810 I can't how can I do this? And then by 0:32:35.810 --> 0:32:37.670 the power of the Holy Spirit, you open your mouth 0:32:37.670 --> 0:32:39.890 and you give glory to God. 0:32:40.160 --> 0:32:43.730 Sweet stuff. Give us some headlines, young thunder. 0:32:47.150 --> 0:32:49.430 All right. Let me give you one of your top 0:32:49.430 --> 0:32:52.910 headlines for today. An executive order is expected to be 0:32:52.910 --> 0:32:56.479 signed today by President Trump aimed at eliminating the Department 0:32:56.480 --> 0:32:59.360 of Education. He's set to do so at a white 0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:03.530 House ceremony attended by multiple governors and state education commissioners. 0:33:03.530 --> 0:33:06.950 He will then direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take 0:33:06.950 --> 0:33:10.130 all steps necessary to begin the closure of the Doe 0:33:10.160 --> 0:33:15.650 and return authority to individual states. That's your news. I'm Jonathan. 0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:18.020 Something's got to give. When you've got third and fourth 0:33:18.020 --> 0:33:21.380 grade reading and arithmetic levels the way we have it 0:33:21.380 --> 0:33:24.620 with the amount of money spent per head across our nation, 0:33:24.620 --> 0:33:29.360 and I'm talking everywhere in our nation, something has to give. 0:33:29.390 --> 0:33:30.470 And it's a tough battle. 0:33:30.500 --> 0:33:34.580 And I, I appreciate the explanation because this was something 0:33:34.580 --> 0:33:38.810 that I was initially kind of uninformed on, but I 0:33:38.810 --> 0:33:42.530 heard the explanation of, you know, people out in the 0:33:42.530 --> 0:33:46.790 country don't necessarily need the same rules and guidelines as 0:33:46.790 --> 0:33:49.880 people in the city, and it shouldn't be universalized for 0:33:49.880 --> 0:33:52.610 people who have so many different experiences across this country. 0:33:52.610 --> 0:33:55.190 And so. So let's let it go back to the 0:33:55.190 --> 0:33:57.470 states and let them decide what's best for their kids. 0:33:57.500 --> 0:33:59.630 Yeah, and I'm not sure we live in a state 0:33:59.630 --> 0:34:00.980 that's going to figure that one out, right? 0:34:01.100 --> 0:34:03.110 No. But us specifically, we do not. 0:34:03.110 --> 0:34:07.610 Uh, $0.46 of every dollar that goes into elementary and 0:34:07.610 --> 0:34:12.710 secondary education goes to administrative costs. And so if we 0:34:12.710 --> 0:34:14.960 could just get 10 or 15 more cents of that 0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:19.730 going directly to the students, it might help with reading 0:34:19.730 --> 0:34:24.180 and arithmetic and writing. It just might. Yeah, it just might. 0:34:24.210 --> 0:34:25.110 So we pray. 0:34:25.140 --> 0:34:28.710 Yeah. We do. Okay. Uh, have you ever wondered what 0:34:28.710 --> 0:34:32.760 is God really doing in the 1040 window? That stretch 0:34:32.760 --> 0:34:36.509 of swath around the Earth that is really paying a 0:34:36.510 --> 0:34:38.879 price for those who would claim the name of Jesus. 0:34:38.910 --> 0:34:41.190 We've all wondered that. We've talked a lot about it. 0:34:41.219 --> 0:34:44.969 We've had. Oh, goodness sakes, voice of the martyrs on here. 0:34:44.969 --> 0:34:48.000 We get some some insight as to what's going on, 0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:51.150 but have we got a treat coming up for all 0:34:51.150 --> 0:34:51.960 of us? Right, Ali? 0:34:51.989 --> 0:34:52.469 Yes. 0:34:52.469 --> 0:34:56.160 The Billy Graham of Iran, that's what he's been called. 0:34:56.160 --> 0:34:57.780 You're going to meet him coming up. 0:34:57.989 --> 0:35:02.940 She's a choreographer extraordinaire. And everything is Greek to her. 0:35:02.969 --> 0:35:06.930 Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:35:06.960 --> 0:35:08.340 on Moody Radio. 0:35:08.340 --> 0:35:11.609 So I got my wife running some Intel for us. Ali. 0:35:11.640 --> 0:35:12.180 You do? 0:35:12.210 --> 0:35:15.779 Yeah. Running Intel. She scoped it out. She said, hey, 0:35:15.780 --> 0:35:17.700 you know how much you've been wanting to talk about 0:35:17.730 --> 0:35:20.450 Iran and what God's doing over there? Well, I heard 0:35:20.450 --> 0:35:23.450 this guy on Janet Parshall Show, and I said, well, 0:35:23.480 --> 0:35:26.750 who is he? Now we got him with us. I 0:35:26.780 --> 0:35:30.140 have been wanting to know forever what is God doing 0:35:30.140 --> 0:35:33.890 in Iran? And when you've got the Billy Graham of Iran? Ali, 0:35:33.890 --> 0:35:35.000 we got the right guy. 0:35:35.030 --> 0:35:38.030 We do. His name is Doctor Harmon Shariat. He's the 0:35:38.030 --> 0:35:42.440 founder and president of Iran Alive Ministries, which uses satellite 0:35:42.469 --> 0:35:45.920 broadcasting and the internet to reach Iranians with the gospel. 0:35:45.950 --> 0:35:50.180 What is going on, doctor? Chariot. What's God doing in Iran? 0:35:50.210 --> 0:35:53.150 I hope your audience are ready to be shocked, because 0:35:53.180 --> 0:35:58.219 what you what you hear in the news is so bad. Oh, Iran, 0:35:58.219 --> 0:36:01.640 nuclear bomb threat to the peace in the world and 0:36:01.640 --> 0:36:06.290 all that. The ayatollahs. But inside Iran, spiritually, there is 0:36:06.290 --> 0:36:11.630 another story. God is working. Iran is the first Islamic 0:36:11.630 --> 0:36:15.620 nation that's turning to Christ. And Islam is experiencing its 0:36:15.620 --> 0:36:19.370 greatest defeat in its history in Iran today. That's what 0:36:19.370 --> 0:36:22.820 you don't hear on the news. And people of Iran, 0:36:22.850 --> 0:36:26.810 they didn't it didn't happen overnight. It took him 40 0:36:26.810 --> 0:36:30.110 years of Islamic rule, that the people of Iran come 0:36:30.110 --> 0:36:34.040 to the conclusion that Islam is not the answer. Islam 0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:36.859 is actually the root of their problems and they need 0:36:36.860 --> 0:36:40.549 to get rid of it. Iranians are done with Islam, 0:36:40.550 --> 0:36:44.840 so very open spiritually to the gospel when they hear it. Oh, 0:36:44.870 --> 0:36:48.259 it resonates with their heart. They say, we don't believe 0:36:48.260 --> 0:36:51.500 in a God that's cruel like Allah. But when they 0:36:51.530 --> 0:36:56.480 hear about the love of Christ, they receive that with gladness. 0:36:56.510 --> 0:36:58.910 Give us a little bit of your own background. Growing 0:36:58.910 --> 0:37:02.270 up in an Islamic household, you are a muslim background believer. 0:37:02.270 --> 0:37:03.680 Tell us your story. 0:37:03.710 --> 0:37:07.040 Yeah, I was born in Iran, in an Islamic family. 0:37:07.040 --> 0:37:09.589 I was pretty devout in my early years, but when 0:37:09.590 --> 0:37:12.680 I got to be a teenager, I said, hey, memorizing 0:37:12.680 --> 0:37:15.080 these prayers and repeating them five times a day, what 0:37:15.080 --> 0:37:17.399 does it add to my life? Hey, may just be 0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:20.819 a good person and pursue your dream. My dream was 0:37:20.820 --> 0:37:23.790 to come to the United States, get a PhD, be 0:37:23.790 --> 0:37:26.670 a research scientist. So I work hard towards that. I 0:37:26.670 --> 0:37:30.180 came to us at the University of Southern California, USC 0:37:30.210 --> 0:37:36.390 studying PhD in artificial intelligence, and that's when I said, hey, 0:37:36.390 --> 0:37:39.330 maybe there is God and you need to consider that. 0:37:39.330 --> 0:37:41.609 So I studied Quran. I wanted to be a good 0:37:41.610 --> 0:37:44.370 Muslim because I thought, oh, Islam is the last religion, 0:37:44.430 --> 0:37:47.100 best religion. Why don't I start with that? So I 0:37:47.100 --> 0:37:50.759 read Quran very carefully. It did not satisfy my soul 0:37:50.790 --> 0:37:53.250 out of my intellectual pride. I said, If God has 0:37:53.250 --> 0:37:56.070 written other books, okay, I will read it. So I 0:37:56.070 --> 0:37:59.610 got a Bible and I read the Genesis, then said 0:37:59.640 --> 0:38:02.460 what is who is Jesus? I jumped to Matthew and 0:38:02.460 --> 0:38:07.049 oh my gosh, a crisis. This Jesus. Who is this Jesus? 0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:10.529 This is not the Jesus that Quran teaches me. Islam 0:38:10.560 --> 0:38:13.740 teaches me. So I struggled for a few months. Is 0:38:13.739 --> 0:38:16.810 Jesus true? I mean he makes such big claims. I 0:38:16.810 --> 0:38:19.960 went to a church in downtown Los Angeles, and that's 0:38:19.960 --> 0:38:23.469 where I heard the simple, simple message of the gospel 0:38:23.469 --> 0:38:25.600 that even a child can understand. You don't need to 0:38:25.600 --> 0:38:29.500 have a PhD to understand it, but it's powerful. It 0:38:29.500 --> 0:38:32.380 changes life and it changed my life. 0:38:32.410 --> 0:38:36.880 Oh, doctor. Hormoz Shariat here. Uh, what an amazing thing. 0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:41.649 Then God providentially did. Because I'm okay with languages. But 0:38:41.650 --> 0:38:44.920 for me to learn Farsi and to get geared up 0:38:44.920 --> 0:38:48.100 to evangelize those folks, that's a reach. But here you 0:38:48.100 --> 0:38:53.229 are now, fully equipped to somehow, some way, go back 0:38:53.230 --> 0:38:55.120 to reach the people that you love. You got to 0:38:55.120 --> 0:38:58.750 share with us the story. Jesus transforms your life. You're 0:38:58.750 --> 0:39:01.960 now set free in Jesus. You must then want others 0:39:01.960 --> 0:39:03.160 to hear this, right? 0:39:03.190 --> 0:39:06.670 Oh yeah. I hope everybody feels the same. You know, 0:39:06.700 --> 0:39:11.410 I was an engineer type and introvert and nerd. I 0:39:11.410 --> 0:39:14.500 was more comfortable with books and then people. But when 0:39:14.510 --> 0:39:16.640 I got saved, I felt this way. And I hope 0:39:16.640 --> 0:39:19.940 everybody feels this way, that you are selfish. If you 0:39:19.969 --> 0:39:23.360 keep this message to yourself. It's a powerful message that 0:39:23.360 --> 0:39:27.230 is an answer to your personal problems, to your addictions, 0:39:27.230 --> 0:39:31.430 to your anger, to your depression. It is a response 0:39:31.460 --> 0:39:33.950 or it's a solution to your relational problem. You know, 0:39:33.980 --> 0:39:36.890 I was at the verge of divorce and Jesus healed 0:39:36.890 --> 0:39:40.969 my marriage. So it's an answer to every society problem. 0:39:40.969 --> 0:39:45.500 Why don't you share this powerful message with others? He 0:39:45.500 --> 0:39:49.190 does the work. You just share, and God changes lives 0:39:49.190 --> 0:39:52.940 and saves people. So let's let's get God's heart on that. 0:39:52.969 --> 0:39:55.790 Let's go. Okay, now I got to tell you, I 0:39:55.820 --> 0:39:58.490 am chomping at the bit to know what God is 0:39:58.489 --> 0:40:02.390 doing in Iran. Give us some facts and figures. Is there, 0:40:02.390 --> 0:40:05.540 as we hear, a movement of the spirit among the 0:40:05.540 --> 0:40:06.739 Iranian people? 0:40:06.770 --> 0:40:11.180 Definitely, yes. According to an independent survey, Iran has the 0:40:11.180 --> 0:40:14.760 fastest growing evangelical Angelical population in the world in terms 0:40:14.760 --> 0:40:19.200 of rate of growth. Iranians are coming to Christ. They're open. 0:40:19.200 --> 0:40:22.980 They're questioning Islam. They're looking for God. They're looking at 0:40:22.980 --> 0:40:26.009 eastern religions. They're looking at New Age. And of course, 0:40:26.010 --> 0:40:30.779 they're looking at Christianity. They're looking everywhere for God except Islam. 0:40:30.780 --> 0:40:33.509 So this is the time that you and I, if 0:40:33.510 --> 0:40:36.989 we do our part, which is if we share the gospel, 0:40:37.110 --> 0:40:40.170 we tell them about Jesus. There is no competition, but 0:40:40.170 --> 0:40:42.810 we have to say it. That's what we do in Iran, 0:40:42.810 --> 0:40:47.280 alive through satellite television. We go over the signal, go 0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:51.779 over the heads of the mullahs into people's homes, privacy 0:40:51.780 --> 0:40:53.820 of their homes. And I talked to them about God's love. 0:40:53.820 --> 0:40:56.580 And the government of Iran is mad, but they cannot 0:40:56.580 --> 0:40:59.490 stop that signal because it comes from the sky. And 0:40:59.489 --> 0:41:04.529 that's why people come to Christ. Um, so easy. They 0:41:04.530 --> 0:41:06.930 call me Billy Graham. And of course, I don't call 0:41:06.930 --> 0:41:11.640 myself that. And my response is this Iranians are so 0:41:11.640 --> 0:41:15.759 open to the gospel that if you share the gospel 0:41:15.760 --> 0:41:18.340 with them, you too can be Billy Graham of Iran. 0:41:18.550 --> 0:41:18.970 Wow. 0:41:19.300 --> 0:41:21.190 I got to stop right here, and I got to 0:41:21.190 --> 0:41:23.020 praise the Lord. I'm sorry. We're going to do this 0:41:23.020 --> 0:41:25.540 right here. I got to stop right now. Father, I 0:41:25.540 --> 0:41:29.410 give you praise for what you are doing in Iran. Uh, 0:41:29.440 --> 0:41:33.610 for those beautiful people who are under the yoke of 0:41:33.610 --> 0:41:40.660 Islam and under the yoke of performance and and kneeling down, 0:41:40.660 --> 0:41:44.170 but no one to talk back with them. God, thank 0:41:44.170 --> 0:41:47.529 you that you're bringing them out of darkness into the light. 0:41:47.980 --> 0:41:49.870 In Jesus name, Amen. 0:41:49.900 --> 0:41:50.800 Amen. 0:41:50.830 --> 0:41:53.740 We have Doctor Ramos Shariat with us right now, founder 0:41:53.739 --> 0:41:57.009 and president of Iran Alive Ministries. He talked about the 0:41:57.010 --> 0:42:00.609 use of media. Now, Iran Alive is the most watched 0:42:00.610 --> 0:42:04.239 Christian television channel in Iran. An independent survey of over 0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:09.759 10,000 Iranians found that 7.7% of the population say it's 0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:11.520 their favorite Channel. 0:42:11.850 --> 0:42:15.900 That's what they told us. And by God's grace, you know, 0:42:16.260 --> 0:42:19.110 I don't know. I don't know why people of Iran 0:42:19.110 --> 0:42:22.710 like us, but they do. They love they sense the 0:42:22.710 --> 0:42:24.690 love that we have for them. You know, before I 0:42:24.690 --> 0:42:27.299 go before the camera and all of our staff, I'm 0:42:27.300 --> 0:42:30.690 not the only one. People think I'm a televangelist. I'm not. 0:42:30.719 --> 0:42:34.590 I love people, and I. I'm a pastor kind of thing. Now, 0:42:34.620 --> 0:42:38.250 when I go before the camera, I pray before that. God, 0:42:38.280 --> 0:42:42.240 give your love for these people to my heart. I 0:42:42.239 --> 0:42:44.640 want to love them. And you know what? Even though 0:42:44.670 --> 0:42:49.169 through camera, when you genuinely love people, they sense that, 0:42:49.170 --> 0:42:52.380 they sense that you truly love them and they're touched. 0:42:52.380 --> 0:42:56.880 Because in Islam there is no love. Perfect love casts 0:42:56.880 --> 0:43:00.330 out fear. And that's the cast out is a spiritual warfare. 0:43:00.360 --> 0:43:03.180 We we have a spiritual warfare with the spirit of Islam. 0:43:03.180 --> 0:43:06.210 And the best power that we have is our love, 0:43:06.239 --> 0:43:09.330 because it casts us the spirit of Islam. That's what 0:43:09.330 --> 0:43:12.670 we do in our channel. Love people, share the love 0:43:12.670 --> 0:43:15.250 of Christ and many, many are coming to Christ. Let 0:43:15.250 --> 0:43:18.250 me share you just a recent story. On Fridays I 0:43:18.250 --> 0:43:20.920 have church service because that's their day off. We do 0:43:20.950 --> 0:43:24.190 church service, live church service on Fridays and the most 0:43:24.190 --> 0:43:27.040 watched program we have. You know, we have 24 over seven, 0:43:27.040 --> 0:43:29.980 but most watch program is our Friday service. And after 0:43:29.980 --> 0:43:33.219 my sermon we have a like a two hour zoom 0:43:33.219 --> 0:43:36.520 open zoom. It's like a lobby where people come to 0:43:36.550 --> 0:43:40.330 meet their pastor and ask the pastor questions or get prayer. 0:43:40.330 --> 0:43:43.390 So I go to an open zoom meeting last Friday. 0:43:43.390 --> 0:43:48.670 Just last Friday, for two hours, I was leading people 0:43:48.670 --> 0:43:53.380 to Christ. They were there, lined up. They would come 0:43:53.380 --> 0:43:55.989 share a little bit about themselves, ask a couple questions 0:43:55.989 --> 0:43:58.149 to make sure what they're doing. They know what they're 0:43:58.150 --> 0:44:01.750 doing and then pray to receive Christ. Now what is amazing, 0:44:01.750 --> 0:44:05.800 if you ask any missionary who works among Muslims, this 0:44:05.800 --> 0:44:09.770 will be amazing to them even more. These people on 0:44:09.770 --> 0:44:12.770 Friday last Friday are leading people to Christ. They did 0:44:12.770 --> 0:44:17.810 not have any questions. They didn't say, oh, how about Islam? Oh, 0:44:17.840 --> 0:44:21.170 why do you say Jesus is God? No. They were ready. 0:44:21.170 --> 0:44:21.739 They count. 0:44:21.890 --> 0:44:21.980 To. 0:44:21.980 --> 0:44:23.660 God and they would say, just I want to. I 0:44:23.660 --> 0:44:26.420 want to receive Christ. Do you have any question? No. 0:44:26.450 --> 0:44:29.000 And one of them was saying, hey, I was I 0:44:29.000 --> 0:44:33.890 was watching your sermon and I felt somebody is planting 0:44:33.890 --> 0:44:38.299 flowers in my mind, you know. Beautiful. Another one was 0:44:38.300 --> 0:44:41.390 saying I was eating dinner and I was watching you, 0:44:41.390 --> 0:44:44.420 and I just could not eat anymore because my heart 0:44:44.420 --> 0:44:47.960 was filled with so much joy. This is what God 0:44:47.960 --> 0:44:53.090 is doing. Of course. Signs, wonders, miracles, visions, dreams also 0:44:53.090 --> 0:44:54.410 happens a lot. Yeah. 0:44:54.739 --> 0:44:58.520 What is the cost for the average Iranian who surrenders 0:44:58.520 --> 0:45:02.120 their life to Jesus Christ? What's at risk? What's going 0:45:02.120 --> 0:45:03.140 on in the real world? 0:45:03.260 --> 0:45:07.460 Risk. Risk of being in jail for many years and 0:45:07.469 --> 0:45:11.670 even death. But the government of Iran is very afraid 0:45:11.670 --> 0:45:14.880 of Christians because they know we are growing fast. So 0:45:14.910 --> 0:45:18.540 their response, you know, they cannot put millions there. At 0:45:18.570 --> 0:45:22.500 least 2 million Iranian Muslim background believers in Iran right now. 0:45:22.500 --> 0:45:25.229 They can put everybody in jail. So what they do 0:45:25.230 --> 0:45:29.430 is a campaign of fear and intimidation. How do they 0:45:29.430 --> 0:45:33.540 do that? They arrest a few people. And for minor 0:45:33.540 --> 0:45:37.589 Christian crimes, you can call that and put them in 0:45:37.590 --> 0:45:41.130 long jail. Just a couple of weeks ago, three people 0:45:41.160 --> 0:45:45.150 were arrested. One of them beautiful young lady with a 0:45:45.150 --> 0:45:49.680 small child. They put her in jail for 17 years. 0:45:49.710 --> 0:45:50.700 What was her crime? 0:45:50.730 --> 0:45:52.680 Attending a house, church. 0:45:53.730 --> 0:45:57.690 But it's not stopping the forward movement of God's kingdom, 0:45:57.690 --> 0:45:58.770 is it? Hermosa? 0:45:58.800 --> 0:46:03.359 No, it's not working. People are so desperate that they. 0:46:03.390 --> 0:46:06.089 You know, I sometimes I'm more concerned about them than 0:46:06.090 --> 0:46:09.550 they among themselves sometimes say, hey, be careful. Be careful. 0:46:09.580 --> 0:46:12.430 You know, these young people say, I'm not afraid of 0:46:12.430 --> 0:46:15.550 this government. They are afraid of me. That's why they 0:46:15.550 --> 0:46:17.860 want to put me in jail. They're afraid of my message. 0:46:17.890 --> 0:46:21.370 Think of the desperation. These people have come to a 0:46:21.370 --> 0:46:24.100 point that they don't care to live or die. And 0:46:24.100 --> 0:46:27.550 that's when they find Jesus. So after they find Jesus, 0:46:27.580 --> 0:46:30.100 they have dealt with death. You know, I have a 0:46:30.100 --> 0:46:32.740 program on politics. I had this young man. He was 0:46:32.739 --> 0:46:35.200 not a Christian when he was on my program. And 0:46:35.200 --> 0:46:37.450 he told me, I said, you're so brave. He was 0:46:37.450 --> 0:46:40.840 inside Iran. He had been arrested. He had been tortured. 0:46:40.840 --> 0:46:44.290 They had shot him multiple times. When he was outside, 0:46:44.290 --> 0:46:46.810 they tried to assassinate him, and he was showing his 0:46:46.810 --> 0:46:50.440 face on my program. And I said, hey, you're so brave. 0:46:50.469 --> 0:46:53.170 Tell me, why are you so brave? Aren't you afraid 0:46:53.170 --> 0:46:55.629 of being killed? He said, no. I said, why aren't 0:46:55.630 --> 0:46:58.510 you afraid? He said, because I love my people. I'm 0:46:58.510 --> 0:47:00.759 ready to give my life for my people. I said, 0:47:00.760 --> 0:47:03.010 I need to talk to you. So I talked to him. 0:47:03.010 --> 0:47:05.169 I talked to him a couple of times, and he 0:47:05.210 --> 0:47:09.980 came to Christ and he has become a political Christian activist. 0:47:10.010 --> 0:47:12.680 Right now. And he will be one of the future 0:47:12.680 --> 0:47:15.500 ministers of Iran when the government collapses. 0:47:15.530 --> 0:47:18.920 I can barely take this. I'm so overjoyed and thrilled 0:47:18.920 --> 0:47:20.060 with your work. 0:47:20.090 --> 0:47:23.330 Praise the Lord. It's all his grace, his spirit moving 0:47:23.330 --> 0:47:26.000 in Iran and we as Christians, we need to be 0:47:26.000 --> 0:47:29.509 awake to see what God is doing. Iran is the 0:47:29.510 --> 0:47:32.330 key to the Middle East and to the world. Can 0:47:32.330 --> 0:47:35.450 I shock your viewers another time? One more time. Yes. 0:47:35.480 --> 0:47:40.460 I make this outrageous statement. Iran will be a Christian 0:47:40.460 --> 0:47:45.860 nation and people say, are you crazy? Just. Just Google it. 0:47:45.890 --> 0:47:50.210 It's 98% when you Google it. I said, no, it's 0:47:50.210 --> 0:47:53.240 not 98%. And Iran will be Christians. And they say, 0:47:53.239 --> 0:47:55.310 where did you get that idea? I tell them I 0:47:55.310 --> 0:47:57.799 stole it. Where did you steal it from? I stole 0:47:57.800 --> 0:48:03.140 it from the Lord in Jeremiah 4938. He promises in 0:48:03.140 --> 0:48:07.089 Jeremiah 4938. He said, I will set my throne in Islam. 0:48:07.120 --> 0:48:10.660 Islam is completely inside the land of Iran today, so 0:48:10.660 --> 0:48:14.529 we know Iran eventually be a Christian nation and sitting 0:48:14.530 --> 0:48:17.050 on his throne. What does it mean? It means that 0:48:17.080 --> 0:48:19.750 Iran will be a blessing to the Middle East and 0:48:19.750 --> 0:48:22.780 the world. You know, Jesus loves the world, so wherever 0:48:22.780 --> 0:48:26.680 he rules, that could be a sending nation. Iran will 0:48:26.680 --> 0:48:29.739 be ascending nation to the Middle East and the world, 0:48:29.739 --> 0:48:32.500 and we are approaching that very fast. 0:48:32.530 --> 0:48:35.620 Doctor Shariat, our guests right now. If you want more 0:48:35.620 --> 0:48:39.669 on this ministry, Iran Alive Ministries, just text alive to 0:48:39.700 --> 0:48:47.650 800 555 7898. Text alive to 805 557898. 0:48:47.680 --> 0:48:50.200 One of the things you're going to find there is 0:48:50.230 --> 0:48:57.670 Doctor Chariot's new book, Iran's Great Awakening, and I am 0:48:57.670 --> 0:49:00.280 going to read it cover to cover. Doctor, I got 0:49:00.280 --> 0:49:04.960 to tell you something. This has. absolutely lit a fresh 0:49:04.989 --> 0:49:07.300 fire in me today, and I thank you from the 0:49:07.300 --> 0:49:10.239 bottom of my heart. Godspeed to you, my friend. Would 0:49:10.239 --> 0:49:14.140 you pray for the people of Iran in Farsi before 0:49:14.140 --> 0:49:15.130 you go today? 0:49:15.520 --> 0:49:24.520 Yes, I will do that. But that Iran that Hamas faces. 0:49:24.850 --> 0:49:39.850 Mohabbat KE Dastak. Tehran. Iran. Iran. Saudi Arabia, Iran. Iran. 0:49:39.850 --> 0:49:43.330 Nur Jahan der nomi ci masih Amin. 0:49:43.510 --> 0:49:52.270 Amen. Wow! Text alive to 805 five five 7898. Just 0:49:52.270 --> 0:49:57.279 that one word alive to 805 five five 7898. And 0:49:57.280 --> 0:50:01.060 let's be in prayer for our brothers and sisters and 0:50:01.060 --> 0:50:02.770 those to be in Iran.