WEBVTT - Walking by Faith and Not by Sight 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.120 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.000 Well, apparently the word's out on the street, and people 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:13.800 are saying, I love this. Good morning. Can I get 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:17.759 the article for today? Okay, we don't always have an article, 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:21.720 but today we do, and it's a good one. There's 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:25.800 a celebration on the Jewish calendar that is amazing. And 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:28.200 it's these are celebrations that we need to look at 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:30.680 from time to time and go, huh? I wonder why 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:35.440 that's there. Whether it's Feast of Booths. I mean, my goodness, 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:37.960 we've got the Great One coming up here. Are you 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:42.720 kidding me? Passover. Here we go. But what we what 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.800 we really have in this book of Esther is a 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.760 celebration of God's providence over the roll of a dice. 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.040 And it's it's so cool. We're going to give you 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:55.880 this link here in just a moment, but there is 0:00:55.880 --> 0:01:00.160 a proverb that speaks to this. Let me tell you why. 0:01:00.310 --> 0:01:06.390 Christ's followers should never get scratch-offs, why Christ's followers should 0:01:06.390 --> 0:01:10.990 never get lottery tickets. Why Christ's followers should never go 0:01:10.990 --> 0:01:18.230 to casinos. First off, it's dumb. Secondly, you're going to lose. 0:01:18.230 --> 0:01:22.309 How do I know that? Because God loves you. God 0:01:22.310 --> 0:01:26.589 loves you. Here's the passage. Proverbs 1633. The lot is 0:01:26.590 --> 0:01:30.310 cast into the lap, but its every decision is from 0:01:30.310 --> 0:01:35.470 the Lord. Oh, I guarantee you this right now. It 0:01:35.470 --> 0:01:39.270 is not God's will for you to be a mega 0:01:39.270 --> 0:01:44.110 lottery winner. I can say that unequivocally. It is not 0:01:44.110 --> 0:01:48.670 God's will for you to be a mega lottery winner, Carl. 0:01:48.710 --> 0:01:50.350 Even if I promised to give a lot of money 0:01:50.350 --> 0:01:53.430 to the church, right? Oh. 0:01:54.950 --> 0:01:58.590 That's classic. No, no. That's classic. That's the normal response. 0:01:58.630 --> 0:01:59.390 Of course. 0:01:59.430 --> 0:02:03.410 God, if I win this, I'll give more than 10%. Oh, 0:02:03.530 --> 0:02:10.130 way to tip God there, junior. Way to go! No! No! Why? Why? 0:02:10.169 --> 0:02:13.210 Why not gamble? Why? Why not get a mega lottery ticket? 0:02:13.210 --> 0:02:15.090 And I'm going to go off on this one. Why not? 0:02:15.130 --> 0:02:17.570 Where are those monies coming from? 0:02:18.770 --> 0:02:20.690 Uh, what do you mean, where? Oh, the money that you. 0:02:20.730 --> 0:02:22.209 You win the money. Where does it come from? 0:02:22.250 --> 0:02:23.810 Well, it comes off of the backs of all the 0:02:23.810 --> 0:02:28.730 people who wrecked their lives trying to gamble. Yeah. 0:02:29.930 --> 0:02:32.690 Yeah. Think about this, man. 0:02:32.730 --> 0:02:36.530 One person wins. About 32 million. Lose. 0:02:36.889 --> 0:02:39.770 Trust me, if Matthew got called out of the tree. 0:02:39.810 --> 0:02:47.690 The tax collector. If. If. Matthew. If a tax. Here's 0:02:47.690 --> 0:02:51.730 the bottom line. If a tax collector is getting busted 0:02:51.730 --> 0:02:56.130 by Jesus, and he goes back and he makes right 0:02:56.130 --> 0:03:01.360 those wrongs by times four For if you win the 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:07.400 mega lottery, the direct application of that passage is you 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:11.480 might have won $100 million, but you need to give 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:16.040 400 million away because it's on the backs of people 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:18.280 that can't afford it. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.280 Yeah. I also just looked this up. The United States 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:26.399 has 58 million active gamblers, 58 million. So I was 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.720 even low when I said 32 million people, 58 million 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.400 people are active gamblers in the US. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:33.800 And we know it's a problem because we got public 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:37.600 service announcements everywhere telling kids to stop this. And now, 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.360 you mentioned something earlier that the amount of harassment that's 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:45.600 online right now, when, let's say, even a college team 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.800 loses a game if somebody gambled on it, and then 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:52.120 they start railing against athletes that they think lost the game. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.840 I saw an ad actually kind of like another public 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.910 service announcement, basically saying, don't do that when you gamble. 0:03:59.910 --> 0:04:03.350 If you lose, don't threaten these student athletes. I thought, 0:04:03.350 --> 0:04:04.750 what in the world? 0:04:04.790 --> 0:04:06.230 It's crazy. Don't threaten children. 0:04:06.270 --> 0:04:09.470 We're having to tell people this. I was shocked. 0:04:09.510 --> 0:04:09.590 The. 0:04:09.590 --> 0:04:10.150 Same thing. 0:04:10.990 --> 0:04:14.190 When we saw that ad. My my bride said the 0:04:14.190 --> 0:04:18.429 same thing. She said what? We're having to warn people. 0:04:18.430 --> 0:04:20.710 Don't harass kids. 0:04:20.710 --> 0:04:22.630 Because you lost a bet. 0:04:22.670 --> 0:04:24.710 Doesn't surprise me in the slightest either. 0:04:24.710 --> 0:04:26.469 By the way, that was a really good ad. I 0:04:26.470 --> 0:04:27.950 think I saw the same one as you. Does it 0:04:27.950 --> 0:04:30.270 have the squiggly line going through all those pictures of 0:04:30.270 --> 0:04:31.830 all these athletes and students? 0:04:31.830 --> 0:04:33.669 I don't even remember. I think I was doing something 0:04:33.670 --> 0:04:35.830 else and just heard it, and it just caught my 0:04:35.830 --> 0:04:37.430 ear because it was so odd. 0:04:38.910 --> 0:04:39.350 Yeah. 0:04:39.990 --> 0:04:46.750 Here's the amazing thing. God ultimately orchestrates this stuff. And 0:04:46.750 --> 0:04:49.590 we find in the book of Esther that God allowed 0:04:49.589 --> 0:04:53.549 Haman to roll the dice. Only God got the final 0:04:53.550 --> 0:04:56.030 word on this thing. I'm going to give you details 0:04:56.029 --> 0:04:58.390 about the story coming up, and let's give away this 0:04:58.390 --> 0:04:59.489 article right now. 0:04:59.529 --> 0:05:01.930 This is an article from Doctor Michael right now. This 0:05:01.930 --> 0:05:05.970 is going to be a great resource on a pure Purim. Purim? 0:05:05.970 --> 0:05:06.890 How do you say it? 0:05:06.930 --> 0:05:09.289 Well, we don't say it rightly either way. So Purim 0:05:09.290 --> 0:05:09.570 is fine. 0:05:09.610 --> 0:05:13.850 Purim. Okay, then just text the word lots to 800 555, 0:05:13.850 --> 0:05:18.130 7898 text lots to get the resource for today. Lots 0:05:18.130 --> 0:05:21.770 to 800 555 7898. 0:05:22.130 --> 0:05:25.810 Yeah. Here's what Michael answers in this article. What's going 0:05:25.810 --> 0:05:29.050 on in the book of Esther? Why was it written? 0:05:29.050 --> 0:05:32.170 And do we see God's providential hand? We do. We'll 0:05:32.170 --> 0:05:33.969 break it down. Heyman coming up. 0:05:34.610 --> 0:05:37.290 You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't 0:05:37.330 --> 0:05:41.250 take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew. 0:05:41.450 --> 0:05:44.010 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:05:44.330 --> 0:05:46.050 All right, we're going to show you how not to 0:05:46.050 --> 0:05:48.410 do it so that we can learn how to do it. 0:05:48.450 --> 0:05:53.010 It's sometimes a great way to observe Scripture. Heyman is 0:05:53.010 --> 0:05:55.050 his name. Tell me about Heyman, young Thunder. 0:05:55.250 --> 0:05:58.330 Oh man, Heyman is a jerk. I don't like Heyman. 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:00.760 Heyman was a bad dude, man. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:01.200 He's a bad. 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:02.440 Dude. What do you think he looked like? 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.919 Oh man. So the only thing I. I can get 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.119 when I think of Heyman is Veggie Tales. Veggie Tales. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:10.400 There was the story of S. 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:11.239 That was coming. 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.000 And, uh. And the potato I think he was a 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.000 potato played Heyman. And so I just think of the 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.720 of the kind of like any he had like little 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:23.440 squinty eyed potato with a little, uh, hairline mustache. And 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.160 so that's what I think of when I think of Heyman. 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.680 And I can't change it. It's just stuck in my 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:29.799 head like that. 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.119 Things you thought you would not hear when you ask 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:32.800 a question. 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:33.159 Yeah. 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:33.799 Veggie tales. 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:34.600 I know, right? 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:38.040 For 500 right there. I just I just won. 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:38.480 You just. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.960 Won. I did not know that was going to pop up. Okay. 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:42.560 So Heyman bad dude. Tell the story. 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:45.679 Yeah. So Heyman's the right hand man of Xerxes. And 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:49.040 and he's pompous and he wants everyone to bow down 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.080 to him and you know and we talked a little 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.720 bit about this yesterday. Heyman is walking out in, you know, 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.320 in front of the temple and or not in front 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:59.310 of the in front of the palace. And Mordecai, who 0:06:59.310 --> 0:07:02.270 is a relative to Esther, is is sitting out there, 0:07:02.270 --> 0:07:05.110 and he wants everyone to bow before him as he 0:07:05.110 --> 0:07:07.310 walks by because he goes, hey, I'm I'm high up. 0:07:07.310 --> 0:07:10.990 You guys better recognize and and Mordecai says, no, I'm 0:07:10.990 --> 0:07:12.910 not doing it. I'm you know, you're not a man 0:07:12.910 --> 0:07:14.990 of God. I don't have anything to do with you. 0:07:14.990 --> 0:07:17.790 I'm not bowing to you. And and Haman is so 0:07:17.790 --> 0:07:20.270 offended by this. He says, I'm going to take it out. 0:07:20.310 --> 0:07:23.430 Not just on Mordecai, but on Mordecai, his entire entire 0:07:23.430 --> 0:07:27.550 people group. So he he basically he he tells the king, listen, 0:07:27.550 --> 0:07:30.110 there's this people group out there that's following laws that 0:07:30.110 --> 0:07:33.550 aren't your laws, and you have no benefit of keeping 0:07:33.550 --> 0:07:35.510 them in your kingdom. He goes, let me take care 0:07:35.510 --> 0:07:37.350 of it. The king says, yeah, go ahead, take care 0:07:37.350 --> 0:07:39.310 of these people. He doesn't tell him it's the Jews. 0:07:39.510 --> 0:07:40.870 And he says, you know, I'm going to go take 0:07:40.870 --> 0:07:42.790 care of these people for you. So he makes an 0:07:42.790 --> 0:07:47.030 edict to say, let's kill all the Jews, identify every 0:07:47.030 --> 0:07:50.070 single one of them in our entire empire, and then 0:07:50.070 --> 0:07:52.510 let's kill them. And Mordecai is going to be one 0:07:52.510 --> 0:07:55.350 of them. He makes a gallow specifically for Mordecai to 0:07:55.390 --> 0:07:59.580 die on. But before he sends this edict out, he decides, hey, 0:07:59.580 --> 0:08:01.780 let's put a little gamble to it and decide when 0:08:01.780 --> 0:08:05.300 this is going to happen by casting lots. And so 0:08:05.300 --> 0:08:07.700 he basically throws down a set of dice to see 0:08:07.700 --> 0:08:10.100 when when he's going to set it out. And in 0:08:10.100 --> 0:08:14.100 God's providence, it landed on 11 months away. 0:08:14.540 --> 0:08:18.620 The 13th day of Adar, which was 11 months away. 0:08:18.660 --> 0:08:22.500 The OP, I mean, a full, almost a full calendar 0:08:22.540 --> 0:08:23.380 year away. 0:08:23.420 --> 0:08:25.740 And he had every right to just say, send the 0:08:25.740 --> 0:08:28.540 edict out now. Let's get it moving. Today he could 0:08:28.580 --> 0:08:32.179 have done that. He decided not to. And in God's providence, 0:08:32.340 --> 0:08:35.940 it gave Esther and Mordecai enough time to talk with 0:08:35.940 --> 0:08:38.219 the King about this, to hear about it, talk with 0:08:38.220 --> 0:08:40.900 the king about it, and then let the king know 0:08:41.020 --> 0:08:42.220 so they could stop it. 0:08:43.260 --> 0:08:45.699 We got a we got a resource for you. There 0:08:45.700 --> 0:08:50.260 is a celebration two day celebration called Purim. P u 0:08:50.300 --> 0:08:54.620 r I'm and it is celebrated to this day. It's 0:08:54.620 --> 0:08:58.960 a celebration of the dice being rolled by Heyman that 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:02.679 came up so far out that it gave time for 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.079 the providence of God to work. It's a pretty cool celebration. 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:10.120 Isn't that cool? They're celebrating. Heyman's rolling of the dice 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:16.280 per is lots. Lots are dice rolling or short straw. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:17.480 It could be either. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.280 Probably not the action Heyman wanted of his to be celebrated, 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.280 but by God's providence, it is. 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.720 Got it nonetheless. We got a resource for you right now. 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:33.120 Just text lots to 855 five 7898. Lots to 800 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.160 555 7898. 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:41.560 So lots were thrown by God's people for thousands of years. 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.079 When did it all change? And what does that mean 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:46.920 for you coming up? 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:54.960 Well, I better lose a gambler. Yeah, just throwing snake eyes. Oh, 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:59.150 love ain't got me down That heartache I know. Around 0:09:59.150 --> 0:10:06.310 the corner lies my fool's Paradise. Just another roll of 0:10:06.309 --> 0:10:10.030 the dice. Oh, yeah. Oh, my. 0:10:10.630 --> 0:10:11.110 It's not his. 0:10:11.110 --> 0:10:12.710 Fault. I mean. 0:10:13.590 --> 0:10:16.270 The boss sounds. Every song sounds the same. 0:10:16.590 --> 0:10:17.790 They really do. 0:10:17.910 --> 0:10:19.390 Every song sounds the same. 0:10:19.429 --> 0:10:20.830 There's no variation. 0:10:20.870 --> 0:10:22.910 It's so funny, man. You hear that? And you're like, 0:10:22.910 --> 0:10:26.710 all right, man. Born in the U.S.A.. He just sits 0:10:26.710 --> 0:10:29.790 in the same key. And you just keep going, man. 0:10:29.830 --> 0:10:30.949 Glory days. 0:10:30.990 --> 0:10:33.990 Yep. Same thing. It just keeps on rolling. 0:10:34.030 --> 0:10:34.870 That's so funny. 0:10:35.070 --> 0:10:39.830 Um, so we don't roll dice anymore. What do we do, Ali? 0:10:39.950 --> 0:10:43.470 Seek the power of the Holy Spirit. 0:10:43.950 --> 0:10:45.230 When did that happen? 0:10:45.270 --> 0:10:46.589 I mean, the day of Pentecost. 0:10:46.950 --> 0:10:50.790 Yeah. It's a it's an astounding observation here. If you 0:10:50.790 --> 0:10:52.950 look in the New Testament, you find that they were 0:10:52.950 --> 0:10:56.860 rolling dice, casting lots, even to fill the slot of 0:10:56.860 --> 0:11:02.460 Judas's discipleship. He's gone. Matthias was coming in. They rolled 0:11:02.460 --> 0:11:05.620 dice to find out who would be selected. But they're 0:11:05.620 --> 0:11:09.500 never rolled again. I'm going to give the floor to 0:11:09.540 --> 0:11:12.540 you guys. Why is this so powerful now? 0:11:12.780 --> 0:11:15.660 Why? I find this really fascinating one, the timing of it. 0:11:15.660 --> 0:11:20.420 Because I just literally last night was reading and and 0:11:20.660 --> 0:11:23.500 not even this passage, another one about lots and I 0:11:23.540 --> 0:11:27.300 and I was like, I wonder what that is. So 0:11:27.340 --> 0:11:29.900 I love that we're talking about this today. But I mean, 0:11:29.940 --> 0:11:33.140 the desire to see God's sovereign will, as Doctor Michael 0:11:33.140 --> 0:11:36.620 Wright described to us, the rolling of the dice at 0:11:36.620 --> 0:11:39.740 the time was a guarantee that that that God would 0:11:39.740 --> 0:11:41.380 be controlling the outcome. 0:11:42.220 --> 0:11:43.140 Because he does. 0:11:43.179 --> 0:11:47.220 Because he does. So there was no influence of anyone else. 0:11:47.460 --> 0:11:50.140 But we don't have to rely on that sort of 0:11:50.179 --> 0:11:52.179 roll of the dice, because we have now have the 0:11:52.179 --> 0:11:55.420 leading of the Holy Spirit. But here's the thing, though. 0:11:55.620 --> 0:12:00.319 Do you think that sometimes rolling the dice would feel easier? 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.760 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:04.800 Absolutely. 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:10.319 It's definitive. Everybody can see it. You can't miss what 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:10.959 it says. 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:12.560 It's a literal sign. Do this. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.280 Exactly. And so I think most people would say, give 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.959 me the literal sign, please. If I have the choice 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.520 between the two, they could be tempting to be like. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:21.960 Can I get a literal sign? 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.200 Yeah. This is why you don't want to do you 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:26.240 don't want to use Gideon's story of putting out a 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.960 fleece as what you're doing, because the the fleece that 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:33.040 he put out was an act of disobedience, because God 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.400 had already told him what to do. Yeah. So you 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.000 don't want to use that as a proof text. And 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.280 here we find in Proverbs 1633, the lot is cast 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:43.960 into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:48.080 Don't go to a casino. Don't do scratch offs. Don't 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:51.600 do any of that stuff. Because in the new Covenant, 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:56.270 we don't cast lots. Roll dice. We don't gamble, we 0:12:56.270 --> 0:12:58.830 get led by the power of the Holy Spirit. That's 0:12:58.830 --> 0:13:00.750 the power of Pentecost. 0:13:00.830 --> 0:13:01.230 Okay. 0:13:01.510 --> 0:13:02.270 Oh, go ahead, Jonathan. 0:13:02.270 --> 0:13:04.950 I was going to say, I think of John 1027 0:13:04.950 --> 0:13:07.309 where Jesus says, my sheep hear my voice and I 0:13:07.309 --> 0:13:10.270 know them and they follow me. Is is that's kind 0:13:10.270 --> 0:13:12.750 of the new the new way of doing it is 0:13:12.790 --> 0:13:15.030 when we are in Jesus, we have the Holy Spirit. 0:13:15.030 --> 0:13:18.350 We know his voice. So when he calls us, yeah, 0:13:18.390 --> 0:13:21.190 sometimes we want to go and get counsel and say, 0:13:21.230 --> 0:13:24.309 you know, but at the same time, God's using all 0:13:24.309 --> 0:13:26.350 these things to bring it together to where we can 0:13:26.350 --> 0:13:28.190 hear his voice and say, I know God's calling me 0:13:28.190 --> 0:13:28.790 to do that. 0:13:28.830 --> 0:13:32.190 Okay. So, Carl, so, so someone who's facing a decision, 0:13:32.190 --> 0:13:35.030 let's say they come to you, you're a pastor. Like, 0:13:35.270 --> 0:13:38.110 is it wrong for me to ask God to show 0:13:38.110 --> 0:13:42.270 me in a specific way? Is that a wrong way 0:13:42.270 --> 0:13:44.150 to seek to be led by the power of the 0:13:44.150 --> 0:13:47.510 Holy Spirit? Could these work together? Obviously, I'm not going 0:13:47.550 --> 0:13:49.990 to roll a physical dice, but I mean, you've heard 0:13:49.990 --> 0:13:53.230 of people who look for closed and open doors. Like 0:13:53.510 --> 0:13:57.300 I feel that God opened this door. Isn't that similar? 0:13:57.340 --> 0:13:59.420 Okay, so you just gave me three there. So let's 0:13:59.740 --> 0:14:04.020 let's deal with the last one first. Be careful with 0:14:04.020 --> 0:14:10.940 open door prayers, because Satan is more than willing to 0:14:10.980 --> 0:14:15.059 open doors of opportunity that maybe are not from God. 0:14:15.100 --> 0:14:18.939 That's one. Secondly, is it bad to ask God for 0:14:18.940 --> 0:14:22.540 wisdom and insight? No. What do we find? My bride 0:14:22.540 --> 0:14:26.140 and I were up early this morning praying together. And 0:14:26.140 --> 0:14:28.540 what do we find in verse five of James one? 0:14:28.540 --> 0:14:32.100 I think it's verse five. If you lack wisdom for 0:14:32.100 --> 0:14:34.980 the trial that you're going through, check me on that. 0:14:34.980 --> 0:14:38.260 If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask of God. And 0:14:38.260 --> 0:14:41.540 God wants to freely give us that wisdom when we're 0:14:41.540 --> 0:14:44.300 going through that trial. Yeah, I'm certain it's verse five. 0:14:44.340 --> 0:14:45.140 Yeah. James one five. 0:14:45.220 --> 0:14:52.700 Yeah. So we. Open door can be dangerous. Have you 0:14:52.700 --> 0:14:55.880 ever seen that God opens doors for us that we 0:14:56.040 --> 0:15:00.720 realize in retrospect, it's like, whoa. There's there's an open 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.080 door here. Sometimes open doors are from the Lord, sometimes 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:05.640 they're not. And by the way, this is why we 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.400 need to be careful with this, because even the apostle 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:12.240 Paul says in first Corinthians 16 verse nine, he said, look, 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.320 I want to come see you in Corinth, but right 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.840 now I'm going to stay on in Ephesus for a 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:20.360 wide door for effective work has opened to me. And 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:25.520 there are many adversaries. So does Paul use open door policy? Yeah, 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:30.160 but there's there's something even deeper still. And that is 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.800 this and proven, by the way, with what Paul said. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.040 Notice we often look for open doors or windows of 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:40.960 opportunity or signs that God's leading because it will be absent, 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.840 maybe of conflict, or maybe some of the question marks 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:48.040 will evaporate because it'll be a clear sign. Yeah, this 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.680 is a boulevard of opportunity in front of me. But 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.360 according to Paul in first Corinthians 16, verse nine, that 0:15:54.470 --> 0:15:58.750 wide door for effective work actually was met with resistance 0:15:58.750 --> 0:16:03.390 from the evil one, because there were many adversaries. So 0:16:03.550 --> 0:16:08.190 this is a great question, Ali. And this is a really, uh, 0:16:08.750 --> 0:16:12.470 there's a there's a very clear answer here. If we 0:16:12.470 --> 0:16:16.910 look at what God's will is for our life, it's 0:16:16.910 --> 0:16:21.350 pretty conclusive. Even if you look at First Thessalonians chapter four, 0:16:21.390 --> 0:16:23.990 verse three, and I steal this from John Piper from 0:16:23.990 --> 0:16:28.630 about 25 years ago. It's been that long. He was 0:16:28.630 --> 0:16:31.430 asked by someone, how can I know the will of God? 0:16:32.110 --> 0:16:35.870 And he? You. He went to first Thessalonians four, verse three. 0:16:36.270 --> 0:16:40.230 Now it goes on to talk about abstaining from sexual immorality. 0:16:40.230 --> 0:16:43.630 But it's a good enough standalone where Paul says, this 0:16:43.630 --> 0:16:47.830 is the will of God, your sanctification. So God's will 0:16:47.830 --> 0:16:50.510 for our life is that we would grow up in him. 0:16:50.510 --> 0:16:53.110 Have you ever noticed that the things that cause us 0:16:53.110 --> 0:16:57.420 to grow Often we head into with trembling and apprehension. 0:16:57.660 --> 0:16:58.580 Absolutely. 0:16:58.620 --> 0:17:02.260 Yeah. And sometimes we find things that grow us up, 0:17:02.260 --> 0:17:05.300 that we're at the same time begging. God, God, take 0:17:05.300 --> 0:17:07.900 this cup from me. But then we need to remember 0:17:07.900 --> 0:17:10.500 what Jesus even said on the Mount of Olives. Not 0:17:10.500 --> 0:17:14.940 my will, but yours be done. So was Jesus on 0:17:14.940 --> 0:17:17.060 the right path when he went to the cross? 0:17:18.380 --> 0:17:19.100 Of course he was. 0:17:19.140 --> 0:17:23.420 Of course he was. Was it hard? Of course. Brutal. 0:17:23.460 --> 0:17:25.980 He took the sins of mankind on his shoulders, man. 0:17:26.020 --> 0:17:27.739 And on his heart. He took it all the way 0:17:27.740 --> 0:17:31.820 to the cross. So I remember the first time I 0:17:31.820 --> 0:17:34.580 used this. It was really cool. I remember the first 0:17:34.580 --> 0:17:37.139 time after hearing John Piper share this. So it had 0:17:37.140 --> 0:17:39.899 to have been maybe more than 25 years ago. Um, 0:17:41.020 --> 0:17:44.219 we were with a bunch of hundreds of single adults 0:17:44.220 --> 0:17:47.660 that were just growing and just going with God. And 0:17:47.660 --> 0:17:49.740 a guy came up to me after a Thursday night 0:17:49.740 --> 0:17:52.859 service and he said, hey, I've got an opportunity. How 0:17:52.859 --> 0:17:54.690 do I know if this is from the Lord or not? 0:17:54.730 --> 0:17:56.450 I said, well, let me run this by you. I 0:17:56.450 --> 0:17:59.130 opened up the Bible to first Thessalonians four verse three, 0:17:59.130 --> 0:18:01.490 and I said, if this move he was moving from 0:18:01.490 --> 0:18:04.010 little Rock to Dallas or that was what's in front 0:18:04.010 --> 0:18:09.210 of him. I said, if this move, based on opportunity 0:18:09.210 --> 0:18:13.449 and challenges alike, combined for an opportunity that's going to 0:18:13.490 --> 0:18:16.730 press you closer to God, maybe move you out of 0:18:16.730 --> 0:18:19.330 some apathy. And when I said that, he goes, man, 0:18:19.369 --> 0:18:23.170 that's it. He said, I feel like I've gotten so 0:18:23.290 --> 0:18:27.770 apathetic in my faith. And even the prospect of going 0:18:27.810 --> 0:18:31.010 to Dallas has already driven me to my face before 0:18:31.010 --> 0:18:33.730 the Lord. I go, you know, that could be God's 0:18:33.730 --> 0:18:36.129 dinner bell for you, that you're on the right path here. 0:18:36.410 --> 0:18:40.370 Because when something is going to drive us closer to 0:18:40.369 --> 0:18:44.050 the Lord, depending on him more, and is by virtue 0:18:44.050 --> 0:18:47.649 of making that move, that decision, that job that we take, 0:18:47.690 --> 0:18:52.689 that promotion that we take or don't take in that. Interesting. 0:18:52.730 --> 0:18:53.130 Yeah. 0:18:53.990 --> 0:18:57.510 Will cause us to grow up in our relationship with God. 0:18:57.550 --> 0:19:01.110 All of those things can be great indicators that we're 0:19:01.109 --> 0:19:03.109 on the right path. Here's the added thing that I 0:19:03.109 --> 0:19:06.030 would say. Not all doors. Okay, so let's rehearse this. 0:19:06.030 --> 0:19:09.350 Not all open doors are from God. Satan's willing to 0:19:09.350 --> 0:19:12.909 open plenty of doors for you. My goodness, we we 0:19:12.950 --> 0:19:15.310 don't have to explain that. We can all see things 0:19:15.310 --> 0:19:18.070 in our life that seem like. Whoa, look at that. 0:19:18.150 --> 0:19:20.430 We jumped in it and we're like, oh, that wasn't 0:19:20.430 --> 0:19:25.070 from God. Can we ask God for wisdom? And should 0:19:25.070 --> 0:19:31.910 we ask him for signs? Absolutely. Sometimes the wisdom that 0:19:31.910 --> 0:19:35.830 comes down from above is going to be God crossing 0:19:35.830 --> 0:19:38.669 someone in our path who's older and wiser in the Lord. 0:19:38.670 --> 0:19:42.109 And we ask them for counsel in many counselors is wisdom. 0:19:42.109 --> 0:19:44.550 But know this at the end of the day, any 0:19:44.550 --> 0:19:47.869 decision that's going to drive you closer to dependence upon 0:19:47.869 --> 0:19:52.270 God is probably a good decision to make. Any decision 0:19:52.270 --> 0:19:57.379 that's going aimed at giving you, um, a little more glory. 0:19:57.380 --> 0:20:03.379 And by the way, um, a little more platform. You know, 0:20:03.420 --> 0:20:07.979 I'd be suspicious of that, but there's a lot of 0:20:07.980 --> 0:20:10.939 you that are maybe on the cusp of applying for 0:20:10.940 --> 0:20:13.740 a new job, or looking for a promotion or looking 0:20:13.740 --> 0:20:17.940 for a new avenue. And by virtue of you taking this, 0:20:17.940 --> 0:20:21.379 you may get a little more exposure. Ali's going to 0:20:21.380 --> 0:20:23.699 share her story, but it's going to cause you to 0:20:23.740 --> 0:20:27.699 cling more closely to God. Wow, that could be a 0:20:27.700 --> 0:20:30.860 beautiful thing. So it's not a straight line. It involves 0:20:30.859 --> 0:20:33.540 getting some wise counsel around you. But it's a great 0:20:33.540 --> 0:20:36.619 question to ask Ali. This is the will of God, 0:20:36.619 --> 0:20:41.300 your sanctification. So any decision that you're facing today, just 0:20:41.340 --> 0:20:43.740 ask God, is this going to grow me up? Is 0:20:43.740 --> 0:20:45.260 this going to grow me up? Is this going to 0:20:45.260 --> 0:20:47.260 take me closer to you? And if it is, you 0:20:47.260 --> 0:20:49.580 might be on some solid ground. Get some wise counsel 0:20:49.580 --> 0:20:50.100 around you. 0:20:50.140 --> 0:20:52.020 Want to make sure you can get the show cast today. 0:20:52.020 --> 0:20:54.050 Maybe you heard that. And that's something you want to 0:20:54.050 --> 0:20:56.090 share with someone in your life who you know is 0:20:56.090 --> 0:20:58.370 facing a decision. Just get our show cast. You can 0:20:58.369 --> 0:21:03.650 send them the link. Just text show to 800 555 7898. 0:21:03.690 --> 0:21:07.570 Text show to 800 555 7898. 0:21:08.410 --> 0:21:12.010 Okay, we have not forgotten. We have not forgotten. What 0:21:12.010 --> 0:21:14.050 have we not forgotten? Well, you got to stick around 0:21:14.050 --> 0:21:14.770 for that. 0:21:14.810 --> 0:21:15.369 Hang on. 0:21:16.570 --> 0:21:21.129 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:21:21.130 --> 0:21:24.810 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:21:25.050 --> 0:21:25.970 It's perfect. 0:21:26.010 --> 0:21:27.290 Time for. 0:21:27.330 --> 0:21:29.649 Ali to step in here, right, because we need a 0:21:29.650 --> 0:21:31.570 little levity. Ali. How about that for a setup? 0:21:31.609 --> 0:21:33.209 Okay. Sounds good. 0:21:33.770 --> 0:21:37.330 Making herself laugh. No matter who joins her, it's time 0:21:37.330 --> 0:21:39.369 for Ali thinks it's funny. 0:21:40.369 --> 0:21:42.649 Little pop quiz for my team to help me set 0:21:42.690 --> 0:21:45.370 up the first joke. Who's heard of? Who has heard 0:21:45.369 --> 0:21:46.649 of aquaculture? 0:21:47.090 --> 0:21:47.490 No. 0:21:47.770 --> 0:21:47.930 Yeah. 0:21:47.970 --> 0:21:48.970 Aquasana. 0:21:49.010 --> 0:21:50.649 People who drink a lot of water? 0:21:50.690 --> 0:21:52.430 No. Have you heard of aquaculture? 0:21:52.430 --> 0:21:53.310 Is it a band? 0:21:53.670 --> 0:21:54.030 No. 0:21:54.430 --> 0:21:55.310 Sounds like a band. 0:21:55.350 --> 0:21:59.230 Okay. So aquaculture is shellfish farming? 0:21:59.790 --> 0:22:01.869 Oh, I didn't know that. I didn't know that. 0:22:01.910 --> 0:22:05.109 Did you know that? That's an important part of the 0:22:05.150 --> 0:22:08.950 how we get food jobs ecosystem. Shellfish farming. 0:22:09.310 --> 0:22:10.869 Well, I'm not going to clam up. I'm going to 0:22:10.869 --> 0:22:12.350 tell you. Yes, I know that's important. 0:22:12.390 --> 0:22:15.109 I like it. Okay. Well played with the little pun. 0:22:15.150 --> 0:22:16.070 I like it. 0:22:16.310 --> 0:22:18.629 But I can't even get her but groaning on that stuff. 0:22:19.790 --> 0:22:20.790 So there was. 0:22:20.830 --> 0:22:21.030 A. 0:22:21.030 --> 0:22:24.909 Shellfish farmer. Guys, I'm going in on the joke. Just 0:22:24.910 --> 0:22:28.390 a heads up. It's coming, it's coming, it's coming. The 0:22:28.390 --> 0:22:36.109 people are waiting. Whoa! Oh, wow. Okay. 0:22:36.390 --> 0:22:36.790 Okay. 0:22:37.310 --> 0:22:40.470 So, the shellfish farmer, let's call him Dan. 0:22:40.750 --> 0:22:41.109 Okay. 0:22:41.790 --> 0:22:45.390 Dan really wanted to get in shape. Summer's coming. He's 0:22:45.390 --> 0:22:49.109 going on vacation. Dan, the shellfish farmer, decided to take 0:22:49.109 --> 0:22:51.979 up running. But there was a problem. He couldn't do it. 0:22:52.020 --> 0:22:52.780 You want to know why? 0:22:52.980 --> 0:22:53.340 Why? 0:22:53.580 --> 0:22:54.420 Pulled a muscle. 0:23:00.100 --> 0:23:01.139 That was worth the wait. 0:23:01.180 --> 0:23:01.780 That was good. 0:23:04.540 --> 0:23:05.260 That was good. 0:23:05.700 --> 0:23:07.900 I enjoyed that one, I really did. 0:23:07.940 --> 0:23:09.820 What's great is that you can't. You got to pull 0:23:09.820 --> 0:23:10.260 a muscle. 0:23:10.300 --> 0:23:11.020 You got a. 0:23:11.020 --> 0:23:13.100 Muscle. Okay, so I guess it's story time. I didn't 0:23:13.100 --> 0:23:15.500 realize both of these required a little one, a little 0:23:15.540 --> 0:23:18.899 bit of setup. So, uh, Rachel is our next character 0:23:18.940 --> 0:23:19.820 in our next joke. 0:23:19.859 --> 0:23:20.220 Our next. 0:23:20.220 --> 0:23:23.619 Character. Rachel started dating a new guy. He had a 0:23:23.619 --> 0:23:28.540 lot of great qualities, but her guy Rachel dated. Um, 0:23:28.580 --> 0:23:30.100 give me a name for her boyfriend. 0:23:30.580 --> 0:23:31.300 Ted. Ted. 0:23:31.340 --> 0:23:35.660 Okay. I like Ted. Ted's a gardener. So Rachel and Ted, 0:23:35.700 --> 0:23:39.419 they're dating. Ted's doing well in gardening, but at some 0:23:39.420 --> 0:23:42.660 point in time, Rachel goes. Ted, I'm sorry. I know 0:23:42.660 --> 0:23:45.100 you're a gardener. I can't marry you. 0:23:45.220 --> 0:23:45.780 Oh, no. 0:23:46.420 --> 0:23:48.180 Little too rough around the hedges. 0:23:52.090 --> 0:23:55.050 Oh, no, really, you know what? The music ran out, 0:23:55.050 --> 0:23:56.649 and I think it's just okay to leave it down 0:23:56.690 --> 0:23:57.210 on this one. 0:23:57.250 --> 0:23:57.650 Yeah. 0:23:59.570 --> 0:24:03.610 So I kind of like it with no music. You 0:24:03.609 --> 0:24:05.209 could just hear Ali wheezing. 0:24:06.090 --> 0:24:09.609 Come on, guys, we need video jokes. We need video 0:24:09.650 --> 0:24:12.530 of this. My eyes are watering. Text jokes rough around 0:24:12.530 --> 0:24:14.890 the hedges. Yeah, I can't read. 0:24:15.050 --> 0:24:17.090 She's just I, like, pulled the muscle even better. 0:24:17.130 --> 0:24:19.250 Like, pull the muscle was better. She has a victory 0:24:19.290 --> 0:24:23.929 sign in the air. Two incredible puns delivered text jokes 0:24:23.930 --> 0:24:31.609 to 800 555, 7898. Text jokes to 800 555 7898. Guys, 0:24:31.609 --> 0:24:32.970 this is the highlight of my morning. 0:24:33.010 --> 0:24:33.610 I'm glad. 0:24:33.650 --> 0:24:34.970 Because Ali thinks it's. 0:24:34.970 --> 0:24:37.929 Funny. I mean, I think I give myself ten out 0:24:37.970 --> 0:24:39.409 of ten for both of those. 0:24:39.410 --> 0:24:40.730 Well, the muscles. 0:24:40.730 --> 0:24:41.210 You like. 0:24:41.210 --> 0:24:42.169 The muscle was. 0:24:42.170 --> 0:24:43.130 Outstanding. 0:24:43.170 --> 0:24:43.610 Okay. 0:24:43.770 --> 0:24:45.129 Rough around the hedges. 0:24:45.450 --> 0:24:47.409 Huh? That one just got me. 0:24:47.730 --> 0:24:48.810 I'd give it a six. 0:24:48.850 --> 0:24:51.310 Okay, I'll take a six. I mean, if I'm above five, 0:24:51.350 --> 0:24:52.070 I'm winning. 0:24:52.310 --> 0:24:54.310 Oh, yeah. Oh, you're a winner. 0:24:54.750 --> 0:24:57.750 805. Five. Five. 78. 98. 0:24:57.790 --> 0:24:58.949 Boy pulled a. 0:24:58.950 --> 0:25:00.070 Muscle, huh? 0:25:01.109 --> 0:25:02.030 Oh, okay. 0:25:02.550 --> 0:25:02.990 All right. 0:25:03.150 --> 0:25:06.830 Got a question for you guys right now. And, uh, 0:25:06.869 --> 0:25:09.750 how did Ali say that? Basically. Get out of my way. 0:25:09.750 --> 0:25:11.270 I've got some jokes to tell here. 0:25:11.310 --> 0:25:12.070 I mean, basically. 0:25:12.109 --> 0:25:15.350 People are waiting. People are waiting. People were waiting. Hello? 0:25:15.510 --> 0:25:18.670 There they go. Bottom of the hour. It's Wednesday. Don't 0:25:18.670 --> 0:25:23.149 make us wait for these delightful jokes. Ooh! 0:25:23.710 --> 0:25:24.669 Oh, now you're getting. 0:25:24.670 --> 0:25:27.030 Some interesting texts. We still love you, Ali. 0:25:27.510 --> 0:25:28.590 We still love you. 0:25:28.910 --> 0:25:31.790 Wow. I get it. It's. It's. Ali thinks it's funny. 0:25:31.790 --> 0:25:34.950 It's not for everybody, but it's for a lot of people. 0:25:35.190 --> 0:25:35.670 It is. 0:25:35.950 --> 0:25:36.390 Right. 0:25:37.350 --> 0:25:40.830 Okay. Uh, we've got a question for you right now. 0:25:40.830 --> 0:25:43.990 And listen, we've been talking faith all week, so maybe 0:25:44.030 --> 0:25:47.030 God's stirring in you right now. And you've got an 0:25:47.030 --> 0:25:48.109 answer to this question. 0:25:48.109 --> 0:25:51.500 What's the step of faith God's calling you to take today. 0:25:51.700 --> 0:25:53.700 This is going to be a step that glorifies God 0:25:53.700 --> 0:25:56.300 and is for the good of others. Give us a 0:25:56.300 --> 0:26:02.620 call or a text 805 55, 7898, 805, 55, 78, 98. 0:26:03.300 --> 0:26:06.260 He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then 0:26:06.300 --> 0:26:10.659 he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl 0:26:10.660 --> 0:26:12.380 and crew on Moody radio. 0:26:12.780 --> 0:26:18.380 Ali by faith. God called you to do something and 0:26:18.380 --> 0:26:22.340 you weren't just absolutely certain of yourself. As a matter 0:26:22.340 --> 0:26:24.940 of fact, you were clinging to God. Give us the story. 0:26:24.980 --> 0:26:27.180 It's terrified to start working here. Are you? 0:26:27.220 --> 0:26:28.580 That's a good thing to hear. 0:26:28.619 --> 0:26:32.420 It really was. I didn't know much about Moody Bible Institute. 0:26:32.420 --> 0:26:34.380 I had lived in Chicago. I'd heard of it. I 0:26:34.380 --> 0:26:36.500 knew a lot of great people from my church who'd 0:26:36.500 --> 0:26:39.220 gone to school here. But Moody Radio wasn't really on 0:26:39.220 --> 0:26:43.300 my radar at all. I had a background in television news, 0:26:43.580 --> 0:26:46.460 did some reporting and anchoring, and even was a weather 0:26:46.500 --> 0:26:50.209 girl for about six months and then for the next 0:26:50.210 --> 0:26:52.489 11 years of my life, I was a stay at 0:26:52.490 --> 0:26:56.010 home wife and mom. And so when this came, really 0:26:56.050 --> 0:27:00.010 what felt like out of the blue, I was excited 0:27:00.010 --> 0:27:04.210 but terrified because it seemed like this. I've never done radio. 0:27:04.369 --> 0:27:07.369 I didn't go to Bible school. I'm not great with 0:27:07.369 --> 0:27:12.490 early mornings. I have young children. So a lot of 0:27:12.490 --> 0:27:16.650 reasons why this seems like a not a good option stacked. 0:27:16.650 --> 0:27:18.449 Against you, but it made you cling to God. 0:27:18.490 --> 0:27:20.410 But it made me cling to God. So I started 0:27:20.410 --> 0:27:22.810 seeking God for wisdom because there's no way I would 0:27:22.810 --> 0:27:25.410 take a step like this without knowing it was from God. 0:27:25.410 --> 0:27:27.970 And I felt like I made that pretty clear. Like God, 0:27:27.970 --> 0:27:31.090 this has to you have to make this happen because 0:27:31.130 --> 0:27:34.250 this cannot be something I just take on. And it 0:27:34.250 --> 0:27:38.250 was terrifying. But it became over time very clear that 0:27:38.250 --> 0:27:40.170 this was what the Lord had for me. And so 0:27:40.170 --> 0:27:44.730 I stepped into it with trepidation and some fear. But 0:27:44.770 --> 0:27:48.490 clinging to God like God, you called me here. You've 0:27:48.530 --> 0:27:51.000 got to show up because I definitely don't have what 0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:51.960 it takes for this. 0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:54.440 It's brought glory to God. Good to others. And you've 0:27:54.480 --> 0:27:58.040 grown through it, which proves the point. God's primary goal 0:27:58.040 --> 0:28:00.360 for us, in anything that we step out in by 0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:04.600 faith is that we we enter into a sanctification process. 0:28:04.600 --> 0:28:08.760 We do. It's awesome. Joyce in Illinois, what do you say? Joyce? 0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:13.840 Yes. Hi. My step in faith was when I was 0:28:13.840 --> 0:28:17.400 driving my granddaughter home from school. I pick her up 0:28:17.400 --> 0:28:20.720 every day, and he has been prompting me and prompted 0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:23.680 me to share the gospel with her, to ask her 0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:27.960 if she had any questions about being saved, what it entailed. 0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:31.400 And I was terrified to start the conversation, but I 0:28:31.400 --> 0:28:35.640 did it. And before we got home, I got her 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:40.560 into ordering a Bible. She's going to start reading that Bible, 0:28:40.560 --> 0:28:43.920 and she's going to start speaking with me every time 0:28:43.920 --> 0:28:47.760 she has a question. And Carl, I've been with you 0:28:47.760 --> 0:28:51.740 guys since 2011, and I've been growing and growing and 0:28:51.740 --> 0:28:53.900 growing and growing. God is great. 0:28:54.380 --> 0:28:57.860 Joyce, you are an inspiration. Stay on the horn because 0:28:57.860 --> 0:28:59.900 we got a prize pack coming your way. You didn't 0:28:59.900 --> 0:29:02.300 call because of it, but we're sending one to you. Joyce. 0:29:02.300 --> 0:29:06.300 That's inspiring. Sister. We love you, Joyce. We love. 0:29:06.300 --> 0:29:07.420 You. I love you, too. 0:29:07.980 --> 0:29:09.020 Oh, we love you. 0:29:09.580 --> 0:29:09.980 Wow. 0:29:10.020 --> 0:29:10.780 Cool story. 0:29:10.820 --> 0:29:11.980 Hold on a second. Hold on. 0:29:12.340 --> 0:29:15.220 Boom boom boom. 0:29:15.380 --> 0:29:19.580 Triple boom. And Joyce. Because that is. Come on. 0:29:19.580 --> 0:29:19.980 Now. 0:29:20.100 --> 0:29:23.940 Yeah, that. That trepidation that you feel like. Man, this 0:29:23.940 --> 0:29:26.100 could be awkward trying to talk to my 17 year 0:29:26.140 --> 0:29:28.940 old granddaughter. I mean, what if she gets mad? What 0:29:28.940 --> 0:29:30.380 if she doesn't want to hear it? What if it 0:29:30.380 --> 0:29:31.860 hurts our relationship? 0:29:32.540 --> 0:29:32.940 Yeah. 0:29:33.380 --> 0:29:35.940 Give us a call. God has prompted you to step 0:29:35.940 --> 0:29:39.740 out by faith, and it's for his glory and someone 0:29:39.740 --> 0:29:45.460 else's good. That's big. Two leading indicators. It's from God. Jeannette, 0:29:45.460 --> 0:29:48.060 first time caller in Tennessee. What's your story? Jeannette. 0:29:49.490 --> 0:29:53.090 Well, um, I was cruising down the road this morning 0:29:53.130 --> 0:29:56.130 on my way to work, and a gentleman caught my 0:29:56.130 --> 0:30:00.490 eye and I heard, you know, go give him some love. 0:30:00.730 --> 0:30:02.290 And I'm like, yeah, right. 0:30:03.450 --> 0:30:04.010 Right. 0:30:04.050 --> 0:30:07.930 It's like, okay. You know. Yeah. And so I turned 0:30:07.930 --> 0:30:13.610 around and went back and. Yeah, um, I approached him 0:30:13.770 --> 0:30:16.610 and we spoke for a minute. I asked him if 0:30:16.610 --> 0:30:21.650 I could pray for him. Um, I gave him a hug. And, 0:30:22.050 --> 0:30:24.290 you know, when I reached out to, you know, and 0:30:24.290 --> 0:30:26.530 I don't carry cash, but when I was told to 0:30:26.530 --> 0:30:29.970 give him 20 bucks and, you know, I. Yeah, I 0:30:29.970 --> 0:30:32.290 don't know who he was, but. Well, I do know 0:30:32.290 --> 0:30:35.090 his name is Corey, and I'm going to keep praying 0:30:35.090 --> 0:30:35.570 for him. 0:30:36.250 --> 0:30:37.090 That's beautiful. 0:30:38.130 --> 0:30:39.930 This is not something I do. 0:30:40.330 --> 0:30:43.490 That's okay. See, there's that's the point. Because you got 0:30:43.530 --> 0:30:46.250 to be. Listen, you don't take every testimony here as 0:30:46.250 --> 0:30:49.320 a proof text for something you've got to go do because, 0:30:50.520 --> 0:30:56.040 I mean, just having. Thanks, Jeannette. Boom. Sister from Tennessee. 0:30:56.080 --> 0:31:00.640 First time caller. But when when you do feel truly 0:31:00.640 --> 0:31:04.520 prompted to the Lord. And by the way, God's not 0:31:04.520 --> 0:31:08.040 going to put you in a compromised position. Faith is 0:31:08.040 --> 0:31:11.800 not reckless, is what I would say, but oftentimes it's 0:31:11.800 --> 0:31:14.600 out of the norm. And I love hearing her say, 0:31:14.600 --> 0:31:17.760 I don't do this all the time, like never. But 0:31:17.760 --> 0:31:20.320 it's a beautiful thing when God prompts us by faith 0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:23.680 to do something. Thad, let's get you in here from Alaska, 0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:25.000 my man. What do you say? 0:31:26.840 --> 0:31:30.960 Yeah. I just yesterday filled out an application for the 0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:34.360 ABC Crisis Pregnancy Center. Just have had it on my 0:31:34.360 --> 0:31:36.960 heart recently. Tried to run from it a little bit, 0:31:37.000 --> 0:31:40.840 and the Lord just prompted me hard again. And I 0:31:40.840 --> 0:31:42.800 don't know what I can provide, but it sounds like 0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:47.120 they're men that come there with their either their girlfriends 0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:52.340 or their wives and need counsel and coaching. And I'm 0:31:52.340 --> 0:31:55.500 just stepping out and hopefully I can contribute in one 0:31:55.500 --> 0:31:57.540 way or another to the glory of God. 0:31:57.940 --> 0:31:58.580 Amen. 0:31:58.620 --> 0:32:00.900 Dad? What's what, uh, what town are you in up 0:32:00.900 --> 0:32:01.700 there in Alaska. 0:32:03.180 --> 0:32:04.220 I'm in Soldotna. 0:32:04.380 --> 0:32:07.500 Soldotna. Bro, I used to go to solid Rock Bible 0:32:07.540 --> 0:32:11.220 Camp all the time, and I served there for several years. 0:32:11.740 --> 0:32:14.220 I'm an Alaskan, so I know you know where solid 0:32:14.220 --> 0:32:16.180 rock is. Right down the road from you, buddy. Way 0:32:16.180 --> 0:32:19.220 to go. I'm proud of you, Thad. Boom! Brother, stay 0:32:19.220 --> 0:32:20.580 on the horn. I'm going to give you Carl and 0:32:20.580 --> 0:32:24.220 crew prize pack. We're going to ship one to Alaska. Yes, 0:32:24.220 --> 0:32:26.900 it is in the United States of America. Some people 0:32:26.900 --> 0:32:29.100 get off the plane from Alaska and people go. Welcome 0:32:29.100 --> 0:32:33.180 to the United States. No, it's in the United States. 0:32:34.860 --> 0:32:37.900 It is in the United States. What a cool step 0:32:37.900 --> 0:32:39.340 of faith by Thad. 0:32:39.940 --> 0:32:40.340 Yes. 0:32:40.660 --> 0:32:41.060 Wow. 0:32:41.340 --> 0:32:42.100 Come on. 0:32:42.140 --> 0:32:44.380 Thad kind of ran from it for a little bit 0:32:44.420 --> 0:32:46.740 and then just took that step of faith to go. God, 0:32:47.100 --> 0:32:48.300 could you use me here?