WEBVTT - Now What? 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.559 Coming to you live from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:09.200 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. It's Carl 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:10.280 and crew helping. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:12.879 You take your next step with Jesus. And I'm running 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:16.160 home to eternity. And I ran back home to see you. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:20.040 Boom crew. Because I love you. That week away, though. Ooh, nelly. 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:21.440 Back from vacation. 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:24.720 Do I feel good? No joking. That was the most 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.600 refreshing week I've had in a long, long time. Getting 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:31.200 getting a week away, spending time with the Lord. It's 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:34.760 a beautiful thing. Talking identity this week. Why is identity 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:35.320 so important? 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.120 Well, who you are or who you believe yourself to 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.840 be is going to make a huge impact in how 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:45.320 you live. I mean, you think about people who live 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.120 from an identity of something, things that have been told 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:51.000 to them. Maybe you were told you're never going to 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.320 make it so you do or you're never going to 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.279 amount to anything. So you do 1 or 2 things. 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.000 You start to live into that identity because you believe that, man, 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.580 I'm never. My life's never going to amount to anything 0:01:01.580 --> 0:01:04.300 because that's what I was told. Or you try to 0:01:04.340 --> 0:01:09.660 outrun that. You live to prove people wrong. I'm not 0:01:09.660 --> 0:01:12.300 going to be my father. I'm not going to be 0:01:12.340 --> 0:01:15.340 what my teacher said. I I'm going to prove all 0:01:15.340 --> 0:01:19.220 of them wrong. And that can be a an okay motivation, 0:01:19.220 --> 0:01:21.500 I guess, if it motivates you to try to be better. 0:01:21.500 --> 0:01:24.179 But it ends up being very hollow because instead of 0:01:24.180 --> 0:01:27.980 living into something, you're running away from something. 0:01:28.260 --> 0:01:32.060 How what do you guys think? How many people who 0:01:32.060 --> 0:01:37.460 are in Christ Jesus think about their identity often? 0:01:38.459 --> 0:01:38.940 Few. 0:01:39.020 --> 0:01:43.060 Few. I would probably say, Max. 0:01:43.819 --> 0:01:44.380 If you put a. 0:01:44.380 --> 0:01:45.900 15 to 20%. 0:01:45.940 --> 0:01:46.459 Really? 0:01:46.500 --> 0:01:46.860 Yeah. 0:01:47.860 --> 0:01:50.460 That's why every time we mention this topic, we hit 0:01:50.460 --> 0:01:54.460 paydirt here because it's a big deal. Yeah. The interesting 0:01:54.500 --> 0:01:56.700 thing about your identity is that one of the ways 0:01:56.700 --> 0:01:59.250 that we can get lulled to sleep is that we 0:01:59.250 --> 0:02:03.290 almost get a ticket punched mindset that says, okay, well, 0:02:03.290 --> 0:02:07.610 I've been born again and now I'm just going to 0:02:07.610 --> 0:02:13.010 go live my life. And I don't think anyone who's 0:02:13.050 --> 0:02:18.010 no one who's been truly born again just Calculatedly says, 0:02:19.250 --> 0:02:23.290 is that true? Let me check that. Do people say 0:02:23.690 --> 0:02:25.730 who have been truly born again? I'm just going to 0:02:25.730 --> 0:02:28.090 go out now, live like I'd like? I don't believe so. 0:02:28.210 --> 0:02:31.730 I don't think no, I don't think anyone says that. 0:02:31.730 --> 0:02:35.850 I think it's the subconscious sort of acting into that 0:02:35.889 --> 0:02:38.730 where you haven't decided that you're just going to go 0:02:38.770 --> 0:02:41.169 now and live your life any kind of way, but 0:02:41.169 --> 0:02:45.570 you also haven't decided, like in a different direction. So 0:02:45.810 --> 0:02:47.169 that's kind of the default. 0:02:48.050 --> 0:02:50.930 Yeah. And then you can get into this weird mindset 0:02:50.970 --> 0:02:54.169 to that, because then when you head that way, when 0:02:54.210 --> 0:02:56.450 you aren't really locked into who you are in Christ, 0:02:56.550 --> 0:02:59.470 You can begin to get compromises in your life. And 0:02:59.470 --> 0:03:03.109 then you lean back on that great salvation and you go, well, 0:03:03.150 --> 0:03:04.110 good thing I'm saved. 0:03:04.150 --> 0:03:08.709 Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. I also think, you know, sometimes we 0:03:08.750 --> 0:03:11.710 we talk about the enemy giving us identity that leads 0:03:11.710 --> 0:03:13.989 to like a negative view of self. And I think 0:03:13.990 --> 0:03:17.150 sometimes the enemy gives us something where it's like, no, remember, 0:03:17.150 --> 0:03:19.190 you got Grace. You can go and just do this 0:03:19.190 --> 0:03:22.709 stuff and it's fine. And and you don't think much of, 0:03:22.750 --> 0:03:25.750 you know, hey, I'm consciously not going to go follow Jesus. 0:03:25.750 --> 0:03:28.149 But you say, hey, you know what? It doesn't really matter. 0:03:28.150 --> 0:03:30.470 I'm saved either way. And that can be a really 0:03:30.470 --> 0:03:32.350 dangerous spot just the same. 0:03:32.790 --> 0:03:36.470 So the question is, now what? Now that we're born again, 0:03:36.470 --> 0:03:40.310 truly in Christ. Now what? Hang on. Special guests, coming up. 0:03:41.710 --> 0:03:44.390 Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 0:03:44.670 --> 0:03:47.750 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:03:48.630 --> 0:03:51.869 Carl and crew helping you take your next step with Jesus. 0:03:51.870 --> 0:03:55.340 So now what? You've been born again. And the danger 0:03:55.340 --> 0:03:58.820 without knowing some of the most simple things about what 0:03:58.820 --> 0:04:02.220 we do now is that we can find ourselves living 0:04:02.260 --> 0:04:04.500 as the author of a great little blog says, living 0:04:04.500 --> 0:04:07.500 on the wild side. Wild doesn't always mean crazy, does it, Ali? 0:04:07.540 --> 0:04:10.620 No, I mean wild could mean just sort of like 0:04:10.620 --> 0:04:11.780 a self-led life. 0:04:11.820 --> 0:04:17.420 Yes. That boom, boom, boom boom. That's the issue. Because 0:04:17.420 --> 0:04:19.780 wild can manifest itself in a lot of ways. It 0:04:19.779 --> 0:04:23.740 can manifest itself in male passivity. A man living on 0:04:23.740 --> 0:04:26.140 the wild side, not knowing the grace of God. That 0:04:26.140 --> 0:04:28.820 is not permission to live as you like, but the 0:04:28.820 --> 0:04:32.460 privilege to live as you never could before. You can 0:04:32.460 --> 0:04:34.779 miss what it is to love your wife as Christ 0:04:34.820 --> 0:04:37.460 loved the church like a broadside of a barn. You've 0:04:37.460 --> 0:04:40.460 lived long enough to see this, haven't you? Doctor Michael Melnick. 0:04:40.740 --> 0:04:41.820 Yeah, I've been around. 0:04:41.860 --> 0:04:45.260 Death doesn't mean money. It can mean clear, can't it? Michael. 0:04:45.300 --> 0:04:48.419 That's actually my my real hope in writing that blog 0:04:48.460 --> 0:04:51.219 and the stuff I have written about walking with the Lord. 0:04:51.260 --> 0:04:54.159 Try and make it as simple and clear as possible 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.960 in terms of what we are expected to live like. 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:02.880 And I think it's simple and clear about the perseverance 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.520 of the Savior. You know, a lot of people believe 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:06.840 in the perseverance. 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:07.800 Of the saints. 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.920 Of the saints. It relied on me. I'd be in trouble. 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.320 But the perseverance of the Savior is much stronger. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:17.239 Hold it. Hold me! Stop the buses, everybody. I want 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.160 us to linger on that one. Perseverance of the saints 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.280 is the P of tulip. If you're a Calvinist or 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.359 understand what tulip is, we won't get into that. But if. 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.680 Perseverance of the Savior. Michael, I'm going to steal that 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.200 from you. That is beautiful. I want you to expound 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.640 on that for a second before we jump into this blog. 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.480 Sure. In John ten it says that the Lord Jesus 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.520 has us in one hand, the father has us in 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.960 the other, and nothing's going to take us out of 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:47.920 his hand. And he said in John 637 through 40, 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:49.680 I've come not to do my will, but the will 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:51.440 of him who sent me. And this is the will 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.740 of him who sent me. Of all that he has 0:05:53.740 --> 0:05:56.900 given me, I lose not one of them. And so 0:05:57.460 --> 0:06:01.020 the security that we have as believers isn't because I'm 0:06:01.020 --> 0:06:02.020 resting in me. 0:06:02.620 --> 0:06:03.140 Yes. 0:06:03.339 --> 0:06:06.180 It's him. He is the one that holds me. And 0:06:06.180 --> 0:06:08.100 I think that sometimes people say, well, that means you 0:06:08.100 --> 0:06:11.700 can just live any way you like. And that's why 0:06:11.700 --> 0:06:13.380 I wrote that blog. Now what do I do? I 0:06:13.420 --> 0:06:16.700 had been writing for several weeks in that blog about 0:06:17.180 --> 0:06:20.380 the perseverance of the Savior, and how secure we are 0:06:20.540 --> 0:06:23.580 and how safe we are. And then I think a 0:06:23.580 --> 0:06:27.340 lot of people criticize this view because it says that, 0:06:27.380 --> 0:06:29.340 you know, you can okay, just go live any way 0:06:29.339 --> 0:06:32.940 you like. Live on the wild side, as we just said, right? Yeah, 0:06:32.980 --> 0:06:36.419 but that's not the case. Now, what do I do now? 0:06:36.540 --> 0:06:38.460 What should I do now that I am secure in 0:06:38.460 --> 0:06:41.340 the Savior? Now that I have this new identity, that 0:06:41.339 --> 0:06:44.339 I belong to him? He's never going to let me go. 0:06:44.580 --> 0:06:46.940 He's never going to let you go. Which, by the way, Carl, 0:06:46.940 --> 0:06:48.820 I would if I were him, but no, he even 0:06:48.820 --> 0:06:52.170 promised you. Yeah, he's got you, right? He definitely let 0:06:52.170 --> 0:06:54.050 go of me. You know, if there was someone that 0:06:54.050 --> 0:06:56.610 didn't deserve it, he'd let go of me. But he's 0:06:56.610 --> 0:06:59.410 got me. So what do I do? That's where I. 0:06:59.450 --> 0:07:02.850 I thought, well, I'm going to give us a little motivation. What? 0:07:02.850 --> 0:07:07.930 What's expected of us now that we're secure, now that 0:07:07.930 --> 0:07:11.090 we're safe now that he'll never let us go. Nothing 0:07:11.090 --> 0:07:14.370 will separate us from his love. Okay. So what? Well, 0:07:14.370 --> 0:07:17.530 the very first thing that I believe we ought to 0:07:17.570 --> 0:07:21.050 remember is that since we have this great high priest, 0:07:21.770 --> 0:07:24.690 it says in Hebrews 414, let us hold fast to 0:07:24.730 --> 0:07:28.690 what we believe. Uh, some versions say, let us hold 0:07:28.690 --> 0:07:31.890 fast to our confession of faith. We have to hold 0:07:31.890 --> 0:07:33.570 fast to what we believe. There's going to be all 0:07:33.570 --> 0:07:38.690 sorts of ups and downs, doubts and difficulties. And when 0:07:38.850 --> 0:07:41.370 we face them, what we face them with. With a 0:07:41.370 --> 0:07:45.330 confidence that I'm holding on, even if I have questions, 0:07:45.370 --> 0:07:49.430 if whatever's going on, I still hold fast to what 0:07:49.430 --> 0:07:52.470 I believe. Now I have a friend. She had all 0:07:52.510 --> 0:07:55.670 these doubts and she abandoned her walk with the Lord. 0:07:55.870 --> 0:07:58.830 And she kind of gave up her faith. And just 0:07:58.870 --> 0:08:02.790 recently she said, you know, I've come back to my faith. 0:08:03.430 --> 0:08:06.470 And I said, why? She said, well, I don't have 0:08:06.470 --> 0:08:10.990 all the answers, but I know I need him. And 0:08:10.990 --> 0:08:13.270 then I thought she thought that she was talking to 0:08:13.270 --> 0:08:16.030 someone that had all the answers. I'm like, welcome to 0:08:16.070 --> 0:08:19.310 my world. I don't have all the answers, but I 0:08:19.310 --> 0:08:23.750 need him. And that's that's what we know about the disciples. Remember, 0:08:23.750 --> 0:08:25.870 everyone else left the Lord. All these people who had 0:08:25.870 --> 0:08:30.510 superficial nothing faith. They all left. John six. Where's the bread? 0:08:30.510 --> 0:08:32.430 We wanted bread. You're talking to us about the bread 0:08:32.429 --> 0:08:36.829 of life, right? And the Lord says to his followers, 0:08:37.309 --> 0:08:39.550 those guys that were with him all the time, where 0:08:39.550 --> 0:08:41.270 are you going to go? Are you going to leave, too? 0:08:41.510 --> 0:08:43.950 And they said, to whom shall we go? You alone 0:08:43.950 --> 0:08:46.550 have the words of eternal life. Hold fast to what 0:08:46.550 --> 0:08:47.309 we believe. 0:08:47.820 --> 0:08:50.820 We're talking about what the now. What now that I 0:08:50.860 --> 0:08:55.020 am secure in Christ, my eternal future is secure. How 0:08:55.020 --> 0:08:59.180 now shall we live? That first one. Hold fast. Coming up, 0:08:59.179 --> 0:09:02.740 let's move on to part two, three and four of 0:09:02.740 --> 0:09:03.780 how we shall live. 0:09:04.980 --> 0:09:07.939 This is Colonel and crew on Moody Radio. 0:09:09.059 --> 0:09:12.059 Doctor Michael Riedel, our guest right now. Now that I'm 0:09:12.059 --> 0:09:15.340 in secure in Christ, what do I do? The temptation, 0:09:15.340 --> 0:09:20.059 Doctor Reidel was explaining, is to maybe kick back on. 0:09:20.059 --> 0:09:23.540 My eternal future is secure. I've got my ticket punched 0:09:23.540 --> 0:09:26.180 to heaven, so now I can live however I want 0:09:26.179 --> 0:09:29.260 to live. Doctor Reidel, nothing could be further from the truth. 0:09:29.260 --> 0:09:32.500 You just outlined. Are the call to hold firm to 0:09:32.500 --> 0:09:34.740 our faith. What's the next call? 0:09:34.980 --> 0:09:37.460 We have to live holy lives. It's the most natural 0:09:37.620 --> 0:09:40.500 expression of who we are is to live a holy life. 0:09:40.500 --> 0:09:44.660 We have been declared holy by God. He declares us righteous, 0:09:44.660 --> 0:09:47.640 and now we have to live like we are. It 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.760 says in Romans six, what shall we say? Should we 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.439 continue in sin so that we might get more grace 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.760 or that grace may multiply? Then he says, how can 0:09:56.800 --> 0:10:00.240 we who die to sin still live in it? That's 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.360 what the answer is. We have a new identity. We 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.319 have to live according to that. New identity is who 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.839 we really are. I think that's something that we forget 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.080 if we have that new identity, when we try to 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.679 live outside of it, it's going to torture us. 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.360 Yeah. What shall we say, then? Phrase I don't know 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.880 the second time the verse exactly, but I was reading 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.120 through Romans six here recently. It's in verse one, and 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.440 then it's halfway through that chapter. It's like he uses 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:30.840 that as, as a, a tool to get people kind 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.320 of jarred going, hey, what do you say then, if 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.760 this grace is this powerful, how in the world do 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:39.320 we live? Uh, third response to our security in the 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.120 Messiah is that we now need to focus on doing 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:46.179 good works for him. Now, this can get squiggly because 0:10:46.220 --> 0:10:48.740 even Martin Luther had a bit of a challenge with this. 0:10:48.740 --> 0:10:50.819 He looked at the book of James and said, it's 0:10:50.820 --> 0:10:54.380 not look, this is not a works based thing, but 0:10:54.380 --> 0:10:58.380 works are the fruit of faith. Explain how we do that. 0:10:58.580 --> 0:11:01.260 Root of our salvation is faith. By grace are ye 0:11:01.300 --> 0:11:05.340 saved through faith, not of works. So that's the root, 0:11:05.620 --> 0:11:07.939 but the fruit of it. What will come out is 0:11:07.940 --> 0:11:11.300 that we have been created in the Messiah, Jesus for 0:11:11.300 --> 0:11:13.460 good works. He's created them for us, and we're to 0:11:13.500 --> 0:11:17.100 walk in them. Uh, he's made the good, good works. 0:11:17.100 --> 0:11:19.820 And so it's not like we're saying, oh, boy, now, 0:11:19.940 --> 0:11:22.740 now I'm going to earn my salvation. No, no, no, 0:11:23.300 --> 0:11:25.580 now we're going to live out our salvation, and it 0:11:25.580 --> 0:11:28.500 will affect how we live. And it will make us 0:11:28.500 --> 0:11:31.460 focus on doing what is good to honor him. That's 0:11:31.460 --> 0:11:33.620 why we're doing it, not because we want to draw 0:11:33.620 --> 0:11:37.020 attention to ourselves. Matthew six. People will see the good 0:11:37.020 --> 0:11:41.140 works we do and give glory to our father in heaven. 0:11:41.140 --> 0:11:44.250 It's to point to him. That's the point of doing 0:11:44.250 --> 0:11:46.810 good works. It's not for ourselves. And then after you 0:11:46.809 --> 0:11:50.610 do good works, of course, one of the great passages 0:11:51.290 --> 0:11:54.250 or principles of the New Testament is that we look 0:11:54.250 --> 0:11:58.170 forward to that great reward. You know, some people think 0:11:58.170 --> 0:12:00.730 that's mercenary. And I know the parable that the Lord 0:12:00.730 --> 0:12:04.290 Jesus taught. We're only unworthy servants. Only doing that which 0:12:04.290 --> 0:12:07.370 is required. But over and over the Bible teaches that 0:12:07.370 --> 0:12:09.770 we're going to be rewarded. And I think the most 0:12:09.770 --> 0:12:12.569 important reward that we're going to get is when we 0:12:12.570 --> 0:12:16.490 stand before him and he says, well done, well done, 0:12:16.490 --> 0:12:20.090 good and faithful servant. Matthew 25 and you know, the 0:12:20.090 --> 0:12:22.010 Bible says that we're going to get crowns. You know, 0:12:22.010 --> 0:12:23.730 I don't know if that's literal or what, but we're 0:12:23.730 --> 0:12:25.530 going to take those crowns, toss them at his feet 0:12:25.530 --> 0:12:29.130 because he earned it, not us. But the most important 0:12:29.130 --> 0:12:34.090 thing I can tell you is hearing those words. Well done. Uh, 0:12:34.809 --> 0:12:38.450 you know, I have, uh, I have a Sheltie and 0:12:38.450 --> 0:12:39.170 a boxer. 0:12:39.410 --> 0:12:41.530 I didn't know that. I didn't know you had a sheltie. 0:12:41.530 --> 0:12:42.070 Shelton, a boxer. 0:12:42.110 --> 0:12:42.949 I've got a Sheltie. 0:12:42.950 --> 0:12:45.270 And a boxer. And I'm telling you, when you just 0:12:45.270 --> 0:12:48.270 say you're a good boy, I'm telling you, it brings 0:12:48.270 --> 0:12:52.350 the light to their lives. They're so grateful that they're 0:12:52.350 --> 0:12:55.270 recognized for being obedient dogs. And they are good and 0:12:55.270 --> 0:12:58.950 obedient dogs. And I think if that's how my dog is, 0:13:00.630 --> 0:13:02.670 how much more will I feel it when the Lord 0:13:02.670 --> 0:13:06.110 Jesus himself looks at me and says, well done, well done. 0:13:06.150 --> 0:13:08.350 And so I look for that. I long for that. 0:13:08.390 --> 0:13:12.030 Doctor Michael Melnick joining us right now. Now, in light 0:13:12.030 --> 0:13:14.750 of these four truths that you just outlined, do you 0:13:14.750 --> 0:13:17.070 think that this is something that once as a, as 0:13:17.110 --> 0:13:19.870 a believer, you take hold of this, you get it? 0:13:19.910 --> 0:13:22.310 Or is this something that you have to kind of 0:13:22.350 --> 0:13:26.189 keep reminding yourself of from time to time? Can you 0:13:26.230 --> 0:13:30.150 slip back into sort of a passive sort of approach 0:13:30.150 --> 0:13:32.310 to faith that says, yeah, I'm glad I'm going to heaven? 0:13:32.309 --> 0:13:33.310 Let me kick back. 0:13:33.590 --> 0:13:34.830 Well, I think what it is. 0:13:34.990 --> 0:13:37.429 One of my big principles of life, is to be 0:13:37.429 --> 0:13:40.179 in the word every day. I know, Carl, you and Ali. 0:13:40.260 --> 0:13:41.939 You both teach that, right? 0:13:42.059 --> 0:13:42.619 Yeah. 0:13:42.660 --> 0:13:45.459 And I try to live it myself. And here's what 0:13:45.460 --> 0:13:47.300 happens when you're in the word every day. Each of 0:13:47.300 --> 0:13:50.420 these principles will come up from time to time. 0:13:50.700 --> 0:13:51.020 Uh. 0:13:51.540 --> 0:13:51.780 You know. 0:13:52.860 --> 0:13:55.620 Someone once said that we should be talking to ourselves 0:13:55.620 --> 0:13:58.980 more than listening to ourselves. And when I read the word, 0:13:58.980 --> 0:14:02.020 I talk to myself about these things. I constantly remind myself. 0:14:02.020 --> 0:14:06.059 I keep forgetting I am shallow, I am easy to forget. 0:14:06.380 --> 0:14:09.300 And so I stay in the word. And just periodically, 0:14:09.340 --> 0:14:12.420 each of these principles, they come up, they remind me. 0:14:12.420 --> 0:14:14.579 And that's why I think we need to be in 0:14:14.580 --> 0:14:18.100 the word every day. Uh, it's it's the because we're 0:14:18.100 --> 0:14:19.100 very forgetful. 0:14:19.300 --> 0:14:21.220 Michael, I got to tell you, I just came back 0:14:21.220 --> 0:14:24.660 from a week break, and I really decided. I told 0:14:24.660 --> 0:14:26.340 my bride, I said, I'm going to lean into the 0:14:26.340 --> 0:14:30.700 Lord almost more than vacation. And it made for. I'm 0:14:30.740 --> 0:14:31.900 getting choked up right now. 0:14:31.900 --> 0:14:32.700 Goodness sakes. 0:14:32.940 --> 0:14:35.420 It made for the greatest week of vacation I've ever 0:14:35.420 --> 0:14:37.780 had in my life. And I kid you not, Michael, 0:14:37.820 --> 0:14:40.800 I was up early. I spent long periods of time 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.520 in the word and it was so stinking rich. It 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:47.880 just was. The overflow of it just made everything, including 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.960 snorkeling go better. I know that sounds crazy, but it 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.080 made everything go better. Michael, you know I'm going to 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.320 throw in a bonus here for everyone that's listening. It 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.520 was a year and a half ago. I called Michael 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.560 and I said, hey, why haven't you told me? What 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:07.200 my new discovery. Hagar, this great word about meditation that 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:12.000 actually means speak, mutter, moan, shout, sing. And you said, 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.160 I've been saying this forever, Carl. And I said, well, 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.720 you haven't been saying it loudly enough. Explain that quickly. 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.160 Why that's so important that the Word of God needs 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:23.760 to get off of our lips. And that was. That's 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.000 what they're doing at the Wailing Wall without the Spirit 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:27.760 of God. But that's what they're doing, Michael. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.040 Well, yeah, there's. 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:32.560 This kind of talking. Talking to ourselves? Yes, with the 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.520 word of God. I think when we speak it, it 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:39.620 has greater impact on our lives than just reading it silently. 0:15:39.620 --> 0:15:42.860 I think reading it silently is critical. We have to 0:15:42.860 --> 0:15:46.220 do that. But then we mutter it, we speak it, 0:15:46.260 --> 0:15:49.660 we meditate on it. That word, by the way, was used. 0:15:49.700 --> 0:15:52.980 This is an interesting thing. Other usages of it. It's 0:15:52.980 --> 0:15:56.700 of a cow chewing. It's cut. And so what do 0:15:56.700 --> 0:15:59.300 we do? We bring it up, we chew on this word, 0:15:59.300 --> 0:16:02.660 we mutter about it, we talk about it, then we 0:16:02.700 --> 0:16:06.140 swallow it. And it starts to impact our lives, to 0:16:06.180 --> 0:16:09.380 affect our lives, to change how we live. And I 0:16:09.380 --> 0:16:13.060 think that's why the principle of meditation is so critical. And, 0:16:13.100 --> 0:16:15.660 you know, I'm not really good at that, but I'm 0:16:15.660 --> 0:16:20.140 married to a wonderful meditator. She's always telling me what 0:16:20.140 --> 0:16:22.820 she's reading and talking about it with me, and we 0:16:22.820 --> 0:16:26.340 meditate on it and it motivates me to talk with her, 0:16:26.380 --> 0:16:29.380 even though we meditate on our own. It's that reminder 0:16:29.380 --> 0:16:31.300 to tell each other and talk with each other about 0:16:31.300 --> 0:16:33.859 what's going through our head as we read the word. 0:16:33.900 --> 0:16:37.570 That kind of forces us both into a meditation on 0:16:37.570 --> 0:16:40.250 the word, to speak it, not just to read it. 0:16:40.410 --> 0:16:43.170 Yeah, I love it. Yeah. Michael, I was blown away 0:16:43.170 --> 0:16:46.410 when I first saw in my favorite Psalm one one 0:16:46.450 --> 0:16:49.850 through three that your leaf will not wither and all 0:16:49.850 --> 0:16:51.970 you do, you will prosper. And then you pop over 0:16:51.970 --> 0:16:55.690 to Joshua one, I believe, verse eight, meditate on the 0:16:55.690 --> 0:16:58.130 law day and night, and you will have success and 0:16:58.130 --> 0:17:01.410 prosperity wherever you go. What an amazing promise. We could 0:17:01.410 --> 0:17:03.970 go on Hagar forever, but what a great what a 0:17:03.970 --> 0:17:06.530 great word. Michael. I love you, buddy. Thank you for 0:17:06.530 --> 0:17:10.090 being in here. Deep water, but not muddy alley. Not 0:17:10.090 --> 0:17:11.169 at all. But not muddy. 0:17:11.210 --> 0:17:13.730 We've got this resource for you. We've been pulling from 0:17:13.730 --> 0:17:16.570 this blog, this great blog by Doctor Michael Riedel. If 0:17:16.570 --> 0:17:22.290 you want to check it out, text secure to (800) 555-7898. 0:17:22.330 --> 0:17:24.730 Just write out that one word. Autocorrect I think will 0:17:24.730 --> 0:17:29.250 help you secure to 800 555 7898. 0:17:29.650 --> 0:17:33.170 Always good to get Doctor Michael right in here. Great 0:17:33.170 --> 0:17:36.510 little blog. Great little blog. Text. The word secured 800 0:17:36.550 --> 0:17:38.830 555 7898. 0:17:39.070 --> 0:17:41.869 Tune in whenever you like. Check out the Carl and 0:17:41.869 --> 0:17:44.470 Crew podcast wherever you like to stream. 0:17:44.950 --> 0:17:47.550 Well, getting back from a week of vacation was one 0:17:47.550 --> 0:17:50.710 of the most refreshing times, and I feel like it's 0:17:50.710 --> 0:17:52.149 going to have a long tail. I'm going to be 0:17:52.150 --> 0:17:54.790 in the saddle here for a while, until I head 0:17:54.790 --> 0:17:58.669 off to Burundi, here for a few day trip, and 0:17:59.350 --> 0:18:04.230 doing some discipling of about 400 pastors down there, and 0:18:04.270 --> 0:18:06.470 it's going to be a sweet time. But I learned 0:18:06.470 --> 0:18:10.070 a lot this week away. You know, I always ask 0:18:10.070 --> 0:18:12.950 the Lord to give me opportunities to share my faith. 0:18:13.270 --> 0:18:17.230 And I love talking with people. And I learned something 0:18:17.270 --> 0:18:19.990 again on this trip that I just wanted to share 0:18:19.990 --> 0:18:22.950 with you. Boom crew. I had an opportunity to be 0:18:22.950 --> 0:18:30.310 around a lot of people in a enclosed area. Some 0:18:30.310 --> 0:18:32.899 of you might be guessing what this is For a 0:18:32.900 --> 0:18:36.020 long period of time, and it was a sweet it 0:18:36.020 --> 0:18:39.300 was a sweet experience because I got to meet people 0:18:39.300 --> 0:18:41.699 from all over the world, every kind of walk of 0:18:41.700 --> 0:18:46.460 life you can imagine. And it gave it just it's 0:18:46.460 --> 0:18:50.139 like God kept teeing up opportunities for me to share 0:18:50.140 --> 0:18:53.340 what Jesus Christ has done in my life. And I, 0:18:53.460 --> 0:18:56.020 I share this with you because I think a lot 0:18:56.020 --> 0:18:57.900 of us are missing out on one of the greatest 0:18:57.900 --> 0:19:01.460 blessings there are. And this is not pressure at all. 0:19:01.780 --> 0:19:06.580 It's an invitation to step into sharing your story of 0:19:06.580 --> 0:19:09.180 what Jesus has done and what he's doing in your life. 0:19:09.180 --> 0:19:12.260 In fact, I while I was away, I did a 0:19:12.260 --> 0:19:14.460 bit of a deep dive and one of the things 0:19:14.460 --> 0:19:17.900 I came away with is I want us to be 0:19:17.900 --> 0:19:21.060 talking more and more around here about not only what 0:19:21.100 --> 0:19:24.540 Jesus saved us from, but what he saved us into, 0:19:25.300 --> 0:19:29.100 and this experience that we now have in our relationship 0:19:29.100 --> 0:19:33.520 with Jesus Christ. How it's quantified. What does it look like? 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:35.760 How is that working in my life? But I want 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:39.080 to give you three responses that I found to witnessing. 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:44.560 And it's pretty sweet. I found that some people were 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:49.160 for sure a couple, not too many, uh, just kind 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:53.479 of turned off. Three turns here. A couple of them 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:57.360 were like, nah, didn't feel like there was a receptive audience. 0:19:57.359 --> 0:19:58.640 That's going to happen, right? 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:01.320 Oh, yeah. And I'm curious when you say there were 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:04.480 opportunities teed up, what did that what do you mean 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:05.040 by that? 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:10.080 Oh, when you start talking about anything about life and 0:20:10.080 --> 0:20:12.720 I love to ask people, where are you from? Tell 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:17.160 me your story. And then invariably that turns around where 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.200 they're asking you about your story. Okay. And I'm not, 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.159 I'm not I'm not playing a game to try to 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:26.440 get in there. I genuinely love hearing people. Right? Yeah, 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:30.140 I love I love people. I mean, I love hearing stories. 0:20:30.140 --> 0:20:34.100 I think that genuine curiosity about other people gives you 0:20:34.100 --> 0:20:37.420 the credibility to then be able to share your own 0:20:37.420 --> 0:20:40.420 story when the questions asked. So it doesn't feel like, oh, 0:20:40.460 --> 0:20:42.780 this dude was just trying to get me to ask 0:20:42.780 --> 0:20:45.060 him so he could tell me stuff. Yeah, no, I 0:20:45.060 --> 0:20:46.180 love the curiosity part. 0:20:46.220 --> 0:20:48.700 And invariably I'm sitting around a table and we had 0:20:48.740 --> 0:20:50.899 an occasion to sit down with four people that I 0:20:50.900 --> 0:20:53.180 didn't know any of them, and my bride knows my 0:20:53.180 --> 0:20:55.300 story well enough. She actually told part of it. So 0:20:55.300 --> 0:20:57.740 we sit down and the waiter comes up and he says, 0:20:58.020 --> 0:20:59.620 what would you like to drink tonight? And I said, 0:20:59.660 --> 0:21:02.619 I'm going to have water, give me some lemon wedges. 0:21:03.380 --> 0:21:07.220 And he said, okay. And and I forget what came up. 0:21:07.220 --> 0:21:10.540 But my bride was able to say, well, my husband here, 0:21:10.700 --> 0:21:13.220 and she didn't have anything to drink either. But she 0:21:13.220 --> 0:21:16.780 spoke up for my story, and she said he drank 0:21:16.780 --> 0:21:19.859 his entire quota in about a five year period of time. 0:21:19.859 --> 0:21:21.860 And boy, that got some discussion going. 0:21:22.220 --> 0:21:22.660 Sure. 0:21:22.900 --> 0:21:25.580 So she said he was knocking them back left and 0:21:25.580 --> 0:21:30.250 right in his youth. And the question came up. Well. Well, what? 0:21:30.690 --> 0:21:35.090 What happened? Well, good grief, I was able to pour 0:21:35.090 --> 0:21:38.130 out my heart. You know what's interesting? So on some 0:21:38.130 --> 0:21:41.490 of those encounters, some people were turned away. But in 0:21:41.490 --> 0:21:45.130 this one, there were four people there that had varying degrees. 0:21:45.130 --> 0:21:47.050 And I would say two of them I think were 0:21:47.050 --> 0:21:52.170 probably born again. Uh, but the conversation around that table 0:21:52.170 --> 0:21:54.290 up to that point in time hadn't been anything close 0:21:54.290 --> 0:21:57.970 to this, but I saw what happened as I shared 0:21:57.970 --> 0:22:01.609 my story. All of a sudden, stories began to start 0:22:01.770 --> 0:22:07.169 percolating about their relationship with God and what they wanted 0:22:07.170 --> 0:22:09.490 for their life and what God had done in them. 0:22:09.530 --> 0:22:12.290 And so some will be turned off, some will be 0:22:12.290 --> 0:22:16.250 turned around even in discussion. And then the third thing 0:22:16.250 --> 0:22:19.010 that I observed was some people were turned up. They 0:22:19.010 --> 0:22:20.970 were already on fire for the Lord, but boy, they 0:22:20.970 --> 0:22:23.929 were turned up. And I benefited from a couple of 0:22:23.930 --> 0:22:29.470 conversations that were so incredibly rich where people are in 0:22:29.470 --> 0:22:33.590 Christ Jesus going for it with the Lord. And it 0:22:33.590 --> 0:22:39.230 was awesome. It was just awesome to witness. And then 0:22:39.230 --> 0:22:41.750 I had an opportunity to touch back with these people, 0:22:41.790 --> 0:22:45.590 base again on a couple of them. One man in particular, 0:22:45.750 --> 0:22:48.629 I could tell he was going through a difficult, difficult time. 0:22:48.950 --> 0:22:51.190 And as God would have it, God had me run 0:22:51.190 --> 0:22:54.070 into him no less than 3 or 4 more times, 0:22:54.070 --> 0:22:56.590 which was a God thing. In fact, my bride told 0:22:56.590 --> 0:22:59.070 me after I told her that I'd run into him again, 0:22:59.070 --> 0:23:00.870 she said, you know, I was praying that you would. 0:23:00.910 --> 0:23:02.910 And I said, babe, it was so beautiful because by 0:23:02.910 --> 0:23:07.629 the time we got done talking, just standing, just passing, um, 0:23:07.790 --> 0:23:10.990 he had tears in his eyes. Wow. And he was 0:23:10.990 --> 0:23:14.550 so encouraged in his faith. And I think sometimes when 0:23:14.550 --> 0:23:17.709 we head into witnessing, we're thinking about, oh, I've got 0:23:17.710 --> 0:23:20.790 to turn someone on to Jesus. Well, it could be 0:23:20.790 --> 0:23:23.750 that the response is that people are turned off, and 0:23:23.750 --> 0:23:27.459 that's okay. That's okay. It's not the time for them, 0:23:28.380 --> 0:23:30.980 but for some they're turned around. Maybe they've been far 0:23:30.980 --> 0:23:33.900 from the Lord for a while. And your story and 0:23:33.900 --> 0:23:36.380 you just conversing about the goodness of God can help 0:23:36.420 --> 0:23:40.420 turn them around. And for others, they're on fire for 0:23:40.420 --> 0:23:45.260 the Lord. And maybe they're from another place, another world, 0:23:45.260 --> 0:23:48.980 another background, so different than yours. But the power of 0:23:48.980 --> 0:23:52.020 God is clearly at work in their life, and then 0:23:52.020 --> 0:23:55.140 you get mutually encouraged with that person as you discuss 0:23:55.140 --> 0:23:59.060 the goodness of God. It's a beautiful thing. Also find 0:23:59.420 --> 0:24:02.580 that when you even go away into a corner of 0:24:02.580 --> 0:24:04.940 an area and a bunch of people come into a 0:24:04.940 --> 0:24:09.420 dining setting and you got your Bible open, it will 0:24:09.420 --> 0:24:11.300 attract some discussion. 0:24:11.340 --> 0:24:15.300 Yes. Sure. Yeah. It really does. An open Bible nowadays 0:24:15.580 --> 0:24:21.260 really attracts attention and not. And when you're not trying to. 0:24:21.460 --> 0:24:25.720 But people notice there's something about this book. They know 0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:28.520 what it is, and they see someone reading about it 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:30.560 and it attracts attention. 0:24:31.320 --> 0:24:36.600 It really does. And then when that attention leads to discussion, 0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:40.119 it can lead to some incredible stuff. It was awesome. 0:24:40.840 --> 0:24:42.879 I know that there was one couple looking in as 0:24:42.880 --> 0:24:46.760 I was praying with a with a gentleman who ultimately 0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:49.040 plopped down across from me, and we were just talking 0:24:49.040 --> 0:24:51.560 a little bit. And then I prayed with him and 0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:53.680 I looked up after we were done praying and he 0:24:53.680 --> 0:24:56.879 walked away. And this couple was so confused by me. 0:24:57.320 --> 0:25:00.640 I mean, they were so confused. They're like, what in 0:25:00.640 --> 0:25:04.600 the world? But I always pray that that intrigue will 0:25:04.600 --> 0:25:09.120 learn to will turn to personal discovery and questions that 0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:12.400 they ask themselves. But the world is not nearly as 0:25:12.440 --> 0:25:15.440 adversarial to the gospel as I think we believe they 0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:17.920 are at times. And I think there's a lot more 0:25:17.920 --> 0:25:20.480 fruit out there than we might imagine. So I leave 0:25:20.480 --> 0:25:25.429 that with you today to say. look at what God 0:25:26.790 --> 0:25:30.950 can do through your story today. And when God opens 0:25:30.950 --> 0:25:34.270 the door, puts t ball up there for you. Take it, 0:25:34.670 --> 0:25:39.030 take it. Somebody asks you tell me about yourself. Make 0:25:39.070 --> 0:25:41.470 sure to weave in the grace of God and His 0:25:41.470 --> 0:25:44.790 goodness in your life. It's amazing what a story can do. 0:25:44.830 --> 0:25:50.629 Absolutely amazing. Coming up here, we're talking identity all week long. 0:25:50.670 --> 0:25:53.030 Who are you in Christ. And boy, knowing who you 0:25:53.030 --> 0:25:54.390 are is critical. 0:25:55.590 --> 0:25:58.630 He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then 0:25:58.630 --> 0:26:02.990 he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl 0:26:02.990 --> 0:26:04.750 and crew on Moody Radio. 0:26:05.030 --> 0:26:08.350 You know, knowing who you are, not who you were, 0:26:08.950 --> 0:26:12.670 not where you were born, but who you are really 0:26:12.670 --> 0:26:16.270 can keep you out of a world of hurt and 0:26:16.270 --> 0:26:22.889 keep you safely at home. A crazy thing happened many 0:26:22.890 --> 0:26:25.530 years ago now. You guys know how much I love 0:26:25.530 --> 0:26:30.209 my grandpa, Axl Johnson. Boy, talk about a big old Swede. He's. 0:26:30.250 --> 0:26:34.490 He's the guy. He's the man who left home at 16, 0:26:35.130 --> 0:26:37.690 said goodbye to his dad knowing that he'd never see 0:26:37.690 --> 0:26:41.930 him again. Most probably. And they shed some tears, gave 0:26:41.930 --> 0:26:45.050 each other hugs. My my grandpa Axl Johnson got on 0:26:45.050 --> 0:26:48.410 the boat from Stockholm, headed for America for the great 0:26:48.410 --> 0:26:52.970 new dream, right? And he he's quite a guy, man. 0:26:52.970 --> 0:26:54.969 He was in Chicago for a lot of years, and 0:26:54.970 --> 0:26:59.010 then he went out to Southern California, started Atlantic Richfield 0:26:59.010 --> 0:27:03.330 Company gas stations, got a about four of them going 0:27:03.369 --> 0:27:08.690 in Los Angeles area. Years go by. Grandpa's getting older, 0:27:09.210 --> 0:27:12.490 moved to Kingsburg. I started doing shuffleboard when I'd visit 0:27:12.490 --> 0:27:17.290 down there with my grandpa. Shuffleboard is like required activities 0:27:17.290 --> 0:27:18.770 for older people. Apparently. 0:27:19.430 --> 0:27:21.030 You got to get you got to get into that 0:27:21.030 --> 0:27:21.790 no matter what. 0:27:21.830 --> 0:27:24.190 Yeah. You got to have cornmeal down. So he had 0:27:24.190 --> 0:27:26.470 a beautiful you got to have cornmeal down. You got 0:27:26.470 --> 0:27:29.709 those little discs and shoot those down there. I had 0:27:29.710 --> 0:27:32.310 a hard time beating grandpa, man. He was good. He 0:27:32.310 --> 0:27:35.230 was good. He was so good at that. But he 0:27:35.230 --> 0:27:38.790 was just a great dude. Just a giant of a man. 0:27:38.830 --> 0:27:41.870 I mean, he he was he just had a great 0:27:41.869 --> 0:27:44.109 sense of humor. He had a couple of neighbors over. 0:27:44.190 --> 0:27:46.950 We sat in the backyard, had some tea. It was 0:27:46.950 --> 0:27:51.830 hot out, and we were in Kingsburg. And and he 0:27:51.830 --> 0:27:56.510 says with that great Swedish accent, let me introduce you to. 0:27:56.550 --> 0:27:59.870 And he says that the two big wheels that live 0:27:59.910 --> 0:28:02.550 next to me here, he says I'm the axle between 0:28:02.550 --> 0:28:06.630 two big wheels, Carl. And he was just he was 0:28:06.630 --> 0:28:08.429 just great that way. He had a great sense of 0:28:08.430 --> 0:28:10.990 humor and just a just a man's man. Just a 0:28:10.990 --> 0:28:14.590 great dude. Well, the last time my grandpa ever drove 0:28:14.630 --> 0:28:21.180 a car was because Is it couldn't happen again. We're 0:28:21.180 --> 0:28:24.940 in Alaska and we get notified that grandpa has gone 0:28:24.940 --> 0:28:29.100 missing with his car. And where was he? Well, he 0:28:29.100 --> 0:28:31.659 was supposed to be in Kingsburg, but he's not going 0:28:31.660 --> 0:28:35.620 back home. Headed out in the morning, and grandma called 0:28:35.619 --> 0:28:38.620 my mom and said, your dad's gone, and I don't 0:28:38.620 --> 0:28:41.140 know where he is. She said, what do you mean 0:28:41.140 --> 0:28:43.860 you don't know where he is? Yeah, I don't know 0:28:43.860 --> 0:28:46.660 where he is. She said, well, you need to go 0:28:46.660 --> 0:28:49.260 down to his watering holes in downtown. She says, I've 0:28:49.300 --> 0:28:51.580 been down to all the watering holes, all the little 0:28:51.580 --> 0:28:53.300 places where he'd go to get a cup of coffee 0:28:53.300 --> 0:28:55.820 in the morning. And hardware store to hang out and 0:28:55.820 --> 0:28:57.860 talk with the fellas and things like that. He is 0:28:57.860 --> 0:29:01.940 nowhere to be found, and no one's seen him coming 0:29:01.940 --> 0:29:04.100 up here in a moment. It's important to know who 0:29:04.140 --> 0:29:08.020 you are. I'll prove it to you with grandpa Axl. 0:29:09.740 --> 0:29:13.820 Romans eight brought her to Jesus while broadcasting traffic overnight. 0:29:14.140 --> 0:29:17.840 Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:19.080 on Moody Radio. 0:29:21.840 --> 0:29:28.640 Grandpa Axl Johnson, quite a guy. Retirement years in Kingsburg, California. 0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:32.600 But he spent a lot of his years in Los Angeles. 0:29:32.600 --> 0:29:34.920 And so when they retired to Kingsburg, I mean, it's 0:29:34.920 --> 0:29:37.560 a totally different life for grandpa. He would commute a 0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:40.120 little bit back into LA, where he had spent some 0:29:40.120 --> 0:29:43.760 of his last years, but he was pretty anchored in Kingsburg, 0:29:43.800 --> 0:29:48.040 and one morning he gets up and heads out to 0:29:48.080 --> 0:29:52.680 go do his morning routine, and my grandma calls Alaska 0:29:52.720 --> 0:29:54.160 as if we're going to be able to help pin 0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:58.120 him down. Right, Ali? I mean, but your grandpa's gone missing. 0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:00.280 That's never what you want to hear. 0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:06.400 Grandma Fern calls my mom, and Fern says your dad 0:30:06.400 --> 0:30:09.840 is gone. And mom says, well, find the places where 0:30:09.840 --> 0:30:11.960 he goes and see if we can track him down. 0:30:12.000 --> 0:30:14.240 She says, I've been all over town. I can't find him. Well, 0:30:14.240 --> 0:30:16.950 now things get dicey because they can't find them. It's 0:30:16.950 --> 0:30:21.750 getting early afternoon, then late afternoon into the evening, and 0:30:21.750 --> 0:30:28.310 grandpa's not home. Guys, it's kind of scary. The next day. 0:30:31.470 --> 0:30:37.710 They got word from the Los Angeles Police Department that 0:30:37.710 --> 0:30:42.670 my grandpa had been found. My grandpa Axel had headed 0:30:42.670 --> 0:30:47.790 out and he was starting to slip. And he had 0:30:47.790 --> 0:30:52.190 a big slip that morning before. And when he headed out, 0:30:52.190 --> 0:30:55.550 somewhere in his mind, he needed to jump on the 0:30:55.550 --> 0:31:00.710 I-5 head all the way up over the grapevine, down 0:31:00.710 --> 0:31:05.630 into the LA basin. And he didn't know where he 0:31:05.630 --> 0:31:11.470 was going. Ali. And he wound up, landed in some 0:31:11.470 --> 0:31:16.770 neighborhood And thank the Lord. A sweet woman saw Grandpa 0:31:16.810 --> 0:31:20.090 Axel walking up and down the streets in a neighborhood 0:31:20.090 --> 0:31:23.890 and started asking him questions. Now what's funny is he 0:31:23.890 --> 0:31:27.290 knew everything about his childhood in Stockholm. 0:31:27.330 --> 0:31:27.930 Oh, wow. 0:31:28.970 --> 0:31:32.610 And he knew everything about coming to America. But he 0:31:32.610 --> 0:31:35.530 did not know who he was now. 0:31:35.770 --> 0:31:36.170 Mhm. 0:31:37.530 --> 0:31:41.050 And so they had to do some sleuthing around. And 0:31:41.050 --> 0:31:43.890 they found his car that was parked in the neighborhood. 0:31:43.890 --> 0:31:47.250 And they start looking at registration and they find out 0:31:47.250 --> 0:31:52.850 this is Axel Johnson who now lives in Kingsburg, California. 0:31:52.850 --> 0:31:56.370 And he's a long ways away from home. And the 0:31:56.370 --> 0:32:01.090 phone rings. My grandma Fern picks it up and says, 0:32:01.090 --> 0:32:03.890 we've got your husband here at a police department in 0:32:03.890 --> 0:32:06.370 Los Angeles. Could you come get him? She said, I'll 0:32:06.370 --> 0:32:11.330 be right there in about four hours. You know, guys, 0:32:11.330 --> 0:32:13.870 I they share with you that story because some of 0:32:13.870 --> 0:32:19.670 us are putting ourselves in a really perilous situation. Knowing 0:32:19.710 --> 0:32:23.790 who we are in Christ today can keep us close 0:32:23.790 --> 0:32:27.870 to home. And that's what God wants for us. And 0:32:27.870 --> 0:32:30.710 I don't know where it is that you got off 0:32:30.710 --> 0:32:34.550 track understanding who your identity in Christ is, but I 0:32:34.550 --> 0:32:38.390 want you to be secure today. I want you to 0:32:38.430 --> 0:32:43.390 know who you are in Jesus Christ so that you 0:32:43.390 --> 0:32:46.190 know who you are now, not what you were, not 0:32:46.230 --> 0:32:49.950 where you've been, not where you were born, but who 0:32:49.950 --> 0:32:55.110 you truly are in Jesus Christ. It's a game changer. 0:32:56.150 --> 0:32:58.670 And I think a lot of us almost go through 0:32:58.670 --> 0:33:03.750 life wondering. Or stating if someone were to ask us. 0:33:03.750 --> 0:33:06.070 We can talk about the jobs that we've had, where 0:33:06.070 --> 0:33:08.710 we've been, where we were born. But there is nothing 0:33:08.710 --> 0:33:12.780 more important than who we are today in our relationship 0:33:12.780 --> 0:33:16.340 with Jesus. It's that vital. 0:33:17.380 --> 0:33:17.780 Yeah. 0:33:18.620 --> 0:33:22.020 That identity of who you are in Jesus Christ is 0:33:22.020 --> 0:33:24.940 the thing that can keep you closest to home than 0:33:24.940 --> 0:33:28.300 any other thing. And it's that powerful. 0:33:28.540 --> 0:33:31.980 I think it can be pretty dangerous to live in 0:33:31.980 --> 0:33:37.380 the identity of yesterday. You know, whether it's the glory 0:33:37.420 --> 0:33:40.380 days of the past that keep you from living in 0:33:40.380 --> 0:33:43.740 the reality of today, or whether it's looking at the 0:33:43.740 --> 0:33:46.620 the person that you were before Christ and kind of assuming, oh, 0:33:46.660 --> 0:33:48.940 I was this awful person, I was horrible, and you 0:33:48.940 --> 0:33:51.260 can't stop thinking about it. You don't live in the 0:33:51.260 --> 0:33:53.620 truth and reality of who you are in Christ. A 0:33:53.660 --> 0:33:58.180 freed person who who has been broken of the chains 0:33:58.180 --> 0:34:02.100 and bondage of sin. I think that who we are 0:34:02.100 --> 0:34:04.540 today is so important, and we have to be aware 0:34:04.540 --> 0:34:08.500 of that reality. Otherwise, life doesn't get lived to its fullest. 0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:11.000 We're in a new place. You're right on Young Thunder. 0:34:11.160 --> 0:34:12.000 We're in a new place. 0:34:12.040 --> 0:34:12.920 A new place. 0:34:12.960 --> 0:34:15.960 We're new people. And knowing who you are in Christ 0:34:15.960 --> 0:34:19.040 is absolutely vital. You know, we give out this blog 0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:21.399 here often, but the reason we wanted to do this week, 0:34:21.400 --> 0:34:23.200 I don't know if you guys remember when we were 0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:25.959 planning this a few weeks ago? We were we were 0:34:26.000 --> 0:34:30.239 absolutely blown away because we were freshly inundated with people 0:34:30.239 --> 0:34:33.879 who so benefited from understanding who they are in Christ. 0:34:34.840 --> 0:34:37.160 Do we need to be reminded, as Ali was talking 0:34:37.160 --> 0:34:39.440 earlier with Doctor Michael Riedel? Do we need to be 0:34:39.440 --> 0:34:40.759 reminded all the time? Right. 0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:43.360 Ali we do, and we have this resource for you. 0:34:43.400 --> 0:34:45.600 Maybe you haven't looked at it in a while. Take 0:34:45.600 --> 0:34:48.080 a fresh look or a first look. If this is 0:34:48.080 --> 0:34:53.840 new to you, just text the word truth to (800) 555-7898. 0:34:53.880 --> 0:35:02.120 Truth T.r.u.t.h. Just that word. Truth to (800) 555-7898. Grab this resource. 0:35:02.160 --> 0:35:05.040 Read it twice a day for the next 21 days, 0:35:05.200 --> 0:35:07.430 and see if you don't have a better understanding of 0:35:07.430 --> 0:35:08.630 who you are in Christ. 0:35:09.030 --> 0:35:13.550 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:35:13.550 --> 0:35:17.150 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:35:17.710 --> 0:35:20.950 We're going to do something really fun here. Our number 0:35:20.950 --> 0:35:24.630 here to text in is 800 555, 78, 98. This 0:35:24.630 --> 0:35:26.189 is what I want you to do. I want you 0:35:26.190 --> 0:35:29.870 to bring to mind right now something that you've seen 0:35:29.910 --> 0:35:34.430 God do in your life in the last few. Let's 0:35:34.430 --> 0:35:38.750 go from Saturday morning, from Saturday morning to right now, 0:35:39.230 --> 0:35:42.750 in this last weekend. What is something that you have 0:35:42.750 --> 0:35:46.910 seen God do? Now think about that a moment. Some 0:35:46.910 --> 0:35:50.430 of you haven't even thought, oh boy, that was God. 0:35:50.469 --> 0:35:53.950 He had his fingerprints all over that thing. But bring 0:35:53.950 --> 0:35:55.710 it to mind. What is that thing? And I'm going 0:35:55.750 --> 0:35:57.230 to show you. We're going to prove to you in 0:35:57.230 --> 0:36:00.190 just a moment here how you can leverage this big time. 0:36:00.230 --> 0:36:03.230 All I want you to do is give a sentence statement. 0:36:03.230 --> 0:36:05.610 If this is what God has done in my life 0:36:05.730 --> 0:36:09.290 since Saturday morning. Pick one thing that you know is 0:36:09.290 --> 0:36:11.810 from the hand of God. I don't care how trivial 0:36:11.850 --> 0:36:14.610 it may seem to you, how small it may seem. 0:36:14.650 --> 0:36:17.370 We're not talking about you went out, walked on water. 0:36:17.370 --> 0:36:19.850 We're talking about you met with God, and he showed 0:36:19.850 --> 0:36:26.330 up in something 855 five, 78, 98. We're going to 0:36:26.330 --> 0:36:29.290 prove to you how incredibly radiant what God has done 0:36:29.290 --> 0:36:32.930 in your life since Saturday morning till now, how relevant 0:36:32.930 --> 0:36:37.690 that is to the world around us. 800 555 7898 0:36:37.690 --> 0:36:40.169 what's that one thing that you've seen? God, that you 0:36:40.170 --> 0:36:43.410 look back, you go, boy, that was God's hand. Clearly 0:36:43.770 --> 0:36:49.050 800 555 7898 we asked for text and you guys decided, 0:36:49.050 --> 0:36:51.609 call boy, we got phone lines lighting up here. But 0:36:51.610 --> 0:36:56.690 there's great responses here. Um, somebody said, God, in this 0:36:56.690 --> 0:36:58.690 last few days has shown me an area of pride 0:36:58.690 --> 0:37:01.330 in my life. How can that be used in witnessing 0:37:01.610 --> 0:37:02.850 just practically. Ali. 0:37:02.850 --> 0:37:05.790 Oh, boy. I mean, you share that with someone. That's 0:37:05.830 --> 0:37:09.270 that's a conversation starter in and of itself. People are 0:37:09.270 --> 0:37:12.710 so slow to share weaknesses or areas where they realize 0:37:12.710 --> 0:37:13.750 they're blowing it. Boom. 0:37:14.070 --> 0:37:17.350 That's exactly right. And but they're hungry for it, aren't they? 0:37:17.390 --> 0:37:17.910 When they see. 0:37:17.910 --> 0:37:20.549 It, tell someone, man, God showed me. I've really been 0:37:20.550 --> 0:37:25.510 prideful lately. That's going to record scratch. Tell me more. 0:37:25.830 --> 0:37:28.870 Love it. Uh, calls. Janet. How have you seen God 0:37:28.870 --> 0:37:30.190 move in the last few days? 0:37:31.270 --> 0:37:38.870 Got me through a really intense move. Okay. That's been rough. 0:37:39.830 --> 0:37:42.350 Well, that's that's beautiful. Janet. Now, I don't want you 0:37:42.350 --> 0:37:45.910 to lose that as an opportunity, because here's the deal. 0:37:45.910 --> 0:37:48.350 I go back to my dad. My dad saw God's 0:37:48.350 --> 0:37:50.870 hand of grace in everything. When he was changing brakes 0:37:50.870 --> 0:37:54.350 on a car. He saw the grace of God we got. 0:37:54.550 --> 0:37:58.150 I mean, every good and perfect gift comes down from 0:37:58.150 --> 0:37:59.390 the father of lights. 0:37:59.430 --> 0:38:00.270 Yes, yes. 0:38:00.830 --> 0:38:05.180 Every good and perfect gift. Chris in Wisconsin. What do 0:38:05.180 --> 0:38:05.900 you say, Chris? 0:38:07.380 --> 0:38:10.299 Hey, uh, I've been praying a lot for my wife 0:38:10.300 --> 0:38:12.020 to come back to church, and she came back to 0:38:12.060 --> 0:38:14.820 church yesterday without, I mean, on Sunday without me even 0:38:14.820 --> 0:38:16.620 knowing it, that she was going to stay there. And 0:38:16.620 --> 0:38:18.620 that kind of lifted my spirit up. 0:38:18.660 --> 0:38:20.820 Awesome. Yeah. And you know what? You got a story 0:38:20.820 --> 0:38:24.660 to tell. God moves hearts, Chris. That's what we're talking about. 0:38:24.660 --> 0:38:26.660 Ryan in Illinois. What do you say? Ryan? 0:38:27.780 --> 0:38:29.899 Hey, Carl, I'm cheating a little bit. I'm going back 0:38:29.900 --> 0:38:33.100 to Thursday. But God brought a perfect stranger into my 0:38:33.100 --> 0:38:36.459 life as I was driving on the road and, uh, 0:38:36.580 --> 0:38:38.980 poked me and said, hey, you need to stop and 0:38:38.980 --> 0:38:42.860 talk to her. And I fought it because all the reasons. 0:38:42.860 --> 0:38:45.620 But I stopped and wound up having an hour long 0:38:45.620 --> 0:38:49.259 conversation with this lady. I prayed with her, and then 0:38:49.260 --> 0:38:51.100 by the time we were done talking, I prayed with 0:38:51.100 --> 0:38:53.299 her a second time. And the first time in my 0:38:53.300 --> 0:38:55.860 whole life I have ever led anybody to the Lord. 0:38:56.219 --> 0:38:57.500 But it was unbelievable. 0:38:57.540 --> 0:38:58.860 Oh, wow. See, dude. 0:38:59.020 --> 0:39:02.520 Now don't let that stop there. That's a story to share. 0:39:02.560 --> 0:39:05.520 You just did it with thousands and thousands of people. 0:39:05.640 --> 0:39:07.800 Way to go, my man. What do you got, Ali? 0:39:07.840 --> 0:39:10.480 Let's go to Willie from Chicago. Willie, what do you say? 0:39:12.560 --> 0:39:16.440 Hey, I'm in my 70s. My wife is in her 60s, 0:39:16.680 --> 0:39:19.560 and she had to go to the doctor for a procedure. 0:39:19.880 --> 0:39:23.919 And we prayed together and the procedure came out zero. 0:39:24.080 --> 0:39:24.400 Wow. 0:39:24.600 --> 0:39:28.640 I was struggling with that all day Friday. All day Saturday. 0:39:28.640 --> 0:39:31.920 And we went yesterday for the procedure. All is well. 0:39:32.360 --> 0:39:34.080 All is well. You did it again. 0:39:34.360 --> 0:39:37.120 Willie. Thank you for calling in, man. And see, here's 0:39:37.120 --> 0:39:41.720 the thing. We we don't want to sit on those things. Right, Ali? 0:39:41.760 --> 0:39:44.479 Yeah. And the awesome thing is, you can share that 0:39:44.480 --> 0:39:47.480 story in many different ways. You can share the outcome, 0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:50.839 which is that God delivered my wife and everything's okay. 0:39:50.840 --> 0:39:52.880 But you can also share how the Lord helped you 0:39:52.920 --> 0:39:55.279 through that processing of a little bit of anxiety and 0:39:55.280 --> 0:39:58.680 the fear of having to sit and wait on those results. 0:39:58.680 --> 0:40:00.629 You can meet people in a couple of different ways 0:40:00.630 --> 0:40:01.670 with that story. 0:40:01.710 --> 0:40:08.029 I love it, man. Uh, somebody said texts in here 7912. Uh, 0:40:08.030 --> 0:40:10.109 God showed me this morning that rising from the dead 0:40:10.110 --> 0:40:12.510 wasn't the only huge thing that he did to overcome 0:40:12.510 --> 0:40:15.149 the world. He also lived a sin free life. Who 0:40:15.190 --> 0:40:18.310 else has done that? Defeating the sin nature from day one. 0:40:18.710 --> 0:40:22.070 That's overcoming the world to, you know, it's little things 0:40:22.070 --> 0:40:25.029 like that that if you just let those percolate. And 0:40:25.030 --> 0:40:27.270 what's wild is if you're open to let the Spirit 0:40:27.270 --> 0:40:29.109 of God use you, you don't know how they're going 0:40:29.150 --> 0:40:34.110 to manifest itself, but they do. That's the beautiful thing. 0:40:34.750 --> 0:40:37.989 How do you witness to the world let that percolating 0:40:37.989 --> 0:40:41.629 joy of the Lord overflow and begin to share with 0:40:41.630 --> 0:40:46.430 others around you how God is at work. 0:40:47.830 --> 0:40:50.750 You're listening to Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:40:51.510 --> 0:40:53.790 Let's go to Gary calling in this morning from Illinois 0:40:53.790 --> 0:40:56.070 last 48 hours. Give it to us, Gary. 0:40:57.469 --> 0:41:02.130 Uh, Yesterday, I completed leading a four week study of C.S. 0:41:02.130 --> 0:41:06.010 Lewis's book, Mere Christianity at my church, and my pastor 0:41:06.010 --> 0:41:09.090 has told me that it was the best attended Sunday 0:41:09.090 --> 0:41:12.450 morning study they've ever had. And all I was was 0:41:12.450 --> 0:41:16.450 God's instrument. Ali. God worked through me, and we brought 0:41:16.450 --> 0:41:19.210 a whole lot of people into study of that wonderful book. 0:41:19.250 --> 0:41:21.810 Awesome, Gary, thank you so much for sharing that with us. 0:41:21.810 --> 0:41:24.490 Let's go to Mike. Also calling in from Illinois. Mike, 0:41:24.530 --> 0:41:27.250 tell us last 48 hours. What have you seen God do? 0:41:29.130 --> 0:41:32.370 Yeah, I've seen God really just reach out and just 0:41:32.370 --> 0:41:35.010 grab me by the shirt collar. Um, I've been struggling 0:41:35.010 --> 0:41:38.130 with sin and temptation in my life, and, um, I've 0:41:38.130 --> 0:41:40.489 just had this empty space. So I've been praying and 0:41:40.489 --> 0:41:43.930 calling out to God. And this weekend, um, he just 0:41:43.930 --> 0:41:46.489 happened to send missionaries to my neighborhood, and they they 0:41:46.530 --> 0:41:48.290 went to the wrong building, but it happened to be 0:41:48.290 --> 0:41:51.410 my building. And we crossed paths at just the right moment, 0:41:51.410 --> 0:41:54.290 and they invited me to church. And the message that 0:41:54.290 --> 0:41:57.989 was given in church service was just so pinpoint for 0:41:57.989 --> 0:41:59.750 me in the moment that I was at and where 0:41:59.750 --> 0:42:01.430 I'm at right now, that I just. I know that 0:42:01.430 --> 0:42:02.990 God's hand is all over it. 0:42:03.110 --> 0:42:05.110 Oh, this is great. Asking a question what have you 0:42:05.150 --> 0:42:08.390 seen God do in the last 48 hours that gets you? 0:42:08.710 --> 0:42:12.310 It builds a basis for a story that it. I'll 0:42:12.310 --> 0:42:16.430 show you how powerful popsicles can be. Okay, this is 0:42:16.430 --> 0:42:20.910 how powerful popsicles can be as a testimony to God's 0:42:20.910 --> 0:42:24.549 love and mercy. Got this text came in from 7002. 0:42:24.590 --> 0:42:26.950 I had a cool experience this weekend in the midst 0:42:26.950 --> 0:42:31.670 of frustration. My partner and I are homicide detectives. We 0:42:31.710 --> 0:42:35.870 were canvassing for witnesses and doing some videoing. A group 0:42:35.870 --> 0:42:38.430 of teens walked up to my partner and I and 0:42:38.469 --> 0:42:43.350 offered us popsicles. It was that little gesture that honestly 0:42:43.350 --> 0:42:46.189 brought me so much hope and brought tears to my eyes. 0:42:46.230 --> 0:42:48.350 I felt like it was such a God moment. He 0:42:48.350 --> 0:42:49.550 knew I needed now. 0:42:49.590 --> 0:42:51.110 Come on. Wow. Wow. 0:42:52.030 --> 0:42:53.270 That's pretty incredible. 0:42:54.590 --> 0:42:55.620 Come on. 0:42:55.660 --> 0:42:57.100 God can use it all. 0:42:58.380 --> 0:43:05.180 And now, listen to me. Homicide detective at 7002. I 0:43:05.219 --> 0:43:07.460 just shared your story. I want you to share that 0:43:07.460 --> 0:43:10.900 ten times today. Because that popsicle matters. 0:43:10.940 --> 0:43:11.420 Yes. 0:43:11.460 --> 0:43:13.140 All you got to do is walk in the room, 0:43:13.140 --> 0:43:16.180 and detectives can. And you tell them. Or who knows 0:43:16.180 --> 0:43:17.939 who you're running into. Can I tell you about how 0:43:17.940 --> 0:43:19.820 powerful a popsicle was in my life? 0:43:19.860 --> 0:43:22.540 Someone's going to ask you today how your weekend was. 0:43:22.739 --> 0:43:25.219 Yes. Okay. And there you go. Can I tell you 0:43:25.219 --> 0:43:28.100 about a popsicle? I got to tell you a story. Now, 0:43:28.100 --> 0:43:28.420 I'm a. 0:43:28.420 --> 0:43:31.259 Homicide detective, and I was discouraged. And I'm out canvassing 0:43:31.260 --> 0:43:36.140 for witnesses on this homicide case. I'm working. By the way, 0:43:36.140 --> 0:43:38.500 how cool are the people that listen here to Carl 0:43:38.500 --> 0:43:38.900 and crew? 0:43:38.940 --> 0:43:41.020 The coolest people, man, I love it. 0:43:41.060 --> 0:43:46.100 My goodness. All of those little graces of God that 0:43:46.100 --> 0:43:48.620 we see can be leveraged to say. And this is 0:43:48.620 --> 0:43:51.300 how God is at work in my life today. Boom! 0:43:51.580 --> 0:43:55.120 I'm so fired up. My goodness, Ellie, what else do 0:43:55.120 --> 0:43:55.479 we got? 0:43:55.520 --> 0:43:58.560 Yeah, let's go to Lacey. First time caller from Wisconsin. Lacey, 0:43:58.600 --> 0:44:00.680 how have you seen God at work in the last 0:44:00.680 --> 0:44:01.719 48 hours? 0:44:03.760 --> 0:44:06.040 Hi, everybody. Can you hear me? 0:44:06.040 --> 0:44:07.520 Yes, we've got you. Go ahead. 0:44:08.800 --> 0:44:12.400 Um, my daughter's just graduating from college down in Chicago 0:44:12.400 --> 0:44:15.239 at DePaul, where I went. And it's time for her 0:44:15.239 --> 0:44:18.440 to move into her very first apartment without roommates. And 0:44:18.440 --> 0:44:23.160 it has been a very frustrating, frustrating search to find someplace. 0:44:24.280 --> 0:44:26.719 They're all nice places, but they're just not her. And 0:44:26.719 --> 0:44:30.440 they're not the price she can afford. And so Saturday, 0:44:30.440 --> 0:44:32.239 she was in tears in the back of the car 0:44:32.239 --> 0:44:35.279 because another place had fallen through, and I prayed for 0:44:35.280 --> 0:44:39.040 God to show us his will. And within an hour 0:44:39.080 --> 0:44:42.680 we were in contact with her now, landlord, uh, of 0:44:42.680 --> 0:44:44.240 what I think is going to be a great place 0:44:44.239 --> 0:44:44.640 for her. 0:44:44.680 --> 0:44:49.640 Wow, that's so awesome. Okay. Exactly what we're talking about. 0:44:50.440 --> 0:44:54.790 Lacey. God gave you one? It's teed up, sister. You 0:44:54.830 --> 0:44:58.190 got one. I mean, look at this. Look at these examples. 0:44:58.190 --> 0:45:01.030 One after another. Now they seem small, but they're huge 0:45:01.030 --> 0:45:04.109 in their real. People can relate to this stuff, right? 0:45:04.430 --> 0:45:07.270 Absolutely. You're going to get an opportunity to share with 0:45:07.270 --> 0:45:09.989 someone today. You don't have to go all the way 0:45:09.989 --> 0:45:12.630 back to the very beginning of your testimony. Sometimes it's 0:45:12.630 --> 0:45:15.230 better to go back to the last 48 hours. 0:45:15.870 --> 0:45:17.950 Yeah. All you got to do is look back. If 0:45:17.950 --> 0:45:21.589 the Apostle Paul can say this to Agrippa, God is 0:45:21.590 --> 0:45:24.350 working in you the same way God is helping me 0:45:24.350 --> 0:45:28.469 to this very day. Look, watch, see the grace of 0:45:28.469 --> 0:45:30.109 God and share it. I don't care if it's an 0:45:30.110 --> 0:45:35.070 apartment or a popsicle. Share that story with someone today, guys. 0:45:35.070 --> 0:45:39.790 It may open someone's eyes to receive Jesus. You just 0:45:39.790 --> 0:45:45.150 don't know. That's how powerful the grace of God really is. 0:45:46.270 --> 0:45:50.630 Share your story no matter what it is, and watch 0:45:50.630 --> 0:45:51.589 what God can do.