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S6: Are out walking blaze yesterday.

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S6: Okay, I can't wait to hear this. Young Thunder's got

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S6: That's powerful, young thunder.

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S6: In response to whatever. That's big. Wow. It's great work. Lance.

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S11: Good morning guys. Philippians 212. Read this first 30 years

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S6: Yeah, that's good bro. Thank you Lance. That's so cool

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S6: That's why we call you the boom crew. Andy in Cleveland, Ohio.

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S12: Hey, guys. How you doing? Um, God brought up, uh,

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S12: And yes, in all seriousness, uh, you know, he said,

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S6: Hey, we thank God for you, Andy, and thank you

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S4: Well, I got a wedding invitation last year that had

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S3: 100%.

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S4: Before they have the opportunity.

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S2: Yeah, it's their day.

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S4: And what? This again? No, I have no objection to

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S2: I paid for my image. I'm gonna post my image.

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S2: Thank you very.

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S4: Interesting new world we're living in. Jill Savage, our guest

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S13: It kept me from being sensitive to the emotions and

453
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:58,800
S13: the experiences of others. And so you can't be a

454
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,080
S13: buck up person without being a buck up wife or

455
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,640
S13: buck up father, or a buck up husband or buck

456
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:11,600
S13: up mother. And that's ultimately what happened for me. Now

457
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,830
S13: in a lot of marriages, this is more often than men. Um,

458
00:26:14,869 --> 00:26:18,590
S13: in fact, what we found is about 80% of marriages

459
00:26:18,869 --> 00:26:23,110
S13: have a man who is avoidant. But there are some

460
00:26:23,109 --> 00:26:26,710
S13: women out there, about 20% of us, like myself, that were.

461
00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:29,510
S13: So usually in marriage, you've got at least one person

462
00:26:29,510 --> 00:26:32,830
S13: who's more avoidant and their tendency, in fact, we will

463
00:26:32,830 --> 00:26:35,750
S13: Mark and I when we're working with couples and coaching

464
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:39,630
S13: couples and doing our intensives, what we will say is

465
00:26:39,790 --> 00:26:43,710
S13: usually one person has emotional constipation.

466
00:26:45,430 --> 00:26:45,910
S4: Wow.

467
00:26:47,950 --> 00:26:51,350
S13: But to be honest, the other one often has emotional diarrhea.

468
00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:54,790
S13: So it doesn't really you know, it's not helpful on

469
00:26:54,790 --> 00:26:58,550
S13: both sides. Those are extremes. God really wants us to

470
00:26:58,590 --> 00:27:02,669
S13: embrace our emotions. He wants us. He made us emotional.

471
00:27:02,670 --> 00:27:05,350
S13: In fact, I'll never forget a Christian counselor challenged me

472
00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:08,230
S13: on this whole buck up thing. And he said, when

473
00:27:08,230 --> 00:27:11,530
S13: did you you know, when did you shut down your emotions?

474
00:27:11,690 --> 00:27:13,929
S13: You know, because I used to even say feelings don't matter.

475
00:27:13,930 --> 00:27:16,250
S13: And he was like, that's a lie. And I said,

476
00:27:16,250 --> 00:27:17,690
S13: how do you know that's a lie? And he said,

477
00:27:17,690 --> 00:27:21,609
S13: Because God created you in his image and God is

478
00:27:21,609 --> 00:27:25,610
S13: a feeling God. That was so powerful for me when

479
00:27:25,609 --> 00:27:29,730
S13: I realized, wow, you're right. I've shut that down and

480
00:27:29,730 --> 00:27:33,090
S13: it's time for me to do some healing and awaken

481
00:27:33,090 --> 00:27:36,970
S13: that so that I can be compassionate with others. I

482
00:27:36,970 --> 00:27:38,649
S13: can be sensitive to others.

483
00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:42,570
S4: Jill Savage, our guest right now. Her and her husband, Mark,

484
00:27:42,570 --> 00:27:48,010
S4: who she mentioned they administer extensively to couples and families.

485
00:27:48,330 --> 00:27:50,290
S4: Talk about your husband and all of this, because as

486
00:27:50,290 --> 00:27:52,570
S4: you as you describe, we're kind of a buck up

487
00:27:52,609 --> 00:27:56,570
S4: wife and mom. What was his sort of bent?

488
00:27:57,010 --> 00:28:00,290
S13: He was the other way. He had that emotional diarrhea.

489
00:28:00,290 --> 00:28:04,570
S13: So his emotions were leading him all the time. And

490
00:28:04,570 --> 00:28:09,710
S13: so he there was often anger. There was often high

491
00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:13,830
S13: levels of frustration, and those were leading him all the time.

492
00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:17,910
S13: And so both of us, we would say that that

493
00:28:17,910 --> 00:28:22,070
S13: falls outside of secure attachment. And so both of us

494
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:25,430
S13: were outside of it. We were insecurely attached, but mine

495
00:28:25,430 --> 00:28:29,150
S13: was avoidant and his was more anxious. And so we

496
00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:33,430
S13: really had to begin to say, you know what? Jesus

497
00:28:33,430 --> 00:28:37,869
S13: was secure. How do we move from where we are

498
00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:42,790
S13: in this insecure place to a place that is, it

499
00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:47,390
S13: puts our emotions in an appropriate place, and it allows

500
00:28:47,390 --> 00:28:51,470
S13: us to be honest and vulnerable with one another, and

501
00:28:51,470 --> 00:28:56,750
S13: therefore we increase the safety in our relationship. You know,

502
00:28:56,790 --> 00:28:59,230
S13: and I'm not talking about physical safety. I'm talking about

503
00:28:59,230 --> 00:29:03,550
S13: emotional safety. It's safe for me to say I'm hurting

504
00:29:03,910 --> 00:29:07,570
S13: or it's safe for my husband to say that was

505
00:29:07,570 --> 00:29:10,210
S13: a really hard day. And for us to be able

506
00:29:10,210 --> 00:29:14,930
S13: to process that, that's intimacy in relationships.

507
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,530
S4: Jill Savage with us right now coming up, her and

508
00:29:17,530 --> 00:29:20,490
S4: her husband Mark, have written a couple of books to

509
00:29:20,530 --> 00:29:23,690
S4: help you pray for your spouse. We'll talk about that

510
00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:25,130
S4: coming up here on Karlyn Crew.

511
00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:28,730
S1: He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then

512
00:29:28,770 --> 00:29:33,130
S1: he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl

513
00:29:33,130 --> 00:29:34,890
S1: and crew on Moody Radio.

514
00:29:34,930 --> 00:29:37,250
S4: Well, if you are married, it's a good thing to

515
00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:41,650
S4: be praying for your spouse. But sometimes the good intention

516
00:29:41,650 --> 00:29:44,530
S4: can actually fall flat if you don't have a way

517
00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:48,210
S4: to kind of sustain it beyond. Just bless my husband today,

518
00:29:48,210 --> 00:29:50,570
S4: which is a good place to start. But Jill Savage,

519
00:29:50,570 --> 00:29:53,210
S4: our guest right now, you and your husband Mark, have

520
00:29:53,210 --> 00:29:55,490
S4: written a couple of books to help us be praying

521
00:29:55,490 --> 00:29:57,490
S4: intentionally for our spouse.

522
00:29:57,730 --> 00:30:02,810
S13: We did, and we love equipping people with next steps

523
00:30:02,810 --> 00:30:06,150
S13: in their relationship, in their marriage, but in their relationship

524
00:30:06,150 --> 00:30:10,350
S13: with the Lord. And so our books 199 prayers for

525
00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:14,510
S13: my wife and 199 prayers for my husband were an

526
00:30:14,510 --> 00:30:19,870
S13: effort to do that. And, you know, praying for one another.

527
00:30:20,190 --> 00:30:24,310
S13: You have to develop like a habit of that. And

528
00:30:24,350 --> 00:30:27,350
S13: sometimes people don't know where to start. And so that

529
00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:29,230
S13: was one of the things we really wanted to be

530
00:30:29,270 --> 00:30:31,190
S13: able to do. And one of the things that we

531
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:35,950
S13: love about this is it's part journal and it's also

532
00:30:35,990 --> 00:30:40,990
S13: like part devotional. And so each one has like a

533
00:30:40,990 --> 00:30:44,230
S13: scripture of the day, a prayer to pray for your spouse.

534
00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:47,150
S13: But then this is what makes it different. It has

535
00:30:47,150 --> 00:30:51,070
S13: a reflecting question where you reflect on what am I

536
00:30:51,070 --> 00:30:54,390
S13: bringing to my marriage? How does God's word that I

537
00:30:54,390 --> 00:30:57,910
S13: just read and that I just prayed? How is that

538
00:30:57,910 --> 00:31:02,270
S13: living out in my heart? And then we offer an

539
00:31:02,270 --> 00:31:05,610
S13: action step, just a practical way to invest in your

540
00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:09,450
S13: marriage that day. And just little things, you know, just

541
00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:14,570
S13: little steps that say, hey, I see you. You're important

542
00:31:14,570 --> 00:31:17,850
S13: to me. I'm thinking of you. And so we wanted

543
00:31:17,850 --> 00:31:23,210
S13: to make it a really practical resource for husbands and wives.

544
00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:25,730
S4: You know, we've had you on before and you've shared

545
00:31:25,730 --> 00:31:29,090
S4: different aspects of your story. One aspect we didn't get

546
00:31:29,090 --> 00:31:31,930
S4: into much today, but you and your husband are open

547
00:31:31,930 --> 00:31:37,490
S4: about having recovered from infidelity. What role did prayer play

548
00:31:37,490 --> 00:31:40,209
S4: in that journey back to healing?

549
00:31:40,850 --> 00:31:47,650
S13: Uh, so, so important, um, particularly in my side, because

550
00:31:47,650 --> 00:31:52,450
S13: Mark was unfaithful and then he eventually left. And it

551
00:31:52,450 --> 00:31:56,690
S13: was a dark year. And it was during that year that,

552
00:31:56,730 --> 00:31:58,890
S13: you know, I call that, though, that was the weight

553
00:31:58,890 --> 00:32:04,230
S13: that God did not waste. And so God, like, really

554
00:32:04,230 --> 00:32:08,430
S13: deepened my prayer life. Because that's all I had. I

555
00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:13,270
S13: could only pray for my husband. He was lost. He

556
00:32:13,270 --> 00:32:16,590
S13: was headed in the wrong direction. And I really sensed

557
00:32:16,590 --> 00:32:18,590
S13: that if he would return to his God, he would

558
00:32:18,590 --> 00:32:24,430
S13: return to our marriage. And so prayer was the work.

559
00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:28,469
S13: That's all I could do other than working on myself. Right.

560
00:32:28,510 --> 00:32:31,670
S13: Which is part of the reason that we included that

561
00:32:31,670 --> 00:32:36,510
S13: reflection question in our 199 prayers for my wife, 199

562
00:32:36,510 --> 00:32:41,430
S13: prayers for my husband books, because I think that oftentimes

563
00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:43,670
S13: it's easy for us to point the finger at our

564
00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:48,070
S13: partner and go, God changed them. They need this Bible verse.

565
00:32:49,430 --> 00:32:52,350
S13: And what we need to do is say, Lord, how

566
00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:56,350
S13: does this Bible verse affect me? What are you asking

567
00:32:56,350 --> 00:33:00,090
S13: me to pay attention to in my own heart. And

568
00:33:00,130 --> 00:33:04,850
S13: so that year of praying for my husband, interceding for

569
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:11,370
S13: my husband, and also using that waiting season to deepen

570
00:33:11,530 --> 00:33:16,250
S13: my heart, to, uh, reveal my sin and the places

571
00:33:16,250 --> 00:33:21,570
S13: that I had to change and ultimately to, you know, really,

572
00:33:21,570 --> 00:33:24,130
S13: it was a living out of Matthew seven. You know,

573
00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:26,010
S13: where you remove the plank out of your own eye

574
00:33:26,050 --> 00:33:28,250
S13: before you try to remove the speck out of your

575
00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:32,290
S13: partner's eye. And so, um, prayer was a big part

576
00:33:32,290 --> 00:33:36,290
S13: of that. My growth. And then ultimately, um, praying for

577
00:33:36,290 --> 00:33:40,490
S13: my husband. And, uh, really, it was a was a

578
00:33:40,890 --> 00:33:44,170
S13: sanctifying year. It was a year of maturity and a

579
00:33:44,170 --> 00:33:47,530
S13: year of growth. And a lot of that was because

580
00:33:47,530 --> 00:33:50,330
S13: it forced me to spend time at the foot of

581
00:33:50,330 --> 00:33:51,050
S13: the cross.

582
00:33:51,290 --> 00:33:54,890
S4: You know, I'm glad you mentioned that from your own experience, because,

583
00:33:54,930 --> 00:33:57,990
S4: you know, it's a beautiful thing when, let's say a

584
00:33:57,990 --> 00:34:01,270
S4: couple goes and they both get a copy of a book.

585
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:03,910
S4: This book, one for him, one for her. It's on

586
00:34:03,910 --> 00:34:05,910
S4: the nightstand and they're reading it and they're praying for

587
00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:09,190
S4: each other. But the reality is that many people are

588
00:34:09,190 --> 00:34:11,990
S4: in a situation like the one you were in where

589
00:34:11,989 --> 00:34:15,510
S4: there is. My spouse is not praying for me right now.

590
00:34:15,550 --> 00:34:19,910
S4: There's maybe a separation. Maybe there's just a just a

591
00:34:19,950 --> 00:34:25,310
S4: breakdown of intimacy. But one spouse can absolutely commit to

592
00:34:25,350 --> 00:34:29,069
S4: praying for the other spouse and then wait for God

593
00:34:29,070 --> 00:34:29,750
S4: to move.

594
00:34:29,950 --> 00:34:34,550
S13: Yes. Yes. And here's what I will say is we

595
00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:38,590
S13: can trust that God is moving. What we also want

596
00:34:38,590 --> 00:34:43,149
S13: to happen is we want our partner to respond to

597
00:34:43,190 --> 00:34:44,230
S13: how God is moving.

598
00:34:44,270 --> 00:34:44,670
S3: Yeah.

599
00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:47,790
S13: Right. Because God. And that's where I think people also

600
00:34:47,790 --> 00:34:51,350
S13: get confused, Ali, is that I think that people get confused.

601
00:34:51,350 --> 00:34:55,270
S13: They go, why isn't God moving in my partner's life? Well,

602
00:34:55,410 --> 00:34:59,490
S13: God's word tells us that he is at work, my

603
00:34:59,489 --> 00:35:02,170
S13: father and I. One of the things that Jesus said is,

604
00:35:02,170 --> 00:35:06,690
S13: My father and I are always working. And so, um,

605
00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:10,330
S13: we can trust that our prayers are initiating things in

606
00:35:10,330 --> 00:35:14,930
S13: the spiritual world. What we really are often seeing when

607
00:35:14,930 --> 00:35:18,610
S13: nothing is changing is we're seeing that our partner is

608
00:35:18,610 --> 00:35:22,650
S13: not responding to the work, to the pursuit that God

609
00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:27,730
S13: has on their heart. And so that prayer may result.

610
00:35:27,770 --> 00:35:31,009
S13: You know, I'm so grateful that in my life, certainly

611
00:35:31,010 --> 00:35:34,010
S13: it took a year, but my husband started to respond

612
00:35:34,010 --> 00:35:37,569
S13: to the pursuit of God. We work with people all

613
00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:41,770
S13: the time and their partner is not responding to that pursuit.

614
00:35:41,969 --> 00:35:46,850
S13: That doesn't mean God's not working because God is at work,

615
00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:50,970
S13: and it's that purifying season. When you spend time praying

616
00:35:50,969 --> 00:35:54,310
S13: for your partner and you spend time at the foot

617
00:35:54,310 --> 00:35:57,750
S13: of the cross that even if your partner doesn't respond

618
00:35:57,750 --> 00:36:01,550
S13: to that, we can see the way that God begins

619
00:36:01,550 --> 00:36:03,190
S13: to work in our own lives.

620
00:36:03,230 --> 00:36:05,950
S4: Jill Savage, our guest right now. We mentioned a couple

621
00:36:05,989 --> 00:36:08,910
S4: of different resources. She has the No More Perfect podcast

622
00:36:08,910 --> 00:36:12,790
S4: and the book series, and then also these 199 prayers,

623
00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:17,029
S4: both for husband and wife. Just text perfect to 800

624
00:36:17,070 --> 00:36:21,790
S4: 555 7898. We'll get you a link. Just text perfect

625
00:36:21,830 --> 00:36:25,190
S4: to 800 555 7898.

626
00:36:25,469 --> 00:36:29,310
S1: He was running from God, but God's love brought him home.

627
00:36:29,510 --> 00:36:33,390
S1: Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on

628
00:36:33,390 --> 00:36:34,469
S1: Moody Radio.

629
00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:34,989
S3: You know.

630
00:36:35,030 --> 00:36:38,270
S4: We are called to love our neighbor. And we know

631
00:36:38,270 --> 00:36:41,230
S4: from Scripture that that's not just the people who live

632
00:36:41,390 --> 00:36:44,790
S4: in our neighborhood. Everyone is our neighbor. But what about

633
00:36:44,790 --> 00:36:48,070
S4: the people who live in your neighborhood? How can we

634
00:36:48,430 --> 00:36:52,930
S4: be intentional about ministering right where we live. Coming up.

635
00:36:52,969 --> 00:36:56,370
S4: How to pray for your neighbor. Special guest John Gager.

636
00:36:57,130 --> 00:37:00,850
S1: Your spiritual pit stop to keep you going in the race.

637
00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:03,210
S1: You're listening to Carl and crew.

638
00:37:03,489 --> 00:37:05,850
S6: Ali, you ever had a crazy neighbor? I mean, a

639
00:37:05,850 --> 00:37:07,410
S6: crazy neighbor.

640
00:37:07,610 --> 00:37:09,850
S4: I feel like I've had pretty good neighbors.

641
00:37:09,969 --> 00:37:13,970
S6: I have to my bride. This is hilarious. They lived in, uh,

642
00:37:14,130 --> 00:37:17,050
S6: where was it? Bailey, Colorado. And that's out in the sticks.

643
00:37:17,450 --> 00:37:22,370
S6: In fact, um, they were so far out there that

644
00:37:22,530 --> 00:37:24,930
S6: people had a totally different kind of way about them,

645
00:37:24,930 --> 00:37:26,609
S6: and they didn't know that when they showed up there.

646
00:37:26,610 --> 00:37:28,930
S6: But there was a woman that would just come over

647
00:37:28,930 --> 00:37:32,850
S6: to their home. And she's very effervescent gal, and she

648
00:37:32,890 --> 00:37:35,609
S6: kind of got into people's business, if you know what

649
00:37:35,610 --> 00:37:37,770
S6: I mean. She kind of got into it. And, uh,

650
00:37:37,770 --> 00:37:41,049
S6: she came over one day and she stepped right up

651
00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:43,850
S6: to the front porch. And my mom in law and

652
00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:47,970
S6: her daughters, my bride was there, and the woman said, Sheila,

653
00:37:47,969 --> 00:37:54,550
S6: I need some wrapping paper. And Sheila said, I just

654
00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:58,390
S6: don't have any. And she says, yes, you do. Under

655
00:37:58,390 --> 00:37:59,989
S6: your bed upstairs.

656
00:38:02,230 --> 00:38:03,830
S3: Oh boy, oh, boy.

657
00:38:04,670 --> 00:38:08,589
S6: Won't you be my neighbor? Yeah. Neighbors are great, though.

658
00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:11,430
S6: I've got the best neighbors in the planet. I mean,

659
00:38:11,469 --> 00:38:13,630
S6: on this planet, I got the best neighbors. And you

660
00:38:13,670 --> 00:38:14,509
S6: got some good ones, too.

661
00:38:14,550 --> 00:38:17,669
S4: Yeah, and I've always had good neighbors. Thankfully. I find, though,

662
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:21,670
S4: that nowadays, most people in neighborhoods that I've lived in

663
00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:25,350
S4: kind of keep to themselves. So the knowing your neighbors,

664
00:38:25,350 --> 00:38:28,270
S4: the getting out there and really connecting, I've found, is

665
00:38:28,270 --> 00:38:29,510
S4: more difficult than ever.

666
00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:31,830
S6: Breaking that ice can be tough. We got an ice

667
00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:33,830
S6: breaker with us here today.

668
00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:35,110
S3: I see this breaker.

669
00:38:35,150 --> 00:38:35,750
S4: I couldn't help.

670
00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:39,230
S6: It. Ice breaker. You did it. Oh, boy. Okay, um,

671
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:41,430
S6: we got an ice breaker. Great guy who has a

672
00:38:41,430 --> 00:38:44,870
S6: vision big as a bucket for reaching folks around him.

673
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:48,930
S4: John Yeager, 30 year veteran here at Moody Radio, also

674
00:38:48,969 --> 00:38:53,210
S4: a neighborhood prayer walker. How did this become something that

675
00:38:53,210 --> 00:38:55,370
S4: was has been a ministry of sorts for you?

676
00:38:55,410 --> 00:38:57,169
S14: Well, I think it was the influence of a couple

677
00:38:57,210 --> 00:39:00,170
S14: of navigator friends of ours, the navigators, being an organization

678
00:39:00,170 --> 00:39:03,170
S14: that's been around for a while. They kind of passed

679
00:39:03,170 --> 00:39:06,649
S14: along to us a love for neighbors. And, uh, we

680
00:39:06,650 --> 00:39:08,489
S14: just gave it a try and have been going at

681
00:39:08,489 --> 00:39:09,250
S14: it ever since.

682
00:39:09,450 --> 00:39:13,290
S6: Why is it that reaching neighbors can be so intimidating?

683
00:39:13,330 --> 00:39:15,450
S6: Maybe it's because we feel like we got to have

684
00:39:15,450 --> 00:39:19,370
S6: our ten verses lined up the gospel presentation down, slick.

685
00:39:19,810 --> 00:39:22,250
S6: Only then can we really approach our neighbors.

686
00:39:22,290 --> 00:39:24,130
S14: Yeah, and I think that's a showstopper for a lot

687
00:39:24,130 --> 00:39:26,489
S14: of people. They never even get started because of that.

688
00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:30,049
S14: When we, I think, adopt the position, Carl, that that

689
00:39:30,050 --> 00:39:34,250
S14: sharing Jesus begins with sharing cookies or sharing Jesus begins

690
00:39:34,250 --> 00:39:36,529
S14: with the fact that you find out your neighbor is

691
00:39:36,530 --> 00:39:39,330
S14: a big Illini fan. So you make it a point

692
00:39:39,330 --> 00:39:42,130
S14: to discover what the Illini football team did that weekend.

693
00:39:42,370 --> 00:39:45,370
S14: Those are bridge building things that lead to other things

694
00:39:45,370 --> 00:39:47,469
S14: that lead to a gospel sharing.

695
00:39:47,469 --> 00:39:50,670
S4: So tell us about this neighborhood prayer walks that you take.

696
00:39:50,710 --> 00:39:52,470
S4: You have been doing this for how long?

697
00:39:52,510 --> 00:39:53,750
S14: Uh, probably 20 years now.

698
00:39:53,790 --> 00:39:56,510
S4: Okay, so walk us through what this looks like.

699
00:39:56,550 --> 00:39:59,549
S14: It's a commitment that I make, and in my case,

700
00:39:59,550 --> 00:40:02,109
S14: it's once a week. And I recommend that. I don't

701
00:40:02,110 --> 00:40:04,910
S14: think I'm right. It just has worked well anymore. It

702
00:40:04,910 --> 00:40:08,110
S14: might become too much of a, you know, legalism. Right.

703
00:40:08,150 --> 00:40:11,190
S14: Any less, you know, you kind of drift a little.

704
00:40:11,190 --> 00:40:13,270
S14: So I go once a week. It's a Sunday, typically

705
00:40:13,270 --> 00:40:16,149
S14: a Sunday afternoon. And yes, where I happen to live,

706
00:40:16,150 --> 00:40:18,310
S14: it can be 15 below on a Sunday afternoon. You

707
00:40:18,310 --> 00:40:20,710
S14: go anyway, you know, we've got people living in all

708
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:23,150
S14: different climates that listen to Carl and Ali. I know,

709
00:40:23,469 --> 00:40:25,549
S14: but once a week I go out there and I

710
00:40:25,550 --> 00:40:28,270
S14: pray in front of every single home. There are about

711
00:40:28,270 --> 00:40:31,029
S14: 54 homes on our street. It's a brief prayer. I

712
00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:34,230
S14: don't stop because we don't need any more crazies out there.

713
00:40:34,270 --> 00:40:36,029
S14: You know, people are already suspicious.

714
00:40:36,270 --> 00:40:37,430
S15: You know what, I appreciate.

715
00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:37,750
S6: That.

716
00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:38,310
S15: You don't.

717
00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:39,670
S6: Want to get weird.

718
00:40:39,710 --> 00:40:40,150
S15: Right?

719
00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:42,670
S14: Right, right. It's it's a literal walk. Could be a

720
00:40:42,670 --> 00:40:45,850
S14: leisurely walk. And I pray a very simple prayer. Lord,

721
00:40:45,850 --> 00:40:48,450
S14: would you open the eyes of these people's hearts so

722
00:40:48,450 --> 00:40:51,969
S14: that they would know Jesus? Or Lord, would you trouble

723
00:40:51,969 --> 00:40:55,290
S14: this home until they find peace in the knowledge of

724
00:40:55,290 --> 00:40:58,330
S14: Jesus as Savior? Lord, you know you've said you came

725
00:40:58,330 --> 00:41:00,210
S14: to seek and to save the lost. Would you please

726
00:41:00,210 --> 00:41:03,690
S14: save the Smith family? So that's what it looks like.

727
00:41:03,730 --> 00:41:05,530
S14: Takes me 20 30 minutes.

728
00:41:05,850 --> 00:41:06,530
S6: Any stories?

729
00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:07,610
S14: Oh, tons of stories.

730
00:41:07,650 --> 00:41:08,610
S6: Come on, let's get one.

731
00:41:08,650 --> 00:41:10,730
S14: You know, let me start by saying this. When I

732
00:41:10,730 --> 00:41:13,330
S14: first started doing this, all it happened was I went

733
00:41:13,330 --> 00:41:16,969
S14: and prayed, and that was it for weeks and months

734
00:41:17,290 --> 00:41:20,610
S14: and years, years. And I want you to underscore that.

735
00:41:20,650 --> 00:41:23,690
S4: Have you been in the same neighborhood for okay. Oh, yeah. Wow. Okay.

736
00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:24,530
S4: So go ahead.

737
00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:28,410
S14: But over time, finally, it's like people begin to recognize

738
00:41:28,410 --> 00:41:31,250
S14: that you're normal and not weird. I wear a hat

739
00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:34,169
S14: for skin issues, so they recognize the hat. Uh, so

740
00:41:34,170 --> 00:41:37,489
S14: they know I'm part of the neighborhood. And now? Now

741
00:41:37,530 --> 00:41:40,650
S14: things happen. It could be a prayer walk early in

742
00:41:40,650 --> 00:41:43,670
S14: the morning. It could be late at night. Almost every

743
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:46,990
S14: time we meet somebody. Somebody who's out. Somebody who wants

744
00:41:46,989 --> 00:41:50,190
S14: to talk. It's crazy what happens. All right. Here's a

745
00:41:50,190 --> 00:41:52,670
S14: couple of stories. I'm out on a prayer walk. Victor

746
00:41:52,670 --> 00:41:55,670
S14: is leaning over his fence. Right. He looks a little thoughtful.

747
00:41:55,710 --> 00:41:58,549
S14: I say, Victor, what's going on? Oh, my wife has

748
00:41:58,550 --> 00:42:01,710
S14: had two brain surgeries. You're kidding. I didn't even know.

749
00:42:01,750 --> 00:42:06,310
S14: Lives four houses away. I didn't know this. I'm so sorry. Yeah, well,

750
00:42:06,350 --> 00:42:08,230
S14: you know, that led to a moment. I said, Victor,

751
00:42:08,830 --> 00:42:12,109
S14: could I pray for you? Now, would that be all right? Right. Sure.

752
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,150
S14: Prayed right in the man's driveway.

753
00:42:14,190 --> 00:42:14,790
S6: Yeah, man.

754
00:42:15,070 --> 00:42:18,830
S14: That led to further conversation, which led to a dinner together.

755
00:42:18,989 --> 00:42:21,790
S14: That was cool. Dinner together? Just the four of us.

756
00:42:21,790 --> 00:42:24,509
S14: Stephanie is backing into her street. It's an icy morning.

757
00:42:24,790 --> 00:42:27,149
S14: This is one of these 15 below mornings. I am

758
00:42:27,150 --> 00:42:29,350
S14: ready to be in my house. I'm at the tail

759
00:42:29,350 --> 00:42:31,870
S14: end of this walk, I want in, I want warm

760
00:42:31,870 --> 00:42:32,830
S14: and I want breakfast.

761
00:42:32,870 --> 00:42:34,830
S6: I'm praying for you, but don't bother me.

762
00:42:35,550 --> 00:42:38,390
S14: She rolls down her window as she backs her car

763
00:42:38,390 --> 00:42:42,250
S14: into the street. She is concerned. what's going on? You

764
00:42:42,290 --> 00:42:46,010
S14: seem a little troubled. Her priest, the church she attends, he's.

765
00:42:46,010 --> 00:42:49,090
S14: He's in a coma because of Covid. And her daughters

766
00:42:49,090 --> 00:42:51,930
S14: have left their faith. They're from a different faith than ours.

767
00:42:51,930 --> 00:42:54,690
S14: But she is really troubled. I said, could we pray

768
00:42:54,690 --> 00:42:58,730
S14: right now? Yes. We're praying in the street as cars

769
00:42:58,730 --> 00:43:01,969
S14: are driving by. That led to a dinner, by the way,

770
00:43:01,969 --> 00:43:04,170
S14: in her home. They invited us into their home for dinner.

771
00:43:04,210 --> 00:43:06,810
S14: They've been with us. We've been out to restaurants together.

772
00:43:06,850 --> 00:43:09,729
S14: A whole friendship began because of that. And that starts

773
00:43:09,730 --> 00:43:11,770
S14: with a prayer walk. All kinds of stories.

774
00:43:11,810 --> 00:43:13,529
S6: Coming up here. In a moment. We're going to talk

775
00:43:13,570 --> 00:43:17,609
S6: about some basic tips here, because I think sometimes I

776
00:43:17,610 --> 00:43:21,690
S6: think it's true, John, I think we we imagine reaching

777
00:43:21,690 --> 00:43:25,969
S6: our neighbors as this big bite out of this enchilada

778
00:43:26,010 --> 00:43:30,330
S6: that we can't navigate. Right? And God says, no, let's

779
00:43:30,330 --> 00:43:33,770
S6: think about this. Let's be neighbors. Yes. Start small and

780
00:43:33,770 --> 00:43:37,890
S6: let's build from there. So coming up, neighborhood prayer walk

781
00:43:37,930 --> 00:43:39,750
S6: tips with John Gager.

782
00:43:39,790 --> 00:43:40,310
S3: Hang on.

783
00:43:41,310 --> 00:43:45,270
S1: Take your next step with Jesus today. You're listening to

784
00:43:45,310 --> 00:43:46,310
S1: Carl and crew.

785
00:43:46,469 --> 00:43:49,910
S4: So we're called to love God and love people. What

786
00:43:49,910 --> 00:43:53,310
S4: about the people in your neighborhood? Why does it sometimes

787
00:43:53,310 --> 00:43:57,550
S4: feel so challenging to just have a conversation? John Gager

788
00:43:57,550 --> 00:44:00,190
S4: has some tips for us. He's been prayer walking for

789
00:44:00,230 --> 00:44:05,310
S4: 20 years, the same 54 houses on the block and

790
00:44:05,310 --> 00:44:08,189
S4: has seen some incredible stories. Give us some tips for

791
00:44:08,190 --> 00:44:10,910
S4: how someone listening can get started with this.

792
00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:13,109
S14: Well, number one, start with a wave. Could I just

793
00:44:13,110 --> 00:44:15,870
S14: suggest that you get out there when people walk by

794
00:44:15,870 --> 00:44:17,709
S14: because they were coming back from the park, or from

795
00:44:17,710 --> 00:44:19,430
S14: their jog, or from their bike ride, or from their

796
00:44:19,430 --> 00:44:22,790
S14: errand in their car, you wave at them. Why shouldn't

797
00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:26,750
S14: you be the friendly neighbor? What's wrong with that? Is

798
00:44:26,750 --> 00:44:29,350
S14: that weird? You know, it's so sick that in our culture,

799
00:44:29,350 --> 00:44:32,430
S14: that is weird. A third of the people will do nothing.

800
00:44:32,430 --> 00:44:35,390
S14: They'll scowl at you. A third of them will wave

801
00:44:35,390 --> 00:44:36,190
S14: back immediately.

802
00:44:36,230 --> 00:44:36,589
S6: I think.

803
00:44:36,590 --> 00:44:39,489
S14: So. And the other third will eventually wave over time.

804
00:44:39,489 --> 00:44:42,609
S14: But you are the friendly neighbor. Why not? Why not?

805
00:44:42,610 --> 00:44:45,570
S14: Jesus was the friend of sinners. Can't we wave? All right,

806
00:44:45,570 --> 00:44:47,609
S14: so let's make a commitment. All right? That's number one.

807
00:44:47,610 --> 00:44:48,850
S14: You got to make a commitment. Say, I'm going to

808
00:44:48,850 --> 00:44:50,530
S14: do this. I'm going to do this, say once a week.

809
00:44:50,850 --> 00:44:53,450
S14: This is a long haul proposition. You are signing up

810
00:44:53,450 --> 00:44:56,489
S14: for a marathon, not a sprint. Just know that. Are

811
00:44:56,489 --> 00:44:58,090
S14: you going to do this when the weather gets bad,

812
00:44:58,090 --> 00:45:01,370
S14: when it's rainy, when it's cold, make a commitment. Number

813
00:45:01,370 --> 00:45:04,250
S14: two pray for one thing only. This is my thought

814
00:45:04,290 --> 00:45:06,089
S14: and I know others who do prayer walks and they

815
00:45:06,130 --> 00:45:08,650
S14: pray that God would bless their name. I don't. I

816
00:45:08,650 --> 00:45:09,970
S14: pray that he would trouble them.

817
00:45:10,570 --> 00:45:12,529
S15: I pray the way I pray that he would about you.

818
00:45:12,530 --> 00:45:14,569
S14: I pray that he would shake them up in order

819
00:45:14,570 --> 00:45:16,730
S14: to wake them up in order to take them up.

820
00:45:16,930 --> 00:45:18,570
S14: I sometimes pray that very prayer.

821
00:45:18,690 --> 00:45:22,410
S6: Quick, quick parenthetical thought here I had when I was

822
00:45:22,410 --> 00:45:25,330
S6: in John 14 And Jesus says to his disciples, do

823
00:45:25,330 --> 00:45:27,450
S6: not let your hearts be troubled. And then he went

824
00:45:27,450 --> 00:45:29,770
S6: on to give the gospel, I you know, I've thought

825
00:45:29,770 --> 00:45:32,610
S6: ever since then, which is just a couple of weeks ago. No,

826
00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:35,330
S6: the most loving prayer we can pray for anyone is God.

827
00:45:35,350 --> 00:45:37,830
S6: to keep them troubled just enough where there's a gateway

828
00:45:37,830 --> 00:45:40,390
S6: for the gospel. And I love that. All right, let's

829
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:40,790
S6: keep cooking.

830
00:45:40,830 --> 00:45:43,029
S14: Step two pray for the one thing. There's salvation. Why

831
00:45:43,070 --> 00:45:45,790
S14: pray for their good health and peaceful families when eternity

832
00:45:45,830 --> 00:45:49,590
S14: is in the balance? Number three vary your prayers. You

833
00:45:49,590 --> 00:45:51,550
S14: can pray all kinds of scriptures. Lord, you're not willing

834
00:45:51,550 --> 00:45:53,950
S14: that my neighbor Joe should perish, but that he should

835
00:45:53,950 --> 00:45:56,310
S14: come to repentance. Lord, you came to seek and to

836
00:45:56,350 --> 00:45:59,629
S14: save the lost. Please save. You know the Jones family.

837
00:45:59,910 --> 00:46:03,109
S14: Number four pray for them by name if possible. You

838
00:46:03,110 --> 00:46:06,629
S14: already know one, probably or two names. Well, as you

839
00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:08,910
S14: stay at this, you're going to meet new neighbors I do.

840
00:46:09,070 --> 00:46:11,710
S14: And so you're going to keep a file on your phone. Ali.

841
00:46:11,710 --> 00:46:14,070
S14: It's awesome. I got a file right here. I added

842
00:46:14,070 --> 00:46:16,910
S14: to it this week. New names, new names, new names,

843
00:46:16,910 --> 00:46:21,589
S14: always new details. And we met some neighbors. And they

844
00:46:21,590 --> 00:46:23,630
S14: have a down syndrome. Boy, I got the name of

845
00:46:23,670 --> 00:46:24,190
S14: that boy.

846
00:46:24,230 --> 00:46:24,469
S6: Yeah.

847
00:46:24,469 --> 00:46:24,750
S15: You did.

848
00:46:24,790 --> 00:46:26,989
S14: We're going to reach out to them, boy. So you're

849
00:46:26,989 --> 00:46:30,149
S14: always gaining new names. Number five. Don't stop in front

850
00:46:30,150 --> 00:46:31,230
S14: of their homes when you pray.

851
00:46:31,270 --> 00:46:32,270
S6: Love this one.

852
00:46:32,469 --> 00:46:34,250
S14: You don't want to make a show, and you sure

853
00:46:34,250 --> 00:46:36,489
S14: don't want to creep people out. Just walk at a

854
00:46:36,489 --> 00:46:40,129
S14: leisurely pace. Pray silently to yourself a six. Know that

855
00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:43,290
S14: this takes time. Don't be surprised if months or years

856
00:46:43,290 --> 00:46:46,490
S14: go by and it seems like nothing is happening. I'm

857
00:46:46,489 --> 00:46:48,850
S14: telling you, that's what it felt like for a long time.

858
00:46:48,850 --> 00:46:51,690
S14: But God is always up to something. I'm seeing that

859
00:46:51,690 --> 00:46:53,810
S14: in the background now in the rear view mirror. Your

860
00:46:53,810 --> 00:46:58,049
S14: prayers will take root over time and seven expect to connect.

861
00:46:58,410 --> 00:47:01,330
S14: Expect to connect as God sees. You're serious about this

862
00:47:01,330 --> 00:47:03,850
S14: and I wonder sometimes if he doesn't sort of watch.

863
00:47:03,890 --> 00:47:05,090
S14: Are you. Are you really serious?

864
00:47:05,130 --> 00:47:06,050
S6: Do you mean this? Yeah.

865
00:47:06,090 --> 00:47:08,529
S14: He's going to connect. You and I can meet people now.

866
00:47:08,530 --> 00:47:10,690
S14: As I say, if it's early in the morning, if

867
00:47:10,690 --> 00:47:12,969
S14: it's dark at night, it's crazy to the point of

868
00:47:12,969 --> 00:47:16,810
S14: supernatural that God has appointed these little conversations. Wow. So, no,

869
00:47:16,810 --> 00:47:18,770
S14: I don't know them all. But first I want to

870
00:47:18,810 --> 00:47:20,529
S14: wave be the friendly neighbor. Then I want to get

871
00:47:20,530 --> 00:47:24,010
S14: to know their name. Oh. That's everything. Know their name.

872
00:47:24,170 --> 00:47:26,450
S6: Here's what's great about this. John has broken it down

873
00:47:26,450 --> 00:47:30,290
S6: to make what seems impossible. Super doable.

874
00:47:30,330 --> 00:47:33,029
S4: Very simple. Very. Any of your neighbors know that you're

875
00:47:33,030 --> 00:47:34,989
S4: praying for them. Is this something that you ever talk

876
00:47:35,030 --> 00:47:35,910
S4: about with them or.

877
00:47:35,950 --> 00:47:38,150
S14: Well, as a matter of fact, there is a neighbor

878
00:47:38,190 --> 00:47:40,310
S14: who they happen to be born again. And they caught

879
00:47:40,310 --> 00:47:43,549
S14: me this weekend. I was doing a prayer walk, and

880
00:47:43,550 --> 00:47:46,430
S14: they'd heard our conversation about Scripture memory. And they said, John,

881
00:47:46,430 --> 00:47:50,590
S14: where's your scripture card? I said, how? I said, well,

882
00:47:50,630 --> 00:47:53,430
S14: to be honest, this isn't a this isn't a scripture

883
00:47:53,430 --> 00:47:55,989
S14: memory walk. This is a prayer walk. Now catch me

884
00:47:55,989 --> 00:47:58,190
S14: tomorrow morning and I'll have the card, but not now.

885
00:47:58,430 --> 00:47:59,390
S6: That's hilarious.

886
00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:01,630
S14: Not not many of the unsaved folks do. Some of them,

887
00:48:01,630 --> 00:48:03,950
S14: they've observed it. They see me out there. I don't

888
00:48:03,950 --> 00:48:05,750
S14: know what they think, but. But they know I'm out there.

889
00:48:05,750 --> 00:48:08,229
S6: They know you love them. That's that's what it's all about. Okay,

890
00:48:08,230 --> 00:48:09,470
S6: we got a link for you guys.

891
00:48:09,510 --> 00:48:12,270
S4: If you want these neighborhood prayer walk tips for yourself,

892
00:48:12,270 --> 00:48:14,390
S4: you want to do this on your own? Maybe with

893
00:48:14,390 --> 00:48:23,510
S4: your family. Text neighbor to (800) 555-7898. Neighbor to 805 557898A.

894
00:48:23,550 --> 00:48:28,070
S1: Basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is in

895
00:48:28,110 --> 00:48:31,569
S1: the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.

896
00:48:31,610 --> 00:48:33,850
S6: Well, it's bottom of the hour. It's Wednesday, and it

897
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S6: is that time.

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S1: Making herself laugh no matter who joins her. It's time

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S1: for Allie thinks it's funny.

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S16: Go, Allie.

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S4: Couple Wednesday jokes for you. Some of you look forward

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S4: to this. Some of.

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S3: You cringe.

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S6: Throngs of.

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S3: People.

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S4: Does anyone have a group of friends that you go

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S4: out to eat with?

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S3: You've got. Oh for sure.

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S4: Yeah. What do you call those friends that you like to,

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S4: you know, do do dinners out, maybe check out new restaurants?

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S6: Uh woofing. Buddies like Woofing down dinner.

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S4: That's good. Good choice. You call them your. They're your

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S4: taste buds.

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S6: Oh, my word.

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S3: That's awesome. That's pretty good.

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S17: I thought that one was really cute.

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S3: Really good.

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S2: That you could actually use.

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S3: That taste buds. That's.

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S6: Yeah, I'm gonna use. Yeah. You're right. I'm gonna use

921
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S6: that one.

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S3: Great.

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S6: That's not a joke.

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S2: Hang out with moralism now.

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S4: I actually think, yeah, I think that's a cute one. Um, okay,

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S4: so this one's a school joke. I know some of

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S4: you are headed to school this morning. Maybe dropping off kids.

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S4: Here's a little quick tip for you. You should always

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S4: wear your glasses, especially to math class. You want to

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S4: make sure you wear your glasses to math class for

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S4: a very important reason.

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S8: Yes.

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S4: Because it helps with division.

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S2: I like.

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S3: That one.

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S2: It's it's good if you're Chicago to cause division.

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S4: It does have a little bit of.

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S8: There you go.

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S4: A little bit of a Chicago feel there.

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S8: For you.

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S4: Texas jokes to 800 555 78, 98. If you want

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