1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,480 S1: Hi friends. Thanks so much for downloading this podcast, and 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,520 S1: I hope truly that you will hear something that will encourage, edify, 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,200 S1: equip and enlighten you to get out there and influence 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,879 S1: and occupy until he comes. And on that note, may 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,760 S1: I take just a few moments here to describe this 6 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,800 S1: month's truth tool? It's by pastor Jack Hibbs. He's written 7 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,599 S1: the book called Called to Take a Bold Stand. I 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,079 S1: absolutely love this book because it reminds us that in 9 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,200 S1: Christ all things pass away. All things become new, that 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,760 S1: we are standing for his truth, that we have a 11 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,640 S1: new nature. Because of him, we should be living boldly. 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,080 S1: But far too often we retreat out of fear from 13 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,080 S1: cultural blowback. So I want to encourage all of us 14 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,519 S1: to just stand up for Christ, to be unashamed of 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,479 S1: who we are in him, and to go into a 16 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,599 S1: culture that's telling us in no uncertain terms. They're lost 17 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,720 S1: and they're hurting. So if you'd like a copy of 18 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,880 S1: Pastor Hibbs new book called Call to Take a Bold Stand, 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,720 S1: just give a gift of any amount by calling eight, seven, seven. 20 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,680 S1: Janet 58. We are listener supported radio, and this is 21 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,640 S1: my way of saying thank you. So that number again 22 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,200 S1: is 877 Janet 58. 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Now 39 00:01:37,340 --> 00:01:39,179 S1: please enjoy the broadcast. 40 00:01:41,140 --> 00:01:42,660 S2: Here are some of the news headlines we're watching. 41 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:45,260 S3: The conference was over. The president won a pledge. 42 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:47,420 S4: Americans worshiping government over God. 43 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:51,140 S5: Extremely rare safety move by a 17 years. 44 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:53,220 S4: The Palestinians and Israelis negotiated. 45 00:02:08,850 --> 00:02:11,410 S1: Hi friends. Welcome to In the market with Janet Partial. 46 00:02:11,410 --> 00:02:13,130 S1: A very happy Monday to you. Hope you had a 47 00:02:13,130 --> 00:02:16,810 S1: wonderful weekend. Well, March can't quite make up its mind 48 00:02:16,810 --> 00:02:20,730 S1: here around the capital city of Washington, D.C.. We've actually 49 00:02:20,730 --> 00:02:23,290 S1: been looking at tornado warnings today, which is something that 50 00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:27,130 S1: never happens in the nation's capital. So I realize that 51 00:02:27,130 --> 00:02:30,210 S1: we've just passed the Ides of March. I hope you 52 00:02:30,210 --> 00:02:32,850 S1: know your history and what that day means. ET tu 53 00:02:32,850 --> 00:02:35,010 S1: brute will be a hint. So we're in the middle 54 00:02:35,010 --> 00:02:37,130 S1: of March. So you usually when you are in about 55 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:39,770 S1: third grade and you studied the months and you did march, 56 00:02:39,770 --> 00:02:41,930 S1: what did you do? You made a picture of a kite, right? 57 00:02:41,930 --> 00:02:43,970 S1: Because there's always a lot of wind in the month 58 00:02:43,970 --> 00:02:46,169 S1: of March. But the question is always on the table. 59 00:02:46,169 --> 00:02:48,650 S1: Does it come in like a lion and go out 60 00:02:48,650 --> 00:02:50,690 S1: like a lamb or the reverse? Well, this time it 61 00:02:50,690 --> 00:02:53,810 S1: came in like a lamb and it's been roaring like 62 00:02:53,810 --> 00:02:57,030 S1: a lion ever since. So someday this will all pass. 63 00:02:57,030 --> 00:03:00,350 S1: And all that forsythia that's waiting to explode will happen. 64 00:03:00,350 --> 00:03:01,870 S1: And oh my, oh my, oh my. If you could 65 00:03:01,870 --> 00:03:04,430 S1: fly over my city. We are beginning to see those 66 00:03:04,430 --> 00:03:07,670 S1: cherry blossoms. A gift from the Japanese government years ago 67 00:03:07,669 --> 00:03:11,630 S1: and an additional bundle of trees given this year in 68 00:03:11,630 --> 00:03:15,070 S1: honor of America's 250th birthday. And when that happens. Oh, 69 00:03:15,389 --> 00:03:18,230 S1: I tell you, it is beautiful in Washington, DC. So 70 00:03:18,230 --> 00:03:20,709 S1: happy Monday to you. Before we get started on some news, 71 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:22,270 S1: I want to ask you if you have a copy 72 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:24,230 S1: of Jack Hibbs brand new book, called To Take a 73 00:03:24,230 --> 00:03:26,430 S1: Bold Stand. I hope you have. It's my truth stole. 74 00:03:26,590 --> 00:03:28,630 S1: It's my way of saying thank you when you financially 75 00:03:28,630 --> 00:03:31,190 S1: support the program. And in his book called to Take 76 00:03:31,190 --> 00:03:33,470 S1: a Bold Stand, Jack writes this. For better or worse, 77 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:35,990 S1: people will make assessments about us based on what they 78 00:03:35,990 --> 00:03:39,270 S1: observe regarding our Christianity. The truth should encourage you to 79 00:03:39,310 --> 00:03:42,110 S1: ask yourself, has my faith changed me? To help you 80 00:03:42,110 --> 00:03:45,030 S1: answer that question? How would your family, friends, or employers 81 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:47,830 S1: say that God has changed you? Those who live with 82 00:03:47,830 --> 00:03:51,510 S1: us and around us should experience this firsthand. So in 83 00:03:51,510 --> 00:03:53,590 S1: his book, what Pastor Hibbs does is to try to 84 00:03:53,590 --> 00:03:56,300 S1: get us to remember that Jesus is coming. His return 85 00:03:56,300 --> 00:03:59,460 S1: is imminent. There's no more prophetic action that has to 86 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:01,860 S1: be taken. He could come any moment at any time. 87 00:04:02,060 --> 00:04:04,500 S1: So the question is, as Frodo was having a conversation 88 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:06,340 S1: with Gandalf, what are you doing with the time that 89 00:04:06,340 --> 00:04:09,100 S1: you have been given? You know, this idea of would 90 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,780 S1: people know around you is almost exactly what Paul said 91 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:14,060 S1: when he was writing to the church at Thessalonica in 92 00:04:14,060 --> 00:04:16,339 S1: the first chapter. And he said to the Christians, there 93 00:04:16,339 --> 00:04:19,660 S1: you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia, 94 00:04:19,900 --> 00:04:22,420 S1: and put your faith, by the way, has gone beyond that, 95 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:25,020 S1: he said. It's gone forth everywhere, so we don't need 96 00:04:25,020 --> 00:04:27,340 S1: to say anything. What Paul is saying is that the 97 00:04:27,339 --> 00:04:31,140 S1: witness of those believers in Thessalonica who were experiencing oppression, 98 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:34,020 S1: by the way, who knew what persecution was, these were 99 00:04:34,020 --> 00:04:37,380 S1: vibrant believers where Paul said, I don't even have to 100 00:04:37,380 --> 00:04:41,180 S1: tell you because you're so clearly now aligned with Jesus Christ. 101 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:44,860 S1: You have truly been born again and your witness precedes you. 102 00:04:44,860 --> 00:04:47,500 S1: So the question on this Monday, as the winds are 103 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:50,179 S1: howling around us in this merry month of March, is 104 00:04:50,180 --> 00:04:53,880 S1: your witness preceding you? That's a question every single one 105 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,039 S1: of us has to ask. Is it? Would people know 106 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,120 S1: that you're a follower of the way a follower of 107 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,480 S1: Jesus by the way that you lived? I hope so. 108 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,480 S1: And the reason I chose this book is because it's 109 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,640 S1: personally very convicting to me, as I know it will 110 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,640 S1: be to you as well as well. Are you taking 111 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,000 S1: a bold stand for Christ? If not, this book just 112 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,839 S1: might encourage you to do just that. So call 87758877. 113 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:17,960 S1: Janet 58. And for a gift of any amount, I'm 114 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,880 S1: going to send you a copy of call to take 115 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,120 S1: a bold stand. If you can't remember the title, just say, 116 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,479 S1: I want pastor Jack Hibbs book and that'll be enough 117 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,920 S1: for the people. On the other end of the call. 118 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,200 S1: You can do it by calling again. Eight, seven, seven. 119 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,560 S1: Janet 58. A gift of any amount. My way of 120 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,599 S1: saying thank you for keeping this particular program on the air. 121 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,320 S1: Or you can do it online at my website in 122 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,599 S1: the market with Janet Parshall. Scroll to the bottom of 123 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,800 S1: the page. There's the cover of the book, click it 124 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,119 S1: on make your donation and you help us keep going forward. Plus, 125 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,160 S1: I know you will be blessed by this truth tool 126 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,320 S1: as well. So eight seven, seven Janet 58 or online 127 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,750 S1: and in the market with Janet dot o r g. Well, 128 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:55,750 S1: if you notice, your gas was a little more expensive 129 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:58,910 S1: this weekend, that's what happens. The market is very reactive, 130 00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:01,350 S1: and when oil gets over $100 a barrel, it tends 131 00:06:01,350 --> 00:06:04,229 S1: to cost us at the pump. This will pass. This 132 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:08,029 S1: is temporary. But the president is calling on oil dependent 133 00:06:08,029 --> 00:06:11,270 S1: countries to help clear the Hormuz Strait as Iran. Now 134 00:06:11,430 --> 00:06:14,670 S1: this war enters into its third week. Here's more from 135 00:06:14,670 --> 00:06:17,310 S1: my friend Chris Mitchell, the bureau chief in the Middle East, 136 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:18,469 S1: for CBN news. 137 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:22,630 S6: President Trump told reporters on Air Force One he's demanding 138 00:06:22,630 --> 00:06:26,270 S6: some oil dependent countries come and help police the Strait 139 00:06:26,270 --> 00:06:27,230 S6: of Hormuz. 140 00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:31,630 S7: Because it is their territory. It's a place from which 141 00:06:31,870 --> 00:06:35,790 S7: they get their energy and they should come and they 142 00:06:35,790 --> 00:06:39,070 S7: should help us protect them. You could make the case 143 00:06:39,070 --> 00:06:42,110 S7: that maybe we shouldn't even be there at all, because 144 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:43,750 S7: we don't need it. We have a lot of oil. 145 00:06:43,790 --> 00:06:47,710 S6: On Friday, the U.S. attacked the military installations, not the 146 00:06:47,710 --> 00:06:52,529 S6: oil facilities on Kharg Island, Iran's main facility to export 147 00:06:52,529 --> 00:06:55,089 S6: oil and its economic lifeline. 148 00:06:55,730 --> 00:07:00,330 S7: I left one little area standing at the standing orders 149 00:07:00,330 --> 00:07:04,570 S7: where they have come in, and we can do that 150 00:07:04,570 --> 00:07:06,890 S7: on five minutes notice. We have it all locked in 151 00:07:07,130 --> 00:07:09,570 S7: and ready to go. We want to do it. We 152 00:07:09,570 --> 00:07:10,570 S7: chose not to do it. 153 00:07:10,570 --> 00:07:13,770 S6: All this in response to Iran's actions to close the 154 00:07:13,770 --> 00:07:17,330 S6: Strait of Hormuz, cut off oil shipments and create a 155 00:07:17,330 --> 00:07:22,610 S6: global economic crisis. But U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright sees 156 00:07:22,610 --> 00:07:25,050 S6: this as a short term disruption. 157 00:07:25,290 --> 00:07:28,490 S8: Americans are feeling it right now. Americans will feel it 158 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:31,170 S8: for a few more weeks, but at the end, we 159 00:07:31,170 --> 00:07:35,610 S8: will have removed the greatest risk to global energy supplies. 160 00:07:35,730 --> 00:07:39,850 S9: But one thing is for sure, this blackmail that they're 161 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:42,650 S9: doing with the oil just shows how terrible it would 162 00:07:42,650 --> 00:07:44,770 S9: have been if they had nukes. They would blackmail the 163 00:07:44,770 --> 00:07:48,250 S9: world with nuclear weapons, and there would be nothing we 164 00:07:48,250 --> 00:07:49,390 S9: could do about it. 165 00:07:49,430 --> 00:07:54,110 S6: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor, Doctor Ophir Farke, 166 00:07:54,190 --> 00:07:57,630 S6: told CBN news the war is ahead of schedule, but 167 00:07:57,630 --> 00:08:02,470 S6: the campaign will continue. Fox says there's a plan going forward. 168 00:08:02,630 --> 00:08:05,270 S9: Well, I'm not, I can't speculate and can't get into 169 00:08:05,270 --> 00:08:07,950 S9: details exactly what our operational plans are. But I can 170 00:08:07,950 --> 00:08:10,110 S9: tell you that we have a set plan with a 171 00:08:10,110 --> 00:08:13,110 S9: lot of surprises, a lot of surprises coming up at 172 00:08:13,110 --> 00:08:15,990 S9: the end of the day. Um, we got to remove 173 00:08:15,990 --> 00:08:19,390 S9: the existential threat posed by this Ayatollah regime. They've been 174 00:08:19,390 --> 00:08:22,710 S9: calling death to America, death to Israel for 47 years. 175 00:08:22,750 --> 00:08:25,750 S6: Fox says the conditions are being set for the Iranian 176 00:08:25,750 --> 00:08:28,670 S6: people to take the future in their hands. 177 00:08:28,670 --> 00:08:32,429 S9: It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. We've been decimating 178 00:08:32,630 --> 00:08:36,829 S9: this Ayatollah regime as capabilities. It's a death cult that's 179 00:08:36,830 --> 00:08:41,630 S9: been terrorizing the world and its people for decades. They murdered. 180 00:08:41,630 --> 00:08:46,390 S9: They slaughtered civilians, Iranian civilians on the streets just a 181 00:08:46,390 --> 00:08:49,980 S9: few weeks ago, thousands of them, maybe tens of thousands 182 00:08:49,980 --> 00:08:52,020 S9: of them. And at the end of the day, it's 183 00:08:52,020 --> 00:08:54,100 S9: up to the Iranian people to do the right thing. 184 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:55,620 S9: And I think they will do the right thing. 185 00:08:55,820 --> 00:08:59,620 S6: The IDF is also sending more ground forces into Lebanon 186 00:08:59,620 --> 00:09:04,220 S6: to target Hezbollah forces and create more security for residents 187 00:09:04,220 --> 00:09:07,940 S6: in northern Israel. The U.S. and Israel are also fighting 188 00:09:07,940 --> 00:09:13,540 S6: back against propaganda fueled by artificial intelligence. President Trump slammed 189 00:09:13,540 --> 00:09:19,059 S6: several media organizations for publishing AI generated videos of Iranian 190 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:22,940 S6: boats attacking shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and Prime 191 00:09:22,940 --> 00:09:27,340 S6: Minister Netanyahu's office published this video showing the prime minister 192 00:09:27,380 --> 00:09:31,179 S6: getting a cup of coffee, refuting an online AI video 193 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:36,500 S6: claiming he's been assassinated. Chris Mitchell CBN news, Jerusalem. 194 00:09:36,540 --> 00:09:38,340 S1: This is one of the reasons so much to unpack 195 00:09:38,340 --> 00:09:40,100 S1: and Chris's story, but this is one of the reasons 196 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:43,380 S1: why we talk constantly about artificial intelligence, that bright new 197 00:09:43,380 --> 00:09:46,880 S1: shiny thing that could cripple a world with false information 198 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:55,880 S1: back after this. The Bible calls us to be bold 199 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,800 S1: and courageous for the cause of the cross, but too 200 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,840 S1: often we retreat because of fear of cultural blowback. That's 201 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,880 S1: why I've chosen call to take a bold stand as 202 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,520 S1: this month's truth tool discover how to overcome the fear 203 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,760 S1: of intimidation or persecution. Ask for your copy of call 204 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,360 S1: to take a bold Stand. When you give a gift 205 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,760 S1: of any amount to in the market, call 877. Janet 58. 206 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,040 S1: That's 877. Janet 58. Or go to in the market 207 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:18,680 S1: with Janet dot o r g. 208 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:26,880 S10: If mail order abortion wasn't a thing, I'm 100% sure 209 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,240 S10: I would have my child. 210 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:45,230 S11: It was in October of 2023 where I had missed 211 00:10:45,230 --> 00:10:48,630 S11: my period at the time. So naturally I went and 212 00:10:48,630 --> 00:10:53,110 S11: took a pregnancy test. And deep down, I kind of 213 00:10:53,150 --> 00:10:57,270 S11: knew that it was going to be positive. And deep down, 214 00:10:57,270 --> 00:11:00,430 S11: I also kind of wanted it to be positive. So 215 00:11:00,429 --> 00:11:03,430 S11: when I took it and I immediately saw the line, 216 00:11:03,470 --> 00:11:09,230 S11: the first thing I did was just smile. A week 217 00:11:09,230 --> 00:11:11,990 S11: went by and I decided to tell my boyfriend at 218 00:11:11,990 --> 00:11:16,949 S11: the time, and at first it seemed like we were 219 00:11:16,950 --> 00:11:19,630 S11: on the same page. It was like a week we 220 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:23,429 S11: had text about it and and talk about it, and 221 00:11:23,429 --> 00:11:25,390 S11: then all of a sudden it was just like 180 222 00:11:25,830 --> 00:11:28,550 S11: flip of a switch. He told me that he actually 223 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:33,429 S11: did not want to keep the child. And so I 224 00:11:33,429 --> 00:11:38,110 S11: told him that I do, but I don't want to 225 00:11:38,270 --> 00:11:42,189 S11: get rid of my baby. Eventually he ordered pills through 226 00:11:42,190 --> 00:11:46,329 S11: the mail and it came to my house. I previously 227 00:11:46,330 --> 00:11:50,770 S11: had told him I already took the pills. He did 228 00:11:50,770 --> 00:11:55,370 S11: not believe me for one second. I cannot lie without 229 00:11:55,370 --> 00:11:59,690 S11: my face giving it away. So that was blown. I 230 00:11:59,690 --> 00:12:05,930 S11: remember getting asked why I wanted to do this and 231 00:12:05,929 --> 00:12:08,410 S11: why I want to keep it, even if it's going 232 00:12:08,450 --> 00:12:12,050 S11: to ruin his life. And again, going back and forth, 233 00:12:12,050 --> 00:12:14,890 S11: I want it. He did not. I just kept standing 234 00:12:14,890 --> 00:12:18,929 S11: my ground. I want to keep it. And so he snapped, 235 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:22,530 S11: raised his voice. So I was scared and I felt 236 00:12:22,530 --> 00:12:28,530 S11: pressured to take the pills, so I did, and I 237 00:12:28,650 --> 00:12:31,650 S11: my plan was to immediately go and throw them up. 238 00:12:32,450 --> 00:12:35,730 S11: And so I started freaking out and having a panic 239 00:12:35,730 --> 00:12:41,010 S11: attack and legs and arms all locked up and vigorously shaking. 240 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,120 S11: I got out the car and booked it for the 241 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,280 S11: bathroom and I tried to puke. Did not really get 242 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:51,160 S11: much of anything out. The blood started coming and at 243 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:56,040 S11: that moment I knew my chances were not in my favor. 244 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:07,360 S11: And so I just laid there bleeding, crying. My situation 245 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,040 S11: could have been different if I went to the doctor. 246 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,080 S11: I don't believe a doctor would give me the pills 247 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,120 S11: if I told them I didn't want them. I didn't 248 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,880 S11: stop bleeding for over a week and didn't stop heavy 249 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,920 S11: bleeding for about a whole week. I remember I went 250 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,400 S11: to work. I worked with kids, I worked with kids, 251 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,280 S11: and I love I love working with kids, and I 252 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,760 S11: love my job and I love all of my babies. 253 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,160 S11: But I would go and I would look at my 254 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,760 S11: babies and then I would realize, I would think about 255 00:13:38,820 --> 00:13:41,700 S11: That how I would never be able to hold the 256 00:13:41,740 --> 00:13:44,140 S11: hand of my baby. 257 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:50,580 S1: I'm hoping that that testimony is impacting someone who's just 258 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:53,140 S1: gotten those pills in the mail, and are toying with 259 00:13:53,140 --> 00:13:54,820 S1: whether or not they should take the first of the 260 00:13:54,820 --> 00:13:58,140 S1: two pills required to self-abort, and that somehow, during the 261 00:13:58,140 --> 00:13:59,860 S1: course of the conversation we're going to have for the 262 00:13:59,860 --> 00:14:01,900 S1: next few minutes, it will cause you to stop and 263 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:05,699 S1: think and hopefully pray about this irreversible decision you are 264 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:08,740 S1: about to make. Soluble is with us. She currently serves 265 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:11,140 S1: as the director of State affairs for Susan B Anthony 266 00:14:11,179 --> 00:14:14,460 S1: Pro-Life America here in Washington, D.C. but she hails from 267 00:14:14,460 --> 00:14:16,420 S1: the great state of Indianapolis, where we have a lot 268 00:14:16,420 --> 00:14:19,180 S1: of listener Sue. There she worked for over 30 years 269 00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:22,860 S1: in policy development, lobbying, and political strategy. Thank you so 270 00:14:22,860 --> 00:14:25,340 S1: much for being with me. You know the sad part 271 00:14:25,340 --> 00:14:28,020 S1: about this story? The good and the bad. The sad 272 00:14:28,020 --> 00:14:30,020 S1: part is, is that this is happening and it doesn't 273 00:14:30,020 --> 00:14:32,780 S1: make headlines. And yet it's happening all across the country. 274 00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:35,540 S1: The good part is that, thank you, Lord. We have 275 00:14:35,540 --> 00:14:37,420 S1: a platform where we can tell this story so that 276 00:14:37,420 --> 00:14:41,530 S1: women understand that sometimes you're coerced, that sometimes you change 277 00:14:41,530 --> 00:14:44,130 S1: your mind, that most of the time there's a moment 278 00:14:44,130 --> 00:14:47,010 S1: of regret, if not a lifetime of regret. So talk 279 00:14:47,010 --> 00:14:49,450 S1: to me about the fact that this is still very 280 00:14:49,450 --> 00:14:52,610 S1: much a legal football that's in the air, because this 281 00:14:52,610 --> 00:14:55,970 S1: Louisiana woman was denied justice. So talk to me about 282 00:14:55,970 --> 00:14:57,690 S1: what's going on with the pill currently. 283 00:14:58,610 --> 00:15:02,330 S12: Oh, sure thing. And thank you for having me, Janet. Um, 284 00:15:02,330 --> 00:15:06,690 S12: you know, today there are actually more abortions going on 285 00:15:06,690 --> 00:15:11,010 S12: in America than before. Roe versus Wade was overturned by 286 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:16,730 S12: the Dobbs decision last year. It's estimated 1.1 million abortions, 287 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:21,650 S12: and over 60% of those were caused by the abortion drugs. 288 00:15:21,650 --> 00:15:25,810 S12: And that's more than fentanyl, cocaine and heroin combined. It's 289 00:15:25,810 --> 00:15:28,090 S12: the number one. Abortion is the number one cause of 290 00:15:28,090 --> 00:15:32,650 S12: death in America. But they're undermining the pro-life progress we've 291 00:15:32,650 --> 00:15:37,110 S12: made since dogs and causing a public health crisis. when 292 00:15:37,110 --> 00:15:42,390 S12: when President Biden's FDA removed the in-person dispensing requirement. You 293 00:15:42,390 --> 00:15:44,630 S12: heard her say, if I had had to go to 294 00:15:44,670 --> 00:15:48,150 S12: a doctor. Okay, they they took that away. So you 295 00:15:48,150 --> 00:15:50,910 S12: can just get them in the mail without any medical oversight. 296 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:56,830 S12: They have exploded. Um, and and that alone demands action. 297 00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:59,350 S12: But when you add the thousands of women and girls 298 00:15:59,350 --> 00:16:04,550 S12: landing in the emergency room with severe complications, which increasingly 299 00:16:04,550 --> 00:16:08,750 S12: includes these, uh, you know, this pressure and violent assaults 300 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:12,790 S12: and poisoning by abusers, then, you know, we've got to 301 00:16:12,790 --> 00:16:15,430 S12: take those drugs out at a minimum, take them off 302 00:16:15,870 --> 00:16:18,670 S12: out of the mail and, and preferably take them off 303 00:16:18,670 --> 00:16:22,670 S12: the market. And that's the, the football that's going on now. 304 00:16:22,670 --> 00:16:27,750 S12: The volleyball game, if you will, is red states like Florida, Texas, 305 00:16:27,750 --> 00:16:33,590 S12: Louisiana that have, you know, regulated abortion, banned abortion, severely 306 00:16:33,590 --> 00:16:38,810 S12: limited abortion. and it's illegal. Well, doctors from the blue 307 00:16:38,850 --> 00:16:42,810 S12: states like California and New York are mailing them into 308 00:16:42,810 --> 00:16:46,810 S12: those states anyway. So they're coming over the borders in 309 00:16:46,850 --> 00:16:52,690 S12: the mail and undermining the 20 some states that have 310 00:16:53,370 --> 00:16:56,970 S12: gone back and limited abortion since Dobbs. It doesn't matter 311 00:16:56,970 --> 00:16:59,890 S12: if they did, if the FDA is going to allow 312 00:16:59,890 --> 00:17:00,930 S12: them to be mailed. 313 00:17:00,930 --> 00:17:05,210 S1: Exactly. It just it really renders moot the voice of 314 00:17:05,210 --> 00:17:08,690 S1: the people who have turned their voice into legislative protections 315 00:17:08,690 --> 00:17:12,010 S1: in their particular state. So this pill now circumnavigates the 316 00:17:12,010 --> 00:17:14,770 S1: pro-life protections that are in so many states across the country. 317 00:17:14,970 --> 00:17:17,330 S1: But something wonderful stew, as we both know, happened on 318 00:17:17,330 --> 00:17:19,530 S1: Capitol Hill last week with one senator by the name 319 00:17:19,530 --> 00:17:21,850 S1: of Senator Josh Hawley. I want to talk about what 320 00:17:21,850 --> 00:17:23,970 S1: his proposal is and what you think might happen when 321 00:17:23,970 --> 00:17:24,649 S1: we get back. 322 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,439 S13: The abortion drug mifepristone is essentially unregulated. Now, the problem 323 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,040 S13: with that is it sends 11% of the women who 324 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:55,359 S13: take it 11% to emergency rooms with life threatening conditions. 325 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,680 S13: That's to say nothing of the unborn child who's killed 326 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,159 S13: almost 100% of the time. But just for the mothers, 327 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,320 S13: in 11% of cases, they're sent to an emergency room 328 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:08,359 S13: with internal bleeding, with internal infections, with sepsis, life threatening conditions. 329 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,480 S13: We removed vioxx from the market and old anti-inflammatory drug 330 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,960 S13: because it caused life threatening conditions in 0.00 1% of cases. 331 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,680 S13: This is 11%. It's astounding. 332 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,920 S1: Josh Hawley last week had an absolutely magnificent press conference. 333 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,680 S1: It was riveting to watch all of the women whose 334 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,640 S1: lives had been irreparably damaged because of this abortion pill. 335 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,939 S1: And so he's stepping forward now and he wants to 336 00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:35,580 S1: put some legislation that really holds the FDA accountable. You know, 337 00:18:35,619 --> 00:18:37,580 S1: we had in place, as awful as it is, we 338 00:18:37,580 --> 00:18:41,500 S1: had at least some marginal safeguards in place. Like, for example, 339 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:43,460 S1: there had to be a connection to a hospital. So 340 00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:45,820 S1: if something goes wrong, there's a referral and the woman 341 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:47,780 S1: can go into the hospital that a doctor had to 342 00:18:47,780 --> 00:18:50,500 S1: be a part of this procedure, not some cartel in 343 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:53,140 S1: Mexico that's funneling. And by the way, that's what happens 344 00:18:53,140 --> 00:18:55,860 S1: is funneling the abortion pill in without any kind of 345 00:18:55,859 --> 00:18:58,940 S1: oversight whatsoever. I keep raising the question, who gets sued 346 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:01,300 S1: when Mama bleeds to death on her bathroom floor at home? 347 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:03,300 S1: Who gets to sue? Who gets sued? Is it going 348 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:05,340 S1: to be the manufacturer who really doesn't care at all? 349 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:07,179 S1: It's all about profits. Is it going to be the 350 00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:08,899 S1: person who sent it in the mail? These are questions 351 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:13,340 S1: yet to be answered, but 11%. Sue, this is overwhelming. 352 00:19:13,380 --> 00:19:15,460 S1: Sue Lebel is with us. She's the director of state 353 00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:18,660 S1: affairs for Susan B Anthony, pro-life America. She has her 354 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:20,980 S1: hands full right now because these pills can be mailed 355 00:19:20,980 --> 00:19:24,180 S1: to any state in the country, regardless of what pro-life 356 00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:26,980 S1: legislation might already be in place in that state. So 357 00:19:26,980 --> 00:19:30,490 S1: it's circumnavigates the legislative protections that were put in when 358 00:19:30,490 --> 00:19:33,370 S1: the people used their voice to get those protections into place. 359 00:19:33,530 --> 00:19:36,370 S1: So we've got 11%. You know, I remember when Bill 360 00:19:36,369 --> 00:19:39,010 S1: Clinton put this in place, Sue. They turned a blind 361 00:19:39,050 --> 00:19:41,090 S1: eye and a deaf ear. We didn't pay any attention 362 00:19:41,090 --> 00:19:43,570 S1: to the European tile trials. The women were bleeding to 363 00:19:43,609 --> 00:19:46,090 S1: death and it was put on grease tracks, and it 364 00:19:46,090 --> 00:19:49,090 S1: got a political thumbs up. And really, it was medical 365 00:19:49,090 --> 00:19:51,370 S1: malpractice right out of the gate. And so now we're 366 00:19:51,369 --> 00:19:53,930 S1: starting to hear, not only is it damaging to a 367 00:19:53,930 --> 00:19:57,450 S1: woman who wants it, but I'm getting absolutely stunned by 368 00:19:57,450 --> 00:20:00,050 S1: the number of women for whom this is involuntary. It 369 00:20:00,050 --> 00:20:01,970 S1: was put in a drink. It was put in by 370 00:20:01,970 --> 00:20:04,409 S1: a boyfriend to something that they would consume because they 371 00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:06,730 S1: didn't want to be a father. I mean, that puts 372 00:20:06,730 --> 00:20:09,410 S1: women back as chattel, it seems to me. So we've 373 00:20:09,410 --> 00:20:12,050 S1: got a bunch of states in February, 21 states, 60 374 00:20:12,050 --> 00:20:14,570 S1: members of Congress, 58 pro-life groups that all said, we're 375 00:20:14,570 --> 00:20:15,890 S1: going to file a bunch of friend of the court 376 00:20:15,930 --> 00:20:19,130 S1: briefs and asked somebody to hold the FDA accountable. Tell 377 00:20:19,130 --> 00:20:22,290 S1: me about Holly's legislation and whether or not these amici 378 00:20:22,330 --> 00:20:24,850 S1: might have some impact impact on a court picking up 379 00:20:24,850 --> 00:20:25,450 S1: this case. 380 00:20:26,090 --> 00:20:30,149 S12: Well, we are very I'm proud to support Senator Hawley 381 00:20:30,150 --> 00:20:33,550 S12: and Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger on the House side, and she's 382 00:20:33,550 --> 00:20:38,470 S12: a pharmacist. Um, they introduced the legislation to withdraw the 383 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:42,510 S12: FDA's approval of the drug. Period. Um, you know, you know, 384 00:20:42,550 --> 00:20:44,790 S12: that little piece of paper that's real thin. It comes 385 00:20:44,790 --> 00:20:47,070 S12: with every prescription that you don't read, you know. 386 00:20:47,109 --> 00:20:49,510 S1: Write 9000 words on it. Exactly. 387 00:20:49,550 --> 00:20:52,470 S12: Right. All the science and all that stuff, that's that's 388 00:20:52,470 --> 00:20:55,910 S12: the FDA required label. It still has a black box 389 00:20:55,950 --> 00:20:59,830 S12: warning on it today. They, they allowed a black box 390 00:20:59,830 --> 00:21:03,590 S12: drug to be, to be mailed. So, so Holly and, uh, 391 00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:06,830 S12: Congressman Harshbarger are trying to pull this back, uh, withdraw 392 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:14,190 S12: the FDA's approval, and also enhance or widen the woman's ability. 393 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:16,510 S12: The woman who was harmed by the drug ability to 394 00:21:16,550 --> 00:21:20,670 S12: sue the manufacturer. Yeah. Um, that's actually a better thing 395 00:21:20,710 --> 00:21:26,389 S12: to do than expect a government to do it once 396 00:21:26,430 --> 00:21:30,100 S12: a woman or a patient starts to sue us, or 397 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:32,860 S12: we have loss of life or something like that, that's 398 00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:36,260 S12: when the the manufacturers really get scared because, you know, 399 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:38,940 S12: they're in it to make money. And these will be 400 00:21:38,940 --> 00:21:42,620 S12: big dollar suits. So we have just been calling on 401 00:21:42,619 --> 00:21:45,139 S12: the FDA to, to go back to the first Trump 402 00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:48,620 S12: administration policy, which is to to have her see a 403 00:21:48,619 --> 00:21:51,939 S12: doctor first, you have to rule out preexisting conditions and 404 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:54,500 S12: the age of the baby and all kinds of things 405 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:57,900 S12: that only a doctor can do. But but Senator Hall 406 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:02,859 S12: is going much further than that. We're very happy about that. And, um, 407 00:22:02,859 --> 00:22:08,500 S12: hope that, uh, the administration wakes up and, uh, will, 408 00:22:08,540 --> 00:22:11,980 S12: will see that Congress is poised to act to take 409 00:22:11,980 --> 00:22:13,180 S12: this drug off the market. 410 00:22:13,220 --> 00:22:16,660 S1: Exactly. You know, I think you're brilliant in saying that 411 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:19,180 S1: the appropriate approach on this is going to be going 412 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:21,540 S1: after the FDA. It's a products liability question. As far 413 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:24,460 S1: as I'm concerned. One child suffocates with a plastic bag. 414 00:22:24,460 --> 00:22:26,600 S1: There's a warning on the bag. One child's head goes 415 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,200 S1: in between the slats and a bassinet or a crib, 416 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,199 S1: and there's a warning. 11% of women end up at 417 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,440 S1: the hospital. You just heard what Josh Hawley said. Sepsis, 418 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,159 S1: bleeding very often an incomplete abortion. She then has to 419 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,640 S1: go back and have a surgical abortion to complete with 420 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,239 S1: the pill. Doesn't do. And you talked about having a 421 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,680 S1: doctor involved. Mama doesn't know if she has an ectopic pregnancy. 422 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,280 S1: So she takes this pill, her fallopian tube explodes, she 423 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,679 S1: bleeds to death, the baby dies. And again, I go 424 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,920 S1: to my question, who gets to get sued in that case? 425 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,919 S12: Well, it would be it would be the manufacturer or 426 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,280 S12: maybe the distributor. Maybe they go down the whole chain. Um, 427 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:06,040 S12: you know, I'm just, uh, I it's not funny, but 428 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,080 S12: Secretary Kennedy is focused on, you know, Dunkin coffee and, and, 429 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,919 S12: and whole foods and that's all good. But this is 430 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:17,720 S12: not Maha this, you know, abortion drugs don't make anybody healthier. 431 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:18,600 S1: Exactly. 432 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,000 S12: Abortion doesn't make anybody help. Nobody gets better as a result. 433 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,740 S12: And and certainly not the baby. And as you hear 434 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:30,300 S12: many of the mothers. And so, um, we have, they 435 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:33,900 S12: are politicizing this. It has to stop because real life, 436 00:23:34,020 --> 00:23:37,540 S12: you know, real life women are getting hurt. And you're right, chattel. Um, 437 00:23:37,540 --> 00:23:39,900 S12: who's standing up for these women? I mean, don't get 438 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:42,139 S12: me wrong. I don't want them to get an abortion. 439 00:23:42,180 --> 00:23:45,300 S12: I'm as pro-life as the day is long, but I 440 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:47,660 S12: also don't want to see them be victimized, either. 441 00:23:47,780 --> 00:23:50,420 S1: Well, that's exactly the point. Soon. I'm glad you raised that. 442 00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:53,020 S1: Look in full transparency. Neither one of us want to 443 00:23:53,020 --> 00:23:55,260 S1: see that drug out there. It's the idea that a 444 00:23:55,260 --> 00:23:59,139 S1: woman would self-abort that doesn't do anything to address the psychological, 445 00:23:59,140 --> 00:24:02,220 S1: let alone the physical damage, emotional spiritual damage as a 446 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:04,700 S1: result of taking that pill. But now we know that 447 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:08,260 S1: it absolutely does. In 11% of the cases of the 448 00:24:08,260 --> 00:24:10,459 S1: women who use it, these are women who end up 449 00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:13,460 S1: in an e.R. Do you remember the Tylenol scare? I mean, 450 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,820 S1: stop politicizing this. Women's lives are at stake. So to 451 00:24:16,859 --> 00:24:19,820 S1: my feminist friends out there, get on board. If you're 452 00:24:19,820 --> 00:24:23,129 S1: really pro-woman, then let's get that drug off the market. Okay, 453 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:25,369 S1: so thank you for what you do. I just love 454 00:24:25,369 --> 00:24:27,370 S1: and respect the work of the Susan B Anthony group 455 00:24:27,369 --> 00:24:29,730 S1: so very much. And thank you for keeping the watch 456 00:24:29,770 --> 00:24:31,650 S1: on this. Let's talk again soon because there's a lot 457 00:24:31,650 --> 00:24:34,250 S1: to talk about on this. I appreciate this conversation. 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And so it's an 481 00:26:08,790 --> 00:26:11,310 S1: opportunity for us to remember that prayer has very much 482 00:26:11,310 --> 00:26:14,070 S1: built this nation, whether it's Abraham Lincoln calling for a 483 00:26:14,070 --> 00:26:16,870 S1: day of fasting or FDR getting on the radio when 484 00:26:16,869 --> 00:26:19,820 S1: radio was just a new thing, calling America to prayer 485 00:26:19,820 --> 00:26:22,540 S1: because we had entered into a world war. I don't 486 00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:24,660 S1: know about you, but I woke up this morning reminded 487 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:27,340 S1: again that America needs prayer and you and I are 488 00:26:27,340 --> 00:26:30,659 S1: prayer warriors. We believe the fervent and righteous prayer, the 489 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:33,219 S1: prayers of a righteous man availeth much. And so I 490 00:26:33,220 --> 00:26:35,260 S1: want to tell you about a new book that's coming out. 491 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:38,420 S1: It's absolutely one of those treasure keepsake kinds of books. 492 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,660 S1: You can put it on your coffee table after you've 493 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:42,060 S1: read it. It's not to look at it. You have 494 00:26:42,060 --> 00:26:44,300 S1: to read it, give it to five friends, and then 495 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:47,220 S1: keep it as a part of America's legacy, especially as 496 00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:51,300 S1: we celebrate our 250th birthday. So the creative mind behind 497 00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:53,939 S1: all of this is Elizabeth Ingram Carlyle. She is the 498 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:57,500 S1: CEO of First Freedom Art company and a veteran exec. 499 00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:59,820 S1: She's been honored for her work in business. She's a 500 00:26:59,820 --> 00:27:03,260 S1: trusted advisor to ministries because she pairs legal and business 501 00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:06,859 S1: acumen with spiritual depth. She's been passionately sharing her faith 502 00:27:06,859 --> 00:27:10,020 S1: in teaching adult Bible studies for over 25 years. She 503 00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:11,939 S1: and her husband live in Houston, Texas, and they have 504 00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:15,060 S1: two children. The brand new book is called Americans Who 505 00:27:15,060 --> 00:27:19,640 S1: Pray Uniting a Nation in Faith and freedom. Elizabeth, you 506 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,200 S1: know full well how excited I have been to look 507 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,360 S1: forward to talking to you about this book and about 508 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,800 S1: this project. So thank you, Lord, that this all worked 509 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,960 S1: out and we're finally able to talk to one another. 510 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,720 S1: We've got to start with the painting on the front 511 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,280 S1: and it's on there on my website, on the information page, 512 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,240 S1: there's a much longer bio for Elizabeth, so you can 513 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,600 S1: learn about all of the things she's got on her 514 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,359 S1: CV and how much she has been recognized as a 515 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,520 S1: leader in so many areas. But the cover of the 516 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,840 S1: book has this famous painting of George Washington kneeling in prayer. Now, Elizabeth, 517 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,960 S1: I'm particularly drawn to this because for a long time 518 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,359 S1: I lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which was the hometown of 519 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,240 S1: George Washington for a long period of time. And his 520 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,639 S1: mama Wood used to go out over the Rappahannock River, 521 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,520 S1: and there was a jetty of a rock that stood out. 522 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,440 S1: And to this day it's still called praying Rock, where 523 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,280 S1: his mom, Mary would go and she would pray. And 524 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,560 S1: it said that very often when there were times when 525 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,960 S1: he should have been killed in battle and he wasn't, 526 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,880 S1: that Washington remembered that he had a praying mother. So 527 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,120 S1: the power of prayer has shaped this nation, but it 528 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,310 S1: stirred in your heart as well. Where did this come from? 529 00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:21,949 S14: You know, Janet, I, I really am so delighted to 530 00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:25,389 S14: talk to you. And I'm especially pleased with the question 531 00:28:25,430 --> 00:28:29,430 S14: of the week that's on your website, because the very 532 00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:31,790 S14: question that you ask is what stirred in my heart? 533 00:28:31,790 --> 00:28:35,590 S14: How do you handle worry and anxiety resulting from headlines 534 00:28:35,590 --> 00:28:38,670 S14: and all of this? And my options are D and 535 00:28:38,670 --> 00:28:41,950 S14: E time in the word and increased time in prayer. 536 00:28:42,150 --> 00:28:45,390 S14: And so every day I would walk into my office 537 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:47,870 S14: at First Freedom Art, and I would see a print 538 00:28:47,870 --> 00:28:50,430 S14: of that painting that you described, the prayer at Valley 539 00:28:50,430 --> 00:28:53,150 S14: Forge by Arnold Friberg. And I would look at it 540 00:28:53,150 --> 00:28:57,750 S14: and say, If Washington can pray for for America during 541 00:28:57,750 --> 00:29:00,430 S14: the revolution, then so can I. What can I do? 542 00:29:00,470 --> 00:29:03,430 S14: I can pray, and so in my desperation, you know, 543 00:29:03,470 --> 00:29:06,190 S14: as a wife and a mom wondering what's happening. I 544 00:29:06,190 --> 00:29:09,590 S14: would write down these prayers. And then I started reaching 545 00:29:09,590 --> 00:29:12,110 S14: out to people like you. Thank you for saying yes 546 00:29:12,110 --> 00:29:14,550 S14: to say, hey, will you join me in this dream 547 00:29:14,550 --> 00:29:17,850 S14: of mine. And so that's how it was formed. All 548 00:29:17,890 --> 00:29:20,250 S14: because I was inspired by the prayer at Valley Forge 549 00:29:20,250 --> 00:29:21,450 S14: by Arnold Friberg. 550 00:29:21,490 --> 00:29:24,050 S1: Wow. Well, you know that notes. Let me just share 551 00:29:24,050 --> 00:29:26,210 S1: with our friends a little bit more about Washington's history, 552 00:29:26,210 --> 00:29:28,450 S1: which you know full well. It's not one of the 553 00:29:28,450 --> 00:29:30,010 S1: tour stops when you go and you take a tour 554 00:29:30,010 --> 00:29:31,810 S1: of the Capitol, but there is a chapel off to 555 00:29:31,850 --> 00:29:34,450 S1: the side where members can go and pray, and there's 556 00:29:34,450 --> 00:29:37,730 S1: a stained glass in there. And yes, it is Washington praying. 557 00:29:37,930 --> 00:29:39,890 S1: So we need to remember that this is a part 558 00:29:39,890 --> 00:29:42,290 S1: of our heritage. If I may, just before we get 559 00:29:42,290 --> 00:29:45,210 S1: deeper into the book, talk to me about the painting 560 00:29:45,730 --> 00:29:47,810 S1: and tell me about First Freedom Art, because I'm very 561 00:29:47,810 --> 00:29:50,290 S1: excited about this part of your life as well. It's like, wow, 562 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:52,250 S1: how many dishes can you spin at the same time 563 00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:54,330 S1: and keep them all afloat? And this is one of them, 564 00:29:54,330 --> 00:29:56,890 S1: which is first freedom art, talk to me about how 565 00:29:56,890 --> 00:29:59,810 S1: you are now kind of an overseer of this famous painting. 566 00:30:00,210 --> 00:30:04,050 S14: Yes. So my good friend Christopher Zook was approached by 567 00:30:04,050 --> 00:30:07,610 S14: the family of Arnold Friberg, who painted that American masterpiece 568 00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:10,250 S14: that we all close our eyes and see in our 569 00:30:10,250 --> 00:30:13,250 S14: mind's eye. And they said, we want this painting to 570 00:30:13,470 --> 00:30:16,270 S14: be stewarded. Well, because we're believers and we don't want 571 00:30:16,270 --> 00:30:18,390 S14: it to fall into the wrong hands. And so we 572 00:30:18,390 --> 00:30:20,670 S14: need someone like you to steward it well. And so 573 00:30:20,710 --> 00:30:25,350 S14: Christopher bought the collection of Arnold Friberg, including this beautiful 574 00:30:25,350 --> 00:30:28,110 S14: piece that is currently hanging at Museum of the Bible. 575 00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:31,670 S14: And he called and said, Elizabeth, I need someone to 576 00:30:31,950 --> 00:30:35,030 S14: build a company and, you know, fly the plane while 577 00:30:35,030 --> 00:30:37,990 S14: you're building it. And so that's how First Freedom Art 578 00:30:37,990 --> 00:30:41,270 S14: was born, because I have a nonprofit background, a very 579 00:30:41,270 --> 00:30:44,790 S14: strong faith and, and a business mind. And so it's 580 00:30:44,790 --> 00:30:47,230 S14: been great for me to be able to be creative 581 00:30:47,510 --> 00:30:50,390 S14: all to the glory of God and for faith and freedom. 582 00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:52,990 S14: So that's how our company was born. And how I 583 00:30:52,990 --> 00:30:55,670 S14: spend my time is talking about that painting and about 584 00:30:55,670 --> 00:30:58,670 S14: how Washington was a man of prayer, even though today's 585 00:30:58,670 --> 00:31:02,070 S14: society would rather us forget that. And so we just 586 00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:04,990 S14: spend our time reminding people of that at first freedom art. 587 00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:07,150 S1: Let me underscore, because I'm always trying to invite my 588 00:31:07,150 --> 00:31:09,390 S1: friends to come to our capital city here, especially when 589 00:31:09,390 --> 00:31:11,470 S1: the cherry blossoms are ready to explode. But if you 590 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:14,180 S1: wanted to see this, I always say, make sure you 591 00:31:14,180 --> 00:31:17,340 S1: put the Museum of the Bible on your travel engagement schedule, 592 00:31:17,340 --> 00:31:19,540 S1: and now you'll have an opportunity to see this painting 593 00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:21,300 S1: when you come as well. If you have time, just 594 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:22,660 S1: go down the road a bit and you're going to 595 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:24,700 S1: go to Mount Vernon. And what I love is this 596 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:27,060 S1: is held by a private entity. Elizabeth. And I know 597 00:31:27,060 --> 00:31:29,500 S1: you've seen it, that you can go into the museum 598 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:32,620 S1: and they've reconstructed a pew of the church that he 599 00:31:32,620 --> 00:31:35,420 S1: went to and sat in on a regular basis with 600 00:31:35,420 --> 00:31:37,460 S1: some of the scripture that he very much adhered to. 601 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:39,900 S1: So thank you for being a guardian of our future. 602 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:43,260 S1: I know that revisionists and naysayers and people who would 603 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:46,219 S1: like to scrub out any religious recognition in our heritage 604 00:31:46,220 --> 00:31:48,820 S1: as a nation would want to eradicate this. But this 605 00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:50,940 S1: is the cornerstone of who we are, is it not? 606 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:54,500 S14: It absolutely is the cornerstone. And I'm telling you, when 607 00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:56,180 S14: I talk to people and I say the prayer at 608 00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:58,220 S14: Valley Forge are like, oh, wait, that's the one with 609 00:31:58,220 --> 00:32:01,660 S14: Washington praying. And so people know, even if they may 610 00:32:01,660 --> 00:32:05,260 S14: not agree with absolutely everything that that I say, they 611 00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:07,620 S14: remember that Washington prayed. And so we're just trying to 612 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:10,220 S14: keep that in the forefront of Americans minds. 613 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,160 S1: Well, I'm so glad. And what a time to be 614 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,640 S1: doing that. I have to point out that of all 615 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,160 S1: the wonderful people, and again, I'm so humbled. Elizabeth, the 616 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,560 S1: US media contributed to this book as well. And it's 617 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,200 S1: so wonderful to see the names in there. But the majority, 618 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,440 S1: in full disclosure, are written by you. And I loved 619 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,800 S1: your story of when you were writing them and where 620 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,320 S1: you were writing them, and on what you were writing them. 621 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,000 S1: So tell me about how God was stirring prayers in 622 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,160 S1: your own heart as well. 623 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,920 S14: I mean, Janet, I would go to a coffee shop 624 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,160 S14: and put my headphones on and, you know, move aside 625 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,960 S14: the pancakes and write them on a computer or like 626 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,840 S14: I would be at the bank or in waiting in 627 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,800 S14: line someplace and I would grab a receipt out of 628 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,720 S14: my purse. I mean, I know every mom has done 629 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,600 S14: that or a napkin. I would write them on the 630 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,200 S14: back of a napkin and, and then edit them later, 631 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,959 S14: because I was just kind of always in this state 632 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,040 S14: of prayer, thinking about our country and especially with America's 633 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,600 S14: 250th coming up for me, you know, this book was 634 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,150 S14: a love letter to God. It was a call of Obedience, 635 00:33:09,630 --> 00:33:12,230 S14: but it was also a birthday gift for America for 636 00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:16,030 S14: 250 years. And, and I'm just praying that that people 637 00:33:16,030 --> 00:33:18,110 S14: will buy the book and use it as a way 638 00:33:18,110 --> 00:33:22,550 S14: to prepare as we begin to celebrate America's 250th so 639 00:33:22,550 --> 00:33:26,070 S14: we can continue that journey of faith that that George 640 00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:27,350 S14: Washington helped us start. 641 00:33:27,390 --> 00:33:29,510 S1: Oh, Amen and amen. I'm guessing, and I don't have 642 00:33:29,510 --> 00:33:31,950 S1: any information on this, but why do I think and 643 00:33:31,950 --> 00:33:33,910 S1: hope that when you go to the gift shop at 644 00:33:33,910 --> 00:33:35,830 S1: the Museum of the Bible, or, I don't know, stand 645 00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:37,910 S1: in the checkout line at Hobby Lobby, I'm going to 646 00:33:37,910 --> 00:33:40,550 S1: be able to see this book in both of those places, 647 00:33:40,550 --> 00:33:42,910 S1: and so will my friends listening all across the country. 648 00:33:42,910 --> 00:33:44,910 S1: So they don't have an excuse for saying, I couldn't 649 00:33:44,910 --> 00:33:47,830 S1: get a copy of the book. I hope it saturates everywhere. 650 00:33:48,590 --> 00:33:51,750 S14: Me too. Absolutely. I know it will be at the 651 00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:55,310 S14: Museum of the Bible and it's online many places already. 652 00:33:55,350 --> 00:33:57,950 S14: It's going to be published on the 31st of this month, 653 00:33:57,950 --> 00:34:00,950 S14: but it's already out there for pre-order and I'm hoping 654 00:34:00,950 --> 00:34:03,870 S14: that people enjoy it. You know, it's not the end 655 00:34:03,910 --> 00:34:05,790 S14: all be all of a prayer life, though, but it 656 00:34:05,790 --> 00:34:09,210 S14: is a good start every day. A page, a day 657 00:34:09,210 --> 00:34:11,730 S14: to start your prayer for our country and kind of 658 00:34:11,770 --> 00:34:14,089 S14: tell you what other people are thinking about as they 659 00:34:14,090 --> 00:34:15,210 S14: pray for our country. 660 00:34:15,250 --> 00:34:17,730 S1: Yeah. And that's what I loved about this. You say 661 00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:19,489 S1: right up at the beginning of the book, how we 662 00:34:19,489 --> 00:34:21,489 S1: should use it. And what you say is, don't sit 663 00:34:21,489 --> 00:34:23,209 S1: down and read it at one time. That's not that's 664 00:34:23,210 --> 00:34:25,250 S1: not the way this book is meant to be read. 665 00:34:25,250 --> 00:34:27,330 S1: Just do one pair at a time. And when you're 666 00:34:27,330 --> 00:34:29,290 S1: praying it, who knows. But somebody else somewhere in the 667 00:34:29,290 --> 00:34:31,290 S1: country is reading the same prayer. Or at least you're 668 00:34:31,290 --> 00:34:33,009 S1: joined with the heart of the person who wrote that 669 00:34:33,010 --> 00:34:36,129 S1: prayer that you're reading. But this is a time for reflection, 670 00:34:36,130 --> 00:34:39,489 S1: is it not? And to pray specifically not only for America, 671 00:34:39,489 --> 00:34:41,650 S1: but for our brothers and sisters and for the nation 672 00:34:41,650 --> 00:34:42,290 S1: at large. 673 00:34:42,930 --> 00:34:46,130 S14: That's absolutely the case. And we have Americans who pray 674 00:34:46,130 --> 00:34:49,410 S14: on Instagram and Facebook. And as the book is released, 675 00:34:49,410 --> 00:34:51,210 S14: then I'm going to say, hey guys, let's turn to 676 00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:54,689 S14: page 95 and let's pray this together today. And so 677 00:34:54,690 --> 00:34:57,649 S14: that's kind of the idea, um, that we will all 678 00:34:57,650 --> 00:35:01,650 S14: just join together instead of sitting at keyboards and fighting and, 679 00:35:01,890 --> 00:35:04,569 S14: you know, lashing out at each other in aggression that 680 00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:08,120 S14: we will instead lock arms and lock hearts and pray 681 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:09,080 S14: for our country. 682 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,560 S1: Amen. Now you know why I love Elizabeth. I've been 683 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,120 S1: looking forward to this book. Let me take a break, Elizabeth, 684 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,839 S1: when we come back. You said something early on, and 685 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,680 S1: I wrote it down, and you said. And the Bible 686 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,759 S1: says out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. 687 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,120 S1: So I learned something about you immediately when you talked 688 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,520 S1: about spending time in the word and time in prayer. 689 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,080 S1: It seems to me that when we're in the word, 690 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,000 S1: prayer is the natural outcome. In fact, so often when 691 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,839 S1: we're in the word, we're reading a prayer, someone else's prayer, 692 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,120 S1: whether it's in the Psalms or someplace else in Scripture. 693 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,240 S1: But talk to me if you would, because you love 694 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,000 S1: to teach about the Word of God. What is the 695 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,520 S1: linkage between time and the word and our prayer life? 696 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,240 S1: Because honestly, for a lot of Christians, their prayer life 697 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,279 S1: is the dull part of their walk with the Lord 698 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,520 S1: when it should be the most vibrant part. So give 699 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,440 S1: me your thoughts on prayer in general. Then we'll look 700 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,000 S1: some more at some of the prayers in the book. 701 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,319 S1: Brand new book out. It's called Americans Who Pray Uniting 702 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,840 S1: a Nation in Faith and freedom. And in a word, 703 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,120 S1: it is spectacular and it reminds us of who we 704 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:24,860 S1: are and whose we are. Back after this. Elizabeth Ingram 705 00:36:24,860 --> 00:36:28,460 S1: Carlyle has taught adult Bible study for 25 years. She's 706 00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:32,260 S1: a seasoned public speaker. She engages audiences on topics ranging 707 00:36:32,260 --> 00:36:35,180 S1: from living out one's faith in the workplace to inspiring 708 00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:38,820 S1: young adults toward purpose driven leadership, and guiding women into 709 00:36:38,860 --> 00:36:41,620 S1: weaving their faith into the fabric of their daily lives. 710 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,140 S1: Her compelling presence, shaped by decades of leadership and ministry, 711 00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:48,779 S1: has made her a sought after voice at universities, conferences 712 00:36:48,780 --> 00:36:54,219 S1: and retreats. And she is the the the activist, the agitator, 713 00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:57,180 S1: the protagonist, you name the word. She is the light, 714 00:36:57,219 --> 00:37:00,700 S1: the fire behind this project. And it's a real passion project. 715 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:04,170 S1: It's called Americans Who Pray, uniting a nation in faith 716 00:37:04,170 --> 00:37:07,129 S1: and freedom. So Elizabeth is not only the editor, but 717 00:37:07,130 --> 00:37:10,130 S1: she is a major contributor. And these are merely one 718 00:37:10,130 --> 00:37:13,890 S1: page prayers that pray for some aspect of our life 719 00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:16,650 S1: for a wide variety of things. In fact, before I 720 00:37:16,650 --> 00:37:18,850 S1: get into the connection between being in the word and 721 00:37:18,850 --> 00:37:20,969 S1: prayer just to a flyover, what are some of the 722 00:37:20,969 --> 00:37:22,890 S1: prayers about Elizabeth in the book? 723 00:37:23,969 --> 00:37:26,810 S14: The prayers are about how to handle worry, how to 724 00:37:26,850 --> 00:37:31,489 S14: handle anxiety that that you're dealing with. If you need encouragement, 725 00:37:31,489 --> 00:37:34,690 S14: do you need someone to come alongside you and give 726 00:37:34,690 --> 00:37:36,489 S14: you a positive word? Do you need the Lord to 727 00:37:36,530 --> 00:37:40,410 S14: lift your head? Just a wide variety of things faith, freedom, 728 00:37:40,610 --> 00:37:41,610 S14: those general topics. 729 00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:43,850 S1: And it isn't just so if people thought it's just 730 00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:46,009 S1: about praying for Washington and the people who are here, 731 00:37:46,010 --> 00:37:48,970 S1: it's not. It's really about every aspect of our lives, 732 00:37:48,969 --> 00:37:51,969 S1: both private and public. And these are wonderful prayers. And 733 00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:54,290 S1: as we noted earlier, don't try to sit down and 734 00:37:54,290 --> 00:37:56,130 S1: read it all at once. Do this one day at 735 00:37:56,130 --> 00:37:58,089 S1: a time. Make it part of your personal time in 736 00:37:58,130 --> 00:38:00,210 S1: the word. And that takes me back to the question 737 00:38:00,210 --> 00:38:02,629 S1: I asked just before the break? This linkage between being 738 00:38:02,630 --> 00:38:04,989 S1: in the word Elizabeth and prayer is someone who, for 739 00:38:04,989 --> 00:38:07,630 S1: a quarter of a century has been teaching about the word. 740 00:38:07,870 --> 00:38:10,750 S1: To me, there is an inexorable connection between your prayer 741 00:38:10,750 --> 00:38:12,549 S1: life and your time in the word. If you think so. 742 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:14,630 S1: Tell me why I do. 743 00:38:14,670 --> 00:38:17,950 S14: Luke 645. If my adult children are listening, they were 744 00:38:17,950 --> 00:38:20,830 S14: going to recall that I tell them, out of the 745 00:38:20,830 --> 00:38:24,030 S14: overflow of your heart the mouth speaks. And so if 746 00:38:24,070 --> 00:38:27,830 S14: you fill your mind and your heart with God's Word, 747 00:38:27,830 --> 00:38:30,989 S14: then that is the message you're going to spread. You know, 748 00:38:31,030 --> 00:38:33,830 S14: I find out, I find that most people get to 749 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:37,430 S14: know me more when I talk to them, but I 750 00:38:37,430 --> 00:38:40,549 S14: get to know them more when I listen. And so 751 00:38:40,590 --> 00:38:44,030 S14: for me, prayer is a way for me to tell 752 00:38:44,070 --> 00:38:47,109 S14: God what my concerns are and to be vulnerable and 753 00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:50,629 S14: honest with him, but then to listen, to see what 754 00:38:50,630 --> 00:38:53,750 S14: he has to say. And for me, that is absolutely 755 00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:57,509 S14: by studying His Word every day and by sitting and listening, 756 00:38:57,510 --> 00:39:00,290 S14: not talking all the time. So I think these prayers 757 00:39:00,290 --> 00:39:04,290 S14: are a good start to letting God know your concerns. 758 00:39:04,530 --> 00:39:07,170 S14: Adding on a few of your own, but then a 759 00:39:07,170 --> 00:39:08,370 S14: reminder to listen. 760 00:39:08,969 --> 00:39:11,570 S1: What a wise word, Elizabeth. For a lot of believers, 761 00:39:11,570 --> 00:39:13,570 S1: this is a tough part of their walk with the Lord. 762 00:39:13,570 --> 00:39:17,489 S1: They think you have to be formulaic, formulaic, formulaic, or 763 00:39:17,489 --> 00:39:21,130 S1: they think that somehow their prayers are unanswered because they 764 00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:24,529 S1: don't hear God's response, or they think, I don't even 765 00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:26,489 S1: know how to articulate, or I've got sin in my life, 766 00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:28,730 S1: how could God possibly hear me? Those are all, I 767 00:39:28,730 --> 00:39:31,410 S1: think the enemy's ways of trying to distract us from 768 00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:34,569 S1: boldly approaching the throne of grace. How do we get 769 00:39:34,570 --> 00:39:37,250 S1: that doldrums out of our prayer life and instead realize 770 00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:39,649 S1: we have the opportunity to talk to a king who 771 00:39:39,650 --> 00:39:42,609 S1: is also the unconditional lover of our soul, who gives 772 00:39:42,610 --> 00:39:45,690 S1: us permission to run into his presence with prayer. 773 00:39:46,610 --> 00:39:50,089 S14: I think it's just about starting out simply. I can 774 00:39:50,090 --> 00:39:53,690 S14: tell you that my most often prayed prayer is, Lord, 775 00:39:53,690 --> 00:39:56,330 S14: help me. Yes. And and I think I kind of 776 00:39:56,370 --> 00:39:59,240 S14: got away from all the legalism. Though I am a lawyer, 777 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,439 S14: I stepped away from that. I was like, Lord, you know, 778 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,480 S14: you so beautifully laid out an example for us to pray, 779 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:08,359 S14: but but we can also be stuck in traffic and say, Lord, 780 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,560 S14: help me. And so for me, it's about connecting with 781 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,439 S14: God and just being honest about what my concerns are, 782 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:18,480 S14: whether they're for a neighbor or whether they're for my country. 783 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,720 S14: You said something earlier that kind of resonated with me. 784 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,120 S14: You know, even when you don't hear an answer, there's 785 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,960 S14: a prayer called the Waiting Room in the book. And 786 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,960 S14: it's one of my favorites because I learned the most 787 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,799 S14: with the Lord in the waiting room. But Janet, it 788 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,759 S14: is not my most comfortable position to be in. I'm 789 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,280 S14: not super patient, but I learned the most about my 790 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,200 S14: walk with God and myself and about God when I 791 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,160 S14: am waiting on an answer from him. 792 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,480 S1: Wow that. Be still and know that I am God. 793 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,920 S1: In fact, this goes. It echoes what you just said. 794 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,640 S1: One of the prayers that you wrote was called Respectfully listening. 795 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,700 S1: And it goes to not only that, but our inner dynamics, 796 00:40:57,700 --> 00:41:01,460 S1: our interpersonal dynamics by listening, not just hearing, but listening 797 00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:03,860 S1: with the ears on our heart, but the same posture 798 00:41:03,860 --> 00:41:06,900 S1: as well in our prayer life. You know, Admiral Barry Black, 799 00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:09,900 S1: who's the chaplain of the US Senate, whom we both know, uh, 800 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:12,260 S1: once on a conversation I had with him on this program, 801 00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:14,739 S1: said that he sits on his knees in a corner 802 00:41:14,739 --> 00:41:16,980 S1: of his office, closes the door when it's prayer time, 803 00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:20,340 S1: and he's the first words out of his mouth are, Lord, 804 00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:23,939 S1: I'm listening. Wow, what a wonderful approach to prayer. Rather 805 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:25,859 S1: than coming with a to do list or must have 806 00:41:25,860 --> 00:41:29,060 S1: list or please Lord list. He just sits and waits 807 00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:31,260 S1: and asks for the Lord to talk to him first. 808 00:41:31,260 --> 00:41:33,660 S1: That seems to me to be a wonderful way to aid, 809 00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:36,100 S1: to learn how to recognize his voice, and b to 810 00:41:36,140 --> 00:41:38,500 S1: be still and let him be the Lord of your life. 811 00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:42,420 S14: That's exactly right. And I always say to people, you know, 812 00:41:42,460 --> 00:41:46,420 S14: prayer changes things, but it always starts with me. I'm 813 00:41:46,420 --> 00:41:50,379 S14: the one that it changes first. And isn't that what 814 00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:54,060 S14: it's designed to do to align our heart and our 815 00:41:54,060 --> 00:41:57,569 S14: will with God's. And that's what I'm hoping that this 816 00:41:57,570 --> 00:42:00,690 S14: book does, is it has people just kind of calm 817 00:42:00,690 --> 00:42:03,890 S14: down and align their will with God's. For our country 818 00:42:03,890 --> 00:42:05,450 S14: and for their fellow Americans. 819 00:42:05,850 --> 00:42:09,129 S1: Oh, so well said in that one prayer of the book. 820 00:42:09,170 --> 00:42:12,130 S1: And there are hundreds of prayers you write. We need 821 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:14,810 S1: you to hold our tongues and open our ears before 822 00:42:14,810 --> 00:42:17,930 S1: we respond to others. Redirect our focus from winning a 823 00:42:17,930 --> 00:42:21,049 S1: temporary argument to winning a soul for your kingdom. May 824 00:42:21,050 --> 00:42:23,850 S1: we delight in understanding the truth and loving the people 825 00:42:23,890 --> 00:42:27,049 S1: behind the opinions. Let our love for others fuel our 826 00:42:27,050 --> 00:42:30,210 S1: fire to spread your word. We humbly pray for our advocacy. 827 00:42:30,210 --> 00:42:33,730 S1: For you will bring honor to you. May your love 828 00:42:33,730 --> 00:42:37,250 S1: disarm us of our pride and guide meaningful conversations that 829 00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:39,850 S1: point people directly to you. You know, this is interesting 830 00:42:39,850 --> 00:42:43,609 S1: because it isn't Americans who pray for America. This is 831 00:42:43,610 --> 00:42:47,890 S1: Americans who pray. So this is prayers from A to 832 00:42:47,930 --> 00:42:49,090 S1: Z in this book. 833 00:42:49,850 --> 00:42:53,049 S14: That's right. Absolutely. And that was the goal. That was 834 00:42:53,050 --> 00:42:55,430 S14: the goal. Of course, we have prayers for our country. 835 00:42:55,469 --> 00:42:58,989 S14: Of course we have prayers for our leaders. But America 836 00:42:58,989 --> 00:43:02,469 S14: is made up of beautiful, wonderful, diverse people and that's 837 00:43:02,469 --> 00:43:04,830 S14: who we need to pray for first, including ourselves. 838 00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:07,430 S1: Yeah. You have a website and I've got it on 839 00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:12,469 S1: my information page. Americans who pray.com, Americans who pray.com. And 840 00:43:12,469 --> 00:43:15,070 S1: it's a wonderful way of learning more about the book. 841 00:43:15,110 --> 00:43:17,430 S1: You hinted at it before. How do you see this 842 00:43:17,430 --> 00:43:20,110 S1: book being used in the future? It's not only remarkable 843 00:43:20,110 --> 00:43:23,390 S1: that it's coming out on our 250th birthday, but these 844 00:43:23,390 --> 00:43:25,870 S1: are prayers that should the Lord tarry will last a 845 00:43:25,870 --> 00:43:26,510 S1: long time. 846 00:43:27,510 --> 00:43:32,030 S14: Well, my, my dream would be that churches and organizations 847 00:43:32,030 --> 00:43:34,950 S14: and schools. Schools would give out a copy of this 848 00:43:34,950 --> 00:43:37,950 S14: book and join together on praying for a particular prayer 849 00:43:37,950 --> 00:43:40,950 S14: for a particular day. That's my hope, is that it's 850 00:43:40,950 --> 00:43:43,589 S14: a good launching pad for us as we pray for 851 00:43:43,590 --> 00:43:45,150 S14: our country and for each other. 852 00:43:45,390 --> 00:43:48,270 S1: Oh well said. That went far too quickly. Elizabeth, let 853 00:43:48,270 --> 00:43:50,509 S1: me just remind our friends again. There are hundreds of 854 00:43:50,510 --> 00:43:52,580 S1: prayers in this book written by a whole lot of 855 00:43:52,580 --> 00:43:54,380 S1: people that you would know. But the majority of the 856 00:43:54,380 --> 00:43:57,980 S1: prayers come from this precious woman, Elizabeth Carlile, who wrote 857 00:43:57,980 --> 00:44:00,580 S1: them wherever the Lord stirred her heart, in whatever piece 858 00:44:00,580 --> 00:44:02,420 S1: of paper she could find. And then they were put 859 00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:05,060 S1: in this book. They're wise. They're predicated on the Word 860 00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:07,020 S1: of God. They teach us to listen, to be humble, 861 00:44:07,060 --> 00:44:09,380 S1: how to respond, how to be Christ like, how to 862 00:44:09,420 --> 00:44:12,899 S1: really and truly resonate. How, like those people that were 863 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:15,700 S1: in the first church at Thessalonica, when Paul was writing 864 00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:19,140 S1: that first chapter, he talked about their witness being going 865 00:44:19,140 --> 00:44:22,859 S1: beyond them. Everybody knew that they were Christians just by 866 00:44:22,860 --> 00:44:25,259 S1: the way that they lived and behaved. So may this 867 00:44:25,260 --> 00:44:27,739 S1: become a transformative book in the lives of us individually, 868 00:44:27,739 --> 00:44:30,140 S1: and may it transform our nation as well. Again, it's 869 00:44:30,140 --> 00:44:33,779 S1: called Americans Who Pray Uniting a Nation in Faith and freedom. 870 00:44:33,780 --> 00:44:35,660 S1: I've got a link on my website so that you 871 00:44:35,660 --> 00:44:38,420 S1: can learn more. And my strong suggestion is get a copy. 872 00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:41,100 S1: It is one of those precious keepsake books, but buy 873 00:44:41,100 --> 00:44:43,500 S1: five more to give them away to encourage other saints 874 00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:45,660 S1: as well. Thank you Elizabeth. Thank you friends. We'll see 875 00:44:45,660 --> 00:44:48,060 S1: you next time on In the Market with Janet Parshall.