WEBVTT - Walk in Truth With the Lord 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.080 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.360 Tell you one thing I've been drilling down on lately. 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:16.440 This word manifestation is driving me cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Wait. 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:19.080 Even with the red dye in it and the blue dye. 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:24.520 Those cocoa puffs, it's driving me crazy. Manifestation is everywhere. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:27.440 I think it's a fad. I think we're going to 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.360 get through it. But you've heard it all these terms 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:32.720 of I want to manifest this. 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.320 So and how I've used it or how I've not 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:39.040 used it, thankfully, how I've heard people use it is 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:41.879 this idea that, like, there's this thing that I want, 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:45.640 like this goal that I have. So I'm going to 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.320 somehow think about it or do certain things to sort 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.920 of manifest it into my life. Is that how you've 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:52.880 heard it used? 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.040 Yeah, it's over and over. It's all over the place. 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.880 I mean, here's the deal. Here's the problem with that. 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:02.630 That is there's, you know, the real problem. Here's the 0:01:02.630 --> 0:01:06.309 problem with that. You might think you're manifesting something into being, 0:01:06.310 --> 0:01:10.910 and that further confuses you into you thinking you're the 0:01:10.910 --> 0:01:14.070 Lord of your life. That's the problem with it. I'm 0:01:14.069 --> 0:01:18.869 not even saying that. Some kind of. I'm not even 0:01:18.870 --> 0:01:23.670 saying that the power of positive thinking is necessarily always bad, 0:01:23.709 --> 0:01:28.750 because there is some value to thinking positively. I mean, 0:01:28.750 --> 0:01:34.190 the Apostle Paul has a whole book about consider this. 0:01:34.390 --> 0:01:39.550 Think about these things. So there's there's positive thinking that's beneficial, 0:01:39.550 --> 0:01:45.429 but there's no thinking like thinking the truth. That's the power. See, 0:01:45.430 --> 0:01:49.870 when you get anchored, not manifestation, but in bringing to 0:01:49.910 --> 0:01:52.590 mind the truth of how God sees you and all 0:01:52.590 --> 0:01:56.430 these things, it's it's awesome. So I want to illustrate 0:01:56.430 --> 0:02:01.530 it this way. Sometimes you are believing a lie about 0:02:01.530 --> 0:02:04.930 anything out there, and then you hear the truth and 0:02:04.930 --> 0:02:10.610 you're like, whoa, now I got a goofy one for you. 0:02:11.690 --> 0:02:17.690 About a decade ago, I was absolutely certain that I 0:02:17.730 --> 0:02:23.490 heard my life hacking wife. She's an investigator and studies 0:02:23.490 --> 0:02:25.970 the body and nutrition and stuff like that. I mean, 0:02:26.010 --> 0:02:29.250 she goes after it. She is after it. I give 0:02:29.250 --> 0:02:32.010 her credit for keeping me out of the coffin, man. 0:02:32.010 --> 0:02:36.690 She's she's awesome on this stuff. But I was certain 0:02:36.690 --> 0:02:43.090 I heard her say one morning, pepper is bad for you. Now, 0:02:43.730 --> 0:02:45.769 forget how all of it went down. 0:02:46.010 --> 0:02:49.209 Like. Like the pepper that you sprinkle on pepper. Okay. 0:02:49.650 --> 0:02:54.290 Pepper. Like ground pepper. I was certain, okay. I was 0:02:54.290 --> 0:02:59.919 certain I heard that. So years are going by and 0:02:59.919 --> 0:03:03.079 I'm like, hey man, my wife said it, I believe it. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:08.320 And I just started using Himalayan pink salt on my 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:14.360 eggs over medium. Just butter everywhere. By the way, if 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.519 you got enough, you got enough butter on your three 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.280 eggs over medium in a small pan. When the butter 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.000 can no longer sit underneath the eggs, it comes in 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:25.720 and pours over the top of the eggs. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.680 That's a lot of butter. That is a lot of butter. 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:31.560 I'm telling you, it is a lot of butter, man. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.440 So I don't I don't know what happened, but one 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.960 day I'm whipping up some eggs and I say, babe, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:38.880 you want a couple of eggs? She goes, yeah. And 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.440 she whips out salt and she whips out pepper. This 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.680 is a true story, guys, and you might call me 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:49.120 a knucklehead. Whatever. And she starts peppering her eggs and 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.720 I said, I thought you told me Pepper was not 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.780 really that good for you? She goes, I never said that. 0:03:58.260 --> 0:04:02.860 I said, babe, are you know, now I'm like, I've 0:04:02.860 --> 0:04:06.140 been a decade going down this path, like not having pepper, 0:04:06.140 --> 0:04:08.860 and I love Pepper and I'm like, babe, I'm certain 0:04:08.860 --> 0:04:12.420 you told me. She said, bub, look at me. I 0:04:12.420 --> 0:04:14.340 would have never told you that. 0:04:15.740 --> 0:04:18.900 Oh, Carl, you missed out on so many years of Pepper, dude. 0:04:18.940 --> 0:04:21.940 No. Now, now, now I got animated. I'm like, you're 0:04:21.940 --> 0:04:26.100 joking me right now. You're you're. You're telling me Pepper 0:04:26.140 --> 0:04:29.300 is okay? She goes, bub, pepper is good for you. 0:04:29.580 --> 0:04:31.820 Let me list all the ways it's good for you. 0:04:34.180 --> 0:04:39.099 It was like, you know, I felt a little bit silly. 0:04:39.140 --> 0:04:43.539 It's like, yeah, pepper probably isn't that bad. I mean, 0:04:43.540 --> 0:04:46.900 God made this, and people harvest it. And now, you know, 0:04:46.940 --> 0:04:52.010 I caused our GDP nationally to go down as a 0:04:52.010 --> 0:04:55.290 result of me not consuming pepper for ten years. 0:04:55.570 --> 0:04:55.969 Wow. 0:04:57.850 --> 0:05:02.330 I'm telling you, it was a huge aha moment. So 0:05:02.330 --> 0:05:04.529 we're going to flip this around. But I just want 0:05:04.570 --> 0:05:08.330 to have some fun here for a moment. What did 0:05:08.330 --> 0:05:12.409 you think along the lines of just general stuff that's 0:05:12.410 --> 0:05:15.210 bad or you shouldn't do that or you shouldn't do 0:05:15.210 --> 0:05:18.730 that or this or that. And then you found out, whoa, 0:05:19.650 --> 0:05:25.170 I got some bad information. What was it? I'm dying 0:05:25.170 --> 0:05:27.529 to hear it. Text in right now. We're going to 0:05:27.529 --> 0:05:30.130 take your text. You got some bad information, and for years, 0:05:30.130 --> 0:05:32.850 you were living a lie. And the truth would have 0:05:32.850 --> 0:05:35.969 set you free. And for me, it's pepper on eggs. 0:05:35.970 --> 0:05:39.050 And now I'm making up for lost time. 0:05:39.690 --> 0:05:41.409 Double pepper on everything. 0:05:42.250 --> 0:05:49.170 805. Five five 7898 800 555. 78. 98. Give us 0:05:49.170 --> 0:05:51.550 a text. Ali's going to read them out. What is 0:05:51.550 --> 0:05:54.630 that crazy thing that for years you thought, I can't 0:05:54.630 --> 0:05:57.590 do that, I shouldn't do that. And then you find out, Shazam! 0:05:57.589 --> 0:05:59.390 I can give us a text. 0:05:59.710 --> 0:06:02.429 She was trying to earn her way to God, but 0:06:02.430 --> 0:06:05.950 God showed her she didn't have to. Ali is in 0:06:05.950 --> 0:06:09.310 the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:06:09.990 --> 0:06:13.550 Scotland crew mornings. All right, here's what we are asking you. 0:06:13.589 --> 0:06:16.229 What did you believe about general life stuff going on 0:06:16.230 --> 0:06:19.470 out there? And you're like, you found out, oh my goodness, 0:06:19.470 --> 0:06:24.150 that was a lie. And I was not believing the truth. Ali, 0:06:24.150 --> 0:06:26.190 have we got some respondents coming in here? 0:06:26.190 --> 0:06:30.349 We do. This one deals with something mom told them. 0:06:30.350 --> 0:06:33.510 Mom told me I had the most sensitive ears ever, 0:06:33.510 --> 0:06:36.830 and that getting my ears pierced would probably damage them. 0:06:38.310 --> 0:06:42.950 So for years they apparently avoided it and finally got 0:06:42.950 --> 0:06:46.310 my ears pierced in 2016. I don't know at what 0:06:46.310 --> 0:06:49.020 point at how old they were at that point. But 0:06:49.260 --> 0:06:51.900 avoidance for a while because that's what mom said, this 0:06:51.900 --> 0:06:54.020 one I love. It deals with a little bit of 0:06:54.060 --> 0:06:56.980 a language. Um, difference. 0:06:57.020 --> 0:06:57.460 Challenge. 0:06:57.460 --> 0:07:00.300 Yeah. They said my Spanish was not that good. I 0:07:00.339 --> 0:07:05.020 had always told my Spanish coworkers to put Jose Cristo 0:07:05.100 --> 0:07:12.940 Cristo into their heart, which is Joe Christ. That's the translation. 0:07:13.700 --> 0:07:14.140 Okay. 0:07:14.180 --> 0:07:19.020 That's good. Oh. Oh, that is good. 0:07:19.660 --> 0:07:20.860 That's so good. 0:07:20.900 --> 0:07:21.660 Oh, I love it. 0:07:21.700 --> 0:07:22.940 Oh my goodness. 0:07:23.660 --> 0:07:26.140 Oh my goodness. There's some funny ones coming in here. 0:07:26.140 --> 0:07:28.820 Some we shall not mention. Oh my word. 0:07:28.860 --> 0:07:31.580 Oh here's a common one. I was told that if 0:07:31.580 --> 0:07:34.140 I swallowed my gum, it would take seven years to 0:07:34.140 --> 0:07:34.940 get through my diet. 0:07:35.180 --> 0:07:36.660 Why is that a thing? I'm still. 0:07:36.700 --> 0:07:37.100 Believing. 0:07:37.100 --> 0:07:39.540 That seven years is the exact number that I believe. 0:07:39.580 --> 0:07:41.300 I think that's what people were told. I think the 0:07:41.300 --> 0:07:44.260 other one was like, if you swallow a watermelon seed, 0:07:44.260 --> 0:07:46.480 it can grow a watermelon in your stomach. 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.120 Oh come on. I remember that one. 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.640 Yes, I remember being told that. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:51.240 Me too. 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:52.360 Really? 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:53.600 Oh, yeah. Well, how about. 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:57.080 The swimming one? Remember, you can't eat 30 minutes. 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:57.760 You gotta wait. 0:07:57.760 --> 0:07:58.080 30. 0:07:58.080 --> 0:07:59.520 Minutes, you know. 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.720 Well, I think the parents wanted pool time. 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:02.160 No. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.160 Really, I think they wanted kids out of the pool. 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:06.600 You don't need to wait 30 minutes. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:08.840 I mean, that one seems like it's just common sense. Like, 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.360 if you just eat three hamburgers and then go jump 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.680 in the pool. It seems like a bad idea. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:14.640 That might not be. 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:15.160 The best. 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:17.760 But, I mean, if you're going lap swimming, you probably 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.320 don't want to eat three hamburgers. 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:21.680 All you do is belch in the pool. That's all 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.520 that happens. That's it. Boop. Well, my. 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:24.960 Burger. 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:29.600 Burger appreciation boys in the water. All right, all right. 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:33.520 So we're obviously flipping this thing around because in Romans 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:38.400 611 this is so important. So you must also consider 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:42.920 yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:48.790 This word consider in the Greek language means to count 0:08:48.790 --> 0:08:54.470 as true. To think deliberately and intentionally. And here's the 0:08:54.470 --> 0:08:56.630 question we've got for you today. And I'm asking you 0:08:56.630 --> 0:08:59.870 to call in right now. What's a lie you believed 0:08:59.870 --> 0:09:03.510 about yourself? And how did the truth set you free? 0:09:03.870 --> 0:09:07.910 You begin to ruminate, calculate. You were deliberate. You were 0:09:07.910 --> 0:09:13.150 intentional going, no, that is not true about me. What lie? 0:09:13.550 --> 0:09:16.310 What's a lie you believed about yourself? And how did 0:09:16.309 --> 0:09:22.270 the truth set you free? 855 five 7898. Give us 0:09:22.270 --> 0:09:25.830 a call 805 55, 78, 98. 0:09:26.270 --> 0:09:30.870 She's a choreographer extraordinaire, and everything is Greek to her. 0:09:31.270 --> 0:09:35.030 Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:09:35.030 --> 0:09:36.309 on Moody Radio. 0:09:36.910 --> 0:09:41.350 Power of positive thinking. Yeah, yeah. You can go to 0:09:41.390 --> 0:09:45.780 Philippians chapter four. For sheer power of truthful thinking, that 0:09:45.780 --> 0:09:50.380 positive thinking that Paul has in mind is really embedded 0:09:50.380 --> 0:09:52.819 in truth. This is what we find in verse 11 0:09:52.860 --> 0:09:56.900 of Romans six. So you also must consider yourselves dead 0:09:56.900 --> 0:09:59.540 to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Its 0:09:59.540 --> 0:10:03.860 huge lynchpin verse that's followed by then let not sin, 0:10:03.860 --> 0:10:07.420 therefore reign in your mortal body. So what's Paul teaching here? 0:10:07.700 --> 0:10:12.620 He's saying that what we believe matters big time. The 0:10:12.620 --> 0:10:15.140 question of what's the lie you believed about yourself? And 0:10:15.140 --> 0:10:17.340 how did the truth set you free? Super die. What's 0:10:17.340 --> 0:10:18.020 on your heart? 0:10:18.700 --> 0:10:21.380 I believed I was not lovable in any way, shape 0:10:21.380 --> 0:10:23.420 or form. Matter of fact, I was a mistake and 0:10:23.420 --> 0:10:27.540 really had no purpose other than causing others. Probably inconvenience. 0:10:27.540 --> 0:10:31.100 So the idea of just being unlovable really carried with 0:10:31.100 --> 0:10:35.260 me for a very, very long time. Truth being several verses, 0:10:35.300 --> 0:10:37.179 of course. The entire word of God. 0:10:37.420 --> 0:10:38.700 But for starters. 0:10:38.740 --> 0:10:41.319 For starters, let's go there. But to narrow it a bit, 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.439 I mean, obviously John 316, God so loved the world. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.600 He gave his one and only son. Christ would die 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:50.480 on a cross for me, that unlovable person. But my 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.319 most favorite verse, and maybe you've heard me say it. This, 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:56.760 of course, is out of Romans, and it's Romans 839. Nothing. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:01.200 Nothing can separate us from the love of God. He 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:04.840 treasures me. I was made with a purpose. And that 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:09.040 was not only mind blowing for me, but heart blowing 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:09.920 for me as well. 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:11.520 And see, when. 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:11.800 You. 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:12.400 Everything. 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.840 Now, from time to time, you must have to recapture 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.360 that right? Because the old snake comes in and tries 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:22.080 to rip us off. You have to think deliberately and intentionally. 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:22.280 Of. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:26.840 Course. And and look, look what that does. You walk 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.920 a little more briskly following Jesus when you know that, right? 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:30.720 Super die. 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:34.439 You walk more briskly. You serve better. You serve others better, 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:38.520 you love better. You become better hands in the feet 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.949 of Christ to others, because you have that story and 0:11:41.950 --> 0:11:45.670 you know, and you really, at least for me, you 0:11:45.670 --> 0:11:51.110 really know the transforming power of being loved unconditionally. That's 0:11:51.110 --> 0:11:53.590 a big word to add to that love unconditionally. 0:11:53.830 --> 0:11:55.750 Romans eight is rocked us all. 0:11:56.470 --> 0:11:57.670 But it's my verse. 0:11:57.710 --> 0:12:01.190 I'm so pumped for you. Super day. I'm so pumped 0:12:01.190 --> 0:12:04.990 for you. That's so cool. Super day. 0:12:05.030 --> 0:12:05.350 Yeah. 0:12:06.150 --> 0:12:08.590 Yes. I get a little emotional just talking about it. 0:12:08.630 --> 0:12:09.870 Oh I know. Okay. 0:12:10.030 --> 0:12:11.110 I'm good. I'm good. 0:12:11.150 --> 0:12:12.190 Goodness of God, man. 0:12:12.350 --> 0:12:13.550 All right. Let her up for air. 0:12:13.590 --> 0:12:14.710 Super young thunder. 0:12:14.750 --> 0:12:16.830 Let's super up for air. What's on your heart, man? 0:12:16.870 --> 0:12:21.309 Yeah. The lie I believed was that Romans 715 which says. 0:12:21.309 --> 0:12:23.790 For I do not understand my own actions. For I 0:12:23.790 --> 0:12:25.470 do not do what I want, but I do the 0:12:25.470 --> 0:12:29.190 very thing I hate. I, I believed the lie that 0:12:29.190 --> 0:12:31.069 that was just how life went. 0:12:31.350 --> 0:12:33.550 And what a great insight. 0:12:33.590 --> 0:12:36.110 Yeah. And that. You know what? So you're just stuck 0:12:36.110 --> 0:12:39.410 with some things sometimes, and that's how it's always gonna be. 0:12:39.410 --> 0:12:41.850 And that's what you can expect out of life. And 0:12:41.890 --> 0:12:44.450 and I think part of me, I told myself that 0:12:44.450 --> 0:12:47.450 because it lowered the bar of expectation a little bit, 0:12:47.650 --> 0:12:50.450 but it's not. That was when I kind of had 0:12:50.450 --> 0:12:52.610 the I was supposed to do everything. I was supposed 0:12:52.610 --> 0:12:55.210 to muster up the strength to get it done, but 0:12:55.770 --> 0:12:57.850 I know now that that's not the truth at all. 0:12:57.890 --> 0:13:01.410 The truth is, is that a life fully surrendered and 0:13:01.410 --> 0:13:04.730 submitted to God? He's going to give you the power 0:13:04.730 --> 0:13:07.170 to overcome the things that you never thought you could. 0:13:08.130 --> 0:13:10.770 Yeah. What a great thing. A lot of people this 0:13:10.770 --> 0:13:14.490 is a grave error. They look at Romans seven, foolish man, 0:13:14.490 --> 0:13:16.010 that I am that which I want to do, I 0:13:16.010 --> 0:13:17.930 don't do, and that which I do, I don't want 0:13:17.970 --> 0:13:21.770 to do. But we've we've got to read on because 0:13:21.809 --> 0:13:24.969 I'd loved it was many years ago. I read I 0:13:25.010 --> 0:13:28.050 forget who the author was, but he said the great 0:13:28.090 --> 0:13:31.290 tragedy in the American church is that we've made this 0:13:31.290 --> 0:13:34.850 a proof text for our failings. Yeah. And we've looked 0:13:34.850 --> 0:13:39.360 at the Apostle Paul and said, yep, that's my life. Boy, 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:44.000 I really resonate with Paul. Paul wasn't leaving us there. 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.839 He went on to say, who will rescue me from 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.920 this body of sin and death? Praise be to the 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:53.359 Lord Jesus Christ. You know what's interesting about that passage 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.520 that you referred to a lot? And I'm glad you 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:59.000 mentioned this young thunder. The word me or I in 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:03.440 about ten verses is used about 15 times, and God 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:07.040 is absent from that whole stretch of text. Yeah. So 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.560 what Paul's saying is, and there's a lot of debate 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:14.160 around is this pre regenerate Paul pre born again Paul 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:18.640 pre Damascus road Paul or is this post Damascus road. 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:22.560 Kind of the common everyday struggle. Doesn't matter what it is. 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:25.080 I lean toward the latter. Now I used to be 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:29.080 the former, but I believe that what Paul's saying is 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:33.780 let me tell you about life. But let me tell 0:14:33.780 --> 0:14:37.220 you who liberates you from what you think is status 0:14:37.220 --> 0:14:38.420 quo Christianity. 0:14:38.460 --> 0:14:42.500 Mhm. It's it's half of the truth. It is that 0:14:42.500 --> 0:14:45.620 when we are left to our own devices, this is 0:14:45.620 --> 0:14:47.500 the life that we will live when we live in 0:14:47.500 --> 0:14:50.700 our own strength. This is what you can expect. But 0:14:50.700 --> 0:14:52.980 when we, when we give it to God, when we 0:14:53.020 --> 0:14:56.940 surrender and when we lean into Him and His power, 0:14:57.180 --> 0:15:00.740 it changes the whole game. It changes the whole situation around. 0:15:00.740 --> 0:15:03.980 And so we can't we can't live life saying, well, 0:15:03.980 --> 0:15:06.100 this is the whole thing when it's really the first 0:15:06.100 --> 0:15:07.900 half before the change comes. 0:15:07.940 --> 0:15:10.540 Yeah. I mean, praise be to God. I was I 0:15:10.540 --> 0:15:16.020 was talking with someone yesterday about Romans 4567, which are 0:15:16.020 --> 0:15:21.780 these hinge passages about this victory over sin primarily? I mean, 0:15:21.980 --> 0:15:28.020 you got to remember, this resurrection power is first and 0:15:28.020 --> 0:15:32.690 foremost conquering, missing the mark in our life. We're all 0:15:32.690 --> 0:15:35.730 shooting arrows. We're all throwing spears, so to speak. With 0:15:35.730 --> 0:15:40.610 every decision, every action, everything that we do. And the 0:15:40.610 --> 0:15:44.210 beautiful thing about the power of not only the cross, 0:15:44.210 --> 0:15:46.890 but the empty tomb, is that we have victory over 0:15:46.890 --> 0:15:50.210 sin and darkness. And frankly, it's it's high time I'm 0:15:50.210 --> 0:15:52.210 using a dad term there. My dad used to always 0:15:52.210 --> 0:15:55.970 say that, son, it's high time you start. It's high 0:15:56.010 --> 0:15:59.890 time you start believing it. Boom, crew. It's high time 0:15:59.890 --> 0:16:08.050 you start believing it. Count. It is true. Think deliberately. Intentionally. 0:16:08.730 --> 0:16:12.890 Super precious story. Girl, you are loved. You are lovable. 0:16:13.570 --> 0:16:15.050 God loves you. 0:16:15.370 --> 0:16:15.890 Yes. 0:16:16.090 --> 0:16:20.970 Amen. Somebody doesn't want their name, social security number. Because 0:16:20.970 --> 0:16:23.410 we're going to get the Maranatha Booty Kickers. 0:16:23.410 --> 0:16:24.490 Wait wait wait. Now. 0:16:26.570 --> 0:16:27.330 Take them down. 0:16:27.890 --> 0:16:28.330 Thank you. 0:16:28.370 --> 0:16:30.630 Take those suckers out. They're going. 0:16:30.630 --> 0:16:31.750 Down. Wow. 0:16:31.870 --> 0:16:33.910 And young Thunder eye. These are. 0:16:33.910 --> 0:16:34.270 Two. 0:16:34.310 --> 0:16:37.830 Huge ones you guys just mentioned. Because young Thunder, I 0:16:37.830 --> 0:16:40.470 got to tell you, man, too many people have looked 0:16:40.470 --> 0:16:45.350 at Romans seven and they've gone. Yeah, boy, sure resonate 0:16:45.350 --> 0:16:46.030 with Paul. 0:16:46.070 --> 0:16:46.510 Yeah. 0:16:46.670 --> 0:16:48.750 Have. Which I want to do. I just don't do it. 0:16:48.750 --> 0:16:50.630 And that which I do, I don't want to do. 0:16:50.670 --> 0:16:52.030 Read on friend. 0:16:52.070 --> 0:16:53.470 Read on, read on. 0:16:53.510 --> 0:16:54.390 Read on, friend. 0:16:54.430 --> 0:16:57.230 And lean into God. Because if you're trying to do 0:16:57.230 --> 0:17:01.150 it by yourself, this will be your experience. But don't 0:17:01.190 --> 0:17:04.869 lean into yourself. Lean into the one who can change everything. Amen. 0:17:04.910 --> 0:17:10.230 Boom and believe it, man, what a powerful truth. Live 0:17:10.230 --> 0:17:10.469 in it. 0:17:10.470 --> 0:17:14.310 Today he was sharing the gospel on the radio and 0:17:14.310 --> 0:17:18.670 then he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's 0:17:18.670 --> 0:17:20.830 Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:17:20.869 --> 0:17:23.149 Well, it's a great, great question for you this morning. 0:17:23.150 --> 0:17:26.590 What is that lie that you believed about yourself, and 0:17:26.590 --> 0:17:29.660 how did the truth set you free? So many ways 0:17:29.660 --> 0:17:31.300 you could go with this. But there are things that 0:17:31.300 --> 0:17:33.580 we believe to be true about ourselves. Maybe because what 0:17:33.580 --> 0:17:36.460 we absorb from culture, maybe what our parents told us, 0:17:36.460 --> 0:17:40.340 maybe what we saw on the internet. Dawn from New Orleans. 0:17:40.340 --> 0:17:43.020 What did you believe about yourself and how did the 0:17:43.020 --> 0:17:44.379 truth set you free? 0:17:45.820 --> 0:17:48.500 I was told by a great uncle that I was ugly, 0:17:48.940 --> 0:17:51.940 and for many years I believed it. And then one 0:17:51.940 --> 0:17:54.820 day I was reading, you know, spending a lot of 0:17:54.820 --> 0:17:57.140 time in the word of God. And he said I 0:17:57.140 --> 0:17:59.660 was beautiful. And I said it out loud, and I said, yes. 0:17:59.660 --> 0:18:01.220 The more time I spend with the Lord, the more 0:18:01.220 --> 0:18:02.060 beautiful I am. 0:18:03.340 --> 0:18:06.100 Don, how did that change things for you? Because that's 0:18:06.660 --> 0:18:10.540 especially as a woman, those that subtle lie of you're 0:18:10.540 --> 0:18:13.420 not attractive, you're ugly, you don't look this way or 0:18:13.420 --> 0:18:15.900 that way. How did that change for you when it 0:18:15.900 --> 0:18:18.460 when when you really felt the word of God and 0:18:18.460 --> 0:18:22.140 took that in like, no, I'm beautiful because he made me. 0:18:23.859 --> 0:18:27.280 It just came on like, all of a sudden. Well, 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:31.480 many years of spending time in the Lord. And what 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.720 I started doing at that point is telling women that 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:38.480 they're beautiful. Anytime somebody walks in. Good morning. Beautiful. Hello, beautiful. 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:43.040 Because I wanted them to feel, you know, the way 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:46.520 I never did. And one asked me, why do you. 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:48.240 Why do you say I'm beautiful? I said, because the 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:52.560 Lord created you. And you are his beauty. And never 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.639 believe anything else. That you are beautiful in Jesus. 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:58.600 Don, thank you so much. Sweet call from New Orleans. 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:02.639 I know that that resonates with a lot of people, 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:05.800 and it's so much more than a little CoverGirl or Maybelline. 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.280 It's the beauty that radiates from the inside because you 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:13.120 are his. Coming up, more of your stories first, Jonathan, 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:13.960 let's check news. 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:17.880 Let's get you updated with a couple of your top 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:21.600 stories today. Russia has dropped dozens of missiles on the 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:25.590 capital of Ukraine. Ukraine's air force says around 70 missiles 0:19:25.590 --> 0:19:28.990 fell on Kyiv earlier today, while over 100 Russian drones 0:19:28.990 --> 0:19:32.109 targeted the city. Ukrainian officials say at least nine people 0:19:32.109 --> 0:19:35.310 were killed in the assault, which hit over a dozen locations, 0:19:35.310 --> 0:19:39.030 including residential buildings. They say more people could be trapped 0:19:39.030 --> 0:19:41.350 under the rubble and that a search and rescue operation 0:19:41.350 --> 0:19:44.550 is underway. This marks the deadliest attack on Kyiv since 0:19:44.550 --> 0:19:47.189 last July, when nearly three dozen people were killed in 0:19:47.190 --> 0:19:51.430 a Russian airstrike that targeted a hospital and a residential neighborhood. 0:19:51.470 --> 0:19:55.550 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he would be cutting a short, 0:19:55.630 --> 0:19:59.590 cutting short a trip to South Africa following today's bloodshed. 0:20:00.790 --> 0:20:04.030 Birth rates in the U.S. are at a near record low. 0:20:04.390 --> 0:20:07.790 New data released by the CDC says about 3.6 million 0:20:07.790 --> 0:20:10.790 babies were born in the U.S. last year. That's a 1% 0:20:10.790 --> 0:20:13.510 increase from 2023, which saw an all time low birth 0:20:13.510 --> 0:20:16.830 rate in the U.S.. The Trump administration has been considering 0:20:16.830 --> 0:20:19.630 new policies to encourage women to have more babies, including 0:20:19.630 --> 0:20:23.540 giving $5,000 in cash to each woman who gives birth. 0:20:23.859 --> 0:20:25.980 I'm Jonathan, and that is your update. 0:20:26.900 --> 0:20:28.980 That's one way to get the birth rate up. Five 0:20:29.020 --> 0:20:30.740 grand bonus for having a kid. 0:20:30.780 --> 0:20:33.140 Yeah. No kidding. Yeah. I'll tell you what, though. I've 0:20:33.140 --> 0:20:36.420 got a kid. $5,000 doesn't cut the whole thing. No. 0:20:36.580 --> 0:20:37.900 Shouldn't be the reason you have a kid. 0:20:37.940 --> 0:20:40.580 Do it. Do a quick calc for me here. What's it? 0:20:40.619 --> 0:20:43.540 What's it cost? Well, I'll tell you what, though, Jonathan, 0:20:43.580 --> 0:20:45.700 in all seriousness, it's not a reason to have a kid. 0:20:45.700 --> 0:20:50.380 But it for some people it. But for some people 0:20:50.380 --> 0:20:53.780 it makes the potentiality of having that baby more and 0:20:53.780 --> 0:20:56.659 maybe even keeping that baby that you're wondering what to 0:20:56.700 --> 0:20:58.300 do a whole lot more plausible. 0:20:58.340 --> 0:21:00.180 I think that's fair. Yeah, I think that's fair. 0:21:00.220 --> 0:21:02.300 It's an amazing thing. What's it cost to raise a 0:21:02.300 --> 0:21:05.660 child from birth to 18 these days? There we go. 0:21:05.700 --> 0:21:07.500 Let me see here. He's working. 0:21:07.500 --> 0:21:08.380 It. Well, he's. 0:21:08.380 --> 0:21:08.860 Working. 0:21:08.859 --> 0:21:09.179 It. 0:21:09.220 --> 0:21:10.300 I'm trying to think. 0:21:11.580 --> 0:21:12.460 It's a big. 0:21:12.500 --> 0:21:17.060 Number one season of travel basketball. And you're almost halfway 0:21:17.060 --> 0:21:17.700 to that. 0:21:19.140 --> 0:21:23.760 So it's. uh, it's 310 to $414,000, with the average 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:26.280 cost a year, around $23,000. 0:21:27.000 --> 0:21:27.400 Yep. 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:29.080 Sounds about right. 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:30.200 That's a chunk of change. 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:31.639 Yeah, a little a little chunk. 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:33.320 I got a buddy with 12 kids. 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:34.919 Wow. 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:36.840 Do the math on that one real quick. 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:39.120 Uh, okay. Hold on. Let me get a calculator. 0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:41.440 I feel like there has to. It probably goes down. 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:42.920 There's got to be some ratio. 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:47.440 I don't know how it decreases. It might be hand-me-downs. Yeah. 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:48.760 Hand-me-downs. 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:49.080 Yeah. 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:49.600 You know. 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:50.760 Something in there is. 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:54.359 Free child care. As kids, older kids get young or 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:56.600 old enough to care for the little ones. I think 0:21:56.600 --> 0:21:58.400 it does get cheaper by the dozen. 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:00.960 If it did at if it doesn't get cheaper, it 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:02.840 would be about $5 million. 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:04.320 Yeah, I think it has to get cheaper. 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:04.640 I think. 0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:05.800 So. A little bit. I agree. 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:06.040 With. 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:06.440 Ellie. 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:09.080 You can have 12 kids for a whopping low, low price, 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:13.960 including depreciation and re-use jeans for $3.8 million. 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:16.080 That's the thing, is the reuse clothes, man, that's a 0:22:16.080 --> 0:22:19.710 big one. Hand-me-downs. I mean, I was the fourth kid 0:22:19.710 --> 0:22:21.710 in my family. I don't know if I got. 0:22:21.750 --> 0:22:22.150 New clothes. 0:22:22.150 --> 0:22:23.950 By the time the jeans made it to. 0:22:23.950 --> 0:22:24.270 You. 0:22:25.710 --> 0:22:27.830 And the chance of them going out to chick fil 0:22:27.830 --> 0:22:30.229 A together is slim to none. I mean, you're at 0:22:30.230 --> 0:22:31.950 home having chick mahem. 0:22:31.990 --> 0:22:32.790 Yeah, exactly. 0:22:32.830 --> 0:22:35.350 We are eating out was a rarity when I was 0:22:35.350 --> 0:22:38.150 a kid. That was not a thing. So it's. It's 0:22:38.150 --> 0:22:40.630 different now, man. Going out to eat, I feel like, 0:22:40.630 --> 0:22:44.229 is like a common thing for everybody now. And it 0:22:44.230 --> 0:22:45.750 was not when I was a kid. 0:22:46.030 --> 0:22:46.470 No, but. 0:22:46.470 --> 0:22:49.270 That's wild that you say that. Because for for me, 0:22:49.310 --> 0:22:53.710 growing up, it was lucky. Wishbone once a. 0:22:53.710 --> 0:22:54.070 Month. 0:22:54.109 --> 0:22:54.669 Yes. 0:22:54.830 --> 0:22:59.550 And lucky wishbone was like, whoa. And then on occasion, 0:22:59.869 --> 0:23:02.590 dad would look at me and go, mom and I 0:23:02.590 --> 0:23:04.750 are popping for cheese on the burgers tonight. 0:23:04.790 --> 0:23:09.590 Whoa! We got cheese on the burgers. You gotta be 0:23:09.590 --> 0:23:12.270 kidding me. Dad is doing well, man. He is. 0:23:12.270 --> 0:23:12.869 Rolling. 0:23:12.869 --> 0:23:13.109 In. 0:23:13.310 --> 0:23:14.070 A good month. 0:23:14.670 --> 0:23:17.090 It's a good month in the closet home. 0:23:17.730 --> 0:23:20.490 Oh, isn't that funny how things change? Yeah, there is 0:23:20.490 --> 0:23:23.689 a lot of presumption. I mean, I'm not trying to 0:23:23.730 --> 0:23:27.090 sound old, but there's a lot of presumption, including first. 0:23:27.130 --> 0:23:32.930 First time home buyer. Man. Whoa, Nelly. I remember our 0:23:32.930 --> 0:23:36.250 first time home. We had radon in the basement in 0:23:36.250 --> 0:23:41.050 our 800 square foot home on New Mexico Avenue in Denver, Colorado. 0:23:41.090 --> 0:23:41.969 What's radon? 0:23:42.010 --> 0:23:44.250 Complete with gases that are not good. 0:23:44.250 --> 0:23:44.649 For you. 0:23:44.850 --> 0:23:47.970 Coming out downstairs. I mean, it was rough. 0:23:48.890 --> 0:23:50.210 Wow. Oh. It's horrible. 0:23:50.250 --> 0:23:53.450 Just a funny thing. Oh, for goodness sakes. 0:23:54.369 --> 0:23:58.889 Oh, for goodness sakes. Life is life funny. Come on, guys. 0:23:58.930 --> 0:24:01.170 Oh, yeah. There's so many different things that we can 0:24:01.170 --> 0:24:03.450 all relate to, no matter the generation or the time 0:24:03.450 --> 0:24:05.850 you grew up. Some fun things to talk back and 0:24:05.850 --> 0:24:06.490 forth about. 0:24:06.730 --> 0:24:07.330 All right. 0:24:08.490 --> 0:24:11.410 What happens when you believe and put shoe leather to it? 0:24:11.410 --> 0:24:14.490 That's what I'm kicking around in my brain. Think about it. 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:19.320 because I think having a doctrinal statement or positions of belief, 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:22.200 or knowing your identity in Christ and knowing that you've 0:24:22.200 --> 0:24:26.080 been called to be his workmanship, being called to be 0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:29.560 his workmanship and knowing God uniquely designed me. He gave 0:24:29.560 --> 0:24:34.200 me special gifts, talents, time, talent, treasure to use for 0:24:34.200 --> 0:24:37.560 his glory. But we never roll up our sleeves. We 0:24:37.600 --> 0:24:41.320 got a problem there. Houston, we got to turn that 0:24:41.320 --> 0:24:43.920 one around. And boy, have we got a vision for 0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:47.200 you coming up of turning it around. This is mercy me. 0:24:47.800 --> 0:24:51.200 Good morning. Boom. Crew helping you take your next step 0:24:51.200 --> 0:24:53.639 with Jesus. Believe it. 0:24:54.160 --> 0:24:58.000 He was running from God, but God's love brought him home. 0:24:58.200 --> 0:25:02.040 Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:03.120 Moody Radio. 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:07.440 If you are a Christ follower, you share with myself. Ali, 0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:12.320 super die young Thunder, this commitment. That man. Every baby 0:25:12.320 --> 0:25:16.180 AB deserves a fair shot at living in this world 0:25:16.180 --> 0:25:20.179 from the womb all the way to the grave. And it's. 0:25:20.180 --> 0:25:22.500 It's one thing to champion that. It's another thing to 0:25:22.540 --> 0:25:24.940 roll up your sleeves, though. And I think that's what 0:25:24.940 --> 0:25:28.540 we're constantly looking for, are what are the bigger yeses 0:25:28.540 --> 0:25:31.260 out there that will help us stand in a way 0:25:31.260 --> 0:25:32.900 that gives us some credibility? 0:25:32.940 --> 0:25:33.220 Ali. 0:25:33.260 --> 0:25:35.219 Absolutely. I think that that's what it's all about. I 0:25:35.220 --> 0:25:38.780 think the those who are critical of the pro-life position 0:25:38.780 --> 0:25:41.300 are looking for. Are you willing to put your money 0:25:41.300 --> 0:25:41.980 where your mouth. 0:25:42.020 --> 0:25:42.580 Is, so. 0:25:42.580 --> 0:25:45.780 To speak? Jenna Cross joining us right now, co executive 0:25:45.780 --> 0:25:49.859 director of Alliance Family Services, a Christian organization serving women 0:25:49.859 --> 0:25:54.180 and families in the communities of Kenosha and Racine and expanding, 0:25:54.380 --> 0:25:56.820 as I'll let her explain, she's also a registered nurse 0:25:56.820 --> 0:25:59.420 and a mom of six. Jenna, give us a little 0:25:59.460 --> 0:26:01.580 bit more about the work that you're doing. 0:26:01.980 --> 0:26:05.900 Yes. At Alliance Family Services, we want to rescue the 0:26:05.900 --> 0:26:08.540 pre-born and care for their mothers. And so what that 0:26:08.540 --> 0:26:13.690 looks like is we are opening pregnancy clinics in various places, 0:26:13.690 --> 0:26:16.889 especially where we can reach those who are considering abortion 0:26:16.890 --> 0:26:19.970 and empower them to choose life. So we currently have 0:26:19.970 --> 0:26:22.770 four clinic locations. We're looking to expand that to having 0:26:22.770 --> 0:26:25.730 30 clinics across the country by 2030. We have a 0:26:25.730 --> 0:26:27.649 mobile clinic that we park right in front of a 0:26:27.650 --> 0:26:31.810 busy Planned Parenthood location, where we're working to reach women 0:26:31.810 --> 0:26:34.130 who are walking in to have abortions and offer them 0:26:34.130 --> 0:26:37.290 an alternative. Share the gospel with them. We also have 0:26:37.290 --> 0:26:40.649 a maternity home, where we're able to care for women 0:26:40.650 --> 0:26:43.010 who may be the reason they're considering abortion is because 0:26:43.010 --> 0:26:46.330 of lack of housing options. We are able to love 0:26:46.330 --> 0:26:48.409 and care for them with the love of Christ. 0:26:48.930 --> 0:26:52.330 These mobile clinics. Jenna. Um, it almost gives me a 0:26:52.330 --> 0:26:54.490 little bit nervous. And I'm bold. How in the world 0:26:54.490 --> 0:26:59.530 does this work? And just practically, you roll these things up. 0:26:59.930 --> 0:27:03.330 I mean, there's federal laws and state laws that prohibit 0:27:03.330 --> 0:27:05.850 certain proximities, aren't there? How in the world do you 0:27:05.850 --> 0:27:09.310 get the attention? And what's the fruit that's coming out 0:27:09.350 --> 0:27:12.070 of this. Once you get the attention of a woman 0:27:12.390 --> 0:27:14.869 and begin to talk with her. Give us some stories. 0:27:15.190 --> 0:27:19.150 Different states have different laws of proximity. Um, where we park, 0:27:19.150 --> 0:27:21.430 which is right now in Milwaukee, we're able to park 0:27:21.430 --> 0:27:23.750 in a public street right in front of the abortion clinic. 0:27:23.750 --> 0:27:26.990 So when women are even coming in, we can offer 0:27:26.990 --> 0:27:29.470 her literature. We can say, hey, we have free services today. 0:27:29.470 --> 0:27:31.750 We'd love to serve you and help you. There was 0:27:31.790 --> 0:27:37.230 a couple who came, who we reached. They had an ultrasound, 0:27:37.230 --> 0:27:39.909 but they were just with all of their different circumstances. 0:27:40.030 --> 0:27:42.310 We're staying yet we're still going to have an abortion. 0:27:42.310 --> 0:27:44.230 We just. This is not our time in our life 0:27:44.230 --> 0:27:46.629 when we can do this. They were quite far along 0:27:46.630 --> 0:27:49.990 in their pregnancy, and so we offered them all kinds 0:27:49.990 --> 0:27:52.190 of help. If you change your mind, if you reconsider, 0:27:52.230 --> 0:27:54.590 please come to us. We want to help you. And 0:27:54.630 --> 0:27:57.590 then a couple of weeks later, the same couple came 0:27:57.590 --> 0:28:00.710 back with their appointment to Planned Parenthood. They went inside 0:28:00.710 --> 0:28:03.229 Planned Parenthood in order to move forward with the abortion. 0:28:03.230 --> 0:28:06.190 But while in there, that woman texted our staff member 0:28:06.230 --> 0:28:08.260 out on the sidewalk and said, can I see my 0:28:08.260 --> 0:28:11.940 baby one last time before we do this? And we said, absolutely. 0:28:12.140 --> 0:28:15.540 They came into the mobile clinic and saw their baby, 0:28:15.859 --> 0:28:19.139 and they said, do you think it's a boy or 0:28:19.140 --> 0:28:22.340 a girl? Um, and when they got the answer, God 0:28:22.340 --> 0:28:24.340 just moved on their hearts. They said, we can't do this. 0:28:24.340 --> 0:28:26.379 We need to have this child. Um, and so we 0:28:26.420 --> 0:28:28.780 were able to give them that day. Tons of things 0:28:28.780 --> 0:28:31.340 that they needed for their little one will continue to 0:28:31.340 --> 0:28:35.140 walk alongside them. But that's just one example of many, many. 0:28:35.180 --> 0:28:37.979 We've deterred nearly 100 women just in the last few 0:28:37.980 --> 0:28:41.140 months that we've been parked outside of parenthood, from going 0:28:41.140 --> 0:28:44.260 into Planned Parenthood, and offered them hope and solutions instead. 0:28:44.460 --> 0:28:47.940 Jenna Cross, our guest right now with Alliance Family Services, 0:28:48.020 --> 0:28:53.380 now 2022, the Dobbs decision ended the constitutional right to abortion. 0:28:53.420 --> 0:28:58.940 It was a decision that pro-life activists, Christ followers cheered. 0:28:59.220 --> 0:29:04.060 What has been the practical implications of what the abortion landscape, 0:29:04.060 --> 0:29:07.250 if I could use that term, has been since then. 0:29:07.290 --> 0:29:10.410 Been very interesting because of course, as we celebrated the 0:29:10.410 --> 0:29:13.490 end of that incredibly unjust decision, we continue to look 0:29:13.490 --> 0:29:18.450 at the facts that abortion is still legal across the country, uh, 0:29:18.450 --> 0:29:22.330 that we actually need to protect that preborn child's constitutional 0:29:22.570 --> 0:29:25.250 right to life. So all of the laws across the 0:29:25.250 --> 0:29:28.850 country are still very unjust. We need to work towards 0:29:28.850 --> 0:29:32.690 legislation that will actually bring equal protection for the Preborn. 0:29:32.690 --> 0:29:35.650 And it's exciting that those works are happening. So yeah, 0:29:35.690 --> 0:29:38.410 that is where we will actually see those numbers start 0:29:38.410 --> 0:29:41.290 to decline across the country as we're able to advance 0:29:41.290 --> 0:29:42.450 those just laws. 0:29:42.570 --> 0:29:46.410 Jenna, I've heard some crazy stats about when a when 0:29:46.410 --> 0:29:50.610 a woman sometimes with her man, but when a woman 0:29:50.650 --> 0:29:53.330 sees the image and what blows my mind with our 0:29:53.330 --> 0:29:56.970 little grandchild, little baby Kate. I'm a grandpa. Um, but 0:29:56.970 --> 0:30:02.970 little baby Kate's pictures are so clear. I mean, the 0:30:03.350 --> 0:30:08.470 every moving little part of this little child is your 0:30:08.510 --> 0:30:11.190 goal to give them a look at this child? Is 0:30:11.190 --> 0:30:15.110 that one of the biggest and most effective strategies in 0:30:15.150 --> 0:30:16.470 saving these lives? 0:30:16.950 --> 0:30:20.070 Absolutely. And you're exactly right. Every child is created in 0:30:20.070 --> 0:30:21.870 the image of God. And we can say when we 0:30:21.870 --> 0:30:26.430 see these children, we can think, how could someone possibly, uh, 0:30:26.470 --> 0:30:29.350 how could someone possibly, you know, end the life of 0:30:29.350 --> 0:30:31.990 their child, especially when they see their child? But the 0:30:31.990 --> 0:30:35.030 reality is, yes, for many people, when they see that 0:30:35.030 --> 0:30:38.230 life on the screen, you know, that is enough. But 0:30:38.230 --> 0:30:41.190 the other reality is that we live in a place 0:30:41.190 --> 0:30:44.150 where the law has informed the conscience. It actually doesn't 0:30:44.150 --> 0:30:48.630 matter if you look at that screen and say, oh yes, 0:30:48.630 --> 0:30:51.070 that is a child. What matters the most? This is 0:30:51.070 --> 0:30:54.550 what our laws have educated people to believe. What matters 0:30:54.550 --> 0:30:59.750 most is my own desires. That matters more than anything else. 0:30:59.750 --> 0:31:02.540 And so it's really the time that we live in, 0:31:02.540 --> 0:31:05.980 and that is where Christians need to come in and say, no, 0:31:06.020 --> 0:31:09.940 that is wrong. We protect children at all costs and 0:31:09.980 --> 0:31:12.100 we will help you with your circumstances. 0:31:12.420 --> 0:31:15.860 Jenna, I'm curious what caused you to become so passionate 0:31:15.860 --> 0:31:19.300 about this beyond your general conviction as a Christ follower, 0:31:19.300 --> 0:31:21.980 that this is just wrong? What is. What has God 0:31:21.980 --> 0:31:24.220 put on your heart that's caused you to devote so 0:31:24.220 --> 0:31:25.820 much of your life's work to this? 0:31:26.060 --> 0:31:29.500 My parents really instilled in me the value of human life, 0:31:29.500 --> 0:31:32.979 but it was around 2016 during the election when it 0:31:32.980 --> 0:31:35.620 was talk about the Supreme Court, what that would mean, 0:31:35.660 --> 0:31:39.460 really understanding the Holocaust has happened in our nation and 0:31:39.460 --> 0:31:43.220 recognizing this is an issue that every Christian needs to 0:31:43.220 --> 0:31:45.980 be involved in. And the Lord really broke the hearts 0:31:45.980 --> 0:31:48.300 of my husband and I during that time and just thought, 0:31:48.300 --> 0:31:50.580 we need to start getting involved. So we just started 0:31:50.580 --> 0:31:53.620 meeting with other other Christians and praying, and the Lord 0:31:53.620 --> 0:31:55.700 began to open up doors for us to be able 0:31:55.700 --> 0:31:58.980 to do more, until in 2021, we stepped fully into 0:31:59.020 --> 0:32:01.640 doing this work and at the rates that we are 0:32:01.680 --> 0:32:06.800 3500 innocent lives today. This is the key issue. You know, 0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:09.960 there are many issues in our country, but it comes 0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:12.560 down to we are under judgment when we are a 0:32:12.560 --> 0:32:16.000 nation that performs child sacrifice. And so this is something 0:32:16.000 --> 0:32:18.680 I believe every Christian needs to care about. There are 0:32:18.680 --> 0:32:22.240 ways that you can be a part of fighting this atrocity. 0:32:22.280 --> 0:32:24.960 We can't become weary of it. We can't see it 0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:27.960 as just another political issue. It is not. It is 0:32:27.960 --> 0:32:31.560 a key, core issue that we all need to engage in. 0:32:31.960 --> 0:32:35.360 Yeah. This leads to a lot of discussion, Jenna, because 0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:37.800 the question is, what do you do in a culture 0:32:38.200 --> 0:32:41.200 much like in the days when King Josiah came to 0:32:41.240 --> 0:32:45.440 power in Judah and he saw baby sacrifice happening with 0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:48.600 Manasseh and Amon, his dad and granddad? I mean, it 0:32:48.600 --> 0:32:52.160 was going on then. And the question is, how do 0:32:52.160 --> 0:32:55.480 you get at these folks and reach them with this 0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:59.430 hope and this greater vision for their life. We can't 0:32:59.430 --> 0:33:02.830 not hear a story. You must have a victory story. 0:33:02.830 --> 0:33:06.030 That's like. Oh, Carl and Ali and boom crew. This 0:33:06.030 --> 0:33:07.910 is it right here. What's on your heart? 0:33:08.350 --> 0:33:11.390 Yeah. So many stories. I mean, we have a woman 0:33:11.390 --> 0:33:14.750 who recently shared her story with us who? She had 0:33:14.750 --> 0:33:17.790 actually taken abortion pills. Um, she took those pills, and 0:33:17.790 --> 0:33:21.550 she immediately regretted it, so she called. Um. She searched. 0:33:21.590 --> 0:33:23.990 Is there anything I can do? And she got connected 0:33:23.990 --> 0:33:26.150 to our clinic. She came in, and we were able 0:33:26.150 --> 0:33:29.550 to give her abortion pill reversal. She has twins today 0:33:29.550 --> 0:33:34.390 because of this change of heart. So, yes, there is 0:33:34.390 --> 0:33:37.550 so much hope. You know, in Ecclesiastes 811 it says, 0:33:37.590 --> 0:33:40.870 because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, 0:33:40.870 --> 0:33:42.790 the heart of the children of man is fully set 0:33:42.790 --> 0:33:46.110 to do evil. As you referenced, this has been happening 0:33:46.110 --> 0:33:49.630 all through history where child sacrifice was prominent. And so 0:33:49.630 --> 0:33:53.710 we know if we can actually move towards Christians being 0:33:53.710 --> 0:33:58.610 engaged in getting godly, just laws set into place we 0:33:58.610 --> 0:34:02.050 can actually protect. That's the compassionate thing to do. But 0:34:02.050 --> 0:34:04.489 this is on us as Christians to say we are 0:34:04.490 --> 0:34:07.209 the ones that actually know what godly laws are, and 0:34:07.210 --> 0:34:09.770 we are the ones that need to be advocating for them. 0:34:10.290 --> 0:34:13.770 Jenna, I love your passion. I mean, it is on fire. 0:34:13.810 --> 0:34:17.770 You're using no nonsense words. It's accurate. I mean, some 0:34:17.770 --> 0:34:19.850 might be inclined to try to soft sell it a 0:34:19.850 --> 0:34:22.569 little bit. I happen to really appreciate it. On the 0:34:22.570 --> 0:34:27.209 flip side of this, you're talking to thousands of women 0:34:27.410 --> 0:34:30.090 and some men that have been a part of this 0:34:30.090 --> 0:34:33.250 kind of sacrifice in the past. And I know that 0:34:33.250 --> 0:34:37.130 you've experienced God's grace. What's your message to those listening 0:34:37.130 --> 0:34:41.210 right now that, frankly, have been taken back in time, 0:34:41.250 --> 0:34:45.410 a week, a month, a year, three decades? What do 0:34:45.410 --> 0:34:46.570 you say to them, Jenna? 0:34:47.170 --> 0:34:49.529 Yeah, well, my message to you is that I've been 0:34:49.530 --> 0:34:52.570 forgiven of so much. And that's why Jesus Christ came. 0:34:52.570 --> 0:34:56.360 That's why he died. And you can, just like me, 0:34:56.400 --> 0:35:01.399 receive the forgiveness of Christ. When you repent, you put 0:35:01.400 --> 0:35:04.200 your faith in Christ and you turn to him. His 0:35:04.200 --> 0:35:07.960 forgiveness covers all sin. That includes the sin of abortion, 0:35:07.960 --> 0:35:11.400 the sin of murder. This is something that Christ came 0:35:11.400 --> 0:35:13.120 for and he wants to set you free. So if 0:35:13.120 --> 0:35:15.880 you're living in bondage in in just shame and regret, 0:35:15.880 --> 0:35:17.760 Christ actually wants to set you free. 0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:23.040 Jenna Cross, your message is compelling. It kind of stops 0:35:23.040 --> 0:35:27.000 people in their tracks, and it's courageous and hopeful all 0:35:27.000 --> 0:35:30.439 at the same time. How do Christians handle this? Are 0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:33.960 you finding most people want to partner with you, or 0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:35.640 do you find some resistance? 0:35:36.200 --> 0:35:39.960 There are times when there's some resistance. I think as 0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:42.840 a church and in the within the pro-life movement, we've 0:35:42.880 --> 0:35:46.440 often just watered down and softened things to try to 0:35:46.480 --> 0:35:49.160 make them more palatable. But then what can happen is 0:35:49.200 --> 0:35:52.540 actually we're getting away from the truth and we're not 0:35:52.540 --> 0:35:56.060 bringing in biblical truth to situations, and then we're not 0:35:56.060 --> 0:35:58.779 going to have impact. The salt has lost its saltiness. 0:35:58.780 --> 0:36:01.500 So what we're finding is people are hearing our message 0:36:01.500 --> 0:36:04.299 and our are excited that there are people that are 0:36:04.300 --> 0:36:07.140 just willing to say things straight and people that are 0:36:07.180 --> 0:36:11.620 willing to really go at this issue aggressively and not 0:36:11.620 --> 0:36:13.300 try to soften it. 0:36:13.340 --> 0:36:17.140 Boom, crew. This is a ministry, Alliance, Family Services, that 0:36:17.140 --> 0:36:21.140 is not only really catching fire here in the Chicagoland area. 0:36:21.140 --> 0:36:23.060 And I mean, God is on the move through it. 0:36:23.060 --> 0:36:25.700 Their hope is to go much more broadly. Some of 0:36:25.700 --> 0:36:27.980 you might benefit from just taking a look at what 0:36:27.980 --> 0:36:31.259 they're doing, spurred something on in you to even work 0:36:31.260 --> 0:36:33.460 locally where you are. But we'd love to give you 0:36:33.460 --> 0:36:35.580 a link so that you can see what God is 0:36:35.580 --> 0:36:40.500 doing in Kenosha and Racine and beyond. And this is courage. 0:36:40.820 --> 0:36:43.700 This is compelling, and it's offering hope and healing. So 0:36:43.700 --> 0:36:44.780 let's give away that link. 0:36:45.180 --> 0:36:51.410 Just text Alliance to 800 555 7898 98. Text align 0:36:51.969 --> 0:36:55.049 to 800 555. 78. 98. 0:36:55.770 --> 0:36:58.730 This is curling crew on Moody Radio. 0:37:00.210 --> 0:37:04.770 Belief is a powerful thing. And belief is, um. Um. 0:37:05.810 --> 0:37:11.130 It's more than just knowledge and assent. It's. It's putting 0:37:11.130 --> 0:37:13.210 a stake in the ground going, I believe, and it 0:37:13.210 --> 0:37:18.890 causes our feet to move across. What an amazing woman 0:37:18.930 --> 0:37:22.610 of God and her husband, co-directors of Alliance. And wow, 0:37:23.690 --> 0:37:26.650 it's a beautiful thing. Sometimes you look at the courage 0:37:26.650 --> 0:37:28.930 of people and you think, oh boy, that's a certain 0:37:28.930 --> 0:37:30.609 set of people over there. They must have a lot 0:37:30.650 --> 0:37:33.370 of theological training. A lot of they must have been 0:37:33.370 --> 0:37:38.730 born with a passion for no God bursts that in us, right, Ali? 0:37:38.770 --> 0:37:43.650 Absolutely. I mean, because it's that's not a popular position 0:37:43.650 --> 0:37:45.130 to have right now. 0:37:45.170 --> 0:37:45.650 No. 0:37:45.850 --> 0:37:48.270 And she's unafraid. Raid. 0:37:50.350 --> 0:37:53.670 Yeah. And here's the here's the beautiful thing. I think 0:37:53.670 --> 0:37:55.870 it's taste and see that the Lord is good. I 0:37:55.870 --> 0:37:59.350 don't know what God has placed in your heart, that 0:37:59.350 --> 0:38:02.189 it's like a stake in the ground, I believe. Fill 0:38:02.190 --> 0:38:04.950 in the blank. I believe that lost people matter to God. 0:38:04.950 --> 0:38:08.030 Let's go. Let's put shoe leather to it. I believe 0:38:08.030 --> 0:38:11.150 that the body of Christ needs to be encouraged because 0:38:11.150 --> 0:38:13.710 I benefit from it. Let's go put shoe leather to it. 0:38:14.150 --> 0:38:20.470 I believe that children need to have words of affirmation 0:38:20.469 --> 0:38:24.950 spoken over them. Speak it. I mean, fill in the blank. 0:38:24.950 --> 0:38:30.310 Here's the beautiful thing when we believe the truth about 0:38:30.310 --> 0:38:33.070 who God is, how he operates, and how he wants 0:38:33.070 --> 0:38:37.230 to use us, the next step is ours. So then. 0:38:38.070 --> 0:38:41.069 So then that's what. That's what we find over and 0:38:41.070 --> 0:38:43.230 over in the book of Romans. If this is true, 0:38:43.390 --> 0:38:47.750 then this can happen. What a blessing.