1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,200 S1: I want to know what you think of what the 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,520 S1: coach said. Last week, Coach Drew went to the mound. 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,720 S1: His pitcher was in a pickle. Their hopes of advancing 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,040 S1: from the regionals to the Little League World Series was 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,880 S1: in jeopardy. They were playing a team from Hawaii. So 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,920 S1: Coach Drew goes to the mound and says something that 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,120 S1: has reverberated around the internet. And I want you to 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,440 S1: hear it today. If you haven't heard it yet. We 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,040 S1: got to hear it because it was a hot mic situation. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,199 S1: So you're going to hear Coach Drew, and then I 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,320 S1: want you to hear the ESPN announcers reaction to what 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,639 S1: he said. And then I want to hear why. I 13 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,680 S1: want to hear your thoughts about it. But I want 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,479 S1: you to hear why there were reports that said this 15 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,960 S1: divided the internet. It all happens right now on the program. 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,720 S1: From the heart to the heart for the heart online. kris.org. 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,240 S1: Let me thank our team pitching and doing all things technical. 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,750 S1: Ryan McConaughey, our manager and third base coach is Tricia. 19 00:01:02,030 --> 00:01:04,750 S1: Lisa is batting cleanup and Josh is in the bullpen 20 00:01:04,750 --> 00:01:07,709 S1: in case I can't control my slider. And since it's Friday. 21 00:01:07,709 --> 00:01:10,630 S1: That's right, it's time for the fabulous baby Friday. Sigh 22 00:01:10,830 --> 00:01:12,510 S1: what does it do? Chris let me tell you. One 23 00:01:12,510 --> 00:01:15,950 S1: we oxygenate your blood. Two we get your endorphins going. 24 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:19,950 S1: Three we raise your serotonin. Level four we promote lymphatic 25 00:01:19,950 --> 00:01:23,430 S1: drainage and. Five we stimulate your parasympathetic system. That's all 26 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:26,790 S1: we call it the five lung languages. We also stimulate 27 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:30,229 S1: your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. And don't 28 00:01:30,230 --> 00:01:33,550 S1: you dare forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. Taking 29 00:01:33,550 --> 00:01:36,429 S1: four seconds of air through your nose right now. Hold 30 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:39,590 S1: it for four seconds. And then as you release that 31 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:41,710 S1: air through your mouth, push on the left side of 32 00:01:41,709 --> 00:01:43,709 S1: your rib cage to get rid of all that bad 33 00:01:43,709 --> 00:01:47,110 S1: carbon dioxide. Give a sigh today for all the lessons 34 00:01:47,110 --> 00:01:50,110 S1: learned from baseball, from Little league to college to minors 35 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:53,590 S1: to majors, we learn things from our mistakes. We learned 36 00:01:53,590 --> 00:01:56,710 S1: that baseball is not just about homeruns. It's about strikeouts 37 00:01:56,710 --> 00:01:59,500 S1: and errors and having a bad inning, but coming back 38 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:01,780 S1: in the next one. Give a Cy today for all 39 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:04,060 S1: the mound visits you've seen, where you wonder, what in 40 00:02:04,060 --> 00:02:06,300 S1: the world are they talking about out there? Give a 41 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:08,500 S1: sigh for the parents who get too into the games 42 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:10,380 S1: and yell at the umpires. Give a cy for the 43 00:02:10,380 --> 00:02:13,060 S1: umpires who just tried to do a good job and 44 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:15,580 S1: call them as they see them, and give a theological 45 00:02:15,580 --> 00:02:18,900 S1: sigh for what Coach Drew said to encourage his pitcher. 46 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:23,380 S1: Today's Fabulous Friday site, brought to you by all those 47 00:02:23,380 --> 00:02:26,460 S1: who know the meaning of a sacrifice bunt and are 48 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:30,020 S1: not afraid to lay it down for the team. This 49 00:02:30,020 --> 00:02:32,580 S1: is the kind of program a stunned Tricia before we started. 50 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:35,419 S1: This is the kind of program that we did back 51 00:02:35,419 --> 00:02:40,340 S1: in when we started in 2008, and then in subsequent days. 52 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:42,180 S1: There's the ones that I really love, and it's a 53 00:02:42,180 --> 00:02:45,340 S1: great Friday program. I would play a clip of someone 54 00:02:45,340 --> 00:02:50,100 S1: saying something, some famous person or political figure, and I'd 55 00:02:50,139 --> 00:02:53,180 S1: ask you to respond. And you always did. Let's see 56 00:02:53,180 --> 00:02:56,740 S1: what happens today. I saw this the other day posted 57 00:02:56,740 --> 00:02:58,570 S1: by a friend of mine, and this is the other 58 00:02:58,570 --> 00:03:02,050 S1: reason why I wanted to do it today. Because many 59 00:03:02,050 --> 00:03:04,010 S1: of you have seen this. Many of you have heard this. 60 00:03:04,010 --> 00:03:06,929 S1: It's not new to you, but a friend of mine 61 00:03:06,930 --> 00:03:09,570 S1: who's not a Christian, I don't think he is. I 62 00:03:09,570 --> 00:03:13,490 S1: don't believe he is. And when he posted it, it 63 00:03:13,490 --> 00:03:17,049 S1: made me wonder what you would say. So I'm going 64 00:03:17,090 --> 00:03:19,810 S1: to play the audio if you have not heard it. 65 00:03:20,290 --> 00:03:22,210 S1: And then I'm going to open the lines to get 66 00:03:22,210 --> 00:03:26,010 S1: your response. That's the plan for this Friday, the next 67 00:03:26,010 --> 00:03:28,930 S1: to last Friday in August. Can you believe it? I'm 68 00:03:28,930 --> 00:03:31,650 S1: going to pause here or stop the pitch clock right 69 00:03:31,650 --> 00:03:34,209 S1: here and let you know. All this month, we've been 70 00:03:34,210 --> 00:03:37,090 S1: giving away a really helpful book by Doctor Kathy Cook. 71 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:39,890 S1: Have you heard about that? Maybe you should listen today. 72 00:03:39,890 --> 00:03:42,530 S1: You remember when your kids were in Little League or 73 00:03:42,650 --> 00:03:45,050 S1: playing some other sport as a child? And it brings 74 00:03:45,050 --> 00:03:49,330 S1: back these rich, warm memories of the green grass, but 75 00:03:49,330 --> 00:03:52,410 S1: also some pain because now there's distance between you and 76 00:03:52,410 --> 00:03:55,530 S1: your grown child, some fracture in the relationship, and you 77 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,800 S1: want to reconcile. You want to resolve that. And you 78 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,400 S1: don't know how. You want to be able to just 79 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,760 S1: talk with them, have a conversation. The book is resolve 80 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,720 S1: conflict and find peace and hope with adult children. I 81 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,000 S1: would love to send you a copy, and you may 82 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,000 S1: want to pass it along to a friend, maybe a 83 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,320 S1: family member who is in this situation that you're not in. 84 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,040 S1: The easiest way to receive it. 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So 94 00:04:57,710 --> 00:05:01,310 S1: my non-Christian friend posted on social media, curious what people 95 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:06,229 S1: think about this, and he linked a rather negative response 96 00:05:06,390 --> 00:05:08,430 S1: to what you're about to hear. But I don't want 97 00:05:08,470 --> 00:05:13,270 S1: to influence your response. So here's the setup. Arizona is 98 00:05:13,270 --> 00:05:17,990 S1: playing Hawaii in the Little League World Series regionals. West regional. 99 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:22,310 S1: Whoever wins this game goes to South Williamsport for the 100 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:26,270 S1: Little League World Series. It's the fourth inning. The Arizona 101 00:05:26,270 --> 00:05:30,950 S1: team from Chandler leads 2 to 1 at this point, 102 00:05:31,110 --> 00:05:34,510 S1: but there are two runners on. And 12 year old 103 00:05:34,510 --> 00:05:41,110 S1: Camden is. Pitching coach Drew Breivogel calls time and walks 104 00:05:41,110 --> 00:05:46,150 S1: to the mound. The other infielders gather around and this 105 00:05:46,150 --> 00:05:47,710 S1: is what the coach says. 106 00:05:49,029 --> 00:05:53,180 S2: I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you. 107 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:54,740 S2: I've known you since you were eight. Not a lot 108 00:05:54,779 --> 00:05:56,419 S2: of people get to see the fruit of the labor 109 00:05:56,420 --> 00:06:00,380 S2: that you've put in. Right. Remember Zacchaeus in the Bible? 110 00:06:01,020 --> 00:06:03,980 S2: Someone planted that tree 30, 40 years prior so he 111 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:07,140 S2: could climb up into it. Salvation. We're talking. Salvation is 112 00:06:07,140 --> 00:06:11,219 S2: a baseball game, right? Yeah. If you walk the next 113 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:13,940 S2: five guys, Jesus is still Lord. If you strike out 114 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:17,860 S2: the next five guys, guess what? Jesus is still Lord. Okay. 115 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:20,219 S2: I love you. Have some fun, okay. 116 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:24,900 S1: I love you. Have some fun. All right. We'll talk 117 00:06:24,940 --> 00:06:28,020 S1: about what happened after the visit in the game. But first, 118 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,260 S1: here's my question to you. Very simple. What do you 119 00:06:31,260 --> 00:06:34,700 S1: think of what the coach said? Several articles said his 120 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:38,099 S1: words divided the internet, meaning some people loved what he said. 121 00:06:38,100 --> 00:06:40,940 S1: Some people hated what he said. What do you think 122 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:50,140 S1: right now? Do not delay. Call us today. 1-877-548-3675. That's 123 00:06:50,140 --> 00:06:53,090 S1: our live call in line not to be confused with 124 00:06:53,089 --> 00:06:55,089 S1: our listener line that you can call and leave a 125 00:06:55,089 --> 00:06:57,529 S1: message or give a gift. So if you want to 126 00:06:57,570 --> 00:07:00,250 S1: answer that question to get on the air and call 127 00:07:00,290 --> 00:07:09,650 S1: me now at 1-877-548-3675. It's just you and me and 128 00:07:09,650 --> 00:07:13,370 S1: a coach named drew today. So don't be timid. Run 129 00:07:13,370 --> 00:07:16,130 S1: to your phone. Run to the middle of the mound 130 00:07:16,130 --> 00:07:22,250 S1: and tell me what you think of what the coach said. 877548. 131 00:07:22,450 --> 00:07:26,450 S1: Three six. Seven five. I want to play this again. 132 00:07:26,450 --> 00:07:28,970 S1: And this time you're going to hear the reaction of 133 00:07:28,970 --> 00:07:33,050 S1: the announcers who were according to our own Ryan McConaughey, 134 00:07:33,090 --> 00:07:38,130 S1: Victor Rojas and Devon Travis on ESPN. We returned to 135 00:07:38,170 --> 00:07:40,290 S1: the mound once more and listen to the voice of 136 00:07:40,330 --> 00:07:42,050 S1: coach Drew Breivogel. 137 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:47,370 S2: I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you. 138 00:07:47,410 --> 00:07:48,930 S2: I've known you since you were eight. Not a lot 139 00:07:48,930 --> 00:07:50,640 S2: of people get to see the fruit of the labor 140 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,600 S2: that you've put in. Right? Remember Zacchaeus in the Bible? 141 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,240 S2: Someone planted that tree 30, 40 years prior so he 142 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,360 S2: could climb up into it. Salvation. We're talking. Salvation is 143 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,440 S2: a baseball game, right? Yeah. If you walk the next 144 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,200 S2: five guys, Jesus is still Lord. If you strike out 145 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,080 S2: the next five guys, guess what? Jesus is still Lord. Okay. 146 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,440 S2: I love you. Have some fun. Okay. 147 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,400 S3: Boy, you ever want to talk about servant leadership? Clip 148 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:28,120 S3: that off and just put it on replay. It's hard. 149 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,840 S3: You know, when you think about this game and all 150 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,400 S3: the things that it can do for you, both on 151 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,040 S3: and off the field. And likely when you talk about perspective, 152 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,600 S3: that might be the best mound visit I've ever heard. 153 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,719 S3: And I've been in this game my entire life. That 154 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,560 S3: was awesome. I think that says enough and I could 155 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,420 S3: not agree with you more. Okay, so those. 156 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:54,100 S1: Were the announcers on ESPN. So they weren't divided over this. 157 00:08:54,220 --> 00:08:57,179 S1: They were like, that's, that's that's the best thing I've 158 00:08:57,179 --> 00:09:01,540 S1: ever heard. But not everybody felt that way. So my 159 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:08,500 S1: first question is what do you think. (877) 548-3675. Darren is 160 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,459 S1: in Tampa Florida. Darren what do you say. 161 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:15,380 S4: Yeah. I think it's a great, uh, it's it's a 162 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:17,780 S4: great thing to tell a child. It's a great thing 163 00:09:17,780 --> 00:09:22,900 S4: to tell anybody, but I think it's so powerful and 164 00:09:22,940 --> 00:09:26,700 S4: it's so awesome to have that, uh, that outlook. 165 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:31,900 S1: I needed to hear that, you know, no matter what 166 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:35,860 S1: you do today, Jesus is Lord, no matter, no matter 167 00:09:35,860 --> 00:09:39,460 S1: how you perform, you know what you do on the radio. 168 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:42,900 S1: If you ask, you know, whatever your job is, Jesus 169 00:09:42,940 --> 00:09:46,179 S1: is Lord. And there's something about that that is it 170 00:09:46,220 --> 00:09:48,250 S1: kind of calms you down, doesn't it? 171 00:09:48,730 --> 00:09:51,210 S4: It really does. It really does. I actually needed to 172 00:09:51,210 --> 00:09:55,250 S4: hear that, too. Uh, I never I yes, Amen. I, 173 00:09:55,290 --> 00:09:57,610 S4: I don't doubt it. I never second guess it, but 174 00:09:57,610 --> 00:10:00,530 S4: just to hear it, it you put so much confirmation. 175 00:10:01,210 --> 00:10:05,410 S1: Okay, so we go from Tampa. Thanks, Darren. To South Florida. 176 00:10:05,410 --> 00:10:08,250 S1: Pedro is on the line. What do you say, Pedro? 177 00:10:10,050 --> 00:10:14,090 S5: Uh, yeah, I say it's great. Uh, I think it 178 00:10:14,090 --> 00:10:15,410 S5: ought to be done more often. 179 00:10:18,010 --> 00:10:21,650 S1: By everybody, especially in the major leagues, because you don't 180 00:10:21,650 --> 00:10:23,770 S1: hear that. Well, a lot of times they're not mic'd 181 00:10:23,770 --> 00:10:27,010 S1: up like that. Uh, and so you, you have nothing 182 00:10:27,010 --> 00:10:29,809 S1: but positive things. If you were the pitcher and your 183 00:10:29,809 --> 00:10:32,250 S1: coach said that to you when you were 12 years old, 184 00:10:32,610 --> 00:10:33,930 S1: how would you have responded? 185 00:10:35,290 --> 00:10:37,650 S5: I try to get really excited, and I would pitch 186 00:10:37,650 --> 00:10:42,210 S5: a lot better because. Because I have the backing of 187 00:10:42,250 --> 00:10:44,170 S5: the King of the universe, you know? 188 00:10:44,890 --> 00:10:48,440 S1: Bingo. Yeah. No matter what you do. And it reminds 189 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,160 S1: me of that Bob Bennett song. No matter how I played, 190 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,920 S1: my dad loved me. You know, no matter how I played, 191 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,160 S1: we always got ice cream afterwards or whatever it was. Pedro. 192 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,480 S1: Thank you. Let me take a break. We'll come back. Uh, 193 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,760 S1: fill up the lines here. We got one line open 194 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,679 S1: right now. Eight. Seven. Seven. Five. Four. Eight. Three. Six. Seven. Five. 195 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,720 S1: What did you think of what the coach said? And 196 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,520 S1: why do you think there were some people who said, 197 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,559 S1: wait a minute. That's way out of bounds. We shouldn't 198 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,559 S1: have this in a Little league game on the mound. 199 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:32,240 S1: No sermons on the mound. More straight ahead. Drew Breivogel 200 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,600 S1: said something on the mound in this game between Arizona 201 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,360 S1: and Hawaii, trying to get to the Little League World Series, 202 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,670 S1: and it almost became bigger than anything else with From 203 00:11:44,790 --> 00:11:48,950 S1: Little League World Series because of the response. So I thought, okay, 204 00:11:48,990 --> 00:11:51,750 S1: let's let's have a conversation, especially here in the in 205 00:11:51,790 --> 00:11:53,750 S1: the first half of the program. I just want to 206 00:11:53,750 --> 00:11:56,470 S1: hear what you have to say. Velma is on the 207 00:11:56,470 --> 00:11:58,990 S1: line from Cleveland, Ohio. Velma, what do you say? 208 00:12:00,390 --> 00:12:05,710 S6: You know what? I thought that was absolutely beautiful. It 209 00:12:05,750 --> 00:12:09,590 S6: actually brought tears to my eyes. It just showed how 210 00:12:09,630 --> 00:12:14,670 S6: much love he had to share. And just to speak 211 00:12:14,670 --> 00:12:18,230 S6: about Jesus. I just love that. 212 00:12:19,510 --> 00:12:23,750 S1: And don't you think he he knew because he says, 213 00:12:23,790 --> 00:12:26,630 S1: you know, I've known you since you were eight. So 214 00:12:26,670 --> 00:12:31,070 S1: for four years he's known this young pitcher. He's seen 215 00:12:31,070 --> 00:12:33,790 S1: him grow. You know, it's like he's got a relationship 216 00:12:33,790 --> 00:12:37,309 S1: with him. So he probably knows the family. He probably knows, 217 00:12:37,350 --> 00:12:39,750 S1: you know, where he where he is spiritually and that 218 00:12:39,750 --> 00:12:42,189 S1: kind of thing. And, and could say this type of 219 00:12:42,230 --> 00:12:47,420 S1: thing to him so that the the pitcher could hear it, right? 220 00:12:47,940 --> 00:12:50,420 S6: Yes. Yes. Yes. 221 00:12:51,020 --> 00:12:52,619 S7: Why? Why do you think anybody. 222 00:12:52,660 --> 00:12:58,260 S1: Velma? Why would anybody be upset at Coach Drew for 223 00:12:58,260 --> 00:13:00,580 S1: what he said? Anything come to mind? 224 00:13:01,540 --> 00:13:03,700 S6: You know, the only thing I could think of was 225 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,900 S6: maybe either. I don't know, maybe they're not believers, or 226 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:12,340 S6: maybe they felt like if, um, one of the players 227 00:13:12,340 --> 00:13:16,620 S6: was not, you know, again, a believer in Jesus, but 228 00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:21,460 S6: it just showed a display of love. I just, I 229 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:22,220 S6: loved it. 230 00:13:23,140 --> 00:13:26,540 S1: I'm glad you called Velma. God bless you, friend. Here's 231 00:13:26,540 --> 00:13:30,339 S1: Kristy in Lakeland, Florida. Kristy, respond to Coach Drew. 232 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:35,060 S8: Yes. I thought that I agree with Belmont. I thought 233 00:13:35,059 --> 00:13:39,260 S8: that was so beautiful. I would love to hear someone 234 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:42,770 S8: speak to my children in that way. What I heard 235 00:13:42,770 --> 00:13:47,250 S8: him say was, uh, Jesus is Lord. This is a game. 236 00:13:47,250 --> 00:13:49,090 S8: And I want you to have fun and. And no 237 00:13:49,090 --> 00:13:52,329 S8: matter what the outcome is, it's still okay. 238 00:13:52,850 --> 00:13:54,610 S7: Yes. Yeah, but. 239 00:13:54,610 --> 00:13:58,410 S1: But they're one game away from getting to the top. 240 00:13:58,450 --> 00:14:00,930 S1: You know, they're one game away. This is not just 241 00:14:00,929 --> 00:14:03,610 S1: a regular season game. You know this is this is 242 00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:06,050 S1: on national TV. And you got a mic on your 243 00:14:06,210 --> 00:14:09,170 S1: lapel for them to pick up what you're having to say. 244 00:14:09,170 --> 00:14:11,850 S1: So there's a lot of pressure here. And that's one 245 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:14,290 S1: of the things we could talk about, about sports and 246 00:14:14,290 --> 00:14:17,250 S1: how much pressure there is even on kids these days. 247 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:22,050 S1: But for what you are saying is, I love what 248 00:14:22,050 --> 00:14:24,610 S1: you said at the beginning. I wish somebody would talk 249 00:14:24,610 --> 00:14:27,250 S1: to my kids that way, right? 250 00:14:27,290 --> 00:14:31,610 S8: Yes. Yeah. Just like you said, there was so much pressure. Um, 251 00:14:31,650 --> 00:14:34,210 S8: I'm sure that young man understood the pressure and the 252 00:14:34,210 --> 00:14:36,610 S8: coach just kind of took it away from him, let 253 00:14:36,610 --> 00:14:39,330 S8: him know it's okay. Yeah. Go have fun. That's what 254 00:14:39,330 --> 00:14:40,050 S8: we're here for. 255 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:41,400 S7: Well. 256 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,600 S1: And I asked that question to any parent who said, 257 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,080 S1: I wish I had a coach in my life. I 258 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,640 S1: wish I had somebody saying that to my kids. Let 259 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,600 S1: me ask you, let me ask you the pointed question. 260 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,800 S1: Have you said that to your kids? Do they know? 261 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,760 S1: Do they feel the acceptance that you have of them? 262 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:03,040 S1: No matter their performance, no matter how what they do? Do. 263 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,640 S1: Do you feel that that. Did they feel that from you? 264 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:13,440 S1: That's a good question, Christy. Thank you. Douglas is in Selma, Alabama. Hi, Douglas. 265 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:14,160 S1: Go right ahead. 266 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,680 S4: Thank you. Yes. 267 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:21,239 S9: I loved what was said. What I was impressed with 268 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,080 S9: was that that coach knew his team. He knew his players. 269 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,280 S9: He cared for them. And when he spoke to them, 270 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,480 S9: he knew that they knew the Lord and they would 271 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,440 S9: understand what he was saying. It's not about the game. 272 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,800 S9: Games come and go, but eternity lasts forever. And to 273 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:43,310 S9: relax that kid. That's a very nervous time for anyone 274 00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:45,910 S9: to be in. I've played sports, and I know. And 275 00:15:45,910 --> 00:15:49,510 S9: that that relaxed him. Put it in perspective and to 276 00:15:49,550 --> 00:15:52,750 S9: know those children that age so encourages me that in 277 00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:55,550 S9: the long run, uh, we have kids like that that's 278 00:15:55,550 --> 00:15:57,830 S9: going to grow up in this country, I loved it. 279 00:15:58,510 --> 00:16:02,230 S1: I saw an interview with Coach Drew where he made 280 00:16:02,230 --> 00:16:04,510 S1: the very point that you just made. He said, when 281 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:07,350 S1: I got up there to the mound, he said, I 282 00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:10,750 S1: saw the look on his face. And he was just, 283 00:16:10,990 --> 00:16:12,910 S1: you know, the pitcher is like, what are we going 284 00:16:12,910 --> 00:16:14,950 S1: to do? We got two on and we're only up 285 00:16:14,950 --> 00:16:18,070 S1: by one. You know, he's just he's just nervous there. 286 00:16:18,470 --> 00:16:20,670 S1: And you could even hear it in his voice, in 287 00:16:20,670 --> 00:16:24,910 S1: the pitcher's voice when he responds to this and says, yeah, yeah. 288 00:16:24,950 --> 00:16:28,150 S1: You know, it's like trying to calm down, but I can't. 289 00:16:28,150 --> 00:16:31,510 S1: But that's the very thing. It's the coach knew what 290 00:16:31,510 --> 00:16:34,830 S1: was going on inside. It's almost like Psalm 23. The 291 00:16:34,830 --> 00:16:40,020 S1: shepherd knows what's going on in the sheeps situation, right? 292 00:16:40,580 --> 00:16:44,460 S9: Yes, I played and coached baseball and played other sports. 293 00:16:44,660 --> 00:16:48,420 S9: And I've been in some situations that are pressure packed 294 00:16:48,660 --> 00:16:52,020 S9: and play golf and tournament big with a good player 295 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:55,900 S9: that that when I was the worst player on the team, 296 00:16:55,940 --> 00:16:58,500 S9: it was a charity golf tournament. And that player, that 297 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:00,220 S9: was one of the best that played with me once 298 00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:03,660 S9: a year. When I get over his shot, he would 299 00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:05,740 S9: just say, hey, I got confidence in you. He would 300 00:17:05,740 --> 00:17:08,420 S9: just if I had a bad shot, he never got 301 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:10,100 S9: down on me. And that's what that coach did. He 302 00:17:10,100 --> 00:17:13,700 S9: had confidence in his in that boy. And, and this 303 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,900 S9: guy that I played golf with was a Christian. He 304 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:18,620 S9: came with me the same perspective. And I played my 305 00:17:18,619 --> 00:17:21,780 S9: best golf playing with him because he had confidence in me. 306 00:17:21,820 --> 00:17:24,260 S9: And that's what he was doing to that player. And 307 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:27,260 S9: see a coach that knows his players like that, even 308 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:30,300 S9: in major leagues, they may not say with exactly those words, 309 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:34,100 S9: but he knows his players and will say the right stuff. 310 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:36,980 S9: And there's nothing better to say than God is in 311 00:17:37,090 --> 00:17:39,210 S9: control and that's all that really matters in the end. 312 00:17:39,650 --> 00:17:39,930 S7: You know? 313 00:17:39,970 --> 00:17:43,570 S1: I've seen that in, uh, in watching major league teams 314 00:17:43,609 --> 00:17:46,530 S1: and what you can do when, when a batter hits 315 00:17:46,530 --> 00:17:49,290 S1: the ball and it goes toward the outfield and you 316 00:17:49,290 --> 00:17:52,490 S1: can't see the trajectory and you can't see how fast 317 00:17:52,490 --> 00:17:55,170 S1: it is. The what I do is I either look 318 00:17:55,170 --> 00:17:58,810 S1: at the pitcher and look at the pitchers head. Does 319 00:17:58,810 --> 00:18:01,169 S1: the pitcher turn his head around and then kind of 320 00:18:01,170 --> 00:18:04,850 S1: slump his shoulders? Or does the batter kind of do 321 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:08,290 S1: the same thing, put his head down and, and kind 322 00:18:08,330 --> 00:18:11,210 S1: of toss the bat away and not look at it. 323 00:18:11,210 --> 00:18:13,649 S1: Because when that happens, it was a pop up. You know, 324 00:18:13,690 --> 00:18:16,170 S1: somebody's going to catch it out there. But if the 325 00:18:16,170 --> 00:18:19,530 S1: batter swings, hits the ball and then keeps the flight 326 00:18:19,530 --> 00:18:23,570 S1: of the ball in his, in his eyes, uh, or 327 00:18:23,690 --> 00:18:27,530 S1: in softball in her eyes, something good is going to 328 00:18:27,530 --> 00:18:30,609 S1: happen out there. It's going a long way, at least. Right? 329 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:35,449 S9: Yes. And and the thing you didn't say was this 330 00:18:35,450 --> 00:18:37,679 S9: resist when a good, good hitter hits the bottom of 331 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,680 S9: the sweet spot. He knows it's going out. They just 332 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,760 S9: stand there real slow with their bat in their hand 333 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:46,320 S9: and just sort of, sort of look around and glance 334 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,439 S9: at the ball and just and just soak in that 335 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,840 S9: moment of victory because he knows it's going out. 336 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,560 S7: Because I heard that yesterday. 337 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,719 S1: I heard that yesterday there was a there was an 338 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,760 S1: announcer who said something. When you hear that, and I 339 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,120 S1: think it was Pete Crow-armstrong, when you hear the crack 340 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:07,040 S1: of that bat, when you hear that sound, it was 341 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,160 S1: in during the rain delay, um, the other night when 342 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,480 S1: you hear that sound, it's like that that ball is 343 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,280 S1: going a long way and you can tell just by 344 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,120 S1: the sound. And I say the same thing about what 345 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,560 S1: Coach Drew said, his words to the heart of that player. 346 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,879 S1: You can hear it by the sound. And as Douglas 347 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,520 S1: has said, by the confidence that he gives. What is 348 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,800 S1: it that Gary Chapman talks about with the with Counselees? 349 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,510 S1: You know, these these couples who come, who have no 350 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:41,070 S1: hope for their marriage at all. It's over. There's no way. 351 00:19:41,109 --> 00:19:45,310 S1: There's no reconciliation. We can't repair this. And he will 352 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:48,430 S1: say to them, look, I understand how you're feeling right now, 353 00:19:48,430 --> 00:19:51,950 S1: but hold on to the hope that I have for you. 354 00:19:51,950 --> 00:19:54,149 S1: I'm going to give you a little bit of my 355 00:19:54,150 --> 00:19:57,230 S1: hope for your to you today. So don't hold on 356 00:19:57,270 --> 00:19:59,550 S1: to the hope that you have. Hold on to the 357 00:19:59,550 --> 00:20:01,990 S1: hope that I have, because I've been here with people 358 00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:04,830 S1: before and I've seen things turn around. Doesn't mean it 359 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:10,310 S1: always will, but I, you know, there's that transference that 360 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:13,470 S1: becomes then the transformation. Douglas, thank you for your call 361 00:20:13,470 --> 00:20:16,590 S1: here today. Let me take a few more calls. Maurice 362 00:20:16,630 --> 00:20:19,270 S1: is in Illinois. Hi, Maurice. What do you say about 363 00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:24,189 S1: our topic? And I. 364 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:24,470 S10: Don't know. 365 00:20:25,230 --> 00:20:28,350 S1: Oh, there he is, Maurice. Go right ahead. I didn't 366 00:20:28,350 --> 00:20:31,190 S1: hear your first, uh, first few words start over again. 367 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:31,710 S10: Okay. 368 00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:36,139 S11: Now, I just wanted to say that Coach Drew is 369 00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:39,580 S11: the blueprint of what a coach should be. Those were 370 00:20:39,580 --> 00:20:44,340 S11: such encouraging words and touching to those young men all 371 00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:48,340 S11: in that huddle, whether they win or lose. He's created 372 00:20:48,340 --> 00:20:52,300 S11: a memory for them, so positive that they're going to 373 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:54,820 S11: take with them for the rest of their lives. It 374 00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:57,899 S11: was so touching, and I just wanted to say that 375 00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:03,620 S11: every coach needs to hear that and follow after his blueprint. 376 00:21:03,980 --> 00:21:06,859 S1: And Lawrence, I'm sorry I got your name wrong. You 377 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:08,419 S1: were you were trying to correct me there, and I 378 00:21:08,420 --> 00:21:11,939 S1: didn't hear it. So, um, have you ever had a 379 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:16,020 S1: coach like that? Has anybody ever spoken into your life 380 00:21:16,020 --> 00:21:16,860 S1: like he did? 381 00:21:17,820 --> 00:21:23,260 S11: Not a coach. And I played football. I wrestled martial arts, gymnastics. 382 00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:27,380 S11: Never have I had anyone speak to me like that. 383 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:31,140 S11: But I've had other men in the church that have 384 00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:35,169 S11: encouraged me and spoken spoke life into me. So whether 385 00:21:35,170 --> 00:21:37,570 S11: I got it from a coach, I got it from someone. 386 00:21:37,570 --> 00:21:39,530 S11: And that's the main thing, that you have people in 387 00:21:39,530 --> 00:21:42,890 S11: your life that can forward to you and encourage you 388 00:21:42,890 --> 00:21:43,490 S11: the right way. 389 00:21:44,250 --> 00:21:47,090 S1: Well, and I think you bring up a really good point, 390 00:21:47,490 --> 00:21:50,330 S1: and I'd love to ask Coach Drew this. Was there 391 00:21:50,330 --> 00:21:54,210 S1: somebody that he caught that from? Was there somebody in 392 00:21:54,210 --> 00:21:59,330 S1: his life who did this to him, who said these 393 00:21:59,330 --> 00:22:03,170 S1: kinds of things to him that he. And it changed 394 00:22:03,170 --> 00:22:06,690 S1: the way he felt and then was able to respond 395 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:10,369 S1: like he did the other day. Um, Lawrence, thank you 396 00:22:10,369 --> 00:22:13,530 S1: for your call today. This is really good. And maybe 397 00:22:13,609 --> 00:22:17,250 S1: you're you're the pitcher today. Maybe you're the one who 398 00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:20,610 S1: needs to hear, look, no matter what happens to you 399 00:22:20,609 --> 00:22:25,010 S1: today in this, uh, meeting that you go into or 400 00:22:25,170 --> 00:22:28,050 S1: the situation that you have coming up over the weekend, 401 00:22:28,570 --> 00:22:35,720 S1: Jesus is Lord. God is in control. Yes. You have agency? Yes. 402 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,359 S1: It's important that you do what you're doing right now 403 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,879 S1: and go in there. But remember that that he's in 404 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,080 S1: control of all of this and you can put your 405 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,600 S1: trust in him. I, I need to hear that. Uh, 406 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,520 S1: Kay's in Nashville. Kay. What do you say? 407 00:22:55,440 --> 00:23:00,560 S12: Hi. I loved it. Um, I believe that this wasn't 408 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,440 S12: happenstance for him to just come out of nowhere and 409 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,760 S12: offer salvation to him. He's developed a relationship with that 410 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,439 S12: player in terms of his faith already. Like these players 411 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,399 S12: have have to have seen him boldly live out his 412 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,760 S12: faith and boldly share the great news of Jesus Christ. 413 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,080 S12: I don't think it's happenstance. I loved it, and for 414 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,600 S12: the people that may be against it, maybe they were 415 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,439 S12: focused more on the game believers or non-believers that maybe 416 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,790 S12: they thought that's not the platform to have that, but 417 00:23:31,790 --> 00:23:34,350 S12: I loved your segue, the sermon on the Mount. So 418 00:23:34,350 --> 00:23:36,750 S12: you go from the mount to the Mount. So it 419 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:41,750 S12: doesn't matter the time, place, location you can profess. Jesus Christ, 420 00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:42,629 S12: I loved it. 421 00:23:42,790 --> 00:23:43,389 S10: Yeah. 422 00:23:43,430 --> 00:23:45,990 S1: Okay. Thanks for your call today. All right. So my 423 00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:48,430 S1: friend who's not a Christian who posted this thing on, 424 00:23:48,430 --> 00:23:55,310 S1: on social media, linked to another fellow who said something 425 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:59,110 S1: along these lines. I'm kind of paraphrasing. I'm sure the 426 00:23:59,109 --> 00:24:03,469 S1: guy had good intentions, meaning Coach Drew. He knows the pitcher, 427 00:24:03,470 --> 00:24:06,990 S1: he knows his family. But to the other kids around 428 00:24:06,990 --> 00:24:11,310 S1: standing around here, do they deserve a religious lecture, a sermon? 429 00:24:12,510 --> 00:24:15,990 S1: And the second thing, this this really got to me 430 00:24:16,150 --> 00:24:19,629 S1: because I've done this myself. The second thing he said 431 00:24:19,630 --> 00:24:23,830 S1: was he knows he's miked up. I'm sure he viewed 432 00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:27,470 S1: this as a chance to proselytize to a national audience. 433 00:24:28,330 --> 00:24:32,850 S1: It seems cringey and creepy. If my kid is playing 434 00:24:32,890 --> 00:24:35,290 S1: Little League, I don't want them to be lectured on 435 00:24:35,290 --> 00:24:38,729 S1: any religion, including mine. And I dug a little further, 436 00:24:38,730 --> 00:24:42,929 S1: and I think the fellow says in another post, I'm 437 00:24:42,930 --> 00:24:46,290 S1: an atheist. There are a million ways he could have 438 00:24:46,290 --> 00:24:49,290 S1: said that after the game. We're getting ice cream. Whether 439 00:24:49,290 --> 00:24:51,490 S1: we win or lose, play hard or look how cool 440 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:54,810 S1: this is. We're on ESPN or who's your favorite player 441 00:24:54,810 --> 00:24:57,730 S1: in the big leagues, Shohei Ohtani. He might be watching 442 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,970 S1: you right now. How cool is that? You could have 443 00:25:00,010 --> 00:25:03,490 S1: he could have said that. Why didn't he do that? Instead, 444 00:25:03,490 --> 00:25:08,050 S1: he takes his religious beliefs, which the fellow said, I 445 00:25:08,050 --> 00:25:12,530 S1: think are wacky. And you make all these kids hear them. 446 00:25:12,530 --> 00:25:16,370 S1: What if your third baseman's Jewish? What if your shortstop's Muslim? 447 00:25:16,570 --> 00:25:20,930 S1: What if your catcher's an atheist? The parents don't want this. 448 00:25:22,450 --> 00:25:25,410 S1: That's why I wanted to have you respond here today 449 00:25:25,850 --> 00:25:29,800 S1: and to tell me, am I. AM I off base 450 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,119 S1: for being touched by what Coach Drew said? So I 451 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,879 S1: wanted to hear from you and the other person I 452 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,960 S1: really wanted to hear from was Coach Drew. And we'll 453 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,240 S1: talk with him. Coming up in our next segment was 454 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,480 S1: what he said a really, really good thing, or are 455 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,720 S1: there kind of a is there a timeout we need 456 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,680 S1: to call? We'll talk about it straight ahead on Moody Radio. 457 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,480 S1: We've heard his words. And now you're going to hear 458 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,880 S1: from the coach himself. Drew Breivogel is the manager of 459 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,560 S1: the Chandler National Little League team from Arizona. Was playing Hawaii. 460 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,959 S1: This was last Wednesday, a week ago. He has coached 461 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,280 S1: Little League for 15 years. You find out a little 462 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,189 S1: bit more about him at Chris Fabry live.org. Coach drew. 463 00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:28,270 S1: How you doing today? 464 00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:30,109 S2: Blessed. How are you? 465 00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:35,030 S1: I'm doing really well. Uh, okay. So did you have 466 00:26:35,030 --> 00:26:38,109 S1: any idea that when you went out to the mound 467 00:26:38,109 --> 00:26:41,190 S1: and you said what you said the reaction that was 468 00:26:41,190 --> 00:26:42,750 S1: going to happen to that? 469 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:48,950 S13: No. Uh, no. That what's what's crazy is that wasn't 470 00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:51,910 S13: an out of the ordinary mound visit. We talked about Jesus. 471 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:54,830 S13: We had a team that was deeply rooted in Christ. Um, 472 00:26:54,869 --> 00:26:58,230 S13: many of them had a relationship with Christ already, some 473 00:26:58,230 --> 00:27:01,430 S13: moving towards it because of the coaches and other players 474 00:27:01,430 --> 00:27:04,510 S13: encouragement and obviously the Holy Spirit moving with the team 475 00:27:04,550 --> 00:27:07,630 S13: parents and things like that were great. So we talk 476 00:27:07,670 --> 00:27:12,790 S13: about Jesus batting cages practice. We're doing Bible trivia. We're doing, 477 00:27:12,830 --> 00:27:15,350 S13: you know, Jesus types from the Old Testament. So they knew. 478 00:27:15,390 --> 00:27:19,510 S13: And in that particular moment, it wasn't about, you know, hey, 479 00:27:19,550 --> 00:27:21,710 S13: corners in or let's roll a double play up the middle. 480 00:27:21,710 --> 00:27:24,340 S13: They knew exactly what they needed to do. I feel 481 00:27:24,340 --> 00:27:27,620 S13: like in that particular moment, they needed to just calm 482 00:27:27,619 --> 00:27:30,699 S13: down and count their blessings, if you will. 483 00:27:31,060 --> 00:27:31,500 S10: Yeah. 484 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:36,300 S1: Okay. What do you say? And the the negative reaction 485 00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:39,020 S1: to this online, you probably have seen some of that. 486 00:27:39,060 --> 00:27:42,699 S1: One person said this speech was rehearsed by this dude 487 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:45,899 S1: in front of his mirror for hours. What do you say? 488 00:27:46,820 --> 00:27:51,180 S13: Um, it wasn't, uh, the. Look, I'm fine with any 489 00:27:51,180 --> 00:27:55,179 S13: negative comments. I'm just a man. Um, I'm grateful to 490 00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:57,980 S13: be put in this position where I could speak. Jesus 491 00:27:58,180 --> 00:28:01,100 S13: and our team, uh, got used as a vessel to 492 00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:04,460 S13: speak the name of Christ in front of millions. Um, 493 00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:07,859 S13: we had talked about stories like that and, and things 494 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:13,340 S13: like that prior. It definitely wasn't rehearsed. Um, I don't 495 00:28:13,340 --> 00:28:17,619 S13: know what to say to that, but in the moment 496 00:28:17,619 --> 00:28:20,460 S13: it was just, it was when I, when I first 497 00:28:20,460 --> 00:28:22,490 S13: went up to him, I, I, I was genuine. I 498 00:28:22,490 --> 00:28:25,250 S13: was like, hey, I'm really proud of you. Yes, I'm 499 00:28:25,250 --> 00:28:29,929 S13: so proud of you. And we started talking about, um, 500 00:28:30,690 --> 00:28:32,609 S13: the fruits of his labor. And Zacchaeus came to my 501 00:28:32,609 --> 00:28:35,250 S13: mind because someone who planted that tree a while ago 502 00:28:35,930 --> 00:28:38,650 S13: didn't get to see Zacchaeus climb up and get saved. 503 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:42,450 S13: And then, you know, the final thing was like, hey, 504 00:28:42,490 --> 00:28:44,930 S13: Holy Spirit, take over. You know, when I'm walking up 505 00:28:44,930 --> 00:28:47,650 S13: to the mound so that you can be glorified because 506 00:28:47,650 --> 00:28:52,050 S13: the team we prayed before, before the game, after the game, um, 507 00:28:52,090 --> 00:28:55,210 S13: every game giving him glory, we knew who we were 508 00:28:55,210 --> 00:28:57,810 S13: playing for. So just blessed to be a part of it. 509 00:28:59,490 --> 00:29:02,730 S1: Yeah. And, and the response for those who don't know 510 00:29:02,730 --> 00:29:05,490 S1: and didn't see the game, you win that game and 511 00:29:05,490 --> 00:29:09,610 S1: you go to South Williamsport, you lose and you don't. 512 00:29:09,610 --> 00:29:12,770 S1: You don't move on what happened? So it's 2 to 1. 513 00:29:12,770 --> 00:29:14,530 S1: There are two runners on what happened. 514 00:29:14,570 --> 00:29:19,410 S13: Yeah. Um, it didn't end up going our way. Um 515 00:29:19,450 --> 00:29:21,880 S13: and that's okay. That's what the message was. We didn't, 516 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,120 S13: you know, we didn't give up. We weren't. That mound 517 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,400 S13: visit wasn't for us to fold. You know, we we 518 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:31,480 S13: didn't stop playing baseball. Um, the Bible's okay with you 519 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,000 S13: doing your best and giving your all and and all 520 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,880 S13: of those things. We wanted to win the game. We 521 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,080 S13: weren't giving it away. Um, it didn't go our way. So, 522 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,840 S13: you know, if that made the message more clear, great. 523 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,720 S13: If it didn't, you know, Lord willing. But, uh, we 524 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,680 S13: were trying to win that game. And I think in 525 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,800 S13: that moment, that was the right thing to say to cam. 526 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,840 S13: I had known him since he was just a kid. 527 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,920 S13: I've known his family and, you know, he's like a 528 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:03,400 S13: son to me. And it was, you know, I felt 529 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,320 S13: like in the moment that was that was the right 530 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,160 S13: thing to say. It just didn't end up going our way. 531 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:07,960 S13: And that's okay. 532 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,400 S1: Yeah, exactly. So Hawaii is going to the Little League 533 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,040 S1: World Series. You guys aren't. And that hurts. You know 534 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:20,110 S1: that stings. A loss stings. But there's more going on 535 00:30:20,110 --> 00:30:22,550 S1: here than winning or losing, it sounds like. Right? 536 00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:27,550 S13: We think so. And we preach humility quite a bit 537 00:30:27,550 --> 00:30:31,430 S13: because our team, uh, a few months prior, Little League 538 00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:35,070 S13: came out with a national ranking of the 1400 Little 539 00:30:35,070 --> 00:30:38,550 S13: League teams across the nation. And we were fifth. Wow. 540 00:30:38,550 --> 00:30:40,390 S13: And when I saw that, because I don't have Twitter, 541 00:30:40,390 --> 00:30:42,110 S13: I don't have Facebook, I don't, I don't, I try 542 00:30:42,110 --> 00:30:44,870 S13: not to do social media because of some past sin 543 00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:46,670 S13: and it overtaking me and things like that. So I 544 00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:48,550 S13: try to stay off of it. So one of the 545 00:30:48,550 --> 00:30:50,470 S13: kids and coaches comes up to me and shows it 546 00:30:50,470 --> 00:30:52,990 S13: to me, and I'm like, I had mixed feelings right away. 547 00:30:52,990 --> 00:30:55,030 S13: I was like, oh, great. Now one, we have a 548 00:30:55,030 --> 00:30:57,030 S13: target on our back. We got a lot of pressure. 549 00:30:57,550 --> 00:30:59,550 S13: But also this is cool that the kids are getting 550 00:30:59,590 --> 00:31:01,790 S13: to see, like all the work that they put in, 551 00:31:02,150 --> 00:31:04,190 S13: you know, the time that the parents put in and 552 00:31:04,190 --> 00:31:06,350 S13: the money that they've spent like this, this is a 553 00:31:06,350 --> 00:31:09,190 S13: really good team. Um, and I'm grateful that they got 554 00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:12,670 S13: ranked where they were. Um, so it added a little 555 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:16,830 S13: bit of pressure. Didn't, didn't love that, but humility was 556 00:31:16,830 --> 00:31:20,100 S13: something we, we really preached. Even when we would beat 557 00:31:20,140 --> 00:31:22,660 S13: teams by a lot or by a little. We were 558 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:25,900 S13: trying to stay within ourselves and not be overconfident and, 559 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:28,260 S13: and make sure that at the end of the day, 560 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:29,860 S13: we knew who we were playing for. 561 00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:35,820 S1: Did you have anybody in your life early on who 562 00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:39,060 S1: said those kinds of words to you? I'm so proud 563 00:31:39,060 --> 00:31:42,500 S1: of you. Uh, go out there and play as hard. 564 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:44,980 S1: Jesus is Lord, no matter what, what you do. 565 00:31:46,060 --> 00:31:48,380 S14: Uh, no. Not not not. 566 00:31:48,380 --> 00:31:53,660 S13: Particularly. I had great parents. Um, I had a great, uh, 567 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:58,820 S13: stepdad as well growing up. Uh, Jesus was, uh, Jesus 568 00:31:58,820 --> 00:32:00,660 S13: Lord wasn't some of the things that was being said 569 00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:04,220 S13: to me. I, I finally answered the call after many, 570 00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:07,780 S13: many calls from Jesus at 37. And I'm 43. So 571 00:32:07,780 --> 00:32:11,980 S13: this is considering my lifespan. I'm still a baby. Um, 572 00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:14,740 S13: but I consider myself, you know, on solid food and 573 00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:18,850 S13: not breast milk anymore like Paul talks about. Um, but 574 00:32:18,850 --> 00:32:22,330 S13: that wasn't what I grew up with. Um, I don't 575 00:32:22,330 --> 00:32:24,210 S13: even know how I would have responded if I heard 576 00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:26,690 S13: that because I know who I knew who Jesus was, 577 00:32:27,090 --> 00:32:29,210 S13: but he wasn't the king of my life when I was, 578 00:32:29,210 --> 00:32:32,650 S13: when I was a kid. Some of these kids already 579 00:32:33,130 --> 00:32:36,530 S13: 11 and 12 years old. Jesus is their Lord, the 580 00:32:36,530 --> 00:32:39,450 S13: King of their life. And it's it's super cool to see. 581 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:39,930 S10: Yeah. 582 00:32:40,330 --> 00:32:42,650 S1: What happened six years ago? It sounds like you kind 583 00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:46,650 S1: of hit the hit, hit a bottom or someplace where 584 00:32:46,690 --> 00:32:49,410 S1: it's like God grabbed hold of you. 585 00:32:49,930 --> 00:32:52,970 S13: Yeah, well, I struggled with alcohol. I struggled with gambling. 586 00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:55,010 S13: I just wasn't I wasn't really a great dad. I 587 00:32:55,010 --> 00:32:59,370 S13: wasn't a great father. Um, and my wife, just bless 588 00:32:59,370 --> 00:33:01,410 S13: her heart, continued to pray for me. I put her 589 00:33:01,410 --> 00:33:04,650 S13: through hell on earth for nine years of our marriage, um, 590 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,930 S13: before Christ. And she just continued to pray. And then 591 00:33:06,930 --> 00:33:09,850 S13: one day it at a church service that I went 592 00:33:09,850 --> 00:33:12,810 S13: to only to appease her, um, because she liked to 593 00:33:12,810 --> 00:33:16,400 S13: go and she's a longtime Christian. Um, I had no 594 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,080 S13: interest in going. I felt like the messages were just 595 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,360 S13: anecdotal and topical and things like that. It had nothing 596 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,840 S13: to do with me. The worship leader during a song, 597 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,400 S13: I AM Who You Say I AM. There's like this 598 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,320 S13: minute long instrumental and I loved music before, so I 599 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,320 S13: knew all the all the ins and outs of music 600 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,440 S13: and stuff. So I was, I was always into like 601 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,880 S13: the worship just because it was that was kind of 602 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,960 S13: my thing. And the worship leader said, someone in the 603 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,520 S13: crowd needs to hear this. Take your depression, take your anxiety, 604 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,000 S13: and put it at the foot of the cross, and 605 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,880 S13: there's 1500 in the room. And I thought he was 606 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,440 S13: talking to me. I'm looking around like I'm like looking 607 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,720 S13: around like, are you talking to me? And I instantly 608 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,640 S13: start bawling and just throwing my hands up and surrender. 609 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,080 S13: And I said, okay, I'm yours. I get it. And 610 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,960 S13: I look at my wife and my wife, if I, 611 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,960 S13: if I could have a picture of this look that 612 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,719 S13: she gave me, almost like, yep, I know what's going on. 613 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,560 S13: You know, it wasn't like a what's going on? Like 614 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,160 S13: what's happening? Or are you okay? Or she, she knew 615 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,709 S13: exactly what was going on. It was a priceless look 616 00:34:15,710 --> 00:34:18,469 S13: and I'll never forget it. Something that's etched in my 617 00:34:18,469 --> 00:34:19,590 S13: mind that I'm grateful for. 618 00:34:20,030 --> 00:34:20,430 S10: Wow. 619 00:34:20,950 --> 00:34:24,710 S1: That's. And then, like you just said, you know, the 620 00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:30,310 S1: transformation happens on the inside out comes from the inside out. 621 00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:34,590 S1: And God begins to change you and unchain you from 622 00:34:34,590 --> 00:34:36,950 S1: a lot of different things. And it's still going on 623 00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:38,590 S1: here six years later, right? 624 00:34:38,630 --> 00:34:41,469 S13: Oh. Believe that. Yeah. Being confident of this, that he 625 00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:43,310 S13: who began a good work in you will carry it 626 00:34:43,310 --> 00:34:45,830 S13: on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 627 00:34:45,830 --> 00:34:48,110 S13: one six. That's one of my like, go to verses 628 00:34:48,110 --> 00:34:51,670 S13: because I'm by no means perfect. He's, you know, I 629 00:34:51,710 --> 00:34:54,430 S13: continue to let him into certain rooms in the house 630 00:34:54,430 --> 00:34:57,509 S13: that I built so that he could clean them out. 631 00:34:57,550 --> 00:34:59,069 S13: He's like, hey, I want to take this down to 632 00:34:59,110 --> 00:35:01,310 S13: the studs. I want to take this down to the foundation. 633 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:04,950 S13: And early in my, my walk, I'd be like, hey, well, 634 00:35:05,310 --> 00:35:06,830 S13: do you have to go in this room? Hey, you 635 00:35:06,830 --> 00:35:09,430 S13: can go in this room. That's fine. Don't go in 636 00:35:09,469 --> 00:35:12,469 S13: the attic. Don't go in that upstairs bedroom down the hall. 637 00:35:12,469 --> 00:35:14,100 S13: And he's like, hey, bud, I want to go in order. 638 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:16,620 S13: I want to help you in all the areas. So 639 00:35:16,660 --> 00:35:19,299 S13: I'm not perfect. But there were certain things that he 640 00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:23,100 S13: instantly took away from me that the taste of alcohol 641 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:27,260 S13: and swearing I was big, I was I swore a lot, 642 00:35:27,540 --> 00:35:30,180 S13: like I swore a lot. And it was almost like 643 00:35:30,180 --> 00:35:33,860 S13: I didn't have the capability of swearing. It's hard to explain, 644 00:35:34,540 --> 00:35:36,620 S13: but I just didn't have the desire to do those 645 00:35:36,620 --> 00:35:37,460 S13: things anymore. 646 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:42,580 S1: That house analogy you've read my heart Christ's home, right? 647 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:44,540 S13: I have not, no. 648 00:35:44,660 --> 00:35:47,460 S1: Oh. You're kidding. You got it. You didn't even have 649 00:35:47,460 --> 00:35:51,100 S1: to read it. There's this little booklet, My Heart Christ's Home. 650 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:53,780 S1: And that is exactly it. Jesus comes in and he 651 00:35:53,820 --> 00:35:57,500 S1: makes us his himself at home in the living room, 652 00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,819 S1: and they have meals together and everything's fine. Then he 653 00:35:59,820 --> 00:36:02,419 S1: goes into into that back room. He's like, don't go 654 00:36:02,420 --> 00:36:05,180 S1: back in there. No, no, no, but he cares too 655 00:36:05,180 --> 00:36:06,180 S1: much about you. 656 00:36:06,260 --> 00:36:07,180 S13: Take credit for it. 657 00:36:07,219 --> 00:36:10,259 S1: Yeah, yeah. He cares too much about you not to 658 00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:12,610 S1: go in those rooms. And you care too much about 659 00:36:12,610 --> 00:36:15,930 S1: those boys. Here. Here's what I love about this. You 660 00:36:15,969 --> 00:36:19,730 S1: weren't putting something on. You weren't trying to be somebody 661 00:36:19,730 --> 00:36:23,770 S1: else on that mound. You were being who you were 662 00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:27,850 S1: and who the boys, especially Camden in front of you, 663 00:36:27,890 --> 00:36:32,770 S1: who he needed you to be at that moment. Authentically. Right? 664 00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:35,210 S13: Yeah. And if you were to ask any of the 665 00:36:35,210 --> 00:36:38,930 S13: players on that team, like, hey, what was batting practice 666 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:41,330 S13: like at the cages or what was what was Coach 667 00:36:41,330 --> 00:36:44,290 S13: Drew talking to you about in between, you know, positioning 668 00:36:44,290 --> 00:36:46,410 S13: and hitting and things like that? What, what were you 669 00:36:46,450 --> 00:36:49,570 S13: guys going over, you know, during your water break on 670 00:36:49,570 --> 00:36:52,089 S13: the field? You know, during practice, they'll tell you that's 671 00:36:52,090 --> 00:36:54,930 S13: what it was. You could go back even even years. 672 00:36:54,930 --> 00:36:58,850 S13: Most of my mound visits, for that matter, are, are 673 00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:02,410 S13: to calm the guys down instead of, you know, putting 674 00:37:02,410 --> 00:37:04,689 S13: more thoughts in their mind. Look, these kids know what 675 00:37:04,690 --> 00:37:06,930 S13: to do. They're playing at such a high level, they 676 00:37:06,930 --> 00:37:10,250 S13: didn't need to hear any strategy. Um, they needed to 677 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,680 S13: hear that I loved them and was proud of them. 678 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,440 S13: And yeah, I stand by it. 679 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,400 S1: That's why I wanted to hear from you. This is 680 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,480 S1: the rest of the story. That's Coach Drew Breivogel. I 681 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,960 S1: only had one problem. One problem with what you said 682 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,799 S1: on the mound. And I want to bring that up 683 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,160 S1: and hear your response to that. And it's it's a 684 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,719 S1: really slight little thing, a slight little theological thing. So 685 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,239 S1: we'll talk about it. This is Chris Fabry live on 686 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:51,560 S1: Moody Radio Online. Chris Fabry live dot ORG. The rest 687 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,160 S1: of the story from Drew Breivogel, manager of the Chandler 688 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,879 S1: National Little League team, lost to Hawaii. They're not going 689 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,200 S1: to the Little League World Series, but I say they're 690 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:05,280 S1: winners because they got a coach like this. Uh, drew, 691 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,719 S1: you don't coach Little League full time. You must do 692 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:08,920 S1: something else, right? 693 00:38:09,590 --> 00:38:13,110 S13: I'm a golf instructor in in in the valley. 694 00:38:13,310 --> 00:38:14,150 S15: We own a business. 695 00:38:14,230 --> 00:38:17,430 S13: My wife and I. Yeah. TGA. So it's been that's 696 00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:20,310 S13: been a huge blessing. Um, for us to get to 697 00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:22,630 S13: meet a ton of ton of kids and some adults 698 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:26,350 S13: and but yeah, exhortations my gift from the Lord I'm 699 00:38:26,350 --> 00:38:31,390 S13: able to encourage so younger is is better. They're they're sponges. 700 00:38:31,390 --> 00:38:31,989 S13: They love it. 701 00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:36,750 S1: What's the most common mistake that beginning golfers make? 702 00:38:38,350 --> 00:38:41,830 S13: Uh, like young, like young kids, like young, young, uh, 703 00:38:41,870 --> 00:38:45,549 S13: I think they start out with clubs that are too heavy. Um, 704 00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:48,750 S13: a lot of dads will, will put a, a, a 705 00:38:48,950 --> 00:38:51,470 S13: grown club in the kid's hand when they're really, really 706 00:38:51,469 --> 00:38:55,230 S13: young or even a youth club when they're really, really young. And, 707 00:38:55,230 --> 00:38:59,149 S13: and they'll get what I call the £20 head. And 708 00:38:59,150 --> 00:39:01,870 S13: what happens is their hands move back before they're able 709 00:39:01,870 --> 00:39:04,030 S13: to move the club and they kind of get this 710 00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:06,990 S13: wrist action. That's not good. You want to be strong 711 00:39:06,989 --> 00:39:09,739 S13: enough to be able to hold the club. So mechanics 712 00:39:09,739 --> 00:39:12,339 S13: are really important. So as much as dads don't want, 713 00:39:12,380 --> 00:39:15,540 S13: you know, their four year old having plastic clubs still 714 00:39:15,540 --> 00:39:18,180 S13: if they can't lift the real club mechanics are so 715 00:39:18,180 --> 00:39:20,700 S13: much more important than power at a young age. 716 00:39:21,060 --> 00:39:24,580 S15: Is it the same way with bats in baseball? 717 00:39:24,580 --> 00:39:26,140 S1: The weight of the bat? 718 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:29,980 S13: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. You'll get kids that you know will 719 00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:33,260 S13: cast out because you know, their arm in that position 720 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:36,660 S13: is easier to swing the bat through, you know, instead 721 00:39:36,660 --> 00:39:39,020 S13: of coming through short. Yeah, a little bit, a little 722 00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:40,020 S13: bit similar to that. 723 00:39:40,140 --> 00:39:41,500 S15: So here is here. 724 00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:44,700 S1: Is the problem. When I heard what you said, I 725 00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:47,339 S1: felt the same way that all our callers is like, 726 00:39:47,340 --> 00:39:50,380 S1: I'm so glad. I wish Coach Drew was my kids 727 00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:53,140 S1: coach or my coach when I was little. So I 728 00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:56,939 S1: was all over it because it's true. Jesus is Lord. 729 00:39:56,940 --> 00:40:00,100 S1: Whether you strike out the next five batters or walk 730 00:40:00,140 --> 00:40:02,900 S1: the next five batters, we lose by 20 runs. You 731 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:06,340 S1: know Jesus is still on the throne. That gives you perspective. 732 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:11,879 S1: But I also know that that can be perceived as 733 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,080 S1: it doesn't really matter what you do. It doesn't really 734 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,560 S1: matter how you play. And your team is such at 735 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,480 S1: such a high level. I know that's not what you 736 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,160 S1: were saying, but people can interpret it as God's going 737 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,440 S1: to do what he's going to do. Somebody's going to win, 738 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,760 S1: somebody's going to lose. He's the chooser. You don't have 739 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,640 S1: any say in this. And I read Colossians. Whatever you do, 740 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,760 S1: work at it with all your heart. If there's nothing 741 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:39,040 S1: in this. Yeah. For me, it's like, I want to 742 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,080 S1: do this as well as I possibly can, and then 743 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,719 S1: allow God to do what he wants to do in 744 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:46,840 S1: everybody's life. So what do you say to that? 745 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,200 S13: Amen. And I would just say, if they knew how 746 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,120 S13: we operated, if they knew the kids on the team, 747 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,799 S13: this wasn't like, I just met these kids and this 748 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,239 S13: is the first time I'm talking to them. We had 749 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:01,600 S13: built a relationship, some of them for four years. I've 750 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,600 S13: known some of these kids. Um, so that was that 751 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:08,550 S13: wasn't anything out of the ordinary. So that's that's really 752 00:41:08,550 --> 00:41:10,509 S13: my only response. If you knew the team, if you 753 00:41:10,550 --> 00:41:12,710 S13: knew how we operated, if you knew who we were 754 00:41:12,710 --> 00:41:16,630 S13: playing for all of the time, whether we practiced or, 755 00:41:16,670 --> 00:41:19,469 S13: or were playing or whether we won or we lost, 756 00:41:19,830 --> 00:41:21,629 S13: we were given the glory to him. That was our 757 00:41:21,670 --> 00:41:23,110 S13: that was our main objective. 758 00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:24,790 S15: Do you understand. 759 00:41:24,790 --> 00:41:28,790 S1: The people who are responding saying, okay, all the outfielders 760 00:41:28,790 --> 00:41:32,950 S1: are evangelical Christians, but the third baseman's Jewish. The shortstop 761 00:41:32,950 --> 00:41:36,910 S1: is Muslim, the second baseman is an atheist, and the 762 00:41:36,910 --> 00:41:39,589 S1: others don't have any faith that they're following. Do you 763 00:41:39,590 --> 00:41:43,750 S1: understand how they would say, it kind of feels like 764 00:41:43,750 --> 00:41:46,670 S1: he's pushing his religion on on these kids? 765 00:41:47,190 --> 00:41:50,069 S13: Well, I don't I don't I don't love religion. I'm, 766 00:41:50,070 --> 00:41:53,030 S13: I'm about relationship. I think religion is what put Jesus 767 00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:55,470 S13: on the cross. I think having a relationship with Christ 768 00:41:55,469 --> 00:41:59,390 S13: is the most important thing. And that that wasn't the 769 00:41:59,390 --> 00:42:02,270 S13: case for who was on our team. You know, there 770 00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:06,859 S13: wasn't it wasn't a scattered group of nonbelievers. It was, 771 00:42:06,860 --> 00:42:10,580 S13: for the most part, all believers and some who were 772 00:42:10,620 --> 00:42:12,700 S13: who were hearing about it either for the first time 773 00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:15,500 S13: or or the other teammates were putting a little bit 774 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:19,219 S13: more credence in the name Jesus by their actions or 775 00:42:19,219 --> 00:42:22,060 S13: what they were doing, or we were praying before meals 776 00:42:22,060 --> 00:42:24,260 S13: and they were asking questions, and then they would go 777 00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:27,580 S13: and ask to pray with their parents before their meals, 778 00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:29,859 S13: and their parents were telling me, hey, they asked to 779 00:42:29,860 --> 00:42:34,300 S13: pray before. This is great. Like, um, so yeah. 780 00:42:35,140 --> 00:42:37,980 S1: So much is caught rather than taught, you know, and 781 00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:43,100 S1: just your example before them. Let me get Carla in 782 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:46,140 S1: Florida in here. Carla, you're on with Coach Drew. Go ahead. 783 00:42:46,219 --> 00:42:46,700 S16: Oh, boy. 784 00:42:48,940 --> 00:42:52,060 S17: Yes, yes. Thank you so much for having me in 785 00:42:52,060 --> 00:42:58,420 S17: your program. I, um, I'm actually really touched by it. Um, 786 00:42:58,980 --> 00:43:02,610 S17: I'm still, when I listen to him and his testimony 787 00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:10,210 S17: or to you, Coach Drew? I it touched my young self, 788 00:43:10,650 --> 00:43:14,210 S17: my young child. I was in sports too, when I 789 00:43:14,210 --> 00:43:19,330 S17: was young. And I actually wish that someone will have 790 00:43:19,330 --> 00:43:24,690 S17: that kind of words of encouragement, something that goes beyond 791 00:43:25,010 --> 00:43:28,969 S17: the day by day, but it actually has an eternal 792 00:43:29,570 --> 00:43:35,050 S17: heaviness for our lives because the world is so focused 793 00:43:35,810 --> 00:43:41,210 S17: in the today to be famous, uh, to be what 794 00:43:41,210 --> 00:43:46,250 S17: everybody wants us to be. But there's so much evil 795 00:43:46,250 --> 00:43:50,130 S17: in this world that by you having the courage and 796 00:43:50,130 --> 00:43:55,250 S17: to obey the voice of the Holy Spirit, I don't 797 00:43:55,250 --> 00:44:01,400 S17: think that you have the understanding of how much It 798 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:07,600 S17: has moved the spiritual realm. Now all this, everything that 799 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,440 S17: is happening is because you have the courage to listen 800 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:12,799 S17: to the Holy Spirit. 801 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,160 S15: And okay, let me get to drew. 802 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,240 S1: To respond to that. Drew, what do you say to that? 803 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,719 S13: Uh, like I said earlier, I'm grateful. I'm just a man. Uh, 804 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,239 S13: I'm a broken vessel like everyone else. I'm blessed to 805 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,400 S13: be used that this team got to be used because, 806 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,520 S13: you know, it's not about me. It's not about cam. 807 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,239 S13: We'll be the first two to tell you that. That 808 00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,680 S13: it's about him. And just to be a part of 809 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,359 S13: the story that it's reaching. And what you said, I'm 810 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,879 S13: so blessed by that. Like I'm encouraged by that. Uh, 811 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:40,680 S13: so much. 812 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:43,799 S1: Carla. Thank you. I think a lot of people are 813 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,760 S1: responding that way. They're kind of putting themselves back in 814 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,600 S1: their childhood and saying, wow, what would have happened in 815 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:54,560 S1: my life had I, uh, one of the responses to the, 816 00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:59,080 S1: to the negative stuff was, uh, a fellow who said, 817 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,670 S1: it sounds like the people who are responding to all 818 00:45:01,670 --> 00:45:03,710 S1: of this and having a problem with what Coach Drew 819 00:45:03,710 --> 00:45:06,670 S1: said don't know what the Little League pledge is. 820 00:45:07,030 --> 00:45:07,350 S15: Yeah. 821 00:45:07,510 --> 00:45:08,509 S18: The first words. 822 00:45:08,550 --> 00:45:08,910 S15: Yeah. 823 00:45:09,469 --> 00:45:09,910 S18: Yes. 824 00:45:09,950 --> 00:45:11,109 S15: Tell us the pledge. 825 00:45:12,070 --> 00:45:12,590 S18: Yeah. 826 00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:17,669 S13: Yeah. It's in God I Trust. And I, I, I honestly, selfishly, 827 00:45:17,670 --> 00:45:20,070 S13: I wish they would change that to in Christ I 828 00:45:20,070 --> 00:45:23,430 S13: trust because there's so many, you know, 90 Psalms 965 829 00:45:23,469 --> 00:45:26,629 S13: says there's, there's a bunch of false ones out there. Um, 830 00:45:27,150 --> 00:45:30,790 S13: but yeah, you know, that is, that is ironic that 831 00:45:30,790 --> 00:45:33,910 S13: the before every game, all the kids and, you know, 832 00:45:33,950 --> 00:45:36,310 S13: do the anthem and the pledge. And that's those are 833 00:45:36,310 --> 00:45:37,230 S13: the first words. 834 00:45:37,469 --> 00:45:40,069 S1: I trust in God. I love my country and will 835 00:45:40,070 --> 00:45:43,110 S1: respect its laws. I will play fair and strive to win. 836 00:45:43,110 --> 00:45:45,710 S1: But win or lose, I will always do my best. 837 00:45:46,350 --> 00:45:49,230 S1: And that verse that I mentioned earlier, whatever you do, 838 00:45:49,270 --> 00:45:51,390 S1: work at it with all your heart. It's clear you've 839 00:45:51,390 --> 00:45:55,710 S1: done that, coach and keep doing what you're doing. And 840 00:45:55,710 --> 00:45:58,310 S1: if I need help with my back swing, I'm coming 841 00:45:58,310 --> 00:45:59,219 S1: to you. Okay. 842 00:45:59,660 --> 00:46:00,740 S13: You got it any time. 843 00:46:01,580 --> 00:46:05,260 S1: Coach drew Breivogel. Our guest here on Chris Fabry live. 844 00:46:05,300 --> 00:46:07,860 S1: What a treat to hear a little of the behind 845 00:46:07,860 --> 00:46:11,620 S1: the scenes, and then more of the story about what 846 00:46:11,660 --> 00:46:15,100 S1: God has done in his heart and life. See, God 847 00:46:15,140 --> 00:46:20,140 S1: does something first in you to do something through you. 848 00:46:20,140 --> 00:46:23,940 S1: I hear that loudly, clearly. And aren't you glad for this? 849 00:46:23,980 --> 00:46:26,460 S1: We would not be having this conversation today without the 850 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:30,100 S1: prayers of Drew's wife and probably a bunch of people 851 00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:33,820 S1: around him too. So take that with you today. Maybe 852 00:46:33,820 --> 00:46:36,620 S1: you have been praying for somebody who's kind of going 853 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:40,500 S1: the wrong direction. Don't you dare stop. Keep doing that 854 00:46:40,739 --> 00:46:42,940 S1: and have a great weekend. Come back on Monday for 855 00:46:42,940 --> 00:46:46,340 S1: another conversation here at the Radio Backyard Fence. 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