WEBVTT - Useful Tips and Resources to Help You Understand the Bible 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.120 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:10.719 You know, I gotta tell you, I got to go 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.880 back to this lunch that I had yesterday with, uh, 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:18.520 some really cool staff at our church here in Chicagoland. 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:23.200 It was such a. You ever been in those meetings 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:24.759 that kind of caught you off guard? 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:27.240 Yes. Yes, in a great way. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:29.400 Yeah, in a great way. Not a bad way. 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.479 Not the other kind of caught off guard meetings. Those 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:34.000 you don't want to talk about. 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.120 Oh, we have these meetings here at Moody Radio where 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:40.280 we have to rate the meeting and thankfully, what are 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:43.199 what are the normal ratings come in at for our meetings. 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:48.080 Between 8 to 10? Yeah, yeah. Nine's like the average. Yeah. Yeah. 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.440 So between 8 to 10. But we're doing good when 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.320 we can have a meeting and, and we have to 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:55.680 rate every meeting at the end of it. Yeah. Now 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:59.200 we found out that if you rate it at A7I 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.830 believe or below. Then it kicks a system error back 0:01:02.830 --> 0:01:05.430 to you going why? Why was why why not an 0:01:05.430 --> 0:01:06.350 eight or a nine or a ten? 0:01:06.390 --> 0:01:07.870 Then you have to have a meeting about that. 0:01:07.910 --> 0:01:09.470 Then you have to have a meeting about that. 0:01:09.510 --> 0:01:09.830 Yeah. 0:01:11.510 --> 0:01:13.470 But it's really cool. But we sat down at this 0:01:13.470 --> 0:01:16.590 meeting yesterday and one of the young ladies just opened 0:01:16.590 --> 0:01:21.029 up and I, I forget what opened this, this door, 0:01:21.030 --> 0:01:24.789 but it was beautiful. And we all began to share 0:01:25.430 --> 0:01:28.430 stories of how the Lord had ministered to us deeply 0:01:28.430 --> 0:01:32.030 in our pain and some of the stuff that people 0:01:32.030 --> 0:01:35.030 had gone through. And one young lady was sharing. And 0:01:35.030 --> 0:01:38.630 then as she was sharing, a girl sitting right next 0:01:38.630 --> 0:01:42.510 to her just began to weep for her. And then 0:01:43.270 --> 0:01:46.190 we all get choked up because it's like, oh boy, 0:01:46.670 --> 0:01:48.830 and I'm glad we were sitting off in a corner 0:01:49.670 --> 0:01:52.270 because we're like, oh man, what the world's going on 0:01:52.270 --> 0:01:54.990 over here? We got a therapy session. Well, basically it 0:01:54.990 --> 0:01:58.550 was it was really dynamite. And, you know, we've been 0:01:58.660 --> 0:02:01.860 talking about transformational tools, and I just want to champion 0:02:01.860 --> 0:02:04.620 something right now. One of the most transformational tools you 0:02:04.620 --> 0:02:07.060 can have in your life is to be in a 0:02:07.060 --> 0:02:11.860 loving community of other Jesus followers, where you can have 0:02:11.860 --> 0:02:15.739 lunches like that, you can sit down and share your 0:02:15.740 --> 0:02:17.859 heart and go, let me tell you what God's done 0:02:17.860 --> 0:02:20.579 in my life, and maybe even deal with things that 0:02:20.580 --> 0:02:24.700 aren't totally resolved yet, but watch God minister there. It's 0:02:24.740 --> 0:02:27.140 one of the most powerful things that we can do. 0:02:27.340 --> 0:02:28.780 You ever been in one of those? Ali? 0:02:29.139 --> 0:02:32.260 Yeah. One of those meetings where it was unexpected. It 0:02:32.260 --> 0:02:36.139 was unexpected. And there was a heart connection. I think 0:02:36.139 --> 0:02:38.260 back to some meetings. It used to be a part 0:02:38.260 --> 0:02:41.100 of a ministry called Moms on Mission, and it was 0:02:41.139 --> 0:02:44.540 a moms ministry that met at our church. And I 0:02:44.820 --> 0:02:48.340 started attending and then eventually was helped lead helped to 0:02:48.380 --> 0:02:52.460 lead it. But it was just those meetings were have 0:02:52.460 --> 0:02:56.340 such a sweet place in my in my memory because 0:02:56.780 --> 0:03:00.730 such humility, such a sense of collaboration, a desire to 0:03:00.730 --> 0:03:04.929 be growing in Jesus ourselves, but also to encourage other moms, 0:03:04.930 --> 0:03:08.850 moms of little kids, moms of adult kids and everything 0:03:08.850 --> 0:03:11.450 in between. And just the heart of the women that 0:03:11.450 --> 0:03:15.570 I got to serve with. I always left so encouraged 0:03:15.570 --> 0:03:17.050 and challenged in the Lord. 0:03:18.850 --> 0:03:21.650 Yeah, what I'm feeling compelled with is that there's some 0:03:21.650 --> 0:03:24.290 of you listening that still are kind of coming out 0:03:24.290 --> 0:03:27.370 of the Covid fog, and that long tail on that 0:03:27.370 --> 0:03:33.010 thing is huge. And maybe you spent years going to 0:03:33.050 --> 0:03:35.290 church but not being the church. I'm asking you to 0:03:35.290 --> 0:03:39.050 take a risk and put yourself out there and find yourself. 0:03:39.090 --> 0:03:42.490 Get into especially this fall when they really kick off 0:03:42.490 --> 0:03:45.370 in earnest again, get into a small group, get into 0:03:45.370 --> 0:03:49.330 a group, and ask God to align yourself with people 0:03:49.330 --> 0:03:52.170 that you're going to be opening up your chest cavity 0:03:52.170 --> 0:03:55.130 and sharing your heart. And you might be a dude 0:03:55.130 --> 0:03:58.080 listening right now going, Karl, I don't do that. Well, 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.120 you're missing out, my brother. You really are. You're missing out, 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:06.800 my brother. And the amount of grace that God has deposited, 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.040 not only in you, but in other people, in still grace, 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.400 that God wants to visit you with his power, his favor, 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.000 to unlock something in you that maybe you're stuck in. 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:25.039 We don't come transformed by God, fully sanctified. I experience it, 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.080 you do too. We got to grow. And one of 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.679 the ways we grow is to let someone see what's 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.920 going on inside our heart. And when we do that, boom, 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.760 things can begin to happen. Okay, coming up here in 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:42.280 a moment, I was hurting. I got to take you 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.600 to the Iditarod just about a day and a half 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:48.440 into the race, I was hurting. I couldn't believe I 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.120 left it at home or lost it on the trail. 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:52.520 Uh oh. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:56.190 I still don't know what happened to it, but I 0:04:56.190 --> 0:04:59.030 was in a bad way. I'm on the squint in 0:04:59.029 --> 0:05:01.430 the river and I'm like, how in the world am 0:05:01.430 --> 0:05:05.070 I going to survive? Little did I know there was 0:05:05.070 --> 0:05:10.470 a resource to fix my problem. Just nearby. And I'm 0:05:10.470 --> 0:05:12.630 going to give you the details coming up. This is 0:05:12.630 --> 0:05:14.070 Megan Woods. The truth. 0:05:14.430 --> 0:05:17.150 She was trying to earn her way to God, but 0:05:17.150 --> 0:05:20.630 God showed her she didn't have to. Allie is in 0:05:20.630 --> 0:05:23.990 the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:05:24.190 --> 0:05:29.710 This whole week, we are tackling resources that can transform. 0:05:30.029 --> 0:05:32.469 Sometimes there's funny things that come along in life, and 0:05:32.470 --> 0:05:36.230 they're illustrative of how something might be right in front 0:05:36.230 --> 0:05:39.429 of us, and we don't even know it's there. So 0:05:39.430 --> 0:05:42.190 back in the day, when I was 18, I headed 0:05:42.190 --> 0:05:45.390 out on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and I 0:05:45.390 --> 0:05:50.030 had everything on board. I've got all my gear and 0:05:50.029 --> 0:05:53.469 13 sled dogs in front of me at that point 0:05:53.470 --> 0:05:55.220 in the race. By the way, I had King up 0:05:55.220 --> 0:05:58.340 in lead. Isn't that a classic name for a lead dog? King. 0:05:58.339 --> 0:06:00.300 King feels appropriate. 0:06:00.460 --> 0:06:03.100 Yeah. He was in single lead when we got to 0:06:03.140 --> 0:06:07.140 the coast of the kind of the west coast of Alaska. 0:06:07.180 --> 0:06:10.820 I put two twin sisters up in lead. They were 0:06:10.820 --> 0:06:14.860 both named White Eyes. They were litter mates. They were 0:06:14.860 --> 0:06:19.020 team mates. And they actually they actually died within months 0:06:19.020 --> 0:06:21.260 of each other. They were precious girls, man. They were 0:06:21.260 --> 0:06:24.860 incredible huskies. They were great in the wind. They were. 0:06:24.900 --> 0:06:27.100 They were better than king by far. King was great 0:06:27.100 --> 0:06:30.260 for wide open trails in trees and when the sun 0:06:30.260 --> 0:06:32.420 was shining. But when the weather got tough, you put 0:06:32.420 --> 0:06:34.740 those girls up in lead. How about that? Power to 0:06:34.740 --> 0:06:35.580 the girls, Ali. 0:06:35.580 --> 0:06:37.020 There you go, I love that. 0:06:37.940 --> 0:06:42.300 Yeah, they were amazing. So I'm day and a half 0:06:42.300 --> 0:06:45.979 into the race. Slept one night just short of, uh, 0:06:46.620 --> 0:06:50.099 just short of the squint in a checkpoint. And this 0:06:50.100 --> 0:06:51.820 is back in the day when it took a lot 0:06:51.820 --> 0:06:54.369 longer to get to Nome, Alaska than it does now. 0:06:54.410 --> 0:06:56.969 The trail was a little tougher. Dogs were not as fast, 0:06:56.970 --> 0:07:00.409 food was not as advanced. All the stuff. But we 0:07:00.410 --> 0:07:03.650 were we were making good time. The sun was out. 0:07:03.650 --> 0:07:06.330 There was not a breath of wind. It was probably, 0:07:06.330 --> 0:07:08.810 I don't know, I think it was probably zero, maybe 0:07:08.850 --> 0:07:13.850 five degrees below zero. So balmy for, you know, Alaska terms. 0:07:13.890 --> 0:07:16.490 And the sun was high in the sky and I 0:07:16.530 --> 0:07:21.050 could not believe it. I am scrambling, I'm looking through everything. 0:07:21.290 --> 0:07:23.850 As we're mushing down the trail. I got my Velcro 0:07:23.850 --> 0:07:26.610 ripped open on my sled bag and I am scouring 0:07:26.610 --> 0:07:29.370 the sled bag. I am in a panic because I 0:07:29.370 --> 0:07:34.050 have chapped lips like nobody's business. It was bad. You 0:07:34.050 --> 0:07:36.250 ever get them? I don't know if anyone else here 0:07:36.250 --> 0:07:38.170 ever struggles with chapped lips, but man. 0:07:38.210 --> 0:07:41.330 Yeah, I remember that. Remember that feeling. Being younger and 0:07:41.330 --> 0:07:43.770 being at school and like, you feel like your lips 0:07:43.770 --> 0:07:48.210 are like red and cracking and. Oh, and it's painful. 0:07:48.530 --> 0:07:51.130 I can't even imagine out on the Iditarod where you've 0:07:51.130 --> 0:07:54.640 got the cold and the wind just beating against your face. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.600 Yeah, and there's no 7-Eleven nearby. You know what I mean? 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.560 So it's nothing. You know it's not. I'm going to 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.680 whip in here and get some carmex somewhere. And I 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:04.280 think back in the day, I was looking for a 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.920 tube of carmex, and I'm digging around. I couldn't find it, 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.840 and I am panicked over the silliest little thing, and 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:13.840 that is, I don't have any chapstick, and I feel 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.240 like my lips are falling off my face or I 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:20.320 wish they would. So I come around the corner and 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.400 there's two dog teams camped in the trail cooking some 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:27.400 meals for their team, and I thought, man, I've been 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.360 going now about four hours. It's time for a stop anyway. 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.960 So I pulled in beside him. It was Emmitt Peters 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.880 and Isaac Oakley. I'll never forget it. Two native Alaskan mushers. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:38.600 Emmitt was a bit of a friend of mine. I'd 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.400 gotten to know him. I didn't know Isaac Oakley. He 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.400 was from the interior of Alaska. But both of these 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:48.199 guys were really respected dog mushers. And they were I mean, 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:53.030 they were outdoorsmen par excellence. It was absolutely amazing to 0:08:53.070 --> 0:08:57.709 slide up alongside them. They actually told me, come on 0:08:57.710 --> 0:09:00.510 in here, man, we're making a fire. And get your 0:09:00.550 --> 0:09:02.230 get your cooker on the fire and we're going to 0:09:02.230 --> 0:09:04.470 be good to go. And finally I had enough courage 0:09:04.470 --> 0:09:06.910 to muster it up. I said, do either of you 0:09:06.910 --> 0:09:10.709 guys have any chapstick with you? And they just laughed 0:09:10.710 --> 0:09:16.429 their heads off at me. Chapstick? What do you mean, chapstick? Chapstick. 0:09:16.910 --> 0:09:19.270 You use chapstick and they start making fun of me 0:09:19.270 --> 0:09:22.949 and I'm like, oh, boy. Wrong question. Shouldn't have asked him. 0:09:24.030 --> 0:09:28.350 And they said, do you know that God gave you chapstick? 0:09:28.550 --> 0:09:31.110 And I'm like, what do you mean? And they and 0:09:31.110 --> 0:09:33.869 they laugh with each other and they're holding out the information. 0:09:33.870 --> 0:09:38.270 Then finally Isaac looks at me and he he comes 0:09:38.270 --> 0:09:40.670 up close to me. He says, this is where God 0:09:40.670 --> 0:09:43.710 gave you chapstick. And he says, do what I do. 0:09:43.750 --> 0:09:47.790 And he reaches behind his ear, right behind that lobe. 0:09:48.429 --> 0:09:51.500 And he says, you want to press your finger against 0:09:51.500 --> 0:09:56.140 your skin behind your earlobe. There's that stuff back there. 0:09:56.140 --> 0:10:01.980 And then you wipe that onto your lips and I. Yeah. 0:10:02.100 --> 0:10:03.820 And I thought. 0:10:03.860 --> 0:10:04.140 Oh. 0:10:04.179 --> 0:10:05.380 This is kind of crazy. 0:10:05.420 --> 0:10:06.100 This is gross. 0:10:06.100 --> 0:10:11.900 But I, I did it and it worked. It gave 0:10:11.900 --> 0:10:15.580 me a little relief. It wasn't like carmex, but it 0:10:15.580 --> 0:10:19.780 was God's carmex for the moment. And I now, all seriousness, 0:10:19.780 --> 0:10:20.980 I know it's gross. 0:10:21.020 --> 0:10:23.740 Yes. The story. I've heard it before and it never 0:10:23.740 --> 0:10:25.459 gets less gross to me. 0:10:25.700 --> 0:10:32.740 But it's it's it's good. And Native Alaskans swear by it. 0:10:33.059 --> 0:10:34.100 It's like. And it's cheap. 0:10:34.140 --> 0:10:36.860 Like the oil behind. Like the oil. 0:10:36.860 --> 0:10:37.300 In your. 0:10:37.300 --> 0:10:38.099 Deposits? 0:10:38.140 --> 0:10:38.380 Yeah. 0:10:38.420 --> 0:10:41.420 The deposits. Sounds gross. 0:10:42.020 --> 0:10:43.620 Well, you know what I'm saying? 0:10:43.860 --> 0:10:44.820 Deposits. 0:10:47.730 --> 0:10:51.610 So right now somebody is trying this. 0:10:51.650 --> 0:10:52.609 Oh, I'm sure. 0:10:52.610 --> 0:10:57.449 It it works. That's what's beautiful about it. So it 0:10:57.450 --> 0:10:59.449 gave me a little bit of relief, and I actually 0:10:59.450 --> 0:11:01.290 gave me enough relief where I could get up to. 0:11:01.330 --> 0:11:03.290 I forget what city I got to. I guess I 0:11:03.290 --> 0:11:05.770 had to go all the way to McGrath, which was 0:11:06.450 --> 0:11:09.569 a town another 2 or 300 miles down the trail 0:11:09.570 --> 0:11:11.370 that actually had a store where I could go in 0:11:11.370 --> 0:11:14.449 and get some chapstick. And oh boy, that was good 0:11:14.490 --> 0:11:17.089 because it worked. But I had such a severe case 0:11:17.090 --> 0:11:19.490 of chapped lips, I needed something a little more industrial 0:11:19.490 --> 0:11:22.209 strength than what I could muster behind the ear. And 0:11:22.210 --> 0:11:24.730 it's really funny because I said at first, I said, 0:11:24.730 --> 0:11:27.410 I don't get it. And he said, get your fingernail 0:11:27.410 --> 0:11:28.810 in there and scrape it out. Oh. 0:11:29.530 --> 0:11:30.770 That's even worse. 0:11:30.929 --> 0:11:33.370 Yeah, I know it's kind of rough, but it's it's 0:11:33.410 --> 0:11:39.010 it's what Native Alaskans do. And you know what? It helped. 0:11:39.929 --> 0:11:42.170 It was the funny tool. Yeah. 0:11:42.370 --> 0:11:43.130 In the moment. 0:11:43.170 --> 0:11:47.360 This this is my Bible study tool, uh, Illustration here. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:52.640 Sometimes the greatest tools we find are close by. 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:53.400 Okay. 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:58.000 And they come right when we need them. And so 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.160 we are going to tee it up for you right now. 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.559 We got a question for you. What is that tool 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:07.360 that resource that you needed and you didn't know how 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.000 much you needed until you got it. And you want 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:15.199 to shout it from the mountain tops. It's a transformational tool. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.640 Who knows what it is? Could be a mr. pin 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:22.080 sleek highlighter. Could be a certain commentary. It could be. 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.240 You name it. Fill in the blank. We are ready 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.840 for your phone calls right now. And you get bonus 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:32.880 points if you try the chapstick that Carl just recommended you. 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:34.800 You don't have to tell us about it, though. Try 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.360 it on your own time. But we do want you 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.400 to call in on this question. What is that tool 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.360 of transformation that really unlocked things for you? Could have 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.959 been a Bible study, could have been a devotional habit. 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.070 It could have been an accountability partner. This was something 0:12:47.070 --> 0:12:50.190 that you did not know how much you needed until 0:12:50.190 --> 0:12:54.510 you had it. 800 555 7898. Talking about taking those 0:12:54.510 --> 0:12:56.589 next steps in our walk with Jesus, what was that 0:12:56.590 --> 0:12:59.190 tool of transformation that made all the difference in the 0:12:59.190 --> 0:13:03.230 world for you? 805 55 7898. 0:13:03.670 --> 0:13:06.350 You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't 0:13:06.390 --> 0:13:10.270 take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew. 0:13:10.470 --> 0:13:12.949 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:13:12.990 --> 0:13:14.950 This is your opportunity to get up on a soapbox 0:13:14.950 --> 0:13:18.310 and cheer for something. And you want to do it. 0:13:18.309 --> 0:13:20.949 You got a resource. It's really helping you grow and 0:13:20.950 --> 0:13:24.750 go with God. It's a transformational tool. Something that came 0:13:24.790 --> 0:13:26.630 that might have been close by. Maybe you had it 0:13:26.630 --> 0:13:28.709 in your house for years. Maybe it's something that you 0:13:28.710 --> 0:13:31.390 had at the office. It might be an online tool. 0:13:31.630 --> 0:13:35.430 What is that tool of transformation that you use? Could 0:13:35.429 --> 0:13:37.870 be a devotional, could be a book. And you're like, 0:13:37.870 --> 0:13:41.429 I got to shout this one from the mountaintops. 800 0:13:41.470 --> 0:13:46.380 555 7898. Call in right now. Phone lines wide open 0:13:46.660 --> 0:13:52.220 800 555 7898. It's good to cheer about it, Ali. 0:13:52.260 --> 0:13:55.020 It really is. Let's go to Erica calling in this 0:13:55.020 --> 0:13:58.780 morning from Tennessee. Erica, what's that tool of transformation that 0:13:58.820 --> 0:14:00.060 really has helped you? 0:14:01.780 --> 0:14:06.140 Yeah. So my Christian counselor met me at a really 0:14:06.179 --> 0:14:10.420 hard time in my life where I wanted to express 0:14:10.420 --> 0:14:12.660 to God and like I needed his help, but I 0:14:12.660 --> 0:14:14.100 didn't have a lot of people around me that I 0:14:14.100 --> 0:14:16.580 could share with. And she taught me a method called 0:14:16.580 --> 0:14:21.180 the Dilemma Book Method, dilemma Book method. And it did 0:14:21.500 --> 0:14:26.060 helpful where you journal this lament to God writing down 0:14:26.180 --> 0:14:29.940 what's on your heart. And then she specifically taught me 0:14:31.260 --> 0:14:35.340 and find Scripture that correlates with what I need. And 0:14:35.340 --> 0:14:37.980 it felt like I was just taking the medicine I 0:14:37.980 --> 0:14:41.820 needed to heal my soul and just bring the comfort 0:14:41.820 --> 0:14:44.400 that I needed. Because sometimes, you know, we're at places 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:49.080 where we don't have people around us to support us, 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.440 and we just really need God, but we don't have 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.320 the words for it. So journaling with the Dilemma book 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:57.640 method has really helped me over for several years now. 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:00.840 That's beautiful. Erica, thanks for having the courage to call in. 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:05.160 We appreciate that. Um, that's that's that's so sweet. It's 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:09.600 interesting that you mentioned that, uh, you know, I'm convinced 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.560 that one of the big challenges, by the way, if 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:13.600 you've got a resource that you want to shout from 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.800 the mountaintops, we'd love to hear from you right now. 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:20.640 Call 1-800-555-7898. I want to make sure you get the 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:25.320 phone number here. (800) 555-7898. Give us a call. Let's load 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:29.600 up the phone lines. Guys. There's there's resources, books, journal, tactics, 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.400 all these different things that God can really use in 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.720 a powerful way. Um, so give us a call right now. 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:40.560 800 555 7898. You know, it's interesting. We had a 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:44.390 very unusual staff meeting. I pastor a church here in Chicagoland, 0:15:44.670 --> 0:15:47.590 and we've got a just a great team of people, 0:15:48.990 --> 0:15:52.790 young and old. We've got we've got 20 somethings and 0:15:52.790 --> 0:15:56.550 we've got 60 somethings, and it's really cool because we 0:15:56.550 --> 0:15:58.790 had a sweet time yesterday. What began is going to 0:15:58.790 --> 0:16:01.790 be just kind of a lunch celebrating. Some things turned 0:16:01.790 --> 0:16:04.790 into a lot of tears, and I'm glad we were 0:16:04.790 --> 0:16:07.230 tucked off in the corner because we had this table there. 0:16:07.230 --> 0:16:12.550 And we're we're talking about life. And pretty quick, a 0:16:12.710 --> 0:16:16.430 layer got peeled back and, uh, one of the young 0:16:16.430 --> 0:16:18.590 ladies began to share a little bit of her story, 0:16:18.590 --> 0:16:21.270 just some of her upbringing. Very appropriate sharing, but it 0:16:21.270 --> 0:16:25.110 was really powerful. And then someone else shared and someone 0:16:25.110 --> 0:16:28.550 else shared. And by the time we were all done sharing, 0:16:28.630 --> 0:16:31.230 it was just one of the most uniting things we 0:16:31.230 --> 0:16:35.470 could have done. It was, I think too many times 0:16:35.470 --> 0:16:40.430 we fly through life even thinking about spiritual growth and 0:16:40.430 --> 0:16:42.540 we miss. And this is why I'm so glad Eric 0:16:42.540 --> 0:16:46.220 had called in. We miss the beauty of digging down 0:16:46.220 --> 0:16:49.460 deep enough not to camp out, or to worship that 0:16:49.460 --> 0:16:54.100 thing of pain, but to embrace man. I am really 0:16:54.300 --> 0:16:57.980 impacted to this day from what happened to me back here. 0:16:58.220 --> 0:17:00.420 And the beautiful thing about that is when you bring 0:17:00.420 --> 0:17:05.100 it into the light, you find that there is a 0:17:05.100 --> 0:17:09.060 a increased sense of intimacy with God and friendship with 0:17:09.060 --> 0:17:13.540 others that is unstoppable. It's a beautiful thing. You know, 0:17:13.580 --> 0:17:17.859 for a lot of years, I think until probably 16 0:17:17.859 --> 0:17:26.300 years ago, I didn't have a deep understanding of. Of 0:17:26.300 --> 0:17:30.140 digging down to the point where you go, why do 0:17:30.140 --> 0:17:34.300 I do what I do? What's driving me? Is there 0:17:34.300 --> 0:17:38.300 something from family of origin that's causing me to say 0:17:38.300 --> 0:17:42.490 what I say to. To be what I am. Then 0:17:42.490 --> 0:17:45.130 you dig down and you get a little bit further 0:17:45.130 --> 0:17:50.210 and you start to see things. And the beautiful thing 0:17:50.210 --> 0:17:52.530 about God's grace and mercy is that as we see 0:17:52.530 --> 0:17:56.290 those things, he begins to craft in us a brand 0:17:56.290 --> 0:17:59.930 new identity, who we are in Jesus Christ. And one 0:17:59.930 --> 0:18:03.770 of the biggest aha moments that I had a number 0:18:03.770 --> 0:18:06.330 of years ago, and it was reaffirmed yesterday around the 0:18:06.330 --> 0:18:09.129 lunch table, is that man. It's a freeing thing to 0:18:09.170 --> 0:18:12.770 know that we have nothing to prove to God that 0:18:12.770 --> 0:18:15.770 we're not working for God, we're not working for Jesus, 0:18:15.810 --> 0:18:20.050 we're not working for the Holy Spirit. We are with God. 0:18:20.050 --> 0:18:23.890 We are with Jesus. We are with the spirit. And 0:18:23.890 --> 0:18:27.209 he doesn't need us to have everything perfectly packaged up. 0:18:27.450 --> 0:18:30.770 He just wants to walk with us that way. So 0:18:30.770 --> 0:18:33.970 I appreciate you, Erica, calling in this morning because it's. 0:18:34.130 --> 0:18:37.250 It was Erica, right? Yes. Um, I appreciate you calling 0:18:37.250 --> 0:18:40.280 in this morning because that's. beautiful. I'm so glad that 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.600 journaling the dilemma journaling, is that what it was? Dilemma journaling. 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.840 I've not heard about that before, but that that sounds good. 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:49.200 Let's get a couple more calls in here. We got 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:54.360 wide open lines 805 five, 578, 98. What's that resource 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.639 that has really impacted your life? Let's go. Let's go 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:58.800 back to Elizabeth. 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:02.480 First time caller from from Chicago right here in Illinois. Elizabeth, 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:05.359 what's that tool of transformation or that resource that's really 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.320 helped you take a step forward with Jesus? 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.719 Good morning. A friend of mine challenged me to do 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:14.359 the Bible app, read the Bible in a year with her, 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:16.959 and I've attempted a couple of times to do it 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.680 on my own and and do a reading plan. But 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.960 with the Bible app, I, I even if I'm on 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:25.200 the go, I can always do my reading. And it's 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:28.600 been a huge transformation in my life and my prayer 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.600 life and my spiritual walk with God. It's been so 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.760 amazing and I can't do without it. And I can't 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:37.120 wait now to finish the Bible app so I can 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:40.670 start all over again and again and again and again. 0:19:40.710 --> 0:19:42.550 I don't think I could ever go without it. 0:19:42.990 --> 0:19:44.190 That's beautiful. 0:19:44.350 --> 0:19:45.230 Elizabeth. Elizabeth. 0:19:45.230 --> 0:19:47.910 Thank you. Thank you for calling in. Yeah. What's really 0:19:47.910 --> 0:19:50.350 sweet about the YouVersion Bible app? If you get the 0:19:50.390 --> 0:19:54.910 Bible app, they've got read through plans. So many that 0:19:54.910 --> 0:19:56.790 are so varied. You can go all the way from 0:19:56.790 --> 0:19:58.990 a power read through. Ready for this? You can do 0:19:58.990 --> 0:20:02.070 an eight day read through of the Bible. So if 0:20:02.109 --> 0:20:03.950 you got eight days and you're going away to some 0:20:03.950 --> 0:20:07.030 cabin somewhere, you might be able to pull it off. Uh, 0:20:07.030 --> 0:20:09.310 but you can go all the way to yearly read 0:20:09.310 --> 0:20:12.990 through and so many different approaches to read through. But 0:20:13.030 --> 0:20:15.030 way to go, Elizabeth. That is great. All right, let's 0:20:15.030 --> 0:20:16.510 keep going here. Ali, who do we have? 0:20:16.550 --> 0:20:19.350 We have Susan, first time caller from Tennessee. Susan, what's 0:20:19.350 --> 0:20:23.030 that tool of transformation or that resource that's really helped you? 0:20:24.190 --> 0:20:26.390 Well, I have to plug the Bible app also because 0:20:26.390 --> 0:20:33.109 this devotional talking about is, uh, called um, Celebrate Recovery 0:20:33.310 --> 0:20:39.100 and um, um, the, uh, I went through it three 0:20:39.100 --> 0:20:41.300 and a half times. I was in a, uh, I 0:20:41.420 --> 0:20:44.139 was in a very huge depression. Like, I had to. 0:20:44.180 --> 0:20:47.820 I had to transform my life hugely. And, um, I 0:20:47.859 --> 0:20:50.219 couldn't I couldn't get out of this. Even my husband, 0:20:50.220 --> 0:20:52.540 he was like, you've got to do something because we 0:20:52.540 --> 0:20:55.540 can't live with you like this. So I so I 0:20:55.580 --> 0:20:57.820 cut out a whole bunch of things in my diet, 0:20:58.100 --> 0:21:00.220 went to I went to a couple of doctors and 0:21:00.260 --> 0:21:03.619 I found this devotional, it's like 41 to 45 days, 0:21:03.820 --> 0:21:07.180 three and a half times going through it. And, I mean, 0:21:07.180 --> 0:21:10.100 I'm a Christian. I've been a Christian for 30 something years, 0:21:10.340 --> 0:21:13.700 and this was amazing. It just what it brought out. 0:21:13.900 --> 0:21:16.940 I've never done drugs. I've never done alcohol. I've never 0:21:16.940 --> 0:21:19.700 done anything like that. But just, just I was just 0:21:19.700 --> 0:21:25.060 wanting to celebrate being over being depressed. And it worked. 0:21:25.060 --> 0:21:27.899 It was amazing what God brought, brought through to this. 0:21:27.940 --> 0:21:29.820 It was hard and it was wonderful. 0:21:30.140 --> 0:21:32.660 Yeah. Susan, thank you so much for calling in. First 0:21:32.700 --> 0:21:36.490 time caller from Tennessee celebrate recovery. Alright. Ali probably knows 0:21:36.490 --> 0:21:37.450 where I'm going to go here. 0:21:38.570 --> 0:21:39.450 I think I do. 0:21:39.690 --> 0:21:42.850 Yeah, we're all in recovery. See, one of the great 0:21:42.850 --> 0:21:45.889 dangers with Recovery ministry is that you start thinking, man, 0:21:45.890 --> 0:21:49.610 I'm glad I'm not that poor person over there. The 0:21:49.609 --> 0:21:52.050 irony is, is that we were all born with our 0:21:52.050 --> 0:21:55.169 back to God. And when we had our back to God, we. 0:21:55.170 --> 0:21:57.729 There were a lot of seeds sown that need to 0:21:57.730 --> 0:22:00.930 be unwound. And even when we come into a relationship 0:22:00.930 --> 0:22:05.810 with Christ, we're not fully sanctified. Everything isn't perfect. And 0:22:05.810 --> 0:22:09.250 all of us are in recovery things. And oftentimes one 0:22:09.250 --> 0:22:12.010 of the dangers with recovery ministry is we look at 0:22:12.050 --> 0:22:16.409 those guys over there. And the beautiful thing about recovery 0:22:16.410 --> 0:22:21.409 ministry is that there's a level of authenticity and vulnerability 0:22:21.410 --> 0:22:26.210 that we need across the entire spectrum of the church, everybody. 0:22:26.210 --> 0:22:29.330 We would all benefit from it. So that's my two 0:22:29.369 --> 0:22:31.690 shots on that one. That's an important one. Susan, thank 0:22:31.690 --> 0:22:34.320 you for calling in. We're going to spin a song here, 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:36.520 but we're going to keep phone lines wide open here. 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:38.400 We've got a question for you right now. 0:22:38.440 --> 0:22:41.719 What's that tool of transformation that's helped you take a 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:45.359 step forward in your walk with Jesus? It unlocked things 0:22:45.359 --> 0:22:47.479 for you. It's the tool you didn't know you needed 0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:55.160 until you had it. 800 555 7898 (800) 555-7898. 0:22:55.480 --> 0:23:00.080 She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her. 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:04.240 Super dei is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:05.480 on Moody Radio. 0:23:05.480 --> 0:23:08.199 Going back to the phone lines. What's that tool of 0:23:08.200 --> 0:23:11.040 transformation that God has used in your life so radically? 0:23:11.040 --> 0:23:13.200 You got to. You need a soapbox. We got one 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:18.760 for you. 800 555 7898 taking your calls this morning 0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:22.080 800 555 7898 take it away, Ali. 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:24.399 Let's go to Mike. First time caller from Indiana. What's 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:27.119 that tool of transformation that's really helped you? 0:23:28.680 --> 0:23:32.400 Uh, it would be a book called Love and Respect 0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:38.149 by Emerson Etheridge. It really transformed in my marriage. Um, 0:23:38.550 --> 0:23:40.869 just help me understand how I needed to relate to 0:23:40.869 --> 0:23:45.990 my wife and the roles that God had put in 0:23:45.990 --> 0:23:50.150 our lives. And we've we've used that for just talking 0:23:50.190 --> 0:23:52.790 to other couples who were struggling, how it helped us. 0:23:53.310 --> 0:23:56.229 Yeah it's beautiful Mike. That's a great book. And getting 0:23:56.230 --> 0:24:00.070 a resource like that can be so transformational. I appreciate it. Mike, 0:24:00.070 --> 0:24:02.350 I'm so glad for your marriage. How many years you've 0:24:02.350 --> 0:24:03.230 been married, Mike? 0:24:04.710 --> 0:24:06.189 Uh, 44 years this year. 0:24:06.230 --> 0:24:09.350 Wow. My man. Way to go. When did you get 0:24:09.350 --> 0:24:12.070 your hands on that book? How many years of marriage? 0:24:13.790 --> 0:24:16.230 Uh, well, let's see, it was. 0:24:17.670 --> 0:24:18.950 Now I'm having you do math. 0:24:19.710 --> 0:24:21.070 Yeah, ten years ago. 0:24:21.310 --> 0:24:24.149 So 34 years of marriage. Hey, I want to thank you, Mike, 0:24:24.150 --> 0:24:27.470 for being a man. That's not, uh, you're not mailing 0:24:27.470 --> 0:24:30.390 it in. You're leaning in even to your relationship with 0:24:30.390 --> 0:24:34.940 your bride, bro. That's so encouraging. May your tribe increase, Mike. Godspeed, man, 0:24:34.940 --> 0:24:37.660 I love you. Thanks for calling in. How cool is that? Yeah, 0:24:37.940 --> 0:24:39.940 I love that 34 years of marriage. And he picks 0:24:39.940 --> 0:24:42.500 up a book and goes, we're we're working on this still. 0:24:42.540 --> 0:24:45.060 Yeah. I need to change how I'm relating to my wife. 0:24:45.340 --> 0:24:48.060 Yeah. Let's go back here. Ali, who do we have. 0:24:48.100 --> 0:24:50.979 Got Scott calling in this morning from Illinois. Scott, tell us, 0:24:50.980 --> 0:24:53.899 what's that resource, that tool of transformation that's helped you 0:24:53.900 --> 0:24:55.260 take that step forward? 0:24:56.380 --> 0:24:59.340 Good morning. It's kind of obvious, but the Bible really 0:24:59.500 --> 0:25:01.540 touched my heart. One day we were at our son 0:25:01.540 --> 0:25:04.740 Stephen's graduation from the Marine Corps Boot camp in San 0:25:04.780 --> 0:25:08.420 Diego on March 15th, 2018, and the commanding general was 0:25:08.460 --> 0:25:11.900 going to have a presentation to any family members at 0:25:11.900 --> 0:25:14.979 the at the parade deck. And, uh, at 7:00. So 0:25:14.980 --> 0:25:16.859 I was out there with a big cup of coffee 0:25:16.900 --> 0:25:19.380 and the word and I was reading Proverbs 15 because 0:25:19.420 --> 0:25:22.179 that was the 15th, which is kind of what I do, 0:25:22.619 --> 0:25:25.619 and I've read it many, many times before. And, um, 0:25:25.660 --> 0:25:27.460 I was sitting there because I got discharged from the 0:25:27.460 --> 0:25:30.139 Marine Corps under other than honorable conditions because of drugs 0:25:30.140 --> 0:25:34.050 and alcohol and getting in trouble in 83. And I 0:25:34.050 --> 0:25:36.649 was reflecting on like how I blew it and why 0:25:36.650 --> 0:25:39.050 it happened the way it did. And, you know, what 0:25:39.050 --> 0:25:41.770 did God do with that? Why? You know, and, um, 0:25:42.050 --> 0:25:45.209 I read Proverbs 15 five and, uh, it says a 0:25:45.210 --> 0:25:48.650 fool spurns his father's discipline. And it just hit me 0:25:48.650 --> 0:25:51.850 like the Holy Spirit said. That's why it ended up 0:25:51.850 --> 0:25:54.970 for you the way it did. Because I reached out 0:25:54.970 --> 0:25:56.969 to you so many times and tried to get you, 0:25:57.369 --> 0:25:59.570 and you didn't want to listen to me. And so 0:25:59.609 --> 0:26:02.330 I let you go your way. And if I hadn't 0:26:02.330 --> 0:26:05.250 been sitting there reading that that morning, that wouldn't have happened. 0:26:05.290 --> 0:26:08.369 And it's it's really challenged me to be in the 0:26:08.369 --> 0:26:10.050 word as much as I can, because I want that 0:26:10.050 --> 0:26:10.770 to happen more. 0:26:11.890 --> 0:26:14.690 Scott, I want to thank you too, man, for your vulnerability. 0:26:14.690 --> 0:26:18.810 That takes up real spiritual, strong man to share that story. 0:26:19.410 --> 0:26:22.330 That must have been it. Two things happened there. One 0:26:22.330 --> 0:26:25.770 is you go, this is why it happened. I hope 0:26:25.770 --> 0:26:28.730 it was soon followed by a big old hug from God. 0:26:28.730 --> 0:26:30.240 Did you feel that one, Scott? 0:26:30.560 --> 0:26:33.359 Oh, yeah. Every time I think about it, it's. It's 0:26:33.359 --> 0:26:35.520 just fills my heart with love for him. You know 0:26:35.560 --> 0:26:37.840 that he would do that. That he would, you know, 0:26:37.880 --> 0:26:40.280 touch my heart with that little verse that morning at 0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.920 that time and answer my question for me. 0:26:43.800 --> 0:26:46.840 That's beautiful. Scott. I love you, man. Thanks for calling in. 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:53.400 Scott from Illinois, man. This. This is just what my 0:26:53.400 --> 0:26:57.320 soul needed today. How how sweet is this? This is 0:26:57.320 --> 0:27:00.080 not just resources. This is stories of. This is how 0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:00.960 it impacted me. 0:27:01.000 --> 0:27:03.040 Yeah. And if you've got one of those, the tool 0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:06.080 of transformation, a resource that really met you at a 0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:09.520 moment or unlocked things, helped you take a step forward 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:17.520 in your walk with Jesus. 800 555 7898 855 five 7898. 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.080 Kenyan first time caller from Georgia. What do you say? Kenyan? 0:27:22.160 --> 0:27:29.270 Um. Hi there. Um, I have, um, This thing where 0:27:29.430 --> 0:27:34.430 whenever I think of my dog who died, like last year, um, 0:27:35.070 --> 0:27:40.190 there's this podcast called No Sanity Required from Snowbird Wilderness 0:27:40.190 --> 0:27:44.150 Outfitters in North Carolina, and they had a podcast on 0:27:44.150 --> 0:27:48.270 dealing with loss of family and animals. And I mean, 0:27:48.310 --> 0:27:52.669 just listening to the whole hour of that podcast helped 0:27:52.670 --> 0:27:57.510 me a lot, much, a lot, much more than if 0:27:57.510 --> 0:27:58.990 I didn't listen to it. 0:27:59.190 --> 0:28:00.030 Yeah, right. 0:28:00.990 --> 0:28:04.229 Oh, wow. I'm looking up this podcast. Right. Kenyon, how 0:28:04.230 --> 0:28:06.629 old are you? Kenyon calling in this morning. 0:28:07.670 --> 0:28:09.070 I'm 13 years old. 0:28:09.109 --> 0:28:13.350 13 years old? That's awesome. I'm looking up this podcast. 0:28:13.350 --> 0:28:16.190 This is awesome. It's a it's a podcast that has 0:28:16.190 --> 0:28:20.070 been began in 1997. The mission is to equip the 0:28:20.070 --> 0:28:23.510 local church. Wow. So it's a new way to teach 0:28:23.510 --> 0:28:26.830 Scripture in a relational way. Strong focus on the faithful 0:28:26.940 --> 0:28:29.660 exposition of God's Word for the growth of his church. 0:28:29.740 --> 0:28:32.460 So this is a this is a gospel centered podcast. 0:28:32.500 --> 0:28:35.060 You chose Kenyon. I think that's awesome. Thanks for listening 0:28:35.100 --> 0:28:37.140 to Carl and crew. Hold on the line. We want 0:28:37.180 --> 0:28:38.220 to get you a Carl and crew. 0:28:38.740 --> 0:28:41.100 I was gonna do it if you didn't do it. 0:28:41.140 --> 0:28:43.540 Kenyon's getting a Carl and crew prize pack. 0:28:43.580 --> 0:28:45.620 We get a 13 year old up that. 0:28:45.620 --> 0:28:49.420 Early, listening to Carl and crew and talking about a 0:28:49.420 --> 0:28:52.740 podcast where that God used to help him through a 0:28:52.740 --> 0:28:55.380 season of grieving a pet boy. 0:28:55.380 --> 0:28:57.340 Oh, boy, that's beautiful. 0:28:57.380 --> 0:28:59.500 What's the name of that podcast everybody's going to be 0:28:59.500 --> 0:29:00.500 asking us via text? 0:29:00.540 --> 0:29:04.100 It's called No Sanity Required. I've not heard of it, 0:29:04.100 --> 0:29:05.580 but looks fascinating. 0:29:06.660 --> 0:29:10.220 Coming up, taking more of your calls. What's that transformational 0:29:10.260 --> 0:29:15.500 tool that God has used in your life? 800 555 0:29:15.540 --> 0:29:21.740 7898 800 555 7898 if you're on the phone lines 0:29:21.740 --> 0:29:24.180 right now, stay on hold. If you possibly can, we'll 0:29:24.180 --> 0:29:25.340 get to you straight ahead. 0:29:25.340 --> 0:29:28.530 Said he was sharing the gospel on the radio and 0:29:28.530 --> 0:29:32.890 then he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's 0:29:32.890 --> 0:29:35.010 Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:29:35.450 --> 0:29:37.570 And get a couple more in here for another quick break. 0:29:37.570 --> 0:29:39.890 We're going to powerhouse right to the end of this hour. 0:29:39.930 --> 0:29:42.770 This is awesome. We got text messages coming in saying, 0:29:42.770 --> 0:29:47.050 loving this. We're with you. What is that transformational tool 0:29:47.050 --> 0:29:50.410 that God has used so powerfully in your life and 0:29:50.410 --> 0:29:54.489 these heartfelt stories? My goodness, Ali warms the cockles of 0:29:54.490 --> 0:29:56.450 your heart to grab one of my dad's statements. 0:29:56.450 --> 0:29:59.090 It really does because you think about the different all 0:29:59.130 --> 0:30:02.250 the there's a million things out there, but God can 0:30:02.250 --> 0:30:06.250 use one specific tool or resource at the moment when 0:30:06.250 --> 0:30:08.890 you need it. And that's what we're hearing, David from Michigan, 0:30:08.890 --> 0:30:10.890 you've got one of those. Tell us what's that tool 0:30:10.890 --> 0:30:13.370 of transformation that God really used in your life? 0:30:14.610 --> 0:30:17.490 It's called the Scripture Typer app, and you can download 0:30:17.490 --> 0:30:20.010 it and import all of your favorite scriptures. You can 0:30:20.010 --> 0:30:23.170 organize them into categories, but what it is is you 0:30:23.170 --> 0:30:26.080 type the first letter of each word, and it fills 0:30:26.080 --> 0:30:29.040 the rest of the word in for you. And as 0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:31.440 you get toward the end of it, all of the 0:30:31.440 --> 0:30:35.040 letters kind of fade away. So you you kind of 0:30:35.200 --> 0:30:37.600 gain points, lose points. But the whole purpose is to 0:30:37.600 --> 0:30:38.480 memorize scripture. 0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:39.160 And oh. 0:30:39.400 --> 0:30:40.640 I really enjoy that. 0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:42.240 So it kind of gamifies it. 0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:43.880 Yeah. 0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:44.400 Oh. 0:30:45.080 --> 0:30:45.640 Interesting. 0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:49.040 Really cool. It's called the Scripture taper. Is it a 0:30:49.040 --> 0:30:51.000 free app or do you have to pay some shekels? 0:30:52.480 --> 0:30:54.720 It's free if you use the King James Version, but 0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:55.960 ESV charges you. 0:30:59.880 --> 0:31:02.800 I gotta call my friend Wayne Grudem, who's the general 0:31:02.800 --> 0:31:05.000 editor of the ESV, and go, why are you charging 0:31:05.000 --> 0:31:08.240 for the ESV on? No, it's a publishing thing. Oh 0:31:08.280 --> 0:31:12.680 that's hilarious, David, that is hilarious. Uh, the Scripture typer, 0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:15.960 especially all UK fee fans. Is it new King James 0:31:15.960 --> 0:31:19.000 Version or just old King James Version? That is free. 0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:22.840 Uh, I don't remember. You'll have to download it and 0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:23.040 tell me. 0:31:23.040 --> 0:31:24.350 I'll have to download it now. 0:31:24.390 --> 0:31:26.710 You got me going to look at it. All right. David, 0:31:26.710 --> 0:31:29.590 thank you for calling in from Michigan. Really cool. I mean, 0:31:29.590 --> 0:31:30.830 we're learning some good stuff. 0:31:30.910 --> 0:31:32.910 I know I'm writing stuff down. 0:31:33.630 --> 0:31:36.469 Uh, Will, let's get you in Illinois. Right here in Chicago. 0:31:36.510 --> 0:31:37.390 What do you say, Will? 0:31:38.830 --> 0:31:44.550 Uh. Good morning. I was with about six gentlemen in Gurnee, 0:31:44.990 --> 0:31:50.510 and we studied Andrew Murray's humility. And a trusted brother 0:31:51.150 --> 0:31:54.950 made a study guide for it. And what I learned is, 0:31:55.590 --> 0:31:59.790 you know, even in our righteousness, we can be prideful. 0:32:00.110 --> 0:32:03.790 Yeah. Yeah. There's not a wasted word in that book. 0:32:03.790 --> 0:32:06.950 That's one of my top five books of all time. 0:32:06.950 --> 0:32:10.110 Might actually be. I'm going to call it right now. 0:32:10.110 --> 0:32:13.390 It's top three. It's up there with Divine Conspiracy and 0:32:13.390 --> 0:32:17.070 a couple others, but Humility by Andrew Murray. Thank you, Will, 0:32:17.070 --> 0:32:20.750 for calling in today. That is, if I can recommend 0:32:20.750 --> 0:32:23.460 a book for you to get Humility by Andrew Murray. 0:32:23.460 --> 0:32:26.180 It's a very short read. You can get it. I'll 0:32:26.180 --> 0:32:27.740 go ahead and say it. You can get it on 0:32:27.740 --> 0:32:31.340 the big box Amazon for like $7 and change right now. 0:32:31.380 --> 0:32:34.300 Get the one with the vase on the cover. It's 0:32:34.300 --> 0:32:37.780 kind of a brownish cover, but for $7 and change, 0:32:37.780 --> 0:32:39.180 you can get a book that is one of the 0:32:39.180 --> 0:32:43.620 most transformational things going. It's called Humility by Andrew Murray. 0:32:43.660 --> 0:32:45.740 And way to go, Will. Okay. Coming up we're going 0:32:45.780 --> 0:32:47.620 to go back to more of you man. It's lighten 0:32:47.620 --> 0:32:48.660 up in here Ali. 0:32:48.700 --> 0:32:51.540 What do you say. What's that tool of transformation, that 0:32:51.580 --> 0:32:56.100 resource that got us really used in your walk with him? 0:32:56.140 --> 0:32:58.780 800 555 7898. 0:32:59.220 --> 0:33:02.140 You're listening to Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:33:02.500 --> 0:33:03.380 So grateful. 0:33:03.740 --> 0:33:07.220 These stories. This is some of the most heartwarming content 0:33:07.220 --> 0:33:10.900 that we've had. I there's something about you, the boom 0:33:10.900 --> 0:33:13.820 crew doing what you do. And by the way, I 0:33:13.820 --> 0:33:16.700 haven't done it today. Boom. To all of you, it's 0:33:16.700 --> 0:33:22.330 a big affirmation. Thank you. Heartfelt. How many people are 0:33:22.370 --> 0:33:25.570 leaning into their relationship with God and finding hope in 0:33:25.570 --> 0:33:28.650 transformational tools? It is awesome. 0:33:28.690 --> 0:33:32.770 Huge. Huge. Can I grab the next caller because she 0:33:32.770 --> 0:33:35.890 shares a tool that's really helped me. Let's go. We 0:33:35.890 --> 0:33:39.010 have the same one. Tina. First time caller from Florida. 0:33:39.050 --> 0:33:41.969 I'm going to let you talk about this awesome resource 0:33:41.970 --> 0:33:43.810 that sounds like we're both doing. 0:33:46.130 --> 0:33:46.930 Good morning. 0:33:47.450 --> 0:33:53.010 The Bible recap by Tara Lee Campbell. It's a great resource. 0:33:53.610 --> 0:33:59.330 It's a hardcover book. You can get and also a podcast. Uh, 0:33:59.690 --> 0:34:04.610 I started reading that book daily. It's a daily reading 0:34:04.610 --> 0:34:08.610 plan with the Bible, and I started reading that five 0:34:08.610 --> 0:34:12.130 years ago. I have read the Bible through and through 0:34:12.170 --> 0:34:16.290 for five years, and it's really enhanced my knowledge and 0:34:16.290 --> 0:34:17.410 love for God. 0:34:17.450 --> 0:34:20.200 Wow. Yeah. Okay. This is first time I've heard of 0:34:20.200 --> 0:34:21.080 this Tina. 0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:23.520 First time caller from Florida. I am so with her 0:34:23.520 --> 0:34:26.239 on this. I have started this this year. It's called 0:34:26.239 --> 0:34:29.719 the Bible Recap. There's different ways you can engage with it. 0:34:29.719 --> 0:34:32.319 I do it on the YouVersion plan, and so there's 0:34:32.360 --> 0:34:36.080 a daily reading plan. And then a daily mini video 0:34:36.120 --> 0:34:39.840 of just kind of helps you get some context for 0:34:39.840 --> 0:34:42.680 what you're reading, but it's done in such a way 0:34:42.680 --> 0:34:47.600 that it really makes it fun. And you're learning. You're 0:34:47.640 --> 0:34:50.959 engaging with the Word of God, and it helps fill 0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:54.759 in some of those gaps that if that exists, particularly 0:34:54.760 --> 0:34:57.879 in some of those tougher Old Testament passages, it has 0:34:57.880 --> 0:35:01.480 really illuminated some things for me. I'm pumped. I want 0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:03.200 to cheer for that one as well. It's called the 0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:04.200 Bible recap. 0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:07.000 Okay, man, we got banner ads going up here. 0:35:07.000 --> 0:35:09.440 I'll do a banner ad for that one. It's well deserved. 0:35:09.680 --> 0:35:12.040 That's great. Kimberly and Aurora, let's get you in here. 0:35:12.040 --> 0:35:12.920 What do you say, Kim? 0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:17.520 Hi. I love you, ally. All of you guys, actually, however, 0:35:17.520 --> 0:35:21.989 mine is. called The Garden Within by Anita Phillips. It 0:35:22.030 --> 0:35:24.230 talks about how your heart is a garden, and it 0:35:24.230 --> 0:35:26.710 gives a translation of how real garden is, and how 0:35:26.750 --> 0:35:29.950 roots are deeply rooted in your heart, and how it 0:35:29.950 --> 0:35:32.029 has to be plucked up from the root and not 0:35:32.030 --> 0:35:38.510 just from the vine. And it tells you from gambling to, um, 0:35:38.750 --> 0:35:43.510 whatever you're dealing with. She tells you how God removes 0:35:43.510 --> 0:35:46.190 it and helps you remove it when you are walking 0:35:46.190 --> 0:35:48.350 with him, and how to get it deeply rooted out 0:35:48.350 --> 0:35:51.069 of your heart or is going to resurface. It's a 0:35:51.070 --> 0:35:51.710 great read. 0:35:52.310 --> 0:35:56.470 Way to go, man. Transformational tools. Are you kidding me? 0:35:56.510 --> 0:35:59.469 This is the garden within. Garden within. Let's go to 0:35:59.510 --> 0:36:01.390 dawn in New Orleans. What do you say, Dawn? 0:36:02.710 --> 0:36:06.270 Hi there. So my thing was I traveled with my daughter, 0:36:06.270 --> 0:36:09.310 who's military, and I found when she left to another post, 0:36:09.310 --> 0:36:12.510 I was lonesome, and I'm not a lonesome person. So 0:36:12.550 --> 0:36:15.109 I was praying. And the Lord said, take me on 0:36:15.110 --> 0:36:18.100 a date with you. So I started going on dates 0:36:18.100 --> 0:36:20.380 with the Lord when I was thinking I wanted a 0:36:20.380 --> 0:36:23.660 husband or, you know, a boyfriend, and I would go 0:36:23.660 --> 0:36:25.660 to the movie and I would take my Bible and 0:36:25.660 --> 0:36:27.779 my book and then go to the coffee shop, spend 0:36:27.780 --> 0:36:30.180 time with the Lord, and then I'd go to dinner, 0:36:30.180 --> 0:36:33.180 and then we would go and read my journal, bring 0:36:33.180 --> 0:36:35.219 my journal and my book and my Bible and go 0:36:35.260 --> 0:36:37.980 just so now I do that all the time and 0:36:37.980 --> 0:36:41.700 quite often. And I'm never lonely because he's my father. 0:36:41.700 --> 0:36:44.700 He's my provider. He's my king, my savior. Why not? 0:36:44.700 --> 0:36:46.700 Can he be my boyfriend or my husband? 0:36:47.020 --> 0:36:48.500 Boom! Sister. 0:36:48.980 --> 0:36:49.460 Wow! 0:36:49.940 --> 0:36:54.820 Go out with God and stay there. Beautiful. Beautiful feedback. 0:36:54.860 --> 0:36:58.859 Today we're talking transformational tools all week. And we got 0:36:58.860 --> 0:37:01.900 a character here. His name is John Yeager. He's a 0:37:01.900 --> 0:37:04.140 man of many voices. He does a lot of the 0:37:04.140 --> 0:37:09.020 spots here. He's got a he's a wild man. He's 0:37:09.020 --> 0:37:13.620 an old soul and yet still young. Good guy. Tremendous guy. 0:37:13.660 --> 0:37:16.460 But what God's doing in his life with regard to 0:37:16.610 --> 0:37:18.930 Bible memory is one of the coolest things going, isn't it? 0:37:19.250 --> 0:37:22.130 It is because he likes to say that. Like, it's 0:37:22.130 --> 0:37:25.570 not that he's got this great mind. This is his words, 0:37:25.570 --> 0:37:29.290 not mine. This great mind that's just built for memorization. 0:37:29.290 --> 0:37:32.410 It's not a natural thing. It's it's out of necessity. 0:37:32.450 --> 0:37:34.890 He says. This is what I need. And you know what? 0:37:34.890 --> 0:37:36.890 I think this is what we all need. How to 0:37:36.890 --> 0:37:39.850 commit more scripture to memory in a way that makes 0:37:39.850 --> 0:37:42.690 it super fun and practical. We've got some tips a 0:37:42.730 --> 0:37:45.569 downloadable for you as well. All that's coming up here 0:37:45.570 --> 0:37:46.570 on Carlin Crew. 0:37:47.690 --> 0:37:50.770 This is Carlin crew on Moody Radio. 0:37:51.489 --> 0:37:56.650 This entire week we are going after Tools of Transformation, 0:37:56.890 --> 0:37:58.930 and I think most of you get pretty fired up. 0:37:58.969 --> 0:38:01.730 You're like, yeah, Moody Bible commentary. Thanks for giving those away. 0:38:01.730 --> 0:38:03.850 We got a couple here that we're giving away each 0:38:03.850 --> 0:38:07.450 day this week. That's awesome. And we hear stories from 0:38:07.450 --> 0:38:10.170 Michael Riedel, and he gives us study tips that he 0:38:10.170 --> 0:38:12.810 got from Howard Hendricks. And the list goes on and on. 0:38:12.810 --> 0:38:15.170 And we're like, yeah that's good. And I mentioned the 0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:18.319 words Bible memory and you might turn away. Don't turn 0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:23.000 away as many of your Bible memory. It's like it 0:38:23.000 --> 0:38:25.480 took me back to Boys Brigade and I want some 0:38:25.480 --> 0:38:29.040 candy bars, but it was hard for me to memorize verses. 0:38:29.440 --> 0:38:33.000 But most of you would appreciate the value of it. 0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:35.520 But how do you start? What's the best way to 0:38:35.560 --> 0:38:39.760 memorize scripture? John Gager joining us right now, John, you 0:38:39.800 --> 0:38:43.440 first started to really appreciate the importance of memorizing the 0:38:43.440 --> 0:38:47.160 Bible when your Bible was not able to be with 0:38:47.160 --> 0:38:48.360 you on a trip, right? 0:38:48.360 --> 0:38:50.600 It was a trip with former Moody Radio pastor Donald 0:38:50.600 --> 0:38:54.239 Cole to Angola, Africa. I'd packed everything so carefully my 0:38:54.239 --> 0:38:58.359 malaria medication, the shirts, the special Deet spray. Oh, I 0:38:58.360 --> 0:39:00.920 was armed to the teeth and ready to go. And then, 0:39:01.080 --> 0:39:04.440 as you said, the luggage didn't arrive and never arrived 0:39:04.480 --> 0:39:07.240 with it. My Bible gone. So there you are. You know. 0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:09.040 What do you do for your devotional time? I'm lying 0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:11.600 in bed. I'm quoting Bible verses I memorized in Awana 0:39:11.640 --> 0:39:13.440 as a kid, and and that was great. For the 0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:16.670 first night and second night. You're quoting those verses again, 0:39:16.670 --> 0:39:18.669 and then you and you're going, man, I wish I'd 0:39:18.670 --> 0:39:21.469 memorized more. And then you say, I wish I'd memorized 0:39:21.469 --> 0:39:25.710 longer passages. Something to really chew on. Really, really hang 0:39:25.710 --> 0:39:27.830 on to. And then the thought is, hey, what happens 0:39:27.830 --> 0:39:29.710 if I get to that point in life where you 0:39:29.710 --> 0:39:32.390 know whether America falls apart and I'm in jail or something? 0:39:32.390 --> 0:39:35.069 I don't have a Bible. What then? I think I 0:39:35.110 --> 0:39:38.149 wish I'd memorized more. I was so scarred by that, 0:39:38.150 --> 0:39:42.149 Carl and Ali that I came home and immediately made 0:39:42.150 --> 0:39:45.110 a booklet of Bible verses, and I started working on them, 0:39:45.110 --> 0:39:47.110 and one thing led to another, and then it became 0:39:47.110 --> 0:39:50.950 the Psalms. And I've never quit. 25 years later. 0:39:51.230 --> 0:39:54.710 Oh. That's beautiful. You know, it's funny. You're catastrophizing the 0:39:54.710 --> 0:39:59.549 reason for memorizing scripture, but but there's some truth in that. 0:39:59.550 --> 0:40:02.589 We live in a dicey world. That's not a bad motivation, 0:40:02.590 --> 0:40:03.190 is it, John? 0:40:03.230 --> 0:40:05.710 No, I don't think so. And as we have the 0:40:05.710 --> 0:40:07.509 Word of God in our hearts, suddenly we go from 0:40:07.510 --> 0:40:10.989 catastrophe to blessing because we see what it does in 0:40:10.989 --> 0:40:12.270 so many practical ways. 0:40:12.390 --> 0:40:16.940 So most people feel like, okay, maybe I've memorized Psalm 0:40:16.980 --> 0:40:19.900 23 or so. There's some that are often memorized. Many 0:40:19.900 --> 0:40:23.739 people could probably quote John 316, but how do you 0:40:23.739 --> 0:40:27.500 get started in this, where you're memorizing and expanding a 0:40:27.500 --> 0:40:29.660 little bit longer passages? 0:40:29.660 --> 0:40:31.100 I think you first got to look at where you're 0:40:31.100 --> 0:40:33.140 at in life. What is it I'm doing that I'm 0:40:33.140 --> 0:40:36.340 messing up at consistently, or where am I hurting? What 0:40:36.340 --> 0:40:38.740 is my need? From the Word of God? You find 0:40:38.900 --> 0:40:40.980 a passage, you bumped into it, you didn't look for it. 0:40:41.020 --> 0:40:43.700 It came at you, maybe. And that's the one. That's 0:40:43.700 --> 0:40:46.500 how you know. Because this is meeting a need of yours. 0:40:46.660 --> 0:40:49.100 This is scratching an itch. This is bringing a comfort 0:40:49.100 --> 0:40:52.339 that you're hungry for. Start there on that passage. In 0:40:52.340 --> 0:40:55.859 my case, I like to do cards. I take the passage, 0:40:56.140 --> 0:40:57.860 stick it on a photo I've taken, play with it 0:40:57.860 --> 0:41:00.779 in Photoshop. Maybe you're going to handwrite it out, you say. 0:41:00.780 --> 0:41:03.100 Come on now, you're so old fashioned. We got apps 0:41:03.100 --> 0:41:04.260 for that. And we do. 0:41:04.620 --> 0:41:07.180 I've got some apps on my phone, but my problem 0:41:07.180 --> 0:41:09.900 is I'm so distracted. The moment I grab that app, 0:41:09.940 --> 0:41:12.050 I'm playing with the text. I'm playing with an email. 0:41:12.050 --> 0:41:14.770 It's a schedule issue, so the card is old fashioned 0:41:14.770 --> 0:41:17.570 and analog as it is, is a great blessing because 0:41:17.570 --> 0:41:19.969 there's no distraction. It's the card. It's me and the 0:41:19.969 --> 0:41:21.170 word of God. And that's it. 0:41:21.330 --> 0:41:23.690 You know, I've found that for me, one of the 0:41:23.690 --> 0:41:28.210 reasons that I do memorize scripture now and oftentimes for 0:41:28.210 --> 0:41:32.210 teaching is I've had too many times when I've had 0:41:32.210 --> 0:41:37.370 a vague notion of what this book, this chapter says. 0:41:38.050 --> 0:41:42.529 But that vague notion sometimes can lead you astray. You 0:41:42.530 --> 0:41:46.290 make conclusions about what was cited there. That may not 0:41:46.290 --> 0:41:50.370 be true. There's something about memorizing that gets you anchored 0:41:50.370 --> 0:41:54.210 in the truth, not a vague notion. And that's a 0:41:54.210 --> 0:41:54.969 game changer. 0:41:55.330 --> 0:41:57.930 That's huge. What you're sharing there because we think, oh, 0:41:57.930 --> 0:42:00.730 I have to memorize. Oh, I'm not good at that. 0:42:00.770 --> 0:42:04.090 My mind doesn't work that way anymore. Hey, mine doesn't either. 0:42:04.250 --> 0:42:07.050 You know, I'm as slow or slower than the next guy. 0:42:07.090 --> 0:42:10.210 That's okay. Last I checked, there's no prizes being handed 0:42:10.210 --> 0:42:13.109 out for first place. So just start where you are. 0:42:13.110 --> 0:42:15.870 But to your point, Carl, here's what I'm learning. Okay. 0:42:15.910 --> 0:42:18.710 Just because I've committed to memorizing the Word of God, 0:42:18.750 --> 0:42:23.029 a I'm no longer as mired in the crummy thinking 0:42:23.110 --> 0:42:26.189 that I was mired in walking home from work. I'm 0:42:26.190 --> 0:42:29.910 replacing that with something positive. B in the act of 0:42:29.910 --> 0:42:33.630 memorizing now, I'm actually meditating on that. You can't help 0:42:33.630 --> 0:42:36.549 but you're going phrase by phrase. And so suddenly this 0:42:36.550 --> 0:42:38.950 is kind of getting a hold of you. It's seeping in. 0:42:38.950 --> 0:42:42.350 It's oozing all over your soul. Three you have something 0:42:42.350 --> 0:42:45.310 to hang onto when you're not sleeping at night. The 0:42:45.310 --> 0:42:49.109 benefits go on and on and on. Replacing junky thinking 0:42:49.110 --> 0:42:50.390 with biblical thinking. 0:42:50.550 --> 0:42:53.230 Okay, let's dispel a myth, because I think Ali and 0:42:53.230 --> 0:42:55.710 I are probably on the same wavelength because we've worked 0:42:55.710 --> 0:42:58.550 together so long. I think when you hear Bible memory, 0:42:58.550 --> 0:43:01.430 there's a lot of things get a bit discouraging. Yeah. 0:43:01.469 --> 0:43:04.710 And I think, um, one of them is how much 0:43:04.710 --> 0:43:08.550 do I need? I guess the real good answer is 0:43:08.550 --> 0:43:11.140 some is better than none if it's focused on what 0:43:11.140 --> 0:43:13.540 you lead with. And that's the need that God has 0:43:13.540 --> 0:43:14.900 in your life right now, right, John? 0:43:15.060 --> 0:43:17.380 Yeah. We are just so prone to legalism. I mean, 0:43:17.420 --> 0:43:19.540 you're not doing a whole chapter well. You're just a 0:43:19.540 --> 0:43:21.380 junior saint. You're not even. 0:43:21.380 --> 0:43:21.740 That. 0:43:22.180 --> 0:43:26.020 Forget that. Just start with something. Your word I have 0:43:26.020 --> 0:43:27.939 hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you. 0:43:27.980 --> 0:43:31.660 Classic story. I'm working on Psalm 27 right now, and 0:43:31.700 --> 0:43:33.940 I'm coming to the verse, verse eight, when you said, 0:43:33.980 --> 0:43:36.580 seek my face, my heart said to you. And that's 0:43:36.580 --> 0:43:39.820 an interesting phrase. My heart said to you, I shall 0:43:39.820 --> 0:43:42.780 seek your face, Lord. Okay, so I'm walking down the street, 0:43:42.820 --> 0:43:46.779 busy street in downtown Chicago, coming into Moody. And you know, 0:43:46.820 --> 0:43:48.859 my heart said, I shall seek your face, Lord, I 0:43:48.860 --> 0:43:52.459 shall seek your face, Lord. Walking right into view is 0:43:52.460 --> 0:43:55.700 a jogger with too few clothes. And whatever of them 0:43:55.700 --> 0:43:58.700 there are are way too tight. And this verse is 0:43:58.700 --> 0:44:01.780 screaming at me, seek my face. When you said, seek 0:44:01.780 --> 0:44:04.860 my face, Lord, my heart said, I shall seek your face. 0:44:05.060 --> 0:44:09.210 It literally prompted me, look away, don't go there. So 0:44:09.570 --> 0:44:12.529 in the act of memorizing scripture, it's fighting some of 0:44:12.530 --> 0:44:14.609 the temptation going on around me. I thought, wow, now 0:44:14.610 --> 0:44:17.210 that's powerful stuff. No wonder the Word of God calls 0:44:17.210 --> 0:44:19.489 itself sharper than any two edged sword. I needed that. 0:44:20.010 --> 0:44:22.770 If you had an estimate of how much Scripture you've 0:44:22.770 --> 0:44:25.489 now committed to memory and not, I'm just asking out 0:44:25.489 --> 0:44:28.210 of curiosity. I know you're not one to try to 0:44:28.250 --> 0:44:30.610 show off in this way. That's never your motive, but 0:44:30.650 --> 0:44:33.169 you've invested a lot of time into this. How much 0:44:33.170 --> 0:44:34.290 scripture have you memorized? 0:44:34.330 --> 0:44:38.090 I don't keep track of individual verses. I'm just. I'm 0:44:38.090 --> 0:44:40.930 working on Psalms. I've done about 20 Psalms. And if 0:44:40.930 --> 0:44:42.930 God should give me health, strength and a mind by 0:44:42.930 --> 0:44:44.930 the time I'm 80, I'd like to do 50. I 0:44:44.930 --> 0:44:46.890 do have a goal, and it's to do 50 psalms 0:44:46.890 --> 0:44:47.730 by the time I'm 80. 0:44:48.330 --> 0:44:52.569 Okay, now we got the question. How do you do it? 0:44:52.610 --> 0:44:54.450 What have you learned? You must have gone through the 0:44:54.450 --> 0:44:55.970 school of hard knocks on this. 0:44:55.969 --> 0:44:58.810 I'm still going through the school of hard knocks. Ali. Carl, I. 0:44:59.050 --> 0:45:01.890 I'm still learning. But I again choose a passage that 0:45:01.890 --> 0:45:03.689 meets a need right there. Where are you at now? 0:45:03.690 --> 0:45:06.850 In your journey? What verse. What chapter do you need 0:45:06.850 --> 0:45:09.600 to hang on to? There's something also, I think that's 0:45:09.600 --> 0:45:10.280 real huge. 0:45:10.400 --> 0:45:14.360 I can't do it, I just can't. My mind. Try it. 0:45:14.719 --> 0:45:17.600 Force yourself to do just one verse. Once you see 0:45:17.640 --> 0:45:19.799 one verse and one phrase. Even if it takes you 0:45:19.800 --> 0:45:22.919 a month. So what? That begins to build a sense 0:45:22.920 --> 0:45:25.640 of confidence that, you know, I'm slow, but I can 0:45:25.640 --> 0:45:27.680 still do this. I ain't dead, you know, and I 0:45:27.680 --> 0:45:29.959 can go at this. So choose a passage that meets 0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:32.359 a need. And then if you're going to do you know, 0:45:32.400 --> 0:45:34.680 any kind of a analog way, you got to print 0:45:34.680 --> 0:45:36.719 out multiple copies. You want one on your wallet, you 0:45:36.719 --> 0:45:38.799 want one on your purse, you want one on on 0:45:38.800 --> 0:45:42.000 the nightstand. You want one in your backpack. When I 0:45:42.000 --> 0:45:45.279 do a passage, I've got six and they're laminated and 0:45:45.280 --> 0:45:48.520 they're everywhere because I lose them sometimes. And so you 0:45:48.520 --> 0:45:50.799 want to print out multiple copies. You want to learn 0:45:50.800 --> 0:45:54.000 to use small moments to memorize. You're in line at 0:45:54.000 --> 0:45:56.200 the store. You're at the bank, you're grabbing a bowl 0:45:56.200 --> 0:45:58.920 of cereal in the morning. Memorize. You're waiting at the 0:45:58.920 --> 0:46:03.279 doctor's office. Why read moldy magazines? Why not pick up 0:46:03.280 --> 0:46:08.029 your card? Uh, I you know, those are some of 0:46:08.030 --> 0:46:09.870 the tips that I would suggest. Don't beat yourself up 0:46:09.870 --> 0:46:11.989 if it takes a while. We're so into that. Get 0:46:11.989 --> 0:46:13.750 out of that. Just do what you can. 0:46:13.910 --> 0:46:16.790 We have a resource for you. It's John's five favorite 0:46:16.790 --> 0:46:20.230 Bible memory tips. If you want this, we've got it 0:46:20.230 --> 0:46:22.830 for you. You can print it out and get started today. 0:46:22.830 --> 0:46:29.069 Just text tips to 800 555 7898. Text tips to 0:46:29.110 --> 0:46:31.830 800 555 7898. 0:46:32.190 --> 0:46:35.270 Okay, I feel prompted by the spirit that's promised in 0:46:35.270 --> 0:46:37.830 John 14. John, would you pray for us right now? 0:46:37.870 --> 0:46:42.549 Because some people have this want to, but feeling immediately condemned, 0:46:42.590 --> 0:46:43.750 you know what I'm saying, bro? 0:46:43.790 --> 0:46:47.950 Yeah. Let's pray. Lord, would you free us from this self-condemnation. Therefore, 0:46:47.989 --> 0:46:50.350 there is no condemnation now for those who are in 0:46:50.350 --> 0:46:53.310 Christ Jesus. Thank you for that assurance, Lord. Would you 0:46:53.350 --> 0:46:57.549 help us move instead toward obedience, picking up what we need, 0:46:57.590 --> 0:47:00.950 where we are as we can to memorize what you, 0:47:00.950 --> 0:47:04.310 by your Holy Spirit, divinely, uh, show us. We invite 0:47:04.310 --> 0:47:06.859 you to do that. Where are we hurting? What do 0:47:06.860 --> 0:47:10.060 we need from your word? Show us. Give us the gumption, Lord, 0:47:10.060 --> 0:47:12.219 and we will follow up. We will give us a 0:47:12.219 --> 0:47:14.299 shot in the strength and in the power for the 0:47:14.300 --> 0:47:16.060 glory of Jesus we pray. Amen. 0:47:16.219 --> 0:47:16.819 Amen. 0:47:17.100 --> 0:47:20.420 I believe that prayer was a bump and encouragement to 0:47:20.460 --> 0:47:23.260 someone going, all right, I'm going to get this crazy thing. 0:47:23.300 --> 0:47:25.140 They were going to veer away from it. Now they're 0:47:25.140 --> 0:47:26.900 all in. Isn't that great? How God works? 0:47:27.140 --> 0:47:32.060 Text tips to 800 555 7898. If you want John's 0:47:32.060 --> 0:47:35.740 five favorite Bible memory tips, just text tips to 800 0:47:35.780 --> 0:47:37.980 555 7898. 0:47:38.180 --> 0:47:40.420 Hang on, we got a treat for you. Coming up, 0:47:40.460 --> 0:47:43.020 Jamie Ali, take it away. 0:47:43.060 --> 0:47:47.140 Someone mentioned it earlier. Their tool of transformation was today 0:47:47.140 --> 0:47:50.299 in the word. Haven't heard of it. Oh, we've got 0:47:50.300 --> 0:47:53.219 something for you. This might become your favorite tool as well. 0:47:53.219 --> 0:47:53.820 Coming up. 0:47:54.219 --> 0:47:56.900 Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 0:47:57.180 --> 0:48:00.259 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:48:00.660 --> 0:48:03.890 Well, a million people are saying yes and Yesterday. Amen. 0:48:03.930 --> 0:48:07.930 A million people plus. How in the world does that happen? 0:48:07.930 --> 0:48:09.290 Over a lot of years, for sure. 0:48:09.330 --> 0:48:13.090 Yeah, and word spreads. This is a good thing. 0:48:13.330 --> 0:48:17.489 It's a good thing. Jamie. Janice. Over a million people. 0:48:18.489 --> 0:48:19.930 Yes. Can you believe it? 0:48:20.410 --> 0:48:21.970 I know it's really shocking. 0:48:22.010 --> 0:48:23.330 It's a wonderful thing. 0:48:23.730 --> 0:48:27.529 Yeah, I love it. Uh, today in the word devotional. Jamie. Janice, 0:48:27.610 --> 0:48:30.210 she is running point on this whole thing. Go ahead 0:48:30.210 --> 0:48:31.890 and give the proper bio here. Ali. 0:48:31.930 --> 0:48:35.250 Yeah. Jamie. Janice is the managing editor for today in 0:48:35.250 --> 0:48:38.490 the Word. How long is today in the word been established? 0:48:38.489 --> 0:48:39.890 I don't think I even know this. 0:48:40.770 --> 0:48:43.529 I believe, boy, see? It's early. You're putting me to 0:48:43.570 --> 0:48:47.250 a quiz. I think it was 1983, if I'm correct. 0:48:47.250 --> 0:48:48.690 But this is decades. 0:48:48.810 --> 0:48:50.970 Yeah, it's been a while. Yeah. 0:48:51.890 --> 0:48:54.489 Okay. What's the goal and intent of today in the word? 0:48:54.489 --> 0:48:56.730 There's a lot of devotionals that are out there. And 0:48:56.730 --> 0:48:59.450 by the way, devotionals are still hot items. When one 0:48:59.450 --> 0:49:02.959 gets produced by a publishing house. Bang, they get grabbed up. 0:49:02.960 --> 0:49:05.839 My wife loves streams in the desert, but what's today 0:49:05.840 --> 0:49:06.920 in the word all about? 0:49:07.800 --> 0:49:10.800 We like to think of it as like a bite 0:49:10.800 --> 0:49:14.799 sized meal, so it really is a daily time in 0:49:14.800 --> 0:49:17.920 the word. Um, we go through an entire book of 0:49:17.920 --> 0:49:21.279 the Bible a month or a topic a month, and 0:49:21.280 --> 0:49:24.160 we deep dive a little bit. So it's not lengthy. 0:49:24.160 --> 0:49:27.200 You don't have to pull out, you know, all your 0:49:27.440 --> 0:49:29.920 tools and notebooks and everything. You could read it on 0:49:29.920 --> 0:49:32.359 the go or listen, but it does let you dig 0:49:32.360 --> 0:49:35.719 a little bit deeper into the Bible than perhaps a 0:49:35.719 --> 0:49:39.319 thought of the day type devotional. Um, and yeah, we 0:49:39.320 --> 0:49:42.560 just we love having people get into the word from 0:49:42.560 --> 0:49:46.279 cover to cover and to really, um, apply it to 0:49:46.320 --> 0:49:48.000 their hearts and their lives. 0:49:48.360 --> 0:49:50.840 Jamie Janos with us right now. So give us a story. 0:49:50.840 --> 0:49:53.440 I'm sure you get to hear back from people, uh, 0:49:53.440 --> 0:49:56.160 on the many different ways that this is being utilized 0:49:56.160 --> 0:49:58.839 and just helping people take their next step in their 0:49:58.840 --> 0:50:00.719 walk with Jesus. Is there a story that comes to 0:50:00.760 --> 0:50:01.589 mind for you. 0:50:02.230 --> 0:50:05.229 Yeah. The wonderful thing is we have people who have 0:50:05.230 --> 0:50:08.549 been believers for years and have used this faithfully as 0:50:08.550 --> 0:50:11.310 one of the ways they connect with God daily. But 0:50:11.310 --> 0:50:13.230 I happen to hear a story of a young man 0:50:13.230 --> 0:50:16.669 named James, and he wrote in and said, you know, 0:50:16.710 --> 0:50:19.629 this changed my life because he said that he was 0:50:19.630 --> 0:50:21.549 at the lowest point of his life. He had been 0:50:21.550 --> 0:50:25.390 raised by his mom, you know, was a Christian, fell away, 0:50:25.430 --> 0:50:29.710 got into some bad stuff, um, and was arrested, lost 0:50:29.710 --> 0:50:33.509 his job that same month. His mom said, why don't 0:50:33.510 --> 0:50:35.469 you read today in The word? And she handed him 0:50:35.469 --> 0:50:38.989 the issue, and it was Paul's letters from prison. And 0:50:38.989 --> 0:50:43.270 James said it just struck his heart. And ever since 0:50:43.270 --> 0:50:45.310 then he goes, I can't put it down. He goes, 0:50:45.310 --> 0:50:47.950 I just keep reading and reading. Now he's involved in 0:50:47.950 --> 0:50:52.189 his church and growing up. Yeah, he's he's drives is 0:50:52.190 --> 0:50:54.670 an Amazon driver now. And he goes in between stops 0:50:54.750 --> 0:50:58.229 and I'm always listening to the Bible. So I just 0:50:58.230 --> 0:51:01.180 praise God because the Word of God is alive and 0:51:01.180 --> 0:51:04.219 active and it's changing people's lives. 0:51:04.580 --> 0:51:07.140 Jamie, obviously the main today in The Word is kind 0:51:07.140 --> 0:51:11.259 of an individual devotional, but you've also put together some resources, 0:51:11.260 --> 0:51:13.820 or the team has put together some resources for families 0:51:13.820 --> 0:51:16.500 to engage around this. Talk about the family studies. 0:51:17.180 --> 0:51:19.419 Yeah, we've we've had a lot of fun with this. 0:51:19.420 --> 0:51:22.219 So each month we take the study and we develop 0:51:22.219 --> 0:51:24.980 four weekly lessons. So you can have kind of your 0:51:24.980 --> 0:51:28.060 own mini VBS in your house in a sense. But 0:51:28.060 --> 0:51:31.940 you read the passage, there's questions that our kids level 0:51:32.140 --> 0:51:34.259 and then we give a fun activity to do that 0:51:34.260 --> 0:51:38.100 will kind of reinforce the main point. Um, and then 0:51:38.100 --> 0:51:40.620 a prayer to do together and memory verses, which you 0:51:40.620 --> 0:51:43.140 were just talking about, you know, as a kid, you 0:51:43.140 --> 0:51:47.859 can memorize a lot. I was an Awana kid. And um, 0:51:47.860 --> 0:51:50.899 so shout out to Awana because it embedded God's Word 0:51:50.900 --> 0:51:54.180 in my heart. So I really think it's important that we, um, 0:51:54.180 --> 0:51:57.380 make sure our kids are getting fed a daily diet 0:51:57.420 --> 0:52:00.609 of scripture. And this is just one little way. So 0:52:00.610 --> 0:52:02.850 if you go to our website, you can download those 0:52:02.850 --> 0:52:05.410 for free, use them for a Sunday school class or 0:52:05.450 --> 0:52:08.089 for your own personal family. 0:52:08.090 --> 0:52:10.970 Okay. Coming up here, Jamie Janos with us right now, 0:52:11.210 --> 0:52:13.290 today in the word, how in the world can you 0:52:13.290 --> 0:52:16.129 get it? And what are some of the highlights of 0:52:16.130 --> 0:52:20.969 the most recent months? DeVos right from Jamie's mouth. Hang on. 0:52:20.969 --> 0:52:21.570 Coming up. 0:52:21.810 --> 0:52:24.569 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:52:25.090 --> 0:52:27.930 Maybe you never got an opportunity to go to Bible college. 0:52:27.930 --> 0:52:31.690 You can actually receive instruction from a moody, Moody Bible 0:52:31.690 --> 0:52:36.170 Institute professor every single day through the today and the 0:52:36.170 --> 0:52:40.890 word devotional Moody Bible professor's author. This Jamie Janos, managing 0:52:40.890 --> 0:52:43.089 editor with us right now. That's the cool thing, is 0:52:43.130 --> 0:52:45.850 that you are getting high quality instruction, as if you 0:52:45.850 --> 0:52:49.450 were a student in a classroom here at the Chicago campus. 0:52:49.489 --> 0:52:50.410 Talk about that. 0:52:50.730 --> 0:52:55.689 Yes. All of our, um, authors are Moody Bible Institute professors, 0:52:55.690 --> 0:52:58.239 so it is really wonderful. It is like you're sitting 0:52:58.239 --> 0:53:01.680 in their class and getting a refresher course for some 0:53:01.680 --> 0:53:04.160 of you on the Bible or for others for the 0:53:04.160 --> 0:53:07.879 first time digging in at this level. And it's so accessible. 0:53:07.880 --> 0:53:10.560 They really they really feel to me like they're sitting 0:53:10.600 --> 0:53:13.000 alongside the Bible with you, kind of pointing it out, 0:53:13.040 --> 0:53:15.719 you know, saying, oh, did you notice this? And do 0:53:15.719 --> 0:53:18.440 you see the depth of meaning here in this verse? Um, 0:53:18.440 --> 0:53:20.640 and I love that. I love that kind of nature 0:53:20.640 --> 0:53:23.439 of how we're sharing faith with other believers. 0:53:24.120 --> 0:53:27.360 Jamie, you've been doing this a while. As you look back, 0:53:27.360 --> 0:53:30.360 what are some of your favorite Devo moments that stand 0:53:30.360 --> 0:53:32.000 out to you? And I know it's different for everyone. 0:53:32.000 --> 0:53:34.839 Jim Coakley's teeing it up this month with animals in 0:53:34.840 --> 0:53:37.359 the Bible. So that's a that's a real different one. 0:53:37.360 --> 0:53:39.560 But what really strikes you? 0:53:39.920 --> 0:53:43.440 Boy um, yeah. Jim, Jim's is so fun and animals 0:53:43.440 --> 0:53:45.719 in the Bible I was he proposed it to me 0:53:45.719 --> 0:53:49.080 and I thought, that's fascinating. So, um, it really has 0:53:49.080 --> 0:53:54.120 been a great study. You know, the Psalms are my favorite. Probably. And, um, 0:53:54.160 --> 0:53:57.310 Ryan Cook wrote a series of them, which we just 0:53:57.350 --> 0:54:00.549 recently released in a new book called talking with God, 0:54:01.030 --> 0:54:04.549 which collects all of Ryan's devotionals on the Psalms. But 0:54:04.550 --> 0:54:07.790 he's an Old Testament professor, and he really just gives 0:54:07.790 --> 0:54:10.590 a deeper look at that beautiful book of the Bible 0:54:10.590 --> 0:54:13.950 that teaches us how to be honest before God. So 0:54:13.989 --> 0:54:17.390 I think that and also, I loved Kelly Wuerl, who 0:54:17.390 --> 0:54:21.230 does some wonderful devotionals. She's done them on women in 0:54:21.230 --> 0:54:23.589 the Bible. And she's got she's working on one right 0:54:23.590 --> 0:54:26.470 now on the book of Ruth, um, for next year. 0:54:27.150 --> 0:54:30.350 Jamie Janos, managing editor for today in The Word. 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