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S2: Mornings helping you take your next step with Jesus. That's
S2: what we're all about here. Ali, do.
S3: You. Have you ever counted your steps? Have you ever
S3: worn some sort of a tracker?
S2: That's funny that you say. Oh, steps. I thought you
S2: were meaning steps with Jesus. Uh, yeah, I have. Do
S2: you still have your step tracker?
S3: Oh, I do, and my daughter wears one, too. So
S3: she's always trying to compete with me.
S2: That's great.
S3: It's never even a competition. Mom. How are your steps doing? Uh,
S3: I'm somewhere around 3400. I have 11,000. It's always way more.
S3: So mom doesn't take nearly as many steps in a
S3: day as my active 13 year old.
S2: All we need you to take today is one giant step.
S3: Just one.
S2: And we've got some content that will help you do that.
S1: He was running from God, but God's love brought him home.
S1: Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on
S1: Moody Radio.
S2: I have a fear.
S3: Oh.
S2: I have a lot of fears. I'm not jumping out
S2: of a plane, by the way. That's crazy.
S3: No skydiving for you.
S2: I don't call that fear. I just call that wisdom.
S3: A little apprehension with heights.
S2: Yeah, especially these guys that take these full body glider
S2: suits and jump off cliffs and then. Oh, I can't.
S4: Imagine that, man.
S2: No, I just don't get it, man. No, I just
S2: I love watching the videos on their GoPros, but no,
S2: I'm not doing I'm not going there. I'm staying on
S2: the ground.
S3: I'm with.
S2: You. Oh my goodness. But my fear revolves around something
S2: that happened at lunch in Portland, Oregon, on the river.
S2: Downtown Portland, nice little restaurant. Beautiful lunch out with a
S2: few friends. My bride, great waitress, comes out boldly coming
S2: up to the table. She says to me, fresh mahi
S2: mahi as she's coming at terminal velocity.
S4: Oh, no.
S2: Tried to set that plate down, but it didn't work.
S2: The entire entree rice, fish, vegetables, lemon wedges. Plop right
S2: in my lap.
S3: Oh, boy.
S2: The whole thing.
S3: Oh.
S2: I mean, they're out scrambling. Here comes the general manager. Mr. Claussen,
S2: can we launder your clothes? I said they're jeans, bro.
S2: It's okay.
S4: It's gonna be fine.
S3: Oh, man.
S2: It's okay. Uh. It's fine. But ever since then, when
S2: somebody brings out food to the table, I not any food.
S2: You bring out a burger or whatever. I'm not yipping
S2: about that, but I got one of my favorite joints
S2: in Des Plaines is called. I think it's called Jo
S2: Cho Dong, but it's spelled Cho dang. You know, it's
S2: one of those things. Okay, but Chodang has these hot
S2: pots where they come out. No kidding. They are absolutely
S2: bubbling with boiling brew. So it's a tofu beef spices.
S2: Super spicy, man. I mean, it's great. It'll clean you out.
S2: No one walks out of there. It gets regular spice
S2: or hotter. That isn't absolutely blowing their schnozzle. It's great.
S2: Decongestant on steroids.
S3: Wow.
S2: But every time they set that down, I go back
S2: to Portland, Oregon. In my mind.
S4: You just get a little nervous. Well, I mean, mahi
S4: mahi is I mean, does mahi mahi come hot or
S4: is it one of the fish.
S2: Was it was it was pretty hot. It wasn't the
S2: heat factor. It was just the dump in my lap. Oh, yeah.
S2: So when I see a boiling cauldron of goodies, I'm like,
S2: now aim that sucker. Oh, don't drop it. Oh, good.
S2: She touched down. And sometimes they walk up like, yeah,
S2: this ain't nothing but a thing, right?
S4: Because they've done it a million times. Yeah.
S2: And they're looking around. One time she's plopping it down.
S2: She's looking at her manager saying something to her, and
S2: I'm like, pay attention to the boiling cauldron that is
S2: being placed six inches in front of my lap. Can
S2: you feel that with me?
S3: A little a little bit of PTSD from.
S2: Oh my goodness, isn't that funny how that works?
S3: Oh, yeah.
S2: I mean, it's just crazy. You know, it's one thing
S2: when you're worried about someone else, but when you've got
S2: control over things yourself. I really hope that you have
S2: a question mark about, am I going to miss the
S2: mark for eternity and life today? I really do. I
S2: hope that there is a holy gut check in you
S2: where you ask, wow, am I born again? the Apostle
S2: Paul said, examine yourself to see if you're in the faith.
S2: And by the way, this isn't about being freaked out
S2: about whether or not you're born again. Imperfection. In Followers
S2: of Christ, it happens. This is about when you're when
S2: you're born again. There is conviction. And I tell most
S2: people who go, man, I'm just freaked out. I don't
S2: know if I'm born again. And I tell them, first off,
S2: your concern is one of the greatest evidences that you are.
S2: Because all that then fills in the blank is by faith.
S2: Are you ready to surrender all to Jesus Christ? And
S2: they're like, oh, I've done that. You know what you
S2: struggle with? You struggle with condemnation or conviction not dealt
S2: with in your life. But my greater concern are the
S2: people that suffer from some barriers to salvation. This morning
S2: I want to give you the three barriers to salvation
S2: and what God wants to do with you. This morning
S2: he brought you here for a reason. Some of you
S2: have been praying for loved ones or wondering how to
S2: pray for loved ones. That's the bigger thing, isn't it, Ali?
S2: Oh yeah. Like, oh, what do I do? I've got
S2: a I've got a child, I got a husband, I
S2: got a wife, I got a friend, I got a neighbor,
S2: I've got this person. I go to church with someone,
S2: but they, they don't know Christ. And what do I do? Well,
S2: it's it's the Holy Spirit's work. But there are things
S2: that we can do.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: I love this story. Out of acts 16. It's about
S2: the missionary journey. Paul and Silas actually find their way
S2: via a vessel through Neapolis onto Philippi, and then they
S2: go into the city and they sit down with a
S2: group of women, and they sat down and spoke to
S2: the women who had come together. And then it says
S2: in verse 14, this really cool one who heard us.
S2: Isn't that funny? So they spoke to a group of women.
S2: One who heard us was a great woman named Lydia.
S2: She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira,
S2: and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention. So
S2: they're speaking to these women. But one heard. Isn't that great?
S4: I love that distinction.
S2: Oh, isn't that beautiful?
S4: I wish more heard, but at the same time, I love.
S4: I love the this one person. The Lord cut through
S4: her heart and she said, hey, I'm all in.
S2: So there's a few things here going on, but one
S2: is when we preach the gospel or when we share
S2: with a friend. I've had this happen many times when
S2: I've been preaching the clear gospel of Jesus, and I
S2: see people. This last Sunday I was preaching the gospel
S2: at our church in the campus in Elk Grove, and
S2: I saw three high school boys. In fact, I was
S2: talking to some guys afterwards. They say, you see those
S2: high school boys, they just know no mom or dad
S2: in the church. They just join 180 Chicago.
S4: Wow, great.
S2: Three high school boys. They are sitting on the. And
S2: when I say, you know, sitting on the edge of
S2: your seat, usually that's a you know, that's.
S3: An expression.
S2: An expression there on the edge of their seat. One
S2: guy I felt like saying to him, dude, go back
S2: a couple inches, you're about to do a face plant
S2: just leaning in. Wow. But then in the audience you
S2: can see some people that are hearing, but they're not hearing.
S2: Isn't that something?
S3: And can you observe even in the body language?
S2: I think I know in the spirit and the body
S2: language what's going on? I don't always get it right, sure,
S2: but I often do. But here's what's amazing in this
S2: story here in acts 16, they spoke to these women
S2: and one heard. Now, there might have been more, but
S2: one heard and they're focusing on Lydia. And they said,
S2: and the Lord opened her heart.
S3: Wow.
S2: Is that awesome, Ali?
S3: And that's what has to happen. I mean, lest we
S3: think that it's us opening our own heart. I mean,
S3: we have a part in it, but ultimately it's the
S3: spirit that has to draw us. Yeah.
S2: Yeah. I have such joy in my heart because, boom! Crew,
S2: you're off the hook. You share your story, you talk
S2: about the Lord, you sit down with the men and women.
S2: You sit down with those boys and girls, and you pray, Lord,
S2: open the heart of one cause. One to hear I'm
S2: speaking cause one to hear. Isn't that beautiful, guys?
S3: It is.
S2: I mean, isn't it beautiful? Okay, coming up here in
S2: three minutes, I'm going to share. I'm going to speak
S2: the gospel. Three barriers to salvation. And I'm going to
S2: ask the Lord to open your heart, to hear.
S1: Your shot of hope, to help you through the day.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: I'm going to speak the gospel here, and I am
S2: praying that the Lord causes you to hear. What a
S2: beautiful thing, man. Pressure's off here. There are three barriers
S2: to salvation, and I'm going to go through them quickly.
S2: The first is rebellion. Just good old fashioned rebellion, you
S2: might say. Well, really? Yeah. In Romans one we find
S2: for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
S2: all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. And that makes sense,
S2: who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can
S2: be known about God is plain to them, because God
S2: has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely
S2: his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived
S2: ever since the creation of the world in the things
S2: that have been made. So they are without excuse. Here's
S2: an amazing reality of this text. All you got to
S2: do is look around at creation and go, oh my goodness.
S2: I mean, I put bird feed out in our feeders
S2: again and those things are coming back. And I just
S2: sat looking through the slats of our blinds yesterday for
S2: just a couple of minutes. These birds are so amazingly built.
S2: I mean, these guys are amazing and they can't see
S2: I see them, so I'm really up close and personal,
S2: you know what I'm saying? And and I'm watching these things.
S2: I'm like, man, how can you how.
S5: Can you not see God? You know what I'm saying?
S4: Yeah.
S5: But here's the reality a heart that's.
S2: Hard can look at all of creation and go, I'm
S2: not going your way. Rebellion is one, blindness is another.
S2: Second Corinthians four three through four says, and even if
S2: our gospel is veiled, this is Paul's preaching here. It
S2: is veiled to those who are perishing in their case,
S2: the God of this world, that Satan has blinded the
S2: minds of unbelievers. Great. We got a blinding problem going
S2: on here. Now I just want to speak to this one.
S2: Some of it is just straight up light pollution. You
S2: cannot see stars in the city of Chicago. Not well
S2: with all the light pollution. And sometimes we are blinded
S2: from the light of Jesus Christ because we've got so
S2: much stuff. Light polluting the ability to see the one
S2: who loves us. Maybe God is taking you out of
S2: town spiritually today. Maybe he's taking you to the woods
S2: and you're looking up, going, who you're speaking, but I
S2: think I'm hearing it for the first time. Carl. Another
S2: barrier to salvation is deception. We hit this a lot
S2: around here. Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord,
S2: will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who
S2: does the will of my father who is in heaven.
S2: On that day, many, many will say to me, Lord, Lord,
S2: did we not prophesy in your name, cast out demons
S2: in your name, and do mighty works in your name?
S2: And then I will declare to them, I never knew you.
S2: Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness! Oh! So this
S2: is really simple. I've just been speaking here for a
S2: few moments. We've just been speaking. And the question is,
S2: is someone hearing? Because just like Lydia, the seller of
S2: purple from the town of Thyatira, the Lord opened her heart.
S2: Maybe the Lord's open in your heart today. And I
S2: want to ask you, are you ready to surrender your
S2: life to Jesus Christ for the first time ever? No
S2: more rebellion. You look at creation today and go, I
S2: don't know how I didn't see it before, but this
S2: heart of stone. You're turning to a heart of flesh.
S2: I see it and I surrender. Maybe it's been blindness.
S2: I don't know what kind of light pollution I had,
S2: but I did not see the light of the world.
S2: And I see him right now so clearly. And maybe
S2: it's deception. I thought all my Christian stuff could get
S2: me right with God. And it hasn't. And you're hearing
S2: the voice of God. You're not hearing my voice. You're
S2: not hearing alleys or Young Thunder's voice. You're hearing the
S2: voice of God saying, come on, give me your life.
S2: And I want to tell you how. Jesus said to
S2: a troubled heart, I am the way, the truth and
S2: the life. No man can go to the father but
S2: through me. No woman can get there. But through Jesus
S2: he said, I am the way. He got to turn around. Repent.
S2: Surrender your life and follow Jesus Christ today. All in.
S2: It's not looking over your shoulder saying, hey, I know
S2: you're there. It's turning around saying, I'm going with you today.
S2: Too many people in church saying, hey, I know he's there.
S2: He's a good man. Today you're surrendering all that you
S2: are to Jesus. I am the way. I'm the truth,
S2: he said. The truth is this we're sinners born with
S2: our backs to God. Alli born with your back to God, right? Sister.
S3: Every single one of us. Yes. I was born with
S3: my back to God.
S2: Born with your back to God. And it means you
S2: got to repent. Turn around. And in order to repent,
S2: you got to know that there's a reason to turn around. Yeah,
S2: you got to admit I'm a sinner. I'm missing the mark.
S2: I admit it. I'm not doing it. It's not working.
S2: I give my life to Jesus. See, belief in Jesus
S2: real biblical belief is the full and total surrender of
S2: your life to him. It sure ain't perfection, but it's
S2: just surrender. It's like saying, I'm jumping in your arms
S2: right now and he's got you. And I'm asking you
S2: right now, is that you? I've been speaking, but have
S2: you been hearing. And if you have, the Lord has
S2: opened your heart. And I want you to pray with
S2: me right now. This is a prayer of faith. I
S2: don't care where you are in this world right now.
S2: I don't care where you are, what state, what burg.
S2: I don't care if you are. You might have us
S2: on Wi-Fi at 30,000ft. You might. I don't care where
S2: you are right now. Today is your day of salvation.
S2: It's a cry of the heart. You might whisper along.
S2: You might shout aloud. You don't have to say a word.
S2: Your heart surrendered to God is an act of faith.
S2: And it's putting words to your soul just like this.
S2: Say them with me. Today I give up, God, I surrender.
S2: I'm turning around today. You've had a heart of rebellion.
S2: Maybe you've been blind. Maybe you've been deceived. But today
S2: you're going in a new way. No more barriers. Is
S2: that you? All in with Jesus, holding nothing back? Count
S2: the cost. Think about it. It's going to. This is
S2: going to change some things now, friend. Whole new direction.
S2: It's the best life ever. I can testify to that.
S2: But this is a new day. Is that a new
S2: day for you? Is it good? All in with Jesus today? Good.
S2: Holding nothing back. Right? Brand new. Never had this kind
S2: of surrender before. The surrender before. Maybe was just cries
S2: to God with, you know, giving him one hand. He
S2: wants both hands, both feet. All in with Jesus today.
S2: Is that you? Good. I'm going to pray for you.
S2: And then we're going to give you a link to
S2: help you. God. Thank you. We've been speaking. Summer hearing
S2: because the Lord opens the heart and I give you
S2: thanks in the name of Jesus that you're still working
S2: miracles today. God, you're still taking rebels with hard hearts,
S2: and you're taking a blind people with light pollution. And
S2: you're you're showing them the the light of the world,
S2: and you're taking those in deception and you're showing them
S2: the truth. That you are the way, the truth and
S2: the life. Now God flood them with life. Flood this
S2: young lady with life. This older gentleman with life. This
S2: teenager listening right now. Flood them with life. And I
S2: give you praise in Jesus name. Amen. We want to
S2: help you, Ali. Walk them through what they're going to
S2: get here.
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S2: And if you listen closely, there's angels celebrating what God's
S2: doing in you. It's a new day, friend.
S1: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Okay, this is a big aha moment here. And this
S2: is a great inductive study. I want you to know
S2: the pressure is off. Imagine what Paul and Silas would
S2: have felt if they were called by God to head
S2: on a voyage through Neapolis, Samothrace, first Neapolis, and then
S2: on to the district of Macedonia into Philippi, and to
S2: plop down with a group of women and share the gospel.
S2: Imagine if they were commissioned by God saying, you got
S2: to go save people, man. That pressure would have been heavy.
S4: Oh, goodness. Yeah, you would have been thinking about it
S4: all the time. Every time someone didn't listen to you.
S4: You would have been like, oh man, I didn't get
S4: that one. I think I was supposed to get that one.
S2: Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I didn't say that just right.
S4: Yeah.
S2: You ever had that before, Ali?
S3: Oh, yes.
S2: I didn't say that just right.
S3: Boy.
S4: That's such a common one. That's like, every time, every
S4: time I go, oh, I don't know, I don't know.
S4: I could have done better there. I could have done better.
S2: And you know, how you do better is when you
S2: realize the pressure's off.
S4: Amen.
S2: So this story from Lydia, from Thyatira, who was a
S2: seller of purple, is one awesome example because I don't
S2: know who else heard, but they spoke. And the way
S2: the narrative goes until the story. Ali. And then you
S2: can read what you want to read. But this is
S2: a great story. I mean, this is they sat down
S2: and what did they do? They began to speak the gospel. Right?
S3: And Lydia heard.
S2: She heard.
S3: She heard, and her heart was opened.
S2: Yeah. And the coolest thing here is found in verse 14.
S2: And it says, the Lord opened her heart to pay
S2: attention to what was said. Isn't that awesome?
S4: Yeah. I love that.
S2: Have you ever sat down with someone that you really love?
S2: And you're like, they're hearing me, but they are not
S2: hearing me?
S4: Yeah. You just feel like. You feel like it's kind
S4: of going in one ear and out the other.
S2: Oh, yeah. Or you feel like it's like they've got this, um,
S2: it's kind of like an airfoil, like a race car.
S2: And it's like your message is like air over a
S2: race car. It's like.
S4: Yeah, just kind.
S2: Of over the top and back. Yeah.
S4: Yeah, absolutely. And there's nothing you can do about that.
S4: That's not up to you. It's up to what God's
S4: going to do in them.
S2: The pressure's off. Well, Carl, what do I do? You
S2: know what I'm going to boil it down here. Matthew 516.
S2: Let your light so shine before men and women, boys
S2: and girls, that they may see your good deeds and
S2: glorify your father who is in heaven. That's for sure.
S2: Something we can do, right, Ali?
S3: Yeah. I mean, and when you have good information, you
S3: have good intercession. You always say that.
S2: Yes, yes, yes.
S3: When you have good information, then you pray rightly.
S2: Yeah.
S3: For people.
S2: See you pray. See you pray. How can you pray
S2: according to this Lydia story? How can you pray?
S3: Well, you can pray that someone would first listen, that
S3: they would be willing to sit down and have the conversation. Okay,
S3: you can pray that they would not just hear the
S3: words and that it would go into their ears, but
S3: that they would actually hear it and it would go
S3: into their heart.
S2: Yeah.
S4: You can also pray that God would take the pressure
S4: off of you and just allow His Spirit to speak
S4: through your words.
S2: Okay, that's a cool implication from the text, isn't it?
S4: Absolutely.
S2: Here's what's cool. Paul and Silas came in. They sat down.
S2: They knew this is the Lord's work, because that's what
S2: is written by Doctor Luke in Acts 16. And the
S2: Lord opened her heart. Yeah. How cool that we don't
S2: have to open our kids hearts to the Lord.
S3: It's so freeing, because when we feel like the pressure's
S3: on us, then we. We start to strive. We start
S3: to beg and plead. And it becomes more about us.
S2: Us. I mean, we're panicked.
S3: And it's not that we don't. It's not like about
S3: us in terms of a selfishness aspect, because our heart,
S3: our heart's desire, is to see our unsaved loved one
S3: come to know Jesus. But it becomes about, okay, how
S3: can I do this better?
S2: Yeah, it really can. Yeah. So coming up, we're going
S2: to do something crazy here. We're going to pray that
S2: the pressure is off of you today. We're going to
S2: pray for you. We can pray for you as Christ followers,
S2: that the freedom that you would feel today is that
S2: the Lord has opened their heart. Okay. You know what
S2: that gives you? It gives you the latitude to tend
S2: to your own lordship. To tend to. All right. If
S2: I don't have that pressure on me, I now can
S2: actually tend to me shining brightly rather than me getting
S2: it rightly. Little iteration there for you. And that's liberty,
S2: isn't it, Ali?
S3: It is. It is. Because then you're trusting in the
S3: Lord who opens hearts.
S2: Yes. Yes.
S3: And you're not trusting in your own ability to convince
S3: somebody of something.
S2: Who thought it was on you. Or at least you
S2: felt the weight of something being on you that God
S2: never intended. And today may be your freedom is is
S2: that it's not on you who was stuck there. And
S2: today you're getting it. They're coming in now. Somebody said, yep.
S2: When someone says I have, that's me. See, they're coming
S2: in here. And can I get a big confession? Are
S2: you ready for this? That's me. And you know what?
S2: You can be clear on this today. And like a
S2: banana peel on a sidewalk, you can slip back into
S2: it tomorrow. You got to hold on to these truths.
S2: Look at the responses pouring in your alley.
S3: I mean, so many people have felt this, this sort
S3: of pressure of, I have to get them saved me.
S3: I got to do it.
S2: And if they don't follow Jesus, that's my fault. We're
S2: going to pray for you because the greatest powerful witnesses
S2: and light shining know that it's God who saves souls.
S2: All you do is shine and share. That's it.
S1: She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her.
S1: Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew
S1: on Moody Radio.
S2: A couple of things are happening. People are surrendering to Jesus.
S2: But here is the beauty. In acts 16, we get
S2: a story of Lydia. She's a seller of purple. She's
S2: an entrepreneur. And she happened to be huddled up with
S2: a group of ladies in Philippi. And Paul and Silas
S2: sailed into town by way of Neapolis and Samothrace first,
S2: and then Neapolis, into the district of Macedonia and then
S2: into Philippi. They sit down and they speak, but at
S2: least one person heard what a huge thing, guys! They spoke,
S2: at least one heard. And that was Lydia. And you
S2: know why the Lord opened her heart. Where Paul and
S2: Silas swashbuckling gospel presenters. Actually, Paul was a little bit
S2: insecure about his ability to communicate well. So here's the deal.
S2: The pressure's off. God is the one who saves the
S2: Holy Spirit. Convicts of sin. It's the Lord that opens hearts.
S2: He pulls down blinders. He takes a heart of stone
S2: and turns it into a heart of flesh. We can pray,
S2: we can share. We can shine. We can get it
S2: all right. Actually, you can have a three point outline
S2: with a poem at the end. And that doesn't necessarily
S2: mean that anyone will really hear unless the Lord opens
S2: their heart, but he can. Ellie, I want you to
S2: pray this back over people. We've got so many responding, going, shoot, man,
S2: I felt so long. I just somebody said I've, I've
S2: felt the weight of trying to save my sons for years.
S2: And this sets me free today. Isn't that awesome? Yeah.
S3: It really is. So let's pray. Lord, we come to
S3: you and just thank you that you are sovereign. Yes,
S3: over all things, Lord. And I pray, Lord, that as
S3: you give us opportunities, first help us to be faithful
S3: as ambassadors, that we would be those who let our
S3: light shine before men, that people would see our good
S3: deeds and praise you in heaven. Help us to live
S3: those kind of lives. And Lord, when you lead us
S3: into moments where we have the opportunity to speak, I
S3: pray that you would remove pressure, that you would remove unbelief,
S3: that you would remove doubt, and that you would give
S3: us full freedom to speak as you would lead. And Lord,
S3: for the person who's going to hear us, Lord, allow
S3: hearts to be opened. Lord, would you give someone, even today,
S3: even this weekend? Give them ears to hear what you
S3: are saying through us. Open their heart. Help them to
S3: pay attention, Lord, not to our words, but to you, God.
S3: I pray that we would see people saved even this weekend. God,
S3: as we're gathering, as we're attending sporting events and family
S3: gatherings and other things that happen on the weekend. Lord,
S3: I pray that this verse would come to mind all
S3: across Chicagoland and beyond. This would come to mind that
S3: we would speak and that you would open hearts to
S3: pay attention. Lord, it's your work and not ours. And
S3: we thank you that you allow us to play even
S3: a small part in it. The pressure's off, and we
S3: thank you. In Jesus name, Amen.
S2: Amen. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention. They
S2: were speaking. Lydia heard the pressure's off. Ali prayed. It
S2: gives you more freedom to shine more brightly and gives
S2: you more freedom to not get it perfectly. Isn't that.
S2: Isn't that I want to just I want to I
S2: want to jump in a pool somewhere, man. I mean,
S2: this is liberating stuff, guys.
S3: It really is. Because, you know, there's a lot of
S3: conversations around evangelism. And, you know, I think especially with
S3: young people, young people are always kind of like, you
S3: got to get out there. You got to share your faith,
S3: you got to share your faith. And I think if
S3: you've grown up in Christian, in kind of a Christian culture,
S3: you sort of absorb this low grade pressure of, okay,
S3: I gotta do it, I gotta do it, I gotta
S3: do it. They might not know Jesus. The Lord is
S3: the one who opens hearts.
S2: He does.
S1: Your shot of hope to help you through the day.
S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Life can be going along pretty well. And then a
S2: crisis hits. And it's what we do at that point
S2: of crisis that'll make or break our relationship with God,
S2: our mind, our soul, our spirit, our body. Anyone listening
S2: right now can relate to that. And boy, have we
S2: got a guest here with us today that's going to
S2: drive this home.
S3: She is near and dear to our hearts. She is
S3: one of our colleagues. Her name is Kenz Weatherford. She
S3: works in the promotion department, helps with social media. The
S3: crisis that hit for you was a breakup of a
S3: pretty serious relationship. And though you had been raised in
S3: a Christian home around the things of God, when that
S3: crisis hit, you had a moment of decision and you
S3: did not turn to God. Yeah. Tell us about that moment.
S6: So growing up in the faith, there was so much
S6: that was instilled in me. And my parents got divorced
S6: at some point when I was in high school. And
S6: when I started a relationship in college, that was for
S6: about three years. I got to a spot that that
S6: relationship ended, which was really, really hard. We were looking
S6: at rings, we were talking about marriage, and when that ended,
S6: it broke my heart in such a way. And instead
S6: of turning to God with that hurt that I felt,
S6: I was introduced to astrology and I thought this might
S6: be an answer that's going to conclude for me. I
S6: will not go through a heartbreak. I will know who
S6: I'm going to marry, I'm not going to go through divorce,
S6: and I'm going to pour myself into this. And I
S6: gave myself over to astrology and fortune telling, and that
S6: ended up being my pursuit for the next three years.
S2: So this was a self-protection kins.
S6: Yeah.
S2: And I'm not going to I'm not going to. That's
S2: not going to happen to me again. I'm not going
S2: to get burned like that again.
S6: Exactly. And so when I, I remembered the next day
S6: after the breakup, it was a rainy day in a cafe,
S6: of course, and I pulled out a journal and I
S6: was like, I am going to write down, I'm going
S6: to memorize all the signs and the stars, and I'm
S6: just going to give myself to this thing because I
S6: think there's something here. And along the way, I started
S6: to meet more like minded people that practiced spirituality. I
S6: had stopped going to church. It was Covid about that
S6: time as well, and so I felt like it was
S6: another thing of, hey, I don't really need to, I
S6: don't really need to open my Bible. I think that
S6: there's some answers here that I can just dive into.
S6: And so let me memorize this. God has gifted me
S6: with memorizing. I've I've always loved acting, and I've always
S6: been able to memorize the words so well. And that
S6: was twisted in a way to use it for darkness.
S6: But God can redeem anything.
S3: In the moment. What did you feel like? Astrology? The cards.
S3: What did you feel like that offered you That God wasn't.
S6: I felt that there was words for spiritual circumstances in
S6: my life, like dreams about people before they happened or
S6: knowing things before it happened. I didn't talk about that
S6: in my Christian community. So then when I met a
S6: spiritual community that talked openly about auras and sensing and
S6: presences in the room, it felt like I had language
S6: for things that I didn't have language for before. And
S6: I was like, well, there's probably something, something true in this.
S6: And it wasn't truthful. It wasn't right. I had right
S6: answers about the future, but it wasn't truthful and it
S6: wasn't building up. It ended up leading to hopelessness. Something
S6: I want to share is that when I had an
S6: opportunity to look at the future, I thought that this
S6: was going to buffer my heart. I thought, okay, so
S6: I can know when the bad things are going to
S6: come Well in life. We are going to continue to
S6: have trials and hardships. And I thought that if I
S6: knew in my strength what that thing was going to be,
S6: I could buffer it a little bit more. My heart's
S6: not going to hurt nearly as much if I can
S6: do that myself. But God showed me that he loves
S6: me and there is hope when we partner with him
S6: and look at the future through his eyes. He gives
S6: us love and hope. And it's him who holds our future.
S6: He knows the plans for us.
S2: With us right now is Kenz Weatherford. She's a sister
S2: in Jesus. We'll get to that part of the story
S2: here in just a moment. But she's a radiant woman
S2: of God. Guys, what's wild about your story, Kenz? Is
S2: that a lie is nothing but the truth with the
S2: twist at the end. And I've heard insight. You wanted.
S2: You wanted power. Yeah, but how did this begin to
S2: bite you back? It sounds good going in, but boy,
S2: it's got some whiplash, doesn't it?
S6: One of the strange things that started to happen was
S6: I could feel physical pain in my body from other
S6: people in the room, and what started to happen was,
S6: is if I felt pain in my left elbow. Oh,
S6: I know who in this room is having pain in
S6: their left elbow. And then I would go and I
S6: would ask that person and offer to do a reading,
S6: and I would know things about them and no pain
S6: in their body that they were like, how did you
S6: know that? How did you know? I hit my head
S6: when I was around eight. Like things like that. And
S6: it felt like it was validating. I was like, okay, great.
S6: I get to help these people. I get to tell
S6: them about themselves. I get to build them up. But
S6: it started to get so yucky. I started to feel
S6: pain in my body every day. If I didn't meditate,
S6: I was going to be overwhelmed by people's pain by
S6: going into any public space. So I tried to avoid
S6: public spaces if I could help it, unless if I
S6: was meditated or practicing in that. So I felt pain
S6: in my body, in any room that I walked into,
S6: except when I went to a small group for the
S6: first time. This was the strangest thing. So I wanted
S6: to try out this church. And so I sat down
S6: in the group and I felt around the room, and
S6: it was about half of the people that I spiritually
S6: could not feel at all. And there was another couple
S6: of people that I felt like if I practice extending
S6: my spiritual arm to feel pain in this room, I
S6: feel like my powers are going to get shut off.
S6: I feel like something bad is going to happen. And
S6: so I sat in a room of Christians looking at
S6: them like I was scared, and they probably looked at
S6: me a little scared too, honestly, because it was this
S6: strange world of me living in a kingdom of darkness,
S6: thinking that I knew about the kingdom of heaven in
S6: that world. And yet I couldn't understand those people. And
S6: I think they were wearing the armor of God. I
S6: want to throw in something encouraging, too, that while we
S6: were still sinners, Christ died for us, even when we
S6: fall short of the glory of God. I think about
S6: when I walked into that small group. I don't know
S6: how many people like prayed up before they went to
S6: small group, but there was still a covering upon them
S6: because they walk with God.
S3: Ken Weatherford, our guest right now from the kingdom of
S3: darkness to the Kingdom of Light, the rest of her
S3: story coming up.
S1: This is Carolyn Crew on Moody Radio.
S3: So what is that one thing that's holding you back?
S3: For our guest right now, it was a need to control.
S3: It was coming out of a bad breakup. And it was.
S3: Instead of turning to God, the God of her youth,
S3: the God that she learned about from her parents, she
S3: turned to the world of astrology and tarot card reading
S3: and all of these dark things that seemed so appealing
S3: at first. But things started to shift quickly. Take us
S3: back to this Bible study, which you decided to go to.
S3: You were in a room of Christians. You were used
S3: to being able to experience pain and all these different
S3: spiritual perceptions that you had because of the kingdom of darkness.
S3: But something was different this day. Tell us about it.
S6: Yeah. So when I went to this small group and
S6: I noticed that I couldn't feel their physical pain, I
S6: thought that was weird. And so I started to go
S6: to their church. And the first time that I went
S6: up for hands on prayer, somebody prayed for me and
S6: it was like I could breathe a full breath of
S6: air again. It was like fog was lifting. And if
S6: I could use the spiritual terms that I would use
S6: at the time, it was like a blue aura or
S6: like a shield, a bubble that covered me. And I
S6: remember when I got home, I looked around my apartment
S6: and it was like swirling fog was trying to get
S6: at me, but it couldn't touch me because I was protected.
S6: It was the coolest thing. God is so good.
S2: You know, you might be listening to this saying, this
S2: is something that I've never heard of. This is happening,
S2: and there's portals for this. A quick side note before
S2: we go on to more of your victory, I know
S2: you got a heart for people that are dabbling in darkness.
S2: What are some of the common portals that you know of, Ken,
S2: so that people can be on alert for even things
S2: like this in themselves or people they love?
S6: I think that if there's something that you felt hurt
S6: about and you've been seeking out answers, the spiritual community
S6: will only give you more hopelessness as you walk down.
S6: Because I remember going to get a reading where somebody
S6: could read candle wax and they could read about my ancestry,
S6: and it left me with more anxiousness, but I thought
S6: I was prepared. I was like, okay, great, I'm walking
S6: away more prepared, I know more. But when we're walking
S6: with God, we cast our anxieties upon him because he
S6: cares for us, and so we can actually walk through
S6: and walk forward with the next trial that comes if
S6: we're Christians or not, Christians. When we walk toward that
S6: next trial, we have comfort in walking in God. When
S6: we abide in him, he gives us peace and hope.
S3: Ken, when did you come to a breaking point where
S3: you realized, this is this is getting really dark and
S3: and I'm out?
S6: It was an interesting thing. I went to church and
S6: it was a class on freedom. And again, somebody prayed
S6: for me. It was hands on prayer. And there was
S6: something that switched within me that I, I did not
S6: have the words for. And I really just kind of
S6: sat zonked for a bit. I was like, I have
S6: no words to describe what's happening in me. But when
S6: I got home, it was just me and the apartment
S6: and I started washing dishes. There were statues and idols
S6: all around the apartment and rocks and sage burning and incense.
S6: I was standing at the sink washing dishes and it
S6: was slowly feeling like my head was so loud. I
S6: was starting to feel angry, and then I was like,
S6: that's it. I put down the dishes and I walked
S6: to my room, and before I really knew what was happening,
S6: I was throwing away tarot cards and I was six
S6: decks in when I had stopped and realized that my
S6: life has been changed forever by God. And after that
S6: brief pause, I continued to get more things thrown in boxes.
S6: I filled up a box as much as I could,
S6: and I kept going. And I just kept going. And
S6: I had one moment where I had my my birth
S6: chart of where the stars were when I was born,
S6: and I took it out of the frame, and I
S6: looked at it and I started to tear up a
S6: little bit, and I knew I couldn't keep it anymore.
S6: And so I looked away, ready to tear it, and
S6: I just felt prompted, like, no, I need you to
S6: see that you are tearing this up because your identity
S6: is in me and not the stars. And so I
S6: ripped up the birth chart of where the stars were
S6: on the day that I was born. My identity is
S6: in Christ. It is not in the stars.
S2: Beautiful.
S6: So I threw away all the spiritual modalities. And then
S6: my small group showed up to help me move out
S6: of that apartment. I moved into a new apartment in
S6: less than a week. I moved into a three bedroom
S6: because I felt like God had a reason for me
S6: to be there. I'm still in that three bedroom. I
S6: have two roommates now that both believe in Jesus. It's
S6: so cool. But when I moved out of that first apartment,
S6: I left behind the couch, the TV and tables. I
S6: left my wardrobe, which I looked back at a receipt
S6: and it's like over $1,200. It was things that I
S6: was like, I don't want to carry anything with me
S6: if it will not bring me peace. And even when
S6: I moved into the new apartment and I still, you know,
S6: my small group, they helped me move some some things
S6: like books and clothes and these things I still felt like, no, no, I,
S6: I really need a new life in Christ. And this
S6: was McKenzie's decision. I prayed with God, and it felt
S6: like the right thing for me to do was to
S6: throw away my clothes. And then literally my sister in law,
S6: who did not know what was going on at the time,
S6: like had a duffel bag of clothes and was like, hi,
S6: I'm about to donate these. Do you want to go
S6: through this? And guys clothes have like never fit when
S6: it comes to donations like it was. That in itself
S6: was a miracle and I just really material possessions do
S6: not hold the weight that they had at that time.
S6: Set your minds on things that are above, not on
S6: things that are of this earth.
S2: This is amazing. Colossians three guys. Kenz Weatherford, our guest
S2: right now and this is speaking for some of you,
S2: some sensitivity and maybe freedom is calling your name today. Kenz,
S2: what do you say to the person that has been
S2: really dabbling on the dark side, looking for power? I'm
S2: fed up with brokenness in their life. And they they
S2: buy their own strength and by their own will they said,
S2: I'm not going to let pain happen to me again.
S2: What do you say to them today?
S6: The power of God is incomparable to the spirits that
S6: we partner with. Any spirit that I ask any medium,
S6: even myself. There is no power that is more comforting,
S6: more true, more secure than the power and the presence
S6: of God Almighty. He loves you. He really, really does
S6: love you, and you can share your heart with him
S6: and just see what he says.
S2: So I think people want to know, what's Kenz Ken's
S2: Weatherford do today? What's an average day look like for
S2: Ken's Weatherford?
S6: Um, well, uh, I'm here at Moody Radio. I work
S6: in promotions and social media, but an average an average
S6: day today. So I'm about two years in now, if
S6: you can believe it. A little over two years of
S6: walking with God. And I'm finding that trials are still coming.
S6: And I'm like, well, I thought that that was supposed
S6: to end when I gave my life to Jesus, but
S6: that's still information. Yeah. And I'm I'm realizing that when
S6: I sit and I talk with God, he really wants
S6: to know my heart and man, he really is faithful
S6: when I'm unfaithful. And I'm realizing when I look back
S6: at my history, it wasn't just those three years that
S6: I was practicing astrology and fortune telling that I wasn't
S6: following God. Like, there's been times way before that that
S6: I was not a perfect person, and I didn't see
S6: that before I thought that I was I thought that
S6: I was walking as best as I could. But I'm
S6: realizing that God has been faithful my entire life, and
S6: when I take time to sit with him, he really
S6: offers true peace and comfort.
S2: Kenz, we love you. You are inspiring. You are radiant.
S2: And what's amazing is you are a new creation. The
S2: old has gone, the new has come. You are that
S2: girl and we're proud of you. You know, as you're
S2: listening right now, you might be saying, all right, how
S2: in the world do we conquer this stuff? You know,
S2: our heart aches for whatever kind of deception you've bought into,
S2: no matter what it is. And some of them manifest
S2: themselves in these dark, spiritual ways. Some of them cloak
S2: themselves in everyday life. Right, Allie?
S3: Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I'm seeing more of this introduced
S3: in spaces where it wouldn't have been where. And I
S3: think there's an allure, even for the Christ follower to
S3: start to dabble in things that promise a little bit
S3: of protection or a little bit of deliverance. And I
S3: think we have to be so on guard that we
S3: don't invite darkness into our home, into our hearts and
S3: to our minds, whether it's through. And I don't want
S3: to start sounding legalistic, but we need to be on
S3: guard for ourselves and for our children, that we are
S3: not opening the door to the things of darkness when
S3: we are called into the kingdom of light.
S2: The one thing I'd add to that is there is nothing.
S2: We don't want you paralyzed with fear. Like, oh, what's
S2: spooky here? What's spooky there? This is as practical as.
S2: All right. Anything that is leading me away from God
S2: is clearly not his will.
S3: Yes.
S2: Those things that are leading me to God and His
S2: glory are his will. Stay in that wheelhouse. You know,
S2: I don't know what it is you're battling and what's
S2: defeating you today. But I know this. We've got a
S2: God who will make you more than a conqueror through
S2: Christ Jesus. That's the hope that we have.
S1: You're listening to Kerlin Crewe on Moody Radio.
S2: You know, you might be thinking, I don't know if
S2: I can be made new. And that's a fair question.
S2: You know, you've seen maybe in the end zone of
S2: big games, they still put them up. Big old boards.
S2: Reader boards are born again. You must be born again.
S2: And a lot of people wonder, well, what does that mean?
S2: What does it mean to be born again? What's it mean?
S2: Mean to be made new. How can God make me new?
S2: How can that possibly happen? There's a teaching of Jesus
S2: that's found in Matthew 11 that's incredibly profound. And in
S2: one little portion it's cited by Matthew himself. He says
S2: that Jesus spoke. He said, come to me, all who
S2: are weary and are heavy laden. And I'm going to
S2: give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, for you
S2: will learn from me. I am gentle and humble in heart,
S2: and you will find rest for your soul. And there's
S2: some souls that are really tired listening this morning, and
S2: I want to give you some incredible hope this morning.
S2: The way you come under the yoke of God is
S2: found by just looking back a few verses before him
S2: saying this, and he was speaking to a couple of
S2: cities in the northern reaches of Israel. And what he
S2: said was, man, if I'd done these miracles up in
S2: Chorazin or Tyre and Sidon, excuse me like I've done
S2: for you, Chorazin and Capernaum, they would have repented. And
S2: you got to ask the question, well, what's God's goal?
S2: To show that he's got power. No, it's for you
S2: to experience it. And there's one way to do that. Repentance.
S2: You see, we're born going our own way. And Jesus says,
S2: come to me. What does that require? Turning around, repenting
S2: of your sin and saying, alright, I'm going to give
S2: you my heavy yoke. I've been carrying it way too long.
S2: As much as we want to believe that maybe going
S2: to church can set us free, there's a lot of
S2: well-meaning people that have gone to church and never found
S2: freedom from that weight that they're carrying around. It's just
S2: a reality, guys. We've all experienced that. I think all
S2: of us in this room. Yep. We did. We've all
S2: experienced a long season for some of us, some of
S2: us shorter where we went to church, but we hadn't
S2: released that weight that we were carrying by repenting, coming
S2: to Jesus and taking on his yoke. Repentance sounds so rough,
S2: but it's really the turning around and turning away from
S2: a life of sin and shame and surrendering all to
S2: Jesus Christ. And my heart, passion for you is to
S2: come as you are and be changed like you never
S2: could ever be or ever imagined before. It's repentance, and
S2: I'm going to pray for you in a moment here.
S2: But this born again or this all things new experience
S2: is really about you surrendering your life to Jesus Christ.
S2: Come to him. So I invite you to come to him.
S2: I want to urge you. Don't let pride hold you back.
S2: I don't know if you're going to get this opportunity
S2: again in your life. We don't know what today holds,
S2: let alone tomorrow. But we do know that God holds
S2: out before you today a light yoke to come under it,
S2: to be a friend of God, all of us, all
S2: of us in studio here, and A whole lot of
S2: people listening came to that point where they said, I'm done.
S2: I surrender. I repent. I'm turning around. And that acknowledgement
S2: that you've missed the mark, that you're a sinner and
S2: you need someone to save you and you're carrying a
S2: load you can't carry anymore. That can be a crushing moment.
S2: But what's on the other side of that is this
S2: incredible life in Jesus Christ. It's not without pain. It's
S2: not without challenges. It's not without tears. But, man, it's
S2: filled with hope. And you'll know that you've touched on
S2: this friendship with God and being yoked up with Jesus.
S2: Because in a moment, that heavy weight will be thrown
S2: off you. And in the spiritual realm, you will realize,
S2: oh my goodness, I'm a friend of God. So I
S2: just urge you, wherever you are across this nation or
S2: the world or in Canada. I just urge you right now,
S2: today is the day of salvation. Today is the day
S2: when God can make you born again. And I just
S2: want to ask you three questions here this morning. Three questions.
S2: Real simple. Number one, are you done yet? Are you done?
S2: Is today the day that you're done? Today. The day
S2: that you're done. Good. Are you willing to admit I'm
S2: a sinner? I've been missing the mark. I've been wandering
S2: my own path. It's been leading nowhere. You might have
S2: been in church. Don't. Don't worry, don't. Don't even think
S2: about that. It's not about where you're physically located. It's
S2: about where you're spiritually located. So are you done in?
S2: Are you willing to admit I'm a sinner and I
S2: need someone to save my life and take this weight
S2: from me today? And I've never before done this. But
S2: today I'm repenting. I'm turning around and I'm following Jesus Christ.
S2: If that's you, man, if that's you, young lady. If
S2: that's you, sir, and you've been in church many, many years. You, ma'am.
S2: No matter how long you have lived, God has not
S2: done offering real life to you today. So I'm going
S2: to pray with you right now. And then Allie's going
S2: to give you a link, because if you pray along
S2: with me, which is really just a cry of the heart,
S2: there's nothing magical about this prayer, but there's something incredibly
S2: transformational about this prayer. And if you join us in this,
S2: we're going to help you because you've got new legs
S2: under you, you've got new feet because you're going a
S2: new direction, and you've got the light yoke of Jesus
S2: who set you free from that thing that's been killing you.
S2: Let me pray. Father, thank you for this person or
S2: persons who's come here today. And this is their time,
S2: isn't it? God, you you knew that they needed you
S2: today and you brought them here. What a beautiful thing
S2: You're pulling down all these blinders and you're letting people
S2: see exactly what they need to see about themselves. And
S2: now there's full surrender. So, Lord, we just pray. And
S2: I want you to say, God, I'm done. Good. And
S2: then just tell him, Jesus, I just confess to you
S2: I'm a sinner. I'm missing the mark in my life.
S2: I need a Savior. And today I repent, I turn around,
S2: I'm coming to Jesus. Today, for the first time in
S2: my life. I am finally giving it all to Jesus.
S2: Every bit of it. And Lord, I thank you for
S2: this person right now. What a sweet thing that they're
S2: not only a friend of God, but they are now
S2: friends with us at a whole new level, a whole
S2: new place in the spiritual realm. We are now brothers
S2: and sisters and what a sweet thing that is. And
S2: I give you thanks today. In the name of Jesus,
S2: I say it. Amen.
S3: Amen.
S2: Ali. We're helping, aren't we?
S3: Sister, if that's you. If today you are following Jesus,
S3: we have a resource for you. Just text the word
S3: new to 800 555, 78, 98. You're going to get
S3: a link. Click it, open it up. Read it through carefully.
S3: There's some hyperlinks in there as well. An opportunity for
S3: you to get a resource sent directly to your home.
S3: Just text the word new to 800 555 7898. New
S3: to (800) 555-7898.
S2: And if there is one, welcome. Because God knew that
S2: you'd be here today and we're just grateful. Our God
S2: is so alive. He's so at work and in the
S2: spiritual realm. He cuts through the fog of the earthly
S2: realm and he says, come to me. Your life is
S2: new and you've surrendered to him. Just text new to
S2: 800 555, 7898. You're turning around and you are giving
S2: your life to Jesus today.
S1: He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then
S1: he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl
S1: and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: When someone turns around and takes on the yoke of
S2: Jesus Christ man, it is something worth celebrating. We're grateful
S2: for all of you that have been transformed by the
S2: power of God. And you know what? We're grateful for
S2: all of you that are still wondering, can Christ really
S2: do this in me? And our appeal to you is
S2: it's it's never too late and it's never too soon
S2: to give your life to Jesus.
S3: And so we're so grateful for you. You know, my
S3: daughter goes to church a lot. She's in youth group
S3: all the time. So she goes, man, they're always they're
S3: always sharing the gospel. I feel like we're always having
S3: people get saved. And she was excited about it. But
S3: at the same time, she's like, I keep hearing the
S3: same thing every week. And I said, I want you
S3: to picture that each time you hear the gospel and
S3: someone raises a hand that it's like standing outside of
S3: a house that's burning, and the firefighter goes in and
S3: another one is brought out of the house. And so
S3: I told both of my kids, I said, don't get
S3: don't let that get old to you. That excitement that
S3: you have that another one was saved from the flames.
S3: Picture that every time you hear the gospel, maybe for
S3: the 10th or the hundredth time and someone else raises
S3: a hand. It is that crucial.
S2: Boom! Ali. That's right on. Yeah, that's. I never get
S2: tired of casting that net of hope, casting that line
S2: into the water of people that are drowning in sin.
S2: And what a great mercy of God. Even while we
S2: were yet sinners, Christ died for us. What an amazing thing. Never,
S2: never grow weary of the message of salvation and never
S2: grow weary in doing good. Remember what Jesus has set
S2: you free from. Yes, and go live like it today. Right, guys?
S4: Amen.