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S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: It's Carl and crew. Mornings on this Freedom Friday. Having
S2: some fun to kick off this hour here. I want
S2: to tell you that, uh, self-deprecating humor is the best humor,
S2: for sure, when you take shots at yourself. That's a
S2: good thing. Uh, you know, I'm always taking shots at
S2: myself about my hair color. It's not as take shot
S2: a bull as it used to be. My wife said
S2: that my red hair jokes need to stop. She told
S2: me that about 20 years ago. She said it's not
S2: like it was. I mean, when I was a when
S2: when I was young and our kids were young, my
S2: precious daughter, who's now an adult and provided us a
S2: grandchild here recently. And I was able to hug her
S2: yesterday and hold her. Oh, I love that little girl. Um, she.
S2: My daughter. Um. Oh, funny. These kids, what comes out
S2: of kids mouths sometimes it'll it'll flat out you're like, okay,
S2: you can say that stuff to me, but don't say
S2: it out in public. Don't do that. But it wasn't
S2: really bad. But she just came up to me one day,
S2: little tyke, and she says, dad, dad, I need to
S2: talk to you. I said, what's up, Muriel? She said,
S2: you just can't go around the rest of your life
S2: with that hair color.
S3: The best thing ever. Talk about bold.
S2: Dad, you just can't.
S3: Out of the mouth. Okay.
S2: Dad. And you know, her perspective is ain't nobody got
S2: that hair color.
S4: I've never seen hair like that before. And we're.
S2: You know why my dad? Why can't my dad just
S2: have hair like everyone else? Or no hair like half
S2: the dudes out there?
S5: Too late now.
S2: Because what's really funny is I see a hint of
S2: she's not going to have electric red hair. We can't
S2: tell these babies. You can't tell. One day she looks brunette.
S2: The next day She looks like.
S3: She looks strawberry to me a little bit.
S2: Little bit. Something maybe.
S3: There a little baby fuzz.
S2: Yeah. Oh, it's just great. Um, but taking shots at
S2: people is fun. My son yesterday. So the Masters is
S2: going right, guys, right. Yeah. And Bryson DeChambeau is, uh,
S2: he plays on the live tour normally. And by the way,
S2: there's a big dust up about that. Oh, yeah. But
S2: he's doing he's in really good position. And when you
S2: get like I think he's in third place or something,
S2: he's three under I think uh, Justin Rhodes is seven
S2: under and I can't watch a bunch of golf, but I,
S2: I beat feet at home because I heard that DeChambeau
S2: was doing pretty good. And I saw I saw my
S2: one of my son's best buddies, and he was in
S2: his wedding, and he's a great kid. And, uh, they
S2: call him bone. He's Greg Bodine, and, uh, he's the
S2: caddie for Bryson DeChambeau. And DeChambeau is just tearing it up,
S2: So my son, I said, hey, Kevin, you better take
S2: some shots at your. Have you seen Greg? He goes, dad,
S2: I'm running out of business. I haven't watched any of
S2: the masters down here. I said, well, you need to
S2: know he's getting a lot of a lot of air time. And, uh,
S2: so Kevin, not even seeing him, said, oh, I'm going
S2: to send him a text right now. I said, what
S2: are you sending him? He says, I just sent him. Boy,
S2: you need to get to the gym. People are saying,
S2: you don't look as jacked as you did when you
S2: were younger.
S3: Kidding me?
S4: Everyone's talking about you. That's what.
S3: Everybody. Everybody's.
S2: He said everybody from Biola is talking about.
S4: You.
S2: Man. That's where he met him. At every from everybody
S2: from Biola was talking about you.
S4: That's awesome.
S2: And, uh, Greg Bodine takes it back. He says, oh,
S2: shut up, man, and call me sometime. We got to
S2: catch up. Pretty funny stuff. Um, you know, life is
S2: filled with just. Isn't life funny?
S4: Oh, yeah. I mean.
S2: Life.
S4: Funny life. Life has to be laughed at. You have
S4: to find those moments to laugh because there's a lot
S4: of things to not laugh about. But let's find the
S4: moments where we can.
S2: Yeah. So what do you find just really funny about life?
S2: It's just like. Huh? Things that make you go, huh?
S2: That's really funny. Things we do. Things we don't do.
S2: What motivates us? Uh, give me a call. I might
S2: have a Carl and crew prize pack on the line.
S2: You say? Well, what's this got to do? Got a
S2: lot to do with everything, because we're going to break
S2: into some passages of scripture today. Everyone okay in there?
S2: I'm hearing stuff getting knocked around.
S3: Savannah, would you go answer phones?
S2: Oh, okay. Yes. Um, so what is it? What is
S2: it that just makes you laugh about life? 855 five
S2: 7898 855 five 7898. Comedians are invited in here today.
S1: She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her.
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S2: Well, we're having a good old time in here laughing
S2: our heads off. Have you ever done role playing before?
S2: Where it's like, imagine this.
S4: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Of course. Especially stuff that's, like, out
S4: of character. I love imagining people doing things that are
S4: just so out of their character. Well, it's like yesterday.
S4: Yesterday we were talking about stress dreams, and I said
S4: I had a really bad stress dream that Ali started
S4: yelling at me at work. And that's just the funniest
S4: thing I can think of in my head now. Because
S4: Ali doesn't yell at anybody.
S3: She. No, she.
S2: She. One time back in the old building, she raised
S2: her voice at me. She did one time, but one time. One.
S3: That's it. One time.
S4: Yeah. And you're like, that's out of character for her.
S4: And it's the most hilarious thing in the entire.
S2: The interesting thing about the way God's wired me is
S2: my voice is raised all the time. So I don't
S2: know if. You guys are so full of grace. You
S2: love me still.
S4: Oh, goodness. Who doesn't need a lot of grace in
S4: the positions they work? I do too.
S2: Are you implying I do need a lot for that?
S4: I said, who doesn't?
S3: That's what. Lord help us. Okay.
S2: Okay.
S3: Yeah.
S2: Coming up here, I think the reason I needed some
S2: levity is I got to get into a weighty, not heavy,
S2: but a weighty topic here. And it's so important. Presumption
S2: is one of the most deadly devices of Satan. He
S2: can plant in our mind. And I'm going to break
S2: it down from you. For you. I got up super
S2: early this morning, and this is what's on my heart.
S2: We'll give it to you. Coming up.
S1: A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is
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S2: I feel a certain weight of responsibility here that I
S2: think is spot on. I mean, we're not to be
S2: under a heavy yoke. I don't feel that. But I
S2: feel a certain weight of responsibility here that we take
S2: on topics and that we tackle issues that are challenges
S2: that you need to overcome, battles that you need to fight.
S2: We really do want you to take your next step
S2: with Jesus. I mean, that's our heart, man. And part
S2: and parcel of this is understanding that first step and
S2: being super clear about what that first step is and
S2: what it isn't. I was on a great interview yesterday.
S2: I was filling in for Chris Brooks and I had
S2: on Doctor Sean McDowell, and we were talking about this
S2: crazy thing that we're seeing in the church right now,
S2: which is kids that are just leaving the church. Post Covid,
S2: I mean, there's a lot of reasons for why that is, but.
S2: I was discussing with Sean what's what's really going on
S2: with these kids, because a lot of people are just
S2: really wanting their kids to get back to church. And
S2: my supposition has been largely due to my own story,
S2: is that the big problem isn't that they aren't in church,
S2: is that they aren't in Christ. And Sean picked up
S2: on that, and he said, Karl, let me tell you
S2: my experience. He said, I've talked to at least 30
S2: adult kids that were raised in church with imperfect but
S2: great parents. And he said, I've asked them all of
S2: these 30 the same question. Have you ever come to
S2: a point in your life when you were utterly at
S2: the end of yourself, and you saw your sin and
S2: your need for a Savior so clearly that you surrendered
S2: your life to Jesus Christ? Only one of those 30 said, yes,
S2: that was me. His point is that a lot of
S2: these kids that have walked away from the church have
S2: not walked away from Christ because they were never in Christ.
S2: You see, that's the point. So I really I got
S2: up early this morning and I'm like, man, I, I
S2: know you hear me talk about this here often, but
S2: today I want to even take a deeper dive on
S2: this thing, even go deeper. And I want to begin
S2: with Matthew seven. So Jesus is in the sermon on
S2: the Mount and he's preaching and he says, many will
S2: say to me on that day, Lord, Lord. And he says,
S2: I'm going to have to say to you, I never
S2: knew you didn't know him personally. And the three characteristics
S2: of these people that he did not know personally are astonishing,
S2: because this is what they say. We preached in your name.
S2: We baptized in your name. We did mighty works in
S2: your name. And he says, depart from me. I never
S2: knew you. Now you hear that? And you think, my goodness.
S2: So what does it what does it reveal? That there
S2: are people that are presuming something about their relationship with
S2: God that isn't true? It's just not true. It's a
S2: flat out lie. And they're not trying to be nefarious, necessarily,
S2: but there's something deep within us that hasn't been altered.
S2: We've not been born again. That's what Jesus said had
S2: to happen to Nicodemus. And he uses a lot of
S2: stories to illustrate this. Now, before I go any further,
S2: I just want to tell you I don't have any
S2: jollies by trying to put people on tilt. That's never
S2: my goal here. I don't want to be a provocateur,
S2: but I do want to probe, just as Jesus did,
S2: with questions that have eternal consequences that I will do.
S2: And this is eternal consequences. And so I give out
S2: a blog here often nine ways to know You stand
S2: with God. And he stands with you because the greatest
S2: evidence of where you really stand with God. And I
S2: just want you to get this link and then stick
S2: with me here, because I'm going to ride this for
S2: a little bit here. But if you want to know
S2: whether or not you stand with God and he stands
S2: with you, that's a great question to ask. And this
S2: is a great way you look at this. And now
S2: you can begin to pray for people, maybe a wayward
S2: kid or a spouse or someone, and you can go, whoa,
S2: this isn't about them getting into church. This is about
S2: them getting in with Christ. And it requires you peeling
S2: away all of the funky motivations for validating your parenting,
S2: or something weird thing like that. It's weird what we
S2: can do to try to prop ourselves up. We've got
S2: to have our kids be okay, because if they aren't okay,
S2: then I'm not okay. Well, you know what? It's better
S2: off to be okay with what's really going on, rather
S2: than to try to be okay with yourself just cutting
S2: it to you straight. So text the word stand right
S2: now to 805, 55, 78, 98. That's one resource I
S2: want to give you right now. Stand nine ways to know.
S2: You stand with God and he stands with you. Text
S2: stand to 800 555 7898. So the Lord's been doing
S2: something in my life that I have to believe. It's
S2: got a direct link to you. And let me just
S2: go through a couple of things here that we find
S2: in Scripture that are very important. In the book of Luke,
S2: we find this parable of the wayward sons or the
S2: prodigal sons. And one thing I want to note here
S2: is a lot of us assign our kids are prodigals
S2: or someone's a prodigal, when really what's being spoken of
S2: here is not a kid that was in Christ and
S2: then walked away. This is someone who was never actually
S2: two people who were never in Christ. Prodigal means never in,
S2: but far away. So we got to get that straight.
S2: And I'm going to I'm going to explain this. So
S2: the first son he's took his takes his father's inheritance.
S2: And it's a great story that Jesus tells. He takes
S2: his father's inheritance and he goes and he squanders it
S2: in a far off land. And those guys are easily
S2: visible because they're like me. And I was a cocaine
S2: addict for three and a half years, something like that.
S2: The whole three and a half years was a fog.
S2: Here I am leading construction crews high as a kite
S2: on cocaine. Amazing. I didn't cut off fingers or cause
S2: more injury to someone else. But we were all like that.
S2: We were all loaded on the site. It was crazy.
S2: So I was. I was far away from God, raised
S2: in the church, Baptized. Never knew Jesus personally. Truth. Fact.
S2: So that's that one son. But the other son is
S2: far more dangerous. And I used to always say, and
S2: this morning I'm altering it a little bit. I always
S2: used to say the first son is a victim of
S2: his passion, and the second son is a victim of
S2: his pride. I think it's more accurate to the text
S2: to say the second son is a victim of presumption.
S2: He's thinking that he's got something that he doesn't have,
S2: and he hears word of his brother that's come back.
S2: And he's like, man, can't believe it. They're throwing a
S2: party for him. And what does the older son say?
S2: He says, man, everything that you've told me to do,
S2: I've done. You've never given me a goat to have,
S2: you know, barbecue with my friends and all this. Here's
S2: what Tim Keller says about these two prodigals. Two of them.
S2: There are two ways to be your own savior by
S2: breaking all the rules, younger son, or by keeping all
S2: the rules older son. Both of them aim to control God. Whoa!
S2: Jonathan Edwards says that the younger son is blind to
S2: God's holiness. And the older son is blind to his
S2: own need for mercy. I want to shoot it to
S2: you straight today. God got me up early for you.
S2: And I need you to know from the bottom of
S2: my heart that many will say on that day, Lord, Lord.
S2: And he's going to say, I never knew you. And
S2: this is an epidemic in American Christianity, Canadian Christianity, Western Christian.
S2: It's an epidemic in Europe. It's interesting. Young Thunder was
S2: reading some stats to me. Give us the quick one.
S2: The quick version of these stats. This is staggering here bro.
S4: So so basically the study was done on American faith practices.
S4: And they a large group of the people studied were
S4: identified as Christians. Now they had a way of figuring
S4: out or identifying as practicing or nominal Christians. The first
S4: was if they attended church once a week, the second
S4: was if they said their faith had high or utmost
S4: significance in their lives. Those were the two criteria.
S2: Pretty low bar, low bar.
S4: With those criteria, 33.3 of the self-identified Christians were counted
S4: as practicing. 66 were counted as nominal, which means that
S4: means they said it doesn't have utmost significance in their
S4: life and they don't attend church.
S2: So what I would say, tell me what you think,
S2: Young Thunder. I'd say that the older son who was
S2: saying to the father, hey, I've been I've all I've done.
S2: I mean, he'd be in the 33%. He was a practicing.
S2: He would. He's not even in that nominal. No. Right.
S2: He's in the practice. And so even with the practicing,
S2: you've got to go. Whoa whoa whoa. In the practicing,
S2: there are many who are going to say, Lord, Lord.
S2: And he's going to say, I never knew you.
S4: Yeah. If you look at those numbers, it shows the
S4: vast majority of people who call themselves Christians. Even in
S4: that 33%, it's lower than that who have that genuine
S4: relationship with him.
S2: Then there's a story that Jesus tells in Matthew 25
S2: that is a boy. This is heavy. He says there
S2: are ten virgins or bridesmaids that are waiting for the bridegroom. Okay.
S2: And they're all dressed up the same. They all are
S2: the same. And they all have lamps. But five have
S2: oil in the lamp and they're ready for the return
S2: of the bridegroom. And five are all dressed up, but
S2: they don't have oil in the lamp and last minute
S2: they're scrambling. But there's not time because the door is shut.
S2: So they look identical. Their aspirations are the same. Some
S2: are ready, some are not. And so let me just
S2: boil it down for you here. Look, I'm going to
S2: tell you straight up truth here. Presumption is a horrific
S2: spiritual toxin. And it will take you all the way
S2: to an eternity separated from God. And this is an
S2: epidemic in our country. This changes the way we pray
S2: for wayward kids. Sean McDowell's right. One out of 30.
S2: Just his anecdotal evidence. Ever said I plead for the
S2: mercy of God. I'm a sinner. I'm a person with
S2: unclean lips, unclean heart. I need a Savior and cry
S2: out with tears. Give me your life, Jesus. And he said,
S2: one out of 30 of those wayward kids that were
S2: raised in churches, went to youth group, went to Sunday school.
S2: And so and here's what I want to say. There's
S2: a lot of you listening right now that are in
S2: church but are not in Christ in the Spirit of
S2: God may be convicting you today. Now, I already gave
S2: you a resource so that you can know because again,
S2: I want to state this. I'm not messing around with you.
S2: I get no kicks out of freaking anyone out. I
S2: get greatest joy of watching people in relationship with Jesus
S2: and then having seen that repentance undergirding for them their
S2: identity in Jesus Christ and how much they're loved, and
S2: that he he cares for you and that even when
S2: you screw up, he's still loving you. But have you
S2: ever truly been born again? Deep burden I have for you, man.
S2: And there's ample evidence to say that I'm going to
S2: be called to account for what I say or don't
S2: say on air here. And I want to be able
S2: to tell God I handled your word as rightly as
S2: I could. And I looked at the culture that we
S2: live in, and I was as honest to I was
S2: as honest to you and to them as I could be.
S2: And I want to tell you, Jesus loves you and
S2: he died for you. And if you have a moment
S2: of Holy Spirit sobriety where you recognize I'm a sinner,
S2: I need a Savior. I need God's mercy. Praise be
S2: to God. I want to go back to Tim Keller's quote.
S2: And this is this is so beautiful. He says there
S2: are two ways to be your own savior by breaking
S2: all the rules, younger son, or by keeping all the rules.
S2: Older son to get control of God. And I just
S2: want to ask you today, have you found God to
S2: be uncontrollable? And he's knocking at your heart's door and
S2: he's wanting in. Totally. And if that's you. You're at
S2: the end of yourself. You're broken. You're pleading for mercy.
S2: For the first time in your life. You're being so
S2: honest to God going. There's nothing good that dwells inside me. Nothing.
S2: I see my sin for what it is. I want
S2: you to come into Jesus today. I want him to
S2: fill your lamp so that you're ready when he returns.
S2: And I want you to pray with me these words
S2: right now. I'm going to tell you what they are
S2: before you say them. Jesus. I repent and I turn
S2: around and I'm going your way Away for the first
S2: time in my life. Just tell him that I turn around.
S2: I'm going your way. You say that you are the truth.
S2: Not only the way, but you are the truth. Today
S2: I'm willing to face the truth. I'm a sinner in
S2: need of mercy. And I plead save my soul. Save
S2: me from me. I have no ands and no buts
S2: attached to this. I'm just saying. Save me. And will
S2: you acknowledge today that Jesus is the way, the truth
S2: and the life? Will you say that, my friend? And
S2: that the Holy Spirit at work in you right now
S2: is convicting you of this? You know you didn't dream
S2: this up. This is the mercy of God reaching into
S2: your heart today. Jesus died for your sins. Your sins.
S2: Own in that deeply. I miss the mark. I can't
S2: do it. And even the rules I've been trying to
S2: keep have been controlling God. Because I've been trying to
S2: be in control of my life. And today I'm saying
S2: I'm giving you control of me completely. Praise God. And
S2: if this is you, Jesus said, I am the way,
S2: I am the truth. I am the life. And it's
S2: the word Zoe that means life abundant. And there is hope, possibility,
S2: new beginnings welling up inside of you. Because that's what
S2: Jesus promised. And if that's you, I want to help
S2: you in your first step with Jesus, not your second,
S2: your first. Because today is the beginning of a brand
S2: new life in Christ, and Jesus makes all things new.
S2: I want you to just text me right now if
S2: today is your day. I'm going to send you a
S2: resource back. Get your phone. I don't care where you
S2: are in this world today. I don't care if you're
S2: in the UK. We had a caller from the UK earlier.
S2: I don't care where you are. I want you to
S2: text the word new. Right now. New to 800 555 7898.
S2: And let me tell you what I'm going to send you.
S2: It's going to be a link with three embedded links.
S2: It's going to tell you how to find a good Bible,
S2: how to find a good church. People that are, are,
S2: are with you. It's going to we're going to ask
S2: for your snail mail and we're going to pay for postage.
S2: And we don't want anything in return, and we're not
S2: going to hound you. We're just going to send you
S2: a resource that's going to help you now in your
S2: next steps. Live in God's power, not your own. So
S2: just text the word new. One word. N-e-w. Right now
S2: to 800 555 7898 800 555 7898. Today's your day.
S2: There's nothing holding you back any longer. You know that
S2: God is doing a powerful work of mercy. He's shown
S2: mercy to you. He's wiping up tears. He's changing everything.
S2: Just text the word new right now to 805, five, five, 78, 98.
S2: I'm going to get a resource out to you right
S2: away instantly. And you just walk through that 800 555 7898.
S2: Today is your day of salvation. Today is your day.
S2: Today is your day. 75, oh eight, 77, 43, 25, 21, 58, 58, 8660677109151.
S2: 2878 7189 0721. Come on in. Jesus is inviting you
S2: in today. 0720. Welcome to the family. To all of you.
S2: Just when you can, you grab that phone and you
S2: text new to 800 555 7898. What a beautiful thing
S2: to be broken free from. Presumption from recklessness into freedom
S2: found in Jesus Christ. We praise God. They keep pouring
S2: in here. 9975, 72, oh three, 36, oh two, 64, 31, 82, 55, 66.95. 22. 72.
S2: Welcome to the family. To all of you. Praise God,
S2: praise God for what he's doing in your life today.
S2: We've got we've gone long today. Uh, it's because the
S2: Lord had me get up early because he loves you
S2: that much. 72, 91, 49. 73. Welcome to the family, guys.
S2: Welcome to the family. 63. 99. 74. 13. Father, I
S2: thank you for all of these that are responding to
S2: you right now. Surrendering their life to Jesus Christ, acknowledging
S2: their a sinner, that they need mercy and crying out
S2: to you today and God, I praise your name. It's
S2: a beautiful thing, Lord. It's. I seem so incapable of
S2: communicating the truth sometimes. But your spirit translates right over
S2: the airwaves and it's awesome. And it's also amazing to
S2: me that you can use an imperfect guide to be
S2: a spokesperson for you. But it proves even your mercy
S2: in my own life. And I praise you for that.
S2: Thank you, Lord, for these coming to you today. And
S2: oh God, let them experience the joy of their salvation
S2: in profound ways today. And I give you thanks in
S2: Jesus name. Amen. I want to be real clear here.
S2: Somebody sent me the last four numbers of your number.
S2: Here's what you do. If today is your day of salvation,
S2: you're surrendering your life to Christ, begging the mercy of Jesus,
S2: unwilling to keep God in your box of rules any longer.
S2: Admitting pride. Admitting recklessness. Admitting presumption. Admitting being a victim
S2: of your passion. Just text the word new to 800
S2: 555 7898. That's all you do. New to 800 555 7898.
S2: There's many more coming in here. 49, 73, 63, 99, 74, 13, 33, 93, 20, 22, 44, 77.
S2: Welcome to the family, to all of you. We're going
S2: to play a song here for you because this is
S2: so true. Big Daddy Weave sings about it. It's called
S2: All Things New. This is for you. This is for
S2: you today. And there's still time grabbing your phone. Get
S2: into a safe place on the side of the road. Father,
S2: make your work complete. Thank you for the work that
S2: you're doing here. And thank you that you who begin
S2: it We'll carry it on to completion until the day
S2: of Christ Jesus. Amen. And let it be.
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: Those of you that are in Christ Jesus. And it's
S2: really funny. Um, before I tell you what God's doing
S2: here this morning, which is really cool. Um, young Thunder, explain.
S2: Because what you said about reading the blog stand. Because
S2: this is so cool. Because young Thunder, your experiences is
S2: should be all of ours. So take it away.
S4: Yeah. So the The Stand article is, is a link
S4: that we give out for when you text the word
S4: stand to our number here. And I'll say that more,
S4: you know, with more detail in a second. But the
S4: stand article is nine ways to know you stand with God,
S4: and God stands with you. And it's nine, uh, Scripture
S4: based criteria as to as to being assured of your salvation.
S2: Things that things that Christians do experience and taste and
S2: feel and all that stuff.
S4: Right? Absolutely. And so you can look at these things
S4: and say, hey, maybe I'm not completely 100% perfect in
S4: all these things, but I'm growing. I can identify these
S4: things within myself because God's confirming that in me. So
S4: you look at these things and it's really helpful. I've
S4: used it multiple times, but I was just telling Carl
S4: in the break, I said, it's so insane how often
S4: I have to go back and look at those nine
S4: things to ground myself because I, you know, I had
S4: the illusion of salvation. And so something Satan can use
S4: sometimes in my head is trying to convince me that
S4: I'm still not there yet. You know that I'm wrong,
S4: I'm wrong, I'm wrong. And it's like. And the more
S4: I get lost in that, stuck in that I, you know,
S4: I'm going off on my own thoughts, trying to self
S4: identify my own stuff. And I'm like, no, I need
S4: to go back to scripture on this. So I just
S4: pulled up the article again. I looked at it and
S4: I said, okay, I identify these things within myself. This
S4: is scripture based. This is what God says and I
S4: believe it. And I go, okay, I'm good. And then I,
S4: you know, all that anxiety and stuff washed off of
S4: me and I can just continue.
S2: But the bigger thing that is the punchline here is
S2: what this does to bolster us.
S4: Absolutely.
S2: It actually, when you read truth of what Christians do,
S2: how they act, how they function, how they respond to situations,
S2: you go, yeah, that is me. And I can still
S2: grow in that. Yes. And how cool is that?
S4: Oh, it's confidence building. It's so amazing. And the, the
S4: articles good for two things, because if you're a Christian
S4: and you're wondering and you feel scared, you can go,
S4: you can look at it and it bolsters you up
S4: to walk in confidence in God. And if you look
S4: at those things and you say, I can't identify with
S4: those things, I don't believe those things, but I want to.
S4: Then you can fall on your knees right then and
S4: there and come to Jesus. And and then those things
S4: will be true about you.
S2: Yeah. Confess your sin, by the way, 89, 73. And, uh,
S2: 1119 and 5782 and 1867. More of more people following
S2: Jesus that are just getting the resource here today. But yeah,
S2: this stand resource. You know, we don't talk about this much,
S2: but this is when you look at this is a
S2: template to know you stand with God, and God stands
S2: with you when you look at it, you go, all right.
S2: And I got some good growing to do inside.
S4: Of this.
S2: Because I don't look at all I wrote this stupid thing,
S2: and I, and I don't look at all of them
S2: and go, oh yeah.
S3: I'm a plus.
S2: Carl. And he choose something, man. I don't ever do that.
S2: I look at that and go, yeah, that's true of me.
S2: And I got some growing to do in that.
S3: That's right.
S2: So it's it's, it's it's both and and so you
S2: want to grow up on Freedom Friday. You know, you're
S2: secure in Christ but you're like you got some discipleship material? Yeah.
S2: Nine ways to know you stand with God. And he
S2: stands with you because you might go, well, I'm a
S2: little weak in the knees over here. I'm standing with God. But, boy,
S2: and I need to get to the spiritual gym. And
S2: if that's what it does, like it does for Young
S2: Thunder and Super dying for me.
S3: Amen. Yes. Right on.
S4: Yes, please.
S2: All right. How do they get it?
S4: Just text the word stand to 800 555 7898. Text
S4: the word stand to 800 555, 7898. Again, we cannot
S4: endorse it enough. We go back to it and look
S4: at it for ourselves and our own personal benefit.
S6: Sometimes when no one's watching, when.
S4: No one's watching, most of the time when no one's.
S3: Watching.
S2: Oh, text the word stand to 800 555, 7898. Oh,
S2: one more added value with this thing. I'll tell you
S2: in three minutes.
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: Oh, that one always. That one always gets me. That
S2: one always. That's Young Thunder's story. You've heard it before.
S2: We're not going to break it all down right now.
S2: But we are going to break down something here. I
S2: just read it. So what is it? It's a blog
S2: that we that I made up, and it's called Nine
S2: Ways to Know You stand with God and He stands
S2: with you. Now there's a double edged win on this
S2: thing number one. Well, really a three fold approach. If
S2: you're uncertain of where you stand with God and you
S2: read it and you're going, man, these are not characteristic
S2: of me. You can fall on your face, receive mercy
S2: in your time of need, like right now. And if
S2: you're born again and you want assurance of salvation, you
S2: can read this. And it will then further motivate you
S2: to go, wow, okay. There's some This is characteristic of
S2: the way I'm bent, for sure, but I got some
S2: growing to do in this area, and so it's really
S2: a cool resource. That way you can just text stand
S2: by the way and get this resource to 800 555 7898.
S2: But I think one of the hidden benefits of this
S2: blog and all it is, is Scripture. Excuse me, nine
S2: ways to know You stand with God and He stands
S2: with you. It will allow you to have insight crystal
S2: clear about how to pray for a lost spouse. A relative,
S2: a neighbor. Someone that goes to church with you. But
S2: it seems like the true lights are on, but no
S2: one's Jesus isn't in there. That's not the light of Christ,
S2: and it will really sober you up about how to
S2: pray for your children. And it's going to require a
S2: little bit of fortitude, because one of the great dangers.
S2: Since we're being brutally honest here today, one of the
S2: great dangers for Christian, I'm using that in air quotes, parents,
S2: is that we oftentimes attach so much to how we
S2: brought up our kids and a threat to. Did I
S2: screw it up that we we try to talk ourselves
S2: into a place where our kids are that they, in fact,
S2: aren't there? And that is dangerous because you want to
S2: be praying rightly for your kid. And one of the
S2: coolest things that I've ever seen is this movement that's
S2: afoot right now, where people are sobered up about where
S2: their kids are at, and more and more are saying, yeah,
S2: I'm no longer praying that my kids get back to
S2: church because they were raised in church, but they were
S2: never in Christ. And that that's freedom. That's not condemnation,
S2: that's freedom. And can I remind you, it's the Holy
S2: Spirit that saves. Not their upbringing. It is their transforming
S2: that saves. And that's the Holy Spirit's work. I've seen
S2: kids talking to Sean McDowell yesterday when I was guest
S2: hosting for Chris Brooks. I've seen kids and this is
S2: what he said, and I've seen it, too, that were
S2: raised in lousy homes that surrendered to Jesus. And I've
S2: seen kids raised in awesome homes that walk their own way.
S2: This is about them and God. You are off the hook.
S2: This is God's work. But how you pray for him.
S2: Text the word stand to 800 555 7898. Text the
S2: word stand. Get this resource. Hold on to it. Read it.
S2: Let it motivate you spiritually, and let it allow you
S2: to pray for others more accurately. Stand to 805, 55, 7898.