WEBVTT - Play the Long Game 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.080 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:11.000 You know, have you ever watched one of those movies 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:14.600 where it doesn't use the words and everybody lived happily 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:18.120 ever after? But that's kind of how it it always ends. 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:20.680 Yeah, it's like like a sitcom. 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:22.120 It ends. Everybody's good. 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:24.239 I feel like I'm thinking of, like, The Wizard of Oz. 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:26.680 You know? Where there, like a shot where they're walking 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.240 away and then, like, the curse of the end starts 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:31.240 getting right up on the screen while happy music is 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.159 playing in the background? Yeah, something like that. 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:35.839 Well, everything gets tied into a nice bow. It's kind 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.360 of like the hallmark thing. Like the guy always gets 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:41.840 the girl. You know, there's some struggle along the way, 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:43.360 but they end up together and. 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:44.680 You know it before the movie's over. 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.199 And you're like, why can't life kind of be like that? Sometimes, 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:50.000 you know, that it just sort of the predictable ending, 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:51.800 the way that we'd like it to go. You know, 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.200 I had an interesting conversation with my son a couple 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.440 weeks ago. I picked him up from school. He's in 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.850 middle school, he's in sixth grade, and he got in 0:00:59.850 --> 0:01:01.930 the car and he was a little ticked off, and 0:01:02.130 --> 0:01:07.890 he's pretty demonstrative. So how was your day? I'm frustrated. Okay, well. 0:01:07.890 --> 0:01:09.690 What's that? I'm just mad right now. 0:01:10.610 --> 0:01:12.089 All right, buddy, let's break this down. 0:01:12.130 --> 0:01:14.410 You want to explain why you were mad? And so 0:01:14.410 --> 0:01:16.890 he starts to tell me he was in some class, 0:01:17.170 --> 0:01:21.410 and they're not supposed to be on YouTube and other 0:01:21.410 --> 0:01:23.490 websites during the school day. 0:01:23.530 --> 0:01:24.450 Sure makes sense. 0:01:24.450 --> 0:01:26.250 I think most of it gets blocked, but the stuff 0:01:26.250 --> 0:01:28.970 there's still like workarounds. Oh yeah. So you're not supposed 0:01:28.970 --> 0:01:31.450 to be doing anything on the internet that's not directly 0:01:31.450 --> 0:01:36.690 related to your schoolwork. Fair rule. Here was the problem, though. 0:01:36.730 --> 0:01:39.729 He he had gotten, you know, redirected and back on 0:01:39.730 --> 0:01:42.090 task because he had finished early and was trying to 0:01:42.090 --> 0:01:45.610 do other stuff like watch something on YouTube. And so 0:01:45.610 --> 0:01:48.290 it was teachers like, you can't be doing that. So he, 0:01:48.410 --> 0:01:51.130 you know, got off and read a book, but he 0:01:51.130 --> 0:01:54.570 looks over and he sees we'll call him Jake. Jake's 0:01:54.610 --> 0:01:58.950 over here and Jake's on YouTube. And not only does 0:01:58.950 --> 0:02:02.870 the teacher see that he's on YouTube, she pretty much 0:02:02.910 --> 0:02:07.470 is allowing him to do it. And there's no problem. 0:02:07.990 --> 0:02:08.790 That makes me mad. 0:02:08.830 --> 0:02:12.070 My son who's high. This is many of most of 0:02:12.070 --> 0:02:14.630 what frustrates him is when things don't seem fair. 0:02:14.669 --> 0:02:15.429 Absolutely. 0:02:15.750 --> 0:02:19.470 So he was mad. He was like, Jake gets in 0:02:19.470 --> 0:02:23.070 trouble all the time, and it's basically like he gets rewarded. 0:02:23.070 --> 0:02:25.670 He's off in the corner watching YouTube and not only 0:02:25.669 --> 0:02:28.590 is he not being stopped, he's got like the free 0:02:28.630 --> 0:02:31.389 hall pass. Get out of jail free to just do 0:02:31.389 --> 0:02:35.310 what he wants. And so he was so angry about this. 0:02:35.310 --> 0:02:37.870 And I was trying to explain to him, like, look, 0:02:37.910 --> 0:02:42.470 sometimes like, let's be honest, teachers have limited capacity. Teachers 0:02:42.470 --> 0:02:47.950 are actual people too. So she probably is just like, 0:02:48.310 --> 0:02:50.190 do what you need to do because we need to 0:02:50.190 --> 0:02:53.350 keep the whole class moving. Like, she probably gave up 0:02:53.350 --> 0:02:56.190 the fight that day and I can't say I blame her. Right. 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:57.240 Yes. Yeah. 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:00.079 And so he then it got kind of deep. He 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.440 was like, I feel like I try to do the 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:07.520 right thing. And what's the point? Because it kind of 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.520 feels like the kids who do the wrong things, they 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.200 pretty much get rewarded for it. They get to do 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.120 what they want. They don't get in trouble for it. 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.600 So I'm kind of feeling like it doesn't really matter 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:19.440 if I try. 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.640 It's a hard thing to wrestle with and it doesn't 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:23.600 get any easier. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:24.880 No it doesn't. 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.760 I thought, huh. And so, you know, we I tried 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:32.520 to wrestle down some of these really big sixth grade 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:36.520 emotions about the injustices of the world as seen through 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:41.080 his lens. You know, life's kind of like that. You 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:45.160 can feel like I'm over here trying to do the 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:50.600 right thing. God, you see those people over there? They 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:54.640 don't seem to be even trying. And yet. Huh? Things 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:56.700 seem to be going a lot better for them than 0:03:56.700 --> 0:04:01.300 they are for me. Yeah, that's a real emotion. Where 0:04:01.300 --> 0:04:04.260 I landed with my son, I try to give him 0:04:04.460 --> 0:04:07.460 like a principle or a phrase or things that he 0:04:07.460 --> 0:04:10.940 can kind of take with him. And I told him, look, 0:04:10.940 --> 0:04:14.100 I know that it doesn't feel like doing the right 0:04:14.100 --> 0:04:18.060 thing brings the payoff sometimes. I said, but trust me, 0:04:18.060 --> 0:04:21.339 it's worth it to play the long game. I said, 0:04:21.339 --> 0:04:25.380 play the long game. Don't worry about the short term. Hey, 0:04:25.380 --> 0:04:28.900 he gets to be on YouTube for a day. I said, 0:04:28.900 --> 0:04:32.700 getting what you want because the teachers sort of given 0:04:32.700 --> 0:04:35.940 up for the day. That's not a win. Maybe it 0:04:35.940 --> 0:04:39.820 feels like a temporary win. I said, play the long game. 0:04:40.620 --> 0:04:43.740 Coming up, I'm going to go to a really a 0:04:43.779 --> 0:04:46.900 passage of scripture in Psalm that really ministered to me 0:04:47.060 --> 0:04:49.660 what it looks like as a Christian to play the 0:04:49.660 --> 0:04:50.500 long game. 0:04:52.020 --> 0:04:56.589 She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her. 0:04:57.029 --> 0:05:00.790 Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:05:00.790 --> 0:05:02.150 on Moody Radio. 0:05:02.190 --> 0:05:04.550 You know, so much of the Christian life I think 0:05:04.550 --> 0:05:05.870 is playing the long game. 0:05:06.110 --> 0:05:07.910 Yeah, I think so too. There's a lot of waiting. 0:05:08.230 --> 0:05:11.030 It's a lot of waiting. There's a lot of trusting 0:05:11.029 --> 0:05:14.029 in the Word of God and knowing that we may 0:05:14.029 --> 0:05:19.510 not see the immediate payoff. Yeah, right. 0:05:19.550 --> 0:05:20.589 Often not. 0:05:20.630 --> 0:05:23.430 I mean, and there's the what we do get to 0:05:23.430 --> 0:05:28.390 see in the immediate is kind of the unseen. We 0:05:28.390 --> 0:05:32.550 get to see the unseen. Yeah. You know, the the 0:05:32.589 --> 0:05:36.830 peace of knowing that you're right with God. A clear 0:05:36.830 --> 0:05:40.510 conscience when you go to sleep at night knowing that 0:05:40.510 --> 0:05:46.110 you've not done perfectly, but that by God's grace you're 0:05:46.110 --> 0:05:50.789 fighting for integrity, to be a person of character, to 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:57.240 Make the decisions to honor God, to turn from evil 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:01.960 to when you miss the mark. Keep short accounts like 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:05.159 there's a there's a there's an intangible. There's a peace 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.760 that comes with that kind of living. Right where you 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.200 just just sleep better at night. 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.840 It's a freedom, right? Absolute freedom in Christ. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:18.560 Go to Psalm 37. I found this to be just so. 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.040 I mean, all of Scripture is so rich, but different 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.680 passages hit you differently at different times depending on what's 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:26.719 going on in your life. Psalm 37 has been a 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:30.040 real blessing to me. It says, fret not yourself because 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.640 of evildoers. Be not envious of wrongdoers, for they will 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.720 soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.480 Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.200 land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord and 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:46.120 he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.160 your way to the Lord. Trust in him and he 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.380 will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the 0:06:51.380 --> 0:06:54.779 light and your justice as the noonday. Be still before 0:06:54.779 --> 0:06:58.420 the Lord and wait patiently for him. Fret not yourself 0:06:58.420 --> 0:07:00.340 over the one who prospers in his way, over the 0:07:00.339 --> 0:07:04.700 man who carries out evil devices. Refrain from anger and 0:07:04.700 --> 0:07:09.140 forsake wrath. Fret not yourself. It tends only to evil. 0:07:10.140 --> 0:07:12.660 For the evildoers shall be cut off. For those who 0:07:12.700 --> 0:07:16.580 wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. That's verse 0:07:16.580 --> 0:07:21.700 one through nine of a really incredibly powerful psalm. And 0:07:21.940 --> 0:07:26.100 this phrase, fret not yourself, is repeated a couple times. 0:07:26.380 --> 0:07:31.020 You know, another translation says, do not worry. Don't worry 0:07:31.020 --> 0:07:37.260 about evildoers. Don't be jealous of wrongdoers. They will soon 0:07:37.260 --> 0:07:42.300 fade like the grass. In other words, the perceived prosperity 0:07:42.300 --> 0:07:46.060 or the perceived wins of a person who chooses to 0:07:46.100 --> 0:07:51.470 go against God's way is It's temporary. It will fade. 0:07:51.510 --> 0:07:55.270 There is no lasting gain when you go against God. 0:07:55.550 --> 0:07:58.030 And I don't think you cling to a Psalm like 0:07:58.030 --> 0:08:01.670 this with, like, God's going to get them. That person 0:08:01.670 --> 0:08:05.350 over there who got that promotion over me, even though 0:08:05.390 --> 0:08:09.790 they're they're shaving time off and the boss doesn't even know. 0:08:10.030 --> 0:08:11.989 No clue. Come on. I don't think. 0:08:12.030 --> 0:08:14.310 I don't think we lord it over people like that. 0:08:14.670 --> 0:08:15.070 No, but. 0:08:15.070 --> 0:08:19.390 We hold to the principle that waiting on God brings rewards. 0:08:19.430 --> 0:08:22.190 And I mean, the person who wrote this, David, is 0:08:22.190 --> 0:08:26.430 probably one of the most experienced people in waiting on God. 0:08:26.430 --> 0:08:28.350 And seeing the wicked prosper through the. 0:08:28.350 --> 0:08:29.350 Wicked prosper. 0:08:29.390 --> 0:08:29.830 You know? 0:08:29.870 --> 0:08:30.270 Yeah. 0:08:30.310 --> 0:08:32.310 The time it took from when he was anointed to 0:08:32.309 --> 0:08:35.630 when he became king was 15 years. And God said, 0:08:35.630 --> 0:08:37.830 I'm going to make you king. But through those 15 years, 0:08:37.830 --> 0:08:41.510 he's actively, uh, the old king is actively trying to 0:08:41.510 --> 0:08:41.910 kill him. 0:08:41.950 --> 0:08:42.630 Exactly. 0:08:42.670 --> 0:08:45.350 And it doesn't look like what God had promised was 0:08:45.350 --> 0:08:47.800 going to come true at all. There's a lot of waiting, 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:48.560 a lot of hurt. 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:48.760 A. 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:51.600 Lot of waiting, a lot of trusting. Coming up, I 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.800 went through this whole Psalm and I just kind of 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:58.040 put into different categories these principles. What does it look 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.520 like to wait on God? What are the principles of 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:05.000 the payoff versus what will happen to those who go 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.800 against God? Even if it looks like right now they prosper? 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:09.720 That's coming up. 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:13.160 He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:17.520 he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.280 and crew on Moody Radio. 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:23.480 Sometimes we wish we could speed up the rewards like 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:28.120 or have it be more predictable. Like today I showed 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.199 up to work on time. I worked really hard. I 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.920 tried to honor God and was diligent with my work. 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.160 Tomorrow I would like to get a promotion. Maybe. Maybe 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:38.040 that's how you feel. 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:39.439 Sure, right? 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:39.880 Sure. 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.000 That's certainly how my son feels. 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:46.579 How come you get one? And Jonathan and I don't. Exactly. Right, right, right. 0:09:46.620 --> 0:09:50.020 I am doing the right thing over here, and I 0:09:50.020 --> 0:09:53.260 don't feel like it's paying off. Meanwhile, there are other kids, 0:09:53.260 --> 0:09:55.420 and I don't feel like they're doing the right thing. 0:09:55.660 --> 0:09:59.500 But yet it seems like they're getting special privileges. They 0:09:59.500 --> 0:10:03.540 get special access. And what's the point? That was what 0:10:03.540 --> 0:10:06.100 my 12 year old son was wrestling with. Why do 0:10:06.100 --> 0:10:08.380 I bother to try to do the right thing at school? 0:10:08.420 --> 0:10:12.819 Because it doesn't seem like it really matters. Psalm 37 0:10:12.860 --> 0:10:16.260 is so chock full of these principles of what it 0:10:16.260 --> 0:10:20.100 looks like to wait on God and see the ultimate 0:10:20.100 --> 0:10:24.220 payoff for that, versus what it looks like to be 0:10:24.220 --> 0:10:28.220 opposed to God, to be an evildoer or a wrongdoer, 0:10:28.500 --> 0:10:32.260 and maybe see some temporary success, but ultimately know that 0:10:32.260 --> 0:10:34.580 there's no lasting power to it. So let me just 0:10:34.580 --> 0:10:37.179 go through this. I went through this whole chapter and 0:10:37.179 --> 0:10:40.460 I want to first talk about the wrongdoer, the evildoer, 0:10:40.620 --> 0:10:43.340 the wicked. All of those terms are used to describe 0:10:43.340 --> 0:10:48.110 somebody who is going against God. They will fade and wither. 0:10:48.350 --> 0:10:51.630 They will be cut off. They will have no inheritance. 0:10:51.630 --> 0:10:53.910 They will be broken. They will see their evil plans 0:10:53.910 --> 0:10:57.790 ultimately thwarted or turned against themselves. They will perish. They 0:10:57.790 --> 0:11:00.590 will have no future. They will be destroyed. They will 0:11:00.590 --> 0:11:02.550 be cut off. It's like. 0:11:02.590 --> 0:11:03.150 Whoa! 0:11:03.870 --> 0:11:07.150 It's pretty intense. The immediate context of this, this was, 0:11:07.190 --> 0:11:10.670 as Jonathan mentioned, this is a Psalm of David. So 0:11:10.670 --> 0:11:14.430 he is speaking to this is the remnant of Israel, 0:11:14.470 --> 0:11:18.270 the faithful ones. So the inheritance spoken of is actually 0:11:18.270 --> 0:11:21.790 the inheritance of the land of Israel. But certainly these 0:11:21.790 --> 0:11:27.110 principles are can be much more broadly applied. So for 0:11:27.110 --> 0:11:31.030 the faithful, the ones who trust in the Lord, the 0:11:31.030 --> 0:11:34.550 ones who dwell in the land, the ones who befriend faithfulness, 0:11:34.550 --> 0:11:37.950 who delight themselves in the Lord, who commit their way 0:11:37.950 --> 0:11:42.350 to the Lord, who wait for him, who fret not 0:11:42.890 --> 0:11:48.010 over evildoers. What are the principles or the the assurances 0:11:48.010 --> 0:11:51.530 for those for that group? Well, he will give them 0:11:51.530 --> 0:11:55.730 the desires of their heart. He will act on their behalf. 0:11:56.330 --> 0:12:00.330 He will bring forth righteousness and justice. That group will 0:12:00.330 --> 0:12:04.530 inherit the land. They will delight in abundant peace. They 0:12:04.530 --> 0:12:07.330 will see the little that they have may be feels 0:12:07.330 --> 0:12:10.770 little compared to the abundance of the wicked. But that little. Oh, 0:12:10.809 --> 0:12:13.650 it will be blessed. They will be upheld. They will 0:12:13.650 --> 0:12:16.650 have a heritage that remains forever. They will not be 0:12:16.650 --> 0:12:20.209 put to shame in evil times. They will have abundance 0:12:20.210 --> 0:12:24.410 even in famine. The ability to be generous and give. 0:12:24.929 --> 0:12:28.050 They will see their steps established and upheld by the Lord. 0:12:28.050 --> 0:12:30.850 They will be protected. Even when they stumble and fall. 0:12:31.210 --> 0:12:34.610 They will not be forsaken. They will see children blessed 0:12:34.610 --> 0:12:38.330 and provided for. They will be preserved. They will dwell forever. 0:12:38.370 --> 0:12:42.020 They will utter wisdom in words of justice. Their steps 0:12:42.020 --> 0:12:46.340 will not slip. They will be protected, not abandoned to 0:12:46.380 --> 0:12:49.300 the plans of the wicked. They will ultimately see the 0:12:49.300 --> 0:12:52.939 wicked cut off. They will have a future. They will 0:12:52.940 --> 0:12:56.020 have a stronghold. In times of trouble. They will see 0:12:56.020 --> 0:13:01.540 their help and their deliverance. Just think about that for 0:13:01.540 --> 0:13:05.980 a minute. I paraphrased a lot of that just directly 0:13:05.980 --> 0:13:08.980 out of Psalm, but when I think about the weight 0:13:08.980 --> 0:13:14.100 of that, it gives me great confidence in following God today. 0:13:15.580 --> 0:13:19.660 That choosing to go God's way, even if there's a cost, 0:13:19.660 --> 0:13:22.939 it feels like it's costly. Even if it feels like 0:13:22.980 --> 0:13:26.540 short term. I'm giving up something. Man, that gives me 0:13:26.540 --> 0:13:29.380 great assurance that it it it's worth it. 0:13:29.580 --> 0:13:34.020 Yeah. Even before all that stuff comes and is fully realized. 0:13:34.059 --> 0:13:38.180 You know, I think about just the fact of like the, 0:13:38.179 --> 0:13:42.309 the presence of the Lord is with me. While I'm waiting, 0:13:42.309 --> 0:13:45.110 while I'm hurting, I know he sees me. I know 0:13:45.110 --> 0:13:48.030 he loves me. And I know he's with me. Yeah, and. 0:13:49.030 --> 0:13:51.830 And that in and of itself is more than I 0:13:51.830 --> 0:13:54.750 could ever ask for. And then all that other amazing 0:13:54.750 --> 0:13:57.830 stuff comes to. It's a blessing. 0:13:57.870 --> 0:13:58.630 It's the reward. 0:13:58.630 --> 0:14:01.870 For the faithful. And this week, we're just going through 0:14:01.870 --> 0:14:06.070 some of these very simple, basic principles of the faith 0:14:06.070 --> 0:14:09.430 that if you have been in church, in Christ, even 0:14:09.429 --> 0:14:11.670 for a little bit of time, this is not new 0:14:11.670 --> 0:14:14.590 to you, but maybe you needed to be reminded today 0:14:14.590 --> 0:14:19.270 that it's worth waiting on God. It's worth forsaking evil 0:14:19.270 --> 0:14:20.470 and going his way. 0:14:20.590 --> 0:14:23.750 Yeah. You know, at the beginning of this conversation, you 0:14:23.750 --> 0:14:28.550 mentioned the movies that kind of have the happily ever 0:14:28.550 --> 0:14:32.790 after scene at the end. You know, I think that 0:14:33.110 --> 0:14:36.870 sometimes we think we're not going to get that because 0:14:36.910 --> 0:14:42.250 we're Judging our lives at the wrong part of the movie, 0:14:42.490 --> 0:14:46.210 saying that death here on earth is is the part 0:14:46.210 --> 0:14:49.650 where the movie fades to black, but the part where 0:14:49.650 --> 0:14:53.290 the ending really comes is when we're with him, where 0:14:53.330 --> 0:14:56.690 all of this will be fully realized in its beauty, 0:14:56.730 --> 0:15:00.490 where the wicked will no longer prosper, and where the 0:15:00.490 --> 0:15:04.210 righteous will live with him in joy forever. And that's 0:15:04.210 --> 0:15:06.690 where the movie will fade to black. So it may 0:15:06.690 --> 0:15:09.410 not be in this life where everything that you've lived 0:15:09.410 --> 0:15:13.930 out is fully realized. But it will be it. 100% 0:15:13.930 --> 0:15:14.330 will be. 0:15:14.370 --> 0:15:14.690 Yep. 0:15:15.010 --> 0:15:19.450 Play the long game. Play the long game today. Wait 0:15:19.450 --> 0:15:24.970 on God. Trust in him. We will see a reward. 0:15:25.570 --> 0:15:30.130 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:15:30.130 --> 0:15:33.770 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:15:34.210 --> 0:15:35.410 Did you know what day it was? 0:15:35.810 --> 0:15:39.540 Uh, let me think. It's April 30th, so it's not 0:15:39.540 --> 0:15:40.460 a holiday. 0:15:40.780 --> 0:15:42.380 It's your favorite day of the week. 0:15:42.580 --> 0:15:43.100 Mine. 0:15:43.220 --> 0:15:43.620 Uh huh. 0:15:44.300 --> 0:15:45.740 Why is it my favorite day of the week? 0:15:45.740 --> 0:15:47.220 Because Ali thinks it's funny. 0:15:47.500 --> 0:15:51.060 Making herself laugh no matter who joins her. It's time 0:15:51.060 --> 0:15:53.060 for Ali. Thinks it's funny. 0:15:53.100 --> 0:15:53.660 Sure, Ali. 0:15:53.660 --> 0:15:54.580 We'll go with that. 0:15:55.380 --> 0:15:56.500 Notice how I turned that? 0:15:56.580 --> 0:15:59.020 Wow, that was just dry delivery. 0:15:59.060 --> 0:16:02.580 You know, Jonathan secretly does wait for these jokes. He does. 0:16:02.580 --> 0:16:05.900 He tries to pretend he doesn't like them. He came. 0:16:05.940 --> 0:16:09.540 Then he. And you can see him grabbing his phone 0:16:09.540 --> 0:16:12.980 and trying to discreetly text jokes so that he can 0:16:12.980 --> 0:16:16.460 get them, and nobody knows every week. 0:16:16.620 --> 0:16:19.980 That's the funniest thing we've said today. I'm lying. 0:16:20.540 --> 0:16:25.300 He does it discreetly. My kids hate my jokes. Full 0:16:25.300 --> 0:16:28.980 disclosure I have tried like. And I'll think I know 0:16:28.980 --> 0:16:30.540 a lot of them that they won't like, but I'll 0:16:30.540 --> 0:16:33.220 think I'll have a good one. Like, guys, listen to 0:16:33.220 --> 0:16:36.430 this joke I told on air today. They're like, mom, 0:16:36.430 --> 0:16:41.030 that's not funny. Every time these aren't for your average 0:16:41.030 --> 0:16:43.230 15 and 12 year old. I'll just put it that way. 0:16:43.270 --> 0:16:45.790 Or at least not the ones related to me because 0:16:45.790 --> 0:16:49.070 they're not laughing at anything. But I digress. First up, 0:16:49.070 --> 0:16:52.110 today I always give you two jokes. Twin boys. You 0:16:52.110 --> 0:16:53.790 know any set of twin boys? 0:16:53.990 --> 0:16:55.910 Twin boys? No, not twin boys. 0:16:55.950 --> 0:16:57.630 Any. Any sets of twin boys? 0:16:58.510 --> 0:16:58.990 Twin girls? 0:16:59.030 --> 0:17:00.190 No, not boys specifically. 0:17:00.230 --> 0:17:02.030 If you have a set of twin boys, just text 0:17:02.030 --> 0:17:06.190 me and say I do. 800 555, 78, 98. This 0:17:06.190 --> 0:17:09.790 is a joke about twin boys. Why did the twin 0:17:09.790 --> 0:17:14.070 boys decide to join the Air Force? The twin boys, 0:17:14.750 --> 0:17:17.230 we'll call him Danny and Johnny decided to join the 0:17:17.550 --> 0:17:18.590 Air Force. Why? 0:17:18.630 --> 0:17:19.389 Don't have names. 0:17:19.390 --> 0:17:19.670 I don't. 0:17:19.710 --> 0:17:20.550 Know. I don't know. 0:17:20.830 --> 0:17:23.230 To become a paratroopers. 0:17:25.470 --> 0:17:26.429 Oh my goodness. 0:17:26.670 --> 0:17:30.070 You don't get it? Oh, I get it. Jonathan, do 0:17:30.070 --> 0:17:32.910 you get it? I do, I do. Okay. 0:17:33.230 --> 0:17:36.450 I is six out of ten. 0:17:37.330 --> 0:17:38.610 A little lower. Five. 0:17:38.650 --> 0:17:41.890 Okay. Five. All right, let's go for a strong seven here. 0:17:42.210 --> 0:17:46.330 Did you know? Fun fact that laughing too loud is 0:17:46.330 --> 0:17:49.810 illegal in Hawaii? There's a law on the books. You 0:17:49.810 --> 0:17:52.210 cannot laugh above a certain volume. 0:17:52.250 --> 0:17:53.450 Oh. That's sad. 0:17:53.490 --> 0:17:58.770 There's a good reason for it, though. They only allow aloha. 0:18:00.490 --> 0:18:06.890 Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright aloha. 0:18:07.130 --> 0:18:10.250 We got it. Aloha. I get it. We got it. 0:18:10.290 --> 0:18:17.649 Text jokes to 800 555, 7898. Where did you find 0:18:17.650 --> 0:18:18.290 this song? 0:18:18.490 --> 0:18:21.689 When you said grab some Hawaiian music. Kalikimaka is the 0:18:21.690 --> 0:18:22.290 only thing I could. 0:18:22.330 --> 0:18:25.450 Think of that was not what I was expecting. Text 0:18:25.490 --> 0:18:32.290 jokes to 805 five five 7898 is Hawaii. This is. 0:18:32.340 --> 0:18:32.739 Throwing me. 0:18:32.780 --> 0:18:33.580 Tex jokes. 0:18:33.580 --> 0:18:38.260 800 555 7898. A little insider radio thing. I never 0:18:38.260 --> 0:18:40.300 give them a preview of the jokes, but I will 0:18:40.300 --> 0:18:43.979 sometimes tell Jonathan find this song and then he doesn't 0:18:43.980 --> 0:18:46.020 get it until I tell the joke, right. 0:18:46.060 --> 0:18:47.180 I'm not sure where you're going. 0:18:47.220 --> 0:18:50.020 I thought when I said grab Hawaiian music, I was 0:18:50.020 --> 0:18:53.379 thinking like, you're kind of like relaxing on a beach. 0:18:53.420 --> 0:18:54.020 Sort of. 0:18:54.220 --> 0:18:56.220 I mean, that's fair. You know, I so I, I 0:18:56.340 --> 0:19:00.820 grabbed initially some, some ukulele music. Yeah. But I was like, I, 0:19:00.900 --> 0:19:03.220 I'm thinking about jokes and I'm like, I don't want 0:19:03.220 --> 0:19:07.219 to have something to like, uh, like serious. And so 0:19:07.220 --> 0:19:10.899 I was like, okay, maybe Mili Kalikimaka is the right way. 0:19:11.060 --> 0:19:13.060 Oh, Texas jokes 805. 0:19:13.100 --> 0:19:19.060 Five five 7898 jokes to 800 555 7898. That was 0:19:19.060 --> 0:19:19.580 that was good. 0:19:19.619 --> 0:19:21.540 I mean, my brain moves in mysterious ways. 0:19:21.580 --> 0:19:24.820 So yes, it does. We'll go with that. 0:19:25.380 --> 0:19:26.219 We'll end there. 0:19:26.420 --> 0:19:27.540 This is Micah Tyler. 0:19:27.660 --> 0:19:29.699 I see Grace. Thanks for your grace. 0:19:30.020 --> 0:19:32.320 With those jokes on this Wednesday morning. 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.560 He was running from God, but God's love brought him home. 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:40.639 Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:41.760 Moody Radio. 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:42.159 You ever. 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:45.240 Heard the expression, but for the grace of God, there go. 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:46.080 I. Yeah. 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:51.800 I love to when we get reminded. Sometimes it's painful 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:54.800 to get reminded. But sometimes you get reminded of where 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.720 you would be without God, without the grace of God. 0:19:57.760 --> 0:19:58.760 Absolutely we do. 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:03.240 And it keeps you from judging too quickly, too harshly. 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:03.760 Yes. 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:08.440 Because you see people making decisions or choices or mistakes 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:11.520 and it's easy to pass judgment. Then you step back 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:14.480 and go, if it wasn't for God's grace, what would 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:15.760 my life look like? 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:16.919 Exactly. 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:20.520 We can't trick ourselves into into thinking that we got 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:22.600 here because of something that we did. 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:27.960 And let's not be so professional in our Christianity that 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:33.770 we somehow think. that it's us doing this, keeping us 0:20:33.770 --> 0:20:35.570 from train, wrecking our life. 0:20:35.609 --> 0:20:36.410 That's so dangerous. 0:20:36.450 --> 0:20:39.370 Yeah. God. God got me started. But once I kind 0:20:39.410 --> 0:20:41.169 of got in it with him, I got going. And 0:20:41.170 --> 0:20:43.210 it was then kind of me. No, it's not. 0:20:43.330 --> 0:20:47.130 It's not us keeping us running the race. Well, do 0:20:47.130 --> 0:20:50.489 we have a part to play? Absolutely. Are clinging to 0:20:50.530 --> 0:20:56.050 the Lord. But don't underestimate the power of grace in 0:20:56.050 --> 0:20:59.850 your life. Just a good reminder for me and for you. 0:20:59.850 --> 0:21:03.330 It's the grace of God. Or who knows where we 0:21:03.330 --> 0:21:07.850 would be coming up. Maybe your heart is breaking for 0:21:08.170 --> 0:21:10.930 a child, maybe your own child, maybe a grandchild or 0:21:10.930 --> 0:21:16.649 someone you love who is away from the Lord. On 0:21:16.650 --> 0:21:20.570 a path that you know leads to destruction. And you're 0:21:20.570 --> 0:21:25.490 trying to help them see. But they won't. They're rebelling. 0:21:25.530 --> 0:21:29.859 They're determined to go their own way. And it's breaking 0:21:29.859 --> 0:21:34.820 your heart. Coming up, we've got some encouragement for parents 0:21:34.820 --> 0:21:37.780 of prodigals from a mom who's been there. 0:21:38.460 --> 0:21:41.260 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:21:41.619 --> 0:21:45.379 Well, maybe this scenario sounds familiar. You raised your kids 0:21:45.380 --> 0:21:48.139 in a Christian home. You give them the books and 0:21:48.140 --> 0:21:50.980 the resources, and they go to Sunday school, and they 0:21:50.980 --> 0:21:54.580 seem to be doing okay. They're faithful church attenders. They 0:21:54.580 --> 0:21:58.700 go to the youth group, maybe even they lead. But 0:21:58.700 --> 0:22:02.859 then as they get into their late teens, early adult years, 0:22:02.900 --> 0:22:06.700 something shifts and all of a sudden your Christian kids 0:22:07.420 --> 0:22:10.020 go off the rails. This is a story that we 0:22:10.060 --> 0:22:14.220 hear so often from parents. The heartbreak that comes with 0:22:14.260 --> 0:22:18.820 having a prodigal and despite your best intentions, your children 0:22:18.980 --> 0:22:21.580 or your child is away from the Lord. This is 0:22:21.580 --> 0:22:24.939 a story that my guest knows all too well. In fact, 0:22:24.940 --> 0:22:28.800 this happened to all three of your children despite being 0:22:28.800 --> 0:22:33.000 raised in a Christian home. Had a prodigal season Elaine 0:22:33.000 --> 0:22:36.040 lost and craft joining us right now. Give me your story. 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:39.240 Well, in the short of it, I did not grow 0:22:39.240 --> 0:22:42.760 up thinking that this would be what I'm doing about, uh, 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:47.159 late 30s. I had the Lord come in and resurrected 0:22:47.480 --> 0:22:51.119 our dead marriage. And the reason I mentioned that is 0:22:51.320 --> 0:22:55.120 that was when we really pivoted from a religious type 0:22:55.160 --> 0:22:59.080 mindset to a deeply personal relationship, because we got to 0:22:59.119 --> 0:23:02.320 see the power of God move through our marriage. Well, 0:23:02.359 --> 0:23:04.679 fast forward a few years. The Lord took me out 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:09.160 of a secular entrepreneur to going into the mission field, 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:13.080 and that ended up into a national magazine. Why I 0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:16.560 mentioned that is while I thought I was doing everything 0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:20.359 the Lord purposed me to do, my three children were 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:25.649 facing the darkness of the world and it involved drugs, alcohol, 0:23:25.650 --> 0:23:30.410 porn and depression anxiety. The arsenal of the demons were 0:23:30.410 --> 0:23:31.570 after my children. 0:23:31.890 --> 0:23:35.370 Now, when you're parenting and you're attempting to raise your 0:23:35.410 --> 0:23:38.730 children in the ways of the Lord, you can often 0:23:38.730 --> 0:23:43.450 feel a sense of failure. If your children go through 0:23:43.450 --> 0:23:47.210 difficult seasons, did you feel that that the the enemy 0:23:47.250 --> 0:23:50.050 try to pounce and make you feel like somehow you 0:23:50.050 --> 0:23:51.210 had failed? 0:23:51.690 --> 0:23:57.090 Absolutely. That's why I shared that brief story, because there 0:23:57.090 --> 0:24:01.050 was not only failure, but I felt such shame. I mean, 0:24:01.090 --> 0:24:04.330 here I am, you know, in what I feel my 0:24:04.330 --> 0:24:08.970 divine purpose. God rescued and resurrected my marriage. And yet 0:24:09.210 --> 0:24:14.290 my three children were continuing to make self-destructive choices over 0:24:14.290 --> 0:24:19.330 and over again. And I was like, okay, who can 0:24:19.330 --> 0:24:23.590 I share this with? Because you're almost embarrassed. Then you 0:24:23.590 --> 0:24:27.790 feel like a failure. And I'll tell you, it's very isolating. 0:24:28.070 --> 0:24:30.750 Lane Lawson Kraft is our guest. Right now, she's a speaker, 0:24:30.750 --> 0:24:34.350 host of the top ranked podcast Warfare Parenting, best selling 0:24:34.350 --> 0:24:38.109 author of several books, including Warfare Parenting A Daily Battle 0:24:38.109 --> 0:24:41.990 Plan to Fight for Your Child. Now, you discovered that 0:24:42.270 --> 0:24:46.510 traditional methods, or things that are taught about raising teenagers 0:24:46.950 --> 0:24:50.109 seem to be insufficient. What did you discover that prompted 0:24:50.109 --> 0:24:52.350 you to kind of change your approach to how you 0:24:52.390 --> 0:24:53.790 fought for your kids? 0:24:54.310 --> 0:24:58.110 I think the biggest moment was when I realized that 0:24:58.109 --> 0:25:02.830 I wasn't fighting with that rebellious teen or that child 0:25:02.830 --> 0:25:06.390 that kept making these choices, that was destroying their destiny. 0:25:06.790 --> 0:25:09.310 The aha moment for me was when I realized I 0:25:09.310 --> 0:25:12.990 was fighting the enemy, and I realized, this is a 0:25:12.990 --> 0:25:16.429 spiritual warfare. It says in the scriptures that the enemy 0:25:16.430 --> 0:25:19.989 comes to seek, kill, and destroy. And boy, did I 0:25:20.030 --> 0:25:24.800 see that in my own children. And that's when I realized, yes, 0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:30.080 I believe in everything to use tools, counseling, whatever you need. 0:25:30.080 --> 0:25:34.520 But but I will tell you, without the spiritual element, 0:25:34.800 --> 0:25:38.879 this is a war, and it takes the keys of 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:44.119 prayer and connection with God and and leaning into Him 0:25:44.400 --> 0:25:48.200 and His sovereignty as you journey through and wait for 0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:49.560 prodigals to return. 0:25:49.880 --> 0:25:52.400 So what did this look like for you? Break down 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:57.240 these warfare strategies that that you're outlining in this book 0:25:57.280 --> 0:25:58.400 and on your podcast? 0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:01.560 The strategies? I would think the first one is what 0:26:01.560 --> 0:26:05.960 I shared is about prayer. I went from these little prayers, 0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:09.760 you know, oh, father, be with them to dear God, 0:26:10.080 --> 0:26:13.360 I need you in more ways than I've ever needed you. Lord, 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:17.360 please give me the wisdom to guide these children and 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:22.570 the patience not to elevate the situation we're in. And 0:26:22.570 --> 0:26:25.250 I began to pray in the power of the blood 0:26:25.250 --> 0:26:27.730 of Christ. You know, we don't talk about the blood 0:26:27.730 --> 0:26:32.290 of Christ much anymore. And I found that that absolutely 0:26:32.290 --> 0:26:37.010 was essential. So I would take a paintbrush and dip 0:26:37.010 --> 0:26:39.570 it into the blood of Christ at the cross. And 0:26:39.570 --> 0:26:41.810 I would paint it in my mind on each of 0:26:41.810 --> 0:26:45.530 my children on their backs. And I would say, Father God, 0:26:45.530 --> 0:26:49.250 in the name of Jesus and the power of the blood, 0:26:49.410 --> 0:26:55.010 please give them protection and your wisdom. And I believe 0:26:55.010 --> 0:26:59.050 with everything in me that opened the windows of heaven. 0:26:59.530 --> 0:27:04.810 So how can parents maintain these honest connections with their 0:27:04.810 --> 0:27:08.609 children who are making destructive choices? How do you maintain 0:27:08.609 --> 0:27:13.010 the relationship and continue to extend the love without condoning 0:27:13.010 --> 0:27:14.290 harmful choices? 0:27:14.490 --> 0:27:17.530 I think that's the hardest part. I'm not going to 0:27:17.650 --> 0:27:21.629 mamby pamby that either. I mean, listen, when your kids 0:27:21.790 --> 0:27:25.830 are continuing to break your heart, when your kids are 0:27:25.830 --> 0:27:29.710 living in a lifestyle that you know is not God's best, 0:27:29.710 --> 0:27:33.469 it's really difficult. But I did learn. I learned to 0:27:33.550 --> 0:27:37.870 treat them in a way that you see them broken. 0:27:37.869 --> 0:27:42.149 Instead of seeing them rebellious, look at them as the 0:27:42.190 --> 0:27:46.469 needing God in the most incredible ways. I say often 0:27:46.830 --> 0:27:50.910 when our children are the most unlovable is, ironically, when 0:27:50.910 --> 0:27:55.310 they need love the most. So I just challenge parents 0:27:55.310 --> 0:27:58.510 to use the eternal lens, the the lens of God 0:27:58.510 --> 0:28:02.430 in Christ and and look at that child as man. 0:28:02.470 --> 0:28:05.830 Something is wrong. And how can I reach out to 0:28:05.869 --> 0:28:10.270 them in an unconditional way that they feel the love, 0:28:10.390 --> 0:28:15.310 but they also know I am not saying the choices 0:28:15.310 --> 0:28:17.310 you're making are the right ones. 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:20.480 Give us an update on on what God did in 0:28:20.480 --> 0:28:23.480 your own journey with your with your children. 0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:28.560 In a personal way. It was so amazing. Very, very 0:28:28.560 --> 0:28:31.880 true to the prodigal son. I was so elated to 0:28:31.880 --> 0:28:35.520 see each one of my children get delivered and whole 0:28:35.520 --> 0:28:39.680 and set free. And now they're all thriving adults. They 0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:43.640 walked into the path of entrepreneurship like their dad and myself. 0:28:43.640 --> 0:28:47.200 And what's incredible, and I know you see it every day. 0:28:47.520 --> 0:28:50.680 Once someone has been touched with the power of God 0:28:50.680 --> 0:28:54.040 in an intimate way, which all three of my children 0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:58.600 had a personal touch from God. You're never the same. 0:28:58.600 --> 0:29:02.360 And so they all have a fire, a Holy Spirit 0:29:02.360 --> 0:29:05.680 fire to reach out to their peers, their friends, the 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:08.640 people they work with, and literally the people on the 0:29:08.640 --> 0:29:11.520 side of the street. They will stop and pray and 0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:13.600 believe for God to touch them too. 0:29:13.920 --> 0:29:17.250 What message would you give to parents, particularly to those 0:29:17.250 --> 0:29:21.410 who maybe are in an estranged relationship with a child, 0:29:21.410 --> 0:29:24.530 or maybe who've lost a prodigal. And they hear. They 0:29:24.570 --> 0:29:28.330 hear your hope and what could be considered a happy ending. 0:29:28.610 --> 0:29:32.770 And there's still so much pain because they haven't experienced it. 0:29:32.770 --> 0:29:34.770 Or maybe they can't anymore. 0:29:35.090 --> 0:29:38.209 Yes, I touch on that in the parents battle plan 0:29:38.250 --> 0:29:41.570 warfare strategies to win back your prodigal. That is where 0:29:41.570 --> 0:29:46.250 all of this message began. And in that book there's 0:29:46.250 --> 0:29:49.450 a chapter. And it's when the worst happens, when the 0:29:49.450 --> 0:29:53.530 miracle you expected and you prayed for didn't happen. My 0:29:53.530 --> 0:29:57.010 greatest thing I told the Lord is I did not 0:29:57.010 --> 0:30:00.370 want to approach this in a Pollyanna. You know, if 0:30:00.410 --> 0:30:04.610 you do this, they'll come home. Listen, with fentanyl poisoning, 0:30:04.610 --> 0:30:09.130 we've got fentanyl poisoning, we've got suicide rates and depression. 0:30:09.130 --> 0:30:13.130 So I want to first just say if in fact, 0:30:13.130 --> 0:30:17.070 you've lost your prodigal. Possibly in the natural. I want 0:30:17.070 --> 0:30:19.910 you to know the miracle you prayed for might not 0:30:19.910 --> 0:30:23.590 be there, but the miracle is that your still moving 0:30:23.750 --> 0:30:27.030 and thriving through the power of Christ. And there's a 0:30:27.030 --> 0:30:30.350 lot of free resources on the website that they can 0:30:30.390 --> 0:30:31.990 glean and learn from. 0:30:32.030 --> 0:30:35.110 Excellent. If you want more from our guest today, Laine Lawson. 0:30:35.430 --> 0:30:38.150 She's got a book. She's got a podcast. Just text 0:30:38.190 --> 0:30:39.910 the word fight. I know this is going to be 0:30:39.910 --> 0:30:42.870 an encouragement to a lot of you who are parenting 0:30:43.070 --> 0:30:48.990 a prodigal child. Text fight to 800 555 7898. Text 0:30:49.030 --> 0:30:53.230 fight to 800 555 7898. 0:30:53.630 --> 0:30:56.350 Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 0:30:56.630 --> 0:30:59.710 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:31:00.030 --> 0:31:06.110 There's something so special about the mom child relationship, whether 0:31:06.110 --> 0:31:09.550 it's a biological mom or a mom figure, the person 0:31:09.550 --> 0:31:13.200 who loves and nourishes and cares, we've got a giveaway 0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:15.800 coming up that I want to make sure you know about. 0:31:15.840 --> 0:31:18.440 You know, just a quick story that I have this 0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:20.880 thing with my kids where we have what we call 0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:22.000 an age hug. 0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:23.440 That means age hug. 0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:26.040 An age hug, which means I'm gonna hug you and 0:31:26.040 --> 0:31:30.840 count to however however old you are. So for my daughter, 0:31:30.880 --> 0:31:33.640 an age hug is a 15 second hug. And for 0:31:33.640 --> 0:31:37.240 my son, it's 12. So one night, my son, he's like, 0:31:37.240 --> 0:31:38.680 can I have an age hug? 0:31:38.720 --> 0:31:39.080 Or. 0:31:39.720 --> 0:31:40.200 And I said. 0:31:40.240 --> 0:31:40.880 Yeah, but then. 0:31:40.920 --> 0:31:44.160 Here's the kicker. He said, but let's do your age 0:31:44.160 --> 0:31:45.080 because you're old. 0:31:47.480 --> 0:31:50.600 It's sweet. It's so sweet. But yeah, it's a little 0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:51.720 wait a minute. 0:31:51.880 --> 0:31:52.320 That's a good. 0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:53.320 Son, though. It was. 0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:57.680 So funny. But then I thought, oh, he wants a hug. 0:31:57.720 --> 0:31:58.560 That's sweet. 0:31:58.600 --> 0:31:59.200 He wants to. 0:31:59.240 --> 0:31:59.640 Go. 0:32:00.040 --> 0:32:02.880 More than 12 because he's going to go up to 0:32:02.920 --> 0:32:05.880 mom's age. Because mom's old enough that we're gonna hug 0:32:05.880 --> 0:32:08.560 for a good long while, buddy. Because I'm. 0:32:08.560 --> 0:32:09.040 Old. 0:32:09.080 --> 0:32:11.420 You want to bless the mom or the mom figure 0:32:11.420 --> 0:32:14.420 in your life or win a prize pack for yourself. Hey! 0:32:14.540 --> 0:32:17.660 Totally legal. Enter and win this for yourself if you'd like. 0:32:17.700 --> 0:32:20.100 You choose. Just text the word mom. If you want 0:32:20.140 --> 0:32:23.540 to enter our Moms Day giveaway, text mom to 800 0:32:23.580 --> 0:32:31.180 555 7898. Text mom to 800 555 7898. Give somebody 0:32:31.180 --> 0:32:32.300 an age hug today. 0:32:32.740 --> 0:32:34.340 I think that's a really good idea. 0:32:34.380 --> 0:32:36.740 I love that idea. I like your age. 0:32:36.780 --> 0:32:38.100 It's funny, I was going to say I was like, 0:32:38.100 --> 0:32:39.900 you know, your kids may not admit it, but they 0:32:39.900 --> 0:32:41.979 really love that. But no, he admitted it and he 0:32:41.980 --> 0:32:42.980 said it, and I love that. 0:32:43.020 --> 0:32:45.940 I think that's your age. So cute because you're old. 0:32:45.980 --> 0:32:50.420 Text mom to 805, 55, 78, 98. And no, I'm 0:32:50.420 --> 0:32:53.340 not going to tell you how long that that hug lasted. 0:32:53.380 --> 0:32:54.340 Oh, man. 0:32:54.940 --> 0:32:55.420 We're all. 0:32:55.420 --> 0:33:00.220 Wondering. Standing by. Thank you very much. Text the word. 0:33:00.260 --> 0:33:05.500 Mom to 800 555 7898. Don't miss this opportunity to 0:33:05.540 --> 0:33:08.380 bless the mom in your life. Text mom to 800 0:33:08.420 --> 0:33:10.700 555 7898.