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S1: Oh, yeah. A little.
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S3: He's in a good mood today.
S2: I wonder why he's in such a good mood today,
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S1: I actually know you guys are horrible.
S4: Yeah, we were going to get there.
S1: You know, it's funny. I was going to bed last night.
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S1: See what 42 years of living does to you?
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S5: Steal it. I'm turning it. Do I need to turn
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S2: And I'm going to brag on him on his birthday.
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S5: This is true.
S2: Carl has such a heart and a passion for the gospel,
S2: and a genuine love for people that flows out of
S2: everything he does and the person. The craziness, the excitement
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S2: my privilege to work with him for almost eight years.
S2: I started to talk like him. Yes, which I don't
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S5: That came early on.
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S1: I'm in a cage over here.
S5: Yeah. You're stuck.
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S1: It's gonna make.
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S1: It's gonna make me cry, man.
S5: Yeah. Your first birthday is a grandpa.
S1: That's true. There's a lot of firsts when you become
S1: a grandpa.
S2: No doubt you're gonna have your first 4th of July.
S1: First time with a grandkid out for ice cream. First
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S2: Have you done the first stroller push yet?
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S2: Oh, man, that that.
S1: My pride has I can't wait. And these strollers nowadays,
S1: they're like Ferraris.
S5: Oh, yeah. Go slow.
S2: Go slow. You can't be out there running.
S1: Oh, no.
S2: I'm in a car with this kid.
S1: I'm a power walk with this kid. You crack me up.
S2: I'm like, wait a second. Carl's going to be doing
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S5: He goes, let's go.
S6: Let's go, let's go, let's go.
S1: Let's do some interval training with your kids.
S2: Your four months old. Now you can take it.
S1: Oh, thank you for that I really do. I appreciate
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S2: And we got snacks, which is always great.
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S1: And I've already had them for breakfast. Breakfast of champions.
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S2: Sweet birthdays are our excuse to have food in the studio.
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S6: Yes.
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S6: Oh, by the way, happy birthday.
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S1: Oh, by the way, there's food in here. Must be so.
S1: Whose is it?
S5: Whose birthday?
S1: Yeah. Thank you. Guys. Listen, uh, we're rolling here today.
S1: We've been steaming toward mom's day. Have you noticed that we.
S1: Every day we get closer to Mother's Day?
S2: I have noticed.
S1: Funny how that works. It's weird. Yesterday was a one
S1: further day away.
S5: It's a weird.
S1: Thing. Now we're a day closer.
S5: My, uh, my in-laws make fun of me because one.
S5: My first Thanksgiving I spent with them, you know, great time.
S5: And then. And then a year later, got all together.
S5: And I was at their house around Thanksgiving, and I said,
S5: can you believe it's been a year since the last
S5: Thanksgiving already? And I meant to do, like, you know,
S5: the passage of time kind of thing. And, and my,
S5: my father in law was like, yeah, it's kind of
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S6: And usually.
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S5: Like ten years later.
S1: Father in law.
S5: Going.
S6: Yeah, he's a bright one. Yes.
S1: Oh, that is awesome. Ali, that's. Now that shows we've
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S1: four years ago, she would have popped off with that one.
S6: No way.
S1: All right, coming up, we got a treat for you.
S2: We are continuing our in-depth conversations on manhood. Today is
S2: going to be a special message, a special appeal to
S2: the young men.
S1: The young men.
S2: The young men.
S7: He was running from God. But God's love brought him home.
S7: Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on
S7: Moody Radio.
S1: What do we need? We've been talking about manhood all
S1: week long. Man, have we gotten a vision for manhood.
S2: Ali, it's been an incredible week. And today we're going
S2: to talk a little bit about what young men need.
S2: What's the young man need? And what kind of young
S2: men do we as a society need?
S1: Yeah. What do we need? Brandt. Come on, man. You
S1: wrote a book about it. You must have some answers here.
S8: I sure did. I at least took a shot at it.
S8: Here's the problem. A lot of a lot of guys,
S8: when they're younger or even older, guys like churches will
S8: have programs, will have programs like guys need to man up.
S8: We need men to be men. It's like, okay, what
S8: are you talking about, though? Exactly right.
S1: Yeah. It sounds like grunting and spitting, right?
S8: So honestly. So that's what happens. Like we'll get the
S8: guys together and we'll be like, okay, let's do some
S8: outdoorsy stuff. Well, there's guys who are artists. There's guys
S8: who are, you know, not necessarily hunters. So what is it?
S8: What's actually masculinity? I find honestly that churches, a lot
S8: of lot of believers have a hard time articulating it.
S8: We can articulate very easily toxic masculinity. But what is
S8: what's the target? It can't just be football and outdoorsy stuff.
S2: We have Brent Hanson with us right now, best selling
S2: author and radio host. You hear him on Moody Radio
S2: all the time. If you listen to our spots, his
S2: voice is very distinctive. He's written a book, The Young Men.
S2: We need God's purpose for every guy and how you
S2: can live it out. Brent, I'm the parent of a
S2: 12 year old boy and he told me recently, he said, mom,
S2: this is going to be a big summer for me.
S2: I said, oh really? He said, yep, I'm going to
S2: hit a growth spurt and I'm going to get better
S2: at sports. And he's he's waiting for this summer and
S2: then the fall that comes after where he's going to
S2: come back and just shock the world. And as in world,
S2: I mean his middle school with the new version of himself.
S2: Because to him being bigger, stronger and faster than he
S2: currently is is pretty appealing. I mean, and he's not
S2: alone in that. I mean, in the midst of all
S2: the spiritual stuff, most guys want to be bigger, stronger
S2: and faster because.
S8: Absolutely.
S2: That's what appeals to everyone, right?
S8: Totally. So I always thought I was going to be bigger.
S8: I'm still waiting for my growth spurt, actually. It's funny,
S8: my dad's six three. I still look up at him.
S8: I'm 510. I'm still like, hey, dad, look it up. Like,
S8: what in the world when is this going to happen?
S8: But I get all of that. What's missing? And this
S8: is missing in churches, too. This is why I'm so
S8: excited about this issue. Like, let's talk about this. What
S8: is it that you're supposed to be aiming for as
S8: a man. So the vision I'm trying to say is
S8: that idea. I'm taking a shot at it. Say you're
S8: supposed to use your strength. You use what you're given
S8: as a man to be a keeper of the garden.
S8: That's your job. And so I unpack in the book.
S8: What I do is unpack what that looks like. You
S8: are actually supposed to provide security to people. You're supposed
S8: to help vulnerable people flourish. That's why you're given strength.
S8: That's why you're given the skills that you have. And
S8: to the extent that you do that, that's true masculinity.
S8: But if you're not given that vision, guys are clueless.
S8: And so you wind up being young and strong. You
S8: might be in your physical prime at 20 or 22
S8: or whatever, and you're a terror. I mean, look at
S8: the crime stats, but they're not told. Look, you're given
S8: this strength to protect people. And also so the people
S8: around you can flourish, you come underneath people provide a
S8: place where the vulnerable can thrive. And that's gardening. And
S8: the thing is, guys, what's awesome about this, when you
S8: do give guys a vision for this, They get it. Yeah.
S8: They're just not told this. They're just said man up
S8: or be a man, like, okay, but what does that
S8: look like? And the great thing about this is you
S8: don't have to be jacked. You don't have to have
S8: a truck. You can do it in your space. You
S8: make the vulnerable feel safe where you are because you're there.
S1: Yeah, it's really interesting. Brad Hanson, our guest. Right now,
S1: we've got two visions of manhood dominantly in our culture today.
S1: We got the tape, brothers toxic stuff, which is so
S1: incredibly twisted. It's weird. Ally is nothing but the truth
S1: with a twist at the end. And there's a gnarly
S1: twist at the end of that one. So you got
S1: that whole vibe going on, and sadly, a lot of
S1: evangelical men have picked it up. Then you got the
S1: other side and it's a dominant culture scream, and it's real.
S1: And it's basically men sit down and shut up. Those
S1: are the two competing visions out there. How do we
S1: get a biblical worldview? I mean, a healthy, God sized
S1: vision for men in front of them. How do we
S1: do that, Brent?
S8: That's what I'm trying to do. That's the idea with
S8: this book. I was like, at some point, you can't
S8: just say, guys need to man up. We need men
S8: to be men. Let's get steaks tonight. But if you
S8: don't actually articulate the vision, like I'm saying, I'm being
S8: a keeper of the garden, they'll never get it. But
S8: what's cool is that 12 year old guys will get it.
S8: Ten year old guys will get it. Like, this is
S8: why you're given strength. This is the whole point. But
S8: if you're not given the vision, you wind up being
S8: a terror. Like I'm supposed to make my wife feel secure.
S8: And to the extent that I do, she's attracted to me.
S8: I don't have to be jacked. I don't have to be,
S8: you know, ex-military. I don't have to be all that stuff.
S8: If my wife feels more secure because I'm there, she's
S8: attracted to me. The culture is better off if men
S8: understand this, but we're not given the vision. That's why
S8: I wrote the book. I'm like, I'm the last guy
S8: you would think would write this. I'm a I play
S8: the flute you guys like in the accordion. But this
S8: is it. And when I articulate this, I can be
S8: in a factory. And I've done this many times. I
S8: talk to people as believers and non-believers. The women will
S8: be watching with their heads cocked to one side like him,
S8: and they will come up after. And I'm like, wonder
S8: what they're thinking? They're like, please tell my boyfriend this.
S8: I got to get him to read this book. That's
S8: exactly what I'm looking for. Women resonate with this because
S8: I believe it's actually what we're created to do. But
S8: if you don't have the vision for it, you're just
S8: casting about with all these different ideas, like the Tate brothers,
S8: like you got the trappings of masculinity, but they actually
S8: aren't keepers of the garden. They're the enemies within. They're
S8: a threat to women and children. They don't provide security.
S8: Your wife. Honestly, if you're a source of security, she'll
S8: find you attractive.
S2: Brandt Hanson, our guest right now. Coming up. So what
S2: are the decisions Brandt says that make a man and
S2: that set him apart from the others? More coming up
S2: here on Karl and crew.
S7: She was trying to earn her way to God, but
S7: God showed her she didn't have to. Ali is in
S7: the crew. It's Karl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: So what makes a man a man, and what are
S2: the decisions that will set him apart? Brant Hansen, a
S2: best selling author radio host with us right now. Talk
S2: a little bit about these decisions that you've outlined in
S2: this book for young men.
S8: Well, the whole point and I do have six. I
S8: just thought it'd be. Usually you do 12. I thought, hey,
S8: I'll do 50% off. It'll be easier to understand. But honestly,
S8: it really is. These six things I think are masculinity.
S8: And one of them is making the people around you
S8: who are vulnerable feel safer because you're there. Look, this
S8: doesn't mean you have to be working out. You have
S8: to be ex-Marine. You can do it with your presence.
S8: I don't want my wife to feel insecure around me.
S8: And I have found in the past few years I
S8: need to moderate how I say things because I can
S8: come across a certain way. It actually makes her feel insecure.
S8: Instead of using my voice to help her feel loved,
S8: like you have to have this vision for like I'm
S8: supposed to be a source of security. That's all. And
S8: people need it so bad, like so. All these six
S8: decisions actually are to help you become that source of
S8: security for people. That's masculinity at its best. Women are
S8: very attuned to our children, are very attuned to our voices.
S8: We can growl and we can roar, or we can
S8: be a source of peace. And I'm telling you what,
S8: like as I've practiced this in my marriage, my wife
S8: is more attracted to me. But people aren't told this.
S8: We bounce around all of the all the edges of it.
S8: We actually don't tell young guys or even older guys
S8: like once we tell them, though. My experience has been
S8: once they read the book or whatever, they're like, I
S8: got it.
S1: I want you to want you to do this, Brent.
S1: I want you to speak to the man that stuck in.
S1: We call it tape Brothers, but it's a that's a
S1: good defining moment for what toxic masculinity is. If you
S1: don't know about the tape, brothers, don't bother. It's all
S1: about manhood run amok. And frankly, it's everything that Brent
S1: stands for. It's against it. And that the word stands for.
S1: I mean, God, the way he called men to be
S1: leading loving servants. My goodness. So speak to the toxic,
S1: the men that's been mentored in toxic masculinity. And then
S1: hit the flip side of that, the man that feels
S1: like I'm emasculated and there's no all the lines are
S1: blurred and gender anyway, so I'm just going to kind
S1: of hang out on my digital software here and waste
S1: my life away. Speak to both.
S8: Okay, this is good news for those of us who
S8: aren't totally ripped with Ferraris and private planes. Women will
S8: actually resent your good looks and resent your muscles if
S8: you're a threat, if you're flirting with other women, or
S8: you're creating insecurity in the home, you're actually kind of repulsive. Conversely,
S8: the great news you don't have to be all that stuff.
S8: If you're a source of security, if people are more
S8: secure because you're around, you're golden. I see guys at
S8: Christian schools that are that look up to the Tate
S8: brothers because they're not told this. If they were told this,
S8: they would get it. I'm telling you, if we could
S8: just tell young guys this, they get it, but they're
S8: not told this. Unfortunately, the church a lot of times
S8: is like super impressed with muscles again and super impressed with,
S8: you know, Christian guys who play football like awesome. That's great.
S8: But that's not the heart of masculinity. And unless you
S8: tell guys this, they won't have the picture. Once you do,
S8: they get it. They're going to be a blessing to
S8: people for the rest of their lives.
S1: Brian, I want to thank you for being in here
S1: today and and boom crew, we got a resource for
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S1: All right, Jonathan.
S6: You.
S1: Were at your day. It's your day.
S6: It's my day.
S1: Johnny boy, Jonathan never called you Johnny boy. Jonathan, this
S1: is your day.
S5: Oh it is.
S1: Yes.
S5: Thank you.
S1: Get an opportunity. I'm putting it on a silver platter
S1: for you.
S2: Okay. What do.
S6: We got?
S5: I'm gonna give you prizes.
S1: I there was a homiletics exercise that I did back
S1: in the day. It's called shoot from the hip with
S1: a loaded gun. That was the name of the exercise.
S6: Really?
S1: Yeah.
S2: In Bible.
S6: School?
S1: Yeah. Bible college? Yeah. Back there on the prairie where
S1: we had. No, I was back in Portland, Oregon, and, uh,
S1: great homiletics. Prof. Phenomenal guy teaching us how to preach. Teach.
S1: And it was it was epic. So wouldn't you know
S1: it out of a big old class, guess who get
S1: to guess who gets picked to go first?
S6: Uh, Carl?
S1: Yes, ma'am. I don't know why. Must be the red hair,
S1: but something. It's it. And I can almost guess it
S1: every single time when it's like, all right, we're going
S1: to do this exercise.
S6: We need somebody who can lead the way.
S1: It's like guaranteed they're going to pick me out of
S1: the crowd. And here we go. So I got picked
S1: out and I forget exactly what the passage was, but
S1: I had five minutes to go stand outside with the
S1: central passage. Come back in with a big idea. Big
S1: idea preaching was the idea here. What's a synthesizing essence
S1: of this passage? And preach a message. And what's really
S1: cool about it is God actually used it. It was so.
S1: God used it so powerfully. There was a girl in
S1: the front row that got teared up. I just shot
S1: from the hip and and the prof goes, okay, that's
S1: what we need to do. And and it was cool
S1: because and I can tell you this sincerely, it was
S1: so not me. Because here's Carl when I went outside,
S1: I stand outside the door and little do they know,
S1: and this is a little secret about loud guys that
S1: are leaders. There's reluctancy in our hearts at times. I
S1: believe that not everybody's like, oh yeah, give me the mic.
S1: I've never been a give me the mic guy. I've
S1: met him, but I've never been that guy. So I'm
S1: standing outside. I kid you not. I was like sackcloth
S1: and ashes.
S6: Wailing.
S1: To God. God, don't let me be put to shame. Oh, God,
S1: bring your power. And and I mean it. I was
S1: I was petrified, I was spitting out. I mean, I
S1: could have watered a desert with what was going on
S1: in my armpits.
S6: I mean, it was that it.
S5: Was.
S6: Crazy.
S1: I mean, it was a mess. And I'm crying out to.
S1: But I got in there and I delivered. So young Thunder,
S1: that's a big setup for something.
S5: I was getting more nervous as you were telling me
S5: about this story. Man, I was like.
S6: What's.
S5: He.
S6: Talking.
S5: About me right.
S6: Now? Yes.
S1: So, young Thunder, it's time to shoot from the hip
S1: with a loaded gun.
S6: And here's what.
S1: I'm gonna have.
S6: You do. Okay. He actually is nervous. He is. Buckle up.
S1: It's a little less pressure. I'm not going to have
S1: you exegete a passage or anything.
S6: Okay?
S5: Yeah.
S1: I want your best 32nd elevator pitch for what you
S1: do here, how you do it with the bigger. Why? What?
S6: Not yet.
S5: Okay. Okay.
S1: Don't you. Don't be taking a breath and going.
S6: Riffing on me.
S5: Give me.
S1: A time. You get a.
S6: Song.
S5: Yes, I get a song.
S1: Give me the what, the how and the why. Okay.
S1: And it's got to be compelling. Somebody's got to cry
S1: on the elevator.
S7: He's a sports fanatic with a stat for anything you
S7: can think of. Young Thunder is in the crew. It's
S7: Karl and crew on Moody Radio.
S1: Sometimes you get on an elevator and you got to
S1: give a pitch, and you got 30 floors to do
S1: it in, or 12. Can you do.
S6: It?
S1: When you think about the gospel in an elevator pitch,
S1: what would it sound like for you? I did a
S1: little research around this morning. Early. Very interesting. If you
S1: look at the gospel and what it all entails and everything,
S1: you put it in an elevator pitch, There's no one
S1: certain pitch that is in Scripture. It's captured so many
S1: different ways, even by Jesus himself.
S2: Are we giving Jonathan more time?
S1: I am.
S2: I think he's ready.
S6: I do too.
S1: So here's the point. When you get an elevator pitch prepared, man,
S1: you can nail this thing, and it doesn't take a
S1: lot of time. Now I'm putting him on the spot,
S1: bless his heart. But I asked Jonathan to go out,
S1: take five minutes, and that's exactly what he's had. Come
S1: back in here and give me an elevator pitch on what,
S1: how and why he does what he does on the
S1: morning show. You ready to.
S6: Go?
S5: Yeah, absolutely.
S1: Take it.
S6: Away.
S5: So what I do when I come and sit down
S5: here in the morning is I sit in front of
S5: a big board with a lot of lights, a lot
S5: of buttons and a lot of screens. And what I
S5: do is I direct, edit and produce audio for the show,
S5: for Carl and crew. I turned the microphones on. I
S5: get the songs in the in the spots started. I also,
S5: when we're off air, I'm editing audio, making sure audio
S5: is ready to go for when we play it on air.
S5: So what I do is I'm directing traffic, just making
S5: sure that things go smoothly for the team. Why do
S5: I do that? I do that because I've been changed
S5: by the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. I've
S5: seen his power in my life. I've seen what he
S5: can do for a broken man. And this is different
S5: than working at a rock music station or broadcasting games
S5: for the Chicago Bears. You know, I've been changed. I
S5: can't be changed by those things. I can be changed
S5: by Jesus. And I do this because I have the
S5: opportunity to hold up a megaphone for God's Word and
S5: for his truth and for his life giving Word for people.
S5: I want people to be changed by Jesus like I
S5: was changed by Jesus. And so that's why I do
S5: what I do.
S6: Right there.
S2: I think someone's going to go a few more trips
S2: up and down the elevator so they can hear a
S2: little bit more of that. That's compelling.
S1: Isn't that.
S6: Compelling? Yeah.
S1: Isn't that sweet? You know what's great about that? I
S1: don't think you'd ever done that exercise before.
S5: I have not. Nope.
S1: You know that you are instantly armed with an elevator
S1: pitch that has a transcendent message in it.
S5: Yeah.
S1: When somebody asks you what you do.
S6: Yeah.
S5: And you know what the cool thing is? Is it
S5: actually one, it can feel other people for the vision
S5: that God has for my life, but it can also
S5: fuel me for the vision that God has for my life.
S5: Because you're right. I never have sat down and done
S5: that exercise before thinking about why do I do what
S5: I do? And now that I'm thinking about it, I'm like,
S5: I'm gonna hit these buttons just a little bit better.
S6: Than I did before that.
S5: Awesome. Absolutely.
S2: I love this, and I know that this is not
S2: where we're going with this, but if you think about
S2: I often get asked the question, so what do you do? Right?
S2: And everybody gets asked that question a million times over.
S2: And what we what you usually say is, oh, I
S2: work for such and such or oh, I do this,
S2: but can you imagine if we gave answers regardless of
S2: what your occupation was?
S6: Doesn't matter.
S2: But if you gave an answer that included not just
S2: the what, but the why and the how, so I
S2: could work for the city of wherever you live in
S2: streets and sanitation. That's the what. But what? What gets
S2: you up in the morning as a Christ follower to
S2: excel in whatever job? Can you imagine if we included
S2: that in the. So what do you do?
S1: Here's what's great, Ali.
S6: We can.
S5: There's this.
S6: Great. There it is. We can, we can.
S2: That's what I just realized. We can.
S6: Ah!
S1: It's beautiful. Great job, young thunder. Proud of you, man.
S6: I mean, that's killer stuff.
S5: I really appreciate that.
S1: Carlin. Cool mornings, helping you take your next step with
S1: Jesus or ascend an elevator with something to talk about.
S6: Hang on.
S7: You're listening to Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S1: Sometimes our kids can cause us to fall to our
S1: knees sometimes, but we are always falling to our knees
S1: in prayer. Sometimes it's kind of the reaction.
S6: Like, ah.
S1: What am I going to do with these kids? But
S1: it puts us in a posture where we can really
S1: get to work on the work that matters most.
S2: And the work. Speaking of the work that matters most,
S2: special guest Sallie Burke, president of Moms in Prayer International.
S2: This is a ministry that has groups, prayer groups, moms
S2: in prayer groups meeting in every U.S. state and more
S2: than 150 countries.
S1: What an awesome thing to feature on Mothers Day. Sallie.
S1: Does God really answer prayer?
S6: Come on.
S4: Yes.
S6: Hugely.
S9: Immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.
S1: Give us a story, Sally, of something that just. It's
S1: just like exhibit A. Yes. God answers prayers for our kids.
S9: Oh my goodness, are my kids. Elementary school. We began
S9: to pray for each child on that campus, and it
S9: was a public school campus. And God brings on our
S9: public school campus a good news club where these kids
S9: would hear the gospel. Over 100 would come once a month.
S9: They would hear the gospel. They would receive Jesus as
S9: their Lord and Savior before our very eyes. And now
S9: they're teachers, they're preachers, they're mighty men and women of God.
S9: All because we took one hour once a week and
S9: we prayed for them.
S2: That's awesome. Sally, what are these gatherings look like? I'm
S2: assuming maybe a little different depending on where you are
S2: in the world. But generally speaking, is this just like
S2: it sounds? A group of moms who meet together to
S2: pray for a specific school?
S9: Yes, yes. And it's pretty much identical in over 150
S9: countries around the world. We always start with praise, where
S9: we read Scripture and praise God. A time of silent confession,
S9: a time of thanksgiving where we get to see incredible
S9: answers to prayer. Then we use God's Word. God's word
S9: never comes back void. So I would pray like I
S9: would choose a scripture. May they love God with all
S9: their heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love others with themselves.
S9: May they be completely humble and gentle and patient, bearing
S9: everybody in love. Keeping that unity in Christ. And we
S9: would literally see that happen in our children's life and
S9: in the children that we prayed for on those campuses.
S9: And and God answers, and it doesn't matter where you live.
S9: In fact, I'm at Ridgecrest right now, and we're going
S9: to have women from all over the world. It's our
S9: 40th year celebration. We're we're going to pray for the
S9: children of the world.
S6: I love it.
S9: God has a great plan for this next generation. A
S9: mighty plan for this next generation. We get to be
S9: part of it through prayer.
S1: Yes, Sally, I got to tell you, I've been a
S1: pastor for a lot of years. Radio guy for way less.
S1: But the one thing that I think Satan wants to
S1: steal from us is the reality that God invites us into.
S1: This means under the umbrella of his sovereignty. This means
S1: of prayer as a means to fulfill his will on
S1: earth as it is in heaven. It's there's a lot
S1: of mystery to it, but make no mystery about it.
S1: If you look at the book of acts, people prayed,
S1: stuff happened, right?
S6: Sally.
S9: Yes. And that is so true. We get to partner
S9: with God. God already knows what he wants to do
S9: in our children's lives, but he has chosen to work
S9: through prayer. You have not because you ask not. When
S9: we ask, he answers. And call onto me, and I
S9: will answer you and show you great and mighty things
S9: you do not know. Amen. And just like I was
S9: listening to you talk about your 12 year old son,
S9: what an incredible plan he has for your son. And
S9: as we pray forth his Scripture, God's will will be fulfilled.
S9: It does not come back void. It always fulfills his purpose.
S9: So we get to bless our children with our prayers.
S6: Love it. Sally.
S2: Sally with us right now. President of Moms in Prayer International.
S2: We want to send you a keyword. Now this is
S2: going to allow you to find the your state contact.
S6: Oh, is that what we have?
S2: No matter where you are in the US, you have
S2: a state contact. You can find out about the global
S2: arm of this ministry. Just text the word Sally to
S2: 800 555 7898. If you are interested in more about
S2: this ministry Moms in Prayer International, just text Sally to
S2: 800 555 7898.
S1: Sally, this is so great. We love to not just
S1: in Chicagoland, but we broadcast around the United States and
S1: Canada and beyond. But I got to tell you, Sally,
S1: this is great. This is a practical resource that I
S1: think a lot of people have no clue it exists,
S1: wouldn't you say?
S2: Absolutely.
S1: Yeah. What a cool thing. Sally, thanks for ducking in
S1: here today, sister.
S9: I love it. And let those moms know you do
S9: not have to be a prayer expert. I never prayed
S9: out loud before, and I came to that moms in
S9: prayer group. And God forever changed and blessed my life
S9: and my kids.
S1: You know what? Thanks for that. Because I think a
S1: lot of times we think, oh boy, I got to have,
S1: you know, I better have an MDiv in prayer because
S1: there's no walls in prayer. You don't need to be
S1: some expert. In fact, Jesus said, I don't want it
S1: that way.
S2: Right. The polished prayers were the words are heaped up
S2: for the benefit of the person listening.
S1: Oh my goodness. Okay. What's that link again?
S2: Text Sally to 800 555 7898.
S7: Your shot of hope to help you through the day.
S7: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S1: It's right here. Hebrews 12. We've been going to it
S1: a lot lately, haven't we? It's good though. Therefore, since
S1: we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
S1: let us also lay aside every weight and sin which
S1: clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the
S1: race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the
S1: founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy
S1: that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
S1: and is seated at the right hand of the throne
S1: of God. You know, being in the race is one thing.
S1: Running the race, well, that's the real thing. That's the
S1: deal right there. And I want to take just a
S1: moment here. We don't do this very often, but we
S1: got a special request from someone here at Moody Bible
S1: Institute that's had a long term relationship with the ministry
S1: partner here, who's been a just a gospel guy through
S1: and through. He's just he's been so grateful for calls
S1: and prayers that have come in, uh, in the past.
S1: And and quite candidly, Rich is on the way to heaven.
S1: He's on the way. And Rich, I don't know if
S1: you're listening right now, but on behalf of everyone in
S1: the boom crew that you've had a part unseen, but
S1: a very real part of making this thing go rich,
S1: I want to thank you. And from everything that I hear, Rich,
S1: you have run this race so well. Some people are
S1: in the race. Some people are running well and rich.
S1: I got to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
S1: Because you're running this race so well. Rich has a
S1: stage four cancer and expects to be home with the
S1: Lord in the next week or so. But he wanted
S1: you to know I love you guys at Moody Radio
S1: and the work you do. You have been a blessing
S1: to me. You know? Life's life comes at you fast.
S1: We have. It's often said, but it's. Don't let it
S1: just wash over you. We don't know what we have
S1: going on today. We don't know. We just don't know. Yeah.
S1: And it's the grace of God that allows a rich
S1: to give us a heads up that he knows his
S1: time is short, and it's the goodness of God that
S1: allows a rich to face this with such valor, such courage.
S1: I don't know what you're up against today, but I
S1: know what Rich would say to you today. You're in
S1: the race by virtue of being a child of God.
S1: But let's go run this race together.
S2: Yeah. Rich has such a heart to see people reached
S2: with the gospel.
S1: That's his.
S2: Heart. That is his heart. So today, if you don't
S2: know Jesus, listen to riches story. Turn your heart to Jesus.
S2: I believe that that's what he would want you to hear.
S1: Yeah. For sure.
S2: There is no life apart from Christ. There's no way
S2: you can finish well, apart from the grace of Jesus Christ.
S1: And some of you might be wondering, well, what in
S1: the world does that look like? It's a cry of
S1: the soul that says, I'm God, I'm at the end
S1: of myself and I can't do it anymore. And that's
S1: when God says, I can do what you can't do.
S1: And by faith, you put your life in God's hands.
S1: All of it. Everything. Time, talent, resources, everything. All your aspirations, everything.
S1: You put it in his hands and surrendered all to Jesus.
S1: In fact, on behalf of Rich right now. Maybe you
S1: want to give your life to Jesus today. Right now.
S1: Maybe God caught you at a moment where you're just
S1: absolutely broken and you want to get in the race
S1: of life. You've been on this treadmill to who knows where,
S1: but today you're done and God caught you and he's
S1: showing you his love. I want you right now to
S1: pray with me. Jesus, I believe that you are the
S1: Son of God. I believe you died for my sins.
S1: I believe today so much that I'm turning around off
S1: this broad path and I give you my life. I repent,
S1: I turn around and today I call you Savior and Lord.
S1: You know, Rich would be pumped that you're giving your
S1: life to Christ today and we want to help you.
S2: So if that's you today, just text the word new.
S2: We know that tomorrow is not promised. So if today
S2: is the day of salvation, if today you hear his voice,
S2: do not harden your heart. Turn to Jesus today. Text
S2: the word new to 800 555 7898. New new to
S2: 800 555 7898.
S1: Come on friend, today is the day of salvation. Give
S1: it all to him today. And when you do, he'll
S1: wipe up your tears. And he will give you a
S1: new path to walk. Text new right now N-e-w to
S1: 800 555 7898. Just that one word, and we're going
S1: to send you some resources to help you on this
S1: new journey. 800 555 7809 eight.