1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Finely, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. If there 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: on these things Philippians four eight. Heavenly Father, help me 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: to always fill my mind with thoughts that are pleasing 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: to you. Help me to see life and the people 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: with your eyes of love, and look at the heart 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: of a person and not the externals. Help me to 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: dwell on what is true, for you are the way, 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: the truth, and the life. You are the one, true, 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: living God, and I want to always evaluate a situation 13 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: through that truth. Help me focus on what is honest, 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: just and pure. There is so much corruption in this world, 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: filled with lies and perversions. Help me counter that with 16 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: your vision of loveliness. Every one deserves love and is 17 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: precious in your sight. You have called me to be 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: a royal priesthood, so help me think and act in 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: alignment with that noble character. Help me to be humble 20 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: and authentic, not phony and pretentious. Help me bring out 21 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: the best in others, and always look for the good 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: and not the worst. You see what is beautiful and 23 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: lovely in me, and that is your son, Jesus. Teach 24 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: me to look for the beauty in every situation and 25 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: not the ugly. It's too easy to point fingers and 26 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: judge and condemn those who don't agree with me. Forgive 27 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: me for being quick to judge others and think the worst. 28 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: I want to praise the good reports and encourage those 29 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: who are growing in faith and virtue in Jesus' name. Amen, 30 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: thank you for listening to today's Daily Prayer for more 31 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor. Stay 32 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: tuned to pray dot COM's Sunday service. 33 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 2: Generation z Z Top and cultural Vibes Today on Real Calm, 34 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: I'm Doc, I'm sharing, and this is. 35 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 3: The relationships community. We call it Real Calm. 36 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 4: We were born in the sixties and. 37 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: We are in our sixties. 38 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 4: We grew up in the seventies. 39 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: Fact when cars were cool, and our. 40 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 4: Music is still the best time. 41 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 3: Man, I love that song. Hey, I'm Doc. Thank you 42 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 3: for being part of this episode and part of the 43 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 3: Real Calm podcast family, the fastest growing podcast of its 44 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 3: kind anywhere in the world. 45 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 4: I'm Cherry and you know what, Tom, I love the 46 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 4: way you say that the fastest growing podcast. But we 47 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 4: did have a listener text us with a question, Okay, 48 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: how do you know you are the fastest growing podcast 49 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 4: like this one anywhere in the world. 50 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 3: Well, I would say we are the first and only 51 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 3: podcast on the entire prey dot com platform that is 52 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: made specifically for senior adults by senior adults. So it's 53 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: pretty simple to say, ain't no podcast any place near 54 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: this place like this place. Real comm is the real deal. 55 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: That is the correct answer. 56 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 4: That sounds good, right, Well. 57 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 3: We're going to stick with that. 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We were both in radio in 71 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 3: our younger days, and we do use vintage music from 72 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 3: the seventies and eighties because we believe that music is 73 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 3: a bridge in order to start a conversation that can 74 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 3: lead to a discussion about Jesus. 75 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: A lot of you will probably recognize most of music 76 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: that we've played here on real com. This song is 77 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 4: called Satisfied by the artist Richard. 78 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: Mark, one of my favorites. Well. 79 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 4: That single was the lead single from Richard marks highly 80 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 4: anticipating second album called Repeat Offenders. That album went to 81 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 4: number one on the Billboard Hot one hundred singles chart 82 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 4: in June of nineteen eighty nine. 83 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 3: I remember that well one of my favorite albums of 84 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 3: all time, and Satisfied was the first of five top 85 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 3: twenty singles from that album, and that kept him on 86 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 3: the singles chart through the summer of nineteen ninety. Most 87 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 3: artists don't have five top twenties, yeah, in their career, 88 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 3: in their. 89 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 4: Career, and he had them in a year from one 90 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 4: album from one album right here Waiting Satisfied Angelia. 91 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: Those were the three biggest hits from that album. And 92 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: it's a great album and if you don't have it, 93 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 3: you should go get it. And a lot of people 94 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 3: don't know that he got his start as a teenager 95 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 3: singing backup for Lionel Ritchie. Really he sang on the 96 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 3: song Hello. He also sang on the song all night Long. 97 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: He's the one, you know Lionel Richie sings and Richard 98 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 3: Mark saying. And when we went to see him in concert, 99 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 3: he told that story, and I've never forgotten that that 100 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: he got his start singing for Lionel Richie and also 101 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 3: sang on dancing on the ceiling. 102 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 4: Yes, well, you know, Richard Marx was kind of like 103 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 4: docs hero back in the nineties, the eighties and the nineties. 104 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 3: Next to Michael McDonald. Yes, but Richard Marx was the 105 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 3: guy that I liked his music. I liked the sound. 106 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 4: You copied this sound, you played his music. 107 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 3: I did you know what for those that are listening, 108 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 3: I used to write my own music. I led worship, 109 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 3: I did concerts for students. Primarily. I even had the 110 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 3: herm hairdoo like Richard Mark leather jacket at the leather 111 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 3: jacket and I wanted to sound like Richard Mark news 112 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 3: don lesson. I love the way his music was mixed. 113 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 3: I liked the heavy drums and the heavy bass guitar, 114 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: and this dude could sing, yes. 115 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 5: He could. 116 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 4: Well, I just remember that you would take one of 117 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 4: Richard Mark's famous songs. I did, and you rewrote the 118 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 4: lyrics somewhat I did. 119 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: I took the Richard Mark song right Here Waiting for You, 120 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 3: and I rewrote it as if Jesus were speaking. And 121 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 3: I use it really as an invitation song for people 122 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: to commit to Christ. 123 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 4: Wherever you go, whatever you do. 124 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 6: For you, whatever it is, Oh Helma, Hybrids will write. 125 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: For you. 126 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 4: We try to play a song that ties in with 127 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 4: what we're going to talk about today. This song particularly 128 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 4: felt satisfied. It's an anthem. It really truly was about 129 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 4: his attitude about. 130 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 3: Life, and it was filled with not just hope, but 131 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 3: an absolute focus on his future. 132 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 4: I love the second verse of this song, Tom. It says, 133 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 4: ignore the hesitation that ties your hands, use your imagination, 134 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 4: and take a chance. In my opinion, this is just 135 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 4: another way of saying, I'm not going to focus on 136 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 4: the negative things of life. I'm not going to focus 137 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 4: on the things that hold me back or tie me down. 138 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 4: I am going to change the way I think. 139 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 3: And you know what, our focus for this year is 140 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 3: transform twenty six. Think better, feel better, be better, Live better, 141 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 3: and Philippians four to eight is actually the backdrop for 142 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 3: that transformation. 143 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 4: Finally, Brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, 144 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 4: ever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever 145 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 4: is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about 146 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 4: such things. 147 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: And you know what, This different perspective can be really 148 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: challenging for sure, especially with all of the stuff going 149 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 3: on all around us all the time. 150 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 4: We were talking about that the other day, Tom, about 151 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 4: our culture, what it looks like, what people are thinking, 152 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 4: how people are acting, and each generation is processing the 153 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 4: vibe a little differently. 154 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 3: The one thing that all generations have in common is 155 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: that mankind and the mindset of humanity is diametrically opposed 156 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 3: to how God wants us to think. 157 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, it truly is. 158 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 3: And that's what we're going to talk about today. 159 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 4: Like and subscribe. 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What 185 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 4: is the current vibe? How people are acting and why 186 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 4: they are acting the way they're acting. What do you 187 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 4: think is shaping our thoughts in our culture today? 188 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 3: You know, I think that each one of us is 189 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 3: shaped by what we listen to, who we listen to, 190 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 3: what we watch, and most of all, what we think about. 191 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 3: And right now, our culture is screaming loud. Yes it is, 192 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 3: and it is on fire. It's reactive, and it thrives 193 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 3: on outrage and expression comparison to others. And I think 194 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 3: there's even a part that functions on intimidation and fear. 195 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 4: You know what, early on, when social media was kind 196 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 4: of new in my life, I would get on there 197 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 4: and I would see things that would just make me 198 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 4: so upset, that'd make me angry, and then I would 199 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 4: vent about it, and then or it would make me 200 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 4: really scared, like what is going to happen to this 201 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: world with my my grandkids are growing up in and 202 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 4: what are they going to face when I'm gone? I mean, 203 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 4: are they going to be equipped? It does put a 204 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 4: lot of fear, and I feel that, and I know 205 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 4: a lot of our listeners probably really feel it. 206 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 6: You know. 207 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 3: One of the things about that fear is we're worried 208 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 3: about what our grandkids are going to face, as if 209 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 3: if we were still around in forty more years, when 210 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 3: we're one hundred years old, that we'd be able to 211 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 3: do anything about it, right, But that Also, the Scripture 212 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 3: tells us to think about what is true, and what 213 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 3: is true is that God will still be there and 214 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 3: God can protect them better than we can. And that's 215 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 3: why we are calling twenty twe Year of Transformation, because 216 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: transformation doesn't really begin with the world around us, because 217 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 3: we can't control that anyway, can't change it. It does begin, though, 218 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 3: with what we can control, and that is changing what 219 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 3: we allow to take up space in our minds, especially 220 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 3: things that are in our minds rent free, if you 221 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 3: know what I'm saying, just continue to nag at us 222 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 3: and so here at real com we say think better, 223 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 3: feel better, be better, lived better. And for many of us, 224 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 3: especially in this later season of our life, piece isn't 225 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 3: really found by doing more. It's really found by choosing 226 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 3: better thoughts that's right and practicing them every day. And 227 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 3: so today we're asking a really simple but a powerful question, 228 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 3: what is it that is shaping the way that we think? 229 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 3: And is that leading us toward individual peace? 230 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 4: I did want to take a little bit of a 231 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 4: deeper dive as to what's going on. What is the 232 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: cultural vibe in the United States across the generations. The 233 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 4: dominant under current is mental noise. 234 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 3: Absolutely. I mean overstimulation. Our phones, for example, dominate our lives. 235 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 4: They really do. 236 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 3: Anxiety, yep, worry, nervousness comparison to other people. 237 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 4: Outrage, fatigue, We're all getting really mad. 238 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 3: And we're getting tired of getting really mad. 239 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, that's what I was talking about just a 240 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 4: moment ago, when we're looking at social media and what 241 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 4: our algorithms is telling us to listen to and look at. 242 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 3: Right, And I think certainly here in America there is 243 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: a legitimate hunger for inner peace and even outer piece. Yeah, 244 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 3: but folks are uncertain about really where to find it 245 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 3: because the algorithms, as you just mentioned, they tell us 246 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: that we should react. Scripture teaches us we should respond. 247 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 3: The culture says that we should attack, but the ructure 248 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 3: says we should really reflect and put into practice a 249 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: godly life and a godly perspective. So it is truly 250 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 3: countercultural to think like God wants us to think. 251 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, you said that earlier, that the culture is diametrically 252 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 4: opposed to what God wants us to do. 253 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 3: Indeed, exactly the opposite. 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Make a difference today. 295 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 4: Well, you know me going into the deeper dive for 296 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 4: this current cultural. 297 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 3: Vibe, which is code for down the rabbit hole. 298 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 4: Well, I didn't go too far down. 299 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 3: It was a baby rabbit hole. 300 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,719 Speaker 4: It was a little baby rabbit hole. My research came 301 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 4: up with generational vibes. Okay, Okay, so we're gonna start 302 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 4: with a gen Z. Do you know what gen Z is? 303 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 3: I love those guys, the guys with the long beard, 304 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 3: the three guys, to guitar players, the German. They have 305 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 3: some great music. I love gen Z. 306 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 4: It is Nope, it's not zz top. 307 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 3: No, this is zz top. I'm right. 308 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 4: Gen Z are teenagers to the late twenties. Okay, so 309 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 4: this is how they're feeling. According to my research, they 310 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 4: are emotionally open but mentally overwhelmed. I wonder why identity focused, 311 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 4: justice aware, anxious, constant input, always receiving, receiving, receiving with 312 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 4: very little rest, you know. 313 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 3: And culturally, I think they have the perspective that their 314 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 3: feelings are what define reality, a culty for that is, 315 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 3: in a biblical concept, just because we feel a certain 316 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 3: way doesn't mean that it's acceptable, or we believe that 317 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 3: something is acceptable and it's not. So feelings don't determine 318 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 3: reality anymore than I believe that two and two is five. 319 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 4: Well, and just because you feel a certain way doesn't. 320 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: Make it true exactly. I mean, I can tell you 321 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: that I felt like I could play on the PGA Tour, 322 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 3: but it definitely didn't turn out to be reality. 323 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 4: Well, you were a scratch golfer, actually under par. 324 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 3: There were times I hit the golf ball and scratched 325 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 3: my head many times scratch golfer. That is true. But 326 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 3: here's the thing. The scripture calls us to really embed 327 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 3: and anchor our thoughts in what is true, not how 328 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 3: we feel, because sometimes how we feel is not true. 329 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, our feelings do lie to us. 330 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 3: What about the next generation. 331 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 4: Well, the next generation are the millennials, and I, you know, 332 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 4: I really have to kind of apologize. These guys have 333 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 4: been really maligned by our generation. I think the late 334 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 4: twenties to the early forties. That's our children's age in general. 335 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 4: Most of them they're raising little kids, right and they're 336 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: just burned out trying to find meeting in this world 337 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 4: between going to work, coming home, making dinner, getting the 338 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 4: kids homework, then going to bed, and then getting up 339 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 4: and doing the same thing over and over again. We 340 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,959 Speaker 4: were all there, We've been there, but that's where they 341 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 4: are right now. They're tired of the hustle culture and 342 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 4: they're longing for stability but distrustful of systems. 343 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 3: This is certainly true in the American traditional Church. Really 344 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 3: distrusted by this generation. And you see this generation that 345 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 3: wanders away from church when they're eighteen, they come back 346 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 3: to church when they're thirty five because they want their 347 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 3: kids to be raised in church. So they long for 348 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 3: that stability that church brings and faith brings. But they 349 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 3: are distrustful of the organized religion, I guess is the 350 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 3: way some of them would say it. And I think 351 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 3: they are a generation that is aware of therapy and 352 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 3: counseling as a way to deal with some of this stress. 353 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 3: The counterculture, though, would say that Scripture's invitation is to 354 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 3: practice healthy thinking, not just to manage our stress. Yeah, 355 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 3: it is to address our stress from the root cause 356 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 3: by thinking on things that are true, lovely, pure, and 357 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,360 Speaker 3: so forth. Who's the next generation. 358 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 4: The next generation would be in the early forties to 359 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 4: mid fifties. They're called gen xers, right. That's my little brother. 360 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 4: He's twelve years younger than me. A lot of gen 361 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 4: xers are pretty cynical, but they still have a profound 362 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 4: sense of responsibility. They want to work hard and they 363 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 4: want to do it right. A lot of them are 364 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 4: juggling kids, like teenagers or college age kids, and they 365 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 4: also have aging parents. 366 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:01,479 Speaker 3: Right. 367 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 4: They are known as the Sandwich generation. They're pragmatic, skeptical, 368 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 4: and quietly stressed. 369 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 3: Yeah. I think the cultural tension for this generation is 370 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 3: the mindset of just get through this, let me get 371 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 3: past it, let me get on to the next thing. 372 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 3: But the scripture, the countercultural message is to intentional, hopeful, 373 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 3: forward thinking. 374 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 4: Yeah. 375 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 3: That leads to days of hope and days of promise. 376 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: Like think better, feel better, be better, live better. There 377 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 4: you go. All right, now we're getting to the best 378 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 4: generation ever. 379 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be the fifty five plus. Yes, that 380 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 3: would be us. 381 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 4: That would be us, which is eighty five percent of 382 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 4: our audience, our listeners. 383 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 3: That's true, and we are the most misunderstood group culturally. 384 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 4: Yeah. The cultural mood, our general overall feelings would be 385 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 4: best described as quiet disorientation mixed with resilience. 386 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 3: That is a great way to say it. It sounds 387 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 3: so classy and professional that we are quietly disoriented and 388 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 3: we have a little bit of resilience. Yeah, that's awesome. 389 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 4: Let's just impact that a little. Let's do that. So 390 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 4: we're mentally tired from decades of news cycles, cultural shifts, 391 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 4: and crises. 392 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 3: Think about the way that the news has changed in 393 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 3: our lifetime when Walter Cronkite was basically the news and 394 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 3: that's the way it is. 395 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 5: Friday March sixth, nineteen eighty one. 396 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 3: Dan Rather and all those guys, you had three guys 397 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 3: or gals. 398 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 4: Rarely we had three channels, right. 399 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 3: What the news was, and then comes the USA Today, 400 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 3: and then comes cable News, and now you've got twenty 401 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 3: four hour news all time time, just banging out the 402 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 3: same stories over and over and over. And the cultural 403 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 3: shifts that have happened in this country over the last 404 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 3: fifty years are enormous. Yes, there have been a lot 405 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 3: of changes in our lifetime. 406 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 4: I think also our generation is we're suffering from relational loss. Sure, 407 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 4: a lot of us are empty nesters. Our kids have 408 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 4: grown up. They finally they've left the nest and they 409 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 4: have their own families. There might be deaths in the family. 410 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 4: I've lost both of my parents. 411 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 3: Well, a lot of our listeners have left jobs because 412 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 3: they've retired, So they've lost not just the friendships that 413 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 3: they had at their place of work, but they've lost 414 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 3: for many of them, their sense of worth because what 415 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 3: they did was what brought them satisfaction. And many of 416 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 3: our listeners have lost spouses, which is even a whole 417 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: different kind of loss. And nowadays it's not unheard of 418 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 3: have one child that lives three time zones away in 419 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 3: the United States and another kid that works overseas in Europe. Yeah, 420 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 3: and so you used to get together for holidays, but 421 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 3: now you can. 422 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 4: Now we can. 423 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 3: So we live by zoom and FaceTime. 424 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 4: Thank God for those mediums that we can use to 425 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 4: still try to have some kind of family closeness. I 426 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 4: think a lot of our listeners who are in this 427 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 4: age group feel invisible because our culture, even though we 428 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 4: are the biggest generation. I mean, let's face it, the boomers, 429 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 4: there's still more of us than there are the other generations, right, 430 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 4: But our culture is obsessed with youth, Yes it is. 431 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 4: I mean there are so many retail establishments that exist 432 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 4: to help people trying to stay young, and. 433 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 3: We live in a culture that raises youth, which makes 434 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 3: employment difficult for sixty year old people. 435 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 4: I think a lot of our listeners are longing for peace, absolutely, 436 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 4: We just we're not looking to be the best and 437 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 4: do it the best. We just want to have peace. 438 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're not chasing trends anymore, right, We're kind of 439 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 3: past that. But we I think we're asking more important, 440 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 3: deeper questions like does my life still matter? I'm sixty 441 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: sixty five, seventy five, eighty five? Does my life really 442 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 3: still matter? 443 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 4: Who needs me? Now? 444 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 3: Yeah? Your kids, your grandkids, your friends, the people at 445 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 3: your church still need you? How do I keep my 446 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 3: mind steady in a noisy world? 447 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 4: We know that we want to do these things? What 448 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 4: would you say the counterculture is for these worries that 449 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 4: we have. 450 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 3: We go back to Philippians four eight. This is especially 451 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 3: relevant for these things because it's not dramatic, it's not flashy, 452 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 3: it's deeply practical, but it focuses on practice, not perfection. Yes, 453 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 3: Paul says to the church at Philippi. Finally, brothers, whatever 454 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 3: is true, whatever's noble, whatever's right, whatever admirable, if anything 455 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 3: is excellent, praiseworthy, think about these things. But the next verse, 456 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: verse nine, says this, whatever you have learned or received 457 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 3: or heard from me or seen in me, put these 458 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 3: things into practice, and the God of Peace will be 459 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 3: with you. Paul not only said it, he not only 460 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: taught it. Paul practiced it. Yeah, he lived it. And 461 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 3: that is why your life still matters is because you 462 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 3: have the opportunity to live out your faith in front 463 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 3: of the people who are watching. 464 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 4: Real Calm Family. This is your application for today. You 465 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 4: have permission to slow down. You have an invitation to 466 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 4: mental renewal. And we're not saying self improvement, and we're 467 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 4: not saying you have to do anything. We are saying 468 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 4: this is a reminder that peace is practiced. It's not chaste. 469 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 3: And keep this in mind. Healthy thinking leads to a 470 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 3: healthier connection with God and with other people. And if 471 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 3: you are listening today and you are in the second 472 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 3: half of life, we want you to hear this clearly, 473 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 3: your mind still matters, your growth still matters, and peace 474 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 3: is still possible. Please hear this. No matter where you 475 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 3: are today, you matter where you are today. 476 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 4: And tom transformation. It doesn't mean becoming someone new, that's true. 477 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 4: It means returning to what is true, good and life giving. 478 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 3: So Real Calm this week. This week, choose one thought 479 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 3: you're going to practice, one truth that you will return to, 480 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 3: and one moment that you will pause and invite peace 481 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 3: into your life. 482 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 4: And remember you don't have to walk this journey alone. 483 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 4: This is why Real Calm exists. 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I'm doc, I'm sharing, and we're 509 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 3: here to help you think better. 510 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 4: Feel better, be better, and live better. 511 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 3: And we're on a mission to connect people to. 512 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 4: People and people to God. 513 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 3: We'll see you next time. 514 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 4: Bye, all away sparkling. 515 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 6: Against your scheme, sub. 516 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 4: And I want to sleep with you in the. 517 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 7: Desert to night. 518 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 3: With a billion. 519 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 6: Stars all around, because I got. 520 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 3: A piece for. 521 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 6: Easy Be. 522 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 7: Did I know you want let me gain? 523 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 4: Because I'm all. 524 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 3: Standing on the ground. 525 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 6: And I found that a long time. 526 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 3: Ago, what a woman can do to. 527 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 6: Your soul. 528 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 7: All but she can't take you anyway. 529 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 6: You don't already know how to do. And I gotta 530 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 6: peace door, easy Be, And I know you won't let 531 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 6: me down. 532 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 7: Because I'm all. 533 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 3: Already standing. 534 00:32:28,360 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 6: On the ground. I get this feeling I'm may no, 535 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 6: that's a. 536 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 7: Love braendpoiskeys whispery in my rear tells me I may 537 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 7: never see again. 538 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 3: Because I get a piece. 539 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 7: Fall easy Bee, and I know you all let me. 540 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 3: And there's I'm all already stand. 541 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:10,760 Speaker 4: I'm all. 542 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 3: Already standing. Yes, I'm all already stand. 543 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 6: All that wo