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Speaker 1: But are we really understanding the deep prophetic roots and

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Speaker 1: the table is April Simons. This is going to be interesting.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be so good. I'm ready to good teaching.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: That somebody makes it so easy to understand.

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Speaker 1: Right for sure. Annie Kendall, how are you?

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Speaker 1: So we're going to learn a lot we are. Rachel

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Speaker 1: I'm good, I'm good. I'm excited. You know. I feel

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Speaker 1: like I'm able to glean so much from just interviewing

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Speaker 1: Dorothy Newton. It's almost like the Old and New Testament.

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Speaker 5: You hear the story, right, you tell the story every

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Speaker 8: we pray and ask him to come into our lives

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Speaker 8: and to come into our heart. And we'll do that now.

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Speaker 8: But that's that invitation to you. He stands at the door,

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Speaker 8: he knocks. He wants to come in and have this

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Speaker 8: relationship with you and bring healing and transformation. But we

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Speaker 8: have to know that we can't save ourselves, we can't

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Speaker 8: heal ourselves, we can't reform our life. We need his

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Speaker 8: presence and power to do it for us. And so

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Speaker 8: if you want this reality of transformation, and eternal life.

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Speaker 7: Then just pray this prayer with me.

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Speaker 8: Say, Heavenly Father, I thank you for sending Jesus Jesus,

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Speaker 8: that he died for me in my place, that he

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Speaker 8: was buried for me, that he rose from the dead,

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Speaker 8: that I might find abundant life, that forgiveness of and sins, healing, healing,

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Speaker 8: and transformation. I invite you into my heart right now.

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Speaker 8: I believe you are Lord and Savior. I asked that

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Speaker 8: you bring that wholeness to me right now, spiritually, physically, emotionally,

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Speaker 8: and relationally and relationally.

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Speaker 7: I asked these things in the name of Jesus.

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Speaker 2: My Messiah, Jesus Messiah.

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Speaker 1: Amen, Amen, Amen. I want to say that for those

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Speaker 1: of you that pray that prayer, we're so excited about

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Speaker 1: what God has for you. He has an incredible plan

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Speaker 1: and purpose for you being on the earth right now.

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Speaker 1: I think that's important for you to understand that prayer

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Speaker 1: not only prepares us for heaven one day because we're

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Speaker 1: all going to die, but it also enables us to

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Speaker 1: go through doors and connect to the one who created

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Speaker 1: us and be used in a way that we may

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Speaker 1: have never even imagined. Is that true?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 8: Absolutely, what I love about what Jesus does for us,

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Speaker 8: and I talk about it in the book, is that

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Speaker 8: there's so many levels of transformation that he wants to bring.

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Speaker 8: He doesn't just want to save our soul. Yes, he

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Speaker 8: wants to transform our entire being. So I had this

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Speaker 8: encounter right and the Lord said to me one day,

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Speaker 8: he says to me, Jason.

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Speaker 7: Who do you say that I am? You know?

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Speaker 8: And I'm thinking, like Cesarea Philippi, when Jesus asked the disciples, like, Lord,

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Speaker 8: you're the Messiah. He said, no, Jason. He goes, That's

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Speaker 8: not what I'm saying to you. He says, I'm not

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Speaker 8: saying who do you say that I am? I'm asking you, Lord,

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Speaker 8: who do you say I Jason am?

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Speaker 2: Wow?

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Speaker 8: Because identity is destiny. The two most important questions is

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Speaker 8: life is who is Jesus? And the second is who

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Speaker 8: does he say?

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Speaker 7: We are?

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Speaker 8: In light of what it is that He's done for us?

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Speaker 8: And when we receive him, he transforms our identity. We

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Speaker 8: go from being we go from being like slaves and

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Speaker 8: servants to becoming sons and daughters. We go from being

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Speaker 8: sinners to becoming transformed saints in him. Yeah, we go

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Speaker 8: from living from fear to faith. We go from death

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Speaker 8: to life, from curse to blessed. He transforms our identity

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Speaker 8: and then he gives us a new destiny. There is

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Speaker 8: a very specific call and purpose on our life when

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Speaker 8: you come to know on every single person's life. And

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Speaker 8: one of the things, this beautiful thing. We talked about

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Speaker 8: it in the in the chapter on Pentecost, he gives.

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Speaker 7: Us the Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 8: Yes, the beautiful thing about that is in the Old Testament,

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Speaker 8: only prophet, priests and king's got the Holy spirit if

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Speaker 8: you were being selected for a specific divine assignment. But

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Speaker 8: here's the beautiful thing. When Jesus calls us to follow

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Speaker 8: him like he did the disciples, and again we talked

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Speaker 8: about it in the book, he invites us onto the team.

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Speaker 8: If you believe in him. Guess what, You're on team Jesus.

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Speaker 8: You made the cut. We didn't get cut from the team.

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Speaker 1: You're on the team.

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Speaker 7: You're on the a team. And there's something better. Right.

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Speaker 8: I love basketball. I made the basketball team. It's great

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Speaker 8: to make the team. But let me tell you, it

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Speaker 8: sucks if you make the team and you sit on

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Speaker 8: the bench. No one is called to sit on the bench.

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Speaker 8: Everyone is called to get in the game. And the

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Speaker 8: proof is He's given us the Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 7: That means he's.

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Speaker 8: Empowered us for a purpose and not to sit on

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Speaker 8: the bench, but to do what he did.

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Speaker 7: And that's a promise. Greater things than these you can do.

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Speaker 1: So good. Well, when you come back and we'll pick

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Speaker 1: another set, and you can say, and what you don't

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Speaker 1: know is that man, and I want to point out this,

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Speaker 1: y'all love that right, Well, we're out of time. But

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Speaker 1: when we look at the Bible from cover to cover,

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Speaker 1: we see some powerful, important truths that God has a plan.

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Speaker 1: He has a plan for your life, and he loves

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Speaker 1: each and every one of us, and he keeps his promises.

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Speaker 1: I promise you, if you trust in Jesus, you'll never

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Speaker 1: be the same, and you'll fill his presence every day,

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Speaker 1: and you'll understand that he wants to have a personal

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Speaker 1: relationship with you where you can talk to him, you

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Speaker 1: can read the word of God, he can speak to you,

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Speaker 1: and you can hear that still small voice that wants

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Speaker 1: to have a relationship with you more than anything. If

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Speaker 1: you're watching and you're thinking, I want those promises for

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Speaker 1: my life, all it takes is a surrendered heart and

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Speaker 1: inviting Jesus to be Lord of your life. And that's

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Speaker 1: exactly what happened with Jason just a few moments ago.

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Speaker 1: If you prayed that prayer, let us know. I want

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Speaker 1: to send you the Gospel of John. Is this a

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Speaker 1: free gift to get you started on your walk of faith?

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Speaker 1: And if you're watching today and you need prayer over

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Speaker 1: any area of your life. Maybe you're going through something,

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Speaker 1: maybe you're believing God for something, Maybe you just need

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Speaker 1: prayer about a certain situation, that's why we're here. That's

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Speaker 1: why the numbers on the screen, our prayer partners are

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Speaker 1: standing by ready to pray with you. I want to

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Speaker 1: thank Rabbi Jason for joining us today. Be sure you

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Speaker 1: pick up a copy of his book, Transformed by the Messiah,

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Speaker 1: How Old and New Testament Jesus Connections reveal God's intentional

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Speaker 1: story for your life. It's a fascinating read. He's such

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Speaker 1: a great Bible teacher. For more, you can visit him

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Speaker 1: on nine at Fusion Global dot org. Be sure to

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Speaker 1: follow us some on social media. Subscribe to you our

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Speaker 1: YouTube channel for full episodes, eclusive content, and let us

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Speaker 1: know how table talk is touching your life. You can

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Speaker 1: also listen to the Joni Table Talk podcast, available on

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Speaker 1: all the major platforms. But I want to thank you

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Speaker 1: for watching. I'm excited for those of you that prayed

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Speaker 1: that prayer. I do believe that the best is yet

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Speaker 1: to come. So you be encouraged today. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: next time.

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Speaker 10: By bye for today.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: She's a singer songwriter whose voice has been heard by

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Speaker 1: millions around the world, from church peace to American Idol.

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Speaker 1: Please welcome Rihanna Nick as she sings another.

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Speaker 11: Mile pieces shattered, lack of pus. Life can be as

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Speaker 11: cold and hot is cone Cree, and every reas not

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Speaker 11: to keep on moove every time on the ground uncles

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Speaker 11: you out from under your feet, take steap bustin.

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Speaker 12: I keep to see little my song to the sun shines.

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Speaker 12: Lettle Mo say of the shore life on a tide,

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Speaker 12: everything's gonna be all ride a bit on my home

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Speaker 12: when it's running. Now let on my faith to kill

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Speaker 12: the town. And now the can falling not a smile,

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Speaker 12: Then you want to care about going down a mine beach,

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Speaker 12: falling through that sea.

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Speaker 13: I'm trying to control everything that I can't change.

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Speaker 14: O jac its scene.

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Speaker 12: Oh I can't tell myself and little my storm till

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Speaker 12: the sun shines. Let on my seat or the short.

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Speaker 14: Line, hold on hot time. Everything's gonna be all. Ride

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Speaker 14: a bid my.

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Speaker 12: Home when it's running Now little mom fad to kill

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Speaker 12: the child, and now the can't falling now the smile.

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Speaker 12: When you want to key about going another by another,

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Speaker 12: tests another, ties another.

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Speaker 14: Fall met another, little more.

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Speaker 11: Shorn till the sun shines, little more seed to the shore.

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Speaker 12: Hold, hold a piece of the ride a little ball

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Speaker 12: walk when it's running down little bay to kill the dome,

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Speaker 12: and then a can't falling down the smile.

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Speaker 14: Men, you want to key.

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Speaker 12: About going another.

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Speaker 1: Well, from a broken home to healing through music, Brionna

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Speaker 1: Nix is proof that God can rewrite any story. Today,

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Speaker 1: she's here to share how the Lord carried her from

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Speaker 1: rejection to restoration and how he's using her voice to

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Speaker 1: bring hope to millions. But before we get to that,

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Speaker 1: John May on the table, Cindy Johnston. Hello, we love music.

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Speaker 2: Don't we?

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Speaker 7: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 1: And I love American Idol. I watched our guests. You

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Speaker 1: were voted every week, and I had my husband vote

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Speaker 1: every week. You voted every week week, Yes.

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Speaker 2: Every week.

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Speaker 1: But I was so touched by her love for Jesus,

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Speaker 1: and she shines so bright.

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Speaker 2: He really did.

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Speaker 1: Anna Kendall, Yes, she is beautiful. And music heals, doesn't it?

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Speaker 2: Music heels our soul really does?

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Speaker 1: Rachel Ambrown, Hi, American Idol? Did you ever watch?

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Speaker 9: Ye know, I watched back in the day, but I

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Speaker 9: have it in a while.

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Speaker 1: From hearing the.

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Speaker 9: Chatter at the table.

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Speaker 1: You're going to go back and watch it.

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Speaker 2: I need to go back and watch it.

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Speaker 1: Amazing. That's right, doctor Newton, how are you doing so good?

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Speaker 1: And I watched it.

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Speaker 6: I hope it's the right show where they did an

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Speaker 6: Easter program with CC singing. That was American Idol. Oh

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Speaker 6: my goodness, that was the best. I mean, the entire

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Speaker 6: show was all about christ. It was beautiful, it was good.

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Speaker 6: It's good.

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Speaker 1: Everyone welcome, Brianna, welcome.

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Speaker 2: So good to have you, so good to be here.

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Speaker 2: I'm so excited, she said.

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Speaker 1: Well, I would rather do anything than the interview, just

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Speaker 1: me sing, I said, but you're gonna have fun here

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Speaker 1: at the table.

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Speaker 2: Let's go back.

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Speaker 1: You shared a little bit of your story on American Idol,

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Speaker 1: but it wasn't always easy growing up. Talk a little

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Speaker 1: bit about that.

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Speaker 2: It's crazy for me to talk about it, because I

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Speaker 2: just never dreamed that, first of all, the Lord will

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Speaker 2: restore me in a place to be able to talk

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Speaker 2: about it. But just growing up, I came from a

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Speaker 2: typical broken home. I didn't have a father in my life.

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Speaker 2: My mom struggled with, you know, alcohol, my cousins struggled

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Speaker 2: with drugs. It was just a very familiar thing for us.

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Speaker 2: And we would just throw Jesus in there every once

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Speaker 2: in a while and call ourselves Christians.

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Speaker 9: And so did you ever get wrapped up in any

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Speaker 9: of that since it was all around you?

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Speaker 2: I did. It was about like ten eleven years old

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Speaker 2: when I started really questioning, like why things didn't make

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Speaker 2: since like this man that is my stepdad I found

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Speaker 2: out was not really my dad, and so I started

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Speaker 2: asking questions like, okay, well where is he? And I

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Speaker 2: came and found out from my mom, you know, she

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Speaker 2: finally broke and told me. And from that moment, I

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Speaker 2: remember it was in our car when she'd told me that,

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Speaker 2: and I just had this like it felt like I

663
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: was like stabbed in the heart and it was a

664
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 2: wound and I carried that wound and when I was around,

665
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 2: you know, like fifteen, sixteen years old. You know, I

666
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 2: got wrapped up in the high school typical stuff, you know,

667
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 2: drugs and drinking and partying and trying to run away

668
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 2: from my mom. And I didn't want anything to do

669
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,919
Speaker 2: with with God at all because the people, like I said,

670
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,879
Speaker 2: in my family that you know, claimed to have him,

671
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 2: they'd never lived a life that showed him and it

672
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 2: really just turned me off. So I was like absolutely

673
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 2: not that, there's no way, and I was kind of

674
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 2: trying to run the opposite way, but also trying to

675
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 2: feel what was missing in son.

676
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: I didn't know how, Yeah, because you know, there's a

677
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 1: God shaped vacuum in all of us that only God

678
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: can feel. And you'd heard about him, but you hadn't

679
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: really seen him as far as a human being on

680
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,879
Speaker 1: this earth walking out a Christian life that was real

681
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: and authentic. So how did you kind of come to

682
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: know the Lord after going through that.

683
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 2: It's kind of a crazy story because it's like in

684
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 2: between of a mix of rebellion and also like kind

685
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 2: of coming back walking. Was just very confused. But I

686
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 2: remember my nephew, he got really really sick and we

687
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:43,319
Speaker 2: were told, you know, that we would have to move

688
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 2: into an hour radius of his children hospital that he

689
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 2: was having to attend for you know, procedures and stuff

690
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 2: like that. So not only was I dentally with, like

691
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 2: you know, my family, the issues and then also the

692
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 2: rejection for my dad, but then I got moved from

693
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 2: a place that was home into a location I had

694
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 2: no idea anybody, you know at all. I didn't have

695
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 2: any friends, nothing. And anyways, I remember my mom. She

696
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,399
Speaker 2: she got a hold of the Lord at that time.

697
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 2: The Lord really dealt with her and she gave him alcohol,

698
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 2: had her last drink when I was twelve. But at

699
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 2: the same time, she threw me into the church. Oh,

700
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 2: I was mad. I was angry. She made me go

701
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 2: every single Friday night. Rather I liked it or.

702
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,359
Speaker 1: Not that she told me, but but God really he did.

703
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 2: It was when it was when she made that commitment

704
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,320
Speaker 2: that it changed my destiny, seriously, in my whole family's destiny.

705
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 2: And I'm so thankful that she yielded because even though

706
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 2: it was rough and it was hard, and she went

707
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 2: through all these things, you know, she had to surrender

708
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 2: first so I could get a taste.

709
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: So what do you think it was? She was kind

710
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,720
Speaker 1: of rebellious, about going to church. But at some point

711
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: God began to deal with you.

712
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,320
Speaker 2: He sure did. I remember her. I was coming to

713
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 2: youth on Friday night and trying to go just to

714
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 2: see the boys and just hang out. And I remember

715
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: we were in a s IB.

716
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: Interviewed the boys before the man before who said they

717
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,479
Speaker 1: went to youth group just to meet the girl girl

718
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: into na. Yeah, we all did exactly.

719
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 2: But I remember I kept going and it was one

720
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 2: Friday in particular. I didn't really know what the Holy

721
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 2: Spirit felt like, but I remember I was sitting in

722
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 2: the chair and the worship kind of just broke out

723
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 2: and people were going to the altars early, and I

724
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 2: was sitting there and I just felt so like even

725
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 2: to this moment, I remember how I felt just so

726
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:27,320
Speaker 2: heavy with peace and fire. It was like the same combination.

727
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: It's almost like a holy spirit riding wrapping a blanket.

728
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 7: Oh.

729
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 2: It was like it was just like warmth. I don't know,

730
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 2: and it was just a peaceful warmth. And I remember

731
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 2: sitting and I'm like, oh, you know, I don't know

732
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: what this is.

733
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: What is this?

734
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 2: It was like an urge to get up and go

735
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 2: to the altars, And so I remember I got up

736
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 2: and went to the altars, and I'll never forget. I

737
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 2: had two friends that were standing beside me, and she said, Brandon,

738
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 2: do you know Jesus? And I said, yeah, I know Jesus.

739
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: You know.

740
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 2: I looked at her real angry. She said, but do

741
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 2: you know him? Do you have a relationship to see here?

742
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 2: And I was like, no, I don't want to. And

743
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 2: she's like, but he's calling you. Do you want to?

744
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 2: She asked me again. I said, yeah, I.

745
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 14: Want to, you know.

746
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 2: So she led me. I'm sorry, I'm emotional already, but

747
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 2: she led me into you know, the Sinner's prayer and

748
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 2: I remember that same night I actually got filled with

749
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 2: the Holy Ghost. So it was just crazy. I basked

750
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 2: in the presence of the Lord. I sat there, I

751
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,320
Speaker 2: gave my life to him, surrendered, and I got filled

752
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 2: with the Holy Spirit that night.

753
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 1: Oh wow, how old were you at that point?

754
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 2: For twelve? But you know, wow, I was twelve. But

755
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 2: the thing I was mentioning earlier, I was really the

756
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 2: thing that really stumbled me for a while was my dad,

757
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 2: even to this past year. But I remember, you know,

758
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 2: I gave my lack to CHRISI I was doing really

759
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 2: really good, but the devil would come in and he

760
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 2: would use the same thing to get me off, and

761
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 2: I would feel it and I have questioned it. So

762
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 2: then I would turn to what everyone else in my

763
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 2: family turned too, because I was still hurting. He was

764
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:49,800
Speaker 2: he was my senior, but I was still hurting. I

765
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 2: didn't know how to give this to him, and so

766
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 2: I got into alcohol. I got into you know, small

767
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 2: drugs and stuff like that when I was like fifteen sixteen,

768
00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 2: So it was a very roller coaster ride. Yeah, when

769
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: I got to like eighteen, nineteen twenty and that range,

770
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 2: that's when I feel like I'm mature to how to

771
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 2: understanding better of the word. And that's when I think

772
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 2: the relationship actually like blossomed with Christ, if that makes

773
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 2: sense absolutely, you know what I mean.

774
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: So you started to really mature and grow in the

775
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: things of God, and I think it's hard sometimes, Rachel.

776
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: Don't you think in the church, when we see someone

777
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: have an encounter with God and we just think there's

778
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: going to be on the straight and narrow, but we

779
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: have to understand as human beings they might follow you

780
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 1: just pick yourself back up again, right, doesn't mean you

781
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: don't love Jesus.

782
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 9: Right, Yeah, I'm so grateful for the grace of Jesus

783
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 9: that constantly is calling us back home and the price

784
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 9: that he paid for us, and the cross is enough

785
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 9: for anything that we might ever do. And all we

786
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 9: have to do is surrender our heart again and again

787
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 9: and again, and He's always waiting with open arms.

788
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: When did you feel like that you got to a

789
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: place where you didn't run to the things of the

790
00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: world addictions to try to feel the pain begin to He.

791
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 2: Literally started, honestly like it's I feel like I'm a

792
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 2: broken record. But I'm very stubborn and my husband's probably

793
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 2: gonna be so shocked that I'm emitting this. But I'm

794
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 2: so stubborn. Husband, don't want this, don't watch this, and

795
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 2: very hard headed. And there was sayings that you know,

796
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 2: the Lord would really at the time, I didn't understand

797
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 2: what conviction was either, but he would bring to me

798
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 2: asking me to surrender, and I just was really having

799
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 2: a hard time yielding. But then, you know, over the

800
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 2: course of you know, my relationship as at blossom, and

801
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 2: I learned what sanctification was and justification and the difference

802
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 2: between it and being righteous, and all these kind of things.

803
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 2: You know, I was able to yield, but I still struggled.

804
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 2: You know, we're all human. We still struggle to this day.

805
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 2: But it has been easier as I have fallen in

806
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 2: love with him and gotten to know his true character

807
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 2: and know that God is not trying to take these

808
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 2: things out of my life so I could be miserable,

809
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 2: but instead He's trying to take them out so I

810
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 2: could actually be happier, you know, and be blessed and

811
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 2: have favor and see what He's trying to do in

812
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:57,280
Speaker 2: my life.

813
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: So eventually a young man came into your live. Tell

814
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: us about him.

815
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 2: He is the best, He's amazing, He loves Jesus, he does,

816
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 2: and he's a really big part of my testimony. Honestly.

817
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 2: I remember I was dating a boy. I broke up

818
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 2: with him from the youth group, and it was like

819
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 2: two weeks later, I'm like, I've never dated a boy

820
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 2: ever again, this is the stupidest thing. And I went

821
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 2: to my pastor and I'm like, I've never gonna get well. Anyways,

822
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 2: two weeks later I met my husband, and I didn't

823
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 2: know he was gonna be my husband, but he did.

824
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,799
Speaker 2: We were at McAllister's and I had a friend's car

825
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 2: who broke down, and I was like, what's going on, Like,

826
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 2: what's happening? He walked over and put hisself into my

827
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 2: car window, and I'm like, you're weird, you know. I'm

828
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 2: just like, you know, talking to me, and I'm like,

829
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 2: where are you from? And he's like Oklahoma And I'm

830
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 2: like that makes sense. What You're just like all of

831
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 2: my space you're from Oklahoma. You don't know any better,

832
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 2: like Texas, Oklahoma robbery. But anyways, long story short. He

833
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 2: ended up getting my number from a girl in my

834
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 2: youth group and we started chatting that night, and that

835
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 2: very same night through like an Instagram message. He was like,

836
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 2: I don't really, you know, want a relationship right now.

837
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 2: I'm not ready for I gotta get finances together all

838
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 2: this stuff, but you will be my wife and we'll

839
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 2: be talking.

840
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 14: So you're the weirdest guy in the whole world.

841
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 2: You know, you're not even my tight.

842
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: You know, Rachel's mouth go open, you know, right, Yeah,

843
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: I love that, but that makes you runs so far?

844
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:24,760
Speaker 2: That was it was weird.

845
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 11: Yeah.

846
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 2: I was definitely like, you're so.

847
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: Weird, you know, but I kind of liked it a

848
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: little bit.

849
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 2: I did a little bit. I was like, wait, he's

850
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 2: really hard to get, you know. So it kind of

851
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 2: raised a little you know, eyebrow, so like to be

852
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 2: curious about him. But it was funny because you know,

853
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 2: back in the day, snapchat was like a huge way

854
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 2: for people to talk and stuff, and so I went

855
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 2: ahead and added him that night on Snapchat forgot about

856
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 2: it and put him in the dust. And I remember one

857
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 2: day I randomly sat on like a streak you know,

858
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 2: where it's just like a ghost all your friends and

859
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 2: kind of like shows you what you're doing. And he

860
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 2: texted me back and he's like, oh, you just can't

861
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 2: get enough of me, and I'm like this guy, you know,

862
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 2: And then I realized it was that, you know, my husband,

863
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:03,400
Speaker 2: you know. And he's like, can I just call you

864
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:04,840
Speaker 2: for a second. I just want to talk And I

865
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 2: was like sure, And we didn't ever stop talking that you.

866
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 1: Conversation, you know. And so you were married, like how

867
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: soon after that?

868
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 2: A year after that? Yeah, we got engaged six months

869
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 2: into dating and it was like three weeks in what

870
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,399
Speaker 2: I finally like kind of felt it to like, this

871
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:22,479
Speaker 2: is my husband and.

872
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 1: What what about the god card?

873
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 2: In all of this the God card In that is

874
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,799
Speaker 2: Austin like even to this day. Like of course we

875
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 2: still have our ups and downs. It's marriage, marriages, you know, marriage,

876
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 2: but he has been the rock I never had, like

877
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 2: in so many different situations. I've never had a man

878
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 2: pray over me before in my life, and when he

879
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 2: did that, it was kind of just like the weirdest

880
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 2: but best feeling in the world he has. He has

881
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 2: helped me deal with my trauma. He's helped me understand scripture,

882
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 2: you know, like I had the Bible and all these

883
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 2: things and trying to study it, but he's really helped

884
00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:00,360
Speaker 2: me break it down and learn. And he's like the

885
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 2: best father and he leads our home. You know, he's

886
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 2: just he's amazing. He's it's definitely my god, my god

887
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 2: card married. We just celebrated six years and makes sure.

888
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,320
Speaker 1: Okay, so when did the American Idol? When did that happen?

889
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 2: Just this past year so it's been so how.

890
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: Did did you want to do it? Did he want

891
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 1: you to do it? Or you were singing in church?

892
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 7: Right?

893
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 2: Yeah?

894
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:22,479
Speaker 1: You always love to sing.

895
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 2: I have always loved to sing. It's just from my

896
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 2: outlet to deal with all the stuff. I was dealing with.

897
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 2: And he's also like that's another thing that I feel

898
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 2: is so God ordained is he plays basically any instrument

899
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 2: he can pick up. It's not fair.

900
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 1: So he's encouraging you.

901
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 2: Oh, he accompanies me all the time, like we'll do

902
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 2: worship events and he's like either on the piano or

903
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 2: over here on the guitar or whatever. It's like it's

904
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 2: a God card, you know, to fulfill.

905
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 1: Okay, so how did you get the audition? Did you

906
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: want to do it? Did he want you to do it?

907
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,439
Speaker 1: Did your mom want you to do it?

908
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 2: It was funny because I was going through a situation

909
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 2: where I was having a really hard time walking for

910
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 2: a while, and so I was kind of bed bound

911
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 2: for a hot minute. And you know, when you're in

912
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 2: a death place, you really just like seek prayer and

913
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 2: like seek your relationship with God. And I remember it

914
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,400
Speaker 2: was really really late night one night and I was

915
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 2: on Facebook and I saw an ad pop up and

916
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 2: it was an American I'll add to go audition, and

917
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 2: I just felt like the Holy Spirit precked me and

918
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 2: was like go get a video. You know that we

919
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 2: actually backing up a little bit, felt already prompted from

920
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to start posting on social media. So

921
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 2: he kind of brought that to my atten, should go

922
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 2: get a video that you've already posted and submit it.

923
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 2: Didn't tell no one about it. I was a fake

924
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 2: afraid I was going to get rejected of it, so

925
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 2: I didn't mention it to Austin nobody.

926
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: A little sneaky thing.

927
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 7: Excuse me.

928
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, And then it was like a month later, totally

929
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 2: forgot that I even you know, put a submission tape in.

930
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 2: I was in the bed and I went on my

931
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 2: emails to go help someone with like a coaching thing

932
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 2: that I was doing, and I saw this notification. I

933
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 2: was like what and they're like, we love you, we

934
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 2: want to see you for another audition. I had to

935
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:56,320
Speaker 2: fill it up like American atle and he's like what

936
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 2: you know? And so it's just been a crazy ride.

937
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 2: You have a child by the end, did yeah okay, yea,

938
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 2: So it's like just crazy.

939
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: Okay, you win for the audition. What happened?

940
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,480
Speaker 2: They gave me a yes all three s's three, and

941
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 2: I have not had a chance to breathe ever since. Yeah,

942
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 2: Like God told me. It was so weird because and

943
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 2: my mom My whole family can testify to this. I said.

944
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 2: I don't know how far this means, I said, but

945
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 2: God told me I'm going to go all the way,

946
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 2: all the way. I was like, maybe that's the winner

947
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,440
Speaker 2: or the last episode, and you know, it was the

948
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 2: very last episode. But he kept me and he kept

949
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 2: his word. The top three I did.

950
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 9: Yeah, talk about your life after American Idol because you

951
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 9: didn't win, but you placed top three. Yes, White Doors

952
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 9: has the Lord open?

953
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:36,320
Speaker 7: Since that?

954
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 2: So my very first single that I've ever been able

955
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:40,840
Speaker 2: to put out in the world reach number one in

956
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:46,800
Speaker 2: country and Christian radio and so cool. Higher Hi, okay,

957
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,799
Speaker 2: so that was really cool. I've been able to, you know,

958
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,399
Speaker 2: write my own music, and I'm working on some really

959
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,400
Speaker 2: really cool things right now. But I just released my

960
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 2: second new song called Another Mile, and it's just been amazing.

961
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 2: I've been able to sing at the Grendel Opry and

962
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 2: just go to so many different events women conferences and

963
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,240
Speaker 2: encourage women in testimony and singing.

964
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:09,880
Speaker 9: So what's your greatest dream, our goal now for your life.

965
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 2: I have a vision in my heart, but I believe

966
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 2: that the Lord has revealed to me and I don't

967
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,359
Speaker 2: know when don't know how it's going to work out,

968
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 2: but I have a vision where there's ten fifteen thousand

969
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:25,759
Speaker 2: women in a room and I am leading worship, and

970
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,439
Speaker 2: someone's going to come and do a devotion, and there's

971
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,399
Speaker 2: going to be different women that share testimonies, and women

972
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 2: are going to be set free from rejection. They're gonna

973
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 2: be set free from anxiety and bondage and drugs, all

974
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 2: the things that tried the enemy try to take my family.

975
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 1: And that's your testimony.

976
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 2: Yes, so you're going.

977
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:46,880
Speaker 1: To share that testimony and you're going to sing. Yeah,

978
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: And are you available for like some of these women's

979
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:50,400
Speaker 1: conference to do that?

980
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 2: Yeah? I am for sure. You just got to book

981
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,879
Speaker 2: me and we'll get it going. We'll have a great

982
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 2: time in.

983
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: The Lord, and Austin will come and play.

984
00:47:58,080 --> 00:47:58,479
Speaker 5: He will?

985
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: He will you bring the little one? How old is

986
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: he now?

987
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 2: He'll be five in February.

988
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: I believe that's awesome.

989
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 4: Crazy, you know, Jody, you mentioned the God shaped vacuum

990
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 4: that we all have before we meet the Lord, and

991
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,760
Speaker 4: when we try to fill it with relationships or drugs

992
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 4: or alcohol or whatever, it doesn't make the vacuum smaller.

993
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,879
Speaker 4: It gets bigger the more things we tried to fill

994
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 4: it that are of the world.

995
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 2: It makes it bigger.

996
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: Because you did that right, he did before you can.

997
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 4: We can only fill it with God, and that's the

998
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 4: only thing that will work. So everybody who's trying to

999
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 4: fill it with whatever, that vacuum is getting bigger and

1000
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 4: bigger and bigger until you give it to God, let

1001
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 4: him feel it.

1002
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 2: There is like an image that I saw years back,

1003
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 2: and I experienced it when I finally surrendered and let

1004
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 2: go of this stuff, especially with my dad, and it

1005
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 2: was Jesus. He had this gigantic teddy bear behind his

1006
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 2: back and there was, you know, a kid representing us,

1007
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 2: and he had this small teddy bear and he was like, God,

1008
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 2: I don't want to give this up, but behind Jesus

1009
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,719
Speaker 2: had this gigantic thing in store. And that's exactly what

1010
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,360
Speaker 2: it is. It's like you feel like, but I'm feeling

1011
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 2: all this stuff, and this is feeling it up and

1012
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 2: making me feel better. But in return, it's like God

1013
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 2: has so much more, so much more peace, deliverance, and freedom.

1014
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 2: The great trap.

1015
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 4: What we give up is what we get exactly.

1016
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: It's a great truth, so good.

1017
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 9: What was your mom's reaction to all of this just

1018
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 9: to see how far that you've come.

1019
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:25,439
Speaker 1: She was there.

1020
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 2: She's hilarious. Yeah, she's so funny. Like some days she'd

1021
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 2: be like, Oh, I don't know, Brandon, if you're gonna

1022
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 2: make it, you know you're gonna go all the way.

1023
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 2: You know. She's always like back and forth. You know,

1024
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:40,960
Speaker 2: she's like making like she had like fifteen phones. I'm

1025
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 2: just kidding. She's my greatest supporter too, and I love it.

1026
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: What did you hear that people were saying about you?

1027
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:48,959
Speaker 1: Why were they voting for you?

1028
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,360
Speaker 2: One of the biggest things that really stuck out to

1029
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 2: me is they would say, I just love how unapologetic

1030
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,319
Speaker 2: you are about your faith and how you are not

1031
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 2: afraid to share you've been broken, and how God has

1032
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:03,880
Speaker 2: restored you. And I mentioned at the very beginning of

1033
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,880
Speaker 2: this is I never ever could have dreamed that God

1034
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 2: could have picked and put my heart back the way

1035
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 2: he has, and I've been able to talk about it,

1036
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 2: you know, so people to say that, I'm just like,

1037
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:17,120
Speaker 2: that's only a God thing.

1038
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 6: You're such a beautiful, beautiful person. I mean I can

1039
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 6: tell inside and out and God has greater plans for you,

1040
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 6: greater than anything you could ever imagine. So my question is,

1041
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,759
Speaker 6: you know, what are some practical things that you're going

1042
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 6: you're doing to stay grounded in your faith so that

1043
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,399
Speaker 6: you can continue to walk in everything that God has

1044
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 6: plaimed for.

1045
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,880
Speaker 2: So, like, the biggest thing I think is that personal

1046
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 2: devotional time. It's just like you're never too I don't know,

1047
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 2: like you never know too much about the Word. You

1048
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,360
Speaker 2: can read a scripture forty times and learn something different

1049
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 2: every time you read it.

1050
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,479
Speaker 1: That personal relationship, I think.

1051
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 2: It's just like always making real life. Yeah, it's like, yes,

1052
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,479
Speaker 2: I'm busy, Yes my schedule is full, but it's never

1053
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 2: too full to go and speak to the one who

1054
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 2: set me free and put me where I am.

1055
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 1: And he wants that and he'll speak to you like

1056
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 1: he'll speak to you through his word, through your music.

1057
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:15,600
Speaker 1: And that's so important to have that quiet time with

1058
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:19,239
Speaker 1: the Lord every day. It really is, whether it's the morning, noon,

1059
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 1: or night, whenever, whenever it is, it's just important that

1060
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:26,239
Speaker 1: you keep that personal relationship with God. He wants to

1061
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 1: be personal with you and it will change your life.

1062
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,759
Speaker 1: I know all of us we've talked about. You know

1063
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:35,200
Speaker 1: where we are and our little spots, you know, that

1064
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:38,480
Speaker 1: we have where we go and spend time with the Lord.

1065
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,760
Speaker 1: And I tell you what, that's so important.

1066
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,280
Speaker 2: Thank you for sharing your story, thank you for having

1067
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 2: me getting to talk to all you ladies.

1068
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 1: He it's so good. We are out of time, but

1069
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 1: I want you to remember that no matter how broken

1070
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:52,839
Speaker 1: your past may be, God can restore and redeem all

1071
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,520
Speaker 1: of it, just like Jeremiah twenty nine to eleven says,

1072
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: for I know the plans I have for you. I

1073
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,960
Speaker 1: love this for plans to prosper you, not to harm you,

1074
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 1: plans to give you a hope in the future. So

1075
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:05,239
Speaker 1: if you're watching today and you need prayer, or you

1076
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 1: don't know Jesus, it's so easy just to invite him

1077
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:11,200
Speaker 1: in to say, Jesus, forgive me, Come into my heart

1078
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:14,640
Speaker 1: right now, forgive me. And I tell you what. He

1079
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,839
Speaker 1: will meet you right where you are, and he will

1080
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,360
Speaker 1: forgive you. And that's the most important prayer that you

1081
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,960
Speaker 1: could pray today. We have amazing prayer partners that are

1082
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,279
Speaker 1: standing by that would love to pray with you, encourage you.

1083
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 1: If you prayed that prayer. I'd love to send you

1084
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:30,840
Speaker 1: the Book of John. The Gospel of John is just

1085
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 1: one of the Books of the Bible. There's sixty six

1086
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:36,240
Speaker 1: books in the Bible, so you get in the Bible.

1087
00:52:36,239 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: I mean, Brianna was talking about how important reading the

1088
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:41,360
Speaker 1: Word of God is, but I'll send you the Gospel

1089
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:43,320
Speaker 1: of John and that's just a great place to start.

1090
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 1: And I'm really excited about what God has for you

1091
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,960
Speaker 1: in the day's ahead. But I want to thank Brianna

1092
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 1: for joining us today and for more info, you can

1093
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 1: visit her online at Brianna nicksmusic dot com. Like she said,

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Speaker 1: she's available to speak and sing. I know she'd be

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Speaker 1: a blessing for many of your events that you have,

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Speaker 1: those of you that have women's events at your church.

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Speaker 1: listen to the Jony table Talk podcast avable and now

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Speaker 1: on all the major platforms. And well, we couldn't let

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Speaker 1: Brianna leave without sharing one more song, but please welcome

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Speaker 1: her back to the stage as she sings in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for watching. We'll see you next time.

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Speaker 1: Bye bye for today.

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Speaker 12: I speak the name well jeezusulview.

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Speaker 13: In your herding, in your soul, ask my God.

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Speaker 12: I speak the name because it's all that I can do.

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Speaker 2: In this wuation. Now see kV.

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Speaker 14: Pray this one.

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Speaker 13: I pray for your healing the circumstances with change. I

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Speaker 13: prayed out the fear inside with please in Jesus name.

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Speaker 12: I prayed out a way.

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Speaker 14: What happened today?

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Speaker 11: How pray mere recall over your life in Jesus name.

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Speaker 14: In Jesus' name, I speak.

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Speaker 11: Declaring listens, every pomis.

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Speaker 14: He's faithful to keep.

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Speaker 13: No grave could ever hold because he.

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Speaker 12: How paid out the fear sadly.

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Speaker 11: In Jesus name, Happy.

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Speaker 12: In Jesus' name, company comacina the power speed his name.

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Speaker 14: Forevius com believe her received.

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Speaker 13: Jesus as name.

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Speaker 14: How pay you?

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Speaker 14: How pay for your mine restoration? Efface.

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Speaker 12: I prayed out, the dead will call tonight in Jesus

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