Confess The Mess with Johnny and Jess
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Confess The Mess with Johnny and Jess
🎙️S3: Ep.6 - Embracing Obedience and Taking Leaps of Faith
The heart of our episode delves into the profound topic of obedience—especially what it means to be fully obedient to God. Whether it’s significant life changes or the small, everyday spiritual disciplines, we draw lessons from the story of Jonah. Highlighting the internal conflicts and cultural pressures that challenge our obedience, we share practical steps like prayer and fasting to seek alignment with God's will. If you’ve ever wrestled with finding peace through obedience, this discussion is for you.
Finally, we reflect on the blessings that come from stepping out in faith, even when it’s terrifying. Sharing personal stories of our own leap into a new home and ministry journey, we highlight the unexpected growth and blessings from saying 'yes' to God’s calling. We encourage listeners to identify their big, scary steps and emphasize starting with small acts of obedience, like daily scripture reading and practicing gratitude. With a focus on how parents can nurture their children's faith, we aim to inspire a life that truly reflects one's faith. Join us for a compelling conversation on faith, obedience, and the joy of following God's call.
Hello friends, we are back with Confess the Mess.
Speaker 2:What's up everybody? We missed you so much. Oh my gosh, it's been.
Speaker 1:We just looked up Seven weeks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's not even okay. Dude, it has been a crazy tumultuous.
Speaker 1:Summer Two months, I mean it's been crazy.
Speaker 2:Crazy Lots happening, so much that we so we moved out of our apartment. Yes, we did. We exited our prison apartment for a house.
Speaker 1:We did, and it was not in an area that we expected it to be. We kept trying to get into a rental home in the local area that we were living already in North Carolina. And you know, man makes his plans. The Lord guides his steps here we are 25 minutes up the road in a beautiful lake town that we never would have thought in a million years we'd be living in so no, it's, it's wonderful there's a yard, there's beautiful yard, yeah it's, it's pretty great enough room for a trampoline and dogs to run around and poop all over the yard, dude like so much poop.
Speaker 1:Hey, I make the kids every other day they have chores, so you don't have to do it that much.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so so much, so much, so much has happened in the last two months and and so much in the upcoming months, and we'll have further announcements. Um, in regards to that, jess and I have some big announcements coming up down the pipe, so be on the lookout for those very exciting so cool stuff lots of really cool, fun, awesome, exciting, scary things happening yes, crossman, so we'll fill you guys in uh, when the time is right, but for right now we are back on our podcast guess who's back back, back again.
Speaker 1:John and jess are back.
Speaker 2:Tell a friend, guess who's back guess who's back no, no, no so before we dive in to tonight's topic, which happens to be obedience everyone's favorite topic, obedience. I think about kids, you better obey Be obedient. So something's been on my mind and Jessica has no idea that it's been on my mind. Something's on my mind Because I've saved it for this conversation with you, fellow listener.
Speaker 1:I love when you do things like this to me. It's awesome.
Speaker 2:It. Listener, I love when you do things like this to me. It's awesome, it's my favorite thing in the land. I hope you are sensing Jessica's sarcasm right now, so no, so, um, I've been thinking a lot about couples, specifically couples, and choosing something to watch on TV. So so so, check it out. Like I'm sure, like you, you, if you are in a relationship, there are some set shows that you guys watch together and separate like you're right. Yeah, like clockwork, though there's certain things that are like these are the things we watch together.
Speaker 1:These are the things that we don't watch together, right like where you're like perusing through, like say you're gone and you're at work, and I'm like, ooh, that looks good. That's a show for Johnny and I put it on the list.
Speaker 2:And then you. Then there's one that's like no, jess will hate this show, but it looks good to me, so I'm gonna check it out, so so we do that just like every other couple. Um, we've been watching a lot of to tell you, the struggle is real because so many movies are made and I'll preface it with jess and I are complete opposites oh, 100 in almost every way, which makes it work so great for us, we actually it actually works to our benefit.
Speaker 2:We're so different we are all the way down to our taste and what we like to watch, right and so um, but we sacrifice, we sacrifice, we do, and and there's so much good content out there. Like you know, if I sit down and watch some of her stuff, um, I usually enjoy it, unless it's some weird British thing.
Speaker 1:It's always British baby, but I put on the subbies for you. Baby, I put the subbies on for you. It's just so we sub Thailand all night. Guys, if you are from the UK, is anyone out there? If I'm not trying to be, offensive, but a lot of your material is very dry If you're from England or in that surrounding area and you listen to us, please email me or send me a sticker from there. I would love you forever.
Speaker 2:She would.
Speaker 1:She's obsessed, I'm thinking about shipping her there and she can just have a long distance. We have a place in Asheville, north Carolina, that I always forget the name of it. What's it called? Again, the place I want to go to, I don't know, babe, the estate up there.
Speaker 2:The state, the estate, oh these, oh, oh, oh uh Biltmore.
Speaker 1:The Biltmore. So the Biltmore is in Asheville, north Carolina, which is like a two hour drive from us, and I literally want to live there. If I, whenever we go, I'm going to to hide when they close the doors at night and I'm not going to go anywhere.
Speaker 2:Her dream is to dress up Role play, and I try to tell her that women had less rights back then, but she doesn't care. She just wants to go back in time and wear those awesome dresses. Yeah.
Speaker 1:OK.
Speaker 2:Anyway. So my point is this the last three movies that Jessica and I have watched, I have chosen, I picked them and at the time we both kind of like she agreed and she's hated all three.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm 0 for three. Was it last three? I know for sure. The last two, the last three? What was the third one? What were they?
Speaker 2:It was the Watchers. Oh, so bad. Oh, honestly, it wasn't bad it was that one dance.
Speaker 1:It was that dancing, that Abigail, yes, where she's like a vampire. It was horrible. She like danced and then killed people. What is wrong with you? It was bizarre. Well, it was Check your heart.
Speaker 2:It was hokey, you're supposed to be a pastor. It's cheesy, it's cheesy, it's cheesy, it's cheesy.
Speaker 1:Anyway, it's horrible, I digress. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:The fact is, like the struggle is real for couples to land on something where you're both like that was amazing for both of us, right?
Speaker 1:Where does the obedient portion of this come into play?
Speaker 2:I'm getting to that we're going to. I need you to be obedient in regards to the remote control and just let it be All right, I do control and just let it be all right, I know I do.
Speaker 1:I watch those weird movies with you all the time and then I don't want your input, just not your head. I'm just kidding, ladies, please don't. Are you hearing this man? Don't stone you. Hear him talking to me that way?
Speaker 2:oh, I'm kidding, I you know. I don't know why I got off on this tangent. It was just it popped into my head right before we got on, because you've been married to an add woman for uh 14 years and together 16.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm rubbing off on you, so Welcome.
Speaker 2:It's fun.
Speaker 1:There's never any serious commitment on things. You just kind of you ride with it Rabbit hole, Like if you like to ride roller coasters. You will love to be in the presence of Jessica, yeah.
Speaker 2:Wee.
Speaker 1:Arms up, everybody Squirrel.
Speaker 2:So okay, so we are on this topic of obedience, and this is something that Jessica and I have been fervently working on for ourselves is being obedient obedient to Christ, in fact. The Bible has much to say about this topic. In fact, john 14, verse 15, says Jesus says if you love me, you'll follow my commands. If, if you love me, so our, so our obedience as followers of Christ is dependent on our love for Jesus.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:If we truly love Jesus, we will follow his commands and be obedient.
Speaker 1:You know it's funny, I don't. It just kind of came to mind right now as we're talking about this because I feel like we I feel like each person's different. The dog's at the door right now with her bone. She wants to come in here, show us her bone and chew on it and knock over the stand. No, bailey, you're not coming in, not being obedient. But in all seriousness, I feel like this is going to sound weird. Maybe, maybe not. I feel like some people can be obedient in the big things, like I can be obedient and you asking me to leave and move to another state without knowing the next step, right, but don't ask me to be obedient in reading the scriptures every day or praying every day, or or rebuking your being obedient and rebuking that friendship that I know I need to be rebuking because I just can't do that. Yeah, so I feel like it's I, I feel like maybe somebody has either, or.
Speaker 2:Yeah, or you could be obedient in the little things. Yeah, but not the big things, but not the big things, and we're here to tell you not to be preachy, but we're going to be. Yeah, half obedience is disobedience. Disobedience, right, I mean that's. That is what one of the women at our church we just heard this right, yeah, and my women's and it absolutely resonates because it's true if we're saying yes to half of what jesus wants us to do, but we're saying no to the other half we are being disobedient.
Speaker 2:Look at jonah, yeah you know, if you know the story of jonah. He was sent by god to this city of nineveh. Who is this? It's this terrible, sinful city and Jonah doesn't want to go. He's scared to go and he rejects his call to go there. And you know, you know the story ends up in a giant fish and has an unpleasant experience right, I mean even people that don't follow the Lord know that story. Yeah, jonah, in the well, but but it's true, if we're not 100% obedient in the small things and the little things, they all matter.
Speaker 1:They do, then we're being disobedient and there is like okay, listen, like fleshly, your human flesh, being obedient is very scary because it's going to be opposite of culture yes I believe that it is yeah culture has a flow.
Speaker 2:Culture is like a river it sweeps you into the river and takes you along, but there is something to be said about the just uprising of the holy spirit inside of you.
Speaker 1:When you say yes to obedience, there is this powerful like you're a lion, like I'm a lion, it's, it's freedom, yes. And then, and in those, in that obedience, there's that blanket of peace from the holy spirit that just says you did it like, I got you girl, or I got you, I got you man, like, like, or maybe, or maybe right away you don't feel that way. Maybe it comes afterwards, you know, not before, but after or during. Um, but you will never regret being obedient, because one day we are going to stand before the father in heaven.
Speaker 1:Every one of us is going to hold an account, and I don't want to hear him say why, why, jess, why would you be obedient in this but not in that? Do you know that your obedience or your disobedience was holding like? Do you know, when we don't like be obedient to God's calling, that we are missing out on the fruit from what he has for us? And that's I mean you said the word miss, right we don't like be obedient to God's calling, that we are missing out on the fruit from what he has for us, and that's I mean.
Speaker 2:You said the word miss, right, we don't want to miss it Like there's. There's so many things that you could be missing out. And look, one thing is guaranteed in your life, no matter who is listening right now, the guarantee is that you are going to die. Yeah, what, what when you're on your deathbed, if you have that opportunity where, if you don't die suddenly and you have a moment to contemplate your life and your last moments, are you going to look back and be like man? I blew it. I could have done this out of the other and I was scared, I was terrified, I wanted to hold on to my money. I was afraid of this. I was afraid like, like, and we all have those things where we want to do something. You're a mini God, but your fear paralyzes you, even though you might be called by God to go do something that seems big.
Speaker 1:We're all called, by the way, friends, everyone that is listening and all the ones that aren't listening. God has called all of us. He's called every one of us to something. You're called to do something. We are not called to be complacent.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:We are not called to be complacent. No, we are not. No, if you can sit down right now and you can look at your life and say, man, I haven't really grown much in the last year or two and I've kind of been sitting kind of stagnant. I mean, I love Jesus, but, man, I just want to challenge you like, maybe pray that God would use you. Or maybe say, take the blindfold off my eyeballs and help me to see what you want from me, please do.
Speaker 1:And I was just having an amazing conversation with a lady from church today. Maybe you need to fast. Maybe that's what's missing, because I'm going to tell you right now, when Johnny and I get the stirring of something that's about to go down, we both look at each other like it's time, yeah, it's time to fast, like we cannot miss this. We got to make sure that what we're doing is what god is really calling us to do. And then you come and you come to prayer. You come to your fast with a specific intention and questions for the father yeah, and. And be obedient in the fast, because it doesn't say if you fast. It says when you fast, if you follow Jesus, you best be fasting at some point or another.
Speaker 2:Yeah Right, step in obedience. Yeah, it's a step in obedience and think about this right. If you were, imagine a world where every single person that you knew in your life your family, your friends, your friends, your coworkers, everybody you came across at the gas station or the Sam's Club or Costco or football game, whatever every person you encounter what if the world was such a place where every single person was completely surrendered and obedient to Jesus? What would that?
Speaker 1:look like A little bit like heaven.
Speaker 2:What an incredible thing that would be. And the reason why our world is so jacked up is because we are so messed up and so disobedient, and that includes all of us. It's because we're selfish.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like the human people are selfish Like oh no, I worked for this money. I work hours and hours every day and I, I worked for this money. I work hours and hours every day and I sacrifice so I can make all this money, so I can work. Like are you are you living for? For Saturday and Sunday? I lived I. We know about that. We know what it looks like to live for the. The God of money where you're living to for the week. Live or was it working?
Speaker 2:for the weekend, yeah.
Speaker 1:Like no, was it working for the weekend? Yeah, like no, like. First of all, I don't know if you know this, you're not but that money ain't yours anyways, it's god's, it's god's are.
Speaker 2:Are they selfish, or are we selfish or are we afraid? I think it's both, could be both right, I think it just depends on the person, I think.
Speaker 1:I think it's on our heart posture.
Speaker 2:I think those are the two things. Maybe you grew up without money.
Speaker 1:Maybe you grew up poor and starving half the time in your house and you swore you would never do that, you would never let your kids be without that, that you would never want your children to feel or live the way that you lived. You know that, babe, firsthand. But man, it just reminds me. I have the chills right now. It reminds me of this beautiful image you can Google it on the internet right now, jesus is looking at a little girl and it makes me choke up.
Speaker 1:She's holding this teddy bear, this little teddy bear, in her arms with dear life, and he's reaching out to her like give, give that to me, trust me with that. And behind his back is a huge teddy bear. He's just ready to give to her, he. And behind his back is a huge teddy bear. He's just ready to give to her. He's just ready. But her obedience was not there and she did not want to give it to him. So there is something in all of our lives right now that we're clinging so hard to that God is saying I need you to be obedient and to let that go, or to trust me in this, because I have something much bigger and maybe we don't even get to see it here on earth, on this side of heaven, what God is asking of us. But let me tell you what when we stand before Jesus one day, we're going to, he's going to tell us he's going to let us he's we're going to know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the, the. The funny thing about that is we, we do. We hold onto the things that we think are better, but the reality is there is blessing in our obedience.
Speaker 1:Oh, so much blessing.
Speaker 2:Though it's scary, though it's hard, though it's difficult, though you may get pushback from family members or friends or coworkers or whatever, there is blessing on the other side of your obedience when we follow Jesus. I've seen it in our own lives Every time we've said yes to something crazy or big or what others deem stupid.
Speaker 1:And most of the time when we have to say those yeses, people around us, even followers of Jesus, rebuke that they don't see it, they, they don't want to see it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But there is blessing and I've seen in in watching God do, especially when we came out here from North Carolina or from Arizona, like even people that we like knew that loved Jesus, they spoke not loving words Like listen, we're called to make disciples of all nations. We're called out, yeah. We are called out of our comfort zone. We are in obedience. We are called to follow Jesus, yeah, just like all the disciples did. Sorry, peter, you ain't fishing anymore, brother, you're fishing for men now, bro.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's interesting because the idea of obedience it's funny for me and I don't know if it's for this way, for you too, babe is when I think of obedience, especially in big things that are very impactful. When I say, yes, that I'm going to be obedient to Jesus and do this step, whatever it might be, I feel two emotions. I feel all at once terrified and extremely comforted, if that makes sense.
Speaker 1:No, I 100% understand that and it's like.
Speaker 2:I am terrified to take the step into the unknown for what you have for me, jesus, but I take comfort and I have peace beyond human recognition because I know that you've got me, and that's the interesting thing about it is we're so scared but we forget that there's comfort on the other side of that too.
Speaker 1:Well, I think, because of the obedience that God has called us to and don't misunderstand or mishear us we are not perfect, but I will tell you something about obedience in us. Until we're sitting here right now talking about it on this podcast, I did not realize that this is something we're pretty good at, talking about it on this podcast. I did not realize that we're something we're pretty good at, but it didn't come easily.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, it's funny. I heard something from a pastor a long time ago when we first came to Jesus. I remember sitting in a sermon and he was talking about how he got to the point where he was, and the thing that he said that always stuck with me was he just kept saying yes. He just kept saying yes to the next door, the next opportunity, the next thing that Jesus laid in front of him, the next step of obedience. He just said, okay, this is scary, but yes and yes and yes.
Speaker 2:And before you knew it, he was in a place of blessing from his obedience, in a place that he was passionate about, and he was doing something he loved to do and there was fruit there because of his obedience. But it started with saying yes to what Jesus had for him, just over and over and over again. And I thought about that and I've tried to replicate that in my life. Like man, what are the things I need to say? Yes to you? And though they may seem scary, they may seem crazy to some, uh, I'm going to say yes and see where it takes me.
Speaker 1:Well, and I think also, like I think we've learned being in ministry, because number one, I never in a million years, the night I met you on dollar long neck ladies night at famous Sam's in Mesa Arizona, the bar how did we get here?
Speaker 2:Did I ever think?
Speaker 1:that the man on the other side of the bar and I were going to be in ministry for a decade now and all of the things that we've done and everything that God has asked of us, and our obedience in the blessing following that, just because we said you know what, let's do it. Let's do it, you know, and and it's hard at times, it's very hard at times to be obedient to God's calling, because a lot of the times, you're going to ruffle feathers, you're going to Even with people that love Jesus with their whole heart, because, at the end of the day, people are people and people are human and and a lot of the time, our natural reaction is to feel selfish desires. How is this going to affect me? How's this going to? You know what I mean. So that is hard.
Speaker 1:It's very hard because you're you're, you're juggling with the obedience of what your father is asking of you, which, by the way, friends lean on this. He comes before anything else. Your relationship with the father is a number one, before your spouse, before your boss, before your kids, before your job. He's number one. Never forget that and always remember that, because your bosses can change. Your kids grow up. The father never changes and he is always going to be there as your main provider for all things and forever but but the obedience there is.
Speaker 1:I totally understand what you're saying about the terrifying, yet peace at the same time, because when you do it, when you in this and we're and friends, the obedience we're talking about right now is big obedience. I feel like there's small obedience, there's blessing in all of it and and there's big obedience Like yeah, we're talking about shake the roof.
Speaker 2:Obedience, I think. I think you know let's, let's pause for a moment and let's do a quick little exercise to get everybody thinking right. So I want everybody listening to think about putting your head right now. What is the one big thing right now that you are terrified to do but you've always wanted to do? Maybe you feel God calling you to it, but it's scary or you're reluctant. So think about I want everybody to put that in their head right now this big thing that is man. If you took that step, it could be a life-changing thing, a game changer. It could alter your life in a positive way, maybe even advance your faith, could advance your faith. Think about that thing Now. I want you to take that thing and right next to it, I want you to think of the thing that's getting in the way of that, like, what is the thing that is stopping you? And now I want you to think about okay, what would Jesus say about the thing that's getting in your way? What would Jesus say about that?
Speaker 1:That's good.
Speaker 2:Because I know someone's listening right now and they're like I have a thing that I want to do but I'm so scared to do it, and this is A, B and C is in my way right now, but I don't know how to get past that block. Well, let's start thinking about what do we do to remove the wall? Because you get one shot at this life. You get one, that's it and, like I said earlier, you're going to die. You're literally decaying right now. You're currently dying as you listen to this podcast. You are dying. What are you going to do with your time here on this earth?
Speaker 1:Yeah, there was this beautiful sermon done by a pastor a long time ago and he came out on stage with a rope, a white rope, long rope from one side, and this was a big church. We've been at some big churches. It was a big church. Right Covers a whole stage with this white rope, and at the end of this rope was like this itty bitty, like maybe three inches of red, and three inches of red signified our time here on earth.
Speaker 2:So, small and the rope just went on for eternity.
Speaker 1:So small.
Speaker 2:We worry so much about that little red tape. Well, let's do something with it. Let's make something amazing happen with what our time is here on this earth. Don't be scared. Yeah, god's got you.
Speaker 1:Have faith he does. And if you're afraid to take the big leaps, start with the little ones.
Speaker 1:Lord, I'm going to be obedient today and reading your scripture yeah, that's a good start, right I'm gonna be obedient today and, you know, respecting my spouse better, or I'm gonna be obedient today and being grateful for what I have and not coveting what I see on social media. Yeah, little things, take your little steps. But I'm tell you, I know that, like Johnny said sorry, I used to call him Pastor Johnny but I know that there's that one thing or many things that are getting in the way of that obedience call. But I'm going to tell you, friend, from experience man, it's a beautiful, beautiful thing to be obedient to God's call, but you got to be right with Jesus when you do it, because you may or may not have a crew of people around you ready to rally with you.
Speaker 1:You might have to swim upstream in that obedient call, and that's okay. That's okay, because God will, he'll carry you.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:He always does, just like Peter getting called out on the water, and he stopped looking at Jesus and he fell and he said look at me, don't worry about anything else that's happening around you. If I've called you to it, I'll take you through it. Yep, like Jeremiah 29, 11, for I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord Plans to prosper you, not to harm, but give you hope and a future. So just remember that.
Speaker 2:Now let's circle back to the scripture that we open with John 14, verse 15, when Jesus says If you love me, you will follow my commands. What are those commands? Let's think about that. If you love Jesus, what are we following? What is he asking of us? We can go into a whole laundry list of things. Yeah, are you loving yourself? Are you loving others properly? Are you loving your spouse? Are you loving your neighbor?
Speaker 1:are you?
Speaker 2:are you, if you say you're a follower of jesus, are you going to the ends of the earth to make disciples? Are you doing everything that you can to let people know that there is a Lord and Savior who loves them? Is there a sense of urgency in your faith?
Speaker 1:Do the people at your work know that you go to church on Sundays?
Speaker 2:Do the people at work know you're even a Christian?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean.
Speaker 1:Do your kids? Are you a parent that takes your children to church on Sundays but you never pour into their faith Monday through Saturday, and you want everybody on Sundays to do it for you? That won't work, friends, by the way. Are you being obedient to being a parent to those children? Cause those are not your kids, those are Christ's children that he is putting on loan to us to make disciples and raise them up. Are you being obedient to your gift?
Speaker 2:In what ways do you need to be more obedient? In what ways do you need to take a big step? Because I know we all got one. But listen, if you feel convicted, convicted, that's a good thing, right, conviction, conviction, shame, shame and guilt, that's from the enemy. Conviction is from the holy spirit, and this is, by the way we, we're preaching to the, the choir here we, we, when we have these talks. It's for us too, it's not just 100 we all need to work on these things.
Speaker 2:Every once in a while, we get it right, and there's times where we don't and so you know, just know, that this isn't us just preaching at you. We're in this boat together with you as we try to get better about being obedient and following Jesus and understanding what is even asked of us and how can we do. More and more and more until our time's done here.
Speaker 1:Every day we could work on being more obedient than the day before. Amen, every day, every man Like. But imagine tomorrow. We wake up and we say, Father, show me how to be obedient for today, yeah, for today. And maybe that big thing that comes up today, or maybe they're just little things, yeah, but Don't miss it guys.
Speaker 2:No, Because you're just little things yeah, but Don't miss it guys? No, because you're not promised tomorrow. We'll end with a quick little story. Very recently, a gentleman we know from our church, who we loved very much he's an awesome guy Was relatively healthy. He was fine.
Speaker 2:A fellow 90s alternative lover, dude. He's a great guy and just uh, when the blink of an eye ends up in the hospital, ends up with some some complications, ends up with some illness, and he's gone. Last shot you got. So our time is short, friends. Don't waste it, no, don't waste it on meaningless stuff. Don't waste it in fear. Take the step out of the boat, get going, go do something crazy. Let the haters hate. Go do your thing, because the reality is, when we take steps in obedience towards jesus, there's blessing on the other end. We want that for you guys, so just, will you pray? I would love to pray for us.
Speaker 1:Oh, dear lord man, you're so good, lord. I just I ask for your just continued persistence in needing us to be obedient, and it's not for you but for us. Our obedience is for us, and we get to experience your Holy Spirit every time we say yes to a call on our life. There is somebody, or many people listening right now that this exact message in this podcast tonight stirred a well up in them. Lord, overflow it, use them, allow them to do only what you can do through them.
Speaker 1:I just pray for that person that has been waiting to answer you and be ready to say yes, jesus, you are the Lord of my life.
Speaker 1:You are going to change the things I've been trying to change, and I suck at it Because, let me tell you, life is so hard without you. It is so hard without you. You are our confidant and you are our consistent stream, lord, and I just pray that you would continue to do a good work in all of us, lord, and help us to be obedient in all that you ask us to do, even in the fear and the unknown, lord, that you are going to provide every minute and every step of the way, because you love and care for your children. Lord, god, I am so grateful for this space. Help Johnny and I to be more consistent and be obedient in showing up for these podcasts, because I know that you use them and we want to be used for your glory. Jesus, we love you. We are humbled by you every day. Lord, continue to work in us and through us. In your holy name, we pray Amen.
Speaker 2:Amen, thank you. Well, gang, that's all our time for tonight. If you like what you hear, please share and like us on Apple and Spotify, please, friends.
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Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Or email us and tell us that you can't stand it. I don't know. Just somebody Is anyone out there. Somebody say something. Can anyone hear me Titanic?
Speaker 2:guys Stone us from afar, all right, Well, until next time.
Speaker 1:we love you guys. Have a blessed week and we'll see you guys later. Bye.