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We have Kelly Elliott.
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hey cindy every time I say
cindy hauser reminds me of
a big gigantic cannon the
hauser is that what hauser
is yes lisa wood yay I made
it live yay so yeah comment
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to see you lisa has the
cutest grandkids ever
really yeah oh I did see
that one aren't they adorable yes um
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We are reading from A.W.
Tozer for The Christian Leader.
for march 18th the title is
spiritual leadership of
anointed men acts 13 36 is
the reference and it says
for david after he had
served his own generation
by the will of god fell on
sleep and was laid unto his
fathers and saw corruption
The life ideal was described
by the apostle in the book of Acts.
For David,
after he had served his own
generation by the will of God,
fell on sleep.
We submit that it would be difficult,
if not impossible, to improve upon this.
It embraces the whole sphere of religion,
appearing as it does in its
three directions, God, the individual,
society.
Within that simple triangle,
all possible human
activities are carried on.
To each of us,
there can be but these three dimensions,
God, myself, and others.
Beyond this, we cannot go,
nor should we even attempt to go.
If we serve God according to his own will,
and in doing so serve our generation,
we shall have accomplished
all that is possible for any human being.
David was smart enough to
serve God and his
generation before he fell asleep.
To fall asleep before we
have served our generation
is nothing short of tragic.
It is good to sleep at last,
as all our honored fathers have done,
but it is a moral calamity
to sleep without having
first labored to bless the world.
No man has any right to die
until he has put mankind in debt to him.
Lord, keep me faithful.
Let me serve my present
generation well for your
glory before you take me home.
Makes me want to cry.
Yeah.
For what reason?
That there's people out
there that wasted their life?
No, for just myself,
that I hope I don't waste it.
Even as a Muslim, you didn't waste it.
What do you mean?
I know,
but you just want to die knowing
that you served your generation well.
Oh, my daughter,
my good and faithful servant.
You know,
you just want to hear those words
when you meet Jesus.
Listen,
you've lived more lives than most people.
Many of them not productive.
What is not productive about
serving your country to
protect the entire country
from terrorism?
For a number of years,
two decades you did that.
Yeah, I guess.
Most people would, I mean,
I don't know that most people,
but many people would just
do that one thing and be, you know what?
You know, I did my duty.
And they would retire and
sit on the couch or play golf all day.
guess I didn't think of that
part of it I was just
thinking about serving god
I guess you know it's hard
when you come to
christianity late in life
because you think that um
as carrie says I pray to
god to redeem the time let
you feel that there's
always this deficit you're
operating at a deficit are
you thinking that because
you weren't a christian at
the time you were doing
that right you weren't
serving god you were
serving god yeah he put you
in that position he he
birthed you he knew you
All the way back at the beginning of time.
This is the foundation of the earth.
Yeah.
And he used you even where
you were worshiping a false god.
He loved us when we were yet sinners.
Yes.
See?
I'm just, I'm so shocked right now.
I'm looking at you thinking,
why are you not thinking of these things?
I don't know.
Hmm.
You've written articles for
the Christian Post.
How many people have done that?
Some of you are very busy in
your own lives.
But I'm just pointing out the shock.
No, but that's only the past couple years.
I mean, most of all,
we're doing this devotional.
Most of all.
Because God knows the world
would not be right without it.
No.
No,
we got our millions of viewers across
the world from here to Australia.
You know, I fly in a plane, you know,
I'm in a plane a lot.
So I fly in a plane over
these cities and I'm looking, I go,
all these people are, are,
are potentially our viewers.
I see these little cars driving.
I go, that guy's probably as he's driving,
listening to our podcast.
Please.
i I think that kelly agrees
with you this devotion is
serving the lord you'll be
right I hope so kelly
sometimes it doesn't feel
like it what I think I
think a um a mother giving
birth to god's children
that that is living a life that god wants
her to live and he's, he's, he's,
she's doing it, uh, as, you know, as, as,
as Christians, I'm speaking to Christians,
um, is one such thing.
I mean, just if they, if she's, uh,
taking care of the child, um, and, um,
you know,
worshiping God and going to
church and all that kind of stuff.
I think that clearly, I mean,
it doesn't have to be
counterterrorism at the FBI.
It doesn't have to be doing a devotional.
Do you think there's more to
this devotional that the AW
is trying to say that we
need to be doing?
Again,
I understand that this devotional is
for Christian leaders.
But I think it also speaks
to Christians as a whole.
Sure.
What are you doing while
you're on this planet to serve God?
Being a parent to children
and raising them in the way
God wants us to raise them,
I think is serving God in that way.
Sure.
First ministry.
Nice.
You are so right on target
with these things.
Have I made you feel any better?
A little.
Yeah, I don't think that, yeah,
I think you will be
surprised when you get up there,
all the crowns that you'll have.
You go, oh, Hedia,
we had to put some of your
crowns in storage because
there's so many of them.
Oh, you're sweet.
That's the nicest thing you've said to me.
So I know I jumped all over your thing.
What else does this
devotional bring to you
besides that you were?
I'm in a little bit of a funk today.
Are you?
Yeah.
Not that that's surprising to you.
I don't know.
I don't know what I actually
we're doing a little bit of construction.
And we have, it's floors.
So everything has to be up off the floor.
So just now I went into the
garage just to see where everything was.
And I just thought to myself, like, okay,
you need to process why
this causes you so much anxiety.
And I realized that I just,
I'm obsessed with order.
And so when things are out of order,
it really disorients me.
It's almost like a little,
some OCD problem I have.
Zara's, sure, I have OCD.
She's like, oh, mom, you are so OCD.
So I'm like, maybe I do.
Maybe I have a little
compulsive about order.
Because disorder really does
throw me off my rocker.
So that may be it.
There's stuff everywhere.
And it totally unnerves me.
And the most ridiculous thing about it,
honestly,
is that people got real problems
in the world.
It's like this seems like
the stupidest problem.
And the more I tell myself it's stupid,
the more irritated I get.
You know, so I think that's what it is.
What's Carrie saying there?
uh oh and I'm sorry cindy I
know you mentioned
something about um about
your daughter and praying
for her and so we'll
definitely be praying um
for her for mia she's
healing from a trauma um
and so the ladies are
saying that they're praying
for her and um cindy's
telling me god's pleased
with me thank you cindy and um
yes uh kate saying I see you
andy which I think is an
aussie expression is it and
kate says we only get to
serve him today one day at
a time carrie says chaos
makes it hard to relax the
brain then you get all
those nasty hormones yeah
see carrie understands yeah
that's why men can't relate yeah
I'm just smiling and asking
you how I can help you.
I think that's the best thing I can do.
A lot of people are,
and women far more than men,
chaos makes us uncomfortable,
but I especially,
so I'm especially obsessive about it.
The worst thing is your
Christianese kick in and you're like,
Lord, give me peace.
I know you're with me in the storm.
I feel so stupid right now.
I don't know why I have to
pray about this.
Like ladies or even gentlemen,
whatever it may be that
you're praying about,
how many times do you feel
like stupid about your prayers to God?
I know they're not stupid.
I know God listens to
everything and he's there for all of it.
But you almost feel like you
should be above it.
You should be better than that.
You shouldn't have to be
making these kind of silly requests.
And I don't know if that's a
trick that the enemy plays
to kind of just do a
further mind trick on you
so that you don't go to God.
But it's a weird thing.
It's a weird thing.
Well, as far as the devotional for me,
I worry about, you know, kids today.
Kids today, as an old guy, as an old fart.
Kids today, not...
not starting not getting
started understanding that
um you know there's more
than just uh themselves
consumers yes they're not
providers they're consumers
today's a great example I i
I often text the kids
depending on uh what's
going on during the day but
before school um because I
don't see my teenagers in
the morning very much
they're either because the
littles go to school earlier so the
The teenagers are either in
the shower or they're still in bed.
And so when I see they're up
and they're getting ready to go to school,
I'll tell them something like, hey,
have a great day or be the light.
Find somebody to find
somebody today and ask them
if they need any help with
anything or just be kind to somebody.
And then today, my son.
Because it's in a group text,
so all the kids see it.
And so he decides that he's going to say,
be a smart dog.
It wasn't in Falco fam, was it?
No, just the kids.
Just the kids, just Ray and Kelly?
Depends.
Zara doesn't have Zanetta phone lately.
So I just do it, you know,
depending on who I know has their phones.
And today was Brenly, Kelly, and Ray.
Oh, so Brinley's in the family chat,
but we're not.
Not family chat, just the three kids.
Teenage.
Why would I tell you?
She's your kid now?
She's a kid.
It was a group text.
Okay.
have one for all the
different groups all the
different groups and uh and
then zara I'll do one just
specifically for her from
time to time telling her
how much I love her and
have a great day be strong
like I did when I dropped
her off at uh oc today give
her a little lecture yes
but she's but she's home
because she's being
homeschooled so I see her
in the kitchen and uh able
to uh to give her some um
words of encouragement yeah
uh but my son today decides
to send me a bunch of um uh
cut and paste from some
positive website I i think
it was a little bit of
lefty website by the way a
little a little blue and it
was what he was doing was
saying yes to the other to
bradley and ray
Yes, you need to do this and this.
It'll just make you feel so
much better when you really
help somebody.
And these long, long things.
And then I acted like, oh, Kelly,
that was so amazing.
You gave me a tear of your fine words.
But then I thought about it
later that it doesn't
matter necessarily that he
was joking because there is
a little bit that may seep in
Just a little bit.
It's like being at church
and I know that they're
fiddling with their feet.
or poke in the other one next to them,
you know, during church like, hey,
you know,
do you see that person sitting
over there?
But there's something that
may be absorbed at some point.
Like the Zara today, dropping,
taking her to OC is that, hey, you know,
I want you to have a great time,
be the light,
help somebody out if they need help,
you know, be the supportive teammate,
that kind of stuff.
And I'm just thinking, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah.
And she gets out of the car
and then goes out,
but much like all the kids do.
But there's got to be a
little bit that seeps in.
But you can't give in to their grumpiness.
You can't give up to their grumpiness.
You got to constantly be
throwing it in there.
So I'm hoping that is
something that it'll just
kick in someday because I
want them to understand that
They can't waste this
lifetime on the phone, Instagram, TikTok,
video games.
And it's not their sports either.
If you're going to do a sport,
make sure you are a good teammate.
Don't do a sport just to score goals.
Don't do a sport just to get
accolades and pats on the back.
that you're there to serve
other people in addition to
trying your hardest trying
your hardest is one thing
because it's for the team
yeah but you also want to
make sure and see if you
can help somebody out in
the meantime because kelly
always tends to play with
andrew you know in warm-ups
catch and I say why do you
do that he goes because I
know that he will be there
and he'll he'll pass it
back to my stick I don't
have to go chase it down
And I said, so that you're doing it wrong.
You're doing the things that are easy.
In life,
you don't want to do the things
that are easy.
You want to do the things
that are difficult.
And so find the player
that's bad and play catch with them.
Because it'll help you be
better and it'll help them improve.
They just don't like doing
it because it's hard.
I just tell that to my
police officer friends.
Don't train your dog or
don't do training on things
you're good at.
Only do the things that you're bad at.
That's the only way you're
going to improve those things.
Fascinating.
I was trying to carry the
show because you just are not,
you're just not feeling it today.
I had so many other things to talk about,
but you're just hogging the microphone.
So I just.
Really?
Yeah.
I asked you, I said, what?
I said, what do you got?
And you go, I don't know.
I'm just not feeling it today.
I didn't say that.
Hey people, back me up.
Back me up on this one.
I'd like to read the scripture.
Okay.
Let's read the scripture.
Kate's projecting lots of
disorder coming our way.
Oh, this one right here?
Yeah.
Why am I missing it?
Oh, that one.
Lots of disorder coming our way.
Letting go is a gift.
In all the chaos, there is a cosmos,
and all disorder is a secret order.
Carrie understands.
Mail on the counter makes ugly.
Thank you, Carrie.
Suggests that even in
situations or experiences
that seem chaotic or
disordered on the surface,
there is an underlying order or pattern.
In other words,
there is a hidden structure in chaos.
God willing.
Okay, so
So this passage of scripture, Acts 13,
Paul is preaching.
And so this is the part
where he's preaching in Pisidia.
And he's at Antioch.
And he's going through this
wonderful synopsis.
I'm going to start in the middle of it.
But this wonderful synopsis
about faith since the time
of Abraham all the way up through Christ.
and how the Jews killed him
and handed him over to Pontius Pilate,
and how he fulfilled the
scripture in doing so,
that it wasn't by accident,
they didn't trick him,
that it fulfilled the
Psalms about what was
supposed to happen to Christ.
And so then he goes on to
talk about David and his destiny,
and he says, as we've read before,
For David,
after he had served his own
generation by the will of God,
he fell asleep,
was buried with his fathers
and saw corruption,
meaning his body decayed.
But he who God raised up saw
no corruption.
Therefore, let it be known to you
Brethren,
that through this man is preached
to you the forgiveness of sins, this man,
meaning Christ, and by him,
everyone who believes is
justified from all things
from which you could not be
justified by the law of Moses.
Beware, therefore,
lest what has spoken to the
prophets would come upon you.
And again, providing the prophecy, behold,
you despisers marvel and perish,
for I work a work in your days,
a work which you will by no
means believe.
though one would declare it
to you so that people
couldn't even believe what
God will do in the latter days,
sending somebody as a
propitiation of our sins,
that he would die on the
cross so that we would have
the right standing with God,
despite all of the rules
that we were never able to fulfill.
Um, but this idea of falling asleep, um,
without like serving your generation,
like having the sense of
contentment and peace that
you just fall asleep as a form of death.
It's not this wretched, horrible death.
It's not a lonely death.
I think about how difficult
it is for my mom right now, being alone,
how she prays for death and
God doesn't take her.
You know, like it's just the,
and I juxtapose that
actually to my father who I
couldn't get to make a
retirement plan to save my
life because he always
intended to die his own way
like he from when early
years from when he was in
his 60s I knew he had a
plan that he was going to
go out in a blaze of glory
and I used to say to him
all the time and he did
Like, it was death on his terms.
I think he really wanted to
die in his Rolls Royce.
Yeah, he was close to doing that.
Definitely was.
He was outside on the curbside.
But it's just that, I don't know,
it's just having a peaceful death.
Yeah.
And we have the blessed
fortune of knowing that when we die,
to be absent for the body
is to be present with Christ.
So that's absolutely glorious, right?
That it will also be asleep.
Don't just be asleep.
You wake up and you're like, ah, Jesus.
I was talking to you at
dinner time about the books
of Exodus and Numbers and
what else was I reading?
Probably Genesis.
Leviticus, thank you.
Where it's all the...
different things you have to
do to give sacrifices to God,
whether it's the ox or the
sheep or the dove or the
pigeons or all the quail, the seeds,
the flower, and how you do it,
and then all the dimensions,
all the incense and all
this kind of stuff.
Isn't it interesting how God
told him about the rubbing
of the olive oil?
God was so precise.
Fascinating.
And then the burning of the
different body parts and
things like the burnt
offerings and things like that.
The liver lobe.
Yeah.
And then they have all these
things they'd have to do.
And then they would go do them.
And then, oh, I got to do the sacrifice.
Like,
wouldn't that be enough not to do bad
things and not to sin?
Like,
I don't want to have to go and get an ox.
And cut his throat and then
take the blood and then take the, like,
that wasn't never enough.
Like it just, they continued like.
Or you did it wrong.
Like you approached without
being like ceremonially clean.
And then he got killed you
just like zapped you right there.
Gone.
So then I get to the part
where after the snake and
then they made the bronze
snake that would cure you
of your illness.
And that's where we get our
symbol for medicine.
And then God says, okay, I'm tired of you,
Aaron.
You've messed up way too many times.
That's not what he said.
But I want you to give your
cloak and your robes to
your son and then go up to
the hill and die.
Like, I just feel like if I was Aaron,
I'd go, can I go down, like,
fighting a battle or dying
for your glory?
Same with Moses.
Just go up the hill and die.
Moses didn't get to go over either.
Oh.
Like,
how do you think he went up there and
died?
Like,
did he just walk up to the top and
lay down and fell asleep?
Or just lay there and rotted
because he had no food.
Wow, like after all,
the book after book after book, Aaron,
Moses, Aaron, Moses, Aaron do this,
Aaron do that, Moses do this,
Moses do that.
Okay, go to the hill and die.
I was kind of angry.
I know, it was a little shocking.
It's like coming to the end
of a long series.
You know how we like these
series that are like FBI or
CIA kind of things and wars
and stuff like that.
And then if the last episode was just...
he would go, they go up the hill and die.
They go, wait, no, no.
But that's also what I'm
saying about wanting a, a blessed death.
You know,
you want to go peacefully and you
want to go knowing that
there'll be people at your funeral saying,
you know,
I just love that sandwich she gave us.
Yeah.
Salmon was amazing.
Right.
And, you know, she was so generous.
Anytime we needed anything,
she would help us.
I mean, you know,
you want people to have a
personal recollection of
you being a source of grace
in their lives.
I don't know.
What do you all think?
Well,
so Kate was referring to earlier
about seeing me was that I
was flying overhead.
I don't get it.
She goes, I see you.
Remember I said I was
looking down at the people
watching the devotional?
Oh.
And Kate was saying, I see you.
Oh.
Oh, my God.
I didn't get that at all.
Dave.
Andy's been keeping his
one-year Bible assignment.
Yes.
Yes, he has.
He takes it very seriously.
I'm super, super proud of him.
It's awesome.
I'm learning so much.
Of course.
Yes, read the Bible.
You learn.
It's an awful concept.
But today was one of those days where I go,
is there,
maybe they talk about Aaron in
another book.
Maybe that something more
spectacular happened.
That's it.
Aaron just goes.
I mean,
but look at how many times Aaron
fudged up.
I know,
but I've been reading about Aaron
for like two weeks and
Moses about almost every
paragraph starts with God
spoke to Moses and Aaron.
God spoke to him and he goes,
make sure and make the whatever,
whatever thing they were
making for that particular
day a certain size.
They had a lot to do.
They were busy.
Circling in the desert for 40 years.
And then they're trying to
get into these cities and say, just tell,
you know, I will come through the city,
but we won't look to the
right or the right or left.
We're just going to go right
down the path.
And they would say, no, no, you can't.
And then most of Aaron had
to figure something else out.
And sometimes they'd have to go to battle.
I mean, it's just like,
I just wanted more for Aaron.
Am I wrong?
i can't wait to get up to
heaven and see aaron oh
really is he one of the
ones you look forward to
see yeah I want to go and
say how did you feel like
after all you did for so
many years was it well it
could have been welcoming
he said oh thank god I just
want to go over that hill
and just just be over with
it I ran my race poor aaron
I just felt so bad for him
I don't know why this is
I'm so obsessed with him but um
Dave says he's doing the same assignment.
Yeah, it's very good.
Carrie's Irish.
I'm Irish.
I just want people to
remember how I love them.
And now I'm God's problem.
Oh, is that an Irish thing?
Must be.
I didn't know that.
You didn't know that either?
You're Irish.
Yeah.
I got too many things.
I mean,
I can't keep up with all my history.
Did we read Kate's there?
Oh, yeah, you did.
We didn't miss anybody?
I don't think so.
Yeah, look at you.
You're so efficient.
Oh, wait.
Was that something?
I think of these things, too.
Oh, well, Carrie did.
We missed that one thing that Carrie said,
where she said, Andy,
I think of these things, too,
that I could have done more
to honor my Lord.
She's like you.
Yeah.
I see you and Carrie in that
way that you guys are very
good luck going up in that
that gray matter.
Yeah, you gotta you gotta calm it down.
Both of you.
Both of y'all.
Now, Carrie or Kate says Anya, Anya,
Carrie, Anya.
I know.
And it's an acronym for something.
Yeah, one.
Maybe people will know.
I'm with you there.
However, in this world,
if people hated Jesus,
they will hate us too.
Some of our funerals may not be pretty.
Andy for sure will have
people that pick at his funeral.
For sure.
Such a pain in the ass, that Andy.
You will have people that loved you,
but you will have picketers.
That's okay.
Only from heathens.
I'll have at least,
how many people do we have
in that one signal group?
45 people?
40 people, something like that?
Yeah, exactly.
At least.
And you have all your hockey buddies.
Yeah, a couple of them.
A couple of dog people.
They may have their dog come
and pee on my grave.
Make sure people bring pooper scoopers.
If they bring dogs,
make sure they bring a bag.
A little poopy bag.
people may say, thank God she's gone.
We don't have to listen to her preaching.
Oh no.
I could see that too.
My gram used to say,
may I get to heaven five
minutes before the devil.
That's funny.
I like that.
That seems like something
you hear in a Western, right?
Anya is good on you.
Oh, who knew?
Same carry on.
You were telling me about
Stephen Furtick today.
Yes.
He was good.
My joy, my job.
Yeah, that's what it was.
I was trying to remember the
saying that you said.
Yeah.
And that was a message about
just being okay with yourself,
about that you're a sinner.
No, no.
It's about taking life.
It's a it's kind of like
what Kate says is taking
life one day at a time like you have to.
And he gave the example of
Silas and Paul in jail.
And they they basically cast
this devil out of a woman.
But she was a sorcerer and
everybody in the village
liked her and they were
making money off of her.
So they got mad she wasn't a
sorcerer anymore.
So they put him in jail.
And so he said, while they're in jail,
they start singing hymns
and praises to the Lord.
And they sang their hearts
out in jail on the floor
until their chains fell off.
And then the prison guard
was flipping out because he
thought they would escape.
But his point was they're
worshipping in jail.
And they were actually they
had just been beaten, too.
So it's like we have to
learn to treasure the
moments that happened to us
as we're going through the
moments and not always
focused on what's my next step?
What's my next move?
Why is this happening to me right now?
Like,
stop focusing on whatever difficulty
you're going through.
and focus on the joy of the Lord.
Of course,
he says it far more eloquently than I do.
No.
But the gist was something I
needed to hear,
which was my joy is my job.
Meaning I have to
consciously make the choice
to choose the joy of the
Lord over all the nonsense
that creeps up every day.
You can't keep saying,
when I get the perfect job,
when I get the perfect family,
when I get the... He was saying,
he was saying, like for the single people,
when I get married,
everything is going to work out.
I'll be happy when I'm married.
And he's like,
and then all the married people said, ha,
ha.
Yeah.
And every married person will tell you, oh,
the problems don't go away.
They just change.
Then you just have married people problems,
you know?
It's so true.
You can't put off your happiness, your joy,
by saying,
I'm going to reach this
milestone and everything's
going to work out.
It's never that way.
No.
I thought that was important
what you said that he
getting ready to record
some music and had a whole
bunch of people coming in
artists and things like
that and his daughter was
joining him in the scene of
some of the songs.
Well, he was just driving to the studio.
He was driving to the church.
And she was just with him.
And she was with him.
And she was just humming a
tune from the new album.
And he was so in his head, obsessed about,
is it going to come out right?
Is everybody's voice going to be on key?
Is the audience going to
show up prepared to worship?
We're going to be recording in the church.
Is there going to be enough people?
And he's like obsessing
about every detail that
could possibly go wrong.
And meanwhile,
his daughter's humming the worship song.
And he's like,
wait a minute,
I need to just enjoy this
moment that I'm driving
with my young daughter and
she's singing my song.
She's worshiping as I'm
stuck in this mind game
that I'm playing with myself.
And it just resonated with me.
as kate says you sound tired
heady I go do some fun
stuff watch a jane austen
movie when life was slow
and pleasant it slows your
mind and heart down that's
so funny because I started
watching belgravia that's
the way I pronounce it and
andy gave up after episode
two and I was like it was a
yawner but you're so right
kate I just love them I
just love it's like
What is that like that
you're so lazy you need
somebody else to take your clothes off?
That was, that is,
I remember you saying that.
Like,
what is that like to sit there and
have somebody unbutton your
shirt and unlace your shoes for you?
They just stick out their
feet and have somebody
unlace their shoes.
I thought that when I got
married that you were going
to do that for me.
Oh, my God.
You must be so sorely disappointed.
I've sat on the edge of the
bed waiting for a few times and nothing.
You know, but it's funny.
You've watched a couple of shows like that,
like the other, the Roman era show.
Yeah,
but that's more like the FBI mixed
with the Roman gods.
Yeah, and then when they get done doing it,
then they go like this with their hand,
like, go away.
You've done your job now.
Get out of my face.
Yeah,
the Romans are a lot ruder than the
English.
They were like.
Yeah, but that, what's it called again?
Belgravia.
Yeah, I know.
if somebody's not like
killing somebody within the
first like five ten fifty
minutes of the show then
I'm out what does that say
about me I need I need some
some killing um hi lisa
late to the party but here
you know one uh interesting
thing that happened last
night I didn't mention I
think on last night's show
did we do a show last night
somehow I'm forgetting
Oh, yeah,
because we had a prayer about
eating dinner on the floor.
But one thing that is funny
that Kelly brought up, he says, you know,
asking each one of the kids
to talk about their favorite memory.
And why did you do that?
Because that's your traditional birthdays.
Like it's creating a tradition.
Yeah, I love that.
Yeah, that was really cool.
It was great to hear a
little everybody's perspective,
but that's really a good time.
to know how you're impacting
your children and the people around you.
And I didn't want to say it
in front of them, but I thought to myself,
sorry to interrupt you,
that I can't believe that
you don't dog train anymore,
considering that's the most
positive memory all of them have.
It's because I did TV shows with them.
They were on television.
No,
but they said literally their happiest
moments were, I mean,
T Kelly mentioned TV,
but the rest of them were
just like trained dogs on Sunday.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
Every one of them said that
that was their fondest memory.
And the cat walks in.
Um, but yeah,
but the only thing I was
going to say to that is
that the one thing you
don't want to happen when
they do that is when they go, Hmm,
I can't think of anything.
Can you imagine?
Yeah,
that's like a little bit of a scary
moment when you get to the first thing.
Wow.
I have nothing.
Can you imagine if you kept at that?
Holy cow.
We didn't play that game
when it was my birthday.
We could have possibly had that moment.
No, no, not at all.
It's impossible.
No, but that would have been,
that would have been bad.
Yeah.
It's just that kind of thing.
It's like having a party and
nobody's showing up.
Oh man, that would have been really bad.
All right.
He says,
I think this is why I also feel so
connected to Jesus since
I've been born again.
What is why she feels...
Oh, Lisa's, we missed the one above.
I remember journaling,
desiring a witness to my
life that was accurate and
saw the joy because of some
of my traumatic background.
So important.
I also love journaling, Lisa.
And that's what makes it feel connected.
Yeah.
That's very cool.
For sure.
Kate says it works for her,
the mind relaxing TV shows.
She watches Lark Rise to Kendallford.
I don't think that does not
sound like when I would last very long.
Right.
I keep saying hi to Lisa.
There was one that you were
watching that was,
I think it was the English,
was it The Life of Princess Diana, maybe?
Diana.
Oh, no, there was another one.
No, it was called Queen.
Oh, Queen.
Yes.
That actually kind of caught
my attention a little bit.
That was awesome.
I could see myself watching that.
I think Kate,
I think we talked about that one point.
I think Kate was watching it too.
Yeah,
but I'm trying to think of any shows
that I watch that don't
have some type of... Somebody killing.
Military, FBI, police style.
It's really hard to stay awake.
Yeah, you would.
It's hard to stay awake even with...
Totally true.
Or sports.
I like sports movies.
I took you to see a sports
one and you actually liked it.
I did.
That was really good.
It was about the quarterback.
I think it was named Play for the Rams.
I can't remember.
I can't even remember what
breakfast was yesterday.
Let's see.
Kerry watches Blue Bloods.
I love Blue Bloods.
I watched that when it was new.
should go back to that baby
anything but hallmark yeah
you know what's so funny is
that after school I'd watch
the after school movies
after school it was um yes
but abc I think when you're
a kid you come home and
have an after school movies
yes those are always good
yeah yeah I'd have my
little lunch my little my
mom would make me peanut
butter and mayonnaise sandwiches what
Two butters?
Peanut butter and mayonnaise.
No, not peanut butter and butter.
Peanut butter and mayonnaise.
But they're both two oils.
Spreads.
Yeah, they're two spreads.
Yuck.
Delicious.
Anybody else?
Peanut butter and mayonnaise?
That's disgusting.
Peanut butter and mayonnaise.
I mean,
you always got to put something
sweet on top of the mayonnaise.
I mean, on top of the peanut butter.
Peanut butter and mayonnaise
is an amazing sandwich.
On a white bread, you know,
the bread that kills you.
The Wonder Bread.
That soft, gooey, wonderfulness.
Stick to the roof of your mouth.
Yeah, you got to get that off my mouth.
But yeah, Wonder Bread, mayonnaise,
peanut butter.
Yikes.
Spectacular.
Either that or a bologna sandwich.
Ooh, Lisa says she escapes.
She goes to her room and
puts on nature programs.
Do you mean the kind where
the bugs are eating each
other or the coyote eats
the lamb or the sweet ones
where everybody's living in harmony?
I don't think it matters.
I think Lisa's like me.
I watch them all.
Carrie is saying she had
your peanut butter mayo and apples.
What?
That actually sounds kind of good.
You guys are terrible.
What kind of bread, Carrie?
No wonder Americans are
suffering from heart disease.
He's eating mayonnaise like a treat.
Oh, my goodness.
Yes, mayonnaise and peanut butter, Lisa.
Yes.
Welcome to Coronary Road.
Once again, Carrie and I. Yes.
Eye to eye.
Yeah, there you go.
I just never put apples on it.
Did you put cinnamon on the apples?
I can see you doing that.
What's Kate saying about Candleford?
Candleford is a very lovely, soothing,
old world movie that is
around a farming community in the 1800s.
Perfect.
Sounds like a snoozer.
Let's check it out.
What is that on?
Is that on Netflix or whatever?
Whatever you like.
But are these apples going
on this Wonder Bread thing,
or this is just like a dip?
Like you put peanut butter on apples,
do you just dip them in mayonnaise too?
Lisa's saying,
I had a friend who liked
peanut butter and mayonnaise,
and it was really gross.
I tried it once.
See?
Vegemite and cheese.
Yep.
That's good.
That stuff's good.
No,
just the three ingredients and the bread.
Wow.
Interesting.
I actually may have to try that.
I want to experience that.
We don't buy apples anymore.
How come?
I don't know.
We get obsessed with sumo oranges.
Yeah,
the sumo oranges just came out of
nowhere.
Right?
Now, why do we have them all the time now?
It seems like this season is last.
I think because they saw how
popular they were.
Yeah, they saw how popular they were.
So now they're creating them in a lab?
How do we have them suddenly?
Because they were supposed
to go out of season.
Why are they not out of season anymore?
It was like they only lasted
like two months.
Yeah.
And now they're year-round.
It's like, wait a minute.
What's in that now?
Is it year round or is it
just seems to be lasting
longer than it used to?
It's been going on way too long.
You know, in Anaheim,
there was a big that was a
big orange hub.
That's where they grew
oranges and Irvine and Fullerton.
And then they'd come into
Anaheim and we had these
big warehouses back in the day.
But we should do some dog
police dog training in one
of the warehouses.
They come to the warehouse green.
They don't come to the warehouse orange.
They put them in a room
where the gas is used to
hit the orange and turn it orange.
Yes.
And I went, what?
And they say, yeah,
you can't pick them orange
because by the time they get to the store,
they'll be rotten.
So you got to pick them green,
put them into these rooms
where they turn them orange.
What's the gas?
I don't know what kind of gas.
Some type of poisonous gas, apparently.
No, I don't know.
Some kind of gas.
See, that's why I don't eat fruit.
I know.
You go into these things in
these places and you learn
so more than you really want to know.
You don't.
When I was training dog for
equal a salmonella detection, uh,
I was doing a lot of things
for Chiquita and, uh, what do they do?
The bananas?
No, they just talk about how, you know,
just about all the dangers.
I learned about all the
stuff that happens with salmonella and,
uh, equal life.
Lisa says that's good advice, Andy.
What?
I don't know.
Granny Smith apples, Black Forest ham brie,
cheese on toast, pumpernickel.
Pumpernickel?
Who eats pumpernickel?
Apparently Lisa Wood does.
Kate's watched this
Candleford movie seven times.
It's almost like a white noise for her.
She has a white noise radio.
This is a Candleford movie.
That's one thing, Kate.
I can watch something a couple times.
I
I mean,
there's shows I'll watch more than once.
I mean,
how many times did you watch the I
Love Lucy shows?
I must have watched each one
of those episodes 15 times growing up.
But you cannot watch something twice.
You won't even let me watch
something twice so that you
can see it once.
Because I want you to watch Breaking Bad.
I despise it.
Did you watch the series Breaking Bad?
No.
It's the greatest series on television.
No.
It's not yucky.
It's not as yucky as some of
these other shows.
But we don't watch yucky shows.
It's not yucky.
It's like a spy movie.
Oh,
it's not like Dexter where people get
shot?
No.
It's one of the greatest
television series on television.
Ever.
I would watch it again.
And there you go.
I want to know what the good advice was.
Because I just want to be
able to tell Lydia that I
sometimes have good advice.
What are you talking about?
Lisa, before we sign off,
you remind me of what I said.
That's really good advice.
Carrie says... Powdery Jack?
What?
Powdery Barton?
Pastor Jack's First Peter
series is my white noise.
So calming.
That is so funny because I
played that for Andy too.
We go through the app and go
through First Peter.
Second Peter Combat Faith is
when I came to Pastor Jack.
Look at all the people that are watching.
I'm a huge fan of that series.
It's like my...
It's when my love affair
with Chino Hills Church started.
Can everybody who's watching
hit the heart or smiley face?
I don't know what you're watching.
Only some of you are watching on Facebook,
I guess.
Or a thumbs up or something.
Because we have a lot of
people watching right now.
They're really intrigued by
the mayonnaise and peanut
butter sandwich story, apparently.
Or wondering why Aaron was
just sent up a little hill and died.
They may be just as intrigued as I was.
Or they just fell upon us
and just got stuck
listening to our nonsense.
This may be one of our
largest audiences in a long time.
Is that why you want to keep talking?
No.
Sorry, regulars.
Andy's looking for excuses.
You know,
like those little kids when they
talk and they're like,
they want to be the center of attention.
They're like, I have a story.
Yeah, my friend at school today.
The story never gets started?
No.
Because they're making it up on the fly.
Like Bo.
Bo does that still.
Yeah, you watch him and you're like,
you're making this up.
It's just like you're
literally trying to
extemporaneously come up
with a story to make us listen to you.
My youngest son, Beau, who's 10 now.
It's just stuck on being the
center of attention.
Yeah, because anything that Rhett or Ray,
not so much Kelly,
but Ray or Rhett have to say, like,
Rhett will say, I stubbed my toe.
And Beau goes, oh, yeah,
I stubbed my toe today.
As a matter of fact,
I think I stubbed three toes today.
The drive home with him and
all other five kids, each kid will say,
Ray's like, I want to go to the mall.
I want to go shopping.
Bill's like, I need to go shopping.
I think I need to go shopping.
So he'll be like, my iPhone's dead.
And he'll be like, oh, my iPad's dead too.
I think it's like, you know what?
When my iPad died, you're like, dude.
somebody will have something
something with a
relationship my friend and
I oh yeah one of my friends
you know just the same
thing yeah I feel your pain
I had that and that's so
sweet oh always adds up
okay carrie says and he
loves an audience what are
you talking about he's an actual comedian
I never realized I wanted a
funny spouse that wasn't
actually on the list.
God threw it in for good measure.
He thought he gave you the
gift he he this may entertain you,
you may actually enjoy
growing old with somebody that's funny.
I literally have never spent
time nobody in my family is funny.
Nobody ever dated was funny.
I
i honestly have no natural
muscle for for fun for
funny um but sometimes
you're really funny but
that's only from you but
yeah so and a life with
andy's just filled with
giggles so god was like how
do you you're gonna
appreciate this I'm letting
you appreciate it I can't
take myself so seriously
All right.
Oh, I like that.
Lisa says,
I don't know if this is what she
says was your advice.
But she says,
I asked God to go into my
future and let my death be a good one.
I love that.
Gary says she's also married
to a comedian.
He says, Yeah, he's great for you.
laughter is the best medicine.
I saw that in a reader's digest.
Yeah.
It's one of the sections in
the Reader's Digest.
Did your dad get the magazine?
Yes, I think so.
It's a little tiny magazine.
Yes.
I used to go straight to
Laughter is the Best Medicine section.
Oh,
I ask the Lord to be with me when I die
and to let me do it well.
Amen.
It's great.
Yeah,
I didn't realize what an appreciation
I would have for it, Carrie.
Most of the time.
Once I got you to get off at
being at my expense,
I was... That was not easy.
I know.
I still have no tolerance
for that whatsoever.
My funny bone is directly
connected to making fun of other people.
Yes.
I don't mind you doing that,
but just not making fun of me.
You can make fun of other people,
but it just can't be me.
So early on in the relationship,
I had to lay some boundaries.
I was like, I love the sense of humor,
but it just cannot be directed at me.
And I was shocked.
I was like,
I don't even know what you're
talking about.
Yeah.
It took you a while to understand that.
Yeah.
You're like, no, it's funny.
And I'm like, no, it's not.
Yes, it is.
No.
I'm the one that gets to
determine if it's funny, and it's not.
So there you have it.
Okay,
should we pray for... Can we lay on
this plane now?
Yes.
You just keep going on and on and on,
Chugs.
I know.
Mine's the dark humor part.
So we have a prayer for Cindy,
who we might have lost by now,
but we'll pray for her daughter anyways.
Terry says you've gotten better.
Slowly.
I'm a work in progress.
We've only been married a couple years.
But you did say that your
marriage is the best thing
about your life.
Yes.
I did.
I just want to make sure
everybody knew that.
For sure.
When I do a medical intake
form for hormone replacement therapy,
they're like rate each of
these things in your life.
And like my kid, zero.
Can I put a negative zero?
No.
And it says marriage.
How is your marriage?
And I'm like, that's a 10.
It's good.
I have a 10.
I love what Lisa said here.
This is pretty awesome.
I think Aaron saw God face
to face and he died in glory.
That's just me.
That's pretty cool.
That is beautiful.
Yeah.
All right.
You ready, Shugs?
Can we land this thing?
And Kate says,
thank God you don't get to die alone.
You guys are a gift to each other.
Amen.
Thank you, Kate.
Yeah.
Was there another prayer I don't remember?
I know some of the standing
prayers of our friends.
I think it was
huh is it a daughter yeah
yeah no I have that but you
don't remember any others
yeah still here he's dozing
it's late for Cindy kind of
dozing kind of dozing how
could you be dozing with
this it's like watching
midnight for her it's been
the most exciting show
we've ever done and she's
dozing okay now go go oh
dear lord thank you
Thank you for this wonderful
group of believers.
Thank you for your sons and
daughters that have become
like family to us.
We're so grateful for their
input in our lives, their prayers,
their jokes,
their sharing of their experiences,
their wisdom, Lord.
It is a wonderful experience.
And I...
I read your Bible and I
think of the book of Acts
and I think of how the
early church must have felt
where they loved on each
other and they prayed
together and they broke
bread together and they
learned together and I'm
just so grateful for
that experience.
For it is how we discover
how you've built us up to
be one body with Christ at its head.
And thank you.
Thank you for that blessing, Lord.
And we lift up to you those
among us that are suffering
from illnesses.
I know Carrie still
waiting for healing for her eyes.
And Kate has her knee pain
and other pains and some
disruption of sleep, Lord.
And we ask that you restore
them and heal them.
Continue to heal Eddie, Carrie's husband.
And we ask for a special prayer from Mia,
Lord, that she...
You bring restoration to her
brain and to her heart from
the trauma that she has suffered, Lord,
that you will restore what
the locusts have stole.
And we know you are the
great physician and that
you could right the wrongs
and you can make our
crooked path straight.
You redeem the time for us, Lord.
And so we ask that you do
that for me and for all of us that have,
you know,
had a wretched existence before
you came along, Lord,
or have fallen and were
carnal or were backslidden, Lord.
We ask for your grace.
We ask for your grace and
your protection to keep us
the rest of the way.
And may we all have a
glorious sleep at the end of our lives.
Whenever you decide to take us back home,
Lord, may it be peaceful.
May it be restful.
May we leave back a memory
amongst people who knew us
that we served you well.
And we love you.
We offer ourselves as a living sacrifice.
It's in the mighty name of
Jesus that we ask all things.
Amen.
Sorry, that was long.
That was a good one.
You covered it.
Yes.
I like the way it says, Father,
make clear the path of the last chapter.
Oh, sorry.
Yes, Kate.
That's the last prayer that we didn't get.
Oh, one last prayer, dear Lord.
Thank you.
Please continue to bless Kate.
Give her wisdom.
Give her discernment as she
writes this book in honor
and tribute to you and all
that you have done in and
through her life, Lord.
Keep her mind strong and her
heart strong and courageous
as she writes these things
that are difficult about a
period in her life that was difficult,
Lord.
But may we overcome by the
blood of the Lamb and the
word of our testimony, Lord.
So continue to empower us.
Kate,
with the words of wisdom that come
from your presence.
We love you.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
All right, my friends.
We love you guys.
Love you guys.
See you soon.
Bye.
Great, great night.