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So. 52 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:28,448 And this gentleman does that. Yes. 53 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:32,252 Ever since I found out that he opened up his home to people on Thanksgiving 54 00:02:32,785 --> 00:02:35,989 and Christmas and 4th of July, Memorial Day, 55 00:02:36,256 --> 00:02:40,393 people that had no place to go, right, opens up his house 56 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:43,730 that that pretty much exemplifies everything that's good about the world. 57 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:46,032 But what's good about this man? 58 00:02:46,032 --> 00:02:47,567 And he's doing God's work. 59 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:50,403 And, Steve, thank you so much for coming. Steve Carr. 60 00:02:50,403 --> 00:02:54,174 Yes, the car man, and I love your, you know, 61 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:57,577 your props there that you brought in any special meaning today. 62 00:02:57,577 --> 00:03:00,780 Rob, you told me to get into the holiday spirit. 63 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:04,951 You know, you already told me that you stole the Santa hat idea, so I was left. 64 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:07,020 Unfortunately, we had offer you. You had it. 65 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:07,687 You were wearing it. 66 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,088 Well, yeah. 67 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:11,191 You know, the crown of the of God. 68 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:14,460 But it's, No, it's, you know, every every Christmas, 69 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:17,030 you know, the staple or the the holiday. Christmas. 70 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,832 You know, hallmark, you know, mail roll movies. 71 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:23,636 So I, you know, I got my dog, I got my flannel shirt in my carpentry 72 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:24,103 equipment. 73 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:27,740 So, I mean, it was either this or, you know, the tree farmer. 74 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:30,810 And I didn't think that it would be enough to carry around a big tree. 75 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:32,478 You know, there's your little Christmas. It is. 76 00:03:32,478 --> 00:03:33,613 But that's, you know, I 77 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:37,750 it could be the craft shop in my, little warehouse or work house. 78 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:39,152 So women house there. 79 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:42,822 Anyone who watches hallmark movies knows this story. 80 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:44,157 Oh, my wife's been starting to. 81 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:46,926 She started watching the hallmark movies back in the summer, like so many other 82 00:03:46,926 --> 00:03:47,794 the too. 83 00:03:47,794 --> 00:03:50,763 And I walk in and she just sees me kind of roll my eyes. 84 00:03:50,763 --> 00:03:51,631 And then what happens? 85 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:54,601 I roll my eyes, Joyce, to see, and I get into it. 86 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:58,605 Yeah, I get every single time I know guys that watch a hallmark movies. 87 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:01,307 But you do personify that. 88 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:04,110 You got the dog, you're a carpenter. 89 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:06,112 She comes into your life. 90 00:04:06,112 --> 00:04:08,281 You used to know her back when. 91 00:04:08,281 --> 00:04:11,618 But I was saying earlier, it's like, you know, I'm the kid in high school 92 00:04:11,618 --> 00:04:15,288 that only had one leg, but one grew up one, the other one grew in finally. 93 00:04:15,288 --> 00:04:19,826 And now, you know, you know, now you're the hot farmer or or and or. 94 00:04:19,892 --> 00:04:21,427 Well, I appreciate that. 95 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:21,928 That's a 96 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:26,065 that's that might be a little, above or above it, but beyond of a stretch. 97 00:04:26,065 --> 00:04:27,667 But I appreciate that one. 98 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,003 Well, Steve, tell us a little bit about, you know, your story. 99 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:32,472 You know, as as people are tuning in the West Coast with John and Joyce, 100 00:04:32,472 --> 00:04:33,439 and you know what 101 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:34,774 you're telling us a bit about, you know, kind of 102 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:37,176 had a sheltered childhood growing up in his sense. 103 00:04:37,176 --> 00:04:40,880 And then you kind of found yourself, you went through some bumps, you know, 104 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,951 and long and winding road, as they say, and you got to where you are now. 105 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:48,388 But what really impresses me about their value is your heart, 106 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:51,557 your compassion, your love for others. 107 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:53,993 And you don't just say it, you live it. 108 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:56,129 Yeah. 109 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:59,198 As far as the sheltered comment, I mean I don't want to, you know, no 110 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:00,867 discredit to my family and stuff. 111 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:02,268 I mean they were protective. 112 00:05:02,268 --> 00:05:05,371 I had a, I have an adventurous older brother 113 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:09,575 that maybe led a path to where my parents went. 114 00:05:09,575 --> 00:05:11,611 No no no no no, not this time, you know. 115 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:13,880 So it wasn't, it wasn't like, you can't do this. 116 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,015 It's just like, you know, we know better. 117 00:05:16,015 --> 00:05:19,652 So, you know, shout out to, you know. 118 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:21,921 Yeah. Mom and dad are awesome. 119 00:05:21,921 --> 00:05:22,989 Yeah, exactly, exactly. 120 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:25,992 And my brother to my gosh, you know, he's my best friend. 121 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:28,094 Yeah. 122 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:29,696 God is the journey. 123 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:33,533 And it's it's, Who 124 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:37,637 who I've wanted to be or who I've thought I wanted to be. 125 00:05:37,637 --> 00:05:42,942 Throughout my life, I didn't realize and understand the purpose of it. 126 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:45,178 You know, it's like I like throwing parties. 127 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,213 I thought it was because I was a partier, you know? 128 00:05:47,213 --> 00:05:51,451 Or I like to help people because I thought I just, you know, made me feel better, 129 00:05:51,684 --> 00:05:54,921 less about myself, you know, 130 00:05:55,722 --> 00:05:58,091 it wasn't until, 131 00:05:58,091 --> 00:06:01,127 you know, I tried to really seek my purpose with God. And 132 00:06:02,428 --> 00:06:04,731 God started talking to me, you know? 133 00:06:04,731 --> 00:06:07,033 Hey, I know this. You know, someone that. 134 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,101 When did that happen, though? 135 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:09,635 Steve, do you remember the time that it happened, 136 00:06:09,635 --> 00:06:11,571 or was it just a part of the journey? 137 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,906 But any light bulb moment, 138 00:06:13,906 --> 00:06:18,378 I think we always hear the voices. 139 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:21,781 We just don't know which one it is because the the devil can sound the same. 140 00:06:22,281 --> 00:06:26,319 I've learned the the, the closer you get to God, 141 00:06:27,186 --> 00:06:29,322 the more you recognize his voice. 142 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:32,825 And, So how long I can remember 143 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:36,162 as a kid, you know, saying, oh, this is probably the right thing. 144 00:06:36,162 --> 00:06:38,531 And because it was the right thing, it was from God. 145 00:06:38,531 --> 00:06:41,401 And then as I got older, it's like, this feels like the right thing. 146 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,503 And then I realized something very important. 147 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:44,670 My plans suck. 148 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:48,441 So usually that 149 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:51,444 was the wrong voice that I was listening to. 150 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:55,415 But more recently, probably past three years, 151 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:59,419 I've really I finally delve into the Bible. 152 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:03,022 I had a Christian journey, 153 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:06,192 from the outside. 154 00:07:06,492 --> 00:07:10,430 And if there's one thing 155 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:14,600 that I could pass on is don't doubt the Bible. 156 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:15,268 Right? 157 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:20,173 You know, it's if you if you want answers that are there 158 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:24,410 and to be very clear, there are different, 159 00:07:25,311 --> 00:07:29,949 types or translations of Bibles that are easier to read and understand. 160 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:30,750 Yeah. 161 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:35,888 And when something hits our ears softer. 162 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:39,525 But it gives us the eagerness to learn 163 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:42,528 more that lesson was valuable. 164 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:45,331 So if you read something 165 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:48,301 that might be a, translation 166 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:51,504 of the word that you understand. 167 00:07:52,171 --> 00:07:53,372 Somewhat. 168 00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:55,374 You can seek more information from it. 169 00:07:55,374 --> 00:07:57,844 But it came from that initial seed of understanding. 170 00:07:58,878 --> 00:08:00,346 And that's only going to come 171 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:03,349 from listening to the word. 172 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:05,017 It changed my life. 173 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:07,420 It started on a New Year's Eve resolution. 174 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:09,956 I was I was done with New Year's resolutions 175 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:13,192 I failed again, my plan fails and everything I was not losing. 176 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:15,928 Well, if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. 177 00:08:15,928 --> 00:08:18,598 Right. Exactly, exactly, exactly. 178 00:08:18,598 --> 00:08:21,667 So I was at a party and everyone was like, 179 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,336 oh, you got to have a New Year's resolution. 180 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,270 I'm like, no, I'm done. 181 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:26,372 I'm done in person before me. 182 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:28,040 Said they're nope, not going to do it. 183 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,476 And and the host said, you don't leave this. 184 00:08:30,476 --> 00:08:33,579 You don't come to the house next year unless you have a New Year's resolution 185 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:34,380 this year. 186 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:36,449 And they I felt them scrambling. 187 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:39,719 And in my head I'm scrambling to and it got to me and I'm like, 188 00:08:40,386 --> 00:08:44,023 first thing that blotted and it blurred out of my head was I, 189 00:08:44,290 --> 00:08:45,825 I'm going to read the Bible this year. 190 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:48,094 Wow. And oh, that go over well. 191 00:08:48,094 --> 00:08:51,097 It was it's funny, you know, because it was mixed reaction. 192 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:53,466 Right. People going, oh, 193 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:55,768 oh okay okay. 194 00:08:55,768 --> 00:08:58,271 Next. And what's your story? You know what I mean. So they quickly moved on. 195 00:08:58,271 --> 00:09:03,409 But it it fulfilled that need for that one point, that one purpose. 196 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:05,077 And then the next morning 197 00:09:05,077 --> 00:09:08,080 I woke up and I'm like, I got another universe resolution. 198 00:09:09,015 --> 00:09:11,217 But this time, this time it's different 199 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:14,220 because it's a promise I made to God. 200 00:09:15,187 --> 00:09:17,089 Oh I got to do this one. 201 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:18,958 Oh yeah. Do it. 202 00:09:18,958 --> 00:09:21,060 Here's the problem I didn't know the Bible. 203 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:24,497 The only rendition I could find online was King James. 204 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:27,300 So it was like the hear this that was that with it. 205 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:30,303 And I'm like I can't do this 365 days a year. 206 00:09:31,637 --> 00:09:33,873 So I did a little research I ordered on Amazon 207 00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:36,842 a chronological order of the Bible. 208 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:42,515 And, and it was in a couple of the New Living Testament or the Living version and 209 00:09:43,849 --> 00:09:44,684 kind of understood it. 210 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:48,554 I was like, okay, this this makes sense. 211 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:51,023 Okay. Like, I can do this. 212 00:09:51,023 --> 00:09:53,593 And that was three years, four years ago. 213 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:57,296 And I have, made it my New Year's resolution 214 00:09:57,296 --> 00:10:00,333 every year since to read something about the Bible 215 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:05,004 or New, a new version of it, or, you know, a new book, new translations, 216 00:10:05,404 --> 00:10:09,308 just because I'm so much of a better person. 217 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:10,042 Yeah. 218 00:10:10,042 --> 00:10:14,614 With God, that says it all for, you know, first of all, this is amazing 219 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:18,484 because someone actually follow through on a resolution. Yes. 220 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:22,588 And it was a transformative resolution. 221 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:25,858 And I love that we're talking about this, that this is our Christmas show 222 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:28,761 and Merry Christmas. But it's the birth of Christ. 223 00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:30,496 So this fits in so perfectly. 224 00:10:30,496 --> 00:10:33,933 What we're talking about is the rebirth of me. 225 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:35,868 Yet what? Love that. 226 00:10:35,868 --> 00:10:39,872 What better gift when you're the greatest gift, the greatest gift you think about? 227 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:40,740 That's faith. 228 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:43,576 And again, I'm in all the holiday parties and the time with the family 229 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,344 and going to the tree lightings and all that. 230 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:47,146 That's that's a lot of fun. Right. 231 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:48,914 And the Christmas party for the business. 232 00:10:48,914 --> 00:10:52,318 But as I get older too, and more and more into the word choice, 233 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:53,252 we talked about this. 234 00:10:53,252 --> 00:10:56,555 I just want to learn more and more about my Heavenly Dad. 235 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,392 I want to I want to become a better person. 236 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:04,530 And what triggered into hosting opening my home because 237 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:08,334 now hearing God, 238 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:10,870 God told me, open your, open your doors. 239 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:13,305 And I'm like, okay, you know, yeah, okay. 240 00:11:13,305 --> 00:11:15,441 I'll host this year for family gatherings. 241 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:16,809 And God said, no, no, no. 242 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:17,910 Open your home. 243 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,111 Like, okay. 244 00:11:19,111 --> 00:11:22,682 So yeah, maybe some family that I haven't invited in a while. 245 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:26,552 God said, open your home. 246 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,322 And then I reflected back 247 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:35,861 to when I had gotten divorced, and with the whole custody, 248 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:38,864 sometimes I had the kids on holidays and sometimes I didn't. 249 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:43,235 There were times when I didn't have the kids and I was alone, 250 00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:46,906 and I just wanted, 251 00:11:46,972 --> 00:11:50,810 more than anything, just a place to witness families. 252 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:55,014 And when God said, open my home I went, 253 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:58,984 I know some people that need a home, like I needed a home. 254 00:12:00,686 --> 00:12:04,457 And I just started inviting people 255 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:08,828 that I may have just met in passing, but I knew they had a similar situation. 256 00:12:10,162 --> 00:12:12,898 And God just kept on saying, open your home, open your home. 257 00:12:12,898 --> 00:12:16,135 And I'm like, okay, the most open 258 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:19,138 I can be is I'm going to post it on social media. 259 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:21,941 Did you two I did, I post on every year. 260 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:24,744 It's the best thing I've ever done. 261 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:25,511 I just open up. 262 00:12:25,511 --> 00:12:29,515 I'm like, here's the rule of thumb for Easter and for Thanksgiving. 263 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:32,518 If you don't have plans, you do now. 264 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:36,989 I provide the stables for meals like this. 265 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:41,293 For this Thanksgiving, I did a 24 pound, 266 00:12:41,293 --> 00:12:44,663 turkey and I a, 12 pound ham, 267 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:48,534 2 pounds of of green bean casserole, 268 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:51,537 8 pounds of smashed garlic potatoes. 269 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:55,207 Steve, I don't have a place to go for the next couple Thanksgivings and Easter. 270 00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:56,375 You were invited. 271 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:59,011 You were invited, Joyce. You said a heck of a chef. 272 00:12:59,011 --> 00:12:59,612 He loves you. 273 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,080 So you did all this cooking, did it? 274 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,415 Look, I love it, I love it, I love that, I love it. 275 00:13:03,415 --> 00:13:05,551 Yeah, it's. And it's. And here's the thing. 276 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:10,489 I can tell everybody, I call them comfortable cobwebs. 277 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:16,061 Everyone is so afraid of opening up their homes because they have to prepare. 278 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:18,931 It's like, oh, my God, I want people to see, you know, 279 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:21,267 I don't want them to think I live in this pigsty. 280 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:22,501 Right? Here's the thing. 281 00:13:22,501 --> 00:13:25,171 When you're open your home, the beauty of it is. 282 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:29,909 You're opening your heart, okay? 283 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:33,612 And as Christians are people just in general. 284 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:35,347 We're dirty as can be. 285 00:13:35,347 --> 00:13:36,182 Yeah, right. 286 00:13:36,182 --> 00:13:39,185 That's why we seek God is to get clean. 287 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:40,853 So think about. 288 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:43,322 Think about showing up 289 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:47,493 in heaven and saying, give me a second, God. 290 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:50,229 I'm going to look around to see if there's any cobwebs here 291 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:51,730 because I don't want to go in there. 292 00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:53,365 If there's cobwebs. 293 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:54,934 Right. My home's open. 294 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:59,038 If cobwebs are your biggest problem, you don't have to come back. 295 00:13:59,071 --> 00:14:02,041 I love that you said comfortable cobwebs. 296 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:03,676 Yeah, because that's what they are, right? 297 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,210 Because you know what? 298 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:07,079 I listen, I think I'm relatively clean. 299 00:14:07,079 --> 00:14:07,613 You know, it's not. 300 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:10,182 It's like, you know, the house just weeks ago was beautiful. 301 00:14:10,182 --> 00:14:12,451 Forgive the dead bodies laying across the floor. 302 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:15,187 But you know, there's obviously within reason of choice. 303 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:16,255 Yeah. Yeah. 304 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:18,524 Exactly. It it was being on the show. 305 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:21,060 That was how you got it? No. Exactly. Yeah. 306 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:23,863 Yeah, 307 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:24,964 he knows me now. 308 00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:27,967 Okay. So it's 309 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,035 letting yourself 310 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:34,173 go with the understanding that it's it's not about showing off your home. 311 00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:38,644 It's about opening your heart and 312 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:42,081 vulnerability. 313 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:46,185 And that's how Jesus built a lot of his ministry over food, safe tables. 314 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:48,120 Right. Safe tables, food. 315 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,021 You know, it was all, you know, 316 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:52,024 with the disciples getting together to break bread and drink wine and, 317 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:54,093 and of course, the first time he performed that miracle, 318 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,195 but he turned water into wine. Was it a wedding? 319 00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:58,330 So many events were at over. 320 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:00,065 Food and conversation. 321 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:03,636 You can learn a lot about people by the way they treat their wife, 322 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:07,306 their kids at a table have them over for dinner. 323 00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:11,543 You can see the real person at that point, and that's what you're doing. 324 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:14,313 And it's almost counterintuitive because when I was a kid, 325 00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:15,915 you opened up your house a lot. 326 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:18,684 People were able to come in that, my friends with bang on the door, 327 00:15:18,684 --> 00:15:19,551 we let them in. 328 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:22,121 And nowadays we live in a cocoon culture. 329 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:23,322 Ever since Covid, 330 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:27,126 where people want to nuzzle in, I don't want anybody banging on my door. 331 00:15:27,126 --> 00:15:29,495 I don't want people come over my house anymore. 332 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,163 You don't talk to that stranger. 333 00:15:31,163 --> 00:15:32,798 It might be dangerous 334 00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:35,668 and you're going on social media and inviting people you may have met 335 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:37,002 just once at a store. 336 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:42,274 Yeah, it takes a boldness, a courage, a trust in is 100% trust. 337 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:45,277 And that's where it comes to from surrendering to God. 338 00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:48,614 You know, if you ever want to learn how to trust, 339 00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:53,252 surrender to God and not just say it, I mean, challenge yourself. 340 00:15:54,219 --> 00:15:54,820 Let's 341 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,690 talk about earlier that surrendering comes in. 342 00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:59,658 It's a change of perspective. 343 00:15:59,658 --> 00:16:02,828 You know, you have 344 00:16:02,828 --> 00:16:07,232 it's not that the problems went away, per se, or they've changed. 345 00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:11,203 It's not like my life, you know, the this person's nice to me 346 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:14,206 now, or that person is, you know, a decent person. 347 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:18,344 Those outside or external things are still present. 348 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:22,014 But when I surrender them to God, they're no longer my problem. 349 00:16:22,448 --> 00:16:24,016 And anything you surrender to God, 350 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:27,619 I can guarantee you the infinite God that that I worship. 351 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:29,822 It's not a problem for him, right? 352 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:31,256 You know what I mean? 353 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:34,827 So it's kind of like in in that that statement, 354 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,895 it's saying surrendering to God. 355 00:16:36,895 --> 00:16:38,697 The problem disappears. 356 00:16:38,697 --> 00:16:40,299 Is there anything too big for him? 357 00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:44,403 It's like, I remember when Moses and, they were in the, in the desert 358 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:46,438 and a lot of the Israelites were complaining. 359 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:50,042 And then Moses was talking to God, and then God said, Moses, Moses, Moses. 360 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:51,243 My arm gotten shorter. 361 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:54,513 That makes me laugh every time I hear that picture. 362 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,248 I'm just saying it's my I'm getting shorter. 363 00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:58,150 Is there anything I can't do. 364 00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:02,054 So it's not like you know, bless me father, not because of how good I am 365 00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:07,793 but because of how great you are tapping in his supernatural power and ability. 366 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,095 Yeah, it's it's about love. 367 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:11,497 Yeah, it really is. I, 368 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,700 I had the 369 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:17,870 the question one question in might when I was, you know, 370 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:24,410 trying to really dedicate and surrender to God my biggest fear became a reality 371 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:29,348 because you have to love God more than anyone else. 372 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,850 God first. 373 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:34,319 Now, especially going through a divorce and everything. 374 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:37,322 Your kids are the most important thing in your life. 375 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:40,592 And I was telling 376 00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:43,595 God that he was the most important thing in my life. 377 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:46,632 And then the question came 378 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:49,334 because I was talking with my son, and I'm trying to explain to him, trying 379 00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:53,138 to witness to him and explain to him that you got to put God first. 380 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:56,141 God, you got to love God more than anyone. 381 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,978 And my at the time, ten year old son or 11 year 382 00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:04,616 old son looked at me and he goes, so dad, are you saying you love God more than me? 383 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:06,785 There was a 384 00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:10,989 fear that came over me at first, I couldn't be perfectly honest. 385 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:14,760 And I'm like, I've got to tell him the truth in this, 386 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,562 like, what is the truth? 387 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:19,131 And I just looked at him and I said, 388 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:21,500 yes, I love God more than you. 389 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,002 And he's like, oh, that's real nice, dad. 390 00:18:24,002 --> 00:18:26,972 And I'm like, no, no, no, no, you got to understand something, buddy. 391 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:31,877 Without his love, I would never know how to love you. 392 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:33,445 There you go. 393 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:35,914 That's it. And I'm like, 394 00:18:35,914 --> 00:18:38,450 I'm learning how to love like a father. 395 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:41,753 Yeah, from the father who loves. 396 00:18:43,655 --> 00:18:48,293 So now my son and my daughter have nothing to worry about, right? 397 00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:52,197 Because I'm protected from God and they're protected from their father. 398 00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:52,664 Yeah. 399 00:18:52,664 --> 00:18:56,401 So it was, it was such a powerful moment. 400 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,505 And I remember those words distinct distinctively because 401 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:02,641 I never knew what I was going to say until that moment. 402 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:04,977 And God put those words in my mouth. 403 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:06,178 And now I can't forget them. 404 00:19:06,178 --> 00:19:09,181 And I want to tell them to everybody because it was the most powerful, 405 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:11,984 impactful moment of my faith. 406 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:16,522 That is so, it's I know it's me. 407 00:19:16,522 --> 00:19:19,525 Want to shut up on the mountaintop? 408 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:20,359 Yeah. 409 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,729 I think we know that God doesn't give us a spirit of fear. 410 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:27,933 And when you said that, I mean, that just. 411 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:30,903 I think resonates with a lot of us that 412 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:35,574 without loving, having a strong faith 413 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:39,912 and we're talking about, you know, God, the universe, 414 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:43,782 whatever you want to call it is to us, you know, God 415 00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:48,820 that allowed you to say that to your son, which is life changing 416 00:19:49,087 --> 00:19:52,958 for both your children and horrifying in the natural, horrifying 417 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:54,826 in the natural world to say that. 418 00:19:54,826 --> 00:19:58,330 But then you got the right words after that 419 00:19:58,730 --> 00:20:02,100 to say, if I don't love God first, 420 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,137 I don't have the knowledge of how to love you. 421 00:20:05,904 --> 00:20:07,906 You know, the way that you should be loved. 422 00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:09,174 And they got that right. 423 00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:11,043 They understood that. 424 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,545 That's just like, wow, 425 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:16,114 that's that's very fast forward. 426 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:19,284 My kids witness me every morning doing my devotional, reading the Bible. 427 00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:20,118 My son 428 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,956 read the Bible for the first time this year. 429 00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:28,126 Gosh, he read the whole Bible every day. 430 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:30,662 What are your kids name every day? 431 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:33,665 Eric and Carla, Eric and Carla. And, 432 00:20:34,132 --> 00:20:37,336 I mean, my my daughter got baptized, 433 00:20:39,004 --> 00:20:42,007 and my son's just has this. 434 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:48,847 He has this curiosity, but he has this discipline of reading the Bible. 435 00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:52,017 And it was like I. 436 00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:56,822 I wanted it, but I couldn't ask of it. 437 00:20:56,855 --> 00:20:59,858 And, God is so good. 438 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:01,560 It's why his plan is so much better. 439 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,029 It did a little public service announcement. 440 00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:05,430 Don't try it on your own. 441 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:07,299 God's got you. Yeah. Okay. 442 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:09,534 You got to surrender. 443 00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:09,968 Yeah. 444 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:12,537 And surrender everything every once in a while. 445 00:21:12,537 --> 00:21:16,241 I do have to remind myself to surrender my mortgage payment over to God. 446 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:17,109 I do. 447 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,511 I have to say it like I lose the worry of it. 448 00:21:19,511 --> 00:21:21,179 Yeah. Least story of it. Yeah. 449 00:21:21,179 --> 00:21:23,282 Because you know what he's going to provide. Yes. 450 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:26,251 Or he's going to give the lesson that's needed. 451 00:21:26,385 --> 00:21:30,088 Losing a home or losing something financially 452 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:33,659 might be because you worshiped it. 453 00:21:33,659 --> 00:21:34,893 You made it an idol. 454 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:37,963 And how do you know that you have to get rid of it until God says 455 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,165 no, no, no I gave you a chance to work this out. 456 00:21:40,165 --> 00:21:43,302 Yes. I'm going to take it from you now because, you know, when you're 457 00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:44,770 when you're a kid, okay? 458 00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:48,273 Don't play with a hammer or run with scissors. 459 00:21:48,273 --> 00:21:50,175 You run with scissors. What happened? 460 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:51,543 Mom? Dad comes over and goes. 461 00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:53,845 I'm going to take these away from you, okay? 462 00:21:53,845 --> 00:21:54,413 Does that mean 463 00:21:54,413 --> 00:21:57,916 I could never cut cloth or paper or anything for the rest of my life? 464 00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:01,486 Not until I learned to respect those items. 465 00:22:02,187 --> 00:22:05,057 So he is our father. 466 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:07,693 And he's a disciplinarian. Yeah. 467 00:22:07,693 --> 00:22:10,696 And I pray a lot I mean father teach me how to pray, 468 00:22:11,296 --> 00:22:13,298 how to get to become closer to you. 469 00:22:13,298 --> 00:22:15,600 Teach me when I drift during the course of the day, 470 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,637 which we all do as humans have to focus back on you 471 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:22,574 each and every day, realizing that the reason we worry is because we're 472 00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:27,946 trying to manifest outcomes and God is the source of our income and outcome. 473 00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:31,717 We have to be good with it either way, if it's something that we don't like. 474 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:35,220 So, father, I don't know if I like this, but you know better than I do him 475 00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:38,724 and surrender to him like a song. Surrender. 476 00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,125 I listen to this song a lot. 477 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:41,626 Show me the way. 478 00:22:41,626 --> 00:22:41,793 Yeah. 479 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:44,096 And that gets me fired on every time I hear it. 480 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:47,532 Because I know it's a song in the secular, but it makes me think about God. 481 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:49,034 It's got a very spiritual way. 482 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:52,037 Show Me the Way by Styx or Show Me the Way by Peter Frampton. 483 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:55,207 Yeah, they both have very spiritual undertones to them. 484 00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:56,141 Yeah. 485 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:59,044 And, along with a lot of Christian music, which I love, of course. 486 00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:02,114 Wow. So when you invite 487 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:07,953 people over, do you pray for or like protection of your home at, 488 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:11,022 or do you ask God to send the right people to you? 489 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:14,659 It's interesting. No. 490 00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:20,999 And now that I'm thinking about it and it just it's coming to me. 491 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:21,366 It's a reason. 492 00:23:21,366 --> 00:23:22,334 Because I don't have fear. 493 00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,503 Because it came from God. 494 00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:24,836 It would. 495 00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:28,306 God wouldn't have told me more than my Lord if he told me to fear it. 496 00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:29,141 Right. 497 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:33,378 You know, I just I recently, you know, heard about you know 498 00:23:33,378 --> 00:23:37,716 there's that fear not is mentioned 365 times in the Bible and for every day. 499 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:42,854 Well that's though and you think about that the significance of 365 is, listen, 500 00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:46,658 we need a daily reminder that if it's from God you don't fear. 501 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:47,926 It's. 502 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,929 It's why you need to surrender to him. 503 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:53,198 Right. Because we're not supposed to fear. 504 00:23:53,198 --> 00:23:56,868 And when Jesus said do not be afraid, do not worry about tomorrow. 505 00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:58,737 That wasn't a suggestion. 506 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,172 That's a commandment, right. 507 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:03,608 And we and we just we we disobey that daily. 508 00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:05,377 As humans. 509 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:09,047 One of the things with fear in the Bible that was, that was something 510 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:11,049 that was very difficult for me because I was like, how am I, 511 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:14,085 where am I supposed to fear a God that is supposed to be 512 00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:16,955 for me and loving? 513 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:22,627 And then this is where the translations are, 514 00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:25,630 are jumbled because the same word for fear 515 00:24:25,997 --> 00:24:28,533 is also Revere. 516 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:30,836 So but it's just a matter of the context 517 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:35,507 of the phrase that that the English translation, they put fear in there. 518 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:37,476 But there's usually a subtext to saying 519 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,277 it could be Revere because it's this, right? 520 00:24:39,277 --> 00:24:41,646 Because it's coming from the Greek or Hebrew. 521 00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:42,280 Yeah, yeah. 522 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:42,714 Correct. 523 00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:44,749 So, every time I see 524 00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:47,752 the word fear in the Bible now when I'm doing my devotional time, 525 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:50,889 I immediately I almost intentionally first 526 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:53,859 say Revere because 527 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:55,894 I love Revere much better. 528 00:24:55,894 --> 00:24:57,896 Yes, of course. 529 00:24:57,896 --> 00:24:59,831 Now, I'll admit this. 530 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:03,902 I had to look it up in the dictionary because I was so used to hearing fear. 531 00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:06,471 I'm like Revere, is that another word for fear? 532 00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:07,372 It's complete. 533 00:25:07,372 --> 00:25:07,906 That's why. 534 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:10,642 That's why when I told everybody that, that was like, oh my God. 535 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:13,211 That's why when I tell people that I really fear my wife. 536 00:25:13,211 --> 00:25:16,181 Yeah, it's actually baby, baby, I Revere you. 537 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:18,583 And even though she likes to hear the fear or to, 538 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:21,453 Now tell me, with the 539 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:24,623 people you brought into your home have some of these people become friends? 540 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:27,292 No. No family. 541 00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:29,861 FAM, family. But that's even better. 542 00:25:29,861 --> 00:25:30,762 Good answer. 543 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:31,696 One of the best. 544 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,298 It's a hallmark movie. 545 00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:35,934 One of the best things about when. 546 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:39,638 When God put this on my heart and I opened up on Facebook was 547 00:25:39,971 --> 00:25:41,806 people were saying, well, what do I bring? What do I bring? 548 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:43,842 I want to bring something. I want to bring something. 549 00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:48,079 And I would tell them, I'm like, first and foremost, bring yourself. 550 00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:49,648 You can't bring anything else. 551 00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:50,549 Bring that. 552 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:53,418 Next bring a friend. 553 00:25:53,418 --> 00:25:55,887 Bring someone else that doesn't have it. 554 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:58,189 But if there's a meal, a dessert 555 00:25:58,189 --> 00:26:03,862 aside something that reminds you of family 556 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:07,499 gathering, of that holiday, of that Easter, something that made you go. 557 00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:12,203 When I bite into this, I go, it's Thanksgiving, I 558 00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:14,205 bring it. 559 00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:15,607 Yeah. Share it with us. 560 00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:19,444 Let us be a part of that family experience. Yes. 561 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:22,714 And it's just 562 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:24,482 multiplied. 563 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:27,319 People that showed up one person, one year, the next year 564 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:31,489 they show up with 2 or 3 or even. 565 00:26:31,489 --> 00:26:33,358 It's even more of a blessing. 566 00:26:33,358 --> 00:26:34,893 You know, there was some downsides. 567 00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:37,596 Like people that used to come, they don't come here. They didn't come this year. 568 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:40,599 And I was like, oh, no, I hope everything's all right. 569 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,702 But they talked about 570 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:46,705 what they were doing and other people wanted 571 00:26:47,906 --> 00:26:50,375 one to experience that and do that themselves. 572 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:53,278 So they invited them to their house. 573 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,679 So it's like a domino effect. 574 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:57,716 And instead of instead of, you know, people coming to my house, 575 00:26:57,716 --> 00:27:00,251 they're going to another frame that they haven't seen in. 576 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:00,919 And many years. 577 00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:04,289 And they're trying to they're expanding their, their family. 578 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:07,025 Oh, God used you for that. 579 00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:08,960 Now I don't have any of that. 580 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:09,327 Yeah. 581 00:27:09,327 --> 00:27:13,098 God, just if you don't and you you always have plenty of food, right? 582 00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:16,501 If not, you can go get some more and, you know, get some pasta, whatever. 583 00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:19,037 Lesson number 487,000. 584 00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:21,606 When you're hosting a big party with a lot of food and you don't happen, 585 00:27:21,606 --> 00:27:24,009 people don't show up and you cook enough to feed an army 586 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:26,711 by to go containers. 587 00:27:26,711 --> 00:27:29,347 Yes, yes. Yeah, I mean that. Yeah. 588 00:27:29,347 --> 00:27:33,618 I make sure that I have enough for a sandwich 589 00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:37,188 in the morning or the next for lunch, but everything else has got to go. 590 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:38,056 Desserts, everything. 591 00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:40,191 So I, I tell people, I don't care 592 00:27:40,191 --> 00:27:43,194 if you saw it in the garbage outside when you leave. 593 00:27:43,294 --> 00:27:44,496 Pack up enough food. 594 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,564 Pack one for your neighbor. Put it. 595 00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:49,567 You know I don't want this food here. Right. 596 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:52,804 This year we're supposed to have 30 people. 597 00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:56,741 And the morning of 12 people couldn't make it home. 598 00:27:57,542 --> 00:27:59,878 So I had a lot of food leftover 599 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:03,381 and made a rain out of to go containers. 600 00:28:03,381 --> 00:28:07,052 There was so much to go, and I still had this big platter, 601 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:11,022 big thing of of a smashed garlic, smashed potatoes 602 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:14,759 and green bean casserole in my my mom's homemade stuffing. 603 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:16,127 My mom part of the tradition. 604 00:28:16,127 --> 00:28:17,362 Now my mom comes up 605 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:20,565 the night before she stays over and she helps me break the family. 606 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:22,567 That's so. 607 00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:23,568 Oh. What about your son and daughter? 608 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:26,471 They participate, depending on the year. 609 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:28,273 This year I did have them. 610 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:32,444 So did I did I did so, you know, it was, you know, again, there's. 611 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:36,381 But now every holiday is a holiday. 612 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:38,483 It's not a holiday with my kids. 613 00:28:38,483 --> 00:28:39,884 Is her holiday without my kids 614 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,920 or what I'm going to do and what I'm not going to do, it's. 615 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,888 This is what I do. 616 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:46,391 And whoever's there is, there for a merry Christmas. 617 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:47,425 Everyone, to hear this. 618 00:28:47,425 --> 00:28:50,462 This is the way to celebrate every holiday. 619 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:52,130 This this is a gentleman who encapsulates. 620 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:55,066 I love the whole feeling of Christmas. Thank you. Sharing them. 621 00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:57,869 Thank you so much for all you do and bless others are amazing. 622 00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:59,037 Hey, before anyone leaves 623 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:02,407 you and I have some Christmas cookies, I made a whole thing of Christmas cookies. 624 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,142 Are are you so full? 625 00:29:04,142 --> 00:29:09,681 I believe I've been warned that you are an amazing, Well, yeah. 626 00:29:09,814 --> 00:29:12,217 Maker. And, So. Okay. 627 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:15,220 All right, so my butter crunch shortbread cookies. 628 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,989 Some people call this pecan hands off. 629 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:18,590 My favorite. 630 00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:21,860 Okay, so, anyways, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. 631 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:23,261 It's been a pleasure. 632 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:25,296 Hosting next party with. Okay. 633 00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:28,800 So, well, thank you so much for tuning in to what's good, John. 634 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:29,200 Enjoy. 635 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,970 Subscribe for free on YouTube or any other platform 636 00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:34,339 that you want to watch us and or listen to us. 637 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:35,106 We appreciate you. 638 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:37,075 Merry Christmas, happy holidays. 639 00:29:37,075 --> 00:29:40,411 Whatever you celebrate, we appreciate the fact you're celebrating with us. 640 00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:43,448 And, lots of health, happiness. 641 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:47,185 And we we pray for your family all throughout this season 642 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:49,020 that we love so much and beyond. 643 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:51,756 And Steve, thank you so much for blessing us as well. 644 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:52,757 Yeah, he blessed me. 645 00:29:52,757 --> 00:29:53,725 Thank you so much. 646 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:56,594 Thank you. 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