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It's time now to get the hell

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out of your life . A weekly broadcast

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with real people sharing real struggles

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and offering real hope . Today's

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show will encourage , inspire and

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empower you to face life's challenges

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with a bold confidence and renewed

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hope . Now let's join

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our host , ron Myers . The Provider

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Hello , my friends , it is so good to be with

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you today . Well , 2024

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, a brand new year . Have you

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spent some time with

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Jesus and shared

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your heart of what you'd like to accomplish

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in the year 2024

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? You know a lot of us . We

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have dreams , we have ideas , but

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we never seem to get

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to where we want to go . Do you know what I'm talking

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about ? And I want

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to share a story with you today . It

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ties in with a new year because

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I really think , if you listen to the story

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I have , it's going to encourage someone

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that you cannot ever give up

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hope . You can never give up faith . You

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must pursue and

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never quit . You cannot quit

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. Someone asked me the

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other day at the gym what

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would you attribute your success

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in life to ? I said it's

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easy . I just

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never quit . I never believed

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in failure and even if

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I did not achieve the goal I

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set in front of me , I still

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had so much knowledge from it . And

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I will start my story today

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by recognizing

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a gentleman I just see died

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about a week ago , and that is Don

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Wildman , the

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founder of American Family

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Association . Now

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, don Wildman is a very

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special man , a friend of

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mine , because he gave

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me an opportunity

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to be in Christian

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radio when I should have

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had no business

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being around a

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Christian radio station . Let

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me explain . The

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first half of my life after

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I got out of the Air Force

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was I started a production company

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and started doing promotions , festivals

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all up and down the

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Gulf Coast area , and

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some of the biggest events I had were

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in Gulfport . One was the

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Gulfport Crawfish Festival

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, which featured bands

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, bikini contests and lots of

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beer that I sold . Well

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, I did this for about 17 years

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and then , right about

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into the 16th year , things were

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changing in my life . I was not having

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fun anymore . I was starting

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to discover Jesus

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more intimately , not

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just a knowledge of his name

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, but I started having a relationship

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and I did not like what I

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was doing . So I kept

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praying and praying and just

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say Lord , what is the direction

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? What is my destiny ? Have you ever

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done that ? Are you praying right now for

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direction to your destiny

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? Well , one thing led

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to another and I stopped

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my festivals and

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I said I just have to trust

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God . So one day I was having

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lunch with a gentleman

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named Roy and he

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asked me if he could

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get the phone number of a friend of ours

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, mark that he wanted

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to talk to him about something and I said

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sure , I'll give it to you . What do you need to talk to Mark

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about ? Well , I need someone to

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volunteer in the

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afternoon to help with the Christian radio

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station . And I said

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I'll do it , because he knew I had

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a change in my life . I started following

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Jesus . And he kind of

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looked at me and laughed . He said you , you've

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never done Christian radio . Why you

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? I said I'll make you this deal

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. Let me try it for two

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weeks and

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if I don't do it I'll walk out

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the door and never come back . Well

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, I got to do

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the volunteer for a

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couple weeks behind the microphone

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. And when

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I went on that microphone I'll

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never forget the first day

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. And he was in here , roy

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, and introduced me as Ron Myers

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. Yes , a lot of you have heard this man's

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name , but now he's going to be

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helping out in Christian radio . Well

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, the phone started going crazy

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If the listeners

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called and said Ron

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Myers on Christian radio , get

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real , or we're not going

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to be listening to you anymore . And

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then I had another half of

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people called in that said Ron Myers

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on Christian radio . Wow

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, god will really use him . Isn't

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that , like our ideas

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, friends , you share our

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ideas and our goals with someone

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and or maybe

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a lot of people . Some will agree

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, some will disagree , and

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that's just how it is

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. That's how people are . That's why it

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always has to come down to our personal

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decision . So , anyway

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, I ended up being

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here as a volunteer on the radio for

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a few years and then the

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opportunity came to take

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over as station manager and

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Roy talked with Don

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Wildman and Marvin Sanders up

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at American Family Radio in

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Tupelo and

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they agreed to hire

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me as the manager . Now

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, don Wildman knew a lot

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about my past , but

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he trusted Roy , who was

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the manager at that time

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. When Roy said Ron

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is good , he really has had

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a change in his life and

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he will do good things

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, well , friends , I did go on

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and become a manager and did a lot

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of wonderful things , especially through

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Hurricane Katrina , with this station

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. I had Don Wildman's

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personal phone number and

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any time I needed

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anything I called

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him directly and

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he just said Ron , can

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it pay for itself and do

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we really need it ? And I would

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say yes and yes . And

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we grew the station I managed

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in Gulfport , mississippi , to

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one of the best radio stations

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out of 200 stations in the

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country . So what's the point

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of the story ? The point

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of the story is this that

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I do

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radio time every week to share

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Jesus' stories and

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I was changed

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by giving

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my life to Jesus and pursuing

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my destiny . Now , the day I

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went to Jesus and said

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Lord , I'm ready , what is it we're going

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to do in life ? There was no radio

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station on my agenda , there was no

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podcasting , there was no

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rallies or concerts

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none of that . I never even knew

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about things like that . But

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when we follow our

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heart and we follow the things

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that God put in there before we

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were ever born , friends

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, the things that begin to happen

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on our life are really incredible

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. Why does it take

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so many times of

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me talking with people to

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encourage them to follow their

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dreams or pursue it and

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let God take the wheel , let

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God , let Jesus take the wheel

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and have faith ? But no

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matter how many times

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I tell people from my experience

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, from the people's experience that I

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interview in this show , many

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of them never do . They

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end up just saying , well , I just

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am afraid to and

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I don't want to do it . But they really do

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want to do it , but they don't have the courage

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, and those

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of us that call ourselves Christians

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, those of us that call ourselves

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believers in Christ . What

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do we believe in ? Do we believe

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in just going to church and

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that's what our life is , or

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do we believe that God

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has really something special for each

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of us , something that is so unique

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and it

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goes along with our personality

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, with our talents and our skills ? You

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see , in my early days

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has a promoter of

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secular entertainment . I was very

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good at that . So what God did

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is just take those skills , talents and

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abilities when I was old

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enough that I really wanted

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to find the direction I needed

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to put my life in . So

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I had enough wisdom , enough

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knowledge that I learned from the

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world to bring it in to

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the Christian realm . Friends , there

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are many of you right now that have so

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much talent , skills

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and abilities . You could do some amazing

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things , and God can open doors to

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you to do things that you never had

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a dream to do . But

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if you don't get up and

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just move in the direction

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that Jesus wants you to

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move in , and you may ask well

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, what is that direction , ron ? The

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direction is just start

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moving with Jesus

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, and just every day I

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talk about having conversations with

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Jesus is simply say what

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are we going to do today and

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begin to really purposefully

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you know search

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, ask questions . This is why

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it's so important to have a dialogue with Jesus

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, because I will tell you right now , 90%

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of the people that you talk to

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in this world , even Christians

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they're negative . They will tell

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you it won't work or why would God have

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you do this or why would God have you

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do that . And I'll tell you what

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, friends , part of the problem with

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Christianity is because so

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many Christians don't support

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each other . They have in their

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mind how they should live

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life , like the people call on the

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radio station . When I got behind the

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microphone for the first time , they

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didn't know anything about me , but

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they were going to quit listening

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to the radio station if they

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did not get rid of me

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. Obviously , it

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didn't work and God used

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me and is still using me , simply

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because I love what I do

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and I do what I love , and it's only

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one thing promote Jesus

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. I'm talking to someone

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right now that God

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is going to use you

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in a great and powerful

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and a mighty way to

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influence people's lives , businesses

11:31

, but he's not going

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to do it with like a marionette

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, like that . You're a puppet on a string

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. He needs you for

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20 to 24

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, to intentionally

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begin to search for what

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it is you were born for , because if you

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don't know why you were born and what

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you're here for , well , then how will you

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ever know when God

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puts you at the right place at the right

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time ? You won't know . So you're

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going to think well , this has to be the wrong

12:05

place at the right , wrong time . And

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I'm staying away from this because

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, to face it , friends , don't ? We all

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like comfort , we get

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comfortable for a while

12:16

and we don't want to change . Think

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about it how many people , when you go to

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church , you sit in the same seat

12:24

every week ? When you go to work , do

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you park in the same parking place

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every week , or every day , rather

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, what about driving home ? Do you take

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the same route ? We become creatures

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of habit , going through life like

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a robot , even Christians

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. There's so many Christian robots

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that act apart , look

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apart , go to church , say

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the right things , but they

12:48

are so far from God's will

12:51

for their life because they

12:53

don't want to take the

12:55

extra time it may

12:57

take to find what God

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wants to do . And the truth

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is it doesn't take any time

13:04

, extra time . God

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is willing right now , today , to anybody

13:09

that will raise their hand and say

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Lord , use me

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, I'm yours , let's

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do life together , let's have fun

13:18

, let's do what

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I need to do to discover

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my destiny . I

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thought about all that when I saw that Don

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Wildman had died . That

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man gave me a chance

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in life , helped me out

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tremendously with

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Hurricane Katrina , not only

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personally , but

13:41

also here at the station , and

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he listened to me and he was

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a man of influence . And

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that's what God does

13:51

when we are aligned with our

13:53

purpose and our destiny he

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puts people of influence

13:58

and purpose in our life . No

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, you may not be able to open the door

14:03

you need , but there is someone out

14:05

there that can open the door that

14:07

you need open to get where God wants

14:10

you to go . Don't think

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God is going to make you do everything

14:14

on your own . No , in fact , he's going to

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assemble a whole team

14:19

of people with different talent , skills

14:21

and abilities and you will

14:23

work together to accomplish

14:25

good things encouragement

14:28

and inspiration , empowerment

14:30

, maybe new businesses , maybe

14:32

new inventions , maybe writing

14:34

, maybe painting . Who knows

14:36

what God will have you do

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, but every single

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job that God has for his

14:43

children is important

14:46

to him . It's important

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to the world . But

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I know I know well . You say

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, ron , I'm just too old , I

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can't do this . Or you have fear

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, failure , fear of the unknown , fear

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that what other people will say

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, hey , I've been there , done that , I could

15:03

care less . I

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will do what I want

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to do to the day I

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die . I'm not buying

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time on radio stations because

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I have to . I don't

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promote Jesus across the country

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because I have to , I

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want to . I love

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how my life turned out when

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I started following Jesus

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and I'm not any more

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special than anybody listening

15:33

to this . So if

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you're ready for a change for 2024

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. Then I would

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suggest this Trust

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Jesus , give him

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your heart , he'll give you your destiny

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. Begin a dialogue with

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Jesus . Share your heart

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and so many people listen

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to it . It's not because

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I'm some brilliant man , it's

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because myself

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or my guest , we become

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transparent . We just

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share what happened in our lives

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and we share what happened

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when Jesus came in to

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fix up the mess that

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we made , and all of us make

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messes in life . So

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if you're ready for a change , if

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Jesus , take the wheel take

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it from my hands , cause

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I can't do this all my own

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. I'm

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letting go , so

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give me one more chance

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, take the wheel .

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Welcome back listeners . Boy

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, this hot cup of coffee On

18:32

a cold , dreary day . I'm just

18:34

having fun chatting

18:36

with you . I hope you

18:38

are feeling encouraged

18:41

and perhaps something is

18:43

starting to happen inside of you

18:45

. Maybe hope is coming

18:47

back into your life , because maybe

18:50

2023 was just a

18:52

bad year . It was just a bad

18:54

year and you're ready to start

18:57

something new . Well

18:59

, I will tell you , it is allowing

19:02

Jesus to take the wheel

19:04

and drive you to

19:07

where he wants you to be . I

19:10

want to mention I really

19:12

love the story that I'm getting

19:14

ready to tell you . I

19:17

had told you in the first session

19:19

of the , in the first part

19:22

of this show , about

19:24

Hurricane Katrina , and I'm at the radio

19:26

station and we're just

19:28

doing things to help out the community

19:31

. Well , about two weeks after

19:33

Katrina , we got word

19:35

that Domino's Pizza , right almost

19:38

next door to the radio station

19:40

, had opened and we were all quite excited

19:42

no more beanie weenies , no

19:44

more Vienna sausage or

19:46

potted meat , and I went down and

19:49

waited in line to

19:51

get a pepperoni pizza . A

19:53

lot of them . And it

19:55

felt so good . But

19:58

I met this couple in front of me while

20:00

I'm waiting and we started chatting

20:02

Ken and Larenda and

20:05

they were telling me how

20:07

they were not able to have

20:09

a honeymoon because of Hurricane Katrina

20:12

. But Tony

20:14

Robbins , the big motivational

20:17

speaker , had got

20:19

wind of this story and

20:22

was going to take

20:24

and send Larenda and Ken

20:27

, all expenses paid , to

20:30

the island of Fuji to have

20:32

a honeymoon and have fun

20:34

for over a week . I

20:37

said , wow , that is quite amazing . I

20:40

introduced myself and told them I'm

20:42

with the Christian radio station right up the

20:44

road and that I would like them to stop by

20:47

one day and let's share the

20:49

story with the listeners

20:51

of Something Good coming out

20:53

of Katrina . They

20:55

did , and God's

20:58

beautiful plan that I had no

21:00

idea was going to happen ended

21:03

up bringing Lorenda

21:05

as part of my show

21:08

on Friday afternoon . She was a co-host

21:10

. We had a show called Thank

21:12

God , I'm Free and Forgiven

21:14

, friday , and Lorenda

21:17

only had one rule . Now

21:19

, yeah , she had a rule for me . She said

21:21

now , ron , this is Friday , we're

21:23

happy , so let's be

21:25

happy and say happy things . I said

21:28

, lorenda , I'm always happy . And

21:30

she said no , ron , sometimes you're an

21:32

instigator . And I said

21:34

well , you are right about that . So

21:36

no instigating on Friday

21:38

afternoons . And we did that

21:40

for many years until the station

21:43

closed its doors . Unfortunately

21:47

, lorenda passed

21:49

away recently with an inoperable

21:52

brain tumor , only 54

21:55

years old . Really

21:57

very sad day for me when I heard this

21:59

, because here's this lady

22:02

that I could literally call any

22:04

time of the day and

22:07

just ask her . So what

22:09

has Jesus told you today ? And

22:12

we would talk for maybe an hour . She

22:15

was encouraging , she

22:17

was a singer , she was

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just a large

22:21

figure in

22:24

the way of her voice , her

22:26

personality , because

22:28

she loved him more than me

22:30

, she loved him more than

22:33

her friends and she loved him

22:35

more than her husband can

22:37

. I'm talking about Jesus

22:39

. Friends , when

22:42

you love Jesus more than all

22:45

the things in your life , it's

22:47

a game changer . Everything

22:50

in your life changes without you lifting

22:53

a finger . He

22:56

changes your thoughts , he changes

22:58

your desires and , most of

23:00

all , he changes your destiny

23:02

. You become in

23:04

a very , very critical

23:07

time in this world . You become

23:09

part of his hands , part

23:12

of his feet , his voice

23:14

, your destiny , your

23:16

purpose , the reason you were born

23:18

, comes to life , and

23:21

life is good , life

23:24

is great with Jesus . So

23:26

, as we enter the 2024

23:30

year , will

23:33

you consider letting Jesus

23:35

take the wheel ? Will you

23:37

consider to Forget

23:40

all the things that you've heard about

23:42

Jesus probably most of them aren't true

23:45

anyway and

23:47

just do this Trust

23:50

in the finished works of Jesus

23:52

. Rest in his arms

23:54

and let you know

23:57

without a doubt that

23:59

he's going to take care of you , he's

24:01

going to love you , he's going to

24:03

encourage you , he's not

24:05

going to judge you , he's not

24:07

going to condemn you . When

24:09

you give Jesus your heart , he

24:12

gives you your destiny and

24:14

friends . Yes , he

24:17

will drive you to

24:19

your destiny .

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Jesus , take the wheel .

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Myers . Real stories , real

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. Ron will be back in a moment

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to wrap up today's conversation . Did

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you know what Ron did before he discovered

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his destiny ? He was a promoter of secular

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entertainment and , by his own admission , he

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promoted anything he could make a buck

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at . At the pinnacle of his success

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, he walked away from it all so

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he could follow Jesus and discover his

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God-given destiny . That was over

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20 years ago and he has never

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looked back . Ron put his story

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in a novel entitled the promoter

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, and he wants to give you

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a copy . This book is a message

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of hope . To request your free

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copy , visit our website at the

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promoterorg .

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Now back to Ron . Friends

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, my time is up and I want to

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talk to someone out there

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that doesn't think they

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have a chance in life anymore . You've

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made so many mistakes that people

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have given up on you . They won't

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talk to you anymore , they won't help you

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anymore . You are isolated . Well

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, that has nothing to do with Jesus

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. He loves you unconditionally

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, he has a

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plan for you and

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you are in

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the driver's seat . You just have

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to give him the wheel and

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he will drive you to your destiny

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. I have a brand new blog

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I just posted on my

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website , the promoterorg , and

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it's one for 2024

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, and I give some ideas how

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to journey with Jesus to

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your destiny in the year 2024

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. Remember

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this , my friend I love

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you , jesus loves you , and

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when you give Jesus your

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heart , you will drive

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you to your destiny

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.

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