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It's time now to get the hell out

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of life—your life weekly broadcast with

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real people sharing real struggles and

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offering real hope . Today's show

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will encourage , inspire and empower

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you to face life's challenges with bold

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confidence and renewed hope . Now

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let's join our host , Ron Myers—the

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Promoter .

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

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you today . Have you ever

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got a song stuck in your head

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? I have . I

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keep singing Signs , signs . Everywhere

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Are Signs from the group the

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5 man Electrical Band , but

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perhaps it's because that is the title of

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my show today . Now here is the question

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before the show Is God

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sending you and I signs

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to get our attention ? Yes

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, he is , and after you listen to today's

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show , you will see that God

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is trying to get your attention

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, my attention , by sending

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us signs . My

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guest today is a minister

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, storyteller , teacher and spiritual leader . Gary

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Lane guides others to put God's word

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into practical living . Gary

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motivates individuals and groups to live

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a better life in Christ with his

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fresh and easy to understand

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teaching style . A world

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traveler , gary shares his vision

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of positive daily living through

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functional Christianity to people

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around the globe . Plus , he's

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funny too . I think you all like Gary

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. Now , gary , I met you back

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in 2005

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. Is that correct ?

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Absolutely yes , 2005 .

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You were here on the Gulf Coast because

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of Hurricane Katrina . What did you do ?

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Well , it's kind of a funny story . I was supposed

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to drive the van down from 1st Baptist Church

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, woodstock , georgia , and I was supposed to

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help with the carping houses . But

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when I got here they said , well

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, we really need someone to handle a food distribution

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, and so I was volunteered

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to be in charge of distributing food there

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on the campus of Baptist

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Church . And after about three days

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the pastor came to me and said God's

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telling me you need to stay here . And

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I kind of had heard that myself . So

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I ended up staying there for about 11

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months , off and on to work

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on Katrina relief . So I managed the

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Katrina relief in the Gulf Coast there

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for Baptist Baptist Church on

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the pass road .

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And you and I got to know each other

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because I was the manager

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of the local Christian radio station

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, of American Family Radio , and

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you would come on my program in

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the afternoon and give the community

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updates and

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it really was an

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exceptional time on the Gulf Coast

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. Gary , you've always said that if

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it wasn't for the Christian churches

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from all over the world to come

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here , I don't know if we would have built out

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that fast . What do you think ?

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Oh , absolutely , I mean even at

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. I think I first came on in September

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, october of 2005 , it was probably

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six weeks after the storm , because

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Pastor Kevin had wanted to give away turkeys

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for Thanksgiving . I don't remember that , or not

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?

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Yes , he did Down at the Coliseum .

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I had come on the air and I had

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come on the air . Yeah , that's a whole God story

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in itself . We didn't have anywhere to distribute them

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, but we were raising funds and people from

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all over the United States gave

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money . We raised $100,000

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and I bought five tractor trailers full

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of turkeys and a company

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delivered those from North Carolina and

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it's a God story how we got the Coliseum and

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we worked with the state police and the local

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police and the fire department and the sheriff's

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office and we ran the traffic through

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there and so , yeah , the whole Gulf Coast was

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really , really impacted

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by the church and

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it didn't matter if you were Methodist or Catholic or

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Presbyterian . We delivered

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hundreds of meals every day to the FEMA camps

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. We had a couple of guys from Florida

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that came up with a giant smoker Used

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to smoke three to 500 pieces of chicken every

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day . We had a company from Jackson

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, mississippi , that would bring down tractor

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trailers full of frozen chicken

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quarters so that we could follow those and

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feed the Gulf Coast . We

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had churches from as far away as Pennsylvania

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and Maine all the way to Seattle , washington

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, california . They came from everywhere

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to help . So God's church really grows

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up .

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The today , Gary

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, is Signs , signs Everywhere are Signs , and

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that time in our life and I went through it, I

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lost everything was house was

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a sign to us that our

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. Heard sent a God a

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person of of of

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of of . Them of .

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I talked to were scratching their head, and "You

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" know what , maybe there is something to this Christianity

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.

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You know , there's a great verse in the Bible . It says let your

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light shine before men that

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they see your good works and glorify

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our Father in heaven . I think Jesus said that , and

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so that's what happened . The good works

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was tough work . I mean people

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slept in tents and people slept

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in the rain and puddles and

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they endured the heat of the fall with

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no air conditioning because the power wasn't on

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, no showers because the water

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wasn't fixed yet . And they

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endured all that and did the good works

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. And so people saw that and did glorify

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God . We had many , many people come to the church

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and pray to receive Christ because of all

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of the workers that came to Katrina relief . It

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was amazing .

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You know , gary , for me personally , katrina

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was a blessing because it

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was a spiritual boot camp . I

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came to the conclusion that if I can

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get through Katrina and I did I

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can get through any storm in life

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with God .

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And I think you talk about signs , signs everywhere . I

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think the biggest sign came from that storm was you

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can't make this on your own . If you think you're independent

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and you can handle life all by yourself , then

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maybe you need to rethink that . And

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so that's what happened . A lot of people had to rethink their

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independence of God , their independence of

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other people , and found out how important

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relationships are , so that's

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a great sign .

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Yeah and Gary , after

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Katrina came , churches

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were filled and people were praying

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. But you know , as time went on and years

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went on , a lot of people just

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quit going to church . Why

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is it that we run to God when

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we're in trouble , but when things get

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better we just kind of go on

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autopilot ?

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I think we forget , we forget and

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Satan allows us to believe that we can be

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independent of God and independent of other

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people . And that's what he wants . He wants us to

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think that we can be our own little God and

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take care of things all by ourselves . But

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you know , I heard recently

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someone say when you get up in the morning you should thank God

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for five things , and the first one

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ought to be thanks for waking me up , because we

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don't keep ourselves alive . Even we might think

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we eat right and exercise and keep our

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body in shape , but it's God that keeps you

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alive physically and of course , you want to

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give the spiritual life as well . So we forget

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, we absolutely forget that

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we have no control , and that's

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another sign we think we have control , but we

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don't .

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You know , I read a quote today from

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what's his name ? Is it AW

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Tozer ? Yes , he

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said this little quote God

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waits to be wanted

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. That's pretty cool .

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I love that saying and I tell people this all

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the time God is not going to speak until

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we're ready to listen . And so people say

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, oh , god is so silent . Well , maybe we're not listening

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, maybe we think we've got . We usually come to him with

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all our requests you know , god helped me

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with this and fix this , and change this

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and make this better and do this

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and we come to him like Santa Claus

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instead of saying God , thank you for

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my life . How can I glorify you

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today as I walk through this disaster

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or this struggle that I'm going through ? And that's part

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of what my counseling is all about helping people

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walk through their valleys

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.

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Now , gary , I know you're a world traveler

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, so tell us what you have been up to

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.

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Sure , god has really blessed me with the opportunity

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to go and share the gospel and to teach pastors

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and to encourage leaders . Well , pretty much around

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the world . I've been to countries

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that were where it's illegal to share the

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gospel and worked with underground church

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leaders . I won't mention the country , but I

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was in a communist country and

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worked with 21 underground pastors

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and we had to have food on the table

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every day in case the officials came

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in and said what are you doing ? And then we would say

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we're having lunch . I was monitored

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everywhere I went . I had to make sure I did

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sightsee because I was there on a tourist

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visa . I've helped

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train people in Colombia , south America , bogota

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, nicaragua , chile

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. I've been to Chile many times . I've been to Haiti I

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can't tell you how many times I've been to Haiti to work with

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local missionaries and churches there

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. Europe I've been in Croatia

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. There's a great Christian movement in Bulgaria

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. Evangelicals England wow

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, just all kinds of places . And then across the United

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States , from Seattle all

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the way down into Florida , up to the Northeast

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. So God has allowed me to travel pretty

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much a lot of places .

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And , gary , that ties in with today's message

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Signs . Signs , everywhere Are Signs . You've

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went all over the world , you've seen people

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and they're hungry for Jesus , aren't they ?

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Oh , my goodness , it's amazing how

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many people are hungry for Jesus because

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they're live without Christ . I

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mean , I know that sounds weird . When Jesus said I am the

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way , the truth and the life , he

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obviously meant spiritual life

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, that there's eternal life through Jesus

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Christ and he's the way to the Father . But

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he also brings physical life . He brings

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abundant life you know John 10 , 10b , as

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they say . But there's a hunger

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. They know they're missing something in

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their life , and so I've been honored

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and privileged to speak at seminaries in

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different countries and colleges , and I

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work with church leaders and ministry

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leaders . Just in October , last

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October , I was in Croatia , met

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with 70 leaders from ministries

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that minister to the hurting

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people of the Eastern European area

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, the Serbia's and the

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Macedonia's and Bulgaria

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, and so it's been . God is

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at work around the globe .

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Amen to that . Well , listeners , it is time

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for a break , and when we return

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, more on signs , signs everywhere

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are signs , and you are going to recognize

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some of the signs God is placing

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in your life .

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You're listening to get the hell out of your life

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with your host , ron Myers . Real

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stories , real struggles and real

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hope .

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In this age of round the clock political coverage

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, I read an amazing story about a politician

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several years ago that was elected without

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doing any campaigning . It's true , mike

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Overton was elected to the city council of

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Springdale , arkansas , without giving

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a single speech , he spent no money

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on advertising , he made no personal appearances

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, nothing . And yet he won with 53%

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of the vote . Mr Overton won the election

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not because of anything he did , but simply

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because he was chosen by the people . Did

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you know ? The Bible says that God chose you

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Before the foundation of the world was

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ever laid . He settled on you as

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the focus of his love , to be made whole

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and holy . A relationship with

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Jesus Christ is something you cannot earn or

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buy , but you can't have it by

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a simple act of choosing to have faith in him

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.

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I love that song .

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You can see how that song can get stuck in your head . Signs

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, signs everywhere are signs , and that is

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my subject today , and I'm having

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a conversation with a friend of mine , gary Lane

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, who is on a mission , just like me

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, to help people get the hell out of their life

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and recognize the signs

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that God places in our lives , most

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likely on a daily basis . Hey

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Gary , I bookmarked your website

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. A lot of great information on

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your website and that is FunctionalChristianitycom

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.

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Yeah , I felt God calling me into this idea of helping

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people practically with Christianity

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and their lives out of those connect .

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Gary , you said something before the break and

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I think it might be a sign . If

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I am missing something in my life

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, is God sending me a

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sign ?

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Absolutely . I think the biggest need

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we have obviously is Christ , and

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he put in our hearts a need

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to feel acceptable

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, a need to feel loved and lovable . He

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put that need in there , but then he wants to be the

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person that meets that need . So all of

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us are in some ways lacking something

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or some that we're lacking something and don't

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know where to turn to get it . So

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that's a great sign .

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You know another sign , Gary . I was at a

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funeral the other day for a

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21-year-old, and it's just too young

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of an age to be at a funeral . But I

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was thinking . You know you might

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want to consider God . If

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you don't realize or

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have not prepared for the end of

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your life , is that a sign ?

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You know , jesus said if you have ears to hear , let

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them hear , and if you have eyes to see , let them see . So

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, yes , we have absolutely got to understand

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. You know , people prepare for retirement . I'm

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getting older now and suddenly

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the end is coming and I want to retire someday

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. I'll probably never retire , but I

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need to look at what does my future look like

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as far as you know physical needs

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and desires . And so , yeah , I'm planning

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for the future . The most important

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future is , of course , eternity , and

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I think there's another song that time keeps on ticking

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, ticking , ticking into the future . Time

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keeps moving and that's a sign that we need

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to know where we will be when we die

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.

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You know , gary , you said something yesterday

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. I said something about . Well

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, what do you remember the most About me

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and this radio station and the things I

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was doing ? Do you remember what you said

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?

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No , that was yesterday .

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Well , you said , I don't know , ron . I remember one thing though

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you were a wild Jesus freak . That's

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it . That's it .

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I did say that .

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Yeah , and as I get older though , gary , and I'm

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getting closer to that retirement age , and

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I agree with you I don't want to retire , but

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I realize the fragility

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of life and I realize that there are some

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people that have given up on life , and I have

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more of a really desire

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to just show

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people that there is a better way

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and that things are going to be okay . But if

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everything in your life is falling apart

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, maybe that is a sign from

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God .

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It's a huge sign . Change

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only occurs when

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there's enough pain in my life that I'm willing to change

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. So if I'm struggling with a physical

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problem , then I don't go to

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the doctor until it's so bad that I go . I need to

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go see somebody , and so God allows

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circumstances and life to

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come on us , or sometimes in

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an attempt to get our attention . You

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know , it's like a wake-up call . You

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hear people say that all the time oh , I had a wake-up call about

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my weight , or I had a wake-up call about my drinking , or

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I had a wake-up call about my health and

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it's like , yeah , but Jesus Christ is asking

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you to wake up to spiritual things . And

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so a sign is , if you're struggling right now , it

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doesn't mean God isn't there for you , but maybe you're

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not listening to God . So that's a huge sign

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.

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So , Gary , for the person out there that hasn't

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laughed in a while , has no optimism

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, is worried that everything they

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do is not pleasing to God , so they just

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avoid God . Isn't that

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a sign from God trying to get their

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attention ?

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I firmly believe you're absolutely 110%

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correct on that . You know , my kids are old and grown

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up now , but when they were little and they wanted to stick

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their tongue in an electrical socket , I pulled

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them away from the electrical socket .

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My parents pushed me to the socket .

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But I pulled them away . Now , in that moment , they thought I hated

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them , that I was against them , that I

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didn't want them to enjoy the fun of whatever it

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felt like , but what I was actually

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doing was protecting their lives because I loved them

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. And so , yeah , there are times when

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we think God is against them , but again , that's

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a sign . If you're angry all the time

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, that's a sign . If you're lonely all the time

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, that's a sign that God is trying

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to get your attention and again , it's

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one of those things where it's like wake up . So

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these are signs in our lives .

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He loves us so much , as I said earlier

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, he is waiting to be

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wanted . He wants us to want him

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and when we want him he

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will show up and he will

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give us . I believe , if we ask

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him and we're serious for a sign Now I'm not saying

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that , hey Lord , if you love me , I want to win the lottery

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today . But if it's those things that

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help us understand something

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, or feelings , or loneliness , or you

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know what I'm trying to say , don't you ?

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Yeah , absolutely . What we do is we put

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conditions on God's unconditional

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love . And so what we do is we say , if

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you love me , then this will be what

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occurs . And that's just being selfish

16:57

. That's just saying you know , if you love me

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, buy me and get me a new car . If you love me

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, fix my problem . If you love me , take

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care of this issue . And

17:06

we make it conditional that he loves us

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based on what he does for us . I'm

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pretty sure that's Santa Claus , not

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a God , who loves you . If he loves you

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, it's not even a question . He

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loves you . The question is will you receive

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the love that he has for you ? That's the

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bigger question . Are you willing to let God love

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you ? Yeah , and we push people away all the time

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. So I know we push God away and

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we struggle and we

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were miserable in life and God the whole time is

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sort of sad , kind of like . You know I could

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help you with that if you'd let me

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.

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Well , I've had people say you know , I've

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been hurt and wounded and

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allied to and abandoned

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my whole life . Why would God

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be any different ?

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Yeah , Well , that's the great thing about

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God is you know the word holy . It means

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different , Literally

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, that's the definition of

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holy . It means different . Holy

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, holy , holy . Our God is different , different

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than anything you know , anything you can experience

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. And the other thing , Ron , is , when you talk

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about that is that's a sign . If you're

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always looking backwards at what has

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happened in your life and what hasn't happened in

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your life , If you're always looking backwards all the time , that's

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a sign that you are not living

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the fullest life that God has for you . You

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know , I always tell people it's like trying to drive your car forward

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by looking in the rearview mirror You're

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going to hit stuff and you're never going to , you're never going

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to experience the joy of driving your car

18:28

looking forward . So that's

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a huge sign if you're always looking backwards

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.

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You know a lot of prosperity preachers

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, gary , have

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twisted that scripture about the abundant

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life that you know

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. That's all that God wants to give us big

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cars , fancy homes and Rolex

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watches . Is that

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what that abundant life

18:51

verse in the Bible means ?

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I don't think so at all . In John 11 , 20

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, jesus said Come unto me all ye who are weary

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and heavy laden , and I will give you rest

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for your soul . And it's literally

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this idea that you can be at peace and

19:05

contentment . And I know the prosperity

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gospel sounds good , but the problem is , paul

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wrote that he learned to

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live content life with nothing and

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with plenty . And he said In any and

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every situation , I've learned to the secret I

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can do all things through Christ , who strengthens

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me . And it has nothing to do with the circumstances

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, it has to do with the strength of God in his life

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. So , whether you're rich or not , you know , that's

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the thing . That's a sign . If we think

19:30

money will make us happy , then that's a sign

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. If we think that person will make us happy

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, that's a sign . If we're happy , we're

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happy and peaceful and contentment because

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of what Jesus Christ gave us his

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life what he does for us , protects us

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and care for us in a way that's different than

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any human could ever do it or anything

19:47

could ever do for it .

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That's a huge sign . And , gary

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, we have corporate America

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spending billions of dollars trying

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to brainwash our

19:58

friends in how to

20:00

act , how to behave , how to create

20:02

wealth , how to do everything in

20:04

the world according to their model

20:06

.

20:07

You're so right , and we think that money

20:09

is the answer to all those things , because if I had

20:11

money I could get that new car

20:13

, if I had money I could get that new house , and then

20:15

, and then I would be happy . And

20:18

the Bible I mean God is the complete opposite of that

20:20

. That . Be happy and those other things

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right . See , keep first the kingdom of God , jesus

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said , and all these other things will be added

20:27

. And so it's about God first

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and life second , and when you order it that way

20:31

, life starts to really really

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be enjoyable .

20:35

Hey , gary , our time is running out , but before

20:37

we go , will you encourage the

20:39

listeners and also just

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a strong prayer for those

20:43

of us that are looking for those signs

20:45

.

20:46

I'd be honored . You know again

20:49

, your listeners don't know me that well In 2016

20:51

, I've been married for 28 years and

20:54

it was 10 years after Katrina and

20:57

my wife came down with cancer , very rare cancer

20:59

. There was nothing any doctor could do and

21:02

we prayed to God for a miracle and

21:06

in 2018 , she passed away and

21:08

that was a tough time .

21:09

Wow , but you know what ?

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Yeah , we were at peace with that in 2018 . So

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I've been through the death of a . You know I was

21:16

married for 30 years . We

21:19

had my daughter's wedding one month after

21:21

her mom passed . It was a terribly

21:23

hard day , but you know what ? We look back

21:25

on that as God's gift to

21:27

her was what ? Taking her home ? And

21:30

sure I could have been selfish and said , you know , I really wanted

21:32

to spend the rest of my life with her . My point is

21:34

expectations , nothing guaranteed

21:36

. And so what we do is we set ourselves

21:39

up for failure because we expect

21:41

life to go a certain way and

21:43

if it doesn't go that way , we're disheartened and we're disappointed

21:46

. So my encouragement would be to look at your life

21:48

and see what it is that you wish

21:50

would happen or thought should have happened or

21:52

should be happening . Where is it that

21:54

you put your hope ? And if it's in

21:56

circumstances and things , then my prayer would be

21:58

that you'd lift up your head and

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look to God and say , father , I give up my

22:03

not necessarily my dreams and my desires

22:05

, but my expectation that life will be

22:07

a certain way . And if you will release

22:09

that to the Father , I promise you he

22:12

will come in and sit

22:14

with you and

22:16

he will bind up your wounds , as the Bible says

22:18

. He will make you feel better because

22:20

you will release this pent-up

22:22

anger , this pent-up disappointment

22:24

, this pent-up loneliness

22:26

. And so the encouraging word

22:29

is to look to God , and that's where

22:31

my salvation comes from , that's where my life hits

22:33

better when I look to the Father and stop

22:35

trying to figure out how it should be

22:37

, could be or should

22:40

have been , because that's

22:42

defeating . And so we want to look

22:44

forward to the Father's grace and to the Father's

22:46

love for us . He cares deeply and

22:49

he wants to be in relationship with you , but if you shut

22:51

him out , he's not going to come and

22:53

throttle you . He's

22:55

not going to grab you by the hand and drag you . He

22:58

wants you to come willingly . And so that's where we have

23:00

to give up our

23:02

thoughts and and will and be willing to change

23:05

. So let me pray for us really quick . Father

23:07

, thank you so much for the gift

23:09

of eternal life . And then , father , thank

23:11

you so much for the gift of physical life . And

23:13

, father , those two intersect in our soul , in

23:15

our mind and in our heart . And so , father

23:18

, would you help us to see the bigger picture

23:20

that you're a god of love , that you're a god of

23:22

comfort , that you're a god of Grace

23:25

, and it doesn't matter what we've done in the

23:27

past . Like pause , as he put the path behind

23:29

them and he pressed forward . So

23:31

, father , I just pray for the listeners that they hear this is they

23:33

would be encouraged to look up to you

23:35

, to look forward , to put the past

23:37

behind them . We can't unring bells

23:39

. We can't go back and change things . They

23:41

have happened and you're using those to

23:44

glorify yourself , to glorify the kingdom

23:46

and then to create in us a

23:48

sense of life and a sense of

23:50

your glory . So , father , I pray for the listeners

23:53

that are that will be encouraged and their hearts

23:55

will be lifted up as they look to you , the author

23:57

and their protector of their faith , and

23:59

that they will see you as the solution

24:01

and not the problem . And I just want to thank

24:03

you for writing his ministry , pray a blessing on

24:06

that and continue to work through him

24:08

. And and Just thank you

24:10

for his ministry and Jesus . They might pray amen

24:12

.

24:13

Gary Lane , always a

24:15

pleasure . I can't believe it's been that long and

24:17

I'm so sorry I did not know that about your

24:19

wife . Again , listeners , I just called him yesterday

24:21

. I haven't talked to Gary and since

24:24

2006, . But man

24:26

, powerful prayer , powerful

24:29

story , and You'll be

24:31

on the . We'll get you on a regular basis

24:33

here , gary . So one more time

24:35

your website , functional , christianity

24:38

, calm . And Are

24:40

you on Facebook , social media ?

24:42

Somebody wants to go out there and follow you , or

24:44

sure I've got a YouTube channel

24:46

on a Facebook page and Instagram

24:48

and Twitter and LinkedIn

24:50

and all those things . All those can be faster . My website

24:53

, functional Christianity calm

24:55

. That's how you can listen to

24:57

some of the content that I've created . I'm doing

24:59

intensive counseling for those who are struggling

25:01

and hurting and need an immediate relief from God

25:03

, and Also do premarital counseling

25:06

. And , of course , I teach conferences all around

25:08

the world , lead leadership conferences

25:10

and I teach small group leadership

25:12

and I teach , you know , staff , staff

25:15

encouragement and so on and so forth . So all

25:17

on functional Christianity calm

25:19

.

25:19

Well , God bless your brother . Thank you so much for

25:22

our time today . I .

25:23

I appreciate it so much . Run , it was great catching

25:26

up with you .

25:26

Amen , listeners , I'll be back and close

25:28

out the show in just a minute .

25:32

You're listening to get the hell out of your

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25:43

Ron will be back in a moment to wrap up

25:45

today's conversation . We want to

25:47

encourage you today with God's promise

25:49

to you . It comes from

25:51

the book of Jeremiah , chapter 29

25:53

, verse 11 For I know the

25:55

plans I have for you , declares

25:57

the Lord . Plans to prosper

26:00

you and not to harm you , plans

26:03

to give you hope and the future

26:05

. That's God's promise

26:07

to you when you

26:10

choose to commit your plans

26:12

and future to him .

26:14

Now back to Ron friends

26:16

, our time is up and I just want to recap

26:18

a few things from today's conversation as

26:21

you go out there for the next week of

26:23

doing life . One is that God

26:26

waits to be wanted . God

26:28

allows chaos , uncertainty and

26:30

loneliness in your life because

26:33

he's sending you a sign he wants

26:35

to hang out with you forever and

26:37

ever . And three don't

26:39

expect your life to go a

26:41

certain way . Don't look

26:43

in the rearview mirror . Look

26:45

forward to the things that God is going

26:48

to do in your life and always

26:50

read the signs . And

26:52

Number four one

26:54

of the most important things is

26:56

to thank God every day for

26:58

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27:15

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27:17

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27:19

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