Bible Bibs and a Prayer Episode 3 Season 80

Singer: Brother Jim's got the mic in hand.

Singer: David's laughing like a one man band talking disco, bell bottom

Singer: flares and a little bit of scripture to say your prayers.

Singer: Yes, it's the past, it's the present.

Singer: It's the holy.

Singer: Sit back and join us.

Singer: Bible bids and a prayer.

Singer: Bible bids and a prayer.

Singer: We're keeping it real.

Singer: From the red, white and blue to the spinning wheel.

Singer: It's stories and devotion.

Singer: Good vibes to share.

Singer: Come on and listen to Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: S. Scuse me.

Brother Jim: May I have your attention, please?

Brother Jim: How you doing today?

Brother Jim: Are you feeling blessed?

Brother Jim: And do you have some hope?

Brother Jim: And if you don't, well guess what?

Brother Jim: Hopefully we're going to change that for you.

Brother Jim: Yes, you heard right.

Brother Jim: Because it's time, my friends.

Brother Jim: Time for Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: Whether you're driving down the road, sitting at your desk,

Brother Jim: mowing the lawn, working around the house, cleaning up after

Brother Jim: that wild and crazy Fourth of July get together.

Brother Jim: Remember?

Brother Jim: Or maybe, just maybe.

Brother Jim: And I wish I could say this is me, but it's not.

Brother Jim: You are suffering a hangover

Brother Jim: from the abundance of meat from

Brother Jim: the barbecue.

Brother Jim: Still dealing with the meat sweats?

Brother Jim: Maybe.

Brother Jim: Actually, I'm jealous, but take a break for a few and relax.

Brother Jim: You owe yourself just a few moments to listen to one of the

Brother Jim: oddest podcasts shows out there.

Brother Jim: Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: Yes, you heard right.

Brother Jim: We are just a little odd, but that's okay.

Brother Jim: How many of you guys are odd?

Brother Jim: You're at the right place.

Brother Jim: Now, our goal here is quite simple.

Brother Jim: Very simple.

Brother Jim: We want to talk about God's

Brother Jim: Word, encourage one another in

Brother Jim: our faith, share a few laughs,

Brother Jim: and hopefully leave you a

Brother Jim: little, lead you a little closer

Brother Jim: to Jesus when you first start

Brother Jim: listening.

Brother Jim: And most importantly, remind you just how blessed you and I are.

Brother Jim: No matter where you live, no

Brother Jim: matter where you are listening

Brother Jim: in from.

Brother Jim: Hey, life can be hard.

Brother Jim: The world is demanding.

Brother Jim: The world is tough, the world is

Brother Jim: mean and just downright cruel at

Brother Jim: times.

Brother Jim: And plus, the world can be ear busting, noisy.

Brother Jim: But there is good news, my friends.

Brother Jim: There is God's truth and that remains the same.

Brother Jim: So grab your coffee, your tea, whatever rocket fuel your body

Brother Jim: needs today, a doughnut perhaps.

Brother Jim: I gotta admit, I haven't had a doughnut in a while, David.

Brother Jim: Yeah, and they're sounding pretty good right now.

Brother Jim: Pretty good.

Brother Jim: So let us know what you got

Brother Jim: going on to get you moving in

Brother Jim: the morning.

Brother Jim: I will say, David, I, uh, had my first helping of corned beef

Brother Jim: hash the other day.

Brother Jim: I tried to do two a year.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: I was over at D's restaurant.

Brother Jim: They brought out the corned beef hash, two eggs on top, a little

Brother Jim: bacon and toast, a little ketchup, salt and pepper, and.

Brother Jim: Oh, boy.

Brother Jim: Brother Jim's a happy man.

Brother Jim: I know I shouldn't be taking it in, but, boy, it was good.

Brother Jim: Clark.

Brother Jim: So. And saying all that.

Brother Jim: Grab your Bible.

Brother Jim: Better buckle up.

Brother Jim: You better hold on, because we're about to get ready.

Brother Jim: We're about ready to make some noise.

Brother Jim: And you know what?

Brother Jim: It's okay to make noise for God.

Brother Jim: It's okay to express that you're a happy, happy person.

Brother Jim: Maybe that's what we need in our country more.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: People just walk around being happy, happy, happy.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: So buckle up, hold on tight and let's get ready to hit the road.

Brother Jim: Fast and furious because we are

Brother Jim: ready for another great day

Brother Jim: together.

Brother Jim: This is Bible bibs and a prayer where faith is real.

Brother Jim: Laughter is welcome in Jesus, as

Brother Jim: always at the center of the

Brother Jim: conversation.

Brother Jim: So let's get started.

Brother Jim: Hey folks, over the weekend I. Here it comes.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: I didn't take it out over the weekend.

Brother Jim: I put up a high voltage fence around my property.

Brother Jim: My neighbors are dead against it.

Brother Jim: I took it out.

Brother Jim: I put it back in, and apparently I left it.

Brother Jim: Hey, come on folks, I know it

Brother Jim: might not be, but I thought it

Brother Jim: was funny.

Brother Jim: All righty.

Brother Jim: And number two, my door was ajar, David.

Brother Jim: So I added jelly.

Brother Jim: So now it's a door jam.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Yes it is.

Brother Jim: Double joke.

Brother Jim: Thursday.

Brother Jim: So come on, friends, let's turn

Brother Jim: this from a conversation into an

Brother Jim: experience.

Brother Jim: And you know what?

Brother Jim: We got the barnyard here that,

Brother Jim: you know, we're still looking to

Brother Jim: add.

Brother Jim: I keep saying that.

Brother Jim: And hopefully when we come back

Brother Jim: from our summer break, we'll

Brother Jim: have a few more characters in

Brother Jim: here.

Brother Jim: But you know what, speaking for the barnyard crew here.

Brother Jim: Do you know why the chicken crossed the road?

Brother Jim: No. Why?

Brother Jim: To prove to the possum it actually could be done.

Brother Jim: Speaking of that, David, my

Brother Jim: friends listening in, I

Brother Jim: committed murder.

David: Uh. Oh.

Brother Jim: And it hurt.

Brother Jim: It really did.

Brother Jim: And it really wasn't murder.

Brother Jim: I don't know how you would tag it.

Brother Jim: Vehicular homicide.

David: Okay.

Brother Jim: Between our house and my mom's house, there's a creek, and I

Brother Jim: use the Steiner to mow it so I don't have to weed eat it.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And it's wet.

Brother Jim: Little soggy bottom about this long.

Brother Jim: And the grass is about yay high.

Brother Jim: Now, every once in a while, we'll get a fish or a turtle.

Brother Jim: Well, I was going in and shut the mower off.

Brother Jim: I assumed a rock, which I knew.

Brother Jim: I got all the rocks out.

Brother Jim: So I lift the deck, start the mower up, pull it back.

Brother Jim: There was this turtle about.

David: Yay, big man.

Brother Jim: He was beautiful.

Brother Jim: He was.

Brother Jim: That's the key.

Brother Jim: He was.

Brother Jim: I felt horrible, David, I really did.

Brother Jim: But it's like, little man, if I

Brother Jim: knew you were hiding there, I

Brother Jim: wouldn't have.

Brother Jim: You know, I would have just skipped that part, but.

Brother Jim: So I was thinking, I'll get him out.

Brother Jim: I don't want his death to be meaningless.

Brother Jim: So I was thinking what we could do, David, is.

Brother Jim: I'll clean him out.

Brother Jim: Let the dry shell.

Brother Jim: I'll YouTube it, see how you do that.

Brother Jim: And then we could add him as a

Brother Jim: candy dish or something like

Brother Jim: that.

David: I'm not gonna eat any candy.

David: All that dish.

David: How about.

Brother Jim: You folks?

Brother Jim: What can we do with a turtle shell?

Brother Jim: Cause I want to bring this little guy in, even though it

Brother Jim: was a a massacre.

Brother Jim: And I'm thinking, was he a daddy?

Brother Jim: Was he a mommy?

Brother Jim: You know.

David: You just orphaned a bunch of turtles.

Brother Jim: I just orphaned a bunch of turtles, I know I do.

Brother Jim: I feel horrible.

Brother Jim: So yeah, but we will be adding that to the show sometime.

Brother Jim: I almost called my father in law because he eats turtle and said,

Brother Jim: hey, Steve, you want a turtle?

Brother Jim: But I think I actually decapitated him.

Brother Jim: That's what it was, a quick death.

Brother Jim: But yeah, folks, don't get mad.

Brother Jim: It was an honest accident.

Brother Jim: And I really do feel bad.

Brother Jim: But yes, we'll have to come up for a name for the show when I

Brother Jim: bring it in.

David: Sheldon. Sheldon. There we go.

David: Sheldon.

Brother Jim: Winner, winner. Chicken dinner.

Brother Jim: Yes. Maybe we could set one of the animals in a shell, too.

Brother Jim: Yeah, I thought a candy dish would be nice.

David: There you go.

Brother Jim: All righty.

Brother Jim: Or maybe the viewers have a better idea.

Brother Jim: Let us know what we should do

Brother Jim: with this show after it's

Brother Jim: cleaned properly.

David: Yes.

Brother Jim: Uh, so in saying all that, good morning to you, our friends.

Brother Jim: Good morning world.

Brother Jim: Let us take a moment and thank God for another beautiful day,

Brother Jim: another breath in our lungs and another opportunity to grow,

Brother Jim: learn and try again.

Brother Jim: Because here on Bible Bibs in prayer, we do not just roll out

Brother Jim: of bed and survive the morning and run over turtles.

Brother Jim: No no no no. We started with gratitude.

Brother Jim: We started with good

Brother Jim: conversation and we started with

Brother Jim: positive energy.

Brother Jim: Some questionable jokes.

Brother Jim: And as an added bonus for the listeners, you.

Brother Jim: Yes, you get to start your

Brother Jim: morning off with, as I said last

Brother Jim: week, and I didn't want to

Brother Jim: change this because it's so

Brother Jim: true.

Brother Jim: Two good looking, charming individuals and that's why it

Brother Jim: makes it so good.

Brother Jim: Speaking of good looking and

Brother Jim: charming, it's time to introduce

Brother Jim: once again the man of the hour,

Brother Jim: my co-host and partner in crime,

Brother Jim: who has cat like reflexes and

Brother Jim: the speed of a mongoose, a man

Brother Jim: who has the confidence of Tommy

Brother Jim: Boy and the planning skills of a

Brother Jim: shopping cart with one bad

Brother Jim: wheel.

Brother Jim: Please welcome my good friend

Brother Jim: and partner in podcasting

Brother Jim: business crime.

Brother Jim: Back by popular demand, the one.

Brother Jim: The only Mr. David Keener.

Brother Jim: And not just a co-host, but one

Brother Jim: of my best friends in the whole

Brother Jim: wide world.

Brother Jim: Good morning, my friend.

Brother Jim: Tell us how life is treating you in Kernersville.

David: Good morning.

David: It's going well.

David: You know, I asked my wife the other day.

David: I said, honey, will you still

David: love me when I'm no longer

David: attractive?

David: And she said, I do.

David: Want to get that one.

David: But yeah, so it's going good.

David: I, I failed to mention last week that, uh, took the family to the

David: Air Force Museum during the Fourth of July weekend.

David: So that were fourth of July week rather.

David: Woo.

David: That was pretty nice.

David: Uh, it wasn't too bad because

David: it's all indoors, so it was

David: okay.

David: But you know, they, they have, uh, they have the Air Force One

David: there that carried JFK's body back from Dallas.

David: And I think it, I think it carried presidents all the way

David: through Bush the first.

David: But, uh, I always enjoy seeing that and going through that.

David: And on the way home we stopped at Bucky's.

David: You ever been to Bucky's?

Brother Jim: No, but I went to.

Brother Jim: That is on my bucket list.

David: It is a place, let me tell you that.

David: I didn't know.

David: It was like I knew we were gonna be in the vicinity, but it was

David: literally like on the route.

David: I had to go a thousand feet out of my way.

David: Uh huh.

David: And, uh, you walk into that place and it's on the left is

David: just gift store.

David: Everything you could imagine on the right is every kind of, you

David: know, food convenience store.

Brother Jim: I heard their barbecue and.

Brother Jim: Right.

Brother Jim: Actually good.

David: Right.

David: Dead center in the middle.

David: A big round area where they're

David: just cooking up hot barbecue

David: sandwiches, fresh brisket on the

David: board.

David: I got me a brisket sandwich.

Speaker 4: It was oh.

David: It was good.

David: It was a little bit fattier than I would have liked.

David: But I mean, they're, they're,

David: you know, they're making a bunch

David: of them.

David: So you get what you get.

David: Right.

David: But, uh, yeah, it was.

Brother Jim: Did you get a picture of you eating it?

David: No, I did not.

David: Dude, my only complaint about

David: that place is they don't have,

David: like, a place where you can sit

David: down.

David: I get it, it's a travel stop.

David: So I'm like, I'm eating it in

David: the parking lot, in the car at

David: ninety four degrees with the air

David: conditioner running.

David: Right.

David: So but it was good.

Brother Jim: That is on my list to find a Bucky's and stop and just take

Brother Jim: it all in.

David: It was we spent, I don't know,

David: forty five minutes there, half

David: hour there.

Brother Jim: I love travel plazas because

Brother Jim: there's all kinds of cool stuff

Brother Jim: you can find that you can't find

Brother Jim: anywhere else.

Brother Jim: Um, especially like for truckers, you know, if you need

Brother Jim: CB stuff or cool hats.

Brother Jim: Yeah, what a great place to.

David: I wanted the kids to get

David: something, you know, they wanted

David: to get, you know, they always

David: want a toy or something when you

David: go there.

David: So I wanted to get something.

David: Bucky's, you know, they had

David: these little beaver Bucky

David: things.

David: That's great.

David: You know commemorates the trip, right?

David: Right.

David: No. They all three bought some

David: stupid toy that you could get

David: anywhere.

David: So whatever.

David: Kids, my wife said we should have bought some for us.

Brother Jim: That could have been one of our.

David: It could have been it could have been.

David: You know, Bible school's got an awful lot of things I've been

David: keeping an eye on around here.

David: We can snatch up for mascots after Bible school, so.

David: Yeah, yeah.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: But yeah, we need to get a beaver.

Brother Jim: Yeah, yeah, I'm on it.

Brother Jim: I'm on it.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: Uh, you know, friends.

Brother Jim: I thought I'd turn the tables.

Brother Jim: Uh, uh, we got a little technical difficulty here.

David: I didn't do it, I swear.

Brother Jim: Now I think it's my, uh, thing up there.

Brother Jim: David, would you mind taking a look?

David: I will, I have.

Brother Jim: Probably low battery, and I need to get an okay.

Speaker 5: Yep. Low battery.

Speaker 5: We'll put her in low power mode.

Speaker 5: Hopefully that still works.

Brother Jim: All righty.

Brother Jim: There we go.

Brother Jim: Thank you.

Brother Jim: David again, the best co-host in the world.

Brother Jim: Mr. Technology.

David: Tech support guy.

David: Whatever.

Brother Jim: Yes, yes.

Brother Jim: Uh, but you know, our friends.

Brother Jim: I thought I'd turn the tables on myself this morning.

Brother Jim: Poor David always gets the cheesy introductions.

Brother Jim: So this morning, I flipped the script and blasted myself.

Brother Jim: I'm your host.

Brother Jim: The reason?

Brother Jim: This podcast has an editing budget.

Brother Jim: I have a face for radio and a voice for close caption.

Brother Jim: I am professionally unqualified but highly enthusiastic.

Brother Jim: I'm here to ask the questions everyone else was smart enough

Brother Jim: not to ask.

Brother Jim: Ha. My greatest talent is talking confidently about things

Brother Jim: I am still learning.

Brother Jim: I am one software update away from retirement.

Brother Jim: My microphone works better than I do.

Brother Jim: If something goes wrong, I just assume.

Brother Jim: I just assume I press the wrong button.

Brother Jim: How true that is.

Brother Jim: And while we are at it, well.

Brother Jim: I could go on and on, David.

Brother Jim: I even pulled up insulting comments or you know, for the oh

Brother Jim: my goodness, we could turn the whole show into that one.

Brother Jim: And there's good ones.

Brother Jim: And there's a little bit that walk the line.

Brother Jim: So we had to stay with the good

Brother Jim: ones there, you know, the clean

Brother Jim: ones.

Brother Jim: But, uh, so, uh, now the force is fourth is over any other

Brother Jim: because you were off.

David: I am.

Brother Jim: Any other plans?

David: No. You know, we like the ladies and gentlemen may know we've got

David: Vacation Bible School going on this week, so.

Brother Jim: Thank you for bringing.

David: I wasn't I wasn't able to plan a whole lot because I had to be

David: back for Vacation Bible School in the evenings this week.

David: So, uh, nothing really this week.

David: That's why we went to, to gotcha thing last week.

Brother Jim: So yes.

Brother Jim: Well, when, uh, next week I fly out to head to Fort Myers.

Brother Jim: So I will try to get some pictures.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Especially me going through, uh, TSA.

Brother Jim: I'm always that guy that gets pulled aside.

Brother Jim: I wonder if he'd be willing to do a selfie with me.

Brother Jim: There you go.

Brother Jim: You know, I gotta undo my belt, and he has to feel around.

Brother Jim: Hey, we get a selfie together.

Brother Jim: Thank you.

Brother Jim: And we're praying that our new IDs come before because we just

Brother Jim: thought about that.

Brother Jim: You know, your license you got.

David: Oh, you don't have the real ID one.

Brother Jim: Yeah. So we went down, got our paperwork, which I have the

Brother Jim: paperwork, but hopefully we get it here before we leave.

Brother Jim: So yeah, or you might see me in the news going nuts on the TSA.

David: Well, I mean, the program is going to be on hiatus here for

David: the rest of the month.

David: So we need we need to give some entertainment to pump in.

Brother Jim: Throughout the that.

David: Throughout the week here.

Brother Jim: Some shots in that, you know, um, yeah.

Brother Jim: So I'm sure I'll get I'll have

Brother Jim: Carrie take some good selfies of

Brother Jim: me as my as we prepare for

Brother Jim: takeoff.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: My face will probably tell a thousand stories there.

Brother Jim: You know, I should have got a job with testing, you know, your

Brother Jim: handrails and everything.

Brother Jim: The amount of pressure it'll take.

Brother Jim: Because let me tell you something.

David: You got a death grip on it.

Brother Jim: There is a death grip on those.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: And the floor, too, you know.

Brother Jim: I wonder if you'd be charged if you broke one of those.

David: Oh, I'm sure they would try.

Brother Jim: Excuse me, ma'am.

Brother Jim: Uh, stewardess, I just broke these.

Brother Jim: Uh. Yes, but, uh, heading to

Brother Jim: Fort Myers in the middle of

Brother Jim: July, so.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: And the first thing I'm doing is finding a good hat.

Brother Jim: So if you haven't noticed, there's nothing up there.

Brother Jim: And this baby burns, so.

Brother Jim: Yeah, but yeah, we'll do some updates there.

Brother Jim: And I don't know if Florida has any buckys or not down there.

David: I think they do.

David: I don't know where, but.

Brother Jim: When I get there I'll Google.

Brother Jim: So yes, I need to invest in a

Brother Jim: selfie stick walking through the

Brother Jim: airport.

Brother Jim: Run right into one of the TSA agents with a gun.

Brother Jim: Sorry, brother.

Brother Jim: Alright, so what's your plans going on?

Brother Jim: What you got going on for the weekend?

Brother Jim: We would love to know how your forth was.

Brother Jim: Uh, again, we want to hear from you guys.

Brother Jim: Let us know.

Brother Jim: Just one simple line.

Brother Jim: Come on, help us out here.

Brother Jim: But as David said, we do have

Brother Jim: the big VBS going on, uh, this

Brother Jim: week from six to eight thirty

Brother Jim: we've got what can we say,

Brother Jim: forty, forty two, forty four

Brother Jim: enrolled already registered

Brother Jim: pre-registered, which is the

Brother Jim: largest we've had in a long

Brother Jim: time.

Brother Jim: Uh, so if you know a young one, a little one, bring em out.

Brother Jim: It's worth your time to invest in our youth.

Brother Jim: Uh, so, yes, out here at Rockford Church, uh, starting

Brother Jim: Sunday night, all the way up until Thursday night.

David: Yeah. Which is actually today, the day this program airs.

David: So when it airs, if you're coming, come tonight.

Brother Jim: Yeah, come tonight.

Brother Jim: And they'll be singing some songs Sunday morning.

Brother Jim: So, uh, yeah, so we're going to be busy here at Rockford Church.

Brother Jim: But you know, weekends may come and go, but God's goodness does

Brother Jim: not take a day off.

Brother Jim: So a week has almost come to an end, friends.

Brother Jim: What'd you do with it?

Brother Jim: What did you do with it?

Brother Jim: Did you do anything that was cool?

Brother Jim: Did you do anything that made a

Brother Jim: difference for God, for the

Brother Jim: kingdom, for somebody else's

Brother Jim: life?

Brother Jim: And, you know, we can accomplish a lot of things in a week.

Brother Jim: We can accomplish things in a day, but we also try to survive.

Brother Jim: There's a fine line there, is

Brother Jim: there not between accomplishing,

Brother Jim: surviving, just getting through

Brother Jim: it.

Brother Jim: But the key question is how do you do it?

Brother Jim: What's your attitude?

Brother Jim: Where's your smile?

Brother Jim: How do you talk to people?

Brother Jim: Do you shine for Jesus in the

Brother Jim: middle of all this chaos, this

Brother Jim: craziness?

Brother Jim: But here you go.

Brother Jim: You get a chance for a break.

Brother Jim: The weekend is almost here, so take that big breath.

Brother Jim: Stretch those shoulders.

Brother Jim: Get ready to smile.

Brother Jim: Come on.

Brother Jim: When's the last time you smiled?

Brother Jim: When's the last time you had one of those gut wrenching laughs

Brother Jim: where you almost blew your drink right through your nose?

Brother Jim: Those are good ones.

Brother Jim: Let's admit it.

Brother Jim: Those are good.

Brother Jim: But in saying all this, it is time now to saddle up and we're

Brother Jim: going to hit the brand new weekend trail together.

Brother Jim: It's Thursday.

Brother Jim: We can do this.

Brother Jim: You are almost there.

Brother Jim: You know what?

Brother Jim: God's carried us.

Brother Jim: He's got us through the week and he's not done with us yet.

Brother Jim: So step into this weekend with faith, joy, and knowing that God

Brother Jim: still has purpose for you, even on your days off.

Brother Jim: Now imagine a furniture salesman

Brother Jim: tells the person, this sofa will

Brother Jim: seat five people with no

Brother Jim: problems.

Brother Jim: David responds.

Brother Jim: David responds, where am I going

Brother Jim: to find five people with no

Brother Jim: problems?

Brother Jim: Sorry, I hit the fast forward button there.

Brother Jim: That is true.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: How would you find five people with no problems?

David: That is a challenge.

Brother Jim: That would be a big challenge, yes.

Brother Jim: Today's thought.

Brother Jim: The Christian does not think God will love us because we are

Brother Jim: good, but that God will make us good because he loves us.

Brother Jim: CS Lewis.

Brother Jim: Now I want to go out with this one.

Brother Jim: Simple one.

Brother Jim: AM I a Christian?

Brother Jim: AM I a Christian?

Brother Jim: I'm asking you.

Brother Jim: Do we ever take the time to examine ourselves?

Brother Jim: Now, if we open up a second Corinthians thirteen five.

Brother Jim: Examine yourself to see whether you are in the faith.

Brother Jim: Test yourselves.

Brother Jim: Do not realize, do you not

Brother Jim: realize that Christ Jesus is in

Brother Jim: you?

Brother Jim: Unless, of course, you fail the test?

Brother Jim: One of the most important questions anyone can ask is not

Brother Jim: am I a good person?

Brother Jim: Or do I go to church?

Brother Jim: But am I truly a Christian?

Brother Jim: Many people identify as Christians because they were

Brother Jim: raised in a Christian home, attended church, or simply

Brother Jim: believe in God.

Brother Jim: Yet the Bible teaches that a genuine Christian is someone who

Brother Jim: has personally Repented.

Brother Jim: And David, there's the big word repented of sin, trusted in

Brother Jim: Christ, and is being transformed by his grace.

Brother Jim: So let me ask you something again to ask yourself.

Brother Jim: AM I a Christian or do I simply fall under the tag of I believe

Brother Jim: in God, I go to church?

Brother Jim: How are you identifying yourself as a Christian?

Brother Jim: And this isn't a sermon to make sincere believers doubt God's

Brother Jim: promises, but to encourage honest self-examination in light

Brother Jim: of Scripture self-examination.

Brother Jim: It's a good thing, isn't it, David?

David: Yeah, absolutely.

Brother Jim: If you go in with a positive

Brother Jim: mindset, okay, let's check it

Brother Jim: out.

Brother Jim: When you go to buy a car, you check it out, right?

David: Sure.

Brother Jim: When you go to buy furniture, you check it out.

Brother Jim: When you go on a date, you check her out.

Brother Jim: You check him out.

Brother Jim: True.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You want to know what you're getting into.

Brother Jim: And then once you make the

Brother Jim: purchase, the purchase, It's

Brother Jim: yours.

Brother Jim: But there's things we have to do for that car.

Brother Jim: Is it not, David?

Brother Jim: Tires are only going to last so long.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Engine oil is going to have to be changed.

Brother Jim: It's got to be washed.

Brother Jim: It's got to have maintenance.

Brother Jim: So in saying that, isn't that

Brother Jim: the same thing with our

Brother Jim: Christian walk, our journey with

Brother Jim: Christ?

Brother Jim: We need to self examine to make sure the oil's changed.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: We're clean.

Brother Jim: And I'm not talking well physically that does help.

Brother Jim: Please make sure you bathe daily.

Brother Jim: I'm talking on the inside,

Brother Jim: repenting of your sins, keeping

Brother Jim: that clean and honest, being

Brother Jim: waxed up, shined up to shine for

Brother Jim: Christ.

Brother Jim: So am I trusting in Jesus Christ alone?

Brother Jim: Our first question, Ephesians

Brother Jim: two eight to nine, for it is by

Brother Jim: grace you have been saved

Brother Jim: through faith, and this is not

Brother Jim: from yourselves.

Brother Jim: It is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

Brother Jim: Salvation is not earned by

Brother Jim: church attendance, baptism, good

Brother Jim: works, religious tradition, and

Brother Jim: family heritage.

Brother Jim: It is received by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.

Brother Jim: Ask yourself, have I placed my

Brother Jim: trust in Christ alone for

Brother Jim: salvation?

Brother Jim: AM I relying on his finished

Brother Jim: work on the cross rather than my

Brother Jim: own efforts?

Brother Jim: Have I repented of my sins?

Brother Jim: Now, David, do you just repent one time?

David: No.

Brother Jim: No. What do you mean?

Brother Jim: David?

David: We. We sinned daily, if not hourly.

David: Sometimes.

David: Wow.

Brother Jim: That one time repenting.

Brother Jim: You mean I need to do it more?

David: Yeah. Not what I mean.

Brother Jim: Whenever I take those little

Brother Jim: crackers, stale crackers, and

Brother Jim: that little shot of wine or

Brother Jim: grape juice.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Should I do it before that, David?

David: Probably.

Brother Jim: Yeah. Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: I don't know what to do.

Brother Jim: I thought it was a one and done.

David: Nope.

Brother Jim: Wow. MM mm.

Brother Jim: Now being very sarcastic there.

Brother Jim: But how many people miss out on that, David?

David: Probably quite a few.

Brother Jim: Quite a few.

Brother Jim: Just had a conversation today or

Brother Jim: the other day with someone about

Brother Jim: this.

Brother Jim: Well, I think I'm saved, but I don't believe in hell.

David: It's dangerous.

Brother Jim: Very dangerous.

Brother Jim: Jesus talks about hell more than anybody.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And we've discussed here a couple months ago about hell.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: That's a question, folks, right there.

Brother Jim: How many categories?

Brother Jim: And to me, the world Satan has

Brother Jim: created that you can check

Brother Jim: yourself into and still fall

Brother Jim: short.

Brother Jim: You're in the wrong box.

Brother Jim: You're in the wrong category.

Brother Jim: And you know, well, I do all these great things.

Brother Jim: Again, once you've been saved or repented, saved, put in your

Brother Jim: faith and trust in Christ.

Brother Jim: That's when the works begin.

Brother Jim: You know, That's when it begins,

Brother Jim: because we are called to do good

Brother Jim: works.

Brother Jim: But if you forget the repentance and the salvation part, it ain't

Brother Jim: doing you no good.

Brother Jim: But it seems like we like to get

Brother Jim: the horse behind the cart or the

Brother Jim: cart in front of the horse on

Brother Jim: this.

Brother Jim: Yeah, we like to pat ourselves on the back.

Brother Jim: We like to do the easy things first.

Brother Jim: It's kind of like, think about this.

Brother Jim: Uh. Mom makes dinner.

Brother Jim: There's a big old piece of liver on there.

Brother Jim: I've got potatoes, I got

Brother Jim: vegetables, I got a salad, I got

Brother Jim: everything.

Brother Jim: And I eat all around it, avoiding what I know.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: I don't want.

Brother Jim: And why is it because I don't want.

Brother Jim: Could it be David.

Brother Jim: I don't really want to change.

Brother Jim: Even though I want to.

Brother Jim: I don't want to give up my sin.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: I've got everything else going for me, David.

Brother Jim: But I am in a sinful

Brother Jim: relationship other than, you

Brother Jim: know, not my wife, but with my

Brother Jim: girlfriend, even though I'm

Brother Jim: married.

Brother Jim: Mhm.

Brother Jim: Not me, folks.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: I'm using an example.

Brother Jim: I can't let that go.

Brother Jim: True.

Brother Jim: Could that be a problem, David?

Brother Jim: Or. So many, so many crosses people carry.

Brother Jim: Do you get my point, though, folks?

Brother Jim: We get to the point.

Brother Jim: We we've got it almost there.

Brother Jim: But there's that one NE banger

Brother Jim: that gets us every time that we

Brother Jim: don't want to to repent of

Brother Jim: because we still enjoy it so

Brother Jim: much.

Brother Jim: And do you think Satan knows that?

David: Absolutely does.

Brother Jim: Yeah. Do you think Satan's going to work at that?

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Yeah. Do you think Satan's going to whisper in your ear.

Brother Jim: Think about what we struggle with As mankind.

Brother Jim: Every day.

Brother Jim: We each have our crosses to carry.

Brother Jim: Do we not?

Brother Jim: And, David, are we going to beat them on our.

Brother Jim: By ourselves?

David: Absolutely not.

Brother Jim: Why is that, David?

David: Because man isn't strong enough.

Brother Jim: Man isn't strong enough.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You ever try to beat something by yourself?

Brother Jim: Friends.

Brother Jim: And I'm talking about, you know, sin, those deadly things.

Brother Jim: Can't do it, can you?

Brother Jim: Oh, you think you can do it?

Brother Jim: I can read self-help books.

Brother Jim: I can go to therapists, which,

Brother Jim: you know, those are all good

Brother Jim: things.

Brother Jim: I'm not saying they're bad, but at the end of the day, that sin

Brother Jim: is still there.

Brother Jim: The only way is through Jesus.

Brother Jim: Now, David, does that mean it's going to go away?

Brother Jim: No. You'll still battle with the.

David: Constant battle.

Brother Jim: Constant battles.

Brother Jim: But you're not alone, right?

Brother Jim: We say that every podcast, you're not alone.

Brother Jim: We have a oh, that one song.

Brother Jim: What a friend I have in Jesus.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: As friends.

Brother Jim: Don't you care about one another?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Think about the love he has for

Brother Jim: you because he died on that

Brother Jim: cross, so.

Brother Jim: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: But am I a Christian?

Brother Jim: I want you to ask yourself today.

Brother Jim: AM I a Christian?

Brother Jim: And take a hard look in the mirror.

Brother Jim: I struggle with it.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: Sometimes I'm just being honest.

Brother Jim: I let the devil get to me, is what happens.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Because he.

Brother Jim: I let him start picking out all my flaws.

Brother Jim: And that's tough.

David: Mhm.

Brother Jim: Jim, you're not good enough, Jim. Really?

Brother Jim: You're not making a difference.

Brother Jim: That whispering in your ear?

Brother Jim: Or better yet, David, you're not a good husband.

Brother Jim: David, you're not a good dad.

Brother Jim: Really?

Brother Jim: That's what you know.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Yeah. And he hits you to me.

Brother Jim: He hits you at you.

Brother Jim: He knows what buttons to push.

Brother Jim: And that's what's tough.

Brother Jim: And we know at least, David, we

Brother Jim: have foundation where we can

Brother Jim: turn to.

Brother Jim: Yeah, but how many people out

Brother Jim: there don't have that

Brother Jim: foundation?

Brother Jim: They have no hope because either

Brother Jim: they've never been told or

Brother Jim: failed, made a choice not to

Brother Jim: listen.

Brother Jim: We live in a world today where

Brother Jim: you can find the gospel

Brother Jim: anywhere.

Brother Jim: True.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: On your phone, on your computer, anywhere you can find it.

Brother Jim: But do you want to?

Brother Jim: Do you want to?

Brother Jim: And as a Christian.

Brother Jim: He said, yeah, brother Jim, I'm.

Brother Jim: I'm saved.

Brother Jim: I believe in Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: I'm part of the kingdom.

Brother Jim: What are you doing for him?

Brother Jim: What are you really doing for him?

Brother Jim: I'm doing a Wednesday night

Brother Jim: service series here about

Brother Jim: consumers, David.

Brother Jim: We're consumers right?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: We're all consumers.

Brother Jim: But what happens to a church that becomes full of consumers

Brother Jim: instead of givers?

Brother Jim: What happens when a church stops giving?

Brother Jim: But wait a minute, Jim.

Brother Jim: We send our our monthly money out for missions.

Brother Jim: We we do a couple events.

Brother Jim: Is that really given?

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: No, no.

David: It's like throwing your two

David: cents in the in the offering

David: plate.

David: So I did my job.

Brother Jim: Exactly.

Brother Jim: Is that part of the problem?

Brother Jim: As Christians, we've lost the concept of giving.

Brother Jim: And I'm I'm not referring to money per se.

Brother Jim: I'm referring to us.

Brother Jim: What we can give back to God

Brother Jim: what we can give to our fellow

Brother Jim: human beings.

Brother Jim: Mankind to the ones who are lost.

Brother Jim: It comes down to us, doesn't it, David?

Brother Jim: It does.

Brother Jim: The church now again through the

Brother Jim: Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit's

Brother Jim: first.

Brother Jim: Don't get me wrong.

Brother Jim: I don't want to say we're better than that, but we are part.

Brother Jim: David received the blessings of

Brother Jim: all this technology wisdom, and

Brother Jim: he's using that through this

Brother Jim: little show, through our church

Brother Jim: services.

Brother Jim: His calling.

Brother Jim: But you know what?

Brother Jim: Who knows what other talents David might have?

Brother Jim: You never know, right, David?

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: You never know.

Brother Jim: But if David shuts the book, shuts the heart and the mind and

Brother Jim: says, nah, I'm good enough.

Brother Jim: What if there's a whole second career?

Brother Jim: Or where he can take his

Brother Jim: blessings and add to something

Brother Jim: even bigger.

Brother Jim: Wow.

Brother Jim: And I'm just using David as an example here.

Brother Jim: But what about each one of us?

Brother Jim: Are we just sitting on just the tip of it to where if we would

Brother Jim: choose to dive in?

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: Or are we afraid of what would

Brother Jim: happen, what God would have us

Brother Jim: actually do?

Brother Jim: Do you think that's maybe some of the problem, David?

Brother Jim: Fear of what I'm going to be called to do?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: How am I going to do this when I

Brother Jim: can't even get the mowed, the

Brother Jim: lawn mowed and get the the

Brother Jim: laundry cleaned?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Yeah. I get it.

Brother Jim: But fear.

Brother Jim: But should Christians fear?

David: Bible says fear not.

Brother Jim: Fear not.

Brother Jim: We still do.

Brother Jim: Sometimes we still worry overcoming that.

Brother Jim: So again, when you ask yourself, am I a Christian?

Brother Jim: Do the little checklist on yourself.

Brother Jim: Maybe there is that nagging worry, that nagging fear.

Brother Jim: And why don't you do something about it?

Brother Jim: My friends.

Brother Jim: I'm scared.

Brother Jim: I'm embarrassed.

Brother Jim: I don't do well with people.

Brother Jim: I've heard a lot of reasons why people won't ask for prayer.

Brother Jim: David don't want to bother you.

Brother Jim: You can bother me.

Brother Jim: We are in and we've talked about a spiritual warfare, my friends.

Brother Jim: Spiritual warfare, doubting, doubting.

Brother Jim: Are you a doubting Thomas?

Brother Jim: And some of us were a little harder to believe, aren't we?

Brother Jim: Some of our mindsets.

Brother Jim: But to me, it's a pretty simple question.

Brother Jim: Are you a Christian?

Brother Jim: Are you a follower of Jesus Christ?

Brother Jim: And if you were to die today, are you going to heaven or are

Brother Jim: you going to hell?

Brother Jim: And there's no in between?

Brother Jim: And you know, David, how many people will stand before God,

Brother Jim: stand before Christ and shout, that's their only defense.

Brother Jim: I believed in you.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: I went to church.

Brother Jim: I volunteered, I taught Sunday school, David.

Brother Jim: I did Bible bibs and a prayer, and you missed the whole thing.

Brother Jim: And that is the thing, a

Brother Jim: personal relationship with

Brother Jim: Jesus.

Brother Jim: Because once he takes control of

Brother Jim: the boat, folks, you better hang

Brother Jim: on tight.

Brother Jim: You don't know where he is going to take you.

Brother Jim: But David, it's pretty cool.

Brother Jim: It is.

Brother Jim: That's where your faith comes in.

Brother Jim: You think as we grow older, David, the excitement seems to

Brother Jim: fizzle out in our lives.

Brother Jim: That excites us.

Brother Jim: That gets us.

Brother Jim: It's not like being a kid for me, okay?

Brother Jim: That excitement of a new adventure.

Brother Jim: Because we always say, hey, if we're going on vacation, David,

Brother Jim: we're the ones that have to.

Brother Jim: And moms and moms, don't get me wrong, it takes a lot of work to

Brother Jim: go on vacation.

David: Sucks all the fun out of it.

Brother Jim: Exactly. There you go.

Brother Jim: Thank you.

Brother Jim: Being a Christian isn't like that.

Brother Jim: It does not suck the fun out of you.

Brother Jim: And I think that's a big stereotype for Christians.

Brother Jim: They're no fun.

Brother Jim: They're boring.

Brother Jim: They're.

Brother Jim: No, that's not true.

Brother Jim: That's not true at all.

Brother Jim: And I've met Christians, dude.

Brother Jim: I mean, from Harley riders to everyday Joes, you know.

Brother Jim: What is the definition?

Brother Jim: What are the requirements?

Brother Jim: I don't see anything about that, David.

Brother Jim: Thou shalt not ride a motorcycle.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Thou shalt not belong to a motorcycle group.

Brother Jim: Christian motorcycle group to boot.

Brother Jim: You know, uh, again, is that mankind trying to stereotype to

Brother Jim: put Christianity in a box?

Brother Jim: Is that the world?

Brother Jim: Is that the devil trying to

Brother Jim: maintain it in a small little

Brother Jim: box that makes it look

Brother Jim: unappealing?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Using the stereotype.

Brother Jim: Well, my friends, ask yourself, am I a Christian?

Brother Jim: Examine yourself.

Brother Jim: AM I doing am I doing right by God?

Brother Jim: AM I serving him?

Brother Jim: Or am I serving myself a little bit more, or I've just fallen

Brother Jim: off the wagon.

Brother Jim: I'm completely serving the world.

Brother Jim: We need to keep an eye on one another.

Brother Jim: We need to keep an eye on ourselves.

Brother Jim: And that's where if you pull in

Brother Jim: just a few tight brothers and

Brother Jim: sisters, that keeps you

Brother Jim: accountable.

Brother Jim: Who helps you tend your garden?

Brother Jim: It'll be a lot easier.

Brother Jim: It will be a lot easier, but

Brother Jim: that means you have to take a

Brother Jim: step of faith that you have to

Brother Jim: trust.

Brother Jim: But guess what?

Brother Jim: Number one, pray about it.

Brother Jim: Say, Lord, I need a couple friends in here that I can trust

Brother Jim: that can hold me accountable to make sure when I reexamine

Brother Jim: myself, just think about it.

Brother Jim: I can get on the scales.

Brother Jim: Hey, I look good for this weight.

Brother Jim: Yeah, I can still fit in my jeans.

Brother Jim: I'm good versus having a doctor say, dude, you're fat.

Brother Jim: You need to lose weight.

Brother Jim: Nobody wants to hear that so we

Brother Jim: can kind of fudge the numbers

Brother Jim: sometimes when we self exam,

Brother Jim: can't we?

Brother Jim: David.

David: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: But if we have somebody else who is doing it out of love and that

Brother Jim: walk with you.

Brother Jim: Ooh, sometimes, David, we need

Brother Jim: to be brutally honest with one

Brother Jim: another.

Brother Jim: Yeah we do, but we not in a mean

Brother Jim: spirited way, but in a way of

Brother Jim: love.

Brother Jim: You know?

Brother Jim: Think about it.

Brother Jim: Think about it.

Brother Jim: Well, my friends, the time has come.

Brother Jim: The end is near.

Brother Jim: As we face the final program for just a little bit.

Brother Jim: David and I is going to take some time off here to, uh, we

Brother Jim: got some cool ideas.

Brother Jim: And, uh, again, I know it's been a long time coming.

Brother Jim: Have give us a little, uh, grace on this, but, uh.

Brother Jim: It's kind of funny how we can

Brother Jim: sit here and put our heads

Brother Jim: together and not think of

Brother Jim: anything.

Brother Jim: And then out of the blue, David comes up with a great idea.

Brother Jim: It's like so simple.

Brother Jim: So yeah, we can't wait to get back to you.

Brother Jim: And David, would you like to tell him?

Brother Jim: Remind him again on how they can view our previous showings.

David: Yeah, absolutely.

David: This, this episode here is our

David: eightieth episode of this

David: season.

David: Wow.

David: One hundred and fifty fifth total.

Brother Jim: one hundred and fifty.

David: We have done one hundred and fifty five of these as of today.

Speaker 4: That's crazy.

David: Man. I know when you stop and think about it.

David: Yeah.

David: So like, like, like Brother Jim said, we've got great ideas.

David: It's just it's time and resources, right?

David: You can't see it.

David: But there's a thirty foot pew

David: sitting over here in the area

David: where we wanted to do some

David: things.

David: So we're, we're, we're a work in progress.

David: We're always, we're always.

Brother Jim: If you need a thirty foot pew, please reach out.

David: Let us know.

Brother Jim: But but here's the catch.

Brother Jim: You gotta figure out how to get it out of this room.

Brother Jim: And if you want to bring a chainsaw.

Brother Jim: No, I'm not going to say a word.

David: But if you look us up on YouTube

David: while we're out, if you just go

David: to YouTube and search Bible bibs

David: on a prayer, you'll find our

David: channel.

David: It has all one hundred and fifty five episodes on it, so you can

David: pull those up, watch them at your convenience, and you can

David: download the podcast.

David: They're all available.

David: All one hundred and fifty five of them are out there.

David: We're on, we're on all the platforms, iTunes, iHeartRadio,

David: US, Amazon Music.

David: If you have an Alexa device, you can say, hey, Alexa, pull up

David: Bible bibs in a prayer.

David: They're going to hate that because I just triggered

David: everybody's Alexa by doing that.

Speaker 6: So.

Brother Jim: Uh, that's all right.

Brother Jim: They still love us.

Brother Jim: They still.

David: Love. That's right, that's right.

David: Thanks for tuning in.

David: And like Brother Jim said, we'll we'll be back.

David: We'll be back for season four.

Brother Jim: Wow. Season four.

Brother Jim: Who would have.

David: Thought I know.

Brother Jim: Who would have thought?

Brother Jim: And we want to thank you, our

Brother Jim: faithful listeners, viewers and

Brother Jim: I would love in our off time, if

Brother Jim: David could get a list of all

Brother Jim: the countries and we could list

Brother Jim: them there just to say, hey,

Brother Jim: look at look at what two hill

Brother Jim: jack.

Brother Jim: Well, one hill jack and one it guy can do.

Brother Jim: And again, I know we're hokey and especially me and.

Brother Jim: But you know what?

Brother Jim: Here's the deal.

Brother Jim: If one person.

Brother Jim: We make them laugh, we make them smile.

Brother Jim: We make them feel just a little bit better about themselves.

Brother Jim: Or maybe they hear better yet.

Brother Jim: And this is what I'm shooting for when I say, you know, you're

Brother Jim: loved, you have meaning, you have value, and you listen to

Brother Jim: what we say, you know?

Brother Jim: Yes, there's a lot of entertainment out there a lot.

Brother Jim: And I enjoy other podcasts, I

Brother Jim: really do, but we're growing

Brother Jim: here.

Brother Jim: We're trying to do right.

Brother Jim: And again, one of my big things is to get more guests on here.

Brother Jim: I think that would really be cool.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Haven't missed Buffy on there.

Brother Jim: Went really well and Ellie and again, but you know, we need to

Brother Jim: know what you want to hear to what you want to see.

Brother Jim: That would help us out tremendously.

Brother Jim: So let us know.

Brother Jim: Well, my friends, that just about does it for this Thursday.

Brother Jim: The iPad has died, so I am totally.

Brother Jim: I've been winging this.

Brother Jim: In case you didn't know.

Brother Jim: But you know, as we say here.

Brother Jim: Count your blessings.

Brother Jim: Smile.

Brother Jim: Rejoice that you're alive.

Brother Jim: But again, count your blessings.

Brother Jim: Just thank God.

Brother Jim: Just thank God you're alive.

Brother Jim: Thank God for what you have.

Brother Jim: And if we meet again, then we're going to smile and rejoice.

Brother Jim: And if not, this parting was well made.

Brother Jim: Thank you for joining Dave and

Brother Jim: myself here on Bible Bibs in

Brother Jim: prayer.

Brother Jim: Have a good summer.

Brother Jim: This is the big guy, Brother Jim.

Brother Jim: Out.