Bible Bibs and a Prayer Season 3 Episode 70

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: Hey, yo.

Brother Jim: Hey, you!

Brother Jim: Yes, you.

Brother Jim: May I have your attention, please?

Brother Jim: How you doing?

Brother Jim: Allow me to brighten your day.

Brother Jim: Because it is time, my friends.

Brother Jim: Time for Bible.

Brother Jim: Bibs and a prayer.

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

Brother Jim: yawning and playing Tetris or whatever solitude, put it aside.

Brother Jim: Maybe you're out mowing the lawn or pretending to work hard while

Brother Jim: secretly listening to us.

Brother Jim: We are grateful you are making the choice.

Brother Jim: Yes, you're making a choice to

Brother Jim: spend a little time with us

Brother Jim: today.

Brother Jim: The dynamic duo here on Bible bibs and prayer and the goal of

Brother Jim: Bible bibs in a prayer is quite simple, just like us.

Brother Jim: To talk about God's Word, encourage one another in our

Brother Jim: faith, share a few laughs and hopefully leave you a little.

Brother Jim: Lead you and leave you, lead and

Brother Jim: leave you a little closer to

Brother Jim: Jesus than when we when you

Brother Jim: started listening.

Brother Jim: So grab your coffee.

Brother Jim: That rocket fuel your body

Brother Jim: probably should not be taking

Brother Jim: you in.

Brother Jim: For example, this delicious bottle of Mountain Dew.

Brother Jim: I hate to say it.

David: David fell off the Mountain Dew wagon, fell.

Brother Jim: Off the Mountain Dew wagon.

David: It's tough.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

David: I feel you.

Brother Jim: But again, I'm not going to judge.

Brother Jim: So you don't judge me, okay?

Brother Jim: What we put in our bodies.

Brother Jim: That's right.

David: Right.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: So grab your Bible, buckle up and let's get ready to hit that

Brother Jim: road fast and furious.

Brother Jim: This is Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: You know, we need to get a tire squeal in there, David.

Brother Jim: You know, for that little.

David: Yeah, yeah.

Brother Jim: Kind of like a burnout.

Brother Jim: Before we go to this funny story, Saturday night, I was up

Brother Jim: here working on a sermon late and I heard this ruckus outside.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: I'm like, what is somebody doing?

Brother Jim: So yeah, later I hopped in the truck to go home.

Brother Jim: They had laid a patch of rubber

Brother Jim: from the church all the way

Brother Jim: down.

Brother Jim: I mean, down the road.

David: I wonder what they were driving.

Brother Jim: I know it didn't sound healthy, I'll tell you that.

Brother Jim: But why waste the tire?

Brother Jim: The tread?

Brother Jim: Yeah, I wish I was that rich.

Brother Jim: I could do that.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: Hey, this is Bible bibs and a prayer, so let's get started.

Brother Jim: Number one, we're just grateful you're here.

Brother Jim: And since you're here, why don't

Brother Jim: you ignore those

Brother Jim: responsibilities?

Brother Jim: Just for a few moments?

Brother Jim: We'll write you a hall pass.

Brother Jim: Pretend your inbox does not exist.

Brother Jim: Who cares about all those blah, blah blah emails, right, David?

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Get to the point.

Brother Jim: Or those texts.

Brother Jim: Let them go for a few moments.

Brother Jim: Put your phone aside.

Brother Jim: Unless you're watching it with

Brother Jim: us on here and let us spend a

Brother Jim: little time laughing, learning

Brother Jim: and growing and growing together

Brother Jim: in Christ.

Brother Jim: Because around here we believe

Brother Jim: life is serious enough already,

Brother Jim: so we might as well walk through

Brother Jim: it with a little faith, a little

Brother Jim: laughter, and a whole lot of

Brother Jim: grace.

Brother Jim: You know, folks, it's hard to be

Brother Jim: nostalgic when you cannot

Brother Jim: remember anything.

Brother Jim: And number two, my manager told me to have a great day, so I

Brother Jim: didn't go to work.

Brother Jim: Yes, it's double joke.

Brother Jim: Thursday.

Brother Jim: Come on, friends, let's turn

Brother Jim: this in from a conversation into

Brother Jim: an experience.

Brother Jim: What a blessing.

Brother Jim: Right.

Brother Jim: Ida Lee.

Brother Jim: Miss Ida Lee.

Brother Jim: Mr. Dan the chicken man.

Brother Jim: Happy Lin.

Brother Jim: Please notice Happy Lin and Tom, the turkey.

Brother Jim: Oh, and by the way, Miss Ida

Brother Jim: Lee, what do you call a pig that

Brother Jim: knows karate?

David: I don't know.

Brother Jim: A pork chop.

Brother Jim: Sorry, baby.

Brother Jim: Sorry, baby.

Brother Jim: 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 a prayer, we do not just roll out

Brother Jim: of bed and survive the morning.

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

Brother Jim: We started with good

Brother Jim: conversation and we started with

Brother Jim: a positive energy and some

Brother Jim: questionable jokes.

Brother Jim: I like that pork chop, but that's what makes life fun.

Brother Jim: That's what makes us fun.

Brother Jim: And here is one for you listeners out there.

Brother Jim: One more.

Brother Jim: What do you call a man who has served the Lord faithfully for

Brother Jim: many years and complained about technology for most of them?

Brother Jim: Haha.

Brother Jim: That is correct.

Brother Jim: My co-host and partner in crime.

Brother Jim: I got him laughing.

Brother Jim: A man who exercise program

Brother Jim: consists mainly of changing TV

Brother Jim: channels.

Brother Jim: A man among men who also claims

Brother Jim: I don't lose my train of

Brother Jim: thought.

Brother Jim: It just makes unscheduled stops.

Brother Jim: And yes, there are times he's just a big outside.

Brother Jim: Please welcome the one, 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 sir.

David: Good morning.

David: I was just curious.

David: Have.

David: Have you you've heard of Murphy's Law, right?

David: Oh, yes.

David: Do you know?

David: Know what it is?

David: Yeah.

David: What?

David: What is it?

David: Murphy's law.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Why don't you tell me?

Brother Jim: I'm having a brain.

David: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

Brother Jim: Will go wrong.

Brother Jim: Right, man.

Brother Jim: Back luck.

Brother Jim: What we call it.

Brother Jim: Yeah, man.

David: Have you heard of coleslaw?

Brother Jim: Coleslaw?

David: Yeah, it's a little tougher one.

David: It's a thinly sliced cabbage and mayonnaise.

David: Yeah, that's what I was going.

Brother Jim: It goes great with barbecue.

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: You put.

Brother Jim: Now I know what you go through.

Brother Jim: When I put you on the spot, it's

Brother Jim: like, yeah, I know Murphy's Law,

Brother Jim: but I can't think of it right

Brother Jim: now.

David: Everything just goes.

Brother Jim: If it will, it will.

Brother Jim: And it's yes.

Brother Jim: And that's why we call it man back luck.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: If there's one nail on the road, everybody drives over and does

Brother Jim: not puncture a tire.

Brother Jim: We're the ones.

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: That drives over it and gets a big old hole.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: That's just kind of.

Brother Jim: But hey, we're still blessed.

Brother Jim: That's right.

Brother Jim: How's it going in Kerrville, my friend?

David: It's going well.

David: Uh, one way or the other, jury duty is over as of today, so

David: whether I had to serve or not, I don't know, but, uh.

David: But we're done.

David: Yes.

Brother Jim: You have done your civic duty.

David: I can check that box.

David: And I'm good for a minimum of two years.

Brother Jim: We salute.

David: You. Other than that, not too much weather's been decent.

David: I don't.

David: There hasn't been a drop of rain this week that I know of.

Brother Jim: I know, that's so nice.

Brother Jim: Catch up.

Brother Jim: Big plans for the weekend probably.

David: Mon.

Brother Jim: Mon.

David: Yes. Now that it's sunny, it's gonna be mowing.

David: Mowing all the time.

Brother Jim: Yes. Uh, yeah, just trying to work around the house.

Brother Jim: How about you folks?

Brother Jim: I'm sure everybody's busy, busy, busy.

Brother Jim: And, uh, hopefully by the time

Brother Jim: we're done with this or you're

Brother Jim: listening to this, my garden

Brother Jim: will be finally planted and

Brother Jim: done.

Brother Jim: Yeah, because it's getting close now.

Brother Jim: I got to get them in.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: But, uh, you know, uh, when I went to get my belt.

Brother Jim: I was telling David a story.

Brother Jim: I won't bore you with that, but,

Brother Jim: uh, the wife wants to clean the

Brother Jim: front porch.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Pressure washing everything.

Brother Jim: And I am such a sucker.

Brother Jim: I went into Napa the other day

Brother Jim: to get some belts for the

Brother Jim: mowers.

Brother Jim: And lo and behold, and they got me.

Brother Jim: They got me one of those power wands.

Brother Jim: You hook up to your hose.

David: Okay.

Brother Jim: Because I've got the gas powered, uh, power washer and

Brother Jim: I've got electric one, which really does a nice job.

Brother Jim: But this one simply you just put

Brother Jim: on your hose and it comes with a

Brother Jim: little holder for your cleaning

Brother Jim: solution.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: And they said it's ideal for

Brother Jim: lawn mowers, porches, that kind

Brother Jim: of stuff.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: So, and I got to be honest, the only reason I bought it to help

Brother Jim: keep me from having to go through all the hassle of

Brother Jim: getting a pressure washer.

Brother Jim: Yes, yes.

Brother Jim: Was it right or wrong?

Brother Jim: I don't know, and I gotta admit, I really didn't ask God, should

Brother Jim: I buy it?

Brother Jim: I was selfish thinking, hey, Kerry.

Brother Jim: Here, knock yourself.

David: Out.

Brother Jim: You're right.

Brother Jim: Instead of dragging everything out.

Brother Jim: So, uh, hopefully we get that done.

Brother Jim: Uh, because there's nothing like sitting on the front porch.

Brother Jim: Uh, did you guys notice the full moon this past week?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Oh, it was beautiful.

Brother Jim: Beautiful.

Brother Jim: I mean, right now, it's like, every night is a perfect night

Brother Jim: for a fire.

Brother Jim: So, uh, so what's your plans for the weekend?

Brother Jim: You got anything good going on?

Brother Jim: Let us know in the comments.

Brother Jim: You guys have been very quiet.

Brother Jim: Come on, Peg.

Brother Jim: Abraham.

Brother Jim: Hey, how you doing, friend?

Brother Jim: I called you the other day, by the way.

Brother Jim: No answer.

Brother Jim: So, uh, you know, let us know.

Brother Jim: We we get lonely here.

Brother Jim: I mean, for goodness sakes,

Brother Jim: we're talking to fake chickens

Brother Jim: and monkeys and Miss Ida Lena a

Brother Jim: dead turkey.

Brother Jim: He's just tired.

Brother Jim: Okay?

Brother Jim: He had a long night, but, uh, you know, again, as Dave and I

Brother Jim: try to figure all this out.

Brother Jim: What about you?

Brother Jim: How is it going in your life?

Brother Jim: What's your big plans for the weekend?

Brother Jim: And you know, before we know it, the fourth will be here.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: Oh, big year two hundred and fifty.

Brother Jim: I mean, that deserves extra fireworks.

Brother Jim: The way I look at it.

David: They say that the average constitution that other

David: countries have lasts on average about thirty years.

Brother Jim: Thirty.

David: Wow. And we've made it two hundred and fifty.

David: So something something's going right.

Brother Jim: The boys knew what they were doing.

David: Yep, yep.

Brother Jim: But the plan the thing is the

Brother Jim: question is are we going to mess

Brother Jim: it up?

Brother Jim: Woo hoo!

David: We're trying.

Brother Jim: We're trying our best.

Brother Jim: Same thing with the word yeah.

Brother Jim: Let's be honest.

Brother Jim: Let's be real darn honest.

Brother Jim: Honest.

Brother Jim: This morning we're messing with the word, trying to rewrite it

Brother Jim: to make life easier for us.

Brother Jim: True, David.

Brother Jim: Yeah, I think that's all it is.

Brother Jim: Trying to make life easier for us.

Brother Jim: So, uh.

Brother Jim: But, hey, you know what?

Brother Jim: Plans for the weekend?

Brother Jim: A little rest, a little family time, a little church time, a

Brother Jim: little bit of sleeping in, maybe, or, you know, just trying

Brother Jim: to survive until Monday.

Brother Jim: And hopefully you're not just trying to survive.

Brother Jim: Don't don't live for the weekends, my friend.

Brother Jim: Embrace the weekends.

Brother Jim: Rest.

Brother Jim: Have some fun.

Brother Jim: My goodness.

Brother Jim: Throw in a Three Stooges movie.

Brother Jim: I got David laughing again.

Brother Jim: Might get edited on that one, but hey, I don't care.

Brother Jim: I'm free spirit free flowing today.

Brother Jim: But whatever it is, we hope it is filled with peace, laughter,

Brother Jim: a whole lot of laughter and a little bit of joy.

Brother Jim: You know what?

Brother Jim: Scratch that last remark.

Brother Jim: A whole lot of joy.

Brother Jim: Because weekends may come and weekends go.

Brother Jim: But God's goodness does not take a day off.

Brother Jim: Thank you, Lord, for that.

Brother Jim: Alrighty then.

Brother Jim: A week has almost come to an end.

Brother Jim: Friends, let me ask you this morning as I always ask, what

Brother Jim: have you done to make this week a better place and a difference

Brother Jim: in God's kingdom?

Brother Jim: Not just what you accomplished, not just what you survived, but

Brother Jim: how did you shine for Jesus in the middle of it all?

Brother Jim: And again, the weekend is almost here.

Brother Jim: So you still got time.

Brother Jim: You got time.

Brother Jim: Take a breath stretch, though.

Brother Jim: Oh, yeah.

Brother Jim: We're trying to get it in the

Brother Jim: budget to get him a massage

Brother Jim: chair.

Brother Jim: Here.

David: There you.

Brother Jim: Go. Maybe even crack that smile you've been hiding since Monday.

Brother Jim: Because now it is time, my friends.

Brother Jim: Oh, baby.

Brother Jim: That's why I got my hat on.

Brother Jim: Woo!

Brother Jim: Time to saddle up and hit the brand new trail together.

Brother Jim: The brand new weekend trail.

Brother Jim: That's what I'm talking about.

Brother Jim: And you know what?

Brother Jim: I know you might be feeling a

Brother Jim: little tired, a little worn

Brother Jim: down.

Brother Jim: Maybe even just a little.

Brother Jim: I just need five minutes of silence and more than a snack, a

Brother Jim: couple snacks, a box, a bag.

Brother Jim: Because I am exhausted.

Brother Jim: But you know what?

Brother Jim: You can do it.

Brother Jim: You're almost there.

Brother Jim: God.

Brother Jim: Yes, God has carried you through

Brother Jim: the week and he is not done with

Brother Jim: you yet.

Brother Jim: So step into the weekend with faith.

Brother Jim: Step into it with joy.

Brother Jim: Step into it knowing that God still got purpose for you even

Brother Jim: on your days off.

Brother Jim: Now, I love when I leave work

Brother Jim: early to surprise my wife at

Brother Jim: home, and she greets me with the

Brother Jim: three special words, were you

Brother Jim: fired?

Brother Jim: Uh. You ever leave work early, David?

Brother Jim: And your wife asks you that one.

Brother Jim: Why are you home?

Brother Jim: Were you fired?

David: Thankfully, no. All right.

Brother Jim: Anymore.

Brother Jim: Though most people work from home or have that opportunity.

Brother Jim: So, yeah.

Brother Jim: I wonder if you work from home.

Brother Jim: How do you get fired?

Brother Jim: We need you to come into the office or we're going to zoom.

Brother Jim: Wouldn't that be great?

Brother Jim: And so personable.

Brother Jim: Yeah, a Zoom meeting.

Brother Jim: Oh, by the way, Mr. Keener, we no longer require your services.

David: I have heard from friends who

David: work at Amazon that they fire

David: you over your workstation

David: terminal.

David: Like your screen just locks and it says, please gather your

David: things and report to HR.

David: If you work in like the Amazon warehouses and stuff like that,

David: they fire you over the terminal.

Brother Jim: Nice.

David: Thanks. Jeff Bezos.

Brother Jim: So does everybody have a box next to them?

David: I have no idea.

David: But but that's.

Brother Jim: The red box.

David: That's insider information from

David: people that I know have worked

David: for Amazon.

David: Wow.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: That would just make a. And what

Brother Jim: if the off chance your monitor

Brother Jim: does freeze or something an

Brother Jim: error comes up or you're the

Brother Jim: wrong.

Brother Jim: Yeah, right.

Brother Jim: You walk up to HR with your little box.

Brother Jim: What are you doing here?

Brother Jim: Oh, wow.

Brother Jim: That makes me just feel all warm and cozy.

David: Right.

Brother Jim: So what you're saying is if I get my, uh, monitor freezes up

Brother Jim: and it says, box up your things.

Brother Jim: Jim, we need to see you.

Brother Jim: Uh, wow.

Brother Jim: I just totally lost on that one.

Brother Jim: Uh, alrighty.

Brother Jim: Today's thought.

Brother Jim: The way you store up treasure in heaven is by investing in

Brother Jim: getting people there.

Brother Jim: Who?

Brother Jim: Rick Warren, investing.

Brother Jim: Storing up your treasure in heaven is by investing in

Brother Jim: getting people there.

Brother Jim: Now, here's a question as we talk about heaven, how people

Brother Jim: miss out on heaven.

Brother Jim: Now, have you ever missed something in your life?

Brother Jim: Missed the bus, missed the

Brother Jim: missed the cab, missed the

Brother Jim: meeting.

Brother Jim: Which unfortunately, you better not if you work for Amazon.

Brother Jim: Jeez, what have you missed out on in life?

Brother Jim: You can always catch another bus.

Brother Jim: You can always get it right.

Brother Jim: Another ride right, David?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: There's always opportunity to make it up.

Brother Jim: But with heaven, there's only one bus.

Brother Jim: Yeah, there's no redos.

Brother Jim: There's no getting an Uber to get you there.

Brother Jim: How many people miss out on heaven?

Brother Jim: Now, brothers and sisters, one of the saddest truths in all of

Brother Jim: Scripture is this not everyone will enter heaven.

Brother Jim: That may sound harsh in today's

Brother Jim: world because many people

Brother Jim: believe as Everyone goes to

Brother Jim: heaven.

Brother Jim: And unfortunately, that comes from the pulpit.

Brother Jim: But Jesus never taught that.

Brother Jim: Again, I go back to this.

Brother Jim: We've talked about this.

Brother Jim: Jesus warned repeatedly that many people would miss eternal

Brother Jim: life because they refused to truly follow him.

Brother Jim: Matthew seven thirteen to fourteen.

Brother Jim: Now I want you to picture this.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: You got the big gate, wide gate on the left, and you got this,

Brother Jim: this little gate on the right.

Brother Jim: Matthew seven thirteen to

Brother Jim: fourteen enter by the narrow

Brother Jim: gate, for wide is the gate, and

Brother Jim: broad is the way that leads to

Brother Jim: destruction.

Brother Jim: And there are many ways many who go in it by it.

Brother Jim: There are many who go in by it because narrow is the gate and

Brother Jim: difficult is the way which leads to life and there are few, few

Brother Jim: who find it.

Brother Jim: Now that should cause every one

Brother Jim: of us to examine our hearts

Brother Jim: carefully.

Brother Jim: Should be a reality check.

Brother Jim: Some miss heaven because they simply just reject Jesus.

Brother Jim: And that is one of the greatest tragedies.

Brother Jim: It's not poverty.

Brother Jim: It's not sickness.

Brother Jim: It's not failure.

Brother Jim: The greatest tragedy is rejecting rejecting the Savior.

Brother Jim: Jesus made it clear as we talked Tuesday.

Brother Jim: John fourteen six again, I'm the

Brother Jim: way, I'm the truth, and I'm the

Brother Jim: life.

Brother Jim: No one, no one.

Brother Jim: No matter how good, how pretty,

Brother Jim: how much you've done comes to

Brother Jim: the father.

Brother Jim: Except through me.

Brother Jim: Now, how many of us in our society today want heaven?

Brother Jim: But they don't want Jesus, huh?

Brother Jim: Think about that one.

Brother Jim: How many people want heaven without Jesus?

Brother Jim: They want blessings without surrender.

Brother Jim: They want eternal life without repentance.

Brother Jim: But salvation is found again.

Brother Jim: And I can't stress this enough.

Brother Jim: In Christ alone, a person can know about Jesus without truly

Brother Jim: knowing him personally.

Brother Jim: Is that you today?

Brother Jim: Listening in?

Brother Jim: Is that me?

Brother Jim: Is that David?

Brother Jim: Is that great grandma?

Brother Jim: Is that Uncle John?

Brother Jim: Aunt Linda?

Brother Jim: Who knows?

Brother Jim: But again, they can claim it.

Brother Jim: But do they really know him personally?

Brother Jim: Some miss heaven because they love.

Brother Jim: Oh, David, they love sin more than God.

Brother Jim: True statement.

David: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: Sin is fun, brother.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Sin is.

David: Fun. Instant gratification?

David: Yes.

Brother Jim: Because we all have our little our little crosses to carry

Brother Jim: those little sins that please us, that make us happy.

Brother Jim: David might have some totally different from mine.

Brother Jim: You might have some totally different from mine.

Brother Jim: But if we're oh, we're honest today, sin can be fun.

Brother Jim: And who?

Brother Jim: Who knows that as well?

Brother Jim: Satan.

Brother Jim: He loves to tempt you and I. He loves to tempt mankind.

Brother Jim: One of the dangers of sin is

Brother Jim: that it can harden the human

Brother Jim: heart.

Brother Jim: And I have seen this before.

Brother Jim: Maybe you have to.

Brother Jim: People often say, I will come to God later in my life when I'm

Brother Jim: older, because I've got more living to do.

Brother Jim: David.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Let me ask you something, David.

Brother Jim: And we've discussed this before.

Brother Jim: Do you know when your last day is going to be?

David: Unfortunately, no, no.

Brother Jim: So that kind of disqualifies that statement.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Because you might not make it to sixty five before all of a

Brother Jim: sudden I need you, God.

Brother Jim: You might be twenty five and tomorrow is your last day.

Brother Jim: You're gambling with eternity.

Brother Jim: I'm not ready to give this lifestyle up yet.

Brother Jim: But the longer people resist God, the easier it becomes to

Brother Jim: ignore his voice.

Brother Jim: David, let me ask you something.

Brother Jim: I've seen this the other day.

Brother Jim: Would you want to know your final day?

Brother Jim: Final time?

David: I don't know.

David: I don't know if I would or not.

Brother Jim: If I could say, David, on this date, thirty years from now will

Brother Jim: be your last day.

Brother Jim: Would you want to know?

David: I, I don't think I would.

Brother Jim: See, I think I do.

Brother Jim: I would want to know.

David: For me that would just be like

David: impending doom just looming over

David: my head for the next thirty

David: years.

Brother Jim: Very true, very true.

Brother Jim: I agree with you one hundred percent.

Brother Jim: But also I look at it as, okay, that day, I'm going to be with

Brother Jim: my Jesus celebration.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: And again, not putting down what you said because yeah, but also

Brother Jim: for me as a believer, and this is just me, it gives me time to

Brother Jim: know how much time I have to give my best.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You know, a positive attitude.

Brother Jim: Okay, I've got one year, by golly, I'm going to give a year

Brother Jim: of having fun with my family, enjoying God's blessings and

Brother Jim: most of all, trying to bring people to the kingdom.

Brother Jim: So I, I completely understand what you're saying because human

Brother Jim: nature, I think that would be in the back of our minds.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Oh, man, this is my last Christmas.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Oh man.

Brother Jim: This is my last.

Brother Jim: But also, would that give you that extra fire, man?

Brother Jim: Instead of taking for granted.

Brother Jim: I'm going to give it my all, you know?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: So again, it's kind of how about you listeners?

Brother Jim: Would you like to know?

Brother Jim: Let us know in the comments.

Brother Jim: If you somehow get your tag, get your on your screen.

Brother Jim: Boop boop boop alert, brother

Brother Jim: Jim, your last day will be blah,

Brother Jim: blah, blah.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: Yeah, I think I would like to know the Bible says in Romans

Brother Jim: six twenty three, for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of

Brother Jim: God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Brother Jim: Sin promises, especially in this day and age, pleasure for a

Brother Jim: season, but it leads to spiritual destruction, decay.

Brother Jim: Many.

Brother Jim: Let me add death.

Brother Jim: Many people miss heaven because they refuse to let go of the

Brother Jim: very things destroying them.

Brother Jim: I'm sorry.

Brother Jim: And again, each to their own.

Brother Jim: I can't help because I've seen this happen.

Brother Jim: Someone I dearly loved.

Brother Jim: They're battling cancer.

Brother Jim: They're in their last days.

Brother Jim: Oxygen masks.

Brother Jim: Cigarette?

Brother Jim: Whew.

David: Yikes.

Brother Jim: And again.

Brother Jim: I'm okay.

Brother Jim: I'm not judging here.

Brother Jim: But again, there's the very thing that has destroyed you.

Brother Jim: And you're still.

David: Maybe they want to go out with a bang.

David: Maybe literal explosion.

Brother Jim: Yes. And I'm just using that as an example.

Brother Jim: I mean, it could be me sitting there with two sub sandwiches

Brother Jim: and a whole chocolate cake.

Brother Jim: You know?

Brother Jim: There's someone I knew who had two heart plants.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: Two.

Brother Jim: And they're sitting there with a

Brother Jim: bucket of fried Kentucky fried

Brother Jim: chicken, not peeling the skin

Brother Jim: off.

Brother Jim: I'm sorry.

Brother Jim: I am judging their out of concern.

Brother Jim: I can't help but think you've been blessed with two hearts.

David: All right.

Brother Jim: Two. And there you are, pounding a bucket of fried chicken with

Brother Jim: the skin on.

Brother Jim: Now again, I, I guess I'm judging, but it's just kind of,

Brother Jim: you know, ironic.

David: You've been given a second opportunity at life.

David: You would think you wouldn't squander it.

Brother Jim: Right?

Brother Jim: Right now, I'm not saying I wouldn't have.

Brother Jim: Maybe I'd have one piece or two pieces.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: Moderation, but a whole bucket

Brother Jim: of chicken, it'd be like in the

Brother Jim: heart ward.

Brother Jim: Hey, man, you want to like you

Brother Jim: like dark or white to the guy

Brother Jim: just had open heart surgery, you

Brother Jim: know?

Brother Jim: Oh, man.

Brother Jim: They go to change your sheets and you got crusties all over.

Brother Jim: Think of that one.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: Some miss heaven because they

Brother Jim: trust religion instead of

Brother Jim: relationship.

Brother Jim: I love this one.

Brother Jim: Church attendance alone cannot save us.

Brother Jim: As we discussed Tuesday, being baptized alone cannot save us.

Brother Jim: Knowing Bible verses alone cannot save us.

Brother Jim: Jesus warned again in Matthew seven twenty one.

Brother Jim: And again, a lot of these scriptures are repeated because

Brother Jim: they mean something.

Brother Jim: Not everyone who says to me,

Brother Jim: Lord, Lord, shall enter the

Brother Jim: kingdom of heaven, but he who

Brother Jim: does the will of my father in

Brother Jim: heaven.

Brother Jim: There will be people who looked

Brother Jim: religious on the outside but

Brother Jim: never surrendered their hearts

Brother Jim: to Christ.

Brother Jim: God does not want empty religion.

Brother Jim: Let me repeat that again.

Brother Jim: God does not want empty religion.

Brother Jim: He wants genuine faith.

Brother Jim: Some missed heaven because of pride.

Brother Jim: Oh, David, there's a big one.

Brother Jim: Pride.

Brother Jim: Pride keeps people from admitting they need God.

Brother Jim: Do you ever have someone stubborn in your life?

David: Oh, yeah.

Brother Jim: Yeah, they're going to do it.

Brother Jim: I did it my way.

Brother Jim: Well, what did your way get you?

Brother Jim: They don't want to admit they need God.

Brother Jim: Some think, hey, I'm a good person.

Brother Jim: I don't need no saving.

Brother Jim: I thank God I've not ran into one person that said that I

Brother Jim: don't need no saving.

Brother Jim: I can handle life on my own.

Brother Jim: Now I have heard that one.

Brother Jim: And unfortunately I was a

Brother Jim: knucklehead that said that

Brother Jim: myself.

Brother Jim: Way past way back in the day.

Brother Jim: Uh. What a knucklehead.

Brother Jim: I was still a knucklehead at times.

Brother Jim: But salvation begins when we humble ourselves before God.

Brother Jim: Pride says I can save myself.

Brother Jim: Face says I need a Savior.

Brother Jim: The cross reminds us that none of us could save ourselves.

Brother Jim: And that is why Jesus Christ had to come.

Brother Jim: God seen it.

Brother Jim: God loves us enough.

Brother Jim: He knew we weren't getting it done.

Brother Jim: He had to send his son.

Brother Jim: Now some miss heaven because they ignore God's invitation.

Brother Jim: Oh, you ever get an invitation and toss it in the trash?

David: Hey. Yeah.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness, I've got a lot of invitations here because it's

Brother Jim: the month or so of graduation.

Brother Jim: Actually got a good one here a little bit.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: Invitations.

Brother Jim: Wedding invitations.

Brother Jim: I love those David, your third cousin that you've never met.

Brother Jim: Except once we invite you to come celebrate the union of.

David: And give.

Brother Jim: You.

David: And bring gifts.

Brother Jim: And bring gifts cards right here.

Brother Jim: Thank you.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Thank you very much.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You ever think about that?

Brother Jim: Have you ignored an invitation?

Brother Jim: God can.

Brother Jim: I'm sorry.

Brother Jim: I'm just thinking about all the stuff you get in the mail.

Brother Jim: Invitations to join this, invitations to join that.

Brother Jim: We ignore invitations.

Brother Jim: But how many of us ignore God's invitation?

Brother Jim: God continually calls people toward him through sermons,

Brother Jim: through Scripture, through conviction, through hardship,

Brother Jim: through other believers.

Brother Jim: God speaks, but many ignore his invitation until, unfortunately,

Brother Jim: it is too late.

Brother Jim: One of the most heartbreaking verses is found in Hebrew.

Brother Jim: Hebrews three fifteen.

Brother Jim: Today if you will hear his

Brother Jim: voice, do not harden your

Brother Jim: hearts.

Brother Jim: Tomorrow, as we just stated, tomorrow is not promised.

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

Brother Jim: Even though many miss Heaven,

Brother Jim: God's desire is still to save

Brother Jim: people.

Brother Jim: God is merciful.

Brother Jim: God is patient.

Brother Jim: God is loving.

Brother Jim: Jesus Christ died on the cross.

Brother Jim: So sinners like you and me could be forgiven.

Brother Jim: No one.

Brother Jim: No one is too broken to come to him.

Brother Jim: And if you don't believe that, call me.

Brother Jim: Look me up and I will tell you.

Brother Jim: Personal experience of myself.

Brother Jim: How broken.

Brother Jim: What a mess I was.

Brother Jim: But Jesus did not.

Brother Jim: Even though I turn my back on

Brother Jim: God, God did not turn his back

Brother Jim: on me.

Brother Jim: And I am so thankful for that.

Brother Jim: I was broken, I was lost.

Brother Jim: And guess what?

Brother Jim: Being a stubborn mule, He gently, as a father loved me,

Brother Jim: brought me back into the fold.

Brother Jim: Again, no one is too broken to come to him.

Brother Jim: The door of Grace is still open today.

Brother Jim: Let me challenge you.

Brother Jim: If heaven is real and it is.

Brother Jim: And if hell is real and it is, then nothing matters more than

Brother Jim: where we stand with Jesus Christ in this life today, right now.

Brother Jim: Where do you stand with Jesus Christ?

Brother Jim: Not with the world, not with

Brother Jim: this, not with that, with Jesus

Brother Jim: Christ.

Brother Jim: Do not.

Brother Jim: Do not assume salvation.

Brother Jim: Do not rely on religion alone.

Brother Jim: Do not rely on your pastor.

Brother Jim: And I say that with love because and I've said this to my church,

Brother Jim: I will fail you.

Brother Jim: I don't want to, but I will because I'm human.

Brother Jim: I'm of the flesh.

Brother Jim: So don't rely on religion alone.

Brother Jim: Do not wait for some day come to

Brother Jim: Jesus Christ while there is

Brother Jim: still time.

Brother Jim: Because the greatest loss a person could ever experience is

Brother Jim: to gain the whole world and still miss heaven.

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

Brother Jim: Thursday, June fourth, twenty twenty six.

Brother Jim: Mr. David, my dear, dear friend, any closing thoughts or comments

Brother Jim: before we wrap this thing up?

David: I've heard it said before and it

David: might have been your father in

David: law who said it way back when I

David: was in junior church, that

David: people can miss heaven and

David: usually do miss heaven by twelve

David: inches.

David: The distance from your head to your heart.

David: You know it.

Brother Jim: You know.

David: It. But you don't have it in your heart.

David: And I think that's I think that's very true.

David: Knowing it doesn't get you into heaven, you need to accept it.

David: Accept Jesus into your heart.

Brother Jim: I knew an atheist, very educated

Brother Jim: man, knew the Bible front and

Brother Jim: backwards.

Brother Jim: He knew it, wouldn't accept it.

Brother Jim: And unless on his final breath.

Brother Jim: You know he's in hell.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Now, that might sound brutal, but.

Brother Jim: And again, I pray.

Brother Jim: And that's where the Holy Spirit

Brother Jim: comes in, that maybe in those

Brother Jim: final moments, he realized with

Brother Jim: impending doom, as you mentioned

Brother Jim: earlier.

Brother Jim: Yeah, that maybe I was wrong and I need Jesus.

Brother Jim: And that is the great thing.

Brother Jim: Again, it doesn't matter about works, does it, David?

Brother Jim: It doesn't matter what you've done in the past, that last

Brother Jim: second, you still have hope.

Brother Jim: Hope again, twelve inches.

Brother Jim: Remember that.

Brother Jim: How about you?

Brother Jim: Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Brother Jim: It's not hard, my friends.

Brother Jim: It's not bad.

Brother Jim: You're going to have the time of your life.

Brother Jim: And I'm going to tell you this.

Brother Jim: Yes, you still have problems, right, David?

Brother Jim: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: I've yet to see a commandment that says thou shalt not have

Brother Jim: any problems if you accept Christ, but you got someone who

Brother Jim: will never leave you.

Brother Jim: No one who will ever forsake

Brother Jim: you, and no one who will let you

Brother Jim: down.

Brother Jim: Think about it.

Brother Jim: And to all our friends listening this morning, please remember

Brother Jim: this before you go.

Brother Jim: You.

Brother Jim: Yes, you.

Brother Jim: You have meaning.

Brother Jim: You have value.

Brother Jim: And most of all, you are loved.

Brother Jim: Never forget that God created you with purpose.

Brother Jim: And again.

Brother Jim: And it kills me.

Brother Jim: It kills me that people take their life every day because

Brother Jim: this world is better because you are in it.

Brother Jim: If you're struggling, if you're at the bottom, there is no hope.

Brother Jim: Reach out, contact me, call me, get Ahold of David because we

Brother Jim: care and we want you here.

Brother Jim: May God continue to bless you,

Brother Jim: guide you, strengthen you, and

Brother Jim: walk beside you through every

Brother Jim: moment of this day and me and

Brother Jim: you and I never, ever forget to

Brother Jim: continue to thank our Lord above

Brother Jim: for all the blessings we so many

Brother Jim: times take for granted each and

Brother Jim: every day.

Brother Jim: So wherever life takes you

Brother Jim: today, keep smiling, keep

Brother Jim: believing.

Brother Jim: Keep on loving and keep.

Brother Jim: Most of all, keep trusting God.

Brother Jim: And remember this my friends.

Brother Jim: We will smile if we meet again.

Brother Jim: We'll smile and we'll rejoice together.

Brother Jim: And if not, at the very least, then this party.

Brother Jim: It was well made.

Brother Jim: Thank you for joining David and

Brother Jim: myself here on Bible bibs and a

Brother Jim: prayer.

Brother Jim: Happy trails to you and your family.

Brother Jim: Until next time.

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

Brother Jim: Out.