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Bible Bibs and a Prayer Season 3 Episode 50

Roxford Church Presents - Bible Bibs and a Prayer

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  1. Singer: Brother Jim's got the mic tonight.

  2. Singer: David's life is shining bright.

  3. Singer: Talking about God and neon lights.

  4. Singer: It's a holy throwback right from the eighties to the nineties.

  5. Singer: We'll go where the hair was big and faith would grow between the

  6. Singer: mixtapes and the G.I.

  7. Singer: Joe.

  8. Singer: We find the grace.

  9. Singer: We know.

  10. Singer: Bible belief and a prayer.

  11. Singer: We're spreading joy like snowflakes in the air.

  12. Singer: Gen X hearts with stories to share.

  13. Singer: Bible bits.

  14. Singer: And I pray.

  15. Singer: There's humor tucked in every line.

  16. Singer: Like Christmas sweaters that cross the line.

  17. Singer: But through it all the word lines.

  18. Singer: The truth of love divine.

  19. Brother Jim: It's time, my friends.

  20. Brother Jim: What's up everyone?

  21. Brother Jim: It's time for Bible bibs and a prayer.

  22. Brother Jim: Yeah, and I felt like tooting the horn today.

  23. Brother Jim: Woo!

  24. Brother Jim: Yes!

  25. Brother Jim: The weekend is almost here.

  26. Brother Jim: Hey, David, how about one more, huh?

  27. Brother Jim: Whew!

  28. Brother Jim: I don't even.

  29. David: Know where mine.

  30. David: All mine are clear over there.

  31. David: That's why I can't find it.

  32. Brother Jim: Yes. Time for Bible bibs and a prayer.

  33. Brother Jim: So grab that cup of coffee.

  34. Brother Jim: Rocket fuel.

  35. Brother Jim: A little turbo for this Thursday morning.

  36. Brother Jim: Yes, the weekend is almost here and we are rolling into it.

  37. Brother Jim: We're not dragging.

  38. Brother Jim: No, no, no, we're coming in like

  39. Brother Jim: a hurricane or an Ohio weather

  40. Brother Jim: windstorm.

  41. Brother Jim: So. Or you might say we're just

  42. Brother Jim: full of hot air in here, I don't

  43. Brother Jim: know.

  44. Brother Jim: Definitely that.

  45. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  46. Brother Jim: The the, uh.

  47. Brother Jim: They're still out on that one.

  48. Brother Jim: The jury.

  49. Brother Jim: So. Hey, friends, what do you

  50. Brother Jim: call a sheep who can sing and

  51. Brother Jim: dance?

  52. Brother Jim: Ah!

  53. Brother Jim: Lady Baba.

  54. Brother Jim: Haha.

  55. Brother Jim: Yes, in reference to Lady Gaga,

  56. Brother Jim: in case you don't know who that

  57. Brother Jim: is.

  58. Brother Jim: So.

  59. Brother Jim: Yes.

  60. Brother Jim: So in saying that, all that.

  61. Brother Jim: Good morning friends.

  62. Brother Jim: Good morning world.

  63. Brother Jim: Welcome to the show.

  64. Brother Jim: Let us turn this from a conversation into an experience.

  65. Brother Jim: An experience so good you'll want to tell all your friends,

  66. Brother Jim: neighbors, loved ones, these two are off their rockers.

  67. Brother Jim: I'm not quite sure what's wrong with them.

  68. Brother Jim: It's always enjoyable, hopefully for you, but if you thought that

  69. Brother Jim: intro was good, just wait.

  70. Brother Jim: Oh baby, it gets even better.

  71. Brother Jim: He is a man among men.

  72. Brother Jim: A face that only a mother, a very special mother could love.

  73. Brother Jim: And the moment you've all been waiting for.

  74. Brother Jim: my co-host today is someone who

  75. Brother Jim: keeps me humble, mostly by

  76. Brother Jim: reminding me how often I am

  77. Brother Jim: wrong.

  78. Brother Jim: Please welcome the one, the only Mr. David Keener.

  79. Brother Jim: And plus he's one of my very

  80. Brother Jim: best friends in the whole wide

  81. Brother Jim: world.

  82. Brother Jim: Mr. David, how are we doing, brother?

  83. David: I'm doing well.

  84. David: You know, we've been

  85. David: troubleshooting some things

  86. David: here, and I've consulted some of

  87. David: my friends.

  88. David: You may not know this, but I've

  89. David: got a Polish friend who is a

  90. David: sound technician.

  91. David: And a check.

  92. David: One, two, a check.

  93. David: One, two.

  94. Brother Jim: Oh, man, I wish I could bang drum roll on now.

  95. Brother Jim: And that was awesome.

  96. Brother Jim: That was a good one.

  97. Brother Jim: Man, he never disappoints, does he, folks?

  98. Brother Jim: Well, sometimes he is my boss.

  99. Brother Jim: Right there.

  100. Brother Jim: Yes.

  101. Brother Jim: Uh, maybe you can find one for the fans.

  102. Brother Jim: They're a little imitation again of Bob Uecker.

  103. Brother Jim: Bless us with it.

  104. David: Just a bit outside.

  105. Brother Jim: I love it, love it.

  106. Brother Jim: Ah, so how goes life in keener ville?

  107. David: It's good.

  108. David: Like I said before.

  109. David: It's we're in the middle of birthday season and got one this

  110. David: coming up weekend.

  111. David: The two year old's turning three.

  112. David: And don't tell the others.

  113. David: But he's going to be my favorite birthday.

  114. David: He's the baby.

  115. David: Oh yeah.

  116. David: Yeah he's he's he's got daddy right there.

  117. David: So yeah yeah.

  118. Brother Jim: Yeah. With girls it's different because you know they all think

  119. Brother Jim: they're my favorite.

  120. Brother Jim: But you know, and maybe there is one or two I won't tell, but

  121. Brother Jim: yeah, it's they're all loved and unique in their own way.

  122. Brother Jim: I get it.

  123. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  124. Brother Jim: The firstborn.

  125. Brother Jim: There's always that special bond.

  126. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  127. Brother Jim: You know the baby.

  128. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  129. Brother Jim: Sorry.

  130. Brother Jim: Michaela and Kelsey.

  131. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  132. Brother Jim: You guys are in the middle there.

  133. Brother Jim: So yeah.

  134. David: I do feel bad for the middle one.

  135. David: My middle one just has it rough

  136. David: because, you know, he can't do

  137. David: the stuff that the oldest one

  138. David: can do.

  139. David: He doesn't get the attention

  140. David: that the youngest one can get

  141. David: because he's a little

  142. David: independent.

  143. David: So I, I can see it and I feel bad for him.

  144. David: But we try.

  145. Brother Jim: The one making bombs out of the yard, blowing stuff up, jumping

  146. Brother Jim: off the roof.

  147. Brother Jim: Look, dad, I'm Superman.

  148. David: He's already doing that stuff to some degree.

  149. Brother Jim: Oh, boy.

  150. Brother Jim: Uh, how about you guys?

  151. Brother Jim: Big plans for the weekend?

  152. Brother Jim: Let us know.

  153. Brother Jim: Uh, we got our chili cook off this Saturday.

  154. Brother Jim: Yeah, at Rockford Church, three p m. So if you think you got the

  155. Brother Jim: stuff your chili's all that good, then come on out and bring

  156. Brother Jim: it chili cook off.

  157. Brother Jim: Start at three p m, bring it.

  158. Brother Jim: It will be judged.

  159. Brother Jim: And we do have awards now, our,

  160. Brother Jim: I think two time gold medalist,

  161. Brother Jim: Larry Carr.

  162. Brother Jim: God bless him.

  163. Brother Jim: I remember the first time he won, he wore that gold medal

  164. Brother Jim: like a champion.

  165. Brother Jim: He would not let anybody forget

  166. Brother Jim: that he was the chili cook off

  167. Brother Jim: champion.

  168. Brother Jim: So but, you know, kind of disappointed.

  169. Brother Jim: There's not a whole lot of smack

  170. Brother Jim: talk going on about the chili

  171. Brother Jim: right now.

  172. Brother Jim: Usually we get a pretty good

  173. Brother Jim: smack talking, you know, thing

  174. Brother Jim: going.

  175. Brother Jim: So, uh, I might have to start creating some of my own.

  176. Brother Jim: Hey, David, did you hear about what so and so was saying about.

  177. Brother Jim: Yes.

  178. Brother Jim: So if you got some chili, you think it's good?

  179. Brother Jim: Bring it.

  180. Brother Jim: Don't sing it.

  181. Brother Jim: All right.

  182. Brother Jim: But yeah, I think that's our big thing.

  183. Brother Jim: And then the week before Easter, that Saturday or no, excuse me,

  184. Brother Jim: the Saturday before Easter, we got our big Easter egg hunt over

  185. Brother Jim: to Life Center.

  186. Brother Jim: Uh, check us out on Facebook.

  187. Brother Jim: A lot of things going on.

  188. Brother Jim: Uh, very busy, busy, busy.

  189. Brother Jim: Uh, and I tell you, David, as

  190. Brother Jim: soon as, uh, Easter is over,

  191. Brother Jim: brother Jim is taking a little

  192. Brother Jim: time off.

  193. David: Well earned for sure.

  194. Brother Jim: Yes. To get stuff done around the house.

  195. Brother Jim: So. Yes, it never ends.

  196. Brother Jim: And for us people out in the country.

  197. Brother Jim: Oh, you gotta love the mud, the mud, the mud, David, I tell you.

  198. Brother Jim: Uh, and we're on a we get a lot of overflow water drainage from

  199. Brother Jim: the, the hills around runoff.

  200. Brother Jim: Yes, runoff.

  201. Brother Jim: But, uh, me and you, old Steiner with the bucket.

  202. Brother Jim: We're trying our hardest to to, uh, eliminate some of that, but,

  203. Brother Jim: uh, yes, it is time.

  204. Brother Jim: I'm hoping to get everything out.

  205. Brother Jim: Oil changed, all that stuff cleaned up, ready to roll.

  206. Brother Jim: That's going to be a small fortune right there with all the

  207. Brother Jim: toys I've got, but I bet.

  208. Brother Jim: Yeah, well, guys in their toys.

  209. Brother Jim: You know, I am getting something cool.

  210. Brother Jim: Uh, for the Steiner.

  211. Brother Jim: Uh, you can buy an attachment that'll lift skids.

  212. Brother Jim: Yeah, and they're like one thousand twelve hundred dollars.

  213. Brother Jim: I can't afford that.

  214. Brother Jim: But you can get a set of clamps

  215. Brother Jim: with forks on them that clamp to

  216. Brother Jim: your bucket.

  217. Brother Jim: Oh, for one hundred and sixty bucks.

  218. David: That's.

  219. Brother Jim: More reasonable because I've got a ton of stuff to build.

  220. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  221. Brother Jim: Outdoor kitchen, stuff like that.

  222. Brother Jim: Yes.

  223. Brother Jim: So maybe we can do a cameo down there.

  224. Brother Jim: Yeah, once I get it set up, but, uh.

  225. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  226. Brother Jim: And it's going to be garden season and I'm really debating,

  227. Brother Jim: I'm going to put some stuff out this year because, uh, you know,

  228. Brother Jim: it gets a man to thinking, David, the way our world is.

  229. Brother Jim: I'm just going to be honest.

  230. Brother Jim: This is just my opinion.

  231. Brother Jim: The way the government can kind of control things with food

  232. Brother Jim: prices, you know?

  233. Brother Jim: Uh, I'm going to try to be like Marty and Mary.

  234. Brother Jim: I mean, God, I'll never catch up with them.

  235. Brother Jim: But the gardens, they put out what they can.

  236. Brother Jim: I'm going to be turning to them for a lot of things.

  237. David: If you're prepared and you don't

  238. David: need it, the worst thing that

  239. David: can happen is you got a bunch of

  240. David: extra food.

  241. Brother Jim: You got it.

  242. Brother Jim: So and there's nothing like

  243. Brother Jim: fresh vegetables from the

  244. Brother Jim: garden.

  245. David: Oh, yeah.

  246. Brother Jim: Yeah. Now here I'm going to cover up Miss Ida Lee.

  247. Brother Jim: But I'm really thinking we're

  248. Brother Jim: going to get the pigs this

  249. Brother Jim: spring here.

  250. Brother Jim: So, uh.

  251. Brother Jim: And you know what happens to

  252. Brother Jim: piggies when they get big and

  253. Brother Jim: fat?

  254. Brother Jim: Not you, baby, not you.

  255. Brother Jim: You're safe.

  256. Brother Jim: But yeah, but the I think I

  257. Brother Jim: mentioned it these every the the

  258. Brother Jim: mom, the wife Ellie want baby

  259. Brother Jim: goats.

  260. Brother Jim: And it's like, man, do I pull the trigger.

  261. Brother Jim: David.

  262. Brother Jim: How about I turn to my fellow, our fellow brothers and sisters,

  263. Brother Jim: should brother Jim get some baby goats for the kids and for his

  264. Brother Jim: wife and for his mom?

  265. Brother Jim: So let me know.

  266. Brother Jim: Hit me up in the comments.

  267. Brother Jim: You will determine whether we get baby goats or not.

  268. Brother Jim: There.

  269. Brother Jim: I'm taking all the pressure off of me.

  270. David: There you go.

  271. Brother Jim: Yeah. So, uh, but yeah, it is.

  272. Brother Jim: It's hard to believe it's almost

  273. Brother Jim: time start getting stuff for the

  274. Brother Jim: garden.

  275. Brother Jim: Do you put in any plants at the house?

  276. David: No, no. I've got a really small backyard and there's just no

  277. David: place for it.

  278. Brother Jim: So yeah, a lot of people just do the planners, you know?

  279. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  280. Brother Jim: At least you get some fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, that

  281. Brother Jim: kind of stuff.

  282. Brother Jim: Yeah, that'd be a good job for the middle one.

  283. Brother Jim: There you go.

  284. Brother Jim: Turn him into.

  285. Brother Jim: You are Mr. Gardener now?

  286. Brother Jim: Yes.

  287. David: Oh, the thoughts that are running through my mind.

  288. Brother Jim: Do little videos with him out there.

  289. Brother Jim: We could do a sequence of him

  290. Brother Jim: putting the plan in and then how

  291. Brother Jim: it grows.

  292. Brother Jim: And yeah, keep us updated.

  293. Brother Jim: Updated on, uh, you know, on the success rate.

  294. David: Somehow I think that the yard would end up being about nine

  295. David: feet deep and there'd be no plants in it.

  296. David: Gotcha.

  297. Brother Jim: Gotcha. Till one day David loses

  298. Brother Jim: his cool or self control as we

  299. Brother Jim: was talking about, and just

  300. Brother Jim: takes the mower and goes right

  301. Brother Jim: over it.

  302. Brother Jim: How about you guys?

  303. Brother Jim: You're putting in a garden this year.

  304. Brother Jim: Let us know what's your favorite plants to put in.

  305. Brother Jim: What kind of tomatoes you like?

  306. Brother Jim: Let us know.

  307. Brother Jim: Maybe we're missing out on something.

  308. Brother Jim: Uh, I do want to do.

  309. Brother Jim: Potatoes this year.

  310. Brother Jim: They always make it look so easy online.

  311. Brother Jim: You know with tires or baskets.

  312. Brother Jim: How does multi produce and yeah

  313. Brother Jim: of course they always make it

  314. Brother Jim: easy.

  315. David: Of course.

  316. Brother Jim: Online.

  317. David: Just cut to the finish.

  318. Brother Jim: Yeah. They don't show you out there.

  319. Brother Jim: You know in ninety degree

  320. Brother Jim: weather trying to water and

  321. Brother Jim: chasing the.

  322. David: Deer and rabbit away.

  323. Brother Jim: And yeah, would be able to show

  324. Brother Jim: that me out there just going pop

  325. Brother Jim: pop pop pop, pop pop not killing

  326. Brother Jim: them but you know, sending them

  327. Brother Jim: right over their head to get

  328. Brother Jim: them out.

  329. David: Yeah.

  330. Brother Jim: Okay. Here's your official warning.

  331. Brother Jim: Wildlife of Rockford Church Road.

  332. Brother Jim: Be cautious.

  333. Brother Jim: Stay out of the garden.

  334. Brother Jim: Okay.

  335. Brother Jim: Alrighty, but let us know what you got going.

  336. Brother Jim: Any big improvements coming along?

  337. Brother Jim: We would love to hear from you.

  338. Brother Jim: Come on, let us know.

  339. Brother Jim: And especially our brothers and sisters overseas.

  340. Brother Jim: Let us know what you guys got going.

  341. Brother Jim: Do you?

  342. Brother Jim: How do you guys plan over there?

  343. Brother Jim: You know, do you have what's your specific growing season?

  344. Brother Jim: So let us know.

  345. Brother Jim: Alrighty then.

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

  347. Brother Jim: Friends, what have you done to make this past week to make a

  348. Brother Jim: difference in God's kingdom?

  349. Brother Jim: Have you been working on that

  350. Brother Jim: little homework assignment of

  351. Brother Jim: taking a bite of humility and

  352. Brother Jim: doing something nice for

  353. Brother Jim: somebody?

  354. Brother Jim: You still got time.

  355. Brother Jim: The week has not finished, so get out there and do something.

  356. Brother Jim: Make a difference in the world.

  357. Brother Jim: You're going to feel better about yourself.

  358. Brother Jim: Uh, you know, the weekend is almost here.

  359. Brother Jim: So, David, what you gonna do?

  360. Brother Jim: What you gonna do?

  361. Brother Jim: What you going to do for God in his kingdom?

  362. Brother Jim: I still want to break that down.

  363. Brother Jim: You gotta sub that in sometime for.

  364. David: Us to figure out a way.

  365. Brother Jim: Yeah. So saddle up, partners.

  366. Brother Jim: I got my riding hat on.

  367. Brother Jim: Let us hit that brand new weekend trail together.

  368. Brother Jim: Come on, come on, come on.

  369. Brother Jim: You can do it.

  370. Brother Jim: You're almost there.

  371. Brother Jim: And oh, oh, while waiting for my first appointment in the

  372. Brother Jim: reception room of a new dentist.

  373. Brother Jim: Now we all love to go to the dentist, don't we?

  374. Brother Jim: I noticed this certificate which bore the dentist's full name.

  375. Brother Jim: Suddenly, I remembered that a tall, handsome boy with the same

  376. Brother Jim: name had been in my high school class almost fifty years ago.

  377. Brother Jim: Upon seeing him, however, I

  378. Brother Jim: quickly discarded any such

  379. Brother Jim: thought.

  380. Brother Jim: This balding, gray haired man with deeply lined face was too

  381. Brother Jim: old to have been in my class.

  382. Brother Jim: After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the

  383. Brother Jim: local high school.

  384. Brother Jim: Yes, he replied.

  385. Brother Jim: When did you graduate?

  386. Brother Jim: I asked.

  387. Brother Jim: He answered in nineteen fifty three.

  388. Brother Jim: Why were you in my class?

  389. Brother Jim: I exclaimed.

  390. Brother Jim: He looked at me closely and then asked, what did you teach?

  391. David: Ouch ouch.

  392. Brother Jim: Ouch. Yes. And unfortunately, you know, I was a bit older when

  393. Brother Jim: we had Ellie, so I have been hit up at times.

  394. Brother Jim: Is this your grandpa?

  395. David: I've gotten that one too.

  396. Brother Jim: Thanks, man.

  397. David: Thanks.

  398. David: Made me feel really good.

  399. David: Yeah.

  400. Brother Jim: Carrie, am I old?

  401. Brother Jim: Yeah, babe.

  402. Brother Jim: You are.

  403. Brother Jim: Why did you marry an old man?

  404. Brother Jim: Uh.

  405. Brother Jim: Alrighty.

  406. Brother Jim: Our thought for today, a Christian with integrity does

  407. Brother Jim: the right thing.

  408. Brother Jim: Not for praise, but because it honors God.

  409. Brother Jim: So right off the bat, right out of the stables.

  410. Brother Jim: Let me ask you something.

  411. Brother Jim: Right out of the chute.

  412. Brother Jim: What is integrity to you?

  413. Brother Jim: What is integrity to you now?

  414. Brother Jim: Integrity means being the same

  415. Brother Jim: person in private that you are

  416. Brother Jim: in public.

  417. Brother Jim: It is choosing what is right even when no one is watching.

  418. Brother Jim: Now Proverbs eleven three.

  419. Brother Jim: The Bible says the integrity of

  420. Brother Jim: the upright guides them, but the

  421. Brother Jim: unfaithful are destroyed by

  422. Brother Jim: their duplicity.

  423. Brother Jim: Integrity acts like a compass.

  424. Brother Jim: It keeps our lives, our mind, our heart, our actions pointed

  425. Brother Jim: in the right direction.

  426. Brother Jim: A powerful example of integrity is Daniel.

  427. Brother Jim: Even when he was in a foreign land, he was a foreigner and

  428. Brother Jim: under pressure, extreme pressure to abandon his faith.

  429. Brother Jim: He remained faithful to God because of his integrity.

  430. Brother Jim: God honored him and protected him.

  431. Brother Jim: Now think about that old Daniel.

  432. Brother Jim: He was facing a serious and the lion's den.

  433. David: Oh, yeah?

  434. Brother Jim: Yeah. Now, I don't know about you, dude.

  435. Brother Jim: I've always had this on my bucket list to wrestle a bear.

  436. Brother Jim: But a lion?

  437. Brother Jim: I don't think.

  438. David: So.

  439. Brother Jim: I'm not a betting man, but I

  440. Brother Jim: would definitely put my money on

  441. Brother Jim: the line.

  442. David: Yeah.

  443. Brother Jim: I love watching those guys to keep those exotic animals.

  444. Brother Jim: And there's one guy in particular.

  445. Brother Jim: He is just amazing how he is part of their pride.

  446. Brother Jim: He goes into that fence and I

  447. Brother Jim: mean, it's like a homecoming,

  448. Brother Jim: you know, and and they just

  449. Brother Jim: trust him.

  450. Brother Jim: He he lays with them.

  451. Brother Jim: He plays with them.

  452. Brother Jim: I mean, it's just blows my mind.

  453. Brother Jim: But the funny thing is he was on

  454. Brother Jim: the inside and the camera guy

  455. Brother Jim: started to walk up on the

  456. Brother Jim: outside.

  457. Brother Jim: Flip the switch, brother.

  458. Brother Jim: That line went from like, uh, to sheepish line.

  459. Brother Jim: I don't know if you remember

  460. Brother Jim: that Disney story, but it was

  461. Brother Jim: on.

  462. David: Yeah, I'm like.

  463. Brother Jim: But that guy, I mean, he just unbelievable.

  464. Brother Jim: He'll sleep with him.

  465. Brother Jim: He naps with him because he they've accepted him.

  466. Brother Jim: He even gets down and like drinks like him.

  467. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  468. Brother Jim: And he'll prank him.

  469. Brother Jim: Now, I don't know about you,

  470. Brother Jim: David, but would you prank a

  471. Brother Jim: lion?

  472. David: No.

  473. Brother Jim: He. It's part of their playful nature.

  474. Brother Jim: I mean, it's awesome to watch, but.

  475. Brother Jim: No. So, yeah.

  476. Brother Jim: Daniel Mann, uh, the dude.

  477. Brother Jim: Definitely some serious machismo, but better yet, some

  478. Brother Jim: serious faith in his God.

  479. Brother Jim: Integrity is not about being perfect.

  480. Brother Jim: It is about being honest and consistent.

  481. Brother Jim: Now, honest inconsistency that goes a long ways in this world.

  482. Brother Jim: Because man lies, lies, lies.

  483. Brother Jim: So many times We encounter.

  484. Brother Jim: Are you a faithful person?

  485. Brother Jim: Are you an honest person?

  486. Brother Jim: AM I. Are we consistent in our walk with God?

  487. Brother Jim: Are we consistent with our integrity?

  488. Brother Jim: And you know what, Brother Jim?

  489. Brother Jim: Not.

  490. Brother Jim: Not that I was bad.

  491. Brother Jim: Bad.

  492. Brother Jim: But you know that old saying, a

  493. Brother Jim: little white lie sometimes

  494. Brother Jim: isn't, you know, going to cause

  495. Brother Jim: damage?

  496. Brother Jim: Well, I hate to tell you, it does.

  497. Brother Jim: It really does.

  498. Brother Jim: And you know, the one thing I've seen, I've experienced not so

  499. Brother Jim: much personally, but I've seen the the ripple effect of how one

  500. Brother Jim: lie turns into another.

  501. Brother Jim: Lie turns into another lie.

  502. Brother Jim: And soon you forget where the lie even started.

  503. Brother Jim: You know, it grows and it grows.

  504. Brother Jim: Till it becomes a part of you.

  505. Brother Jim: It means integrity.

  506. Brother Jim: Means our words match our actions.

  507. Brother Jim: And our faith shows how we live every day.

  508. Brother Jim: Ultimately, our greatest example

  509. Brother Jim: is Jesus Christ, who lived a

  510. Brother Jim: life of perfect truth and

  511. Brother Jim: righteousness.

  512. Brother Jim: now.

  513. Brother Jim: When we follow him.

  514. Brother Jim: When we don't follow the world, we don't follow social media.

  515. Brother Jim: We don't follow our celebrities.

  516. Brother Jim: He helps us live with integrity

  517. Brother Jim: in our homes, workplaces, and

  518. Brother Jim: communities.

  519. Brother Jim: Now, there are a lot of good celebrities out there who are

  520. Brother Jim: faith driven, faith based.

  521. Brother Jim: God bless them.

  522. Brother Jim: And I'm not ripping them, okay?

  523. Brother Jim: But like anything in life,

  524. Brother Jim: you've got the good, you've got

  525. Brother Jim: the bad.

  526. Brother Jim: So that is our job, especially

  527. Brother Jim: as parents and grandparents, to

  528. Brother Jim: make sure we are filtering the

  529. Brother Jim: truth.

  530. Brother Jim: And when I say filtering the

  531. Brother Jim: stuff that comes in to protect

  532. Brother Jim: our children, to make them aware

  533. Brother Jim: there are people who will lie to

  534. Brother Jim: you.

  535. Brother Jim: There are people who will stretch the truth to gain a

  536. Brother Jim: position, to gain something better for them.

  537. Brother Jim: That is where integrity takes hold.

  538. Brother Jim: That has to be taught.

  539. Brother Jim: I am sorry, but that has to be taught to our children to have

  540. Brother Jim: integrity because No one might not be looking.

  541. Brother Jim: That might be true.

  542. Brother Jim: But you know what?

  543. Brother Jim: There's always someone watching.

  544. Brother Jim: And all you gotta do is raise your head and look above.

  545. Brother Jim: And it's the Lord Jesus is always watching.

  546. Brother Jim: So let me ask you, how many of

  547. Brother Jim: us here live with integrity in

  548. Brother Jim: our homes, our workplaces, our

  549. Brother Jim: communities, in our church, in

  550. Brother Jim: our church?

  551. Brother Jim: It just doesn't end when the

  552. Brother Jim: service ends on a Sunday

  553. Brother Jim: morning.

  554. Brother Jim: I pray that when you walk out

  555. Brother Jim: that door, that integrity, that

  556. Brother Jim: humility stays with you

  557. Brother Jim: throughout the week, including

  558. Brother Jim: myself.

  559. Brother Jim: So let us ask God to shape our hearts so that we what we say,

  560. Brother Jim: what we believe, and what we do all line up with his truth.

  561. Brother Jim: Because a life of integrity not only honors God, it also becomes

  562. Brother Jim: a powerful, powerful, powerful witness to others.

  563. Brother Jim: Something to chew on, my friends this upcoming weekend,

  564. Brother Jim: especially my friends.

  565. Brother Jim: That just about does it for this Thursday, March nineteenth.

  566. Brother Jim: Mr.. David, my friend, I see you

  567. Brother Jim: over there still scrambling with

  568. Brother Jim: stuff.

  569. Brother Jim: Any closing thoughts?

  570. David: I hate technology.

  571. David: There's some truth today.

  572. David: Still battling issues, but we'll get it figured out.

  573. David: We'll get it.

  574. David: We'll get it figured out.

  575. Brother Jim: Faith in my man here.

  576. David: We're not giving up.

  577. David: I mean, we're we're wearing backups just in case.

  578. David: I mean, we're we're we're good here.

  579. David: We're.

  580. David: I think I said.

  581. Brother Jim: Last week, he's like an old hound dog.

  582. Brother Jim: On the trail sniffing out the problems.

  583. Brother Jim: So just bear with us here.

  584. Brother Jim: David is on it.

  585. Brother Jim: He is trying his best.

  586. Brother Jim: And we'll get her done.

  587. David: Yeah, we will.

  588. Brother Jim: David will get her done.

  589. Brother Jim: So, uh, it's kind of like an electric, you know?

  590. David: Yeah.

  591. Brother Jim: When it goes out, boy, we just see how blessed we truly are.

  592. David: Yeah. For sure.

  593. Brother Jim: And that's anything in life.

  594. Brother Jim: When things are going good, we kind of tend to forget just how

  595. Brother Jim: good we have it.

  596. Brother Jim: Anyway, the weekend is upon us.

  597. Brother Jim: Do something great.

  598. Brother Jim: Do something for God.

  599. Brother Jim: Do something for yourself too.

  600. Brother Jim: If you got anything planned,

  601. Brother Jim: anything fun, exciting, let us

  602. Brother Jim: know.

  603. Brother Jim: Come on now we get a little lonely out here.

  604. Brother Jim: Miss. Miss Ida Lee would like to

  605. Brother Jim: hear some comments, wouldn't

  606. Brother Jim: you, girl?

  607. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  608. Brother Jim: Good girl, good girl.

  609. Brother Jim: Yeah.

  610. Brother Jim: Well, our friends, as we close, please remember you.

  611. Brother Jim: Yes, you.

  612. Brother Jim: You have meaning.

  613. Brother Jim: You have value.

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

  615. Brother Jim: May God continue to bless you just as well.

  616. Brother Jim: May you and I continue to thank our Lord above for the blessings

  617. Brother Jim: each and every day.

  618. Brother Jim: And if we meet again, well, then we will smile and rejoice.

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

  620. Brother Jim: Thank you for joining David myself, Miss Ida Lee, here on

  621. Brother Jim: Bible bibs and a prayer.

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