Bible Bibs and a Prayer Season 4 Episode 4

Singer: Hand in hand.

Singer: David grins with a backbeat.

Singer: Playing picking up the truth on a six string ride.

Singer: Rolling out with a whole lot of drive.

Singer: Set it up now.

Singer: Count it in.

Singer: Hear that train?

Singer: We're coming in.

Singer: Bible bibs and a prayer.

Singer: Bible themes in prayer.

Singer: Brother Jim and David.

Singer: Bible and prayer.

Brother Jim: Hey, good morning world.

Brother Jim: Good morning to you.

Brother Jim: It is time to get a little funky.

Brother Jim: It is time to get a little groovy.

Brother Jim: And it is time to get your disco ball on and moving and grooving.

Brother Jim: Because we're back and we are coming live to you.

Brother Jim: So get up, dance a little bit, yeah.

Brother Jim: Get that body moving.

Brother Jim: Yes!

Brother Jim: Woo!

Brother Jim: How about it?

Brother Jim: It is time to settle up.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: David is over here.

Brother Jim: He is trying to do the wave on the floor.

Brother Jim: David, don't hurt yourself, brother.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: I don't know if nine one one could get here or find us.

Brother Jim: Uh oh uh oh.

Brother Jim: Uh oh.

Brother Jim: But hey.

Brother Jim: Good morning world.

Brother Jim: Good morning to you.

Brother Jim: How are you doing this fine day?

Brother Jim: Our beautiful friends.

Brother Jim: Yes, you are beautiful.

Brother Jim: And if your prayer life has been stuck in the seventies and the

Brother Jim: eighties and even the nineties, maybe it's time, brother, for a

Brother Jim: little spiritual upgrade.

Brother Jim: And hopefully this little show can help with that.

Brother Jim: Welcome to Bible Bibs and a

Brother Jim: prayer where we open up God's

Brother Jim: Word.

Brother Jim: We strengthen yeah, our faith.

Brother Jim: Woo and take everything to the Lord in prayer.

Brother Jim: And yes, if you haven't figured it out, we got a whole lot of

Brother Jim: cool fun doing it all.

Brother Jim: And hopefully you're a cool dude or gal listening in.

Brother Jim: And I know you are.

Brother Jim: And you might be a little bit off if you're listening to us,

Brother Jim: but that's okay.

Brother Jim: We love you anyways.

Brother Jim: I am one half of the dynamic duo.

Brother Jim: The big guy, Brother Jim and baby I'm on the mic and I'm

Brother Jim: playing it right and praying that I'm doing it right.

Brother Jim: Actually, I've been told many times that I am the only person

Brother Jim: who can turn a five minute story into a three episode series.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: David just shakes his hand.

Brother Jim: And if you see my wife in my congregation, they would tell

Brother Jim: you the same thing.

Brother Jim: Yeah, baby, I can dig it.

Brother Jim: How about you?

Brother Jim: And better yet, how about a little bit of one of my main

Brother Jim: brothers, the Macho Man?

Brother Jim: Dig it, dig it.

Brother Jim: Woo!

Brother Jim: Can you dig it?

Brother Jim: Can you dig it, David?

Brother Jim: I can dig it, brother.

Brother Jim: I can dig it, brother.

Brother Jim: How about you?

Brother Jim: Can you dig it?

Brother Jim: Maybe we had a little bit too much sugar today.

Brother Jim: I don't know, but we're rolling.

Brother Jim: So grab your Bible, open your hearts.

Brother Jim: Put down those distractions and cut off all that crazy, crazy

Brother Jim: noise in the world.

Brother Jim: Get yourself some rocket fuel.

Brother Jim: Maybe a little tang.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Remember Tang from back in the seventies?

Brother Jim: That's what the astronauts would drink.

Brother Jim: I thought I was going to be an astronaut one day.

Brother Jim: Well, that sure didn't pan out.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: Go back to the seventies.

Brother Jim: Think about all the good times we had, the old glass bottles of

Brother Jim: pop when you could roll into the gas station, a grocery store.

Brother Jim: Oh my my, I'm getting thirsty

Brother Jim: already of hitting that little

Brother Jim: button.

Brother Jim: And out pops.

Brother Jim: I think it was twenty five cents back then.

Brother Jim: That delicious cold glass bottle of soda.

Brother Jim: Whew.

Brother Jim: Yes, especially cherry soda.

Brother Jim: But get yourself ready.

Brother Jim: Get ready to hang on.

Brother Jim: Saddle up, because we're hitting that trail together.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Get yourself ready to spend a few minutes being groovy and

Brother Jim: cool, discovering what God's Word has to say to you.

Brother Jim: Because when the Bible gets into

Brother Jim: your heart and prayer gets on

Brother Jim: your lips.

Brother Jim: God.

Brother Jim: Yes, God can change your life.

Brother Jim: So how about it, folks?

Brother Jim: What do you say?

Brother Jim: Let us get started.

Brother Jim: So turn up the stereo.

Brother Jim: The volume on that bad boy.

Brother Jim: Grab your Bible.

Brother Jim: Put your eight tracks down for a moment.

Brother Jim: Or better yet, get em out.

Brother Jim: Let's start cranking.

Brother Jim: Straighten up that bib.

Brother Jim: Yeah, get the bibs going and get ready for a little good news

Brother Jim: with a whole lot of groove.

Brother Jim: We've got scripture stories,

Brother Jim: laughs, and maybe even a prayer

Brother Jim: or two.

Brother Jim: Because in the nineteen seventies we still had bell

Brother Jim: bottoms, disco balls, and some questionable hairstyles, but we

Brother Jim: still had Jesus.

Brother Jim: So sit back, relax, and let us

Brother Jim: get this party started, shall

Brother Jim: we?

Brother Jim: This is Bible bibs and a prayer where the word is alive.

Brother Jim: The coffee is hot.

Brother Jim: Unfortunately, the apple cider is gone.

Brother Jim: Yes, and the Holy Spirit is always invited.

Brother Jim: Let's go.

Brother Jim: And of course, I'm not doing this show alone.

Brother Jim: No, no, no. And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

Brother Jim: children of all ages, it is time to introduce my co-host.

Brother Jim: You might think you're listening to Walter Cronkite.

Brother Jim: Oh, yeah.

Brother Jim: Remember good old Walter

Brother Jim: Cronkite, the most trusted man

Brother Jim: in America?

Brother Jim: Well, maybe not exactly.

Brother Jim: Walter Cronkite had the CBS Evening News.

Brother Jim: My co-host has Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: Walter had a newsroom.

Brother Jim: We have coffee microphones.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: Chip paint or paint?

Brother Jim: Chipping off the walls.

Brother Jim: And we've got a twenty foot pew.

Brother Jim: We can't get rid of.

Brother Jim: But that's okay.

Brother Jim: We're still bringing it to you.

Brother Jim: And guess what?

Brother Jim: There are times, yes, we absolutely have no idea where

Brother Jim: this conversation is going.

Brother Jim: Walter would look into the camera and calmly say, and

Brother Jim: that's the way it is.

Brother Jim: My co-host looks at me and says, are you sure about that?

Brother Jim: Walter reported the news with dignity and authority.

Brother Jim: My co-host reports the gospel

Brother Jim: with enthusiasm and occasionally

Brother Jim: gets his facts checked by our

Brother Jim: guy.

Brother Jim: By the guy sitting next to me.

Brother Jim: Actually the barnyard.

Brother Jim: Yes, they do keep their eye on David, but.

Brother Jim: Hey.

Brother Jim: So, ladies and gentlemen, he's not Walter Cronkite, but he's a

Brother Jim: sure second best one there.

Brother Jim: But around here, he's the most trusted man in the room.

Brother Jim: Give it up for my co-host, Mr. David Keener.

Brother Jim: In addition, he's one of my best friends in the whole wide world.

Brother Jim: Let's hear it for the man.

Brother Jim: He is ready to get down tonight.

Singer: Get down tonight.

David: And that's the way it is.

David: We're missing all the missing all your moves here.

David: Woo!

David: Yeah!

David: There we go.

David: Come on now we can.

Brother Jim: Get.

David: Down. We can get down with ourselves.

David: We can get down with God.

David: We can get down together.

David: Yeah!

Brother Jim: Yes!

Brother Jim: Get down tonight!

Brother Jim: Woo!

Brother Jim: That's almost a workout right there.

David: I need a breather.

David: Got to take a break, you know.

David: Oxygen, please.

Brother Jim: How you doing, my friend?

David: I'm doing good.

David: I'm doing good.

David: I looked up the fair events for this week.

David: Oh, yeah.

David: If we're interested in those, we can go over those real quick.

David: They got I'll tell you, some of these are free.

David: So that's kind of nice because it costs so much money to get

David: into the fair.

David: Now, my wife looked it up and it was like, I don't know,

David: something insane like ninety dollars or something crazy just

David: to get through the gate.

Brother Jim: Wow.

David: That's not food.

David: That's not that's nothing.

David: How much for a family?

David: I'll have to look it up again.

David: I could be wrong.

David: I'll double check that.

David: But it was it was up there.

Brother Jim: I know last time we went, was it five or ten bucks a person just

Brother Jim: to get into the fair that did not include rides or which we

Brother Jim: don't do the rides anyway.

Brother Jim: You watch Joe Dirt, then you'll see what I'm talking about.

Brother Jim: Why, no, I don't think so.

Brother Jim: Kids, you're not going on a ride?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Great movie.

Brother Jim: Uh, from the.

Brother Jim: That was nineties.

David: Yeah, I think so.

David: Early two thousand.

Brother Jim: Somewhere in two thousand.

Brother Jim: Joe Dirt. But you check out the carnival scene and you'll know

Brother Jim: exactly what I'm talking about.

Brother Jim: Yeah, nothing against them, but,

Brother Jim: uh, when's the last time you put

Brother Jim: a socket or a ratchet on that

Brother Jim: bad boy, you know, and a little

Brother Jim: grease?

Brother Jim: Yeah, that would be our luck.

Brother Jim: David and I be on the tilt a.

Brother Jim: Whirl and away we go.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: That would be something.

Brother Jim: That would be something.

Brother Jim: David.

David: Well, a fun fact.

David: I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but you know, who's

David: responsible for inspecting those rides every time they set them

David: up at a fairgrounds?

David: No, the highway patrol.

Brother Jim: Really.

David: The Highway Patrol is

David: responsible for coming to

David: inspect and make sure those are

David: safe.

David: Now, nothing against the highway patrol.

David: They do fine work, I'm sure, but

David: that's not the first person I

David: think of when it comes to

David: inspect this ride to make sure

David: it's safe.

Brother Jim: I would assume.

Brother Jim: There'd be a state inspector who

Brother Jim: has been trained and is

Brother Jim: knowledgeable.

Brother Jim: Not saying the highway patrol doesn't have that training for

Brother Jim: them, but yeah, yeah.

Brother Jim: Okay.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: I'm sorry, but I can't help but think.

Brother Jim: And again, guys, please.

Brother Jim: I know this might sound wrong, but how many people in the

Brother Jim: carnival when they see the highway Patrol hightail it

Brother Jim: because they got warrants out?

Brother Jim: Wait.

Brother Jim: I'm sorry, guys, I'm just, you know.

Brother Jim: But, yeah, they're hiding in the porta potties.

Brother Jim: Are they going.

Brother Jim: Yet?

Brother Jim: Are they gone yet?

Brother Jim: Uh, what's your favorite food at the fair?

David: Oh. Hands down. Giarrusso. Sausage.

David: Giarrusso sausage.

David: It's gotta be Giarrusso sausage.

Brother Jim: Yeah, those are good.

Brother Jim: Yeah. And there's just something about the fair now for me.

Brother Jim: The lemonade.

Brother Jim: Lemonade?

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: That cool, refreshing drink.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Nothing like a fair lemonade.

Brother Jim: Uh, and I've, I found I go with the refill cup, get the big one,

Brother Jim: pay for it, and then you get your refills a little bit better

Brother Jim: price because I can suck down one of those lemonades, like,

Brother Jim: you know, going out of style and of course, the fair fries.

Brother Jim: But the hardest thing at the fair is finding a booth or a

Brother Jim: picnic table to sit down at that, you know.

David: A clean one to.

Brother Jim: Boot, a clean one.

Brother Jim: Yeah, yeah.

Brother Jim: That is always tough to find, but, uh.

Brother Jim: Oh, man, good memories of the fair.

Brother Jim: And, uh, yeah, and I've always

Brother Jim: liked Tusk County because it's

Brother Jim: later.

Brother Jim: Most of the time it's cooler.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: So you got those warm days and

Brother Jim: those cool nights a little

Brother Jim: crisp, you know, and that, uh,

Brother Jim: yeah.

Brother Jim: And I still, uh, I my favorite part.

Brother Jim: Those big old Belgian horses,

Brother Jim: that horse barn that's got them

Brother Jim: big bad boys, they're just

Brother Jim: beautiful.

Brother Jim: I would hate to see what the feed bill is on them, but, uh,

Brother Jim: they are beautiful.

Brother Jim: And the Hulk's.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: That's right.

Brother Jim: Miss Ida Lee them Hulk.

Brother Jim: Actually, the pigs are first, then the horses.

Brother Jim: Sorry, guys.

Brother Jim: Chickens are chickens in my book.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Turkeys.

Brother Jim: Well, we're getting closer to Turkey Day.

Brother Jim: Yes, and I've yet to see.

Brother Jim: Well, I did see that little

Brother Jim: monkey one time with, like, the

Brother Jim: organ grinder.

Brother Jim: The guy had.

David: Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.

Brother Jim: So there is a monkey there sometimes.

Brother Jim: So. Or if Dave and I are walking through, then you got a gorilla.

Brother Jim: But how about it?

Brother Jim: Let us know if you're heading out to the fair.

Brother Jim: Let us know what your favorite food is at the fair.

Brother Jim: I mean, they've pretty much got it all.

Brother Jim: Now, one thing I've never tried, David, is like fried cheese.

Brother Jim: America.

Brother Jim: We deep fry everything.

Brother Jim: I think Texas would probably be the best place to go.

Brother Jim: From what I've heard and what I've seen on TV.

Brother Jim: I mean, they deep fry everything.

Brother Jim: Yeah, and I know Oreos.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: The cheese.

Brother Jim: pickles.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Which you get pickles, deep fried.

Brother Jim: You know, some of the restaurants.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Um, I'm trying to think there was a couple odd things, you

Brother Jim: know, that they deep fried and you're like, really?

Brother Jim: But hey, we're Americans.

Brother Jim: We like our deep fried watch that cholesterol level.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Going ding ding ding ding ding.

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: What is going on for you guys?

Brother Jim: We'd love to hear what's going down in the backyard.

Brother Jim: What's going down in the hood, the neighborhood.

Brother Jim: How about your part of the world again?

Brother Jim: I am pleading I'm taking my hat off.

Brother Jim: People that listen in from other countries, please let us know.

Brother Jim: I want to hear from you.

Brother Jim: We want to hear from you what's

Brother Jim: going on in your neck of the

Brother Jim: woods.

Brother Jim: Because here in Ohio, especially Tusk County.

Brother Jim: Oh, there ain't a whole lot going on.

Brother Jim: We're a pretty boring county unless you watch Tusk.

Brother Jim: What?

Brother Jim: Tusk County finest or whatever.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

David: Oh, boy.

Brother Jim: Yeah, we won't go there.

David: Right.

Brother Jim: If you guys know what I'm

Brother Jim: talking about, you know what I'm

Brother Jim: talking about.

Brother Jim: But let us know again.

Brother Jim: We'd love to hear from you.

Brother Jim: Now, David, I hate to ask, but I'd better.

Brother Jim: Do you have any jokes to take us into the weekend?

David: Well, I dropped a bucket of paint on my boss's head on the

David: job site the other day.

David: Boy, was his face blue.

Brother Jim: Geez, I should have had you pull up with a Smurf song.

Brother Jim: You guys remember the Smurfs?

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: I think I had a crush on, uh, Smurfette.

Brother Jim: Smurfette.

Brother Jim: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Brother Jim: And I always dug the dude with the tattoo.

Brother Jim: He was kind of like the tough guy.

Brother Jim: Yeah, handy.

David: I don't remember.

Brother Jim: I don't remember, yeah, but yeah.

Brother Jim: Smurfette and.

Brother Jim: Oh, there was Papa Smurf, the.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: The leader and, uh.

David: Brainy with the glasses.

Brother Jim: Brainy.

Brother Jim: I think he wanted to see brainy

Brother Jim: get taken out by the cat

Brother Jim: sometimes.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Uh, yes.

Brother Jim: Saturday morning cartoons.

Brother Jim: That was.

David: Awesome.

David: Now here's a here's a fun one we can get people to participate in

David: in the comments.

David: Type in the comments if you

David: remember the bad guy's name from

David: the Smurfs.

David: Do you.

Brother Jim: Remember?

Brother Jim: Yeah, yeah I remember.

Brother Jim: In the name of his trusty pet.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: Yes.

David: Without looking it up.

David: Of course.

Brother Jim: Yes. Do you remember?

Brother Jim: Yes. Oh, man.

Brother Jim: We're going back.

Brother Jim: Going back?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: We are.

Brother Jim: All right, well, I got a few for you.

Brother Jim: David, why did the leaf go to the doctor?

David: Don't know.

Brother Jim: Because he was feeling a little green.

Brother Jim: What did the tree say when autumn arrived?

David: MM.

Brother Jim: I'm falling for this season.

Brother Jim: Why are trees so good at making decisions?

David: Don't know.

Brother Jim: They always leaf it to their roots.

Brother Jim: What happens when autumn comes to church?

David: Don't know.

Brother Jim: We have a fall gathering.

Brother Jim: Good news folks.

Brother Jim: We are done with the jokes and you survive.

Brother Jim: We'll try to step it up a little bit.

Brother Jim: We're trying to move into this,

Brother Jim: the slow, you know, slow

Brother Jim: momentum to get us up there

Brother Jim: where we are just hanging and

Brother Jim: banging and hitting them out of

Brother Jim: the park.

Brother Jim: That's right.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: So and now, my friends, God is

Brother Jim: asking us again to survive our

Brother Jim: spiritual struggles.

Brother Jim: And yes, you survive the jokes.

Brother Jim: So I think you'll make it through the show.

Brother Jim: So let's get started.

Brother Jim: Quote of the day.

Brother Jim: Now we are shifting gears for a minute here.

Brother Jim: Uh, we've been talking about

Brother Jim: prayer, but hey, this is very

Brother Jim: dear to my heart because I am

Brother Jim: one now.

Brother Jim: Last week we celebrated grandparents.

Brother Jim: Did you did anybody, especially

Brother Jim: if your grandparent give you a

Brother Jim: card, do something special for

Brother Jim: you?

Brother Jim: Let us know.

Brother Jim: But the quote is grandpa.

Brother Jim: Grandparents are a special gift from God.

Brother Jim: Bringing wisdom from yesterday.

Brother Jim: Live for today and hope for tomorrow.

Brother Jim: A grandparent's love is one of the greatest blessings.

Brother Jim: Steady, patient and always there when we need it.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: Ah. I remember your grandpa, and

Brother Jim: I definitely remember your

Brother Jim: grandma.

Brother Jim: Anything stand out about them?

David: I mean, lots of things stand out about them.

David: It's just their.

David: Their love for each other.

David: For one.

David: Mhm.

David: Uh, my grandpa always joked that he was.

David: He was on the paper.

David: And what he meant by that was he was the dog.

David: Just stand there doing what he

David: doing, what he was supposed to

David: do.

David: And that was kind of a family joke.

David: And that was just.

David: Yeah, he just he did whatever she said.

David: They had a great relationship together.

David: And.

Brother Jim: Well, I remember, uh, when we were I was talking with the

Brother Jim: family there when your grandma passed about, uh, they would go

Brother Jim: get a banana split.

Brother Jim: Correct me if I'm wrong.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Or they'd go down to the park and just watch the ducks because

Brother Jim: they were bored.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: That that was.

David: Or their their weekly trip to, uh, drug mart in check in

David: checking in Drug Mart.

Brother Jim: Was there something about Hardee's?

David: Yeah. My grandpa would always go get her a cup of coffee.

Brother Jim: Cup of coffee?

Brother Jim: All right.

Brother Jim: Yes. Isn't it funny how those little things.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Same thing with here with my grandma and grandpa.

Brother Jim: Hallmark couldn't in the same with yours.

Brother Jim: Hallmark couldn't even begin to

Brother Jim: tell a story about the love of

Brother Jim: your grandparents.

Brother Jim: My grandparents?

Brother Jim: Not even close.

Brother Jim: Yeah, you can't put it into words.

Brother Jim: And especially those that old generation of what love is,

Brother Jim: because they had some hard times, but they didn't go and

Brother Jim: just get an annulment or get a divorce or whatever.

Brother Jim: They stuck with it.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: They stuck with it.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: How about you?

Brother Jim: What did your grandparents mean to you?

Brother Jim: Now, David has not been blessed

Brother Jim: yet, but, uh, as being a

Brother Jim: grandparent to mine, uh, two

Brother Jim: beautiful grandchildren.

Brother Jim: I am El Padre.

Brother Jim: Now, the the little one.

Brother Jim: She is yet to talk.

Brother Jim: She's.

Brother Jim: Oh, well, we don't know if she's

Brother Jim: going to start teething here,

Brother Jim: but.

Brother Jim: David, she is almost rolling over.

David: Hey!

Brother Jim: Yes, but my little man Dawson,

Brother Jim: who'll be three this year and,

Brother Jim: uh, end of the year in November,

Brother Jim: there he.

Brother Jim: When you hear those first words.

Brother Jim: When it first was Padre El Padre.

Brother Jim: And that was the name I picked that just.

Brother Jim: Brother, there is nothing like it when that little one runs

Brother Jim: into your arms and it's so happy to see you.

Brother Jim: I tell you what, it is just amazing.

Brother Jim: And again, I think the great thing about being a grandparent,

Brother Jim: you get to redo it because you're not as focused on all the

Brother Jim: noise, the distractions.

Brother Jim: It is just quality time.

Brother Jim: So a legacy worth leaving.

Brother Jim: Now we're going to be looking

Brother Jim: at, uh, Psalms one forty five

Brother Jim: four.

Brother Jim: One generation shall commend your work to another and shall

Brother Jim: declare your mighty acts.

Brother Jim: And I said this last week, I hope and I pray that we took the

Brother Jim: time to honor our grandparents.

Brother Jim: Grandparents are special people.

Brother Jim: They have lived long enough to have learned a few things,

Brother Jim: experienced some hard seasons, survived some difficult times,

Brother Jim: and hopefully learned that there are some battles in life that

Brother Jim: simply are not worth fighting.

Brother Jim: And then there are that some worth fighting.

Brother Jim: Grandparents have stories.

Brother Jim: They have memories, they have wisdom, and they have a

Brother Jim: perspective that only comes from having walked through the years.

Brother Jim: And I'm going to add something to that as well.

Brother Jim: It just popped in my mind.

Brother Jim: Grandparents have imagination.

Brother Jim: And I found that out.

Brother Jim: I mean, oh my goodness, when

Brother Jim: Dawson's in the trains and we

Brother Jim: sit down and play with trains

Brother Jim: and it's like I'm a kid again

Brother Jim: too.

Brother Jim: And I've still got that imagination.

Brother Jim: And it's like me going back to a child too.

Brother Jim: And all the fake noises used to make for your trucks and your

Brother Jim: soldiers and this and that.

Brother Jim: And again, it's just what a blessing it is.

Brother Jim: Imagination and time.

Brother Jim: But today, I wanted to remind our grandparents of something

Brother Jim: very, very important.

Brother Jim: You are not just getting older.

Brother Jim: You are leaving a legacy.

Brother Jim: Now, when I do funerals, I refer to that quite a bit, especially

Brother Jim: if I know the person, the legacy that they live.

Brother Jim: And you know, David, we, we, we tend to read the obituaries.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And we judge.

Brother Jim: And, you know, I'm not saying judge in a mean way, but we.

Brother Jim: Oh, and it's always the highlights.

Brother Jim: Now sometimes they hit on family.

Brother Jim: Sometimes they hit on their professional achievements.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: But but those are just lines.

Brother Jim: It doesn't tell.

Brother Jim: As Paul Harvey says, the rest of the story.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Every grandparent is leaving something behind.

Brother Jim: So the question is, for all us

Brother Jim: grandparents, what will be your

Brother Jim: legacy.

Brother Jim: Will your grandchildren, great grandchildren remember the

Brother Jim: things you bought them?

Brother Jim: Perhaps.

Brother Jim: Will they remember the places you took them?

Brother Jim: Probably.

Brother Jim: Will they remember the meals you

Brother Jim: cooked and the holidays you

Brother Jim: celebrated?

Brother Jim: And that one right there, David.

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness, my grandma.

Brother Jim: That old school grandma.

Brother Jim: And again, it's why I'm kind of the size I am.

Brother Jim: And today because there, there

Brother Jim: was no well we always heard

Brother Jim: there's people starving in

Brother Jim: China.

Brother Jim: You know, you gotta eat.

Brother Jim: And seconds were always like mandatory.

Brother Jim: And back then it was just good food.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: It was just good food.

Brother Jim: But you know, the time there, as I mentioned, I remember, you

Brother Jim: know, we we were poor, but my grandpa man, my pappy, he just

Brother Jim: the time he spent with me.

Brother Jim: And it was the little things, everything was an adventure.

Brother Jim: And back then, you know, we didn't have.

Brother Jim: And I think I told this story before, but we didn't have trash

Brother Jim: pickup back in that day.

Brother Jim: You know, you dealt with your own garbage out in the country.

Brother Jim: So we load up the old truck and we go to caddis and we'd always

Brother Jim: take the back roads, afraid of something falling out or the

Brother Jim: truck breaking down.

Brother Jim: But we go through Deersville and on the way back we would always

Brother Jim: stop and I would get a strawberry ice cream cone.

Brother Jim: Now Deersville still got awesome ice cream.

Brother Jim: I think they've won some awards.

Brother Jim: If you get a chance, head out there.

Brother Jim: But that's just something I always remember.

Brother Jim: And it got to the point when we

Brother Jim: go to the the dump or whatever

Brother Jim: you want to call it, the

Brother Jim: landfill.

Brother Jim: There's things we would bring back because we thought they

Brother Jim: were so cool.

Brother Jim: My grandpa didn't care.

Brother Jim: My grandma would just shake her head.

Brother Jim: But for him and I, it was an adventure.

Brother Jim: And I'll never forget that.

Brother Jim: It was the little things.

Brother Jim: It wasn't trips to the beach.

Brother Jim: Don't get me wrong, I love that

Brother Jim: too, because that makes

Brother Jim: memories.

Brother Jim: But it's those little things, you know, the little things.

Brother Jim: But most importantly, the time.

Brother Jim: And again, as I mentioned, the

Brother Jim: holidays, it's just not the

Brother Jim: same.

Brother Jim: No, in our family it is not the same.

Brother Jim: And when you lose a grandma, especially, I think that's where

Brother Jim: the family takes a hit.

Brother Jim: That's where the cracks start

Brother Jim: because they are the center of

Brother Jim: it all.

Brother Jim: Alright.

Brother Jim: My prayer is that we will remember something even greater.

Brother Jim: The faith they saw living in you.

Brother Jim: Do our grandchildren, our great grandchildren, do they see the

Brother Jim: faith that lives in you?

Brother Jim: Because guess what, my friends,

Brother Jim: your grandchildren, they're

Brother Jim: watching grandparents.

Brother Jim: Whether you realize it or not,

Brother Jim: your grandchild or they're

Brother Jim: watching you, they watch how you

Brother Jim: treat people.

Brother Jim: They watch how you respond.

Brother Jim: When life does not go your way,

Brother Jim: they watch how you handle

Brother Jim: difficulties.

Brother Jim: They watch whether church o church is important to you.

Brother Jim: They watch.

Brother Jim: Whether you pray, they watch, whether your faith is something

Brother Jim: you talk about or something you actually live out.

Brother Jim: My grandma, I mean, she's that

Brother Jim: old school, just like your

Brother Jim: grandma.

Brother Jim: Prayer.

Brother Jim: The praying grandma.

Brother Jim: And I tell you what, she.

Brother Jim: Her Jesus.

Brother Jim: That's what it.

Brother Jim: And I probably so many similarities there.

Brother Jim: David.

Brother Jim: Between our two grandmas.

Brother Jim: It's just.

Brother Jim: It was all about Jesus and the prayers she covered her family

Brother Jim: with and I. And as we lose our praying grandma's here in this

Brother Jim: church, it's almost you.

Brother Jim: Sometimes, like in our family, you can feel that hedge of

Brother Jim: protection because nobody else is asking for it, right?

Brother Jim: Nobody else takes the time to pray.

Brother Jim: How about you?

Brother Jim: Are you that praying grandma or grandpa who's going to step up

Brother Jim: and fill your shoes when God calls you home?

Brother Jim: Or maybe you listening in?

Brother Jim: You're not that one.

Brother Jim: So let me ask you, why not?

Brother Jim: And I'm not being mean.

Brother Jim: I'm just saying there is a responsibility for all of us.

Brother Jim: Are we living it out?

Brother Jim: What do they see?

Brother Jim: You may think they're not paying

Brother Jim: attention, but boy, David, as

Brother Jim: parents, we've learned little

Brother Jim: kids are.

Brother Jim: Oh, yeah.

Brother Jim: And sometimes the greatest sermon will, will ever.

Brother Jim: The greatest sermon you will

Brother Jim: ever preach will never come from

Brother Jim: a pulpit.

Brother Jim: It will come from the way you.

Brother Jim: Yes, you live your your life.

Brother Jim: Pass the faith forward.

Brother Jim: Psalms one hundred and forty

Brother Jim: five four says, one generation

Brother Jim: shall commend your works to

Brother Jim: another.

Brother Jim: And that is a beautiful picture of faith being passed from one

Brother Jim: generation to the next.

Brother Jim: Grandparents, you have an opportunity that is greater than

Brother Jim: you may realize.

Brother Jim: You can tell your grandchildren about God's faithfulness.

Brother Jim: You can tell them the stories mixed in there with that.

Brother Jim: Tell them what God has done in your life.

Brother Jim: Tell them about the times God answered your prayers.

Brother Jim: Tell them about the times you

Brother Jim: didn't understand what God was

Brother Jim: doing, but you trusted him

Brother Jim: anyway.

Brother Jim: Tell them that life hasn't always been easy, but God has

Brother Jim: always, always been faithful.

Brother Jim: Your grandchildren need to hear those stories because someday,

Brother Jim: when they face their own difficult seasons, maybe, just

Brother Jim: maybe, they remember your words.

Brother Jim: They remember how you handled it.

Brother Jim: They may remember your example.

Brother Jim: They may remember your you saying, honey, we've been

Brother Jim: through difficult times before and God brought us through.

Brother Jim: And guess what?

Brother Jim: He'll bring you through this too.

Brother Jim: Grandparents, I ask you to pray.

Brother Jim: One of the greatest things you can do for your grandchildren is

Brother Jim: pray for them.

Brother Jim: And I know so many of you do.

Brother Jim: You may not be able to control every decision they make.

Brother Jim: You may not be able to protect

Brother Jim: them from every difficulty, and

Brother Jim: you may not always be able to be

Brother Jim: physically present, but you can

Brother Jim: always pray.

Brother Jim: Pray for their friendships.

Brother Jim: Pray for their future.

Brother Jim: Pray for their decisions.

Brother Jim: Pray for their families.

Brother Jim: Pray that they will know Jesus.

Brother Jim: And I'm talking more about just knowing Jesus.

Brother Jim: That they submit, they give, they repent.

Brother Jim: They give their life to Jesus and let him take control.

Brother Jim: And when you do not know what else to do, pray.

Brother Jim: Never underestimate what God can

Brother Jim: do through the prayers of a

Brother Jim: grandparent.

Brother Jim: You still have a purpose in this life.

Brother Jim: And sometimes grandparents begin to think, my children are grown.

Brother Jim: They're out of the house.

Brother Jim: They're growing up.

Brother Jim: Maybe my most important days are behind me.

Brother Jim: No, no, no, they are not.

Brother Jim: They need you now more than ever

Brother Jim: because you still have a

Brother Jim: purpose.

Brother Jim: You still have influence.

Brother Jim: You still have a testimony.

Brother Jim: You still have prayers to pray.

Brother Jim: You still got that wisdom God gave you to share.

Brother Jim: You still got the scars to prove

Brother Jim: it and you still have love to

Brother Jim: give.

Brother Jim: God can use you at every age, in every stage of life.

Brother Jim: You may not be raising your grandchildren, but you can still

Brother Jim: help raise their faith.

Brother Jim: And maybe you are raising your

Brother Jim: grandchildren or great

Brother Jim: grandchildren.

Brother Jim: So more importantly, you got your hands full.

Brother Jim: But here is a time to show them how God can pull you through

Brother Jim: these very trying moments.

Brother Jim: A legacy that matters.

Brother Jim: My friends, grandparents,

Brother Jim: someday your grandchildren may

Brother Jim: not remember every gift you gave

Brother Jim: them.

Brother Jim: They may not remember every meal you cooked.

Brother Jim: They may not remember every vacation you took.

Brother Jim: But I pray they will remember this.

Brother Jim: My grandparents loved Jesus.

Brother Jim: My grandma loved Jesus.

Brother Jim: My grandpa loved Jesus.

Brother Jim: My grandparents prayed for me.

Brother Jim: My grandparents taught me what

Brother Jim: God that God was and is

Brother Jim: faithful.

Brother Jim: My grandparents showed me what it meant to trust God.

Brother Jim: Now, my friends, is that not a legacy worth leaving?

Brother Jim: So today, grandparents, I want to say thank you.

Brother Jim: Thank you for your love.

Brother Jim: Thank you for your patience.

Brother Jim: Thank you for your wisdom.

Brother Jim: Thank you for your prayers.

Brother Jim: Thank you for the example you have given to your families.

Brother Jim: And most of all, thank you for

Brother Jim: passing your faith to the next

Brother Jim: generation.

Brother Jim: Grandparents do not again underestimate your influence.

Brother Jim: You may think you're simply

Brother Jim: telling a story, maybe a story

Brother Jim: that's been told time and time

Brother Jim: again.

Brother Jim: You may think you're simply giving a hug.

Brother Jim: You might think you're simply saying a prayer.

Brother Jim: But God may be using those

Brother Jim: simple moments to shape the

Brother Jim: heart of a future, of a future

Brother Jim: generation.

Brother Jim: Their generation.

Brother Jim: So keep praying.

Brother Jim: Keep loving, keep teaching.

Brother Jim: Keep encouraging.

Brother Jim: Keep pointing your grandchildren towards Jesus.

Brother Jim: Because the greatest gift you

Brother Jim: can leave your grandchildren is

Brother Jim: not something they can put in

Brother Jim: their hands or drive around or

Brother Jim: play with.

Brother Jim: It is something they can carry in their hearts forever.

Brother Jim: And that, my friends, is a legacy of faith.

Brother Jim: May the generation that comes after us look back and say, they

Brother Jim: taught us to love God.

Brother Jim: They taught us to trust God, and they showed us what it means to

Brother Jim: faithfully follow Jesus.

Brother Jim: That again, that's what we're talking about.

Brother Jim: Well, that just about does it for this Thursday?

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

Brother Jim: we wrap this episode up?

David: No, I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head.

David: There's nothing I can add that's

David: going to going to be any better

David: than now than what you just

David: said.

Brother Jim: Maybe take a few moments and think about grandparents, you

Brother Jim: know, revisit and just smile and say thank you, Lord, for all the

Brother Jim: memories, for all the memories.

Brother Jim: So that all our friends

Brother Jim: listening this fine, beautiful

Brother Jim: morning, please remember this

Brother Jim: before you go, before you start

Brother Jim: getting groovy in the world out

Brother Jim: there.

Brother Jim: You.

Brother Jim: Yes, you have meaning.

Brother Jim: You have value.

Brother Jim: And most of all, you.

Brother Jim: You are loved.

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

Brother Jim: And this world is better.

Brother Jim: Yes, better because you are in it.

Brother Jim: And may God continue to bless

Brother Jim: you, guide you, strengthen you,

Brother Jim: and walk beside you every moment

Brother Jim: of this day and the days

Brother Jim: following every step of the

Brother Jim: journey ahead.

Brother Jim: And may you and I never become

Brother Jim: so busy that we forget to thank

Brother Jim: our Lord above for all the

Brother Jim: blessings.

Brother Jim: Sometimes we take for granted.

Brother Jim: And yes we do.

Brother Jim: So wherever life takes you today or this week.

Brother Jim: Keep on smiling.

Brother Jim: Keep on believing.

Brother Jim: Keep on being a little funky.

Brother Jim: Cool.

Brother Jim: Keep loving, keep praying.

Brother Jim: Keep stayin alive, stayin alive.

Brother Jim: And most of all, keep trusting God.

Brother Jim: Because no matter what today brings, God is already there.

Brother Jim: May God bless you, keep you, and give you peace.

Brother Jim: Let us pray.

Brother Jim: Heavenly father, we thank you.

Brother Jim: And Lord, we thank you for

Brother Jim: grandparents, for great

Brother Jim: grandparents, for the men and

Brother Jim: women who showed us, who took

Brother Jim: the time to be with us, to spend

Brother Jim: with us.

Brother Jim: Lord, what a blessing you have given us.

Brother Jim: And I pray that we take a moment

Brother Jim: to go back and think of how the

Brother Jim: impact that man, that woman that

Brother Jim: they had in our life, but

Brother Jim: especially when it came to

Brother Jim: showing their faith in you,

Brother Jim: their love in you, their prayers

Brother Jim: to you.

Brother Jim: What a legacy, Lord.

Brother Jim: Lord, be with my friends as we go our separate ways.

Brother Jim: We thank you for all that you do.

Brother Jim: And your precious name, Amen.

Brother Jim: Well, my friends, if we meet again, well then we will smile

Brother Jim: and rejoice together.

Brother Jim: We might get a little groovy.

Brother Jim: We might get a little.

Brother Jim: Well, I know you're already cool because you listen to us.

Brother Jim: So you're cool in my book.

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

Brother Jim: Thank you for joining David the funk master, the man, the myth,

Brother Jim: the legend, and me this morning here on Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: Until next time.

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

Brother Jim: Out.