WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:05.939 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.707 --> 00:00:10.811 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Max Lucado: An untruth leads to a false narrative, leads to 00:00:10.811 --> 00:00:12.346 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% an overreaction. 00:00:12.346 --> 00:00:15.082 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% We wanna deal with the overreaction, but somewhere 00:00:15.082 --> 00:00:17.317 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% along the line there's an untruth that's going on in 00:00:17.317 --> 00:00:19.987 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% there, and we can help disentangle it. 00:00:19.987 --> 00:00:23.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: Max Lucado offers a fresh perspective on renewing 00:00:23.557 --> 00:00:24.892 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% your mind. 00:00:24.892 --> 00:00:28.528 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Just as untruth leads to false narrative leads to overreaction, 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:32.199 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the right truth leads to a healthy narrative that can lead 00:00:32.199 --> 00:00:33.967 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% to a positive reaction. 00:00:33.967 --> 00:00:35.969 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% announcer: Next. 00:00:35.969 --> 00:00:45.979 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:45.979 --> 00:00:53.687 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.687 --> 00:00:55.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." 00:00:55.055 --> 00:00:57.291 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I'm Randy Robison, and Blynda Lane is with me. 00:00:57.291 --> 00:00:58.625 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% How you doing, Blynda? 00:00:58.625 --> 00:00:59.993 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Blynda: I'm doing really good today. 00:00:59.993 --> 00:01:02.496 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: I'm excited because Max Lucado is one of my 00:01:02.496 --> 00:01:03.830 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% favorite guests. 00:01:03.830 --> 00:01:05.766 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: Is there just really--I mean, you say that name and it's 00:01:05.766 --> 00:01:07.768 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% like, you know it's going to be a great show. 00:01:07.768 --> 00:01:11.838 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: It's going to be insightful, encouraging, 00:01:11.838 --> 00:01:13.173 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% and fun. 00:01:13.173 --> 00:01:14.541 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Blynda: Of course. 00:01:14.541 --> 00:01:15.876 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Randy: And so I'm excited to have him here today. 00:01:15.876 --> 00:01:17.544 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% So "Tame Your Thoughts" is the book that we're talking 00:01:17.544 --> 00:01:19.913 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% about today. 00:01:19.913 --> 00:01:22.416 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I wanna start, if I could, with a quote, and I wanna see what 00:01:22.416 --> 00:01:23.784 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% you think about this. 00:01:23.784 --> 00:01:26.620 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% This is a quote from Max's book "Tame Your Thoughts," okay? 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:31.325 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% "We manage our lives by managing our thoughts." 00:01:31.325 --> 00:01:32.693 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I mean, look at that. 00:01:32.693 --> 00:01:34.027 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: Did you write that down? 00:01:34.027 --> 00:01:35.395 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Blynda: "We manage our lives by--" 00:01:35.395 --> 00:01:36.730 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% We had the thing. 00:01:36.730 --> 00:01:38.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I loved it because it was like, 70,000 thoughts a day. 00:01:38.198 --> 00:01:39.533 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% How do I manage that? 00:01:39.533 --> 00:01:41.902 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% How am I going to manage 70,000 thoughts a day? 00:01:41.902 --> 00:01:43.236 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Randy: We'll find out. 00:01:43.236 --> 00:01:44.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: We're gonna find out, and I'm so excited. 00:01:44.604 --> 00:01:45.939 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Randy: Welcome to the program. 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:47.307 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Max: It's great to see you both. 00:01:47.307 --> 00:01:48.642 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% It really is. 00:01:48.642 --> 00:01:50.010 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Blynda: Thank you for joining us. 00:01:50.010 --> 00:01:53.914 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What we love about you, Max, is there is probably many people 00:01:53.914 --> 00:01:56.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% around the world who would say you have been a father or a 00:01:56.717 --> 00:01:58.285 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% grandfather to them. 00:01:58.285 --> 00:02:01.021 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Yeah, you've helped so many in the body of Christ. 00:02:01.021 --> 00:02:02.389 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% We're so thankful. 00:02:02.389 --> 00:02:03.724 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Max: Thank you. 00:02:03.724 --> 00:02:05.092 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Randy: Let's jump into this topic. 00:02:05.092 --> 00:02:06.426 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% Max: Okay. 00:02:06.426 --> 00:02:07.794 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: You know, we hear this Scripture, we know we're 00:02:07.794 --> 00:02:09.162 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% supposed to take every thought captive. 00:02:09.162 --> 00:02:10.497 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% I'm sure you've heard that one. 00:02:10.497 --> 00:02:14.334 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But I don't know that we know that we can actually do it. 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:18.071 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I mean, sometimes it just--my brain just runs and I'm like, 00:02:18.071 --> 00:02:20.607 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% what am I--you know, I'm not even aware of it half the time. 00:02:20.607 --> 00:02:21.975 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Max: Isn't that the truth? 00:02:21.975 --> 00:02:24.845 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Where's the beginning point for managing our thoughts? 00:02:24.845 --> 00:02:28.348 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Max: Well, Blynda mentioned that quote of 70,000 thoughts. 00:02:28.348 --> 00:02:31.184 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That comes from the Cleveland Clinic, a reputable source. 00:02:31.184 --> 00:02:34.855 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I don't know how in the world they count that we have 70,000 00:02:34.855 --> 00:02:36.390 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% thoughts a day. 00:02:36.390 --> 00:02:39.693 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Most of them are benign, you know, "Boy, what a pretty 00:02:39.693 --> 00:02:41.395 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% picture," you know, they don't-- 00:02:41.395 --> 00:02:47.100 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But there are enough of them that are significant that, well, 00:02:47.100 --> 00:02:49.336 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Scripture teaches us, "Be careful how you think because 00:02:49.336 --> 00:02:53.707 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% your thoughts run your life," Proverbs 4:23. 00:02:53.707 --> 00:02:58.111 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Our thoughts really do, and learning to manage our lives 00:02:58.111 --> 00:03:05.185 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% begins by corralling, or directing, redirecting, these 00:03:05.185 --> 00:03:10.624 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% thoughts in a direction that is not self-destructive and 00:03:10.624 --> 00:03:12.592 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% not self-critical. 00:03:12.592 --> 00:03:15.595 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% And that's not an easy thing to do. 00:03:15.595 --> 00:03:18.298 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: It's not, because I think about times in my life 00:03:18.298 --> 00:03:22.803 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% where the biggest obstacle in my way was myself, how I thought 00:03:22.803 --> 00:03:26.773 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% about something or how I saw something, that I couldn't get 00:03:26.773 --> 00:03:28.141 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% past that thing. 00:03:28.141 --> 00:03:30.510 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And you actually talk about in the book, like, you kind of give 00:03:30.510 --> 00:03:36.149 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% us three different tools of thought, of ways that we're 00:03:36.149 --> 00:03:39.352 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% supposed to be maybe managing our thoughts. 00:03:39.352 --> 00:03:44.057 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And one of them really was good for me. 00:03:44.057 --> 00:03:48.195 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And it was the picky--it was like-- 00:03:48.195 --> 00:03:49.529 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Max: Practice picky thinking. 00:03:49.529 --> 00:03:51.465 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Yes, picky thinking, because I don't think I'm 00:03:51.465 --> 00:03:52.833 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% picky enough. 00:03:52.833 --> 00:03:56.236 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The thoughts that I let in my mind, there's a lot of them, and 00:03:56.236 --> 00:04:00.740 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% some of them kind of sabotage maybe how I'm gonna move forward 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:02.375 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% in something that God's asking me to do. 00:04:02.375 --> 00:04:03.743 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Can you talk about that? 00:04:03.743 --> 00:04:07.347 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Max: You know, the big idea is that just because you have a 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:10.917 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% thought, you don't have to think it, you know? 00:04:10.917 --> 00:04:15.155 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Just because an idea comes into your mind, that idea does not 00:04:15.155 --> 00:04:17.724 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% have to be processed or pondered. 00:04:17.724 --> 00:04:21.495 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that's that 2 Corinthians passage you referred to, Randy. 00:04:21.495 --> 00:04:23.997 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% We take every thought captive. 00:04:23.997 --> 00:04:28.835 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We do not fight with the weapons that the world uses, but we take 00:04:28.835 --> 00:04:33.373 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% every thought captive, causing it to submit to the authority 00:04:33.373 --> 00:04:35.108 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% of Christ. 00:04:35.108 --> 00:04:38.545 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I was, for some reason I got anxious about a decision my wife 00:04:38.545 --> 00:04:39.913 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% and I were making. 00:04:39.913 --> 00:04:41.681 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% It's a very small decision. 00:04:41.681 --> 00:04:43.016 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Aren't they all? 00:04:43.016 --> 00:04:46.653 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But it was a small decision, but I was getting anxious about it, 00:04:46.653 --> 00:04:50.891 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and I thought, no, Jesus said, "Don't worry about tomorrow. 00:04:50.891 --> 00:04:53.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Today has enough worries for itself." 00:04:53.126 --> 00:04:55.896 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I thought, okay, I'm not gonna think about that anymore. 00:04:55.896 --> 00:05:01.768 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Now, I don't always do that, but that's the skill set that I'm 00:05:01.768 --> 00:05:05.472 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% promoting or encouraging, and that is this idea of just 00:05:05.472 --> 00:05:08.875 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% because you have a thought, you don't have to go down that path 00:05:08.875 --> 00:05:10.210 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% with it. 00:05:10.210 --> 00:05:12.479 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: I've experienced that, and I think that's where the 00:05:12.479 --> 00:05:15.148 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% idea of taking every thought captive to the obedience of 00:05:15.148 --> 00:05:16.883 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Christ started to make sense to me. 00:05:16.883 --> 00:05:20.754 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Mine, and maybe it's a byproduct of my dad traveling so much when 00:05:20.754 --> 00:05:22.322 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I was growing up, you know? 00:05:22.322 --> 00:05:24.724 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But I would have this thought of, "Uh-oh, what if something 00:05:24.724 --> 00:05:26.059 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% happens, and they don't come home?" 00:05:26.059 --> 00:05:27.994 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Carried it over into my marriage if my wife would go on a trip. 00:05:27.994 --> 00:05:31.264 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% She's from Florida, so she would occasionally drive to Florida 00:05:31.264 --> 00:05:32.632 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% or something. 00:05:32.632 --> 00:05:34.434 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then you have kids and God forbid, you know, they're 00:05:34.434 --> 00:05:37.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% driving I-35 going to college, which all mine did. 00:05:37.604 --> 00:05:40.073 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You start to have--and what happens is that I would have 00:05:40.073 --> 00:05:42.375 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that thought of, what if something happens, worst-case 00:05:42.375 --> 00:05:45.078 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% scenario, you know, injury or death. 00:05:45.078 --> 00:05:49.382 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then I would go down that path, instead of stopping it 00:05:49.382 --> 00:05:53.453 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% where you're talking about, go down that, and just fantasize 00:05:53.453 --> 00:05:55.655 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% about all the terrible things that could happen. 00:05:55.655 --> 00:05:57.691 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% "Because it happens to other people, it could happen to me." 00:05:57.691 --> 00:06:01.027 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And pretty soon, I mean, it just throws you into a really 00:06:01.027 --> 00:06:02.362 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% bad mindset. 00:06:02.362 --> 00:06:03.730 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Max: Tailspin. 00:06:03.730 --> 00:06:05.065 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: It's not healthy. 00:06:05.065 --> 00:06:07.200 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And when I go, okay, now wait a minute, it's that awareness of 00:06:07.200 --> 00:06:08.535 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% what I'm doing. 00:06:08.535 --> 00:06:11.037 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I'm going down this path of negative thoughts of something 00:06:11.037 --> 00:06:13.573 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% that has not happened, right? 00:06:13.573 --> 00:06:16.843 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I go, oh, wait, I'm gonna take those thoughts and make 00:06:16.843 --> 00:06:21.414 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% them obey Christ, who says what you just quoted, right? 00:06:21.414 --> 00:06:22.749 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Why worry about-- 00:06:22.749 --> 00:06:24.084 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Max: Exactly. 00:06:24.084 --> 00:06:25.452 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda: And even I love the "captive." 00:06:25.452 --> 00:06:26.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It makes me think of putting something in captivity. 00:06:26.786 --> 00:06:28.888 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% It's like I'm putting them in jail. 00:06:28.888 --> 00:06:30.257 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Max: Like handcuffing them. 00:06:30.257 --> 00:06:32.025 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Yeah, I think that's deliberate. 00:06:32.025 --> 00:06:35.929 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: So your idea of picky thinking, I mean, I don't know, 00:06:35.929 --> 00:06:38.231 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% how do--is self-awareness not the first step? 00:06:38.231 --> 00:06:43.069 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Max: It is, and forgive me for trying to sound like I'm smarter 00:06:43.069 --> 00:06:47.340 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% than I am, but neuroplasticity is a kind of a buzzword these 00:06:47.340 --> 00:06:51.144 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% days, of how we've learned that the brain really does create 00:06:51.144 --> 00:06:53.580 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% habits, you know? 00:06:53.580 --> 00:06:58.118 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They do call them ruts, you know, my brain is in a rut or 00:06:58.118 --> 00:07:02.489 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I've got a rut, literally is, what I'm told, a physical rut 00:07:02.489 --> 00:07:07.060 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that the neurons create, firing back and forth and back 00:07:07.060 --> 00:07:08.428 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% and forth. 00:07:08.428 --> 00:07:10.430 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% What that is, that's a habit. 00:07:10.430 --> 00:07:11.831 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% That's a habit. 00:07:11.831 --> 00:07:15.635 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And a lot of these are things we pick up from our parents. 00:07:15.635 --> 00:07:20.006 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% My mom really was a worrier, and I think I've learned a lot of 00:07:20.006 --> 00:07:23.610 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% good things from her, but I picked up her worst-case 00:07:23.610 --> 00:07:27.447 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% scenarios and began to practice it. 00:07:27.447 --> 00:07:33.153 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So most of us have a tendency to get in a rut or two. 00:07:33.153 --> 00:07:36.122 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so, learning what those are and breaking them is essential. 00:07:36.122 --> 00:07:37.490 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda: That's what I was gonna ask. 00:07:37.490 --> 00:07:39.693 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% You have to create a new pathway of thinking. 00:07:39.693 --> 00:07:42.929 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% What would you say is the first step in doing that? 00:07:42.929 --> 00:07:45.865 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I mean, if it's--because sometimes if it's just the 00:07:45.865 --> 00:07:49.736 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% default, that you don't even necessarily know, it's just the 00:07:49.736 --> 00:07:54.174 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% default, so you're now creating a new pathway in your thinking 00:07:54.174 --> 00:07:55.709 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% or in the way you do things. 00:07:55.709 --> 00:07:57.077 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% How do you do that? 00:07:57.077 --> 00:07:58.812 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Max: You treat these lies with truth. 00:07:58.812 --> 00:08:00.146 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% That's what it is. 00:08:00.146 --> 00:08:02.549 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% So everything gets back to who's the authority in our 00:08:02.549 --> 00:08:03.917 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% life, right? 00:08:03.917 --> 00:08:07.654 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And Jesus said, "All authority has been given to me in heaven 00:08:07.654 --> 00:08:08.988 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% and on earth, been given to me." 00:08:08.988 --> 00:08:10.657 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% He has ultimate authority. 00:08:10.657 --> 00:08:14.494 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% So the Scripture says, "Do not worry about tomorrow. 00:08:14.494 --> 00:08:18.465 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Tomorrow has enough worries in and of itself, or of its own," 00:08:18.465 --> 00:08:19.833 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% then he has authority. 00:08:19.833 --> 00:08:21.301 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Christ said, "Don't worry. 00:08:21.301 --> 00:08:23.403 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I'm gonna do my very best today." 00:08:23.403 --> 00:08:25.405 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% And by the way, it gets easier. 00:08:25.405 --> 00:08:26.773 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% It gets easier. 00:08:26.773 --> 00:08:29.075 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Just as you create negative thought habits, you can create 00:08:29.075 --> 00:08:30.510 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% positive thought habits. 00:08:30.510 --> 00:08:32.779 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% That's when we talk about wonderful people we love who are 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:35.982 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% people of faith, because over the decades they've developed 00:08:35.982 --> 00:08:37.317 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% this ability. 00:08:37.317 --> 00:08:40.553 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And what we're doing is we're creating a new rut in our brain. 00:08:40.553 --> 00:08:43.056 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Literally, it's refiring. 00:08:43.056 --> 00:08:45.859 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% "Do not be transformed by the world but be--do not be 00:08:45.859 --> 00:08:49.929 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% conformed to the world but be transformed by the renewing of 00:08:49.929 --> 00:08:51.264 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% your mind." 00:08:51.264 --> 00:08:53.967 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I don't know if Paul was a neurologist, but I think the 00:08:53.967 --> 00:08:55.301 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Holy Spirit-- 00:08:55.301 --> 00:08:56.770 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Okay, so that's one of these things I love about 00:08:56.770 --> 00:08:58.872 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% science, modern science, and a lot of people try to pit faith 00:08:58.872 --> 00:09:03.943 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and science as competing things, but science just confirmed what 00:09:03.943 --> 00:09:05.311 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% Paul said. 00:09:05.311 --> 00:09:10.350 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And the plasticity part of neuroplasticity is literally new 00:09:10.350 --> 00:09:11.684 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% ways of thinking. 00:09:11.684 --> 00:09:13.653 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Like, you can create these new ways of thinking. 00:09:13.653 --> 00:09:15.288 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% So science caught up, great for them. 00:09:15.288 --> 00:09:16.623 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Max: That's encouraging, isn't it, Randy? 00:09:16.623 --> 00:09:17.991 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Randy: It is. 00:09:17.991 --> 00:09:19.459 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Max: To think that I don't have to think this way 00:09:19.459 --> 00:09:20.794 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% the rest of my life. 00:09:20.794 --> 00:09:22.128 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Randy: Absolutely, absolutely. 00:09:22.128 --> 00:09:23.997 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% All right, so the second step that you talk about is not what 00:09:23.997 --> 00:09:25.865 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I thought it was when I first saw it. 00:09:25.865 --> 00:09:28.768 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I know, I was gonna say, is this the time to ask, do you 00:09:28.768 --> 00:09:30.136 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% really think there's UFOs out there? 00:09:30.136 --> 00:09:31.771 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% I'm just kidding. 00:09:31.771 --> 00:09:33.106 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Randy: Right, yeah. 00:09:33.106 --> 00:09:34.707 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So you say, "Identify UFOs," and I'm like, "Oh, fine." 00:09:34.707 --> 00:09:37.610 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% But what does that mean to you in your context? 00:09:37.610 --> 00:09:40.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Max: It's just a little tricky thing that I developed in my 00:09:40.413 --> 00:09:43.183 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% mind, in my mind, as a pastor. 00:09:43.183 --> 00:09:44.617 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I've been a pastor all these years. 00:09:44.617 --> 00:09:45.952 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Blynda: I like the way your mind's working. 00:09:45.952 --> 00:09:50.123 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Max: I have to have little memory devices. 00:09:50.123 --> 00:09:52.025 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% So this one is UFO. 00:09:52.025 --> 00:09:56.062 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% An untruth leads to a false narrative, leads to 00:09:56.062 --> 00:09:58.631 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% an overreaction. 00:09:58.631 --> 00:10:01.901 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Early in my ministry I found myself talking, as all 00:10:01.901 --> 00:10:05.872 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% pastors--as all people do, but we pastors help people deal 00:10:05.872 --> 00:10:07.240 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% with overreactions. 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.108 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% They come into my office, they're just angry. 00:10:09.108 --> 00:10:11.711 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I'll see them in the hallway, they're distraught. 00:10:11.711 --> 00:10:13.947 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% It's an overreaction. 00:10:13.947 --> 00:10:17.550 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What I've learned is there's a reason for that overreaction, 00:10:17.550 --> 00:10:21.354 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% and it can usually be traced back to this untruth. 00:10:21.354 --> 00:10:23.389 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Ah, here's an untruth. 00:10:23.389 --> 00:10:25.391 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% "Nobody loves me anymore." 00:10:25.391 --> 00:10:28.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Well, that's not true, but that is a common thought. 00:10:28.495 --> 00:10:31.431 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That's a true thought that--a thought that people think 00:10:31.431 --> 00:10:32.765 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% is true. 00:10:32.765 --> 00:10:34.634 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% That then leads to a false narrative. 00:10:34.634 --> 00:10:36.703 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% "I'm not lovable." 00:10:36.703 --> 00:10:38.805 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: Which probably affects how you act, because if you 00:10:38.805 --> 00:10:41.975 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% don't think you're lovable, you're going to act that way. 00:10:41.975 --> 00:10:43.510 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Max: Exactly. 00:10:43.510 --> 00:10:45.678 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% That then leads to an overreaction, which could be a 00:10:45.678 --> 00:10:47.213 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% variety of things. 00:10:47.213 --> 00:10:53.019 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Alcohol abuse, angry outbursts, absolute insecurity. 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:56.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Just doing things that are--we're acting out of 00:10:56.322 --> 00:10:57.690 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% that untruth. 00:10:57.690 --> 00:11:04.297 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So UFO means identify the untruth that leads to the false 00:11:04.297 --> 00:11:06.299 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% narrative that leads to the overreaction. 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:09.569 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% This is a great tool for we parents, because when our 00:11:09.569 --> 00:11:13.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% teenagers have this overreaction, we wanna deal with 00:11:13.106 --> 00:11:15.675 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the overreaction, but somewhere along the line there's an 00:11:15.675 --> 00:11:18.511 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% untruth that's going on in there, and we can help 00:11:18.511 --> 00:11:19.846 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% disentangle it. 00:11:19.846 --> 00:11:21.214 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Blynda: So interesting. 00:11:21.214 --> 00:11:22.815 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I feel like so much of the Christian walk that, you know, 00:11:22.815 --> 00:11:27.120 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the older I get is finding out that over time, we've tried to 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:30.023 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% always touch on the symptoms, and there's always a root you 00:11:30.023 --> 00:11:31.357 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% have to get to. 00:11:31.357 --> 00:11:34.227 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% There's just always something that needs to be uprooted. 00:11:34.227 --> 00:11:37.664 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And really I feel like if you can get to that, it doesn't just 00:11:37.664 --> 00:11:40.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% change your life but generationally it can make 00:11:40.166 --> 00:11:41.534 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% an impact. 00:11:41.534 --> 00:11:42.869 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Max: I hear you. 00:11:42.869 --> 00:11:44.237 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Blynda: I think it's so interesting. 00:11:44.237 --> 00:11:46.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: The obvious go-to is "Why did you say that?" 00:11:46.239 --> 00:11:47.974 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% or "Why did you do that?" 00:11:47.974 --> 00:11:51.544 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But what Max is telling us is that, like the quote I read at 00:11:51.544 --> 00:11:55.315 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the beginning of the show, it goes back to your thinking. 00:11:55.315 --> 00:11:58.751 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Your words and your actions are a direct result of 00:11:58.751 --> 00:12:00.286 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% your thoughts. 00:12:00.286 --> 00:12:02.822 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so by going back where you're talking about, learning 00:12:02.822 --> 00:12:07.827 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to tame your thoughts, to make them obedient to what God says, 00:12:07.827 --> 00:12:11.397 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% then the words and the actions start to fall into line. 00:12:11.397 --> 00:12:14.033 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Max: Absolutely, and that's what we're talking about here, 00:12:14.033 --> 00:12:18.304 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% dismantling the untruth, because just as untruth leads to false 00:12:18.304 --> 00:12:22.008 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% narrative leads to overreaction, the right truth leads to a 00:12:22.008 --> 00:12:26.412 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% healthy narrative that can lead to a positive reaction. 00:12:26.412 --> 00:12:29.649 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Okay, so I find that untruth, and then what I do? 00:12:29.649 --> 00:12:32.151 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Just rip it out and get rid of it and now I got a hole? 00:12:32.151 --> 00:12:34.754 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Max: Here comes the third tool, exactly. 00:12:34.754 --> 00:12:36.155 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Uproot and replant. 00:12:36.155 --> 00:12:37.523 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% You talked about roots. 00:12:37.523 --> 00:12:39.759 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% We do, we uproot them, we get serious about them. 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.761 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% We take the thought captive. 00:12:41.761 --> 00:12:44.263 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% We demand that the Lord Jesus be sovereign. 00:12:44.263 --> 00:12:49.535 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% By the way, the devil knows how to sow seeds in our minds. 00:12:49.535 --> 00:12:53.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There's an interesting little phrase in John 13:2 about Judas, 00:12:53.673 --> 00:12:59.779 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% who, before he betrayed Christ, Satan planted the idea in 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:01.147 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% his mind. 00:13:01.147 --> 00:13:04.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's a scary little idea, but we now we're protected by Christ, 00:13:04.384 --> 00:13:06.386 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% we're overseen by him. 00:13:06.386 --> 00:13:09.088 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% But he still wants to come and sow negative thoughts. 00:13:09.088 --> 00:13:13.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so when they come, we uproot them, but then we replant. 00:13:13.426 --> 00:13:15.495 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You don't just leave a hole in your head or a hole in 00:13:15.495 --> 00:13:16.863 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the ground. 00:13:16.863 --> 00:13:20.767 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You uproot them, but then you plant them, replant, and you 00:13:20.767 --> 00:13:22.869 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% plant them with truth, truth. 00:13:22.869 --> 00:13:24.537 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% We were talking before the show started. 00:13:24.537 --> 00:13:25.905 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I'll tell everybody. 00:13:25.905 --> 00:13:29.042 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I got to spend half the day today with my hero, Chuck 00:13:29.042 --> 00:13:35.948 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Swindoll, 91 years old, and he's down to about 10% of his vision. 00:13:35.948 --> 00:13:39.952 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But his mind is as sharp as ever, and I just listened to him 00:13:39.952 --> 00:13:43.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% quote Scripture after Scripture after Scripture. 00:13:43.723 --> 00:13:46.893 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Scripture, it just leaks. 00:13:46.893 --> 00:13:48.895 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Well, and he's happy, he's content. 00:13:48.895 --> 00:13:50.263 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% It's not easy. 00:13:50.263 --> 00:13:52.398 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% It's a hard time in a lot of ways. 00:13:52.398 --> 00:13:55.535 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But you wouldn't know it because he is so immersed his mind 00:13:55.535 --> 00:13:56.869 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% in Scripture. 00:13:56.869 --> 00:13:59.172 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I left there thinking, now, I need to do better at that. 00:13:59.172 --> 00:14:01.140 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% I need to--I need to be quick. 00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:05.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I need to load my quiver with truth, so that when I have these 00:14:05.411 --> 00:14:09.549 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% untruthful thoughts, I can reach in my quiver and pull them out 00:14:09.549 --> 00:14:11.284 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% and have God's Word there. 00:14:11.284 --> 00:14:12.652 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Blynda: I love that. 00:14:12.652 --> 00:14:14.220 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I actually just--I feel like somebody out there who's 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:18.357 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% watching, I just wanna tell you, you have been discouraged and 00:14:18.357 --> 00:14:23.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you haven't felt like you've been seen, that the Lord knows 00:14:23.396 --> 00:14:25.264 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% the struggle that you've had. 00:14:25.264 --> 00:14:29.068 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I wanna encourage you today, get into his Word. 00:14:29.068 --> 00:14:34.373 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It is alive and active to come alongside you, to encourage 00:14:34.373 --> 00:14:37.744 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% every part of your heart and your mind that is struggling. 00:14:37.744 --> 00:14:41.347 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And also I wanna remind you that we do have prayer partners right 00:14:41.347 --> 00:14:42.682 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% now waiting by the phones. 00:14:42.682 --> 00:14:45.852 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There's a number at the bottom of the screen, and you can call 00:14:45.852 --> 00:14:49.188 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that number, and somebody will come alongside you and pray with 00:14:49.188 --> 00:14:52.358 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you and encourage you, because that's why we do what we do. 00:14:52.358 --> 00:14:56.028 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We are all humans walking in this earth together, with the 00:14:56.028 --> 00:14:59.799 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% struggles, with the pain, but we also have the victory. 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:04.270 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And we don't wanna forget that the Word of God gives us the 00:15:04.270 --> 00:15:07.140 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% lifeline, gives us the truth to the victory. 00:15:07.140 --> 00:15:08.474 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Max: Amen, yeah. 00:15:08.474 --> 00:15:10.910 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: And one of the things, Max, that you do say in the book 00:15:10.910 --> 00:15:13.713 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% is that it's not just up to us. 00:15:13.713 --> 00:15:16.015 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like, what you're talking about doing, these are steps that I 00:15:16.015 --> 00:15:20.787 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% can take, but when we take these steps, it's not us alone doing 00:15:20.787 --> 00:15:22.789 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% the hard work. 00:15:22.789 --> 00:15:25.958 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Stuff that we can't even do on our own, that's where God goes, 00:15:25.958 --> 00:15:27.326 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% "I'm gonna partner with you." 00:15:27.326 --> 00:15:28.661 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Max: Exactly. 00:15:28.661 --> 00:15:32.632 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% His Holy Spirit is gonna speak to us, prompt us, lead us, 00:15:32.632 --> 00:15:33.999 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% direct us. 00:15:33.999 --> 00:15:35.635 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% We have his Word. 00:15:35.635 --> 00:15:37.003 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% We have friends, too. 00:15:37.003 --> 00:15:39.605 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We have godly counsel to which we can turn. 00:15:39.605 --> 00:15:44.043 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% We have encouraging friends who can help us. 00:15:44.043 --> 00:15:47.914 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So we're not--Satan loves to get us isolated, you know? 00:15:47.914 --> 00:15:51.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He's the lion who prowls around looking for one whom he 00:15:51.384 --> 00:15:52.752 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% can devour. 00:15:52.752 --> 00:15:55.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He likes to get that one, that one person off to the side, 00:15:55.388 --> 00:15:57.723 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% wrapped up in a world of isolation. 00:15:57.723 --> 00:16:01.160 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: So for the person who is saying, "Okay, but you know, 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:05.331 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Pastor Max, there's just no way to tell you all the the things 00:16:05.331 --> 00:16:08.734 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that I've suffered in my life or the pain that I've gone through 00:16:08.734 --> 00:16:11.704 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there's, you know, there's just not a few little tools here and 00:16:11.704 --> 00:16:13.806 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% there, I can't just start thinking positive thoughts and 00:16:13.806 --> 00:16:16.542 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% my life is gonna change, necessarily." 00:16:16.542 --> 00:16:19.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% What would you say to them about, though the journey may be 00:16:19.846 --> 00:16:26.519 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% long before, you know, they feel like they're fully in that new 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.956 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% pathway, but how would you encourage them as 00:16:29.956 --> 00:16:31.557 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% they're starting? 00:16:31.557 --> 00:16:34.560 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Max: Let me just talk to that person, because the the fact of 00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:37.964 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the matter is maybe today is a tough day for you. 00:16:37.964 --> 00:16:41.834 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I would encourage you to just take a few moments and find a 00:16:41.834 --> 00:16:43.469 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% quiet place. 00:16:43.469 --> 00:16:46.739 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Go off in a corner, go out in the backyard, go someplace where 00:16:46.739 --> 00:16:50.943 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you can be uninterrupted, and just tell Jesus exactly what it 00:16:50.943 --> 00:16:52.845 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% is you're facing today. 00:16:52.845 --> 00:16:54.580 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Doesn't have to be eloquent. 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:57.183 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Don't worry about mis-praying. 00:16:57.183 --> 00:16:58.885 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Just go talk to him. 00:16:58.885 --> 00:17:02.755 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And talk as long as you want, and he will listen. 00:17:02.755 --> 00:17:05.157 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He'll treat you like he has all the time in the world, because 00:17:05.157 --> 00:17:06.525 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% he does. 00:17:06.525 --> 00:17:10.863 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Just tell him, and say, "Lord, today is a tough day. 00:17:10.863 --> 00:17:14.533 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'm still struggling with--" what comes to my mind is grief. 00:17:14.533 --> 00:17:17.536 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Maybe I'm talking to somebody who's, you miss your loved ones 00:17:17.536 --> 00:17:18.871 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% so much. 00:17:18.871 --> 00:17:21.707 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% You did not want to outlive him or her. 00:17:21.707 --> 00:17:24.543 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And you just feel like you can't move forward. 00:17:24.543 --> 00:17:26.045 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Well, that's okay. 00:17:26.045 --> 00:17:29.315 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You can talk to God about that and just say, "Lord, my heart is 00:17:29.315 --> 00:17:30.850 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% so heavy today. 00:17:30.850 --> 00:17:35.187 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I wanna have more joy, but I can't do it without you." 00:17:35.187 --> 00:17:36.522 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% Be honest. 00:17:36.522 --> 00:17:37.890 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Honesty is important here. 00:17:37.890 --> 00:17:40.059 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Don't cover it up, don't pretend. 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:41.661 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Don't try to be perfect. 00:17:41.661 --> 00:17:45.898 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's a tough season you're in, but just tell him, and say, 00:17:45.898 --> 00:17:49.502 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% "Lord, today, would you please go ahead of me, and would you 00:17:49.502 --> 00:17:53.005 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% begin preparing me today for what I'm gonna face today?" 00:17:53.005 --> 00:17:55.875 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then the next time you find yourself, and it could just be 00:17:55.875 --> 00:17:59.912 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in five minutes, but the next time you find that wave of grief 00:17:59.912 --> 00:18:03.049 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% coming, then you can say, "Okay, Lord, I know we talked about 00:18:03.049 --> 00:18:04.383 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% this earlier. 00:18:04.383 --> 00:18:07.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I know you're helping me," and you'll realize you're not facing 00:18:07.687 --> 00:18:11.691 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% it alone. 00:18:11.691 --> 00:18:15.962 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The devil does not want you to talk to God, but God loves for 00:18:15.962 --> 00:18:17.363 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% you to talk to him. 00:18:17.363 --> 00:18:18.698 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% So start right there. 00:18:18.698 --> 00:18:20.066 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Just start right there. 00:18:20.066 --> 00:18:25.271 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And if necessary, contact a friend, contact a pastor. 00:18:25.271 --> 00:18:26.605 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Maybe it's time for a counselor. 00:18:26.605 --> 00:18:29.375 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% It might be time to go in for some therapy. 00:18:29.375 --> 00:18:30.743 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% That's okay. 00:18:30.743 --> 00:18:33.245 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% It's a challenging world in which we live. 00:18:33.245 --> 00:18:36.782 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so, cut yourself some slack, be kind to yourself, and just 00:18:36.782 --> 00:18:38.150 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% start right there. 00:18:38.150 --> 00:18:40.686 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Start with honest, heartfelt prayer, and see where that 00:18:40.686 --> 00:18:42.021 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% takes you. 00:18:42.021 --> 00:18:43.356 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: That's great, I love it. 00:18:43.356 --> 00:18:45.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, the book, "Tame Your Thoughts," is available wherever 00:18:45.024 --> 00:18:46.392 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% you get books. 00:18:46.392 --> 00:18:49.095 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We'd love to send it to you today if you'd like to join us 00:18:49.095 --> 00:18:53.566 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% in being, actually, the answer to someone else's prayer. 00:18:53.566 --> 00:18:57.636 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And you know, the faithfulness of our mission outreach has 00:18:57.636 --> 00:18:59.005 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% paid off. 00:18:59.005 --> 00:19:01.807 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We're seeing, you know, wonderful dividends being reaped 00:19:01.807 --> 00:19:05.745 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% in the mission field, but it is an ongoing thing. 00:19:05.745 --> 00:19:08.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so we'd like to show you something where you can be a 00:19:08.047 --> 00:19:11.817 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% part of being a blessing to someone else today. 00:19:11.817 --> 00:19:14.420 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And again, if you would like to request Max Lucado's book, 00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:17.356 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% "Tame Your Thoughts," with your gift towards Mission Feeding, 00:19:17.356 --> 00:19:18.758 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% be sure to do that. 00:19:18.758 --> 00:19:21.027 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% But watch this and see what God would have you do. 00:19:24.864 --> 00:19:27.133 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% John Yeatts: I'm John Yeatts, the director of world missions 00:19:27.133 --> 00:19:29.368 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% for Life Outreach International. 00:19:29.368 --> 00:19:33.806 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I'm here in Angola this week with our team as we have been 00:19:33.806 --> 00:19:38.010 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% documenting the cases of crisis throughout the region. 00:19:38.010 --> 00:19:43.983 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We, at times, hire interpreters to go with our video team. 00:19:43.983 --> 00:19:48.154 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Today I have with me Emilio, who is a professional 00:19:48.154 --> 00:19:49.522 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% language teacher. 00:19:49.522 --> 00:19:50.856 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% He's here in the red. 00:19:50.856 --> 00:19:55.628 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then I have Ermelinda who is also a teacher here in Angola. 00:19:55.628 --> 00:20:00.332 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, as we were traveling together, there was kind of a 00:20:00.332 --> 00:20:02.068 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% "wow" moment. 00:20:02.068 --> 00:20:05.538 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Both of you kind of had the same experience, but I wanted you to 00:20:05.538 --> 00:20:10.443 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% hear it from someone firsthand who's experienced the benefit of 00:20:10.443 --> 00:20:12.445 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Mission Feeding. 00:21:07.566 --> 00:21:11.737 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% John: So let me say on behalf of all of the friends of Life 00:21:11.737 --> 00:21:16.542 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Outreach, it was a great honor to be a blessing to your family. 00:21:16.542 --> 00:21:19.044 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% It's easy to start something. 00:21:19.044 --> 00:21:22.948 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It's a completely different thing to go the distance. 00:21:22.948 --> 00:21:26.986 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And as you continue to provide, we will continue to serve. 00:21:26.986 --> 00:21:31.624 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Our mission teams are in place to minister to these that are in 00:21:31.624 --> 00:21:33.726 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% the most remote areas. 00:21:33.726 --> 00:21:37.329 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% There is still a desperate need in this country and many 00:21:37.329 --> 00:21:40.332 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% countries across the continent of Africa. 00:21:40.332 --> 00:21:44.470 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We have been working to see the light of Jesus shine in people's 00:21:44.470 --> 00:21:49.041 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% lives, not only in word but also in deed. 00:21:49.041 --> 00:21:55.781 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So thank you for being a part of what we do with Mission Feeding. 00:21:55.781 --> 00:21:57.116 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Randy: I love seeing that. 00:21:57.116 --> 00:21:59.785 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, Blynda, what's great for those of us who have kind of 00:21:59.785 --> 00:22:03.255 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% been, you know, doing this a long time, is I'm old enough to 00:22:03.255 --> 00:22:06.492 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% see the generational impact. 00:22:06.492 --> 00:22:10.362 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We're strategically trying to give them the opportunity to 00:22:10.362 --> 00:22:14.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% have an education so that they can go into a profession and 00:22:14.166 --> 00:22:17.836 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% they can be self-sustaining, help their village, provide for 00:22:17.836 --> 00:22:19.638 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% their own family, you know? 00:22:19.638 --> 00:22:23.075 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And it does take generations, but we're seeing it pay off. 00:22:23.075 --> 00:22:25.244 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Blynda: You see Emilio and Ermelinda sitting there. 00:22:25.244 --> 00:22:26.579 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: Well, and that's it. 00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:28.647 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so we know some that are doctors, that are nurses, that 00:22:28.647 --> 00:22:32.651 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% are teachers, policemen, even lawyers, and then we see some 00:22:32.651 --> 00:22:35.921 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% who have come back and said, "I want to help the children the 00:22:35.921 --> 00:22:37.456 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% way that I was helped." 00:22:37.456 --> 00:22:38.824 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% I just-- 00:22:38.824 --> 00:22:42.394 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: And you see Ermelinda helping a younger generation, 00:22:42.394 --> 00:22:43.729 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:22:43.729 --> 00:22:45.097 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% It's so beautiful. 00:22:45.097 --> 00:22:48.300 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: This is how we work to get people out of poverty, out 00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:50.102 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% of abject poverty. 00:22:50.102 --> 00:22:53.305 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And it does take time, but it is working. 00:22:53.305 --> 00:22:56.575 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that's what we want you to see in that particular piece. 00:22:56.575 --> 00:23:00.646 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We want to see, yes, it's helping to give people a hope 00:23:00.646 --> 00:23:04.250 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% and a future, but also, it's still necessary. 00:23:04.250 --> 00:23:08.254 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And in fact, in many of the areas where we're working, the 00:23:08.254 --> 00:23:11.190 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% situation right now is very urgent. 00:23:11.190 --> 00:23:15.995 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so, Blynda, it's tough sometimes to see the great need, 00:23:15.995 --> 00:23:18.130 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% but I think there's hope in knowing that we can be 00:23:18.130 --> 00:23:19.465 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% the solution. 00:23:19.465 --> 00:23:20.833 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: It is so much hope. 00:23:20.833 --> 00:23:25.371 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% When I think about Emilio saying he was 1 of 11, and the idea 00:23:25.371 --> 00:23:28.474 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% that there were so many chances that in his family there would 00:23:28.474 --> 00:23:32.278 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% be loss, and yet he got to stand--or sit there today and he 00:23:32.278 --> 00:23:36.882 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% got to say, "I am a case of I made it. 00:23:36.882 --> 00:23:41.387 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And not only did I get the food I needed, but I am now giving 00:23:41.387 --> 00:23:44.657 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% back, and I'm thriving and I'm educated." 00:23:44.657 --> 00:23:47.993 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% This is--it's such a success story, and what it should do in 00:23:47.993 --> 00:23:51.964 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% each of us is it should say, I really do know that every dollar 00:23:51.964 --> 00:23:54.433 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I give, that could be the story. 00:23:54.433 --> 00:23:55.801 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% That could be the story. 00:23:55.801 --> 00:23:57.136 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Randy: Absolutely. 00:23:57.136 --> 00:23:59.705 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And so while we celebrate the success stories, I have a simple 00:23:59.705 --> 00:24:01.173 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% question for you. 00:24:01.173 --> 00:24:05.577 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Will you step in and give another child that hope for 00:24:05.577 --> 00:24:09.415 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% success, that opportunity for education, by giving them that 00:24:09.415 --> 00:24:13.352 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% bowl of food that they desperately need today and 00:24:13.352 --> 00:24:16.922 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% tomorrow, and until they get to a position where their health is 00:24:16.922 --> 00:24:21.193 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% stable and they can focus not on where the next meal will come 00:24:21.193 --> 00:24:24.830 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% from, but focus on, what can I learn? 00:24:24.830 --> 00:24:30.135 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% How can I get to that point where I have a hope and a future 00:24:30.135 --> 00:24:33.706 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% beyond the desperate need in front of me today? 00:24:33.706 --> 00:24:35.074 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Well, here's how we do that. 00:24:35.074 --> 00:24:37.776 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% It's called Mission Feeding, and we're inviting you into that 00:24:37.776 --> 00:24:39.144 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% right now. 00:24:39.144 --> 00:24:44.183 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Your gift of $30, $50, $100, or $1,000 perhaps, will help feed 00:24:44.183 --> 00:24:49.822 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% 3, 5, 10, or 100 children, just like those two that you saw, 00:24:49.822 --> 00:24:51.623 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% for several months. 00:24:51.623 --> 00:24:53.926 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% And it's urgent that we hear from you today. 00:24:53.926 --> 00:24:56.662 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% There are situations that are completely out of the control of 00:24:56.662 --> 00:25:01.233 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% those people, failed crops, droughts, you know, there's over 00:25:01.233 --> 00:25:04.703 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% 350,000 children that we're feeding right now every day. 00:25:04.703 --> 00:25:07.940 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% We need to continue to feed so that we see more 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.274 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% success stories. 00:25:09.274 --> 00:25:10.642 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% That depends on you. 00:25:10.642 --> 00:25:16.148 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% So please, go online, go to the phone, and make the best gift 00:25:16.148 --> 00:25:17.516 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% that you can. 00:25:17.516 --> 00:25:22.020 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You will be giving a hope and a future to countless children. 00:25:23.722 --> 00:25:26.825 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Right now across the continent of Africa, children 00:25:26.825 --> 00:25:31.063 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% are suffering, facing severe malnutrition and even death. 00:25:31.063 --> 00:25:34.199 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With food reserves critically depleted and many areas 00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:38.470 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% experiencing devastating famine, we urgently need to replenish 00:25:38.470 --> 00:25:42.474 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% supplies to keep feeding the 350,000 children who are 00:25:42.474 --> 00:25:44.810 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% counting on us every single day. 00:25:44.810 --> 00:25:48.514 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Life's mission feeding outreach, your gift of love can 00:25:48.514 --> 00:25:52.050 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% be an answer to a prayer for a hurting and hungry child in 00:25:52.050 --> 00:25:53.585 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% their time of need. 00:25:53.585 --> 00:25:58.991 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Call now with your life-saving gift of $30, $50, or $100 to 00:25:58.991 --> 00:26:04.930 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% help feed and care for 3, 5, or 10 children for 3 full months. 00:26:04.930 --> 00:26:08.767 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With your gift we'll send you "The Father's Heart" devotional. 00:26:08.767 --> 00:26:12.438 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Drawing from Scripture and his past, James Robison takes you on 00:26:12.438 --> 00:26:16.108 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% a 90-day journey to help you experience a deeper, more 00:26:16.108 --> 00:26:19.678 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% personal relationship with God as your loving Father. 00:26:19.678 --> 00:26:21.914 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, 00:26:21.914 --> 00:26:24.349 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% you will receive The Father's Heart bundle. 00:26:24.349 --> 00:26:27.753 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This stationary set, paired with the devotional, is a 00:26:27.753 --> 00:26:30.889 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% thoughtfully-designed collection created to help you share 00:26:30.889 --> 00:26:34.726 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% encouragement, prayer, and the love of our Heavenly Father with 00:26:34.726 --> 00:26:36.462 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% those you care about. 00:26:36.462 --> 00:26:40.165 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, with your gift of $1,000 or more, which will help 00:26:40.165 --> 00:26:44.670 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% feed 100 children in desperate need, request Life's beautiful 00:26:44.670 --> 00:26:47.673 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% bronze sculpture, The Good Shepherd. 00:26:47.673 --> 00:26:50.676 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% So, please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:54.213 --> 00:26:55.948 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Randy: I do hope you'll go online or go to the phone, make 00:26:55.948 --> 00:26:57.316 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% the best gift you can. 00:26:57.316 --> 00:27:01.453 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Know that you will be helping to save lives. 00:27:01.453 --> 00:27:05.023 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% We can do it, but we can do it only when we work together, so. 00:27:05.023 --> 00:27:07.159 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% And be sure you request "Tame Your Thoughts" 00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:08.861 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% by Max Lucado today. 00:27:08.861 --> 00:27:10.963 align:start line:53% position:50% size:50% Blynda, I just loved this conversation. 00:27:10.963 --> 00:27:12.764 align:start line:53% position:50% size:41% To me it's core, it's so helpful. 00:27:12.764 --> 00:27:16.335 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% Blynda: It is--it is truly like a core Christian conversation, 00:27:16.335 --> 00:27:17.703 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% like, if you're a believer. 00:27:17.703 --> 00:27:20.806 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% It's like, okay, you've got to get your thought life in order, 00:27:20.806 --> 00:27:24.109 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and we're so thankful for this book, that you are helping us 00:27:24.109 --> 00:27:25.444 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% do that. 00:27:25.444 --> 00:27:27.212 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% Max: Thank you, thank you, thank you. 00:27:27.212 --> 00:27:29.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's a great joy to be with you. 00:27:29.047 --> 00:27:30.616 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Y'all are a lot of fun. 00:27:30.616 --> 00:27:31.984 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% It's a great honor. 00:27:31.984 --> 00:27:33.318 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% Blynda: Well, we love having you. 00:27:33.318 --> 00:27:34.686 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% We would love for you to come back any time. 00:27:34.686 --> 00:27:36.021 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Max: Well, you're so kind. 00:27:36.021 --> 00:27:37.356 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% You're so kind. 00:27:37.356 --> 00:27:38.957 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Randy: And we hope that you will come back every time here 00:27:38.957 --> 00:27:40.292 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% on "Life Today." 00:27:40.292 --> 00:27:42.060 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We'll see you again next time. 00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:45.731 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% ♪ Oh, you can't hear me cry ♪ 00:27:45.731 --> 00:27:49.501 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% ♪ See my dreams all die ♪ 00:27:49.501 --> 00:27:53.071 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% ♪ From where you're standing ♪ 00:27:53.071 --> 00:27:55.474 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% ♪ On your own ♪ 00:27:55.474 --> 00:28:00.946 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% ♪ It's so quiet here, and I feel so cold ♪ 00:28:01.847 --> 00:28:05.150 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Don Colbert: But when you do all of these 12 numbers, I find the 00:28:05.150 --> 00:28:08.787 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% majority of my patients, they live long, they live strong. 00:28:08.787 --> 00:28:10.989 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% announcer: Dr. Don Colbert, next week. 00:28:12.558 --> 00:28:14.893 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: "Life Today" is made possible by the supporters of 00:28:14.893 --> 00:28:16.228 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.228 --> 00:28:18.330 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.330 --> 00:28:19.665 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.665 --> 00:28:22.100 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The ministry features specific outreaches as examples of the 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.602 align:start line:10% 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