35 Burst results for "JOY"
Focus On the Family Daily Broadcast
How to Be a Prayer Warrior for Your Children
"It's vital that we bring our children and their hearts to Jesus. Absolutely. I mean, that's the number one thing, I think, on a parent's heart and mind, right? I know that's true for gene and I, our boys are in their early 20s. We want them to have a fervent faith. Sometimes we're scratching our head. Are they there? They assure us that they know the lord, and that's good. But you always want to see more, right? It's just natural for a parent to want to see a vibrant faith and we're going to talk today about those young adults who may not be expressing that. We call them prodigals from time to time and their behavior suggests that maybe they're not close to the lord. So I'm excited that we're going to cover that topic today because many, many parents are going through difficulties with their adult children. And we hear so much heartache and grief from parents, and we're so glad our counseling team can talk to them and guide and certainly if you're there, give us a call. Our number is 800 a family. Well, doctor Irwin lutzer is pastor emeritus at moody church in Chicago. He was the senior pastor there for over 36 years. He's written a number of books, and one of those that is the basis for our conversation today is called a practical guide for praying parents. Get a copy from us here at the ministry, the details are in the show notes. Doctor lutzer, welcome back to focus. It's so good to have you. I'm so glad to be back and to have this exciting topic because no matter where I go the great burden on the hearts of parents is wayward children. Yeah. And we're going to be talking about how I believe we should pray for them and how transforming it was for me to understand a new way of praying, but we'll get into that. Well, you know, so often we as parents would carry so many burdens, you know? And there's a lot of things tugging at our children's heart, especially if they're in public schools, the things that are exposed to, it could be a daunting task to live in this modern world and be raising kids that have so much exposure to things that, you know, just two decades ago, kids didn't see. Social media pornography. You had to go find pornography. Now it finds you. Being a pastor for 36 years, it's nothing new under the sun, right? You were experiencing these kinds of things, maybe different, but children that weren't doing well with the lord. You know, one of the things that we did at moody church which I looked back upon with a great deal of joy is we designated a month that was a month in January and we called it pops, parents of prodigals, and we prayed for prodigals. Now we doubled our prayer meeting.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Vic Keller on Balancing Profitability and Quality
"Your particular business, it was about driving profitability. How do you balance that with quality? You know, I think every business, their greatest risk is to lose quality. Quality is number one. So you have to have quality. Obviously, profitability is a derivative of quality. In many cases, but for us, every business I've ever been and we just have not had the luxury of having subpar quality. So we've always focused on quality. And as I said earlier, I love margin. I love Mars. Yeah, so how do you balance margin with doing something beautiful? Well, the more, I mean, my experience has been the better quality product you make and the better brand that you can deliver to the marketplace, the higher price you could charge and ultimately the more margin you're going to have. So I think your greatest insurance against protecting margin is to have undeniably the absolute best quality product or service that you have in the marketplace. And if you have that and it's undeniable, I don't think you get beat up on pricing as much. Yeah,
The Charlie Kirk Show
How Venture Capitalist Vic Keller Selects People for His Team
"How you select people on your team because that's a question a lot of young entrepreneurs give me is how do I select people and understand the different types of personality? Not everyone wants to be in charge. Some people want to be operators, some people are relational. Some people have a lot of love of process. I'm sure you learned a lot very quickly as soon as you're the one that has to assume all the risk. You know the best way I found to assess people is just always be interviewing always talk to people. I had a great business partner when I was very young, very successful multi billionaire and I remember he spent most of his time interviewing and talking to people and I took note of that. And so I've tried to emulate that, but ultimately I'm not looking for a college degree. That's right. I'm looking for someone that is tenacious that's driven that's committed. That's really a curious ferocious learner. Someone that just wants to keep learning that's diving into education, whether it be through podcast, whether it be through having great mentors, rather be through reading, whatever it is. I'm looking for that mindset. And ultimately, I look for people that are outcome driven, right? I mean, in business, there is a scoreboard. Participation ribbons really don't matter. There's a scoreboard. You know if you're winning or you're losing, it's called net income. It's your profitability. That's your insurance to get success. And so I try to find people that truly understand how to deliver outcomes. People that are competitive, I love. People that have a background in sports is very interesting to me. So I've always looked for people that are just driven and motivated.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Joy of Entrepreneurship With Venture Capitalist Vic Keller
"We live in a great country and in this country, we have amazing stories of success, one of the pieces of feedback I receive from young people, so how can I be successful? All I hear is this negativity on campus. Well, we want to introduce you to one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country, Vic Keller Vic, welcome to the program. Thank you, Charlie. Glad to be here. You have several businesses and the success could go on and on and on. Tell us your story. Man, my story is one of coming from humble roots. I just remember being 14 years old and trying to convince McDonald's. I was 15 years old, so I could get a job and from there I just had a bunch of jobs and then by the time I was, I think 23, 24 years old, I really understood that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I was working at JPMorgan and was learning some great stuff, but I realized I was on the wrong side of the table for really how I was wired. I wanted to be that entrepreneur that was controlling those commercial banking accounts and building enterprise and being capitalistic. We live in the greatest country in the world. We're losing part of it, but boy, there's so many great stories that come out of a free market. The free market enterprise we have here is unbelievable. So just really at 23 24 years old, sort of thinking about it at 25, pull the trigger, started my first business. And you know, it sounds complex and daunting when you think about starting a business, but it wasn't. I talked a couple of my best Friends and to join to me and went online, formed an LLC and got a website that I was in business. What were you selling? You know, my first business was in the automotive industry and I was selling products and services in the automotive industry and it was a absolutely fast paced, high energy lot of hustle. A lot of awesome, but high margin. High margin, a lot of room for air. I learned when I was young. I like high margin businesses. And they really provide a lot of opportunity for fun expansion growth. High margin high volume. If you find those two things. The best. It's the best. You just need good people as well.
Mark Levin
Source Leaks Trump Lawyer's Notes About Classified Documents
"Now listen to this I was supposed to be secret Prosecutors in the special counsel's office have presented compelling preliminary evidence that former president Donald Trump knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office A former top federal judge she still of top federal judge just not in the same position Wrote last Friday a sealed filing According to sources who described its contents to ABC News A sealed filing Sources describe the contents that ABC News This was her last day in this position U.S. judge barrel Howe and Obama pointy I have to add the parenthetical On Friday stepped down as the D.C. district court's chief judge Wrote last week that prosecutors in special counsel Jack smith's office Had made a quote somebody's reading her a quote prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations According to the sources That attorney client privileges invoked by two of his lawyers could therefore be pierced Do you know why this was under seal For among other reasons so wouldn't taint a future joy potentially Because now you have a federal judge pointed by Obama did I mention that Who's ruled against Trump in every single motion that's ever been brought before her And they all go before because she's the chief judge in charge of all these grand jury motions
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Defines "Woke"
"I wanted to find woke. I want to play this piece of tape. She's a sweet person, Bethany mandel. She should have been more prepared for this. And it looks hard. You get put on the spot unless you host a radio program or a TV show. It's difficult to always have an answer. I mean, I think if she was asked to answer that as an op-ed, she would have done it, but it was she just kind of got a little twisted. Cut 92, Bethany mandel got asked a question by Brianna joy. Who I've debated actually. You guys should find that debate at turning point you say YouTube. Play cut 92, she gets asked the question of what is woke? Would you mind defining well because it's come up a couple times that I just want to make sure I'm on the same page. So, I mean, woke is sort of the idea that. This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral. I mean, woke is something that's very hard to define, and we've spent an entire chapter defining it. It is sort of the understanding that we need to totally reimagine and reduce society in order to create hierarchies of oppression. What bothers me about this clip and it's painful to watch is it makes us conservatives look stupid, okay? It makes as if we don't know what we're talking about because it would say well call the time. So we're going to dive into actually what woke is. Here's the best definition. Call everything systemically unjust until you control it. That's woke. Where does what come from? Woke comes from a particular activist who is wearing stay woke, get woke T-shirt, colloquially that was spread on Twitter, was that guy's name, del Rey or something, where you have now been awoken to all the systemic injustice, almost as if now you have the glasses and you can see the fault lines. You can see the fissures. You have awakened to the injustices. Before you were asleep and now you are awake. That is what the idea of woke means. But woke ism is tyrannical Marxism by another name. That's what it is. It is prioritizing race over merit. It is prioritizing characteristics that mean nothing. It is a full throated, negative campaign against the founding of America, woke ism is a campaign in crusade against people that they think are oppressors and turning people to believe their victims and then have the victims victimize others.
Your Daily Prayer
A Prayer to Seek First the Kingdom of God
"Seeking God's kingdom before anything else is a crucial step to finding the right balance in our lives. Regardless of the turmoil around us, when we fix our eyes on Jesus, all other things pull in for our attention will settle into their proper place. Our off balance lives will feel more centered. More peace. Seeking first the kingdom of God will put our focus in the perfect alignment. Let's pray. Dear lord, thank you for understanding our hearts. Thank you for caring about the condition of our hearts and listening when we pray. You are a loving, compassionate savior. Jesus, lately I felt off balance. Fear and worry over present circumstances in our future affect my ability to find peace and joy. There are so many issues in this world. Yet you knew we would struggle with this. So you spoke words that offer hope. We have those words recorded in the Bible to remind us to seek your kingdom first. Matthew 6 33. When we do, everything else will fall into place. Thank you for the Bible. Thank you for meeting our every need as we focus on you. Help us read your words and scripture as those you are right here with us. Speaking to us personally. Because you are. Help us focus on you first every day by starting each morning in prayer. You know what we will face today, and we trust you to provide. Thank you for giving us hope. May your will be done in our lives. Today, in every day. In your holy name we pray. Amen.
AP News Radio
'Everything' wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars
"Everything everywhere all at once won 7 Academy Awards last night, including best picture. I'm Archie's are a letter with the latest. Daniel Kwan of the directing team the Daniels says everything everywhere all at once is what the world needs at this moment. It's a shotgun blast of joy and absurdity and creativity. Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and kehoe Kwan won acting awards for their roles in that film. Kwan says he went for years with his agent telling him there was no work for him. Hopefully when I called my agent tomorrow, he would give me a different answer. Brendan Fraser won the best actor award for his role in the whale
The Bible Recap
Deuteronomy 5: Moses and the Covenant
"Yesterday Moses transitioned out of telling the new generation of Israelites about their history and segued into telling them about their future. He'll do a little back and forth like this throughout this conversation. When we left off, he was giving an introduction to the laws and today he continues that conversation, starting with the ten commandments. And here's an interesting thing about these two tablets mentioned in 5 22, we often see them as having 5 commandments on each tablet. But the way treaties were written back then usually involved making two copies of the treaty. One for each party. So we can't know for sure unless one of you has access to the ark of the covenant and just didn't tell me, but all ten commandments were probably on both tablets. Before Moses goes over the ten commandments, he starts out by telling them that God's covenant is not what their fathers. It's with them. And yes, of course it was also with their fathers, but Moses emphasizing here that they have their own relationship with God. This is not a thing to be received secondhand. God is also making the covenant with their generation directly. And even though for many of these people, God didn't technically rescue them out of Egyptian slavery, still, he did. Because if he hadn't rescued their parents, they would have been in slavery as well. Moses reiterates the ten commandments to this new generation and tells them how their parents had received these words with joy and gratitude. They had a proper awe and fear of God in that moment. Even though, as we know, it was temporary.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Please Support Our 'Food for the Poor' Campaign
"We are in our march food for the poor campaign, a Christian ministry that is saving lives all over the world. These children throughout the world are being blessed by your gifts. And as we head into the weekend, we're so close to getting to the halfway point. Our goal is $40,000. It's a big goal, but we'll get there. We're going to get there. I know we have our own problems, but it's safe to say that none of us face conditions like what children and families on the ground in places like Honduras and Haiti, Guatemala, Jamaica go through. I've been there. I've seen children eating just out of filthy bulls. No food, no nourishment, but you can change that. I'm so impressed that already we have about $18,000 raised. We got a long way to go. Our goal is 40,000. I want you to bless our campaign by getting us over at least the halfway point. Please get us over $20,000 today. For a gift as little as $47, you'll be able to feed two starving children twice a day for an entire year. Do you know how great that's going to make you feel? You're going to feed two starving kids two hungry children. For $47, that's two meals twice a day for an entire year. That's a game changer. Trust me, your gift in any amount will not only save lives, but you'll feel great too throughout the entire week, and you're going to do some like I like to say you can do a little bit of God's work. You're going to spread the love and joy of God and Jesus Christ. Through our Christian ministry partners, food for the poor. And all we need, we just need a hundred people. If I can touch a hundred hearts today, we'll be well over our halfway point of our goal.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Of the Books Eric Has Written, Which Is His Favorite?
"What has been your favorite book that you've written in your career? Which one has brought you the most joy, well, okay, that's hard to say in some ways it would be fish out of water because I had to call my parents up almost every single day to ask them questions like when we did this who was this and what was this about and there was something really kind of just, I don't know, fun is a good word for it. It was sort of writing, I always say this, writing is hard. You write, I write, writing is hard. I find writing to be really hard work, writing a book is hard work. But there was something about writing fish out of water that there were elements of it that it really was fun because a lot of the stories are very funny. And so it's a joy to write a true story from your life that you know was funny and if you communicate it effectively, it will make the reader laugh, but I would also say that my Martin Luther book was similar. There was a certain joy in writing parts of that book because Luther was such a madman in the best sense. And there are kind of funny stories about him. And then there's funny stories about the people around him. I mean, but the intense corruption of the late medieval Roman church. You just want to fold down from horror and laughter. Could it really have been this bad? Some of it is just so anyway, there's some comical portions, so there's a lot of that in the Luther book. So in some ways, I would say that about my Luther book that I think it would be a fun read because when I wrote it, it was some of it, I was dying myself writing it.
Your Daily Prayer
A Prayer for the One Feeling Overwhelmed
"You see, the world says to have peace, you have to be on a luxurious vacation in Malibu. Or to have peace, you have to have complete financial security, a great job, and a 401k to boot. The world says that you'll finally have peace when your life looks like someone else's Instagram feed. This world offers fake peace that leaves us chasing a moving target. Jesus said, you will have peace when you have my spirit because the fruit of the spirit is peace. Galatians 5 22 through 23. This is a piece that we can get from this world. This kind of piece only comes from a relationship with God. This kind of piece is at rattled one our finances aren't where we want them to be. Or worse when we are in financial despair. Jesus piece is still there as we wait for daily breath. Sometimes moment by moment. The peace that God gives helps us to celebrate others accomplishments. And gives thanks for what God has generously given us. So when my heart is troubled and anxious, I have to ask myself, where are you looking for peace? We signed our peace and God, the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in a way that baffles the world. Onlookers, don't understand how we can be so peaceful. While they frantically search for what can only be found in Christ. So today, when you're overwhelmed instead of looking to the world for a reprieve, ask God for his feast. Let's pray. Dear lord, thank you for giving us the gift of a relationship with you through the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Look how you don't stop there. You also ensure that we know you have not abandoned us by giving us the gift of your Holy Spirit. Laurel, we face difficulties, and we get overwhelmed, we have the assurance that you are with us because we have your spirit living inside of us. And God with that you give us the unshakable gift of peace. Lord, I pray you would help us to remember where we find true rest and true peace. Or forgive us for chasing down peace from this world. Lord, as you know, it never lasts. More money does not lead to more peace, it creates no problems. More security just leads to more frenzied attempts at managing our lives. In attending to live someone else's life, robs us of all joy. Jesus I pray you give us the strength to turn away from these false sources of peace. Help us turn to you that. You give us peace that the world can not give. In the world can not take away. Jesus help us believe and trust that every word you say is true, you are with us, you are for us, and you will give us peace, so we don't have to be troubled or afraid. In Jesus name,
The Eric Metaxas Show
Barry Meguiar: "Our Growth Spurts Are in Times of Trouble"
"My friend Barry Maguire, the book is ignite your life, defeat fear with effortless faith, sounds like a lot of baloney. Here's the problem. It's 1000% true. And there are people out there that say, I don't know, I don't know. And I believe you have to be around people who live this way because if unless you see it, you can't believe that they're the people who do this way. So I began that when I first became a Christian in 1988, I was at St. Paul's Darien. We've had my friend Keith junta on the show. I saw people who live this way, and then we all started going to Times Square church. And the people at Times Square church tended to live this way. David wilkerson, who was your friend for 40 years, lived this way. And I remember he preached a sermon. We talked about it at dinner last night. The sermon was titled right song, wrong side. I love it. And I was so affected by this sermon that over 20 years later, when I was asked to preach a Times Square church, I said, I bet you most of the people in this room have never heard this. So I halfway preached that sermon again. And that sermon sums up what we're talking about. David wow, because I mean, it's such a brilliant idea. He says that when the Israelites were trapped at the Red Sea, and pharaoh's armies coming down on them, and they're freaking out. Well, we know what happened. God parts the Red Sea. They go through. They come out the other side. The seas come back together. Pharaoh's army is drowned, and then when they're on the other side of the Red Sea, they sing the song. Then they sing. They sing the song praising God and praising God, and David wilkerson preach a sermon talking about they should have sung that song of deliverance before God delivered them because if you know who God is, you praise him in the midst of trouble. Yes. When bad things happen, you say, ah, this is a Friends are perfecting us. I thank God for every bad thing that's happened in our lives. Karen and I both do because we see our growth spurts are in times of trouble. We don't grow when we're in the mountaintop. It's during those tough times that we learn who God is. I thank God for all the tough times, including the death of our daughter. She's in heaven's celebrate. She's having the time of her life right now. And I'm going to be with her for eternity. So a thousand people came to her funeral. And I spoke at the funeral. There's a video of her funeral, okay? Nicole Maguire celebration of life. 11 thousand people have watched that video and hundreds have been saved. By watching the video of funeral. You know why? Because it was like, I knew most people watching me would not be Christians. And I wanted to say that my joy was not affected by circumstances. You know there's an interesting happiness and joy. We can be happy and unhappy throughout every day. That circumstantial. Joy, when you have joy, you just know God is there. It never leaves you. You have joy no matter what the world throws at you.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Barry Meguiar Talks About Faith Through Hard Times
"Third generation president of Maguire's car wax. So you are a very successful businessman. And you had a show car crazy that was on TV for 18 years on Discovery Channel networks globally. So a lot of people would look at you and they would think, oh yeah, it's easy for that rich successful guy. He's had it all. He's got a tan. He lives in California and Arizona. And what does he know? Exactly. About suffering and here he is talking about Romans 8 28, all things work together for good, even the bad stuff, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Well, I happen to know, and you've been very public about it, that four years ago, you and Karen lost your 49 year old daughter. Yeah. So now I can't think of anything. More difficult than that. And we don't need to dwell on it, but everybody has suffered. And I don't want anybody to think to get this fake impression that there are two people here talking about joy that we have in some way. I've got my stories, but your story with your daughter, that was four years ago. And we've had struggles throughout our lives. And when I'm convinced that when God gives you, he's doing it to build your faith and preparing you for the next one. And if you handle it well, he gives you a bigger one. And then he gives you a bigger one. Let me give you one. The surprise speak to a lot of people. And you know, I was in the hospital in the hospital dying. It didn't face me. 13 years ago. That was another one. My family, half my business owned by family members, and they sold to a joint vulture. I joint venture company. And they took over my board, and I found out the next morning, they're throwing me out of my business. Now, when was this? It was 2008, I was 65 years old. My life's work, my family business, my heritage, my reputation, my testimony. That's Barry McGuire, the Christians, words God now. I mean, everything was gone. I had there's nothing I could do. There was nothing I was toast. My life is over, okay? This is true story. God's hearing me right now. I didn't waver, my joy stayed strong. I prayed a very short prayer to God. I said, God, I asked you for nothing. And I did it with a chuck on my voice. Because I've been through some of you don't get there right away, but as I chuck, I said, God, I asked you for nothing, because of two things. One, you know I live for your purpose. I share you everywhere I go over to you know that. And I know you keep your word. And you said that when we live for your purpose, you make everything good.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Barry Meguiar Isn't Just Excited About Cars, He's Excited About Jesus
"Who knows the world of cars. Knows that you're one of the top names in that world and how excited you are about cars. But they all know that you're more excited about Jesus. And that to me is kind of important kind of important, very important because it redefines ministry for a lot of people. A lot of people think if I'm interested in God, I've got to go into quote unquote the ministry and what you say in this book, among other things, ignite your life, is that it doesn't matter what you do. We're all administered. If you believe in Jesus and are excited about Jesus, whatever you do is ministry and you kind of help people in the course of the book, figure that out. It's kind of an important corrective berry because there are a lot of people walking around with really religious views of the faith. They don't have the joy and the freedom. So let's just start there because I want my audience to get a taste of, again, the book's brand new, it's called ignite your life, defeat fear with effortless faith, ignite your life, but I've seen you do this. This is who you are. Well, it's true. And I was doing it back in 19 76. And I remember I was in New Jersey. I just called on a retail account with my Jewish rep. And we got in the car, it was snowing. I turned the car on, and he said, before you put it in gear, I need to talk to you about it. I need you to pray for me. Now, I had never preached to him. I just chummed. I caught shoving. You just. That's a fishing term. I'm familiar with you. You know, you just threw out small fish. If they're not hungry, they keep right on. Some go 50 years before they call me. But in this case, he said, I'm in the midst of getting a divorce and I don't want to have a divorce and my wife's a mess. Would you pray for me? Now, I had never tried to ask you, do you know what you're going to spend in Germany or I just loved on him, but he always let people know you're a Christian. Christians are really good at being good people. But then we don't connect our goodness to God. And so it brings glory to us. And we feel really good about that. But it's doing nothing for redemption. There's a lot of good people around that are not Christian. So actions don't speak louder than the words, actions speak before you words.
Your Daily Prayer
A Prayer of Salvation for My Troubles
"It is as we keep our eyes on the lord, trusting him, and seeking him in the midst of our hard times, that we find true joy. And as we learn to trust him more, we better understand who he is. How he has helped us in our past, and we find the strength to keep moving forward with hope. It is in him that we can find a new song. As we sing about the goodness of the lord, our faith grows, our trust grows. And our joy grows. As we focus on the lord of being our strength and our song, we begin to see how he is our Salvation in every situation. He saved our souls once, and he loves us so punch that he wants to save us from the hard things that we are walking through. We can seek him as we trust him to save us in this situation. He will become our Salvation in each new situation once again. And our faith and testimony will continue to grow so that we can share how God is always working in our lives. Maybe is that fresh testimony that will turn someone's life around as they too want to follow this amazing God. Who is alive and involved in the lives of those who love him? Trust in him today. Do not be afraid. The lord is your strength, and your Salvation. Let's pray. Dear lord, thank you that you are my Salvation. And you, I put all my trust. You are here with me, and because I know that truth, I do not need to be afraid of the troubles that are surrounding me. I do not need to worry about the troubles trying to steal my peace and weaken my trust in you. You are my strength. You are my song. You are my Salvation. I trust you with my life. I will keep my eyes on you today. I love you, lord. In your name I pray. Amen.
The Charlie Kirk Show
How Fatherhood Has Changed Charlie
"You've become a father recently. Has this changed at all what you are most passionate about promoting to the turning point organization yes. Well, first of all, thank you for mentioning that. Yes. And by the way, if you disagree, you go to the front of the line, they'll work on that. So yes, I mean, becoming a father has radicalized me. And the best way possible, by the way. And it's made me, first of all, understand that what I'm fighting for is beyond even yourself, which is so important. Secondly, it also makes me very fired up at anybody any institution, any movement that would dare try to corrupt our children. And. It's a source of immense joy and meaning and beauty, and it's also a source of motivation and purpose. I encourage more young people to get married and have kids and reject hookup culture. You'll be happier because of it.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Took a Trip to Santa Barbara to Speak to Brave Conservatives
"Want to comment on the time I spent out in the main quad area today. I appreciate it the respect of most of the students that were there for those that don't know set up a table there for two hours. Talk to students very smart kids. I have to say. Some of the smartest actually that I've had a chance to talk to. Misled on a lot of topics and maybe that will manifest tonight, but generally very respectful. It gave me hope that people can see the world completely differently. Started a little bit heated and then from there, it was interesting to kind of explore a lot of different ideas and topics, especially things you're not allowed to talk about. And my goodness, you know, you got the apparatchiks outside. By the way, they're more than welcome to come inside and ask questions and have dialog. But it's really interesting as they heckle at themselves and make themselves feel good. While we actually are trying to find things we agree on, or at least have clarity over agreement, right? Clarity would be nice. The way what they want for America, that's going to destroy the country. Speech, even albeit with disagreement, this is what makes America the greatest nation ever to exist in this business. And. Isn't it telling? They say fascism and all that stuff. It's hilarious. You know, the last time I checked, the people that are a fascist are usually the ones that spend their evenings trying to prevent other people to speak. If our ideas were so terrible and did not resonate and were so bad, why do you have to spend your time screaming like a crazy person outside? Maybe you should just pull up a chair and you might learn something, but obviously at the root of radical left wing activism, at the root of radical left wing activism, albeit at age 18, 19 or 20, is complete confidence you figured out the world. And that's what they have, right? They have figured it out. I know right from wrong if there isn't even a writer for wrong, I'm right, and this person's totally evil. And that actually creates that robs you of all joy. Now, there are things that are true. We're going to talk about them tonight. But you should also just be immensely curious in life.
POSITIVELY JOY
"joy" Discussed on POSITIVELY JOY
"However you found yourself here you are welcome. And i believe it was truly god destined. We are in season. Three and this season has taken the podcast into the vantage point. Of what joy is. I'd like you to listen to each episode. This season through the lens of how jesus christ defines joy john.
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"joy" Discussed on POSITIVELY JOY
"Member of the positivity joy family but now you can actually join our new membership levels and support the show while getting bonus content and free merch go to positively joy dot com to learn more. Welcome to five minute. Mondays where i share some encouragement motivation and honesty. In just five minutes. This week i'd like to talk about seasons in life. I've been reading. Sarah fell pots new book a growing season. It's a year of down on the farm devotions and it's really got me thinking about seasons in life and the fact that everything and everyone is only around for a season some seasons are longer some shorter sometimes we wonder why relationships and people die and things break but we must remember that the only relationship that never dies is the one with god. Sarah says she wrote her book for the reader but also for herself quote to help us both stay focused on god and to grow in him in quote. It's a great book one. I'm thoroughly enjoying reading. It's available now at her website. All american mom dot net and on amazon. I'll share in episode. Was sarah soon where we'll talk about. God's design the cycle of trusting sowing and reaping and keeping rooted in his desire for our life. I have experienced this cycle. And i bet you have to but we must trust that god knows our needs and fulfills them remaining faithful to all who love him and who keep his commandments. But still when we experienced loss are human ability to understand is limited. Loss often is unexpected and sometimes profound like when we lose a child to cancer or have an accident. That chained is our lives. Lost sometimes can be smaller but also impactful. I wrote a month ago about losing hope. After i thought i lost my phone which was on the top of my car and fell off. Well yesterday i learnt that that experience really was about seasons. I was driving home from school. And i heard the familiar thump. That i once heard before. I didn't stop immediately because it took me a few seconds to realize what that was. It was the sound of my phone leaving the car. I say leaving the car. Because i honestly don't know what happened. The last time was my fault. I left the phone on top of the car. Because i had too many things in my hand and i was trying to do too much but this time the phone was in my pocket well like before. I parked my car and got out to walk the road. I wasn't hopeless this time before and like before. God was faithful there. It was my phone in the middle of a busy road. Just as i spotted it. A car ran over the phone. I waited until the road was clear. Picked it up and turned it over. The phone was toast. The screen cracked and seemingly was dead. This was very different than how i found it. The last time. I lost it on the road on the long walk back to the car. I thought maybe god is trying to tell me something about this phone. Maybe the short season of this phone. I got it in. Twenty twenty was over. Funny though when i got in the car the phone sinked and if someone calls me i can hear over it but i can't call out or do anything with the phone because the screen is cracked as i said. This loss is small but somewhat profound. If you're like me your phone plays a very important role. In today's technology driven life work even bible study and devotions. But god reminded me that. It's not more important than him. And because he allowed me to find it again showed me that he still faithful ecclesiastes. These is the beautifully written verse. Many believe to be altered by king solomon if follows proverbs and gives advice and in chapter three. We learn about seasons for everything. There is a season and a time for every matter under heaven time to born and a time to die a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted a time to kill and a time to heal a time to break down and a time to build up a time to weep and a time to laugh a time to mourn and a time to dance a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing a time to seek and a time to lose a time to keep and a time to cast away a time to tear and a time to so at time to keep silence and a time to speak a time to love and a time to hate a time for war and a time for peace. I pray we all learn that. Only god's love and faithfulness is eternal and that everything else is governed in seasons. You've been listening to positively joy. Thanks for spending some time with us. Go to my website at positively joy dot com where you can subscribe and follow find previous episodes seek inspiration and check out our cool merch. Go to the talk tab to leave us a message. Special thanks to morale sanders for our podcast music and as always farewell for now..
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"Listen to each episode. This season through the lens of how jesus christ defiance joy john chapter fifteen verse eleven reveals this when jesus tells us to keep the father's commandments and abide in his love. Jesus says these things. I have spoken to you that my joy may remain in you and that you joy may be full enjoy and i pray. You received the message. The father has for you. Welcome to five minute. Mondays where i share some encouragement motivation and honesty. And just five minutes. We're studying the book of james in my small group. There evidence to suggest that out of all the james we've encountered in the bible. This james is the brother of jesus and this alone brings all sorts of interesting questions. This james is also referred to as james the just. He was known as a faithful leader and well respected. He wrote down some of his best teachings and advice and sent them to other jewish believers in jesus who were scattered throughout the roman empire. What he wrote to them has become known as the book of james as we are going through. The first of five chapters james starts off writing about joy. This drew my attention of course not because he writes about just any joy. This is the joy that is found through troubles and tribulations. Now this kind of joy is the hardest to grasp and in many ways is the whole reason for this podcast. How can we grasp and hold onto joy when we're at our lowest. James explains his reasoning in chapter. One verse two through five. It pure joy my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that. The testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish. Its work so that you may be mature and complete not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom you should ask god who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you now. Let's take this line by line. Consider it pure joy. My brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Perseverance is an incredible gift. Did you know that. And when we are giving a gift we experienced joy. Some scholars believe that perseverance is even connected to the forth fruit of the spirit patients installations by twenty two. The next line let perseverance finish. Its work so that you may be more mature and complete. Not lacking anything. Maturity and completeness or fullness are themes in the bible in john fifteen eleven our signature scripture. Jesus talks about being full and complete. In god's joy only by doing his will the knowing jesus website lists forty seven scripture versus about maturity including so christ himself gave the apostles the prophets the evangelists the pastors and teachers to equip his people for works of service so that the body of christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith. And in the knowledge of the son of god and become mature attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of christ this maturity means we are not lacking anything. that's an fijian's for twelve to thirteen. I love the idea that perseverance a gift. That god gives us is working inside us in philippians chapter one verse six. Paul writes being confident of this that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of christ jesus and the final line that we are studying in james. If any of you lacks wisdom you should ask god who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you. Proverbs is filled with the wisdom statements from king solomon and that is a natural place to seek wisdom but we can also fill are so with wisdom through prayer and direct supplication a few verses down. We find this in james and it's a fitting into today's episode. Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because having stood the test that person will receive the crown of life that the lord has promised to those who love him. What a mighty and wondrous gift listeners. Count it all joy as you go through difficulties. God our father is they're carrying you..
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"To share watching people use their god given gifts to help others brings me joy. Hi yvette. this is kim stewart. Congratulations on one hundred episodes. I love your show. I wanted to let you know. I get the most joy out of seeing my oldest son. He who has autism wake up with a smile on his face every day no matter the struggles that autism brings into his life and there are lots so that definitely brings me lots of joy on a daily basis. Hi there my name is brittany. Boatmen i am. The host of the trust falls in high kicks. Podcast and i am from north west arkansas. What brings me. Joy is being an aunt. I love anti. I would be a full time. Stay at home. And if i i am a twin and so might win. Sister had a boy and a girl. And i have two babies that look just like me without having to do a lot of the hard parent work i get to love jesus in front of them and have wonderful so much joyous fun with them but also have really deep conversations and be that person who will be there for them when maybe it's hard to talk to their parents you know. I love being an aunt it. It's joined to me yvette. Congratulations on one. Hundred episodes of the positivity joy. Podcast i am so happy for you. In your journey that is so exciting and to celebrate you are asking people. What brings you to way. And i love being connected with people that inspired me to crawl into two more in that just have such great positive energy. And so i'm very grateful for new sharing your platform with the world and am very excited for all the many things and extra podcast. You're going to be doing congratulations again. I'll say doesn't stop much story. Goes i got it three. Yo daughter man. She says the most funniest present way should desert face and stuff like that. You know just moments when you wanna get mad. He just can't get mad and moments when you just don't know what to do because she says was cute as thin and it's not just my daughter. That's what i'm saying. That is just the joy that she brings. You know knowing that she generally. I think she cares about me more than i kept myself. You know just even when. I'm stressed out from work and come home. You know just that joy that she makes you with you know Always brings up smile on my face. He he's not she's being naughty has sometimes. She's being naughty. But sometimes it's just genuine now welcoming you you know. That's always tell people man. I love this much and she breaks outta choi in you. You know 'cause is his smile. It looks and everything.
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"I'm yvette walker. The host of the positivity joy podcast where we discover that joy is not a feeling. It's faith you can find previous episodes at positively joy dot com. Or wherever you. Listen to podcasts. However you found yourself here you are welcome. And i believe it was truly god destined. We are in season. Three and this season has taken the podcast into the vantage point. Of what joy is. I'd like you to listen to each episode. This season through the lens.
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"Which i believe you can listen to hear here on pi being but also go to positively joy dot com. And you'll find all the previous episodes so have a listen and in what you're getting what you're getting into because we're going to have a great great full week next week. Well this is again. My my i live on of this kind of gone live once before and i've gone live on social media but this is a little bit different. Hopefully i will do and not. Hopefully i will do more of this next week though I definitely want to see you guys. Interact with me enjoy. If you're not already. A member of the positivity joy facebook community. please please please sign up. it's free. Of course oh. I know i know something. Another thing we gonna announce Is the publishing of my new devotional. Which will be a which. I will give away to one lucky person next week as well so anyway go to positively joy rather go to facebook and then search for positivity joy community and then you should be able to find us. Relatively easy the positivity joy community it is a facebook group. So check that out. That way. I mean i posted their first. So that you guys who are in the community can find out information. That would buy what i'm doing for anybody else and also you'll be able to sign up for my free newsletter in addition to that and Get the free download. Five ways to choose joy and that is all about creating an intentional Space and atmosphere for you to spend more time with god in hear his voice so all right. I just past ten minutes. I hope this has been entertaining enjoyable and informative for those of you who listening. Thanks so much. I will see you next week where we will have so much fun. Take care bye-bye..
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"Then i selected we're going to el and els idell sees silver lining in everything. But she's got such a strong message. That i think does have to do with banishing fear and really Just taking the leap to to show your voice in especially do what the lord commands us to do she. She talks about not having to buy into anybody else's idea of normal. And so just be you. And god's gonna love you and so that is such a wonderful and strong message. So that's what we're gonna do but we're going to do so much more in addition to the one hundredth episode. Which is going to be on monday. And that is actually a little different. Normally i will have my solo teaching on monday. And then i will have my interview show on thursday but this week. We're going to have to interview shows one on monday. Which is the one hundredth episode and then the other one on thursday. And i'm not gonna tell you who. The thursday guest is yet gonna wait for that but in addition to that we are going to can always long have the celebration so we are going to go live on facebook and instagram throughout the week. We are going to have giveaways one day. Monday through friday throughout the week in in some of the giveaways are really really great. There's one giveaway where you if you are in oklahoma you actually get a chance to spend some time with me which may or may not be good for you. I don't know and then in addition to that we are going to Well i mean we're going to announce the creation of playlists actually using a playlist to help you. Better enjoy the content on this podcast and then in addition to that we are going to Also show you the the women behind the podcast. So i decided to create an advisory board to help me come up with ideas and just really to be my support. And they're amazing women in like to introduce you to them. And in addition to that we are going to announce a new podcast. Yes i'm crazy. A new podcast that i hope to launch in spring that is also faith-based but different than positively joy and then finally and. I'm sure there's other stuff. I can't even remember right now but then finally we are also going to. We're going to announce a way for you to continue to support this program. Which is actually part of the positivity joy ministry and in the ministry I have this ministry that i reach out to christian women and we. Obviously we have the podcast. We have a facebook community where we do live together in where i am encouraging women and And also through other encouraging social media posts and we hope to even go bigger than that. But that's what we're doing so far and certainly there is a way for you to To have a listen in to continue to support this program. I'll tell you more about it but there's gonna be a way for you to Monetarily support the program in exchange for extra goodies. That only you will get or you and people who who opt in will get so. I hope that's appealing to people. I hope that you guys will enjoy that in so again all week long. We're gonna have all these announcements all these giveaways all these extra guests extra guests. Who are people that you guys love. I'm i'm picking the people who've had the most downloaded episodes and bringing them back and so those are the people that you'll hear anyway. I think it's gonna a great week is going to be a big busy week lot of fun and i'm hoping that you will be there for the ride. Those of you who are just tuning in and really. Don't regularly listen to the possibly joy. Podcast i encourage you to take a listen to my previous episodes which i.
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"Everyone i am wanna talk a little bit today about actually alive cast that we did a little bit ago. Banishing fear leading. God's show up and it is something i want to refer to today because we are about to hit our one hundredth episode and i'm not including trailers and Throwback thursdays and things like that. This is a real. You know. One hundred episode of the podcast. Positively joy podcast. And i'm so excited about it Because we have been. Oh gosh i've been hosting this podcast for a little under a year and a half. We're gonna hit episode one hundred on monday and we're going to celebrate all week and so for those of you who listen to the podcast. This way i just want to let you know what's coming up. And i won what you know about some exciting opportunities for my listeners. In lots of different ways. And we're going to. We're going to go ahead and do that so i you know. This is the first time. I'm using this particular way of going live and so let me well. This is interesting. Okay let me try something a little bit different and and share this live but let me tell you a little bit about what we're going to have so again on monday. We are going to have the one hundred episode and you know. I had an opportunity to choose really a number of different people. I've got lots of great Interviews in the hopper and i've got so many wonderful guests to be able to choose from but when i decided to pick the episode that was going to be up so one hundred i decided to go with l. edwards l. is amazing We just finished editing. The the episode. I've listened to it. She's so good She's this amazing woman who lives in wales. And she has a podcast actually. She has a website and she goes live on instagram quite often. She's a program. It's called you ier not you but you ear. And she is faith based as is this podcast and so she is definitely He's definitely a great person to have as one hundred as guests one hundred..
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"However you found yourself here you are welcome. And i believe it was truly god destined. We are in season. Three and this season has taken the podcast into the vantage point. Of what joy is. I'd like you to listen to each episode. The season through the lens of how. Jesus christ defiance joy john chapter fifteen verse eleven reveals.
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"Let's talk about joy because a lot of that which you just said what we have been missing. Yeah i think really is a part of how we while. How many of us feel join. I know that when you're talking about joy you certainly talk about. How in many ways how. God can be our joy. But but your book. Joy keeper is six truth that change everything that you've thought you knew about joy. Yeah and i'd love to talk about that a little bit so If you if you can kind of a concise manner can you tell us what those six truths are. Yeah so the first one is that god cares about how you feel. We're not meant to push down our put a mask on and where in any way like that The second is that god knows who you're becoming like. We're so busy striving to live for god that sometimes we forget to live with him understanding that he knows who we are. The third thing is that god has got him. We are not. And i gotta tell you for me that was and continues to be something where god really challenges me and that's letting go. What is not our assignment so that we can step fully into what is yeah. The fourth thing is that god's goodness greater his his goodness is greater than our shame. His goodness is a greater than our hurt. His goodness is greater than the lies. That the enemy tries to feed to us. And so that's four The fifth is I'm gonna jump to this six. I'm trying to remember the fifth met crazy. The six is is that that there's a seat for you Because when life turns upside down what can happen is can start to think that maybe those promises that god whispered over our heart or that plan that he had for us that it is null and void and that's simply not true and so Let me run to the fifth. Isn't that funny. You know at the fifth is that you know you're not saying you're not saying we're not define when god came when god send his son to die in that cross. He didn't just die for the sense.
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"Thank you so much for being on the show. I appreciate you coming. Say that. I've been looking forward to this. Well me too. As we talked about earlier we did have to reschedule this a couple times. But it's all in god's timing. Sharon yeah and i'm so glad that that we're talking now jokingly told you that we joy ladies have to stick together and i i i i learned of you through you. Know through your book joy keeper and so i wanna talk about that. You have an amazing podcast. We're gonna talk about that. But i would love my audience to get to know your little bit though kind of a little bit about yourself. Well you know besides all of the book and podcast I have these three amazing kids. I love a lot They've turned out well. In spite of me i love. I love my inlaws children. And then i have six little's that are my grandchildren and i love hiking kayaking out. A good food. Track is makes me happy. And then you know i'm a cancer survivor twice with breast cancer. In fact that's been this last year for me my second time but yeah i love. I am just grateful. I'm really grateful. I think you're the i guess to appreciate or who publicly appreciated food trucks. So that's nice. I love a good food truck. I really do just curious. What kind mexican barbecues you know. What all over the map. So i live in northwest arkansas and at a fabulous kind of the i would say like the austin of arkansas and is diverse and fun in nature. He and one of the things that we love to do. Is we love to go. Walk around like fayetteville and then end at food track. I think that probably cancels out the walk. But it's so worth it and there are there's food from it's it's very all over the map so I like them all on. That's great. I guess you could say maybe you should start at the food truck and then do the walk but then you would probably not feel great on the west side. I don't know if that would work. Is that it is really. it's really fun. There's all of these series of trails and walks throughout Where i live and there's food trucks along the way so like i said i'm not sure that one might cancel the other out but together. There are a lot of fun. Oh wow that sounds great. We do not have that here. Well we have food trucks. But i don't know of a nice kind of nature trail that that has food trucks along the way. That is something that someone's going to have to do here so well i. I love the idea that you have a podcast with your friends. Yeah i mean a lot of us have have so low podcasts or we will interview a guest but having having that relationship that kind of already cemented relationship with your friends. I beg just really really can be heard in that podcast. How'd that get started. So when i moved here about seven and a half years ago i immediately connected with holly girth. She's a fellow author in someone that i had really followed from diff- distance just because i liked her work and i like to she was and we became good friends and she had a friend named jennifer that i met who also became a good friend and we started doing these little facebook lives together. We did that actually for three years. We've made every mistake that you can make we head sideways ones. We we had some that turned green. Some that had no audio and even though all three of us are kind of tech we we are absolutely tech savvy. Facebook just tried to facebook live tried..
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"You found yourself here you are welcome. And i believe it was truly god destined. We are in season. Three and this season has taken the podcast into the vantage point. Of what joy is. I'd like you to listen to each episode. This season through the lens of how jesus christ defiance joy john chapter fifteen verse eleven reveals this when jesus tells us to keep the father's commandments and abide in his love. Jesus says these things. I have spoken to you that my joy may remain in you and that your joy may be full enjoy and i pray. You received the message. The father has for you. I had the opportunity to sit down with dallas jenkins the director and creator of the amazing and popular the chosen which is about the life of jesus christ at the national religious broadcasters association last week dallas was gracious enough to sit down with me as he as he did with with many interviewers. He's really gracious guy. He stops fans. The time takes selfies. He's a very unassuming guy easy to talk to so it was a great conversation however it was in the middle of the convention and the sound audio was just not great. So i just want to warn you about that upfront. But the message that he gave was so important. I really wanted you guys to hear it. So what i'll be doing is i will be providing some context for the different clips of this interview. That i will be playing for you. I hope you get a lot out of it Season two of the chosen is ending. The finale for season two is coming up either next week or the or the week after that they have just aired season rather episode seven. If you have not watched the chosen check it out. You can watch it on. Its own app called the chosen. It's free you can catch some episodes on youtube although they tend to go away after the livestream when they first presented. But you can definitely go in watch really all of season one and where we are now up to season two on the chosen app. Encourage that you do all right. We have an opportunity to talk to dallas. He's very revealing about his background. And what he wants in the show so first. Let's talk about his concerns for authenticity and intimacy in the chosen. We've seen an amazing response to the chosen and expressed that you know you you're always assault racist about it when you say that people have been been tuning in and so many downloads and all of this so at this time where we are. Now why do you think we're seeing such a response to this amazing series kind of you. I think two words come to mind. When i think of the show and i think of what people are responding to. And that's authentic and intimate. We made a decision early on both in my social media for the show and in the show content itself but we were gonna be obsessed with authenticity. We're going to be real about the struggles. were going to be real about the joys. We're going to be real about our vices my own and my wife's sin struggles that we have. We want people who watched the show. And you'll get to know me to be able to trust that. This show is in. The hands of someone who knowledge is my own broken. This and my own senate. Because i don't want people to glorify the show to the point where they think. Well this is. This is replacing for the bible. I'm saying from the beginning. To show is not god's word jonathan plays jesus is not jesus i am not the creator of the universe. I am raw broken. Flawed man coming off a career failure trying to do my best to capture the character and intentions of jesus in the gospels and so in the show itself. It's the same thing when you watch a lot of jesus projects over the years. You see a common thread. That oftentimes feels formal feels distant. Jesus feels very Stiff in many ways like it's just not someone that i would really be passionate about and so we are really trying to put you there in the first century and connect you to those people because i believe if you can see jesus through the eyes of those who actually met him you can be and impact in the same way they if you that can identify with any number of these people and their struggles in their questions you go. Yeah i had that question that struggle. I'm that i'm struggling with is the best word to say. Then you can also identify with the answer and who can redeem you from. I think the authenticity is number. One thing and then the intimacy we really try to focus on jesus's relationship with each person one on one he didn't just get up on stage and do a bunch of magic tricks. He was personal intimate. He was purposeful. I think is important. He did miracles to reach. A person's heart was rarely just about. I'm going to heal your legs and now you can walk them. Isn't that great. Hey everybody. I'm the messiah was oftentimes. I want you to be drawn into a closer relationship with me. Dallas on to talk about failure in his own life and career and how he dealt with it and toward the end of this clip. He i think really helps anyone out. There who is experiencing some doubt in their life or their relationship with with christ to persevere so definitely check this out. Let's walk and you said even today that you're not claiming to be you know everything that you're a flawed and broken as we all. Are you mentioned that you came. From some failed projects..
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"Hi. This is fine joy joyon. I am joy and john. And i will be your host for this podcast. The people who know me know that. I'm finding and i loved imaz myself in good towards ages to really go deep to explore the soppy that we are all something during our life and this year i decided three you on his stories. Inspirations and people loved upon. we've about one makes us who we are. And how to create a life day sheer joy peace action and success in own style on your own fine jewelry joy. I will empower you with clarity confidence and college in how you choose to show off for yourself. Every single day and the choices you make is our about realizing as possible for you realizing that being one is a strength not a witness and you cannot fail at being your authentic self so sit tight because we are going deep into strengthening the best view and you'll my set all while enjoy life has to offer and debt. We love ourself no matter what. I'm not here to tell you how leave your life. Because it is your. I hope that these positions and all the stories. I am noto would guide and inspire you to need your life to your highest potential and the light that you are pro as continue to grow and evolve in your own jenny too many by leaving dreams because the naming gap too many people whilst bone the allen happiness and are waiting for the future to arrive one day when i have these and when i had dead then i can do all the always wanted to do and leave a happy night but we don't realize all we need to do is to just with gop to our south now and focus on what we can do right here right so i hope you join me for the fine jewelry. Joy podcast episode stuff united seven. Simple three on twenty. Five april cast tuning everywhere that save for inspiration stories. Helpful message fun. Compositions and empowering courts with me. Oh my special guest and fred we talk about topics ranging from manza have to self empowerment fitness motivation to exploring why we do do meditation for how to all account impose injured speech heating to stuffing on visit. I enjoyed edging myself with the people to learn and unnerved and right along if you and i love god. I think you ought to these podcasts. And all my own. I programs and nine workshops so clarity on annual by us and follow me along on social media daily installations at joyon dot chan. No matter where you are who you are where you come from way. You're going. I see you and i'm cheering you on i and here for you average the journey and i'm coming to your group so toyin on this day and be careful in my just change your life iowa because it's time to get really real and i'm no holding back. I am giving you my all the however was suicidal deciding to. I'm going to leave my life to the fullest. How i review my cellphone. Scratch all my journey to finding myself again behind. Couldn't be an entrepreneur. I am coming through sharing openly honestly and authentically recall some fun..
POSITIVELY JOY
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"Platforms iheartradio apple podcasts. Spotify amazon music any and everything. You want to listen to youtube as well and i do series so four to six episode series That talked about anything. We just finished up a five part series called core strength where we were talking about the things in our christian walk that are absolutely core any central to that walk in so that's love community worship prayer and the bible. And if you don't have those five things you're lacking in this walk and so we're in his new series now called summer takeover where i've given the keys vantage point. Two eight amazing guests hosts for the next eight weeks in week. Three as of yesterday but tune in like i said all major platforms vantage point. Podcast check us out with myers m. Shell watson with us today. They're both amazing podcasts. Or cells lose your podcast michelle. Hi michelle watson. I co host with my husband shea watson currently in our airbnb with year old daughter being. Mvp champa we co host. The pantry podcast. And we serve up spiritual nutrition for your eternal storehouse for those spiritual christian warriors that are looking to protect an arm themselves against all the attacks of the enemy. Amen elizabeth tell us about your podcast all right right. I'm elizabeth myers and my podcast is called resilient life hacks and it's all about resiliency about overcoming adversity and moving on through that so that you can do the thing that you were born to do the thing that god created you for and we talk about building a stronger spirit soul and body so that we can win at life and be victorious. Christ wants us to be wonderful. Wonderful okay so we are here today at the spark media conference which is part of the overall. Nrp and i've been talking about in our in our be is about but why come to spark ladies. Why are you here. well we're here at one. We've met so many amazing christian believers that are in podcasting and in christian media over the last year and some change but this is the opportunity to actually hug them and talk to them and not have a zoom screen in front of us so one and then actually misty. Philip who is the founder of spark media invited me to speak on social media. And so i am here talk about owning the algorithm and saving and maximizing your social reach and impact. So that'll be me tomorrow. And i have a little bit knowledge about that. Because i have sat in on some of her teachings and it is amazing. So if you're not here you're missing out but but there's a way for you to connect with her. She is on facebook and instagram. And all the places either pants. Podcast or michelle watson and so definitely check if you want to know about. Seo social media all the goodies. She has got the goodies inc. Why are you here with two reasons really. I'm a newbie podcasters. Still in my first year or so. I'm here to learn i. I'm really enjoying what i'm doing. But i wanna learn how to do better and how to be more efficient and really produce something. That's a value to the listeners. And produced with excellence and the second reason is just to to network to connect with people like Michelle was saying. We sit in front of screens all the time and even just meeting you. You bet bet was great to be able to see you in person after many zoom calls. We all had the big big hug. That's for sure later. I went back and talk to nick about why he came to the conference in what he was trying to do. This is in a different part of the conference. There's a lot of background noise. So i apologize but what he said was really important and i wanted to share that with you guys here. It is nick. I know you've got a great podcast. And you talk about that a little bit. But i wanna know is why did you come to spark media conference in our. Why was that important. I think for me. It was important to get around. Christians who not necessarily believe the way i believe but do have a passion for reaching people through the gospel of jesus christ and whether that's tv film Podcasting radio creative arts. There's a whole lot ear in that Just to be able to connect with people. And when i look back on this day three now like to see the amount of connections not just business cards but phone numbers and connections and relationships that have been built. And i think that's been the biggest joy out of coming here and so it's been amazing to have that also why is podcasting important to you. Harkening is important to me because wanted passion when it's something that god gave me two years ago to reach people and he simply said i have a platform for you and it's not gonna look like what you think it's gonna look like because he knows what i think it's like but in the midst of that i've been able to reach nations have been able to reach people and i think one of the most glowing comments that i've gotten so far in the two years and it probably is the epitome of. Why do what i do and why i think most of us do what we do. I had Someone lgbtq community. Listen to one of my episodes and i cringe for about two seconds like oh and she sent me a note and said you know i listen to episodes odes and it was the first time that i've heard somebody who loves jesus. Tell me that. Jesus loves me too and that to me was the. This is why and god reminded me. That's why you do this. And so when people at your audience it's for people who don't think jesus loves them. Thank you for. 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"Out walker the host of the positivity joy podcast where we discover. That joy is not a feeling. It's faith you can find previous episodes at positively joy dot com. Or wherever. you listen to podcasts. However you found yourself here you are welcome. And i believe it was truly god destined. We are in season. Three and this season has taken the podcast into the vantage point. Of what joy is. I'd like you to listen to each episode. This season.
POSITIVELY JOY
"joy" Discussed on POSITIVELY JOY
"You know. And we can see wise counsel among those whose experiences and intellects and hearts we respect But truth is springing up all around us. I always had this image of you know after after the winter is passed in the spring. His come you begin to see the blossoms common and for me that that's true that's really there sometimes. It seems like it's disappeared but it really is higher dating back and we're going to say if we're looking for. Oh good so good. Congratulations you were married. The end of last year to your human as you call my who was a true miracle after decades of being just with my bee's pretty much and you and you have six six dogs now even after willie is that correct. We do i. I intended to have one dog and my beautiful bride intended to have two dogs and don sign me and it's interesting because the dogs that find may often have a story and they have a story that is an important one. It's an inspiring one. And i don't really go in search them they seem to find me And so pay attention when they do find me and it's hard for me to say. No so i. I'm on ed and we live in a very small house And we we didn't plan it this way but there are two humans six dogs in the small house. And it's kind of a disaster. Sorta looks like a cyclone came through but it is filled with love and more love than dog hair. And that's that yeah. Yeah yeah so. I'm gonna ask you a question that i think either be like the easiest thing in the world to answer or the most difficult win was a time when you were truly overwhelmed by the love of god. You know a number of experiences. Come come to mind. But i would have to say that the whole howley tour was was like that because you know here was my dog who was given three months to live back in november two thousand sixteen and we got to the summer and he was still alive. I didn't know if he was gonna make it. I didn't know if anybody would wanna meet willie or here. Our dog stories or support animals in their hometowns and to see people come out and share his story and share in his joy and do good. Just come together. People from every walk of life every religious tradition that matter what their differences where they came together to support willie and scored animals in their community and it was overwhelming. It was a grueling trip. It was really hard and willing to drive and did not navigate and he did not load the car the room which was which was enough but there were so many nights when we would go back to our hotel run just the two of us and the biggest smile would come over my face and just The the spirit of true joy and contentment just thinking back on what we had experienced that day the people we met and their generosity their willingness to share their stories their color abilities the loss of their animal's their tragedies as well as their triumphs and it was just like a gate of openness community had been unleashed through this beast. His story knowing what he had been through that he was still with us for some reason so it was like that a lot of the tour was over with a sense of god's presence wow so other than reading the other than getting the book and reading and sharing these stories. What can people to to basically to do what you did on the tour to help their local communities and the local animals know what. What would you suggest that they do. Yeah so you know. Virtually every location has a humane society an animal shelter. And just plug in there. You know again if if you have some extra in your house and you need another being another family member you adopt one but day. The opportunities are there and for willie as a result of his good work. We started what's called the hallelujah foundation and the hallelujah foundation we're just getting getting started helping animals and helping people help animals but there are opportunities everywhere and that was one of the beautiful things on the trip is that almost every location had partnered with their local animal shelter. some were established. Some were just getting started and it allowed us to give them some publicity to get their name out there and to raise some money. We all the donations that we took in went into those animal. Shelters are both some of our books. sell sail profits. Went to those animal shelters so the opportunities really limitless for helping our animal. You never know where where it might lead you we. The heliliah foundation has an affiliate chapter in cape town south africa. Wow and wait. That wasn't in the plan. It just it was through the meeting. Some wonderful people there Them hearing about willie and his story. And what we were doing and they said you know what we want to help animals in naked in cape town. We love what you're doing the name of can we just be your affiliated said apps that you go or it so they're doing great work with animals in cape town. That is wonderful. That's wonderful. I just want to thank you so much for sharing these stories and also encouraging people to get animals from from shelters all my animals from shelters. I don't know that. I've had any as unusual as maybe you've had right now. I have. Well this is maybe this right now. I have a black lab. Her name is lemon and her name actually has an unusual story. I was told by a person at the shelter. Who is british that the name lemon means wild and crazy. And she was a young labs. They named that. Because the i. I said of course is she a lemon. What's i love her. she's great she's a she's going on nine now and i have never found ever a person who's either lived in britain or from britain to know that story come no truly truly truly the thing about her name or not and i've never a couple of cats you know we've gotta love our our furry felines to from shelters and then as i mentioned earlier my sister had a golden retriever puppy who is who is all puppy brain right now. named gap so. It's i think it's important. I think it's important. And they have a such love and return for the little simple little things we do for them. It's not much not much to be kind to an animal and they repay us though so much. You know many times over and you know we all know In the creation story the guy created lots of animals. But i don't know there's just nothing like the dog. I just you know. Believe god did his best work when he created this canines. I not not anything wrong with humans. You know some of my best friends are humans and i love cats too. I've had met some wonderful cats. And i love their unique in strong personalities. You know it's we can learn a lot from them but dogs are just the best for me. Yeah they really are well you so much for speaking with us today Everybody please go ahead and grab your copy of the last hallelujah. It's really really good it. It's funny and again comforting in a lot of ways and we appreciate and you've got some books He's he's written other books based on other dogs. He had a dog named sam that he wrote about. But you've also written about beers other. Maybe you know in your catalog there. May maybe lots of books. Then people would be interested in checking out Yes there was the gospel. According to sam the beer drinkers guy to god. A you know whether you like dogs beer. Whatever there's something for you bring it back to god and i'm okay. That's right absolutely and that's what it's about the bill. Thank you so much we appreciate you buy. You enjoyed it. You've been listening to positively joy. I'm your host. He that walker and you so much for spending some time with us. Come on to our website. Pasta joy dot com. You can listen to past episodes. You can download the free teachable. Call five ways to choose joy. See our merchandise cool. T shirts with our new logo got a lot. Going on at positively joy dot com. So we hope to see you there. Farewell for now..