WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.600 Thank you for listening. 2 00:00:08.600 --> 00:00:14.560 This is episode 32 and I've had the opportunity to just share my heart with you on several 3 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:21.560 occasions and you know what today I got to live what I preach. 4 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:26.560 God has done some amazing things in my life in the last six months really through this 5 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:27.560 broadcast. 6 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:32.360 I'm thankful for everyone that's taken time to listen but I'm trying to work something 7 00:00:32.360 --> 00:00:36.780 out in my heart right now and I just I don't know how to do it any other way other than 8 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:39.600 to just share it with you. 9 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:44.880 Has God ever asked you to do something that maybe feels illogical at the time and you 10 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.400 know it's him because the right doors have opened and you've been given favor and you've 11 00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:53.720 been given provision and you've been given the opportunity but there's just that little 12 00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:59.880 thing inside of you that's trying to figure out what is the right timing. 13 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:04.519 You know you can be doing the right thing at the right time and you can miss it and 14 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.080 I don't want to miss it. 15 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:11.560 I really want to do what he's telling me to do and there's a balancing act. 16 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.600 I always use the illustration of the dirt road. 17 00:01:14.600 --> 00:01:19.640 Well there's going to be pluses and minuses on either side of the road. 18 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:20.640 Don't get in the ditch. 19 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:21.640 Stay in the middle of the road. 20 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:25.880 Be led by the Spirit of God and allow God to confirm things to you. 21 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:31.920 Well things are moving fast and furious in the earth as we know and in a lot of ways 22 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:36.200 it just doesn't seem like it's the logical time to really step out and do something for 23 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:41.300 the kingdom but maybe that's when you're supposed to do it. 24 00:01:41.300 --> 00:01:44.040 So let me just throw this at you. 25 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:48.080 I've taught Bible for 28 years at a private Christian school. 26 00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:52.720 I went on to be certified in special education and I have a whole new career ahead of me 27 00:01:52.720 --> 00:02:00.660 and now this whole new opportunity for ministry has exploded and I want to obey God. 28 00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:03.720 So a year ago I really stepped out. 29 00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:08.479 I felt led of the Lord to put together a tour to Israel and I was excited and I thought 30 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:10.360 Lord what are you doing? 31 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.920 So I just thought well I'll just call Perry Stones tour guide. 32 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:19.120 If I'm going to do this I might as well go with the best, right? 33 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:24.360 So I called Robert Van Der Motten at Noseworthy Travel and I say Robert, you know, this is 34 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:29.280 who I am, whatever, this is what I've done and he starts asking me questions about Israel 35 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.200 and I said listen I've got some reservations. 36 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:35.520 I know a year from now we're probably going to be dealing with, you know, a different 37 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:37.000 situation in the Middle East. 38 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:42.980 We know that probably we're going to have inflation and maybe this isn't the best time 39 00:02:42.980 --> 00:02:43.980 to do a tour. 40 00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:47.740 So I said well what tour did you plan in the past and I said well, you know, I just happen 41 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:48.740 to have an itinerary. 42 00:02:48.740 --> 00:02:49.740 He said really? 43 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:52.200 Well send it to me. 44 00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:57.700 So I did and he opens up the itinerary and he goes, you're really serious about doing 45 00:02:57.700 --> 00:02:58.700 this aren't you? 46 00:02:58.700 --> 00:02:59.700 And I said yeah. 47 00:02:59.700 --> 00:03:03.700 I've been serious about doing this for a long time. 48 00:03:03.700 --> 00:03:06.300 He said okay really? 49 00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:08.620 I said yeah. 50 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:09.900 Well how are you going to promote this? 51 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:15.060 Well I really don't know but I know if I'm supposed to do it, I'll obey God. 52 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:20.980 The next thing I know, Robert Van Der Motten, Knows Worthy Travel, has opened the door to 53 00:03:20.980 --> 00:03:23.620 me to do a tour in the Middle East. 54 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:27.460 Guys, I'm running with the big dogs and I'm a puppy. 55 00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:29.960 Like who the heck am I? 56 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:34.280 I'm a little teacher from Oklahoma. 57 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:38.160 And I just thought okay, run with it. 58 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:39.500 So he put it all together. 59 00:03:40.100 --> 00:03:41.100 He put up a website. 60 00:03:41.100 --> 00:03:42.100 He put all the itinerary. 61 00:03:42.100 --> 00:03:43.140 He booked the flights. 62 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:44.260 He told me where to go. 63 00:03:44.260 --> 00:03:50.060 He told me the best places to stay in Jerusalem within walking distance of the Wailing Wall. 64 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:53.800 The coolest little place up in the Galilee. 65 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.700 Not right on the Galilee because that would be more expensive and a lot of my people couldn't 66 00:03:57.700 --> 00:04:03.020 afford that but it's still close enough to do some really cool cosmopolitan things. 67 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:06.140 I told him, I said listen, I like people that love ministry. 68 00:04:06.140 --> 00:04:10.220 They don't have tons of money to travel but they love adventure and if they're going to 69 00:04:10.220 --> 00:04:11.460 go, they're going to go big. 70 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:12.460 They're going to go large. 71 00:04:12.460 --> 00:04:13.460 They're going to go hard. 72 00:04:13.460 --> 00:04:16.180 They want to see as much as possible for the least amount of money. 73 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:18.339 He said okay, I can do that. 74 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:21.779 And he put together this amazing tour. 75 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:22.900 Well here I am. 76 00:04:22.900 --> 00:04:24.180 It's been out there for a year. 77 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:29.540 I've shared it with a lot of people and at this point in time, I'm not quite sure where 78 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:30.540 to go. 79 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:31.540 Why? 80 00:04:31.540 --> 00:04:32.540 Because we don't know what the virus is going to do. 81 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:35.740 But I'll be honest with you, I'm not afraid of this virus. 82 00:04:36.340 --> 00:04:39.140 I'm just not. 83 00:04:39.140 --> 00:04:44.380 At this point in my life, I am not going to let a stupid virus stop me from doing what 84 00:04:44.380 --> 00:04:48.660 I'm supposed to do and I'm not going to let it stop me from going where I want to go. 85 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:50.100 I work too hard. 86 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:54.860 I run too hard and I've been waiting for such a time as this. 87 00:04:54.860 --> 00:04:56.500 My kids are raised. 88 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:59.100 I'm ready to go. 89 00:04:59.100 --> 00:05:00.060 But on the same time, I'm... 90 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.700 Also kind of looking at the well, what about the Middle East? 91 00:05:03.700 --> 00:05:05.400 What about what happened in Afghanistan? 92 00:05:05.400 --> 00:05:08.300 Listen, I'll tell you I am not too sure. 93 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:12.400 I'm really comfortable with this administration right now. 94 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:16.600 I'm just not I'm not comfortable with what they've done and I'm 95 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.400 not comfortable with the demands that they're putting on. 96 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:24.700 Conservative American Christians regarding their own health decisions. 97 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.300 Okay, but I'm not going to let that stop me from obeying God. 98 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:34.500 Listen, this gospel shall be preached to the ends of the earth and 99 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:36.700 then the end shall come and guess what? 100 00:05:36.700 --> 00:05:38.900 We haven't preached it to the ends of the earth yet. 101 00:05:38.900 --> 00:05:41.300 Why do you think I'm on YouTube? 102 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:44.300 Okay, this is exploding right now. 103 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:48.000 This is going to places and going to people I could have never imagined. 104 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:52.600 I I didn't I didn't have any idea that it was going to take off like 105 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:52.900 this. 106 00:05:52.900 --> 00:05:57.700 I kind of hoped it might I mean, it's kind of embarrassing when it 107 00:05:57.700 --> 00:06:01.400 doesn't right, but I'm almost at 20,000 subscribers. 108 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:03.900 So somebody's listening. 109 00:06:05.100 --> 00:06:07.000 And I do believe with all of my heart. 110 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.900 We have a window in time and here's what I'm thinking about. 111 00:06:09.900 --> 00:06:11.200 And then you give me feedback. 112 00:06:11.200 --> 00:06:14.700 You send me messages and tell me what you think. 113 00:06:14.700 --> 00:06:18.900 If I wait and I do this a year from now, do you think it's going to 114 00:06:18.900 --> 00:06:19.800 get any cheaper? 115 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.100 Are you kidding me? 116 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:26.300 If we wait a year from now, do we think that things in the earth are 117 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:28.500 somehow going to settle down and be more peaceful? 118 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:29.500 Heck no. 119 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:33.100 Everybody's looking at the Ukraine right now, right? 120 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:35.500 I'm more concerned about what's going to happen in China. 121 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:38.700 I'm really not focusing on what's going on in Israel. 122 00:06:38.700 --> 00:06:41.400 Do I think Israel is going headed for troubled times? 123 00:06:41.400 --> 00:06:42.000 Yes. 124 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.000 Do I notice people leaving Israel? 125 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:44.400 Yes. 126 00:06:44.400 --> 00:06:47.200 Are there citizens that are like get me out of here? 127 00:06:47.200 --> 00:06:47.700 Yes. 128 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.000 But if we're going in for two weeks and we're going in to see the 129 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.600 sites and we're going in to minister to Holocaust survivors, we're not 130 00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:59.000 just going in to take guys. 131 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:00.300 We're going in to give. 132 00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:01.900 We've got people. 133 00:07:01.900 --> 00:07:04.400 We've got ministries in the land that we want to work with. 134 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:06.600 Their doors are open wide open. 135 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.700 Okay, I've got I've got Holocaust survivor ministry doors are open. 136 00:07:10.700 --> 00:07:13.600 I've got friends of mine that I've worked with for years that are over 137 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:13.900 there. 138 00:07:13.900 --> 00:07:14.900 Doors are open. 139 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:18.600 All I need is 20 people. 140 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.100 I'm not I'm not, you know, this isn't Perry Stone. 141 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:23.300 I mean when Perry Stone goes, he goes with 500. 142 00:07:23.400 --> 00:07:24.900 Okay, I'd like 25. 143 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:27.900 Think about it. 144 00:07:27.900 --> 00:07:32.100 If you're going with a two or 500, it's just like cattle moving all the 145 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:32.400 time. 146 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:35.700 If we go with 25, we're going to get to know people really really well. 147 00:07:35.700 --> 00:07:38.400 We're going to have an opportunity to minister to each other. 148 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:42.200 We're going to have an opportunity to share and learn from each other. 149 00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:45.600 I want to pull on different ministry gifts that people carry. 150 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.900 If you have a ministry gift and you have something in your heart and you 151 00:07:48.900 --> 00:07:52.300 want to preach and teach and in the Holy Land and you want me to film you 152 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:52.800 doing it. 153 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:53.900 Honey, I got the camera. 154 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:54.900 I'm ready to go. 155 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:58.600 I got people in Australia that want to come and they want to book footage 156 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:00.700 in the land with me while I'm there doing it. 157 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:04.800 I've got people that have a background in audio and visual and camera 158 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:05.500 technology. 159 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:06.100 And guess what? 160 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:07.200 They want to go with me. 161 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:08.400 Go figure. 162 00:08:10.700 --> 00:08:14.300 See, there's things that are lining up, but I want to be led. 163 00:08:14.900 --> 00:08:16.400 I don't want to miss him. 164 00:08:16.700 --> 00:08:18.500 I want to go in the right time. 165 00:08:18.900 --> 00:08:20.600 Here's what I'm asking you to do. 166 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:22.600 Will you pray about it? 167 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.900 Will you go to the website? 168 00:08:24.900 --> 00:08:28.400 Knows Worthy Travel Grant Leanne Friessman and will you look at the 169 00:08:28.400 --> 00:08:29.700 tour itinerary? 170 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:33.700 If God is dealing with you and I believe there are listeners here today 171 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:35.500 out of 20,000 people. 172 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:38.100 Don't you think there's 25 that know they're supposed to go? 173 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:43.100 And if we're not supposed to go this year, do you really feel like we're 174 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:44.400 supposed to go next year? 175 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:45.200 I'm open. 176 00:08:45.400 --> 00:08:46.300 I'm open. 177 00:08:46.300 --> 00:08:47.200 So is Robert. 178 00:08:47.400 --> 00:08:49.700 So is the whole team at Knows Worthy Travel. 179 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:51.200 They're just waiting for us. 180 00:08:51.800 --> 00:08:53.000 The doors are open. 181 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.100 Reservations are made. 182 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.300 We're staying at some incredible places. 183 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:03.400 You know, why aren't you worried about the Palestinians? 184 00:09:03.400 --> 00:09:04.200 Heck no! 185 00:09:04.400 --> 00:09:08.200 Guys, I got a Palestinian bus company who's going to drive us and a 186 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.100 Messianic Jewish tour guide. 187 00:09:10.500 --> 00:09:10.800 What? 188 00:09:10.800 --> 00:09:14.100 You think the Palestinians are going to shoot at a Palestinian-owned 189 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:14.800 tour bus? 190 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:16.600 Give me a break! 191 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:26.500 It might just be the opportunity of a lifetime and you know what? 192 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.800 I don't want to miss it. 193 00:09:28.800 --> 00:09:32.200 So if I don't do it this year in May, I'll do it next year. 194 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.400 It's just I might have to have, I might have to believe God for more 195 00:09:35.400 --> 00:09:35.900 money. 196 00:09:35.900 --> 00:09:36.700 And you know what? 197 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:37.900 That's nothing new. 198 00:09:39.300 --> 00:09:43.100 I've had to believe God for everything my entire life. 199 00:09:44.400 --> 00:09:46.600 You know, it's like, does it ever get old? 200 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:47.800 No, it's just, you know, 201 00:09:48.400 --> 00:09:51.400 It's just what you do when you love Jesus and you minister to people 202 00:09:51.400 --> 00:09:53.100 and you have a teaching gift. 203 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.300 You just keep going, honey. 204 00:09:54.300 --> 00:09:56.700 You just keep going. 205 00:09:58.500 --> 00:09:59.800 Go look at the itinerary. 206 00:09:59.800 --> 00:10:00.000 Go. 207 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.320 Check it out and let me know what you think. 208 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:10.560 For the plans that I have for you says for the Lord are to give you a future and a hope. 209 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:16.920 I am not listening to the news, I am not listening to fear, I am not listening to some stupid 210 00:10:16.920 --> 00:10:18.520 conspiracy theory. 211 00:10:18.520 --> 00:10:19.760 I'm going to obey God. 212 00:10:19.760 --> 00:10:21.840 How about you? 213 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.480 Pray about it. 214 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.640 I'm ready to go. 215 00:10:25.640 --> 00:10:27.720 How about you? 216 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:28.240 Have a good day.