Podcast appearances and mentions of bristol england

Welcome back, everybody, to New Cyber Frontier! Today we are going over Dr. Gorog's trip he went on, to share the IEEE Digital Privacy initiative all over the world. In late June, he made multiple stops in Canada, Singapore, Milan Italy, Vienna Austria, Hungary Budapest, and Bristol England. During his trip, he spoke at different events and conferences including: (I.T.S) Intelligent Transportation Systems, Securing Privacy, and a  Privacy-enhancing conference. Digital Transformation has been on the horizon for quite some time now, and we are digging deeper into how the world is shifting more towards Digital and virtual instead of Physical. For a new Generation, this can impact the workforce, it can assemble or destroy a good amount of certain jobs that we have today. This also raises the question, if everything is digital, how much of your private data is owned by you? Maintaining control and security over your data in a digital world is an essential part of our future. Tune in today to see how Digital Transformation will impact your future!  Visit our sponsors: BlockFrame Inc.

Be Honest with Dr. Yana Date: 06.18.24 Ep.29 Topic: THE ROUGH PATH TO ONESELF THROUGH TOXIC MARRIAGE Guest: Dr. Carmen Sunico Bio: Dr. Carmen Sunico has a PhD in Human Physiology among the Universities of Cadiz (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and Bristol (England), receiving the European Doctorate recognition from the European Union; completed Postdoc at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla (California). She held the position of a Clinical Scientist in the field of Fertility for La Jolla IVF (La Jolla) and Reproductive Sciences Medical Center (San Diego).

Be Honest with Dr. Yana Date: 06.18.24 Ep.29 Topic: THE ROUGH PATH TO ONESELF THROUGH TOXIC MARRIAGE Guest: Dr. Carmen Sunico Bio: Dr. Carmen Sunico has a PhD in Human Physiology among the Universities of Cadiz (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and Bristol (England), receiving the European Doctorate recognition from the European Union; completed Postdoc at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla (California). She held the position of a Clinical Scientist in the field of Fertility for La Jolla IVF (La Jolla) and Reproductive Sciences Medical Center (San Diego).

On episode one hundred and twenty one of Holy Ghost Notes, Matt records from Bristol England and talks about the current European tour. Tim shares about his new baby girl and the changes in life that have come as a result. Then the guys dive into their drum topic about “showing your cards”. Matt makes reference to a recent experience where requested a drum lesson even as a seasoned pro. Tim approaches it from the perspective of a content creator who has forgotten the time and effort behind the published end result. They close the topic with a fun exercise. Finally, with Easter quickly approaching, the guys decide to discuss Easter; the traditions, the message, the meaning, and ultimately how it changes our fate.

Our study today begins in 1Cor.12:8-11. In these four verses we will be looking at nine gifts of the Spirit which are listed in this passage. Dr. Mitchell will be expounding on them one by one. Turn with us to 1Cor.12:8. Dr. Mitchell will be alluding to a man whose name was George Mueller of Bristol England who founded an orphanage with the extraordinary gift of faith. God provided daily for the orphanage solely by prayer rather than by appeal to man. This was indeed the gift of faith. Let's return to our study with Dr. Mitchell in 1Cor.12:8-11. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unchanging-word/message

Check out “Heard on the Street” recorded during IDS Paris 2023. Hear from PhD candidate Shanice Lewis from University of Bristol as she discusses her poster on Frequency of islet autoantibodies of relatives with Type 2 Diabetes in the BOX cohort.

I spoke to groundbreaking electro-dub duo Ree-Vo.  The duo from Bristol, England, Andy Spaceland and T. Relly  recorded, produced and mixed their debut LP called "All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo" ( Dell' Orso Records/ SRD) at Bristol's Christchurch Studios, known as the home of the Mezzanine-era of Massive Attack's most commercially successful album.In spring of 2022, Ree-Vo released a limited 7 inch of the "Spacebox" EP with stunning original artwork by American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY clothing line, Shepard Fairey  featuring remixes by Batbirds (the duo of Joe Cassidy AKA Butterfly Child and Aaron Miller) and NOISE (the musical collective of Joe Cassidy , Shepard Fairey, Merritt Lear and John Goff). Ree-Vo also released "Combat" and a powerhouse remix of this track by iconic UK electronic music producer Surgeon (Tresor Records).T. Relly is Bristol hip-hop royalty- known in the community variously for his links to all of the city's major club nights, his passion and support for the most disadvantaged (through his work with the youth and prison leavers), through to compering stages at St. Paul's Carnival and his seminal 2018 album with DJ Rogue "Let Them Know." After leaving art school  (Where Brian Eno was his examiner), Andy Spaceland got involved in bass music upon moving to Bristol, first with Static Sound System and a collaborative 12" with Rudy Tambala (AR Kane) as Sugarboat Vs Sufi, before his band Alpha signed to Massive Attack's Melankolic label, whilst also become their tour DJ. His collaboration range from Smith and Mighty and Horace Andy to Elizabeth Fraser and Madonna, having released music on DJ Die's label Gutterfunk as White Bully. Andy is also part of 5 Billion in Diamonds with LA Producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Garbage) and is working on new material with Mark Stewart (The Pop Group) as well as Adrian Sherwood.https://ree-vo1.bandcamp.comhttps://lnk.to/Ree-VoEDDA52

Dr. Ian Garner is a historian and translator of Russian culture and war propaganda. Starting with a description of his forthcoming book, Stalingrad Lives: Stories of Combat & Survival, to be released this year, he discusses Russian government use of propaganda and that country's leadership's historical obsession with dominance over Ukraine as part of its national identity.Garner has written for and been interviewed by the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, New York Times, BBC, CBC, ABC, Radio Canada and many more. He has a PhD from the University of Toronto and studied at University of Bristol (England) and St. Petersburg State Conservatory (Russia).His work focuses on Soviet and Russian literary and cultural representations of war. He is on a mission to illuminate the hidden sides of Soviet and Russian life.

Record-breaking temperatures are serving as yet another wake-up call for the people of this planet, as Europe bakes under intense heat. Thousands have died and firefighters are battling flames from France to Greece. We're joined by Bob Ward from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, and the climate-focused mayor of Bristol England, Marvin Rees.  Also on today's show: Simon Munday, author of Race for Tomorrow, who traveled to 26 countries to discover how those on the frontlines are adapting to the climate crisis; Sinn Fein VP Michelle O'Neill. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Today, I talk about George Muller, a man who is known for being fully dependent upon God while having one of the greatest impacts on the orphans of Bristol England. George Muller never asked people for help. He alway went strait to God. He has a lot of lessons to teach as you read about his life and ministry. In this episode I read some of his quotes and talk about some of these lessons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-a-miller/support

Writer/director/producer Paul Dudbridge is an indpendent filmmaker based in Bristol England. If you're an independent filmmaker yourself, and therefore working to a tight budget, this is a good episode to listen to. Besides his own personal tales, Paul goes on to give us some useful tips on reverse engineering a script so that it appeals to name cast and investors alike. Support the show

Welcome to Chapter 3 of our England's Haunted Counties series, this week we look at Bristol, remember you can let us know what you think of the show and get involved by sending us your stories to supernaturalpod@gmail.com If you want to help us out here is our Tip jar link https://gofund.me/6161f33d big thanks Our Shop:- https://bizarretales.threadless.com/ music by https://www.purple-planet.com Don't forget to listen to our new show absolute poppycock link below https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/absolute-poppycock/id1567448215

For this episode, I had a conversation with Jack J. from Bristol England. Jack is a recovered sex addict who has created a new peer support group called Secular Organizations for Sexual Sobriety (SOSS). In this interesting conversation, Jack explains how his experience with other mutual aid groups inspired him to start this new secular […]

Welcome back to the Let's be friends podcast. This episode is a special treat, a surprise session with my friend Rich. Rich is the host of the Sunday Sessions podcast.  Sunday Sessions aims to challenge your current beliefs and perspective. A platform where thoughts turn into things and, with new awareness, brings happiness.Rich is a bright ray of hope during these darker times.  His soul song sings strong, capturing my attention all the time. He shines golden, like a lighthouse in the dark ocean, with the hippest party inside, open to all.During our chat, we discuss what the red & blue pills are, what spirituality means, childhood amnesia, Rich's awakening story, who God is, magic & manifestation, working out, Bristol England, coincidences & synchronicity, micro-dosing, and so much more!Find Rich on Instagram: @sundaysessionspodcastFind his podcast Sunday Sessions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sunday-sessions-with-rich/id1510899722Find him on Twitter: @_MrManifestFor all things Rich:  https://linktr.ee/SundaySessionsWithRich

Today I am joined by Martin Paul. Martin is a former professional footballer from Bristol England and holds a UEFA A License from the English F.A. In todays episode we talk about Martins transition from player to coach including his various coaching positions in professional academy football. We also talk about his role and development as Head of Academy at the Tyrone Mings Academy in Bristol England. Follow Martin https://twitter.com/martinpaul115 Paul Kelshaw on Twitter https://twitter.com/PaulKelshaw Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paulkelshaw Like my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/PKsoccerinc email paulkelshaw@pksoccer.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-kelshaw/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-kelshaw/support

Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing is extremely proud to have Justin Taylor (who is unrelated) COO of GreenRock Property Management and GreenRock Property Advisors as our second guest. As always, we start the show with a legal perspective from Peter Cass on his experiences and the importance of good management of assets. We then hear from Frank Taylor and Jared Shier on their thoughts on Justin's fabulous episode. Then to the big show! Justin's career is fascinating as he speaks with Frank about the beginning of his career after graduating with an Economics Degree in the US and landing his first job in California with Canadian Developer Bramalea Limited. From there, Justin joined his father's business in England, Tudor Caterers Limited, who, at the time, acquired a castle that they were restoring into a boutique hotel / restaurant known today as Thornbury Castle in Bristol England. After building further assets in hospitality Justin oversaw the sale of the family firm, then traveled to Portugal to pursue investment related assets along the coastline and later moved his family back to Canada. Justin then landed a role at Greenwin which also managed ResREIT that, at the time, managed 12,000 residential units, known today as CapRIET. Justin eventually became Director of Operations at ResRIET. Once ResRIET was sold to CapRIET Justin went on to form a national startup storage company. Always wanting to be involved in high scale commercial towers since university, Justin had the incredible opportunity to become the General Manager of a trophy tower known as Scotia Plaza located in downtown Toronto. Justin then became Director of Commercial Real Estate for ScotiaBank where he oversaw and managed 6 million square ft of space throughout North and South America. Having known the Green family personally, while at Greenwin, Justin left ScotiaBank to become the COO of GreenRock Property Management / Advisors, a boutique family owned management firm that self manages a few thousand residential units and oversees approx 1 million sq ft of office space in Toronto.  In 2021 GreenRock was named by the Apartment Association of Canada as the #1 Property Management firm in Canada and further was awarded for their asset Postmedia Place for the 2020 BOMA Toronto CREST Award, an extremely proud moment for the entire GreenRock Team. Frank and Justin have a fantastic conversation packed with insights that we think you will truly enjoy. Welcome to Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing, we truly hope you enjoy the show.  If you enjoyed this podcast, we'd ask that you Like, Follow and most importantly share with like minded people and we'd love to know what you think about the show so please leave reviews on all your podcast providers. Always remember, “if you don't ask, you don't get” so if you have questions or need help with anything real estate investment related, reach out and give Frank a call 905 971 7070 #justintaylor #greenrock #greenrockproperty #greenrockpropertadvisors #scotiabank #resreit #greenwinpropertymanagement #greenwin #propertymanagement #franktaylorconsulting #letsbefrankaboutrealestateinvestingpodcast #franktaylor #franktaylorrealestate #realestatepodcast #realestateconsulting #torontoinvestmentrealestate #ontariorealestate #canadainrealestateinvestmentpodcast #petercass #petercasslawyer #jaredshier #jaredshiercohost  #franktaylorpodcasthost #toddmiller #podcastexperts #tiffanybyl #korayerkaya #eyoelsamuel #propertymanagementpodcast #realestateinvestmentpodcasttoronto  *Note - Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing is an opinion based broadcast without warranty or liability provided. When seeking professional advice about specific matters contact Frank Taylor directly via FTC Frank Taylor Consulting which is a professional expert consulting firm. Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/franktaylorconsulting/ https://www.instagram.com/letsbefrankaboutrealestate/ https://www.instagram.com/frank.taylor.consulting/ https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.byl/ https://www.instagram.com/iamtoddmiller/ https://www.instagram.com/jaredshier93/ https://www.instagram.com/investwitheyoel/ https://www.instagram.com/pursuitsofnancy/ https://www.instagram.com/korayerkaya/ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-taylor-consulting/ Websites  https://www.franktaylorconsulting.ca  https://linktr.ee/franktaylorconsulting  https://www.cassandbishop.ca https://podcastexperts.ca/

INTRO George Mueller is just one of many faithful kingdom servants throughout church history. He was a German born follower of Jesus who ended up in Bristol England, pastoring a church for over 60 years and ministering among the likes of Charles Spurgeon and DL Moody in the 19th century. Mueller is not…

INTRO George Mueller is just one of many faithful kingdom servants throughout church history. He was a German born follower of Jesus who ended up in Bristol England, pastoring a church for over 60 years and ministering among the likes of Charles Spurgeon and DL Moody in the 19th century. Mueller is not…

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:53).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments Image Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 10-29-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for Halloween 2021.  Besides focusing on autumn's festival of fun and fright, this episode is part of a series this fall about water connections to the human body and human biology. SOUND – ~9 sec That eerie sound of a tree creaking in October wind sets a seasonal stage for a Halloween challenge: exploring how Halloween, water, and human biology all connect.  Sound like quite a trick?  Well, have a listen to some Halloween music for about 50 seconds, and then we'll treat you to some examples. MUSIC - ~50 sec – instrumental You've been listening to “A Little Fright Music,” by Torrin Hallett, a graduate student at the Yale School of Music.  And here are six matches of Halloween creatures or images with water in the human body. 1.  Skeleton images rattle around everywhere for Halloween, and in living skeletons water is a significant component of bones and cartilage.  2.  Pretend blood covers many-a Halloween costume, and over half of the volume of blood is plasma, which in turn is over 90 percent water, and water is also a major component of blood cells. 3.  A muscular costume is part of pretending to be a super-strong character like Wonder Woman or Superman; and water plays a significant role in muscle structure and function; in turn, muscle is an important water-storage area for the body. 4.  The monster in movie versions of “Frankenstein” was brought to life by electricity, and the cells of our nervous system transmit messages though electrochemical impulses, using sodium and potassium ions in a water-based solution. 5.  If fiery or icy creatures need some temperature regulation, water's the body fluid that does it. And 6.  Flashing and watching from many creatures on Halloween night are eyes, either scary, suspenseful, or super-powered; and eyes have chambers containing aqueous humor and vitreous humour, two fluids that consist mostly of water and that maintain the shape of the eyes. This Halloween, imagine being a creature that's about 60 percent composed of an amazing substance with unique powers to dissolve other substances, absorb and release heat, and withstand being compressed.  What would you be?  Why, the water-based human being that you are! Thanks to Torrin Hallett for composing this week's music for Virginia Water Radio, and we close with another listen to the last few seconds of “A Little Fright Music.” MUSIC - ~13 sec – instrumental SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The wind and creaking tree sounds were recorded by Virginia Water Radio in Blacksburg, Va., on October 5, 2014.  “A Little Fright Music” is copyright 2020 by Torrin Hallett, used with permission.  Torrin is a 2018 graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio; a 2020 graduate in Horn Performance from Manhattan School of Music in New York; and a 2021 graduate of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.  He is currently a graduate student at the Yale School of Music.  More information about Torrin is available online at https://www.facebook.com/torrin.hallett.  Thanks very much to Torrin for composing the piece especially for Virginia Water Radio.  This music was previously used in Episode 548, 10-26-20. Following are other music pieces composed by Torrin Hallett for Virginia Water Radio, with episodes featuring the music. “Beetle Ballet” – used in Episode 525, 5-18-20, on aquatic beetles.“Chesapeake Bay Ballad” – used in Episode 537, 8-10-20, on conditions in the Chesapeake Bay.“Corona Cue” – used in Episode 517, 3-23-20, on the coronavirus pandemic.“Flow Stopper – used in Episode 599, 10-28-21, on the “Imagine a Day Without Water” campaign.“Geese Piece” – used most recently in Episode 440, 10-1-18, on E-bird. “Ice Dance” – used in Episode 556, 12-21-20, on how organisms survive freezing temperatures.“Lizard Lied” – used in Episode 514, 3-2-20, on lizards.“New Year's Water” – used in Episode 349, 1-2-17, on the New Year. “Rain Refrain” – used most recently Episode 559, 1-11-21, on record rainfall in 2020.“Runoff” – in Episode 585, 7-12-21 – on middle-school students calling out stormwater-related water words.“Spider Strike” – used in Episode 523, 5-4-20, on fishing spiders.“Tropical Tantrum” – used most recently in Episode 580, 6-7-21, on the 2021 Atlantic tropical storm season preview.“Tundra Swan Song – used in Episode 554, 12-7-20, on Tundra Swans.“Turkey Tune” – used in Episode 343, 11-21-16, on the Wild Turkey.  Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGE Water uses in the human body.  Illustration from the U.S. Geological Survey, “The Water in You: Water and the Human Body,”  https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-you-water-and-human-body?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects. SOURCES Used for Audio Peter Abrahams, ed., How the Body Works: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Anatomy, Metro Books, New York, 2007. American Red Cross, “Blood Components,” online at https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/types-of-blood-donations/blood-components.html. Erin Blakemore, “How Twitching Frog Legs Helped Inspire ‘Frankenstein,'” Smithsonian Magazine, December 4, 2015, online at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-twitching-frog-legs-helped-inspire-frankenstein-180957457/. Fandom, “Monster Wiki/Frankenstein's Monster,” online at https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_Monster. Mayo Clinic Health System, “Water: Essential to your body,” online at https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/water-essential-to-your-body. Science Direct:“Aqueous Humor,” online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/aqueous-humor;“Vitreous Humour,” online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/vitreous-humour. University of Michigan Health, “Eye Anatomy and Function,” as of August 31, 2020, online at https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/hw121946. U.S. Geological Survey, “The Water in You: Water and the Human Body,” https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-you-water-and-human-body?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects. U.S. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Modules:“Composition of the Blood,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/leukemia/anatomy/composition.html;“Skeletal System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/skeletal/. For More Information about Human Biology, Including Water Aspects American Society of Hematology, “Blood Basics,” online at https://www.hematology.org/education/patients/blood-basics.Cleveland [Ohio] Clinic:“Heart & Blood Vessels: How Does Blood Travel Through Your Body,” online at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/heart-blood-vessels-blood-flow-body;“Lymphatic System,” online at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/21199-lymphatic-system. Eric Cudler, “Neuroscience for Kids,” online at https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html. The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Penn., “Blood Vessels,” online at https://www.fi.edu/heart/blood-vessels. Isabel Lorenzo et al., “The Role of Water Homeostasis in Muscle Function and Frailty: A Review,” Nutrients, Vol. 11, No. 8 (August 2019, accessed online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723611/(subscription may be required for access). Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, “Facts About Blood and Blood Cells,” online at https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/facts-about-blood-and-blood-cells. Science Direct, “Synovial Fluid: Structure and Function,” excerpted from Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 5th Edition, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005; accessed online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/synovial-fluid(subscription may be required for access). University of Bristol (England), School of Medical Sciences, “Brain Basics: The Fundamentals of Neuroscience,” online at http://www.bris.ac.uk/synaptic/basics/basics-0.html. U.S. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Modules:“Blood, Heart and Circulation,” online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodheartandcirculation.html;“Muscular System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/muscular/;“Nervous System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Science” subject category. Following are links to other episodes on connections of water to human biology (much of the information in this week's episode was taken from these previous episodes). Overview of water's roles in the body – Episode 592, 8-30-21.Disease: COVID-19 – Episode 517, 3-23-20 and Episode 519, 4-6-20.Disease: influenza – Episode 393, 11-6-17.Disease: viruses – Episode 600, 10-25-21.Circulatory system connections to water – Episode 593, 9-6-21.Muscular system connections to water – Episode 596, 9-27-21.Neurological system connections to water – Episode 594, 9-13-21.Skeleton system connections to water (with a Halloween theme) – Episode 595, 9-20-21.Water intake and exercise – Episode 466, 4-1-19.Water thermodynamics – Episode 195, 1-6-14. Following are links to other Halloween-themed episodes. Episode 238, 10-31-14 – focusing on the plant Witch-hazel.Episode 548, 10-26-20 – focusing on water-related readings that are supernatural, mysterious, or imaginative. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-3 plus 5: MatterK.4 – Water is important in our daily lives and has properties.3.3 – Materials interact with water. Grades K-4: Living Systems and Processes4.2 – Plants and animals h

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:09).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments ImageExtra Information Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 9-24-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of September 27, 2021.  This episode is part of a series this fall on water connections to the human body and human biology.  This week, we start with some mystery sounds.  Have a listen for about 25 seconds, and see if you know the body system you can hear at work in all of these sounds.  And here's a hint: it'll be a show of strength if you guess this. SOUNDS  - ~23 sec If you guessed the muscular system, you're right!  Walking, dribbling a basketball, lifting weights, and jumping rope all involve some of the over 600 skeletal muscles in the human body.  Skeletal muscles, also called striated or voluntary muscles, are one of three muscle types in the body.  The other two are smooth, or involuntary muscles, found in internal organs; and cardiac muscle in the heart.  Whatever their location or function, muscles have several important connections to water, including the following six. First, water is a major component of muscles, making up over 70 percent of muscle mass. Second, cell volume, that is, the space within cells, is affected by the amount of water that cells contain, or the cells' hydration state.  This is believed to be related to muscle strength and contraction capacity by affecting the shape and function of muscle proteins. Third, water is the medium containing all the dissolved biochemicals that the body needs to function, including those involved in muscular contraction and in nourishing muscle cells. Fourth, water is involved in reactions that release energy from the molecule ATP, and water is associated with the important energy-storage molecule glycogen. Fifth, water helps regulate body temperature, including the heat generated by muscular activity. And sixth, water helps lubricate moveable joints, the structures upon which skeletal muscles act to move parts of the body. Overall, water plays a significant role in muscle strength and function, and muscle, in turn, is an important area of water storage for the body. We close with some music whose title speaks of one of the most common uses of our muscles.  Here's the closing 25 seconds of “Walk This Way For Awhile,” by the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Va.-based band, The Steel Wheels. MUSIC - ~25 sec – Lyrics: “…you walk this way for awhile; will you walk this way for awhile?  I think you will, I know you still, I hope you will.” SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Stewart Scales for his banjo version of Cripple Creek to open and close this show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The sounds heard in this episode were recorded by Virginia Water Radio in Blacksburg, Va., on September 23, 2021. “Walk This Way for Awhile,” by The Steel Wheels, is from the album “Live at Goose Creek,” recorded October 14, 2010, at Franklin Park Performing Arts Center, Purcellville, Va., and produced by Goose Creek Music; used with permission of The Steel Wheels.  The song is also on The Steel Wheel's 2010 album, “Red Wing.”  More information about The Steel Wheels is available online at http://www.thesteelwheels.com/.  More information about Goose Creek Music is available online at http://www.goosecreekmusic.com/.  More information about the Franklin Park Arts Center is available online at http://www.franklinparkartscenter.org/.  This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio in Episode 286, 10-19-15. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (1 min./11 sec.) of the “Cripple Creek” arrangement/performance by Stewart Scales that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Scales and the group New Standard, with which Mr. Scales plays, is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com. IMAGE Structure of a representative human skeletal muscle.  Illustration from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Module, “Muscular System/Structure of Skeletal Muscle,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/muscular/structure.html. EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE HUMAN MUSCULAR SYSTEM The following information is quoted from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Module, “Muscular System/Introduction” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/muscular/. “The muscular system is composed of specialized cells called muscle fibers.  Their predominant function is contractibility.  Muscles, attached to bones or internal organs and blood vessels, are responsible for movement.  Nearly all movement in the body is the result of muscle contraction.  Exceptions to this are the action of cilia, the flagellum on sperm cells, and amoeboid movement of some white blood cells. “The integrated action of joints, bones, and skeletal muscles produces obvious movements such as walking and running.  Skeletal muscles also produce more subtle movements that result in various facial expressions, eye movements, and respiration. “In addition to movement, muscle contraction also fulfills some other important functions in the body, such as posture, joint stability, and heat production.  Posture, such as sitting and standing, is maintained as a result of muscle contraction.  The skeletal muscles are continually making fine adjustments that hold the body in stationary positions.  The tendons of many muscles extend over joints and in this way contribute to joint stability.  This is particularly evident in the knee and shoulder joints, where muscle tendons are a major factor in stabilizing the joint.  Heat production, to maintain body temperature, is an important by-product of muscle metabolism.  Nearly 85 percent of the heat produced in the body is the result of muscle contraction.” SOURCES Used for Audio Ann Baggaley, ed., Human Body, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, New York, N.Y, 2001. Cedric Bryant and Daniel Green, eds., Essentials of Exercise Science, American Council on Exercise, San Diego, Calif., 2017. Michael Houston, Biochemistry Primer for Exercise Science, 3rd Edition, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill., 2006. Isabel Lorenzo et al., “The Role of Water Homeostasis in Muscle Function and Frailty: A Review,” Nutrients, Vol. 11, No. 8 (August 2019, accessed online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723611/(subscription may be required for access).  National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Modules, “Muscular System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/muscular/. Science Direct, “Synovial Fluid: Structure and Function,” excerpted from Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 5th Edition, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005; accessed online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/synovial-fluid(subscription may be required for access). Scott Powers and Edward Howley, Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y., 2012.U.S. Geological Survey, “The Water in You: Water and the Human Body, online at https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-you-water-and-human-body?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects. For More Information about Water and the Human Body American Society of Hematology, “Blood Basics,” online at https://www.hematology.org/education/patients/blood-basics. Cleveland [Ohio] Clinic, “Heart & Blood Vessels: How Does Blood Travel Through Your Body,” online at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/heart-blood-vessels-blood-flow-body. Cleveland [Ohio] Clinic, “Lymphatic System,” online at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/21199-lymphatic-system.Eric Cudler, “Neuroscience for Kids,” online at https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html. Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Penn., “Blood Vessels,” online at https://www.fi.edu/heart/blood-vessels. Mayo Clinic Health System, “Water: Essential to your body,” online at https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/water-essential-to-your-body. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, “Facts About Blood and Blood Cells,” online at https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/facts-about-blood-and-blood-cells. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Modules, “Nervous System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, SEER Training Module, “Skeletal System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/skeletal/.National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine, “Blood, Heart and Circulation,” online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodheartandcirculation.html. University of Bristol (England), School of Medical Sciences, “Brain Basics: The Fundamentals of Neuroscience,” online at http://www.bris.ac.uk/synaptic/basics/basics-0.html. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Science” subject category. Another episode related to human exercise is Episode 483, 7-29-19.  It focuses on buoyancy and drag in the water and is designed for middle school and high school students. Following are links to other episodes on connections of water to human biology.  Please note that some of these episodes are being redone in fall 2021; in those cases, the respective links below will have information on the updated episodes.  Episode 195, 1-6-14 – Water thermodynamics.Episode 393, 11-6-17 – Disease: Influenza.Episode 466, 4-1-19 – Water intake and sports.Episode 517, 3-23-20 and Episode 519, 4-6-20 – Disease: Water connections to COVID-19.Episode 592, 8-30-21 – Overview of water's roles in the body.Episode 593, 9-6-21 – Circulatory system connections to water.Episode 594, 9-13-21 – Neurological system connections to water.Episode 595, 9-20-21 – Skeletal system connections to water. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-3 plus 5: Force, Motion, and Energy5.2 – Energy can take many forms.5.3 – There is a relationship between force and energy of moving objects. Grades K-4: Living Systems and Processes4.2 – Plants and animals have structures that distinguish them from one another and play vital roles in their ability to survive. Grade 66.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment. Life ScienceLS.2 – All living things are composed of one or more cells that support life processes, as described by the cell theory.LS.4 – There are chemical processes of energy transfer which are important for life. BiologyBIO.2 – Chemical and biochemical processes are essential for life.BIO.3 – Cells have structure and function. Virginia's SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/. Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels. Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rdgrade.Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.Episode 333, 9-12-16

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:18).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments ImageExtra Information Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 9-10-21. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of September 13, 2021.  This revised episode from December 2018 is part of a series this fall of episodes on water connections to the human body and human biology. MUSIC – ~ 15 sec – Lyrics:  “Well you're nothing but a pack of neurons, in a shapely bag of goo.  All your thoughts and dreams, your hopes and schemes, are electrochemical, too.”This week, that music sets the stage for describing some biochemical and electro-chemical aspects of the water-based environment inside of us.  Have a listen for about 45 more seconds. MUSIC – ~47 sec – Lyrics: “Well the first time I ever saw your face, dear, my ions began to diffuse.  Your eyes aglow made the sodium flow through those membrane avenues.  When our fingers unite, more than synapses excite, and those lips I can't refuse.  I know we're more than just a chemical reaction, ‘cause I'm in love with you-oo-oo, I'm in love with you.  Well you're nothing but a pack of neurons, controlling a bag of goo.  All your thoughts and dreams, your hopes and schemes, are electrochemical, too.  You are what you eat, ‘cept for what you excrete, so watch out what you chew.  You're nothing but a pack of neurons, and I'm in love with you-oo-oo, I'm in love with you.  This is the part where the sodium and potassium ions do a little soft-shoe.”You've been listening to part of “Pack of Neurons,” by Bob Gramann of Fredericksburg, Va., on his 2008 album, “Mostly Live.”  According to Mr. Gramann, the title “Pack of Neurons” was inspired by the use of that phrase in The Astonishing Hypothesis, a 1994 book by Francis Crick on human consciousness.   Dr. Crick shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins for their discoveries of the structure of the DNA molecule. Mr. Gramann's song is a light-hearted look at the fundamental role of neurons, of nerve cells, in transmitting the electrical impulses that control humans' mental and physical processes.  Those nerve impulses are transmitted along neurons by changes in the concentration of electrically-charged atoms of sodium and potassium. [Note, not in audio: Neurons are the type of nerve cell that transmits impulses.  The nervous system also has other supporting cells.]  Water is vital as the solvent for those charged atoms, known as ions.  And not just in neurons, but in all biological cells, a water-based solution is the medium in which biochemical substances exist and react.  Regarding water-based solutions, chemist Linus Pauling in 1970 wrote, “One of the most striking properties of water is its ability to dissolve many substances”—including, we might add, ions transmitting the nerve impulses that right now are allowing you to hear or read these words.Thanks to Bob Gramann for permission to use this week's music, and we close with about 20 more seconds of “Pack of Neurons.” MUSIC – ~21 sec - Instrumental SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Stewart Scales for his banjo version of Cripple Creek to open and close this show.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 450, 12-10-18, and Episode 93, 12-19-11. “Pack of Neurons,” from the 2008 album “Mostly Live,” is copyright by Bob Gramann, used with permission.  Bob Gramann's Web site is http://www.bobgramann.com/. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (1 min./11 sec.) of the “Cripple Creek” arrangement/performance by Stewart Scales that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Scales and the group New Standard, with which Mr. Scales plays, is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com. IMAGE Diagram of a neuron.  Image from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, “SEER Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System—Nerve Tissue,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/; the specific URL for the diagram was https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/tissue.html, as of 9-8-21. EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM The following information is quoted from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, “SEER Training Modules: Review: Introduction to the Nervous System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/review.html, accessed 9/10/21. *The nervous system is the major controlling, regulatory, and communicating system in the body. It is the center of all mental activity including thought, learning, and memory. *The various activities of the nervous system can be grouped together as three general, overlapping functions: sensory, integrative, and motor. *Neurons are the nerve cells that transmit impulses.  Supporting cells are neuroglia. *The three components of a neuron are a cell body or soma, one or more afferent processes called dendrites, and a single efferent process called an axon. *The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.  Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and ganglia make up the peripheral nervous system. *The afferent division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses to the CNS; the efferent division carries impulses away from the CNS. *There are three layers of meninges around the brain and spinal cord.  The outer layer is dura mater, the middle layer is arachnoid, and the innermost layer is pia mater. *The spinal cord functions as a conduction pathway and as a reflex center.  Sensory impulses travel to the brain on ascending tracts in the cord. Motor impulses travel on descending tracts. SOURCES Used for Audio Stewart W. Holmes, “You are Nothing but a Pack of Neurons,” ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Winter 1994-95), pages 406-412, accessed online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/42577594?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents(subscription may be needed for access).Nobel Media AB, “The discovery of the molecular structure of DNA—the double helix,” Sept. 30, 2003, online at http://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/dna_double_helix/readmore.html. Linus Pauling, General Chemistry, Dover Publications, New York, N.Y, 1970).  The quotation used in this episode's audio is found on page 447. Scott K. Powers and Edward T. Howley, Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y., 2012.  See particularly pages 142-148, “Organization of the Nervous System.”Publishers Weekly, “Review of The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul, by Francis Crick,” Jan. 3, 1994, online at https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-684-19431-8. University of Bristol (England), School of Medical Sciences, “Brain Basics: The Fundamentals of Neuroscience,” online at http://www.bris.ac.uk/synaptic/basics/basics-0.html. For More Information about the Human Nervous System Eric Cudler, “Neuroscience for Kids,” online at https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, “SEER Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System,” online at https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/nervous/. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Science” subject category. Following are links to other episodes on connections of water to human biology.  Please note that some of these episodes are being redone in fall 2021; in those cases, the respective links below will have information on the updated episodes.  Episode 195, 1-6-14 – Water thermodynamics.Episode 287, 10-26-15 – Skeleton system connections to water.Episode 393, 11-6-17 – Disease: Influenza.Episode 450, 12-10-18 – Neurological system connections to water.Episode 466, 4-1-19 – Water intake and sports.Episode 517, 3-23-20 and Episode 519, 4-6-20 – Disease: Water connections to COVID-19.Episode 592, 8-30-21 – Overview of water's roles in the body.Episode 593, 9-6-21 – Circulatory system connections to water. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-3 plus 5: Matter3.3 – Materials interact with water.5.7 – Matter has properties and interactions. Grade 66.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment. Life ScienceLS.2 – All living things are composed of one or more cells that support life processes, as described by the cell theory. BiologyBIO.2 – Chemical and biochemical processes are essential for life.BIO.3 – Cells have structure and function. ChemistryCH.5 – Solutions behave in predictable and quantifiable ways.Virginia's SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/. Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels. Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rdgrade.Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4ththrough 8th grade.Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school.Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school.Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rd and 4th grade.Episode 539, 8-24-20 – on basic numbers and facts about Virginia's water resources, for 4th and 6th grade.

Thomas and Bill first met in 2013 at a Young Life camp in France. Thomas and his family were living in Paris while Bill and his wife, Jody were living in Lyon. You're going to be inspired and encouraged by hearing his story, his passion for worship, and his outlook on life as a disciple of Jesus. Thomas is a living example of how discipleship works - one disciple investing in the life of another who does the same with others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/legacyleadership/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/legacyleadership/support

This week 3% brother from Bristol England, Luke, joined me once again. This time to discuss how to get your ex back by using no contact as well as Corey Wayne's 7 principles to get an ex back. We also discuss whether or not you should want your ex back, and touch on Rollo Tomassi's 7th Iron Rule which basically says that it's better time and effort dating new women than wasting your time trying to get an ex back. Corey Wayne's 7 Principles: https://understandingrelationships.com/7-principles-to-get-an-ex-back/17707 Iron Rules of Tomassi: https://medium.com/@redpillnorman/the-iron-rules-of-tomassi-3e01b8c31d64 --- Get free shipping from Duke Cannon with orders over $25: http://duke.comeonmanpod.com How To Be A 3% Man (Book) - https://amzn.to/2L5nV24 Coach Corey Wayne's YouTube Chanel - https://www.youtube.com/user/coachcoreywayne 3% Man Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2382677118460934 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comeonman/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comeonman/support

Rebecca Owen is on a mission to inspire more people to become vegan, take the liberation pledge, and then get active for the animals. As an organizer with the Cube of Truth and and Animal Rights March in Bristol England, Rebecca believes we are on our way to manifesting the mass support necessary to build a vegan world, and NOW is the most important time for each of us to get involved in a way that feels comfortable to us as creative individuals. Rebecca's Youtube channel, Vegan Pixie Warrior, offers ideas and inspiration for overcoming anxiety, fear, time constraints and other challenges that often keep people from finding their activist potential. https://www.youtube.com/c/VeganPixieWarrior/videos

This week we are catching up with Chris Hubley, a musician, artist and art historian who is also known by his drag alter-ego Crystal Mighty. We talk about a LOT of things this episode - language and how it evolves, strange, intense platonic relationships, and DIY culture... which were all the subjects that branched off of our original reason for meeting, which was F.A.G. Club, an event night held initially in Cardiff, but for the majority of its run in Bristol. F.A.G Club was an inclusive D.I.Y night for QuAGS (queers of all genders and sexualities), that Chris put on with a group of friends after meeting them at the Queeruption, which is an annual international queercore festival. Some of the terms discussed on the episode (I stole these definitions from https://gender.wikia.org/) Transtrender, a portmanteau of the words transgender and trend, is a derogatory term used to describe someone who is pretending to be transgender for attention or for pity. Transmedicalism / transmed is broadly defined as the belief that being transgender is contingent upon experiencing gender dysphoria or undergoing medical treatment in transitioning.[1][2][3] Transmedicalists, sometimes referred to as "truscum" by themselves or others,[3][4] believe that individuals who identify as transgender but who do not experience gender dysphoria or undergo a medical transition—through methods such as sex reassignment surgery or hormone replacement therapy—are not genuinely transgender. Transmasculine is a term used to describe transgender people who generally are assigned female at birth, but identify with a masculine gender identity to a greater extent than with a feminine gender identity. Usually transmasculine people try to appear stereotypically masculine in terms in their gender expression in order to create social recognition of their dominant male identity. AFAB - Assigned Female at Birth AMAB - Assigned Male at Birth Assigned Sex (also referred to as birth sex) refers to the sex you were interpreted as at birth, which usually corresponds to the gender identity you were raised as and/or assumed to have in childhood. As a phrase, this is a way to refer to the sex that was put on your birth certificate, without making assumptions about your actual/current sex, body or identity.

This week we are talking to Bernie Hodges, a voice artist, actor, and co-host of the 'What, That Old Queen?' podcast. Moving to Bristol in the early 90s with a few mates when he was just 21 years old he quickly built a life for himself, but struggled to find his tribe and that sense of belonging that comes with that. But, that all changed when he started to go to Horseplay, a club night that billed itself as an 'underground homo disco' which started in 2011. We caught up to talk about pleather harnesses, what it really means to be an A-Gay, and death by dildo...

Will Warren is the co-host of Track by Track, a podcast that reviews, track by track (see what they did there?), brilliant pop albums from the past. And, we're talking unashamedly pop - think Girls Aloud, Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue. But long before he was reviewing albums online he was drinking a ridiculous amount of alcohol at Flamingos, a bar in Bristol, England that billed itself as THE South West Gay superclub. We caught up to talk alcopops, pre-drinks, and all you can drink alcohol for £20.... Find out more about Will by following him on twitter - @willwpw AND, also check out @trackbytrackuk to keep up to date with the podcast and the albums they're reviewing!

For this episode I interview Madeline Wenman, a resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Madeline was born and raised in Bristol England. At 98 and a quarter years old, she has many stories to share, that span many significant historic events. She worked in nursing her whole adult life, and met her husband (who fought in the war) when she was treating his sister. She contributed to the war-effort in England, and worked here in Guelph at our hospitals. Fascinating stories. So much to learn from Madeline! Thank you Madeline for sharing your story!This interview was originally recorded on October 14th 2020 Get on the email list at bridgingthesocialdistance.substack.com

Michele Clark explores her grandfather's legacy as a Jewish butcher in NYC. Gina Beach moves to Bristol England during lockdown, so she learns to forage. Ellen Levitt takes a look at how the pandemic is effecting college cafeteria workers. And Beth Copeland takes us back to the summer of 1970 for an epic showdown at a Shoney's.

Fellow 3% Man Facebook page moderator Luke joins me again from his palatial estate in Bristol England where he tells me of a recent outing with himself and his buddy, and how they went around practicing game and pickup in real time! He talked about strategies that worked, and some that didn't. He also gives us a lot of insight into ways that he tests and qualifies women, as well as ways that he makes women qualify themselves! It's a long episode, but well worth it so grab some popcorn and take lots of notes! ---- Get free shipping from Duke Cannon with orders over $25: http://duke.comeonmanpod.com How To Be A 3% Man (Book) - https://is.gd/IBsv5h Coach Corey Wayne's YouTube Chanel - https://is.gd/vc3Yr7 3% Man Facebook Group - https://is.gd/PwfCo0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comeonman/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comeonman/support

Bnar Sardar is a first female photojournalist born in Kirkuk Iraq and forced to flee to Iran with her family in 1991. Bnar worked with Metrogarphy agency, the first Iraqi agency for photography. Bnar currently lives and works in Bristol England and is the freelance photographer for National Media League. With her ever expanding portfolio, Bnar has had group exhibitions in various countries, including the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan. Recently the UNHDR has selected Bnar as the middle-east photojournalist with the exhibition in (Venice), Italy.

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! This episode features Bryan having a one-on-one conversation with Dan from Macatier, a punk band from Bristol, the one in fuckin’ ENGLAND!!! ITN is going international baby! I … Continue reading ITN 88 | Macatier (Bristol, England, U.K.) →

This week's episode was a blast to make. Our 3% brother from Bristol England, Luke joined Paul for a Zoom call to discuss game, the law of attraction, the last time both of us lost our center and how we got it back, dating apps and so much more! We are planning to have a few more calls together for future episodes, so if you like this one be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any others! Get free shipping from Duke Cannon with orders over $25: http://duke.comeonmanpod.com How To Be A 3% Man (Book) - https://is.gd/IBsv5h Coach Corey Wayne's YouTube Chanel - https://is.gd/vc3Yr7 3% Man Facebook Group - https://is.gd/PwfCo0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comeonman/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comeonman/support

Jamie Jamal is the Bristol based lead singer of electronic pick n mix duo This Human Condition, which has been described as early Depeche Mode meets a darker Erasure. We caught up to discuss Just, a nightclub which was open between 1994-99. Expect to hear about guncles (which are, if you don't know, gay uncles), ways to keep cool on the dancefloor, and a healthy debate about the age old conundrum - who is better, Kylie or Madonna? Find out more about Jamie's band This Human Condition at http://www.thishumancondition.com/. AND, he has a new act named Flux, which you can find out all about at https://twitter.com/fluxmusicuk

In 1999, Chris Malachowsky was on the team at NVIDIA that invented the Graphics Processing Unit, an invention that transformed the consumer electronics industry. The GPU is now used by video games and virtually all social media platforms. The son of a doctor, Chris started out as pre-med but switched to engineering and got hired by Hewlett Packard. “I never felt we were at risk,” Chris says of his early start-up days. But he cautions early entrepreneurs, “don’t do it for the money or the glory. It’s too hard.” (Mild profanity) *This episode was originally released on November 20, 2019.* TRANSCRIPT: Intro (00:01): Inventors and their inventions, welcome to Radio Cade the podcast from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida. The museum is named after James Robert Cade, who invented Gatorade in 1965. My name is Richard Miles. We’ll introduce you to inventors and the things that motivate them, we’ll learn about their personal stories, how their inventions work and how their ideas get from the laboratory to the marketplace. James Di Virgilio (00:39): For Radio Cade, I’m James Di Virgilio. Our guest today is a 2019 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, inductee, University of Florida alumnus, and co founder of NVIDIA. His name is Chris Malachowsky. Chris went on to found a fortune 1000 company that invented the Graphics Processing Unit, which for me was a large part of my life and had a big introduction to video games. But that unit did much larger things than that. It’s now used by Facebook, Twitter, Google, super computers, a whole host of other things. And in fact, Chris and his cofounders transformed the visual computing industry by creating a consumer oriented 3D graphics market. Chris, thank you so much for joining us today. I’m looking forward to hearing about your story. As we spoke off air, your story is like so many other inventors and entrepreneurs stories and that it does not move in a straight predictable line. Tell us how your story began. Chris Malachowsky (01:34): Well, I was a kid about to get in trouble in New Jersey and, uh, wanted to graduate early, before I succumb to the wildly ways with my friends and knew I wanted to get out of New Jersey. It was middle of winter it’s slushy, it’s cold, it’s dreary. And my father was a physician. My parents and their friends all assumed I was to be a doctor. I like carpentry and cabinet making and, and thought that was the path I wanted, but didn’t really think I needed to make up my mind. So what I did decide was warm and green was the criteria for school. If they had a medical school and a building construction school, I could decide later, let me just get on with my life, get out of New Jersey. And so I applied to Tulane, they had a really pretty lawn and sunny scene on the cover of their catalog thought that was attractive. They had a medical school on a building construction school done, I flied, and got in. My parents were a little gas that I wasn’t giving myself more options and that maybe I should at least see the school. So my older brother was given my parents’ car and him and I drove off to Tulane. And after being there for a couple of days, I really didn’t think that was going to work out for me. I was going to get myself in some serious trouble in the French Quarter. So on the way home I was dismayed because I did not give myself any options. I stopped, to see a cousin who was going to University of Florida. I spent a couple of days there and really did like it. And it also had the same characteristics of building construction school and a medical school. And I decided this is cool. So I picked up an application and on the way, driving home to New Jersey, I filled it out, mailed it in, got in. And I guess the rest is history that brought me to that Florida. James Di Virgilio (03:07): Now tell me about your experience in college and then how your life became what it became, because I’m going to love, I know before I even hear what you’re going to say, how life is so much more unplanned than we ever think. And I’m looking forward to hearing how those dots connect. Chris Malachowsky (03:22): Yeah. So at Florida, you didn’t really have to declare a major. So I started off doing all the normal general ed stuff with an idea that I was premed. And I remember going to see the premed advisor who was very clear. And I went with one of my roommates. This is maybe as a sophomore and the guy looks me square in the eye and says, so who have you helped lately? I said excuse me, it’s just, you want to be a doctor? I mean, come on, everybody wants to be a doctor, a lawyer what’s this about? He says, don’t even tell me your father was a doctor or a lawyer. And the other kid’s father was a lawyer. My father was a doctor. He says, you know, what discipline are you going to choose? And I said, well, I was thinking of engineering. And my roommate said, you’re not gonna make that. I mean, you just might as well go home. We walked out of that advisor’s office and I’m like crying. My roommate’s like he’s talking about me. And it turned out, it was really just a challenge. And fast forward, three years later, whatever I’m graduating, I’m getting ready to graduate. I’m going to take the medical school entrance exam, which was in like May and graduations like June or maybe was April, May something along those lines. And you’re supposed to study very hard and be very rested because after the morning sessions, that all day thing after the morning session, your grade is supposed to drop considerably in the second half. You’re exhausted. You’re tired. So I remember going to the Shands teaching hospital in Gainesville and I take the first part of the test and I’d stayed over one of the quarter breaks to study. And I had a lot to remember, cause I had electrical engineering as the way I was getting into a medical school. You had to pick something. And I got an A in that section of physics, it sounded like, why not? Didn’t really have any love for it, but apparently I was good at it. So I’m laying on the picnic table in the Florida sun, trying to relax between the morning session and the afternoon session. And I started thinking of my father the obstetrician who would work for five days straight, come home for an hour. Somebody would go into labor, he’d leave. And I’m thinking, is that really what I want for my, I never even thought about it. It was, doctor was just a thing you hero is like, if I finished this test, I actually might have to be one. And I was thinking, no, I think I’d rather figure out what all the engineering stuff was about. I’ve been introduced to computers and electronics, and I only took introduction to cause everything else was chemistries and things aimed at biology and stuff for the medical school. So I thought, no, I actually want to learn more about that. So I changed my mind, took the rest of the test. I thought it was easy. There was no pressure. It didn’t matter anymore. It didn’t count. I remember buying a six pack and driving home to the house we were living in and I called my parents and I said, mom, dad, I got good news and bad news. Well, what’s the good news son. Well, I thought the test was actually really easy. It was made out to be much harder than I actually experienced. That’s what I think I probably did pretty well. Well, what’s the news. Well, I don’t want to be a doctor anymore. And my mother without hesitation about half a second. Good. You never read directions anyway. We thought you were doing it just for your father. I said, well, okay then. So I ended up abandoning my medical school hopes or plans got a job with Hewlett Packard in a manufacturing role. Actually, I don’t even remember the role yet, but I went off to California to Hewlett Packard. I’d been transferred twice. What I ended up in was a manufacturing role. I don’t even remember what it was I accepted. And it turned out for a kid that had only introduction to, as a background. It gave me a chance to sort of figure out what engineering was about and to learn why things work and how you make more than one of something, which turns out to be a very valuable thing for an engineer, not just make the one offs, but build a product that could be produced reliably and tested and repaired and to solve somebody’s problem. So that manufacturing background, I excelled at it and did well and got invited to join the R&D lab at Hewlett Packard and worked on microprocessor design. And I leveraged that into well, as that was coming into a close talking about serendipity. In the meantime I had married my wife who was from Gainesville and we were living in California. We didn’t have any kids yet. While I was at Hewlett Packard, I got my masters at a local college there and we thought, well, maybe it’s time to move before we have kids and get settled down. I went and interviewed at HP labs in Bristol England and was thinking about moving there. And I didn’t want to be paid as a British citizen. I wanted to be paid as an American abroad. The only one at that lab being paid like that was the division manager. So they weren’t really interested in, in my negotiating a better package. And so then we thought, well, maybe we’ll move to North Carolina. My wife was from Florida, North Florida. I was from central Jersey, coastal New Jersey and Raleigh and North Carolina tech belt. There was halfway between maybe that’s what we should do. And looking at doing that. I practiced interviewing at a local company, which turned out to be sun Microsystems and they had an interest in building some computer graphics. And I realized one being in North Carolina, wasn’t going to help me. It was still a six hour drive to New Jersey or six hour drive to Florida. And it was a six hour flight from California. So in six hours I was going to get home, whichever home we wanted to go to. So I ended up joining sun to work on computer graphics with a gentleman Curtis Curtis. And I did that for six and a half years. We ended up building a graphics accelerator at graphics chips that accelerated the graphics of the sun workstation, which was aimed at professional users and people in the industry happened to be the first windowing system and windows three, one came out from Microsoft and created a consumer window in the system. So I was getting some experience with that. So at sun we learned, I learned the trade of computer graphics. Curtis was the graphics architect. I was the principle chip designer and we made use of a local firm in California that did our CIF manufacturing. And I met the third founder of NVIDIA. So Curtis and I, and this gentleman from a company called LSI logic, decided that we could take what we knew about this professional workstation and apply it to the consumer space because three D graphics was such a compelling medium for telling stories, for communicating, obviously for games, but there really wasn’t much gaming at the time, the Wolfenstein and the like were early games, but they didn’t make use of any acceleration. They just used the programers skill to get the most out of just a generic PC. We came in with a product aim to provide a level of acceleration that will allow the game writer to target something much more powerful. And we brought this workstation technology and style of acceleration to the consumer PC. And it was a great idea. Problem was that we didn’t sell to the game writers. We had to sell to Dell. We had to sell to micron and gateway and, and these other PC manufacturers. So why we created some really great technology. It was a really pretty shitty product and it didn’t help our customer win in their business. And before we ran out of money, we made that recognition and decided, what are we in business for it to succeed or to create cool technology? And we decided, no, we actually wanted to create something. So we went back modified what we did to be in line with how a Dell or micron would win. They had to win PC magazine editor’s choice award. And that means you had to be the facet. You had to be the best at whatever PC mag measured. We could do 3D graphics, but we couldn’t do it at the expense of what they measured, which was 2D graphics. So we ended up building world’s fastest, 2D graphics with 3D and that launched us out of the doldrums and started our ascension to a real company. And these days I know I’m proud to say, I think we’re one of the most important technology companies in the world we’re powering devices from your cell phone and laptops to the world’s fastest, super computers. And we’re at the heart of AI and autonomous vehicles. And it’s been quite a ride. James Di Virgilio (10:39): That’s an amazing thing. I think what’s really unique about your story is it sounds like if I would have asked your 21 year old self, would you see yourself as an entrepreneur or an inventor or even the word creative, maybe those were three things that you probably would not have applied to yourself. Chris Malachowsky (10:55): No, and it’s, it’s kind of funny off the three founders of NVIDIA. Two of them had an aspiration to start something. I actually didn’t. But when the opportunity came, I felt like I had nothing to lose. Yeah. We went without salaries for, you know, six months. But, uh, it was a well paid well-respected engineer. And if it didn’t work out, I’d go get another job. We were in an environment where experienced talented engineers or were hireable. I never felt we were real risk. So for me it was like, well, why not? I should want this. Let me give it a try. And it ended up working out quite well. I’m glad I took the leap. James Di Virgilio (11:25): Yeah. And it’s great to hear you also echo something that I’ve heard countless other entrepreneurs say, which is, you’ll almost never hear someone say that risk was too great. I was worried or I was afraid. It’s something along the lines of what you just mentioned. I looked at the opportunity and I thought, well, whatever happens, this will work out. I’ll find a way to make something of it. Chris Malachowsky (11:41): I wasn’t worried my family wasn’t going to eat or the kids weren’t going to get shoes next week. But it seemed like something worth trying. I would say this to somebody contemplating, don’t do it for the money. Don’t do it for the glory. Don’t do it for the headlines. The press do it because it’s a passion because it’s too hard. It’s too consuming. It’s too all encompassing to make it work. You can imagine the way you said you’ll be tested. The ways you’ll be pulled and yanked. And the likelihood is it doesn’t work out. I mean, you just got to acknowledge that upfront and not be disappointed, but not let that deter you. If it’s something that’s important to you. And if it’s something that accomplishing will be satisfying in whatever way, then I think it’s worth doing and you’ve got to go into it. Head on. James Di Virgilio (12:20): Yeah. I think that’s really solid. And you echo another common theme. That’s there is. If you really believe in what you’re doing, if you’re creating something, if you’re crafting something, the failures are learning points and opportunities versus crushing blows. If success is your goal, failure then becomes this measuring stick. That you’re further from it. When you’re building something, it’s just, okay, now we know that’s not great. And in your story, you actually have that exactly moment. Chris Malachowsky (12:44): I can tell you every major juncture of improvement, profitability, stock, price, market share all was on the heels of some disastrous failure, easy to hang your head in shame and walk away from. And I’m proud of the folks that we have at NVIDIA. I mean, adversity brings out the best of people. If they’re the right people and you just say, Hey, what can we learn from here? How can we be better? How can we make this? Never reflect us again, and each one of them has been a big learning curve. And a matter of fact, when we introduced our first product, the one I described as good technology, but a shitty product. There were something like 35 companies competing with us because we would sell to a board manufacturer and they came and told us they selected us over 35 others. We ended up doing a corporate partnership, but it probably costs us $15 million to develop that first product. And it went into a non-market and if everybody else did this, there was a half a billion dollars being spent to keep us from succeeding in a non-market. And the reality is if we hadn’t failed because we were the first ones out the gate, we hadn’t failed. We had the advantage of being brought into and saying, we can’t buy your product because it doesn’t help us win. You can’t buy your product because it’s not the best at this. We had the wherewithal to say, Oh, well, we built the wrong product. We were full of ourselves looking to their customer that doesn’t help them. And so almost going out of business and internalizing the lessons, made us a better company. And each one of the junctures along our path to here 25 years later is based on some failure that the right people with the right mindset found a way to leverage into strength. James Di Virgilio (14:12): And when the idea is bigger than our pride than our current knowledge, so that you can make those pivots that you have done. And that’s such an essential, obviously I can tell a piece, not only in your professional life, but I can tell in your personal life that that’s something that you hang your hat on. And I think that’s a truism for not only the most successful creators and innovators, but also people to recognize that, Hey, I don’t know everything. And when something hits the wall here, I can adjust and learn and change, or I can just keep pushing ignorantly into something that’s not going to. Chris Malachowsky (14:40): It’s also, there’s another lesson here. Surround yourself with the smartest people, be the dumbest one in the room. That’ll help you. They may not be this comfortable because your ego isn’t being stroked and not everybody’s looking to you for every answer, but that makes you more adept and more nimble. And when the pieces fall to the right collection of people, we’ll find a way to reassemble them into something better. You’re not a lone wolf. Cog in the wheel, you got to build the right wheel. James Di Virgilio (15:04): He is Chris Malachowsky co founder of NVIDIA and a 2019 inductee into the Florida inventors hall of fame. Chris, thank you so much for joining us today. I certainly hope this is part one of a part, two series of conversations between you and I for Radio Cade. I’m, James Di Virgilio. Outro (15:22): Radio Cade would like to thank the following people for their help and support Liz Gist of the Cade Museum for coordinating inventor interviews. Bob McPeak of Heartwood Soundstage in downtown Gainesville, Florida for recording, editing and production of the podcast and music theme. Tracy Collins for the composition and performance of the Radio Cade theme song, featuring violinist Jacob Lawson and special thanks to the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention located in Gainesville, Florida.

If you’re interested in creative design then you’ll love the guest we have on today’s episode. Nick Walker is a prolific artist from Bristol England who currently resides in New York City.  Nick’s work has had a major influence in the world of contemporary art, more specifically, Street Art. He is credited for being apart of the Stencil Graffiti movement that emerged in the nineties. Nick’s work has been featured in Stanley Kubrick films, The Black Eyed Peas, and many art galleries and museums around the world.  Nick has also collaborated with fashion brands and companies such as Royal Dalton, Sofa, Capitol Records, and many more. In this episode, we discuss how Nick got into the art scene way back in his teens, where much of his creativity comes from, what inspires him, and what projects he’s currently working on and what he would like to do in the future. “You can't call yourself a street artist and stay in your studio, put bodies of work together and then have a gallery show you actually, you have to be out there. You have to be on the street. You have to kind of do large scale murals, you know, whenever you can. Otherwise, you know, it's just a facade.” Nick Walker References mentioned Jasper Jones Tesla Sid Vicious Contact Nick Walker Instagram Website Facebook Subscribe & Review To The RUN GPG Podcast Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the RUN GPG Podcast! Please leave us a review on iTunes. This will help us continue delivering beneficial content for you and our listeners each week!  

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  Transcription (was completed by automated process. Please ignore any speech-to-text errors) [00:00:00] Hi this is Caroline Springer and welcome to the next session of sellers calling you Beatty Carmichael Beatty is the CEO of Master grabber and the creator of agent dominator and one of the top marketing experts in the real estate field. Today we're gonna be talking on one of our radical faith calls and I'm going to pass it over to Beatty for our little disclaimer on just explaining what that is.   [00:00:23] Real simply this has nothing to do with real estate today. It has everything to do with Christ. So if you don't want to hear about Christ and this podcast that's pretty simple isn't it.   [00:00:34] Pretty simple.   [00:00:37] All right. Well I guess I'd call this meeting so I'll start the agenda. Actually I think Caroline has been a little while since we did the last radical faith call. So if I recall correctly the last one we're talking about is faith. So maybe less just a real quick recap on what is faith and not trying to put you on the spot. But if you if I were to ask you Caroline what is faith. What would you tell me.   [00:01:16] Well the first thing that come to mind is just like being sure of what we do not see and believing not just what meets the eye but what goes beyond that. So that's kind of my first thought that first from Hebrews immediately comes to mind. But I know it's definitely multi-dimensional and something that we walk through our lives processing with the words. But that's the first thought.   [00:01:43] Great. So first in Hebrews we're talking about Hebrews 11 1. Can you quote it.   [00:01:48] Do you remember it faces the assurance of what we do not see and nothing about it.   [00:02:03] It's about it's about what we do not see right.   [00:02:06] So Faith assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen. And faith comes from where do we get that level of faith.   [00:02:18] It's a gift from God.   [00:02:20] It comes from Romans. Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ and that word is actually the Greek word Rama. Now there are lots of uses for Rama. But in general you've got two words in the Greek so the New Testament was written in Greek and then it was translated ultimately into English. And there are two primary words in Greek use that's translated as word one word is logos logos I guess is how our logos logos and the others Ramo are EMEA. When we were talking last time we're talking about logos means primarily just talking about a concept or an idea. Rima is very specific Okay real simple explanation. I want to tell you about the Kingdom of God that's going to be logos but I'm going to say Caroline can you give me please give me that water. That's a Rima I'm directing you on something or I'm going to say Caroline. You're going to have another child in the next year. That would be arraignment if that were actually from God's word. So is something that's very clear specific and most importantly it's specific to you.   [00:03:48] Does that make sense. It does. Great explanation too.   [00:03:53] Yes.   [00:03:53] So faith is when you've had that word some revelation some word from God and it is now faces the conviction of things not seen in other words we it's not something that we have to work on believing it's intrinsic and within our being. And that's what faces faith is not something that we well up and try to belief. If you have to try to believe if you have to will yourself to believe that's not faith that's simply in the natural. That's what we'll call hope. We're just hoping it's really true. But you know we have to work on trying to make ourselves believe it. So this thing that we talked about last. Is is all about this. This alternate. Understanding of faith being a clear direction a clear revelation a clear truth from God to us and we act on it. That's kind of where we're talking and where I want to talk about today kind of the topics that we're going to move into now is taking this understanding of what faith is and starting to see how it's applied in our lives.   [00:05:21] And I call this topic stepping out of the boat or getting out of the boat and I remember I read a book I love the title I got a little bit of the book but I get more out of the title Jon Burge wrote a book. I'm sure you've never heard of it or you don't recall it. Do you recall a book that John Burge wrote.   [00:05:42] I do not.   [00:05:44] The title is real simple if you want to walk on water you've got to get out of the boat right. And so that's kind of where I want to take our call today if you want to walk on water if you want to do the most amazing things in God's work by his direction then you've got to be willing to step out of the boat. So also just to cover a couple of things I want to use the term sometimes radical faith. In reality there is only one faith. It's just faith. We kind of think of it as radical because for us as it's what I call normal Christians or Western Christians. Faith is well I believe in God and I pray and I go to church right. I'm sure you know some people like that don't you.   [00:06:38] Definitely in the south definitely in the south. Radical faith is when you go oh my gosh I can't believe you go do that. Well that's actually what Jesus expects of us.   [00:06:52] So let's see. One of the things that we came out with is a definition that radical faith or this true thing I call faith is choosing to step out on God's clearly defined will. His revelation or his direction for you in such a way that it's usually great personal risk or sacrifice. In other words when you walk by faith you're not walking by sight and therefore you have to step out in faith and trust that you can't see it. And it's at great personal risk in fact. Do you remember there a great example of this and I'll watch the movie in search of the Holy Grail not Monty Python. But this is Raiders of the Lost Ark. You remember when do you remember. I think it may have been the last the last part of that series. And they're searching for the Holy Grail. Did you ever watch that movie.   [00:07:57] I did. I'm sure my husband had toward the end of the last scene.   [00:08:03] Here's where they are. What's his name. Who's the main actor in that. The name escapes me. Harrison Ford thank you. Harrison Ford has just come to this. He's he's somewhere in the middle of nowhere in this cave or chasm and he comes to the edge and there's this great big chasm below him and across the way maybe a hundred feet or maybe two hundred feet is one of the nights of many years back story like a crusade or type of night.   [00:08:45] And there is the Holy Grail the goblet that Christ used at the Last Supper. And Harrison Ford has been walking been following all these clues and secrets on how to get here. And now he has to take a leap of faith. That's basically the next clue is a leap of faith. He looks down in this chasm and it's straight down for a thousand feet or whatever it is and this is sheer death. But he chooses to step out by faith and so he steps out.   [00:09:19] He can't see anything but yet his foot now lands on solid ground that he can't see. And he starts walking across this invisible bridge is basically what it is. That's kind of an idea of what faith is. You can't see it. You know it's there you trust is there and you trust is there because God said it is. That's God's word. And that's kind of what I mean by stepping out typically at great personal risk or sacrifice because if God doesn't show up in the way that he says he will then all is lost. And so I want to talk in terms of showing you how this applies from biblical things and start to apply to our lives.   [00:10:04] Do you have your Bible handy by chance. I can't.   [00:10:09] Okay. I want you to pull up Matthew 14 and let me know when you get there.   [00:10:18] And we're going to do Matthew 14. This is versus 28 and 29. And as you get there let me just kind of give everyone the background of what's going on. So Jesus has just the day before. Literally that afternoon before has fed 5000 people with five loaves and two fish. He sends the people away he sends his disciples back across the lake in a boat and then Jesus goes up to the mountain to pray. Now it is early dawn before the sun is risen and the disciples are rowing against the wind and they see Jesus walking on the water and they can just make him out and they all get afraid because they think it's a ghost. And Jesus says no it's it's me. And now that's where we picked up Matthew 14 versus 28 and 29 Can you read that.   [00:11:16] Yes. This is Peter. He says Lord if it's you Peter replied tell me to come to you on the water. He said Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water and came towards Jesus.   [00:11:32] Okay.   [00:11:36] So Peter says Lord if you command me to come and Jesus has come and Peter gets out of the boat and walks on the water and comes toward Jesus. So here's a question when Peter stepped out of the boat and started walk on water. What happened.   [00:11:54] I didn't know you're asking me directly. Well he doubted. I mean he he took his eyes off of the word and saw the wind and fear.   [00:12:04] Hold on. Okay. Before that we're going gonna get to that before but when you get out of the boat at the very beginning what happens. Does he walk on water.   [00:12:13] Yes he walks on water. And how does he walk on water by faith by listening to the word of the Lord Jesus said Come on he's not gonna let me think.   [00:12:24] That's right. So here's a little truism that we start to see when we step out of our comfort zone because we stepped out by the Lord's direction. So Jesus Jesus's revelation if we want to use that term or his direction or his command if we want to use those terms to Peter was come and so Peter steps out of the boat. Great personal risk and sacrifice. If God doesn't show up he's sunk no pun intended. And guess what happened. God shows up. God does a miracle.   [00:12:59] Do you see the little equation that's starting to come up. We stepped out by God's clearly defined well for us. We have faith that God is going to perform because faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Now the word hoping that Sharon says things to hope for another translation gives it faith as the title deed is the absolute. You actually own the title to what has been promised. Is that confident. So that's what faith is. That's what Peter does. He steps out of that boat and when he does something happens and what happens is God shows up and does a miracle. Pretty cool and it really cool. So the question then is or the comment on this is when God acts the God showing up moments because this is what we want in our lives. How do you live this life of faith and what does it look like. This life of faith is when God constantly shows up and he either shows up miraculously like he did with Peter walking on the water or he shows up providential where he just kind of organizes and orchestrates all kinds of events.   [00:14:22] Now I want to talk in terms of these things. I think one of these I may have to fall back but does the name George Mueller ring a bell to you.   [00:14:34] He's an author right.   [00:14:36] Well he's written several books were maybe better spoken several books were written about him. He was actually a man of God back in the eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds. He was in England in a town called Bristol England and he felt the Lord leading him to start an orphanage. And so he started an orphanage and within 10 or 20 years that orphanage was housing I think it's 20000 children. And he never once it was faith based people gave and contributed and supported the work and he never once asked anyone for money.   [00:15:26] And he later said in light that the reason he started at the orphanage was not because there was a great need. There was a great need. And it was not because he felt that this was his life's calling. He started the orphanage. He said to show people how to live by faith that he could by God's direction start an orphanage. Never ask anyone for money but trust God for all of the resources and God continue to provide more and more and more resources to start it and to grow it. And so a lot of the books have been written about George in terms of how do you get your prayers answered. How do you live by faith.   [00:16:07] And I want to share an example because this kind of talks in terms of what this stepping out by faith really means getting out of the boat. So because it is faith based ministry they never really had much money at any given time. They didn't have this great big bank account with lots of money to carry through months and months. They live basically day to day trust. It's like what Jesus says Lord give us this day our daily bread. And so I want to read you an excerpt from one thing that happened with George. So here's the extra one morning. So this is in an orphanage and they bring all the children together for breakfast one morning all the plates and cups and bowls on the table were empty. There was no food in the pantry and there was no money to buy food. The children were standing waiting for their morning meal just as they would always do. And Mueller said children you know we must be in time for school and then lifting up his hands. He prayed Dear Father we thank you for what you are going to give us to eat that pretty bowl.   [00:17:23] That's really all.   [00:17:26] I love it too. So then here's the rest of the story. There was a knock at the door. The Bakers stood there and said Mr. Mueller I couldn't sleep last night. Somehow I felt you didn't have bread for breakfast. And the Lord wanted me to send you some. So I got up at 2 o'clock this morning and baked some fresh bread and then brought it.   [00:17:47] And then Mr. Mueller thanked the baker and no sooner had the Baker left when there was a second knock at the door and there was a milkman he announced that his milk cart had broken down right in front the orphanage and he would like to give the children his cans of fresh milk so he could empty his wagon to repair it. So here's my question.   [00:18:09] Do you think that was orchestrated by the Lord.   [00:18:16] I do. I mean obviously if the Lord inspired those people spoke to them to do those things but I think it I think it can be inspired by the Lord. But I think also partners with his faith his willingness to say my husband lovingly says All right Jesus. Are you under the bus. You better show up. I'm just gonna put it out there. So I think it's kind of a partnership of both.   [00:18:45] It is. I think partnership.   [00:18:48] I think this is the key I think you hit it on the right word. It is a partnership because the Lord gives us a revelation gives us a promise like the promise he gave. Mueller was I'll meet all your needs. Mueller takes that promise at face value. And he says Lord thank you for giving us whatever you're to give us. Mueller had no doubt that the Lord was going to provide food. And yet here's the thing that's really interesting. When did the food arrive at the orphanage a long time before Mueller prayed a long time after he prayed or   [00:19:29] At the moment he prayed.   [00:19:35] You remember when you said at the moment he said Father thank you for what you're going to give us to eat. And then there was a knock at the door right after he prayed thanking by faith the Lord showed up. Does that make sense right.   [00:19:50] But now here's a bigger question. This is what's so fascinating about this. When did the Lord prepare everything to show up at that moment. Did he prepared at that moment or did he prepare it beforehand he prepared it beforehand for the baker. He got the baker up at 2:00 in the morning for the meal and he had the milkman leave at a certain time go through his route and all of sudden his car breaks down at that moment. So here's what's really fascinating and this is a hot topic for a whole nother discussion that we'll do. Is that faith actually operates outside of time.   [00:20:30] Think about this for a moment when Mueller thank the Lord. By faith all of these things were put in place prior to him thanking the Lord. Here here's a hypothetical question If Mueller never thanked the Lord by faith do you think those people would have showed up.   [00:20:52] That is a bigger question. I think that sometimes there is a grace over our actions and the Lord does show up but I think how much more soul or delight in our faith and our willingness to you know to believe and to step out and how much more fun is that for us to partner with it. I don't know.   [00:21:15] Good thing he's sovereign is sovereign. We don't know the answer entirely but let's say for a moment that Mueller was scared.   [00:21:27] He doubted that he doubted God's provision and therefore he really couldn't pray in faith and say Lord thank you for what you're going to give us to eat. If he was in that situation what do you think would have happened. Do you think the Baker would have shown up and do you think the milkman would've shown up.   [00:21:49] They might not have. I think in those months like I was saying I think there can be a grace that can happen and you can you're just blown away at God you're so faithful even when I'm not. But then I think also there are things that we missed out on. From not believing and not stepping out and taking a risk in faith with the Lord just even the way you just worded it I did envision I mean if you hadn't. They might not have shown up.   [00:22:18] So let me ask you a question because this is kind of the fascinating part with all of this. So let's look at when God moves when God shows up when God showed up with Peter and he walked on the water which was an absolute miracle. Was that. Any more of him showing up than him coordinating the baker and the milkman to providential show up at the same at the right time is walking on the water. Any greater an act of God than coordinating what appears to be human events.   [00:23:01] I don't think so. I mean I think that's the privilege of walking through life awake and aware of the Lord and how he works is that we're constantly in awe of every miracle he does whether it's walking on water or the provision in those moments of orchestrating all of that. So my my personal answer would be I think it's equally as beautiful and miraculous.   [00:23:29] I think you're right on that.   [00:23:31] I think you're right. Let me ask this question. Is it any harder for God for someone to walk on the water versus coordinating those events for them to show up.   [00:23:43] No I wouldn't think so.   [00:23:45] Is it any harder for God to heal someone from a cough versus heal them from multiple sclerosis and getting him out of a wheelchair. Is it any harder.   [00:23:55] No. No it's not.   [00:23:57] So when we look at things from God's perspective this is kind of tapping into where I'm going with this thing on faith. When we look at things from. God's perspective there is no level of difficulty greater than another and what we do in our lives whether we walk on the water or whether we bring some people to show up and bring bread and milk. It's all God acting he does it through different methods but it's all God showing up. Faith is actually seeing everything from God's perspective. This is if you go back to faith is the assurance that things hope for. It's a title deed to those things that God has said is the conviction of things that you cannot see what it actually is. In a broader scope in a more realistic scope. Faith is seeing things from God's perspective.   [00:24:54] And when you can see from God's perspective with Mueller God's perspective is I've got people bringing you stuff. So Mueller had no doubt from God's perspective with Peter on walk. Walking on the water. It was it was happening. It doesn't matter because God's perspective. God knows what's going on. And faith is when we operate from the perspective of God because we're operating from the Word of God and the word is absolute truth. I'm making some connections there. Does that make sense.   [00:25:30] It does. And what an honor. An amazing thing. Jesus made possible that we can see things through the lens of heaven and operate from that place because that's ultimately what it means to be a son or daughter is to operate with him and seeing things in the way that he does and walking in that kind of faith. Absolutely that makes sense.   [00:25:55] So then let's put it.   [00:25:57] Let's take this a step further because this is another truism we'll get into this a little bit more on another session but just to kind of open the door real quickly into this Jesus says Thy word is truth.   [00:26:10] Remember that I think it's John 17 and what Jesus is saying about the father's word is that it's true. And I'm gonna use the word truth with a capital T.   [00:26:26] Truth.   [00:26:28] Is not the same as reality. Reality is in the moment and reality can change. Truth is always absolute and always truth. Now when I'm talking in really deep terms for a moment. But are you following me kind of following at least generally the concept I'm trying to articulate.   [00:26:53] Yes.   [00:26:55] So now let's go back to Peter walking on the water. I'm gonna bring this up again a little bit later I think but go back to Matthew where you were and read where I stopped you from reading.   [00:27:09] Okay so let me let me catch this up 28 and 29 and you read from after that so catching up 28 29 as Peter says to Jesus Lord at that you command me to come on the water jesus gives Peter a command a word a word of truth come with that word of truth that command come is intrinsic within that the the truth that if he operates on that command then he's going to get what Peter asked for which is walking on the water so from that one word is encapsulated the truth of what's about to occur. Are you following me so far. Mm hmm mm hmm. Okay so it says Peter guy got out of the boat and walked on the water and came towards Jesus a miracle occurred as Peter operated by faith according to God's word according to the reign of Christ. Now pick up from there and tell me what it reads.   [00:28:13] So in verse 30 it says that when he saw the wind he was afraid and beginning to think he cried out. Lord save me right.   [00:28:22] And then what would Jesus do.   [00:28:26] Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him a little face and said Why did you doubt.   [00:28:32] Perfect. Okay now here's something really cool. If you pray and God answers your prayer does that mean that you are righteous. Does that mean that you have great paper or does that mean that you're really special because God answers your prayer.   [00:28:54] Yeah. I was thinking about because I know there is the righteous the righteous man or the right to effective prayer for a righteous man accomplishes much.   [00:29:07] James Right. But generally speaking when most people think about a man or woman to praising God answers their prayer. Generally speaking do most people look at that person saying Oh a man or woman of God. Because God answers their prayers.   [00:29:25] All right.   [00:29:25] Well I guess generally speaking though generally speaking they think that way or generally speaking they don't think that way.   [00:29:33] They don't. They wouldn't think that. I guess I would think generally people would just think that might be normal. I don't know. Okay so books have been written about George Miller   [00:29:48] On how his prayers are consistently answered.   [00:29:52] Because it's been so unusual that someone can pray in their prayers answered. Does that make sense. Have you ever prayed and prayed and your prayers were not answered at least not answered the way you asked God to answer them.   [00:30:08] I think the Lord always when you release the control of what you believe or thought was supposed to be there was something that you're praying specifically into. You can usually go and we'll take you into a place where you can see his way. And so I don't know I don't I don't know that I feel like defeated thinking Oh I know because I trust the words ways are better.   [00:30:36] I guess I'm not saying you feel defeated. Have you ever asked Lord please do a and he doesn't do a. Have you ever had that happen. Yes. Have you ever asked the Lord please do be. And he does.   [00:30:52] Yes. Which one of those instances are you more enthused and delighted about.   [00:31:00] Well you're definitely worth doing what you pray for is answered. Okay. Okay.   [00:31:05] So that's where I'm going. Most people believe that when you pray and ask the Lord for something and he does what you've asked him to. There is an elation and there's a specialness to it because frequently we ask and we don't see the answer to the prayer that we've asked. I'm not making sense of that.   [00:31:25] You are. You are.   [00:31:26] Okay. So here we have Peter. He prays to the Lord and the Lord answers him exactly how he prays. It says Peter cried out to the Lord which is prayer. Lord save me. And it says Jesus reached out his hand and saved him.   [00:31:47] God answered Peter's prayer but here's the question is that good or bad. Let me go. Let me go where I'm going. Okay so often we're related because God answers our prayer. But answering our prayer is not necessarily God's highest and best of what he wanted for us. What was God's highest and best for Peter at that time. At that moment.   [00:32:24] To believe that he could walk into walk on the water and he lost the highest and best because of what now because of doubt and then he prayed in crisis and the Lord answered his prayer.   [00:32:45] And how many times do we pray for something far less than God's highest and best. He answers our prayer. We're elated but we have no real clue how much we've really lost out on what he wants us to have done something that does make sense.   [00:33:05] That's a great way to put it into perspective.   [00:33:09] But what happens then is Peter. So let's look at the sequence of events. Peter is given a word. A Rama from the Lord in some circles. We call it a revelation in some circles we'll call it a promise in whatever word you want to use. It's very clear to Peter that the Lord has given him a special direction.   [00:33:38] And so by absolute faith the assurance of things he could not see. He claimed the title deed.   [00:33:48] I can step out and he boldly steps out of the boat and starts to walk on the water and he's all excited and then his carnal mind gets in the way and starts to look at the circumstances and says oh my gosh this can't be happening. And instantly he goes from faith to doubt doubt is the opposite of faith. He immediately goes from operating from God's perspective   [00:34:25] To operating from man's perspective. He goes from operating from truth to operating from reality. And as soon as he goes from truth to reality what happens to his reality.   [00:34:43] It changes does it change.   [00:34:46] Here is the most amazing thing I've learned about faith. The most amazing but kind of the first of the many amazing things is you have truth which is God's word. Jesus says to his father and the High Priest I think they called the high priestly prayer. I think it's John 17. He's talking to the father praying all kinds of you know he's about to be turned over and then crucified. So this is the last stuff that he said. This is real important and one of the state statements he made his father die. Word is truth.   [00:35:26] Truth trumps reality. Truth modifies reality and look at what happened with Peter as long as Peter operated by truth. From the perspective of truth God's word by faith any claim that title deed then truth overcame natural laws and what should not have occurred did occur.   [00:35:56] Peter walks on the water as soon as Peter doubts in his heart instantly in a twinkling of an eye. If we want to use that term he transformed from operating by faith. To operating in the natural instantly just like that and instantly it says immediately he begins to sink. He loses the impact of truth and reality of his circumstances instantly changed. He goes from acting boldly upon God's word to sending up a prayer crisis.   [00:36:36] Lord help me and the Lord answers his prayer but the Lord would have preferred not to have to have intervened to answer that prayer. PAUL Peter lost the Lord's highest and best because he got his eyes off of Jesus and onto his circumstances and where you place your eyes is what you get is this kind of making some sense it is I think that's a really great way to put it and I think it's kind of a challenge for us to really think about like what we're asking the Lord for and to make sure that that is God and not settling racist.   [00:37:27] And he'll answer that.   [00:37:29] And it's not only based on what we're asking the Lord but what are we doing with what the Lord has directed us. Because often when the Lord directs us he directs us. Makes no sense in the natural. Do you think it made any sense to step out of the boat. Now keep in mind let me let me give you where this situation is. It says that they were rowing against the wind and had made very little progress to get to where they were going. By the time Jesus walked up to them. So that means you got all these strong men. They've lived on the on the on the sea for years. That was their livelihood being fishermen in a boat. They're rowing against the wind and they made very little headway. This is not calm water. This is a water that is very turbulent is very turbulent. They got a lot of things against them and it was in that situation that Jesus says stepped out of the boat and come walk with me. It's not going to be in an easy situation it's going to be one of those situations that is turbulent. Does that make sense. It does and it makes no sense in reality this is where the idea of faith really comes in stepping out. Let me look at my arm. I also make someone make a little point because I think it all kind of ties in a real simple point. Look at your phone for a moment and for those who are listening to this if you're driving you look at your steering wheel for a moment.   [00:39:24] Do you have faith that that telephone or that steering wheel exists.   [00:39:30] What about you. You have faith that it exists. Yes it's right here.   [00:39:36] Very good. So go back. And now I want you to read Hebrew see love in one for me.   [00:39:47] Ok.   [00:39:56] So now faces confidence and what we hope for an assurance about what we do not see.   [00:40:02] Stop. Do you see your phone. Yes. Can you have faith that it exists. I can't. I'm sorry. Something to speak to on me. I just said I can. Okay. Ready. Hebrew see love in one again.   [00:40:23] Now faces confidence and what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.   [00:40:29] Assurance of things we do not see. But you can see your phone. Yes. You cannot have faith that your phone exists because you see it. Are you okay. Right. If you can see it. You do not have faith because faith by definition is the assurance of things not seen.   [00:40:57] And that's why it's so hard in the natural. We have to operate with our will use a very broad non-technical term. We have to operate with our spirit mind and our spirit eyes rather than our physical mind and our physical lives. And what happens is we're always pulled back our natural self wants to keep using our natural senses and our natural logic to tell us what reality is. That's what happened with Peter as soon as his naturalize left Jesus and went to the wind then at that point. Everything. Fell apart. And this is what happens in our lives too. Let me tell you a story is real interesting. This was 2003. To set the stage 2002 we we brought on this large account. We were making a lot of money. This one account was producing 2002 seventy five thousand dollars a month in profit a large account. And at that time we were giving a high percentage of what the Lord brought us back into the kingdom. And this account was scheduled to leave on I think it was June 1. We were holding nothing in reserves. By the way it was a lot of profit but it was all of the profit the company made. Without that account we would immediately be losing money because of our fixed expenses. So they were scheduled to leave on I think it was June 1 and we knew it. But we were saving nothing up in reserves and then they left and we immediately went from making a lot of profit to going upside down and we had no reserves to lean on because we'd given all the reserves away. And so that's where I found myself. And for the first month or two I was gung ho Lord's going to take care of us. Right. And operating what I thought was my faith but it kept going and we were borrowing money to survive.   [00:43:25] And all of a sudden I get scared and I shift and I start to batten down the hatches tell my business manager cut every expense put everyone down on reduced payroll. Now these are not bad things but they were things that I enacted out of fear.   [00:43:47] And so we batten everything down. Everyone took pay cuts. I took the biggest of all the pay cuts obviously since I owned the company and I was going to lead by example. And we're going to quote unquote weather the storm. And it kept going bad and bad and bad. And it was January. It was about January 25 2003. So we've been like this for six months seven months. And I was out on a what I call a day of prayer with the Lord just seeking Him going Lord of what's going on. And I was in a panic mode just like Peter Lord save me. And I remember asking the Lord Lord Quinn are you going to let up. And the Lord spoke to me in my heart this conversation we have in our spirit with the Lord so to speak. And he said Well do you really believe my word to take care of you. I said yes.   [00:44:50] And guess what the next question he asked me was any idea he believes that he'll take care of you and then can you see it make you pay for it almost.   [00:45:06] Pretty close he said. If you truly believed how would you act differently than you're acting right now.   [00:45:16] That's a great question to even ask ourselves. We say we're trusting the Lord we say we have faith that he's going to handle whatever we're going through. The question is if you really believed how would you operate different. And so I said well if I really believed I would put myself at full pay and I put all my people back at full pay.   [00:45:43] So you know what the Lord said to me what do I do. So I did. I called my office manager that moment I said my business manager I said put everyone back to full pay retroactive for January 1.   [00:46:03] So to put this in perspective we got paid twice a month on the 15th and on the 30th first and so on the 15th everyone was at the reduced pay amount. So what I told Walter was put everyone back to full pay for the month meaning let's say that month the full pay for selling was five thousand dollars but it reduced pay to thirty five hundred. So that means that that mid-month pay there were only going to get it paid about seventeen hundred instead of the normal twenty five hundred. Does that make sense. Because 17 is half of 35 right. So for the end of the month pay we're going to make up whatever is remaining to get them back to 5000. So that end of the month was a much bigger paycheck than it would have been if I just said start now. So we start at the first went back to the 1st of January to catch everyone up for that month. Well now that was only five days later. We lost that at that moment. We lost ten thousand dollars. We were ten thousand dollars in the hole by doing that but then the end of February. We had made ten thousand dollars profit.   [00:47:28] So there was a 20 thousand dollars swing in revenues not to get you lost with numbers. Twenty thousand dollar swing in revenues. And even to this day as I look at my profit and loss I cannot find where that money comes from. It wasn't that we had a lot more. Excuse me. Twenty thousand dollars swing in profit. It wasn't that we had more money that came in. It wasn't that we had fewer expenses. Literally I cannot find it. But here's the cool part. From that moment on for an extended period time we were making profit every month. The only thing that changed was operated by faith on God's promise to me rather than by sight with what I saw. And this is the whole idea of stepping out of the boat not being afraid to step off the boat because the word of God cannot fail God's promises can never fail. In fact it says I think in Luke 1 37 and 43 or something like that in the living Bible it says you believe God would do what he said. That is why he is giving you this wonderful blessing right. I think that says that God's promises cannot fail or something like that.   [00:48:59] And so when we at in that direction and when we act on God's word then what's happening is we're acting by truth not by reality and in some mysterious way God. God's truth alters reality because reality is variable. It changes all the time but God's truth is fixed and it is absolute is this kind of making sense.   [00:49:29] It is absolutely.   [00:49:30] So let's go back to the Mueller situation. He says Lord thank you for what you are about to give us to eat my question to you was if Mueller had doubted would the Baker and Hamilton have shown up.   [00:49:54] I understand.   [00:49:56] I love your question. Your answer was actually a little bit better than mine. Black and white.   [00:50:01] God's grace will still come into play at times even in the absence of us having faith. But if we look at the strictly strictly from a faith perspective. If Mueller had doubted then I think it's not near as likely. Except by only by God's grace and nothing more. Not near as likely that the food would have shown up because there's something about when you operate from a perspective of God's truth it changes reality. And when you operate from a perspective of the natural you don't get the truth reality. You get the natural reality and they are two different things.   [00:50:50] Kind of cool it it is something to feel like I'm going to do over some of this for a while because it is challenging in the best way for us to kind of even evaluate what we hear and how we act on it and just knowing what a vital role we get to play and be a part of it. It is I think a lot of this is going to stay on for a few days and I'm applying Yeah.   [00:51:22] So then let's talk about applying it because this is now at an academic level to a degree. We start to understand just a very shallow level of the truth about faith. ROMANS 10 17. Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. This is what we talked about last time. That word is the Greek word Rama and it means something very clear a very clear direction a promise a truth a quote unquote revelation something that's specific to you a rama. A lot of times is when you're reading God's word and something pops out of the page directly at you and you go oh this is God's word to me. Sometimes God speaks to you. Like that example where we're losing money and God said well if you really believed how would you act differently.   [00:52:14] You're right. Okay so you have that faith is rooted in God's word rooted by hearing God's word. It's rooted by hearing God's Word which is truth. And then Faith Hebrews love and one is the assurance of hope for the conviction of things not seen. Okay we start to understand that truth change is reality. Reality doesn't change truth. Truth change is reality and based on truth. Reality changes and based on the absence of truth I doubt you'd get the absence of truth. You get reality. This is what happened with Peter walking on the water soon as he doubted. Same situation two different outcomes right. One outcome God shows up another outcome. The natural consequence shows up. If we went back to Mueller one outcome by faith Lord thank you for what you're about to give us. God shows up he had already coordinated things to occur at that moment but in the absence of faith. Oh Lord please help us we have no food. I don't know how we're going to feed all these children. Help Lord God might have shown up but my guess is God would not and they would've gotten the natural consequence. Then you have.   [00:53:44] Let's see where was I going. God showing up.   [00:53:49] Then you have things like healing look at healing in the Bible. Jesus represents truth Jesus. In the beginning was the Word the Word was with God the Word was God thy word is truth. Jesus operates from the perspective of truth from the perspective of God. He walks up to someone and they're instantly healed demons are instantly cast out. He gives authority to his disciples to do the same thing. And a lot of the people who heal the demons are cast out but not all. There is an element the further away you get from truth. The further away you get from truthful modification of reality and you get to just natural consequence to tell you just one story is really interesting. So you're talking about West sometimes putting God under the bus and I know you don't put it on the bus but he commits God right. Also there's a story. One of the guys is out at a McDonald's. This guy's name is Judah by the way. And dude is at McDonald's and he sees there's a bunch of high school football players students on crutches with a broken leg and it hurts.   [00:55:08] And the guy walks up and says hey what's matter with your leg is is broken does it hurt you. Oh it hurts a lot. So would you like to heal it. I would love for him to. Great. And then Judah says he puts God under the bus so to speak. He yells out to the entire McDonald's restaurant. Hey guys come over here. You're going to see a miracle right now. God's going to heal this leg right now. And the guy says Well I don't believe it. I'm an atheist and you come up front and watch this. And he prays and God instantly heals that leg. For two reasons. Judah is operating from a position of faith.   [00:55:59] Absolute confidence in the unseen that God is about to heal that leg. And then because he operates from truth the leg gets healed. Have you ever known anyone that prays that they're sick and they've been praying and praying and praying and they're not healed ever had no people like that. Yeah. So for those who are listening so I actually go out with Caroline's husband yes once a month what we call straight ministry and literally just go out to Wal-Mart and say hey we're just praying for people anything I can pray for you. And frequently there are illnesses elements usually in the area of pain degenerative discs in the back.   [00:56:49] Major knee pain arthritis and blood clots and all kinds of things and they have their believers and they've been praying for healing and they've had this situation for years and nothing happens. I come up or w comes up or some of the folks with us will pray for that person and instantly they're healed. What happened. What's different is that it was simply God's timing now for them to be healed. Or do you think by God's grace a providential put the two of us together so that I could pray with a level of faith that hasn't been prayed for before for that person and because of my faith and what God's going to do. God heals or is it something different. There's something there.   [00:57:44] It's where I'm going. And when you operate from that perspective then truth overcomes reality. But here's the here's where I was kind of going. I was making a long circle around to get to this one point faces a choice think about it when Peter stepped out of the boat.   [00:58:08] He had a choice do I act on God's direction or do I not even once he got out of the boat.   [00:58:19] He had a choice. Do I look at Jesus and confidence in him or do I look at the wind and the waves and then he changed the choice.   [00:58:34] He chose the same thing happened with me with my business.   [00:58:40] I started into that unprofitable season when we lost that account by choice to trust the Lord and then because I couldn't see I could not see how is happening. Faith is the conviction of things not seen because I couldn't see what was going on or how God was going to take care of us. I became afraid and doubted James. I think it's James five says I'm not the man who doubts expect to receive anything from the Lord. That's kind of a paraphrased version of 2 3 versus all together. Actually I think it's James 1. It says For anyone who lacks wisdom let him ask of God but let him not down in his heart for the one who doubts ought not to expect to receive anything from the Lord. So I started it out. I started by fear. I started to go down and as soon as I changed and chose to act by faith everything changed. And this is the cool thing about faith. You choose to act by it. You don't act by it naturally. You choose to act on that word that the Lord has given you. You choose to believe it to be true. And then by believing it to be true you acting on it.   [01:00:05] That's when God starts to move. And I could tell you some more stories but I think that's probably got enough right now. We'll talk about some other stories later but it's kind of cool.   [01:00:21] I love it. And inspiring too. Food for thought.   [01:00:26] It is. So hopefully you take this and go look at these passages and ask the Lord What does this mean to me. The most important thing to be asking yourself is Lord if I really believe the promises you've given me. Faith is rooted in truth so it's not what you want to happen is what God has told you is going to happen. Lord if I really believed these promises you give me or really believed this direction. There is command that you told me how you want me to operate how would I act differently than I am acting right now.   [01:01:05] And if the way you would act differently is different then you're acting right now.   [01:01:11] Then that means you're acting in a natural not in the spiritual. You're acting by sight not by faith. You're acting by doubt not by faith and ultimately lead into this. If faith is the perspective of God would you agree that that's basically a decent definition of faith based on what the Bible says what faith is the perspective of God right.   [01:01:45] Right.   [01:01:45] Or how he sees things.   [01:01:49] I think it's operating by truth. If you operate in a way contrary to God what is that called.   [01:02:04] I guess that would be called doubt or disobedient.   [01:02:09] Right.   [01:02:10] And what is disobedience called sin.   [01:02:15] Huh. Okay. So now we're getting down to a deeper root. Faith is obeying God because faith comes from God's direction his truth.   [01:02:27] And it's believing God to be true believing his word to be true. Acting on that when you cannot see it that is complete obedience when you don't act in that direction you're doubting God's word to be true.   [01:02:44] Does that please God. No.   [01:02:48] That's right. Later in Hebrews it says Let not the one who doubts. Let's say what does it say. But act in faith for God has no pleasure in someone who doubts or something like that forget these phraseology. So when we do not act by faith if we do not act in a way that we would be acting if we absolutely believe God's word to be true then that ultimately means that how we're acting is in sin. When Peter took his eyes off of the Lord and put them on the waves. At that moment he disobeyed. He doubted God's word. He doubted Jesus and for him that is sin and he starts to get the consequence. He still praise the Lord saves him but he doesn't have God's highest and best God's highest and best is when we operate in total obedience with the Lord in total congruency with his direction for us in total faith in his word.   [01:03:55] Anything less than that is sin.   [01:04:00] And then we get into lots of degrees of sin. If we finish then. But surely there is a degree but that's where we're kind of moving. So just to throw that out that's a bonus. I like it.   [01:04:15] I'm thinking one of the one quote I love is obedience is actually obedience. That's right. That kind of reminded me of that. It's just like when we feel that prompting what you're saying from the Lord. Immediate obedience. That's what faith is. That's where that plays in. And what's holding us back from just jumping in. Because if there is anything holding us back that either out of fear or sin or ultimately that's just obedience. Even if it's just a slow obedience it's still disobedience. That's always been a convicting quote. It is here now to kind of just   [01:04:58] Speak philosophically or philosophically maybe fill out theology philosophically we sin because we feel it's better for us than following the Lord. Ultimately I mean it's a choice we send by choice and therefore we make a choice because we always make choices that we think are the right choices or make the choices that satisfy our desires. Imagine for a moment. Let me ask you you have said before is that correct.   [01:05:36] Yes. Okay right.   [01:05:39] Yep yep. So do you remember any time when you send when you kind of knew it was wrong but you did it anyway.   [01:05:49] Yeah I mean I feel like those kind of moments are few and far between.   [01:05:55] We're talking about any time. Do you recall any. Yeah.   [01:06:00] So let me ask you a simple question if at that moment you had a choice to send or not if you knew that if you resisted that said you you would be given a million dollars and have everything your heart's desired would occur if at that moment you knew what was going to occur. Would you have still chosen to send or do you think you would have had the will to say no.   [01:06:31] Yeah I would say that's some pretty powerful incentive. I'd probably have the will.   [01:06:37] I think we all would. So here's the issue. When we do not follow the Lord we know what he's telling us to do but we choose to go a different direction because we get afraid.   [01:06:50] Ultimately it's because we really don't understand how good the Lord is and what's in store for us. That's why we always sin when we sin is because we choose to satisfy our own desire based on what we think is maybe not best for us both what we really want but if we really understood what God has in store for us and any and every situation we would never sin. It's the lack of root truly understanding it. I think this is probably possibly where Paul talks about the renewing of your mind where he talks about in Romans 7. I do the things that I don't want to do but the sin in me that does it. And in Romans he talks about your mind the mindset on the spirit is life and peace in the mindset on the flesh of sin and death. The more we live by the spirit the more we live by the renewing of our mind the less we actually sin because the more we're conformed to Christ is therefore that obedience that conformity but also the more we realize how much the Lord has in store for us and we're willing to step out on his direction without really knowing the ultimate end of it. But we know who's leading us. Abraham stepped out went toward the promised land but he had no idea why he just followed the Lord. And so this kind of this great big cauldron of all of these spiritual truths kind of wrapping together but all pointing in the same direction. Anyway that's a freebie.   [01:08:27] I like the freebie so let's wrap up the call.   [01:08:31] I think we're about out of time on this one. I don't know if we have an official wrap up but here's the official wrap up if you like. Be sure to subscribe. We'll go get more radical faith love to share more if you have any questions on this you can email our support support at Master grabber dot com direct them to me if you have any questions on spiritual stuff and we'll either try to get there and try to answer them personally or maybe as a topic for another radical faith call as questions and answers from the field that might be a topic to try. Okay well you'll be blessed. Caroline thanks for being the sounding board on this one.   [01:09:16] Thank you for having me I really enjoyed it.   [01:09:18] All right have a great day.   P005

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] "Getting out of the boat" is one of my favorite Radical Faith topics because this is where I start to share what living by faith looks life in real life.  While I know there are no "mechanics" to living by faith (since faith is spiritual, not physical), if there were "mechanics" to it this topic is where you start to learn how to apply it. Listen via YouTube video below [/fusion_text][fusion_youtube id="https://youtu.be/T0518_n76PA" alignment="center" width="" height="" autoplay="false" api_params="&rel=0" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" /][fusion_text] Transcription (was completed by automated process. Please ignore any speech-to-text errors) [00:00:00] Hi this is Caroline Springer and welcome to the next session of sellers calling you Beatty Carmichael Beatty is the CEO of Master grabber and the creator of agent dominator and one of the top marketing experts in the real estate field. Today we're gonna be talking on one of our radical faith calls and I'm going to pass it over to Beatty for our little disclaimer on just explaining what that is. [00:00:23] Real simply this has nothing to do with real estate today. It has everything to do with Christ. So if you don't want to hear about Christ and this podcast that's pretty simple isn't it. [00:00:34] Pretty simple. [00:00:37] All right. Well I guess I'd call this meeting so I'll start the agenda. Actually I think Caroline has been a little while since we did the last radical faith call. So if I recall correctly the last one we're talking about is faith. So maybe less just a real quick recap on what is faith and not trying to put you on the spot. But if you if I were to ask you Caroline what is faith. What would you tell me. [00:01:16] Well the first thing that come to mind is just like being sure of what we do not see and believing not just what meets the eye but what goes beyond that. So that's kind of my first thought that first from Hebrews immediately comes to mind. But I know it's definitely multi-dimensional and something that we walk through our lives processing with the words. But that's the first thought. [00:01:43] Great. So first in Hebrews we're talking about Hebrews 11 1. Can you quote it. [00:01:48] Do you remember it faces the assurance of what we do not see and nothing about it. [00:02:03] It's about it's about what we do not see right. [00:02:06] So Faith assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen. And faith comes from where do we get that level of faith. [00:02:18] It's a gift from God. [00:02:20] It comes from Romans. Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ and that word is actually the Greek word Rama. Now there are lots of uses for Rama. But in general you've got two words in the Greek so the New Testament was written in Greek and then it was translated ultimately into English. And there are two primary words in Greek use that's translated as word one word is logos logos I guess is how our logos logos and the others Ramo are EMEA. When we were talking last time we're talking about logos means primarily just talking about a concept or an idea. Rima is very specific Okay real simple explanation. I want to tell you about the Kingdom of God that's going to be logos but I'm going to say Caroline can you give me please give me that water. That's a Rima I'm directing you on something or I'm going to say Caroline. You're going to have another child in the next year. That would be arraignment if that were actually from God's word. So is something that's very clear specific and most importantly it's specific to you. [00:03:48] Does that make sense. It does. Great explanation too. [00:03:53] Yes. [00:03:53] So faith is when you've had that word some revelation some word from God and it is now faces the conviction of things not seen in other words we it's not something that we have to work on believing it's intrinsic and within our being. And that's what faces faith is not something that we well up and try to belief. If you have to try to believe if you have to will yourself to believe that's not faith that's simply in the natural. That's what we'll call hope. We're just hoping it's really true. But you know we have to work on trying to make ourselves believe it. So this thing that we talked about last. Is is all about this. This alternate. Understanding of faith being a clear direction a clear revelation a clear truth from God to us and we act on it. That's kind of where we're talking and where I want to talk about today kind of the topics that we're going to move into now is taking this understanding of what faith is and starting to see how it's applied in our lives. [00:05:21] And I call this topic stepping out of the boat or getting out of the boat and I remember I read a book I love the title I got a little bit of the book but I get more out of the title Jon Burge wrote a book. I'm sure you've never heard of it or you don't recall it. Do you recall a book that John Burge wrote. [00:05:42] I do not. [00:05:44] The title is real simple if you want to walk on water you've got to get out of the boat right. And so that's kind of where I want to take our call today if you want to walk on water if you want to do the most amazing things in God's work by his direction then you've got to be willing to step out of the boat. So also just to cover a couple of things I want to use the term sometimes radical faith. In reality there is only one faith. It's just faith. We kind of think of it as radical because for us as it's what I call normal Christians or Western Christians. Faith is well I believe in God and I pray and I go to church right. I'm sure you know some people like that don't you. [00:06:38] Definitely in the south definitely in the south. Radical faith is when you go oh my gosh I can't believe you go do that. Well that's actually what Jesus expects of us. [00:06:52] So let's see. One of the things that we came out with is a definition that radical faith or this true thing I call faith is choosing to step out on God's clearly defined will. His revelation or his direction for you in such a way that it's usually great personal risk or sacrifice. In other words when you walk by faith you're not walking by sight and therefore you have to step out in faith and trust that you can't see it. And it's at great personal risk in fact. Do you remember there a great example of this and I'll watch the movie in search of the Holy Grail not Monty Python. But this is Raiders of the Lost Ark. You remember when do you remember. I think it may have been the last the last part of that series. And they're searching for the Holy Grail. Did you ever watch that movie. [00:07:57] I did. I'm sure my husband had toward the end of the last scene. [00:08:03] Here's where they are. What's his name. Who's the main actor in that. The name escapes me. Harrison Ford thank you. Harrison Ford has just come to this. He's he's somewhere in the middle of nowhere in this cave or chasm and he comes to the edge and there's this great big chasm below him and across the way maybe a hundred feet or maybe two hundred feet is one of the nights of many years back story like a crusade or type of night. [00:08:45] And there is the Holy Grail the goblet that Christ used at the Last Supper. And Harrison Ford has been walking been following all these clues and secrets on how to get here. And now he has to take a leap of faith. That's basically the next clue is a leap of faith. He looks down in this chasm and it's straight down for a thousand feet or whatever it is and this is sheer death. But he chooses to step out by faith and so he steps out. [00:09:19] He can't see anything but yet his foot now lands on solid ground that he can't see. And he starts walking across this invisible bridge is basically what it is. That's kind of an idea of what faith is. You can't see it. You know it's there you trust is there and you trust is there because God said it is. That's God's word. And that's kind of what I mean by stepping out typically at great personal risk or sacrifice because if God doesn't show up in the way that he says he will then all is lost. And so I want to talk in terms of showing you how this applies from biblical things and start to apply to our lives. [00:10:04] Do you have your Bible handy by chance. I can't. [00:10:09] Okay. I want you to pull up Matthew 14 and let me know when you get there. [00:10:18] And we're going to do Matthew 14. This is versus 28 and 29. And as you get there let me just kind of give everyone the background of what's going on. So Jesus has just the day before. Literally that afternoon before has fed 5000 people with five loaves and two fish. He sends the people away he sends his disciples back across the lake in a boat and then Jesus goes up to the mountain to pray. Now it is early dawn before the sun is risen and the disciples are rowing against the wind and they see Jesus walking on the water and they can just make him out and they all get afraid because they think it's a ghost. And Jesus says no it's it's me. And now that's where we picked up Matthew 14 versus 28 and 29 Can you read that. [00:11:16] Yes. This is Peter. He says Lord if it's you Peter replied tell me to come to you on the water. He said Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water and came towards Jesus. [00:11:32] Okay. [00:11:36] So Peter says Lord if you command me to come and Jesus has come and Peter gets out of the boat and walks on the water and comes toward Jesus. So here's a question when Peter stepped out of the boat and started walk on water. What happened. [00:11:54] I didn't know you're asking me directly. Well he doubted. I mean he he took his eyes off of the word and saw the wind and fear. [00:12:04] Hold on. Okay. Before that we're going gonna get to that before but when you get out of the boat at the very beginning what happens. Does he walk on water. [00:12:13] Yes he walks on water. And how does he walk on water by faith by listening to the word of the Lord Jesus said Come on he's not gonna let me think. [00:12:24] That's right. So here's a little truism that we start to see when we step out of our comfort zone because we stepped out by the Lord's direction. So Jesus Jesus's revelation if we want to use that term or his direction or his command if we want to use those terms to Peter was come and so Peter steps out of the boat. Great personal risk and sacrifice. If God doesn't show up he's sunk no pun intended. And guess what happened. God shows up. God does a miracle. [00:12:59] Do you see the little equation that's starting to come up. We stepped out by God's clearly defined well for us. We have faith that God is going to perform because faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Now the word hoping that Sharon says things to hope for another translation gives it faith as the title deed is the absolute. You actually own the title to what has been promised. Is that confident. So that's what faith is. That's what Peter does. He steps out of that boat and when he does something happens and what happens is God shows up and does a miracle. Pretty cool and it really cool. So the question then is or the comment on this is when God acts the God showing up moments because this is what we want in our lives. How do you live this life of faith and what does it look like. This life of faith is when God constantly shows up and he either shows up miraculously like he did with Peter walking on the water or he shows up providential where he just kind of organizes and orchestrates all kinds of events. [00:14:22] Now I want to talk in terms of these things. I think one of these I may have to fall back but does the name George Mueller ring a bell to you. [00:14:34] He's an author right. [00:14:36] Well he's written several books were maybe better spoken several books were written about him. He was actually a man of God back in the eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds. He was in England in a town called Bristol England and he felt the Lord leading him to start an orphanage. And so he started an orphanage and within 10 or 20 years that orphanage was housing I think it's 20000 children. And he never once it was faith based people gave and contributed and supported the work and he never once asked anyone for money. [00:15:26] And he later said in light that the reason he started at the orphanage was not because there was a great need. There was a great need. And it was not because he felt that this was his life's calling. He started the orphanage. He said to show people how to live by faith that he could by God's direction start an orphanage. Never ask anyone for money but trust God for all of the resources and God continue to provide more and more and more resources to start it and to grow it. And so a lot of the books have been written about George in terms of how do you get your prayers answered. How do you live by faith. [00:16:07] And I want to share an example because this kind of talks in terms of what this stepping out by faith really means getting out of the boat. So because it is faith based ministry they never really had much money at any given time. They didn't have this great big bank account with lots of money to carry through months and months. They live basically day to day trust. It's like what Jesus says Lord give us this day our daily bread. And so I want to read you an excerpt from one thing that happened with George. So here's the extra one morning. So this is in an orphanage and they bring all the children together for breakfast one morning all the plates and cups and bowls on the table were empty. There was no food in the pantry and there was no money to buy food. The children were standing waiting for their morning meal just as they would always do. And Mueller said children you know we must be in time for school and then lifting up his hands. He prayed Dear Father we thank you for what you are going to give us to eat that pretty bowl. [00:17:23] That's really all. [00:17:26] I love it too. So then here's the rest of the story. There was a knock at the door. The Bakers stood there and said Mr. Mueller I couldn't sleep last night. Somehow I felt you didn't have bread for breakfast. And the Lord wanted me to send you some. So I got up at 2 o'clock this morning and baked some fresh bread and then brought it. [00:17:47] And then Mr. Mueller thanked the baker and no sooner had the Baker left when there was a second knock at the door and there was a milkman he announced that his milk cart had broken down right in front the orphanage and he would like to give the children his cans of fresh milk so he could empty his wagon to repair it. So here's my question. [00:18:09] Do you think that was orchestrated by the Lord. [00:18:16] I do. I mean obviously if the Lord inspired those people spoke to them to do those things but I think it I think it can be inspired by the Lord. But I think also partners with his faith his willingness to say my husband lovingly says All right Jesus. Are you under the bus. You better show up. I'm just gonna put it out there. So I think it's kind of a partnership of both. [00:18:45] It is. I think partnership. [00:18:48] I think this is the key I think you hit it on the right word. It is a partnership because the Lord gives us a revelation gives us a promise like the promise he gave. Mueller was I'll meet all your needs. Mueller takes that promise at face value. And he says Lord thank you for giving us whatever you're to give us. Mueller had no doubt that the Lord was going to provide food. And yet here's the thing that's really interesting. When did the food arrive at the orphanage a long time before Mueller prayed a long time after he prayed or [00:19:29] At the moment he prayed. [00:19:35] You remember when you said at the moment he said Father thank you for what you're going to give us to eat. And then there was a knock at the door right after he prayed thanking by faith the Lord showed up. Does that make sense right. [00:19:50] But now here's a bigger question. This is what's so fascinating about this. When did the Lord prepare everything to show up at that moment. Did he prepared at that moment or did he prepare it beforehand he prepared it beforehand for the baker. He got the baker up at 2:00 in the morning for the meal and he had the milkman leave at a certain time go through his route and all of sudden his car breaks down at that moment. So here's what's really fascinating and this is a hot topic for a whole nother discussion that we'll do. Is that faith actually operates outside of time. [00:20:30] Think about this for a moment when Mueller thank the Lord. By faith all of these things were put in place prior to him thanking the Lord. Here here's a hypothetical question If Mueller never thanked the Lord by faith do you think those people would have showed up. [00:20:52] That is a bigger question. I think that sometimes there is a grace over our actions and the Lord does show up but I think how much more soul or delight in our faith and our willingness to you know to believe and to step out and how much more fun is that for us to partner with it. I don't know. [00:21:15] Good thing he's sovereign is sovereign. We don't know the answer entirely but let's say for a moment that Mueller was scared. [00:21:27] He doubted that he doubted God's provision and therefore he really couldn't pray in faith and say Lord thank you for what you're going to give us to eat. If he was in that situation what do you think would have happened. Do you think the Baker would have shown up and do you think the milkman would've shown up. [00:21:49] They might not have. I think in those months like I was saying I think there can be a grace that can happen and you can you're just blown away at God you're so faithful even when I'm not. But then I think also there are things that we missed out on. From not believing and not stepping out and taking a risk in faith with the Lord just even the way you just worded it I did envision I mean if you hadn't. They might not have shown up. [00:22:18] So let me ask you a question because this is kind of the fascinating part with all of this. So let's look at when God moves when God shows up when God showed up with Peter and he walked on the water which was an absolute miracle. Was that. Any more of him showing up than him coordinating the baker and the milkman to providential show up at the same at the right time is walking on the water. Any greater an act of God than coordinating what appears to be human events. [00:23:01] I don't think so. I mean I think that's the privilege of walking through life awake and aware of the Lord and how he works is that we're constantly in awe of every miracle he does whether it's walking on water or the provision in those moments of orchestrating all of that. So my my personal answer would be I think it's equally as beautiful and miraculous. [00:23:29] I think you're right on that. [00:23:31] I think you're right. Let me ask this question. Is it any harder for God for someone to walk on the water versus coordinating those events for them to show up. [00:23:43] No I wouldn't think so. [00:23:45] Is it any harder for God to heal someone from a cough versus heal them from multiple sclerosis and getting him out of a wheelchair. Is it any harder. [00:23:55] No. No it's not. [00:23:57] So when we look at things from God's perspective this is kind of tapping into where I'm going with this thing on faith. When we look at things from. God's perspective there is no level of difficulty greater than another and what we do in our lives whether we walk on the water or whether we bring some people to show up and bring bread and milk. It's all God acting he does it through different methods but it's all God showing up. Faith is actually seeing everything from God's perspective. This is if you go back to faith is the assurance that things hope for. It's a title deed to those things that God has said is the conviction of things that you cannot see what it actually is. In a broader scope in a more realistic scope. Faith is seeing things from God's perspective. [00:24:54] And when you can see from God's perspective with Mueller God's perspective is I've got people bringing you stuff. So Mueller had no doubt from God's perspective with Peter on walk. Walking on the water. It was it was happening. It doesn't matter because God's perspective. God knows what's going on. And faith is when we operate from the perspective of God because we're operating from the Word of God and the word is absolute truth. I'm making some connections there. Does that make sense. [00:25:30] It does. And what an honor. An amazing thing. Jesus made possible that we can see things through the lens of heaven and operate from that place because that's ultimately what it means to be a son or daughter is to operate with him and seeing things in the way that he does and walking in that kind of faith. Absolutely that makes sense. [00:25:55] So then let's put it. [00:25:57] Let's take this a step further because this is another truism we'll get into this a little bit more on another session but just to kind of open the door real quickly into this Jesus says Thy word is truth. [00:26:10] Remember that I think it's John 17 and what Jesus is saying about the father's word is that it's true. And I'm gonna use the word truth with a capital T. [00:26:26] Truth. [00:26:28] Is not the same as reality. Reality is in the moment and reality can change. Truth is always absolute and always truth. Now when I'm talking in really deep terms for a moment. But are you following me kind of following at least generally the concept I'm trying to articulate. [00:26:53] Yes. [00:26:55] So now let's go back to Peter walking on the water. I'm gonna bring this up again a little bit later I think but go back to Matthew where you were and read where I stopped you from reading. [00:27:09] Okay so let me let me catch this up 28 and 29 and you read from after that so catching up 28 29 as Peter says to Jesus Lord at that you command me to come on the water jesus gives Peter a command a word a word of truth come with that word of truth that command come is intrinsic within that the the truth that if he operates on that command then he's going to get what Peter asked for which is walking on the water so from that one word is encapsulated the truth of what's about to occur. Are you following me so far. Mm hmm mm hmm. Okay so it says Peter guy got out of the boat and walked on the water and came towards Jesus a miracle occurred as Peter operated by faith according to God's word according to the reign of Christ. Now pick up from there and tell me what it reads. [00:28:13] So in verse 30 it says that when he saw the wind he was afraid and beginning to think he cried out. Lord save me right. [00:28:22] And then what would Jesus do. [00:28:26] Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him a little face and said Why did you doubt. [00:28:32] Perfect. Okay now here's something really cool. If you pray and God answers your prayer does that mean that you are righteous. Does that mean that you have great paper or does that mean that you're really special because God answers your prayer. [00:28:54] Yeah. I was thinking about because I know there is the righteous the righteous man or the right to effective prayer for a righteous man accomplishes much. [00:29:07] James Right. But generally speaking when most people think about a man or woman to praising God answers their prayer. Generally speaking do most people look at that person saying Oh a man or woman of God. Because God answers their prayers. [00:29:25] All right. [00:29:25] Well I guess generally speaking though generally speaking they think that way or generally speaking they don't think that way. [00:29:33] They don't. They wouldn't think that. I guess I would think generally people would just think that might be normal. I don't know. Okay so books have been written about George Miller [00:29:48] On how his prayers are consistently answered. [00:29:52] Because it's been so unusual that someone can pray in their prayers answered. Does that make sense. Have you ever prayed and prayed and your prayers were not answered at least not answered the way you asked God to answer them. [00:30:08] I think the Lord always when you release the control of what you believe or thought was supposed to be there was something that you're praying specifically into. You can usually go and we'll take you into a place where you can see his way. And so I don't know I don't I don't know that I feel like defeated thinking Oh I know because I trust the words ways are better. [00:30:36] I guess I'm not saying you feel defeated. Have you ever asked Lord please do a and he doesn't do a. Have you ever had that happen. Yes. Have you ever asked the Lord please do be. And he does. [00:30:52] Yes. Which one of those instances are you more enthused and delighted about. [00:31:00] Well you're definitely worth doing what you pray for is answered. Okay. Okay. [00:31:05] So that's where I'm going. Most people believe that when you pray and ask the Lord for something and he does what you've asked him to. There is an elation and there's a specialness to it because frequently we ask and we don't see the answer to the prayer that we've asked. I'm not making sense of that. [00:31:25] You are. You are. [00:31:26] Okay. So here we have Peter. He prays to the Lord and the Lord answers him exactly how he prays. It says Peter cried out to the Lord which is prayer. Lord save me. And it says Jesus reached out his hand and saved him. [00:31:47] God answered Peter's prayer but here's the question is that good or bad. Let me go. Let me go where I'm going. Okay so often we're related because God answers our prayer. But answering our prayer is not necessarily God's highest and best of what he wanted for us. What was God's highest and best for Peter at that time. At that moment. [00:32:24] To believe that he could walk into walk on the water and he lost the highest and best because of what now because of doubt and then he prayed in crisis and the Lord answered his prayer. [00:32:45] And how many times do we pray for something far less than God's highest and best. He answers our prayer. We're elated but we have no real clue how much we've really lost out on what he wants us to have done something that does make sense. [00:33:05] That's a great way to put it into perspective. [00:33:09] But what happens then is Peter. So let's look at the sequence of events. Peter is given a word. A Rama from the Lord in some circles. We call it a revelation in some circles we'll call it a promise in whatever word you want to use. It's very clear to Peter that the Lord has given him a special direction. [00:33:38] And so by absolute faith the assurance of things he could not see. He claimed the title deed. [00:33:48] I can step out and he boldly steps out of the boat and starts to walk on the water and he's all excited and then his carnal mind gets in the way and starts to look at the circumstances and says oh my gosh this can't be happening. And instantly he goes from faith to doubt doubt is the opposite of faith. He immediately goes from operating from God's perspective [00:34:25] To operating from man's perspective. He goes from operating from truth to operating from reality. And as soon as he goes from truth to reality what happens to his reality. [00:34:43] It changes does it change. [00:34:46] Here is the most amazing thing I've learned about faith. The most amazing but kind of the first of the many amazing things is you have truth which is God's word. Jesus says to his father and the High Priest I think they called the high priestly prayer. I think it's John 17. He's talking to the father praying all kinds of you know he's about to be turned over and then crucified. So this is the last stuff that he said. This is real important and one of the state statements he made his father die. Word is truth. [00:35:26] Truth trumps reality. Truth modifies reality and look at what happened with Peter as long as Peter operated by truth. From the perspective of truth God's word by faith any claim that title deed then truth overcame natural laws and what should not have occurred did occur. [00:35:56] Peter walks on the water as soon as Peter doubts in his heart instantly in a twinkling of an eye. If we want to use that term he transformed from operating by faith. To operating in the natural instantly just like that and instantly it says immediately he begins to sink. He loses the impact of truth and reality of his circumstances instantly changed. He goes from acting boldly upon God's word to sending up a prayer crisis. [00:36:36] Lord help me and the Lord answers his prayer but the Lord would have preferred not to have to have intervened to answer that prayer. PAUL Peter lost the Lord's highest and best because he got his eyes off of Jesus and onto his circumstances and where you place your eyes is what you get is this kind of making some sense it is I think that's a really great way to put it and I think it's kind of a challenge for us to really think about like what we're asking the Lord for and to make sure that that is God and not settling racist. [00:37:27] And he'll answer that. [00:37:29] And it's not only based on what we're asking the Lord but what are we doing with what the Lord has directed us. Because often when the Lord directs us he directs us. Makes no sense in the natural. Do you think it made any sense to step out of the boat. Now keep in mind let me let me give you where this situation is. It says that they were rowing against the wind and had made very little progress to get to where they were going. By the time Jesus walked up to them. So that means you got all these strong men. They've lived on the on the on the sea for years. That was their livelihood being fishermen in a boat. They're rowing against the wind and they made very little headway. This is not calm water. This is a water that is very turbulent is very turbulent. They got a lot of things against them and it was in that situation that Jesus says stepped out of the boat and come walk with me. It's not going to be in an easy situation it's going to be one of those situations that is turbulent. Does that make sense. It does and it makes no sense in reality this is where the idea of faith really comes in stepping out. Let me look at my arm. I also make someone make a little point because I think it all kind of ties in a real simple point. Look at your phone for a moment and for those who are listening to this if you're driving you look at your steering wheel for a moment. [00:39:24] Do you have faith that that telephone or that steering wheel exists. [00:39:30] What about you. You have faith that it exists. Yes it's right here. [00:39:36] Very good. So go back. And now I want you to read Hebrew see love in one for me. [00:39:47] Ok. [00:39:56] So now faces confidence and what we hope for an assurance about what we do not see. [00:40:02] Stop. Do you see your phone. Yes. Can you have faith that it exists. I can't. I'm sorry. Something to speak to on me. I just said I can. Okay. Ready. Hebrew see love in one again. [00:40:23] Now faces confidence and what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. [00:40:29] Assurance of things we do not see. But you can see your phone. Yes. You cannot have faith that your phone exists because you see it. Are you okay. Right. If you can see it. You do not have faith because faith by definition is the assurance of things not seen. [00:40:57] And that's why it's so hard in the natural. We have to operate with our will use a very broad non-technical term. We have to operate with our spirit mind and our spirit eyes rather than our physical mind and our physical lives. And what happens is we're always pulled back our natural self wants to keep using our natural senses and our natural logic to tell us what reality is. That's what happened with Peter as soon as his naturalize left Jesus and went to the wind then at that point. Everything. Fell apart. And this is what happens in our lives too. Let me tell you a story is real interesting. This was 2003. To set the stage 2002 we we brought on this large account. We were making a lot of money. This one account was producing 2002 seventy five thousand dollars a month in profit a large account. And at that time we were giving a high percentage of what the Lord brought us back into the kingdom. And this account was scheduled to leave on I think it was June 1. We were holding nothing in reserves. By the way it was a lot of profit but it was all of the profit the company made. Without that account we would immediately be losing money because of our fixed expenses. So they were scheduled to leave on I think it was June 1 and we knew it. But we were saving nothing up in reserves and then they left and we immediately went from making a lot of profit to going upside down and we had no reserves to lean on because we'd given all the reserves away. And so that's where I found myself. And for the first month or two I was gung ho Lord's going to take care of us. Right. And operating what I thought was my faith but it kept going and we were borrowing money to survive. [00:43:25] And all of a sudden I get scared and I shift and I start to batten down the hatches tell my business manager cut every expense put everyone down on reduced payroll. Now these are not bad things but they were things that I enacted out of fear. [00:43:47] And so we batten everything down. Everyone took pay cuts. I took the biggest of all the pay cuts obviously since I owned the company and I was going to lead by example. And we're going to quote unquote weather the storm. And it kept going bad and bad and bad. And it was January. It was about January 25 2003. So we've been like this for six months seven months. And I was out on a what I call a day of prayer with the Lord just seeking Him going Lord of what's going on. And I was in a panic mode just like Peter Lord save me. And I remember asking the Lord Lord Quinn are you going to let up. And the Lord spoke to me in my heart this conversation we have in our spirit with the Lord so to speak. And he said Well do you really believe my word to take care of you. I said yes. [00:44:50] And guess what the next question he asked me was any idea he believes that he'll take care of you and then can you see it make you pay for it almost. [00:45:06] Pretty close he said. If you truly believed how would you act differently than you're acting right now. [00:45:16] That's a great question to even ask ourselves. We say we're trusting the Lord we say we have faith that he's going to handle whatever we're going through. The question is if you really believed how would you operate different. And so I said well if I really believed I would put myself at full pay and I put all my people back at full pay. [00:45:43] So you know what the Lord said to me what do I do. So I did. I called my office manager that moment I said my business manager I said put everyone back to full pay retroactive for January 1. [00:46:03] So to put this in perspective we got paid twice a month on the 15th and on the 30th first and so on the 15th everyone was at the reduced pay amount. So what I told Walter was put everyone back to full pay for the month meaning let's say that month the full pay for selling was five thousand dollars but it reduced pay to thirty five hundred. So that means that that mid-month pay there were only going to get it paid about seventeen hundred instead of the normal twenty five hundred. Does that make sense. Because 17 is half of 35 right. So for the end of the month pay we're going to make up whatever is remaining to get them back to 5000. So that end of the month was a much bigger paycheck than it would have been if I just said start now. So we start at the first went back to the 1st of January to catch everyone up for that month. Well now that was only five days later. We lost that at that moment. We lost ten thousand dollars. We were ten thousand dollars in the hole by doing that but then the end of February. We had made ten thousand dollars profit. [00:47:28] So there was a 20 thousand dollars swing in revenues not to get you lost with numbers. Twenty thousand dollar swing in revenues. And even to this day as I look at my profit and loss I cannot find where that money comes from. It wasn't that we had a lot more. Excuse me. Twenty thousand dollars swing in profit. It wasn't that we had more money that came in. It wasn't that we had fewer expenses. Literally I cannot find it. But here's the cool part. From that moment on for an extended period time we were making profit every month. The only thing that changed was operated by faith on God's promise to me rather than by sight with what I saw. And this is the whole idea of stepping out of the boat not being afraid to step off the boat because the word of God cannot fail God's promises can never fail. In fact it says I think in Luke 1 37 and 43 or something like that in the living Bible it says you believe God would do what he said. That is why he is giving you this wonderful blessing right. I think that says that God's promises cannot fail or something like that. [00:48:59] And so when we at in that direction and when we act on God's word then what's happening is we're acting by truth not by reality and in some mysterious way God. God's truth alters reality because reality is variable. It changes all the time but God's truth is fixed and it is absolute is this kind of making sense. [00:49:29] It is absolutely. [00:49:30] So let's go back to the Mueller situation. He says Lord thank you for what you are about to give us to eat my question to you was if Mueller had doubted would the Baker and Hamilton have shown up. [00:49:54] I understand. [00:49:56] I love your question. Your answer was actually a little bit better than mine. Black and white. [00:50:01] God's grace will still come into play at times even in the absence of us having faith. But if we look at the strictly strictly from a faith perspective. If Mueller had doubted then I think it's not near as likely. Except by only by God's grace and nothing more. Not near as likely that the food would have shown up because there's something about when you operate from a perspective of God's truth it changes reality. And when you operate from a perspective of the natural you don't get the truth reality. You get the natural reality and they are two different things. [00:50:50] Kind of cool it it is something to feel like I'm going to do over some of this for a while because it is challenging in the best way for us to kind of even evaluate what we hear and how we act on it and just knowing what a vital role we get to play and be a part of it. It is I think a lot of this is going to stay on for a few days and I'm applying Yeah. [00:51:22] So then let's talk about applying it because this is now at an academic level to a degree. We start to understand just a very shallow level of the truth about faith. ROMANS 10 17. Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. This is what we talked about last time. That word is the Greek word Rama and it means something very clear a very clear direction a promise a truth a quote unquote revelation something that's specific to you a rama. A lot of times is when you're reading God's word and something pops out of the page directly at you and you go oh this is God's word to me. Sometimes God speaks to you. Like that example where we're losing money and God said well if you really believed how would you act differently. [00:52:14] You're right. Okay so you have that faith is rooted in God's word rooted by hearing God's word. It's rooted by hearing God's Word which is truth. And then Faith Hebrews love and one is the assurance of hope for the conviction of things not seen. Okay we start to understand that truth change is reality. Reality doesn't change truth. Truth change is reality and based on truth. Reality changes and based on the absence of truth I doubt you'd get the absence of truth. You get reality. This is what happened with Peter walking on the water soon as he doubted. Same situation two different outcomes right. One outcome God shows up another outcome. The natural consequence shows up. If we went back to Mueller one outcome by faith Lord thank you for what you're about to give us. God shows up he had already coordinated things to occur at that moment but in the absence of faith. Oh Lord please help us we have no food. I don't know how we're going to feed all these children. Help Lord God might have shown up but my guess is God would not and they would've gotten the natural consequence. Then you have. [00:53:44] Let's see where was I going. God showing up. [00:53:49] Then you have things like healing look at healing in the Bible. Jesus represents truth Jesus. In the beginning was the Word the Word was with God the Word was God thy word is truth. Jesus operates from the perspective of truth from the perspective of God. He walks up to someone and they're instantly healed demons are instantly cast out. He gives authority to his disciples to do the same thing. And a lot of the people who heal the demons are cast out but not all. There is an element the further away you get from truth. The further away you get from truthful modification of reality and you get to just natural consequence to tell you just one story is really interesting. So you're talking about West sometimes putting God under the bus and I know you don't put it on the bus but he commits God right. Also there's a story. One of the guys is out at a McDonald's. This guy's name is Judah by the way. And dude is at McDonald's and he sees there's a bunch of high school football players students on crutches with a broken leg and it hurts. [00:55:08] And the guy walks up and says hey what's matter with your leg is is broken does it hurt you. Oh it hurts a lot. So would you like to heal it. I would love for him to. Great. And then Judah says he puts God under the bus so to speak. He yells out to the entire McDonald's restaurant. Hey guys come over here. You're going to see a miracle right now. God's going to heal this leg right now. And the guy says Well I don't believe it. I'm an atheist and you come up front and watch this. And he prays and God instantly heals that leg. For two reasons. Judah is operating from a position of faith. [00:55:59] Absolute confidence in the unseen that God is about to heal that leg. And then because he operates from truth the leg gets healed. Have you ever known anyone that prays that they're sick and they've been praying and praying and praying and they're not healed ever had no people like that. Yeah. So for those who are listening so I actually go out with Caroline's husband yes once a month what we call straight ministry and literally just go out to Wal-Mart and say hey we're just praying for people anything I can pray for you. And frequently there are illnesses elements usually in the area of pain degenerative discs in the back. [00:56:49] Major knee pain arthritis and blood clots and all kinds of things and they have their believers and they've been praying for healing and they've had this situation for years and nothing happens. I come up or w comes up or some of the folks with us will pray for that person and instantly they're healed. What happened. What's different is that it was simply God's timing now for them to be healed. Or do you think by God's grace a providential put the two of us together so that I could pray with a level of faith that hasn't been prayed for before for that person and because of my faith and what God's going to do. God heals or is it something different. There's something there. [00:57:44] It's where I'm going. And when you operate from that perspective then truth overcomes reality. But here's the here's where I was kind of going. I was making a long circle around to get to this one point faces a choice think about it when Peter stepped out of the boat. [00:58:08] He had a choice do I act on God's direction or do I not even once he got out of the boat. [00:58:19] He had a choice. Do I look at Jesus and confidence in him or do I look at the wind and the waves and then he changed the choice. [00:58:34] He chose the same thing happened with me with my business. [00:58:40] I started into that unprofitable season when we lost that account by choice to trust the Lord and then because I couldn't see I could not see how is happening. Faith is the conviction of things not seen because I couldn't see what was going on or how God was going to take care of us. I became afraid and doubted James. I think it's James five says I'm not the man who doubts expect to receive anything from the Lord. That's kind of a paraphrased version of 2 3 versus all together. Actually I think it's James 1. It says For anyone who lacks wisdom let him ask of God but let him not down in his heart for the one who doubts ought not to expect to receive anything from the Lord. So I started it out. I started by fear. I started to go down and as soon as I changed and chose to act by faith everything changed. And this is the cool thing about faith. You choose to act by it. You don't act by it naturally. You choose to act on that word that the Lord has given you. You choose to believe it to be true. And then by believing it to be true you acting on it. [01:00:05] That's when God starts to move. And I could tell you some more stories but I think that's probably got enough right now. We'll talk about some other stories later but it's kind of cool. [01:00:21] I love it. And inspiring too. Food for thought. [01:00:26] It is. So hopefully you take this and go look at these passages and ask the Lord What does this mean to me. The most important thing to be asking yourself is Lord if I really believe the promises you've given me. Faith is rooted in truth so it's not what you want to happen is what God has told you is going to happen. Lord if I really believed these promises you give me or really believed this direction. There is command that you told me how you want me to operate how would I act differently than I am acting right now. [01:01:05] And if the way you would act differently is different then you're acting right now. [01:01:11] Then that means you're acting in a natural not in the spiritual. You're acting by sight not by faith. You're acting by doubt not by faith and ultimately lead into this. If faith is the perspective of God would you agree that that's basically a decent definition of faith based on what the Bible says what faith is the perspective of God right. [01:01:45] Right. [01:01:45] Or how he sees things. [01:01:49] I think it's operating by truth. If you operate in a way contrary to God what is that called. [01:02:04] I guess that would be called doubt or disobedient. [01:02:09] Right. [01:02:10] And what is disobedience called sin. [01:02:15] Huh. Okay. So now we're getting down to a deeper root. Faith is obeying God because faith comes from God's direction his truth. [01:02:27] And it's believing God to be true believing his word to be true. Acting on that when you cannot see it that is complete obedience when you don't act in that direction you're doubting God's word to be true. [01:02:44] Does that please God. No. [01:02:48] That's right. Later in Hebrews it says Let not the one who doubts. Let's say what does it say. But act in faith for God has no pleasure in someone who doubts or something like that forget these phraseology. So when we do not act by faith if we do not act in a way that we would be acting if we absolutely believe God's word to be true then that ultimately means that how we're acting is in sin. When Peter took his eyes off of the Lord and put them on the waves. At that moment he disobeyed. He doubted God's word. He doubted Jesus and for him that is sin and he starts to get the consequence. He still praise the Lord saves him but he doesn't have God's highest and best God's highest and best is when we operate in total obedience with the Lord in total congruency with his direction for us in total faith in his word. [01:03:55] Anything less than that is sin. [01:04:00] And then we get into lots of degrees of sin. If we finish then. But surely there is a degree but that's where we're kind of moving. So just to throw that out that's a bonus. I like it. [01:04:15] I'm thinking one of the one quote I love is obedience is actually obedience. That's right. That kind of reminded me of that. It's just like when we feel that prompting what you're saying from the Lord. Immediate obedience. That's what faith is. That's where that plays in. And what's holding us back from just jumping in. Because if there is anything holding us back that either out of fear or sin or ultimately that's just obedience. Even if it's just a slow obedience it's still disobedience. That's always been a convicting quote. It is here now to kind of just [01:04:58] Speak philosophically or philosophically maybe fill out theology philosophically we sin because we feel it's better for us than following the Lord. Ultimately I mean it's a choice we send by choice and therefore we make a choice because we always make choices that we think are the right choices or make the choices that satisfy our desires. Imagine for a moment. Let me ask you you have said before is that correct. [01:05:36] Yes. Okay right. [01:05:39] Yep yep. So do you remember any time when you send when you kind of knew it was wrong but you did it anyway. [01:05:49] Yeah I mean I feel like those kind of moments are few and far between. [01:05:55] We're talking about any time. Do you recall any. Yeah. [01:06:00] So let me ask you a simple question if at that moment you had a choice to send or not if you knew that if you resisted that said you you would be given a million dollars and have everything your heart's desired would occur if at that moment you knew what was going to occur. Would you have still chosen to send or do you think you would have had the will to say no. [01:06:31] Yeah I would say that's some pretty powerful incentive. I'd probably have the will. [01:06:37] I think we all would. So here's the issue. When we do not follow the Lord we know what he's telling us to do but we choose to go a different direction because we get afraid. [01:06:50] Ultimately it's because we really don't understand how good the Lord is and what's in store for us. That's why we always sin when we sin is because we choose to satisfy our own desire based on what we think is maybe not best for us both what we really want but if we really understood what God has in store for us and any and every situation we would never sin. It's the lack of root truly understanding it. I think this is probably possibly where Paul talks about the renewing of your mind where he talks about in Romans 7. I do the things that I don't want to do but the sin in me that does it. And in Romans he talks about your mind the mindset on the spirit is life and peace in the mindset on the flesh of sin and death. The more we live by the spirit the more we live by the renewing of our mind the less we actually sin because the more we're conformed to Christ is therefore that obedience that conformity but also the more we realize how much the Lord has in store for us and we're willing to step out on his direction without really knowing the ultimate end of it. But we know who's leading us. Abraham stepped out went toward the promised land but he had no idea why he just followed the Lord. And so this kind of this great big cauldron of all of these spiritual truths kind of wrapping together but all pointing in the same direction. Anyway that's a freebie. [01:08:27] I like the freebie so let's wrap up the call. [01:08:31] I think we're about out of time on this one. I don't know if we have an official wrap up but here's the official wrap up if you like. Be sure to subscribe. We'll go get more radical faith love to share more if you have any questions on this you can email our support support at Master grabber dot com direct them to me if you have any questions on spiritual stuff and we'll either try to get there and try to answer them personally or maybe as a topic for another radical faith call as questions and answers from the field that might be a topic to try. Okay well you'll be blessed. Caroline thanks for being the sounding board on this one. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

Key facts about Neil and Fiona Neil’s dental career began as a technician Neil is an examiner for the BACD accreditation examinations, he is accredited himself, one of the first 8 dentists to achieve this. He has an MSC in Implantology and has won multiple awards for his clinical dentistry. Fiona is a highly intelligent lady, she comes from a nursing background has been instrumental in creating the brand to support her husband's dentistry and has grown the practice from two to six surgeries and developed team leaders in the business to support different areas. This podcast is full of their top tips to help you in career, team development and business development.

In our first episode of 2019, we welcome our first British guest, talk a little about self-care, ask a LOT of questions about British culture and words ("What's a Bristol England??"), and generally just ramble because the holidays are over and we are STILL recovering.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/isitbedtimeyetpodcast)

Find out how two teachers started an Eco-Club at St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School in Redcliffe, Bristol, England. In less than two years, their initiative changed from starting an eco-club to building an eco-community. Their projects include litter patrol, plastic recycling, school gardening, hosting a green event for other schools, and more. Tune in to this inspiring story of regular people becoming eco-leaders in their communities!   Source: How to Build an Eco-Club (David Luke, 2017)   [1:00] SMRT Eco-Club started in November 2016. [1:45] Started by two teachers in response to the school leadership encouraging teachers to demonstrate environmental stewardship and the town of Bristol issued a goal of becoming a measurably cleaner town by 2020. [2:45] Started meeting weekly at lunchtime ← important strategy: meeting at a regular time [3:00] The litter patrol was seen as a bit of a joke at first, but grew to give voice to those that care about resources and their school. [3:45] Partnered with Redcliffe Garden Club for transforming a neglected piece of land into a school garden. [4:15] Worked with the school’s leadership team to encourage changes in how photocopier paper is used, and how to encourage more walking to school. [5:00] Hosted a “green event” for other schools, and included speakers from the town Council [5:30] Started a mini-recycling center and holding discussions about the problem of plastic in the school [5:45] Vision for future: plastic recycling well established, zero tolerance for litter, school garden producing healthy food for the school cafeteria, continued links with our community and above all, students automatically embracing the values of respect and care. [6:00] Changed from an eco-club to an eco-community ... cultural transformation! [6:30] Advice: Be convinced and be passionate. Don’t let negative remarks put you off. Students can only benefit through an eco-club. Respect for self, others, our planet and our future. [7:10] Started with deep values and one strategy. Willing to adjust and expand as needs and passions arise. [8:00] Worked on all levels: personal, peers, school and broader community [8:20] I hope that inspired you! If you are forming an eco-club at a school, leave a comment at Green Team Academy. [9:00] Pick up the free guide: 12 Common Green Team Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them!) at Green Team Academy.   We’d love to hear your thoughts on this over in the Podcast Discussion Group. Get access through the Green Team Essentials at www.GreenTeamAcademy.com.     If you like what you're hearing, please subscribe, rate and review!   The time for action is now because there is no Planet B!  

Mayor Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, England discusses his initiative for Bristol called the City Leap project and what he has learnt from us here in Singapore.  

Hallo Freunde Beach Podcast startet in das neue Jahr 2018. Ich freue mich sehr,euch in diesem Jahr wieder coole Artists mit super Mixen präsentieren zu können. Den auftagt machen " Jägerhertz " aus Bristol ( England ) freut euch auf ein cooles Set der beiden. Hello friends Beach Podcast starts in the new year 2018. I am very happy to be able to present you cool artists with great mixes again this year. Bringing on "Jägerhertz" from Bristol ( United Kingdom ) is looking forward to a cool set of the two. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO: Jagerhertz is the creation of two musically synced brains. The idea behind this project is to deliver unique, energetic and full-on Techno. Anna and Philipp are frequency hunters who were connected years ago by a very special energy which includes a great love for music, old synthesizers and partying (with Jagermeister of course!) This explosive mix of energies is an inseparable part of their every day life that will always translate to the magical atmosphere on the dance foor. Their sound will surprise you with high-energy slabs wrapped in soulful melodies, twisted by dirty synth lines. With their mixes and their production these two will take you through an unforgettable musical journey to the edge of the 4/4 universe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINKS: https://www.soundcloud.com/jagerhertz https://www.facebook.com/jagerhertz https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jagerhertz https://www.instagram.com/jagerhertz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ play ☑ like ☑ share with your friends ☑ | THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT |

Hallo Freunde Beach Podcast startet in das neue Jahr 2018. Ich freue mich sehr,euch in diesem Jahr wieder coole Artists mit super Mixen präsentieren zu können. Den auftagt machen " Jägerhertz " aus Bristol ( England ) freut euch auf ein cooles Set der beiden. Hello friends Beach Podcast starts in the new year 2018. I am very happy to be able to present you cool artists with great mixes again this year. Bringing on "Jägerhertz" from Bristol ( United Kingdom ) is looking forward to a cool set of the two. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIO: Jagerhertz is the creation of two musically synced brains. The idea behind this project is to deliver unique, energetic and full-on Techno. Anna and Philipp are frequency hunters who were connected years ago by a very special energy which includes a great love for music, old synthesizers and partying (with Jagermeister of course!) This explosive mix of energies is an inseparable part of their every day life that will always translate to the magical atmosphere on the dance foor. Their sound will surprise you with high-energy slabs wrapped in soulful melodies, twisted by dirty synth lines. With their mixes and their production these two will take you through an unforgettable musical journey to the edge of the 4/4 universe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINKS: https://www.soundcloud.com/jagerhertz https://www.facebook.com/jagerhertz https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jagerhertz https://www.instagram.com/jagerhertz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ play ☑ like ☑ share with your friends ☑ | THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT |

The story continues to live on that Blackbeard, also known as Edward Thatch, or Teach, was from Bristol England, had 14 wives, one of whom was named Mary Ormond, that the men he killed were many, that he had left buried treasure from Nova Scotia to Texas, had homes or hideouts all up and down the East coast, and that most of his buccaneers were caught or hung. Thanks to the efforts of author Kevin Duffus and his research team, who gave us the book "The Last Days of Blackbeard the Pirate", we can finally see behind the veil of legend that has surrounded the infamous pirate for over 300 years. #Blackbeard #Pirate #outerbanks Subscribe Free and Review at iTunes Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries/id956154836?mt=2 Facebook: www.facebook.com/1001Heroes Twitter: @1001Podcast Enjoy our three 1001 Stories Network Shows here: www 1001storiesnetwork.com

In this episode I am joined by Javier Jarquin better known as "the card ninja" and we are in Bristol, England. Home of the infamous Banksy. We geek out a little bit in this one and get into our favourite sci fi movies as well as discuss the impending question. "How do you engage with the right?" New episodes EVERY Wednesday. Follow us on Twitter @worldcomedypod or me @comediandana.

HOUSE JET RADIO VOL.337 GUEST DJ: ALFIE (BRISTOL, ENGLAND) RedRoom leading man ALFIE takes us on a House & Techno journey with this hot new mix. Alfie and the rest of his team run RedRoom a uk underground House music network based out of their home town Bristol. RedRoom have been going from strength to strength with their RedRoom podcast and events building interest from around the globe. With the likes of Eli Rojas, Tim Baresko, Juliet Sikora and many more being involved. There can only be big things to come from the RedRoom camp. Check out RedRoom here.... Soundcloud.com/redroom_music Twitter: @Redroom_tweets Instagram: RedRoom_ig

Today's guest following the words of Steve Jobs and joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is an entrepreneur who is on a mission to help all the parents of the world. She is an expert on dealing with the complexities of raising children, and the anxieties and behavioural problems that we as parents may encounter with our adorable offspring. Well, actually as a father of five children I would say we will definitely encounter these issues, which make them less than adorable sometimes. For the past 20 years she has worked in a range of settings with families with complex needs who have lived through a range of trauma and as a respite foster carer herself had direct experience of living with traumatised children. She has now been running her own company training, speaking and writing about the impact of early years trauma children's behaviour and development needs bringing much needed attention to these issues. And now is also a veteran of TedX, yes she can now add that to her expanding list of talents, as in September 2015 she took to the stage in Bristol England with her speech on "Taming and Tending Your Inner Meerkat brain!!" So with her writing, TV appearances, speeches and myriad of other activities going on in her life, how does she retain her effectiveness on the key issues she is tackling? And as an entrepreneur who cares so deeply, is there a chance that she actually ends up caring too deeply and loses the balance in her life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start following Steve Jobs words, by Joining Up Dots with the one and only entrepreneur Jane Evans 

My guest on this podcast is head of the Long John Silver Trust, Mark Steeds.  The trust is working towards erecting a statue of Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal character in his birth place, Bristol England. Plenty of good pirate and Treasure Island stuff here. Plus we get into what it's like to try and convince a city to celebrate something it's not particularly proud of. You'll also hear comedy from Mike Baldwin and a great song called "Enchante" by Tah Phrum Duh Bush. Important Websites: Long John Silver Trust: www.LongJohnSilverTrust.co.uk Mike Baldwin: www.ComedianMikeBaldwin.com Tah Phrum Duh Bush: www.TahOnline.com Under The Crossbones Official Site - www.UnderTheCrossbones.com Phil's Comedy and Music - www.PhilJohnsonComedy.com

This episode was recorded in Bristol (England). It features my friend John who settled down there. As a part of my English holiday I visited him and we recorded this episode. We talk about various things such John’s previous and possible future job. As part of this, I learnt the word lollipopman by the way. We also touch upon solar panel energy, guinea pigs and last but not the least we think had about the position of Czech immigrants in British society. There is also a brief lesson into Czech history and I do the impression of a seagull.

Ive grown up in a family of musicians and found my way in what i love doing SINGING.. im 15 years old and i live in Bristol (England). Music is my number 1 hobby but i would love to turn it into my job. All i want to do in years to come is sing in big venues with loads of fans cheering me on. i put 100% dedication to what i do. I play piano and guitar for a side project but it usally comes helpfull for my singing.when i was 7 i moved to thailand for a year,ive sang on thai television and radio in the day when i lived in Thailand.

Title: Your Greatest Strength Is In Your Weakest WeaknessDate: March 12, 2011 Afternoon - Bristol, England Seminarhttp://www.johnderuiter.com