My Story His Glory

This is the Truth Network. Kingdom Pursuits, where you hear from ordinary people instilled with an extraordinary passion. Together we explore the stories of men and women who take what they love and let God turn their passion into kingdom pursuits.

Now, live from the Truth Booth, your host, Robbie Dilmore. What a treat we actually have for you today in all the years I have done this show. I can never do a show where I can actually say, Nick, I can 100% beyond the shadow of a doubt say that this is going to be a divine show. Seven. Yeah.

Hi. Uh wouldn't you agree? Ed I mean, you just have to because my guest today is Eddie Devine. And and Eddie is actually joining us from What did you say, Seattle? Seattle, Washington, that's correct.

Oh, my word. And so we're so grateful. And his. I guess his ministry has a beautiful website. All that stuff at kingandpursuits.com.

But essentially It's all under the heading of My Story, His Glory. Right. And so when you think about Really? all of our lives, that's kind of how it should be. My story, his glory.

But he has the memoir, he has an album, he has a 31-day devotional. And so God has taken your story and allowed you to. make much of him.

Well, it's really all about him, Robbie, at the end of the day. It's not about me, and I just found it a privilege to serve him. And so if you want to just dive in. Tell us tell us what happened. Sure, I'll tell you what happened.

Just a Kind of level set for the audience. 36 years ago, I was in Nashville. And I walked away from At the time, writing songs. And at that moment, I was writing for a Christian recording artist. And I just decided that uh It wasn't supposed to be there.

So I went on home and married my bride, been with her for 36 years. And then thirty six years later God brought back songs. and he brought back about sixty one songs in about two point five months. And the thing was about it is I didn't really feel like they were supposed to be for me to go chase the music industry again.

So I called up my old music publisher and I said, hey, what do you think God's trying to accomplish or do here by giving me sixty one songs thirty six years later? And we had a pretty deep conversation, and once these words came out of my mouth that I'd rather win souls for heaven than have dollars in my hand. I knew right then and there. Um had my answer. But Robin to tell you the truth?

Well really precipitated was a calling. I thought I was supposed to write a hip Up. Album. For our younger generation. And out of obedience accepted that call.

But about the sixth track in, I realize, Robbie. This was about my life. Chapters of My Life. And I'll just pause there for a moment. And if there's any question you have, please ask me.

Otherwise, I'll just continue with the story. No, I love that and I I I think it's Yeah. You know, anybody that's ever, you know, done a devotion at a nursing home or taught a Sunday school class, whatever, you know, you go into it thinking you're going to bless all these people, you know, like the Lord's going to bless them. That's going to be awesome. But he ends up coming after you.

Yes, he did. And that's what's really ironic about it. I mean I just shook my head in amazement. I said, Lord, I said, what are we doing here? And it's almost as if he was standing behind me with his hand on my shoulder saying, Eddie, what do you see differently here?

And I said, Lord, what I see is Chapters of my life that I've long buried and I forgot all about. But God clearly. didn't forget me. Even when I couldn't see him, he still saw me. And apparently, he wanted to have a conversation with me.

You know what's so crazy about this, Eddie, is that Last Saturday, I was supposed to give a gospel presentation to a very large car show crowd in Atlanta, Georgia. And I get to do that show every year. And my wife and I had driven to Atlanta and I got up early because I expected to, you know, and it is much harder to give a five-minute presentation than an hour sermon, I can assure you. And so, man, I was like, God, what am I going to talk about? You know, what do you want me to study?

You know, and I came in, you know, real early, like it was like two or three o'clock in the morning, like trying to find out, God, what do you want? What, what are we, what are we doing today? And he and he flips this into my mind. He says, Robbie, Slate Street. And I went Slate Street?

Like, we're gonna talk about slight screen. as I recall, Slate Street was a Road that I lived on in Napertville, Illinois, back when I was a kid. By Central Coll North Central College. I'm like, really? Like, we're talking about 60 some odd years ago, like a long time ago, Eddie.

I understand that perfectly.

So, I went to, you know, I don't want to, but you know, just to see how I'm tracking with you.

So, I'm like, okay, well, I'll bet with Google Maps, I can look at Slate Street.

So, I go to Google Maps and I type in S-L-A-T-E Slate Street. nothing in Aprilville. Like, what? I know I you know, I'm almost certain Slate Street, I lived on that street in Aprville.

So I thought, well, with this satellite thing, I can actually see where the Central College I can remember where I used to catch snakes in this field, where they played football. And I could get on my bike kind of in my mind's eye and go down and drive back to my house. And so I went by the college and I went down the main street there. And then when I turned, guess what the street was called? S L E I G H T, Slate Street, right?

Mm-hmm. That's like God, isn't it? I'd say he has a sense of humor. And so. Then I remembered the address and I put the address in and when I did that on S L E I G H T and I can't believe I could remember the address after you know, we're talking about I was in third grade, this is nineteen sixty four.

Right? Yeah. And so, and so I put it in there, and the house, the street level of the house, shows up, and it looks exactly like trees are bigger, but other than that. same house, and such a wave of emotions came over me, and so many memories flooded my mind. And God had some deep healing he wanted me to do go through with him over things that had happened in that house, which slate, as it turns out, that spelling of slate means deception.

Or trickery. But anyway, I just say all that to say I am completely tracking with you. Like, really? And then the car show was rained out.

So all this. Ha ha ha ha ha. But anyway, go ahead, Eddie.

So I just love how God w just He introduces things or manufactures things into our lives so that, you know, He can get our attention sometimes when we're not paying attention.

So that's wonderful. And so six tracks in, you realize. Six tracks in, you realize. that this isn't just songs that I'm writing, and I don't think I'm writing a Christian hip hop album for the younger generation hoping to uh win souls for heaven. What I realized is I was writing a song called That's Grace.

And the first uh four lines of that song was Who's to Say Where I'd Be If Not For You Back Then? I knew you were the reason why the world couldn't draw me back in. And when I looked as though it might slip and fall again, Greater love has no one than this than that someone laid down his life for his friends. And I was sitting back thinking, okay, Lord, what are we talking about here? And what I realized is that grace, grace is what.

covers my life today. And God wanted to have a deep relationship with me. He sent his only son. And I'll tell you. The idea of having your sins pardoned.

The idea of knowing that there's nothing that you can do, nothing you can bring to the Father. other than yourself. All your brokenness And he's just willing to receive you. Just as you are. I tell you that just really at that moment.

Um made me pause, Robbie. Yeah. Yeah, and And so I guess it took you back to that point and All of a sudden Stuff got deeper, I would imagine, in both of them. Yeah, things got really deep. It just reminded me of a lot of things.

I mean It just reminded me of the fact that, you know, I've been pardoned. You know, and I think what's interesting is that When God put this album on my heart to write, And he started shaping it with chapters of my life. He took me through childhood abuse. He took me through loneliness. He took me through rejection.

He took me through a time that I went back to my old school in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

So, we're going to get a chance to explore all those adventures. We've got to go to Break Eddie, as you might hear that music. When we come back, of course, we're going to play some shenanigans. We wouldn't want to miss out on that. We're going to find out about what happened to Eddie and how it led to my story, His Glory.

We'll be right back. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Welcome back to Kingdom Pursuits where we hear how God takes your passion and uses it to build the kingdom so fun. Today we have Eddie Devine with us. My story, His Glory is both the memoir, the album, and the 31-day devotional.

And so, as you might imagine, we've got to play a little shenanigans.

So, speaking of story. Yeah. Now the fun begins. Yes, it is time to play shenanigans.

Alright, so yes, we gotta get our joke music going and We will be Playing shenanigans. There it is. All right.

So here's the question for you, Nick or Eddie, whichever wants to jump in, all right?

So a caveman and a bear walk into church. Yeah. And the pastor says to the caveman, what's your story? Mm-hmm. What did the caveman say?

Caveman and a bear walk into church. Right? The pastor says, What's your story? And the caveman says, Bear with me.

Okay now. Right? Bear with me. Nice. All right, so now that I How about this one?

So, speaking of stories, again, if you're reading a horror story in Braille. How do you know if someone is going to die? Did you feel the nails? I don't know. I was gonna say, yeah, you can feel it.

You can feel it. Yeah, if you're reading the horror story in Braille, that's how you know someone's going to die. You can feel it. All right, so. I like this one a lot, Nick.

Some species of frog can jump higher than a three-story office building. That's pretty amazing, right? How is that? Can you imagine a frog jumping over a three-story or some powerful legs? Right?

How can a frog jump higher than a three-story office building? It took a leap of faith. I like that. That's good. That's actually quite good.

What do you think, Eddie? Obviously, you had a superpower, brother. It's not a big deal because office buildings just can't jump. Mm-hmm. Yeah, there you go.

So that office building, you know, it didn't stand a chance against any species of frog that I'm aware of. Anyway.

So, with all that said, you know, there came a time where we have to actually have a Bible riddle for you to call in and win today.

So, again, Nick and Eddie don't answer this one. But if you can answer it, you call us 866-348-7884. 866-34 TRUTH and tell us. What's the story of Boaz before Naomi? That's a Bible riddle for you.

What's the story of Boaz? before Naomi came back.

So she did come back, but what was Boaz's story before she came back? 866-348-7884. For you to call in and win, 866-348-7884. And if they can guess that, what Boaz was before Naomi came back, Nick, tell them what they'll win. Absolutely.

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Well, see, the dog needs to know the gospel, too. I'm telling you, it's just sweet. We got cats out here that anyway. 866-348-7884. What's the story of Boaz before Naomi came back?

So, getting back to your story, Eddie.

So. Right, there you are, six tracks in. God starts to push into your story, and so. That's fascinating to me.

So, you had some childhood abuse and some stuff that you're talking about back when you lived. In New Jersey, did you say? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, back to New Jersey. I don't want to make it bigger than it really was.

I mean, at the end of the day, I just lived in a home that, uh, you know, there wasn't, let's say, a lot of, um a lot of love. And uh So, you know, because of that, uh, I made some decisions to leave home. And I left home early in life, probably around 14 years old. I left in Try to make it back a couple of times, but time rounds.

So how I mean the immediate question is how do you leave home at 14? And like take care of yourself, what happened?

Well, that's a great question. And all I can say is, looking back now at 63 years old and looking back at the 14-year-old that was out in the streets, all I can say is that God clearly had his hand on me. Because uh Right. You have yeah, you have no roof over your head, Robbie. No food.

No money, no clothes. It's crazy life.

So fifty years ago this must have been Right, in the eighties? Yeah. Yep, it was in the eighties. Yep, for sure. And so Wow.

And there you are. You walk out of that house that day. Where did you go?

Well, where I was at fourteen years old was I was actually in the West Coast. And what actually happened was I had a childhood friend of mine. He had a similar Home setting, and we both decided we were going to hitchhike down to California. And California for me was a Real happy memory in some regards because I had a grandfather that loved me unconditionally. And uh I could just be myself with my grandfather.

It didn't have to be anything but who I was. And so we started trucking on down to California, hitchhiking, and we never quite made it that far. We only made it to Grants Pass, Oregon, and somehow we turned around and we headed back up to where we started, which was in Salem, Oregon. Really? Yeah.

And so did you go back to your family then?

Well, you know, I tried to go back to my family, but unfortunately I was met with some resistance. I was basically told, you know, you made your bed, you need to go sleep in it. Really? Really? Really, really uh very interesting story.

I don't know how to I I want to be able to not lose our listeners by jockeying all over the place'cause I mean, we can go all over the place and I want to make sure I somewhat give them a cohesive storyline to follow. Oh no, dog.

So go, you know, go where you think God le is leading you.

Well, you know, at the end of the day I I think for me The message here that God wants me to share is simply this. You know. irrespective of what has happened in your life. whether you've experienced childhood abuse, whether you left home at an early age because you thought the grass was greener on the other side. whether you were searching all your life.

Uh for acceptance. God is uh the true source. Uh for all things. He's the source to To um size you up to understand that in his eyes you are loved. You're a complete You don't have to be anything more than what he's created you to be.

And I feel like what God wants me to share, and what I hope the listeners will take away, is not how interesting my story is, or my life, or how fascinating or wow, you were out there when you were fourteen years old and discerning what was going on in the streets. Because believe me, Robbie, there was a lot to discern and a lot to negotiate at fourteen years old. And quite honestly, I don't know how I made it through, other than the grace of God, and He would put people in my life that would teach me.

Well, so go go there. I mean, how did he c how did God come after you eventually? How did you become aware of the message?

Well We'll fast forward and we'll get to about nineteen eighty eight. And I was probably about twenty three years old, and I was trying to get a marketing job, and there was this gentleman named Mark Duralmo. And Mark kept pestering me about Jesus Christ and telling me all about the gospel. I mean, he was in my ear for eight hours, Robbie, and was like, I don't know whether I just need to accept the Lord to shut this guy up or if Really the Holy Spirit was grabbing a hold of my heart to say, hey. I'm right here.

So at seven thirty in the evening in a white Cadillac Eldorado with a red leather interior. Wow. I gave my life to Jesus. But uh I lived like I was in the world for another three more years until I ended up in a little place called Hood River, Oregon, where I walked into a Christian bookstore that was owned by a lady named Ruth Johnson. And she just loved on me and He started introducing me to Charles Stanley and David Hawkins and John MacArthur and Next thing I knew, I found a Bible study of a bunch of older people I affectionately called the Geraldtal group.

And uh, yeah, they were a great great group of people, and then uh I met my wife. And uh we got engaged uh Within three weeks. And the funny thing about it was, Robbie, she said to me later in life, she goes, Eddie Devine? I said, yes, honey. She says, you closed me.

I said, closed you. Yeah, she goes, three weeks. Close me, got a ring on my finger, got me to marry you. That's closing the deal, Eddie. And so I I I'm fascinated by A couple questions.

Like How does somebody go from being on the streets To Attempting to get a marketing job. That seems like you you You know there was a lot of grace in between there somewhere as well.

Well, yeah, um there's a lot of holes in the timeline here, but Yeah, I'm going to take you to where I got introduced to Jesus, and that was in 1988. Dobb, be honest with you, when I call it a marketing job, it's probably one of those kinds of jobs where you're on the telephone, telemarketing. Probably not like a true marketing job. Yeah, it's a marketing job. You know, again, it's.

You know, my wife did that. She did it for American Express for a period of time. And so, you know that. Talking to people and creating relationships. That's some awesome stuff.

Okay, well, we are waiting for your call to tell us what was the story of Boaz before Naomi came. 866-348-7884. We'll be right back with Eddie. You're listening to The Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. This is my land.

Better to myself. When I was young, all the things I wish I would have changed and done. I would have kept you safe. And loved, but I knew if I had, you would have never become the person you are today. We let adversity have its way.

This is my land. to myself when I My story, His Glory Today with Eddie Devine. Certainly, that's one of your songs there, Eddie. And so it is. You surprised me.

Well, you can thank our producer, Nick, who got that together for us today so that we could hear a little bit of the music again. It's My Story, His Glory. It's an album, it's a 31-day devotional, and it's a memoir. Although, again, You know, the God of all comfort comforts us, but also, you know, it's the power of our testimony. Um that really helps people see Jesus in us, right?

It's true. And so it looks like we got somebody. Valerie is in North Carolina. She knows the answer to what was the story of Boaz Before Naomi came back. Valerie, you're on Kingdom Pursuits.

Hey, Robbie, it's Valerie with Pathway to Languages. I was on your program a while ago. How's it going? Oh, I'm wonderful.

So you probably had this figured out. It's good to have you back. Good to be here. I had to look in my Bible because I don't think about his life beforehand. But apparently, he was related to Naomi's Husband Elimelech, my notes here say boeth means swiftness.

Naomi was related to Boaz through her husband Elimelech, a fact essential for his later exercise. of the kingdom, kinsman, redeemer role of great wealth in Hebrew. encompasses more than economic prosperity. It reflects the possessor's power and social standing in the community. It also indicates that Boaz was probably a warrior earlier in life.

Isn't that awesome? And he also happened to be the daughter of Rahab. Did you know that? No, thank you for telling me. But yes, he.

He Is one of the most remarkable. You're right. You're exactly right. He is the kinsman, Redeemer. Clearly, in Jesus' genealogy, the father of Obed, who was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

But the other thing before Naomi came back that she really probably hadn't thought about, Valerie, He was ruthless. Yeah. This this was a setup, Robbie. I fell for it. I fell for it, Robbie.

Oh man, we're still friends though. Yeah, but Boaz A e I gotta tell you that there's so much that is in that little story there. of what Jesus is and the kindness that Boaz showed. You know, essentially this woman who is, you know, I'll work for food. You know, which is what she was doing.

Yeah. Absolutely beautiful.

Well, thank you for your call, Valerie. You made my day.

Well, God bless you for all that you do. Bye-bye. For people's labor of love, you can skip Netflix. Yes, there you go. Go to ChristianCarGuy.com and skip Netflix.

There you go. That'll work. Great idea. Valerie, God bless you. Thanks.

God bless you. Thank you. All right, so Getting back to Eddie.

So I've been doing some math, Eddie, while I was, you know, on the on the and and thinking, okay, wait a minute, he left Nashville. God gave God gave him A love for music. That's a gift. It's a gift, right? And music.

It's a place in our heart. That really nothing else kinda touches, right? No, it's the only honest place, probably. uh in my life where God knew Honesty lived. With 100% certainty.

Oh, absolutely. I mean, if you think about it, so here's a kid that leaves home at 14, hits the streets, right? Don't know anything about what's in front of him, he just felt like, hey, life ought to be better out there than at home because, I mean, I'm not dreaming about. You know, junior prom, senior prom, going to college, what college I should go to. I was worried about, okay, how do my actions Potentially Um you know Um Positioned me to experience something I didn't want to experience, which generally was physical abuse, right?

So. Uh so I left and I went to the streets God put somebody in my life in the streets, an older person that's been there, been doing it for a minute, taught me the ropes, taught me. what to do out there. The interesting thing about the streets is discernment. becomes your friend.

You really need to understand what's in front of you. God gave that to me in doses. And dissermon eventually became a tool for me in business that really allowed me to see the blind spots, allowed me to see what wasn't being said. And um But the only thing though, however, is that What I learned in the streets was is that people didn't care about who you were. They only cared about What you could do for them, for their hustle, per se, right?

Because you only think about three things when you're in the streets. Where am I going to eat? And, um You know, how I'm going to make some money. And where am I going to spend the night? You really don't think about much more than that.

You don't think about one day I'm going to get out of this and I'm going to go be something. Right? Because you're in that Michael. But God took me through all of that. stuff and um when he got me to Hood River, Oregon, where I met my beautiful bride.

who just graduated from college. with her Bachelorette in Elementary Education. We got engaged, and then I shot off and went to Nashville to go be a part of a writing team for a Christian recording artist. But God had different plans. He said, No, Eddie, I really don't want you here right now.

Uh so I left and I came back and you started by saying, you know, music is something meaningful and and I know The theme of the show is about pursuing the things God's given you, right? For hope for His glory.

So, you know. Um I guess Being able to let go of music and be okay with it. Wasn't an easy task for me, but I became okay with it. The thing was, is that when he brought it back to me 36 years later, That made me pause and say, hmm. What do you want to do with this now, God?

36 years later, I thought that chapter of my life is over. Yeah, I I I find it absolutely gorgeous. He knows that there's that You know Place in our hearts, some people call it a God-sized hole or whatever, that only He can fill, but He fills it in so many unique ways because He knows exactly what you were designed for originally. 100%. And, you know, I think that that's amazing.

And again, if you go to my story, His Glory, you'll see that Eddie picked up clearly a lot of. Marketing ability. That, I mean, it's a. It's a gorgeous website. And so you not only have the album, which is the music we talk so much about.

But there's the memoir, which apparently is the story. But I'm also curious about the 31-day devotional. And so. How did that happen?

Well, one day when we get to heaven, we'll ask God what he had in mind because I have no idea, Rob. But at the end of the day, for just answering the question, you know, God just laid on my heart To start. writing and I just began to write and if I had it in front of me to kind of reference, I could maybe think about what I was thinking about when I wrote it, but I wanted to take 31 days and A scripture. And What that scripture for me anyway, it was was basically saying. And I just wanted to continue the story.

Because the memoir book isn't about a memoir about Eddie's life. It's a memoir that helps you understand what the album's purpose was and what and what God was having me thinking at the time. Oftentimes People don't get an opportunity to understand what this story line came from or what was the songwriter's perspective. In this instance, Gob is believed. The songwriter, I was just the muse that he wrote through.

We got to go to another break. We got one last segment with Eddie.

So excited to hear. Got some other questions. We'll be right back. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. When you know No longer hear my voice or feel the warmth of my touch.

Tell me I love you. Left behind enough of me, so you know you were loved. I hope your memory of me is one you're proud of, strong enough to hold you up, so you know you were loved. My story, his glory, today on Kingdom Pursuits. How fun!

We have Eddie Divine with us. And he has an album that you just heard from. He has a book, The Memoir, and he has a 31-day devotional. And when we Left our hero right at the end of the last segment. Um I ask him, I You know Th the memoir, what you know, what wonderful thing is that What was that?

Four or something along those lines. I marvel at the humility of what he said and the wisdom of what he said. Uh must be some of that street sense he got. Um He said, I have no idea. We'll ask God when we get there.

Well The wisdom of that is phenomenal. I can't tell you how many things I thought I knew why I was doing it. Right. And later to find out that. Uh God had a completely different purpose.

But the thing I absolutely love about what you said was you did. You did it because you felt he was wanting you to. Absolutely, yeah. It's just I think we miss some of God's greatest blessings in life. because we're afraid to just be obedient.

I think in life we're so I guess um Oh, I can't think of the right word. Maybe practical, like, oh, I got to have a reason. Yeah, I think we're just yeah, we're just seasoned, you know, Robbie, to say, Okay, I I need to control my environment. What's the r what what why am I doing what I'm doing? What's the end game, you know, and and why am I investing time in to do it?

But with this project, I just said, Okay, Lord, you want me to write a hip-hop Christian album? Let's go, let's do it. I'm happy to go. Wherever you want to take me. Yeah, and again, that is the to me the most amazing adventures of all time.

That I experienced because honestly, you know, my own story was. You know, I was the Chrysler dealer in Moxville, North Carolina, and one night God told me he wanted me to get on the radio and share what broke my heart every day. And I was like, You what? I don't even like doing commercials. You don't understand.

I'm not a public speaker. I'm not any of those things. He's no, like, yeah, you. He says, This is it. This is called the Christian Car Guy Show.

This is what the logo looks like. He gave me the whole download right then. He said, This is. Yep. And uh I don't know if you've heard this story, but...

One of my good friends was Stu Epperson, who had started the Truth Network in 1998, so this was in 2006. And so. I once heard a pastor give a sermon that if God calls you to do something, he'll swing the door wide open.

So I figured this was my way out, honestly. I said, well, I don't know anybody that does radio other than Stu Epperson. I'll call Stu. When he says that's crazy, then I'm out. You know, I don't have a radio show.

What am I supposed to do? Right. And so. I called Stu. We went to lunch in Moxville that day.

I'm sure he remembers it as well as I do. He said, Robbie, that's the best idea I've ever heard in my life. Like what? How about this Saturday? And within hours, you know, I was trying to figure out what in the world I was going to do.

However, You know, that was twenty years ago. And what I would have thought was just a little blip in my life turned out to change the entire game. I mean, it changed everything. from a standpoint of my career, but it also changed a lot of things, my family. It changed a lot of things that I you know, I can't imagine my life without all the people that are in it today as a result of You know, that one little Bit of being obedient as you were in this particular case, right?

Because who would have thought you were going to be on a radio show in North Carolina back, you know? three years ago or whenever you started this project.

Well, actually, I started the project. This is the interesting thing about it. I started this project in January of 2026. That's when God brought the gift back. And then two and a half months later, he gave me sixty-one songs.

And then he gaze, says, Eddie, listen, I want you to write a cushion hip-hop album.

Now, I've been in the the industry long enough to know that you don't write an album As quickly as God gave it to me. Two weeks. My story, His Glory, was written And it was arranged. And it was mastered. And it was done.

And then he goes Now we're going to write a memoir, Eddie. And I go, we're going to write a memoir, huh, Lord? I said, that's exactly what we're going to do. Get your pen ready, let's go. I said, okay, what are we going to write about?

And he says, well, let's write about. What? You learned. But I shared with you. Because, you know, at 63 years old, Robbie, you don't wake up one day and say, okay, Lord, I'm going to put a Christian hip-hop album together, going to write a memoir, and then I'm going to do a 31-day devotional.

Right? Just don't laugh. It wasn't in my game plan. But uh You know, what I realized is I told God once in my life, no. And it was after going to a Promise Keepers rally years ago.

And I felt like the Holy Spirit just said to me, You know, Eddie, follow me. I want you to be a youth pastor. I said, Man, you are out of your mind'cause youth pastors don't make any money and I need to make money. And I regret ever saying that to God. And so when He asked me to do this album, I was like, no hesitation.

Well, I hate we're out of time, Eddie, but again, it's my story, his glory. If you go to kingdompursuits.com, you can see the links to the album, the memoir, and the 31-day devotional. Eddie, it's been an absolute blast to have you on. God bless you. Thank you.

God bless you. Keep listening, man. That's absolutely spectacular. And speaking of listening, you listening. Got so much truth coming at you on the Truth Network.

Encouraging prayer with Dr. James Banks, followed by the Mike's Wake Show. M