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The Joyride #249

The Masculine Journey / Sam Main
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September 10, 2026 5:00 am

The Joyride #249

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September 10, 2026 5:00 am

We all carry burdens—but too often, we carry the ones God never intended us to bear. This week on The Masculine Journey Joy Ride, the guys explore what it really means to "let it go." Through honest conversation, biblical truth, and plenty of laughter, they discuss why so many of us insist on holding tightly to our worries, fears, failures, and responsibilities instead of placing them in Christ's hands. Drawing from Jesus' invitation that "My yoke is easy and My burden is light," the team shares personal insights into surrender, trust, and the freedom that comes when we stop trying to carry life on our own. Along the way, a memorable movie clip reminds us that sometimes the wisest thing we can do is simply... let go. The clips are from "Lean On Me," by Kurt Franklin, "Indian Jones And The Last Crusade," "Frozen," and "Lean On Me," by Club Nouveau.  If you've been weighed down by life's pressures, this encouraging episode is a timely reminder that God never asked you to carry them alone. For more great content from the Masculine Journey team, visit masculinejourney.org. Explore additional resources, connect with the ministry, and discover more ways to continue your own masculine journey in Christ.

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This is the Truth Network. Welcome to all you joyriders out there. This is a fantastic show from the guys you know. I'm speaking of none other than the Banda Brothers. My name's Keith, producer for such fine truth network programming like The Masculine Journey and Masculine Journey After Hours.

In this podcast, you can expect to laugh and smile with godly men who want nothing more than to honor and glorify God.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the joyride. You have to worry about this evening. I can see your tears. Don't see I'll be there in the hurry when you call. Yes, I will.

Friends are there to catch you when you fall. Here's my shoulder. He is the son of Hey, Joyriders, it's a new week, so that means a new joyride.

Now, as everyone is, I'm sure, aware of, when someone becomes a born-again Christian, aka a believer in Christ, their days of having problems and troubles are over. I mean, this is common knowledge, right? Yeah, and if you believe that, I got some swampland I want to sell you. In the book of John 15, starting at verse 18, it says this: If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own.

But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this, the world hates you.

So, yep, we are gonna have problems, and struggles, and burdens. And if any of you are like me, you can be hard-headed sometimes. We want to take on and carry those problems and burdens on our own shoulders. Junior, give me your other hand. I can get it.

I can almost reach it, Dad. Indiana. Indiana. Let it go, man. We just need to Let it come and do what Jesus said, which is to take his yoke, for it is easy, and his burden is light.

I promise that was only 30 seconds. And actually, that's all the lyrics in that chorus. And it's about four minutes, if I remember correctly. You got it all in 30 seconds.

Well, what's it saying in there? Because it is hard to pick it up with all the different voices. It is. It's exactly what we Put it up front, his yoke is easy, his burden is light. Actually, burden, but.

burden is our more modern English word for that.

Okay.

Okay, for those that like King Jimmy, this one's for you, and it really was from that time, but uh. The story, if you've never heard it, of Al Handel. Wrote the Messiah in just a ridiculous amount of time, little time. with no errors. It's a God thing and uh If you've never heard it.

It's three hours worth spending. But as I point out, anything I remember in Scripture is pretty much something I've sung, and that one. it hits home in a way that, uh I love Not my favorite chorus to sing. That one's tough. But they I don't disagree.

No, they just reminds me of Carol the Bells or whatever that song is, where they just keep, I mean, I like it at Christmas. Jim, I'm glad you like it. The wonderful thing about the Messiah is you can enjoy it at Christmas and Easter. I do enjoy the Messiah in between. Most people would recognize it, you know, in the hallelujah chorus, right?

Yeah. You know, born unto us, a child is born. You know, other lyrics other than his yoke is the line. I'm okay. We just, I appreciate people love that.

But uh but uh that uh I was really Carolyn was also surprised that you would consider doing something that old. No, I mean, it was your show, so I figured it was your bump. I just. I was like, I'm just grabbing 30 seconds and getting out of here.

So from McGuides a Masculine Journey, I'm Keith and we'll see you down the road.

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