The Joy Ride #166

This is the Truth Network It's a brand new year! Welcome to all you joyriders out there! This is a fantastic show from the guys you know.

Speaking of none other than the Banda Brothers, 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. Happy New Year to everyone!

And a new year means a brand new joyride. And we're going to kick this year off with a bang! That's right, once I'm done with my speech, we're going to have a big ol' fireworks display. Now, I know you can't see the fireworks, but you'll still be able to hear them.

And it sounds like popcorn popping. You'll love it. It'll be fun. Okay, to reiterate, I'm going to recite a poem. Then my big speech capped off with a fireworks extravaganza. Okay everyone got it?

Hmm. I'll go over the order of events one more time. I will read the haiku I prepared, followed by a tasteful poem I've written, then the 15 page front and back I might add speech, then the most impressive fireworks display you have ever heard. The fireworks will go off once I'm done talking, and not a second before.

Now time for the haiku. Oh! Ha ha ha. Very funny.

Yeah, I should have seen that coming. From Wild at Heart, we got the idea of asking God for a word of the year, advanced word of the year, to give you some kind of, I guess, anchor to what he wants to do in your life, wants to teach you, wants to kind of prophetically give you an idea of what to expect for the year. And we've done it for quite a few years. Robby was the first one to do it, and we've kind of caught on. It's really changed all of our lives.

I think I've had five or six now. And you know, some years are better than others as far as I think you're required to invest some of yourself and really follow out that. You can get a word and not do anything with it, and I've done that a few times. But the more you interact and you allow God to show you, and then you can look back sometimes and say, oh, that's why I got the word of the year. I think David has a testimony of what last year's, his word was, but you know, just that's the idea. And somebody asked on the team, was there a scripture for this? Not per se, but God says that he would speak to us and we would follow him. I think God is, anytime we want to hear from him, he's interested in imparting into us. And the idea behind the word of the year is that I think he's all in if we ask him for a word, the Bible says we have not because we ask not. And I think if you ask God for a word for the year, he's more than happy to give you one.

Well, let's see. God's in the relationship business. Indeed. Right? I mean, that's primarily what he's into, the relationship business.

And so why would God say no if we're wanting to invest in the relationship by saying, God, help me understand the word you're giving me. Absolutely. Right? I mean, there's a no-lose scenario there, you know.

That's not to mention the Shema itself says, hear, oh, Israel, right? Right. That's the idea. That's exactly what I was going to say. You're exactly right, Robby. Exactly. So from the guys on Masculine Journey, I'm Keith, and we'll see you down the road. This is the Truth Network.