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Pursuits and so many different ways.

Start off we have Amber Parker. She is the author of finding simplicity learning to live like Jesus in the midst of a complicated world. Amber for such a time as this right now.

Highly my goodness I I gotta tell you where are you calling from okay will Virginia's little different. You guys maybe don't have as many cases as we've had down here but man people are there's no toilet paper I and our talk about complicate your life. You know that's the we got all that stuff so I Amber I met her at the National religious broadcasters convention.

She is an absolute Jew and her book again is finding simplicity and I think you're to be delighted. What we have there, but we have another really, really special treat for you.

We have Brian Beverly is to be at Calvary with me. I died and I knew him because he was in the car has his amazing voice.

I mean amazing voice and he now is a pastor at Mountain View Baptist Church in King. And he's got a big event coming up right brass absolutely tomorrow I bring in my free met big.McConnell is also with us. Here's what you can hear that voice he should be doing the shower I am asked this unbelievable fee. He has invoice for radio there's and what a scratch, and with him is Mac McConnell 25 years he's been out acting like all over the world in and also to countries you tell me about what he was doing in Israel is just more amazing. But he is coming to judge you.

Yes, Mountain View learning that the it's called forever changed. In no it's not canceled is actually going on since your marriage is canceled. No reason for you not to go check it out. It's at Mountain View Baptist Church, 1030 tomorrow morning should be in Union Grove in Lexington tomorrow night so we got all that stuff coming up, but as you might imagine, and I know that your thinking that wow I need to go to Mountain View Baptist Church. I need to go by this book of Amber Parker in on simplicity. So, speaking of go every go.

Yeah, here we go after much research you know about this Mac, but after much research and discover that Vincent van Gogh had many relative he really did, and among them were is really obnoxious brother please go. He had a dizzy and that was overtly pretty good guy. Brother eight planes.

He was gotta have a brother who worked at the convenience store. A lot of people just called him stop and go there, go and yet you know his grandfather was from Yugoslavia.

You go that this is actually my personal favorite. This is so the brilliant whoever wrote this good brother who bleached his close bleached white hue go and that's classic and then of course there's a cousin from Illinois Chicago. Go J non-Asian how is magician uncle.

Where did he yeah where did you go is that he can depleted and can cousin the me, amigo, amigo and of course the nephew who drove a stagecoach and became a banker. Well the lark go you got it.

The course Mexican cousin and a half-brother. We call him grinning lingering and content and know the Ballroom dancing and paying, I thought a million bird lover Fleming got it and this is one of my favorites to the aunt who always taught positive thinking waited and waited and began running down the audience. I discussed that you knew the one that with the Christian card. I would say for the last would be the knees who travels the country in a minivan in a van.

Actually, it's a big van they call her when eBay when eBay stuff that I would actually have a riddle for you to call in and win the day at 866 threat and sexual. I really have little. Today Damian and be proud. You know what I'm saying that I have riddle. This is a real live riddle or something and have to concentrate to think what I'm saying you need to call in 866-34-TRUTH 87884 and if you can answer this riddle by the way you get finding simplicity by Amber Parker so like a hiker in the rain. You gotta go undercover right and there were 10 undercover in the Bible, but only to thought God was like a calculator where they you thinking can you go put it on like a hiker in the rain. You got to go undercover.

There were 10 undercover in the Bible, but only to thought God was like a calculator. Who were they 866-34-TRUTH 87884 and if they can guess that Danny, Delwin, well they going to land finding simplicity by Amber Parker. It's learning to live like Jesus in the midst of a complicated world, and this can throw in tickets to the event coming up that's absently free to kiss them and for you at Mountain View Baptist Church or Union Grove Baptist Church Union Hills but not really forgot all these things you got free tickets, all you have to do is call us at 866487884 866-34-TRUTH. We would love to have answer that riddle.

I don't think is all that complicated, but you do have to put your thinking cap on a little bit so Zach/Mac can we hear from Zach a little bit on the light he might tell these people about common out to Mountain View tomorrow when biblical drama has a way of getting attention the audience the congregation so that they will pay attention.

I like to say my dramas give you Jesus.

Before you know it because her really the characters coming to life.

You know that's it's bending a little bit and it's not completely perfectly. Scripture but it's packed with the gospel in such a way that people will will tend to find a new life. In reading the Scriptures. In fact, I've had people say they don't.

They never will read the Scripture again because it now. It's like a life is like a novel. It's live it's living exactly what the Bible the word of God is supposed to be living I study the Bible for years until I started reading it like a novel and taking on the personalities of the character that it really burst up in my life so fortunately God is just allowed me to create a craft that a little bit unusual and sent me in so many different places over a thousand performances to see lives touched and forever changed.

For all times no several dramas that I do the ones that I'm doing up here forever change is really the back story of Zach TS and perhaps people have wondered why would a nice Jewish boy grow up to be a despised tax collector and then go out on a limb to see the latest in a long line of would-be messiahs.

Zach would answer that question and say why don't you just asked me Zach ESI got a question for you.

Have you paid your taxes as that's the question always on my mind.

I am Zach TS that seek texture and not during these parts, over all the other tax collectors. They report to me report that no one where no one except know what's his name. The Roman creator I see you can hear we got Zach. He is, we also have Messick and Brian we have Amber Parker wasn't meant to get to get to her home on finding simplicity and went to college Ramona in Walnut Cove in someone else's got the answer to the riddle possible. Stay tuned home. I can so much more finger pursuits. They got call it that riddle 866-34-TRUTH Amber Parker was on for such times.

This page is the author of finding simplicity learning to live like Jesus in the midst of a complicated world.

We also have Mac McConnell and Brian Beverly and they have this forever changed the event you might've heard Zach.

He is there.

The first segment we got a lot more and I understand Peter might be coming along at some point in time, you often want to hear Peter. I've always wanted to email you know it and I understand if there's some water out there will see later if he is actually the guy got remote is in Walnut Cove, North Carolina Ramona the morning it's good to talk to you again. How are you I'm great Ken good morning are you doing fine.

It sounds like I'm having a blast and I have all these wonderful people around me characters and you know you surround me with characters.

It brings out there jokes about Hugo was wonderful.

I can't believe I did. Could you riddle again I will like to hiker in the rain. You got to go undercover so they were 10 undercover in the Bible, but only to thought God was like a calculator who said they were Joshua and Caleb with the other spies went to spy out the land after 40 years of wilderness wandering is absolutely right and you have one. The book by Amber in order to get the free tickets. I was God like a calculator to them how it counted them anything that they that's so close to Canada, after free tickets are now Martin from Raleigh and he may have that we don't want to give Martin a chance to win to you about the ticket free and there are no tickets in this kidding around that forever changed event which is tomorrow at Mountain View church.

It happens to be in King North Carolina. It's a completely Corona free zone. From what I understand I was getting my God bless appreciate you calling you are right we have, Martin. I'm hoping is still on with me.

Martin, thank you for calling today from Raleigh Martin, do you happen to know how God was like a calculator that I don't know that he knew that whatever the number that Caleb reported not overcome. That is a brilliant waste way smarter than I would've thought and Simon say you're actually right because you came up with a better answer than what I was can say so when you give it to you, Martin. You get the free tickets so it's a way to draw but anyway, let's see what let's see is Brown Summit may be closer to you and he and and and Zach is here/Mac is going to be there on Sunday, March 22 and their still have an event so thank you so much for calling today. I appreciate it. Martin God bless you and all right Amber, I know that I was been waiting, waiting, waiting, you get that you gotta share a little bit about your book like what how did God inspire you to write something on simpletons. It just seems like life is anything but that.

I will write right. Neither all going on internationally. Right now for even our personal life. God relationship complication reading. I got a few years to get it struck me that I was not chaotic and even now he faced hard thing playing locked on our way are locking, having time for people having fun. I caught it with Ali and rate that people can understand your primate relationship with God and possible milder complication went straight there telling thinking about getting a game I will pilot going. And that word again for practical and impacting our banking. I kept thinking it could be thought and line that is you think through your different chapters in the book which one you think is the most applicable to the panic that's kinda going on. I think it [Confederate real delay. Whenever you think. Trial because the testing of your faith pretty and our first reaction to something heart theory. It is you can see by the world right now panic and fear and become overwhelmed is usually not joy that when we see things from God. Active we can be our second family way when we just react absolutely beautiful and I'm very very excited.

We have our other guests on with the Steve Schmidt Amber which might in the M and RB and he is with love packages so were going to write to Steve. Steve, good morning. You made it. Good morning. I'm sorry we missed out on the Collier just when I'm done I am for listeners to find out about you and what love packages are like oh my goodness this is this is one of the most coolest things that God continues to wow me with Cheryl and I listeners what your ministries will promote data from publishing. Churches and individuals and then we ship them overseas to people who don't have any.

I had the opportunity or pleasure or however you want to state that starting the ministry way back in the spring of 1975 I had a whole stack of decision magazines for Billy Graham and some old Bibles and some daily devotional sitting in the corner my dining room and every time I walk through their got to talk to everyone slowly but anyway the parties fingerprinted Steve away from that and I go with the Lord sometimes hard with the Lord for about three months of use of the parallel roadway listen to beastie okay got a little wasted, but I don't want to do it there four years old. I won some little I want to for your magazine, or don't daily devotional is a long story short, I knew some in that it just graduated from a Bible college and going home to their home countries and so they're going back to get into the other places I wrote them a letter I said can use English literature in if so I'll let you know soon as I got a couple days and let her go back and said yes we can use as much as you get here as soon as you can get it here and so that's how we started that first year my wife and I started to base my home and we just collect things from our church and things really fit 60 little boxes from August to January, but as I would go to the Baptist chicken dinner for the Methodist pancake supper and sit with people I knew in the community.

People asked me what you been doing I said and collect old Bibles in Sunday school material is people don't have a overseas rise get great big man.

We got a whole closet full of that stuff on our church. Can we bring arch over to you. My poor wife that that next year and we had stuff in the back porch. The front porch with the living room, the dining room.

She overtook it. But anyway, were still married 49 years in the ministry is gone from 60 boxes to this euro send our goal is to ship 2020 tons in 2020. Wow.

And how many did you send last time, 1710 testing hundred and 10 tons, a literature when we got something for you. I can tell you I know of the conversation between Stephen God because we got a chance to really spend some time together and so you can hear so much more from Steve that we haven't heard anything from Peter and Zach is over here and i.e. Mac is got this concert/event. What would I hate to use word concert. What would you what would you call well it is I think of it as good as one man biblical drama, which is what it sounds like I'm really an evangelist. I just dressed money when I go to work and take on these different characters and present a lot of the inside story if you will a little bit between the lines of the back story of characters so that you and get them to know them a little more personally I am. I am blessed and and so Brian was tell us that when you went when you went overseas within the every time you go someplace Peter Witchel.

Absolutely we were the first opportunity we were in Caesarea Philippi the second day of our trip and will talk about how that was the place that Jesus asked who do you say you do men say that I am you look around to see these pagan there's 13 different to pagan temples there and any look to Peter said who do you say that I am an and Peter showed up and he told us what he said and I don't know if you remember what Peter said there Mac.

Remember how Peter did that when he had said his proclamation. Of course I knew I went up to Caesarea Philippi course was a time of respite for the disciples and for Jesus and adjusting that time when when Jesus said who the other say that I am some say John the Baptist or Elijah Jeremiah 1 of the other prophets, but I said you are the Christ, son of the living God could change and get to do that on located on a lot here within one minute. If you can walk I can so you Amber.

We got Steve Lee got Mackinaw we got we were just loaded for bear. Here we got two more segments of King versus state Robbie Gilmore here in the Truth Network podcasts of help make my pillow the company it is today, and now Mike Lindell, who by the way, I've met is a great guy, the inventor and CEO of my pillow wants to get back to our listeners for the first time you can get deep discounts on all my pill products.

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Do you know Steve why God is like a calculator or Amber. You can Amber. You know this because you can count on is just like man is I can't help but watch.

But meanwhile Amber.

Oh my goodness, I had a chance to talk with you at the NRB and what a neat adventure God has taken you on her euro.

Well my headphones just went dead. So I'm hoping we're still in the air. Well, we are and that happens at once while all you to straight out you like in my still here I am, but I I was wondering when you were starting this adventure did you have any ideas like if you will be obedient to begin to write this that this is really hard to organize yourself to write a book you got a whole life going on and then all of a sudden God put some on your heart. Write a book so how did you get your life simple enough to do that. I went right block. I'm highly revered for our block on my calendar. Usually like and larger quantity time and that really helped me late that amazing.

I always find it, just beyond cool that if God wants something, some he gives us the wherewithal to make it happen in spite of we don't really see it all coming together, but one of the huge things is you do all this writing right and then you gotta organize it so that it makes any sense.

How that really get ranking are highly really keep pointing out the light didn't make an retrain my thinking and make it work clearing the point when the book really took on the character and somewhat adventure would you say that you know some is this book, what would you be really really excited that they're going to read like Manning hardly wait till they get to this part a great I people will read detonate and make internal want something that character and look at different people.

So yeah, I mean, our life essentially is a treasure hunt to grunt to try to get a better look at God and and then somehow another through him, reflecting back to us. You know some of our stuff so that you're exactly right.

To me that's really cool that that your book would be able to do that in an and along those lines. Steve you had a conversation with God. I'm encouraged to write my book will you had a conversation with God and he told you that you met. What was it like Max to know some word that I'm not stuck coming to my mind where he actually critical critical critical mass.

Well, I was in the year 2000 I was sound asleep.

I was in my bed minding my own business and God will be up on night about 2 o'clock in the morning and I just feel the presence of the Lord. Just think they can and I brilliant at 2 o'clock in the morning so I said what the Lord motivated somebody reading the literature right now.

So cool. He said that the reason why will you like it so I set up in bed. I said okay God will you try to say they said that you reach critical mass.

Lord I know what that means.

I don't know what you're saying to me from this moment on every moment of every day. From this moment on, somebody's got to be reading the literature you sent to the nation.

So for the last 20 years every moment of every day, every moment of every day, every moment of every day. Somebody's been reading the literature that we collected from the state and sent to the nation. So this is really cool to be like wow so like you've got these old daily breads that are you to you if you contact daily bread and send it to a nursing home big as 40 copies of this newly since 20 might be 30 years old and their sit in a barn somewhere.

Whatever it is that you have I got a friend on the rec yard, Bob Young, my Christian junkyard guy you guys to dial 788912 to I think is that guy gets boxes of Bibles that people leave in their car when they go to crush it right. It's defined in the backseat of the trunk. Whatever they take the Bible outrightly. I want all I know you do.

I it's hard for us in America. You know there's pastors all over the world today in Third World countries still don't have a copy of the Bible you know we in America we considered all in her pajamas and get on Amazon at one delivered to us the next day. But there's people all over the world. Pastors still today all over the world. I just got a report. Just last week there was a 19 churches they had for Bible in Zimbabwe and another group of churches had 13 churches and they only had one Bible, one pastor, you know those 12 other pastors in the Bible.

And so for the first time in their life they got Bibles from love packages because somebody that one to me and I so you are probably wondering how I get up with love packages well number one Google love packages or if you used to going to kingdom pursuits.com go to King number six.com all the information is there on love packages also all the information is here if you want to order Amber's book right simplicity like we need some simplicity in our life.

All you do is you to click on the link right there you can order directly and then go back as you can imagine what it would mean the young author to get some feedback like for a few stars because I mean, oh my goodness and give her some encouragement by know you can buy it on Kindle. I think for seven dollars. I saw it November 99. I'm really impressed by the way can so many authors don't get their stuff on Kindle but I'm a Kindle person. Like I I know you don't want to hear that Steve used to play around everywhere so you can find out about the only way to find out about forever changed from here right now you write this down. It's at Mountain View Baptist Church. I failed miserably. Didn't get enough time to put it on my website but it's Mountain View Baptist Church, which is 1042 Mountain View Rd., of all things in King North Carolina or just show up tomorrow morning March 15 1030 Mountain View, you get to hear you can hear this IPS and I want to hear until one of my mom see if I'm talking and that during the middle of things I used to do crapping out like I would I have. I had a woman's voice that I didn't because I did Elvis actually getting seats when we hear how God takes you, and you still have trouble without this crap from a long time. I can assure you that crapping is alive and well in right here today on kingdom way.

We have key is in the high point I most favorite listeners why got all the whispers are all my favorite actually. But keep your hunting pursuits the morning good morning to morning. Do you want to talk to crapping you know you want to talk to Zaki as we have so many people in the studio. I can't figure it out. Peters and Michael comment people who are gathering up the old literature you have love packages yet. Steve proved I'm not law God word not what he said.

Steve is God's word does not have a date on that correct is still true. Find buying yesterday is my travel around the house, but it will be brand-new to somebody you ask in on Friday night.

Jewish synagogue church on Sunday. I did not serve ramp on Shabbat Friday night. That's cool.

Shabbat shalom, but the message student Rabbi Ms. started out click on them and it started out, and all the stuff going on now too many times people making the year Golden children bail you out there you can come down and all it got.

Going to work in the theater you noticed a lot of people moral figure on the home it's always great to hear of you. That's what happened when a fine Peter you better pay attention. This person is to keep you hoops one done on Cherokee but anyway were very very grateful for all that we've gotten assembled here today. Steve Schmidt again with the love packages which you find your story.

Well, we only got three minutes left all got to get this Amber was with the she's the author of finding simplicity and a course this event coming up with Peter and Zach ES and mostly Zaki if it's the parable exactly as it's called a one-man drama with Bible actor Mac McDonald Mountain View Baptist Church 1030 Sunday okay Steve I give you the last minute and whatever to tell a story. We love your stories I got one year ago there was a cult leader in Bob way, and one of our literature distributor started talking to them. They never believed in Jesus. They've never read the word of God or anything so you started giving the Scriptures and and anyway, long story short, he given his life to Christ born again and so the cult leader. I just got pictures this week of all these cult people because he's the leader he made proclamation aura or declaration that all these people should know about this Jesus and start reading the word of God and finding out about who you and so 40,000 of our literature.

Right now it is a bunch of pictures of all these people dressed as a whaler draft and all reading books that we spent thousand converts because God is just and Amber in the cool God just is is working working working I wanted to give you a chance to say something here and see if we can get Zaki is in here a minute to story in the book.

It's called simplicity right learning finding simplicity exactly right.

So we gotta be looking before we can find it so that finding simplicity learning to live like Jesus in the midst of a complicated world.

Zach ES tell people where they need to be tomorrow Mountain View Baptist Church, 1042 Mountain View Church Road King North Carolina 1030 love to see you there. You'll be glad you came. So you be collecting taxes while you that's always an effort you never know. Brian tell us what you're excited about you know is coming tomorrow absolutely said the communication of the gospel to the dramatic presentation is just phenomenal. You can you look at words, but when you see it lived out in bed personified. It just makes a major impact.

You can also get information about our church on a website. It's in the BC for Mountain View Baptist Church King.net that in the BC King.net alright so we know your church services may been canceled. This was not 1030 tomorrow morning kingdom pursuits.com to find out what you can do with all that literature and stuff that you got it on it's right there kingdom pursuits love packages and then Amber's book, don't forget finding simplicity like man, we gotta be looking for.

Go find it. Jesus was very simply walked. Everyone got it all done in 33 years. I might've said that once a product is now state that so much truth coming at you on the Truth Network encouraging prayer followed by the masculine turning start here now at 12 o'clock thank you and clear running