Deadly Driving Habits

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It's energized ministries like that page. If you're in Twitter. You can follow us there, but we want you to call in and tell us why you and your pastor would love to join us for this trip. 866-34-TRUTH 87884 is your chance to win metric call in and tell us why you think your pastor really could use this EE these things are huge because pastors don't get a chance to do a lot of stuff and so you know were to pick somebody today. We put it on Facebook.

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Tell us was the only they were going to do this with you guys that now we got a little Sunbelt did driving habits things you may do every day that it become a habit or perhaps worse, your children or grandchildren see and learn. It's okay to check your email behind the wheel or speed or slide through the stop sign.

What are the deadly driving habits. We've done our homework.

We've even asked these questions on Facebook or twitter ourselves a Christian car guy, but there's nothing like hearing from the Christian Car Guy audience. So while you're calling in with your pastor or if you just want to call in and you do not unite if you're in California whatever making it Bristol might be a bit difficult today.

By all means we would still love you to call in tell us the deadly driving habit you're trying to break or perhaps one that just drives you crazy, 866348788486634 truth.

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We would love to hear your pastor, nomination or your deadly driving habit in you know habits are easy to make hard to break and I've had this deadly habit.

For every first Saturday of the month for years and Bill Mixon, my Christian church is getting bill is always with, first Saturday month bill welcome and you you got these deadly things lined up to do. And while we get through this list today I'd like to ask everybody out there to take a chance, consider whether or not you've got enough life insurance in case you might be one of the fatalities will consider whether you care enough liability insurance in case you one of the drivers today might be a good time to think how much do I actually have an is it enough so what are you trying to stop her. What's the one driving habit that you really think we need to talk about today you call us at 866-348-7884 know it takes some courage to call in but think your pastor, I'm telling you when you watch your pastor toss attire over the pit which I saw happen. The one time I guy was able to go with Andy, you have no idea the life that you will speak into your pastor and his church by just calling in today and nominating him we really are working to give this away. Today, 866-348-7884 and it is a first Saturday month which normally would be our Jesus labor love week, but because I want to give this pastor event all the time it needed and are deadly driving habits were to have a very special have really some cool plan for us next week on the Jesus labor love what that is as free car repair for single moms and windows across the country, especially also families in crisis and you can find out all about that the Christian Car Guy.com but naturally it still the Christian Car Guy show, so the end of the show will have our appraisal by the real black book. That's where we search the Bible for hidden treasure.

Cry out for discernment, lift up your voice for understanding, and as I was thinking this would take of deadly driving habits I started to consider how almost any of the deadly driving habits have a spiritually similar deadly habit. Something that happened to you spiritually. Along those lines so when you call in this morning. Maybe you could think of what might be a spiritual correlation to the deadly driving habit that drives you crazy. I got one and so I'd love to hear it. 866-34-TRUTH 87884 but the one that there's one that just gonna nail me right between the eyes is a deadly habit that I find myself in every so often. And God actually hit me between the eyes with Jeremiah chapter 4 and working to get into that covenant in the show and our appraisal by the real black book you are listening. If you're wanting to the Christian car Show which were bringing the kingdom of God through the automotive platform which is really a wonderful thing sometimes through NASCAR. Sometimes your good driving habit, sometimes through being a good steward with what God's given you taking care of your cars really say if you'll take care your car last as long as you do.

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If there is a scheduling conflict. We might make it up some other day but we want to hear from you tell tell us why. And again it's a front row seat inside Bristol motor Speedway in the garage in the pit area it's full access. You'll you'll be right there rubbing shoulders with your favorite drivers and it would be for Friday night August 22 Nationwide race at Bristol motor Speedway: tells why you like to join us and why your pastor could use a special treat and not really you know Rob Etzler ministry is about is providing unique, refreshing and and rejuvenate experiences for pastors, so unless the foundation for if you check out our website will seem lots more to talk about why that's important.

But that today it's it's a fun day were promoting in the look and is looking for to send somebody out there that can you imagine the expression on your pastor's face when you say hey I when you trip to Bristol but you get to go with me and that's in right now you chances are really good because you're competing against absolutely no one's 348788486634 truth we do gotta get into these deadly driving habits.

Last week we talked about the one that it was on Bob younger Christian junkyard guy's heart that when you going into a left turn. If you're in an intersection making a left turn that if you prematurely turn your wheels to the left and the person comes sliding in behind you. They hit your car they will launch you into the oncoming traffic coming on the other direction and and Bob knew of a couple folks that it actually died as a result of that, it is absolutely horrific habit to get into so will just start off with that one is is one that I actually did a recording of the deadly habit is when you are waiting to make a left turn.

Do not prematurely start to turn your wheels because you don't know who might be coming up behind it time you really see people do. This is when they're planning on making a U-turn, then they'll they'll get their wheels all the way turn in in next anticipation of getting that car turned all the way around to not to again if somebody you never know, and I've been at an intersection. Once in that fact. That was the reason why learn to wear my seatbelt on another deadly driving habit that people believe it or not do you know where there seatbelt and I was in the car business. I didn't need to wear a seatbelt. I mean I was in and out of cars all the time and my son was sitting next to me and he wasn't wearing his seatbelt and were sitting stopped at a stoplight and all of a sudden the car just slams into well I'm watching my son launch into the windshield and tried to hold in which you you cannot do that. You cannot hold 4050 pounds flying forward like a horse with a work child safety seats then and all that but we have been wearing a seatbelt since the day of that event, which he was okay but wow something, what are you deadly driving habits got a chance to win call in the break, 866-348-7884 driving this is not at all funny for me but these are very serious issues because once you start them. It's hard to break them. You might be easing through intersections. All those things. And the thing that really is scary about it is your kids a lot of time or your grandkids were whoever's in the car with you there, see, and what habits it is that you are developing and so you thought it was no big deal that you text and drove until your 15-year-old is taken drivers in their normal like that you do it. We got John in Raleigh's Conan with his.

We would love to hear yours. You call 866-34-TRUTH 87884 866-34-TRUTH John, what's the deadly driving that you're thinking well about people. Jaywalking allow it seemed like last thing a lot more people jaywalking a lot of time to get a kid by the hand, are later pushing a stroller. Always keep that in mind I many years ago nobody got killed during I was a terrible, terrible, well and they just came from nowhere and then they were well I will inebriated four-lane highway at night and but when Charlie got what any of that what any last injury terrible thing and it highlights the need for us to be completely engaged on completely and I what were doing. In other words, as if you're looking at your cell phone or thinking about her in, or even check the radio or the GPS unit, you gotta be aware all the time because it in a moment, everything changed in the John like you are on your way somewhere and now your whole life change your you've got this man laying out there on the highway, I can imagine it will think out.got killed by terrible, terrible. You know my grandmother struck a young child when she first started driving she never drove because you don't realize what it is that that you're propelling when you're going down the road. John, I appreciate your call and your courage so much to Colleen today about shop show. Thank you. Well that's powerful while whirling that I just did many many people that had hit a child that is darted out from behind a car had absolutely no idea it was going to happen couldn't have done anything differently and then they ended up being see for considerably more than they had insurance for and that financial toll did a a lot of damage. In addition to the realizing that injured or killed a child you can be sued for more money than you have the insurance for your still responsible for that amount above. Sure it happened so quickly you're driving down residential roads and theirs parked cars you don't know what's coming out. You got to be carefully gotta be wino is no time to be daydreaming or you know checking out your Facebook post power that looks but that those are some of those deadly driving yet when I see those Facebook posts that have far too many spelling mistakes. I wondered how many of these people are driving down the road have to be careful. That's a habit it's going to do a lot of damage to a lot of people. As I mentioned, I posted this this week on Twitter and while you were driving but that was one that the first thing that came up was that people texting and driving using their cell phones. I guarantee if you stop at any stoplight in North Carolina.

I don't know about another state and you look around you'll see almost at least 50% of the people are on the phone and their check and email are there check in some Mandy and a lot of them of got kids in the backseat and you know what's going on with that is way too many distractions in front of us right now I'm I'm with you and unfortunately I'm guilty sometimes event that stops under the messier your preaching to me here this morning so you know, one of the challenges about deadly driving habits is how do we stop the habit. How is it that we no longer engage in whatever that may be and in do we need to put our cell phone somewhere where is just almost impossible to get to that thing. While were driving in order to break that habit especially it so I got a 14-year-old you could be driving and I and I'm and she sit in the watching my every move. And even though your Christian card. I occasionally you know you went through that yellow light, a little faster.

Whatever it was that you did and in your sent and the message that the steps okay and it's scary stuff when I go on a long trip. I always pray first right when I get in the car – that allots shorter trips in the them a lot safer driver after I prayed Ed dedicated that they got that back and without not must-see and is I'll go searching for something in that box I keep behind the passenger seat. You had to be something in there that I just absolutely sure of. Got to have but I don't have time to pull over and stop to get it. My wife is myth. On the and and and that that brings about wonderful point that how easy is it to pull over into a parking lot somewhere and do whatever business you need to do. Yeah your weight on an extremely urgent phone call. I understand.

So pull over and if the food you lost a call chances are that you can call him right back). You don't even have to look at your founders pull over somewhere and and do whatever you need to do your weight on urgent text you got something big going on. I understand. But what kind of message with that show your kids what would show them. If you pullover now you have a wonderful chance to win the experience of Bristol motor Speedway in Tennessee. All you have to do is call in and nominate your pastor, 866-348-7884 866-34-TRUTH tell us your deadly driving habit phase of his life are not allowed legal will Junior yes, it is an opportunity to data for your pastor may not be that much of a NASCAR fan but he if he is a NASCAR fan of your NASCAR fan you'd like to share that with your pastor today is the day the call and nominate your pastor 866-34-TRUTH 878-848-6634 truth, we would love to make this opportunity. It is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

It could really change their world and also create a friendship between you and your pastor that is something that they really really really need, but also, today we are talking deadly driving habits and were asking people to call in with ones that they think we've got. Carol is in Greenville, South Carolina Carol you're on the Christian card I show the morning morning I went to reinforce what you said about not prematurely turning your wheel left when you're waiting to make a turn in her 80s that was in excellent health, bright, lively, and she was killed instantly by waiting to make a left turn into her own driveway on Highway and had a real turn to the left and she was hit by a truck from behind and pushed into a track ahead. I mean, I know I emphasize that I dangerous habit. I see people when they're allowed to turn right on red date don't stop first and are supposed to an expert reason, and I've seen it happen. I believe I've known of an accident where that habit led to led to the accident and to the fatality and everything it I had a habit I need to develop – checking my rearview mirror and Mike nightmares more frequently. I don't know that I have a habit not to stop it. I do have a habit to develop. Yeah, I believe, me after I was involved in that particular collision where they hit me from the rear. When I'm sick stoplight. You know that's just a constant thing and I think about that situation.

I'm so glad you mentioned that you know we think about being an intersection, but often we turn left without being an intersection and is the same thing you stop, you begin to turn the wheels left and again you put yourself in harms way. That's probably more likely that somebody's going to come up and and and launch you into the oncoming traffic so wow that's a great great piece of advice Carol. I'm so blessed you called in today. God bless you and thank you for calling my after like I don't like great South Africa and I don't know anything about NASCAR, so I'm not nominate you understand I understand completely what thanks for Conan God bless you and keep things from our rights. What are your what you think and are some deadly habits of people may not be aware of you. Call us at 866-348-7884. Looks like we got a couple of folks nominating our pastor as well. For this trip.

The best motor Speedway or get their information and get them on in a minute, but next up we have a caller that happened in those in Illinois.

My mother and she's got usually some wisdom for so I'm excited about that mom you're on the Christian Car Guy ship morning call talkers and stop driving, and I will look at you and looking bad.

I cannot slow down my way habit and that is the one that that's come up on this lately but talking habit or just not paying. I recently mom I am was with a family whose son had gone into the ambulance are was was arrested in 1911 worker, one of his people. First responders and he will barely drive because of all the horror that he seen it, they can't get him to go hardly anywhere because he sees the results of how easily and how quickly.

Within a moment, everything changes and I think so many of us have no idea how much is at stake. Every moment that you behind the wheel and and having been struck by a car myself and those people know my story was I was crushed by a car that was not going. Hardly 15 miles an hour my leg between the two bumpers with the force that's there, and the inability to do anything about that is phenomenal and so we are all involved in with deadly weapons all the time. Thanks. Something like thanks mom talk to you later bye-bye all right, we got Charlene is in Chesapeake, Virginia. She wants to nominate her pastor and we would love to hear from you what your deadly driving habit you thinking of or maybe you got a pastor that you want to laminate, 866-348-7884 is a number to call in and 866-34-TRUTH 87884 Charlene tell us about your your pastor yeah my I know he wouldn't tell us about his church, church, and now in the morning.

Our anger not he kind of character. I morning people. Lonnie and Amy and our inner and cantering. Pretty lame.

Yeah like word and I really enjoy hey Shirley this is Andy, thanks so much for calling to know that your pastor and this will take a moment for the reason were offering this and for the rest of you listen out there is really this is your chance to be a blessing and maybe maybe gods even type anew on the shoulder today to be the voice of encouragement or to be able to step in and and reinvest in your pastor's life. That's what our ministry is about and so really that's what were looking for is just it's just a chance to encourage you today. You know what your pastors are going through so much more than you realize your pastor's families are going through the this spiritual warfare is really it's at an all-time high end and if your pastor has an effective ministry going. He needs you're here encouragement he needs your support he needs your prayer were talking about prayer earlier Bill mentioned it before, get in a car and that's something we'll talk about enough. So, our pastors need your prayers need your help and they also need some downtime and some fun time as sewer offer and so if you're on the fence of think about you know what I should do that.

I don't know if you like it or not, they will like it they need. They need your input. So Shirley, thanks for calling and will look for somewhere. I bless you what a wonderful what a wonderful job you did of you know and just encouraging what what what Amanda God's doing out there that a lot of folks may not not be able to see. So that's awesome. We really appreciate Charlene all right well I hung up on my next Deadly Dr., Charlie patrician always brings please call back. I absently hung up on you.

She was calling him on a deadly driving habit.

But also we would obviously love for people to nominate their pastor, and I think about there so many unsung heroes out there that are really we have no idea what that warfare is Andy. I suppose you do because you get a chance to talk to these pastors regularly warfare that's going on and talk about a deadly driving habit is not praying for your pastor, it it it it and you know that all too well where were all guilty of that in you know II actually was thinking Bill before you made that comment about print a long trip. That's something you know I'm guilty of that we you know got got asked us to pray without ceasing to pray consistently to pray over everything. And why aren't we doing right it's your analogy to talk about driving a deadly weapon. Good grief and surgery and I spent time at the racetrack and you look at these two or 3000 pound vehicles shooting by you even even at that title speeding up a pit road speed of 45 miles an hour doing your super close to him. It's a scary thing and so the same thing when you're out in the city I was in downtown listen fell last night with my kids and just washing the cars on fourth Street go by. That's a very dangerous thing and we do need prayers. We need prayer for all these areas of our lives. Yes, and we have smart callers toning with the nominate their pastor. We would love to hear from you.

Really they would love to hear from you.

866-34-TRUTH 878-848-6634 truth. We got a lot, take driving or I behind going on with deadly driving habits. There might be some spiritually very similar that we deal with and we want to talk about that number is about the real black book and as Jesus comes in there and can heal us from some of these habits and and I love what Bill said earlier that prayer just start now asking God for help when you're trying to build some is a big help. Now we got a lot of folks calling you still got time to call in and nominate your pastor 866-34-TRUTH 87884 we got patrician Holly Springs.

She's got a deadly driving habit.

Patricia, thank you so much for calling back.

I'm sorry hung up on it.

Okay. The volume is about getting a little bit of honey and I take it to me to pull over to click click to it badly to go. I get Apollonian faceplate that night. Michelle get a will like it might take a quick nap like a diligent use of the question and I'll go along. Make all the difference. You shall bring you drive again right really important and that is done To stop it away. Maybe because becoming both laid along land both waking you thinking got out and never get out of here, but I found that actually have at it only take 5 to 7 minute without cost to clear going either way, it only take that that is opposed to darting out there risking your life a rift in the last of 1 to 2 to 3 people depending on how many people in the car. If you do today.

Survey your cause damage to the present, because, dammit insurance Eric ticket. You gotta wait for the cop it can be cold. It could be hot and get all the that's like that down here in patient's weight that no more than a whole lot better than life as you and as a code to wait 2 to 3 hours to get out so that is that is awesome.

I bless you Patricia appreciate you calling so much and in making the second effort we want to hear that.

Thank you all right, we have Jim in Greensboro is going to nominate his pastor so we won't hear from Jim you're on the Christian card I show them on good morning, good morning. Hope you guys are doing well. We are excited about this race in Bristol.

I hope you are as you to be on your way out I am. I really am.

I want to nominate a pastor will log into who is working on hundred and 30 years. The church started back in 1885, and in addition to being the past of the church is also the director of CDC and Monica so the log and the log he caught my thing by vocational that's CDC. I apologize I don't. With that stance, community development, public I just found out recently though you probably could you read them: and what I'd like to know that what is this place, and all its August 22. Judging what your connection to this pastor mentioned a 29 years ago that wow that's a connection when we got him.

We got some other nominees Jim with that is a great one. We have got your information I understand and appreciate you dominating him, that's awesome, right we have Tom is in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Tom you want to nominate your pastor yet really are not competent. No gain on my back lot behind small town. Figure outlawed by their get on the helicopter took a wrong and when the motel that ran nine… She did make it back but haven't tomorrow dear evening block.

Oh well, not on originally way up in the mountains that is awesome that is sometimes very bright below ground that was donated by Blount about it on why the preparation ready and why he's done. I'm going to write, plan for, and we can be all everybody out there, we can be praying for him.

What's his name Richard Peter peters will God bless you Tom. We are so grateful for your nomination of of your pastor, Richard, and we will be praying for him as well. YOU have pushed well. We do want to get to our praise by the real black book real quick and then will tell who the winner is for all these people that were nominated but this is where we search the Bible for hidden treasure. We try to figure out it you know there's there's a lot going on with these cars but what's the spiritual implication of that and the one that struck me this very deadly habit that I find myself and sometimes is called tailgating and the one that got hit me between the eyes with this this week is when Jeremiah was talking to me was given this message in Jeremiah 4 and he said this is a fascinating piece. He said break up your unplowed Ground and do not so among forms circumcise your hearts to the Lord. Circumcise your hearts and what I understood from both Matthew Henry, and the more I study that passages God was saying that if you been getting too close to sin, which in this case with Jeremiah's people. They were to close the sin of idolatry that they need to circumcise their hearts. In other words, they need to break up the ground of their heart to find where the wounds are and asked Jesus to come in their in their case they were asking the Lord to heal that somehow from the idolatry you got a break up that hard heart of years and and bring in the Lord and that's why it says this is where the healing begins and I'm so blessed to have Dr. Whitaker with me and you know what I'm saying.

We've got to ask for some healing. If we been tailgating that sin. There's a reason that our hearts desiring that and God is saying you got a breakup that hard heart and let me in there to take a look at an MRI, you are absolutely right. Many times with legal we look at things and it's like, hey we need this just becomes so much a part of us that we just only realize that were just so far away from God and then we just start filling euros is our right and then all of a sudden the little voices come on back. I love you and it becomes a habit to be tailgating most in your always, your kinda right there in the way of it and you can be proud of your heart and asking God for forgiveness will Andy on the hot seat. Now you got announce the winner met in the course of awesome nominate you. So go ahead and fire it was good listen and all those and also the ones that we have social media. I thought they were to try and go with Tom.

I called in for his pastor. South Carolina ends so I mean that's that's been the kind of recurring thing this year actually passes. We know so try catch up with Tom next week and then you know if Rivers is no scheduling conflict will go the next one down the line. Looking forward to handicap.

Bless you and your ministry to pastors and what you doing there and I would challenge this week obviously slow down. Jesus walked everywhere he went and got all done in 33 years, but the other thing is spend some time maybe plowing some new ground of your art and asking Jesus why is it that you keep on the tailgate whenever the