Full Transcript for 85 | Big Trust

City. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.960 I mean, it's every other week, coach, that this man is. 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.120 Oh, you know what I'm doing next weekend? 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:44.560 Let me guess. 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.439 Go into the trailer to Panama City. 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:54.080 So we put out a uh a little Instagram story that several, several of our wonderful listeners voted in. 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:56.800 In fact, I think the results came in. 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:57.599 They did. 00:02:57.759 --> 00:02:58.560 And it was what? 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:03.599 Well, remember, we set the over-under at 29.5. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:10.240 So the basically the question was do you think Rico and Rhonda have been at the beach more than a month? 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:11.599 All totaled. 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:13.039 Or less than a month. 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.919 And that's year to date, ladies and gentlemen. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.199 That's since January. 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.840 That's not like over the course of their marriage. 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:20.319 All right. 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:22.719 I'm talking about since January, dog. 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:24.159 Of 2026. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.159 And for the record, I voted under. 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:30.400 However, well the results are. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:41.759 So here's here were the poll results where 75% of our respondents said they thought it was over 29 days. 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:45.840 And and then 25% said it was. 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:48.719 I see you with the quick math. 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:52.639 I'm gonna edit that so there's an even longer pause. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:54.400 It would be believable. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:56.479 I'm gonna make it a five second. 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.159 And everybody would buy it. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:03:59.840 They would say, checks out. 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:04.560 So anyway, so the actual number is, and do you want a journal? 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:05.759 We don't need a journal. 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:06.800 Here it is. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:08.479 37 days. 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:13.120 Oh my 37 days so far in this calendar year. 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.959 I don't know if I've done anything for 37 days this year. 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:18.800 Hey, can I tell you something? 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:20.959 What's really weird about it? 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.240 Is that we look like that's not weird enough? 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:25.360 No, that's awesome. 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:25.839 Okay. 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:30.560 So uh, but we were going through the calendar and confirming the number of days. 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:36.639 And do you realize that we didn't go down to the beach at all in January or February? 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.360 So that's only March September. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.480 March makes it even better. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:46.639 Cold months just stay up. 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.240 Oh, that's hilarious. 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.240 Oh my word, are you kidding me? 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:52.319 What a gift that was fun. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:05:00.399 You have given us listeners a peek into the mind and experience and vacation habits of one Rico and Rhonda. 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:01.360 Goodness gracious. 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:03.600 Hey, one last thing I want to bring up. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:08.319 Uh, do you know it's I just want to brag on the Sermons on the Side community. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:08.959 Can we? 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:09.360 Yeah. 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:10.240 Of course we can. 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:14.959 Do you know what our listeners have been doing lately? 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:17.680 In addition to just being awesome. 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:18.959 Do you know what they've been doing? 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:19.920 I need to know. 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:24.160 They've been sharing and talking about Sermons on the side with friends and family. 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:24.879 That's right. 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:33.279 Because, bro, there's just a lot of folks checking in and listening and getting on the Sermons on the Side train. 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:33.759 That's right. 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:34.399 Lately. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:35.920 We've gotten a lot of download numbers. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.680 We've got a lot of new cities and new places across the United States that have checked in. 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:46.720 So hey, if you are a loyal listener and you have listened to us since episode one, we welcome you back to another awesome episode. 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.839 But hey, if you are new here, man, welcome. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:51.759 Thank you so much for spending this time with us. 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:54.879 Uh, we're so honored that each one of you would click play on this. 00:05:55.040 --> 00:06:00.319 Um, we're all, all of us, we're all trying to find those hidden God moments in everyday life. 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:06.639 And we do that through storytelling and and sharing of different moments that happen in our everyday life. 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.360 And um, man, anyway, so thank you guys for being here. 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:11.360 We have the greatest listeners. 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:12.079 Don't we? 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:13.920 Who's got it better than us? 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:15.199 Nobody. 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:16.240 Say Brad. 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:16.720 Yeah. 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:19.519 Are you ready for the summon on the side bus? 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:20.160 I am. 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:20.959 I am so ready. 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:21.439 All right. 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:26.160 Well, it's it's inspired by the National Football League. 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:26.639 Oh. 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:27.920 NFL. 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:28.879 Yeah, man. 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.079 Started last week. 00:06:30.160 -->

00:06:33.680 And uh, did you get to did you get to follow any of the games? 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.560 Dude, I did because we are in a fantasy league. 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:44.079 And by the way, for any of our uh listeners that are also in that fantasy league, you got your tails handed to you. 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:50.079 Uh, I think the second most points in the entire league in one week was me. 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:51.360 Yes, it was. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:52.160 Bravo. 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.279 And the most by a long shot. 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:56.160 Who could it be? 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:57.360 Was you. 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:59.600 So appreciate y'all's prayers. 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.600 The Lord answered in mysterious ways with our fantasy teams. 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:08.800 Anyways, the uh the short answer to your question is yes, I did watch some football this weekend. 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:11.439 Oh my soul needed it. 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:16.800 Yeah, I tell you, I thought you were gonna uh lament the Falcons. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.360 Well, I've been lamenting the Falcons since 28 to 3. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:22.319 Because I'm lamenting the Cowboys. 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:27.360 Shout out to Uncle Dave, big Giants fan, and his dad, Lynn Ornstein. 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.720 And yes, y'all's G-Men looked good. 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:31.519 Yeah, they did. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.040 Uh, but and the Cowboys looked bad. 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:42.879 But anyway, NFL is back, and it reminded me of something really cool and funny that I remembered from many years ago in the NFL. 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:47.279 Okay, and that's kind of the the inspiration for the Sermon on the Side this week. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:53.120 So we're gonna talk about one particular NFL superstar named Lamar Jackson. 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:58.319 Oh, dude, he's uh he's my starting QB on my on my dynasty league. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.360 Okay, there's I've had him for four seasons. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:02.639 He's just so good. 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:18.560 Now, back when he was in college at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, and he won the Heisman Trophy in his last year with Louisville, and then was drafted in his first year in the NFL was uh 2018. 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:25.120 Now, he was drafted in the first round as a Heisman Trophy winner should be. 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:25.519 Right. 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:30.560 But did you know that he was drafted as the last pick in the first round? 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:31.839 I did not remember that. 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:33.440 I'm sure I knew that once upon a time. 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:34.080 But wow. 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.200 30-second pick. 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:36.720 Pick number 32. 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.279 Wow. 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:49.919 What that means is for me, for you, for anybody who's listening, if you have a favorite NFL football team that is not the Baltimore Ravens, you blew it. 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.879 You had a chance for Lamar, and we all said, I don't think so. 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:56.080 Yeah, we'll pass. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:05.679 And then he hits the league in 2018, makes a pretty big splash his first year, and then in his second year, he lights up the NFL. 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:06.399 Wow. 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:12.720 I mean, he was having such a good year, and he had just from start to finish a phenomenal year. 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:23.039 And so it became apparent as the as the towards the end of that first year, he could win, he could be a candidate for the most valuable player. 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:24.559 Oh, the MVP, that's right. 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:31.840 MVP, as the sports fans like to call it, and so people thought Lamar might do it. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:41.679 This guy that nobody thought enough of to draft him before number 32 the year before, is now reshaping the league. 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:49.919 And so the Baltimore Ravens, his team, and he remains there, which is pretty cool, you know that he has stayed there this whole time. 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:58.799 And so that year, again, we're back uh, you know, his second year in the league, they were uh just having a phenomenal year. 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:06.320 They had a cool guy that was also a member of their team that had been drafted a few years prior to Mr. 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:07.600 Lamar Jackson. 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:10.399 He was a running back named Mark Ingram. 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:12.720 Oh, yeah, the old Alabama guy? 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:13.279 Exactly. 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:14.720 Did he also win the Heisman? 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:15.360 He did. 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:22.879 And so now all of a sudden, their their best running back and their quarterback were both Heisman trophy winners. 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:24.240 Little known facts. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:33.919 Fun fact for uh as a you know a deep cut for NFL trivia, for that one year, they also had a backup quarterback for Lamar. 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:35.840 His name was Robert Griffin. 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:40.240 The third RG3 another Heisman winner. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:41.279 Three Heisman winners. 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:42.320 I forgot that. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:43.360 Oh my goodness. 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:56.399 And they would occasionally, every every once in a while, they'd run a play where Lamar was under center, and to his right was uh Mark Ingram, and to his left was RG3, a special play. 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.600 Three Heisman trophy winners on the field at the same time. 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:01.840 But anyway, back to the main story. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:10.639 So Lamar is lighting everybody up, he's he's wowing the world as the quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens. 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:21.600 And this running back, who's also a good friend of his now, Mark Ingram, his guy, his go-to

guy, really he's this this Mark Ingram fella, he's quite a character. 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:28.159 And he's he was always a fun interview, but he took it upon himself to become the hype man for Lamar Jackson. 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.080 Yeah, you gotta hype up your starting QV, dude. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:30.799 Yeah, indeed. 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:44.080 So he would, before games, after games, during games, he was just talking to anybody who would put a microphone in front of his face and say, My man Lamar, he's gonna be the MVP, the most valuable player. 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:46.000 He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it. 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:51.440 And so it was always fun to watch what these guys were gonna say when they were being interviewed. 00:11:51.600 --> 00:12:00.399 So there was this one time near the end of Lamar's second year, really close to the end of the year, the start of the playoffs, all of that. 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:05.200 And and Lamar was gonna come to the podium in a post-game press conference. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:13.039 But what Mark Ingram did, the running back guy, he comes in and says, I want to introduce my quarterback. 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:25.200 So the press is all there, and he's in front of the mic, and he just goes off about in this introduction, and he talks about how we're actually gonna play a clip of it because it's so cool. 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:25.840 Oh, that's awesome. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:38.080 And he talks about how he he Lamar is the leading candidate, he's the front runner for the MVP, and then he goes off saying, If you got something to say about that, if you think I'm wrong, come see me. 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:38.559 That's right. 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:42.080 He said, I'm in B More, which is Baltimore, in front of the bank. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:47.200 And because their stadium was called MT Bank Stadium, he says, Come see me. 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.919 I'm in B-more in front of the bank, anyway. 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:53.919 So he so we want you to listen to this clip, okay? 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.759 This what is this 25, 30 second clip, something like that. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:04.720 And this is the actual recording of Mark Ingram hyping up his friend and quarterback Lamar Jackson. 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:15.519 And Mark reveals what inside the the locker room among the teammates, they have a nickname for Lamar Jackson. 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:23.200 And the nickname they have for Lamar Jackson is what our Sermons on the Side is about this week. 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:23.840 All right. 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:25.919 So see, you guys listen to this. 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:32.639 See if you can hear the nickname that Mark Ingram calls Lamar Jackson roll at. 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:39.120 Now I would just like to introduce y'all to the man, the myth, the legend, the MVP front runner. 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.919 If anybody else gotta say something different about that, then come see me. 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:44.080 I'm right here in B More outside the bank. 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:45.679 If you got an issue with that, come see me. 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.799 About that. 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.159 Big trust. 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.279 Woo-woo. 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:51.519 Lamar Jackson in the flesh. 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.480 Yes, sir. 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:54.799 Big trust. 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.960 Oh, isn't that great? 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:01.919 Wow. 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:02.960 I love it. 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:04.559 Big truss. 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.840 Big truss. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.080 And I thought he was saying trust. 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:11.519 And that's the way he was pronouncing it. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.919 So I'm like, why is he calling a uh a roof structure beam? 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.519 Why is that his name? 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.600 Solid piece of strength. 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:20.960 Is that not what it is? 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.600 No, no. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.960 They went people that that video went viral. 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.679 That short video all those years ago. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.240 And people are like, why are you calling big truss? 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:34.080 And he's like, it's because we trust him. 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.919 We trust him. 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.120 It was big trust. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:42.799 They took the word trust, and as a team, they they kind of changed it to kind of make it sound hip. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:48.080 I got you and make it sound uh different, and they and they call him big truss. 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.159 And that what they're saying is we trust him. 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.240 He's our quarterback. 00:14:54.480 --> 00:15:09.840 And doesn't matter what the situation is during the game on the field, how bad it might look, how worried we might be, we look over there, we see number eight, Lamar Jackson, and we say, Big trust. 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.200 He is big truss, he's our guy. 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:14.159 We trust him. 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.039 Isn't that funny? 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.159 I love that, dude. 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.879 I'm gonna start calling him big trust on my fantasy team. 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.759 You totally should. 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.039 I trust you, big dog. 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:31.120 Hey, as it turns out, eventually, uh apparently Lamar has a tattoo somewhere on his arm or where in it of that says big truss. 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:40.159 But that always struck me because uh I loved his that dynamic of their friendship. 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:40.639 Sure. 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:56.399 But I love the thought that among a group of men that are on mission to try to do great at their job, which is the NFL, and they they ended up making it to the playoffs, they weren't able to get all the way to Super Bowl, but they

did have a very successful year. 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:00.000 And show enough, Lamar did win the MVP that year. 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.399 Wow. 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:02.639 And his second year was 22 years old. 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.840 Big trust indeed. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:04.639 Indeed. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:09.440 He he and then just a few years ago in 2023, he won his second MVP. 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.960 So he's had a wonderful career. 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:18.000 Mark Ingram has has long since retired, but is still close friends and a big hype man for Big Trust. 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:27.919 But when I heard that, just the thought that these guys who are who are on a team together, they gave him that name because they trust him. 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:33.440 When they're in a tight spot, they want to see him on the field. 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.919 He is big trust. 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.759 And I just thought that's cool. 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:51.759 And I not long after I heard that video, I came across a verse of scripture that the way it's worded, it's it's Psalms 40, verse 4. 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.799 Okay, all right? 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.360 And it's talking about trusting God. 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.240 Okay? 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:59.759 But check out the way they word this. 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.519 It's worded this way in the ESV. 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:09.200 It says, Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust. 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:15.359 He makes the Lord his trust. 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:20.559 It's like the focus of my trust is God. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:26.880 And so I sat there and said, That's God being our big trust. 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.880 That's what God is. 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:36.160 I trust God so much, that's literally who he is to me. 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:38.319 Trustworthy. 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.200 Yeah. 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.480 Big trust. 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:41.440 Whoop whoop. 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:48.880 I don't know the theological ramifications of looking heavenly and going, what up, big trust? 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.400 Big trust. 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:53.680 When he sang it with the sang, yes. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.279 I'm down here. 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.640 I'm on sermons on the side. 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:58.079 You can catch me outside. 00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:59.200 I'm my back. 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.640 Come see me. 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.480 We've lost the plot. 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:05.759 I love the way that that's phrased, though. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:11.839 Like, blessed is is is the man, blessed is the person who puts their trust in God. 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.039 Yeah. 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.319 That's so awesome. 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:20.559 And and usually, in fact, in in other versions, in most versions, it says trust in the Lord. 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:30.480 But for some reason in the ESV,

as they looked at the language, it was as if the sentence was structured that we make the Lord my trust. 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:30.960 Oh, yeah. 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:33.119 It just carries something. 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.599 Yeah. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:38.640 And it reminds me of that funny little thing between Mark Ingram and Lamar Jackson. 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.599 But to to me, it just animates this. 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.920 That's my goal, to be honest with you. 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:56.160 Is to be to find that place in my relationship with God where I'm I'm just looking at him and saying, you know what? 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:58.160 Trust it in something I do. 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:58.799 Yes. 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.160 Trust is a person. 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.200 That's exactly right. 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.160 It's God. 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:08.160 Yes, trust isn't this thing that either I have or you have or I give it to somebody else. 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:13.599 And if I'm doing the good Christian thing today, then yes, I'm giving my trust over to God. 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:17.039 Trust is our relationship with the Lord. 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.799 It is the Lord. 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.920 It is Jesus. 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:27.440 Jeremiah 17 refers to trust as being a tree planted near the running water. 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:34.640 And so, man, when we when we have our trust just ingrained with what's that phrase again? 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.279 What is it? 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:39.599 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust. 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:44.799 When we make the Lord our trust, God, that's a fantastic phrase, by the way. 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:54.720 When we make, when, when we allow that the Lord to be our trust, it is like we are being planted right near streams of living water. 00:19:54.799 --> 00:20:04.160 And man, when you think about a tree whose roots grow deep and rich and strong and full, that's how I want my relationship with the Lord described. 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:16.240 That's how I want my relationship with the Lord to be played out in the world around me, is to be deep and rich and full and true and strong and sturdy. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:19.119 And by itself, the tree isn't doing anything. 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:23.200 It's because we've made the Lord our trust. 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.640 That is gross. 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.880 And I started thinking about it. 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:34.240 I said, Well, I'm so glad you brought up that scripture because it's a what a powerful word picture that is. 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:37.759 And because I found myself saying, What does it look like? 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.960 You know, what does it look like for a person to make the Lord their trust? 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.920 That's a good question. 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.759 When God is big trust. 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:48.640 And I I just want to throw a couple of thoughts out too. 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.359 Okay, come on. 00:20:49.759 --> 00:21:01.039 That I think the the things that I'm gonna bring up are a part of what that deep-rooted tree life is that you just described. 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:07.039 So I think the first part of trust or one of the first expressions of trust is surrender. 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:20.000 They go hand in hand to say, if God is my trust, if God is my big trust, if that's who God is to me, there's gonna be points of letting go. 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:26.319 There's gonna be points of not maybe always being able to understand. 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:32.960 Uh and not able to answer the question, why or why now, or why not now? 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:38.559 You know, all the different things that letting go might might result in. 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:50.480 You know, there's a there's a verse in 1 Peter and it's uh chapter 5, verse 7, that says, Give all your worries and cares to God because he cares for you. 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:53.440 When some versions say, cast all your cares on him. 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:59.759 So, in other words, what undermines trust is fear and worry and legitimate. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:08.640 Legitimate concerns about life that can really undermine the trust part of my relationship with God. 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:22.960 And we are instructed to take those things that we're worried and afraid about and can't quite understand in our human reasonings and roll them over onto the Lord because He cares for us. 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:33.599 Surrender is not optional, it is a non-negotiable part of making the Lord my trust. 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:39.440 But from that kind of surrender comes confidence. 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.559 Yeah. 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.400 That's exactly right. 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:45.599 And I see confidence in that word picture from Jeremiah 17. 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.480 Yeah, yeah. 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:49.599 I'm I'm taking it even back to the football field. 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:56.240 And you know, sometimes maybe a running back or an offensive tackle or even a wide receiver is going, man, I was open. 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.279 You should have thrown me the ball. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:07.920 I don't, I don't really know why you had to scramble up the field or, you know, whatever Lamar did that was flashy on the field or throw it to somewhere, you know, but I trust that you're seeing the entire field. 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.559 I trust that you're seeing the entire playbook. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:14.880 I trust that you're reading the defense more accurately than me. 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:25.519 And how, man, if we apply that to our own life, you know, God has given us all very specific routes, very specific jobs on our relationship with him. 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:30.880 And are we at a place in our life where we're gonna turn over the big picture to him? 00:23:31.519 -->

00:23:36.079 And we're we're okay not seeing the full field, we're okay not reading the defense. 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.319 We let we let big trust do that. 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.440 Right? 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.559 Oh, that's so good. 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:46.720 Check out this verse right here when you're talking about confidence that comes from surrender and trust. 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.799 Isaiah 35, verse 4. 00:23:49.039 --> 00:24:00.480 Say to those who are fearful in heart, be strong and do not fear, for your God will come and save you. 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.680 Be strong. 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.160 Hey, look, if you're afraid, I get it. 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:07.920 That's what that's what the prophet Isaiah is saying, or God is saying through him. 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.799 Hey, I get it. 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.880 It's scary, it's confusing. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.240 We don't see it all. 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:18.640 Plenty of reasons for questioning and struggling, but be strong and do not fear. 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.960 Your God, your trust will come and save you. 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:26.480 So, man, I'm telling you, surrender, confidence. 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:31.759 Worship flows out of a heart that is trusting. 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:36.559 A heart that has made the Lord his trust or her trust. 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.720 Worship just flows out of that. 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:45.519 Let me let me let me read you read you something from uh Psalm 30, verse 11 and 12. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:49.359 God, you have turned my morning into joyful dancing. 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:59.119 You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, so I might sing your praises and not be silent. 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:02.480 Oh Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever. 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.119 I will give you thanks forever. 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:10.960 That is a Bible phrase that means I just can't stop thanking you. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:15.440 And so that's the heart of a person that's trusting. 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:25.680 Whether they've seen the end result play out well, whether the touchdown gets scored, or whether we can even tell whether maybe we're not even sure if we're gonna win the game or not. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:30.000 But I'm telling you, I'm never gonna stop thanking God. 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.559 That's right. 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:35.440 Because He is my big trust, He has come through, He will rescue me. 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:39.279 And man, when you talk about singing to the Lord, you talk about worshiping, you know what song. 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:42.000 Come on, you know I trust in God. 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.200 Oh, that's it. 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:51.119 My Savior, the one who will never fail. 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:55.440 He will never fail. 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:03.039 Oh I sought the Lord and he heard and he answered. 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:06.480 Oh man, bro, you got that's why I trust him. 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.240 That's why I trust him. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.960 Bro, ain't nobody can do it like Brandon Lane does. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.039 Gonna have some judge in here. 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:15.200 I tell you what, for real, y'all. 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:22.640 So look, there is only good that comes from making the Lord our trust. 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.359 Wow. 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.559 Only good. 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.960 And so let's let's just dive into it. 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:39.119 And let's so so think about that funny little video or audio clip we listened to of old Mark Ingram just going, big trust, whoop whoop, big trust. 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:42.240 I mean, just he couldn't keep his mouth shut. 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.799 I love it. 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:44.319 About Lamar Jackson. 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.680 And here's here's the verse that goes along with that, that idea. 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:50.400 Psalm 107, verse 1 and 2. 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:52.559 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.720 His love endures forever. 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.799 Has the Lord redeemed you? 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.559 Then say something. 00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.000 He doesn't say say something. 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.200 Then speak out. 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:03.839 Tell others he has redeemed you. 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:08.079 It's that verse that says, Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:12.000 That's basically what that in this version I'm reading. 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.759 It says, Has God redeemed you? 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.079 Yeah. 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:16.640 Has God come through for you? 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:19.359 Has he been there for you in your darkest time? 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.559 Then say something. 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:23.359 Yeah, there's some translations that say, go be Mark Ingram. 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.000 Yeah. 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.160 Hype that. 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:29.920 I don't know if I'd read that anything, but I'm just saying it's a good translation for this moment. 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.279 Yeah. 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.920 Let's go. 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:36.559 Let's go tell others what God has done for us. 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.759 That is it. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:40.480 Make him our trust. 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.000 Come on. 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.400 Only good's gonna come from it, y'all. 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.680 Don't want to miss that. 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.880 God is good. 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.720 He is our big trust. 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.519 Amen. 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.720 Golly. 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.119 All right. 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.519 Well, you gotta hit me with a uh with a segment here before. 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.279 Oh, yeah, got a segment, got a

segment. 00:27:55.359 --> 00:28:00.640 Well, I do, I, you know, it's been a while since we talked about going to the movies. 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.519 Okay, yeah. 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.480 The movie house. 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:04.079 Yeah, don't you call it the movie house. 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.440 The picture show. 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.480 That's what it was. 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.759 But I was thinking about this. 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.960 You know what's crazy? 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.519 Talk to me. 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:19.759 Like a like a like a 16-year-old, okay, that's going to the movies on a Friday night or whatever. 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:22.720 Today, and nowadays, you know what they're doing? 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:27.680 They're setting up like a Google meet, and they're all watching like a shared Netflix thing. 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:34.559 Back in your day, y'all were driving in a car to a field and you were watching some pop-ups. 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.039 That's it, brother. 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:47.519 We're backing in, raising the uh raising the tailgate on the minivan and uh watching uh watching some drive in. 00:28:47.680 --> 00:29:03.359 But uh, you know, it occurred to me recently when Rhonda and I and some some friends we were watching uh a movie, and I realized so so this particular segment has to fall under the it bothers people. 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:07.359 Okay, things that Rico does that bothers people. 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:15.200 Can you tell where I'm going if we're watching a movie and I realize there's something that I always do that bothers people? 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:17.359 Do you can you guess what it is? 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:20.960 If you talk during movies, bro, it it's it's that. 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:23.839 Are are you saying this is where the relationship is going to take down? 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:27.519 I'm telling you, man, there was it was already thin. 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.279 Because this might be it. 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.240 This is a good run. 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:39.039 The sound you hear in the background is a door slamming on mine and Brad's friendship. 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.680 No, uh, not actually. 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.960 But we won't watch movies together, you would. 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.759 Well, sort. 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:51.440 Yes, the answer is yes, but it's a particular kind of talking. 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:56.480 So, in other words, I don't, I'm not the guy that says, Oh, he's the bad guy. 00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.799 He he's gonna die in the end, or I know he did it, or or whatever. 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.519 I'm not that guy. 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.079 Yeah, okay. 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:04.480 Does that make you feel better that you're not a psychopath? 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.920 Yes, I'm it does make me feel better. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:14.799 Because here's anytime I talk during the movie, it

always starts with the following phrase. 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.079 Hey, did you know? 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.839 It's like, you know. 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.039 Oh my god. 00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.680 No. 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:23.839 I lean over to Rhonda and I say, you know, Rhonda. 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:26.079 But and what am I saying? 00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:32.799 I'm pointing to a guy and I'm going, Did you know that he's the guy in that show or that movie? 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.319 I'm making connections. 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:41.359 I'm pulling people out of the of the movie experience and trying to get them to connect dots. 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:46.880 You know, he's actually married to the lady in the movie we watched the other night. 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:48.079 Do you know? 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.359 His dad. 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.200 What on earth? 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.519 Why do you think we want to know? 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.480 Here's the deal. 00:30:54.640 --> 00:31:01.200 If we ever important to everyone else, I'm not saying it's not important to you. 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:03.920 What all I'm saying, you're a journaler, right? 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.319 Yes. 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:08.079 I'm getting you pen and paper for when we watch a movie. 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:10.160 Brother, write it down. 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.640 I'll talk to you at the end of the movie. 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.759 Write it down. 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.079 Tell me the scene, tell me the actor. 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.839 Richard, I want to know. 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:20.880 But brother, I don't want to know before the credits. 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:28.400 I want the end scene after the I want the lights to be coming back on, and then you bust out your little movie journal. 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:30.559 I think, Brad, no lie. 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:32.400 I think you just solved the problem. 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.279 There you go. 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.279 A movie journal at my side. 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.039 Is it a problem for Rhonda? 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:39.759 Is it she is very gracious. 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.039 I think it is a problem. 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.200 I just don't think she tells me it is. 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:45.599 I think she doesn't want to hurt my feelings. 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:48.319 I should not be asking you because somebody call her right now. 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.519 Yeah, we need to bring it in. 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:51.359 I'm not going to be in the room right now. 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.400 Seriously, though. 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:56.880 Uh so but I believe that you have come up with a workable solution. 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.200 Okay. 00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.160 I really do. 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.519 So there you go, folks. 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:03.200 Uh listen, it sounds like Rico is in need of a movie journal. 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:11.920 So if anybody knows of any, or if you would like to send Rico a movie journal, he is he is in need of one. 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:17.359 And you know, more than he is in need, it sounds like Rhonda is in need of him having a movie journal. 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.480 Amen to that. 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:21.119 Hey, this was a fun sermons on the Sabbath. 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.759 That was awesome, man. 00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.039 This was great. 00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.920 Oh, good stuff. 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.400 Good stuff. 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:27.680 To make Jesus to make him our trust. 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.039 Wow. 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.160 That's great stuff. 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.920 And uh, I tell you what, that's awesome. 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.519 I can't stop saying whoop whoops. 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.839 It's okay. 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.920 You whoop it up, dude. 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.519 Just whoop it into the weekend. 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.640 We're just I don't know. 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.440 This could be another explicit episode. 00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.960 I don't know what I just said. 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.440 We're having to mark E next to this. 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.440 You guys have an awesome weekend. 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:53.519 I hope all of your fantasy teams win, unless you're playing Rico or myself in any of your fantasy leagues. 00:32:53.680 --> 00:33:00.640 Uh, and we will see you again next week on another episode of Sermons on the Side. 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.839 You know, I do the C thing. 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.279 I see you again. 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.400 Oh, yeah. 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.960 Yeah. 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:24.480 Do our do you think our listeners ever go, guys, you know we can't see you, right? 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:28.880 There's a bunch of people that think that you're the redheaded tall guy. 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.000 I mean, how does that make you feel? 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.680 So upside down. 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:36.000 I want to let them keep thinking that. 00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.720 I'll tell you why. 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.079 You know what I would love to feel? 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.119 You know what I would love? 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.079 I would love to. 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.119 Talk to me. 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:48.799 One day we meet somebody that we don't know that listens to Sermons on the side, and I'm Richard and your friend. 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.559 Oh, dude, we have to do that. 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:54.400 They're gonna side eye to me and be like, you're the one that talks in movies. 00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:57.839 Why don't you like carrot cake? 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.079 You're weird. 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.960 And I'll be over here going, I know, right? 00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:07.039 I'll say, at least I finished first in my fantasy week. 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:14.880 Oh, dude, that would be one day when we have a video podcast, we should dress up as each other and do the whole episode as well. 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.320 Do the the reverse thing. 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.400 Oh, we're coming up with ideas. 00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.360 Reverse roles. 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.960 We're coming up with ideas. 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.960 The content we're gonna be putting out. 00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.760 Oh my word. 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.000 Y'all have a great heaven help us. 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.440 Good stuff.