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20. Bumper Sticker Theology: You are Enough
That "inspirational" phrase you keep seeing on Instagram might be leading you astray. In this thought-provoking episode, Cody and Caitlin examine what they call "bumper sticker theology" - those catchy, shallow spiritual sayings that sound good but lack biblical foundation.
The hosts dive deep into one of today's most popular mantras: "You are enough." While seemingly empowering, this message fundamentally contradicts scripture's teaching about our dependence on God. Through personal stories and biblical analysis, they explain why this self-focused worldview gives false comfort while robbing us of the true peace that comes from resting in Christ's sufficiency.
"When we believe we're enough on our own, we get stuck," Caitlin shares from her parenting struggles. "I'd try handling things myself, fail repeatedly, and end up in tears because I couldn't do it alone." This practical example illuminates why acknowledging our insufficiency actually opens the door to experiencing God's power.
The conversation tackles why these simplistic sayings gain traction, especially in our self-help culture, and offers a more biblical alternative: instead of "I am enough," embrace "God's grace is enough." This shift transforms our approach to challenges - seeking God first through prayer and Scripture, then taking action in His strength rather than our own.
Whether you've questioned these popular phrases or found yourself repeating them, this episode will challenge you to examine the theology behind the bumper stickers and rediscover the freedom that comes from dependence on Christ. Subscribe now and join us next week as we examine another piece of bumper sticker theology: "Coexist."
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Welcome to Arrows in the Making where faith, family and God's truth guide our journey.
Speaker 2:I'm Kaitlin and this is my husband, cody. Together, we're raising our kids to be arrows in God's quiver sharp, purposeful and aimed at His glory.
Speaker 1:Each episode we dive into real-life topics, from parenting with biblical wisdom to standing firm in a world that challenges our values. Today we are talking about bumper sticker theology. This is something I'm sure exists with a bigger, fancier term than what me and Caitlin call it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But it's what I like to call, or me and Caitlin like to call bumper sticker theology. Can you give a little summarization of things?
Speaker 2:I feel like. I want to be the one that coined it.
Speaker 1:I'm sure you know it's funny, but I'm sure someone out there also calls it that It'd be perfect if that already existed. And I heard that somewhere and I pulled a Helen Keller which I don't remember, yeah, and I just thought it was my idea and it wasn't you know, but yeah.
Speaker 2:Well, so how I define bumper stick theology, bumper sticker theology? Is, like your, um surface level phrases that don't really mean any. They lack depth of meaning. Yes, um, some examples, which we're going to talk about, some of these, and I know there's more, but these are some of the examples. You are enough. Uh, coexist, oh, that's a big one. Jesus is my co-pilot.
Speaker 1:God is love my favorite one is god will never give you more anything than that you can handle.
Speaker 2:It's like no yeah, um, and so it's just like these phrases. It's not even really. They're on a bumper sticker it's just a short flip, it's just these little one-liners that people throw out flippantly, in my opinion, without really digging into what they're actually saying well, it's something you say, I think, when you don't know what to say or even have the knowledge, like best case scenario.
Speaker 1:Best case scenario someone is genuinely trying to be helpful and nice and caring, but they just don't know what to say. So I I can't tell you how many times I've heard you know, sometimes you just gotta let go and let god yes, well, what does that mean?
Speaker 1:well, thank you I just lost my job, but I'll let go and let god. What does that mean? Yeah, my, my family just died in a car accident. Let go and let god. What does that mean? Yeah, and so like, I think, best case scenario if someone just doesn't know what to say at that moment, because I've been known to be very awkward in weird moments. I have a story about funerals. I'm not allowed to talk at funerals, but I think that's the best case. Worst case scenario is, I think, someone who's trying to deceive you and doesn't have the knowledge to do so. I think this is something they can say to get through the moment and act like they know what they're talking about, but they don't.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't think they want. Oh, I see what you mean by deceiving, Like they want to sound smarter or know more than they actually do.
Speaker 1:And that's not every case, that's worst case scenario.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because I don't think people who say these things are trying to deceive the person as far as who God is.
Speaker 1:No, no, no, no. I hope not their own knowledge, but yeah, I could see that.
Speaker 2:I also think I refer to bumper sticker theology a lot. As to people who never get, they're still in the milk of the word.
Speaker 1:Yeah. And not the meat of the word and they live there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they never dig deeper to really understand a whole lot of anything. They kind of stay on the milk and there's a lot of spiritual growth that needs to happen.
Speaker 1:Can I tell you something really weird that I was listening to this morning while I was prepping my classroom for my class.
Speaker 2:I don't know, can you I?
Speaker 1:don't know if I want to know. I was listening to these Bible connections with deeper meanings and one of them was comparing Mary to the Ark, the ark of the covenant, and how much they were alike and I thought it was the coolest thing. So this, real quick, I know not about this, I'm sorry, I get really pumped. I hear these weird things. Um, when the angel told mary, hey, you're gonna have a son and you know all that spiel, and it said how I'm a virgin. And he said the angel said um, the, the spirit of god, will overshadow you. That word overshadow is the same word when god entered into the. Uh, what's the word that the ark of the covenant yeah, but what was the place?
Speaker 1:it was in tabernacle. Yeah, so when he physically entered into the ark of covenant, into the tabernacle, it's the same word and he entered into mary, and, and it has a lot of 15 other points of why they're similar. It's really, really interesting. I thought it was the coolest thing this morning that is pretty cool. I was sitting in my class I was like that's so cool.
Speaker 2:I also drink a lot of coffee sorry, you're on your second mug and it's almost 8 pm I'll go to bed at nine, just fine, okay.
Speaker 1:So my question for you what's the funniest like bumper sticker or sticker on the back of the car you've ever seen? That's not offensive do you know?
Speaker 2:the first one that popped in my mind is it about fat girls?
Speaker 1:no, okay I don't know it was like. So I knew this guy in college and he had a jacked up truck and it said jacked up truck, so fat girls can't get in. I thought it was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in my life.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh. No, my mind did not go there, my mind went to my grandma's car. Oh, and it says I miss Bill.
Speaker 1:Clinton, not Cosby Now not that they're much different.
Speaker 2:I don't know if that's very funny. It is funny, I don't know, like I know, I've seen some clever ones.
Speaker 1:I like the family ones, but they say, don't do that anymore. Yeah, because people use that against you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they know your life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they're like hey, I know your brothers, you have three brothers, I know your family. That's really scary.
Speaker 2:We'll have to take a turn.
Speaker 1:So the first one we want to talk about today is you Are Enough, and all day, all day. All I can think of is that you Are Enough, sung by Lecrae you.
Speaker 2:Are Enough or God Is Enough. God Is Enough. God Is Enough.
Speaker 1:If you haven't heard that, it's probably 15, oh my gosh, 20 years old at this point.
Speaker 2:Is Lecrae that old?
Speaker 1:Yeah, he has a kid.
Speaker 2:Well, so do we.
Speaker 1:And we're old.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but we didn't sing 20 years ago I was listening to.
Speaker 1:Lecrae in 2008.
Speaker 2:I was 16.
Speaker 1:I was listening to Lecrae in 2008.
Speaker 2:Wow, I didn't know he was that old.
Speaker 1:Yes, he is. We wanted to look at this. You are enough. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but rooted in a lot of cultural shifts going on, on its surface it sounds like an encouraging. Hey, you're going through a hard time, but just know you are enough.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And that sounds very encouraging and empowering. But when we get past the emotional aspect of it, the emotional conversation of it, what's left?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:What's there?
Speaker 2:I think it's actually pretty damaging.
Speaker 1:Yes, it is.
Speaker 2:Especially like I think of someone I mean like myself who is already a pretty independent self-sufficient, or I say that I am I'll put it that way I want to be. I don't know, but I fail every day, every day.
Speaker 1:Yep.
Speaker 2:And so to me it's kind of scary to think like it's on me, you know to. You have nowhere to hide to prick my kids' hearts and it's on me to show them Jesus, which to some extent it is. But you know what I'm saying like, that's very stressful for someone who's a goal achiever person.
Speaker 1:I'm not a goal achiever. The first thing that popped in my head as a scenario I was thinking about it today is like someone having a really someone feeling. Put it in terms, I can understand people feeling a test and a kid just having a hard time and he's crying. I leaned over and I said you did the best you could, you're enough, but you still failed. Yeah, like how does somebody who doesn't have an understanding of a Christian-based foundational understanding it's like, hey, I'm enough, but I still failed.
Speaker 2:So which one is it so?
Speaker 1:which one is it so? The first scripture we wanted to talk about was Psalms 139.14. It says I praise you, for I am fearfully wonderfully made. We are made.
Speaker 2:We are made we are image bearers.
Speaker 1:We are image bearers.
Speaker 2:No, it's not that we're enough, it's. We are made by God, and so, yes, we are image bearers of Christ. We are made in the image of God. So is everybody else, every human being is an image bearer of Christ, believer or not? Yeah, and that's created by god. However, we cannot save ourselves no.
Speaker 1:So I remember when I was, when we used to teach youth, this is one of the first things I hit on pretty hard of um, I was like how logically and it. And we had some very intelligent seventh graders in our class and I would talk to them logically. I would say, logically, if we're in a marriage of Christ and of God, then how can we all look different? How can you and I look like God when we look drastically different and we drill down to where we're not physically called to look like God. We are called to bear his will, bear his traits, bear his characteristics, his character. So I thought that was a really interesting idea. And you all know, if you've seen my son Watson, he hears all the time you're just like your father. He doesn't look like me, but he for dang sure acts like me.
Speaker 2:Yes, he does. I have a glorious beard.
Speaker 1:He does not.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's the old he will. I'm surprised he doesn't already have a hair.
Speaker 1:That's funny. So, yeah, yeah, we are called to act in according to god's character and will. And uh, in today's cultural context of this, you are enough? Uh, it really is. This phrase is rooted in self-empowerment, self-esteem, movement and secular humanism. Uh, what's your any thoughts on that at all? For some reason, I think that's just huge nowadays yeah, it comes.
Speaker 2:I mean it does come from all the self-help books 10 great ways to get your kid to read the bible, 10 ways you're doing your christianity wrong. I mean all these like quick getcha. These are all the to-do lists you can do. I think it becomes like a work-based religion, because we think if we do enough then we can earn.
Speaker 2:And I don't know if we'd ever say it that way, but that's what it comes down to and, honestly, I went through a phase because I'm very I like I actually like to study. I'm a pretty studious person, I like to learn new things and like delve deep into those Delve dive.
Speaker 1:Is delve a word I don't know. This isn't embarrassing at all.
Speaker 2:Dive into a topic, regardless of what it is, if it's a book of the bible, if it's how to make my home run smoother, all that um, and I'm still tempted to follow those things. But I had all these books from all these like popular christian women and they're not all bad no, they're not, but I'm saying is I can remember calling you Because I love podcasts. I remember calling you one Sunday. I don't know why you were home. I don't know if you didn't feel good or what, but I was like hysterically bawling.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because I was listening to.
Speaker 1:I don't know if you can hear the thunder. Sorry, it's raining pretty hard outside.
Speaker 2:People are sorry. It's raining pretty hard outside, so if people are like what's that noise rude. I was listening to one podcast was saying gentle parent, that's the bright way to parent. Another podcast was saying no take no prisoners.
Speaker 2:Another podcast is saying watch how you talk to your kids, because you're showing jesus and you could fail them another and you had all these voices all giving their own opinion, versus me going to the word directly, and I think that's part of the you're enough is you're looking to yourself and everybody else telling you how you should do things, what the Bible says you should do, and this is how I do it. Same with social media. What you're looking at in social media and I've had to unfollow people, not because they're not good. They're not good for me, because what I start doing is I try to imitate those people or fall into the comparison trap of well, I need to rely on myself to be like that, when really we should be going to the word and praying to god about what does that need to look like for my family? Because there is freedom in those choices but I I do agree with you.
Speaker 1:I think that, um, that phrase in itself suggests that, since you are enough, you do not need to rely on God or Christ for anything.
Speaker 2:I think it also implies you don't need to change.
Speaker 1:Also, not only do you not need to, you shouldn't have to. Yes, because you are perfect, the way God made you. And no, you are not. No, you are not. Maybe we are perfect, but then we enter the equation and we are imperfect people, imperfect beings and so that goes into.
Speaker 2:What does the bible say about our own real?
Speaker 1:quick. I just want to talk about, like, why it's appealing to the culture. And it's because, like you said, people do feel burdened, people do feel inadequate, people do feel overwhelmed, and I know, I, I, we all have these moments. Even the strongest people have these lapses of self-doubt and instead of going to, hey, am I doing what Christ says? Am I, am I doing what the Bible tells me to do? And then that's the standard. We say, well, what about these people? They look happy on Facebook. What about these people? They're posting beautiful pictures of their family.
Speaker 1:And then we start comparing ourselves to a standard that we shouldn't even be looking at, which is so far under Christ's call for us and Christ's standard for us. And so then we just start saying, well, you are enough girl, you don't need to do anything. Dad, you're trying so hard, which is all true, but it suggests that we can do everything in ourselves, that we are empowered to do everything. We don't need Christ's help to mold or shape our hearts, desires and wills or thoughts, and I think that's kind of where the impasse is in society. Sorry, go ahead.
Speaker 2:You're fine, I was just going to go into like we were talking about, anyway, it doesn't matter. Okay, so what does the Bible say about our own sufficiency, and does it affirm that we are enough on our own? And, honestly, the first Bible verse that comes to my mind is Isaiah 64, 4, which talks about our righteous deeds are but filthy rags.
Speaker 1:Filthy rags was not just filthy rags like we know it today.
Speaker 2:No, but it's like even the things that we do for the right motivation and are led by Christ to do like in the purest form of what righteousness can be, it is but filthy rags compared to God's righteousness.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So, therefore, we are not enough and cannot be enough.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think also it's. You get out of this conversation of being enough, and it leads into are you a good person, though, and then we get down as whole other rabbit trail of but I'm a good person, yeah, well, guess what? You're not.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but ultimately this is pointing to when you tell someone you are enough, you're pointing to they are dependent on their own person and their actions for their salvation.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm. And that's not what Scripture says and that person is not doing you any favors.
Speaker 2:No, who's giving you this? Honestly, that's a lot of pressure, yeah.
Speaker 1:And it's like you you're enough. So why are you failing? What are you doing wrong?
Speaker 2:because you shouldn't be pressure, yeah but obviously you know, as christians we believe that we are dependent on god for our salvation and our purpose and our strength, and he is where we get all that from so when you were reading, I was thinking about one of my favorite scriptures.
Speaker 1:It's in in Romans 5.8. It's but God demonstrates his love for us, for even while we were still sinners, christ died for us. And I love that because it acknowledges that we are sinners and that obviously Jesus knew we were sinners. But he died for us anyways, because in ourselves we are not enough. Died for us anyways because in ourselves we are not enough. Yeah, but also romans 3 23, for all has sinned and fallen short of the glory of god. Every single person has sinned and has fallen short of the standard that that christ calls us to yeah, which separates us from god?
Speaker 2:yes, it separates us and that separation is there until we accept Jesus as our Savior and lean on Him for our salvation and, honestly, our entire life. Like every decision we make should be taken to God, to Jesus, and kind of followed through from there. It's not in scripture. It's not up to what is the person on my Instagram doing? What do I feel? Because feelings are not facts. I know I did not make that up, but feelings are not facts. It's very true. I mean, feelings are not what you can't.
Speaker 1:Chilling your Ben Shapiro.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, you can't make decisions based on how you're feeling. That's not how it works. It's going back to God, going back to scripture and realizing we need him, and I could struggle with this. This is something I struggle with because it's hard for me to go to Jesus and pray about anger and my kids are driving me crazy Stuff like that when I feel it's easy for me to say this is a topic in and of itself, but for me to say that's not a big deal, like people are dealing with cancer. Okay, my kids driving me up a wall to the point of yelling is not something that I should bother them with. I can deal with that on my own. So essentially, I'm telling myself I can be.
Speaker 2:Yes, I am enough to handle this. In reality, I'm not because it happens every day. You know what I mean, and so me trying to rely on myself it ain't working. It ain't working.
Speaker 1:But this worldview ignores sin and the need of a Savior. John 15, 5,. It says I am divine, you are the branches. Apart from me, you can do nothing. The point of this is that Jesus emphasizes our dependence on him. Our strength, our purpose and our fruitfulness comes from abiding in christ and not self-reliance. And um, I really like this part it says um the idea of being enough. It contradicts jesus teaching in second corinthians 12, 19 my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness. The whole point of this is that that Paul's weakness highlights God's efficiency, not human adequacy. Our limitations, because we are not enough, is an opportunity for God's grace to shine. Because I had a one point something GPA in high school.
Speaker 2:Did you really?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and because of that, well, I had straight A's up until 11th grade. Yeah, because I had a terrible work attitude and I was lazy and I stirred the pot, which I'd never do anymore. But because of that, I am in a doctorate program trip program and I put all glory to god that through my weakness of being lazy and not wanting to work hard and being silly and now I can look back and say only god did this, because I barely made it through high school. Yeah, and not because I'm dumb, because I didn't want to work hard.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I was lazy yeah, but through my weakness, we're able to boast yes, yeah, yeah and this leads into philippians 4 13.
Speaker 1:I can do all things through christ, who strengthens me, because I am not enough yeah, that verse is kind of out of context in that way. But yeah, I mean you can't go fly well but I think the heart of it is I'm not yep um, we already talked about that, all right.
Speaker 2:So, with that being said, why does it even matter?
Speaker 1:like some people would say, you're being nitpicky and I don't think you are, because I think this is foundational to the christian belief system. Because you are not enough, because you cannot do, you cannot earn your way to heaven. You know why you can't earn your way to heaven? Because you are not a fruit, a adequate sacrifice, because you sin so much, because you are a broken person in a broken world, because sin entered the world. Yeah, so, because of all those things, this matters. Yeah, it it's. This matters, yeah, it's foundational to the Christian point of view.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it just is. Yeah, I do think it gives which we've kind of talked about, but what it leads to Pride, self-reliance, A lot of pressure to be your own savior and honestly, just I mean speaking from experience, like I said, thinking I can handle things on my own, only to repeat the same thing the very next day and end up in tears because you realize you're going on several weeks of not being able to handle it on your own.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because you are not enough.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You can't do it on your own, and that's kind of the point. We were not made to do these things.
Speaker 1:You're not made to be an island.
Speaker 2:No, so it's a self-focused worldview that distracts from the gospel message of salvation through Christ alone, and that's kind of what it boils down to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think it's a way of society is tiptoeing its way into theology and, instead of the church pulling society into it to confront its own shortcomings, it's the society pulling the church into it, saying like, hey, this is a easier, um, digestible christianity, this is a digestible theology of you. Are enough, you're a good person, and that, to me, is an emotional appeal again yeah it's like yeah, yeah, I am a good person, I do try hard. Yeah but.
Speaker 1:I fail, no need to change, don't. Some of the worst advice you'll ever get is you're great, don't ever change. Yeah, that's the worst advice you can get somebody.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think that's kind of what it boils down to. So instead of saying I am enough, I mean, I think instead we can say God is enough.
Speaker 1:Yes, god's grace is enough. Yeah, yes, god's grace is enough, absolutely. So yeah, instead of saying I am enough, like you just said, god's grace is enough. Sorry, I had a brain fart, no problem.
Speaker 2:Alright, so what are some things we can do, instead of telling ourselves we are enough and believing that we can handle things on our own, I think it comes down to? I mean, I do think there are some practical things.
Speaker 1:Hold on, I think there's real quick. This does not mean you don't do anything to fix your own problems, and no way. No because you don't just say, Lord, I have this very obvious solution to a very obvious problem in my life. I don't know. Should I keep doing crack? I don't know.
Speaker 2:No, there are certain things that, yes, we can work towards, but pick that apart a little bit, even in saying that.
Speaker 1:But you know what you're supposed to do.
Speaker 2:I know, but honey, you're literally Nope stop. No, you stop, no, you stop.
Speaker 1:Go ahead.
Speaker 2:You're literally going with what it's saying.
Speaker 1:No, no, no, no. What I'm saying is you don't just pray that change happens. You can do both. You can pray, seek wise counsel, study the word and also get to work in your life.
Speaker 2:I'm not saying that.
Speaker 1:That's what I'm saying Some people might take this as you just pray and you don't do anything. I would love an example, okay.
Speaker 2:What I'm saying is for me specifically. I would say don't put yourself in temptation.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Okay. So if you're addicted to crack, ask the Lord to help you not go around other people where there is crack.
Speaker 1:I just love hearing you say crack multiple times.
Speaker 2:Should I say crack?
Speaker 1:cocaine, cocaine, anyway. So, yes, there are practical things you can do. However, there are steps you can take to help you follow god's will.
Speaker 2:What I'm, would you let me finish? I thought you were what I'm saying is even in that you cannot do it on your own.
Speaker 1:No, you cannot.
Speaker 2:Even knowing the practical steps for instance, my kids overwhelming me and me being overstimulated I can't just leave them at the house and go for a drive.
Speaker 1:No, not technically.
Speaker 2:Even I can't go to the bathroom unless I lock my door, to which I still hear them screaming in the living room.
Speaker 1:Yep.
Speaker 2:So even then, I'm taking the step to exit the situation and it's not helpful.
Speaker 1:Yep.
Speaker 2:I still have to pray to the Lord.
Speaker 1:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:To help me. So I disagree with you Because, yes, do I know what needs to be done? Yes, but can I rely on myself to take those steps? No, I still cannot.
Speaker 1:I could just see somebody that we I think of the person we know in our past who will use prayer as a way to get out of doing anything hard, of saying like, yeah, I prayed about it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, what'd you do about it? No, I prayed, okay, but you can also do some things in your life that God's leading you to do to help fix your problems, yes, but God is leading you to do it Exactly, exactly.
Speaker 2:So that's not, but it also takes action on your part.
Speaker 1:Yes, that's what I'm saying there is no get out of jail card. It's you pray, seek God's will and then take action.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:In that order.
Speaker 2:But it all comes back to.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. What the Lord has given you to do. I'm glad you agree with me. I'm glad we spent four minutes for you to say, Cody, you're right minutes for you to say cody, you're right, I did not say, cody, you're right, you just said it. Boom moving on, you literally said there are things you can do on your own take action after you see, god's will saying that, taking action, taking it to the lord is not doing it on your own seeking god's will mate.
Speaker 2:Okay, so all that to say. The reason this is a problem is because it makes you your own savior it does does not teach that you are your own savior the power within you that god is our savior. So we are dependent on christ for our salvation. We're dependent on his grace and his strength and our weakness. So, rather than striving to be enough on our own, we should rest in Christ's sufficiency and what he provides for us. Yeah, we don't have to wonder?
Speaker 1:We can read the scriptures, we can study, we can seek wise counsel, we can say Cody, you're right after five minutes of arguing.
Speaker 2:Okay, so a good scripture to end on is Ephesians 3, 20 through 21. This is one we had our kids learn Out of him, who is able to do far more abundantly than we ask or think. Him being Jesus according to the power that is at work within us. To him be the glory.
Speaker 1:To him be the glory, because we cannot do it our own. That's right, we cannot. But you know, when god parted the red sea, they had to walk through it but they relied on god.
Speaker 2:We are agreeing. I'm saying, you also have to take some action as a person.
Speaker 1:You have to take action after you see god that's not what you said. That's not what you said originally see, but you're listening to respond and not listening to hear I'm gonna punch you in the face. See, now that's recorded and I'm a mandated reporter. Can I mandate report myself, Are you Okay?
Speaker 2:so the next one we're going to discuss next week is.
Speaker 1:This is a real bumper secret, though, which is funny, it is, it's coexist. With the different.
Speaker 2:The different religions.
Speaker 1:The imagery. I actually think that one will be really interesting, the different imagery.
Speaker 2:Yep, if you have any feedback or questions, we're on Facebook, we're on Instagram. You want to say a prayer?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'll say a prayer. Sorry, I was going to be funny, but I decided not to Thank you. You should not. Okay, I'm glad we can read again.
Speaker 1:Dear Lord, thank you for this day. I thank you that you do call us to deeper relationships with you, and that comes from studying your word, knowing your will and taking action. I thank you that we go to a church and we're surrounded by just awesome Christian people to be having our lives that not only want that for themselves but want a deeper relationship for us with christ. So they they push us to ask those questions. We ask them questions, um, we just have very awesome conversations and I pray for those who are listening that you have those people in your life that um push you to grow closer to christ and um that don't want you to be just set at it and stay where you're at, and I just pray that if you're ever here, you are enough. No, you're not Only with Christ. Only through Christ's sacrifice are we enough to be in his presence, and I just praise you for everything, lord. Thank you for my family and again, praise you, lord, in Jesus' name, amen.
Speaker 2:Amen.