Dallas Jenkins
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But one of the things he said to me was, where you're at in five years is none of your business. So that, for me, was an extraordinary thought.
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Yeah, yeah. So you could say, well, your strings were cut. Mm-hmm. No, my actually strings became stronger. It was the audience was removed from the equation. Am I still willing to be a boy on a string? Am I still willing to be in service to God? Am I still willing to bend the knee and commit to a life of more of him, less of me?
Yeah, yeah. So you could say, well, your strings were cut. Mm-hmm. No, my actually strings became stronger. It was the audience was removed from the equation. Am I still willing to be a boy on a string? Am I still willing to be in service to God? Am I still willing to bend the knee and commit to a life of more of him, less of me?
Yeah, yeah. So you could say, well, your strings were cut. Mm-hmm. No, my actually strings became stronger. It was the audience was removed from the equation. Am I still willing to be a boy on a string? Am I still willing to be in service to God? Am I still willing to bend the knee and commit to a life of more of him, less of me?
I am in service to him, even if there's not an audience while I'm dancing.
I am in service to him, even if there's not an audience while I'm dancing.
I am in service to him, even if there's not an audience while I'm dancing.
But I, in that moment, said, okay. Okay, God. I crumple up the 15 pages. I give up even, so that's the past, but I also crumple up the future. I don't know what my future is. I'm okay with that for the first time in my life. It may mean I don't ever make it. Why were you okay? Because I understood who God was and what he, and it was so clear he was present.
But I, in that moment, said, okay. Okay, God. I crumple up the 15 pages. I give up even, so that's the past, but I also crumple up the future. I don't know what my future is. I'm okay with that for the first time in my life. It may mean I don't ever make it. Why were you okay? Because I understood who God was and what he, and it was so clear he was present.
But I, in that moment, said, okay. Okay, God. I crumple up the 15 pages. I give up even, so that's the past, but I also crumple up the future. I don't know what my future is. I'm okay with that for the first time in my life. It may mean I don't ever make it. Why were you okay? Because I understood who God was and what he, and it was so clear he was present.
That I was like, whatever those five loaves and fish are, I'm okay. As long as you— I'm willing to go along with it. Yes. And so if that means driving a bus just so that I'm supporting my family, that's okay. Because what's more important is that I'm in your will and that I'm not basing my success or failure or my mood, my— who I am as a husband and father, on how well... Your identity.
That I was like, whatever those five loaves and fish are, I'm okay. As long as you— I'm willing to go along with it. Yes. And so if that means driving a bus just so that I'm supporting my family, that's okay. Because what's more important is that I'm in your will and that I'm not basing my success or failure or my mood, my— who I am as a husband and father, on how well... Your identity.
That I was like, whatever those five loaves and fish are, I'm okay. As long as you— I'm willing to go along with it. Yes. And so if that means driving a bus just so that I'm supporting my family, that's okay. Because what's more important is that I'm in your will and that I'm not basing my success or failure or my mood, my— who I am as a husband and father, on how well... Your identity.
Yeah, better. Thank you. My identity in how people see me. My identity, and the Bible talks about the fear of man. Yeah, right. I had a fear of man more that I didn't maybe know. I wouldn't have maybe admitted that about myself, but clearly I knew in that moment the fear of man was more than my fear of God.
Yeah, better. Thank you. My identity in how people see me. My identity, and the Bible talks about the fear of man. Yeah, right. I had a fear of man more that I didn't maybe know. I wouldn't have maybe admitted that about myself, but clearly I knew in that moment the fear of man was more than my fear of God.
Yeah, better. Thank you. My identity in how people see me. My identity, and the Bible talks about the fear of man. Yeah, right. I had a fear of man more that I didn't maybe know. I wouldn't have maybe admitted that about myself, but clearly I knew in that moment the fear of man was more than my fear of God.
And you say things like, oh, sorry, I'm rambling. Yeah, yeah, that's right.