But today we're in 1 Samuel, we're in chapter 15 here. And what I'll do is I'll read verse 1, get into our study, and we'll be looking at the 15th chapter. 1 Samuel, chapter 15 verse 1, Samuel also said to Saul, The Lord sent me to note you king over his people over Israel, now therefore heed the voice of the words of the Lord. And so what we have here is we have Samuel, and he's now speaking to the king of Israel, a man by the name of Saul. Now from the very beginning this first king of Israel, man by the name of Saul, has disobeyed God's commandments. From the beginning we saw that in chapter 10 where Samuel had told Saul to wait for him in a place called Gilgal. He said, wait seven days and when I'm there then I'm going to offer a sacrifice. Well, we know that instead of obeying that Saul had grown impatient and because Samuel didn't arrive at the time that he felt he should have arrived, Saul went out and offered that sacrifice himself. And as we were looking at that, I was pointing out to you that his impatience showed lack of faith and a simple rebelliousness against God. You see when Samuel arrived at Gilgal he saw what Saul had done and he began to question Saul about it and Saul immediately began to make excuses and he actually blamed the people and even Samuel for his sin. We saw then in chapter 13 verses 11 and 12 when it says there that Samuel said, what have you done? And Saul said, when I saw the people were scattered from me and that you did not come within the days appointed and that the Philistines gathered together at McMash then I said, the Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal and I have not made supplication to the Lord. Therefore I felt compelled and offered a burnt offering. He didn't admit that he was wrong. He didn't admit that he had become impatient. He didn't admit that at all. He actually blamed the people and even Samuel. So from the very beginning we saw that Saul was prone to impetuous decisions and he had a habit of blaming other people. Now that may work in the world, but it doesn't work in the service of God and ultimately what that results in is rejection, rejection by God. Because in 1 Samuel 13 verses 13 and 14 Samuel said to Saul, you've done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God which he commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever, but now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for himself a man after his own heart and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over his people because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you. And so that's what we're seeing here. We're seeing the man who is prone to blaming other people and the man who rejects the things of God. So in chapter 15 we see in verse 1 how that Samuel said to Saul, the Lord sent me to anoint you, king over his people over Israel, therefore heed the voice of the words of the Lord. So Samuel reminds Saul of what had occurred when he privately had anointed him as king. We saw that in chapter 10 in verse 1 where it said Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, it's not this because the Lord has anointed you commander over his inheritance. And so with this reminder Samuel begins to issue a command to Saul and this command is from the Lord. That's what he means when he says, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. In other words he is saying I've got something for you from God. God is giving you a command, He's giving you an order, you are to obey it. That's what it means when he says heed the voice of the words of the Lord. And now he speaks to him. Verse 2, thus says the Lord of hosts, I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.  You have your marching orders.  And the reason that you're to do that to them is because of what they did to Israel when Israel was being taken out of Egyptian bondage. And see what had happened is when the nation of Israel had escaped from Egypt and they began to move out, Amalek was the first pagan nation to attack the nation of Israel. And as they began to attack Israel, Moses had given instructions to his young general, Joshua, and he had said to him, it's found in Exodus chapter 17 verse 13 through 16 that he was to battle against Amalek and defeat them. And the Bible says that Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Then the Lord said to Moses, write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, called its name, the Lord is my banner. For he said, because the Lord has sworn, the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. God from the beginning said, I am going to have battle against him. So later on, God is commanding Saul to complete what he intended to do in Deuteronomy in chapter 25 verses 17 through 19. We read, remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt. How he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear when you were tired and weary, and he did not fear God. Therefore it shall be when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around in the land which the Lord your God has given you to possess as an inheritance that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget. So God said, listen, I am going to give you some time to rest, but there is going to be a day, and I don't want you to forget this, that you are going to wreak vengeance on them for what they did to your nation, how they attacked the children and the women in the back, the weak and the old, how they came from behind and attacked them with no mercy and no fear for God. And he said, you're not to forget this because ultimately you will deal with them. And that's what's supposed to take place. Well it says in verse 4, Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Tel-Aim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. And Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. Then Saul said to the Kenites, go depart, get down from among the Amalekites. Lest I destroy you with them, for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up from Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. Now God hates sin.  It's interesting how when we read in verse 3 how it says, go and attack Amalek and utterly destroy. Well that phrase, utterly destroy, is used six times in this chapter. It's used in verse 3, verse 8, verse 9, verse 15, verse 18, as well as verse 20. Utterly destroy is a phrase that usually speaks of setting something apart that is completely defiled and it's destroyed because it is identified with or associated with idolatry. God is saying that this nation is in need of annihilation because it does not fear Him and is in need of complete termination. Why is that? It's because God hates sin and God completely rejects it. Somebody says, it sounds kind of cruel to me that the Lord is going to wipe out the Amalekites, that's a people, an entire people group. Yeah, that sounds serious and it is. But it only emphasizes to me how serious God is about sin because as I recall, not only did he wipe out a people group but according to Genesis chapter 6 and following from there he wiped out the whole earth with a flood. Remember in Genesis chapter 6 verses 5 through 7 how it says that the Lord saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth, that every intent of his thoughts of his heart was only evil continually and that the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, that he was grieved in his heart. So the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air. I'm sorry that I made them. Yes, it's serious that he wants to wipe out the Amalekites but at one time he wiped out the whole earth. How about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the small cities that surrounded them? God heard the evil of Sodom and Gomorrah. Came down to see if it was true and ultimately God judges them. You see that in the book of Genesis chapter 18. So God judged the whole earth, God judged Sodom, Gomorrah and the small cities around it and that's because of the outcry of sin and that's what's taking place here. Now it's interesting verses 4 through 6 how that Saul gathers the people together. What he does is he, in southern Israel he gathers the troops, numbers them, begins his march. He arrives at a city of Amalek and there are people there who are called Kenites, the Kenites. The Kenites are the ones who are married to a woman named Barbie. It's a very interesting group of people, no actually. Just kidding of course. Actually their descendants from Moses' father-in-law and you see them in the book of Judges. What's interesting though and I want you to see this in verse 6. Notice how it says, Saul said that the Kenites go depart, get down from among the Amalekites lest I destroy you with them. You get a principle here that you need to grab hold of. God doesn't destroy the innocent with the guilty. Remember when God brought the flood on the earth? Noah and his family were saved. He didn't destroy the innocent with the guilty. When God brought judgment on Sodom, Gomorrah and the smaller surrounding cities, he judged them but Lot and his daughters were saved because he did not judge the innocent with the guilty. In this particular case, you see it again. You see that Saul is saying you need to leave, you've been kind to the nation of Israel, you need to get out because God does not judge the guilty, guiltless rather, with the guilty, and so that's what's taking place here. And so as this is going on, verse 7, Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havila all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt. He also took Agag, king of the Amalekites, alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good and were unwilling to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed. Now, the word of the Lord came to Samuel saying, I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments, and it grieved Samuel and he cried out to the Lord all night. So Saul's army marches against the Amalekites and the victories are extensive. Though they're extensive, they're not complete because some of the Amalekites actually survive, you'll see them later in chapters 27 as well as chapter 30. But I want you to notice what he did. He destroyed the despised and the worthless, what he kept the best alive, including Agag, the king. Saul and the people were motivated, not by a fear of God and not by a desire to obey him. That is something very important to notice here. They are motivated, not by the fear of God, and allowing to obey him and fulfill his commands, because that's exactly what Samuel had said. Heed the voice of the words of the Lord. He had been given orders by God himself. But he's not motivated by that. What he is motivated by is greedy materialism. Instead of destroying it all, as he had been commanded, notice what it says, he kept the best alive. And as he kept the best alive, it revealed faithlessness on his part. God intended to use Israel to bring judgment on Amalek, but it didn't happen. For them, it was simply a shame destroying all these beautiful things they wanted to spoil. And especially the king. The king should have been killed, because he represented all that was evil amongst the people. But instead of that, he became a war trophy. He became a symbol of the success of Saul. And Saul wasn't willing to do that. He kept this man alive. And as this takes place, it reveals something about the heart of this man. When God says to destroy it, it needs to be destroyed. These people were not completely consumed. And it's interesting how five centuries later, five centuries later, a descendant of Agag is spoken of in the Book of Esther. Because in the Book of Esther, in chapter 9, verse 24, there's a man mentioned there by the name of Haman. And Haman is the son of Hamadotha, the Agagite, meaning he was a descendant of Agag. And Haman, the son of Hamadotha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews plotted against the Jews to annihilate them. They were not destroyed. Survivors remained. Five centuries later, they're still plaguing the nation of Israel, trying to annihilate that nation. And that's why God had said through Samuel to Saul, wipe them all out. But they refused to do so. They were motivated, not by fear of the Lord or a willingness to be obedient, but by greedy materialism. And the result, verse 10, the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king. He has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments and it grieved Samuel and he cried out to the Lord all night. God said, I regret that I placed him in the position to look at the kind of man that he is. And he grieved, he grieved this great man of God and he cried out to the Lord all night. He was grieved because Saul was just like every other king in every pagan nation. He was self-centered, self-willed, selfishly ambitious. He rejected the commandments of God. That's what you see in human leadership. That's what you see. Those are the ones who very often rise to the top to become the leaders, people who are self-centered and overly ambitious for things for themselves. And that's exactly what had happened to this man and it grieved him. But what was his response? He prayed for him. He cried out to the Lord all night, more than likely praying, God, somehow perhaps you can touch this man's life. Well, verse 12, so when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel saying, Saul went to Carmel and indeed he set up a monument for himself. And he has gone on around, passed by and gone down to Gilgall. He was really into building monuments or memorials for himself. He liked the attention and the glory that he would get and that's the first thing he does. Well, verse 13, Samuel went to Saul and Saul said to him, blessed are you, the Lord, I have performed the commandment of the Lord. But Samuel said, what then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? Saul said, they have brought them up from the Melchites. For the people spared the best of the sheep in the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God. The rest, we have utterly destroyed. He thinks that he's really done what God commanded. He really does. I've done everything. I see this quite often, by the way, in ministry. I see it all the time.  That's what he basically did. It was an act of partial obedience. He didn't do all that God had commanded. He only did a portion of it. That which was most pleasing to him is what he did. It's a spiritual blindness. It's a spiritual blindness. It's been said there are none so blind as the one who will not see. And it's true. The one who refuses to see, you cannot convince them that what they've done is wrong. They just refuse to see it. They will not see it. It's like when Jesus on one occasion in John chapter nine was speaking to some people and he said to them, if you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, we see. Therefore, your sin remains. You don't see what you ought to see. You don't see the fact that you're in sin. And because you do not recognize that you have sin, you can't ask for forgiveness. But he's saying, oh, I've done. I did everything that the Lord commanded. And that's why in verse 14, Samuel says, well, what is this bleeding of the sheep that I hear? The loin of the oxen. If you did it, then how come there are survivors? If you did it, how come I can hear their cattle? You see, a person can never be forgiven if they don't take complete responsibility for their own sins. If a person doesn't recognize that they need forgiveness, they're never gonna really ask for it. And they really need to be brought to a place where they understand that they have sinned. And if they don't come to that place, they're never gonna ask for complete exoneration. They're never gonna ask God, please forgive me. You see, that's what the Holy Spirit is intended to do. The Holy Spirit, one of the functions of the Spirit of God is to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Because as long as I'm on my own, as long as I use my own standards of goodness, as long as I set up my own standard of righteousness, as long as I establish the way it is to get into heaven, then I'm gonna pretty much, I'm gonna pretty much achieve my goal. I was talking to my wife Marie the other day and I said, you know, anybody can put up a little bar, you know, a foot high and step over it. And if that's the bar that it's required for you to enter into heaven, anybody can put that bar low enough to be a champion to step right over and enter in. That's not hard to do. But the bottom line is, as the Lord's standard is perfection, we don't understand that. That's why it takes the Holy Spirit's conviction to awaken me to sin, righteousness, and judgment. Because when I realize that God is holy and I'm not, when I begin to realize that perfection is the entrance requirement for heaven and then I'm not perfect, perfect, then I have to find somebody who can be a substitute for me, somebody who can pay the entrance fee and that's what Jesus Christ did on the cross. That's how that works. And that requires the Holy Spirit's conviction. Saul thinks that he's doing it okay. He's doing all right. There's no problem. I did everything that the Lord commanded. But the fact is that's just not true. Proverbs 28 verse 13 says, he who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. Well, verse 16, Samuel said to Saul, be quiet and I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night. He said to him, speak on. So Samuel said, when you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel and did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel? Now the Lord sent you on a mission and said, go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites and fight against them until they're consumed. Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil and do evil in the sight of the Lord? Notice how he begins his conversation with the king. Be quiet. That's an interesting way to speak to a man of authority, to be honest with you. Be quiet. I'm gonna tell you what God says. Sometimes we need to be quiet to hear what God says. Sometimes we need to stop trying to make excuses. When my kids were younger, and this happened actually a few times when they were in their teens, there would be times when they did something that they were not to have done. And sometimes they think that we parents, we're dumb, we don't know what they've done. And I used to bust them when they were babies, I could still bust them when they were adults, I mean. And I can still remember, on a few occasions, sitting down with them and saying to them, we need to talk. And then I'd say, I need to hear what's going on about this. And man, before you know it, all of these excuses and things. And then I have patience, I can handle that for a little while, okay. But I'm just giving them some rope so they can hang themselves, that's really what I'm doing.  I already know, but I'd like to hear from you. And it would be real wise if you speak the truth. And then they'd begin to talk and they'd do this and they'd do that. And finally I'd say, well, and I'd start to speak and then there's occasions, it only happened a couple of times, to be honest with you. Or they would interrupt. And that's when daddy, the daddy hat came on. And I would say, I think you're making a mistake. We're not having a conversation. You think we're having a conversation, we're not. No, I'm talking, you're listening. That's not a conversation. What we're doing is we're dealing with something. And what you need to hear is this, because see, I know what you did. And until you agree that you were wrong, we're gonna be here for some time. My daughter, Anna, told me one time, she said actually more than once, see, I've never spanked her in her entire life. Anna never got a spanking from me. Never, never spanked her. She says, you spank me dad, that's not true. I never spanked her. She'd remember if I spanked her. I never spanked her. But I would lecture her.  She said, you know, because it's true, because it would be two hours, two hours. I mean, I'd speak to her for an hour, and then she wouldn't do anything. We'd take a break, I'd receive an offering, we'd go into second service. You know? You're not getting away with this, you're not getting out of this room until you tell me you were wrong. When you admit you were wrong, and I'd tell her that, I'd say, man, you know what? You could say it from the beginning and save this. But if you wanna argue, I got plenty of time, I'm going nowhere. And neither are you for some time, by the way. Just tell the truth. Just tell the truth. Just say what's honest. I can deal with honesty, but don't try and convince me of something that's not true. I wasn't born yesterday. I've done a lot worse than you ever did, and I know where you're coming from. So what you need to do is speak the truth. Now that's a dad speaking to the kid. How much more so my Heavenly Father speaking to me?  God sees everything. He knows the words before they are formed on your tongue. He knows your thoughts before they're formed in your mind. He knows everything. And here we are trying to pull the wool over his eyes. And here you have this guy saying, oh, I did it all. I did it all. And Samuel's saying, be quiet. You did not. You did not do it all. And that's the whole problem. Proverbs 9 verse 6 says, for sake foolishness and live, go in the way of understanding. So Samuel speaks to him. You started out well because you recognize yourself as inadequate and unimportant. When I came to anoint you as king, we had to look for you because you went into hiding. But now that you're king, you've had some military victories. You think yourself great. You were given a direct order.  But you didn't do so. Instead, you swooped down on the spoil in order that you might get rich. Well, verse 20, Saul said to Samuel, but I have obeyed the voice of the Lord and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent rain. Brought back, Agag, king of Amalek, I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took the plunder, sheep, and oxen. The best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord, you're god in Gilgal. And so what does he do? He blames the people. Instead of confessing and repenting, he justifies himself. He blames them. Well, Samuel isn't having any of that. Verse 22, Samuel said, has the Lord as great delight in bird offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he also has rejected you from being king. Do you think God wants your external religious behavior? Is that what you think God wants? He wants you to go and offer sacrifices? Do you think that that's what God wants from you? Your activity, your religious activity, that's what you think. You know what? There's a lot of people who think that right now. They think that. There are a whole lot of people. Entire religious systems are built on religious activity. Systems are built on it. Religious activity. Does God want my religious activity? No, God wants my heart. Real worship is of the heart. It isn't outer appearances alone. True worship is revealed by behavior because true worship is motivated by a heart that is willing to be obedient to God. Witchcraft and idolatry are sins, sins that are worthy of death and disobedience is in the same category. You see, when someone says I'm a follower of God, one of the evidences is their desire to obey him. Obedience isn't based on ideas of what he may or may not want. Obedience is based on what God has said in his word and that means that they're a student of the word. That means that they read the Bible. They're not, they're creating things. They think, oh, I think God would like it if I did this. They read the Word of God and they discover the things that God wants and demands from them. And then they just yield to him because that's what he says he wants. In 1st John in chapter two, verse three, John said, by this we know that we know him if we keep his commandments. In 1st John two, verse five, he said, whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him and by this we know that we are in him. We know him and we can know that we know him because we have a hunger to obey him. That's why Jesus would ask the question, why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not the things which I say? That's why Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commandments because that demonstrates that I actually have a relationship with him. It's the reading of the Word and it's the prayerful decision. God, as I read this and I see these things that please you, I wanna do those things that are pleasing to you. In the case of Saul, no, Saul wanted to have the goods and he wanted to take that King captive and Samuel says, no, that's the sin of witchcraft. It's an idolatrous thing for you because his heart is rebellion and disobedience to the will of God. Well, verse 24, Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord in your words because I feared the people, bathed their voice. Now, therefore, please, pardon my sin, return with me that I may worship the Lord. But Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you for you've rejected the word of the Lord and the Lord has rejected you from being King over Israel. And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe and it tore. So Samuel said to him, the Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to a neighbor of yours who's better than you. And also the strength of Israel will not lie nor relent for he's not a man that he should relent. It's not gonna change his mind in other words. Then he said, I have sinned, yet honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel return with me that I may worship the Lord your God. Samuel turned back after Saul, Saul worshiped before the Lord. Now, his motivation was not one of repentance. You need to understand that. He's not repenting. What he's doing is he's regretting. There's a difference between regretting something and repenting.  I'm so sorry, man, can you pray for me? Of course, of course we'll pray for you. Is that guy repentant or is that guy regretting? A lot has to do with whether he gets set free or not. If he's there before the judge and the judge says, I'm going to give you some probation. He gets a slap on the wrist and he leaves. Kind of like, is he going to live after that? Demonstrates whether he repented or regret it. Because a lot of times, what that person was doing was regretting. They were regretting getting caught.  They're regretting all those things. They're feeling sorrow in the heart, but not repentance. You see, repentance is a change of mind. It's an attitude change. It's a shift of thinking. When somebody regrets, they can go back to doing the things that they regretted doing and they'll still feel bad about it. It's the person who stepped away from the alcohol for a week, a month, two years, then returns. He feels bad about what he's done in the past. He feels bad that he's going back, but he's back. Repentance is, I'm never going back. I'm never going to have anything to do with that again. I'm going to fight this in the Lord and I'm going to win because I know what it does. I know what it's done to my family. I know what it's done to me. I'm repentant because it's a sin against God and God has said he'll forgive me as a repentance, but it's not just a regret. He had a man in the Bible by the name of Judas. He had another man in the Bible by the name of the Apostle Peter. Both of them denied the Lord, but Judas went on and hanged himself. The Apostle Peter repented and became a tremendous man of God because there's a difference between regretting and repenting. Judas said, I betrayed an innocent man, but the Apostle Peter said, I have betrayed the Son of God and I am broken over this. That's the difference. Some of us in this room need to understand. When you get right with God, it's not an attitude of regret. It's a heart of repentance. God, you're right and I'm wrong. What we have with Saul is a sorrow of heart because he's losing his position and he's losing the power that he had before the people, but it isn't anything that he's repentant over. And so that's what's taking place. When it says in verse 29, the strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. He's not a man that he should relent. He said, I have sinned. You'd honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel return with me that I may worship the Lord your God. Same, you'll turn back after Saul and Saul worship the Lord. He's saying, Saul, you are easily motivated to change by your emotion, but not so with God. The strength of Israel does not lie nor does he relent. He's not moved by emotion the way you are, but I'll go with you and he indeed does. He travels with them, but there's a reason he does that. Notice verse 32. Samuel said, bring Agag, King of the Amalekites here to me. So Agag came to him cautiously. Agag said, surely the bitterness of death has passed. In other words, enough time has passed by, he won't kill me.  And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. Samuel went to Rama. Saul went up to his house and said, give you of Saul. And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. Samuel enacted the judgment on Agag that should have taken place under the hand of Saul. It's shocking, but it's a sober warning. You see, Agag thought, surely the bitterness of death has passed. I've gotten away with it. I'm gonna continue living. That's how a lot of people think. Well, I didn't get in any trouble. I didn't get caught. I've been waiting to see if the boss figured out that I took that money out of the till and he hasn't. I got away with it. That's not how it works. Because eventually an accounting has to take place. In the life of this man Agag, God had made sure that he was gonna be judged for all the evil that he had done. And he did receive his judgment. So this is a warning. Judgment comes even though it may be delayed, but it does come. For us, I'm grateful that God gives us a space to repent because it gives us opportunity to get right with him as he gives us that opportunity. But if I refuse to over time, then ultimately I stand before him and I have to give an account of myself to him. Agag thought he got away with it. Samuel said, you didn't, you didn't. And neither will we if we take God's mercy lightly. Father, I ask that you would work in us today. I ask that you would work in us today, Lord, and that your Holy Spirit would awaken us that we might live for you. May we not take your word lightly. May we not take your commands lightly. May we never take the blood of Christ as a vain thing. And so Lord, we lift up our lives to you and we pray that we might see the stories here, what took place and learn from them, that we might live lives that are pleasing to you, that your spirit would work in us and that we would be faithful to you. Our eyes are closed, our heads are bowed, perhaps I have some in this room right now who need to get right with the Lord. I wanna pray for you right where you're at. If you know that Lord is speaking to you, you need to get right with him today. I wanna pray for you before this prayer is closed. If you need to get right with him, would you raise your hand right now? Let me pray for you right where you're at. You know the Spirit is speaking to you. Father, you see these hands. You know the reason why they're being raised to you. In Jesus' name, I'm asking that you would reach down and you would touch these lives, Lord. As their hearts are open, their hands are raised, Lord. They're saying to you, God, as you're passing by, please notice me. I ask, Lord, in Jesus' name, that you administer to them right now, wash them, cleanse them, and may they sense your presence with them, and may they, Lord, pursue you from this day forward with all that's within them. Lord, we thank you for this and pray your help will be with them every day from now on, and we bless you for this and thank you, praise you. You can put your hands down. And Jesus, I ask that you just keep moving in us that we might live for you every day. In your name, we pray. Amen, amen. Let's all stand. Well, praise the Lord. I made it through three services and I feel good about that. Amen. Amen. I look forward to seeing you 1835 tomorrow. That would be a blessing. We're looking forward to that. And tonight, the Truth Project Wednesday, God has given us plenty of things to do to keep growing in the things of the Lord. Let me encourage you in that. And so we'll pray and we'll close with the song. Father, we ask that you'd work in us and through us and use us for your glory. We're about to leave this place and go into a field that is white for harvest. Lord, use us to reach the lost for Jesus' sake.


This is Peter, and this is Peter's home, one of Europe's pristine and remote mountain ranges. Peter makes cheese, and thanks to the pure mountain environment and the traditional methods he uses, it's wonderful and unique. Its intense aroma always reminds Peter of his grandfather, who passed the cheese-making tradition down to him. But all is not well for Peter and his cheese. Finding new markets is costly and takes away from time he needs to spend farming. It can be difficult and expensive to get the materials he needs, and the poor highland roads can make transportation hard. Some retailers won't accept the cheese because Peter and his family can only deliver seasonally, and in small quantities. And some clients don't know enough about Peter's cheese to try it, yet anybody who's ever tasted it loves it. All in all things are pretty tough, but like Peter's grandfather used to say, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Peter teams up with John and Sarah, who make similar cheese in a nearby valley. Working together they found a producer's cooperative. They design a common brand for their cheese. Packaging, labeling, promotion and transport is now done jointly. And because together they can produce larger amounts, they're better able to bargain with big retailers. Though they still sell cheese directly on the farm, now they also sell it in supermarkets, specialty shops, in farmers markets, and on a newly established web platform. Through well thought out labels, leaflets and posters, they've changed how people think about their cheese. Now their clients love it. They know all about the careful, traditional process used to make the cheese, and that it supports the local economy. People begin to associate the delicious taste of the cheese with a local landscape and catcher. Over time Peter's cheese starts to become as famous as the beautiful mountain range where it's made. Even the local tourist officer uses it to promote the region. And it works. Local hotels and restaurants set up special deals to serve the cheese. Visitors come from all over, eager for John's famous cheese tasting parties. While others come to spend a day learning at Sarah's newly opened show farm. Now the farmers want to make a mountain cheese hiking trail with on-farm accommodation. They will try to get EU funding for the project. And already Peter, Sarah and John have an idea about using an EU-wide label for their mountain products. And so things are getting better for Peter and his wonderful cheese. In fact things are going so well he's had to hire a few more farmhands just to keep up with demand. And was best Peter's daughter hopes to carry on her father's farm. Once she's finished with her studies of course. Peter's story isn't unique. It can be done with other products and in other regions. Yes there are challenges to be overcome and it takes hard work and careful planning. But the potential of mountain products really is enormous.


90 Italian 90s and you're mad the things that stick in your head Daniel some off day is that I think is the guy that Apparently the packy boner shape. That's right. Yeah, remember useless in for me Well, you can't remember the first song you played on the radio Remember the first I think the first song that was ever playing how radio was turn the radio on Eric Herman, I don't know make me lose controls it. Yeah, I think that's I think that was a guy play this on the show last I mean don't was talking with that was the catch then turn the radio up for that sweet Yeah, I think so. I don't it was turn the radio on because I remember Searching this time and get it for them. You know at the time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was very very Well, it was a perfect song. Yeah, that's what we're doing on that day Keith What are we doing now? We're gonna do a thing that we've come up with called Well, I came up with the name of it five minutes ago and involves Involves a new member of staff hard-working member of staff and I think it's vanilla's actually newest sort of favorite To the team. It's the tombola a tombola So I came up with the name of it about five minutes ago under pressure But it's we're gonna call it broadcaster bingo. Okay, so we're gonna get you to do We spun of the Brought you into play to sort of spin the tunes but also to spin the tombola as well. So Yeah, we got it we got it so just well Live radio, let's see what just take something out. Had it to me and we'll see what the story is here We'll see what the still fold it lovely lovely lovely. That's the job Okay, all right, so basically they're just sort of questions and sort of prompts to do with the part Is this for me? This is for you. They're all for you until we get Joe and I've lost one side of me Maybe needs a little kind of a tweak down there. I don't think it's on here. Maybe No, this and they're all Questions and prompts and there's a wee beat the intro that will do it a little while but it's all to do with hiding radio it's all to do with the power hour and 34 years there's a test station no pressure on there's no big prize No pressure just for do this actually if you're listening folks that we can't emphasize this enough, but If you'd like to make a donation, we would love that. We've been very busy with them all day We've got past where we wanted to go But want to get further want to get up to 25,000 euro You can make your donations if you're listening then if you join the show www.highlandradio.com This one actually we could actually throw it as well to the listeners If you'd like to WhatsApp, maybe a voicemail if you could come up with your answer to this as well So Keith in your opinion, don't be worried I have to have an opinion In your opinion, what is the catchiest jingle that's been on Highland radio down through the years? And can you can you sing it that says here starting a lot? I know I have my favorite My favorite In the jingle box, I don't play it anymore because it's not relevant to Saturn obviously it's to do with me Okay, give it us give us a go that was do you remember that one the girl goes Keith Fletcher. I turn them on I'll get you to play that If you want to my files there, you'll see it there. That was high. I've got only more trouble over that No, it's weebara ambiguity. You're gonna get me into them. I'm missing you. Yeah, did you find it?  No, no, okay turn on should be The I remember I've said this is what I want you to say, you know And you know that Keith Fletcher I can remember it takes about four or five seconds to say Took us over an hour to get that because yeah, yeah, although because of the week, but I knew and when I'd like but and then We'll get a trouble out of that. You're not here, but we'll get it But look that's mine anybody else out there has a favorite jingle from over the years by all means well That's what I asked a couple of people this today just just people I know when I work on the main street just and everybody had an answer and I get it was a Country music on highland radio or else that I'm light up your day with a smile I just asked us in Kelly he just goes number one in the Northwest So, you know, listen, we'll throw it out there It's only a bit of fun if you can come up with one that we haven't destroyed here You can descend it as a voicemail. What's up? Oh, it's like 60 25,000 We haven't got a line of communication up here and running as well So this if you want to text it as well Whilst you're listing. Oh, it's six sixty five thousand, but you're doing my job for me. I love it I love it. So you can watch that or text the show. We would love to hear from you But they have to sing it themselves and sound a voice note. Yes. Oh, please. Oh, you have to sing it Please do it. So I'm sure somebody's gonna is that one there. That's already here. Let's see. Let's see. Can you play it? Hey, I'm over. What's your second name?  Remember what he called herself me from Jack B. T. Good man, Jack B. T. A bit of it else wants to join in when probably need to check these out, but Yeah, we'll check them out. We'll have a we might have to listen to them before we hear them during the next song So, yeah, that's just see that wasn't too bad when they will we do one more? We'll do one more. Just another we write another one. I should listen. We're not my feet again I'm keeping you fit here. You were cycling on the bicycle though. You're spinning the Tambola You'll not have to go to the gym all weekend Are you for busy weekend as well Keith? Yeah, I'm down to the market square on don't the market square on Sunday for the For the parade three. Yeah, they'll be cracker from half on but the parade starts at three. That's Frank. Perfect. Just I'm banging about there. That's all good. No, so yes, the the parade like how many years now you're doing the break Seems like 34 years. Yeah. Yeah, it's a long but I mean, it's you're an institution at this stage God rest him lunch went to the it went to a parade in it was Dublin or America one time And he came back and he came up to me after and he says I was sitting at the parade and he says, you know sitting there whole time. I thought And he says I figured it out there and he said there wasn't a smart Everybody will pass now. Oh, well, there you go. So at least I make a difference Listen my two boys know they're only like five and seven but we can go in this last couple of years But they can always point They just say it's a boy in the crazy suit It all sets the crazy back. I know. Well, people have said that to you. Well, it's your listen. It's all you'd wonder We know what this is What did we pull out there? Oh, yeah, here we go. This is another question. It's a look. It's yeah Listen nothing to non too serious here Keith. Who made up these questions? Me and my Producer stroke wife Yeah, we had a good fun with us. That was as like we're up to like three o'clock in the morning Excellent excellent. It's good. You might even pop up before the end of the show, but right. This is one I didn't really think this was for you Keith this woman. Anyway, it says Have you ever had a moment where you mispronounced a song title or an artist's name in a hilariously memorable way? Does that ring any bells? No Does it not? No What do you want me to prompt you? Oh, do you know that? I know that I know your answer to this question Do you know do you not remember the famous debate that went on for about three weeks? No, no, no, it wasn't it was the song was the song called Bobby Joe or buddy Joe You say body Joe, don't you know what we really disagree. I don't know if we thrashed us out before I don't think we have But when you listen to it, it's buddy Joe is it but when you look it up if you ever search for it If you were if you send somebody to look for the song, it's a club hovers with buddy Joe. Okay, so there we go You're right. So there we are. So there we had that's it. So you have answered that question I'll be saying that forever. I can't I'm gonna keep saying but you can play it. I kind of answered the question for you They're gonna play it now. I'm gonna play it now. We're gonna find this I'm gonna find this jingle if anyone else listed if you want to send energy there's actually a few here So we'll have we check it of people Sitting in their hide and radio jingles The further back the better actually you can go back to 1990 if you remember them send them in as a voicemail Oh eight six sixty twenty five thousand any questions for Keith's or any songs you want us to play any memories No We are under pressure there Keith. I'll give you a few minutes off here now with this


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All of us have an inner calling to do something in our lives, but most of the time we ignore that calling. Eventually, the wake-up call tends to come through an accident, a divorce, or an illness, or some chance encounter that tries to push you back on the path. But still, again, many of us ignore that call.  But what if listening to that inner path, the inner directive as I call it, was more important than any healing intervention that a person tried? That what if listening to the inner whisper, that inner voice, the thing you can't explain was one of the essential pieces to healing? Well, I think it is. And I think in this video we're going to talk more about the healing path, something that has transformed my own life as someone who is sick for a very long time. Hey guys, I'm Dr. Alex Hine, Doctor of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine and author of the health book Master of the Day. So before we jump into this video, there are two very important links right below the video there. The first is if you'd like to become a patient of mine locally in Los Angeles or virtually via telemedicine, you can reach out to my private practice right below the video to book a call. And the second is I put together a free guide, which is four daily rituals that can potentially help you add years to your life with Traditional Chinese Medicine. Again, those are both right below the video there. I once had a client years ago before I was even in the field of medicine. And even though I was helping her with sort of life coaching, that kind of life purpose aspects, she had always had all of these health problems. And she was saying, you know, I've been trying to achieve my goals and trying to change my life and trying to quit my job and find the next direction going forward. But it honestly wasn't not knowing what to do. That was the problem. For her, really her health was the main problem. I mean, she was a New York City finance person. She was a high performer. She was married and not really happily married. And so when you look at the combined stress of her day to day job, her marriage, the fact that her health was the limiting factor in actually changing her life, one would think that that would be something that we would focus on instead of the actual strategies and the tactics for living a better life, you know, like goal setting. But go figure. I hadn't heard from her in a very long time after we finished our coaching session. And some years later, she had reached out and she said, you know, you remember me back when we were trying to get me to change jobs, back when we were talking about my stressful marriage, back when I wanted to take that trip to Paris and even study fashion over there. Well, she said, guess what? I know that my health was the limiting factor back when we spoke. But I since have quit my job and got a divorce, but guess what happened? I don't have any of those health issues anymore. And after we had this conversation and made me think about so many people go after the tactics, the strategies, the supplements, the doctors, the alternative doctors, trying to palliate or change the symptoms or work on some aspect of healing. But it's that saying that there are no incurable illnesses, only incurable people that keeps coming back over and over and over and sort of haunts me when I think of her story, and even my own story and the lives of so many people here. Because very often, you can try hammering this problem over and over and over. But what it needed wasn't a hammer, right? What it needed was the person needed to quit that job. The person needed to get that divorce, the person needed to move cross country, the person needed to start trusting their gut instincts and starts trusting their hunches. I would say the most telling patient demographic that I hear this from is people with cancer.  Nothing really puts life quite in perspective like a death sentence. And whether or not they will ultimately die, only time will tell. But ultimately, what happens is inevitably the people that want to live decide to wake up. The people that don't really want to live, they don't care. That's a relief because cancer and disease is a final ending to a long, difficult life and signals rest. They can give up. But for the people that want to live, this is the most essential wake up call. And the most essential wake up call means that they're going to now do what they've always wanted to do, which most of the time is listen to that gut feeling that thing when done, that they always had wanted to do. Now for many people, it's a lot like Bronnie Ware, the hospice nurse who wrote her book, The Regrets of the Dying. And she said that the number one regret of the dying was that I wish I'd lived a life true to myself, not the life others had expected of me. In other words, in layman's terms, I wish I did what I actually wanted to do. Do you have the job you have right now because you want it? Or because it's security? Do you have the job right now you want to do? Are you in that career because it's something that you're passionate about? Or because your mom and dad said you'd never be able to make it as a dancer? Is your life what you actually want? Or is it something that you've lived really out of fear? Because maybe I should use the word security, which is fear. We're thinking about. But I know that within all of us, there's something we really want to do. And we have these hunches and these hints and these little canaries in the coal mine that come up from time to time. And whether you listen to them or not, will determine whether or not your life gets better and bigger every year or whether it stays the same and it stays small every year. Now, to me, healing involves two main paths. There's the path of pragmatism, which is concretely getting medical treatment, changing daily habits and rituals, and ultimately becoming a different person. Because for many of us, it was our own actions that made us ill in the first place, not every time, not 100% of the problem was us, but very often, a large percentage was us. But the other path is the inner path of healing. The inner path is really paying attention to those whispers before these little things become big things, these little things become the accidents, the little nagging back pain, the little nagging headaches, the nagging insomnia, before those things become a problem that you can no longer ignore. Because unfortunately, really, once they get to the point where they're so big, you cannot ignore them. Very often, that's the point of which it's too late. And something has gotten to be something that has consumed your whole life. So the inner path to me is always trusting that calling, that whisper, that vocation, that thing you've always wanted to do that gut feeling about do this or don't do that, even though everyone is saying do that, trusting those inner hunches and those inner gut feelings in my experience for people that are chronically ill is often as essential as the linear progress that happens through getting conventional medical advice. So inner path, trust those gut feelings and those hunches, because very often they're there to try to help you heal, and they're there to get you not repeating the same thing and getting the same results. But they're trying to take you on a path that your gut feels is right. You feel it to be true. You don't know it to be true because there's no evidence yet. But if you trust that, in my experience, more times than not, it'll lead you to the proper healing path.  Alright guys, that's what I have you here today. Check out these other related videos and those links to download right below this video. And I'll see you soon.


It is time for a what sold video. I'm gonna tell you where they got it, what they paid for it, and what it sold for.  Let's get started. Hey, Bolo buddies, thanks for watching. On my little pony. Amazing, right? All right, let's get started. I am super excited about this featured members video. This one is one eBay store.  And we are going to talk about this, but Cindy recently became a member of my Bolo buddies YouTube channel. And I was looking into her store and it's a nonprofit. And I was just kind of digging around. And I was completely intrigued by it. And I want to share it with you guys. Just such an amazing cause.  And I will show you her store, but I want to show you what she's doing. It's just fantastic. So if you go to the eBay store, which let me make sure did I pull that up? Okay, if you go to the eBay store, I'll have it linked down in the description. It tells you all about it, but they have it says 500 animals located in Missouri. Hi, everyone. My name is Cindy. I'm the owner of the rare pigs fly farm out in Lynn, Missouri. We are a farm animal rescue. I started the rescue about six years ago and God told me this is what I was going to do. I've got that full story on our website. You can check it out there. Anyway, we now have about 300 rescued animals here. You'll find just about every type of poultry and livestock here. We also have domestic birds, rabbits and guinea pigs. Not all of them are from abusive homes. Some of them are here simply because they're handicapped, old and retired. Their owners couldn't take care of them any longer. Some of them are here as a result of their owners passing away or the owners having a divorce, no longer being able to keep their farms. Everyone has a story. Now, although we are ran strictly by volunteers, we still have plenty of overhead in our vet bills, feed bills, all that wonderful fun stuff. Our biggest source of revenue is being open to the public Friday through Sunday. We are also open during the week for field trips. Our Airbnb and our resale shop are also great sources of revenue. This past May, we actually started selling on eBay and absolutely love it. It's generated some great revenue for the farm and we've met some great new people like Courtney. We're also working on building up our YouTube hours so that way we can hopefully generate some revenue that way also. Proceeds from our store go to support the animals, medical housing and food needs. We also have America's only pig museum and offer overnight stays at the farm. Families from all over the world have visited and stayed with us. It's an experience you'll never forget. So it says we greatly appreciate the support you give us through purchasing from our store. So the proceeds go to help the farm. So if you check out the store and you see something that you would like to purchase, just know that it is going to an amazing cause. 3,600 items. So if you guys want to support this cause, you can definitely go down to the description and check out the link. But here are some of their newly listed items. It looks like they got a bunch of things up for auction. So 3,600 items go take a browse. And also some exciting news and we're going to get to the big money bolos. Just wait, you're going to learn a ton from her. I'm guessing she has some help on eBay because there's no way she manages a whole farm, eBay and a YouTube channel. But most of the content on the channel was about the farm. But she has recently started doing what sold videos and they are awesome. So let me show you real quick here. Let me go in here. I want to show you the beginning. This is so cute. The way it takes five farms. And we sell things on eBay to help pay for the animals. And in our videos, you guys can see what our sales were. We will kind of highlight the largest sales. Love it. And there will be smaller sales pretty quick. All right. There is a sneak peek of the YouTube channel. Definitely, definitely go show them some love with a sub. They are at 1,430 subscribers, which is fantastic. And just started doing the eBay content. So definitely go show them some love there. All right.  I'm telling you some awesome stuff here. So I have my little notes on my phone and we are going to start with the first one here. It is a vintage car under dash 45 record player, not tested and letter came with it. This sold on auction for $330 plus shipping purchased for $3 at a live auction and sold for the 330 as shown. The next item is an antique pump organ. Bill Horne Brothers world famous portable folding pump organ from the early 1900s purchase for $10 at a live auction sold for $280.59 plus shipping. And that was an eBay auction. The next item is this amazing clock. Rare vintage bronze maybe question mark mantle clock child water bucket Hamilton San Gamo. Wow, $249 two bids on that one. Fancy fancy there, right? Got it from a friend. It was donated by a friend and it sold for the $249 plus shipping. So I'm guessing they probably get a lot of donations because I want to say she said they have like a little store that they sell stuff also from. But they have 3600 items listed. That is awesome. Olympus Pearl quarter voice activated micro cassette recorder. Got this in a box lot at a live auction less than a dollar and took a best offer of $180 on that and the buyer paid shipping. The next item are these Larry Mahan vintage ostrich boots cowboy boots. Let's see donated by a friend sold for full asking price of $130. That is not a brand I've heard of. So definitely be on the lookout there. Okay, this Coke bottle. Coca Cola Coke aluminum bottle from 2009. And oh, look at that. That's so cute. So smart, clever. And they sold this for $80 best offer and the buyer paid shipping. This monster truck poster magazine from 1988. Let's see here. Show you some of the pictures. Picked up free when helping with a live auction cleanup took a best offer of $70 on that. Would you have guessed? I would have probably walked right past that. The next item is this trumpet vintage Besson Stratford made in England trumpet with original case. I think I purchased it for $15 or $20 at a live auction. Took a best offer of $70. I love it that like they have an eBay store. They're now doing YouTube. They've got this farm that they take care of. They help all these animals. I mean talk about busy wide awake doll. Side glance eyes. 1914 all bisque hand-made clothes. Purchased in a box lot at a live auction so less than a dollar and took a best offer of $80. So she knows what she's looking for. So definitely, definitely check out their channel. The next item is this vintage two gallon crock the Western Pottery Company, Denver, Colorado. And this is a personal item I had for probably 20 years and took a best offer of $60. The framed butterflies. I actually talked about this one in my recent featured members video. She said not sure where we got this probably an auction box lot possibly donated had been sitting in our resale shop since May with a $3 price tag. I threw it up on eBay as an auction and it brought $86 plus shipping. So they do have a resale shop on the farm. I think she said they have a bed and breakfast also. And then the kids can come and like a petting area. So I don't know if they do camps or what. I'm just learning about this but it sounds amazing. The next item is this vintage retro handy hot electric washing machine. I purchased it for $5 at a live auction took a best offer of $45 plus shipping. Overland Outfitters Men's Leather Out Shell Overcoat size small. Purchase for $4 from a resale shop sold for $75 within hours of listing and the buyer paid shipping. So here is the tag. There's nice shot of the big button. Very cool. Great great photos is showing exactly you know the details the fine details. German beer stein 95% pewter lid Austria imperial coat of arms. Let's see. Purchase at a resale shop for $10 and sold it for $60. So it's an old beer stein. And I feel like those are hit and miss. Like some of them can go for big money and some of them are bread and butter. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Would you have picked this up or would you have walked past it? I know a lot of you would probably be scared to bring it in your house. Creepy dolls don't really creep me out, but I know some people are terrified of like dolls and clowns and stuff like that. Anyhow, she got these picked up free when helping with a live auction cleanup took a best offer of $54 buyer paid shipping. The next item, I mean just cool items. Don't I just think their store is amazing. Rare vintage Sears and Roebuck ice cream maker. Purchased it for $3 at a live auction and sold it for $40 plus shipping. So they do eBay auctions, but there's a lot of buy it now also. I'm not sure what this is. It's some sort of motor, balder cat industrial motor. No clue, but for those of you watching that do know, you know. Purchased in a box lot at a live auction less than a dollar and took a best offer of $50 plus shipping. Here's another doll. Vintage 1961 Eidel Chrissy doll or kissy doll. Is it kissy or Chrissy? I don't know. Let's see. Does it say on her back? It does not. Let's see. It says kissy doll here too. So picked up free when helping with a live auction cleanup sold for $50. The next item is this Miami carry door chime. And purchased in a box lot at a live auction less than a dollar and sold for $45 plus shipping. Man, wherever they're going for their auctions, they are doing well picking stuff up for a good price. This hat, I love this. Vintage handcrafted straw hat sombrero wide brim unisex. Got this at a live auction with some other sombreros, maybe $2 in it and sold for a best offer of $32 plus shipping. I would say that I would not want to ship that thing. It looks massive. Yep, that's what I would do. Put a ruler over it, show them how big it is. Otherwise they're going to be like, would this fit my head? I don't know if it'll fit your head. Vintage industrial machine age steel. A lot of 10 gears, cogs and parts. Purchased at a live auction in the bottom of a five gallon bucket of tools, maybe $1 into them and sold for $44.78 plus shipping. I would have sold those and been like, what on earth? I'm guessing maybe Google Lens would have picked that up. Maybe, just maybe. The next item that sold are pencils. I had to grab this one because pencils have been, people have been talking about pencils in my Facebook group. They can definitely be a bolo. Actually got junk in our trunk YouTube channel just sold like a massive lot of pencils for big money on eBay. So that was featured in one of my videos, I do believe. I think it's in the upcoming video. Purchased at a live auction in a box lot, maybe $1 into them and sold for a best offer of $30. Vintage Eagle Murado, Kimmy Seald, 174 medium soft pencil, number two. Fancy fancy. And the last item is this vintage corn popper, long metal and green wooden handle with wire mesh basket. I just thought this one was cool. It's not a big money, but it's kind of like, I feel like you might see it and walk past it. Purchased at a live auction for $3 and sold for a best offer of $22 plus shipping. So let's go over here and snoop their store a little more. It looks like they've got a whole bunch of DVDs. Lots of cool stuff. A little bit of everything. We've got some mugs. I wonder how much help they have doing the eBay store because you guys, eBay is a lot of work to have 3,600 listings. But I imagine running that farm is really, really expensive. Did you see that cute little, is it an emu? Is that what she called it? Oh my goodness, that thing was cute. And when it looked her right in the face, oh, that was adorable. So just lots of really cool vintage items here. Let's search highest first. Do you guys like to do that? I love to see the Bolo items. Highest for sure. All right, let's look at the big money stuff they have listed. How fun is this? You've got a saddle, which makes sense. Missouri, they're on a farm. Some Justin boots. Ooh, look at that. That's pretty. Some more creepy dolls. I don't think they're creepy. I don't think they're creepy, but people think they're creepy. So let me know in the comments, do you think dolls are creepy? Yes or no? Some old, looks like a vinyl record. Lots and lots of cool stuff. So I'm going to let you guys go down to the comments and check out their store.  And I'm going to scroll and check it out because they've got lots of cool stuff to look at. Where pigs fly farm. And again, that's linked down below. So if you guys can show them some support by subscribing to their YouTube channel, if you want to make a purchase, that is awesome. Please don't feel any pressure. But if you want to support the cause, that link is down below. Looks like they've got plenty to choose from. But just subscribing to their channel and watching and helping them grow, spread the word, share the videos, that is just going to help them so much. So thank you all so much for being here. Thank you for watching. And I'll see you the next one. Thanks for watching.


Welcome to Logic Symbols. In this video you'll review the schematic symbols of logic gates for digital circuits. Each type of logic gate is assigned a symbol that has a distinct shape so that it can be distinguished from other types of gates. Each symbol has at least two input leads and one output lead. The leads are used to make connections with devices that provide input signals and with a device that is driven by its output. Several gates can be connected together in various configurations to perform more complex operations. The symbol for each type of logic gate follows and, or, nand, nor, exclusive or, or exclusive nor. Another basic logic device is the inverter. Because it consists of only one input, it is technically not considered a logic gate. Thus, it is also referred to as a not gate. Now that you're familiar with the symbol for each type of logic gate, see if you can match them correctly. Please feel free to pause the video if you need more time to think about your selections. Congratulations! You have completed the video Logic Symbols. Thanks for watching. If you liked this video, please give us a thumbs up.


Mental health and the importance of sleep will be the main topics of discussion at tomorrow's fifth annual Health and Wellness Summit in Crowing County. Crowing Energize is bringing the community together to celebrate the current programs in place and to discuss what areas of health and wellness still need to be addressed with this year's focus on the importance of sleep. We're really excited to be launching our sleep toolkit. We know that mental health and having mental fitness is a need in Crowing County as well as across the state. And so we've put a lot of resources and time and energy into how do we increase mental fitness. Nearly 400 people will be at Lakewood Evangelical Free Church in Baxter tomorrow to brainstorm new ideas but also to take a look back at all the progress the community has made over the last five years. And ultimately I'm proud of this community because it's the community volunteers. It's the people who are passionate about this work that are making such a difference to make the healthy choice the easy choice. And that's something that we all should be proud of. Crowing Energized is a partnership between Crowing County and Ascension Health. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


Bonjour tout le monde. Hello everyone. Today I'm at Big Rig Brewery with brewmaster Lon Liddell and the MP for Canada Carlton Karen McCrimmon. Last time I was here at Big Rig was with President Obama so it's glad I'm glad to be back. Now when the pandemic first started Big Rig took a real hit. They had to close their doors and let go almost all of their staff. Eventually Lon was able to start hiring back some of his team and they wasted no time in adapting to the new normal. They set up an online shop and with the help of Shopify started making home deliveries. But Lon and his team wanted to do more for their community and for our frontline workers. So they started making hand sanitizer for local community organizations that do really important work like the canada food bank shepherds of good hope and chrysalis house. To keep up with a growing demand for hand sanitizer food and beer Big Rig used the canada emergency wage subsidy to hire back almost all their members of staff and to save money on rent they also used the canada emergency commercial rent assistance. Big Rig is one of the thousands of companies across the country stepping up to help their workers and their community during this tough time. Programs like the canada emergency wage subsidy and the canada emergency commercial rent assistance are there to help them get back on their feet. We also launched the canada emergency business account to help small businesses get a loan to bridge to better times. And we recently expanded the eligibility for this program to include even more small businesses like farmers. As of today this expanded SEBA will be available through the major banks. We're actively working with other lenders including credit unions to make sure small businesses have access to the help they need. As we move into the summer Canadians can keep counting on our support. 14 billion dollars to respond to the most urgent needs in the next few months. It's money that could be used to ensure the safety of children in the nursery, to accelerate contact research and to buy more equipment for individual protection. When we start to restart the economy we must ensure that Canadians have all they need to protect their health and that of their families. The Prime Minister and I have also talked about the restrictions on the border and the need to be careful when the summer dies. COVID-19 always threatens our health. That's why our government will continue to work closely with provinces and territories to support people during this tough time. I would now like to make a point on the presence of our Canadian Armed Forces in Quebec and Ontario. This morning I want to take a moment to thank our Canadian forces for stepping up once again in our time of need. Since April our women and men in uniform have done great work to help stabilize the situation in long-term care facilities. As of today our members remain active in one facility in Ontario and we anticipate that they'll be ready to leave in the coming days once the situation is stable. On the Quebec side, our Canadian Armed Forces members have done a remarkable job since they arrived on the field on April 20. Our troops have helped stabilize things in a total of 47 residences and I would like to take a moment to thank them for their help. But our members have not finished their mission. They will still be stabilizing four residences in the coming days. Overall, the situation in the CHSLD has greatly improved. The needs are no longer the same as two months ago. That's why, over the last few weeks, we have worked with Quebec to develop a transition plan that will allow us to transfer operations through military personnel to civilian personnel. And today, we can announce that the Canadian Red Cross will be ready to leave until September 15. A few weeks ago, our government gave $100 million to the Red Cross which will allow them to provide 900 people ready to serve in the CHSLD. The first 150 people will be deployed here on July 6 and 750 additional people will be placed here on July 29. The arrival of the Red Cross will therefore allow our armed forces to return to their usual functions and be ready for any eventualities. Until September 15, we will still maintain teams ready to intervene quickly in emergency situations. Canadians can always count on our support. I'd like to end today by recognizing that this is a weekend when many of us would be heading to a Pride celebration. Pride is a chance to celebrate who we are and take stock not only of how far we've come as a society but how far we still have to go. Because there's still so much more work to be done to ensure greater rights, protections and inclusion for all LGBTQ2 people. I know that many of you are disappointed that you can't get together this year but I hope that you still all get to celebrate in your own way. And to the kids out there who are worried about not being accepted for who they are, I want you to know that we're here for you, we support you and that we will always stand by you. Thank you.


doesn't like certain people. I happen to despise rap and the whole ghetto thing. I don't think ghetto is a culture. They call it a culture, but it's not. You know, it's a defect of humanity, personality defect. It's like idolizing the criminal element. Not all hip-hop is, you know. No, not hip-hop, talking about a criminal rap, you know, very negative lyrics. And what do you do when you go into a ghetto? You see graffiti. You think graffiti is art? No. Graffiti is vandalism. Vandalism. That's the point. Vandalism. That's the point, but it is art. No, it's not. It's where it's put. Well, if you get permission to paint a mural. What about the guys who do sand castles? What about the guy who does sand paintings on the sidewalk? Did he get permission? Did he get permission to do it? Well, the sidewalk is public. He has no right to paint the sidewalk. It's public. He should get busted. It's the commons. You got to get permission. You don't have a right to paint. It doesn't belong to you. It's the commons. You have no right.  Well, that's my point. It's where it's done, is the problem. And it's what it is, too. But you're saying it's not art.  That's not art. Who said that? It is art. No, it's not. It's where it is, is the problem. Why can't they paint on their own property? It would still be art, wouldn't it? Yes, but yeah, it's vandalism. Where it's done.  I'm saying it's art. No, it's vandalism. Where it's done, it may be construed as vandalism. They should be incarcerated. You don't go to a public place and start spray painting and painting things. I just said that. It degenerates. You see where I live? I live in a quiet suburb. You can hear a pin. All you hear is birch chirping. Everything is nice and neat and clean. That's the way I like it. I don't want to see no frigging graffiti on my sidewalk. But when you get an idea, you go with it in your opinion, but you don't listen to the whole picture that I'm trying to say. I know what you're saying. No, you're not. You ain't. I've seen graffiti that is art. If I put the Mona Lisa on someone's building, it's still art. You'll get authorization and permission before you do it. It's still art. If it looks like art, it's still art. So where it is is the problem. Wait a minute. Let me ask you another question. I know this guy who makes a big deal out of his paper mache. Me and others that I know feel that paper mache is art for people that have really no artistic talent.     To you. What you do is art. This guy over here is art. But if I do it on somebody's building, it's still art. It's art, but you get permission.  I have you put the cuffs on you. That's correct. And why is that? Because of where it's done. But it's still art. Yeah, I'm not I'm not denying. Yes, you are. No, you're trying to say that somebody can paint on a public building. No, you are saying they can't. No, they can't. But I'm saying whatever they do on the building is still art. What about the scribbling you see when you drive on a high? What about with the punk? What about with the punk still? You're not. What about what the criminal element does?  And what if it's art? Well, they might say it's art. Well, what if it is art? I'm saying. So what's the problem? Regardless, the problem is it degenerates this is of the the surroundings. It defaces. So back to my art is vandalism where it's done.   Because that the people that do that that's where they live. The sand painters don't live in ghettos. Oh, you sand castle makers don't live in ghettos. No, I'm I'm singling out graffiti. And some people that's your problem. Some people consider it. You don't single out graffiti. You single out vandalism. Where it's done. Comprehending. I still don't think somebody should be able to paint on a public building. They should get permission to do it. I agreed with that how many times already. So why you busting my chops, but it's still art. Or what does that have to do with the the the type of ladies? Oh, you know what? Let everybody let everybody spray paint graffiti all over the place. You want to live in that kind of environment. You know what? You look at that. Nobody said that you are criticizing see that which is painted straight or whatever. I'm glad I'm not doing that. I'm glad. Folks, I'm glad I registered as an independent and not as a Democrat. Oh, Jesus, because because there are Democrats that don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. Everybody's wonderful. Everybody's special. Everybody does that have to do with graffiti because the people that do it are degenerate and are of a criminal element. Caravaggio killed a man. But he was a great artist. So what? Caravaggio? That's correct. So you don't get the point. You know, we're stuck in this. Who is that guy? Who is that guy? Megal Thorpe the one that put a crucifix maple Thorpe maple Thorpe some degenerate that put a crucifix in in a jar of urine or something and he called it art and and he felt people were were oppressing him and denying him his right to express that we're censoring it. Correct. Did he have this in a you just said that he tried moments ago that he tried to put everybody is entitled their own opinion. Wait a minute. And it's not how you change. Did this guy try to get that jar of urine with a crucifix in it into a public museum? It was in a public museum. It has no business being there. Did he get authorization to bring that in? You don't get authorization. They buy it. That's an offensive thing to have in a public museum. Sell it. A crucifix in it. But that's your opinion. Well, there are well, you know what? If it's in a public place, you see if it's going to be accepted. And if it is, it is. If it's not, well, you can't bring your disgusting degenerate work of art in a public museum. You know, simple as that. I don't think you have read much history in times past. Certain artworks at certain areas. Likely before the renaissance and these that the other thing and and modern days and this guy, they were not accepted. They were not considered on. That was their opinions back then. Yeah. And they the Catholic Church. If you did anything that was not of the Madonna and Child Christ on the cross. You were a heretic as a driver. I often go on the highway and sometimes don't ask me how they do it. Sometimes I'm on a highway and I go under an overpass and I look up and what do I see on the overpass? I see graffiti spray spray spray paint graffiti. Somebody holds their feet and leaves them all to me. This is the facing public property. It's a form of vandalism. The the little the little delinquents might call it art. Is that art when you put a spot that you know that a swastika is an ancient symbol from India that goes way, way, way, way, way, maybe thousands of years. Yes. Correct. Before Nazi Germany. Correct. It's like a never ending spiral. Yeah. So what is the symbol of Sicily is the head of Medusa, I believe, with legs in the shape of a swastika. The same exact shape. It's an ancient symbol. So what does it have to do with Naziism? I know. No, it technically it's not a a universal symbol for Nazism. The point is that different eras, different times, historical periods, some things are accepted and others are not. Yeah. In the sixties, almost sexuals were criminals.  They were this, that, and the other thing. Listen, fine. Today, 13 states allow them to get married. Decent, well-educated. There is such a thing as evolution. True.  They also don't want to live in a situation where Wall Street Yeah. Kills them, steals from them, et cetera, et cetera. But we do. There's a lot of contradictions. Like, for instance, if you lie to the government, like that banner I posted, if you lie to the government, it's a felony.  It's NSA spying. Yeah. Why did some, why did a friend of mine call that gentleman, Mr. Snowden, a spying traitor if the guy was doing Americans a big favor by letting them know that when, when, when, when Obama told the American people that your private conversations are not being spied upon. And he lied. The truth was that you are being spied upon. So because he tells the truth, there are some Tea Party boobs out there. It's not just Tea Party's boobs.  Why? For doing Americans a big favor by spilling the beans? Because in America we have this thing like the, those in authority are the governments. They are in charge. And you have to obey them. We are not. Yet the Constitution says otherwise. Like I said before, the sickening sycophants and they're out there and, and, and the, a lot of these Tea Party people, a lot of these idiots from the red states, the Bible Belt red states that, that, that, that worship, this cult has nothing to do with the Bible. It's a cult. They vote Republican based on their cult. So, you know, and a lot of them are, are living week to week. A lot of them are poor in these states. A lot of them are middle class and, and with the tax burden, but they still vote for the elitist Republicans. Well, the Republicans just, they, the farm bill didn't pass. If it would have, they would have just cut food stamps, you know, but they would have continued giving the big bucks to Big Agra and the big file is, and the big food companies in its area.  SNAP food stamps. Oh yeah. Because every, the 50 million people on food stamps are just lazy bums. They're lazy bums. So, yeah, the welfare, the, the, the few crumbs that the poor get in terms of social services, which make up a very tiny, a, a, a percentage of the, the budget. Very, very minuscule. They, they, they act like they're, they're giving them so much. The Republicans act like they're receiving so much. Well, they are. According to them. Well, because. But the big companies are not. If son should not pay any taxes, general election should not be any taxable. What about? And we should give them subsidies and refund. Now, what exactly would you call it when Chris Christie supposedly gave these billions to the, the fat cats to the, to the rich? In other words, Christie wants to. I call it criminal. That's what I call it. Christie cuts all the social services for the poor, but he supposedly. And teachers. And teachers, and he's spending taxpayers' money on his reelection campaign. Right? But I also heard he gave corporations money. Very, very large sums of money. Of course. They're the job producers. Yeah, sure. In China, in India. Right. Et cetera, et cetera. And hey, China and it. So, but what they do is fine. What Goldman Sachs and the big bankers do is fine. That's even finer.  You realize, of course, that the Occupy Wall Street was infiltrated by the FBI, et cetera. Yeah. And spied upon. And there was also a program to kill the top leaders if they got out of hand, et cetera. That's fascism. Well, we are fascist countries. Why did the Occupy Wall Street pushy out and didn't go and didn't make a big deal out of it like they do, like they're doing in other countries with hundreds of thousands of violent protesters in the street? Why did they wimp out? They were put down. They didn't wimp out. They got put down by what I just say. Well, there wasn't enough people there. There were plenty of people there. You ever see the protests in Europe and in Turkey and in all these other countries? Yeah. They're all in one spot. They're massive amounts of people. We had them all around the country. This still won't make any difference. The asses of the masses. How they're going to put that hundreds of thousands of angry citizens? Come on. They did it. Do you see them around anymore? There wasn't that many people at Occupy. They were around the country. Then how did they all like I'll say it again. They disappeared. They went out. They disappeared. Okay. That's how it is in America. We prosecute whistleblowers. All right. We uh we don't allow dissent. We treat them as terrorists.  Being against the forces of evil is considered a terrorist. Exactly. So so the truth is twisted. We need a law. So there is a sort of way of thinking in this country where the truth is avoided and unaccepted and not cherished by our society.  A traitor. Or a traitor. And the bigger the lie. Or a terrorist. The more it's believed. So we have a easier to be sold.  Fascism. Fascism. And uh the media probably won't um interview anybody that wants to tell the real truth. How can they? They are corporate sponsored. What are you going to go in there and say? Corporations are discussing their rotten. They should be dissed at the other thing. And they're going to put you on television? I don't think so. Well Lionel almost does that. Almost. Not as long as he works for a big corporation. He works for WPIX Channel 11 New York City.   Sort of. Sort of. But uh yeah and then you end up on internet broadcasting like poor Dr. Gary know. I mean he had nobody hears you. Gary should have his own bonafide cable station. Gary should have his own show on MSMEC. But now we're talking about sponsors when we're talking about. Yeah and that's how the exposure comes about. Companies. Sponsors. Sponsors that pay salaries like that goofball that says oh yeah how come we're not doing the show somewhere somewhere uh high tech state of the art.  Not only that there's no content. Corporations. Yeah. There's no content then. It's just fluff. Yeah it's fluff and then you we have to go to commercial. Commercial time. Then the more fluff to commercial. So does our names our real names be a name? Not really. Is the real truth getting out? Not really. But uh these goofballs just want to criticize and uh you know it's funny it's like it's like show business like Hollywood. They'll boost your career if you have some talent if you have a lot of talent they'll boost your career but at the same time they love to tear you down like they did with Paulie. Because it's because it's it's um news. News. That's it.  They gotta get a word. They gotta do this. That's news for the tabloids baby. Because there are people with no life in America that live that that live to to focus on these celebrities these possibly movie stars famous athletes. Well it goes down to making a buck. They have no life. Making a buck. There's two people really care what uh uh uh uh Gwyneth Paltrow or a uh Kim Kardashian or a Paris Hilton does in their private life. I can care less. They love it. I can care less what they do in their private life. They love it. Or what you know what Beyonce thinks. Yeah. And her husband or or whomever how they feel. Where where they where they go to eat who they're dating who they broke up with.   Yeah. Through others. Yeah. It could be a father who's screaming at the Little League baseball coach because his son is special. And and meanwhile the umpires and coaches are doing their job. You know. Well a person becomes special. I would throw them off the field. As I told you at the beginning of the show. Yeah. We become special by getting smart. By being educated. By doing something and becoming a master at it. And that's how we become we don't start out special. And living. God is not a respecter of person. And living and teaching by example. Like Jack the late Jack DeLane used to say the best way to teach somebody is by example. Like if you have children you set the example you don't just talk to talk. You don't smoke the cigarette and tell them hey don't smoke. Yeah. You don't just talk to talk. You walk to walk. And the same thing goes for Christianity. For religion. You got to walk to walk. Don't say oh I'm saved. I'm saved.  You got to you got to know the you got to know the basics. Right. You got to go to the Bible. You know and not your tradition. So when you mentioned China you know I figured uh I see you know that maybe that's why I'm getting back to the hall of shame. That's maybe that's why American products just don't last. And have there's no quality control was there manufactured with cheap labor in mainland China which is where the jobs are right now. But anyway um um let's um you know it's a perfect day to debut with the rack of deer antlers here the horns because there's been you know every time I come here and I got a real positive state of mind.  And it ended up not being built. It was the cat isn't that funny. It was the cat. You want to go out? Yeah not yet. No no you don't. Ah you don't want to go out to me. But as soon as the camera starts the cat wants to go out. Anyway um Billy's gonna will you make sure more of the third's gonna call in at the 10 after. Because he wants to spend a little more time with us. So uh I think uh I don't know you know what we being that your lunch is being heated now. Yeah. Maybe we have time for that one frivolous. We don't have a frivolous here. I got some of I think I'm gonna have to I'm going to have to edit it. Quite a bit. I had a beautiful story here plus things said about the story and now I have to edit it. Why do you have to edit it? Because it's so long. Oh wait a minute don't tell me it's about the birds. It's about the birds. Can we leave that for like. It's for the birds. I don't want to spend a lot of time on birds. What kind of a show are we doing here? We're doing a show about how authorities tell you what to do and what you can do. So the bird story is just merely an example to a deep much deeper. All the stories are. All right I tell you what do you have a another reading that will take up the time that your lunch would would be ready? No because it'd be ready in five the two minutes. Do you think so? Yeah. All right you know what let's do the break now. Okay it's time for the Reverend Dr. William J. Isamon's gastronomic delight known as lunch and then we will be back with this very invigorating ferocious show. Got the horns. These horns are really meant for conservative right-wing Republicans. Is that like the in Congress? You mean the evil eye? The evil eye the the Maloike. To the to the conservatives and the teabaggers the horns. It's an interesting prop. I mean it's you know it's amazing how how heavy they interesting prop. I'm sure I'm sure the deer that lost it. Yeah. Thought it was interesting too. Yeah. Well it's amazing how heavy they are. You know.