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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome into episode number twenty four of Bring Heaven Down.
My name is Tim and I'm the host of this
daily devotional podcast that comes out Monday through Friday. While
you're here, hit that follow button so this podcast will
show up in your feed Monday through Friday. And rate
and review the show if you can, because we want
(00:24):
to bring Jesus to more people. And if you rate
and review the show, that gives this podcast an opportunity
to get more exposure to reach more people. Today, I
really want to dive into a subject, but I really
need your help, and the email for this show is
(00:48):
Bring Heaven Down, the number seven at gmail dot com.
Bring Heaven Down number seven at gmail dot com. And
what I want to do, and really I would love
to do this for as long as you, the listeners,
allow this podcast to do this. I want to talk
(01:11):
about testimonies. And I received two testimonies over email just
yesterday and I want to share those testimonies. And I
want you to email your Jesus testimonies because there's nothing
more powerful than someone revealing and sharing their testimony, then
(01:35):
someone being vulnerable and sharing how Jesus impacted their life.
So if you are willing to share your testimony over email.
I will keep your name private. I will not share
anybody's name unless you ask me to. But nothing is
(01:57):
more powerful than a testimony. If you are willing to
email your testimony, it doesn't have to be five pages long.
That can be a simple paragraph of how you came
to know Jesus. Email the show Bring Heaven Down number
seven at gmail dot com. Today I'm going to share mine.
So grab your favorite drink or a cup of coffee,
(02:20):
and let's bring Heaven a little closer together. So my testimony.
I grew up in a Christian household. My parents sent
me to private schooling from kindergarten through eighth grade, and
(02:45):
after that I was in a public high school in
a city called Watertown, Minnesota. I grew up in the country,
and I grew up in a small city. And after
that I went to college first year and falls a
community school, and then I transferred to Saint Cloud State University.
(03:06):
Graduated in four and a half years with a major
in broadcast journalism media. And after that I got a
job right out of college at Saint Cloud working in
sales at a local radio department. Eventually that changed and
(03:27):
I was hosting a Saturday morning show while also being
in sales. And then I applied to positions all over
the country and I finally got an interview at Sirius
XM Radio over the phone in Washington, DC. This is
for a part time gig, by the way. So I
(03:48):
do my interview in my car during my lunch breakout work,
and I had a feeling that I was going to
get this job because they said, you have any thoughts
or QUI for me, and I complimented my future boss
and saying, you know what, I saw that you did
this and you did that. I just wanted to congratulate
(04:08):
you on that. Basically, I kissed butt on that interview
and I got the job. Hey I'm not a butt kisser,
but I kissed butt in that instance. Got the job.
Moved out to Washington, d C for a part time
serious XM radio job and a huge market, hoping that
I would be eventually full time really soon. So I
(04:30):
go out to Washington, d C live there by myself.
My dad helps me move out there because he's an
over the road truck driver. And then when I get
out there, I need another job because rent is crazy
high in the Washington DC area is fifteen hundred dollars
a month for a one bedroom apartment. So along with
(04:53):
my serious XM radio job, I was working as a
delivered biker at Jimmy John's in downtown Washington, d C.
And over my three years of working at Jimmy John's,
I took over eight thousand deliveries and ten degree weather
(05:15):
and one hundred and five degree weather and extreme humid
conditions and extreme windy and cold conditions. It really varied.
There was about two weeks where because the fall in
spring was just absolutely perfect weather sixties, no wind, beautiful,
no humidity, and then after that it sucked either way.
(05:38):
That's how I made a living out there while I
continued to pursue my dream. I worked eighty hours a
week every week, and my body was exhausted. I was really,
really tired. And something about me that you should know
(06:01):
is that I'm a very independent person. I try to
figure out every possible way to figure out a problem
until I can't anymore. I try to think of different
ideas over and over and over again to solve their problem,
(06:26):
because I really do believe that there has to at
least be one way to solve a problem. Think about
the light bulb. It took like thousands of tries to
figure out the light bulb. I believe that there are
ways to solve problems, and you've just got to figure
out which one it is. And that's the way my
mind works. If this one didn't work, well, I'm going
to try this. If this didn't work, I'm going to
try this. And when I lived out there trying to
(06:47):
pursue a full time job, I was rejected time after
time after time, I've applied for full time jobs that open,
got rejected. The first time, I applied for another one,
got rejected, the second time, got rejected a third time,
and then the fourth time I finally got full time
after two and a half years of living and working
out there. Anyways, when I kept on getting rejected and
(07:13):
I kept on applying, and I kept on getting rejected again,
I felt like a failure. And at this point in time,
I'm a Christian, I'm a follower of Jesus. I'm taking
Jesus with me into Jimmy Johns, and I'm talking about
Jesus with my coworkers who are not Christian. And it
(07:34):
was really a place where Jesus had me to evangelize
to those around me. I really feel like that was
my calling at Jimmy John's to bring Jesus to the
heart of Washington, d C. Where Jesus really wasn't And
(07:55):
after a long time working out there, I wasn't going
to church because I was working seven days a week.
And then my good friend Tony invited me to his church.
I still didn't go right away because I was working
seven days a week, and eventually I was so tired.
(08:17):
I was so exhausted from working. I tried to think
of every possible solution to get through this difficult time
of my life, and I couldn't do it. I decided
to go to church. I needed Jesus in my life.
(08:38):
And on my way to church, there was a song
that came on that I heard for the first time.
And the song is by a band called Sidewalk Prophets,
And here's how the song goes. When I heard the
song in the radio, crashing down my tears, I was
(09:04):
so emotional while driving to church, and it says, this
make me broken so I can be healed because I'm
so calloused and now I can't feel I want to
run to you with heart white open make me broken,
Make me empty so I can be filled, because I'm
still holding onto my will and I'm completed when you
are with me. Make me empty. Tell you are my
(09:27):
one desire. Tell you are my one true love. Tell
you are my breath, my everything. Lord, please keep making me.
Make me lonely so I can be yours. Tell I
want no one more than you, Lord, because in the
darkness I know you will hold me. Make me lonely.
Tell you are my one desire. Tell you are my
one true love. Tell you are my breath, my everything. Lord,
(09:49):
please keep making me. This song spoke directly to my
heart because the lyric we're speaking directly to my situation.
I was lonely, I was sad, and what this says
(10:09):
is make me lonely so I can be yours till
I want no one more than your Lord. And that's
exactly what happened to me. I was so lonely I
decided I needed to go to church, and on the
way to church, I heard this song in the car.
And at this moment, I was a Christian before, but
(10:34):
I was still holding on to my independence, I was
still holding on to my own will. At this moment,
I fully surrendered my will to Jesus and said, I
need you more than anything. I need you more than
my money, I need you more than my friends. I
(10:55):
am lonely right now in this instance, so I can
be yours. You made me lonely, Lord, you made me
not get these full time jobs, so that I finally
pursued you and wanted you more than anything. So although
(11:16):
I had extreme failures out there in DC and was
rejected time after time, I was rejected so that Jesus
made me pursue him with my entire heart for the
first time in my life. The way I like to
(11:38):
say it is, I borrowed my parents' faith. For the
first twenty something years of my life. I went to
their church because that was the church I grew up in.
I just kind of followed their traditions that they set
for our family. But I never went to church on
(12:02):
my own. It was never my decision to go to church.
It was never my decision to say, you know what,
I'm going to find a church for myself and I'm
going to follow Jesus for myself. So I knew about Jesus.
I had a relationship with Jesus, but I was borrowing
(12:24):
my parents' faith, and at that time, when I surrendered
to Jesus and gave him my will and said your
will be done, not mine, my faith became my own.
So that's really the story of me. And then after
two and a half years, I got full time at
(12:47):
Serious XM. And then after six months of being full time,
I moved back to Minnesota because I got a different job,
the one I'm working now for iHeartRadio. This is an
twenty nineteen of August. And met my wife a year
later in June, in June of twenty twenty, on June twentieth,
(13:12):
and I always joke about that. I say my love
life was so bad that God thought that he needed
to send a COVID nineteen virus for me to meet
my wife. I met my wife during that period of
time during the pandemic June twenty fifth of twenty twenty,
(13:35):
got married June fifth of twenty twenty one, and then
have had two kids since then and a third on
the way. So that's really the story of me and
my testimony. Will you be willing to share yours? I
will keep your name private. You can email the show
Bring Heaven Down the number seven at gmail dot com
(13:58):
Bring Heaven Down number seven at Gmail. I hope you
would do this. My prayer is that you do do
this because your testimony can impact so many lives that
are listening to this podcast every day. And I will
not share your name, they'll keep it private. We've already
(14:21):
got two, so I'm excited to talk about those this week,
and really as long as you send depends on how
much or how many testimonies you send. Thank you for
choosing Jesus today and I hope my testimony was encouraging
to you. I pray that the Holy Spirit reveals more
and more about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on
(14:43):
every episode going forward, and particularly today. Everyone have a
great day.
Welcome into episode number twenty four of Bring Heaven Down.
My name is Tim and I'm the host of this
daily devotional podcast that comes out Monday through Friday. While
you're here, hit that follow button so this podcast will
show up in your feed Monday through Friday. And rate
and review the show if you can, because we want
(00:24):
to bring Jesus to more people. And if you rate
and review the show, that gives this podcast an opportunity
to get more exposure to reach more people. Today, I
really want to dive into a subject, but I really
need your help, and the email for this show is
(00:48):
Bring Heaven Down, the number seven at gmail dot com.
Bring Heaven Down number seven at gmail dot com. And
what I want to do, and really I would love
to do this for as long as you, the listeners,
allow this podcast to do this. I want to talk
(01:11):
about testimonies. And I received two testimonies over email just
yesterday and I want to share those testimonies. And I
want you to email your Jesus testimonies because there's nothing
more powerful than someone revealing and sharing their testimony, then
(01:35):
someone being vulnerable and sharing how Jesus impacted their life.
So if you are willing to share your testimony over email.
I will keep your name private. I will not share
anybody's name unless you ask me to. But nothing is
(01:57):
more powerful than a testimony. If you are willing to
email your testimony, it doesn't have to be five pages long.
That can be a simple paragraph of how you came
to know Jesus. Email the show Bring Heaven Down number
seven at gmail dot com. Today I'm going to share mine.
So grab your favorite drink or a cup of coffee,
(02:20):
and let's bring Heaven a little closer together. So my testimony.
I grew up in a Christian household. My parents sent
me to private schooling from kindergarten through eighth grade, and
(02:45):
after that I was in a public high school in
a city called Watertown, Minnesota. I grew up in the country,
and I grew up in a small city. And after
that I went to college first year and falls a
community school, and then I transferred to Saint Cloud State University.
(03:06):
Graduated in four and a half years with a major
in broadcast journalism media. And after that I got a
job right out of college at Saint Cloud working in
sales at a local radio department. Eventually that changed and
(03:27):
I was hosting a Saturday morning show while also being
in sales. And then I applied to positions all over
the country and I finally got an interview at Sirius
XM Radio over the phone in Washington, DC. This is
for a part time gig, by the way. So I
(03:48):
do my interview in my car during my lunch breakout work,
and I had a feeling that I was going to
get this job because they said, you have any thoughts
or QUI for me, and I complimented my future boss
and saying, you know what, I saw that you did
this and you did that. I just wanted to congratulate
(04:08):
you on that. Basically, I kissed butt on that interview
and I got the job. Hey I'm not a butt kisser,
but I kissed butt in that instance. Got the job.
Moved out to Washington, d C for a part time
serious XM radio job and a huge market, hoping that
I would be eventually full time really soon. So I
(04:30):
go out to Washington, d C live there by myself.
My dad helps me move out there because he's an
over the road truck driver. And then when I get
out there, I need another job because rent is crazy
high in the Washington DC area is fifteen hundred dollars
a month for a one bedroom apartment. So along with
(04:53):
my serious XM radio job, I was working as a
delivered biker at Jimmy John's in downtown Washington, d C.
And over my three years of working at Jimmy John's,
I took over eight thousand deliveries and ten degree weather
(05:15):
and one hundred and five degree weather and extreme humid
conditions and extreme windy and cold conditions. It really varied.
There was about two weeks where because the fall in
spring was just absolutely perfect weather sixties, no wind, beautiful,
no humidity, and then after that it sucked either way.
(05:38):
That's how I made a living out there while I
continued to pursue my dream. I worked eighty hours a
week every week, and my body was exhausted. I was really,
really tired. And something about me that you should know
(06:01):
is that I'm a very independent person. I try to
figure out every possible way to figure out a problem
until I can't anymore. I try to think of different
ideas over and over and over again to solve their problem,
(06:26):
because I really do believe that there has to at
least be one way to solve a problem. Think about
the light bulb. It took like thousands of tries to
figure out the light bulb. I believe that there are
ways to solve problems, and you've just got to figure
out which one it is. And that's the way my
mind works. If this one didn't work, well, I'm going
to try this. If this didn't work, I'm going to
try this. And when I lived out there trying to
(06:47):
pursue a full time job, I was rejected time after
time after time, I've applied for full time jobs that open,
got rejected. The first time, I applied for another one,
got rejected, the second time, got rejected a third time,
and then the fourth time I finally got full time
after two and a half years of living and working
out there. Anyways, when I kept on getting rejected and
(07:13):
I kept on applying, and I kept on getting rejected again,
I felt like a failure. And at this point in time,
I'm a Christian, I'm a follower of Jesus. I'm taking
Jesus with me into Jimmy Johns, and I'm talking about
Jesus with my coworkers who are not Christian. And it
(07:34):
was really a place where Jesus had me to evangelize
to those around me. I really feel like that was
my calling at Jimmy John's to bring Jesus to the
heart of Washington, d C. Where Jesus really wasn't And
(07:55):
after a long time working out there, I wasn't going
to church because I was working seven days a week.
And then my good friend Tony invited me to his church.
I still didn't go right away because I was working
seven days a week, and eventually I was so tired.
(08:17):
I was so exhausted from working. I tried to think
of every possible solution to get through this difficult time
of my life, and I couldn't do it. I decided
to go to church. I needed Jesus in my life.
(08:38):
And on my way to church, there was a song
that came on that I heard for the first time.
And the song is by a band called Sidewalk Prophets,
And here's how the song goes. When I heard the
song in the radio, crashing down my tears, I was
(09:04):
so emotional while driving to church, and it says, this
make me broken so I can be healed because I'm
so calloused and now I can't feel I want to
run to you with heart white open make me broken,
Make me empty so I can be filled, because I'm
still holding onto my will and I'm completed when you
are with me. Make me empty. Tell you are my
(09:27):
one desire. Tell you are my one true love. Tell
you are my breath, my everything. Lord, please keep making me.
Make me lonely so I can be yours. Tell I
want no one more than you, Lord, because in the
darkness I know you will hold me. Make me lonely.
Tell you are my one desire. Tell you are my
one true love. Tell you are my breath, my everything. Lord,
(09:49):
please keep making me. This song spoke directly to my
heart because the lyric we're speaking directly to my situation.
I was lonely, I was sad, and what this says
(10:09):
is make me lonely so I can be yours till
I want no one more than your Lord. And that's
exactly what happened to me. I was so lonely I
decided I needed to go to church, and on the
way to church, I heard this song in the car.
And at this moment, I was a Christian before, but
(10:34):
I was still holding on to my independence, I was
still holding on to my own will. At this moment,
I fully surrendered my will to Jesus and said, I
need you more than anything. I need you more than
my money, I need you more than my friends. I
(10:55):
am lonely right now in this instance, so I can
be yours. You made me lonely, Lord, you made me
not get these full time jobs, so that I finally
pursued you and wanted you more than anything. So although
(11:16):
I had extreme failures out there in DC and was
rejected time after time, I was rejected so that Jesus
made me pursue him with my entire heart for the
first time in my life. The way I like to
(11:38):
say it is, I borrowed my parents' faith. For the
first twenty something years of my life. I went to
their church because that was the church I grew up in.
I just kind of followed their traditions that they set
for our family. But I never went to church on
(12:02):
my own. It was never my decision to go to church.
It was never my decision to say, you know what,
I'm going to find a church for myself and I'm
going to follow Jesus for myself. So I knew about Jesus.
I had a relationship with Jesus, but I was borrowing
(12:24):
my parents' faith, and at that time, when I surrendered
to Jesus and gave him my will and said your
will be done, not mine, my faith became my own.
So that's really the story of me. And then after
two and a half years, I got full time at
(12:47):
Serious XM. And then after six months of being full time,
I moved back to Minnesota because I got a different job,
the one I'm working now for iHeartRadio. This is an
twenty nineteen of August. And met my wife a year
later in June, in June of twenty twenty, on June twentieth,
(13:12):
and I always joke about that. I say my love
life was so bad that God thought that he needed
to send a COVID nineteen virus for me to meet
my wife. I met my wife during that period of
time during the pandemic June twenty fifth of twenty twenty,
(13:35):
got married June fifth of twenty twenty one, and then
have had two kids since then and a third on
the way. So that's really the story of me and
my testimony. Will you be willing to share yours? I
will keep your name private. You can email the show
Bring Heaven Down the number seven at gmail dot com
(13:58):
Bring Heaven Down number seven at Gmail. I hope you
would do this. My prayer is that you do do
this because your testimony can impact so many lives that
are listening to this podcast every day. And I will
not share your name, they'll keep it private. We've already
(14:21):
got two, so I'm excited to talk about those this week,
and really as long as you send depends on how
much or how many testimonies you send. Thank you for
choosing Jesus today and I hope my testimony was encouraging
to you. I pray that the Holy Spirit reveals more
and more about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on
(14:43):
every episode going forward, and particularly today. Everyone have a
great day.
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