"Lessons From a Wandering Prophet" - Hubie Synn AlongTheWay 124 - AlongTheWay

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Hubie Synn (00:01):
she lost the baby.
And I was devastated. I feltnumb. I felt like somebody had
pulled the rug out from me. AndI couldn't make sense of it all.
First, I was very upset becauseI was like, Lord, I'll do
anything you wanted me to do?
And I always do. And I err onthe side of caution, and I'd
rather do it than not do it. Howcould you let this happen to me?

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So first, I had to kind ofreconcile that. Then I had to
reconcile, like, wait a minute,these people said this, and this
and this. And it's, it's nottrue. So then I got confused,
hurt, frustrated. And finally Isaid, You know what, I don't
know what to make of this. Butall I know is something is
severely wrong.

John Matarazzo (00:42):
Welcome to along the way, I'm drawn matter as
your host and fellow traveler,thank you for joining me along
my way as I try to become morelike Jesus every day. The goal
of along the way is to identifythe moments in life that Jesus
really is walking with us andtrying to get our attention. But
just like the disciples alongthe way to amaze us, we are
missing those moments that ourhearts are burning within us. I

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want us to be able to identifythose moments, learn from others
and apply those lessons to ourlives so that we don't miss the
blessings that God has for usalong the way in our life
journey. I have been lookingforward to recording this
interview and sharing it withyou for quite a while. My guest
today is QB sin, he is known asthe wandering prophet. God uses

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him in a very unique way. And hehas powerful words for people
from the Lord. I've experiencedthis myself a number of times,
and I've seen him operate inthat gift in amazing ways. He's
written two books, Tales of awandering Prophet and lessons
from a wandering Prophet, bothpublished by charisma, I've had
the opportunity to work with himboth as a guest on my TV show.

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And with my new companycharisma, we've also developed a
friendship and tried to make ourschedules work to keep in touch,
you're going to enjoy thisconversation. I'll get to our
conversation in just a moment.
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link to become a supporter isalso in my show notes. And now
here's my along the wayconversation with QB sin. Well,
QB sin, it is great to have youon along the way. Finally, we've
been friends for several yearsnow just because of how God has
brought us together along theway. And as you've wandered onto

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my path, and I've you've andwe've just come along in life,
Kuby was a guest on The RealLife television program several
years ago. And God used him in amiraculous way. And we'll talk
about that in this episode. Andjust a good friendship has come
from that. And now even incharisma, where I work now, he's

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actually one of the authors forcharisma and has come through
twice now since I've been hereto talk about different things.
But the most recent one wastalking about his book lessons
from a wandering prophet.
grateful to be able to to gleanfrom you up and to be able to
really be friends with you andto just have a great

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conversation today that otherpeople get to have the privilege
of just listening and, andhopefully enjoying and hearing
God through our conversationhere. So he'll be welcome to the
podcast.

Hubie Synn (03:49):
Thank you. Great to be here. And I'm glad we finally
got to be able to do this. Soit's, it's gonna be fun. Yeah,
fun. And thanks for having me.
Yeah, it's gonna be fun.

Yeah, it's, it's a pleasure. It is a pleasure. So
he'll be I want to, I mean,you've you've written two books,
Tales of a wandering Prophet andlessons from a wandering
prophet. But I got to know whatis a wandering prophet. Let's
kind of start there and thenwork our way backwards to your
to your story. So what is awandering profit?

Hubie Synn (04:18):
Okay, well, a wandering profit is somebody who
really doesn't know what he'sdoing. And he's just, I guess,
for lack of a better word,stumbling around and just
waiting for God to kind of pointthem in the right direction.
That's kind of the way that itwas. It was actually coined by a
man named Jim Baker. One time Iwas on his show with Jonathan

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Cohn. And he called me thereluctant Prophet because we
were talking, we werediscussing, I guess, how my gift
works and stuff like that. Andthen he saw me at the end, he
goes, do what you do. Jonathanwas signing books and I went
through the audience. And sothen he started calling me the
wandering prophet. and it kindof stuck. Well, that's that's

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how I got. So. So that's reallyhow it started.

That's pretty good. So you just mentioned a
couple of names there. Yes, JimBaker and Dr. Jonathan Cohn. I
mean, Jonathan Cohn is knownbest for the Harbinger and the
subsequent books from that. Howdid you get connected with him?

Hubie Synn (05:24):
I actually met Jonathan who actually way back
in the early days of my earlywalk, I used to listen to a
radio program that my wifefound, it was called the two
nice Jewish boys. So I used tolisten to this radio program.
Mainly, it was just to get, youknow, I used to have people that
would come knock on my door andgive me flyers and stuff like

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that. And at the time, I reallywasn't into the, quote,
Christian walk. So they wouldcome and I would kind of combat
them with scripture, but I wouldlisten to, you know, Jonathan,
and I don't remember the otherperson's name. And they would
have people call up all thetime, and they would try to get
them saved. So I would I wouldlisten to the replies and stuff
like that. So I, I knew of himbut I didn't know who he was,

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what he looked like, oranything. And then I, I was
flying to Dallas, and I, youknow, the Lord kind of set up a
divine connection for us inCharlotte, that we had an
exchange. And that kind of movedhim into his, I guess, his
destiny and what God had forhim, and it kind of dragged me

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along with it. So that was avery divine monumental meeting
for both of us. But who wouldhave known it at the time,
right? Yeah, so literally,

so tell me about that meeting, because this is
going to kind of set up how youhow God uses you in your
prophetic gifts. So tell meabout this. How you guys
actually met, and what was whatGod was doing inside of you to
let you know that you needed togo up to this man?

Hubie Synn (06:57):
Oh, well, my flight was supposed to leave on a
Friday, but due to a nor Easterstorm, my flight kept getting
delayed. And then finally theycanceled my flight, and they
moved it to Saturday. So beingthat I was a day late to go see
my sister who wasn't doing well,that time she was sick. I booked
the first flight, I flew intoCharlotte, I'm stumbling around

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half asleep, you know, it's anearly flight. And there was
really I'm looking around to sitdown and there was only one
seat, and it was next toWindows. So I went to sit down
next to the window. And therewas kind of like, a broken chair
between us. It's kind of likethere was there was a place for
a chair, but there really wasn'ta chair there, that type of
thing. So then sitting downhaving my coffee, trying to stay

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awake. And then I just kind offeel this impression that I need
to look over those the Lordtelling me I need to look over
at the person next to me. So Ido. And I see a rabbi. So, you
know, I started to have thisconversation with God about
well, you know, the Lord toldme, I need to speak to him. And
I'm just like, I don't, I don'tunderstand. I don't I'm trying

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to, I guess make sense of itall. Although you can't make
sense with God I was trying to.
And then it was kind of likethat. And then all this time my
stomach starts to rumble. That'smy sign that I need to speak to
somebody, you know, and I'm themost conservative person you'll
probably ever meet or negativeas accountants, you know, we're
very conservative, a fancy wordfor negative. So, you know, I

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count up all the costs of, youknow, this, this doesn't make
sense, or whatever it is, so,but I finally just said, You
know what, Lord, I'm gonna just,I'd rather try and then make a
mistake than not try. So, youknow, the stomach Calm down, I
turned to Jonathan and I go,what's the good word, and we

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started up a conversation. Andthen the Lord gave him a word.
And it was about the book thathe had written, which was the
Harbinger at that time, whichwas the manuscript because
everybody knew him as a radiopersonality. They didn't know
him as an author. He had neverwritten a book before. And that
turned into the Harbinger comingout because I was associated
with charisma because of theDavid Tyree Superbowl catch. I

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had met some people that I metwhen they, when they went to
find out the story of the DavidTyree catch that, you know, he
said, It all really started withmy account. So that kind of,
okay, I met, I met somebodynamed Woodley, who's become a
friend of mine, and he, he cameand interviewed me, because he

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was like, I still can't get thisall sorted within the count. So
so I knew charisma through thereand I just connected the two
after praying about it. And thenthe Harbinger just took off as
soon as it came out.

And, and the Harbinger went on to become a
New York Times bestseller. Imean, it's, it's a big book, and
his other books have become NewYork Times bestsellers as well.
Do you remember anything aboutthe word that you gave him? Like
what is what was it that youwere that God used? You To tell
him

Hubie Synn (10:01):
part of the word I remember was about a book that
he had written that God hadgiven him, which I had no idea
that he had written a book, itwas about the book would go all
across, I guess, all across theglobe or something. And it would
be God directing it. Andsomething about God was going to
kind of connect him toeverything. The Lord told him

(10:23):
about, I guess, some otherthings that were going on in his
personal life. And, and thingslike that. And Jonathan ket John
has done to them is verydetailed. So he was just
checking them off as, as theywere going along. So it was a it
was it was definitely a divineconnection that the Lord put us
divine meeting. Because I mean,what still amazes me is Key

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wrote The Harbinger already, butwhen he, you know, there's a
chapter in the book when themain character meets, you know,
he has a divine meeting with aProphet. The Prophet is sitting
on his left side, I was sittingon the left side, you know, was
in a public place, we were in anairport, the prophet initiates
the conversation. And that'swhat I did. So literally, the

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Lord had us, the book wasalready prophetic. And we
actually worked everything outto detail to whatever was
written already. So it waspretty amazing thing.

That's amazing.
And that wasn't something thatyou could have known because
obviously, the manuscript wasn'tout yet. That was something that
he couldn't fabricate or, youknow, create, because he would
have needed you to not, youknow, to know things that you
there was no way that you wouldhave known anyway. So that's,
that's just really interestinghow God works like that. You
also mentioned David Tyree. Andso for people that aren't

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remembering his name might soundfamiliar, but you might not.
David Tyree is one of the heroesof the Super Bowl between the
New York Giants, where they beatthe New England Patriots. And he
is famous because of aparticular catch that he made.
And God used him in a lot ofways after that, but how did you

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get connected with him? Becausehe said, it all came back to his
accountant,

Hubie Synn (12:12):
right, I was working, I quit my job in the
finance and the as a CFO forfashion company. And I became, I
started working alongside of afinancial person. And that
financial person used to haveDavid Tyree as a client. So you
know, we met David, because wewent to have a meeting. And he's

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like, Look, I'll handle all yourfinances, and this guy, QB will
do your taxes. And that's kindof how it started. And then, you
know, I had to call him onenight. I did and then, you know,
there was this big expectationaround the Superbowl that my
wife and I had, right. Actually,we've experienced at that time,
and we haven't experienced thatsaid, it was kind of like, you

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knew God was going to dosomething, we didn't know what
it was. And there were actuallya few other people who were
actually watching it, too. Andthen when he made the catch, a
lot of the words actually cametrue, right? When he did that,
it didn't specifically say hewas going to make this cat, it
specifically said somethingabout God's gonna give them a
platform, God's gonna make himknown as a wide receiver,
because he was actually aspecial teams guy. And he was

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like, I think the third listedreceiver, I think, so a lot of
the things that were specificenough, that it all just kind of
came true when he caught it. Andit gave him a big platform
restrict price, which is reallywhat he wanted to do.

Right? So God used you to encourage him and
give him that word that this isthat the dreams of his heart to
be, you know, to forgot to usehim, you know, to have football
as a platform for the gospel.
God used you to encourage himthat he's in the right place.
He's doing the right thing. Andthen,

Hubie Synn (13:51):
actually, for me, pretty cool. You know, he got
the word in October. So youknow, he was injured, he wasn't
even playing. He didn't knowwhen he was going to get back on
the field. And the Giants werehaving a horrible season. So it
looked like that that would thatwas so far from what reality
was. Yeah. And then, you know,he got back on the field, the

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Giants went on a run. And, youknow, that's what happened. It
was an amazing thing to witness

for sure. And to have, you know, that firsthand
connection there, too. David,did you get a chance to talk to
him afterwards, like shortlyafter that?

Hubie Synn (14:25):
He actually called me the next morning really
early. Wow. Because, uh, youknow, everybody was probably
calling him he called me reallyearly. And he was just very
humbled. And he was just saying,Can you believe what God did?
And, you know, and he said, I'lltalk to you when I get when I
get home. And that was prettymuch it. But it was just like,
even his voice was just shaking,because he was still trying to,

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I guess, comprehend everythingof what happened because at the
time that was the most watchedSuper Bowl in history, so
literally became a householdname overnight. And you know,
but only God can do stuff likethat. So it's just like it was a
miraculous catch. It wasn't likethat catch, then they won the
game, you know, they still hadto score. But that was like the

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major turning point. And Godjust made him known throughout.
So then everybody knew who hewas. And when he talked about,
you know, Bryce and his walk,then he was able to minister to
so many, like, even hismarketing agent had told me it
was watching it from the hotelroom. When he saw David make the
catch, he fell on the floor andgave his life to Christ at that

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time, which was an amazingstory, because he was kind of
borderline. So I was like, wow,that was a that was really
something he goes, because Iknew something was going on with
that, because David had alwaysspoken to him, but then he
actually saw it. So yeah, itwas, it was great to hear that
and to actually speak to hismarketing person and share that

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testimony with me. That's great.

That's really cool. That's it's amazing how
God works. And he works alltogether all things together for
good for those who love him andare called according to His
purposes, you know, HERBIE, Iwant to kind of go back into
your, your growing up story ofhow God brought you to where you
are today, because we justtalked a little bit about how
God has used you in places wherehe wants you to deliver

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prophetic words to people. Butlet's go back to before this
even started, like I wanted to,I want to hear about how you
grew up and how you met Jesus,and then how you started
realizing that Jesus wasspeaking through you,

Hubie Synn (16:26):
okay, well, my mom brought us up Catholic. I used
to go to Catholic school and allof these things. And so I knew
of God, I didn't really knowmuch about him, but I knew of
God and then my mom became bornagain. So then we started going
into a different type of church.
So it wasn't a mass. My motherused to drag us, you know,
because I'm a teenager whoreally wants to go to church

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when you're a teenager, right?
So we used to go to thesechurches, and I'd see people
waving their hands in the airand falling on the floor and,
and stuff like that. We used togo to a church that was the
pastor was Ron Tucker, what'shis name, which was actually the
first and they used to havespeakers come in, kind of like
the way they do now. But backthen it was it was early on. And

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actually out of that church, thefirst person that I actually
remember the first guest wasthis woman named Marilyn Hickey.
So, you know, she was speakingabout something called I still
remember it vividly. She wassomething she was talking about
the gift of tongues. And she wassaying, I still remember the
phrase, because I would, I'mkind of like a history guy. So

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she was like, you know, it's notMorse code, it may sound like
it, but it's not, you know, so Istill remember her saying that.
And that's kind of I saw itgoing on, but I didn't really
know anything about it. Or, youknow, I just knew that I was
going there. And I was just kindof witnessing it and really know
much about it. Just I had to goon Sundays, otherwise my my
mother would get upset. Sothat's kind of how it was. But

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you know, Scripture says Trainup a child and when they get
older, so you know, just bybeing in the presence of that,
it had dropped enough seeds inme that I kind of I wasn't it's
it wasn't new to me when Istarted really look for it for
myself, but the seeds were therealready. And I was exposed to it
already. So you know, my wifeand I, she grew up a Baptist.

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One night, one day after, wereally weren't walking. You
know, we had gotten married, wewere just going out to eat on
Sundays instead of going tochurch and things like that. We
were kind of newlyweds. And thenwe got into a horrible car
accident. I mean, you know, youlooked at the car was totaled,
we should have died. I remembersitting in the ambulance like,

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Yeah, well, we were definitelyspared for something. So we came
home, we went to the hospitals,and you know, we were wearing
all these braces and things likethat. And I had just like, Well,
God must have a plan for me,because I don't really know. But
it shouldn't. I should have beenseverely injured. We were
injured but not severely. Sothen I started looking for a

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church, because I was like, Youknow what, we were spared. And I
want to make sure because whenyou see death by before your
eyes, that kind of, you know, itchanges your perspective, right?
I was like, Okay, well, we needto, you know, I don't want to
die and spend eternity in hell.
So we need to get to church typeof thing. So then we started
church, searching. You know, I'dgo to like all different

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churches. I went to aPresbyterian, I went to
Methodists, I went any churchthat I found in the phonebook, I
would go even a Catholic church,you know, and then you fill out
your cards because you are a newperson. I used to put the wrong
information because I didn'twant them come into my house.
That's the way I was. So okay,you know, we started to attend a
Methodist church for a littlewhile and it was fine. It was

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more like a sense of communitywith these people. And then, as
time went on, my wife and I feltwe needed more. So then we
started going to a Full GospelChurch, that a friend had a co
worker had invited her to, andto so we stayed there for 14
years. And we grew up a lot, Iused to go on missionary trips.

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You know, it was more like ashow business type of church. A
lot of Broadway people wentthere, it was very artsy. And
then you had the accountant, soI kind of didn't fit in. So I
didn't know how to contribute,because there wasn't really
business people there, at leastfrom what I did. So I joined the

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kids church, because I didn'tknow what else to do, I could
take care of kids, because Itake care of my siblings growing
up. And that was the only spotthat I felt that I could
contribute at that time. So Iwas in children's church for a
long time training up the kids,you know, from they were like
two or three years old, all theway up to when they were
teenagers. So and that's kind ofhow my walk started. And then,

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you know, going on the missiontrips taught me a lot, the first
couple I went to, I didn't knowwhat to do. So I wasn't sure, I
would count the money, you know,things like that. And then later
on, I got thrown into the musicministry, just because I happen
to buy a guitar. And that's kindof how I started playing. And
then, you know, God has a senseof humor, he knows what's

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inside, I don't so. And he justthrew me into there. And then I
did that for a while. And then,you know, God moved us on to
another church. And we just keptgoing forward from there. But
that's kind of how it allstarted.

So you said that you had to take care of your
siblings? What did you mean bythat? Like, are you the, you're
the oldest of how many are like,what what did that mean?

Hubie Synn (21:34):
I had, I had an older sister, she passed, it was
her being sick. That was why Iwas going to visit her in Texas
that I met Jonathan. That wasduring that time, I had a
younger brother, who has passed,unfortunately, and then I have a
younger sister. So there werefour of us there as far as now

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my mother, she wasn't the mosthealthy person around. So I was,
you know, my older sister wasdoing what she wanted. So a lot
of the responsibilities fell onme. So I was helping to feed the
baby, I was helping to take careof my brother, because the age
gap. My brother was born sixyears after me and my sister is

(22:18):
13 years. So, you know, so I wastaking care of them. Because,
you know, I couldn't go out anddo what I wanted to do, as my
older sister was somebody neededto help around the house. And
that turned out to be me. And Itook it as punishment, you know,
because you want to go hang outwith your friends, and you
can't. But I didn't realize, youknow, looking back that that's
really what God had kind ofstarted in me to actually get me

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along on my walk, because Ididn't put two and two together
because it was done. And I guesskind of a disguise. It wasn't
like, well, this will furtheryour life by learning these
skills. I didn't know that. Andthen when I went to the church,
I was able to help the kidschurch because I knew how to
take care of them.

Right? So like changing diapers teaching about,
you know, David and Goliath andall that stuff like that's, is
that what you mean?

Hubie Synn (23:06):
Yes, well, changing diapers was a big one. Because
when I volunteered to go to thekids church, now this is back in
the 90s. You know, I walked inthere. And of course, there's
mostly women. They were allwomen. And they go, so what do
you want to do you want to Isaid, Well, I can take care of
the babies. And they go, youtake care of the babies. And I
was like, Yeah, I take care ofthe baby. So then, there was a

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baby there that basically did abomb that nobody wanted to
change the diaper. And they werelike, you know, who wants to do
who wants so I was like, how doit and they looked at me and
they go, you know how to changediapers. I was like, Yeah, I
don't wanna change diapers. So Iwent overnight, the finished.
And they were like, Wow, you'rea guy. And you actually know how
to do this. I go, Yeah, you gotit easy. These are the tapes. I

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used to do it with the pins.
There's big difference. And theywere like, how do you know how
to do this. So I would just talkto them. And then, you know, we
used to race, because I did itvery quickly and efficiently.
Because I was always doing thatin the practice. So I would
actually race these women. And Iusually one, so we just kind of
made a joke out of the wholething. But they were just amazed
that a guy was able to do it.

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And then a guy was able to birthchildren, you know, the babies,
the infants. And then they stuckme with a lot of the kids that
were hard to deal with. Becausefor some reason they happen to
listen to me more than anybodyelse. Maybe it's because I was a
guy. And so, you know, and sothat's what I did for many
years. And I felt comfortabledoing it. You know, I didn't

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have children at the time. Itwas okay. Once I had children,
and then I had to do it. It waskind of like I'm not getting a
break from this.

Yeah. I understand that. Or at least
that concept. I don't understandthat. I'm not I haven't been in
those shoes, and I'm okay withthat at this point. So, how long
were you in children's ministrythere and then you said that
prepared you for what you'redoing now? How does that
connect?

Hubie Synn (24:55):
Okay, well, I was in children's ministry probably
over 10 years. Wow, a lot ofthat time was out supposed to do
three weeks in the children'sministry in one week, and and
the grown up church. But therewere many times, I mean, I can
tell you, it happened almost allthe time that somebody didn't
show up somebody was been, youknow, they were short. So

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they've actually come and pulledme out of service to help and
the children's ministry, which,you know, he kind of took it as
a penalty like, geez, I can'tget into big church, I'm always
in the kids church type ofthing. So that happened for a
very long time. And I didn'treally understand it, because I,
you know, I got frustrated, Iwas like, Well, I want to be a
big church, I don't always wantto be in a small church, but

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then I have a responsibility. Soyou know, and as I went through
there, you know, I had to learnto prep for training the
children, I had to learn tobasically understand them, I had
to learn how to communicatewhich communicating with a child
is very different usually thanan adult. And you have to talk

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very simple in simple words, youcan't use these big, long,
professional words like I usedto, you have to show them
patience. Because even you know,they don't talk a lot in
straight lines, they talk aroundin circles, and then they get to
Israel, right? So you got tolearn patience, you also got to
sit there and just and just lookat them in the eye. And let them

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know that they are the mostimportant thing in the room.
Otherwise, they won't basicallybe open. So a lot of that they
taught me the skills ofpatience, talking very simple,
that way people can understandme, and just letting them know
how important person is at thesame time. So we would actually
sit down and chat, those skillsthat I learned there. That's how

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I do the prophetic ministry thatI do. Okay, so I, I didn't
realize that that's what God wasteaching me back then to do, but
that's what I do. When I go tospeak to somebody, I sit down
with them. And we have aconversation kind of like this,
you know, and that's, that's theway it is, I can't do it in like
a huge group setting. It's notreally what I do. And it doesn't

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matter how many people arethere, I'm just going to pay
close attention to that oneperson. And let them know that
they are the most importantthing in my life at that time.
And I'm basically puttingeverything else aside and just
concentrating on them. And a lotof times because I speak in a
very simple manner, which I usedto take it as kind of like,

(27:21):
well, what are you really tryingto tell me? Because people would
say, you know, you're so simple.
And I used to be like, Well,what do you what do you think
about that? That type of thing?
And then I was like, You knowwhat? It's good that I speak in
simple terms, because then thereis no gray area of what it is
that, you know, God wants totell them through me. It's very
clear cut. And you know, at thebeginning, I used to say Do you

(27:43):
understand? And everybody say,oh, yeah, I exactly know what
you're talking to me, you know,because when I used to get
prophecy, sometimes I would sitthere and I guess I would shake
my head or scratch it and thinkmaybe there was talking about
the person behind me because Ididn't, sometimes I didn't
understand what is being said tome so. So mine is very simple.

(28:03):
And, you know, I take my time,it doesn't matter. Because I
once once God is using me, I'mnot worried about the time
anymore, I just, I'm justconcentrating and doing what it
is. And, you know, I don't worryabout anything else. And that
seems to have a dramatic impacton the person who's receiving
the word. Because, number one,they feel very important. They

(28:25):
don't feel rushed. And theyreally understand what is being
told to them. It's kind of likea conversation that they are
fully understanding what he'strying to tell them and they
fully understand what's gonna becoming and things like that. And
it's very comforting, because alot of times the words that come
through me, they kind of explainyour trades, they walk you

(28:45):
through certain situations thatyou've been in, in the past and
things like that. So it givesthem something to hold on to,
for what he's telling themthat's coming.

So do you remember the first time that you
were used by God to speak anddeliver a message to somebody?

Hubie Synn (29:03):
Um, yeah, it was actually in a parking lot that I
remember, you know, the earlydays, they're all kind of
clumped together. Sure. It waskind of like a parking lot. I
didn't really understand what itwas, I kind of felt these
impressions, because I didn'treally know what God sounded
like or anything else or knewhow to recognize it. And I just
felt that I needed to go andjust talk to the person like the

(29:26):
person looked familiar, but Ididn't know them. And everywhere
I looked, it just seemed my eyesjust kept going back to that
person. And so, me being theconservative negative person, as
an accountant, which I'mtrained, I kind of plotted that
out, I was like, Okay, I'm gonnago walk up to the person. I'm
going to say what I need to say,and then I'm going to run and

(29:51):
get out of there. Because I'mthinking if it doesn't go well,
or whatever it is, so it's kindof like, I was testing the Lord.
Okay, I'm going to do what youwant me to do or I think, I
think What you want me to do,and you're a gentleman enough to
know that I'm doing it onlybecause I feel you want me to.
So don't kind of let me downtype of thing. I'm trying to do
my part. So I walked up to theperson, I just basically tapped

(30:13):
them on the shoulder and I went,Oh, by the way, you know, the
Lord wants to tell you below.
And then I just turned andwalked away. And the guy was
like, hey, and I was like, No,we're good. We're good. He's
like, how do you know? How doyou know I go, I don't know.
Goodbye, thank you very much.
And I just know that that waskind of like it. So that's the
first one I remember. And thenit didn't come in spurts. It was

(30:35):
just like, that was a one off.
And then, you know, a littlewhile later, it would happen
again. And a little while later,what happened again, and then I
got concerned, because I hadsome negative issues with
prophecy that I've gotten in myown life. So the one thing I
never wanted to do was was doprophetic stuff. So when I found
out that I was actually givingprophecies, I got terrified.

(30:58):
Because I was like, I don't wantto hurt anybody. I don't want
anybody relying on it. What'swrong? There's all these
negative things that kind offilter through my brain that I
was that I was trying to dealwith. And then finally, I was
like, Well, Lord, I'll do this,if this is what you called me to
do. Because if you take care ofmy family, I'll do anything,
which is, that was kind of likethe deal. I set up with him.

(31:19):
Okay, you throw me in prophetic,which I don't want to do. Okay,
but if you want me to do this,and I'll do it, okay, because
I'm not going to go back on myword, but I need to know, it's
really you. And then a shorttime after getting sick started
to happen. And it wasn't untilthat I put the dots together. I
was like, oh, okay, that's thesignal that I absolutely know

(31:41):
what you write.

And so when you say getting sick, you you're
like, sick to your stomach, hasit like butterflies in the
stomach? Or like, what? No, canyou describe that

Hubie Synn (31:52):
kind of like when you eat something bad, and your
stomach hurts. And then it kindof like contracts like this, you
know, you kind of contracts andthen you don't feel well. And
then you actually feel likeyou're actually going through
your lunches coming up or downor whatever it is. Yeah, that's
kind of the way it feels yourneck, it's a little stiff, you

(32:15):
you know, your breathing may beaffected. Because whatever it is
in your stomach that's hurt. Andit's really drawing everything
there. That's the way it is.
It's really not a pleasantfeeling. A lot of times, I will,
you know, you would think that Iwould learn but a lot of times I
will drag my heels, because I'mlike, Okay, well, maybe it was
because I do question. Maybe itwas something i i Wait sometimes
until it gets pretty along theprocess. Yeah, there's been

(32:39):
times when I've ministered thatI actually have demonstrated to
people. And everybody in theroom was like, Oh, my God, look
at that. That's, and then youknow, the point of that is,
after I show them how I'mgetting sick, and then I'm like,
okay, my conversation with theLord goes like this, and I just
explained to him and then when Isay, Okay, Lord, I'll do it.
Give me a chance. Let me catchmy breath, then it just stops. I
mean, on demand, it just stops.

(33:03):
And then if I linger and kind ofmess around, it comes back and
it comes back heart. And I'mlike, okay, okay, so it's kind
of like I've given free will toGod, and he's just dictating
what he wants me to do. I'mdragging my heels. But yeah, he
wants me to kind of get it'skind of like, he's losing
patience with me of all things.
So it's kind of like, okay, I'llget started type of thing. So,
but you know, I've, I've neverhad a bad one. So that's, that's

(33:25):
what's astonishing to Jonathan,when we had our conversations
was, you go through life up inpublic places, and you're just
happy. And you always seem tohit the right one, consecutively
over many, many years. Ratherthan, you know, getting somebody
who doesn't know, or somethinglike that. He goes, it's

(33:45):
remarkable. And I'm like, well,once I get sick, yeah, then it's
fine. And I make sure I get sickevery single time. So, you know,
it gets hard to serve God, letme tell you, because when you're
walking down the street, andyou're going and you're like,
Lord, point somebody out to you,and you're like, the first thing
that comes to your mind is, Oh,I gotta get sick today. You
know, it's not something youlook forward to, you know, and I

(34:05):
don't know this person. So it'skind of like now it's totally
disrupting my life. I'm gonnaget sick. I'm not going to feel
afterwards, I'm gonna feeltired. I'm gonna feel drained.
But Lord, I'll do it because ofyou. So it's a sacrifice, you
know, but the way God hasblessed me, it's worth it. It's
just sometimes I'm not in thegreatest mood.

Yeah. Have you ever delayed so long that you
missed an opportunity that Godput in front of you?

Hubie Synn (34:30):
I thought I missed one. To be honest. At the
beginning, I was learning. And,you know, when you get busy
ministering to people, you'rekind of just moving around doing
what I do. And then you know,your friends come by, and they
say, Hey, by the way, we'regonna go we let's or they
haven't seen you for a while, soyou're chatting with them. So I
was in Georgia at a conferenceand I was ministering to some

(34:51):
people after the service ended.
And then I looked up and I saw awoman and the Lord highlighted
her, and I was like, Okay, I'llget to But then my friends came
by and they, they said hello tome were chatting. And I looked
up and she was gone. And I went,Oh, no, you know, because I take
it very seriously. So I gooutside, I don't see her. I look
outside the doors of the church,I don't see her, I look down the

(35:14):
hole I'm like, and all of asudden, this feeling of
disappointment of you know, Godhighlighted, I should have told
my friends to wait. And I didn'tdo it. And now, I blew it. And I
don't know the effect of it, butI blew it. And I've learned that
when God sets up an appointment,it's not necessarily always for
them. A lot of it is, but it'salso for you, too. So I was

(35:36):
like, What did I miss? So I hadto self examine myself all this
and then I'm feeling terrible.
You know, my friends go, well,let's go eat. I know this place
couple of miles away. So, youknow, I'm not feeling well, I
don't feel like eating. I'mupset. And he's like, Don't
worry, man. Everybody messes up,you know, he's trying to comfort
me, but it's not really working.
Because I take it veryseriously. And then we pull up

(35:57):
to the barbecue place a coupleof miles away, you know, and
then walk through the doors andthe woman is sitting at a table
right there. And she is justwaiting. There's no food on the
table. She's just waiting. Andmy friend laughs and he goes,
What's going on? I said, that'sthe lady from the thing that I
was supposed to speak to he, helaughs He goes, I'm gonna go
water. He got in line. And youknow, they were ordering. So I

(36:18):
went and sat down and I waslike, you're at the conference?
She goes, yeah. I said, Okay.
And she goes, You know, I'vebeen waiting for you. And I
went, Oh, she's like, Yeah, I'vebeen waiting for you. You know,
I thought you had a word for me.
And, you know, I saw you werebusy. And so I left. And as I
was driving home, the Lord toldme to come here and wait for
you. So I went, oh, so she'slike, Well, what do you got for

(36:39):
me? So I minister I told herwhatever it was, and she was
happy. She hugged me. So thankyou very much walked left. And I
was like, Okay, so, you know,the principle I learned because
I try to learn and principles,kind of like the way you teach
the kids is, if my heart'sright, and I really want to do
the right thing, God will makesure that it works out one way

(37:00):
or another. That's not like Ijust blew it off and didn't want
to do it. I'll do it. So, youknow, but it taught me that you
know, what, when God has amessage for somebody, he'll make
sure that it

gets delivered, right? So he's definitely more
faithful than we are?
Absolutely,

Hubie Synn (37:14):
absolutely. I think we just need to be available.
Right. And I was available. It'sjust, I just didn't do it quick
enough type of thing. You know,I've learned through my life,
the end, my family knows, Ialways put God first when I got
to speak to somebody they know,don't bother me. Don't ask me
when we're leaving. Just go sitin the car, or whatever it is,
because I don't know how longI'm gonna be. But you just gonna

(37:36):
have to wait. And they'velearned that. So yeah, you know,
which switch is good thatthey've seen that. So

I want to hear some more lessons from the
wandering Prophet in just amoment. But you said something
earlier that I don't want to, Idon't want to neglect to ask a
question about you said that. Inthe past, you had some negative
experiences with the prophetic.
And you were not too happy thatGod was using you this way? Can
we talk about that a little bitlike, I want to help people

(38:01):
understand about the propheticand what that means for today.
Because I think a lot of it'sjust misunderstood. And I like
your practical approach tothings. And I think that'll be a
good a good way to kind of bringhealing maybe to some things
that have maybe been misspokenor gone awry, and then how God
has redeemed it in your life.

Hubie Synn (38:25):
Okay, well, actually, in the first book, we
detailed it. Because whencharisma approached us to write
the first book, I said, I'mgonna put the good and the bad,
and they said, fine. Sobasically, what happened was, we
went to a church in the city, aprophetic church, and every now
and then we will get these wordsthat you kind of don't
understand. So I'm not wantingto always toss it away, I'm just

(38:46):
like, Well, we'll see. So youknow, you would basically, you
know, these type of mounts, oryou would put them in a binder
and just see what happens typeof thing. So my wife became
pregnant with our fourth child.
And, you know, she must havebeen, I guess, around three
months, three and a half months,something like that. So they
call us up to the altar, and thepastor starts praying for us.

(39:07):
And the pastor gives us thisword about this baby, this
baby's gonna be this, thisbaby's gonna be that that, you
know, so with Sunday grade, thenthe profit of the house because
there was a profit of the house,he came up and he basically
reassured that and kind of addedon and then we're like, okay,
there was no issue with that.

(39:30):
Now, the way I think is veryabsolute black and white type of
thing. So, you know, I firmlybelieve God spoke through them
and there was no issue. So wecame home and then a few days
later, throughout, probablyaround a few days later, my wife
started to get cramps, which isnever good if you're pregnant.
So then she started to bleed.
And all the time she's like,Honey, something's wrong. And I

(39:53):
went, we've had three children,no issues. You know, Pastor said
it, the Prophet of the Housesaid it's gonna be fun. And I'm,
it's totally out of my radarthat anything could ever
possibly go wrong, right? That'show much faith I had in
everything. And then it justcontinued, continued continued.

(40:13):
And then she lost the baby. AndI was devastated. I felt numb, I
felt like somebody had pulledthe rug out from me. And I
couldn't make sense of it all.
First, I was very upset, becauseI was like, Lord, I'll do
anything you wanted me to do?
And I always do. And I err onthe side of caution. And I'd

(40:35):
rather do it than not do it. Howcould you let this happen to me.
So first, I had to kind ofreconcile that. Then I had to
reconcile, like, wait a minute,these people said this, and this
and this. And it all just, it's,it's not true. So then I got
confused, hurt, frustrated. Andfinally I said, You know what, I

(40:57):
don't know what to make of this.
But all I know is something isseverely wrong. So I went from
like, going to church, to us notgoing to church anymore. That's
how badly I was hurt. And I wasupset. I had God that God
allowed this to happen. And so Iwas very upset, angry. And so we

(41:18):
didn't pray for a year. Wedidn't go to church for a year,
it was kind of like I shut thedoor on God turn the other way
and said, I don't understand.
But I don't I don't wantanything to do with you or any
of this stuff. So you know,we're we're going out to eat on
Sunday mornings, you know, whatnon believers do and stuff like
that. And then slowly, the Lordbrought me back after a year
that he softened my heart andkind of brought us back into it.

(41:42):
But that was a year of, youknow, something's wrong, you
know, something's missing out ofyour life. But I was just so
angry. I just said, I don't wantI don't want any part of it. I
don't understand it. So, youknow, when we started to go back
to church, we went to a churchand they used to have people
come in, and the prophecy,people would come in, and they
would point to everybody, I'msitting there thinking, Don't

(42:02):
point at me. I don't want to seeyour finger. I don't want to see
nothing, just you know, exactly,to say, no, that type of thing.
And they would literally skipover me. They would minister to
my wife, they wouldn't ministerto me, because I put that a lot
harder. So then slowly overtime, years, then it turned
into, well, why are they callingme out, they're going this
person, this person, and theyjust get over me. And they

(42:24):
continue down the line, then youstart to think something's wrong
with you. And then that startedto happen. And then, you know,
one time a lady, I forgot hername. They called her a prophet.
And she saw me in the very back.
So I always stayed in the back.
Because most of the prophecy,people usually usually stay in
the front. So I just they alwayssay it in the back. And she
pointed at me, and she goes,You. And so I was like, Who? Me?
You know, I'm looking around.

(42:47):
And she's like, No, just staythere. And she goes, she points
to my chest. She's like, youknow, your chest, right? There.
She goes, there's greatness inyou. And I didn't know what that
meant. And I went, Okay, well, Ididn't have to go up to the
front. And I can just deal withthat, whatever. I just kind of
brushed it off. But thatfollowing that the next couple
of years, it must happen atleast, maybe six or seven times

(43:11):
at different various propheticpeople would come into the
church. And they would all pointto my chest and say, you know,
there's greatness in you, whichI didn't, I figured, well, you
know, I went very basic andchildren's church, Jesus lives
in my heart, he's great. Thatmust be what they're talking to
Charles, I had no clue reallywhat it was. And then slowly,
over time, I started to softenmy heart to allow more of the

(43:34):
stuff to come into my life. Sobeing that I was hurt so much, I
never ever wanted to be put inthat position, because I know
what I went through. Right? Soit took a long time for the Lord
to heal me of that. You know,when I found out what I was
doing was prophetic, because Ithought you had to be trained, I
thought you had to be ordainedand all of this, and I wasn't, I

(43:54):
didn't want to do it at all. Iremember very clearly, when
somebody had told me, you know,you're a prophet. And I say,
Well, I'm an accountant. Youknow, we do Profit Loss type of
thing. I would make a joke outof it. But when I really found
out it was prophetic, you know,ministry I was doing, I got
really scared. And then I waslike, I don't want to do this.

(44:14):
But I made a deal with God thatI would do whatever he wants,
but why would he want me to dothis? I don't want to do this. I
don't, you know, it's out of mycomfort, all these questions.
And then I finally just had tocome to terms with if this is
what God has for me, then Iwould rather please Him than to
deal with my issues. And that's,that's how I, you know, step

(44:34):
forward, but it was, it was avery scary time when I went
through

that. Yeah. So how did you become more
comfortable using that gift thatway? I'm still

Hubie Synn (44:41):
not to be honest.
That was why I asked him that Ireally need to know it's you.
Because I don't want to hurt Icould hurt myself, but I don't
want to hurt anybody else. Sure.
Then. The first time ithappened. I was at a Cracker
Barrel. I got sick. I weeded outthough it wasn't right. It
wasn't because of the food andthen that is what it turned out
to be that was my signal. Andthat's been consistent, I won't

(45:04):
step out until I get sick,right? Even if I, you know,
probably at this point, I couldprobably just start picking off
people, I won't do it. Numberone, I wait for him, I don't
want to do anything out of myown flesh. Number two, if I'm
not honest and confident that itis, um, I don't want to do it.
So until I get sick every singletime and it only happens the
first time. You know, after Iget sick the first time and that

(45:27):
person gets highlighted, then Iget sick, then I'm like, okay,
I'm fine. Then he startshighlighting other people, I can
keep going. But it's the firsttime for me to get started that
that really kind of it makes mea comfort in one way, but
discomfort another way.

Sure. So, you know, Jacob had a limp. Paul had
a thorn in his side. And he hascrazy butterflies in his
stomach. Or

Hubie Synn (45:54):
Jeremiah cried the zekiel was blood boil, you know?

Yeah, could be worse. So, how is God using you?
Now? That's a an interestingthing. You've written two books
now. But you're an accountant.
You haven't turned this gift ofGod into a full time ministry. I
mean, good luck getting a holdof you in, you know, April
leading up to the tax taxseason. I kind of know just

(46:21):
like, send it here via text thatI'm praying for him during this
season. And then I know thatmaybe we'll connect after tax
season is over. But like, how doyou balance your work life
ministry family? What does lifelook like for you?

Hubie Synn (46:38):
Um, it's very busy.
But I have learned, I gotta havea certain priority. Meaning, if
God wants me to speak tosomebody, like yesterday, I used
to go to this church inManhattan, which I told you 14
years. And there was a woman onthe street, we were having
issues saying her name, her nameis Darka. And so we were just
kind of just she saw me, Iguess, somewhere on TV or

(47:02):
something or heard of me. And soshe Instagrammed me, we hadn't
spoken in about 20 years, maybe.
So she starts texting, and I'vebeen texting her through, you
know, social media. And then shesaid she was praying two days
ago, and she felt that the Lordtold her to call me or to speak
to me, because he had, you know,so I was like, Okay, well, I'll

(47:25):
put it off to like, Thursday,Friday, you know, that type of
thing. Because I can't dropeverything now. And then she
sent me a text yesterdaymorning, I'm available at 230.
And I'm sitting there thinking,Okay, well, that's, that's good
for her. I have appointments thewhole day, and I'm eating lunch,
probably around one. And theLord's like, you need to clear

(47:45):
your schedule, and I went, I'mtoo busy. I need to, you know,
things work in a certain orderin accounting, you definitely
don't want to start changingappointments, right? So I'm
eating, you know, and it's foodI cook, so there's no issue. I
started to get, you know,rumbles. And I was like, oh,
okay, so she texts me, sheactually called me at two

(48:08):
o'clock, which was early, andI'm looking at the phone and my
stomach is just going and I waslike, No, I'm not worried. I got
things to take care of. So Ijust turned the phone over as I
was eating, and then it juststarts to kind of bubble up. And
I was like, Okay, I'll call her.
So I was I texted her. I said,Look, I'll call you at 230. And
so I called her at 230. We spenta long time, we must have spent

(48:30):
a couple hours on the phone,actually, really? Yeah. And but
I had to email people saying,Look, I need to change my
schedule. I can't get to ittoday, this or that. And so I
had to rearrange my wholeschedule just to speak to this
woman. Now, I haven't spoken toher in a very long time. But she
was so important to God that Hemade sure that he kind of met

(48:51):
her where she was. So if Ireally want to serve God, I have
to put his needs above mine. SoI had to do that yesterday. So
that still happens. And so,ministry, what does it look
like? I mean, I get a lot ofinvites for places, which I'm
not complaining. I pray aboutevery single one of them. And
when I pray about it, God givesme the green light. And then I

(49:14):
call them up and say, Okay,well, we know we need to work
out a date type of thing. ButI'm doing it around deadlines
and things like that. So youknow, but it's very busy.
Because you know, I take care ofmy family, on the person that
cooks around the house takes thekids to school because I love
that, you know, I do my work atnight or in between and that's
fine. So then you throw ministryin there, it's like, okay, well,

(49:37):
I got a full time jobtechnically, taking care of the
kids and the family. That's alsoanother full time job or let's
say half, and then you throwministry on top of that, which
could be a full time ministry.
There's all of these things. Andone of the major questions I get
asked is, when are you when areyou going full time in ministry?
And I'm like, Well, I don'treally have the ambition to do

(49:58):
it. First of all, second, And ofall God's gift, not mine. So I
don't want to be in a placewhere I have to do something.
You know, I have plenty ofaccounting work. If God wants me
to go minister, he'll make theway. I don't want to make it
that way. That is how I make myliving. People make a living
that way. And that's great forme. I don't want to be pressured

(50:19):
in any way for my gift to beused because I have to make a
living, at least out that's theway I processed. I don't know
where it goes. The phone's justringing. I mean, you were there.
Last year, when I went tocharisma, that meeting turned
into the book, right? Because ofthe meetings there. So it wasn't
anything that I went said, Hey,I got a book I want to write.
They started asking mequestions. And then, you know, I

(50:41):
did that podcast with Stevestrength. And then he saw the
downloads, and he calls me upand says, Hey, you got to, you
know, you should really dosomething. And so that's kind of
business, but I don't really doanything, I just live my life.
It's God's gift, he makes roomfor what Scripture says. And
that's all I really do. So Ijust want to be available when
he wants me to use it. And Ijust want to bless people when

(51:04):
he tells me to do it. That'sall. I think because of that. It
just keeps growing like thefirst book came out seven years
ago, I never knew I would writeone book. And the chapter that
came out of there that everybodyreally attached themselves to
was the false prophecies and thehurt we went through. And a lot
of the healing that a lot ofpeople had from reading that,

(51:25):
because they said, If you couldstay out of church a year and
get back and look what God hasdone with you, then I guess I
don't really have an excuse.
Because if it could happen toyou, it could happen to anybody.
So and then the second book, thechapter that seems to stand out
is is, you know, I hadrelationship problems with my
son, and with a close friend andnot giving up on them. And God
making those relationships, verysolid. Now, when it looked like

(51:48):
there was no way that was evergoing to happen. So there's all
of these things. So I don'treally do anything, God just
makes room. There's no timetableon what I want to do with this.
So I'm just trying to beavailable,

and you just wait for a bellyache to make
sure that it's him. Yes,

Hubie Synn (52:06):
that's true. But, you know, I would encourage
anybody who's listening, that ifyou really want to be used by
God, because we all haveidentity issues, a lot of people
always want to say, Well, how doI know what I'm made to do? I'm
just like, well, you know, youjust need to pray. And some
people, they're very gifted, butthey're like, Well, I got to do
something. And I'm like, I don'tdo anything. I just live my

(52:30):
life, I'm QB when the gift. Youknow, when God tells me to use
the gift, it's his, then I useit. I don't use the gift to tell
people who I am. I don't use itto further my career or anything
else. I'm just living life andit happens to pop up. And it
seemed it's worked for me.

So yeah. So he'd be if you could look back at
your life. And just like thedisciples on the, on the road to
Emmaus, you know, that's whatthis, this whole podcast is
about is finding those momentswhere Jesus really was walking
with us. But just like thedisciples, we weren't aware at
that moment, until they sit downat the table, Jesus bless the

(53:11):
food and breaks the bread, theireyes are open, and then poof,
he's gone. And my theme versefor this podcast is Luke 2432.
And they turned to each otherand said, weren't our hearts
burning within us along the way,as he was revealing the
Scriptures to us? So he'll belooking back at your life? Where
do you now realize that yourheart was burning, or rather,

(53:33):
your tummy was churning, thatyou didn't realize at the
moment, but you look back andyou see it now that Jesus really
was there.

Hubie Synn (53:40):
I think when I go back to the beginning, when I
was a young kid, having to takecare of my siblings, or there
would be repercussions. Thatkind of was really the beginning
of the turning point thatstarted me on this road of, you
know, helping people servingpeople, having patience, and
then even being put intochildren's ministry, because

(54:02):
that's all I could really do.
That was all his way of kind ofmolding me and shaping me to be
the minister that I am today.
And just being open, because youknow, when you're with kids, you
got to be open to anything,because any time something can
happen, like you'll find out,when you have kids, you know,
you're ready to go somewhere andyou have a schedule and all

(54:24):
sudden, something happens, thebaby throws off or something
like that, well, so much forbeing on time, and it will be
the most person that's alwayslast through the door or
something like that, becausethat's the way it is, which we
learned. So I've learned justkind of when looking back along
the way. You know, my mom didthe best she could. My mother
had a fifth grade education. Butshe tried to teach us the most

(54:45):
important thing to her, whichwas scripture. She took
everything face value, which wasgreat. So she taught me a lot
about that and I didn't. Ididn't really understand what
she was trying to teach me atthe time. And if I look back, I
really see how Oh, she wasreally being very sincere. And
she really placed a lot of faithin the Bible, which it's still

(55:06):
when I look back and think ofcertain things, that still
astonishes me. And I think thatas I kind of learned from her,
you know, she always took God'sword as, like face value. And
that was something that I'velearned from her. So I'll take
it at face value, but then I'llalso dig deeper, I'll dig down.
And I think that she taught methe values that I needed to

(55:28):
have. And as you know, thevalues and charts that you need
to have, there's a certain waythat she would read scripture,
like I have one of her Bibles,which is very dear. It's got
markers all over the place, ithas this little pinwheel that
has these little scriptures init and says, for stress, it's
all of these scriptures and allof this, her answer was always

(55:51):
in the Bible. So I think, youknow, looking back that had a
major effect on me, because Iread the Bible, you know, to
find answers when I'm looking,because everything in everything
is really there. It's just youneed to search for it. And I
think that coupled with the factthat I had to take care of my
siblings, and then thechildren's church, those were

(56:11):
all stepping stones to, youknow, changing the way that I
look at things and changing theway I view things, and also
changing my priorities to dowhat he wants.

Yeah. Wow, that's my follow up question to
that is, if you could go back intime, and visit a younger
version of yourself or somewherealong your timeline? What advice
would you give yourself, andwhat's going on in your life at
that time that you would want toreceive that advice,

Hubie Synn (56:39):
um, I think when I was a teenager, you know, it's
we're all kind of trying tofigure out life at that time, I
took it as I was always beingpunished to stay home and take
care of the kids. So I didn'thave a chance to grow up. So I
think that I would probably goback to myself and just say, you
know, kind of like Romans 828,you know, all things work

(57:01):
together for the glory of God, Ithink that I would just tell
myself, you're not beingpunished, you're actually being
trained for something later inlife, but it starts here. You
know, a lot of my friends got introuble. You know, they were
always doing things that, youknow, exploring, for lack of a
better word. I was never thatperson for a long time, because

(57:22):
I had to stay home and take careof the kids type of thing. So I
think I would, I would place alot of emphasis on the fact that
yes, you can't go do what allyour friends are doing. But God
has a certain plan, and you'rebeing prepared for it, even as
you're a young child, that asyou're going along. So now I
look back at my childhood andmany different aspects of Yeah,

(57:45):
I didn't get to do what I reallywanted to do. I didn't get to do
what was popular. I didn't getto do all these things. And I
always looked at as a verynegative. But now I've actually
looked at it as a positivebecause it was teaching me
traits that I was learning backthen that had become part of me
that were needed, really, inwhat I do today. That's the

(58:06):
advice I would give myself.

Do you think that younger version of yourself
would would receive that advice?
Do you think you'd listen?
Probably not.

Hubie Synn (58:16):
But at least the idea would be there, you know,
maybe I'll come to terms with ita lot quicker than I actually
did. So.

Yeah. So we've talked about David Tyree
Jonathan Cohn and some otherpeople that you've met along
your way as a wandering prophet.
Can you talk about some maybeother opportunities that God has
opened up because of just theconnections that you have?

Hubie Synn (58:40):
Well, all the connections have actually come
from him. One of them was aAmerican Idol person named
Scotty McCreery. He was, he's acountry singer. Now. I was
backstage and the Lord told meto go knock on this door. So,
you know, I knew he was inthere, but I didn't know who he
was. And I'm not really acountry guy. I'm more like,

(59:02):
classic rock guy. So I went andknocked on the door. And, you
know, because the Lord istelling me leading me and I'm
backstage, and I'm like, Ireally don't want to do this. So
I knocked on the door anyway,

how are you backstage? already? Okay.

Hubie Synn (59:15):
My friend, my friend, he did amps. Yeah. And
he did these amps. And withthese amps, he taught me how to,
I guess, create certain toneswith them. So one of these guys,
a country western guy named BradPaisley bought one. So he was

(59:35):
talking about how great it wason Twitter and my friends, like
you should reply to him. Youshould reply to him. So I
replied and just said, I canmake it sound better. Oh, that's
kind of bold, right? It's kindof bold, except but uh, but but
I don't know. It didn't matterto me. And then he replied, Do
tell. Okay. And the next thing Iknow he follows me. So he goes
well, how I Paisley follows you.
Okay. Right. Just from that onecomment. And then he's said,

(59:58):
Well, what can you do? And Isaid, well, the person who built
an app, he was my best friend.
And he because he had passed.
And I said, Well, he showed methings and I can do it to you,
blah, blah. So he's like, Well,look, I'm coming to town and
when I come to town, DM me, andthen, you know, I'd love to meet

(01:00:18):
you. So I'm okay. So he comes totown. You know, he IDM and I go
to the gate, he tells me go tothe gate, call this person go to
the gate. I went to the gate,and it was during soundcheck and
then, you know, I walk on stage,they're doing a soundcheck and
he comes out and he goes, Hi,I'm Brad Paisley and I went,
okay. So he goes, here's theamp. So I said, Okay, well,

(01:00:44):
this, so I just switchedsomething and he started playing
all of a sudden, he reallystarted playing, he started
really digging in and he's like,wow, you know, and he was just
like, so taken aback by I justdid one simple adjustment to it,
and it changed everything. Sothen we, you know, we started
anytime he came to town, hewould invite me over and I'd

(01:01:05):
come and just kind of work onhis gear and stuff like that.
So, you know, he's a, he's agreat guy, by the way. And then
he was touring with Scotty. Sothat's how Scotty was on the
undercard as far as the warmthof van so that's how they that's
how I got it. So, you know,there was a lot of hesitation to
go knock on Scotty McCreery isdoor because, you know, Brad
gave me all access backstage andI don't want to go and abuse

(01:01:29):
that privilege. And I don't wantto create any issues. So I knock
on the door and his motheranswers and she goes, Hi. Come
on in. Okay, and, and my wife isbehind me. You know, it's it's
their room across the room, andshe sees me go and he shuts the
door. And she's like, Oh mygosh, so I go in there. His
sister's there is that is there.
He's there. And so I sit downand they're just like, So how

(01:01:52):
you doing? And we're just like,I just got invited to their home
or something. So it's like, I'mokay yourself, how you doing?
And so, meanwhile, I don't knowany of the guys music. I just
saw him on TV a couple of times.
So. So I said, you know, Iknocked on your door because
basically God led me to knock onyour door. And they were like,
Oh, okay. So then I said, Yeah,I got something to tell you. So
they're like, Okay, so I spoketo, to, you know, I minister to

(01:02:15):
all of them. And then him andhis sister and the family. And
then, you know, they smiled alot. So I was like, Okay, so
like, well, it's great meetingyou great media went out and
shut the door. And that wasthat. So when I wrote the first
book, I was like, Well, I onlymet the guy once. I don't want
to make it appear like I'm usinghis name for something. Right?

(01:02:36):
Right. So I didn't put his namein it. I just wrote about the
experience in the first one. Soprobably a couple of years
later, I had found his mother onFacebook. So I added her and she
added me and so she sent me anemail. And she goes, You know, I
bought your book. And me and wewere all laughing because you

(01:02:57):
put us in the book and youdidn't tell us about it. She
goes, I know, it was us. And Iwent, you know, she goes, You
could have put us in it, itwould have been fine. And I was
like, I didn't I just met youthat type of thing. So Right.
You know, so then Scotty acouple years later, after that
Scotty was writing anautobiography. And so they
contacted me and they wanted toput me in the book and use my

(01:03:19):
name, which was kind of funny.
So I was like, Okay, so, youknow, that turned into you know,
this just exposure to differentpeople that the name of what got
Oh, actually what God did isjust it still keeps moving
forward. I still keep in touchwith, you know, his his mother.
Another thing was I met a womannamed Kathie Lee Gifford. I

(01:03:42):
think I've heard of her. Yeah,she's kind of a big, you've
heard her? Yes. So I've becomereally good friends with her,
basically through a text becauseI met some people who, who found
me on the internet and interviewand they are the people that
write the books, the god winksseries. So they contacted me for
an interview, they put me in oneof their books, and they're very

(01:04:04):
good friends with Kathie LeeGifford and then I had to send a
word Kathy, that I want toappear like I was using them
just to get to her type ofthing. So which I don't really
like that. And then you know,the the way, Squire because it's
squaring the weeds that writethese books. So squire goes, you
know, he talks like this. Well,it's so happens. We're having

(01:04:26):
lunch with her. And I was like,I'm being set up here. Okay, so.
So I texted him what I had tosay and, you know, he gave it to
Kathy and Kathy got emotionalabout it, and she wanted to meet
me and so that kind of turnedinto that. So it's literally God
just highlight to people to me,and I just do what I do. And

(01:04:48):
that's it. So I'm not reallydoing anything. I just kind of
sit back and kick my heels likethere's a man named Dan Correia,
he's a good friend of mine. Hehas a church local church here.
We were having lunch it goes youknow you do absolutely Like
nothing except what God tellsyou to do. And it's amazing to
see what God does with you. Hegoes, I've never seen anything
like it because I don't goknocking on doors, I don't do

(01:05:10):
anything. The next thing, youknow, somebody's talking about
me, or, you know, but I onlyknow because people started
texting me, hey, such and suchas talking about you, or
whatever it is. So that seems tohappen a lot. And then it kind
of comes in spurts type ofthing. So, like, well, if, if
they're talking about what Goddid more for it, and you know,
because I'm not really, I'mreally a nobody compared to

(01:05:32):
everybody else. So, you know, ifthey're talking about what God
did, that's great. I can dealwith that. And it just keeps
happening. It's not, it's notlike there's a frequency that
happens, but it just alwaysseems to happen at certain
intervals, you know, wheneverGod does it. So you know, it's
not something that happens allthe time, right. But it seems to
happen dramatically when itdoes.

John Matarazzo (01:05:54):
One of the things that I've you know, by
doing this podcast, I'veinterviewed a lot of people. And
one of the phrases likedifferent phrases that people
have said, have been lifechanging in a lot of different
ways. And one of those is, youknow, I'm nothing special. I'm
just available and obedient. AndDoug stringer told me that, and
you walk in that same anointing,you're just available and

(01:06:16):
obedient. You know, you makeroom for whenever God says, to
do something, and you'reobedient, to LISTEN to His
voice, and then to do what hesays. And, you know, you give
God the margin to be able to dothat. And I find that amazing
how you've been able to beconsistently obedient with that.
That's a very inspirational forme, because there's a lot of

(01:06:40):
times where I doubt whether Iheard God, and then by my doubt,
it's led to me feeling like man,I think that doubt caused
disobedience because I didn'tact like I needed to. So maybe I
need to ask God to give me anupset stomach every once in a
while. So I don't know, what doyou think?

Hubie Synn (01:06:58):
Well, well, let's analyze that because that's what
accountants do. Okay? Okay. Sowhen you say that you feel God
wants you to do but you havedoubt. Okay, that doesn't go
away. Now, you have a choicewhen that happens. Now, when I
first started doing my stuffthat happened all the time. So
the way that I kind of laideverything out was the risk,

(01:07:20):
because we think of everythingin numbers, okay? The risk of me
doing this and being wrong, isvery high. Because we always
think, the worst case scenario,and the risk equals reward is
very small in this thing, okay.
And the way I looked at it is ifI gotta walk up to a stranger
and tell them something, andit's wrong, it's going to make
me feel bad, my ego, myinsecurities, my insecurities

(01:07:44):
are going to be flying high,they're going to look at me in a
funny way, I'm going to feelstupid, I'm going to all these
things, right? But they're allmy feelings. So the way I would
look at it is say, if it's ifit's God, then I have to trust
him. I'm just going to do it.
Because what are the odds? I'mgoing to see this person again?

(01:08:04):
Right? Or, if I walk up to him,and it goes bad? What are the
How am I going to really look atthat if it goes bad? I'm going
to look like an idiot. Okay, butyou can't say didn't try. So I
said, I'd rather try and fail,then skip an opportunity that
God has for me, right? Becauseif God wants you to do

(01:08:28):
something, then it has to dowith the person, but it also has
to do with you and your personalgrowth. So I would rather say
okay, well, let me try it. If Ifail, okay, nobody's perfect.
But I'm going to try to do itrather than not. And the way he
taught me that was we used towhen we went to this church, we
were learning about tithing. Youknow, because accounts are very

(01:08:50):
tight with money. We look at ita certain way, right? I used to
walk into church to be verycynical, I'd look at the speaker
system, I would look at thechairs, I looked at the people.
In my head, I was trying tofigure out numbers, let's see
the kind of card the pastordrives, I'd see where the pastor
lives, all of these things iswhat I used to do. So it got to
the point when it was verydifficult for me when I first

(01:09:12):
got there to just give 10% whichis only the fee to get in, okay.
offerings and everything else.
Tithing is just that's just the,you know, it's kind of like you
make it into heaven by the skinof your teeth. That's all that
really is. So I had to really gothrough situations where I would
give my wife a blank check. AndI would say, pull whatever. And

(01:09:32):
I would sit here and just God,you know how much money we have
in the bank account, and thenjust kind of, you know, what's
took faith? And she would writeout the checks and I'd be like,
I hope we don't go overdrawn.
I'd be thinking all thesenegative things and that's how
God broke me to just risk itall. And it was very trying for

(01:09:53):
a while. Just number onetrusting my wife to write
whatever she felt. But for me tosit there You're in just give
everything to her and just say,Well, I have no control over it.
And but the checks neverbounced. There were times when
it was different amounts, yes.
But it also taught my wifebecause it was bringing her
along with me instead of just medealing. So because I handle all

(01:10:14):
the finances, so that taught me,okay, well, I'm gonna do what
God wants me to do. And thenI'll just settle for, if
something happens, I'll just dowith it. And that's really how
my gift really started to growwas, I'll try anything once
like, and, like when I waswalking, when I wasn't walking
with God, I'd be like, I tryanything wants, it doesn't kill
me, you know, that type ofthing. So I was just like, Okay,

(01:10:35):
well, I'll try it. And then, youknow, we'll just kind of go from
there. And he's never let medown. Because if you're really
trying to serve God, I don'tthink that he would let you down
that way. That's just mypersonal opinion, that if you're
doing it for the right reasons,then then then God isn't really
going to set you up to fail.

(01:10:56):
He's not, I find that verydifficult to believe.

Alright, that's a great lesson from a wandering
prophet. And I'm sure thatthere's a lot more like that in
the book. And I want toencourage everybody to, to check
that book out. It's a newrelease from Charisma. And as
well as the tails of a wanderingprofit. It's a little bit older,
and you can get more informationabout QB at pursue him

(01:11:19):
ministries.com. And, yeah, so Ijust want to brag on QB a little
bit more before we wrap up here.
But the first time that Javi andI met, he was a guest on the TV
program, real life. And afterthe program was over, he did
something that I've never seen aguest to do. He literally stayed
around. And God used him tospeak and deliver words to

(01:11:45):
pretty much everybody that waswithin eyeshot, have earned a
line of sight from him. Andincluding as I thought we were
all done for the day. And thenthe director comes down from his
directors booth, and he's fixinga light in the studio somewhere.
And Huey and I walked by, andthere's Larry over there. And he

(01:12:08):
looks at me and asks, Can I gogive him a word God has
something he wants to say. Andso I just appreciate the
humility that he walks in. Andthen he go, he went and gave a
word to somebody that is notlooking for prophetic words. You
know, he's not seeking thoseout. But he's grateful to
receive them whenever, you know,they come. And I just was blown

(01:12:31):
away by by just how you operate.
And then, you know, the rest ofthat day he'll be and I went, we
had lunch, we had to take himback to the airport. But we had
lunch, we went up to MountWashington overlooking the city
of Pittsburgh, we had ice cream,we had great, great
conversation. And God has justkind of knit us together as

(01:12:54):
friends. And so he'll be I justgotta say, I am so grateful that
you've allowed me to join youalong your way.

Well, I also am glad I met you personally. Just so
you know that when everythingstarted to happen with, I guess
what God was moving me to. And Istarted to go to all these
shows. God specifically told me,that's the only thing really to
get me there. But I have work todo when I go there. So just be

(01:13:25):
open to it. So being invited tobe a guest is great, but it's
more like, Okay, you're there towork type of thing. As far as
you if I can brag on you alittle, you know, I have seen
you from the time we first metto today. I have seen you grow
leaps and bounds. And there weredecisions that you made

(01:13:45):
recently. That, you know, youyou may not have been totally
confident in doing. But youknow, you're seeing the fruit of
it. And that's really walkingout on the ledge just like I do.
So. Congrats to you. You know,it's scary when you're doing it.
But now that you're lookingback, you're like, oh, yeah,

(01:14:06):
that was really a good decision.
So I'm really happy for you thatthings are moving forward.
That's great. Couldn't happen toa nicer guy.

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this podcast and to hear aboutyour along the way journey.

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