Do you know what the next big thing is in your life? The Bible says in Proverbs 16:1, "The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord." Verse 2 adds, "All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, but the Lord weighs the motives." Finally, verse 3 encourages us, "Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Jeff and Chris discuss planning and preparing for the next step in your life, no matter where you are. We all need to be ready for the next big thing.

Mike Barber, a former NFL player who spent ten years (1976-1985) with the Houston Oilers and Los Angeles Rams, transitioned from a celebrated football career to a life dedicated to prison ministry after a transformative experience visiting a prison at a friend's request. Initially expecting to pursue NFL coaching, Barber's encounter with inmates shifted his passion from football to sharing the Gospel of Christ, leading him to spend his off-seasons during the last six years of his NFL career ministering in prisons. For the past 30 years, through Mike Barber Ministries, a 501c3 tax-exempt organization, he has leveraged relationships built during his football career to bring hope and forgiveness to inmates in some of the toughest facilities, finding greater fulfillment in this calling than in his professional sports achievements.

Pastor Jeff welcomes author and pastor Dr. David Allen to the program to discuss his new book, Liberating Romans from Reformed Captivity-A Critical Evaluation of Calvinism's Interpretation of Paul's Letter.  Dr. Allen is founder and host of the website, PreachingCoach.com, which helps pastors and bible teachers to preach and teach with clarity, competence and confidence.

2 Samuel 3:38

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

^{1 Corinthians 9:20-23}

²⁰ To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under ^[i]the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; ²¹ to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. ²² To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. ²³ I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

³⁵ but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.³⁶ They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.³⁷ They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods.³⁸ They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.³⁹ They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

2 Samuel 18:31-33

³¹ Then the Cushite arrived and said, “My lord the king, hear the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.”

³² The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”

The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.”

³³ The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”

John 7:24

 "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

Proverbs 11:3

Good people are guided by their honesty, but crooks who lie and cheat will ruin themselves.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 

I grew up in a Muslim household and practiced the pillars of Islam. Jesus appeared to me in a dream, and my life has never been the same. He pursued me, saved me, and gave me a brand new life. Today, I get the honor of teaching and writing books that will guide you to the same love and passion for Christ as I have!

Matthew 5:10-12

American Family Radio's Jenna Ellis was invited to tour the new detention center in Florida known as "Alligator Alcatraz". 

 ^{Matthew 25:35-40}

³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

³⁸ When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

³⁹ Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Psalms 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.

 1 Timothy 3:1-7

Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. ² Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, ³ not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. ⁴ He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. ⁵ (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) ⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. ⁷ He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.

John 18:33-37

33 Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” ³⁴ Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?” ³⁵ Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?” ³⁶ Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” ³⁷ Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

Psalm 66:12

You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

Psalms 46:1-11

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

² Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

³ Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

⁴ There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

⁵ God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

⁶ The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

⁷ The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

⁸ Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

⁹ He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

¹⁰ Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

¹¹ The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge

Tim Wildmon and Tim Allen join Pastor Jeff to discuss the attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.