the ability to transform the world I
believe starts with understanding and grabbing a hold of our newborn identity
as children of God recapturing a vision of Victory which God promises to his
children and securing that Birthright of Bravery that you were given when
you turn your heart wholly back to God America was founded by brave men willing to
make hard decisions to lead their families and communities courageously and to stand
unapologetically for truth it excites me to see men Gathering weekly Trail life groups across
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talking with your church about starting a Trail Life Ministry hey everybody welcome back to the
American campfire Revival we are back after a couple of years of being quiet you remember the
very first 100 days starting in January I believe it was the 20th the first day the inauguration of
our president and his 100 day plan was going to have uh lots of consequence I decided we needed
to have our own 100 day plan as the family of Faith as we went through the pandemic and L so
many other crazy things and now here we are the last 100 days up until the election and it's my
hope that you'll invite your friends and family and we can pray together we can gather around the
campfire outside under the stars I'm in Tennessee right now and wherever you are uh we we're bound
together by the spirit of God as Believers in the Lord Jesus and I've got some special stuff that
I want to share with you I'm uh working through the new book that I wrote called called Born to
Be Brave how to be a part of America's spiritual Revival and I want to work through this with
you to really unpack the ideas in there that have been transforming me and giving me hope and
giving me courage some of you may have seen me in the news reading children's books and libraries
challenging the American Library Association we even have a national day called see you at the
library now we're making a children's television show which I'm hoping is going to be the new Mr
Rogers of Our Generation a and we've gotten lots of push back we've had lots of protesters lots
that have caused other people to say to me in airports and libraries and schools man thanks for
your courage thanks for standing up and you know it it's interesting I guess I should be maybe
a little more apprehensive about what I'm doing in light of the cultural opposition but I feel
Brave I feel full of courage and I think it's it's part of the birth right that all of us have
as bornn again Believers and followers of Jesus when we understand who we are and we understand
who we are and we regain a vision of Victory and we hold on to the promises of God let me ask
you a question and I ask this at the back of the book as sort of the the the main thesis that
I've been thinking about and that is what if the current cultural setback is really a
Divine setup for a spiritual comeback led by the family of Faith what if the things that
are horrifying you and me in our culture what if the disintegration of marriage what if the
the flipping of morality on its head where our children are being taught that boys can literally
become girls and girls can choose to be boys that men can give birth what if the collapsing of the
economy and the unfaithfulness within our churches is more than just people's bad choices what if
God is actually working behind the scenes to orchestrate all things through our unfaithfulness
through our Disobedience to accomplish his purpose of bringing us back to himself and the pain that
we feel is actually the very good thing that God is using to wake us up and to remind us that when
we choose to sin we choose to suffer and the path of obedience to God in his word is the path of
blessing I really believe that that's exactly what we're experiencing now some of you may say
Kirk come on what are you talking about uh you you you know what the book says things are going
to get darker things are going to get worse Maybe you think that there's no way things could get
better in our current culture because we've crossed the line we've just gone too far morally
it's so far down the toilet that there's no hope of coming back out listen I I think that that's
just having small faith I think the only line that matters is the one that Jesus crossed when
he passed from Death to life and he said all of Authority in heaven and on Earth has been given
to me and then he told his followers now go into all the world and disciple all the nations that
is teach them teach them the disciplines of my commands to love one another to be grateful to be
thankful to put your faith in God to embrace by faith the righteousness that comes by believing
the gospel maybe your view of the end times has got got you in this negative pessimistic Doom
and Gloom slump about the future and you're just hoping that it's all going to be over soon and it
gives you a reason to not try too hard to turn the ship around again I think that's dishonoring to
God if we have that now I'm not trying to call you out or call uh anyone out I'm saying all of this
as a reminder to you and to me that God says we're more than conquerors through through him who loved
us that there's nothing that can separate us from his love and that we will have trouble and and and
challenges in the world but Jesus says take heart I've overcome the world and he lives within us and
we are the answer to Jesus's prayer I believe that God would see that his kingdom comes and his will
is done on Earth as it is in heaven as he works through his Mighty power in you and in me and
in our children in our children's children to accomplish his good purposes and what does it take
it doesn't take staring at the at the news and just getting uh overcome by a paralyzed outrage at
what you see the ability to transform the world I believe starts with understanding and grabbing a
hold of our newborn identity as children of God recapturing a vision of Victory which God promises
to his children and securing that Birthright of Bravery that you were given when you turn your
heart wholly back to God I have a friend who understands exactly what we're talking about her
name is Riley Gaines she's a Collegiate swimmer who's phenomenally talented in fact she rated
ranked third in the nation in the 200 meter free style and she got to the Nationals and was
competing against some newcomer who was fifth in the same category that they had never heard of
before turns out this person's name is Leah Thomas and then they did some research and found out that
this is actually a biological male who used to be called will Thomas who wasn't more than a mediocre
swimmer when he competed with the other biological males in fact he rated 554 in the 200 freestyle
but when he started competing against the women suddenly he was in the top five and when she
competed she tied him for fifth place very unusual to touch the wall at the exact same time but it
was a a a an exact tie and behind the scenes the official told Riley that they don't account for
ties and that they were going to give the trophy to the man that won the race and she was sure that
some coach or some official would stand up for all the women who had been training their whole
life and some of them had never made All-American because this one had cut in line as as as a male
competing against the women but nobody did and she knew at that moment she would have to stand up for
herself she wanted to go on to become a dentist after her Collegiate swimming career but decided
that God had put her in this place at this time for her to ex exercise her second born bravery as
a child of God and understand that God would be with her and go before her and use her passion and
her energy to protect women and protect women's sports and to stand up for what is right and help
people overcome their fears and speak out against Injustice before all of this my friend Riley who
spoke with me at some of our children's wholesome Story Hour readings was was relatively unknown as
a college swimmer she became more known because of her hard work and her talent but now she's known
all over the country because of her courage that inspires me I hope it inspires you too you and
I were born to be brave will you pray with me dear God you say in your word that you have
not given us a spirit of fear but of power of love and a sound mind God when I think of what
Riley did she pushed aside any fears that she may have felt and she grabbed on to that that power in
her that was able to overcome her fears she acted in love for her teammates and for those girls
who would come after her who would want to be able to compete fairly and Lord she wasn't duped
by a a woke machine that got her to give up her convictions and what she knew was right she had a
sound healthy mind and God that's what we need we need your help so that we're not conformed to the
Twisted pattern of this world but transformed by the renewing of our minds God would you help us
get rid of stinking can thinking and give us the mind of Christ with true wisdom and knowledge
and understanding so that we can honor you in all we do and we ask this in Jesus name amen
well hey I hope that you will continue to join me here at the American campfire Revival right
in my backyard in Tennessee that you'll invite your friends tell your family let's get tens
of thousands let's get our churches let's get homeschool groups and elected representatives
that you may know maybe your your mayor people on your school board maybe your Governor
you know people who are influential let's get this these truths to them that can transform
families communities and our entire nation it's my privilege to be with you please comment let me
know what you're thinking about ask some questions I want to interact with you and I hope you have
a great night see you in a couple days [Music]