Guy Penrod - Unmistakable. Inspirational. - The Big Impact

[Music] over the course of the last few years of the big impact i have been really honored and thrilled to interview some of my heroes from the world of music we have talked with lauren l harris and david phelps and russ taff and and now today i have the unique uh privilege of welcoming onto the show the guy whose voice if my wife had one concert left to listen to in her remaining days it would be guy penrod and uh what a thrill guy to have you on the program with us as we're both freezing in our respective parts of the country it's good to kind of think warmer concert related thoughts these days how are you well i concur we're doing fine our family is all healthy and um doing great even in the middle of a crazy storm historical or historic levels of of snow and ice and cold over i guess historic periods of time too such long durations and you know we're i'm kind of crying the blues in middle tennessee but you guys deal with it up there on a on a yearly basis so well we're prepared for it though we have salt and trucks and things like that you shouldn't have to to deal with that although it looks like you're set up in a nice lodge kind of a warm cozy cabin feeling there's got to be a roaring fire somewhere nearby you got that right i am home i'm in my little log house that we've been out here 25 years uh i don't know some of your audience may not think it's cool but i think it's cool it's a five out of my seven boys uh well four out of my seven boys and my daughter were all born in this house um my wife uh enjoyed home births it's not for everyone not cape not you know possible for a lot of folks but she loved it her her education was in health promotion and she's a very holistic lady and did a wonderful job birthing all of our kids right here in our home with our midwife and so it holds a lot of memories and it is cozy and it's not quite big enough for 10 of us but we made it work anyway we got some outside in uh elbow room so we get outside a lot i knew that uh that you had a large family i don't think i realized that you could have fielded your own baseball team if the situation had called for it and i think about guys you talk about being at home these days a lot of people are at home probably more than they ever thought they would be now for someone who has a career in traveling the world and singing you win grammys you win dove awards you don't usually do that from home how how big of an adjustment has it been during the pandemic i know you're still traveling in some of the southern states i saw some dates listed on your website but what's the what's the new world like or the different world like for someone who's been on the road as much as you have well it's it's not only different i mean it's completely different we through the uh 2020 season and even now up to now like you said you've you've seen some southern dates florida is open again uh to our our concerts and we just returned from some in florida and south carolina and we're heading back to those states in the in the near future but everything for the most part shut down like for instance in a 360 day period we did three concerts wow uh and we normally do 70 between 70 and 90 a year so it you know uh it really did shut us down um and i think it's you know it's it speaks of a bigger uh thing afoot and it's it's been happening you know ever since satan fell from heaven and took a third of the host with him and it's a it's a battle to shut shut the mouth of of god in the earth or to try to to divide and conquer i think is a good way to say it and you know we are all created in the image of god humans are not just i mean believers are those who have who have come to believe that jesus really was the son of god he really came and lived a perfect life life died for our sins rose again from the grave and and makes intercession for us now and we've chosen to believe to come to god through jesus and admit that we're sinners fall and fall short of god's glory right so then we are born again into the family so there's there's that second birth that that we as believers experience and walk in but the reality is there is a first birth too and and so everyone who has ever been born has been created in the image of god and satan hates god he wants his glory so what's the best way to hurt god strike at the at essentially the apple of his eye you know the creation that they he made they made he said let us make man in our own image and so what what better way to hurt god than to strike at us i mean it i wish that it mattered who we were enough as individuals but to satan he doesn't care who we are he doesn't he doesn't have any you know emotional attachment all he's doing is hurting god and to me this this is just a this is not a judgment of god this is we trust me when we see god's judgment there will be no questioning and our prayer obviously is that we don't see his judgment because we have we our sins have already been judged in the body of christ and so the judgment to come is is not for the people of god we we haven't we got out by virtue of jesus grace and kindness but uh this is just typical of the enemy he is a sneaky uh enemy or foe who seeks to steal kill and destroy and uh so he's this has been an effective tool but i think all it's done in the family of god has encouraged us to then just rise up and say no no no we're going to push back the gates of hell because greater is he that is in us than he that's in the world and we're going to continue to lift the name of jesus high and let all men be drawn to him so even though he he kind of shut down our touring um all he's done is is awakened the hornet's nest and we're going to come out strong trust me so i i i'm seeing uh in in churches all across the country that are still gathering um a hunger or connection or fellowship or getting out of the house and i think more importantly and in an eternal sense along the lines of what you're discussing seeing a lot of people wondering if there's anything left that they can rely on and the great news is yes there is but it's not something that's in washington it's not something that's in your state capital that's never going to be the reliable answer to all of life's issues that that so many people would like to think that it should be and instead we we know that we have a hope that's much greater that will never fail and and the last time i checked i don't think the creator needs news headlines or flashing news alerts or breaking news he kind of knew all this ahead of time it's a powerful humbling realization when you come all the way around to it that we're really not in charge of a whole lot you're exactly right brother and then the most important and only in only question that's going to matter in in the in the end is god speaking hey y'all or hey guy what did you do with jesus and that's it and so we we live in a wonderfully exciting time i know there's been a lot of challenges especially through this last year and it appears that you know there will continue to be some challenges moving forward as there have been you know jesus was born into the most tumultuous times in history uh and and he didn't come to set up a kingdom down here but the reality is he brought his kingdom to bear on this kingdom and that's who we are the people of god and his model prayer for us he said you know when you pray pray like this our father and i love that our father he's a caring kind wonderful father hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven and how's that accomplished through us his people with the spirit of the lord filling us and filling our mouths and teaching us and then abel enabling us to understand the love of the father that's unconditional and then saying now i want you to go freely you got freely you received freely you give that same message the same love the same patience the same grace the same mercy that was extended to you extend it to others and the kindness of god will draw men to repentance so that's what i'm about i was just thinking guy that that a number of our listeners who who may not be as familiar with your musical background might think that i brought a preacher onto the show today because many of the things that you're you're talking about now are part of the music ministry that you've been up engaged in for decades because it's the proclamation of truth um and as we as we kind of think about that side of your world you know father of a houseful husband of course of a wonderful woman who is we'll talk about this a little bit later but when you're on the road somebody's keeping things straight at home that's a difficult difficult assignment for sure and a grammy and dove award-winning artist who's now on the world of solo touring as as often as possible but obviously a lot of people came to know the name of guy penrod in conjunction with the gaither vocal band i'm interested in what led up to that because i remember seeing this tall western gun slinging looking guy on some other stages with some other groups before bill gaither came a calling can you walk us through kind of the early stages of when guy penrod figured out this singing thing might be around for a while in your world that's a good way to put it i don't know that i ever figured it out honestly um i'm that guy that god had to corner a lot you know he he kind of i i work well when i don't have any other options and uh so i grew up in west texas and new mexico um pardon me i singing came very naturally music came naturally so i kind of followed the path of least resistance and all the way through high school enjoyed choir and singing i wish it was a part of our kids opportunities in public school these days you know for the most part those programs have been done away with but uh i i was involved in all of that which led to the ability to go to university and and sing so i i have sung for my supper my whole life i mean literally i've the only job i've ever had essentially was uh well to be self-employed essentially until i got with the vocal band so music carried me and i found myself in nashville after having gotten married my wife and i both went to liberty university in lynchburg virginia i graduate her dad made me promise that i would graduate university before we got married and so she had finished her sophomore year and i graduated uh the morning of may 6 1985 at 10 a.m and i've kept my promise and we got married at 8 p.m on the same day so i didn't let any grass grow under my feet and stand the chance of losing that that beautiful woman and thank god it's 35 years later almost 36 where or is it 36. you got to get this one you better get this one right i tell you it's bad when you have to count it'll be 36 then this may uh so then we we moved to nashville and i started to chase my my well the path of least resistance honestly um and was able to get into the studio line of work so i was singing backgrounds on on records and projects different things that that you know studio musicians are used for and uh did that for many years in nashville and uh sang on different tours and and tv shows the grand ole opry things that were on in the days when tnn was on and had a wonderful opportunity to be exposed to some wonderful people great music and it was in that time frame that bill gaither who tended to keep his finger on the pulse you know if whatever might be going on musically because he has been such a uh and uh i guess an innovator he's discovered or if if you could use that term brought to the forefront so many different artists in his day you mentioned lauren l you mentioned uh david phelps so many steve green sandy patty you know the list is long and so he he had had need of uh someone for the vocal band and called one of the people that i had worked with for the last 10 years in nashville and said do you know of anyone and she mentioned my name so we uh we had met earlier along the way as you do in the music industry and i tried out for the group you know it was in those days when you go i really wasn't looking for a job it wasn't that kind of thing the lord just brought things like like that you know and it was just the timing of the lord for me what is what is that audition like i you know there are there are some um musical talent musical artists that i hold in such high esteem some of them like i'm a trumpet player so the canadian brass i've always wondered what it would be like to attend the audition and see who gets turned away because i can't imagine how good you have to be when you're auditioning for the premier group in southern gospel music what do you have to do in the audition that's that's uh it is quite exacting in some ways but when you know when you are when you grow up in music and with music there are a lot of things that you've just been doing naturally for a long time and so there was need for harmonizing obviously it's a quartet so we needed to uh to harmonize um and when you put mark lowry in the middle of an audition you know all bets are off so there's no telling what'll take place then but uh it's great bill sits down at the keyboard you know and and and he'll be the first to admit he's not you know the most accomplished keyboard player but he starts playing in a lot of the different uh songs that he's written of the vocal band works on or you know just standard type seven songs that that he's familiar with and he says hey take this verse sing this verse and so you better be like my dad used to say instant in season and out of season so uh you just ready you know on on the mark and start singing start harmonizing and uh a lot of it is is that there has to be a certain level of expertise although i've been a part of several uh vocal band tryouts then through all the years and you're right i mean the difference is a dime you know it there's not a hairs difference in the talent level uh it's a matter of where they may be in life where you're at in life um and and what your your heart's call is and whether you resonate one with with one another uh frankly whether you get along or not um there's a lot of that that goes into it and it just it came together beautifully i will say bill is not the quickest to make a decision so it took a couple months of of uh i won't say him and haun but that's kind of a good way to put it just kind of you know it's like buying a new car you grab the door handle and you shake it around a while and then you leave and you come back and you leave and you come back so through that process i think we we all decided you know this is a this is a pretty good fit let's see let's try it on for size and see if it works because wow and how many years later was it still a good fit how many years did you did you have with the vocal band yeah i had 14 years yeah so in i guess in the vocal bands history books it may be different now because i was actually around and auditioned west hampton who is currently the first tenor in the group and that i'm trying to remember what year wes may out outlast me in there as far as longest consecutive mark may have me on joining and quitting and joining and quitting and joining and quitting peacefully well you know guy i i like to to view these things from a real big picture standpoint and i'm thinking of that moment in the audition where you're doing your best you're wondering what's going to come of it then you're in this couple months worth of waiting to see if anything came of it or was that all the dream that i actually do this and and what's what's going to be the decision fast forward to us talking now and i in between those events i'm thinking of things like billy graham crusade performances i'm thinking of being in jerusalem at the wall i'm thinking of kennedy center right after 9 11 and all was there ever a time when uh maybe the moments before a concert maybe during a concert where you looked around and just thought how on earth did all of this happen well i i love that question um that's a lot of thought and you obviously have have been with us through those things or otherwise that stuff wouldn't come to your mind but it is the answer is yes i have had that thought many many times how did all this come about um in the moment i have to be you know i have to say i i you you don't if i were to focus on the reality of what i'm doing and where i'm at you know the kennedy center my goodness i mean the best of the best of anybody at any level in any form of art have been on that stage or or influencers all through since it was constructed and and so much important stuff that went on on that stage and platform if i were to stop and think about it i don't i think i'd forget all my lyrics and and just stand there you know looking into the camera with a blank look on my face so you get tunnel vision i think god gives you that kind of thing he gives you what you need in the moment that you need it that's the holy spirit's really cool like that you can flow in real time so you do the prep work to the best your ability it's really not enough and no you're really not good enough you're not capable you you are it's in his in his in our weaknesses he is he shows himself strong so i choose to to downplay my role a lot i just i like all those who poured into me teaching me that that you are a vessel so allow the spirit of the lord to fill you and then you become important you know you you are important by virtue of the fact that you're created in the image of god but then when you come into his family you know it is let me decrease in him increase and it's that sense of like bill used to say it this way this stage is full of egos but they've got to go through the mill of sanctification to some degree in order for for me to stand them up here so it's it's a weighty he he dealt with a weighty responsibility because you got so much different talent on the stage and and to do that you have to have a certain amount of belief in what one might say yourself or your gift enough to get out there and go yeah y'all listen to me you know the and and yet it can't be wrapped up in in ourselves or our pride our our own our thinking being yeah i got this which i see a lot on stages these days and it's sad because there there are so many kids and younger younger generation that looks at the camera almost mainly like yeah yeah you take that yeah and i i just uh uh what we've got to to communicate what we have the privilege of carrying is the message of a true loving kind wonderful god but it's meekness it's strength under control and those are the kinds of things those the kind of intangibles that only the spirit of god can use us as vessels to communicate and i think that in those years bill he operated in that he gave license to the spirit of the lord to move in and amongst those people gathered he and we consecrated the space that we were in by prayer and being vocal about it and committing this atmosphere to the living god tonight and so holy spirit take our our insufficiencies and our giftings the things you have given us and use us in this night to communicate and as i look backward i can get a clearer picture of what was going on than i could even in the middle of it because you're doing it right and so very insightful question sorry i took a bit long to answer but i could go on and on obviously but it it it was it's truly an amazing uh chapter or many chapters in my life and i'm in fact i was just texting with bill two nights ago he and gloria were sitting at home watching oh he referred to the video week we did in louisville kentucky with signature sound and we called it together and it was a magical night it was just a wonderful wonderful night the crowd was fabulous the venue's beautiful we had a full orchestra behind us a guy named larry goss who is a world-class orchestrator was alive at the time he's now in heaven but he directed the orchestra it was just a wonderful night and and we had just watched it unbeknownst to bill about two weeks earlier it ran on television and my family all sat down we got kind of stuck you know flipping channels and hey there's dad and we all just i don't ever do that and i sat down i was like stink this is good this is a blast you know but we were in the middle of doing it so you don't and then you go into editing you go into piecing everything together and you just kind of go on and bill had that moment the night before last and we started texting he to me and then me responding and back and forth going and this was great you know and so i thank you for asking that because it it brings up you know the ability to to reminisce about talk about and be encouraged by it because it was special really was well guy as you talk about all of those moments and you think back on some of them uh realizing that because really of the vision of bill gaither these videos are living forever so you may have forgotten about something that you all of a sudden see on tv we're all watching those things as well and and singing along and we can even in some cases like right now if i go back and watch the kennedy center after 9 11 and you guys are seeing a few good men and they do the cutaways to the to the first responders the firefighters and the police officers it still makes me tear up um and i don't know how you bring the focus to the performance when those things are unfolding around and speaking of challenges to focus for performance you mentioned the name of mark lowery a moment ago listen i i get it i know that there are some things that happen on a nightly basis that are sort of scripted and it's funny for the crowd that night but you've already seen it 700 times and what but there had to be some times where he even threw off your rhythm you and david and russ and whoever else is up on the platform what kind of a wild card is this guy mark lowry well you use the right term he's a wild card i love it about mark i've known mark he was a couple years ahead of me in college so uh he wasn't in enrolled in school when i was in lynchburg virginia at liberty but he still lived in town and we got to know each other then so we had known each other long before i was in the vocal band and and i can say first of all mark is a very deep well it's wonderful to be with him because he he sees kind of through a different window and it's refreshing most of the time but he he brings a perspective that is just it's a blast you know he's wired for fun he's wired for um uh wit he's a quick wit you know he's he's and he's very pleasant he's a good man he's a pleasant individual to hang around you know he's he's fun to talk with and he's fun to to dream with and talk about the things of god with so those years were were real rich for us and you hit the nail on the head saying he's a wild card because on stage he might take a left turn when he was supposed to take a right turn and you know then you're just kind of holding on wondering where he's going to go especially with bill because you know he was bill's sidekick or vice versa you know at given times so uh it was a good a good example of the ability to find some things that really did work and script them uh knowing that you're gonna be in front of a different crowd every night and and why reinvent the wheel night after night um go ahead and and work with some of the things that that work and go ahead and script it but then you have to you have to deliver that stuff as though it's fresh so there's that challenge but then the reality that you can't marry yourself to a script you have to have the ability and talent and he does and build us to flow and go with something in the moment you know what i mean like even with me at a time i remember we were sitting in an arena in the quad cities at a a venue called the mark of the quad and it's it's the home of john deere tractors so the day as it passed we went and visited the main showroom we looked at big tractors all the new innovative things we looked at the history and had a blast because i love that kind of stuff so a bunch of buddies and i went and did that well we go to the concert that night and we're sitting in the round facing out at the arena and our cameras are on you know whole deal and bill was good about he would move around the stage and talk to people hand solos around you know just like you'd see the videos so this but this was live concert and so he comes over to me i sung a verse whatever we got done with the song he said wow this is great isn't it it is his farm country isn't it yeah yeah bill's fire company he goes you got a farm don't you i said yeah i got a farm he he says oh you got a barn i said yeah i got a barn you run some cows yeah we got cows horses wow you got a tractor yeah i got a tractor he said really cool what kind i said [Laughter] dude you would have thought i had insulted everyone's grandmother in that place they booed me i mean 12 14 people just booed me but as quick as that i grabbed bill's mic and i said but if you would pay me more i'd have a john deere and of course then everybody came back on board and loved you mark did that kind of stuff all the time just so it was a pleasure to to travel with him and all the guys you know the whole i call him cast but but everybody uh was just it we were we i i liked equating it to we were a body fit together well i pronounced the microcosm of what we as a church are you know yeah how tiring is it both both by the way from the aspect of you on the road and what's happening back home what's the what's the demand on a family for 300 nights a year or whatever the number was on the road because as you mentioned earlier there's a full house back home as well yeah it is quite demanding and you know we we did um have the benefit of a leader in the person of bill who had already been there before um because bear in mind let's see i joined the vocal band in 1994. the first video had been taped but it was it was not really out or barely out and was just starting to gain a little traction my first concert was in oakland california and it was in about a 2000 seat performing arts hall and there were there were about 1200 people there and that was my first concert so it was like that a little bit uh and then when the videos hit it it just you know started to mushroom um so that the demands were higher as the as the exposure was higher um but bill had already done an arena tour back in the 70s and early 80s with the trio the bill gaither trio which was bill gloria and danny gaither and it was in that setting that the vocal band was born and uh danny had vocal issues and some some medical issues and by that need gary mcspadden was brought into the trio well from that the vocal band was born with bill gary steve green who was a backup singer and uh oh goodness lee young who was also a backup singer along with sandy patty bill's band back in that day was white heart do you remember the group that was gary lon that was dan huff who played guitar dan has since become one of the biggest producers that's ever lived of music period all across across all genres um and gary being one of the most successful bass players in the history of the instrument and so the talent level on that stage was off the chain and that was in the early 80s and they were they were playing arenas we were going back and visiting the same arenas that bill and the guys had already been to so he had already found a lot of the potholes and knew what to protect us from and so we got the benefit of all of that experience and the commitment on his side to get us back home quickly to be at home as qui as much as possible before we had to leave when we were doing video shoots and such being very careful with with your time knowing that you're building a family you're trying to maintain a family so there's that aspect of helping us from that side the professional side and then god giving me the best wife in the history of wives so she uh raised our children while i was gone and then when i got back in you know i fit right back into the pieces those rolls didn't get all jumbled and confused i don't have any horror stories about you know that that time in life i'm just very thankful god has been very gracious and uh where because in our industry as in a lot of industries it's not a matter of are you going to have difficulties or are you going to hit a wall and and uh i don't know whether you mess up or you learn an experience through mistakes or whatever it's a matter of when and so what we're thankful for is the the power of god to keep and to hold and then to take our mistakes i live life pretty wide open in front of my kids we believe in transparency and while we do shut the bedroom door sometimes it's you it's usually an open door policy because i figure they're gonna they're gonna learn from our experiences and if they can see us go through them we don't hide them from them then when it comes time for them to deal with it they will at least have a reference to to look back at and they'll have to guess yeah and and those that thoughtfulness on the part of mr gaither realizing that if if people if artists are going to commit to the efforts then there better be some provision for reality reality is this is a difficult life it's a tough life to live to be on buses a lot set up tear down in one city the next night another just going non-stop and it was interesting guy just a moment or so ago you vividly remembered the first venue where you performed i'm wondering how well you remember your farewell concert with the vocal band and what kind of emotions were rolled into that well you know it's interesting because it was a it was a process of deciding you know i'm gonna i'm gonna tackle this by myself or on my own at this point it feels like the right time and it ends up being a combination of of many reasons you know that you make changes so we had a lot of energy going on here at the house there was a lot of decisions to be made and uh as you can well imagine with seven uh males and one female girl and then just the wife at home yeah there was a real need for there to be a father here yeah and so uh i was i was very focused on that reality and needed to be at the house i this is more important who i am is more important than what i do and my call is subject to the commitments i've already made and that one being to covet or covenant rather with my wife in marriage so i saw that as my highest call and that god would facilitate uh his call for me in that context and so um i couldn't actually tell you the exact concert it was uh in o nine is when i retired from the vocal band so it would have been the spring of 09 and honestly i already had stuff going on a solo side because this was you know mutual understanding and and those wheels were spinning so i had enough plates going that i i have a hard time telling you my phone number at the time you know one of those things but it was it was it was so it's both bittersweet you know when you make decisions like that because i miss the the camaraderie that you have on stage with those those individuals you're a unit you know and me and my band are a unit as well but it's a little different when it's it's all your four of you like this and you you move like this you ebb and flow but essentially it is this movement as a team so i miss that aspect but at the same time i can be nimble and and follow a specific uh line of thought or call if you will germaine to me and it does not have to consider you know these other gentlemen's calls as well and then come together laying down our individual individuality at some level and working as as one in unison so it's bittersweet in that regard which is one reason i'm so thankful the relationships are strong and and if there were you know as with the people of god there shouldn't be bitter parting there should be kind ongoings that continue to include those in our in your lives and i'm thankful for that way of of going well i love the reality that your venture into the solo world has been greatly blessed if i took the time to read through the accolades for your projects we would need another hour to talk together uh suffice it to say things things have gone very well we're talking about going platinum we're talking about number one hits we're talking about the gospel music hall of fame and your own television program and man oh man what an awesome time to continue in in exercising the gift that you've been given and to do it i don't want to say on your own terms because that's maybe sounds out of line a little bit but to do it in a way that you can also manage uh family and just kind of take it at your own pace that's got to be it's got to be a pretty good happy not a happy ending but a happy next chapter to the story of guy penrod so with the projects that are out there right now which one excites you the most which one would you like our audience to check out gosh you know it's like asking me to pick my favorite kid well you've got a few to choose from so don't do that yeah that's right it's hard to it's hard to do that they uh you know you make a record you cut a song because it stands on its own i i have never been a believer in filler songs you know i don't i don't like polishing a weed or you know trying to fix up a painting that's messed up by adding some kind of strokes to it so i've cut music and songs that i believe in individually so i just love all the records that i've made not because it was me who made them but because of the reasons that we we made them um the first record was a country record breed deep but from a biblical view for living life because i believe that we aren't christian musicians we are musicians who are christians followers of christ you know you're not a a christian broadcaster you're a broadcaster and you do it from from who you are you're a child of the most high god so it affects everything you do that's why we can't separate religion and politics you can religion in politics but i don't have religion i got born again that's a big difference i don't put it on and take it off i don't change it you can't you can't be unborn you get born you're in his family so now you do things from who you are so um look at there i got off track and i i got preaching again you've got so many projects out there i'm not surprised that they can kind of all come together in your mind and all of them by the way folks are available at guypenrod.com along with his tour dates and the opportunity if you have an event that you'd like guy to be a part of and you can get him off that mountaintop in tennessee he might just come and be a part of it um i got to tell you guys i am i'm thrilled that we had the chance to get to know you a bit i've admired you from afar and to be able to connect in this virtual way is really a blessing for me and i know it is for our audience as well so now i've i've really been diving into the reunion concerts the the vocal band reunions that stage full of so much talent and here's hoping that one of these days when we can all gather in large numbers again you come to this part of the world i definitely want to be there and say hi to you in person well thank you i i long for that day as well um we played van andel arena a whole lot up in grand rapids i'm not sure if that's the one that you would go to when we were there but uh i am sure that that that's in the back of bill's mind maybe in the front of his mind uh with a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel hopefully with this but um rest assured we are we're chomping at the bit to get back out there and lift up jesus in a musical setting again and until then we'll just continue to to move forward with the different things god's brought along our way well be safe and enjoy your time up on the mountain and by the way kudos if there's a house full of people i didn't hear anybody our entire conversation that's impressive well i thank you it they actually most of them have grown up gotten married or in college i've got two in college right now as well uh and so we only have two at home at now at this time zach my my seventh son and my daughter lacy 17 and 15 respectively and they're both homeschooled so they have been in this house doing uh homeschool and having zoom meetings uh while we've been on so i i will pass your compliments along thank you guy thank you so much lord bless you as we uh as we continue to all persevere through this pandemic and come out on the other side even stronger in our testimony amen bill i i second that and say a strong amen to it you your audience go in strength and peace and fear not greater is he that's in you than he that's in the world and he hath not nothing no weapon formed against you shall prosper so you believe it and receive it and thanks i look forward to our next conversation

Channel: The Big Impact

Views: 34,410

Rating: 4.9151192 out of 5

Keywords: inspiring, motivation, Faith, Gaither, music

Id: 6_i6Ne47dN4

Length: 46min 27sec (2787 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 23 2021