This Stuff Matters with Tom Gray

Episode 63: People and Peoples

Feel like quitting or running away today? The circumstances seem insurmountable? Not worth continuing to push on? DON’T QUIT! Stay. Persevere. There are so many benefits practically and even supernaturally to staying in what we’ve committed to that’s good and staying active in pursuing what we’ve been working toward that’s good. Hey, the feelings and temptations nudging us to want to quit are strong and universal to all of us – let today’s episode be a source of strength for you, encouraging you to keep going – pay the price of perseverance today so you don’t pay the higher price of the opportunity cost of quitting.

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The goal of today’s episode is to help you take your unexpected trials and tragedies and 1) put them in the right perspective, 2) avoid being completely defeated by them, and 3) even thrive in spite of them.

We must know, remember and regularly remind ourselves about unexpected trials and tragedies:

1. We’re not immune to them

2. We’re not defined by them

3. We’re not going to have to endure them forever

4. We’re not alone in them

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Jesus said, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:10-12

We’re very excited to introduce you to Joshua Youssef, the CEO of Help The Persecuted. Here is a link to the organization’s website. We hope you will connect with them and perhaps become a part of helping with their critical mission.

https://htp.org/

As always, please download and share the episode with anyone you think will benefit from it. Hit me up with questions or thoughts – email me at [email protected] or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774.

Part 1 of our interview with Joshua Youssef

Jesus said, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:10-12

We’re very excited to introduce you to Joshua Youssef, the CEO of Help The Persecuted. Here is a link to the organization’s website. We hope you will connect with them and perhaps become a part of helping with their critical mission.

https://htp.org/

As always, please download and share the episode with anyone you think will benefit from it. Hit me up with questions or thoughts – email me at [email protected] or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774.

Meet Fran Mann, Jr. – a husband, an executive at Aflac, a backwoods bush pilot, a motocross racer, and a man battling cancer.

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As always, please download and share the episode with anyone you think will benefit from it. Hit me up with questions or thoughts – email me at [email protected] or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774.

Part 1 of our interview with Frank Mann, Jr.

Meet Fran Mann, Jr. – a husband, an executive at Aflac, a backwoods bush pilot, a motocross racer, and a man battling cancer.

Send me an email (below) if you’d like to subscribe to Frank’s daily text message devotionals.

As always, please download and share the episode with anyone you think will benefit from it. Hit me up with questions or thoughts – email me at [email protected] or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774.

Anxiety disorders have risen 20% in the last four years in the U.S. Today, we want to hit one significant root cause of many manifestations of anxiety and discouragement.

Proverbs 29:25 says, “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.”

Getting into a saving, life-altering personal relationship with God is where stability and strength are found: https://www.thisstuffmatters.net/how-to-have-peace-with-god

Then, accepting what God says about who we are and what makes us valuable is the antidote to the treacherous quicksand of living for the opinions of any human(s): https://kenboa.org/spiritual-formation/who-does-god-say-i-am/

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As we navigate through life, we inevitably encounter trials and tribulations that can take a toll on our mental health. It's a reality that more and more adults are grappling with depression and anxiety. In this episode, Tom explores the purpose and story of each individual and how it fits into their life, as well as the bigger life story happening all around us.

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Dr. Gordon Pritz, a now-retired, forty-year public educator, has been married for 46 years to wife, Ginny. He is the fourth of five boys in his family. He and Ginny have raised four boys to manhood, and are now proudly investing in the lives of their four grandchildren.

An athlete, teacher, coach, and administrator, Gordon has impacted countless lives over the course of his life and continues to do so to this day. He has coached eight teams (Wheeler and McEachern) to wrestling state championships in Georgia. In 2003 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

He finished his full-time professional career as the Superintendent of Schools of the Douglas County school system in Georgia.

As always, please download and share the episode with anyone you think will benefit from it. Hit me up with questions or thoughts – email me at [email protected] or text/voice message me at 678-453-6774.