Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Have you ever been in the middle of a situation and wondered, who in the world is in charge

here? We live in the middle of a fallen world where things don't operate as they should, and

we want to know why.

In today's episode, we'll begin a series called, May I speak to the manager please?

In this rebroadcast of an old radio series, Paul Tripp teaches that even though life

is out of our control, it is under the wise

control of the world's best manager. If you've been enjoying the Paul Tripp podcast, would you consider

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Now, here's Paul.

It was about as frustrating as an evening could be.

It seemed like a simple plan, not really rocket science at all.

We would have a simple meal at a huge Mexican restaurant where there would be plenty of room for a family of six.

We could all taste the nachos, the enchiladas, the burritos.

I opened the restaurant door for my family, only to be greeted by 22 million other families with the exact same idea. I bumped, pressed, squeezed, and excused my way to the hostess

desk to ask how long, only to be told that for a party of six, the weight would be approximately

an hour and a half. I wasn't brave enough to sign my ravenous family of for such a long

weight without consulting with them first. So I pressed back through the crowd. After what seemed to be

an excessively long negotiation, I pressed back through the crowd again and signed us up. There was a mall nearby

where we could kill the time. And half later, we were back at the restaurant only to discover that

the crowd had not dissipated as we hoped. After two hours from the moment I was first at the

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