So great today to be on the Passion and Purpose podcast, and I am hosting on the Passion and Purpose podcast, the, I don't know, the queen of all podcasts,

the podcaster of podcasters today and Trailblazer for everybody who's doing what we're doing right this minute.

And that's Annie Downs, who is a dear friend and an incredible force in the kingdom of God coming to us from Nashville, Tennessee today.

Annie, I could not be happier to have you on this podcast.

And I know you don't want to hear any of this, but I was just reading up on some of the things that stack up in life, like over a million books sold, maybe more than that.

I don't know. A hundred million downloads of a podcast and i'm like wow what an incredible gift to see god you know take the

the five loaves and the and the fish and um to multiply them in ways that you just stand back and go, wow, God, you are

incredible. Well, I will double down on that and say, that is, that has happened to a girl

who has notes in the back of the Bible. I read every day from Louis Giglio at 722 in 2001 or something, 1999.

So all that I get to all those crowns I get to lay down, but also you're going to get to

lay them down because there are actually people like you who led me here, you know, led me

and opened doors for us.

So I'm really thankful for the Bible teaching you've done for so long,

Pastor Louis, that has directly affected everyone, every one of those 100,000, 100 million podcast

downloads. So thank you. Oh, my goodness. Wow. I wish I had my Bible to show you. I've got your

name in the back. I think it's 1999, Louis. Wow. That wish I had my Bible to show you. I've got your name in the back. I think it's

1999, Louis. Wow. That is crazy thinking about it. I was telling someone that I worked beside the other

day was when I got to know Max Lucato. This is maybe 15 years ago. We were spending a lot more

regular time around each other doing these events that we were doing around the country.

And I ask him all the time because I was just trying to get under his skin.

I would be like, Max, how many books have you sold?

And he would be, well, Louis, I've sold a lot.

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