Following Christ Toward Your Unique Calling: Anthony Evans & Jenny + Tyler
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 8 August 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
When God created our world, the first thing He said was, “Let there be light.” And since then, the people of God have been beating back the darkness by shining His glorious light. This week, three music artists—Anthony Evans and duo Jenny & Tyler—tell us how they came to the realization of their calling, and why it’s so meaningful to them to spread Christ’s light to others.
Links, Products and Resources Mentioned:
Unexpected Places book
Press Release: Anthony Evans as ‘Beast’ in Beauty & the Beast Live Tour
JC Interview with Another Artist Spreading God’s Light: Ellie Holcomb
Official Music Video: Waters Roll
Interview Quotes:
“I have never tried to take on the identity of my parents or siblings, because I know that God has created me with a very unique build, and [it’s] the same thing with you.” - Anthony Evans
“I believe that my faith and my abilities were not just built for inside of the four walls of a church.” - Anthony Evans
“I'm always challenged to make sure I'm not compromising my faith in order to connect.” - Anthony Evans
“I define success by, Am I at peace internally? Because you can't go out and write a check for peace after you do the biggest thing in the world.” - Anthony Evans
“I have people in my life here in LA, in Hollywood who don't know church, but [Jesus Calling] has impacted their life.” - Anthony Evans
“When you step boldly into the unknown, God is always faithful to light up the next step.” - Anthony Evans
“When we know that we have been crucified with Christ and it's no longer us who live but Him who lives in us, it's a lot easier to live beyond our circumstances and live in hope and in victory.” - Tyler Summers
“I think we'll never get past that message of ‘Abide in Me.’” - Tyler Summers
“It's so easy to hide behind the artist facade, or to look at ourselves as artists instead of as children of God who are loved deeply.” - Tyler Summers
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| 0:00.0 | There's a lot of times in your life where you don't necessarily want to do something, but there is a plan and a purpose behind it, and a lot of times your feelings will catch up with your feet when you just move into action. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Today's guests are musicians who know the importance of having strong spiritual influences |
| 0:19.4 | in their lives from an early age, and what it means to continue that legacy of bringing light into the world, |
| 0:26.0 | singer and author Anthony Evans, and Christian singer-songwriting duo Jenny and Tyler. |
| 0:32.1 | Growing up is the son of Pastor Tony Evans, Anthony Evans struggled to find a place where |
| 0:37.1 | he could be uniquely used by God. |
| 0:39.8 | Today he shares how encouragement from his parents gave him the freedom to pursue his own calling |
| 0:44.5 | by navigating his way through Hollywood as a person of faith, and how he's passing on his dad's |
| 0:49.2 | encouragement of being yourself to readers of his new book, |
| 0:52.7 | Unexpected Places. |
| 0:55.0 | Hey there, my name's Anthony Evans. |
| 0:56.8 | I am originally from Dallas, Texas, |
| 0:58.6 | but right now I live in Los Angeles, California, |
| 1:01.7 | and I'm a worship leader and an author now which is crazy and |
| 1:06.4 | I also have the unique opportunity here in LA to work in TV and film and in the |
| 1:11.6 | music industry. |
| 1:13.3 | I come from a very unique and amazing family. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm so grateful for them. |
| 1:18.2 | I do not take it for granted that I have two amazing parents. |
| 1:21.3 | Dr. Tony Evans, Dr. Evans, are my mom and dad. |
| 1:24.0 | He started a church, oh man, like 45 years ago at this point, |
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