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How the Gospel Pulls Us Travis Thisl Tyler Ep 183

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Born four days apart in 1977, Travis (aka “Thi’sl”) and I didn’t choose where or to whom we were born. But God did. And He placed us in very different homes and stories. Yet the gospel intersected both of our lives, pulled us forward and continues to pull us.

Granted, Travis’ transformation is a lil more interesting and dramatic than mine. But we both were sinners in need of a Savior. And around our 40th birthdays, our paths crossed with an invitation for a trip to Israel.

After hearing bits & pieces of Travis’ story while on our trip and then hearing him perform and share his testimony at a concert. . .I knew I had to share “Thi’sl” with y’all.

In this episode you’ll gain hope for any loved one or situation you think is “too far gone” for God to redeem. You’ll be reminded that God is in the business of rescuing and making things right. And that God fights for you (which ironically my pastor reminded us of yesterday). You can drop your weapons of control. You can surrender your way and follow God’s way. And believe God is for you and He CAN free you (spoiler alert: just like how He actually freed Travis from prison!!).

(Here’s a little pic with some of my fam and me visiting Thi’sl before his concert)

At the end of the interview Travis shares 3 questions he answers in his book, “Against All Odds”:

What is my identity. What am I living for? Am I too far gone for God to use me?

Here are his answers:

You’re not too far gone. God created you for a purpose. God made you in His image.

Boom.

Connect with Thi’sl: Links Mentioned:

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey y'all welcome back to the God Center Mom Podcast with me Heather McVanian.

0:15.0

In this episode, episode 183, I'll be chatting with my friend Travis Tyler.

0:20.6

He's also known as the artist, Vizel.

0:23.2

Now how did I get to know Vizel while he was part of that group I traveled with to Israel

0:27.4

back in March?

0:28.4

Because during our trip, I heard bits and pieces of his story.

0:32.7

And afterward I attended one of his concerts here in Dallas and heard a bit of his testimony.

0:38.2

I knew I needed to share his redemption story with y'all.

0:44.3

So I know for a fact people saw me years ago and felt like there was no hope for me like

0:50.8

that I would never be anything and they definitely didn't think that I would be a person

0:57.6

that's speaking the way that I'm doing now and living the life that I'm living right

1:02.0

now because at the end of the day, even with my own children now, you teach them, like

1:10.6

show them the way and pray that the gospel breaks their heart.

1:16.4

That's all that we could do but definitely have hope in knowing that if you are dealing

1:21.7

with a child or a grandchild of somebody that feels like they're too far and there's

1:25.1

no hope and there's nothing.

1:27.7

Don't don't never think that.

1:29.4

Like, yeah, keep believing to the very end that the gospel can pull me in from the worst

1:36.1

places in the world and continue to pull us.

1:40.7

Neither Travis nor I chose what situations we were born into.

1:45.2

But we were born four days apart in the same year.

1:49.6

He grew up in the inner city of St. Louis to his single mom.

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