My faith has helped me keep me going because I feel like in my heart every day when I wake up that this is where God wants me.

So even if it's like super hard right now, I feel like those trials, I'm going through those for some reason.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast, many of us dream of making a difference in the world, even if it's just a small one.

But when it comes to action, it's easy to get overwhelmed just trying to find a place to start.

Number one, Billboard charting artists Lucas Hogue and Pastor Brian Tome, each have in their own way,

taken ministry into a new direction to reach people that might not have been reached before.

First up is musician Lucas Hogue.

Growing up in a tiny country church, Lucas was integrated in both music and faith from a very young age,

and he's enjoyed a career traveling the world with a guitar as his passport.

While on tour, Lucas was tired of not being able to get home to church as were many of his bandmates.

Thus, the idea for Sunday sessions was born, and after deciding to post these songs on social media,

Lucas has been able to inspire millions with his covers of old hymns that bring hope into our dark world.

I'm Lucas Hogue, I'm a country artist here in Nashville, Tennessee, originally from a small town in Nebraska.

I've been here writing songs, recording, touring all over the world for quite a number of years now,

and still love it to this day.

Well, growing up in that super small town, I mean, it was a population of 44,

and it was a little farm town right on the Kansas, Nebraska line called Hubble, Nebraska.

And my folks still live there on a small little farm, and it was just a fantastic place to grow up.

Honestly, everybody, everybody was in your business, and you were in everybody's business,

and you know, I felt like all the families around helped raise us, you know,

because we were always out, running around, hanging out with friends,

driving our bikes up and down, the older roads just to get to our neighbor's house, right?

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