Page 172: Caleb, Jordan and Josh Ward: Walking By Faith, Wanting to Quit, and the Legacy that Lead to Consumed By Fire
The Unfolding
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
When Caleb, Jordan, and Josh Ward formed the band "Consumed By Fire" in 2006, they were just 13, 16, and 21 years old. They hit the road with a heart to serve and tell people about the hope of Jesus through music. For years they played and traveled, mostly for small crowds and little pay. They were living and working by faith- A way of life they had watched their parents model in a powerful way. But it's tough to live a life of ministry on the road and they were burning out. So despite a clear call from God, after 13 years of hard work, they made the decision to quit. That's when God gave them a song called "First Things First" that changed everything.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 172 of the unfolding is the story of Caleb, Jordan, and Josh Ward. |
| 0:06.4 | When God gives you a vision, when he gives you a dream, don't ever think that because your |
| 0:10.5 | resources aren't enough to make them happen, that it's not of God. |
| 0:13.8 | Most of the time, it's the opposite. |
| 0:15.8 | When you have to depend on him, when you know there's no other way, you know you've probably |
| 0:19.9 | got something God told you to do. |
| 0:22.5 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:25.9 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:29.0 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:35.3 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:38.1 | Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:49.2 | Boy, we love a good overnight success story, don't we? |
| 0:52.8 | If you've read Malcolm Gladwell's book, |
| 0:54.5 | Outliers, then you know about the 10,000-hour rule. It basically says that there are no true |
| 1:00.1 | overnight successes. Almost always, there's a backstory of practicing a skill over and over for |
| 1:06.6 | thousands of hours. The ones who are successful are the ones who just don't quit. The brothers |
| 1:12.9 | who make up consumed by fire, Caleb, Jordan, and Josh Ward, they first started playing |
| 1:18.1 | together professionally 17 years ago in Oklahoma. They hit the road with a heart to serve and through |
| 1:23.9 | music tell people about hope in Jesus. For years, they played and traveled, mostly for |
| 1:30.1 | small crowds and small pay. They were living and working by faith, a way of life that they'd |
| 1:36.4 | watched their parents' model in a really powerful way. But it is tough to keep going, and they |
| 1:41.6 | were burning out. So despite a clear call from God, they made the |
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