Hey, I'm Abigail Thompson from Itasca, Texas, and I'm a firefighter, EMT, and marketer.

I love listening to Compelled because it encourages me to focus on the bigger picture that God has for our lives and to be reminded again and again

that our God is faithful and he's for us.

I hope you enjoy today's episode.

I'm Paul Hastings and you're listening to Compelled, a podcast with unique stories from

the kingdom of God told by the people

compelled to live for him. Last week, our guest was Atticus Carr, a young man who grew up

going to church in the Texas Hill country, but who eventually devoted himself to Hindu mysticism

and New Age philosophy. But then one night, for inexplicable reasons, he began reading the Bible, which opened

his eyes to the truth.

You can hear that entire story by tuning in to last week's episode with Atticus Car.

Today's episode is a little bit different than our usual show, because we're going to

air one of our exclusive behind-the-scenes episodes which are

normally reserved only for our paying monthly members. Normally when I sit down with a guest,

we'll have a conversation that's usually around two hours long, and it's probably longer

than what most of you would like to listen to, which is why we added our regular episodes down

to 45 minutes, and then of course we add narration,

background music, sound effects, and all the other things that make compelled a fun show to

listen to. But that also means there's a ton of great material that we end up trimming out,

stories, insights, teaching, and more that we normally have to make the hard decision to leave out due to time

constraints. But our behind-the-scenes episodes include all of that material. We still do some

slight editing to remove interruptions or bathroom breaks, but for the most part, it's pretty

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