Identifying lies and taking thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ as it

says in Corinthians. The key to that is knowing the truth and we don't win by

fighting against the lies. We win by clinging to the truth and walking in it.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. You may have heard the Bible verse from

John 8.32 that says, if we know the truth, the truth shall set us free.

However, so many of us are vulnerable to lies we hear from others or even tell

ourselves about who we are, about who others are, and about how we should be in the

world. Our guests today encourage us to how we can overcome lies by walking in

truth and embracing who were meant to be in God's eyes. We're speaking with

pastor of Passion City Church, Louis Gaglio, and author and speaker Diana Butler Bass.

First up, let's hear from Louis Gaglio. Hi everyone, I'm Louis Gaglio, I live in

Atlanta, Georgia with my wife Shelley, and I am the pastor of Passion City Church

located in Atlanta in Washington, D.C. and I give leadership to the Passion

Movement we are gathering. This generation of 18 to 25 year olds for the glory of God.

So I wanted to follow God, but I had no clue what that was going to look like.

Coming out of high school, it was more likely if you asked me what I was going to do in life

that I was going to play professional tennis all my life. I was giving most of my daytime hours

when I wasn't in school to playing tennis and went to college thinking I was going to go and play

at Georgia State University, but all that changed my freshman year. Didn't make the tennis team,

God radically called me into ministry. This is back in the days, so I didn't really know what that

meant. There were about six slots you could go into, a pastor, associate pastor, youth pastor,

missionary evangelist, and so I didn't really know what that meant. I just knew without a shadow

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