They called me and I'll never forget what the nurse said.

She said, your friend blew a.42.

And I'll never forget the next word.

She said, we've had people expire with lower numbers than that.

This was probably one of the first times where the good Lord said that I can really remember or cared to remember.

I wouldn't do that if I was you.

As excruciating as it was, I wouldn't change one detail of our story.

The sleepless nights towards the end, the scary moments, I'm sitting in your driveway,

sobbing, saying I can't watch you kill yourself like this.

I wouldn't change one detail.

What's up, everybody?

Welcome to the Leaders Cut.

And today's episode is going to be, I promise you, one of the most memorable episodes that we have ever done.

Because we have one of my closest friends on planet Earth, a story that from time to time I tell from the pulpit.

But I've actually never told the story on the leader's cut.

And so we're getting to sit down with someone who's like a

big brother to me has been in my life for what 20 how 27 years at least 28 i think you were 19

maybe when i met you yeah so i mean 28 28 years yeah this is one of my best friends pat

collins you're going to hear his story and i i pray I mean 28, 28 years. This is one of my best friends, Pat Collins.

You're gonna hear his story.

And I pray that something goes off like a bomb in your heart towards someone in your life,

just like Pat has been in my life, because God is on the move and he is going after the people in our lives that seem almost impossible to be reached.

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