You are listening to the Passion City Church DC podcast. To learn more about Passion City Church, including our gathering times in Atlanta in Washington, D.C.

Visit us online at Passion City Church.com.

Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.

Well, if you want to make your trip to the zoo more memorable I would recommend going

at the end of the day around feeding time and to go dressed from head to toe in all burlap.

I did this once many years ago in Houston,

I was dressed as a shepherd.

The details of why don't really matter,

but what happened was I realized when you show up covered in burlap animals think you look like a big living feed bag and it has an impact.

And so it was fascinating. I walked past the donkeys and they would run

alongside next to me bucking. The giraffes were trying to lean over to nibble on me.

I went into the petting zoo and as soon as I walked in the sheep and goats

separated. The sheep ran as far away as possible and the goats surrounded me.

And I was like this feels biblical but I feel like I'm on the wrong side of this.

Like, it was just a fascinating thing.

And yet here's the crazy thing.

That was not the most memorable thing that happened that day.

Because I did that, but then right before the zoo closed,

a lion jumped up on this rock and let out a loud roar.

And as soon as he did that, the tiger that was in the cage next door just

started pacing. But not like I'm bored pacing, more like a, that's what's up man, I'm

feeling that kind of pacing like, okay, okay, you feeling this because I'm feeling it and he starts

...