Wherever God Leads, I’m Going: Travis Tritt & Tom Phillips
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 19 August 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Finding our way in life can be challenging, overwhelming, and discouraging. The path may seem clear at times, and then others, we feel pushed in a direction that may not feel comfortable or familiar. The only thing that we can trust is that God will show us the way and we must step out in faith to find our purpose. Travis Tritt, a wildly popular 90’s country star, thought he had his life mapped out in his hometown of Marietta, Georgia, managing the family air conditioning business. Tom Phillips, a pastor who worked with the Billy Graham Association as a crusade director, studied medicine in college. Both men were led to follow dreams that seemed out of reach, but God had their futures in mind the whole time.
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Interview Quotes:
“I grew up with the understanding of what God meant to my family's life, to my life. We had Bible study on a regular basis. And it was just a great place to sort of build your foundation for the rest of your life.” - Travis Tritt
“Even though there were times when I strayed away from [faith], it was always something that was in the back of my mind, in the back of my heart.” Travis Tritt
“I'm one of those people that can look back and say, honestly, my dreams have more than come true.” - Travis Tritt
“I am a big believer in counting your blessings. So my prayers start off each night with thanking God for all the blessings.” - Travis Tritt
“I believe now we are in the early phases of the latter rain in America that will cause the greatest fruit that's ever been borne by the church of this nation.” - Dr. Tom Phillips
“It was like a light bulb for destiny came on in my heart and my life. And I surrendered to whatever God wanted me to do. And I made a deal with Him though, I didn't want to give up medicine, so I’d surrender to medical missions. And He said, ‘That's not what I asked you to do. I didn't ask you to surrender half yourself. I asked you to surrender your whole self.’” - Dr. Tom Phillips
“The church is here to change the culture. The word of God is here to change the culture and make us more like the Creator.” - Dr. Tom Phillips
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| 0:00.0 | The power of prayer is extremely strong. I believe in it 100%. I know what it's |
| 0:07.2 | capable of. I know what God's capable of. And if we bring those things to him in |
| 0:13.2 | prayer, he will not leave us and he will not forsake us. |
| 0:18.4 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. Finding our way in life can be challenging, |
| 0:22.4 | overwhelming, and discouraging. The path may seem clear at times and then |
| 0:26.4 | others, we feel pushed in a direction that may not feel comfortable or familiar. |
| 0:30.3 | The only thing that we can trust is that God will show us the way and we must |
| 0:34.4 | up out in faith to find our purpose. Travis Trip, a wildly popular 90s |
| 0:38.7 | country star, thought he had his life mapped out in his hometown of Marietta |
| 0:42.2 | Georgia, managing the family air conditioning business. Tom Phillips, a pastor who |
| 0:47.1 | worked with the Billy Graham Association as a crusade director, study medicine |
| 0:50.8 | in college. Both men were led to follow dreams that seemed out of reach, but God |
| 0:55.7 | had their futures in mind the whole time. We'll start with Travis's story. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm Travis Trip. I am a country music singer, songwriter, entertainer, musician. |
| 1:12.4 | I was born and raised in Marietta, Georgia, where I still live. I am a happily |
| 1:19.4 | married for 24 years, been with my wife 27, father of three, and just |
| 1:32.3 | extremely, extremely happy to be doing what I do for a living. |
| 1:38.7 | Growing up in Marietta, Georgia, it was a great place to grow up. Back in those |
| 1:43.6 | days, it was small town USA. For example, we lived on a road where a house was. |
| 1:51.4 | That was about three miles long, and there were four houses on the whole road. |
| 1:56.2 | So if you sat on your front porch and you had, you knew you had company coming |
| 2:00.6 | over. If you heard a car coming, that's definitely going to be your company, |
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