Rick Green: 0:03
Welcome to the WallBuilders Show. I'm Rick Green, America's Constitution Coach, normally here with David and Tim Barton, David's America's Premier Historian, and Tim Barton, of course, a national speaker, pastor and president of WallBuilders. I'm going to make this real quick because we're jumping right back into where we left off yesterday. This is Tim Brooks speaking at the Pro Family Legislators Conference.

Tim Brooks: 0:26
Ladies and gentlemen, we're just so much in time. Every fault we have is time limited and we've got to know we serve and we follow and we are being obedient to a God who is in the realm of eternity and he is doing a work. God is at work, fulfilling, accomplishing his plan, and you are a small part of it. Whether it ever makes sense to you or not, he sees the beginning from the end. You and I are in the midst of being used by God and sometimes we can't put this puzzle together. David, cheryl Terry and I walk a grassy area where the very first place right in that spot where the very first place the pilgrims and the Indians celebrated their first Thanksgiving. And as we were standing there and I just lost sight of everything and I could see the Indians and I could see the pilgrims all in that grassy spot and I could see the pilgrims trying to celebrate and from that spot I could see up on the hill where their loved one was buried, because they had frozen to death. They had no idea of what they were putting in motion. They could have no idea that future presidents, that a future Congress would declare this as a national holiday for us to give thanks to God. If you haven't looked in the dictionary, look in the dictionary. The word Thanksgiving, the definition, is a national holiday for us to give thanks to God. I encourage you, I encourage you, as you get ready to eat, to stop with your family, your friends, your neighbors, whoever's there, and read the dictionary definition about what we're doing here. It's not about football. It's not about family coming over to my house and eating. It's not about all the work that I had to do to get ready for all these family members that I didn't really like to come over here and eat way too much of my food and take leftovers home with them and I'm back broken up again. It's not about none of that. That's what we do. That's what my family does as they descend on us, but it's all about giving thanks to God. And here we are. Pilgrims that first year looking at the graves of their loved ones had no idea of what I, standing in that field, was the beneficiary of this nation that I was living. The four of us went to Boston. We're starting to be in the building that John Adams talked about the fact we can't continue with this kind of taxation. We can't continue with this kind of demands on us and we stood on the bank of the Boston Tea Party. It was no party. Here you bring the chips, I'll bring a leader of Dr Pepper. They laid their life on the line, surely to die for what? They just walked on that ship and did. They knew it, everybody else knew it. Well, no party. Very solemn, solemn occasion, as they laid their life down for you and I, having no idea of who we even were. They couldn't see. They couldn't see. Those men could not possibly see, 403 years later, that my wife and I have raised our family free to worship, free to work, free to bear arms, free to live. Those people that did that couldn't possibly see what they were putting in motion. That now I am enjoying, and as I stood there, fighting back the tears of gratitude for those who did for me what they could not even see they were doing for me. They did. All I could think about was those of you in this room doing for another generation which you can't see, but they're going to be grateful for the family values that you stood for, in a time that all hell was breaking loose and things were crumbling around us, but you stood at standing time. The four of us stood right there where the Boston Massacre took place. I stood, I put my feet right on the marker there. I lost awareness of everybody around me because all I could see was a circle of British soldiers standing there and they fired into the crowd. And standing right beside me, a young boy fell. Standing right beside me, another man fell and I could see a mom running and screaming. I could see a wife running and screaming and falling down on the ground. God, where are you, god? Why is this happening? God, why did you do this? We went to Paul Revere's house, the very hands he lived in. We drove the ride that he made. We went to churches where pastors prepared their congregations for what was facing them, and we stood on the bridge where pilgrims and the British on either side, the colonists, the soldiers on either side of that bridge, and I heard the shot. It was heard around the world and I saw where bodies fell.

Rick Green: 7:05
Quick break, everybody. We'll be right back. You're listening to the WallBuilders Show.

Tim Barton: 7:13
Hi, friends, this is Tim Barton of WallBuilders. This is a time when most Americans don't know much about American history, or even heroes of the faith, and I know oftentimes for parents we're trying to find good content for our kids to read. If you remember back to the Bible, the book of Hebrews, it has the faith hall of fame where they outlined the leaders of faith that had gone before them. This is something that, as Americans, we really want to go back and outline some of these heroes, not just of American history, but heroes of Christianity and our faith as well. I want to let you know about some biographical sketches we have available on our website. One is called the Courageous Leaders Collection and this collection includes people like Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Francis Scott Key, George Washington Carver, Susanna Wesley, even the Wright brothers, and there's a second collection called Heroes of History. This collection you'll read about people like Benjamin Franklin or Christopher Columbus, Daniel Boone, George Washington, Harriet Tubman, friends the list goes on and on. This is a great collection for your young person to have and read and it's a providential view of American and Christian history. This is available at WallBuilders.com. This is www.WallBuilders.com. This is Tim Barton from WallBuilders with another moment from American History. The Second Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees to every individual the right to keep and bear arms, has been targeted for years now by those who are determined to dismantle the individual right to self-protection. Opponents argue that only the militia, the military and law enforcement are to have and use firearms. But those who wrote the Second Amendment strenuously disagreed, including Founding Father Richard Henry Lee. A signer of the Declaration, a president of the Continental Congress and one of those who actually framed the Second Amendment, declared to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught a like, especially when young, how to use them. For more information about Richard Henry Lee and the history of the Second Amendment, go to WallBuilders.com.

Rick Green: 9:18
Welcome back. Let's jump back in with Tim Brooks speaking at the ProFamily Legislators Conference.

Tim Brooks: 9:23
We went to cemeteries and we saw where people were buried, famous people. As I read their tombstones and I put myself back in the place of a body being let down in a grave with a bullet hole through it and they, at that time, were not famous people. There were kids of a mom, there were kids of a Dad who was trying to make some semblance of order about what is going on around us, asking God, god, where are you and why is this happening? I thought about the people at that cemetery that was trying to figure all of this out, and all I could think about was you Trying to figure out, god. I thought you told me to run. What in this world is happening? How did I get myself in this firestorm? I was a mom, very happy being at home, and you called me to run for this office. And look, it went. Just everything that I hold dear is falling on this side and on that side of me. For a week, David, cheryl, terry and I stood in places that at the moment and the time that was happening. It was tragic, it was senseless, it was a great loss and the only thought you could have is God, where in the world are you, god? He was only 14 years old. Why, god? He was 14. Why, god? I thought you called me to this, god. I thought you told me to do this, god. I thought you were with us. 403 years later, my wife Terry and I live in the greatest nation in the history of the world, a nation that has more copyrights, a nation that's had more inventions, a nation that has invented more technology, a nation that has more prosperity. This nation is an exceptional nation in every sense of the word. But it wouldn't To, 403 years later, I could make sense out of all the things that those legislators went through at that time. You've got a limited view of what you're doing. You have a limited view of what you're doing and I thought, standing right there in those sacred spots, those people had to live by faith and they had to trust God. They had to live by faith and they had to trust God, because there was no seeing, 403 years later, me standing there enjoying the blessed life. They did what they did, trusting God and living by faith. You've got to understand that, as a finite being following God's plan and God's will and God's purpose for you, you're going to be left not answering all of the whys to what you're doing. Those folks worked hard, they lived hard and they died hard, all trusting God. Legislators, for you, it's no different. It's no different. We need to know the stats, we need to know the numbers. We need to be aware that morality has fallen. We need to be aware of the fact that we're living in a biblical worldview past. We need to be aware of that because that motivates me as a biblical worldview teacher. That motivates me and that encourages me. But don't ever make the mistake that was made by a couple of guys Old Testament, when they told God I'm the only one left. I'm the only one left. Well, you just kind of miscalculate, you miscounted. We're the only ones left. Well, servant, go out there and just look up at the hill, just kind of look around. We're the only one. I want you to know. Christianity won't ever be extinct.

Rick Green: 14:25
Another quick break folks, stay with us. You're listening to WallBuilders.

Tim Barton: 14:57
Certainly not true. Or things like even the Black Lives Matter movement, the organization itself, not the statement, black Lives Matter, but the organization that says we're against everything that America was built on, and this is part of the Marxist ideology. There's so many things attacking America. Well, is America worth defending? Well, what is a true story of America? We actually have written and told that story, starting with Christopher Columbus, going roughly through Abraham Lincoln. We tell the story of America not as a story of a perfect nation or a perfect people, but the story of how God used these imperfect people and did great things through this nation. It's a story you want to check out, WallBuilders.com. The American story.

Rick Green: 15:41
Welcome back. Let's jump right back in with Tim Brooks at the ProFamily Legislators Conference.

Tim Brooks: 15:46
God's always got a remnant and you are that remnant. Don't ever lose heart. We're losing, we're losing. We're not gaining ground right now. I'll give you that. But don't ever be disbared. I'm a part of a remnant and I'll be standing. I'll still be standing. Christianity isn't coming extinct because I'm still here. Christianity won't be extinct because you in this room are still there. Christianity has been removed from our state and our legislators offices. No, no, it hadn't. You're there. You are God's remnant and you have to know that I am a vital part of what God is doing and with the remnant a small remnant of people, god has always turned the direction of a nation around and you can write this down God will be glorified and every knee will bow to his glory, and you and I are going to be on that team. Why did this administration win? Was it stolen? God, where are you? These are horrible times, god. Why is this horribly erosion happening? God? Why are you letting this happen? God? What's going on? I worked hard on this bill and it didn't pass. It didn't even get going. God, where are you? It may be 403 years later before you know. It may be 403 years later before somebody gives you a pat on the back, like I did, standing at those graves, thanking all of those pilgrims, thanking those folks that got off of that boat to provide me what I am. There'll be a day in time when we can look back and see what you did. You may or you may not know it all. To God, a good life is not measured in the length of life. It's measured in well done. God sees life on purpose, not in time, and God is always at work. And God always has a group of people and you are a vital part of that group. In the midst of your defeats, in the midst of your losses, in the midst of your disappointment, don't ever lose sight of God's at work and I'm His remnant. I'm here and I'm a standard bearer for God and the call of God. That's on my life, his people's life and this nation. I'm not looking for an adaboy from those around me. I'm looking for a well done, well done, well done. God told you to get on the Mayflower. You get on it and sail. Leave the outcome to God. God told you to stand on that bridge facing a huge army. You stand on that bridge. Leave the outcome to God. God told you to climb Bunker Hill. You climbed there and you leave the outcome to God. God told you to run for office. You stand there, don't look back. You give your life to answering the call that's on it and you leave the outcome to God. God is at work. He always has been and he always will be, and His will, his plan, his purpose will be accomplished. Thank you, lord, for choosing me to be a small part of it. What you put in motion, what you've caused to happen a bill you wrote and it failed. Somebody else picked it up and it failed. Down the road, somebody else picked it up and it failed. Two or three generations. We can look back and see those stories. David Warren stood here and gave us some of those stories. We can look back and see that happen for them. But tonight I want you to know it's happening for you. You, you are a John Hancock, you are a Samuel Adams, you are Ben Franklin. You are a soldier in that army. You are a pilgrim standing on that bridge. You are one that got on that Mayflower and said let's sail. You are those people today. That's where we are.

Rick Green: 20:28
Another break. Folks stay with us, We'll be right back on WallBuilders.

Tim Barton: 20:37
Hey, this is Tim Barton, with WallBuilders, and, as you've had the opportunity to listen to WallBuilders Live, you've probably heard the wealth of information about our nation, about our spiritual heritage, about the religious liberties, about all the things that makes America exceptional, and you might be thinking, as incredible as this information is, I wish there was a way that I could get one of the WallBuilders guys to come to my area and share with my group whether it be a church, whether it be a Christian school or public school or some political event or activity. If you're interested in having a WallBuilders speaker come to your area, you can get on our website at www.WallBuilders.com and there's a tab for scheduling and if you'll click on that tab, you'll notice there's a list of information from speakers, bios to events that are already going on, and there's a section where you can request an event to bring this information about who we are, where we came from, our religious liberties and freedoms. Go to the WallBuilders's website and bring a speaker to your area.

Rick Green: 21:41
Thanks for staying with us folks. That's Tim Brooks that we've been listening to today and yesterday. By the way, if you just tuned in and you missed yesterday, you can get that at our website today. But let's jump back in with Tim Brooks at the ProFamily Legislators Conference.

Tim Brooks: 21:54
God laid it on your heart. God laid it on your heart to do what you're doing. You're only here because you had a call, a drawl that was on your heart to do what you're doing. Now you do it with everything that's within you and you trust God for the outcome. You trust God for what he's doing. Every day you go to work. You go knowing you're a vital part, you're a key part of a big plan that lasts way after I'm gone and it started way before I got here. I'm just in this time in eternity, doing my part that God's called me to do. Every day you live by faith, you trust God, you pick up arms and you fight the enemy. You get on that Mayflower and you sail and you trust God for the outcome of your time here on this earth. Lord, here we are, we submit our life to you. Lord, tonight we recognize you're the Potter, I'm the clay. I'm the clay, I'm the clay in your hands. You're the Potter, I'm the clay. Just repeat after me. Lord, here I am, use me, use me, lord. I commit my life to serve you. I see I'm a small part in time of your eternal plan. I understand family is the foundation and I commit to fight the enemy that's out to destroy the home and the family. Lord, I live my life by faith. My life, my trust, is in you. Come on right now, let's turn it over to God. All of your hurts, all of your disappointments, all of the things that you have perceived to be a failure, all of the things that you have tried to do and it didn't work out. God, I turn all of that to you. It's all in your hands. Come on, turn it to God. It's in your hands. I'm doing the best I can to hear your voice and to follow you. Come on right now, everybody, god, I'm doing the best I can to hear your voice and to follow you. And, lord, tonight I trust you with the outcomes of my time here on this earth. God, you're the potter, I'm the clay. I believe there's some people in here tonight that needs to let some losses go A little bit of bitterness. You got a little bit of resentment in your heart of a loss that you had, a loss that you experienced, and you're just a little mad about it. There may be even somebody here that's just a little mad at God. Just a little mad. If you had to be honest, you're a little mad at God. He didn't come through for you like he should have. Come on, let's turn that over, god, I can't even see the totality of your plan. I can't see it. But here I am, lord, saying use me, come on, let's walk out of here tonight, free. Let's walk out of here tonight healed. Let's walk out of here, set free. The fact is, our soldiers lost a lot of the battles before the war was ever won. You can't quit because we lost battles along the way. Our soldiers have lost many, many battles before the war was won. Come on right now, some of you, you're dealing with something in your heart that's not right. God, I give you this, I turn this over to you. Lord, I'm going to live my life serving you, following you, god. I'm going to live my life answering your call. Whatever your plan is, how are you going to work this out? That's all your business, god. That's all up to you. All I can say is here I am. Continue, lord, to use me.

Rick Green: 26:37
Alright folks, out of time for today. You've been listening to Tim Brooks speaking at the ProFamily Legislators Conference. Thank you so much for listening to the WallBuilders Show.