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The Keys to a Thriving Marriage And Meaningful Life
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doesn't she look so beautiful
everybody I love you I love you this is
special I was not I was not anticipating
this I thought we would just kind of
walk out they did the whole entrance
thing so you guys that have waited this
long you're in for a real treat so I
asked him last night I said honey what
are we talking about tomorrow and he
goes I don't know like family life maybe
about the election and I was like you're
lucky I don't need not cards he I know
that's why I married
you well what a year it's
been wild in in so many different
ways wild I first of all I have to say
this without getting emotional but I'm
very proud of my husband and I know many
too I cry but um you have worked so hard
and I know a lot of you have seen
obviously videos on Tik Tok and all the
stuff he does on campus but no one gets
to see him from my angle except for
myself and our
children and the sacrifices that he made this
this
year he's amazing I'm very blessed and I
I would not have been able to do any of
it without Erica and that's the real
truth I'll tell you what where I was
going into battle going into campuses
traveling the country people that want
us and they smear you and slander you
and Erica is holding down the fort at
home um and can you believe how good she
looks she had a baby 6 months ago can
you believe that I mean it's
unbelievable and it's just this this
year has been so trying and difficult in
more ways than one um you guys might
remember a year ago I gave the whole
speech of Here I Am Lord send me does
anyone remember that whole thing that we
did yeah and it was kind of this joke
that we had as soon as I gave that
message we got so sick we didn't even
have Christmas last Christmas we had
Domino's Pizza for Christmas oh yes we
did I remember him getting off stage and
I say honey do you realize what you just
did he's like yeah I just SP and I was
like no no no no you said here I am that
is a very powerful statement and God's
like I see you and he just I mean it's
been a wild year but Charlie is so
obedient to God to the the word of God
and it's been so humbling to witness the
way that God has used him this year
because he made that declaration a year
ago saying here I am I'm ready wherever
you need me to be Lord I'll be and I'm
your servant and just put me out there
in the thick of it and you did it and
it's but again now I say if you're going
to stand on stage and say Here I Am make
sure you tell me beforehand so I know
what we're going up against so that
we're we're prepared and and it it we
look back at this last year and we
really left it all in the field and you
guys saw that uh maybe on the video on
Election night where we did not even
have words uh when they announced Donald
Trump to become president of the United
States and for us it was very real it
was very personal uh because who knows
what our life would have looked like uh
if kamla Harris would have become
president who knows they would have come
after turning point they would have come
after us personally and so we just say
glory to God and the lessons that we
learned throughout this last year you
know we welcomed our son uh to the world
back in May um
this and balancing that with two kids
under two Erica deserves every prize
she's the Patriot of the Year award I'll
tell you that that's that that's the
award she deserves and just kind of
juggling it all and keeping the marriage
strong and keeping that Bedrock strong
and still doing our best and we did a
really good job I only I think I missed
three sabbaths this year only three
times when we did not do the full
Shabbat which I'm a big believer in that
all of you guys should honor a day for
the Lord turn off your phone it says it
very clearly in the scriptures for six
days you shall work on the seventh day
you shall rest and we do a really bad
job of that as American Christians we do
a horrible job of honoring the Sabbath
in fact the word in Hebrew literally
means Shabbat which means to stop to
cease all of activity and can we should
speak about how our family we I could be
traveling for six days but as long as we
get one Sabbath it makes up for all
those six days no phones no technology
just family and quality well and it's
quality over quantity and you know when
Gigi sees you walk into the room she
just beines for Daddy but it's one of
those things too I mean people have
asked like how do you do it when
Charlie's traveling and like all over
the place it's because we understand our
Biblical roles in our marriage he is the
head of the house household and I am not
a servant I am not a slave to the master
I am his helpmate I am the guardian of
the home that is my domain and the
enemy and the enemy would love nothing
more than that territory because those
four walls are not just a home those
four walls are for when he comes home
after battling and building and those
four walls are the walls I mean we're
creating our child's childhood which is
so special but it's one of those things
where we understand our roles and you
know we ask each other every single day
how can I be praying for you is there
anything I can do for you to help make
your day better and I always want to
know like what do you need in order to
when you get home take your shoes off
like an easy soft landing pad for each
other so it's just being a team and
loving one another and knowing that you
guys aren't against one another but
we're in the thick of it together yeah
and then being able to then go back into
the war after that and I know what every
guy is thinking in the audience how do I
get a wife like Erica I know that's what
you're all thinking and the answer is
you don't deserve it and I don't deserve
it it's by God's grace that's the answer
but in all seriousness you know we get a
lot of questions about dating and you
know I'm sure a lot of people are
wondering I mean I have a lot of
thoughts on this but there's this
question of how does the church how does
the conservative movement win back young
women and bring women back into this
idea of you know traditional um uh
practices and
roles how should people think about that
I mean I feel like it should be a duty
of the church to help teach Titus 2 to
women um to understand how to be a
Biblical woman in society I think it was
Elizabeth Elliott that said Being a
woman does not make me a better
Christian or a certain Christian but
being a Christian makes me a very
different woman and I think
understanding yes your biblical role but
also like you're be the woman that your
future husband deserves like be the
woman that you know God wants you to be
you don't have to be out partying don't
you know be crazy thinking like I'm
running out of time when you're God is
the author of time so just chill you
know like you're going to find your
human God God knows your timing and I
think that that's another thing right
now that you see too you know young men
and women you hear it all the time like
where am I going to find my future
spouse how do I find my future spouse
maybe at America festiv but maybe I know
so you never know but it's you know it's
one of those things where it's really
important that you you have to have an
environment where it's conducive towards
swimming in a a stream of significance
where you you know you're around people
that are pouring into you that are
loving on you that are a conducive
environment for you to be the person
that you need to be it's really
important yeah and I mean my advice to
young men in particular is uh you need
to stop acting like grown boys and
infants and actually become men uh and
that starts with it is not attractive I
mean Erica can support this it's not
attractive to women uh how much liquor
you can drink or how many drugs you
could do or how many women you've slept
with I think it's actually not
interesting at all um it's the opposite
it's are you able to support the family
and do difficult things and be able to
Bear an obligation to be able to do this
very challenging thing called life and
what we've done is we have created a
condition where it's okay for men to
kind of continue to um stay in that
infant stage and that goes for both men
and women women you need to Dem demand
more out of men as well and Men you need
to demand more out of yourself and I say
this all the time which is is I asked
the question like why are you drinking
alcohol it makes me feel good okay
that's a really stupid reason actually
I'm not saying if you want to drink it's
fine I'm not trying to be a legalist
about it but actually give me a good
reason is it going to help you succeed
is it going to help you flourish help
you thrive and the answer is this the
highest performing people that you guys
like at this conference are people that
actually don't drink alcohol tuer
Carlson Donald Trump they don't drink
alcohol actually and again if you want
to do it fine do it in moderation be
responsible and all that I don't drink
again I'm not trying to say it's because
you know it makes you right here's the
thing your mornings are easier way
easier to keep off weight by the way and
immediately you become more focused and
a much more clear thinker about the
problems in front of you and you never
have to worry as if your mind and your
being is going to be put in Jeopardy by
some substance you put into your body by
the way you'll save a ton of money as
well just so we're clear like a ton of
money people say I'm broke like really
how much you spend on liquor a week and
the answer is probably a lot and and
going even deeper and beyond that um I
think it's really important that we
understand that the battle is between
obviously your flesh and your
inclination to try to do what you want
to do whenever you want to do it but
that is why God gave us the law and the
law is a school teacher towards Christ
because look if it was easy then we
wouldn't actually need the law you just
kind of follow your flesh follow your
heart do whatever you want to do no you
actually must restrain your impulses and
restrain your desires and that is what
actually marks a successful or person in
pursuit of what is good true and
beautiful well and on top of that think
about it if you not just you but if
someone was drinking and totally
inebriated and you got an emergency
phone call at 3:00
a.m. like if someone really needs you
that loves you that's not good and
basically if you get super drunk you're
telling the world I actually don't have
that much important stuff going on
that's basically what you're saying that
actually I don't matter other people
that much but when you don't drink
you're like I am willing to serve my
neighbor my friend my spouse my sister
at any
time well and then I I get this question
all the time and I want you to share
with it you you're a father now
obviously but what advice can you give
to Young dads that are either about to
have their first child or just had their
first child what would you I mean we've
been through all of that but how I mean
what would you say to help encourage
them well I I would say you need to
understand the biblical role of the
father again I'm still learning this
I've only been at it you know for 2 and
a half years so young but when it comes
to your child you are tasked to protect
them both physically spiritually and
emotionally in really outside the house
and obviously in other ways as well
quality time is everything you're not
above any of the duties or the tasks of
the roles but you're also you as a
father and as the provider you need to
get your act together so much that your
wife never has a Financial pressure ever
on the family and if you have not done
that then you got to get your act
together and let me tell the men out
there you do not spend a dime on video
games or sports games or things for
yourself until your wife does not have
to worry about finances you come last in
the family when it comes to finances
period that is your job your wife gets
whatever she wants whatever she wants
the kids get whatever they want and I
hear all the time like well it's really
hard to meet ANS meet like let's go get
a beer I'm like give have no reason
actually to do that like you are tasked
with the provider oh you want all the
benefits of being called the head of the
household but now the responsibilities
are the obligations and it comes with a
lot of responsibilities and so again I
speak very directly to young men Erica
is the you know young woman Outreach um
part of this but young men need to be
talked this way actually because they
say oh I want to be a dad like really
are you earning enough money have you
done the right work have you asked for a
raise asked for promotion got up earlier
stayed up later to make sure your family
does not have any Financial pressures or
issues people say oh you know it's not
that easy I understand that but then you
need to come last in everything in the
sense where I'm I'm not going to spend
money on myself until my family is able
to not have that kind of financial
pressure and guess what you as men are a
lot tougher and a lot more productive
and can work a lot harder than you think
you can push yourself even harder you
could do a double double you could do an
all nighter you can do the rede flight
across the country you could push
yourself to be able to provide for the
family because here's the one thing I
have found once you have kids there is
this primal thing that comes into you
where if you think you have worked hard
before when you have to go feed a child
and provide for a family you are willing
to go to the ends of the Earth and push
yourself in ways that you never thought
possible and that is your initial and
most important task as a [Applause]
[Applause]
father so last year it was here I am
what is the word this I you haven't told
me yet so I'm like bracing myself what's
a good word for 2025 I mean right now my
word is just thank you honestly thank
you to God thank you to our creator for
sparing us from this
Terror I I I don't have anything more
profound than that honestly uh I'm just
still kind of in this constant state of
gratitude and our posture before the
election was the same as it is now in
one sense God what is your will if your
will is to see this country go into the
Judgment that we deserve then we will
praise you
exactly I don't know if you guys heard
that or not but as soon as I said
judgment some sort of oxygen tank
exploded or
something it's very Cosmic
um and so yeah I mean that's I just say
thank you and look I i' I'm I'm actually
excited for off election years because I
love reading I love studying I can
finally get back to myund books a year I
kind of got off that this last year
because I was just too busy reading the
news and looking at polling and turnout
data and Precinct by Precinct modeling
and you're still listening to Prager I
was still listening to prer by the way
can we all just say a prayer for Dennis
Prager right now an American hero that I
don't know if you you guys know this or
not but Dennis is hospitalized in a very
serious condition um I can't say more
than that but Dennis uh is in a very
serious um circumstance right now and
deserves our prayers uh that God might
heal him and God might bring him back to
this stage right here on America Fest at
some point because we need Dennis Prager
in this country Dennis Prager is an
American hero um but you're right I did
I I I continued listening to Dennis and
Larry AR that is for that is for sure so
also I want to brag on Erica and in
addition to being uh an incredible
mother and phenomenal wife she also runs
a Ministry in her spare time that helps
you read the entire Bible in one year
you know what I'm talking about it is
called Bible in 365.com write it down go
to the website right now honestly take
out your phone it is Bible in 365.com
what she does is she makes it so easy
for you to read the entire Bible in one
year she will text you the verses She
will email the verses and honestly if
you've never read the Bible you should
go read every single word of the word of
God it will change your life it will
heal you it will challenge you it'll
deepen you and she will do it in micro
bits of how do you do it Old Testament
New Testament psalms and Proverbs right
it's only about seven minutes it's Bible
in 365.com it's free of charge how many
people have gone through it we have over
180,000 that have gone through the
program since 180,000 people wasn't that
amazing that have gone through the Bible
in one year lives have changed people
have given their lives to Christ
marriages have been formed marriages
have been formed through it yes but also
too I tell Charlie all the time I'm like
look at this cuz we get uh prayer
reports and praise request like prayer
requests praise reports and we get some
that are like thank you so much for
having this and I look at him and I'm
like this is what it's all about like we
get to be a part of people's Faith
Journey that's so special I love it but
no it's thank you it's fun it's a fun
Ministry and and the the ministry is
growing and she also runs proclaimed
Street Wear which is the best Christian
clothing line in the country they have a
booth out there that you can support so
she's an entrepreneur as much as
anything else but I highly encourage you
guys Bible and 365.com tell them the
story of how that that kind of came to
be that's in a very brief Spark Notes
version um I started for the first time
2016 I was like you know what I need to
read the Bible Covenant cover I never
have before and I created a program and
I was like I don't know who's going to
do it with me so I asked one of my
friends Jess to join me and she was very
sweet she was my accountability partner
and um every day we would check in what
did you learn today what did you know
which commentary did you use for this
and we just kept diving deeper and
anyways at the end of that um almost
towards the end of that uh unfortunately
my grandfather had passed away and that
was a very it was a very rough moment
for me cuz I loved him so much and so so
once um we I read the full Bible in a
year um I just prayed on you know God
what what direction do you want to take
this and long story short I'm not going
to get into the deep details of it but
that's when Proclaim was born that's
when Jess and I decided we should invite
a few more people so we just invited you
know the handful people that are in our
community and our friends and then it
just grew from such a small little and
that's what's so beautiful is when you
have those small little home groups or
those little communities accountability
communities and then have it watch grow
from there is really really special I
mean it's not me or anything it's all
God's God's hand so I can take no credit
as we close here any final messages for
the attendees here the pastors here on faith
night that's tough because I feel like
and just like you we have been given
such a beautiful blessing on a platter
like on a silver platter and it's up to
us to really just continue to build and
be leaders and know that like we
obviously were made for such a time as
this but truly just own it and and be
out there be the hands and the feet
don't be afraid to talk about your faith
be bold don't be afraid to say yes okay
you voted for Donald Trump but more
importantly you're a Christian and and
you're here for a purpose and like I say
like your role is to make Heaven crowded
that's why you're here we're just here
recruiting I say that all the time but
your role is to make Heaven crowded and
so so just for some encouragement thank
you I mean honestly you guys being here
is a huge Testament but just thank you
for supporting my husband and being
there for him and all the members for
the members only for Charlie's podcast
thank you for supporting that because
behind the scenes I get to see the team
get so excited when new members sign up
and just to be able to see your support
for his podcast and for his radio show
as a wife I mean I can't even put that
into words so truly from the bottom of
my heart thank you for being the reason
why an Fest and turning point USA and my
husband and the way they've been able to
build things thank you for being a part of
that Bible in 365.com how great is Erica
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