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My mom hated exercise. Loved chocolate. And hated being told what to do.

Then she had a heart attack with a 100% blockage and was flown by helicopter.

This episode is not about motivation, aesthetics, or quick fixes.
It’s a testimony about what happens when the pain of staying the same finally becomes greater than the pain of change.

In this conversation, I sits down with my mom, Jacque, to tell the full story. The denial. The justification. The choices. The heart attack. And the quiet moment in a helicopter when she talked to Jesus and surrendered the outcome.

Since June, she’s down about 25 pounds. Not from extremes. Not from crash diets. Not from suddenly loving exercise. But from simple obedience, consistency, and removing temptation instead of testing willpower.

This episode is for the Christian who knows what they should be doing but keeps waiting.
Waiting for more motivation.
Waiting for more time.
Waiting for a “better season.”

Tomorrow is not promised.
And your body is not a side issue.

What We Covered

• “I don’t exercise. It makes me glisten.” Real honesty
• The slow drift into denial and justification
• The heart attack and helicopter ride
• Talking to Jesus in the middle of crisis
• Why fear and pain never work long-term
• Simple nutrition shifts that actually stuck
• Removing temptation instead of testing willpower
• Why consistency matters more than intensity
• Proactive stewardship vs reactive survival
• Her message to Christians who keep postponing

Lines Worth Keeping Close

• “I didn’t realize how bad I felt until I felt good.”
• “I’m thankful for the wake-up call.”
• “The pain of remaining the same has to become greater than the pain of change.”
• “Do you want that day sooner or later?”

Timestamps

0:00 Welcome to Temple Keepers
0:23 Why my mom is the last person you’d expect here
6:15 “I don’t exercise. It makes me glisten.”
12:40 The heart attack and helicopter ride
18:50 Talking to Jesus in the air
25:30 What finally changed after June
34:10 Simple food shifts that actually stuck
44:30 Removing temptation instead of testing willpower
55:10 Her message to Christians who keep postponing

Your Next Steps

• Comment your takeaways if this hit you
• Share this with someone you love who keeps saying “I’ll start tomorrow”
• Remove one temptation from your house this week
• Stop postponing stewardship

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Stop managing what Jesus died to break. This is how freedom actually starts.

If you keep saying “I don’t have time” but you’ve got time for scrolling, streaming, and numbing out, this episode is for you.

If you keep calling it “my struggle” like that’s your identity, this episode is for you.

If you’re tired of feeling like you’re always behind, always failing, always stuck in the same cycles, this episode is for you.

Because Temple Keepers, we do not manage chains.
We leave them behind.

In this episode, we confront the lies that keep believers stuck and the language we’ve normalized that quietly reinforces defeat. We talk about time stewardship, identity, and why behavior always follows what you believe about yourself.

We address why strongholds are not meant to be managed but torn down, and how Christianity is not about sitting in sin, struggle, or bondage. It’s repentance, truth, and obedience. Right now.

We also dismantle two extremes many Christians fall into. Abdicating responsibility and waiting on God to do what He’s already empowered us to do. Or taking too much responsibility and trying to be our own savior. One says “I’m helpless.” The other says “I’m God.” Neither is biblical.

We go after fear directly and call it what it is. Functional atheism. Living like God is not God.

We challenge the lie that life “shouldn’t be this hard” and anchor the conversation in Scripture, reminding us that suffering produces endurance, character, and hope, and that struggle exposes what we truly trust.

We also expose the counterfeit comforts we run to when life gets hard. Food. Entertainment. Scrolling. Control. Approval. Different behaviors. Same root.

Finally, we look at Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda. He doesn’t validate excuses. He asks, “Do you want to get well?” and then commands obedience. Pick up your mat and walk.

We close with the weight of the Last Supper and the question that determines everything. Who is Jesus to you? A good teacher or your Lord?

Because if He is Lord, there is nothing you cannot do in Him.

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