Charlie and Erica Kirk talk about their Christmas Eve service at AmFest and what they are thankful for this Christmas. Merry Christmas from all of us on The Charlie Kirk Show! Charlie Kirk is the President of Turning Point USA, a youth organization that fights for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:01:03.000His spirit, his love of this country, he's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
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00:03:01.000And I would not have been able to do any of it without Erica.
00:03:04.000And that's the real truth, I'll tell you what.
00:03:07.000Where I was going into battle, going into campuses, traveling the country, people that want us dead, and they smear you and slander you, and Erica is holding down the fort at home.
00:03:19.000And can you believe how good she looks?
00:04:14.000to 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 gonna 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 we look back at this last year,
00:04:44.000and we really left it all in the field.
00:04:46.000And you guys saw that maybe on the video on election night, where we did not even have words when they announced Donald Trump to become president of the United States.
00:05:40.000Three 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.
00:07:10.000I 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?
00:07:24.000Is there anything I can do for you to help make your day better?
00:07:27.000And 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.
00:07:35.000So 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.
00:07:44.000Yeah, and then being able to go back into the war after that.
00:07:48.000And I know what every guy is thinking in the audience.
00:07:58.000But 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.
00:08:06.000I 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 traditional practices and roles?
00:08:25.000I mean, I feel like it should be a duty of the church to help teach Titus 2 to women to understand how to be a biblical woman in society.
00:08:36.000I think it was Elizabeth Elliot 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.
00:08:47.000And I think understanding, yes, your biblical role, but also, like, Be the woman that your future husband deserves.
00:08:56.000Like, be the woman that, you know, God wants you to be.
00:09:25.000But it's one of those things where it's really important that you have to have an environment where it's conducive towards swimming in a stream of significance, where 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.
00:10:11.000It'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?
00:10:21.000And what we've done is we have created a condition where it's okay for men to kind of continue to stay in that infant stage.
00:11:08.000Again, I'm not trying to say it's because, you know, it makes you better, but 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.
00:11:31.000By the way, you'll save a ton of money as well, just so we're clear.
00:11:41.000And going even deeper and beyond that, 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.
00:11:54.000And the law is a schoolteacher towards Christ.
00:11:57.000Because, look, if it was easy, then we wouldn't actually need the law.
00:12:00.000You just kind of follow your flesh, follow your heart, do whatever you want to do.
00:12:02.000No, you actually must restrain your impulses and restrain your desires.
00:12:07.000And that is what actually marks a successful person in pursuit of what is good, true, and beautiful.
00:12:13.000Well, and on top of that, think about it.
00:12:15.000If you, not just you, but if someone was drinking and totally inebriated and you got an emergency phone call at 3 a.m., like if someone really needs you that loves you, that's not good.
00:12:29.000And basically, if you get super drunk, you're telling the world, I actually don't have that much important stuff going on.
00:12:35.000That actually, I don't matter other people that much.
00:12:37.000But when you don't drink, you're like, I am willing to serve my neighbor, my friend, my spouse, my sister at any time.
00:12:45.000Well, and then I get this question all the time and I want you to share with it.
00:12:50.000You'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?
00:13:02.000What would you, I mean, we've been through all of that, but how, I mean, what would you say to help encourage them?
00:13:09.000Well, I would say you need to understand the biblical role of the father.
00:13:16.000But when it comes to your child, you are tasked to protect them both physically, spiritually, and emotionally, and really outside the house, and obviously in other ways as well.
00:13:28.000You're not above any of the duties or the tasks or the roles.
00:13:31.000But 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.
00:13:43.000And if you have not done that, then you've got to get your act together.
00:14:31.000Have you asked for a raise, asked for a promotion, got up earlier, stayed up later to make sure your family does not have any financial pressures or issues?
00:14:36.000People say, oh, you know, it's not that easy.
00:14:56.000You could do the red-eye flight across the country.
00:14:57.000You could push yourself to be able to provide for the family.
00:14:59.000Because here's the one thing I have found.
00:15:01.000Once 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 is above So last year was here I am Thank you.
00:16:22.000I can finally get back to my hundred books a year.
00:16:25.000I 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.
00:16:35.000By the way, can we all just say a prayer for Dennis Prager right now, an American hero?
00:16:39.000I don't know if you guys know this or not, but Dennis is hospitalized in a very serious condition.
00:16:44.000I can't say more than that, but Dennis is in a very serious circumstance right now and deserves our prayers that God might heal him and God might bring him back to this stage right here on AmericaFest at some point.
00:16:57.000Because we need Dennis Prager in this country.
00:17:10.000In addition to being 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.
00:19:25.000And anyways, at the end of that, almost towards the end of that, unfortunately, my grandfather had passed away.
00:19:31.000And that was a very rough moment for me because I loved him so much.
00:19:38.000And so once I read the full Bible in a year, I just prayed on, you know, God, what direction do you want to take this?
00:19:49.000And long story short, I'm not going to get into the deep details of it, but That's when Proclaim was born.
00:19:53.000That's when Jess and I decided we should invite a few more people.
00:19:57.000We just invited, you know, the handful of people that are in our community and our friends.
00:20:00.000And then it just grew from such a small little...
00:20:03.000And 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.
00:20:18.000As we close here, any final messages for the attendees here, the pastors here on Faith Night?
00:20:24.000That's tough because I feel like, and just like you, we have been given such a beautiful blessing.
00:20:31.000On a platter, like on a silver platter.
00:20:34.000And 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 be out there, be the hands and the feet.
00:20:48.000Don't be afraid to talk about your faith.
00:21:05.000But your role is to make heaven crowded.
00:21:07.000And so, just for some encouragement, thank you.
00:21:09.000I mean, honestly, you guys being here is a huge testament to 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.
00:21:19.000Thank 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.
00:21:31.000As a wife, I mean, I can't even put that into words.
00:21:35.000So truly from the bottom of my heart, thank you for being the reason why AmFest and Turning Point USA And my husband and the way they've been able to build things.