Discovering Your Legacy Through Music

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It's time now to get the hell out of your life . A weekly broadcast with real people sharing real struggles and offering real hope . Today's show will encourage , inspire and empower you to face life's challenges with a bold confidence and renewed hope . Now let's join our host , ron Myers . The promoter .

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Hello , my friends , it is so good to be with you today . My name is Ron Myers . The show is called Get the Hell Out of your Life . It's real stories , real struggles and real hope . It's about encouraging you , and now that 2025 is here , well , we're going to have the best year ever , aren't we ? Today , let's talk about your legacy , but first I want you to reflect for a moment on the footprints you're leaving in the sands of time .

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Your legacy isn't just what you accomplish in your lifetime . It's the impact you have on those around you and the world you shape with your presence . It's your values , your actions and the love and inspiration you give to others . It's your values , your actions and the love and inspiration you give to others . Imagine how your actions today might echo into the future . Every conversation , each choice , each moment of kindness contributes to your legacy . Your legacy is built one day at a time , through the little things you do , the decisions you make and the way you treat the people around you . You have the power to create change , to inspire , to uplift . Maybe your legacy will be a family that grows stronger from your love and support . Maybe it will be a community enriched by your contributions or an idea that changes the way we see the world .

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Remember , a legacy doesn't require grand gestures or monumental achievements . It's found in the simple acts of doing your best work , helping others and standing up for what you believe in . It's about staying true to yourself , even when it's difficult , and leaving the world just a little bit better than you found it . Think about the values that matter most to you . Is it kindness , integrity , creativity , courage ? Use these as your compass , guiding you through each day with purpose and passion . Allow them to inspire your actions and decisions Whenever you have doubts or face challenges .

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Think about the story you want to tell with your life . Picture the people whose lives you've touched and know that you have already begun to write a legacy worth leaving . You are capable of extraordinary things . Embrace your uniqueness , pursue your passions and make your days count . Every step you take towards a life of meaning and fulfillment is a step towards creating a lasting legacy . My guest today , wayburn Dean , wrote a song called what Will your Legacy Be ? Wayburn , so glad to have you on the phone with me . Wayburn , what got you into writing songs and doing music ?

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I guess , as my mom prayed for me , it was divine . I do want to say that I know that God had a hand in the direction of my life and it led to music At a very , very early age . Come from a singing family and my mother taught me harmony sitting on the couch when I was about eight or nine years old and I just said , oh , my goodness , this is amazing harmony . So I started falling in love with harmony and I would go to church and I would sing only the harmony so that I could learn it . I just fell in love with music , the power of it , when I would go and watch my parents sing at different places and I would see how the music would move people and how it would draw them closer to God . And then that was the time when I said you know , I really need to try to hone my skills toward this because it's powerful and it's God driven . And so that's how my music career got its first legs .

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You were part of the singing group Acapello .

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I was . For five years we traveled the globe and were man incredibly busy , like we were home maybe six days a month for six years . That was in my blur years . But yeah , we were a powerful group of that who loved the Lord and stay together and stay focused on the mission of music and music ministry .

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Well , and harmony had to be so important to you to be a part of that group because there were no instruments , right ?

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Yes , exactly , and that's the other thing that drew me to the group was the harmony , because , as I mentioned that , that was very , very , very partial in my heart and strong in terms of what I wanted to do with music , and harmony was beautiful and found four guys that were really good at it and and stuck with it the first time that I heard acapella , I'm thinking , before they sang .

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How do you sing without instruments ? But I tell you what ? That night I laughed . It just seemed to speak to me even more . The words , because there was no distraction . I got so in touch with the words of the songs .

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Yeah , indeed , and I think that's again's , that's another thing that really drew me and kept me there is the power of just harmony itself .

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And it's interesting thing about harmony when you get a perfect , what I call a harmony lock , it moves things that other music and other instruments just can't do . And so those moments were many as we traveled across the globe and I think people may not know this , but singing acapella , you have to be worried about so many different things . You have to be listening to everyone else , you have to be thinking about your tonation and making sure that it locks with everyone else at a certain , because it does it has some disadvantages . Locks with everyone else at a certain because it does it has some disadvantages acapella music does . So you've got to keep on top of these things in order to be effective in the , in the harmony world , and I think when you do that , you're thinking about harmony , you're thinking about stage presence , you're thinking about who sounds closest to this . Well , how do I move my voice to make this part ? There's just a lot , but , but it was a beautiful , beautiful time , and harmony will never change , I love it .

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After you left that group , you kind of you took a break a while , didn't you ? And then you did . Then you started your own solo career .

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I did . I took a break from the road . You know , I was just really taxed and tired and , and so I wanted to take a break from the road and I did . And then , when I took a break from the road , there was just absolutely no more opportunities to sing , and so I didn't have music in my life for eight years and I , I got to tell you those were the most tumultuous times in my life because I , I did not have music , and music is part of who I am .

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And so , um , we got an opportunity in 2000 to invite it down to Nashville and talked about some music directives with , um , some people there , and the music career started back up in 2000 . And , uh , man , it's been been a wonderful whirlwind , and not only was it something that I was supposed to be doing , it was who I was , and it's almost like taking away a person from who they naturally and instinctively are . So , yeah , as I look back at that , I think I understand now why it was so difficult , because the truth is , without music , the person who I am , a part of who I am , maybe most of who I am ceases to exist , and that's a difficult time . It really is , ron .

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Wayburn . I often ask people that are meandering through life if you don't become you , who will ? In fact , wayburn , years ago I was praying and I asked God why is there so much evil in this world ? And I really felt that quiet voice inside that said , because people haven't stepped into their destiny , they have not become who I created them to become . Does that make sense , weyburn ?

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It does and I think it just doesn't happen . You have to search for it and I think sometimes that even causes for self-surrender .

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You know when I think of the book of Jeremiah . The word says you will seek me and you will find me when you seek me with your whole heart . So , whatever it is you're seeking , you got to find God first , wholly , fully , completely and totally . And then I think , things become more clear in terms of what you're searching for and then you'll find who you are , you'll find your purpose and those things will live themselves out in the spirit as you seek them . So I think you know when I think about myself and I think about my life , ron , at that time , you know , when I got off the road , I started just doing , you know , I was the CEO of a couple of organizations and that was going well .

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I , just inside , was not happy and I could . I could do it . I could do it well . But truth is it really wasn't who I was . And so I told my wife , I said you know , I think God's done with me with music and it's hard . And she said no , god's not done . She said we just have to wait , and sometimes the message is to just wait , wait on God . And so we are sitting on the couch and the phone rings and it's somebody from Nashville as we're talking and the conversation started to go toward music and , and so we're driving to Nashville now to try to make this happen . And my wife writes a song called Wait on Me . It's an acapella song that was on our first album . Maybe I'll send you a MP3 of it , but it basically is my song . And when you wait on God and you seek God , he reveals his purpose to you in your life , and that's what happened .

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That is so true and I think that's one of the hardest things that I had to deal with in life is patience . When you wait , God's timing is perfect timing . Have you ever had anything in life happen that the enemy meant to harm you but God turned it into good ?

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Yes , yes , I think this is a very powerful statement . So when I got off the road right and I was a CEO of an organization won't say the name of the organization , but the board gave me a specific design to do and to complete . It was a five-year plan and I had it done in two years , I think , and they kind of choked on the success a little bit . However , there were some people that didn't like what the board had designed and that they hired me to do and , as you know , anytime you take a CEO into an organization , he has his own agenda . You know , others may not agree with it because it doesn't exactly agree with what they are used to . That's kind of what happened . So one of the persons that was working for me gathered together a group of people in the board after an excellent , excellent review of my work about a month later , said that they were going to let me go and I said for what ? What did I ? What did I do ? They really didn't have an answer and they said we really don't have to give you an answer . So , anyway , they they let me go from that , and so I said what Lord would you have of me now ? What I mean I've done what you asked me to do . It was a ministry , by the the way .

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And so about two weeks after that , chuck Colson you know who Chuck Colson is oh yes , prison Fellowship . He was coming through our city here in Michigan , so his office called and asked if we'd be willing to do special music . They were doing a few prisons and tours in prisons . If we would go in , we said , sure , you're Chuck Colson , are you kidding me ? Yeah , we'll do that . And so we did . And the very first prison we went to I think we did five , but the very first one we went to , over 50 men gave their lives to Christ . And so my wife and I sat out in the parking lot and we said what is God saying to us ? I mean , we're traveling across the country this was after that , we're traveling and so we're traveling across the country and , man , these men are hungry , there's an incredible harvest . And so we prayed about that .

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And then we decided you know , I think God is moving us into prison ministry with music , because there's nothing that moves people like music , and especially in a depressed and a difficult place like prison , like music , and especially in a depressed and a difficult place like prison . So we prayed about it and we decided to go into prison ministry full time . And then we thought , wait a minute , how are we going to get paid here ? But we decided to do that and we've had some tremendous people who support us .

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So we've been doing prison ministry now for 10 years , where in our ministry we used to be on the road and if we had a moment we would do a prison ministry . It's just kind of flipped . We're doing prison ministry full time and if we have a moment we'll do . You know , concerts on the outside . You know , you never know which direction God would have you go . I mean , if he had asked me before then that I will you be doing prison ministry , or if you told me , I'd say you're crazy . But man , what an incredible , incredible journey . Prison ministry has been Unbelievable

Discovering Legacy Through Redemption

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You know , I told someone just a little bit ago actually they did an interview . I had a book that came out , the Promoter and I said you know , the amazing thing about walking in your purpose , everything that I'm doing now I never knew I could do , I never knew I would do it , and everything that I thought I was going to do , I'm not doing it . And if that door wouldn't have closed with that nonprofit , you wouldn't have probably went into prison , ministry , Is that correct ?

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That's absolutely right and there's no way I could have . I could have seen that . There's no possible way . I could have known that that was coming . So it's God . God directed and you know , the word says it's not in men to direct his own steps . We don't even have that . I mean , I think we think we do often , but it's God who directs our steps and our path and I think when we , when we yield to that because it was , it was scary . I'm telling you it's scary thinking about going into prison ministry and exposing not only my life but my purpose and everything to something as dangerous as prison .

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It has been anything but what I thought . And one of my philosophies in life is that we are molded and shaped by our experiences and they often determine our perception . And that's exactly what happened . My experiences determined my now perception , because what I had , the perceptions I had initially , were just absolutely wrong . But man , it's just been beautiful to watch . And the cool thing about prison ministry is I get to see what Jesus saw . You know we always talk about Jesus and the broken and how he loved them . I get to see it and I know why . Now I see it , I experience it .

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And so my perceptions of prison is completely different , because now I have the truth , the future is , and they have divinely tuned in to today's broadcast and looking for some hope . What would Weyburn Dean give them in the way of some hope ?

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Well , two things wait and trust , because the problem with when there is a problem is that we want answers right now and sometimes God doesn't have those answers for you right now . There's a waiting time sometimes and in that waiting time here's the most difficult piece is the trust and trusting that God will give you an answer for what you need . But keep those two things in mind because , remember , god says I know every hair on your head , I provide for the sparrow and I'm not going to forget you . And if you can think about your own life , if you have children or your father or your mother , the truth is you love them so much you would never , ever leave them hungry or broken forever . And God is the same way . So sometimes we just have to wait and oftentimes we have to trust and when we do those things and put those two together and live throughout , that the answers come . And they usually come at a time when you're not expected , oftentimes because God doesn't work really on our timeline .

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So well put . Now , the song that really touched me in 2004 was what Will your Legacy Be ? And my whole ministry in over 20 years on radio has always been about finding your purpose , your destiny in life . Because you are having fun , I mean , I always say that's the fountain of youth . When you know why you were born , you know that song was powerful . Now did you write the words to that song ?

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My wife is an incredible gifted lyricist . My wife is an incredible gifted lyricist and my wife wrote those lyrics and she writes 98 percent of all of our songs . We have eight albums , by the way now , and she writes all of our songs . She wrote that and I was able to come up with the melody and the arrangement and those kinds of things . But so it was .

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It was a collaboration my wife and I the first time , when you put the melody and you started singing those words , what was going through your head ?

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I had no idea that God would use it the way he did . You know , when you're putting together an album you're thinking about the whole collection of the record this specific song made . It made its way to the top of a melody idea in my mind , in my heart , and we began to pray about it . And as I look back now I know why it was actually number one on the inspirational chart . But when I think about how the song came together , you know it was a perfect storm because our country at that time were going through a time of an introspective look . We were looking at what are the things in life that we need to be God , what would you have of me , what are my friends , my family and , most importantly , what would you say , what I've done with my time on this earth ? And that kind of directed the song's purpose and the direction of the song . That idea was where it came from . What will be your legacy ? Kind of challenging , kind of convicting .

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God isn't finished with you , Wayburn , but what is the legacy that you want to leave with this world ?

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that you want to leave with this world . Well , you know , I hope the legacy that I leave will be one that people can say I was moved by the gift of one individual or this individual that God allowed to be on this earth . I hope that when I get to heaven , that God can say I'm proud of you , son . I gave you a gift . You used it to my glory .

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Friends , when I return , I have a story for you Finding peace within a journey of self-forgiveness .

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You know , if you take a really good long look at yourself , you may come to the conclusion that you are not all that and a bag of chips . My name is Mark and this is the Journey . We all have faults and if we are truthfully honest with ourselves , it should give us cause to realize there's no reason for us to be proud . God doesn't like pride . In fact , in Mark , chapter 7 , pride is listed as one of the evil things which defile a man . But there is encouragement in being humble . Psalm 149 tells us this that God takes pleasure in His people . But read on in verse 4 , he will beautify the humble with salvation .

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Zephaniah 17 tells us that God rejoices over us , his people , those who trust in him and look to him for salvation . We can't do anything apart from God . Think about it . It's he who created the world we live in . It is he who knit you together in the womb of your mother and gave you breath to breathe . It is he who came to earth as a man , gave His life on the cross , was raised from the dead and now lives in our heart . It is he who gave you the talents and abilities you possess and enables you to get up every day and take care of yourself and your family .

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Paul reminds us in Galatians , chapter 6 , but far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord your family . Paul reminds us in Galatians , chapter 6 , but far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . So if you want to take pride in anything , take pride in the fact that Jesus made it possible for you to have a relationship with Almighty God and be encouraged that the Lord takes pleasure in you , his people , like a loving father who looks at his child with a smile and says I love you . The Journey .

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Here's a refreshing word from the book of Ephesians , chapter 5 , verse 8 . For you were once darkness , but now you are light in the Lord . Walk as children of light .

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You're sick of feeling let down and you want to turn your life around If you want to start living right get the hell out of your life .

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Get the hell out of your life . It was a brisk autumn morning and Emily sat on her porch , wrapped in a warm blanket and sipping on a steaming cup of coffee . The world around her was quiet , but her mind was a storm of thoughts , filled with self-doubt and regret . She reflected on the past few months of difficult decisions and perceived failures . Her own harsh judgments weighed heavily on her heart . Emily had always been her toughest critic , setting impossibly high standards for herself and berating her perceived shortcomings . Her inner voice whispered harsh words that no one else heard , words that chipped away at her self-worth . But today , on this peaceful morning , emily decided that she was ready for a change , a change that she knew would only come from above .

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With a deep breath , emily closed her eyes and began to pray , something she hadn't truly done in a long time . She needed guidance , strength and , most of all , forgiveness . Jesus , she whispered , help me , forgive myself . As she prayed , emily allowed herself to feel the presence of Jesus , his love , a warm , comforting glow in her heart . She imagined his gentle voice speaking to her Emily , my love for you is unconditional . Let go of your harsh judgments and embrace my forgiveness .

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Tears welled up in Emily's eyes as she felt unburdened , the weight of her self-criticism slowly lifting , she realized she had been holding onto hurt and fear for far too long . In that moment of stillness , she accepted Jesus' invitation to forgive herself and to allow his love to heal her wounds . With newfound clarity , emily made a promise to herself to be kinder , more compassionate , and to remember that no mistake was too big for the forgiveness from Jesus . She knew the journey towards self-love wouldn't be without challenges , but she felt equipped with a powerful ally unconditional love . That morning , peace had found its way to Emily's heart . She looked out at the vibrant fall leaves fluttering gently to the ground and whispered a silent thank you , knowing she was not alone .

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Ron , we'll be back in a moment to wrap up today's conversation . We want to encourage you today with God's promise to you . It comes from the book of Jeremiah , chapter 29 , verse 11 . For I know the plans I have for you , declares the Lord . Plans to prosper you and not to harm you . Plans to give you hope and a future . That's God's promise to you when you choose to commit your plans and future to Him Now back to Ron .

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Well , friends , my time is up . And a final thought for today trust in the

Finding Hope Through Life's Challenges

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plan . Yes , life can be challenging and full of unexpected turns , but remember you're not alone . God has a plan for you , a plan that's filled with hope and a future , even when the path seems unclear . Trust that every twist and turn is leading you to where you're meant to be . Keep the faith , Keep moving and knowing that brighter days are ahead . Don't give up . Your journey is guided by the loving hand of Jesus . Check out my other podcast on my website , thepromoterorg . Maybe you should consider sharing your story with the world . Until next week , this is Ron Myers , reminding you that I love you , jesus loves you , and when you give Jesus your heart , you not only get the hell out of your life , life gets fun .

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