Podcast/Episode 31

Serve First, Lead Better — Lessons from Autoshop Ministries

Joe Adams and Autoshop Ministries' Devante Tidwell discuss how true purpose is rooted in service, not job titles. Using 1 Peter 4:10 and real shop examples, they explore leading by serving employees and customers, stewarding gifts, and creating lasting impact. Listeners receive practical challenges to serve others, improve morale, and use small acts of care to make a big difference in their teams and communities. AutoshopAnswers.com Auto-Shop-Media.com

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Episode transcript

What's up, you amazing superstars? This is Joe Adams with Adams Automotive, the number one shop in America. This is Master Tech to Millionaire presented by Autoshop Answers, where we talk about the transition from technician to business owner, CEO. We are here for episode two with our resident chaplain for Autoshop Ministries, Devontae Tidwell. Week two, how are you doing this afternoon, Devontae? I'm doing well, man. I can't complain. Listen, it's not raining right now. So I'll take it. The other side of that is that it's also over 90 degrees. So we're sweating. So it's still, you still got some, some water one way or another. That's right. People ask me all the time. They're like, man, Houston, how do you do it? Like, how do you deal with the heat? And I'm like, well, one, you can play golf on Christmas. It's not 20 degrees in December. Well, sometimes it is, but two, it's really good for car repair business for it to be super hot.

If you didn't know, It's really hot, man. The extreme heat breaks stuff. So we're really excited for the summertime. But let's go, man. So glad to hear you're doing well. I'd love to get right into the meat and potatoes of week two. What do you got for us? Yeah, I want to talk a little bit today about service. And really how all of this is service. Right. So everything that we do, you know, no pun intended because we're in the automotive industry. We have service advisors that are listening right now, but you know, everything that we do is not just to service a vehicle. It's actually to service people. So when we have that perspective, and I'm going to read a scripture here in a second, when we have that perspective, it makes us realize that we had a purpose long before we had a title. And that sometimes we've made them synonymous and we've tried to make them where my title is my purpose. But I'm actually trying to separate the two and say, man, you had a purpose before you had a title.

And even when your title changes, you're going to have a purpose after that. So let me read this out of 1 Peter 4.10. Hold on. Can you say that one more time? We had a tie. We had a that's really good. I want the people to hear that. Absolutely. Absolutely. So when you have a title and a lot of people pair the title and the purpose together, But you had a purpose before you had a title. Okay. And when your title changes, you will still have a purpose after that title too. So no matter what titles you get through life, because titles change. You change from a single to a husband or a single to a wife, or you change from a husband to a father, or you change from a service advisor to a CEO, you still have a purpose that undergirds all of this all the way through. So we've always had a purpose. And you will still have a purpose no matter what your title is. So I'm here today to talk to people about how their purpose is not in their

title. Their title is just a part of their purpose. I love that. Before you get into the verse, my dad, I love my dad's stories. He always says, the honor does not come from the job. You bring the honor to the job. And I'll get choked up even just right off the gate here. We've got a, he always talks about, we've got a gentleman named Juan who's been our car wash guy for 25 years. And he does it with such diligence and integrity. And he's always here on time and he treats it like my dad would treat it, like we would treat it. And he's been doing it for 25 years. And it's like, so is it the title that makes him have integrity or be an honorable person? or is it the integrity that he brings to his labor every single day? So I love that. Man, shout out Juan. Before we move on, I think that's important. I'm big on celebrating people. Shout out to Juan. Yeah, that's amazing. Because that's exactly what we're talking about,

is because Juan understands that this is purpose. And whether or not the title changed, I would still do everything with this level of excellence. I would still do everything with this level of integrity, with this level of character, with this level of attention to detail. This is what I mean when we're talking about, hey, your purpose is actually bigger than your title. Because your purpose will be the same no matter what season of life you're in, no matter what your title is, no matter, you know, who's the name on your shirt or the name on the building that you're working. You know, maybe it changes. Maybe you are a part of an acquisition and the entire company changes. You still will have a purpose. So with that said, let me read First Peter 4.10 says, as each has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's very grace. As each of us has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's very grace.

Isn't that special, man? I think every time we think about everything that we have, all of our life, all of the business and the influence and the employees and, the peers, and maybe we get friends and we get privy to have some friends in other industries who are also successful. You realize that self-made is a cool concept. It's something to say, but you really couldn't do any of this on your own. All of this really is a gift. The things that would have had to align for you to be in that place at that time in this space in history has to be a gift from God. And every gift that we get has a purpose beyond making us look good, feel good, or be happy. It actually is true, but it's incomplete. Let me break it down. It actually is true. It is for us. We are to be happy in it. We are to feel good in it, but it's incomplete if we don't use it to serve other people. Okay, I got you. And let me just riff for a second here. So I think a lot about,

and correct me if I'm wrong, I think this is what you're getting at. I think a lot about entitlement. I think a lot of people are, and I struggle with this. I'm like, man, why does it have to be so hard? Like, this is like, I don't deserve this. And then I heard in a sermon years ago, like, well, what you actually deserve is death on the cross. And, you know, you're, you know, not like you're a bad person, but like, we're all sinners saved by grace. And so the part in that verse that's so relevant is like, as good stewards of God's varied grace. It's like, you don't got nothing. Like we're entitled to nothing. So I don't know. That's encouraging to me whenever I'm feeling entitled. Is that kind of, kind of where you were going with this? Yeah. So like a part of that is, um, we think that we're the ones that gave it to us. So like, I always tell people all the time is there's a difference between arrogance and awareness.

Like a lot of times, if you know anything about church or you, maybe you don't have a context for church, if you're listening, um, a lot of Christians will talk a lot about humility and, humility actually doesn't look like the way that we painted it. It looks like kind of shrinking and playing small and speaking quietly. And that's not necessarily humility. Like you can be fully aware and not arrogant. Like you are aware, Joe, that you are gifted at what you do, that you were gifted this space, that you were gifted this influence. You also are aware that you didn't gift it to yourself. That's the difference. That one thing is the difference between being arrogant and being aware. So when you have that level of entitlement, when you feel like things are owed to you and not a gift, then you start to say, ah, well, you know, I'm the one that gave it to me. I'm the one that worked for this. I'm self-made. I built this. And it's like, really? Are you,

are you sure you did every detail, every step of the way you made them say yes to the contract. You made them the call back. You made them have that opportunity. You made them choose you over somebody else? No part. It's a gift. And when you, and when you take the entitlement out of it, then if we say, okay, I didn't give this to myself, then I have to ask the one who gave it to me. What's the responsibility of it? You gave this to me, God, you gave this to me. Yeah. What am I to do with it? And that's where we're trying to get to where we say, okay, well, there has to be another purpose. You gave this to me, not just because I was your favorite kid, not because I was the coolest of the 8 billion other people here on the planet. You gave this to me for a reason. And that reason is to serve. That's how we're good stewards, right? We use it to serve one another as good stewards. That's the purpose. That's the purpose that supersedes our title.

That's the purpose that, you know, goes beyond our location. That's the purpose that circumvents the disappointment and the, man, I don't deserve this. And man, this is too hard. It's when I say, okay, but am I serving people? Juan is so good at what he does because he's a servant. He serves extremely well. And it's like, I'm going to wake up every day. I'm going to be on time because this is my way to serve others. That's what I'm trying to get at today. 25 years, man. It's unbelievable. He doesn't, you know, and I'll just, you know, I'll, I'll, you know, Todd here. He's our CEO. If you're listening to this, you probably know who Todd is. Everybody knows Todd doesn't do it for the money. You know, he's been very successful in his career and people ask him all the time. They're like, what are you going to do with all the money? If you guys are successful or what, you know, what do you need the money for?

Blah blah and he's he says it all the time he's like it's a ministry he's like what it's almost like, he almost doesn't understand the question it's like one what else would i do and two if you have that kind of game like you almost feel obligated to, not sit on the sidelines and do nothing with your game like with your talent right it says use each of us has received a gift use it to serve one another as good stewards, if god's very great so it's almost like a commandment it's It's like, okay, I've given you, you're Tom Brady, you can throw the ball really far. It would be almost like, it's almost like we're obligated to not, the good thing about business is you can be in business the day you die, is what Todd says, what Tom Brady would give to be out there at the 50 again, but he can't, and so it's like, man. What a disservice to my creator if he's going to give me these gifts and talents and I'm just going to sit on a beach somewhere.

You know, it's almost like an obligation. It's the way we feel. Yeah. And what about, what if even stronger word, what if we see it as disrespectful? Right. Like, man, I, I, you gave this to me and I'm only going to hoard the gift and the benefits of the gift for me. Like, cause everything is serving something. You know what I mean? Selfishness serves, it just serves one person, you, you know what I mean? Selfishness serves too. It just serves you. But when you have an attitude of a servant, when you have an attitude of service, you literally take that gift and say, you know what? No, I have a responsibility beyond the blessing, beyond the peace, beyond the security. I now have a responsibility to serve others because okay, I've won, right? I'm Todd. I won. Right. But who else can I help win? Who else gets to rest a little bit easier at night if I help them by serving them? Who else gets to go home to their families and gets to sit down at a dinner

table and say, yeah, I'm not worried about how we're going to put food in the fridge or in the pantry or the deep freezer because of, you know, somebody else serving me and stepping out of the way so that I can have a win as well. It creates a ripple effect. And that's, it's really, it really is a formula. I know that you technically don't like the word formula for our faith, but for this, this is a formula. You create wins for other people and other generations and other households and for your techs and for the people in your business office and for the people who are managing your finances and your CPA when you serve them. It gives you a level of relief. Number one, it takes the pressure off because you say, all right, I don't have to get this all done to sustain my own, you know, earnings or whatever. I get to say, man, I want to put my pressure on how can I serve other people? Because I've never seen somebody that is passionate about serving other people

be unsuccessful and unhappy. I haven't seen it. Right. I see what you're saying. I haven't seen it because their purpose is being fulfilled, even if their title isn't. It's what sustains you, man. It's not money. Like there's some number, I think it's like, I don't know what the number is, but they say money buys happiness up until like a certain number. And it's usually just enough to get your pain to go away. So like, you know, shelter and having enough food on the table and not having to think about money, you know, money doesn't buy happiness, but it certainly can remove pain from your life, you know, on this earth. And, and so at the end of the day, like there is a dollar amount where you're set for life. Like it's not like, and I think Todd hit that number a long time ago, but he's got a unique ability to create an environment where people win and not just him. And I think it would be, you use the word disrespectful to God to not give that

opportunity to other people. So we talk about this in training, our training events all the time. It's like. I haven't talked to you about this, Devante, so hopefully this doesn't rub you the wrong way. We poach employees. We poach team members from other shops. We steal them. We straight up steal them. From mom and pop operators who don't know what they're doing. And people are like, man, how do you sleep at night? You're taking Mr. and Mrs. Jones' best technician? And I'm like, yes, I absolutely am. Because one, One, they don't have the infrastructure that allows that technician to make a lot of money and create an infrastructure for their family. And two, I feel obligated to recruit them because the number of text messages that I've received of people buying their first house, or they're making six figures for the first time, or their wife doesn't have to work anymore, or blah, blah, blah. It's like, I feel obligated. And now, Devante, what I get to tell him is Devante

told me I was being disrespectful to God by not recruiting from Mr. and Mrs. Jeff. I'm making a joke there. I'm making a joke there. But actually, it's like, I've felt this before where I'm like, man, I'm tired today. And it's like, okay, that's cool. But, you know, it's a responsibility. It really is like too much who has given, much is expected. And it says it right there in 1 Peter 4. I love that. So anyway, I'll hand it back to you. Yeah. So, you know, I think you hit the nail on the head because let's take somebody like you talked about the text. If your texts feel like a means to an end, right? Right. Why would they show up as their best? Who says I want to be the best tool to be used by everybody? Yeah. Nobody, right? Like nobody wants to feel like a tool, but when you make people feel like they're good enough to be served, like that takes, that takes the way that I show up. That takes the way that I attend things. That takes the way that I treat the

meetings, the way that I send the emails, the way that I clean my station, the way that I interact with, a customer, the way I shake a hand, the way I make eye contact, because I said, man, I am being served here. This is bigger than me, but they care about me. That makes the difference between people who stay for 25 years and people who stay for 25 months before they're home and complaining and sad and upset and stressed and feel disappointed about life. Think about it. Nobody goes to a restaurant and says, man, I sure love when the waiter comes to my table and they're talking to their friends. And man, I love like when my drink, the glass has been empty with just ice for 30 minutes. Like I love when the drink is empty, man. I love when they come to the table and they bring a plate and the food is ice cold. Like, oh, who does not love ice cold broccolini? Like I love, you know what I mean? Nobody ever says that because we all know what good service looks like.

And we definitely know what bad service feels like. And yeah, people come through our training all the time and they're like, man, I can't get my guys or girls. I can't get my team members to do it. And I'm like, are you doing it? Like I literally ask them point blank. I'm like, okay, well, are you having a meeting? Are you having to take five in the morning every, every workday? Are you in the trenches with them? Yeah. Like, cause you can tell when you're at a restaurant and the waiter is checking a box. You can tell when they're checking a box and then you can tell when the owner is passionate and he's a servant or she's a servant right and they train them and you could tell when a waiter is like super passionate about the menu like oh man you got to try this man or like, you know we talk about charlie he's one of our partners in business and, he's got two shops and in uh in boston and i you go up there and you ask them

and they're like oh we're here for charlie like it's not it's not pleasant car care it's not a paycheck it's not it's like they are uniquely passionate it because they know they work for somebody who like will take the shirt off of his back for him because he's a servant. And so if you come to key to key, if you come to our training and expect to like send your managers to a training and get the silver bullet, it just doesn't work like that. And I think what you're telling me is it can be applied biblically to the rest of your life as well. 100%. Because think about it and I'll say it like this and I'm going to say this slowly so that people can hear, maybe they're listening. Service is what takes people from feeling like they're a means to an end to feeling like I mean something to you. OK, say that again. Service is the thing that takes people from feeling like I'm just a means to an end to man. I mean something to them.

For sure. That's a, that's a drastic shift. Like if I feel like I mean something to you, then yeah, Charlie, what are we doing? Yeah. We got to do that. Oh, I got to do a little extra that's outside of my wheelhouse. But listen, Charlie asked, like, I'll do anything for Charlie. Right. Right. Because I mean something to him. The difference is at Mr. And Mrs. Jones shop, I'm just a means to an end. I got to, I got to fill a station. I got to check off a box. I got to hit a quota. I got to be there because they don't have anybody else. Like, that's the difference when I see that, you know, in my own leadership, when people feel like, because it's true, not when you, when you, you know, manufacture it, when people realize that they mean something to you, then it's not, how do I get them to do anything? It's man, I got to stop y'all from doing something because we're doing too much. Like you, I don't need all of that. And I'm grateful that you would go out of

your way for somebody like me, because servant really should fit the description of your character first. Because if it's in your heart, it'll be in your hands. If it's inside, it'll come out in your actions. If it's in who you are, it's going to come out in your actions. It's going to come out in a way that you lead. It's going to come out in the way that you talk to the employees, the way that you say good morning. It's going to come out in the way that you slow down your pace to ask people twice, like, hey, how are you for real? How are you doing? For real, yeah. Yeah. Because that's who you are. And when you see that, you'll start seeing more and more people will show up the way that they show up for Charlie, the way that Juan shows up, you know, and less than, you know, those people are, or less of the people are in a space that they feel like I'm just a means to an end. They'll say, I mean something to this person. I mean something to this leader.

I mean something to this organization. And they make me know it. Like, it's not that they just say it. Like, anybody can come up with a cool leadership huddle catchphrases. You know what I mean? Like, but another, it's another thing to say, man, like they went out of their way when my wife was sick. And didn't have to tell anybody. But man, they just said, hey, don't worry about those medical bills. Like, we got you. I don't want you to promote it. I don't want you to. You know, man, they realized that like I really had to work, but it was my son's championship game. And I needed to be there. And they said, hey, don't worry about that. Go be with your son. That task, it'll be there when you get back. Your son only has one game. That's the difference between you're a means to an end versus I mean something to you. Does that make sense? Yeah, and I'm just reflecting on my own leadership. And it's like,

it's actually, I don't want to use the word easy and out of context. It's like shockingly easy to let people know how much you care about them. Like it's like the look I've seen on technicians' faces, on service advisors' faces, when I just ask them how their kids are and I remember their kids' name by name. And I don't remember them all anymore. And I wish I did. I got to get better at that is what I'm reflecting on. But like asking somebody how their kids are doing is, it's not hard. Like, it is not a hard thing, but you can't fake it. Like, it's like a very... You know, we, I teach a lot on sales, you know, and a lot of it's like taking, you know, care of the customer and like serving them in a lot of ways. And I talk about it like it's the same as communicating with your, you know, your spouse or people in your real life. It's like, imagine if you're talking to your wife and you're like, okay, I'm just going to take out the trash and I'm going to clean the house.

Not because I actually love her, but just to like check a box. It's like, how's that going to work for you? Like, it's not going to, you think that's going to be a 60 year long marriage? Like it's not, but when it overflows from like, man, I just so deeply care about this person. I want to make their life better. Like that's the sustainable one. And you know, your business is a marriage. I'm telling you, you're working 12 hours a day with these people, with your teammates, man. So you got to treat them like they're part of the family. Yeah, I love that you said that. it's so easy. The way I like to say it is service costs nothing, but it's worth everything. It costs almost nothing, but it's worth everything. Imagine that. Like imagine just asking somebody about their kids saying, you know what? They care about me. Like, like, you know what? They actually remember that my son had that championship game.

Cause I've been talking about it for weeks and weeks and weeks. So imagine a tech being excited about it for weeks and man, my boy is doing great. And man, you know, he's going to do this. He's going to do. And then wait, why are you asking to be off again? It's like, dang, like, did you not hear anything I said for the last four weeks about how excited it was that, you know, my son is playing in the championship. But if you say, Hey, you know what? I know your son's playing in a championship. I just wanted to let you know, I covered that for you. I covered that shift. We've already moved some things around. Go be with your son and text us when he wins. Do you know what that would do? Like it's, it costs nothing. It costs nothing to care. It costs nothing to serve, but it's worth everything to people. You know, I'll tell you a story about a famous restaurant in New York. When I was working for a luxury car dealership.

We had a specific training and there's this video that the owner of this store, I'm sorry, of this restaurant mentioned, and he's going to use a different word, but I want it. The concept is the same. And he said, hospitality is something that happens for you. Service happens to you. Okay. So he said this, he took away all tips in his, like, because he said, I want my waiters to feel so cared for, to feel like I'm so hospitable, that they don't have to worry about faking it and, you know, rushing through things to hurry up and get things there so that they can depend on tips. They don't need it because I already pay them far beyond what anybody else could do, you know what they can make in tips on their own. So because I'm hospitable, then that hospitality to them bleeds down into the hospitality towards our customers. So then they do go above and beyond and say, Hey, well, maybe, uh, Oh, listen, I don't want to drink soda out of the tap. Well,

guess what? Now they go out of their way to go get them a Coke zero in a bottle, right? That's because I have set the precedence from the top, because I've said, I will be hospitable. I will serve my people so well that it has no choice, but to be a trickle effect. And honestly, that's really how it is, right? Like we have a purpose and that purpose is to serve. And maybe that alone is encouragement for somebody. They just needed to hear like, man, your purpose is bigger than your title. And that's all they needed today. But for everybody else, it's something to evaluate. You know, again, maybe it costs nothing. Here's a challenge for people. You know, I know we're getting to the end of this episode, but like, here's a challenge for people of how service costs nothing. Send some words of encouragement. That like make a phone call that has nothing to do with your bottom line. You know what I mean? Make a phone call that has nothing to do with the schedule.

Maybe help, you know, your elderly neighbor with the landscaping. Maybe turn something in for your coworker, turn in that report that they left on their desk that they forgot to submit, you know, and you know, they needed to submit it by a certain time. Maybe go to the, go to their kids championship game. Maybe find time to just be there. Just, Hey, Hey man, I know that this was important to you and you're important to me. So I wanted to be here. Tell somebody they're doing better than they think. Like that's stuff that literally costs nothing, but is worth everything. And when you understand that God gave you a purpose bigger than your title and the servanthood is a part of your character, it will come out into everything else. And the morale, we all know how ROI positive high morale is. Yeah, there's some stat, like if you tell somebody 10 good things, if they remember every one bad thing that you tell them is like 10 good things.

I don't know if that makes sense. So you could praise them 10 times. But if you criticize, you know, or put somebody down one time, it's like, it's 10 times more powerful in the wrong direction. So it's like, how does this formula work? It's like, the people, you know, you have to be the, if you're the business owner, you got to take care of your people and then the people take care of the customers. Right. And then the customers take care of the business, you know? And so you can't just like expect to send people to some silver bullet training and just like expect them to take care of their customers. Like you have to take care of the people. Right. So I, you know, I was at a conference one time and, um, you know, the person on stage, they were like, take everybody, take out your phones. And I, you know, I, I'm just piggybacking on what you're saying, Devante, like it costs nothing they were like take out your phones and text

somebody it was a work conference. They were like and whoever's listening to this i sent this text message to hopefully they remember it, they were like text whoever's back home right now who's running the business today just text them that you love them and that you're really grateful that they're you know side by side with you, and so i felt a little awkward you know like sending that text and then i sent it and it's like, man i hope you really i hope that person really like understands how much they mean to me like that like like i'm out here learning and like we're trying to grow the business and but like, dude i appreciate you gosh that is i had somebody on a phone call today tell me like dude you're doing somebody because because as the leader you don't get that a lot you know they're like yeah somebody told me today like hey man you're doing a great job like and i was like man that feels good and now i'm

talking to you i'm like man i needed to be doing that i I need to be like, everybody's so focused on the problems and how to get people feedback and make it better. And it's like, Just celebrate their wins and tell them you're grateful for them. It doesn't cost you anything. And it's not like a formula like, hey, if you text your people you love them, they will do more performance. It's like it doesn't work like that. You have to actually have the internal love of the creator or something flow through you and bear fruit for other people to experience it. So, yeah. Yeah. No, I think you're hitting the nail on the head again. You don't even have to have full context for what the scripture even means or where it came from to find yourself in it. Like, you don't have to believe what we believe yet in order to see yourself in this and see the value in it. But this is what I mean, you know, when we try to open up that conversation

around like you have a purpose. Your purpose, number one, is to be a servant. Like, imagine, you know, the reason that Adams is such a successful business and story is because of how you guys have served the community for a long time. Not like it has been consistent service. It's been a consistent presence. It's been a consistent, you know, staple in the neighborhood. And I think that's a that's a testament of that idea. If you can serve and you will be fulfilling your ultimate purpose more than you will be fulfilling your title. You can fulfill your title and still find somebody to serve. Maybe you say, man, I don't really know how to serve in my role. You know what you can do? And say, you know what? Like, I don't need any money. Who can I buy groceries for today? Maybe I'm just in line behind somebody and I see their car get declined and just say, hey, ma'am, you know what? I got it. I got it today.

It's like, hey, go feed your babies. That costs you maybe a hundred bucks, but it may give them food for a week. And sometimes it's that perspective of like, man, service and that, like, let's just work that real quick. Let's just work that scenario out. What if that you were in line, let's hypothetically go there. You were in line behind somebody and their car got declined in the grocery store and they had a basket full of groceries. It was $150. And that was going to feed their family for a week. Mom of two. You paid for that. That now moves on. So the money she was going to spend for that now gets to be used towards something else, what helps her get a little bit ahead. And then the money she was going to use for that bill gets used to something else, or she gets to put it in savings a little. And now she has a little bit to build on. And that one small service decision is the thing that helped her get ahead so that her car never declines again. What if?

Yeah. And that's all about, it's all about listening to the Holy spirit to know when when to push on on moments like that and you got to have a you got to have a deep faith to be able to to know when when is the right time for it for sure yeah that's it that's it well hey man i totally believe everything you're putting out there, uh that you're saying i think you know i can't start crying on this podcast but my mother has been doing this 46 years diligent servant yeah and when she tells people she's praying for him like they know she means it yeah, think about that like that's crazy like i think i take it for granted sometimes like, you know i've been a christian my whole life and you know i like you know i i pray for people and i don't think anything of it but some people don't know how to pray or they don't like really really, uh maybe believe that they're worthy of talking to god and it's like to know

that somebody like my mom like she like i know for a fact i don't know what her prayer life looks like but i know there is one and i know that uh when somebody asks her to pray for him like she she takes it serious. And so like, what's the downstream effect of that? It's like diligently serving the community for 46 years. And then the downstream effect of that is like. You know, she's been abundantly blessed to take care of her family and hopefully a lot of other families. So I love it. I think we're up on time here. This has been episode two of Autoshot Ministries. Devante, you want to close us in prayer? Absolutely. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for every single person, especially those, like Joe said, who may feel like they don't deserve to pray. God, I pray specifically for them that they would hear your voice. God, that they would know that they had a purpose long before they had a title.

God, that we are called to serve because we've been served first. God, you gave us this gift. And the way that we can be sure that we're being good stewards is making sure that service is a part of the equation. So God, let us go out of our way this week to find somebody to serve because it costs us nothing, but it's worth everything. Be with them today and the rest of this week in Jesus name. Amen. Boom. Well, happy Sunday, everybody. Let's go make it a great week. Thank you again, Devante. We can't wait to see everybody next Sunday. Let's go. For more information, reach out to Todd Westerlin at 925-980-8012 or visit autoshopanswers.com. Get more information about Key2Key2Callbacks, Courtside, VIP Racket Tech Day, where you spend a full day in the trenches with our teams. We have leadership classes, an AI academy, accounting first, fraud and prevention, as well as auto tech training. We are literally your one-stop shop.

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