Street Preachers Podcast Tour | Behind the Scenes | Part 8 | Miami

In this special Behind the Scenes episode from our Miami stop, we’re pulling back the curtain on what Jesus did — the prayers in the hallways, the moments off stage, and the powerful encounters where God met people right where they were.

This isn’t just about a tour stop… it’s about transformation.

“Come and see what God has done; He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of man.” (Psalm 66:5)

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

What's up, Street Team Family? You're watching this episode of the Street Preachers Podcast with your hosts Tim Timberlake and Philip Anthony Mitchell. And you are tuned in to our special behind the scenes series of our very first Street Preachers Podcast tour. Stay locked.

SPEAKER_01 0:17

Shout out to our brother, Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. and uh everybody at Voo Church for opening up um their house to us. And um I remember arriving in Miami with a great amount of joy.

unknown 0:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 0:32

Uh like Lord, we we made it to the end. Through trial, yeah, through tribulations, through hardships, through persecutions, through difficulties on tour, through moving a big team from city to city, logistics, hotels, flights, tour buses, sprinters. I mean, just so much logistics, so much work, so much travel, so much. You know, uh Denora had put in a lot of work. We all have put in a lot of work. Hey, RJK. Like shout out to the assistant, shout out JK, shout out RJ.

SPEAKER_02 1:08

Because it's not it's not common. When we say there was turmoil and there was tribulation, is there no turmoil between me and Phil?

SPEAKER_03 1:17

Yeah, not that.

SPEAKER_02 1:18

There's no turmoil or tribulation between our teams. No, not that at all. Like to travel with that many people and there not be mess that happens is a miracle within itself.

SPEAKER_01 1:29

Yeah, I think it's it's good that you clarify that. When I when we're talking about turmoil and trouble, we're talking about from the external culture, just persecutions and trials and feeling resistance from the enemy. Yeah, but I will say our travel team was a dynamic team. Like we're in this, we're in the studio right now with our with our with our recording, our recording team that's been recording with us from the very beginning. Shout out to our whole recording team, you know, uh JKRJ, or everybody traveled, the whole worship team. Like that team was united. Absolutely. Oh, shout out to uh our security, Jared, he's D'Angelo. D'Angelo, the whole security team, CIA, Waylist, Waylist, all that, man. Like our whole entire team, from recording team to worship team to security team, logistics team to Denora. Like we was like a family on the road. Absolutely. Right? We were a family from city to city, hotel to hotel, tour bus, all the things. It was like one big family. We prayed, we cried, we wept, we had moments, we ate good food after every spot. Like we made memories, we saw testimonies of life change. Um, we got gold stars for finishing right, right? Uh, and made it to Miami. When I got to Miami, I remember feeling this burst of joy. This burst of uh of um the best way for me to describe it, this burst of Lord, we've done what you told us to do. Yeah, and I remember being in the green room that night at Vu and saying to our team that night, I said, guys, one more battle.

SPEAKER_02 3:05

That's it. Remember that night?

SPEAKER_01 3:06

Absolutely. I said, we're not done yet.

SPEAKER_02 3:09

That's right.

SPEAKER_01 3:09

I know we feel the joy because we've come to the last spot. I know what y'all feeling, but no, I'm saying to the worship team, one more battle to fight. Um, and we didn't even have worship sets. We just freestyling worship. Absolutely. I said, whoa, for just one more, one more stage to grace, one more battle to fight, one more territory to take, one more. And I remember feeling this deep joy. And I remember the team went out, and you and I was in the back. And all we do, you know, we walking, we praying, we kneeling, we crying. And and but I felt this deep joy like God, your grace got us here. And uh through all that we had to go through, and this was this was beautiful and it was powerful. And uh I mean, that's how I felt. Yeah, how how did you feel?

SPEAKER_02 3:56

I felt like um like the father was pleased.

SPEAKER_01 4:01

The father was pleased, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 4:02

And because I knew he was pleased, I was overwhelmed. Yeah, you know, we we look out into that room in Miami, and you see it was live in Miami. Oh man, just a diverse and eclectic audience, yeah, people that have influence and affluence, and people that spent their very last to be in that room and got blessed.

SPEAKER_01 4:25

There were some wealthy people in that room, it was some people struggling in that room, it was all the things in that room.

SPEAKER_02 4:31

Yeah, and I remember um we got finished that night, and we went out to the lobby, and the first lady that met us out there, she was in a wheelchair. Yeah, I remember her. And she said, Can I can I take a picture with y'all? And I was like, Absolutely.

SPEAKER_03 4:52

And she came out that wheelchair with y'all with you, and she came out that wheelchair came out of that wheelchair, bro.

SPEAKER_02 4:58

It broke.

SPEAKER_03 4:59

I remember that man. She came out that wheelchair.

SPEAKER_02 5:02

What in the world are you doing? Yeah, bro. And so I'm, you know, I'm I'm humbled, Phil, that we get an opportunity to steward this. I think that as we continue to dig and unpack scripture to the street team society and culture, we'll continue to see an uprising of hate. Yeah. And that is to be expected. Yeah. And in what we what we see happening in the kingdom of God. And it's a reminder for us of why these moments are necessary and important.

SPEAKER_01 5:46

Yeah, and as Tim and I um land the plane on what we will call these BTS episodes that you've been watching as we've just been unpacking our journey on tour and um just being honest about some of the things we go through. Um we want to take a second to encourage all of you who are in the middle of a journey of faith, and that you may not see uh the end of how it's gonna work out. Um's is to just trust God and step out on faith. Um as as Tim and I are just reflecting in these BTS episodes about our tour, one of the most rewarding moments for me was when he and I was about to walk off the platform in Miami and we gave each other a hug.

SPEAKER_03 6:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:39

And it was a long embrace. And he whispered in my ear, we did it.

SPEAKER_03 6:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:44

And I whispered back in his ear, Tim, we did it. By God's grace, we made it to the end. And uh I knew what it cost me to go out on tour in terms of my family. I travel, I knew what it cost him. You know, we're both preaching multiple times on Sunday. We're traveling, we're leaving family. It it came at a high cost physically, it came at a high cost spiritually, um, it came at a high cost emotionally, it came at a high cost financially.

SPEAKER_03 7:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:11

And um, but I just want to encourage, I want to encourage somebody watching right now. Uh, Tim and I are gonna take this moment to encourage you. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Yeah. And you don't gotta see the outcome. Yours is to just keep walking by faith and not by sight, whatever that is, okay? And if it's not something that you can put a name on, maybe it's not a podcast, maybe it's not a ministry, right? Maybe it's not a book, maybe it's not something sensational. It doesn't have to be sensational, it could just be daily obedience to Christ. Just walking by faith in daily obedience to Christ. And as you walk by faith in daily obedience to Christ, trusting Him to color in the lines and to figure out all the outcomes. Ours is not to control all of the outcomes. Um, ours is to just be faithful. That's what the Christian life is. It is daily faithfulness to Christ, obeying the Holy Spirit. Even in the most mundane things, it could be the smallest things that the Holy Spirit is leading you to do, the slightest adjustments or tweaks, just spend a little bit more time with me. Spend a little bit more time with that child. Be a little bit more kind to your spouse. Just be the smallest things. Clean up your house a little bit more, whatever it is. I just want to encourage you to just be faithful in even the smallest things that God is calling you to do, even when we don't understand, trust him when you cannot trace him. And uh, and and I pray that these BTS episodes that you've been watching with my brother Tim and I, us just sharing transparently about our major step of faith here last year, uh, to step out to do a tour when we had no real podcast experience, um, no podcast longevity. Um, we just stepped down on faith to obey God, and what we experienced was the fruit of that obedience. And and we pray that you would you would do the same from the smallest of things to the greatest of things, just trust God in faith um that you will see the fruit of that obedience. And Tim, before we pray, we want to shout out some of our sponsors from our first season. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02 9:42

Shout out Overflow.

SPEAKER_01 9:43

Shout out Overflow.

SPEAKER_02 9:45

Our brother Vance and Kim, who have an incredible, incredible business. If you're a pastor or maybe you're a business leader and you are looking for uh an opportunity to partner with an incredible Christian-based organization uh that handles processing, financial payments, all of those good things. Overflow.co uh is an incredible partner that will not only help your business, but help you advance the kingdom of God as well. And shout out to the Bible Museum, uh, Dr. Carlos, our sister Tracy. Uh thank you for all you did to partner right alongside of us to help us advance the gospel of Jesus Christ. And shout out to our street team who is not just wearing merch, but a part of the mission in purchasing uh a hoodie or t-shirt that helps us continue the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Like the one you're wearing right now. Like your street team hoodie. I got on like the hoodie Phil has on right now. And so you can find all of the merch uh on the website streetpreachers.tv, and uh just click the merch, and it continues to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.

SPEAKER_01 10:52

So thank you for watching this final episode of what we will call our BTS series. Uh we pray that um our time uh just sharing with you about our tour was a blessing to you, uh to all of our street team across America, and now we can say the world. In pockets around the world. We want you to know that we love you. Uh, Tim and I are always praying for you. You mean the world to us, and we're looking forward to seeing more of you um wherever God takes us um in season two of the Street Preachers Podcast. Like, subscribe, share, and uh and may God be a blessing to all of you.

SPEAKER_02 11:34

We'll see. We pray you were blessed by this behind the scenes content. And if you were, please do us a favor like, subscribe, share. Those things help us to continue the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also, for more information, go to streetpreachers.tv. If you're encouraged by the message, help us to continue to share the message by going to the content, sharing it, but also supporting the merch. This isn't just merch, it's mission.