The Bryce Crawford Podcast - The Baylen Levine Interview (EP 141)

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

In this episode, Bryce sits down with Baylen Levine to talk about his upbringing, social media, why he stepped away, and how faith has impacted his life recently.

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I'm Bryce. And today's episode by the title that you can see right now, we have Baylon Levino. Hi, guys. Hello. Moses is attacking him right now. Me and Moses are, we just became good friends. I'm pumped about this episode. And I was telling Baylon earlier, a lot, a lot of people watching have requested it. A lot of people.

That's crazy. I didn't know that. Yeah, a lot of people. But I personally have been wanting, we've been talking about it forever. When I, when I run into people, I get a lot of people telling me that we like favor, that we like, they like, I remind them of you. Really? Yeah. That's the coolest thing ever.

Wow. Well, I feel honored. So, thanks for coming on. Dude, of course. I feel honored. I'm glad you're here. So, you know, if, if no one knew anything about you right now and they were, watching this, how would you introduce this? Like, tell us a little bit about you. Um,

but do you all want me to look at the camera or where do I look? You can look at me. Okay. Well, well, I feel like I'm talking to them right now. I was introducing myself to them. Yeah, yeah, but you know, you're like giving a backstory. Okay, okay, okay. A little lore. We got to know the lore. Yeah, yeah. So I am Baylon and I kind of just video my life, whatever we do that day. Me and my friend group started with pranks. Still do some pranks here and there. We're kind of in a, I'm kind of in a, in a new, new chapter of my life. You know, I still like to have fun and mess around, but I haven't, I haven't, I took a break, a break from social media for a little just to find myself and kind of, it's, you know,

I'm always go, go, go, go, go. So it was nice to, to have that time. And, yeah, that's where I'm out. Yeah, I think it's so good. I think, you know, I mean, I've, I've watched you since I was in eighth grade, probably ninth grade, which is a lit. And that's so fun. It's fun that we get to sit there.

down. And you've had an impact on so many people. Thank you, man. A lot of, a lot of young people. Thank you. And I know now we've been getting to talk about it a little bit, but you're in this phase of life where you're not, you're like evolving. You know, things are changing. They're a little bit different. And I think change is good. And I think that it's healthy. And you've been growing in your faith a lot recently. Faith has become important to you. What's changed for you? Really, man. I, I, I started to grow up, you know, like, like things started, things started to, um, change really when I, I wasn't fond of the person I was becoming, you know, and the person I was at the time.

Um, and I didn't even know it in the moment, you know, sometimes it takes, you have to, you have to get, um, you have to get humbled. You know what I mean? So I was just in a spot of where I finally wanted to listen because for so long I didn't want to listen. I had my ways. I had my way I did things and um and I wouldn't really listen to anyone. You know, I thought I thought that I knew right all the time. And so my best friend Pige, he, he really started to open my mind up to some of the changes and some of the things and the, and the ways I was, um, acting, you know, and he, he is a huge reason, huge reason why all this

started is because he just started to open my mind up a little bit to, um, the man I wanted to be, you know? And, and, what was the question? Yeah, we're talking about, like, what's changed? Well, I think it's important. I think it's good. I think you should stop right there, actually, because I think we should kind of rewind a little bit

and kind of dive into when you were younger. So, like, for context, you've always had a passion for YouTube, been filming videos for a long time. You were in high school when you were filming videos and things were starting to change. Like, bring us into that point right. there like you're making videos on youtube and it's kind of weird because you we talk we all the time so yeah yeah so um i was 17 years old when i really started and i got kicked out of school for the

videos um i actually went to a catholic school so so we were cussing in the videos and whatnot and um they didn't like it you know and um so i got asked to leave but i was very determined i was very set you know because they didn't they didn't really understand social media like i yes i cussed And yes, we did pranks and stuff, but I had such a bigger mission of like, let me be funny and let me, you know, be myself to kind of wrap, wrap viewers in. And then once they, you know, think I'm funny or they think I'm awesome, then I really had such goals of promoting sobriety and promoting, you know, going after your dreams and promoting being yourself and all these things. But I knew that I needed the eyes to do that. And I also enjoyed pranking and messing around. I enjoyed, you know, balance, you know.

So I had a bigger mission and the school didn't really understand that. And neither did my parents. Neither did. I mean, no one did. It's not traditional. It's not traditional. Especially back then.

This was like, this was like 2018. Yeah. You know, which doesn't seem that long ago. But like it was, I feel like it's become a little more popular with TikTok and everything to do. Yeah,

it's become normal. Yeah, for sure. But I think back then, like I don't even think TikTok was a thing. No, it wasn't. YouTube was like the mainstream.

And when I think of like 2018 YouTube, I think of like, oh, gee, like older videos. So it was an untraditional. Yeah, it was very, it wasn't the norm. And so I, uh, I knew my goal, you know, and I kind of viewed it as like, this is meant to be. You know what I mean? Like, because once I got kicked out, I really got to lock in and just like grind out videos. And I had such plans and such goals and, and, and I wanted to do something I loved.

You know what I mean? I wanted to, um, I knew how happy that would make me. me and I knew I wanted to influence kids and I knew I wanted to make them smile and make them laugh. And I also knew that I expressed myself, school was not meant for me. You know, I struggled with everyone was filling out the college applications. And I was like, dude, I'm not, I want to do something else. Yeah. You know? And so I put my all into it and I gave it everything I got and and it slowly started building. And I got to accomplish every thing

that little 17-year-old Baylon wanted to, you know? So I'm really happy with how it all played out. And I'm so grateful. You know, it was truly, it was, my dreams came true. You know, I thank God every day. I think the way it all played out is beautiful. Yeah. But then to fast forward is somewhere,

the way I um it's it I would say and it sounds dramatic but and I'm sure you know this too is is you can you can um well I don't know do we want to jump yeah bro jump you can um lose yourself fast in a sense of like then that became all that mattered to me you know what I mean that that was like I think um naturally it it it just changes the dynamic of friendship of relationships of everything and and it consumed me to where like I had no balance you know what I mean it was just it was just like work work work work work you know yeah yeah I think it's so important because I remember being in high school my sophomore year and my Bible teacher Mr. Schaefer who I love adore I talk to all the time he's like he's the best I remember him in class one time

He said, where is your satisfaction? Where's your significance and where's your security? What makes you satisfied? Where do you find your significance? And what makes you feel secure? And there was a lot of my life where I tried to find my security in people. Or I find my significance by what other people thought about me online or opinions of people or at school or peers or on the baseball team.

Or I got my significance in the things I would do because I thought. thought that would make me feel good. Yeah. And it's, it breaks my heart, but I feel like there's so much power in what you're saying because I feel like a lot of people can look at someone like you, like a role model that you've been for so many people and say, man, he's got everything I want. And you're like, man, even when I had everything I want, I, like, lost myself in it. And I realize, like, that wasn't the goal, you know?

And I think, I think for me, it's like, the goal. wasn't what I was looking for, it wasn't the things I was doing to find my satisfaction, significance, and security. Like, I found, when I found that in Jesus, everything changed. Because he doesn't change. He's perfect and he's

eternal and he doesn't change his mind about Bryce. And so, when I put my trust on something that doesn't change, that's actually secure. That's actually significant and important and satisfying, you know? And so for you, like,

what would you would when would you would you started to feel the kind of I don't know uneasiness in your heart or like this kind of like shift for you it's not like like accomplishments are a good thing but that's where I found my worth of like yeah it didn't start off that way either yeah but but but it it um I saw and and at first I enjoyed it you know what I mean like at first it was it was really cool when I realized that no one was saying no you know what i mean like every like kind of what i said went you know i mean and what i wanted to do and what i want so it was it was exciting at first you know what i mean and and it started off all wholesomely um and it's not like anything ever crazy happened but it was more of just like i value real friends i value not having people that always say yes i value um individuals where we where it's it's a friendship where you really grow together and you're both learning from each other you know and it just started to become where like i only had only had

I didn't have that, you know what I mean? Or my dynamic with my family or like my, my, um, my value came from like what the comments were saying. Like we talked about that at Chick-Flay. Like, it's easy to get that boost of like, when everyone's praising you, it's like, you know, you get that. And I started to realize that my self-worth was in the attention, um, of others, which didn't always come from a bad place either. You know, like I wanted to, um, do well. I've always had morals to it. You know what I mean?

Like people watch them probably don't even realize that because through the videos, it looks so great. You know what I mean? Because I never was lost myself to like drugs or, or having a ton of sex or whatever. You know what I mean? It was never like that. It was just more of like I was very self-centered.

Yeah. You know what I mean? And the moment where I started realizing it is when me and PJ had a huge falling out. You know what I mean? Like he was like, bro, this is not. This is. this is not the friend that I knew all these years. You know what I mean?

Like it's almost impossible to be around you because I don't agree with you. He was the only one that pushed back. You know what I mean? And that would frustrate me in that time. And then once he started explaining that to me and I allowed myself to even listen to someone else's opinion because for so long, I was like, I used to credit myself. Like I used to be like, I did this. Like, you know what I mean? When good things would happen, I'd be like, I made this happen.

I got too down to school and I defied the odds and my parents weren't for it. And I did it. I did it or even when bad things would happen. It would be like, why am I feeling this? Like, I don't want to feel anxiety. This isn't me. I don't need this. You know what I mean?

Now I understand that it's so much deeper than that. It's not me. You know, the reason why I'm here is, is a blessing. Like, you know what I mean? Even anxieties and even all that is all God's plan. All those things now looking back on it, that's the reason I am the man. That's the reason why I am the man I am today. But I used to think it was all me.

So PJ was the first one. Before it was even, before it was even about faith yet. He just even opened my mind up to like, like maybe Pige could be right about things. You know what I mean? Maybe I don't always know. Yeah. The man that has been there as my best friend all these years, if anyone knows.

You know what I mean? So he started painting new perspectives for me, which started it. I would say like two years ago. You know what I mean? Like, and it all starts like the journey of change. It started like, he was like, bro, why don't you come lift with me? You know what I mean? Like even something as simple as the gym.

Yeah. And just doing something outside of, of, being on camera or like let me let me like let me try to get attention or let me like make money and that and i'm not even saying that stuff's bad like i think it's important to i love um it's important to me to provide for my family or to to you know make people smile and laugh through the phone you know but it it took over not in a good way you know you gotta have balance it became an idol in your yes yes yes yes yes yes and i was also uplifting certain things like like like i i was uplifting um the famous, like, lifestyle or world.

You know what I mean? Yeah. And I'm not saying like any, like, crazy stuff, but like, I, like, I thought it was cool when you were the guy. You know what I mean? And you were like, like, everyone was looking to you. And everyone was, I idolized it to a degree. And then, like, rupturing that friendship with PJ, I was like, what am I?

Like, you know what I mean? I remember looking around kind of at who was in the room at one time. That's when I first reached out to Pete to even talk because he thought, I'm never going to, he's never going to even hear me. Yeah. I'm just going to do my own thing. And like, we're, we're friends, but it's not going to be how it used to be and how it should be. Yeah.

You know, so I remember looking around and like, anything. And I'm not, I'm not blaming others either. A lot of it is me. I, I, I kind of made these dynamics. And I looked around and I was like, if I said the most profound thing ever right now, everyone would agree. Yeah. You know what I mean? If I was like, if I was like, F.P.

Everyone would agree. You know what I mean? Yeah. Where I want someone, I realize that, like, I want to have relationships. And like I said, this, I'm not, I'm not putting it on anyone else because you have the power to speak up and be like, hey, I want you to tell me when I mess up. Yeah. You know what I mean? So I started realizing, I mean, I'm speaking from my perspective now.

Back in the day, it was like foreign to me. I was trying to understand why these dynamics were the way they were. And so I wanted, I want someone in the room to be like, why are we saying F.P. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like, that's your brother. You should be.

You know? And I realized I didn't have this. I didn't, you know, and so that started the conversations with Beach. And then, and I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to over, like, you want me just to keep talking. Yeah, bro. Keep going, bro. I have so much to say. No, say it.

I'm actually really excited because I haven't done a podcast forever, you know, and I'm so excited to, I haven't really even had the opportunity to speak on a lot of these things. Well, I think it's good that you're doing it, especially this. Like I think, like, you might think you're just rambling, but you're speaking on something significant because it's easy to surround yourself with yes men. And, like, I think that's why a lot of people, like, you know, when you find out that a pastor, you know, does something sexually immoral, and you're like, whoa, how would a pastor do something like that? Like, you know, he's got, like, people that hold him accountable or, like, whatever. And then you find out that, like, those guys were yes men, Like they were too afraid to say something to it because they saw something small going on.

You know? And so, you know, it's like what we said at Chick-fil-A. Like, there's a lot of people that will have a view of your life. But who can you count on to have a voice in your life that can, like, actually speak up and say, like, hey, bro, there's something wrong. Because honestly, the people that heart check me, even if it stings a little bit at first, those are the people I love. Yeah. Because I know that they actually care about my soul. Yeah.

Keep going. So you're like, no. It makes a good friend. It makes a best friend. And it's crazy because naturally there's dynamics. And that's why I love talking to you because this changes everything. You know what I mean? Because it's like it's like naturally people are relying on you for certain things.

Or naturally people see you a certain way. So if you meet someone, they already have this perception of like not one. Because like bro, I know how it is. It's like if I'm with someone that I absolutely, if I'm with Yadi and he's doing something. Like anything. I'm such a fan, bro. To this day, like we're boys. but like I'm not going to be like,

you should change this. I should actually. But like I'm not even saying he needs to change anything, but I'm just saying like that dynamic changes things to where like I'm a little more timid or a little more like when I'm around, you know, because I grew up, you know,

and a lot of the people that I started becoming friends with either watch the videos or, you know what I mean? So naturally things just changing. Oh, first world problems. But it does, it shifts dynamics that 95% of people, in this lane probably aren't even aware of. Yeah.

You know what I mean? Because it's just life. Well, a lot of people like, they're looking up to you and they're like, well, I'm afraid if I, if I say something, maybe he's not going to, you know, like me. And that's not anything that you're doing. You're not painting that picture. Yeah. But it's just reality.

That happens to me all. You know, that happens to me when I approach certain people. It's like, oh, should I? I'm even afraid to just say my name because I don't want to say it wrong. And then they're like, that guy's a weirdo, you know? Yeah. Like, there's like that fear. Yeah.

And then it's like, you realize that you want a brother. You want like that kind of bond like proverbs says a brother is born in adversity and You and peach have always been close friends, but what you're describing is like brotherhood was born When he pushed back because he was heart check oh absolutely it changed it changed my life you know what I mean because losing Losing that friend and then also me and Kyle were fighting too so it's like my two boys from my cousin and my best friend before Everything were distancing themselves for me it made me and sometimes like respect or from whole transparency sometimes you need to get humbled or lose things to kind of take you out of that funk yeah you know what I mean yeah and that's real that's that's

that's that's um because it's hard to see when everything's going and everything's good and everything is good you know what I mean so that really checked me um and that's when I started and this was like two years ago that's when I started to even open my mind up to the fact that like maybe my the way I do things is not always the correct way you know what I mean um Pige made me a lot more empathetic. Pige made me a lot more open-minded. You know what I mean? And that's when I started to go down this new path.

And not only just budding heads with like your closest friends, but would you feel like that you were just like at a low point? Like, I don't know. For some people, some people say, some people were like, yeah, I was just chilling. I was just butting heads. But did you feel like that you were good? or were you at like a low point outside of just friendships? Yeah, I was at a low, I was for sure at a low point.

I was going through it. You know what I mean? Like oftentimes when you're like that, your mind is so much more open to critiquing and to, you know what I mean? Because I knew that I wanted to be a better man. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. For sure.

And Pige was the one that kind of like sparked this newfound interest in faith. Right? I would say, well, yes. but but we'll get into this we can right now if you want but it was my best friend charlie um where where really started he's he's one of my high school buddies he's not in any videos he if you guys somehow know him he's in like three videos but like yeah he's totally outside of yeah this world um me and him were giving pige advice my advice was like bro you got to move a certain way like you got like never give up your power bro like make sure you like it's like i've been i've been the

the good guy like you don't want to do that bro you got to move a little like like like like be a bad way open up like the second you give emotion they're gonna they're gonna use that against you yeah rightfully so because i was not rightfully so but that's what i was almost taught growing up um through experiences and whatnot um and then charlie it was over there like always do the right thing no matter what communicators communicate communicate if they use that against too, then you know they're not the one. You move forward. And I was like, bro, like, whatever.

Like, you know what I mean? Yeah. But time and time again, he would say these things. Even outside of, even outside of that situation in my past, in my, in my phases of uplifting money or attention or whatever, he would always, without, without even saying directly, like, it was never like, yo, you need to become Christian. You know what I mean? Yeah.

It was just like the things he would say always seemed like the right thing to do. And I respected the man he was. And I didn't even deep down I did. But on the outside, I was like, if you act like that, you're going to get your heartbroken. You're going to like, people are going to take advantage of you, bro. You got to be hard. You got to be tough. And as I started listening to his advice more with life in general, it always seemed like he knew.

Like it always seemed like, like, how do you always do the right? thing you know what i mean and and same with peach like like pige a lot of the time i when the whole room was okay with something wrong he would go the other way and he wouldn't be embarrassed to you know what i mean and and and as i started to to ask more questions from them i realized that all you know came back to god and and and charlie's morals and everything was because of his faith and um the man he was i i was inspired you know what i mean i was moved. I was in like I talked about earlier, I got so used to like, I felt like I knew everything. Like, y'all, watch me. I know what I'm doing. Like, you know what I mean? And it still came from a

good place. Like, be sober. Like, you know what I mean? Like, follow your dreams. But, but it was deeper than that. You know, it kind of gave me this complex of like I knew every. It started wholesomely. And it started for those things. But then it gave me this complex. Like, I always know. Yeah. You know, so Charlie started to, to paint a, not not painting new perspective, but but I would like be in a room like what is fueling this you know what I mean like his energy is so pure and it's so beautiful um and it and it's not it's so consistent of like somehow he is always able to to do the right thing and do what's best not just for him yeah not just for what people think not just you know for for god you know but I I didn't know that at the time I was more of just

like, huh, you know? Like, where does this come from? Yeah. You know? Yeah, because it's so countercultural. Everybody in their mom would say, yeah, bro, be hard. Yeah. Be hard.

Like, don't do it. Be tough. Be tough. Like, you're not the only one. Everyone would say that. But so when you hear something that's not normal, it just kind of throws you off. It does. You're just like, why aren't you saying what everyone else is saying right now?

It's like, but then you realize that there's, he's got a heart change. Charlie's got this heart change. So then Charlie's kind of talking to you about faith, about Jesus. You guys are going to church again. And when would you say, for you? Not yet. We didn't go to church yet. Oh, y'all were just kind of like having this comment.

No, no, no. Yeah, not yet. We were just, I was almost just examining him from afar of like how, what is fueling this, you know? And then I would talk to him deeper. but also back to what you were saying of like we are taught in in this on social media and within everything of like you got to be hard and you got to like yeah i mean especially with the things like like that are uplifted yeah online or uplifted yeah or even personal experiences like i was raised my my father always told me to do the right thing and to be honest and to like not worry about like

power like you know what i mean and i lost that because of experiences to where where I thought, yeah, dad, that's in fairy tales. But like, you got to, you got to, like, you can't. And there's a balance. Like, obviously there's like, you don't want to be like, we'll get into that later. But like, there's a balance, of course. Like, like, it's not, when I say it's okay to share emotions, I'm not saying, like, you're calling complaining, your girl or someone, like, everyday crying.

But it's, if, if you are open to be not toxicly emotional and vulnerable and be able to communicate, you know, but still. like lead and still and still you know be there for them yeah that's a beautiful thing but i didn't know seeing charlie even speak like that yeah you know what i mean or or seeing him he would call out the people that were around are like are you and it wouldn't it wouldn't it wouldn't it wouldn't it wouldn't come across aggressive it wouldn't come across like oh screw that person like you know because because because it would just it would just be more questions like beneline you think they're the best for you. You know what I mean? And I was like, huh, you know, so these things, Charlie were saying

were just adding up. Anyways, I was lost in life, bro. I was also starting to change with my career. You know what I mean? I wasn't really feeling it like that. I wasn't finding worth in it like that. I knew there was something bigger. I knew there was something, but I was distracting myself with pleasures or with, you know what I mean? And things that I was just lost. Yeah. Or even like when I say, you can, you can distract yourself with just being lazy. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yep.

I'm just chilling today. Yeah. That's not how we're supposed to live. Yeah. You know what I mean? You're supposed to. Being idle like that is not right. Yeah.

Lazyness like slaps God in the face. Yeah. Like the days that I'm lazy, there's a difference between rest and lazyness. Yeah. Yes. But like the days that Bryce is lazy, I feel like I'm slapping God in the face and saying, yeah, I'm not excited about the life you feel. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. You know. Exactly. And there's also when you need a rest day, it's so much different than when you're like, man, I don't really know what to do. Life is hard. I'm just just, you know what I mean? I'm just like, stay up all night and eat like, you know?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I told myself I wasn't going to cuss on this podcast. So let's see if I can do it. I said, I was about to say something else. You've done great. Thank you, thank you. So I was lost, super lost. I had never, I didn't connect with, with the, what's the word?

And I guess like mega churches. I never connected with it, not saying that that's bad or anything. I just, it didn't, nothing had, I wanted to connect with things, but I hadn't yet. And also I noticed that like, yes, I was, I was praying in that chapter of my life, but I was also praying because I wasn't doing well. You know what I mean? I hadn't understood what prayer really meant yet. So I was like moving in the right direction, but, you know.

But then at this point, I'm just lost. I'm like so confused with everything. And deeper stuff that I don't want to say. but just like so many things in life I was lost with. Charlie's like, yo, bro, come to adoration with me. I was like, what is that? And you're just like, just come to adoration, say a prayer. You're in the presence of Jesus.

You know, I didn't understand. I didn't even really understand, like, I just knew God. You know what I mean? I didn't even, even when I was there, I didn't really know what it was. You know what I mean? But I remember when I stepped into this. room. It was beautiful. You know what I mean? I felt this, this, I'll never forget the feeling. I mean, for the first time of my life, when I, when I, when I prayed for once, I didn't ask for

something, trying to control it. Like I have my whole life outside of prayer or during prayer, just in general, I would always, I would always try to control things, not necessarily a bad way, at times a bad way, but, but like, I viewed it as like manifestation. Like, oh, if I put my mind is something, I'll always do it. Yeah. And like, it was like all me, you know? So, so I, when I went into that, when I went, when I went to adoration, I said a prayer. I was like, God, I don't know what I'm doing.

Just show me the way. You know what I mean? Just show me what direction I'm supposed to take with everything. Like, like, I don't know. I gave him, I gave it to him. You know what I mean? rather than trying to control it for myself or even ask for something. You know what I mean?

So we left. And I, I mean, it was, it was beautiful, but I didn't even, I didn't think about it after that. You know what I mean? I continued on with my life. And, and then months later, Charlie meets someone and, and, you know, introduce me to to someone that just changed my life forever. You know what I mean?

I was like, there's no, there's no way that Charlie brought me to adoration, then meets this person, then this person helps me grow so much in my faith. And me and Charlie start, like, that's when I, that's what I started going to church, you know what I mean? And, and, um, it was so clear to me that as soon as I gave it up, you know what I mean? As soon as I like God control the wheel, everything started to make sense. You know, where I was supposed to go down to the little details of my life. Yeah.

And that is where I really started to know that like, like, everything that's ever happened, anything, it wasn't, it wasn't me. Yes, I have free will, but like, these are gifts from God. You know what I mean? These are lessons from God. All the hardships were on purpose. All those things taught me something. I wouldn't, if you were just easy floating, you'll never learn. You know what I mean?

And so that's when I started to really, that's when I started to actually really grow in my faith. You know what I mean? Yeah. Dude, I think that's so, so incredible. That's always incredibly encouraging. I remember when we talked a little bit about that at Chiquelay, because. when you when you don't surrender you don't need god but that's like the worst way to live and a lot of people are looking for freedom they've got a god's house hole in their heart they're looking for love

and trying to find love and sex porn drugs all the sinfulness and they can't find it and then they wonder why they can't find it and i think it's you know if you want something if you want something you've never had you got to do something you've never done and like that's just being transparent I remember a mentor told me a long time ago. He said, Bryce's transparency leads to transformation. You can't change unless you get honest. And it's like in that moment for you, you're saying, all right, God, I'm tired of doing it my way. And I even think what you said afterwards like, yeah, I prayed that and just kind of went on.

I think that exemplifies total surrender. Because you're just like, all right, I did it. And then I'm not like, there's no stress when you're trusting God. Like that's a weird thing about faith. It's like you, you don't know like the little things that like, you know, the left turn, right turn, this thing. You just know like, okay, God, I'm trying to be faithful to you. I want to do what you want me to do.

So just like let it happen. And I'm going to keep loving you and being faithful to you. And that was a game changer. And the fact that you're just praying that's just praising Jesus. Like the only thing you say is praise in Jesus. Like how many times in my life do I reflect and think that all. I do is just ask God like a genie in a bottle. God, do this thing for me. And I'm only asking for things that Bryce wants. Not what I need. I'm asking for what I want. And God will only give me

the things I need. And I thought that he was just a total buzzkill because I wasn't getting the things I was asking for. But really, he was just protecting me because he, like, loves me and he's the best dad and he knows what's good for me. And he doesn't want to hurt me. And I just think that's so important because you get, you get to a place where, you know, you either humble yourself. before God or you get humbled by your sin and I've been humbled by my sin before. That's the worst. That's the worst ever, like ever. And so it makes me go like, man, I really want to like just be faithful and trust on you.

And especially recently, I just feel so such an urgency and a fire in my heart to love people like I've never loved before, to serve people like I've never served before, to love and serve people like it's my last breath and show people the love of Jesus and tell them the truth about Jesus because it's just like there's something inside of me that's burning, that's like, people need this freedom. They do.

You know, they need the freedom. They need Jesus. And that's the game changer for you. It is. And freedom is often, people don't know. When I was a kid, I thought freedom met being able to do whatever you want. You know what I mean?

that's not freedom at all. You know, freedom is when you, you, you make the right choice every single time when you can choose anything. You know what I mean? Like that's true freedom is, is giving it up to God. You know what I mean? Because I used to think that like,

oh, it's doing whatever you want. Yeah. No, that'll, you won't find fulfillment in that. You know what I mean? That's not actually free. Yeah. Yeah, bro, I even felt that way too, like when I always thought, especially when I first became a version,

I thought freedom was just like, me being able to avoid sin and like avoid problems. But then I was like, that's not freedom. Freedom is when those things don't control me anymore. And I don't have to give those things the power when I'm trusting Jesus. Because when I'm trusting Jesus, those things don't have power. They lose power over me. Sin and temptation, all these things.

They lose power when I'm trusting Jesus because I'm choosing to say, your way's better, your way's better, what you have in word for me is better. Your will for me is better. It's magnificent. It's awesome. And that freedom's the best. It's the best to live in freedom. I wanted to ask you about something in particular too, because I was thinking about it earlier when I knew you were coming over today was in your recent video that you made on YouTube, the Walmart one when you went back and you were apologizing. First of all, cinematic masterpiece. Beautiful. What I love, love, first of all, what I love just about you, brag on you, is how honest you are and how

you own up to everything. You own up to the good, you own up to the mistakes. I love that about you. And I think the most beautiful thing I thought was when you were, you did that skit in Walmart when those kids come up to you and they're filming and they're like, yo, I just pegged an old lady in the back of the head with a football. And you're like, why did you do that? Like, why did you peg and they're like, I'm just trying to be like you. And you're not like, you're like, I wouldn't even do that. I wouldn't even peg someone in the back of his head with a football. Like, why are you, though football as an old woman? Um, can you kind of talk a little bit about that, like how, you know, your heart was pure from the gate go, like being fun and being pranks and

things like that. But like, people kind of took it to an extreme. You know what I'm talking about that, like, even you wouldn't take. Like, did you, like, can you kind of like walk me through that process that with me and like what did you did you feel like did you feel bad or responsible when people would take these extreme absolutely um it it it when i started it was very natural it's like we mess around and if something happened it happened and if some altercation happened on camera you know and then i think the the genre blew up so much and and myself included you started to see how many views you could get if someone was yelling at you in that thumbnail. Yeah.

You know, so then rather than like, oh, we're going to have fun today. It was like, let's go in Walmart and like, purposefully make someone upset. You know what I mean? Yeah. And just the whole idea of it of like, realistically, you were walking in there with the camera. Yeah. You're being obnoxious.

Someone gets upset. And then you flip it on them. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I mean? And then because the viewers are so young, they see it from your perspective. You know what I mean? And they like, they're like, oh, F that, dude.

Like, you know what I mean? Like, like, trying to hate on you having fun these days, I'll still go mess around and have fun. But if someone's like, if someone's being polite and like, oh, I don't want to be on camera. Like, hey, can you stop doing that? Of course, man. Yeah. You know what I mean? But kind of like your eyes, my eyes were just like so like, oh, get the clip, blah, blah, blah.

And it became almost, I almost convinced myself that it was right. You know what I mean? Because I'm like, yeah. We're just coming in here having fun filming it. Like, why do they care? You know? And so the genre blew up so much to where. Then I started seeing people take it so far.

You know what I mean? Like just like ridiculously far. Yeah. And I was like, dude, this is far from what it started off as. You know what I mean? And, and this isn't, this is like totally not what I want to stand for. Yeah. You know?

And I fully take responsibility. People took it too far. But I also took it too far a lot of the time. Like, like, um, and, and that really. really that really um number one i just grew up yeah you know i mean like as you get older when you're a kid it's like oh us against the world blah blah you know what i mean i just grew up a little um but it's it's it's not cool to be disrespectful like that it's how cool to be a jerk yeah it's not yeah i man dude i think you you you know and it's like it's like kind of a joke you know

watch you go back in and like apologize people oh bro we got a camera is it cool if we record you the guy's like yeah bro you can record me it's like i know i was like what i can Like everyone said that, you know? I was like, every, no one's no one said no. And I was like, huh, you know, all these years I've been like, whoa, we go in there just, you know, vibe and then. And then like, sure, film. Yeah, it makes no sense, you know.

But then it's like, it's like, it's like kind of a joke. But then it also shows your heart because it's just like, well, wait a second. Like, it started pure. Then it got a little crazy. And that wasn't my intent to make it crazy. Like, I feel like, um, like I'll give you an example which I love this is like on my heart is you know before we started

filming us talking to people about Jesus that's what I was doing ever since I became a Christian I mean the moment I got saved I ran up to people and it would tell them Jesus loved them and I would run away before they could respond because I didn't know that answers to their questions you know and so I was like that's why it was so easy to pick up the camera and not force an interaction with someone yeah Because it was like, this is a lifestyle. You know, and then so many people are being impacted, and that's the goal. And then now there's this perception out there where it's, well, I'm only going to go tell people about Jesus when a camera's rolling for other people. And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I don't want people to think that's the only time you can go share Jesus is when there's a camera rolling because that's not genuine. That's not sincere. You need to go talk to people about Jesus if you're at the grocery store, if you're at the restaurant, on camera, off camera. In fact, I would rather people tell more people about Jesus off camera than on camera. Yeah, exactly. Because the only reason that we're recording it is, you know, because God's called us to do it. Felt like God gave me a dream. A literal, I woke up in the middle of the night from a dream where God was like asking us to record these conversations

that we were having to encourage the body of Christ and believers. And it was great. And I still think it's great. And I still think it's pure. You know, but it's like, you know, sometimes people can take it too far or like to a thing where you're like, well, I'm not encouraging that. Like, Bryce isn't encouraging people to only share Jesus on camera. Bryce is encouraging to be a lifestyle. And the same way it's like, I'm trying to encourage people in sobriety and things like that and to be fun and be a kid.

And there's like, but people are like chucking footballs at old ladies heads. And then it's like, I'm not chucking footballs at old people's heads. Like I'm, you know, yeah, I don't know. You get what I'm saying, though? I absolutely get what you're saying. It's like there's social media sometimes unintentionally people like take it to the extreme. And like, bro, I'm like, does it ever shock you when it's like, I mean, you're pretty bold? And then like there's like people that are like more bold than you like on like times 20.

And you're just like, right? I didn't even know that existed. Exactly what you said is it doesn't come across genuine to me. You know what I mean? It comes across of like we genuinely everything. It's so funny because. everything that was on camera in the in in the beginning before I started to kind of be like because there was an era where I started to mature but I was afraid to mature on camera because it

was what everyone's known um but uh it was really us you know what I mean like so you you you drink or smoke off camera and I'm like no dude like yeah you know what I mean or like so you're like going and like messing around yeah like for the camera I'm like no dude like when we're not filming that's what we were doing yeah I mean like I mean like I I never was into partying or like, even like video games or anything. I would just like to go out and like just have fun with the boys. You know, so it was all really, really genuine. Yeah.

And then when I started to pick up on that, it was like a almost like a formula. You know what I mean? Like I'm sure there's people out there that said like we're sober that weren't even sober. You know, it became like a thing. Yeah. You know? And, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. you want to encourage the lifestyle. And bro, I think it's so cool because now you're like encouraging this lifestyle where it's like, man, Jesus has changed your life and impacted you. Absolutely. And it's great.

And it's like, that's the prize. That's the goal. Like living for Jesus is the prize. And, you know, that's why I want to live for Jesus because I'm like, that's the goal is a living for Jesus. And he gives me the satisfaction. He makes me feel secure. He makes me feel significant.

again, like, that's the ultimate prize. And, you know, even like, man, even recently, like, just the cool conversations I've been getting to have with people where even today, like Dylan and Chris, they went to go interview. We're getting to share this lady's story. She's been battling breast cancer for two years, and we're getting to share her story. And just how through suffering, she's been drawn to Jesus,

more and more and more and more and how Jesus is giving her satisfaction when she has every right to be unsatisfied. And I'm like, that's the goal. I want to be like Ashley, who's battling breast cancer every day and her, she's finding more joy,

even in the suffering because of Jesus. How did you meet her? Through my church. Okay. Yeah, yeah, through my church. or, you know, my uncle Tommy, who went to prison and found Jesus in prison. Yeah, that happens a lot. And now it's like the best guy ever, like the coolest guy ever.

And I'm like, I want to be more like Tommy who loves Jesus and realizes that God doesn't see him for his past, but God sees the heart and God sees the changes he's making. He's put his faith. And I want to be like, Tommy because Tommy's like Jesus. And I think that's just like, that's the prize. Yeah. What's been the best part? about following Jesus for you?

I would have to say, really, like, a big thing for me is, is finding so much comfort in prayer. You know what I mean? Like, when I would, when I would feel anxious or when I would, when I would feel depression or when I would feel these things,

you know what I mean? I almost let it consume me, you know? Like, I would turn to, to, to, bad things to try to make myself feel better. When I say bad things, it can be as simple as staying up late. You know what I mean? Or eating like crap or being negative. You know what I mean?

So finding so much comfort and prayer knowing that anxiety and, you know, that need to then give in to bad things, that's the devil. You know what I mean? That's not like when everything's going good. when you start to get anxious about something or when you, that's not, that's, that's the devil. You know what I mean? And, and you have the power to, to turn to God, you know, not to turn to those things. And I think that, that is a two-part question because, because in that, being able to then go share that with other people, you know what I mean, and be able to have conversations

with people and being able to help them because so many, how many kids struggle with anxiety, how many kids turn to porn or turn to drinking or turn to, you know what I mean, things like that. Like even just recently, I don't masturbate anymore. You know what I mean? And because I noticed that I would, I would, and I haven't watched porn since I was 19 or 18, 19. I don't know. But I made that decision a long time ago of just recognizing that that doesn't make me feel good. You know what I mean?

Yeah. But as I've, as I've just grown even more, I've noticed that like, when, when when and it sounds dramatic but it's real you know what i mean like to someone that doesn't understand it's like like yeah when you get that temptation of like i'm i'm sad right now i'm anxious right now you're gonna off and make me feel better that's a devil bro like seriously you know but if you said that to me five years ago i'd be like what are you talking about bro like the devil's they're trying to like manipulate you like like yeah like yeah like those thoughts are not how that is not that's not what god would want at

all absolutely like yeah um you know what i mean and and rather to find comfort in him and then do the things i've noticed too sorry i'm i'm totally going everywhere no this is so good but but i've noticed that like well let me go back to that i noticed that i wasn't i wasn't jerking off out of a place of like oh let me um like it wasn't even like oh this feels good this it was like i'm stressed right now that'll give me like five seconds of dopamine or like i'll feel good and then you crash and then you feel worse. Yeah. And then you want to do it again because you already feel bad.

Yep. You know what I mean? Or then you're like, oh, let me like, I'm a binge a show now all day or whatever. You know what I mean? So I found, because everyone has temptation, you know what I mean? I also thought that that you could just like beat things. You know what I mean? Like, oh, yeah, that's not me.

I don't have temptation to jerk off. Oh, I don't need to. You know what I mean? We have these things in us. Like we have the, you have. have the power to be rude or not. You know what I mean? Like, it's like, like, like, it's, it's what you choose.

You know what I mean? And what would God be proud of? You know what I mean? How would you like to honor, honor him? You know what I mean? Like, like back to what we were saying about laziness. You gave me this a beautiful life and I'm going to sit here and do nothing when I get stressed?

Yeah. You know what I mean? No, I'm going to talk to you. I'm going to, I'm going to trust in you. You know what I mean? And then I'm going to use these beautiful gifts you gave me. And instead of masturbating, I'm going to go to the gym. You know what I mean?

I'm going to go outside in the sun. You know what I mean? I'm going to go spend time with people that love me. I'm going to go. I'm going to go to church. I'm going to go to adoration. I'm going to go do things that I know are will actually help me. You know what I mean?

Yeah. And I think that's the, what was the original question? Yeah, it's like you want to do things that are life giving and that give glory to God. Yeah. When you feel tempted. Yeah. Because that's what I love that description you gave because you're like, that's the devil. He says, hey, do this thing one more time.

And then you do it. And then the devil goes, why did you do that? And then he goes, hey, you should do it one more time because you already screwed it up. So what's the difference if you already do it once? And then you just bury yourself in shame and shame and shame. And there's this quote I always bring up because I think it's the coolest ever, but it's so true. Satan knows your name, but he calls you by your sin. But Jesus knows all of your sin, but he calls you by your name.

because the devil knows my name. He knows my name is Bryce. But he only calls me by my junk. You're worthless. You're this. You're that. You're shame. But Jesus knows all my shame and all my junk.

But he chooses to call me his son. He calls me Bryce and he calls me higher. And that's encouraging and that's uplifting. And it's like, yeah, I'm going to go to the gym. If I got testosterone running through my body, because not only does he get rid of the testosterone, but I'm glorifying God with my health. It's like a two and one.

right there. You know, I'm going to go in the sun and enjoy the beautiful weather because one day I'm not going to get to have weather in heaven. It's just going to be light because God's glory is keeping it laying out. So I'm going to enjoy the sun and I'm going to, you know, give glory to God of my body. And it's, you know, it's like, and it's so crazy because I remember, we did an episode like recently with this guy seeing a cruise medicinals. He does like health stuff. And I love what he compared to. He's like, you know, a lot of people, he was comparing him food. He was like, you know, a lot of people, they only eat, like, processed crap food. And so, like, their body's accustomed to it. So then when they eat healthy, their, like, body feels like crap.

But if you go, like, a month detox for bad food and you eat healthy and then you try to eat bad food, you realize that you feel way better eating healthy. And he's like, and I, like, correlate to spiritual life. It's like you get so accustomed to sin. Then the moment you try to, like, deny your flesh and feed your spirit, it feels like uncomfortable. But then, when you feed your spirit for so long and then you like screw up you get that conviction you're like that that sucks like that was like the worst yeah yeah you know it's so interesting because you don't know that you're saying these things yeah you don't know how good you'll feel living for jesus until you give it a shot and then you realize that that's the best life and that's the healthiest life and that's like

the most joyful free life and then you get to do you get to do that for so many others you know what I mean, and I respect you so much because it's like, what a better, what a, what, what more could I, I possibly like, ask for for these kids to, to be watching and to looking up to, to, um, like, you know these things and then you go get to spread it. You know what I mean? And it's like, being able to like have a boy that's going through something that wants to go turn to, even if it's just like being mean. Yeah. You know what I mean? It doesn't have to be masturbation or drugs. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? It can be, it can be letting your insecurities get the of you.

Insecurities are not, that's, that's, that's the devil, bro. Like, and people like, like, like, like, some people would be like, bro, like, you have feelings or you're feeling insecure. You're not meant to, you're, you're meant to love yourself. You're meant to love others. You know what I mean? You're meant to forgive. You're meant to hate.

You're meant to hate. You're not supposed to feel that hate. You know what I mean? And it's harder. It's harder to like, someone does you wrong. And, and it's, and to not be like, screw them. It's hard to turn the other sheet. It's harder.

You know? But if you can feel empathy and if you can, me and him, bro, me and him just had a falling out of falling out eight months ago. Yeah. You know what I mean? And then I was like, what are we? What am I doing, bro? Like, why?

I don't want hate in my heart for, for my brother. You know what I mean? Yeah. And calling him up and apologizing to each other and reconnecting. And that doesn't mean you need to be besties with everyone. There are some people where you should have distance or there's some people where if they're repetitively, like this is a different story. But just remove yourself.

Yep. The biggest thing I've learned, too, and I didn't understand this, is when I, when I, when I, um, when I really grew in my prayer, Pige would tell me, pray for the people you don't like. Yeah. I was like, huh? Yeah. Yeah. What do you mean?

Yeah. And he was like, don't let your heart feel that pray for them because why are they acting this way? Why did that, why did someone lie to you? Yeah. You know what I mean? Why did someone? Because they're dealing with things. You know what I mean?

they're, they're, maybe they're insecure. Maybe they, they're, someone treated them a certain way. Maybe their dad did this to them. Maybe, you know what I mean? Yeah. And that changed my perspective. Yeah. You know, because it's so easy to be like, you did me dirty.

Yeah. Like, get away from me, bro. Yeah. I'm praying on your downfall. Like, no, that's not the way. Pray for them. Pray that they find, you know, pray that they find God. Pray that they find happiness.

Pray that they find, they work through that insecurity. You know what I mean? And it lifts, it lifts. it lifts not only for you you feel such a lift of like not feeling that hate dragging you down yeah but then like imagine then being lifted of their insecurity and then you see each other and it's and it's and it's and it's love or you never see them again but they yeah you wish the best for them in life and you pray that they have a good life and they get to you know do that you know and and and that changed my changed my perspective so, so, I would say prayer finding back to the question is, is the power of prayer

has changed my life, you know what I mean? In every aspect. And not even just prayer, but in living for God. You know, it didn't make sense to me when someone said, like, even recently, there's, there's, I was in church and they were talking about, like, like, you shouldn't love your family more than you love God. You know what I mean? Like, like, along those lines. And I was like, oh. Yeah.

But like, can I love them equally? Like, I love my family. You know what I mean? I love. But it's like in loving God, in putting God first, the relationship that you can have. When I say relationship, I'm not talking about romantic. I'm talking about in friendships, romantically family. That is where you, when you live for God like that, what you can actually achieve, you know what I mean?

Is so greater because you're not supposed to cling so tight. You know what I mean? You should give. You should. Give that up to God, you know what I mean? And because like I said, growing up, I liked holding my wheel. You know what I mean? I wanted control of things and not even in a negative way,

but I'm saying like it was hard for me just to let go. But being able to put God first, you know what I mean? In my relationships and the things I do and everything has changed my life. Yeah. You know, and it's, it's, it's, um, it's beautiful. Yeah. You know, it's amazing. Yeah.

If you could encourage people watching and listening to something with faith or anything, just like, what would you say to something? I would say, I would say that like, don't just go to church because it's Sunday. You know what I mean? Or, or read a verse and not take it in or, or, um, Like, really go to build your relationship with God. You know what I mean? Like, do these things not because you want something or not because it's what you're supposed

to do or not because like, like, I made the mistake of like, oh, it's Sunday, let me go. You know what I mean? Like, oh, church, like, I have to go at Sunday. Oh, because you want to build that relationship. Just as, just as I remember they said this. They, they said this very, very recently. Sorry, what was I saying? fucked out.

You were talking about... Oh, oh, oh, oh. His name was Father Tamara. He said, you don't just go to your family's house and eat and then dip. You know what I mean? You go there and you talk and you build a relationship. It's not just about showing up and getting the food and leaving. You know, and that stuck out to me so much because I'm very ADHD.

I'm very all over the place. Like, I would be like, oh, I'm going to church. I'm doing the right thing. You know what I mean? Yeah. And I, but I wasn't listening. I wasn't really building that relationship. And that gives me, like I said, my focus is really bad.

So I have to follow along and really stay on task. And even just singing helps me because it keeps me in the moment. And I don't drift off. But, but, like, really focus on God should be a friend. You know what I mean? Like, God is like, and a father. But, but like, sometimes I just, I'm like, it can be casual. Like, I'll just be like, hey, God, like, I'm having a tough day.

Or, hey, God, I'm so thankful for this. And it doesn't have to be like, like, you don't have to be so. it should be a relationship. You know what I mean? Because I just think like down and it's like, oh, you have to say a certain, you have to say it a certain way and you have to like, like it was more of like a task of like this is, this is right. Like, you know what I mean?

Yep. And it's all about building a relationship similar to when you let, when I let Pige in, it deepened us. And I was able to learn and we're able to take from each other. You know what I mean? If you let God in and you're honest and you're vulnerable and you are speaking to him about everything and not just when you're struggling you know what i mean when when when you're not doing well when you are when you're tempted or when you're not tempted and you just want to

have him you know remind you and show you the path and and and show you the way to to just keep that relationship i don't i don't i don't just call page if i'm hurting yeah you know i mean we stay connected yeah you know what i mean um and and and he God loves you so much. You know what I mean? If you're afraid or you're, you don't even know where to begin, it's like, sometimes it's intimidating. Sometimes it's like, I don't know what I'm doing in church.

Yeah. I don't know what that means. I don't know. He loves you. You know what I mean? Like, he understands. He knows everything. So it's, it's really just about building.

That's the best piece of advice I can give is giving, being able to grow that relationship and allowing him to come in. You know what I mean? so yeah yeah i think that's great i think that's profound and and beautiful let me let me pray for us to close us out that's cool jesus thank you so much for today god thank you for the weather thank you for breathed outside of our lungs thank you for wakens up thank you for balin and thank you for our conversation god i've just prayed that this conversation bless us people god i just thank you that you're in the room thank you that you love us thank you for jesus thank you for him dying on the

cross for our sins and raise you from the dead god we love you and we're so grateful for you God, would you just move? You continue to move in our hearts and in our minds. God, we just love you so much. We're grateful for you. We appreciate you. Thank you for allowing us to get to have a conversation. Bless everyone watching and listening.

We love you, Jesus. It's in your name. We pray. Amen. Amen. Guys, thank you so much for watching and listening to this episode. If you guys like it, subscribe to us on YouTube, follow us on Spotify, Instagram, and TikTok.

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