Description 

Main Point:  A simple servant of the Lord lives his life proclaiming praises to Jesus. 

Synopsis:

• Come rain or sunshine, Ted Woods settles in on city sidewalks  —with his battered guitar and amplifier he praises the Lord.
• The documentary shows Ted lying in bed praising the Lord, shaving, and getting dressed in a humble hotel room as he prepares for another day of work.
• Once on the street, he carefully sets up his equipment, padlocking everything together.
• Ted tells the interiewer that he was led by the Holy Spirit to do what he does. He continues that his bad cildhood left him with the need to find fulfillment and approval.
• Ted has had a hard life filled with physical labor –even now his life is not easy. But he clearly loves what he does—referring to Roy Clark’s quote that people who play music love to play music.
• Authentic and honest—Ted admits that he doesn’t want fame as much as he did as a younger man.
• Filmed in documentary style. This short has high production quality and Ted’s original music enhances the value-- “I’m claiming Jesus and I ain’t ashamed”

Application:

• God’s people have many different ways of sharing the good news.
• Ted is a living letter of someone redeemed, a simple man with a simple message.
• Sometimes we judge by the outer appearance – but we don’t know just have far some people have come from where they started.
• Ted’s story is one that beats the statistics—an abused child who found the love of the Father.
• We all have testimonies to share of God’s great love—Ted’s example of claiming Jesus without feeing ashamed is what believers are called to. 

Suggested Uses:

• Outreach to disadvantaged people
• Evangelism training

Biblical Reference:

• Let everything that has breath praise the Lord

Runtime:	4:56
Genre:	Documentary