Be Good To People

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See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:30.080 UNEs dot co. 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:34.240 Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:38.039 this podcast. I believe God has got amazing things in 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:43.600 your future. I hope you enjoy this message. 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.320 I want to remind us all today to be good 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:53.840 to people. 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:59.440 We have to be good to people. See, people matter 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:04.840 to God. People matter most to God. And it's so 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:09.560 easy these days to find things that we disagree on. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:14.960 There's so much information, there's so many things swirling that 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:18.760 we can easily find things that we disagree on. You know, 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.440 you're never going to agree one hundred percent of the 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:26.240 time with anyone. But the point that we need to 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.959 make in our life to God, the things that we 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.560 need to do is continue to. 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.200 Show respect for people. 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.280 We have to show respect, whether we agree with people 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:39.600 or not. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.440 When we show respect, you know what we're doing. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:52.520 We are honoring God and we're promoting the Gospel. We're 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:57.760 promoting the good News. We're saying, God, I respect these 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:02.280 people because they matter to you. And when I show respect, 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.080 I'm showing the good News. 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.680 I am promoting the Gospel on this earth. 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.480 See, as a believer, the truth is, people don't really 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:15.440 care what you say. They don't care if you go 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.600 to church every Sunday. If you're honest, you don't lie, 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:22.320 you don't steal, you don't cheat. You know what gets 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.880 their attention, it's what you do. See, it's not what 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:30.320 you say, but it's what you do in faith. It's 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:34.840 what you do through faith that makes the difference. You know, 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:40.720 especially in church. In the church, we should make sure 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.760 that we don't have petty disagreements. See the church, no 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:48.440 matter what your beliefs are, in the Church of Jesus Christ, 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.840 we should stand under the umbrella of the blood. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.040 Of Jesus Christ. 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:58.800 All right, we should be in unity because that makes 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:03.520 the difference to people who aren't believers. That's what's going 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.960 to cause them to believe. That's what's going to get 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:13.320 their attention. You know, I've seen believers literally argue over 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.200 the different translations of the Bible. 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:20.880 See, we're better than that. We're better than that. We 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:25.920 got to stay together. It's not what you know, it's 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:27.280 what you do. 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:32.279 It's how you act, it's how you show your faith. 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.800 How do you express your faith. Listen to what it 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:42.200 says in Galatians five sixteen. It says in Christ Jesus, 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:47.360 there's neither circumcision or non circumcision. None of that has 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:53.120 any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:58.200 itself through love. That scripture is saying, you may know 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.440 a lot of stuff, you may know all the rules, 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.320 and you may know how to look really good and 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:07.640 say the right things, but that is not where the 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:11.880 value is. The value in God's eyes. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:18.320 Is us expressing our faith in Him through love to 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:19.040 other people. 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:25.599 That's what gets people's attention, and that's what pleases God. 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.680 You know, some people are more difficult to love than 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:30.320 other people. 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:35.280 And that's just bottom line. See, it's easy. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:38.040 To love people that love you, people that agree with 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:39.640 you see things the way you do. 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:43.359 But there'll always be people that are more. 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.680 Difficult to love. And so let's just talk about that 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:51.640 a minute, because that's the thing that we probably need 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:58.080 to work on the most. It's loving in faith. See, 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:03.640 sometimes you have to love in faith. See, Jesus was 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.080 empowered on this earth by the Holy Spirit. It says 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:13.320 that he was empowered to do good. See, everywhere Jesus went, 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.520 he did good. He did good. He was empowered, he 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:21.960 was anointed with power to do good. And you know 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:27.560 in doing good, he brought healing everywhere he went. And 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:32.200 you and I have been anointed to do good. We've 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:37.320 been anointed to bring healing to this earth, to promote 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:42.960 the good news of Jesus Christ. That's what you're anointing does. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.720 It brings God. 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.520 On the scene. It brings God on the scene. 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.360 So we have to step back in this time of 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.880 division and discord and disagreement, and we have to say, 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:01.880 what is my purpose. My purpose it's to further the gospel. 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.520 My purpose is not to get my opinion out there. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.040 I can do more through love than I can spreading 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:14.280 my opinion. Because see, God is the one who works 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:17.040 through the expression of love. 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.160 And when you are loving, when you. 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:25.600 Are making conscious decisions to express your faith in God 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:30.000 through love, God is working in your life. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.760 I read a quote that says this. It says faith 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:41.560 acts before it feels. Faith acts before it feels. 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:43.360 You. 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:48.080 See, our flesh wants to feel it. We want to 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:55.720 like you because you're like me. But the spirit, faith 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.559 the things of God, says, I am going to love 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:05.240 in faith. I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt. 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:09.080 I'm gonna remember that God loves. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.559 You and you matter to God. 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:16.560 You see, that's what faith says. Feelings say no way. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.920 Faith says, I must, I must. This is something that 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.840 happened to me when I was in the sixth grade, 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:26.480 and I never forgot this. 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.920 I was just coming from lunch. I was in junior 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:31.600 high school. 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.040 I was walking down the hall and this girl, I 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.400 think she was in the eighth grade. I had never 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.000 even seen her before. I didn't know the girl. I've 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.480 never talked to her. She walks up to me and 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:50.959 she says, I'm gonna beat you up. And I was like, why. 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.840 She said, I don't like the way you act. I 0:08:55.880 --> 0:09:02.520 looked at her and I said, I'll change. Do you 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:07.760 know that girl looked at me, turned around and walked off, 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:10.679 and I never saw her again. 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:12.840 I never saw her again. 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.640 It's kind of interesting that that's what came up out 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:18.920 of me. 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:20.880 I guess I didn't want to get beat up. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.400 Now my mind first flint, second said I'm not changing. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:27.959 I don't even know who you are, you don't even 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:28.280 know me. 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.319 But thank god, that's what came up. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:35.760 Because I look back now and I think that simple answer, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:40.160 that simple answer of humility brought healing. 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.560 Because think about this just a minute. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.360 If you disagree with someone, or if someone doesn't like you, 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.360 or someone's causing you trouble, and you act the same 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:55.440 way to them, maybe you disrespect them. 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:59.000 Nothing changes, nothing changes. 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.880 You're gonna and to dislike them they're gonna dislike you 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.800 is much or more than ever before. 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:13.280 Nothing changes. But when you make a choice to love. 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:18.360 By faith, to express your love for God by loving 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:22.880 other people, the potential for change is huge. And I 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:28.480 believe the attitudes of our heart change. We dislike those 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:33.120 people less and less and less when we choose to 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:37.640 express our faith through love. That's why the Bible says, 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:42.720 pray for your enemies, Pray for those who do wrong 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:46.480 against you. You see, you may have some relationships in 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:51.559 your life that will never change. Those people, no matter 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.760 how kind you are to them, will never be kind 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:59.520 to you. They'll never show you the respect that you're 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:03.920 showing them. They may never change. But I can tell. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.600 You this, you'll change. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:10.760 You'll change, and that's what matters the most to God. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.000 God is not going to ask us how many people 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:23.440 we changed. He's going to ask us, did we change? 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.840 Did we walk in love? Did we express our faith 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:32.040 through love? Because that's what's going to change everybody around us. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:36.120 That's what's going to change everyone around us. So when 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.439 you do good, let me tell you something. 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:39.600 You're not only. 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.640 Doing other people a favor because so you can't argue 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.880 with somebody who won't argue back. You're not only doing 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:49.000 them a favor and promoting love and healing. 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.400 You're doing yourself a favor. 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:56.360 You're changing, You're breaking down walls and barriers that would 0:11:56.559 --> 0:12:01.160 like to keep you limited. God will do great things 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.679 in your life. He will enrich you when you choose 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.880 to express your faith in love. Listen to what it says. 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.800 In Proverbs eleven seventeen, it says those who are kind 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:19.120 benefit themselves. One version says, your own soul is nourished 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:20.400 when you're kind. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:25.360 See when you're good to people, you're nourishing your own soul. 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.079 You're bringing healing to them. 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:34.440 If you love God today, if you want to live 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.400 for him, then you need to step back in this 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.040 world full of conflict and say, I'm going to begin 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:46.479 to express my faith in God by loving people, especially 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:53.360 those difficult, unlovable people. You see, you can do more 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:58.080 by your actions than you can by your words. I 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:02.040 want to encourage you today to look for opportunities to 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:07.680 be good to people, not only those who are difficult, 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:12.079 but those who are in your own backyard. Maybe it's 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.200 your coworker, maybe it's the man that mows the lawn, 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.480 or maybe it's a family member that can use your help. 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:23.079 The scripture says, don't withhold good when it's in your 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:28.400 power to act. Listen, you're anointed to do good. You 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.360 have the power to treat people right, whether you agree 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:36.360 with them or not. And if you love God, God 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.080 wants you to use that same love and express it 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:43.760 through faith to all those around you, because that's where 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.000 the healing comes in. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:46.720 Amen. Amen. 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.280 Thank you for listening to the Joe Los Dean podcast. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.280 Help us continue to share the message of hope with 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:02.319 those all over the world. 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