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You know, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.360 you're never going to agree one hundred percent of the 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:24.160 time with anyone. But the point that we need to 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.840 make in our life to God, the things that we 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.440 need to do is continue to. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.080 Show respect for people. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.160 We have to show respect, whether we agree with people 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:37.480 or not. 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.359 When we show respect, you know what we're doing. 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:50.400 We are honoring God and we're promoting the Gospel. We're 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:55.680 promoting the good News. We're saying, God, I respect these 0:02:55.760 --> 0:03:00.320 people because they matter to you. And when I show respect, 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.400 I'm showing the good News. 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.600 I am promoting the Gospel on this earth. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.360 See, as a believer, the truth is, people don't really 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.360 care what you say. They don't care if you go 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.520 to church every Sunday. If you're honest, you don't lie, 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.200 you don't steal, you don't cheat. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.200 You know, it gets their attention. It's what you do. 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.920 See, it's not what you say, but it's what you 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:30.960 do in faith. It's what you do through faith that 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:32.120 makes the difference. 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.160 You know, especially in church. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.720 In the church, we should make sure that we don't 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:40.960 have petty disagreements. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:42.840 See the church, no. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:46.280 Matter what your beliefs are, in the Church of Jesus Christ, 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.680 we should stand under the umbrella of the blood. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:50.920 Of Jesus Christ. 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:56.720 All right, we should be in unity because that makes 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:01.280 the difference to the people who aren't believers. That's what's 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:04.480 going to cause them to believe. That's what's going to 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:10.720 get their attention. You know, I've seen believers literally argue 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.080 over the different translations of the Bible. 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:18.760 See, we're better than that. We're better than that. We 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:23.800 got to stay together. It's not what you know, it's 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.200 what you do. 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:30.200 It's how you act, it's how you show your faith. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.680 How do you express your faith. Listen to what it 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:40.120 says in Galatians five sixteen. It says in Christ Jesus, 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:43.719 there's neither circumcision or non circumcision. 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.800 None of that has any value. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:52.840 The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:57.040 That scripture is saying, you may know a lot of stuff, 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:01.200 you may know all the and you may know how 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.560 to look really good and say the right things, but 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:08.480 that is not where the value is. The value in 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:13.200 God's eyes is us expressing. 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:17.839 Our faith in Him through love to other people. That's 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:23.479 what gets people's attention, and that's what pleases God. 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.560 You know, some people are more difficult to love than 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:28.240 other people. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.240 And that's just bottom line. 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:35.279 See, it's easy to love people that love you, people 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.560 that agree with you see things the way you do. 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:42.200 But there'll always be people that are more difficult to love. 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.920 And so let's just talk about. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:49.280 That a minute, because that's the thing that we probably 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:56.000 need to work on the most. It's loving in faith. See, 0:05:56.000 --> 0:06:01.560 sometimes you have to love in faith. See Jesus was 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.000 empowered on this earth by the Holy Spirit. It says 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:11.200 that he was empowered to do good. See, everywhere Jesus went, 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.440 he did good. He did good. He was empowered, he 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:19.880 was anointed with power to do good. And you know 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:23.880 in doing good, he brought healing everywhere he went. 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.680 And you and I have been anointed to do good. 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.760 We've been anointed to bring healing to this earth, to 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:39.520 promote the good news of Jesus Christ. That's what you're 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:45.480 anointing does. It brings God on the scene. It brings 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.400 God on the scene. So we have to step back 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:54.120 in this time of division and discord and disagreement, and 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.760 we have to say, what is my purpose. My purpose 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.600 is to further the gospel. My purpose is not to 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:06.200 get my opinion out there. I can do more through 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:07.560 love than I can. 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:11.240 Spreading my opinion. Because see, God is the one who 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.920 works through the expression of love. 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.160 And when you are loving, when you are making conscious 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:25.800 decisions to express your faith in God through love, God 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:27.920 is working in your life. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.679 I read a quote that says this. It says faith 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:41.280 acts before it feels. Faith acts before it feels. You. 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:45.960 See, our flesh wants to feel it. We want to 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.400 like you because you're like me. 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:54.720 But the spirit, faith, the. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:59.440 Things of God, says, I am going to love in faith. 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:04.080 I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt. I'm 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:09.480 gonna remember that God loves you and you matter to God. 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.480 You see, that's what faith says. Feelings say no way. 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.840 Faith says, I must, I must. This is something that 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.760 happened to me when I was in the sixth grade, 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:24.360 and I never forgot this. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.800 I was just coming from lunch. I was in junior 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:29.520 high school. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.960 I was walking down the hall and this girl, I 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.320 think she was in the eighth grade. I had never 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.920 even seen her before. I didn't know the girl. I've 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:38.800 never talked to her. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.880 She walks up to me and she says, I'm gonna 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:42.600 beat you up. 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:51.360 And I was like, why she said, I don't like 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.800 the way you act. I looked at her and I said, 0:08:55.240 --> 0:09:03.120 I'll change. Do you know that girl looked at me, 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:08.600 turned around and walked off, and I never saw her again. 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:10.760 I never saw her again. 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.560 It's kind of interesting that that's what came up out 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:16.800 of me. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:21.680 I guess I didn't want to get beat up. Now, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.319 my mind for a split second said I'm not changing. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:25.880 I don't even know who you are, you don't even 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.200 know me. But thank god, that's what came up. 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:33.679 Because I look back now and I think that simple answer, 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:40.320 that simple answer of humility, brought healing. Because think about 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.839 this just a minute. If you disagree with someone, or 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:47.400 if someone doesn't like you, or someone's causing you trouble, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.960 and you act the same way to them, maybe you 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.439 disrespect them. 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.880 Nothing changes, nothing changes. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.840 You're gonna dislike them, they're gonna dislike you, is much 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:03.680 or more than ever before. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:11.200 Nothing changes. But when you make a choice to love. 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:16.240 By faith, to express your love for God by loving 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.600 other people, the potential for. 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.319 Change is huge. 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:24.439 And I believe the attitudes of our heart change. We 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:30.160 dislike those people less and less and less when we 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:34.839 choose to express our faith through love. That's why the 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:40.080 Bible says, pray for your enemies, Pray for those who 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.360 do wrong against you. You see, you may have some 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:48.920 relationships in your life that will never change. Those people, 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.959 no matter how kind you are to them, will never 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:56.600 be kind to you. They'll never show you the respect 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:01.080 that you're showing them. They may never change. But I 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:06.520 can tell you this, you'll change. You'll change, and that's 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:15.319 what matters the most to God. God is not going 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.560 to ask us how many people we changed. He's going 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:22.640 to ask us, did we change? Did we walk in love? 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:27.440 Did we express our faith through love? Because that's what's 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:31.319 going to change everybody around us. That's what's going to 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.000 change everyone around us. 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.360 So when you do good, let me tell you something. 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.760 You're not only doing other people a favor because you 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.040 can't argue with somebody who won't argue back. You're not 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:46.560 only doing them a favor and promoting love and healing. 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:49.319 You're doing yourself a favor. 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:54.240 You're changing, You're breaking down walls and barriers that would 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:59.080 like to keep you limited. God will do great things 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.600 in your life. He will enrich you when you choose 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.240 to express your faith in love. 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:06.760 Listen to what it says. 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:10.720 In Proverbs eleven seventeen, it says those who are kind 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:17.000 benefit themselves. One version says, your own soul is nourished 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:21.800 when you're kind. See when you're good to people, you're 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:27.640 nourishing your own soul. You're bringing healing to them. If 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:33.000 you love God today, if you want to live for Him, 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.280 then you need to step back in this world full 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:40.200 of conflict and say, I'm going to begin to express 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:45.439 my faith in God by loving people, especially those difficult, 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:52.240 unlovable people. You see, you can do more by your 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:56.280 actions than you can by your words. I want to 0:12:56.360 --> 0:13:00.480 encourage you today to look for opportunities to be good 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:06.480 to people, not only those who are difficult, but those 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:10.800 who are in your own backyard. Maybe it's your coworker, 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.959 maybe it's the man that mows the lawn, or maybe 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.160 it's a family member that can use your help. The 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:21.400 scripture says, don't withhold good when it's in your power 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:26.480 to act. Listen, you're anointed to do good. You have 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:30.360 the power to treat people right, whether you agree with 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:34.520 them or not. And if you love God, God wants 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:38.120 you to use that same love and express it truth 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.120 faith to all those around. 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:45.880 You, because that's where the healing comes in. Amen. Amen. 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.800 Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:54.600 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.600 all over the world. 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See when you're good to people, 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:33.000 you're nourishing your own soul, you're bringing healing to them. 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:39.320 If you love God today, if you want to live 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.280 for Him, then you need to step back in this 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.920 world full of conflict and say I'm going to begin 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:51.359 to express my faith in God by loving people, especially 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:58.400 those difficult, unlovable people. You see, you can do more 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.960 by your actions than you can by your words. I 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:06.960 want to encourage you today to look for opportunities to 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:12.560 be good to people, not only those who are difficult, 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:16.960 but those who are in your own backyard. Maybe it's 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:20.160 your coworker, maybe it's the man that mows the lawn, 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.360 or maybe it's a family member that can use your help. 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:27.960 The scripture says, don't withhold good when it's in your 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:28.960 power to act. 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.280 Listen, you're anointed to do good. 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.840 You have the power to treat people right, whether you 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.960 agree with them or not. And if you love God, 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:43.800 God wants you to use that same love and express 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:47.880 it truth faith to all those around you, because that's 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:49.880 where the healing comes in. 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:51.560 Amen. Amen. 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.640 Thank you for listening to the Joe lous Dean podcast. 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.600 Help us continue to share the message of hope with 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:05.680 those all over the world. 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