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Joel Osteen - Turn Off The Flow

December 12, 2025 | 29:55

Joel Osteen - Turn Off The Flow
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Turn Off The Flow | December 12, 2025
  • >joel: god bless you. it's
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  • >joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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  • Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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  • I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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  • With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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  • Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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  • Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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  • Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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  • Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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  • Have you be a part of one of our services.
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  • Our services. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny. i heard
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  • Something funny. i heard about this man that died and
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  • About this man that died and went to heaven. saint peter
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  • Went to heaven. saint peter escorted him down this long
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  • Escorted him down this long hallway filled with thousands
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  • Hallway filled with thousands of clocks on the wall. the
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  • Of clocks on the wall. the hands on the clocks were
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  • Hands on the clocks were moving at all different
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  • Moving at all different speeds. peter explained that
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  • Speeds. peter explained that every person has a clock;
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  • Every person has a clock; when they sin the clock
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  • When they sin the clock ticks. one clock was barely
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  • Ticks. one clock was barely moving, that was billy
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  • Moving, that was billy graham's clock. another clock
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  • Graham's clock. another clock was creeping along, mother
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  • Was creeping along, mother theresa's clock. the man said
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  • Theresa's clock. the man said curiously, “can i see my
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  • Curiously, “can i see my clock?” peter said, “yeah, we
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  • Clock?” peter said, “yeah, we keep yours in the office and
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  • Keep yours in the office and use it as a fan.” (laughter)
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  • Use it as a fan.” (laughter) all right, y'all. say it like
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  • All right, y'all. say it like you mean it. this is my
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  • You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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  • Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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  • Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i
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  • Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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  • Can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about turn off the flow. we
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  • About turn off the flow. we live in a day where there's
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  • Live in a day where there's all kinds of gossip, slander,
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  • All kinds of gossip, slander, people spreading rumors. they
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  • People spreading rumors. they can post it on social media
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  • Can post it on social media and don't even have to put
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  • And don't even have to put their name on it. hide behind
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  • Their name on it. hide behind being anonymous. they're busy
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  • Being anonymous. they're busy bodies. they have an opinion
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  • Bodies. they have an opinion about everything. they go
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  • About everything. they go around saying things that are
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  • Around saying things that are half true, out of context,
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  • Half true, out of context, disparaging others. you and i
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  • Disparaging others. you and i should live by a higher
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  • Should live by a higher standard. proverbs 10 says,
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  • Standard. proverbs 10 says, “to slander is to be a fool.
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  • “to slander is to be a fool. don't talk too much, it
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  • Don't talk too much, it causes you to sin. be
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  • Causes you to sin. be sensible and turn off the
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  • Sensible and turn off the flow.” how much higher could
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  • Flow.” how much higher could we go if we would simply turn
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  • We go if we would simply turn off the flow. not have an
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  • Off the flow. not have an opinion about everything, not
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  • Opinion about everything, not repeat things that are going
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  • Repeat things that are going to make someone look bad, not
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  • To make someone look bad, not be nosey and try to find the
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  • Be nosey and try to find the latest scoop so we can pass
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  • Latest scoop so we can pass it along. “well joel,
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  • It along. “well joel, everyone's doing it.” yes,
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  • Everyone's doing it.” yes, but you're not everyone.
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  • But you're not everyone. you're a cut above. god
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  • You're a cut above. god created you to be like an
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  • Created you to be like an eagle. to rise above all the
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  • Eagle. to rise above all the negative chatter, the
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  • Negative chatter, the backbiting, the gossip, and
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  • Backbiting, the gossip, and to use your words to bless
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  • To use your words to bless people, not to curse people.
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  • People, not to curse people. if you can't say anything
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  • If you can't say anything good, don't say it. to
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  • Good, don't say it. to slander, to spread rumors, to
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  • Slander, to spread rumors, to make people look bad, the
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  • Make people look bad, the scripture says is to be a
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  • Scripture says is to be a fool. the reason it's foolish
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  • Fool. the reason it's foolish is because what you sow,
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  • Is because what you sow, you're going to reap. if you
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  • You're going to reap. if you sow hurtful words,
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  • Sow hurtful words, disparaging remarks, talking
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  • Disparaging remarks, talking bad behind their back, it's
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  • Bad behind their back, it's going to happen to you. you
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  • Going to happen to you. you can save yourself a lot of
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  • Can save yourself a lot of heartache, a lot of trouble,
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  • Heartache, a lot of trouble, if you'll just turn off the
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  • If you'll just turn off the flow.
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  • Flow. you're called to be an eagle,
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  • You're called to be an eagle, now don't go around like a
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  • Now don't go around like a crow. a crow is always making
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  • Crow. a crow is always making noise, in everybody else's
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  • Noise, in everybody else's business, trying to stir up
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  • Business, trying to stir up trouble. one of the seven
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  • Trouble. one of the seven things the scripture says
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  • Things the scripture says that god hates is a someone
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  • That god hates is a someone that sows discord. someone
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  • That sows discord. someone that's always stirring things
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  • That's always stirring things up, bringing division, saying
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  • Up, bringing division, saying things they know are going to
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  • Things they know are going to cause strife, jealousy,
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  • Cause strife, jealousy, damage a reputation. hate is
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  • Damage a reputation. hate is a strong word. it could have
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  • A strong word. it could have said, god dislikes it. god
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  • Said, god dislikes it. god encourages us not to do it.
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  • Encourages us not to do it. but god doesn't take this
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  • But god doesn't take this lightly. you can't slander
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  • Lightly. you can't slander people and be blessed. you
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  • People and be blessed. you can't discredit someone and
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  • Can't discredit someone and see god's favor. “well joel,
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  • See god's favor. “well joel, what i'm saying is all true.
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  • What i'm saying is all true. i'm not making it up.” but do
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  • I'm not making it up.” but do you need to repeat it? is it
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  • You need to repeat it? is it necessary. is it benefiting
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  • Necessary. is it benefiting anything? or is it just
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  • Anything? or is it just putting them in a bad light.
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  • Putting them in a bad light. i read this quote, “have you
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  • I read this quote, “have you heard a word against your
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  • Heard a word against your neighbor, then let it die
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  • Neighbor, then let it die within you.” this is saying,
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  • Within you.” this is saying, have you heard some gossip,
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  • Have you heard some gossip, have you read something juicy
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  • Have you read something juicy on the internet, has a friend
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  • On the internet, has a friend given you inside information
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  • Given you inside information about someone that failed,
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  • About someone that failed, that cheated, that got into
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  • That cheated, that got into trouble. here's what you do,
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  • Trouble. here's what you do, don't run to the phone and
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  • Don't run to the phone and call three friends. don't get
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  • Call three friends. don't get on the internet and expose
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  • On the internet and expose them. don't email all your
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  • Them. don't email all your cousins, let it die within
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  • Cousins, let it die within you. keep it to yourself.
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  • You. keep it to yourself. this is going to show what
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  • This is going to show what kind of person you are. are
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  • Kind of person you are. are you a big person, an eagle?
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  • You a big person, an eagle? you're honorable. you stay on
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  • You're honorable. you stay on the high path. you cover for
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  • The high path. you cover for people. you show mercy. or
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  • People. you show mercy. or are you a small person? a
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  • Are you a small person? a crow. noisy, a busy body.
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  • Crow. noisy, a busy body. small people stir up trouble.
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  • Small people stir up trouble. small people spread bad news.
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  • Small people spread bad news. small people feed off of
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  • Small people feed off of other's mistakes and
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  • Other's mistakes and failures. that's not you.
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  • Failures. that's not you. you're not a crow, be the
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  • You're not a crow, be the eagle god created you to be.
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  • Eagle god created you to be. when you let it die within
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  • When you let it die within you,
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  • You, you're not just doing them a
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  • You're not just doing them a favor; you're doing yourself
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  • Favor; you're doing yourself a favor. god will not promote
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  • A favor. god will not promote gossips, faultfinders,
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  • Gossips, faultfinders, busybodies.
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  • Busybodies. i've heard it said, every
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  • I've heard it said, every person carries a bucket of
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  • Person carries a bucket of gasoline and a bucket of
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  • Gasoline and a bucket of water. when you hear gossip,
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  • Water. when you hear gossip, rumors, juicy information,
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  • Rumors, juicy information, you can either pour gasoline
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  • You can either pour gasoline on it; add fuel to the fire,
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  • On it; add fuel to the fire, make it bigger, cause it to
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  • Make it bigger, cause it to spread. or you can pour water
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  • Spread. or you can pour water on it and help put out the
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  • On it and help put out the fire. too many people use
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  • Fire. too many people use their gasoline. they're
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  • Their gasoline. they're justifying it. “joel, it's
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  • Justifying it. “joel, it's true, i'm just stating the
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  • True, i'm just stating the facts. they did wrong.” they
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  • Facts. they did wrong.” they may be guilty, but the
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  • May be guilty, but the scripture says, “love covers
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  • Scripture says, “love covers a person's faults.” love
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  • A person's faults.” love doesn't expose them. love
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  • Doesn't expose them. love doesn't go call five friends.
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  • Doesn't go call five friends. love doesn't put it on
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  • Love doesn't put it on facebook. the mercy you show
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  • Facebook. the mercy you show others is the mercy that's
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  • Others is the mercy that's going to be shown to you. if
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  • Going to be shown to you. if you're harsh, judgmental, you
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  • You're harsh, judgmental, you expose people's failures,
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  • Expose people's failures, magnify their mistakes, that
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  • Magnify their mistakes, that same judgment is going to
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  • Same judgment is going to come back to you. you may
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  • Come back to you. you may know things that are true
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  • Know things that are true about people, that could make
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  • About people, that could make them look bad. that's a test.
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  • Them look bad. that's a test. can god trust you to not
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  • Can god trust you to not damage their reputation, to
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  • Damage their reputation, to let it die within you? or are
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  • Let it die within you? or are you going to open that faucet
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  • You going to open that faucet and go around spreading
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  • And go around spreading everything you know? that's
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  • Everything you know? that's going to limit how high you
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  • Going to limit how high you will go.
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  • Will go. in the book of genesis, noah
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  • In the book of genesis, noah was on the ark for a hundred
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  • Was on the ark for a hundred and ninety days with his
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  • And ninety days with his family and all the animals.
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  • Family and all the animals. you can imagine how he must
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  • You can imagine how he must have felt being cramped up
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  • Have felt being cramped up with not only the animals but
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  • With not only the animals but with his family for six
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  • With his family for six months, nowhere to go, always
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  • Months, nowhere to go, always with each other. someone
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  • With each other. someone pointed out, the first thing
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  • Pointed out, the first thing noah did when he got off the
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  • Noah did when he got off the ark was get drunk. i'm not
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  • Ark was get drunk. i'm not saying that was right, but he
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  • Saying that was right, but he had had enough. some of you
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  • Had had enough. some of you have a hard time at the
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  • Have a hard time at the family reunion for one day.
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  • Family reunion for one day. imagine six months. noah went
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  • Imagine six months. noah went to his tent and he had too
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  • To his tent and he had too much to drink. he was lying
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  • Much to drink. he was lying on the floor passed out, not
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  • On the floor passed out, not wearing any clothes. his
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  • Wearing any clothes. his youngest son, ham came in and
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  • Youngest son, ham came in and saw him there on the ground,
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  • Saw him there on the ground, totally naked. instead of
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  • Totally naked. instead of covering for his father,
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  • Covering for his father, trying to protect his
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  • Trying to protect his reputation, he poured
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  • Reputation, he poured gasoline on the fire. he went
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  • Gasoline on the fire. he went out and started talking.
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  • Out and started talking. spreading all the juicy news.
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  • Spreading all the juicy news. he told his brothers, “you
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  • He told his brothers, “you won't believe what i saw. dad
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  • Won't believe what i saw. dad is making a fool of himself.
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  • Is making a fool of himself. he's drunk, he's naked. he's
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  • He's drunk, he's naked. he's on the floor.” on and on.
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  • On the floor.” on and on. noah's other two sons, shem
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  • Noah's other two sons, shem and japhet, did just the
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  • And japhet, did just the opposite. they got a robe and
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  • Opposite. they got a robe and went to the tent. they held
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  • Went to the tent. they held up that robe and walked in
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  • Up that robe and walked in backwards so they wouldn't
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  • Backwards so they wouldn't see their father. they didn't
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  • See their father. they didn't want to look at him in that
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  • Want to look at him in that state. even though he was
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  • State. even though he was drunk, naked, passed out, he
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  • Drunk, naked, passed out, he had done wrong, made
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  • Had done wrong, made mistakes, these two sons
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  • Mistakes, these two sons wouldn't dishonor their
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  • Wouldn't dishonor their father. they walked backwards
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  • Father. they walked backwards and placed the robe over him,
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  • And placed the robe over him, to cover him. one son,
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  • To cover him. one son, exposed his father, went out
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  • Exposed his father, went out and told everyone. these two
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  • And told everyone. these two sons covered their father.
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  • Sons covered their father. they had their bucket of
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  • They had their bucket of water. they were putting out
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  • Water. they were putting out the fire. they heard
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  • The fire. they heard something juicy. they saw
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  • Something juicy. they saw their father had failed, but
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  • Their father had failed, but they chose to let it die
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  • They chose to let it die within them. which son are
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  • Within them. which son are you?
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  • You? one lesson that i love here
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  • One lesson that i love here is stick up for your family.
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  • Is stick up for your family. the people you live with, the
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  • The people you live with, the people god's connected you
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  • People god's connected you to, they're going to make
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  • To, they're going to make mistakes. they're going to
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  • Mistakes. they're going to say things they shouldn't, do
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  • Say things they shouldn't, do things that can bring
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  • Things that can bring embarrassment. it's tempting
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  • Embarrassment. it's tempting to be like ham, “look what
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  • To be like ham, “look what they've done. they're a
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  • They've done. they're a fool.” no that's your family.
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  • Fool.” no that's your family. that's your blood. that's who
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  • That's your blood. that's who god ordained you to be
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  • God ordained you to be related to. you need to
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  • Related to. you need to defend your family. protect
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  • Defend your family. protect their reputations. there may
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  • Their reputations. there may be things said behind closed
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  • Be things said behind closed doors, but outside you need
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  • Doors, but outside you need to be their biggest
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  • To be their biggest cheerleader. don't call your
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  • Cheerleader. don't call your friends and tell all the
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  • Friends and tell all the negative things about your
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  • Negative things about your son, your daughter. don't
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  • Son, your daughter. don't tell your classmate how bad
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  • Tell your classmate how bad your brother is and how he
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  • Your brother is and how he can't get it together. no
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  • Can't get it together. no matter how much they don't
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  • Matter how much they don't deserve it, you need to honor
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  • Deserve it, you need to honor your family in front of other
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  • Your family in front of other people. you may have a
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  • People. you may have a private challenge, but don't
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  • Private challenge, but don't let it go public. stick up
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  • Let it go public. stick up for your family. defend those
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  • For your family. defend those god has given to you.
  • 00:09:50.813 --> 00:09:52.748
  • God has given to you. proverbs says, “a friend is
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  • Proverbs says, “a friend is loyal, but a brother is born
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  • Loyal, but a brother is born for times of adversity.” in
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  • For times of adversity.” in tough times, your son needs
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  • Tough times, your son needs you. your mother, your
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  • You. your mother, your father, your sister, they
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  • Father, your sister, they need you. not your judgment,
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  • Need you. not your judgment, not the harsh, critical, “you
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  • Not the harsh, critical, “you should have known better. you
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  • Should have known better. you deserve to be exposed. you
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  • Deserve to be exposed. you embarrassed yourself.” no,
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  • Embarrassed yourself.” no, get the robe and cover them.
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  • Get the robe and cover them. they don't need more guilt,
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  • They don't need more guilt, more condemnation. they
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  • More condemnation. they already know what they did
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  • Already know what they did wrong. they've got enough
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  • Wrong. they've got enough people talking, faultfinders,
  • 00:10:24.413 --> 00:10:26.582
  • People talking, faultfinders, gossipers. they need someone
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  • Gossipers. they need someone that will show mercy. someone
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  • That will show mercy. someone that will love them back into
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  • That will love them back into wholeness. god is counting on
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  • Wholeness. god is counting on you to be that bigger person,
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  • You to be that bigger person, to cover a mistake, to not
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  • To cover a mistake, to not hold what happened in the
  • 00:10:40.730 --> 00:10:41.964
  • Hold what happened in the past against them. it's easy
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  • Past against them. it's easy to look down on people who
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  • To look down on people who are close to us because we
  • 00:10:46.335 --> 00:10:47.937
  • Are close to us because we know their faults, we've seen
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  • Know their faults, we've seen their shortcomings. this is
  • 00:10:49.905 --> 00:10:51.674
  • Their shortcomings. this is when mercy has to step in. if
  • 00:10:51.741 --> 00:10:54.543
  • When mercy has to step in. if your family can't count on
  • 00:10:54.610 --> 00:10:55.978
  • Your family can't count on you, who can they count on.
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  • You, who can they count on. if you don't take up for your
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  • If you don't take up for your father, your son, your
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  • Father, your son, your sibling, who's going to do
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  • Sibling, who's going to do it. there are plenty of
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  • It. there are plenty of people outside trying to
  • 00:11:04.453 --> 00:11:05.855
  • People outside trying to disparage, discredit, expose,
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  • Disparage, discredit, expose, your family needs you. be a
  • 00:11:09.291 --> 00:11:11.093
  • Your family needs you. be a healer, be a restorer, be a
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  • Healer, be a restorer, be a lifter.
  • 00:11:13.562 --> 00:11:15.064
  • Lifter. when noah woke up and found
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  • When noah woke up and found out what happened, he said to
  • 00:11:17.566 --> 00:11:19.869
  • Out what happened, he said to ham, the son that exposed
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  • Ham, the son that exposed him, “your children and
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  • Him, “your children and grandchildren will always
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  • Grandchildren will always struggle. there will be a
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  • Struggle. there will be a curse on your descendants
  • 00:11:27.376 --> 00:11:29.445
  • Curse on your descendants because you dishonored me,
  • 00:11:29.512 --> 00:11:31.514
  • Because you dishonored me, you damaged my reputation.
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  • You damaged my reputation. you didn't defend me, you
  • 00:11:33.482 --> 00:11:35.184
  • You didn't defend me, you exposed me.” noah said to
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  • Exposed me.” noah said to shem and japhet, the two sons
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  • Shem and japhet, the two sons that covered him. “you and
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  • That covered him. “you and your descendants will always
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  • Your descendants will always be blessed. you will prosper.
  • 00:11:43.626 --> 00:11:46.162
  • Be blessed. you will prosper. you will rule over cities.
  • 00:11:46.228 --> 00:11:47.897
  • You will rule over cities. your land will increase. you
  • 00:11:47.963 --> 00:11:49.965
  • Your land will increase. you will always have god's favor
  • 00:11:50.032 --> 00:11:52.134
  • Will always have god's favor because you showed me honor.”
  • 00:11:52.201 --> 00:11:54.670
  • Because you showed me honor.” the principle is, whenever
  • 00:11:54.737 --> 00:11:56.438
  • The principle is, whenever we're gossiping, exposing,
  • 00:11:56.505 --> 00:11:59.308
  • We're gossiping, exposing, making people look bad, we're
  • 00:11:59.375 --> 00:12:01.310
  • Making people look bad, we're on ham's side. we step out
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  • On ham's side. we step out from under the blessing.
  • 00:12:03.846 --> 00:12:06.081
  • From under the blessing. “joel, i just talk a lot.
  • 00:12:06.148 --> 00:12:07.516
  • “joel, i just talk a lot. it's not hurting anything.”
  • 00:12:07.583 --> 00:12:09.351
  • It's not hurting anything.” no that's limiting your
  • 00:12:09.418 --> 00:12:10.553
  • No that's limiting your future. there's a hindrance,
  • 00:12:10.619 --> 00:12:13.189
  • Future. there's a hindrance, a barrier that will keep you
  • 00:12:13.255 --> 00:12:15.124
  • A barrier that will keep you from excelling. get out from
  • 00:12:15.191 --> 00:12:17.393
  • From excelling. get out from under ham's side and come
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  • Under ham's side and come over to the blessed side.
  • 00:12:19.161 --> 00:12:21.263
  • Over to the blessed side. when you show honor even when
  • 00:12:21.330 --> 00:12:23.632
  • When you show honor even when honor is not due. like these
  • 00:12:23.699 --> 00:12:25.935
  • Honor is not due. like these brothers, you choose to cover
  • 00:12:26.001 --> 00:12:27.670
  • Brothers, you choose to cover a fault, you stick up for
  • 00:12:27.736 --> 00:12:29.605
  • A fault, you stick up for your family, you defend that
  • 00:12:29.672 --> 00:12:31.574
  • Your family, you defend that coworker, you let that gossip
  • 00:12:31.640 --> 00:12:33.843
  • Coworker, you let that gossip die within you, you pour
  • 00:12:33.909 --> 00:12:35.778
  • Die within you, you pour water instead of gasoline.
  • 00:12:35.845 --> 00:12:38.280
  • Water instead of gasoline. god says to you what he said
  • 00:12:38.347 --> 00:12:40.115
  • God says to you what he said to the two brothers, you're
  • 00:12:40.182 --> 00:12:41.417
  • To the two brothers, you're going to be blessed. you will
  • 00:12:41.483 --> 00:12:43.118
  • Going to be blessed. you will be honored. you will see
  • 00:12:43.185 --> 00:12:44.620
  • Be honored. you will see favor and increase.
  • 00:12:44.687 --> 00:12:47.122
  • Favor and increase. a lot of the negative, juicy
  • 00:12:47.189 --> 00:12:49.391
  • A lot of the negative, juicy things we hear about friends
  • 00:12:49.458 --> 00:12:51.293
  • Things we hear about friends and coworkers, there may be a
  • 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.596
  • And coworkers, there may be a small truth to it, but it's
  • 00:12:53.662 --> 00:12:55.631
  • Small truth to it, but it's slanted to make the person
  • 00:12:55.698 --> 00:12:57.233
  • Slanted to make the person look bad. it's taken out of
  • 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:58.934
  • Look bad. it's taken out of context. the negative is
  • 00:12:59.001 --> 00:13:00.903
  • Context. the negative is magnified. that's how rumors
  • 00:13:00.970 --> 00:13:02.872
  • Magnified. that's how rumors get started. now there are
  • 00:13:02.938 --> 00:13:04.473
  • Get started. now there are three different versions. by
  • 00:13:04.540 --> 00:13:06.275
  • Three different versions. by the time it gets to us, it's
  • 00:13:06.342 --> 00:13:07.776
  • The time it gets to us, it's a fraction of the truth.
  • 00:13:07.843 --> 00:13:10.045
  • A fraction of the truth. don't believe everything you
  • 00:13:10.112 --> 00:13:11.614
  • Don't believe everything you hear. don't go around
  • 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:13.549
  • Hear. don't go around repeating things that you're
  • 00:13:13.616 --> 00:13:14.984
  • Repeating things that you're not sure are accurate. a lot
  • 00:13:15.050 --> 00:13:17.519
  • Not sure are accurate. a lot of people are busybodies.
  • 00:13:17.586 --> 00:13:19.455
  • Of people are busybodies. they live to stir things up.
  • 00:13:19.521 --> 00:13:21.724
  • They live to stir things up. they're nosey, always trying
  • 00:13:21.790 --> 00:13:23.559
  • They're nosey, always trying to find the latest scoop.
  • 00:13:23.626 --> 00:13:25.060
  • To find the latest scoop. “did you hear about so and
  • 00:13:25.127 --> 00:13:26.295
  • “did you hear about so and so.” you don't need people in
  • 00:13:26.362 --> 00:13:28.797
  • So.” you don't need people in your life like that. spirits
  • 00:13:28.864 --> 00:13:31.267
  • Your life like that. spirits are transferable. if you hang
  • 00:13:31.333 --> 00:13:33.836
  • Are transferable. if you hang around a gossip, you're going
  • 00:13:33.903 --> 00:13:35.604
  • Around a gossip, you're going to become a gossip. if you
  • 00:13:35.671 --> 00:13:37.606
  • To become a gossip. if you hang around people that find
  • 00:13:37.673 --> 00:13:39.074
  • Hang around people that find fault, complain about the
  • 00:13:39.141 --> 00:13:40.910
  • Fault, complain about the boss, disparage their spouse,
  • 00:13:40.976 --> 00:13:43.779
  • Boss, disparage their spouse, that's going to get off on
  • 00:13:43.846 --> 00:13:44.880
  • That's going to get off on you. if they talk bad about
  • 00:13:44.947 --> 00:13:47.683
  • You. if they talk bad about people in front of you,
  • 00:13:47.750 --> 00:13:49.285
  • People in front of you, they'll talk bad about you in
  • 00:13:49.351 --> 00:13:51.053
  • They'll talk bad about you in front of others. david said
  • 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.422
  • Front of others. david said it this way, psalm 101, “i
  • 00:13:53.489 --> 00:13:55.224
  • It this way, psalm 101, “i will not tolerate people that
  • 00:13:55.291 --> 00:13:58.060
  • Will not tolerate people that slander their neighbor.” he
  • 00:13:58.127 --> 00:14:00.429
  • Slander their neighbor.” he was saying, i'm not going to
  • 00:14:00.496 --> 00:14:01.630
  • Was saying, i'm not going to associate with gossipers,
  • 00:14:01.697 --> 00:14:03.599
  • Associate with gossipers, backbiters, people that
  • 00:14:03.666 --> 00:14:05.134
  • Backbiters, people that spread rumors. your destiny
  • 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.803
  • Spread rumors. your destiny is too important, your time
  • 00:14:07.870 --> 00:14:09.872
  • Is too important, your time is too valuable to spend it
  • 00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:11.774
  • Is too valuable to spend it with crows, with busybodies,
  • 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.343
  • With crows, with busybodies, people that have an opinion
  • 00:14:14.410 --> 00:14:15.511
  • People that have an opinion about everything, always
  • 00:14:15.577 --> 00:14:17.279
  • About everything, always trying to stir something up.
  • 00:14:17.346 --> 00:14:19.281
  • Trying to stir something up. you need to be around other
  • 00:14:19.348 --> 00:14:20.549
  • You need to be around other eagles. eagles are too busy
  • 00:14:20.616 --> 00:14:23.552
  • Eagles. eagles are too busy pursuing their own dreams to
  • 00:14:23.619 --> 00:14:25.587
  • Pursuing their own dreams to worry about what everyone
  • 00:14:25.654 --> 00:14:26.855
  • Worry about what everyone else is doing. if you're
  • 00:14:26.922 --> 00:14:29.058
  • Else is doing. if you're around nosey, busybodies
  • 00:14:29.124 --> 00:14:32.027
  • Around nosey, busybodies that's going to distract you
  • 00:14:32.094 --> 00:14:33.562
  • That's going to distract you from your assignment. it will
  • 00:14:33.629 --> 00:14:35.497
  • From your assignment. it will keep you from the greatness
  • 00:14:35.564 --> 00:14:36.966
  • Keep you from the greatness god put in you. you shouldn't
  • 00:14:37.032 --> 00:14:39.201
  • God put in you. you shouldn't sit at lunch every day with
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  • Sit at lunch every day with people that bad mouth the
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  • People that bad mouth the company, find fault with
  • 00:14:42.137 --> 00:14:43.906
  • Company, find fault with everyone. that's a sign they
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  • Everyone. that's a sign they are jealous, they're
  • 00:14:45.975 --> 00:14:47.109
  • Are jealous, they're insecure, they're small
  • 00:14:47.176 --> 00:14:48.877
  • Insecure, they're small minded. if you don't make a
  • 00:14:48.944 --> 00:14:50.946
  • Minded. if you don't make a change, that poison will get
  • 00:14:51.013 --> 00:14:52.815
  • Change, that poison will get off on you. you have to put
  • 00:14:52.881 --> 00:14:54.817
  • Off on you. you have to put up some boundaries.
  • 00:14:54.883 --> 00:14:55.918
  • Up some boundaries. a man came up to me and said,
  • 00:14:55.985 --> 00:14:58.153
  • A man came up to me and said, “joel did you hear about so
  • 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:59.655
  • “joel did you hear about so and so?” i could tell the way
  • 00:14:59.722 --> 00:15:01.757
  • And so?” i could tell the way he was saying it, it wasn't
  • 00:15:01.824 --> 00:15:02.825
  • He was saying it, it wasn't going to be good. i just
  • 00:15:02.891 --> 00:15:04.660
  • Going to be good. i just smiled and said, “no i didn't
  • 00:15:04.727 --> 00:15:05.961
  • Smiled and said, “no i didn't hear anything, and if it's
  • 00:15:06.028 --> 00:15:07.296
  • Hear anything, and if it's not good, i don't really want
  • 00:15:07.363 --> 00:15:08.697
  • Not good, i don't really want to hear it.” your ears are
  • 00:15:08.764 --> 00:15:11.266
  • To hear it.” your ears are not garbage cans. don't let
  • 00:15:11.333 --> 00:15:13.535
  • Not garbage cans. don't let people fill you with a bunch
  • 00:15:13.602 --> 00:15:14.837
  • People fill you with a bunch of rumors, gossip, who
  • 00:15:14.903 --> 00:15:18.107
  • Of rumors, gossip, who failed, who's in trouble.
  • 00:15:18.173 --> 00:15:20.175
  • Failed, who's in trouble. a few years after i started
  • 00:15:20.242 --> 00:15:22.344
  • A few years after i started pastoring, there was a couple
  • 00:15:22.411 --> 00:15:24.346
  • Pastoring, there was a couple that attended lakewood that
  • 00:15:24.413 --> 00:15:26.148
  • That attended lakewood that owned a transportation
  • 00:15:26.215 --> 00:15:27.416
  • Owned a transportation company. they had such big
  • 00:15:27.483 --> 00:15:29.518
  • Company. they had such big hearts and wanted to help
  • 00:15:29.585 --> 00:15:31.320
  • Hearts and wanted to help people in need. every sunday,
  • 00:15:31.387 --> 00:15:34.223
  • People in need. every sunday, they would drive their big,
  • 00:15:34.289 --> 00:15:35.724
  • They would drive their big, stretch limousines to the
  • 00:15:35.791 --> 00:15:37.760
  • Stretch limousines to the homeless shelters and bring
  • 00:15:37.826 --> 00:15:39.828
  • Homeless shelters and bring people to church, drive them
  • 00:15:39.895 --> 00:15:41.797
  • People to church, drive them to the open door mission, to
  • 00:15:41.864 --> 00:15:43.565
  • To the open door mission, to the battered women's home.
  • 00:15:43.632 --> 00:15:45.467
  • The battered women's home. they treated these people
  • 00:15:45.534 --> 00:15:46.468
  • They treated these people like royalty. some had never
  • 00:15:46.535 --> 00:15:48.670
  • Like royalty. some had never been in a limousine, but they
  • 00:15:48.737 --> 00:15:50.339
  • Been in a limousine, but they brought them to church. we
  • 00:15:50.406 --> 00:15:52.174
  • Brought them to church. we gave them seats down front
  • 00:15:52.241 --> 00:15:53.909
  • Gave them seats down front and told them who they are,
  • 00:15:53.976 --> 00:15:55.310
  • And told them who they are, children of almighty god.
  • 00:15:55.377 --> 00:15:58.013
  • Children of almighty god. these limousines were so big,
  • 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:00.516
  • These limousines were so big, they didn't have anywhere to
  • 00:16:00.582 --> 00:16:01.316
  • They didn't have anywhere to park them. they wouldn't fit
  • 00:16:01.383 --> 00:16:03.185
  • Park them. they wouldn't fit in a normal spot. i told that
  • 00:16:03.252 --> 00:16:05.387
  • In a normal spot. i told that couple to park them right in
  • 00:16:05.454 --> 00:16:07.189
  • Couple to park them right in the front of the old church,
  • 00:16:07.256 --> 00:16:09.024
  • The front of the old church, on the main driveway. some
  • 00:16:09.091 --> 00:16:10.959
  • On the main driveway. some sundays there would be a half
  • 00:16:11.026 --> 00:16:12.761
  • Sundays there would be a half a dozen of these long,
  • 00:16:12.828 --> 00:16:14.463
  • A dozen of these long, stretch limousines in front
  • 00:16:14.530 --> 00:16:16.231
  • Stretch limousines in front of the building. one day i
  • 00:16:16.298 --> 00:16:18.233
  • Of the building. one day i received a letter. it said,
  • 00:16:18.300 --> 00:16:20.102
  • Received a letter. it said, “joel, we came in from out of
  • 00:16:20.169 --> 00:16:21.470
  • “joel, we came in from out of town to visit lakewood. we
  • 00:16:21.537 --> 00:16:22.738
  • Town to visit lakewood. we loved it. we love what you're
  • 00:16:22.805 --> 00:16:24.339
  • Loved it. we love what you're doing, but we just don't
  • 00:16:24.406 --> 00:16:26.275
  • Doing, but we just don't think it's right that your
  • 00:16:26.341 --> 00:16:27.910
  • Think it's right that your family would come to church
  • 00:16:27.976 --> 00:16:29.711
  • Family would come to church in all those big limousines.”
  • 00:16:29.778 --> 00:16:32.414
  • In all those big limousines.” sometimes we're critical of
  • 00:16:32.481 --> 00:16:34.550
  • Sometimes we're critical of things we don't understand.
  • 00:16:34.616 --> 00:16:37.186
  • Things we don't understand. we're making judgments
  • 00:16:37.252 --> 00:16:38.720
  • We're making judgments without knowing the facts. we
  • 00:16:38.787 --> 00:16:40.956
  • Without knowing the facts. we form these negative opinions,
  • 00:16:41.023 --> 00:16:43.358
  • Form these negative opinions, we say things, but it's not
  • 00:16:43.425 --> 00:16:46.228
  • We say things, but it's not what it looks like. we don't
  • 00:16:46.295 --> 00:16:48.230
  • What it looks like. we don't know the full story. we just
  • 00:16:48.297 --> 00:16:50.165
  • Know the full story. we just see the limos. we don't know
  • 00:16:50.232 --> 00:16:51.533
  • See the limos. we don't know the motives. we don't know
  • 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:53.202
  • The motives. we don't know the reasons. we assume things
  • 00:16:53.268 --> 00:16:56.138
  • The reasons. we assume things that may not be true. with
  • 00:16:56.205 --> 00:16:58.273
  • That may not be true. with all the ways to communicate
  • 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.875
  • All the ways to communicate these days, with all the
  • 00:16:59.942 --> 00:17:01.276
  • These days, with all the chatter, social media, and,
  • 00:17:01.343 --> 00:17:03.745
  • Chatter, social media, and, “this coworker said this, and
  • 00:17:03.812 --> 00:17:05.280
  • “this coworker said this, and my friend said that, and my
  • 00:17:05.347 --> 00:17:06.515
  • My friend said that, and my neighbor told me this.” maybe
  • 00:17:06.582 --> 00:17:08.584
  • Neighbor told me this.” maybe we're judging things
  • 00:17:08.650 --> 00:17:09.818
  • We're judging things prematurely. maybe we're
  • 00:17:09.885 --> 00:17:12.020
  • Prematurely. maybe we're finding fault without knowing
  • 00:17:12.087 --> 00:17:13.956
  • Finding fault without knowing the details. even if it is
  • 00:17:14.022 --> 00:17:16.225
  • The details. even if it is true, where is the mercy.
  • 00:17:16.291 --> 00:17:18.594
  • True, where is the mercy. where is the grace to give
  • 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.028
  • Where is the grace to give people room to make mistakes,
  • 00:17:20.095 --> 00:17:21.864
  • People room to make mistakes, to not be perfect. maybe god
  • 00:17:21.930 --> 00:17:24.199
  • To not be perfect. maybe god is dealing with them. maybe
  • 00:17:24.266 --> 00:17:25.801
  • Is dealing with them. maybe they're going to make better
  • 00:17:25.868 --> 00:17:26.668
  • They're going to make better decisions. instead of judging
  • 00:17:26.735 --> 00:17:28.871
  • Decisions. instead of judging them, talking behind their
  • 00:17:28.937 --> 00:17:30.405
  • Them, talking behind their backs, why don't you take
  • 00:17:30.472 --> 00:17:31.974
  • Backs, why don't you take that same time and pray for
  • 00:17:32.040 --> 00:17:33.775
  • That same time and pray for them. be a part of the
  • 00:17:33.842 --> 00:17:35.577
  • Them. be a part of the solution and not the problem.
  • 00:17:35.644 --> 00:17:39.314
  • Solution and not the problem. my father went to college in
  • 00:17:39.381 --> 00:17:41.116
  • My father went to college in the 1930's. there was a new
  • 00:17:41.183 --> 00:17:43.952
  • The 1930's. there was a new student that showed up that
  • 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.320
  • Student that showed up that year dressed in the nicest
  • 00:17:45.387 --> 00:17:47.956
  • Year dressed in the nicest suit they had ever seen. it
  • 00:17:48.023 --> 00:17:49.591
  • Suit they had ever seen. it was a zoot suit. the pants
  • 00:17:49.658 --> 00:17:51.693
  • Was a zoot suit. the pants came up real high. he had a
  • 00:17:51.760 --> 00:17:53.662
  • Came up real high. he had a vest, a beautiful tie.
  • 00:17:53.729 --> 00:17:56.031
  • Vest, a beautiful tie. everyone commented on how
  • 00:17:56.098 --> 00:17:57.432
  • Everyone commented on how good he looked. he was the
  • 00:17:57.499 --> 00:17:59.067
  • Good he looked. he was the talk of the school. he wore
  • 00:17:59.134 --> 00:18:01.436
  • Talk of the school. he wore the same suit the next day
  • 00:18:01.503 --> 00:18:03.438
  • The same suit the next day and the next and the next.
  • 00:18:03.505 --> 00:18:05.474
  • And the next and the next. after a couple of weeks
  • 00:18:05.541 --> 00:18:06.575
  • After a couple of weeks people noticed that suit was
  • 00:18:06.642 --> 00:18:08.544
  • People noticed that suit was all he wore. a month later,
  • 00:18:08.610 --> 00:18:10.913
  • All he wore. a month later, they started talking. “here
  • 00:18:10.979 --> 00:18:12.581
  • They started talking. “here he comes with the same suit.
  • 00:18:12.648 --> 00:18:14.550
  • He comes with the same suit. let's see today. yes, he's
  • 00:18:14.616 --> 00:18:15.784
  • Let's see today. yes, he's got it on.” once again, he
  • 00:18:15.851 --> 00:18:18.420
  • Got it on.” once again, he was the talk of the campus,
  • 00:18:18.487 --> 00:18:20.189
  • Was the talk of the campus, but this time, everyone was
  • 00:18:20.255 --> 00:18:21.790
  • But this time, everyone was making fun. they would
  • 00:18:21.857 --> 00:18:23.425
  • Making fun. they would snicker when he walked by,
  • 00:18:23.492 --> 00:18:24.593
  • Snicker when he walked by, laugh and make more jokes.
  • 00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:27.462
  • Laugh and make more jokes. three months later, my father
  • 00:18:27.529 --> 00:18:29.264
  • Three months later, my father noticed he was packing up his
  • 00:18:29.331 --> 00:18:30.599
  • Noticed he was packing up his suitcase. he asked where he
  • 00:18:30.666 --> 00:18:32.601
  • Suitcase. he asked where he was going. he said, “john,
  • 00:18:32.668 --> 00:18:34.469
  • Was going. he said, “john, i'm going back home. my
  • 00:18:34.536 --> 00:18:36.271
  • I'm going back home. my family is very poor. they
  • 00:18:36.338 --> 00:18:38.507
  • Family is very poor. they saved up all they could to
  • 00:18:38.574 --> 00:18:39.775
  • Saved up all they could to send me to school. we only
  • 00:18:39.841 --> 00:18:41.743
  • Send me to school. we only had enough money to buy this
  • 00:18:41.810 --> 00:18:43.178
  • Had enough money to buy this one suit. it's all i have to
  • 00:18:43.245 --> 00:18:44.947
  • One suit. it's all i have to wear. i was already
  • 00:18:45.013 --> 00:18:46.215
  • Wear. i was already self-conscious about it, but
  • 00:18:46.281 --> 00:18:47.983
  • Self-conscious about it, but now everyone makes fun, they
  • 00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:50.619
  • Now everyone makes fun, they ridicule me, i can't deal
  • 00:18:50.686 --> 00:18:52.221
  • Ridicule me, i can't deal with it anymore.” he dropped
  • 00:18:52.287 --> 00:18:53.956
  • With it anymore.” he dropped out and went home. of course,
  • 00:18:54.022 --> 00:18:55.724
  • Out and went home. of course, when my father and the other
  • 00:18:55.791 --> 00:18:56.858
  • When my father and the other students found out about it,
  • 00:18:56.925 --> 00:18:58.994
  • Students found out about it, they felt about that big. if
  • 00:18:59.061 --> 00:19:01.463
  • They felt about that big. if they had known the facts,
  • 00:19:01.530 --> 00:19:03.198
  • They had known the facts, they would have been
  • 00:19:03.265 --> 00:19:03.832
  • They would have been forgiving, understanding,
  • 00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:06.235
  • Forgiving, understanding, even helped him to buy some
  • 00:19:06.301 --> 00:19:07.269
  • Even helped him to buy some more clothes. how many times
  • 00:19:07.336 --> 00:19:10.138
  • More clothes. how many times are we judging people without
  • 00:19:10.205 --> 00:19:12.241
  • Are we judging people without knowing the motives? without
  • 00:19:12.307 --> 00:19:13.942
  • Knowing the motives? without knowing the challenges? how
  • 00:19:14.009 --> 00:19:15.444
  • Knowing the challenges? how they were raised, what
  • 00:19:15.510 --> 00:19:16.878
  • They were raised, what they're dealing with? if we
  • 00:19:16.945 --> 00:19:18.680
  • They're dealing with? if we walked in their shoes, most
  • 00:19:18.747 --> 00:19:20.816
  • Walked in their shoes, most of the time, we'd be more
  • 00:19:20.882 --> 00:19:22.184
  • Of the time, we'd be more understanding, more
  • 00:19:22.251 --> 00:19:23.752
  • Understanding, more compassionate. it's easy to
  • 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:25.988
  • Compassionate. it's easy to be critical, find fault, stir
  • 00:19:26.054 --> 00:19:28.590
  • Be critical, find fault, stir up the negative, that's being
  • 00:19:28.657 --> 00:19:30.459
  • Up the negative, that's being a crow. you're an eagle.
  • 00:19:30.525 --> 00:19:33.295
  • A crow. you're an eagle. let's be people who are full
  • 00:19:33.362 --> 00:19:34.630
  • Let's be people who are full of mercy, people like shem
  • 00:19:34.696 --> 00:19:36.665
  • Of mercy, people like shem and japhet, even when they
  • 00:19:36.732 --> 00:19:38.467
  • And japhet, even when they are wrong, we cover the fault.
  • 00:19:38.533 --> 00:19:41.670
  • Are wrong, we cover the fault. paul said in thessalonians,
  • 00:19:41.737 --> 00:19:43.739
  • Paul said in thessalonians, “make it your ambition to
  • 00:19:43.805 --> 00:19:45.440
  • “make it your ambition to live a quiet life and to mind
  • 00:19:45.507 --> 00:19:47.776
  • Live a quiet life and to mind your own business.” what can
  • 00:19:47.843 --> 00:19:49.911
  • Your own business.” what can distract us quicker than
  • 00:19:49.978 --> 00:19:51.179
  • Distract us quicker than anything is minding everyone
  • 00:19:51.246 --> 00:19:53.282
  • Anything is minding everyone else's business. if he wears
  • 00:19:53.348 --> 00:19:55.550
  • Else's business. if he wears the same suit, that's his
  • 00:19:55.617 --> 00:19:57.152
  • The same suit, that's his choice. if they have
  • 00:19:57.219 --> 00:19:58.820
  • Choice. if they have limousines at the front of
  • 00:19:58.887 --> 00:19:59.988
  • Limousines at the front of the church, i don't know all
  • 00:20:00.055 --> 00:20:01.523
  • The church, i don't know all the details. that's not my
  • 00:20:01.590 --> 00:20:03.191
  • The details. that's not my business. i have enough drama
  • 00:20:03.258 --> 00:20:05.460
  • Business. i have enough drama in my own life, i don't need
  • 00:20:05.527 --> 00:20:06.862
  • In my own life, i don't need your drama. i'm not going to
  • 00:20:06.928 --> 00:20:08.563
  • Your drama. i'm not going to judge you, be critical, tell
  • 00:20:08.630 --> 00:20:10.499
  • Judge you, be critical, tell you how to do everything.
  • 00:20:10.565 --> 00:20:12.868
  • You how to do everything. “well, if i was them, i
  • 00:20:12.934 --> 00:20:13.869
  • “well, if i was them, i wouldn't do that. if i was
  • 00:20:13.935 --> 00:20:15.804
  • Wouldn't do that. if i was her, i wouldn't have married
  • 00:20:15.871 --> 00:20:17.306
  • Her, i wouldn't have married that guy. if i was him, i
  • 00:20:17.372 --> 00:20:18.307
  • That guy. if i was him, i wouldn't have chosen that
  • 00:20:18.373 --> 00:20:19.107
  • Wouldn't have chosen that career.” here's the whole
  • 00:20:19.174 --> 00:20:20.108
  • Career.” here's the whole key, you're not them. you
  • 00:20:20.175 --> 00:20:22.311
  • Key, you're not them. you haven't walked in their
  • 00:20:22.377 --> 00:20:23.312
  • Haven't walked in their shoes. you haven't
  • 00:20:23.378 --> 00:20:24.813
  • Shoes. you haven't experienced their pain. you
  • 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:27.015
  • Experienced their pain. you haven't fought their battles.
  • 00:20:27.082 --> 00:20:28.684
  • Haven't fought their battles. you don't have their
  • 00:20:28.750 --> 00:20:29.351
  • You don't have their background. it's tempting to
  • 00:20:29.418 --> 00:20:31.386
  • Background. it's tempting to be critical, judgmental, but
  • 00:20:31.453 --> 00:20:34.156
  • Be critical, judgmental, but maybe there's something you
  • 00:20:34.222 --> 00:20:35.190
  • Maybe there's something you don't understand. maybe those
  • 00:20:35.257 --> 00:20:37.526
  • Don't understand. maybe those limousines are not what you
  • 00:20:37.592 --> 00:20:38.860
  • Limousines are not what you think. maybe wearing the same
  • 00:20:38.927 --> 00:20:40.996
  • Think. maybe wearing the same suit, he's got a good reason.
  • 00:20:41.063 --> 00:20:43.632
  • Suit, he's got a good reason. don't be a hindrance, start
  • 00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:45.400
  • Don't be a hindrance, start cutting them down, be a help.
  • 00:20:45.467 --> 00:20:48.003
  • Cutting them down, be a help. use your words to bless, to
  • 00:20:48.070 --> 00:20:50.105
  • Use your words to bless, to encourage, to speak life, to
  • 00:20:50.172 --> 00:20:52.240
  • Encourage, to speak life, to speak victory.
  • 00:20:52.307 --> 00:20:54.309
  • Speak victory. i met a man after service one
  • 00:20:54.376 --> 00:20:55.944
  • I met a man after service one time, and he was so bent out
  • 00:20:56.011 --> 00:20:57.312
  • Time, and he was so bent out of shape. he said, “joel, my
  • 00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:59.147
  • Of shape. he said, “joel, my pastor back home he just
  • 00:20:59.214 --> 00:21:01.149
  • Pastor back home he just announced that he's taking
  • 00:21:01.216 --> 00:21:02.484
  • Announced that he's taking six weeks off this summer.
  • 00:21:02.551 --> 00:21:04.986
  • Six weeks off this summer. that is not right. i don't
  • 00:21:05.053 --> 00:21:06.822
  • That is not right. i don't understand why he would he do
  • 00:21:06.888 --> 00:21:08.223
  • Understand why he would he do that?” i thought to myself, i
  • 00:21:08.290 --> 00:21:09.658
  • That?” i thought to myself, i know exactly why, to get away
  • 00:21:09.725 --> 00:21:11.560
  • Know exactly why, to get away from people like you. let
  • 00:21:11.626 --> 00:21:14.396
  • From people like you. let people run their own life. if
  • 00:21:14.463 --> 00:21:17.032
  • People run their own life. if we're nosey, busybodies,
  • 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:19.067
  • We're nosey, busybodies, we'll end up critical,
  • 00:21:19.134 --> 00:21:21.269
  • We'll end up critical, finding fault, saying things
  • 00:21:21.336 --> 00:21:23.071
  • Finding fault, saying things to put people down. run your
  • 00:21:23.138 --> 00:21:24.906
  • To put people down. run your race. focus on what god put
  • 00:21:24.973 --> 00:21:27.042
  • Race. focus on what god put in your heart. what other
  • 00:21:27.109 --> 00:21:28.844
  • In your heart. what other people do or don't do is none
  • 00:21:28.910 --> 00:21:31.179
  • People do or don't do is none of our business. that's
  • 00:21:31.246 --> 00:21:32.280
  • Of our business. that's between them and god.
  • 00:21:32.347 --> 00:21:34.583
  • Between them and god. in the scripture, moses'
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  • In the scripture, moses' sister miriam, didn't like
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  • Sister miriam, didn't like who moses was going to marry.
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  • Who moses was going to marry. she was ethiopian, from a
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  • She was ethiopian, from a different nationality than
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  • Different nationality than moses. miriam started talking
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  • Moses. miriam started talking behind moses' back. she said
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  • Behind moses' back. she said to her brother aaron, “why is
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  • To her brother aaron, “why is he marrying this girl. she's
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  • He marrying this girl. she's not the right one. that's a
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  • Not the right one. that's a big mistake.” stirring up
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  • Big mistake.” stirring up trouble, sowing discord. the
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  • Trouble, sowing discord. the scripture says, “god heard
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  • Scripture says, “god heard miriam being disrespectful.”
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  • Miriam being disrespectful.” she wasn't even talking to
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  • She wasn't even talking to god, she was talking to her
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  • God, she was talking to her brother, but god heard it.
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  • Brother, but god heard it. verse 9 says, “the anger of
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  • Verse 9 says, “the anger of the lord burned against
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  • The lord burned against them.” it's interesting, when
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  • Them.” it's interesting, when jonah refused to go to
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  • Jonah refused to go to ninevah and did exactly
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  • Ninevah and did exactly opposite of what god told
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  • Opposite of what god told him, it doesn't say god was
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  • Him, it doesn't say god was angry. when david had uriah
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  • Angry. when david had uriah killed to cover his affair,
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  • Killed to cover his affair, it doesn't say god was angry.
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  • It doesn't say god was angry. but when miriam talked bad
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  • But when miriam talked bad about moses, when she was
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  • About moses, when she was critical and judgmental, it
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  • Critical and judgmental, it says god burned with anger.
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  • Says god burned with anger. god doesn't take it lightly
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  • God doesn't take it lightly when we speak against people.
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  • When we speak against people. it was none of miriam's
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  • It was none of miriam's business who moses chose to
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  • Business who moses chose to marry. but maybe miriam was a
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  • Marry. but maybe miriam was a busybody. she had an opinion
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  • Busybody. she had an opinion and she expressed it. when
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  • And she expressed it. when she did, the scripture says,
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  • She did, the scripture says, “immediately she was struck
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  • “immediately she was struck with leprosy.” her skin was
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  • With leprosy.” her skin was full of disease. she stepped
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  • Full of disease. she stepped out of the blessing, into
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  • Out of the blessing, into ham's side. that opened the
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  • Ham's side. that opened the door to trouble. by the mercy
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  • Door to trouble. by the mercy of god she was later healed.
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  • Of god she was later healed. this shows us how god sees
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  • This shows us how god sees slander, spreading rumors,
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  • Slander, spreading rumors, being a busy body. don't let
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  • Being a busy body. don't let that be you. be an eagle.
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  • Juicy, let it die within you. you have a destiny to
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  • Fulfill. there's a calling on your life. don't get
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