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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>We are so glad you're here with us today. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to continue our series called The Keys to a

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<v Speaker 1>Blessed Life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>In these messages, Rick walks through Jesus' Sermon on the

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<v Speaker 1>Mount and shows us how to live a truly hopeful

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<v Speaker 1>and purpose filled life. And now here's the final part

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<v Speaker 1>of the strength of gentleness.

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<v Speaker 2>Number seven. Gentleness is a witness to unbelievers. Gentleness witnesses

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<v Speaker 2>to unbelievers when people look at you, and non believers

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<v Speaker 2>are watching you all the time, and they're watching to

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<v Speaker 2>see are you any different than they are when you're understressed?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you any different than they are when you are

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<v Speaker 2>under pressure? When you respond to pressure with gentleness, that

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<v Speaker 2>is an incredible testimony to the world. Here's what the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says Titus three to two. Believers should never speak

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<v Speaker 2>evil of anyone. Circle that if you're a believer, not

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<v Speaker 2>only am I as a pastor not to do that?

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<v Speaker 2>You're not to do that. Believers should never speak evil

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<v Speaker 2>of anyone. So that means you can't disagree with them. No,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, you can disagree with people. You just can't

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<v Speaker 2>speak evil of them. You can't malign them, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>slander them, you can't do personal attacks against them. Not

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<v Speaker 2>if you claim to be a follower of Jesus, you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Believers should never speak evil of anyone, even the people

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<v Speaker 2>who hurt you, even the people who hurt you, Nor

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<v Speaker 2>be quarrelsome. You're not allowed to be quarrelsome. Instead, they

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<v Speaker 2>should be gentle and show courtesy to everyone. Circle be

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<v Speaker 2>gentle and show courtesy you. If you claim to be

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<v Speaker 2>a follower of Jesus, you are not allowed to speak

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<v Speaker 2>evil of anyone. You are not not allowed to be quarrelsome. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>you must be gentle with everybody, and you must show

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<v Speaker 2>courtesy to everybody. That means even people of a different

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<v Speaker 2>political party. Yes, you know, God gave me the gift

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<v Speaker 2>of evangelism, which means I spend most of my time

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm not at saddleback speaking to people I totally

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<v Speaker 2>disagree with. I disagree with what they believe, or I

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<v Speaker 2>disagree with with their lifestyle, or I disagree with their

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<v Speaker 2>concept or whatever. But my definition of evangelism is you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot win your enemies to Christ. You can only win

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<v Speaker 2>your friends and to me evangelism as you build a

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<v Speaker 2>bridge of love between your heart and theirs, and Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>walks across. Now, people aren't going to trust Jesus till

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<v Speaker 2>first they trust you. People don't ask me is the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible credible? They want to know, Are you credible? Rick Warren?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you credible? Are you exactly what you appear to be?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you the real deal? Do you live with integrity?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you gentle? Are you loving? Are you compassionate? If

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<v Speaker 2>people like what they see, they will listen to what

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<v Speaker 2>you say. The first they've got to like what they see.

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<v Speaker 2>Gentleness is a witnessed unbeliever. We are to be gentle

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<v Speaker 2>and show courtesy to everyone. Now, let me just tell

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<v Speaker 2>you something. I know this from experience. If you actually

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<v Speaker 2>obey this verse, you're going to be criticized by other

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<v Speaker 2>Christians because they're going to tell you. They're going to

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<v Speaker 2>say you're compromising. You see when I say I have

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<v Speaker 2>friends who are Muslims, and I have friends who are atheists,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have friends who are gay, and I have

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<v Speaker 2>friends who are secularists, and I have friends who are Mormon,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have friends who are you can name it.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats Republicans and in between, and how could you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>And they hues a you of being compromising. No, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't compromise what you believe. You just treat everybody with respect.

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<v Speaker 2>You treat everybody with courtesy, whether you agree with it

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<v Speaker 2>or not. Does that make sense? And you are to

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<v Speaker 2>do that. If you do, there will be people say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't be nice to those liberal people. Well why not,

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<v Speaker 2>because then you're a liberal. Or you can't be nice

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<v Speaker 2>to those conservatives? Why because then you're a conservative. You've

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<v Speaker 2>heard me say this many times before. People ask me,

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<v Speaker 2>are you left wing? A right wing? I say, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>for the whole bird? Okay, I'm actually for America. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you ever seen a bird fly with one wing? If

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<v Speaker 2>you only have one wing, you fly around in a circle.

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<v Speaker 2>It actually takes both wings. Nobody gets it right all

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<v Speaker 2>the time. Independences don't get it right all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats don't get it right all the time. Republicans don't

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<v Speaker 2>get it right all the time. I have friends who

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<v Speaker 2>are Republicans, I have friends who are Democrats. I'm for

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<v Speaker 2>my friends. Why that's what Jesus would do, Because there's

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<v Speaker 2>something more than politics that's important and it is, do

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<v Speaker 2>they know Jesus? And that's what we are to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Gentleness is a witness to believe unbelievers. Look at this

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<v Speaker 2>verse one Peter three point fifteen. Always be prepared to

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<v Speaker 2>give he's talking about witnessing to an unbeliever. Always be

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<v Speaker 2>prepared to give an answer to everybody who asks you

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<v Speaker 2>to give the reason for the hope that you have.

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<v Speaker 2>But he says, do this with gentleness and what respect.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter what they believe, and no matter how they act,

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<v Speaker 2>and no matter how ungodly they are, you are to

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<v Speaker 2>do it with gentleness and respect. In other words, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't go out thumping bibles on people saying turn or burn,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna die and fry while we go to the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't work. That doesn't work. Gentleness witnesses to unbelievers.

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<v Speaker 2>Number eight, Gentleness makes me like Jesus. Gentleness makes me

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<v Speaker 2>like Jesus. And this is the biggest one of all.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I saved it for last. In Matthew, chapter eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty eight, twenty nine says, if you want to

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<v Speaker 2>be like Jesus, you want to be a godly woman,

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<v Speaker 2>a godly man, you're gonna have to learn gentleness, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>says in Matthew eleven, come to me. Come to me,

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<v Speaker 2>all you who are weary, and you're burdened, you're stressed out.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, I will give you more work to do. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I then say, I will give you what rest? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Then he says, take my yoke on you and learn

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<v Speaker 2>from me, for I am gentle. Circle that God says.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says, I am gentle and humble in heart, and

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<v Speaker 2>you will find rest for your souls. Now. Question number one,

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't this mean that if I want to be like Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to learn to be gentle? Yes? Question number two.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it possible that the stress you're feeling in your

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<v Speaker 2>life and the pressure you're feeling in your life is

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<v Speaker 2>because you are not gentle? Yes? Because the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>the more gentle you become, the more christ Like you become,

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<v Speaker 2>and the more at peace you become, and the more

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<v Speaker 2>at rest you become. The reason why you're stressed out

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<v Speaker 2>all the time, why you're tired all the time, while

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<v Speaker 2>you feel pressured all the time, is because you are

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<v Speaker 2>not gentle. He says, I'm gentle, and if you come

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<v Speaker 2>get with me, I'm going to give you rest and peace,

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<v Speaker 2>not stress and pressure. I said, man, I want that.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be at peace. I want to be

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<v Speaker 2>like Jesus. I don't be stressed out all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just gonna go out and tomorrow I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>force myself to be gentle. So you get up in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning, you go and how are you today? And

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<v Speaker 2>you oh, just fine? Thank you? And you how are

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<v Speaker 2>you to? No, no, no, that you can't fake gentleness.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't manipulate gentleness. You can't manufacture gentleness. It's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be an inside job. God has to produce it

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<v Speaker 2>inside you. Look of the next verse. The fruit of

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<v Speaker 2>the spirit is what gentleness. It is God's spirit producing

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<v Speaker 2>it in you. You can't fake gentleness because inside you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna still be understress. It is something that God does

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<v Speaker 2>to you. There is a prayer that I've prayed now

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<v Speaker 2>for over thirty years. I've prayed it almost every day.

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<v Speaker 2>And as I walk out and I see people and

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<v Speaker 2>I walk down on the patterer, I say, Lord, help

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<v Speaker 2>me to treat people the way Jesus would. Why because

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<v Speaker 2>I am not by nature a gentle person. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>and you know what neither are you? You are not

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<v Speaker 2>by nature a gentle person. You have to learn it

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to let God produce it in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>God help me to treat everybody I meet with like

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus today, not rude, not crude, not in civil in

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<v Speaker 2>all of those ways. Now let me wrap this up.

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<v Speaker 2>Who could you practice gentleness with this week? Let's just

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<v Speaker 2>get down and dirty, really practical. I'm going to give

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<v Speaker 2>you three statements. Just write these down. They're not on

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<v Speaker 2>your outline. Here's three things I want you to practice

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<v Speaker 2>gentleness this week with three different kinds of people. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so write these down. Number one. This next week, here's

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<v Speaker 2>the first sentence. When someone serves me, be understanding, not demanding.

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<v Speaker 2>When someone serves me, be understanding, not demanding. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>gentleness is, strength under control. Why are you talking about Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about waitresses when they serve you, clerks and

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<v Speaker 2>stores when they serve you. A secretary or a government official,

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<v Speaker 2>or a clerk or employees. If you work, people work

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<v Speaker 2>for you. Are people in fast food? You know? A

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<v Speaker 2>while back I went into McDonald's ordering my Daniel plan,

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<v Speaker 2>just seeing if you'd catch that or not. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>standing in line, and there was this young girl, very flustered,

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<v Speaker 2>as obvious she was a trainee at McDonald's. She was

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<v Speaker 2>just like in her first day, the first couple days,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was pressured, and there was a long line,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was making a lot of mistakes. And the

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<v Speaker 2>more she made mistakes, the more people got upset and

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<v Speaker 2>they were not understanding. They were demanding, and the more demanding,

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<v Speaker 2>the more pressure she felt. And I thought she was

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<v Speaker 2>gonna burst into tears. And when I came up to

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<v Speaker 2>get my Daniel plan meal, I looked at her and

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<v Speaker 2>I said, it's okay, it's not that big a deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't worry about it. It's not anything for people to

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<v Speaker 2>have to wait a few extra seconds, and tomorrow will

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<v Speaker 2>be a whole new day. You're just learning. It's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>She looked up at me and she goes, aren't you

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<v Speaker 2>that guy from Saddleback? I'm glad I was understanding, not demanding.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I got to thinking, I wonder what is

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<v Speaker 2>the reputation of our church family in Orange County when

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<v Speaker 2>we go out for fast food? Are we understanding or

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<v Speaker 2>are we demanding? I didn't get it the way I wanted,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I've traveled all the way around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been one hundred and sixty four countries, and now

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<v Speaker 2>I want to tell you this. Americans have a simple

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<v Speaker 2>reputation overseas. We're rude Americans, a thought of pushy, rude

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<v Speaker 2>in civil not gentle, demanding, not understanding. Now the secret

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<v Speaker 2>of great service. You want to get great service anywhere

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<v Speaker 2>a restaurant or anywhere playing or treat people with respect

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<v Speaker 2>and be consider their feelings and be sympathetic and be understanding,

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<v Speaker 2>not demanding. The Bible says in Philippians too this, don't

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<v Speaker 2>just think about your own affairs, but be interested in

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<v Speaker 2>others too and what they're doing. Your attitude should be

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<v Speaker 2>the same as that of Jesus Christ. So when people

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<v Speaker 2>serve you this week, be understanding, not demanding. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't get your burger right and it didn't come

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<v Speaker 2>back animal style, that's also on the Daniel plan, don't

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<v Speaker 2>sweat it all right, Okay, number two, write this one down.

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<v Speaker 2>When somebody disagrees with me this week, when somebody disagrees

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<v Speaker 2>with me, be tender without surrender. Be tender without surrender.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying Gentalist means you have to cave in

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<v Speaker 2>on your convictions. And if somebody tells you something is

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<v Speaker 2>that's not right, it's wrong according to the scripture, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't back down, you don't become wimpy, you don't become

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<v Speaker 2>a chameleon and say, well, I'll ever teach his own

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<v Speaker 2>ways and that's your interpretation. Woww No, No, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>cop out. But you can be tender without surrender. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of my best friends are people who violently would disagree

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<v Speaker 2>with me on what I believe about certain things. I

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says, and I'm not afraid, and I'm not ashamed,

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<v Speaker 2>and I fear God's disapprove them more than theirs. But

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<v Speaker 2>I treat them with gentleness and respect, and that's why

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<v Speaker 2>we can have a friendship. Let me show you Verse

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<v Speaker 2>Romans fourteen to one in the paraphrase of the message,

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<v Speaker 2>I love this welcome with open arms fellow believers who

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<v Speaker 2>don't see things the way you do. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>they may be another brand of Christian. They may be

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<v Speaker 2>Pentecostal or Catholic or Presbyterian or Lutheran or Baptist or

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<v Speaker 2>Calrie Chapel or Vineyard or I don't don't really care.

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<v Speaker 2>Just maybe they don't even agree with you on certain difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome with open arms fellow believers who don't see things

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<v Speaker 2>the way you do, and don't jump all over them

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<v Speaker 2>every time they do or say something you don't agree with.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the exact opposite people are doing on the internet

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<v Speaker 2>right now. They jump over everybody anything. Then, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>even when it seems that they're strong on their opinions

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<v Speaker 2>but weak in the faith department, remember they have their

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<v Speaker 2>own history to deal with, treat them gently. That's being

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<v Speaker 2>like Jesus. That's what God wants you to do. To

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<v Speaker 2>treat everybody gently. You be tender without surrender when somebody

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<v Speaker 2>disagrees with you. Would you write this down in your outline.

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<v Speaker 2>I never get my point across by being cross. You

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<v Speaker 2>can tweet that one too. This is a really tweetable sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>I never get my point across by being cross. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to devastate those you disagree with. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people make verbal overkill to make a point and

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<v Speaker 2>they turn everything into win lose. You have to decide

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<v Speaker 2>do I want to make a point or do you

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<v Speaker 2>I want to make a friend with that unbeliever or

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<v Speaker 2>even another fellow Christian. All right, and then one more,

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<v Speaker 2>let me give you this one. When somebody disappoints you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're going to be disappointed this week. When someone

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<v Speaker 2>disappoints me, be gentle, not judgmental. When somebody disappoints you

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<v Speaker 2>this week, be gentle, not judgmental. Galatians six 's one

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<v Speaker 2>says this, if someone is caught in a sin, you

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<v Speaker 2>who are spiritual, should restore him gently. That maybe somebody

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<v Speaker 2>in your small group you who are spiritual, should restore

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<v Speaker 2>him gently. But it says watch yourself, or you may

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<v Speaker 2>be tempted too. In other words, given the right situation,

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<v Speaker 2>we're all potential ciners in any potential area. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>surprise ourselves. If somebody's caught us in, restore them gentle.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ephesians four, verse thirty two says this, be gentle

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<v Speaker 2>with one another and sensitive with one another. Forgive one

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<v Speaker 2>another as quickly and as thoroughly as God in Christ

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<v Speaker 2>forgave you. We're going to come back to this verse

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<v Speaker 2>in another week. They say this, God cut you a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of slack. You better cut everybody else a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of slack. God has shown you grace, You better show

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else a lot of grace. God has forgiven you

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot more than you're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>ever forgive anybody else. That is gentleness. So how do

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<v Speaker 2>you react when somebody really screws up their life? They

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<v Speaker 2>really mess it up? You go, I told you so,

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<v Speaker 2>I could see it coming. Serves you right. I would

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<v Speaker 2>have never been that dumb. And you actually get a

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<v Speaker 2>secret satisfaction when you see somebody fall, particularly if they've

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<v Speaker 2>criticized you. Do you know what angered Jesus the most?

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't sin that angered Jesus the most. What angered

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus the most were self righteous people who thought they

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<v Speaker 2>spent all their time being God's appointed judge on earth

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<v Speaker 2>of everybody else. And Jesus got really ticked off at

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<v Speaker 2>those people. They were called the Pharisees. Happiness is when

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<v Speaker 2>you can accept people who haven't attained your level of perfection.

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<v Speaker 2>That was sarcasm. If you didn't get it, this is

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<v Speaker 2>what it means. All right, it's time to close. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>bow our heads do you really want to be like Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>If you do, you're going to have to learn the

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<v Speaker 2>third beatitude. God blesses those who are gentiles. The whole

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<v Speaker 2>world will belong to them. Why because they don't overreact

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<v Speaker 2>and they're not out of control. It's strength under control.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you pray this prayer in your heart, Dear Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>I am not by nature a gentle person. I'm just not.

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<v Speaker 2>And I need your spirit of power and love and

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<v Speaker 2>self control. And this week when people serve me, help

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<v Speaker 2>me to be understanding, not demanding. And this week, when

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<v Speaker 2>people disagree with me, help me to be tender without surrender.

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<v Speaker 2>And this week when people disappoint me, help me to

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<v Speaker 2>be gentle, not judgmental. Lord, I want to be like you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to have a gentle answer that earns away anger,

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<v Speaker 2>not stirs it up. Help me to lower my voice

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<v Speaker 2>when everybody else raises theirs. And when evil things are

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<v Speaker 2>said about me, help me to respond like Paul, to

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<v Speaker 2>respond gently and disarm my critics. And when people are

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<v Speaker 2>headstrong and I'm trying to persuade him, help me to

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<v Speaker 2>remember that I'm never persuasive when I'm abrasive. But the

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<v Speaker 2>more pleasant my words, the more persuasive I'll be. Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I want my life to be attractive. I want the

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<v Speaker 2>beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a

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<v Speaker 2>gentle spirit, which is so precious to God. And Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>help me to use gentleness this week to communicate love

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<v Speaker 2>to those that I love in my life. Help me

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<v Speaker 2>to be gentle with them. You said that gentlenescerns respect,

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<v Speaker 2>that a woman of gentle grace will be respected, then

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<v Speaker 2>a godly man will be gentle. Lord, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>be a gentle leader. I want to be meek like Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>and like Jesus, strength under control. I want my life

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<v Speaker 2>to be a witness. And Lord, I ask you to

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<v Speaker 2>help me to never speak evil of anyone, to not

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<v Speaker 2>be quarrelsome, to show courtesy to everybody, regardless of what

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<v Speaker 2>they believe or how they live. Help me to share

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<v Speaker 2>my faith with gentleness and respect. Most of all, Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>you've promised that if I would come to you and

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<v Speaker 2>team up with you because you're gentle, I would find

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<v Speaker 2>rest for my soul, replace my stress with your gentleness.

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<v Speaker 2>I want the fruit of the spirit to grow in

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<v Speaker 2>my life. If you've never invited Jesus Christ in life.

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<v Speaker 2>Say Jesus Christ, put your spirit in me beginning tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to follow you and love you and learn

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<v Speaker 2>to trust you the rest of my life. I give

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<v Speaker 2>my life to you, Jesus Christ, in your name, I

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<v Speaker 2>pray Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I just want to take a quick second

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening today, everybody, and please be sure to

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