November 8, 2023 • 46 mins
Topic "Walking in the Spirit - Cultivating Love"
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Miss McDonald's Love that Game and theStanding Riding Rill bagging of the Standing a
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mill Rids a Rock. Hello,Hello everybody out there tonight it is Monday
night at eight o'clock on the HoustonStandard time, and it is the Lucius
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McDonald's Even Right Podcast. I justwant to welcome everyone by just give a
wonderful greeting tonight that you know thatI'm so apprecive that you take the time
out to get on this podcast andlisten and get that word and getting your
spirit things that need to be putin place from the inside of you,
building yourself up in the Word ofGod so that you could be better,
you could be strong, that youcan walk this walk and you can live
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it, and your light can shinethe whole world and see it. You
know, gross darkness is upon theearth, and guess what darkness is upon
the earth? And gross darkness amongthe people. And I truly believe that
God has said that, you know, He's expecting for us that we are
going to be the ones who willshine our bright light. And we're gonna
shine that light with the word ofGod. That where the God lives on
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the inside of us, that wereto God is strong, strong, strong,
so that the dark world can see. And it is my prayer tonight
that you know that as we're speakingtonight, that spiritual blinders will be lifted
off of the eyes for the listenerswho are out there hearing the tonight.
I'm praying to believe in God rightnow that even as I speak under the
sound of my voice, that therewill be a penetration of the annoyance that
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will go across the airways and peopleto get born again, say became of
their relationship with the Lord and wantto make stronger walk in dis earth.
So tonight here again, welcome againto the Lucius McDowell Get the Right podcasts.
And we're so glad that you're heretonight. And we've been talking about
a reother, powerful, duching matter, walking into spirit and cultivating your love,
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cultivating your love. And I knowI was the witch. You laughed
because they did a show repeat.I was out of town trying to make
some things happen. But guess what, I am backing that all the way
line, because I'm back to thatall the way live. I got some
stuff that's going to blow you up, blow your spirit man up, so
that you can grow stronger, strongman at the words like just jumping over
every second. Timothy third chapter thesixteenth through the seventeen verse says, all
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scripture is given by the inspiration ofour God, and it's profitable for adoption,
for reproof, for correction, forinstructions in righteousness, that the man
or woman of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished, and all good words.
I want to be thoroughly third furnishedon top all good works. And
in fact I would want to beto the point where I want to be
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profitable for doctrine. I want tohear all of the good stuff for corrections,
I want to hear all the instructionsand righteous living, because I know
that if I have to do iton my own, I would make a
mess of it. So I'm goingto go back and get a whole of
the inspired word of God, becausethat inspire the Word of God has been
given for me, so that Ican live right, do right through it.
It's acceptable and please it unto MyGod, not just for me only,
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but for you just as well.So I invite you to night to
get a whole of this thing,wrap a hole of it so that we
can move forward in the places whereGod would have us to be well provers
and fourth chapter the seventh verse.It also speaks of the fact that this
if wisdom is the principal thing,therefore get wisdom and with all that getting
get understanding. We don't want tobe at the type of just gathering information,
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because when you gather information, youdon't always master information. You want
to be able to get an understandingof the Word of God so that you
can apply your every day living.Every day you need to walk up,
wake up, I'm sorry, wakeup saying that I'm gonna walk according to
the spirit of God. I'm notgoing to allow my flesh to take over,
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but I'm going to allow the HolySpirit to lead me and have the
Holy Spirit lead me. I amgoing to follow the leading. So tonight
again, you know, we're talkingabout walking in the spirit, cultivating the
fruit of the spirit, and tonightwe're talking about the fruit of love.
And I'm telling you, you know, I want to jump on into that
joy. But before I can jumpin the joy, I want to make
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sure you understand the importance of yourlove walk. The importance of your love
walk. So I'm gonna joint rightinto delations relations. The fifth chapter started
with one number sixteen. It saysthis, I say, danness fall talking.
He says, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the
lust of the flesh for the forthe flesh lust is against the spirit,
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and the spirit against the flesh.And these are contrary the one to the
other, so that you cannot dothe things that you would. But if
you be laying of the spirit,you are not hear not under the law.
He goes down and talk about thefood of the spirit. In verse
number twenty two, it says,but the fruit of the spirit is love,
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joy, peace, long suffering,dentilness, goodness, faith, meekness,
difference. Against such there is nolaw. And they that are Christ
have crucified the flesh with the affectionsand the love. So that means in
verse twenty five, if we livein the spirit, let us also walk
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in the spirit. So that Ijust want to just challenge eaching every one
of you to go back and examineway you are with your love. Walk,
examine all those things that you knowthat you've got to you know,
take heed too. Because God isloved, because he's love, he requires
for us to love just as well. For God to love the word that
he gave only be nothing, sowhosoever will believe in him should not perished
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or have ever lasting life. OfSaint John three sixteen. That is a
love of versus Amen. I meanhe loved the world. That means that
he loved you before the foundation ofthe world, and now that you're born
again. For those who are bornagain, guess what he is expecting for
us to do the very same thing. Why, because that seed that he
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sold it to us, now he'sexpected us to sow that seed into others.
And remember, each seed produces afterits own kind. So I'm grateful
to God that the Lord loved meso much, he loved Lucius McDonald's so
much, and because he loved Lucia'sMcDonald's so much. Of Lucia's responsibility now
said, love you, to lovethe fellow man, to love those people
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who don't like me, who don'tlove me, It doesn't matter, because
God is loved. And guess whatwe are children of God, the children
of the most type God. Andbecause we are children of the most type
God, it is our responsibility tojomp right on in there in love.
So let's go ahead and do alittle quick review. Right quickly, let's
jump over the first correct is thethirteenth chapter of the thirteen verse. Gonna
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be reading from King's James version thatsays in now about this face quote and
charity these three, but the greatestof these three is charity. Now throughout
the King Jay's version, the wordcharity is used instead of love, charities
of simples and archic term that meansthe same thing of love. The Greek
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words for charity of is the wordof God fad, which means the God
kind of love. You know,I am pastor and founder of ADAFE International
Ministry. I remember when the Lordspoke that vision to our hearts, and
I said, oh, my Bisness'sgonna be a good, good, good,
good good name to follow up.But guess what, Sometime the enemy
will always try to wreckt heaven andtry to reach heaven and try to make
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it appears to But we don't haveto be the love at all. But
we know that the love of Gunand she ever brought up our hearts by
the power of the Holighost, andbecause of that, everybody that hit that
door can fill the love of God. So charity comes from the Latin word
careitas, which means fearing. Itis affection or high regard. Charity is
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normally used for acts of benevolence,and so the word love is to be
preferred as a translation of a godfeNow there are some other Greek words that
translated love. We're gonna jumping inup because we get talked about it.
I wish I can ask you guysto take the tests right and tell me
what is arabs. The rabs isa Greek word is a physical world.
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It's a Greek word rabs. Itmeans physical love arising out of passion.
Then there is your story gay,which is an affectionate love, such as
that which exists between parents and child, lawyal citizens and rulers. And then
there is your lay all love.But that is the love that is cherishes
exact what it is the love ofa brother or of a friend. All
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the above Greek words should be basedupon the God. They love of God,
which is the highest level of love, is the God's kind of love.
It is a selfless, sacrificial lovethat goes the youngs, but goes
far beyond anything that you can everunderstand. It does not concern itself with
what is gonna be, what you'regonna get out of it. It only
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concerns itself with what are other's goingto gain as a result of loving appropriately.
Now, I'm gonna tell you something. When you think about what other
is gonna gain, that means thatyou gotta be a big old giver.
I mean a big, big givera God that is used to describe the
attitude of God toward his son believersand to the human race. You know,
God loves us so much. Evenwhen we were his enemy, he
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still loved us. Now, thisGod they love. It expresses the deep
and the constant love and interests ofGod toward entirely worthy and unworthy objects,
producing and fostering a reverential love inthem toward Him, and a practical love
toward those who are particulars of thesame, and a desire to help others
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to see Him. You know,when you can walk in that love of
God, you can help other peoplesee that in you. You know,
I remember that as those on Jesusand the life that shines in me,
that shines me, He'll show up. I believe that the love of God
will show up in you so thatothers can see that love, and I
think that that is so critical becausethat is the way that God wants it
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to be. Is Lujah, gloryto God. Let's say, Jesus,
I'll tell you this is a goodthing because God's love is so critical.
When we think about what is goingon in our society right now, we
have to begin to really go backand act. Do we have enough people
really really walking in the love ofGod? Because we need people walking in
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the love at all times Romans thefifth chapter, verse number sixt So when
we were yet with our strengths induceseason and due time, Christ died for
the ungodly. Christ dies for theundoding. And what kind of love is
that? For scaffi of a righteousman? Will one die? Yet here
pra a victim for a good man? Some would even dare to live.
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First of the says, but Godcommended love toward us, and that while
we were yet sinners, Prist diesfor us. Prist die for us.
And that's the god kind of loveand action, that Jesus would die for
us while we were yet sinners.God loved us even when we were his
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enemies. Can you imagine what lovethe Father hands for us now? Over
in their ten verses for influence.We were enemies reconciled to God, bying
the death of his sons. Muchmore, being reconciled, we shall be
saved by his mind. Now herewe go again. We were undeserving of
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love. We were enemies of Godand yet alienated from him. But yet
he loved us anyway. Can yousay the same thing that about people that
you just can't even imagine giving thatkind of love to God wants you to
change your mind tonight, because that'swhat you've got. Did you never learn
how to love in spite of yougot to learn how to love people even
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when they don't treat you right,They don't look at for they don't speak
to you, they do things totrip you up, they do things that
will put the bad rap on you. It does not matter. Your job
is to love, love, love, love, love. You know.
I think of an old song thatthey used to sing, What love the
Father has for me, What lovethe Father has for me? And I'm
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talking about there is so greater lovethan the love of the Father. So
as a believer, we're supposed tohave love for those who hate us,
even for those who we feel shouldnot receive love from us. I want
to remind you of the Scripture overMatthew, the fifth chapter, the forty
forty verse. It said, butI say, under youths, and Jesus
said, love, you're in it. It's bless them that curse you.
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Do good to them that hate you, and bless and pray for them which
despitefully use you and persecute you.So that means that we got it facts
because we see you always want tohang out and do great things for people
that we love, that we willlove us. But literally it said,
you know, love your enemies,bless them that curse you. Do good
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to them that hate you, andpray for them which despitefully use you and
persecute. And now can you imaginethat you will go and buy a nice
gift or a nice something for someonewho have persecuted you, who despightfully used
you, who just did not doanything right by you. The Bible said,
bless them. And maybe when wego into this, when we're going
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to disseminated our love, that thatway we can see the power of the
only goals for resonating rising up bigon the inside of us, because we
know that it won't be nothing muchHoly Gus, and I guarantee you can
say it not by my power norby my mind, but by by spirit
then the Lord. I'm so gladthe power of the Holy Ghost is living
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big on the inside of us,because I'm telling you, without the Holy
Spirit, you would not be ableto do this. Now, God kind
of love, It loves people regardless. He even shows great love for his
own. Many times believers can fallin defind but because of his great love,
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he is still the God of loveand the God of restoration. I
said again, he is the Godof love and the God of restoration.
Many times when people mess up,we want to cut them up, toot
them up and spit them out,but God says to love them anyway.
Now, I want you to understandwe should be at a place where we
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are loving folks based on the mirrorfact that you know the finished work of
Christ, what he did on thecross. I mean, come on,
he forgave us of our sins.He just brought us into a place of
newness. He brought us into aplace of really walking into the newness of
love. And because of that weshould be doing the very very same thing.
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Glory to God. You know,over in Mark the twelfth chapter the
twenty ninth, the thirty first verse, Jesus said to love thy neighbor as
thyself. Many can't respond to lovebecause they don't love themselves, or they
don't have any self perspect or anysense of self work. I don't know
about you, but I'm gonna tellyou so I love me some me,
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so that means if I love meanof me, I've got to have some
loaves for you. When people fallfail to understand or experience love, they
place no values on their life ortheir lives to others. You are important
to me, and guess what,I hope I am important to you.
Glory to God, because I wantto make sure that you know Jesus said
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to love your neighbor as yourself.I don't know how many people go in
there, they break up in themorning and start throwing frying pans at the
mirror when they wake up. Idon't know how many people desire that they'll
go and open up their their cabinets, start taking a knife out and start
cutting themselves. And I don't knowanyone that would do that, because I
do believe that every person loved themselves, and because you love yourself. You
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should follow after Jesus director that youshould love your neighbor even as you loved
yourself. Well, how am Igonna do that? Master Lucius over In
Romans the fifth chapters, the fifthVersus says, and the hope makers nonin
shame. Because the love of Godis shed abroad. That means it's been
poor, flooded, spread about inour hearts by the Holy Ghost, which
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is given unto us. That wordshed means to poorer calls to pour forth.
That word abroad in or to afore, it means to be in
a foreign country, covering a largearea whitey. So that means that the
love of God that has been sharedby the Holy Ghost covers a large area.
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It covers a mold to do thesin. So the love of God
does not refer to our love forGod, but it refers to God's love
for us. God loved then fulfalling, rebellious mankind so much that he gave
his only forgotten son, So hepoured out, poured out here it refers
to a lavish outpouring to the pointof overflow. God doesn't just give his
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love it measured drops like tea spoons. In tablespoon. But his love is
immeasurable. I mean immeasurable. Iam am ea m A s. You
are a b l. It's themeasurable. You can't measure because it's so
wide. It's that you can't justit's very difficult because he loves just that
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massively. The fact that the HolySpirit is dwelling in a believer itself is
a marvelous testimony of God's love toorders. It is because of the in
dwelling spirit that his children are ableto truly love him. Jesus said over
in sak jonas Zappa chapter the thirtyeight feet and thirty nine verses, as
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of any man thirst, let lethim come onto me and drink. He
that believeth on me, as thescripture as that out of his bility shall
flow rivers of living order. Nowthose rivers can only flow out of a
believer only because of the divine riversof blessings, including the divine love that
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God has poured into them. Youdon't have a God they loved just because
you are a creation of God.All humanity is created of God. But
the only ones eligible are those whohave become new creations, like Second care
Indians. The fifth chapter, theseventeen versus says, if any man be
in Christ, he is what anew creature? All things have passed away,
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and what behold, all things havebecome brand new. So, in
other words, you can't love withoutthe gift of the Holy ghosts working through
you the love, and without theHoly Spirit, your love will be worldly.
That's the reason why so many peoplefeel that because they are morally good
people, they're okay, no way, Jose, it doesn't matter that way.
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In order to love God's way,you must have the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Ghost in you, givingyou the power to love man. That's
what I love acts. The firstchapter says, and that eighth verse and
Giche received power. After that,the Holy ghost have come upon you.
The Holy ghosts has come upon you, you know first John the fourth chapter
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the fourth fee versus. Greater hethat is in you than he that is
in the world. So do yourecognize realize that you need supernatural ability to
love your neighbors, love your enemies, love those who misuse you. Without
that, you will want to knockthem up on their hand. Without that
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supernatural lum you will want to ooknock them down. Don't folks. You
know they don't speak in tongues,and you know they'll say some things that
are not nives. So I justwant you to know that we have a
responsibility to tap into the spirit.That's why he's telling us walk in the
spirit. Don't fulfill the lust ofthe flesh. He said, again,
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walk in the spirit. This guysaid, walk in the spirit, and
you shall not fulfill the lust ofthe flesh, because the flesh lusted against
the spirit and the spirit against theflesh, and these are contrary to one
to the other. That you cannotdo the things that you would. He
goes on and says, if welive in the spirit, let us also
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walk in the spirit. And Ilove him when he back it up,
and he says, those other inChrist have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lost. In other words,he got that stuff down pack and said
no, no, no, no, no no no, can't live here.
We're going to represent. We wantto be just like he wants us
to be. Raise the Lord haileylujah. Well, you know op in Romans
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the eighth chapter the fourteen verse,it says that you know, for as
many as are led by the spiritof God. They are the sons of
God, and means that you area son and a daughter of God.
And I love Saint John. Thefirst chapter, the twelfth First it goes
on just where as many as receivedhim to them, gave he power to
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become the sons of God, evento them that believe on his name.
So I believe on his name,and I believe that I received him.
And because I've received him, hehas given me power to become his sons.
And I now will walk in thereon. God bade love without pushing.
And that's the reason why we needto be born against because when we're
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born again, we become adopted andtook the family of God. When you're
born again, you get a chanceand an opportunity to be empowered by the
Holy Ghost. When you're born again, glory to God, all things become
brand new, and you've become thisnew, new new creation in Christ Jesus.
So now I just want to kindof shift this because I want to
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make sure that we are getting this, because without your love working through properly,
or without your love being cultivated,it cuts off so many other things.
Because faith worketh by love, andthat means that are we going to
be people of faith. We gotto have that love walk, right,
We got to have our love walkin order. And not only that,
the fruit of love, it mustbe evident in our lives. Over the
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Esius the third chapter, the seventeenthverse, it says that Christ may dwell
in your hearts by faith, thatyou're being rooted and grounded in love.
I just talked about faith and love, so he's said here that you know
that Christ may dwell in my heartby faith, that I will be rooted
and grounded in love, love,my love working, my faith working by
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love. So that means I've gotto make sure that I am doing the
very things that I'm supposed to do. The only way we can be fathers
with God is by allowing Jesus tolive big on the inside of us.
And it is very natural for childrento be like their parents, so they
have their parents' nature and their andthey imitate their parents' actions and behavior.
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We should be imitated our heavily fatherand his son. In other words,
do what Jesus did, and stopasking questions, what will Jesus do?
Do what he did? Do whathe did? Because those are great examples
for us. Let's look at someof the things that Jesus did. This
is gonna bless you over in SaintMatthew, chapter fourteen, I want to
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begin to read. Write at versenumber you find it right quickly, verse
number one, Marie Alwos says,so we can get it, because I
want you to see this. Thisis something very good. This is what
happened to Jesus. And I'm lettingyou know this was before he went to
the cross. Verse fourteen, Imean chapter fourteen, verse number one.
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It says at the time, atthe time herod the Tetris heard of the
fame of Jesus. You know,in the time they churned even the family
Jesus. They got to gonna tryto disprindit him. And Jesus said that
to his service. This is Johnthe Baptist. He has risen from the
dead, and therefore mighty works doshow for themselves in him. For hair
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work had laid holds unjoone and boundhim and put him in prison. For
Herodias fake his brother Phillip's wife,for John s to him it is not
lawful for thee to have her becauseit was Philip's wife. And when he
would have put him to death.He feared the multitude because they counted him
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as a prophet. But when Herod'sbirthday was kept, the daughter of Parodius
danced before them and please heard.Whereupon he promised with an oath to give
for what soever she would ask.And she, being before, instructed up.
Her mother said give me her,give me here John Baptist head in
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a charger. Man that slowed down. That's to go down, that slows
down. And the king was sorry, nevertheless, for the oath stake.
You know, he was sorry becauseonce you make an oath as a king
back and then you could not revokethat. You had to carry it out.
And there what sat with him atmeeting. He commanded it to be
giving her now they even did thisis lo lo lo lo lo lo.
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And remember godfe is a high levelof low, but anything else is low.
This is this, And he said, and beheaded John in prison,
and his head was bought into chargerand given to the damsel, and she
brought it to her mother. Manwho in the world you're gonna cut somebody's
hand off and bring it to mein are charges? I'm gonna tell you.
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Get that head out of here,Get that head out of here quickly.
So in verse thirty thirteen, itsays the viswel and disciples came and
took up the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus. I
can imagine what Jesus was thinking,because John the Baptist and Jesus was very
very close. If you go backto map through the eleven chapters the eleven
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verse, So I'm gonna fit andfinish readers. And when Jesus heard of
it, he departed this by shipinto a desert place apart. And when
the people had heard there of,they followed him on foot out of the
city. And Jesus went forth andsaw a great multitude and was moved dup.
He was moved with what You wouldhave thought that Jesus would have been
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full of rage. You would havethought that Jesus would have been very upset
that he was going to go andthrow down on her. You thought he
might have gone and throw down onthat whole little regime. But he did
not. The scripture says in versefourteen, Jesus went forth and saw a
great multitude, and was moved withcompassion toward them, and he healed their
sick. He healed their sick.Jesus never wastes his time being angry.
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Jesus never wastes his time allowing thisto get him off of his love walk.
He moved with compassion toward them,and he healed their sick. Wow,
I can imagine for somebody who wouldnot understand the totwn lee of walking
in the god kind of love.The first thing you want to know it
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would have been another riot. Imean quickly, you know, I want
to show you something over here.In James the third chapter, the sixteen
verse, it says, but wherein the nien strife is there is confusion
in every evil word? I thinksomewhere in Hebrews it says, not allowing
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no bitterness to spring up, becausethat that bitterness spring up, it can
just chose the love out of youif you're not careful. And what Jesus
did. He walked the earth asa mere man. He was not walking
in the diity. So this meansthat if he did it then before he
went to the cross, we arerequired to do it even now. So
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that means that you know Jesus didit, then we can do it now.
And when Jesus went on to thecross. I mean, he can
saist some things in the right order, but he can let it be known
that we have the power. Wehave to the authority, that we can
do just like Jesus did, andthat is not allowed things to ruffle us
to the point that it gets usover in the frace that we're just bent
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out and and we are no goodfor nothing. Now Jesus had to walk
in love. Praise the Lord.Jesus had to walk in love. Now,
I want to show you something you'reopen Matthew. The eighteen chapter,
in verse number twenty one. Thenthis is scenario where Peter came to Jesus
and he was like, Lord,Lord, I for brother, you know,
said against you? How are yousupposed to handle him? And this
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is verses number twenty one. Thencame Peter to him and said, Lord,
how often shall a brother sin againstme? And I forgive him till
seven times? This was Peter,just seven times, you know, in
a given day. Seven times.That's pretty big, you know. But
Jesus said, unto him, Isay nine, unto thee until seven times,
but until seventy times, seventy times, seventy four hundred and nine times
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given day. Wow, how isit that we are so off when one
thing happened to him? You know, I had said Mary. Last Thursday,
I was driving back from my haircutTim, and I prayed that person
who get to be or missing,because you really need to repent, and
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you really need to make sure thatyou know that you don't get yourself in
bidding it. But anyway, Iwas trying to get on the highway and
I saw this car coming, butI was trying to get to merge onto
the highway. So I got onthe highway, but I had to get
in front of someone to get upget on the highway. I got on
the highway and I didn't notice thatthis car was creeping up on my side.
And so as it was creeping onmy side, I saw this angry
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woman rolled down her window and I'mtelling you she threw an object at my
car. And ball when she threwthat object at my car, brave the
Lord, I said, Lord versusthat a Godfrey loved this. Got to
rise up quickly because I could feelit in my feet to put my foot
on the gas. The cat,tran tellor, A couple of things or
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two, but I only experience saiddon't do that. It's too much crazy
because want foolish that's going on,let it go. And she was just
screaming out of the car, andjust I'm turning to myself, this woman
can't run over somebody. Not onlythat, I could have gone to someone's
name that could have hurt myself andI could hurt someone else. So when
I did, I decided just youknow, to try to you know,
take a picture of her tag andtake a picture of a car so that
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I could at least, you know, report it because rage, rage wrote,
rage is very dangerous. People loosetheir bike and you don't want to
play with that. And guess whatif I was in a moment of you
know, getting back to her,getting back at her, I could have
followed her. And guess what,I don't know what she was packing in
that car. I don't know whatshe was able to do. In fact,
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you know, she could have gotout of that car find and slammed
me and did some things to methat could have hurt me. But the
bottom ninety is Holy Spirit says,keep moving. So when I got up
to the highway, the Holy Spiritsaid, I reported to the officials.
If I called the officials ninety oneone until the wh it happened. I
describe to the person who was onthe emergency call what had happened, and
they told me they'll just keep movingforward. They don't follow the person,
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but they will make sure that theauthorities will be on the lookout for the
person. I don't know whether theycalled her or not, but the bottom
line is this. Had I respondedthe way she responded to me, that
would not have been a nice state. So, just as Jesus did,
we have to always make sure thatwe are walking in love at all times.
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Jesus had to forgive, so thatmeans we must forgive. But that
Jesus had to forgive, that meanswe must forgive, because if we don't
forgive, we short circuit our faith. I'll set again, we will short
circuit our faith. Now over inmark the eleven chapters right at verse number
twenty five, like this one,because this is one that I call it
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the faith anthem. Can I goback to verse number twenty two. It
said that Jesus answered and said,up to him, have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you thatthese server shall sail, this mountain
be all removed, and be thoucasting to the sea and shall not die
in his heart. Sous shall believethose things which he said shall come to
pass. He shall have whatsoever hesaid. Therefore, I say to you,
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what thingssoever you desire, when youpray, believe that you receive them,
and ye shall have them now Versetwenty five tents. And when you
stand praying forgive, while go gofurther, just forgive who It says if
you have aught against any that yourfather, also, which is in Heaven,
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may forgive you your transpenses verse twentysix. But that you do not
forgive, neither will your father,which isn't Heaven, forgive your truspassing.
Now. I don't know about you, but I want to make sure that
you know I am forgiven. Iwant to make sure that I am walking
up rightly before God. I wanta purpose in my heart to become just
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like God. Because God is holy, we are to be holy. Because
He is kind. We are tobe kind. Because God is humble,
we are to humble ourselves. Andbecause He is loved and to beloved children,
we are to walk in the godfay love of God. Do not
an standing to get you off ofyour love walk ladies. You know,
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just like if Jesus did you knowhe laid hands on the sick, he
went out to witness, he miniscesto someone so that he can continue to
show the love of God and nothing. That's a really good point that when
someone gets you off, make it. Make it purpose in your heart to
go out and pray for the sick. You know, purpose in your heart
to go out and witness. Getsomebody born again and say by you said,
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I would tell the enemy, okay, you trip me up here,
I'm gonna get you by getting somebodyfrom your kingdom and bring them over to
God's kingdom. And I would alwaysthought how to do so. With incident,
I'm telling you something, I wouldwin souls by the power of God,
that people's life would be changed.And I would be like, yeah,
no, no now, And itain't funny now because now you know
I'm winning like I'm supposed to win. Learn out of miniship to people.
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Learn how to show your love,even if that means you got to go
and buy something. Show you love. If somebody did something that was not
cool, that was not trying touse this is the thing that you should
do. Praise the Lord well,listen, I just want to take some
time, as you know, I'min this this podcast to help you understand
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that you know, we are soexcited about coming to you every Monday night.
I want to make sure that youunderstand I want to hear from you.
I want to make sure that youare are being blessed by what we're
putting out. And even as youare being blessed, remember that you can
always be a blessing to the Luca'sMindal podcast by I'm so inteed. Let
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me tell you so in thieved.Keep me on. It keeps me doing
this thing and keeps me going strong. And just ask you so towards you
know my being on the air.You guess what, I'm going to keep
on doing this over and over andover and over again, getting strong and
stronger each and every day. Iknow about you, but I think that
everybody needs instructions and deliver right andevery now and then we need to talk
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about it so we can begin tothink, oh, we reny doing what
the Bible say do, because ifwe're not, we need to make sure
that we are preparing our way forhis return. He's coming back to y'all,
I say Jesus is coming back.He is coming again so soon.
So you've gotta be ready. Yougotta be ready when he comes. Now,
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another thing I want to talk aboutis some projects that I have out
there. I have projects on everydigital platform. My last music project is
entitled through Him Dot Dot which isa powerful, powerful, powerful non song
project that has nothing but prophetic inspiredmessages from God to encourage you in every
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aspect of where you are on yourdaily walk. And let me tell you
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God. And you want to walklove, you need to get some of
those songs from it. You cango to You can go to any digital
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are awesome, they represent the Kingdom, they represent a very good storyline to
help you see it and not justonly hear it. And I think that,
you know, we got to keeppeople like me going Glory to God.
So if you are enjoying what youare here, don't forget that I
am here available to continue this thing. But I can't do it all by
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myself. So if you want tosell seeds into Lucius McDowell's podcast. This
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me to come out to preach orspeak in your congregation. Oh you're talking
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about ready to do that thing.I'll be ready as the Spirit of the
Lord leaves me. You can goto my website at luciusmcdowell dot com fill
out my invitation for in speaking engagement, and I will be excited to show
up and allow Holy Spirit to dowhat needs to be done. Well,
let's keep back to this, teacheror not, because we're going to finish
this. I got a couple ofminutes here. I want to make good
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of it. Over in Saint Johnthe fourteenth chapter fifteen versus says if you
love me, keep my commandment andtalking and says you love me, keep
my commandments. Over in St.John the fifteen chapter versus number ten and
says, if you keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love even
as I have kept my father's commandment. And abide in His love. These
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things that I've spoken under you,that my joy might remain in you,
and that your joy might be fooled. I want my joy to be fooled
over to God. This is mycommandment that you love one another as I
have loved you. So every bornagain believer should focus on his attention on
God's love and being obedient to hiscommandment. And not only that they should
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love their brothers and their sisters justas Christ has loved them. Holly Lujah,
so over if he's just a fifthchapter the second verse, he says,
and walk in love as Christ hasalso loved us, and have given
himself for an offering and a sacrificeto God for a sweet smelling favor,
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an order of a sweet smell toGod. How does your love walk smell
for the God? Is? Isit pleasing to God? Or do you
need to go back to the shower? You know, my grandma used to
always say, you know, nobodyshould have to tell you that you have
an odor. You should be ableto smell yourself before anybody smelling you.
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I remember she tell us. Okay, so young me and y'all, being
eleven to twelve years old, youbeginning to have a little musky owner.
You gotta go back and make sureyou'll wipe it up under your arms,
and you'll put in some deodor inunder there. And you know what,
my grandmother was old school. Ifyou didn't have no deoder, she said,
I got some bacon soda. I'lldo whatever I gotta do to help
you realize that you can't go aroundfeeling any kind of way. And I
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wonder how many people recognized if youreally go back and look at this scripture
and begin to examine your life,I wonder how many people would say,
Man, my love walks don't smellso good. I've got to do better.
I've got to do better. I'vegot to do better. I've got
to do better. That's why Gulatisaid this. I say, in the
walk in the spirit, and youwill and you shall not fulfill the lust
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of the flesh. So as webegin to to walk in the spirit,
we want to make sure that we'rewalking to love on each other. I
love Romas the thirteen chapter. Theeighth versus says, oh, no,
man, absolutely nothing but to loveone another. For he that loved one
another has fulfilled the low. Soit is our responsibility to owe, not
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the credit card, not the banker, not the mortgage, absolutely nothing.
But we should only owe love,and that's something that we can give.
Hebrews thirteen and one says, andso wonderful says, Let brotherly love continue,
that it go on and on andon and on and on, because
when it goes on, we're ableto see some great things. I want
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to kind of end this this sessiontonight with First Corinsian thirteen one through thirteen.
It says, though I speak withtongues of men of angels and not
have charity, I am becoming asa sounding rass or tinkling symbol. And
though I have the gift of prophecyand understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
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and though I have all faith sothat I could remove mountains and have no
charity, I am nothing. Thisis First Corinthians thirteen. Lord look at
the third versus and said, thoughI betow all my gifts to feed the
part, and though I give mybody to be burned if profited, mean
nothing. Why because I have notloved. And then it goes off and
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it says in verse fourteen, itsays, charity love It suffers long is
kind. Charity is not it.It is not charity is vaunted, not
itself. Up is not pumped up. It's long suffering, y'all. It's
patiently bearing difficulties, to bear longwith the frailties, offenses, injuries,
provocations, or resentment. Love practicebeing long suffering or patient. The word
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long suffering a patient is used exclusivelyof being patient with people, rather than
events or circumstances. Love is kind. That means that you're you know,
you're not going to be just beingmean and natural to people. To be
kind means to be useful, serving, and gracious. It is active good
will. It is being generous.It's not only desires others welfare, but
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it actually works for it. WhenJesus commanded Disciple to love our enemies,
he does not mean to be kindlyabout them, but to be kind to
them. I know. That's whyI said, not to be kind about
them, but be kind to them. Love is not jealous glory to God.
That's another story all by self.Love is not fussed up. Verse
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five says it does not behave itselfunseemingly. Think it not her own.
It's not easily provoked it think it'sno evil. Think it's no evil.
Think it no evil. It thinksno evil. Glory to God. Verse
six that's rejoices, not an inipity, but it rejoices in truth. I
wish I had a little time togo into this a little more in details,
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but time is running out. Butit says in verse seven, barrass
all things. Believe it's all things. Hope it's all things. And endure
it's all things. My mind,mind, mind, mind, my mind,
mind, mind. My first numbereight it says love never fails,
charity never fails. But whether therebe prophecies, they shall fail. Whether
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they'll be tongus they shall see,whether there be knowledge, it shall all
vanish away. So I'm just goingto go back to you and say,
if you've got that love, there'sGod be love working in you, You're
able to really, really, reallybe a blessing for people around you.
You'll be able to be a blessingand be an example of what God is
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calling for all his believers to be. So tonight, as we leave,
I want you to understand that youknow understanding this God kind of love is
critical in your life, and knowthat you love people by the power of
the Holy Ghost. Know that youlove people because of the love of God
that has been sheared abroad in yourheart. And it's so wide, I
mean, and it's unmeasurable, it'sthe measurable. So that means that you
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can do all things to Christ,who strengthens you. As long as you
are walking in the spirit and notfulfilling the love of the flesh, you
are putting yourself in a position tolove somebody out of the kingdom of darkness
into the marvelous night. So againtonight this has been Lucius McDowell with the
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Lucius McDowell's The Right Podcast. AndI want to tell you, don't don't
forget to join me and tell herthey will tell a friend, let her
know that we are really getting We'regoing in, y'all. We're going in
because the next fruit is joy forGeorge, Lord is your strength. But
I'm gonna tell you something. We'regonna learn a lot about Joel next week,
So be there with me Lucius McDowell'sin the Right Podcast. What's gonna
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come right at eight o'clock on Monday, and look forward to seeing you.
In the name of Jesus be bestin all the fagon. Did not just
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stand Simi Right's Ai Rod answer just
Miss McDonald's Love that Game and theStanding Riding Rill bagging of the Standing a
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mill Rids a Rock. Hello,Hello everybody out there tonight it is Monday
night at eight o'clock on the HoustonStandard time, and it is the Lucius
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McDonald's Even Right Podcast. I justwant to welcome everyone by just give a
wonderful greeting tonight that you know thatI'm so apprecive that you take the time
out to get on this podcast andlisten and get that word and getting your
spirit things that need to be putin place from the inside of you,
building yourself up in the Word ofGod so that you could be better,
you could be strong, that youcan walk this walk and you can live
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it, and your light can shinethe whole world and see it. You
know, gross darkness is upon theearth, and guess what darkness is upon
the earth? And gross darkness amongthe people. And I truly believe that
God has said that, you know, He's expecting for us that we are
going to be the ones who willshine our bright light. And we're gonna
shine that light with the word ofGod. That where the God lives on
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the inside of us, that wereto God is strong, strong, strong,
so that the dark world can see. And it is my prayer tonight
that you know that as we're speakingtonight, that spiritual blinders will be lifted
off of the eyes for the listenerswho are out there hearing the tonight.
I'm praying to believe in God rightnow that even as I speak under the
sound of my voice, that therewill be a penetration of the annoyance that
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will go across the airways and peopleto get born again, say became of
their relationship with the Lord and wantto make stronger walk in dis earth.
So tonight here again, welcome againto the Lucius McDowell Get the Right podcasts.
And we're so glad that you're heretonight. And we've been talking about
a reother, powerful, duching matter, walking into spirit and cultivating your love,
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cultivating your love. And I knowI was the witch. You laughed
because they did a show repeat.I was out of town trying to make
some things happen. But guess what, I am backing that all the way
line, because I'm back to thatall the way live. I got some
stuff that's going to blow you up, blow your spirit man up, so
that you can grow stronger, strongman at the words like just jumping over
every second. Timothy third chapter thesixteenth through the seventeen verse says, all
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scripture is given by the inspiration ofour God, and it's profitable for adoption,
for reproof, for correction, forinstructions in righteousness, that the man
or woman of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished, and all good words.
I want to be thoroughly third furnishedon top all good works. And
in fact I would want to beto the point where I want to be
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profitable for doctrine. I want tohear all of the good stuff for corrections,
I want to hear all the instructionsand righteous living, because I know
that if I have to do iton my own, I would make a
mess of it. So I'm goingto go back and get a whole of
the inspired word of God, becausethat inspire the Word of God has been
given for me, so that Ican live right, do right through it.
It's acceptable and please it unto MyGod, not just for me only,
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but for you just as well.So I invite you to night to
get a whole of this thing,wrap a hole of it so that we
can move forward in the places whereGod would have us to be well provers
and fourth chapter the seventh verse.It also speaks of the fact that this
if wisdom is the principal thing,therefore get wisdom and with all that getting
get understanding. We don't want tobe at the type of just gathering information,
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because when you gather information, youdon't always master information. You want
to be able to get an understandingof the Word of God so that you
can apply your every day living.Every day you need to walk up,
wake up, I'm sorry, wakeup saying that I'm gonna walk according to
the spirit of God. I'm notgoing to allow my flesh to take over,
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but I'm going to allow the HolySpirit to lead me and have the
Holy Spirit lead me. I amgoing to follow the leading. So tonight
again, you know, we're talkingabout walking in the spirit, cultivating the
fruit of the spirit, and tonightwe're talking about the fruit of love.
And I'm telling you, you know, I want to jump on into that
joy. But before I can jumpin the joy, I want to make
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sure you understand the importance of yourlove walk. The importance of your love
walk. So I'm gonna joint rightinto delations relations. The fifth chapter started
with one number sixteen. It saysthis, I say, danness fall talking.
He says, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the
lust of the flesh for the forthe flesh lust is against the spirit,
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and the spirit against the flesh.And these are contrary the one to the
other, so that you cannot dothe things that you would. But if
you be laying of the spirit,you are not hear not under the law.
He goes down and talk about thefood of the spirit. In verse
number twenty two, it says,but the fruit of the spirit is love,
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joy, peace, long suffering,dentilness, goodness, faith, meekness,
difference. Against such there is nolaw. And they that are Christ
have crucified the flesh with the affectionsand the love. So that means in
verse twenty five, if we livein the spirit, let us also walk
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in the spirit. So that Ijust want to just challenge eaching every one
of you to go back and examineway you are with your love. Walk,
examine all those things that you knowthat you've got to you know,
take heed too. Because God isloved, because he's love, he requires
for us to love just as well. For God to love the word that
he gave only be nothing, sowhosoever will believe in him should not perished
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or have ever lasting life. OfSaint John three sixteen. That is a
love of versus Amen. I meanhe loved the world. That means that
he loved you before the foundation ofthe world, and now that you're born
again. For those who are bornagain, guess what he is expecting for
us to do the very same thing. Why, because that seed that he
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sold it to us, now he'sexpected us to sow that seed into others.
And remember, each seed produces afterits own kind. So I'm grateful
to God that the Lord loved meso much, he loved Lucius McDonald's so
much, and because he loved Lucia'sMcDonald's so much. Of Lucia's responsibility now
said, love you, to lovethe fellow man, to love those people
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who don't like me, who don'tlove me, It doesn't matter, because
God is loved. And guess whatwe are children of God, the children
of the most type God. Andbecause we are children of the most type
God, it is our responsibility tojomp right on in there in love.
So let's go ahead and do alittle quick review. Right quickly, let's
jump over the first correct is thethirteenth chapter of the thirteen verse. Gonna
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be reading from King's James version thatsays in now about this face quote and
charity these three, but the greatestof these three is charity. Now throughout
the King Jay's version, the wordcharity is used instead of love, charities
of simples and archic term that meansthe same thing of love. The Greek
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words for charity of is the wordof God fad, which means the God
kind of love. You know,I am pastor and founder of ADAFE International
Ministry. I remember when the Lordspoke that vision to our hearts, and
I said, oh, my Bisness'sgonna be a good, good, good,
good good name to follow up.But guess what, Sometime the enemy
will always try to wreckt heaven andtry to reach heaven and try to make
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it appears to But we don't haveto be the love at all. But
we know that the love of Gunand she ever brought up our hearts by
the power of the Holighost, andbecause of that, everybody that hit that
door can fill the love of God. So charity comes from the Latin word
careitas, which means fearing. Itis affection or high regard. Charity is
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normally used for acts of benevolence,and so the word love is to be
preferred as a translation of a godfeNow there are some other Greek words that
translated love. We're gonna jumping inup because we get talked about it.
I wish I can ask you guysto take the tests right and tell me
what is arabs. The rabs isa Greek word is a physical world.
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It's a Greek word rabs. Itmeans physical love arising out of passion.
Then there is your story gay,which is an affectionate love, such as
that which exists between parents and child, lawyal citizens and rulers. And then
there is your lay all love.But that is the love that is cherishes
exact what it is the love ofa brother or of a friend. All
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the above Greek words should be basedupon the God. They love of God,
which is the highest level of love, is the God's kind of love.
It is a selfless, sacrificial lovethat goes the youngs, but goes
far beyond anything that you can everunderstand. It does not concern itself with
what is gonna be, what you'regonna get out of it. It only
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concerns itself with what are other's goingto gain as a result of loving appropriately.
Now, I'm gonna tell you something. When you think about what other
is gonna gain, that means thatyou gotta be a big old giver.
I mean a big, big givera God that is used to describe the
attitude of God toward his son believersand to the human race. You know,
God loves us so much. Evenwhen we were his enemy, he
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still loved us. Now, thisGod they love. It expresses the deep
and the constant love and interests ofGod toward entirely worthy and unworthy objects,
producing and fostering a reverential love inthem toward Him, and a practical love
toward those who are particulars of thesame, and a desire to help others
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to see Him. You know,when you can walk in that love of
God, you can help other peoplesee that in you. You know,
I remember that as those on Jesusand the life that shines in me,
that shines me, He'll show up. I believe that the love of God
will show up in you so thatothers can see that love, and I
think that that is so critical becausethat is the way that God wants it
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to be. Is Lujah, gloryto God. Let's say, Jesus,
I'll tell you this is a goodthing because God's love is so critical.
When we think about what is goingon in our society right now, we
have to begin to really go backand act. Do we have enough people
really really walking in the love ofGod? Because we need people walking in
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the love at all times Romans thefifth chapter, verse number sixt So when
we were yet with our strengths induceseason and due time, Christ died for
the ungodly. Christ dies for theundoding. And what kind of love is
that? For scaffi of a righteousman? Will one die? Yet here
pra a victim for a good man? Some would even dare to live.
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First of the says, but Godcommended love toward us, and that while
we were yet sinners, Prist diesfor us. Prist die for us.
And that's the god kind of loveand action, that Jesus would die for
us while we were yet sinners.God loved us even when we were his
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enemies. Can you imagine what lovethe Father hands for us now? Over
in their ten verses for influence.We were enemies reconciled to God, bying
the death of his sons. Muchmore, being reconciled, we shall be
saved by his mind. Now herewe go again. We were undeserving of
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love. We were enemies of Godand yet alienated from him. But yet
he loved us anyway. Can yousay the same thing that about people that
you just can't even imagine giving thatkind of love to God wants you to
change your mind tonight, because that'swhat you've got. Did you never learn
how to love in spite of yougot to learn how to love people even
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when they don't treat you right,They don't look at for they don't speak
to you, they do things totrip you up, they do things that
will put the bad rap on you. It does not matter. Your job
is to love, love, love, love, love. You know.
I think of an old song thatthey used to sing, What love the
Father has for me, What lovethe Father has for me? And I'm
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talking about there is so greater lovethan the love of the Father. So
as a believer, we're supposed tohave love for those who hate us,
even for those who we feel shouldnot receive love from us. I want
to remind you of the Scripture overMatthew, the fifth chapter, the forty
forty verse. It said, butI say, under youths, and Jesus
said, love, you're in it. It's bless them that curse you.
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Do good to them that hate you, and bless and pray for them which
despitefully use you and persecute you.So that means that we got it facts
because we see you always want tohang out and do great things for people
that we love, that we willlove us. But literally it said,
you know, love your enemies,bless them that curse you. Do good
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to them that hate you, andpray for them which despitefully use you and
persecute. And now can you imaginethat you will go and buy a nice
gift or a nice something for someonewho have persecuted you, who despightfully used
you, who just did not doanything right by you. The Bible said,
bless them. And maybe when wego into this, when we're going
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to disseminated our love, that thatway we can see the power of the
only goals for resonating rising up bigon the inside of us, because we
know that it won't be nothing muchHoly Gus, and I guarantee you can
say it not by my power norby my mind, but by by spirit
then the Lord. I'm so gladthe power of the Holy Ghost is living
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big on the inside of us,because I'm telling you, without the Holy
Spirit, you would not be ableto do this. Now, God kind
of love, It loves people regardless. He even shows great love for his
own. Many times believers can fallin defind but because of his great love,
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he is still the God of loveand the God of restoration. I
said again, he is the Godof love and the God of restoration.
Many times when people mess up,we want to cut them up, toot
them up and spit them out,but God says to love them anyway.
Now, I want you to understandwe should be at a place where we
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are loving folks based on the mirrorfact that you know the finished work of
Christ, what he did on thecross. I mean, come on,
he forgave us of our sins.He just brought us into a place of
newness. He brought us into aplace of really walking into the newness of
love. And because of that weshould be doing the very very same thing.
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Glory to God. You know,over in Mark the twelfth chapter the
twenty ninth, the thirty first verse, Jesus said to love thy neighbor as
thyself. Many can't respond to lovebecause they don't love themselves, or they
don't have any self perspect or anysense of self work. I don't know
about you, but I'm gonna tellyou so I love me some me,
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so that means if I love meanof me, I've got to have some
loaves for you. When people fallfail to understand or experience love, they
place no values on their life ortheir lives to others. You are important
to me, and guess what,I hope I am important to you.
Glory to God, because I wantto make sure that you know Jesus said
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to love your neighbor as yourself.I don't know how many people go in
there, they break up in themorning and start throwing frying pans at the
mirror when they wake up. Idon't know how many people desire that they'll
go and open up their their cabinets, start taking a knife out and start
cutting themselves. And I don't knowanyone that would do that, because I
do believe that every person loved themselves, and because you love yourself. You
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should follow after Jesus director that youshould love your neighbor even as you loved
yourself. Well, how am Igonna do that? Master Lucius over In
Romans the fifth chapters, the fifthVersus says, and the hope makers nonin
shame. Because the love of Godis shed abroad. That means it's been
poor, flooded, spread about inour hearts by the Holy Ghost, which
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is given unto us. That wordshed means to poorer calls to pour forth.
That word abroad in or to afore, it means to be in
a foreign country, covering a largearea whitey. So that means that the
love of God that has been sharedby the Holy Ghost covers a large area.
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It covers a mold to do thesin. So the love of God
does not refer to our love forGod, but it refers to God's love
for us. God loved then fulfalling, rebellious mankind so much that he gave
his only forgotten son, So hepoured out, poured out here it refers
to a lavish outpouring to the pointof overflow. God doesn't just give his
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love it measured drops like tea spoons. In tablespoon. But his love is
immeasurable. I mean immeasurable. Iam am ea m A s. You
are a b l. It's themeasurable. You can't measure because it's so
wide. It's that you can't justit's very difficult because he loves just that
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massively. The fact that the HolySpirit is dwelling in a believer itself is
a marvelous testimony of God's love toorders. It is because of the in
dwelling spirit that his children are ableto truly love him. Jesus said over
in sak jonas Zappa chapter the thirtyeight feet and thirty nine verses, as
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of any man thirst, let lethim come onto me and drink. He
that believeth on me, as thescripture as that out of his bility shall
flow rivers of living order. Nowthose rivers can only flow out of a
believer only because of the divine riversof blessings, including the divine love that
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God has poured into them. Youdon't have a God they loved just because
you are a creation of God.All humanity is created of God. But
the only ones eligible are those whohave become new creations, like Second care
Indians. The fifth chapter, theseventeen versus says, if any man be
in Christ, he is what anew creature? All things have passed away,
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and what behold, all things havebecome brand new. So, in
other words, you can't love withoutthe gift of the Holy ghosts working through
you the love, and without theHoly Spirit, your love will be worldly.
That's the reason why so many peoplefeel that because they are morally good
people, they're okay, no way, Jose, it doesn't matter that way.
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In order to love God's way,you must have the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Ghost in you, givingyou the power to love man. That's
what I love acts. The firstchapter says, and that eighth verse and
Giche received power. After that,the Holy ghost have come upon you.
The Holy ghosts has come upon you, you know first John the fourth chapter
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the fourth fee versus. Greater hethat is in you than he that is
in the world. So do yourecognize realize that you need supernatural ability to
love your neighbors, love your enemies, love those who misuse you. Without
that, you will want to knockthem up on their hand. Without that
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supernatural lum you will want to ooknock them down. Don't folks. You
know they don't speak in tongues,and you know they'll say some things that
are not nives. So I justwant you to know that we have a
responsibility to tap into the spirit.That's why he's telling us walk in the
spirit. Don't fulfill the lust ofthe flesh. He said, again,
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walk in the spirit. This guysaid, walk in the spirit, and
you shall not fulfill the lust ofthe flesh, because the flesh lusted against
the spirit and the spirit against theflesh, and these are contrary to one
to the other. That you cannotdo the things that you would. He
goes on and says, if welive in the spirit, let us also
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walk in the spirit. And Ilove him when he back it up,
and he says, those other inChrist have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lost. In other words,he got that stuff down pack and said
no, no, no, no, no no no, can't live here.
We're going to represent. We wantto be just like he wants us
to be. Raise the Lord haileylujah. Well, you know op in Romans
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the eighth chapter the fourteen verse,it says that you know, for as
many as are led by the spiritof God. They are the sons of
God, and means that you area son and a daughter of God.
And I love Saint John. Thefirst chapter, the twelfth First it goes
on just where as many as receivedhim to them, gave he power to
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become the sons of God, evento them that believe on his name.
So I believe on his name,and I believe that I received him.
And because I've received him, hehas given me power to become his sons.
And I now will walk in thereon. God bade love without pushing.
And that's the reason why we needto be born against because when we're
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born again, we become adopted andtook the family of God. When you're
born again, you get a chanceand an opportunity to be empowered by the
Holy Ghost. When you're born again, glory to God, all things become
brand new, and you've become thisnew, new new creation in Christ Jesus.
So now I just want to kindof shift this because I want to
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make sure that we are getting this, because without your love working through properly,
or without your love being cultivated,it cuts off so many other things.
Because faith worketh by love, andthat means that are we going to
be people of faith. We gotto have that love walk, right,
We got to have our love walkin order. And not only that,
the fruit of love, it mustbe evident in our lives. Over the
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Esius the third chapter, the seventeenthverse, it says that Christ may dwell
in your hearts by faith, thatyou're being rooted and grounded in love.
I just talked about faith and love, so he's said here that you know
that Christ may dwell in my heartby faith, that I will be rooted
and grounded in love, love,my love working, my faith working by
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love. So that means I've gotto make sure that I am doing the
very things that I'm supposed to do. The only way we can be fathers
with God is by allowing Jesus tolive big on the inside of us.
And it is very natural for childrento be like their parents, so they
have their parents' nature and their andthey imitate their parents' actions and behavior.
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We should be imitated our heavily fatherand his son. In other words,
do what Jesus did, and stopasking questions, what will Jesus do?
Do what he did? Do whathe did? Because those are great examples
for us. Let's look at someof the things that Jesus did. This
is gonna bless you over in SaintMatthew, chapter fourteen, I want to
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begin to read. Write at versenumber you find it right quickly, verse
number one, Marie Alwos says,so we can get it, because I
want you to see this. Thisis something very good. This is what
happened to Jesus. And I'm lettingyou know this was before he went to
the cross. Verse fourteen, Imean chapter fourteen, verse number one.
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It says at the time, atthe time herod the Tetris heard of the
fame of Jesus. You know,in the time they churned even the family
Jesus. They got to gonna tryto disprindit him. And Jesus said that
to his service. This is Johnthe Baptist. He has risen from the
dead, and therefore mighty works doshow for themselves in him. For hair
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work had laid holds unjoone and boundhim and put him in prison. For
Herodias fake his brother Phillip's wife,for John s to him it is not
lawful for thee to have her becauseit was Philip's wife. And when he
would have put him to death.He feared the multitude because they counted him
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as a prophet. But when Herod'sbirthday was kept, the daughter of Parodius
danced before them and please heard.Whereupon he promised with an oath to give
for what soever she would ask.And she, being before, instructed up.
Her mother said give me her,give me here John Baptist head in
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a charger. Man that slowed down. That's to go down, that slows
down. And the king was sorry, nevertheless, for the oath stake.
You know, he was sorry becauseonce you make an oath as a king
back and then you could not revokethat. You had to carry it out.
And there what sat with him atmeeting. He commanded it to be
giving her now they even did thisis lo lo lo lo lo lo.
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And remember godfe is a high levelof low, but anything else is low.
This is this, And he said, and beheaded John in prison,
and his head was bought into chargerand given to the damsel, and she
brought it to her mother. Manwho in the world you're gonna cut somebody's
hand off and bring it to mein are charges? I'm gonna tell you.
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Get that head out of here,Get that head out of here quickly.
So in verse thirty thirteen, itsays the viswel and disciples came and
took up the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus. I
can imagine what Jesus was thinking,because John the Baptist and Jesus was very
very close. If you go backto map through the eleven chapters the eleven
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verse, So I'm gonna fit andfinish readers. And when Jesus heard of
it, he departed this by shipinto a desert place apart. And when
the people had heard there of,they followed him on foot out of the
city. And Jesus went forth andsaw a great multitude and was moved dup.
He was moved with what You wouldhave thought that Jesus would have been
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full of rage. You would havethought that Jesus would have been very upset
that he was going to go andthrow down on her. You thought he
might have gone and throw down onthat whole little regime. But he did
not. The scripture says in versefourteen, Jesus went forth and saw a
great multitude, and was moved withcompassion toward them, and he healed their
sick. He healed their sick.Jesus never wastes his time being angry.
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Jesus never wastes his time allowing thisto get him off of his love walk.
He moved with compassion toward them,and he healed their sick. Wow,
I can imagine for somebody who wouldnot understand the totwn lee of walking
in the god kind of love.The first thing you want to know it
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would have been another riot. Imean quickly, you know, I want
to show you something over here.In James the third chapter, the sixteen
verse, it says, but wherein the nien strife is there is confusion
in every evil word? I thinksomewhere in Hebrews it says, not allowing
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no bitterness to spring up, becausethat that bitterness spring up, it can
just chose the love out of youif you're not careful. And what Jesus
did. He walked the earth asa mere man. He was not walking
in the diity. So this meansthat if he did it then before he
went to the cross, we arerequired to do it even now. So
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that means that you know Jesus didit, then we can do it now.
And when Jesus went on to thecross. I mean, he can
saist some things in the right order, but he can let it be known
that we have the power. Wehave to the authority, that we can
do just like Jesus did, andthat is not allowed things to ruffle us
to the point that it gets usover in the frace that we're just bent
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out and and we are no goodfor nothing. Now Jesus had to walk
in love. Praise the Lord.Jesus had to walk in love. Now,
I want to show you something you'reopen Matthew. The eighteen chapter,
in verse number twenty one. Thenthis is scenario where Peter came to Jesus
and he was like, Lord,Lord, I for brother, you know,
said against you? How are yousupposed to handle him? And this
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is verses number twenty one. Thencame Peter to him and said, Lord,
how often shall a brother sin againstme? And I forgive him till
seven times? This was Peter,just seven times, you know, in
a given day. Seven times.That's pretty big, you know. But
Jesus said, unto him, Isay nine, unto thee until seven times,
but until seventy times, seventy times, seventy four hundred and nine times
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given day. Wow, how isit that we are so off when one
thing happened to him? You know, I had said Mary. Last Thursday,
I was driving back from my haircutTim, and I prayed that person
who get to be or missing,because you really need to repent, and
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you really need to make sure thatyou know that you don't get yourself in
bidding it. But anyway, Iwas trying to get on the highway and
I saw this car coming, butI was trying to get to merge onto
the highway. So I got onthe highway, but I had to get
in front of someone to get upget on the highway. I got on
the highway and I didn't notice thatthis car was creeping up on my side.
And so as it was creeping onmy side, I saw this angry
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woman rolled down her window and I'mtelling you she threw an object at my
car. And ball when she threwthat object at my car, brave the
Lord, I said, Lord versusthat a Godfrey loved this. Got to
rise up quickly because I could feelit in my feet to put my foot
on the gas. The cat,tran tellor, A couple of things or
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two, but I only experience saiddon't do that. It's too much crazy
because want foolish that's going on,let it go. And she was just
screaming out of the car, andjust I'm turning to myself, this woman
can't run over somebody. Not onlythat, I could have gone to someone's
name that could have hurt myself andI could hurt someone else. So when
I did, I decided just youknow, to try to you know,
take a picture of her tag andtake a picture of a car so that
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I could at least, you know, report it because rage, rage wrote,
rage is very dangerous. People loosetheir bike and you don't want to
play with that. And guess whatif I was in a moment of you
know, getting back to her,getting back at her, I could have
followed her. And guess what,I don't know what she was packing in
that car. I don't know whatshe was able to do. In fact,
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you know, she could have gotout of that car find and slammed
me and did some things to methat could have hurt me. But the
bottom ninety is Holy Spirit says,keep moving. So when I got up
to the highway, the Holy Spiritsaid, I reported to the officials.
If I called the officials ninety oneone until the wh it happened. I
describe to the person who was onthe emergency call what had happened, and
they told me they'll just keep movingforward. They don't follow the person,
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but they will make sure that theauthorities will be on the lookout for the
person. I don't know whether theycalled her or not, but the bottom
line is this. Had I respondedthe way she responded to me, that
would not have been a nice state. So, just as Jesus did,
we have to always make sure thatwe are walking in love at all times.
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Jesus had to forgive, so thatmeans we must forgive. But that
Jesus had to forgive, that meanswe must forgive, because if we don't
forgive, we short circuit our faith. I'll set again, we will short
circuit our faith. Now over inmark the eleven chapters right at verse number
twenty five, like this one,because this is one that I call it
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the faith anthem. Can I goback to verse number twenty two. It
said that Jesus answered and said,up to him, have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you thatthese server shall sail, this mountain
be all removed, and be thoucasting to the sea and shall not die
in his heart. Sous shall believethose things which he said shall come to
pass. He shall have whatsoever hesaid. Therefore, I say to you,
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what thingssoever you desire, when youpray, believe that you receive them,
and ye shall have them now Versetwenty five tents. And when you
stand praying forgive, while go gofurther, just forgive who It says if
you have aught against any that yourfather, also, which is in Heaven,
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may forgive you your transpenses verse twentysix. But that you do not
forgive, neither will your father,which isn't Heaven, forgive your truspassing.
Now. I don't know about you, but I want to make sure that
you know I am forgiven. Iwant to make sure that I am walking
up rightly before God. I wanta purpose in my heart to become just
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like God. Because God is holy, we are to be holy. Because
He is kind. We are tobe kind. Because God is humble,
we are to humble ourselves. Andbecause He is loved and to beloved children,
we are to walk in the godfay love of God. Do not
an standing to get you off ofyour love walk ladies. You know,
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just like if Jesus did you knowhe laid hands on the sick, he
went out to witness, he miniscesto someone so that he can continue to
show the love of God and nothing. That's a really good point that when
someone gets you off, make it. Make it purpose in your heart to
go out and pray for the sick. You know, purpose in your heart
to go out and witness. Getsomebody born again and say by you said,
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I would tell the enemy, okay, you trip me up here,
I'm gonna get you by getting somebodyfrom your kingdom and bring them over to
God's kingdom. And I would alwaysthought how to do so. With incident,
I'm telling you something, I wouldwin souls by the power of God,
that people's life would be changed.And I would be like, yeah,
no, no now, And itain't funny now because now you know
I'm winning like I'm supposed to win. Learn out of miniship to people.
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Learn how to show your love,even if that means you got to go
and buy something. Show you love. If somebody did something that was not
cool, that was not trying touse this is the thing that you should
do. Praise the Lord well,listen, I just want to take some
time, as you know, I'min this this podcast to help you understand
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that you know, we are soexcited about coming to you every Monday night.
I want to make sure that youunderstand I want to hear from you.
I want to make sure that youare are being blessed by what we're
putting out. And even as youare being blessed, remember that you can
always be a blessing to the Luca'sMindal podcast by I'm so inteed. Let
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me tell you so in thieved.Keep me on. It keeps me doing
this thing and keeps me going strong. And just ask you so towards you
know my being on the air.You guess what, I'm going to keep
on doing this over and over andover and over again, getting strong and
stronger each and every day. Iknow about you, but I think that
everybody needs instructions and deliver right andevery now and then we need to talk
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about it so we can begin tothink, oh, we reny doing what
the Bible say do, because ifwe're not, we need to make sure
that we are preparing our way forhis return. He's coming back to y'all,
I say Jesus is coming back.He is coming again so soon.
So you've gotta be ready. Yougotta be ready when he comes. Now,
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another thing I want to talk aboutis some projects that I have out
there. I have projects on everydigital platform. My last music project is
entitled through Him Dot Dot which isa powerful, powerful, powerful non song
project that has nothing but prophetic inspiredmessages from God to encourage you in every
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aspect of where you are on yourdaily walk. And let me tell you
something. You want to walk inlove, you need that CD Glory to
God. And you want to walklove, you need to get some of
those songs from it. You cango to You can go to any digital
platform, and not only just digitalplatform. You can also do a couple
of my videos on YouTube. Ihave four videos on YouTube. If they
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are awesome, they represent the Kingdom, they represent a very good storyline to
help you see it and not justonly hear it. And I think that,
you know, we got to keeppeople like me going Glory to God.
So if you are enjoying what youare here, don't forget that I
am here available to continue this thing. But I can't do it all by
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myself. So if you want tosell seeds into Lucius McDowell's podcast. This
is a great time to do it, and you can do that by you
know, you can send it toLucius mcdowald Peel about eleven fifty two McDonald
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me to come out to preach orspeak in your congregation. Oh you're talking
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about ready to do that thing.I'll be ready as the Spirit of the
Lord leaves me. You can goto my website at luciusmcdowell dot com fill
out my invitation for in speaking engagement, and I will be excited to show
up and allow Holy Spirit to dowhat needs to be done. Well,
let's keep back to this, teacheror not, because we're going to finish
this. I got a couple ofminutes here. I want to make good
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of it. Over in Saint Johnthe fourteenth chapter fifteen versus says if you
love me, keep my commandment andtalking and says you love me, keep
my commandments. Over in St.John the fifteen chapter versus number ten and
says, if you keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love even
as I have kept my father's commandment. And abide in His love. These
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things that I've spoken under you,that my joy might remain in you,
and that your joy might be fooled. I want my joy to be fooled
over to God. This is mycommandment that you love one another as I
have loved you. So every bornagain believer should focus on his attention on
God's love and being obedient to hiscommandment. And not only that they should
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love their brothers and their sisters justas Christ has loved them. Holly Lujah,
so over if he's just a fifthchapter the second verse, he says,
and walk in love as Christ hasalso loved us, and have given
himself for an offering and a sacrificeto God for a sweet smelling favor,
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an order of a sweet smell toGod. How does your love walk smell
for the God? Is? Isit pleasing to God? Or do you
need to go back to the shower? You know, my grandma used to
always say, you know, nobodyshould have to tell you that you have
an odor. You should be ableto smell yourself before anybody smelling you.
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I remember she tell us. Okay, so young me and y'all, being
eleven to twelve years old, youbeginning to have a little musky owner.
You gotta go back and make sureyou'll wipe it up under your arms,
and you'll put in some deodor inunder there. And you know what,
my grandmother was old school. Ifyou didn't have no deoder, she said,
I got some bacon soda. I'lldo whatever I gotta do to help
you realize that you can't go aroundfeeling any kind of way. And I
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wonder how many people recognized if youreally go back and look at this scripture
and begin to examine your life,I wonder how many people would say,
Man, my love walks don't smellso good. I've got to do better.
I've got to do better. I'vegot to do better. I've got
to do better. That's why Gulatisaid this. I say, in the
walk in the spirit, and youwill and you shall not fulfill the lust
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of the flesh. So as webegin to to walk in the spirit,
we want to make sure that we'rewalking to love on each other. I
love Romas the thirteen chapter. Theeighth versus says, oh, no,
man, absolutely nothing but to loveone another. For he that loved one
another has fulfilled the low. Soit is our responsibility to owe, not
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the credit card, not the banker, not the mortgage, absolutely nothing.
But we should only owe love,and that's something that we can give.
Hebrews thirteen and one says, andso wonderful says, Let brotherly love continue,
that it go on and on andon and on and on, because
when it goes on, we're ableto see some great things. I want
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to kind of end this this sessiontonight with First Corinsian thirteen one through thirteen.
It says, though I speak withtongues of men of angels and not
have charity, I am becoming asa sounding rass or tinkling symbol. And
though I have the gift of prophecyand understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
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and though I have all faith sothat I could remove mountains and have no
charity, I am nothing. Thisis First Corinthians thirteen. Lord look at
the third versus and said, thoughI betow all my gifts to feed the
part, and though I give mybody to be burned if profited, mean
nothing. Why because I have notloved. And then it goes off and
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it says in verse fourteen, itsays, charity love It suffers long is
kind. Charity is not it.It is not charity is vaunted, not
itself. Up is not pumped up. It's long suffering, y'all. It's
patiently bearing difficulties, to bear longwith the frailties, offenses, injuries,
provocations, or resentment. Love practicebeing long suffering or patient. The word
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long suffering a patient is used exclusivelyof being patient with people, rather than
events or circumstances. Love is kind. That means that you're you know,
you're not going to be just beingmean and natural to people. To be
kind means to be useful, serving, and gracious. It is active good
will. It is being generous.It's not only desires others welfare, but
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it actually works for it. WhenJesus commanded Disciple to love our enemies,
he does not mean to be kindlyabout them, but to be kind to
them. I know. That's whyI said, not to be kind about
them, but be kind to them. Love is not jealous glory to God.
That's another story all by self.Love is not fussed up. Verse
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five says it does not behave itselfunseemingly. Think it not her own.
It's not easily provoked it think it'sno evil. Think it's no evil.
Think it no evil. It thinksno evil. Glory to God. Verse
six that's rejoices, not an inipity, but it rejoices in truth. I
wish I had a little time togo into this a little more in details,
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but time is running out. Butit says in verse seven, barrass
all things. Believe it's all things. Hope it's all things. And endure
it's all things. My mind,mind, mind, mind, my mind,
mind, mind. My first numbereight it says love never fails,
charity never fails. But whether therebe prophecies, they shall fail. Whether
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they'll be tongus they shall see,whether there be knowledge, it shall all
vanish away. So I'm just goingto go back to you and say,
if you've got that love, there'sGod be love working in you, You're
able to really, really, reallybe a blessing for people around you.
You'll be able to be a blessingand be an example of what God is
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calling for all his believers to be. So tonight, as we leave,
I want you to understand that youknow understanding this God kind of love is
critical in your life, and knowthat you love people by the power of
the Holy Ghost. Know that youlove people because of the love of God
that has been sheared abroad in yourheart. And it's so wide, I
mean, and it's unmeasurable, it'sthe measurable. So that means that you
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can do all things to Christ,who strengthens you. As long as you
are walking in the spirit and notfulfilling the love of the flesh, you
are putting yourself in a position tolove somebody out of the kingdom of darkness
into the marvelous night. So againtonight this has been Lucius McDowell with the
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Lucius McDowell's The Right Podcast. AndI want to tell you, don't don't
forget to join me and tell herthey will tell a friend, let her
know that we are really getting We'regoing in, y'all. We're going in
because the next fruit is joy forGeorge, Lord is your strength. But
I'm gonna tell you something. We'regonna learn a lot about Joel next week,
So be there with me Lucius McDowell'sin the Right Podcast. What's gonna
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come right at eight o'clock on Monday, and look forward to seeing you.
In the name of Jesus be bestin all the fagon. Did not just
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It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.
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