March 10, 2025 • 47 mins
LeBRON wants to have his cake and eat it too. Classic example of a good thing going badly. Let’s see how LeBron James’ attempt to protect his son goes poorly, but also reveals God‘s hopes for us as believers.
Exciting news!!! You can now join Henry, live via Zoom, for Empowerment Sessions every Sunday morning at 1030am EST, by clicking the link below, or by using the ID and passcode provided below. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82108038420?pwd=twW0ChMfqMskiPizTEFEbOPFq8zORT.1 Meeting ID: 821 0803 8420 Passcode: 439385 Empowerment sessions are not a church service—but are a service to the church. Our automobiles, homes, electronics and various other tools in our lives need maintenance, upgrades and repairs. Are we as a person any different? Empowerment Sessions are where believers get the opportunity to make the necessary corrections, adjustments and spiritual enhancements needed to be better equipped to live more powerful lives for Christ. Acts 1:8
Empowerment sessions offer the opportunity for one-on-one coaching, discipleship and self-improvement, in a confidential but very transparent group setting. Those who attend experience powerful personal sharing of life experiences and struggles which allows for all to defeat the lie of the enemy that says “you’re all alone in this”. You are not alone. You are just a few clicks away from your empowerment. You need to join us soon. When you begin to operate with power in EVERY area of your life, then you have achieved Powerful Living. Join your host, Henry Flowers, as we discover principles that produce the "rich and satisfying life" that Jesus said that He wants for us.
Let's also make strides in the area of teen pregnancy prevention. My book will help your teens avoid the dangers of excessive unsupervised idle time, which is the major cause of trouble for too many of our teens; and it will help them to move from where they are to living the life that they love. Get it here. http://amzn.com/1503271021 To hear my musical tribute to a father's dedication to his family, get my album "I Am With You", at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/henryflowers
Exciting news!!! You can now join Henry, live via Zoom, for Empowerment Sessions every Sunday morning at 1030am EST, by clicking the link below, or by using the ID and passcode provided below. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82108038420?pwd=twW0ChMfqMskiPizTEFEbOPFq8zORT.1 Meeting ID: 821 0803 8420 Passcode: 439385 Empowerment sessions are not a church service—but are a service to the church. Our automobiles, homes, electronics and various other tools in our lives need maintenance, upgrades and repairs. Are we as a person any different? Empowerment Sessions are where believers get the opportunity to make the necessary corrections, adjustments and spiritual enhancements needed to be better equipped to live more powerful lives for Christ. Acts 1:8
Empowerment sessions offer the opportunity for one-on-one coaching, discipleship and self-improvement, in a confidential but very transparent group setting. Those who attend experience powerful personal sharing of life experiences and struggles which allows for all to defeat the lie of the enemy that says “you’re all alone in this”. You are not alone. You are just a few clicks away from your empowerment. You need to join us soon. When you begin to operate with power in EVERY area of your life, then you have achieved Powerful Living. Join your host, Henry Flowers, as we discover principles that produce the "rich and satisfying life" that Jesus said that He wants for us.
Let's also make strides in the area of teen pregnancy prevention. My book will help your teens avoid the dangers of excessive unsupervised idle time, which is the major cause of trouble for too many of our teens; and it will help them to move from where they are to living the life that they love. Get it here. http://amzn.com/1503271021 To hear my musical tribute to a father's dedication to his family, get my album "I Am With You", at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/henryflowers
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I got something to say to day. Henry Flowers here,
powerful living outreach ministries coming at you. Listen today, were
going and I'm going in hard to listen. It's gonna
hurt some of your feelings, especially all you sports fans.
It's gonna hurt some of your feelings. And for those
of us who actually want to be more like Christ
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than are doing the work to do that and be that.
The chastening of the Lord hurts, like, don't feel good.
But we're going in today because although we know it
doesn't feel good, we know it works out for our good.
When God does something, says something to correct us and
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expose our sins, it's an opportunity for us, for us
to grow and be more like Him because there's a
there's a there's a benefit to being more like Him. Today.
Were going in and I'm gonna tell you how Lebron James,
believe it or not, tell you how Lebron James has
aligned himself with none other than Will Smith. That's right,
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and we're gonna take a look at that and see
how we can see ourselves in all of that and
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get to my car, Man, I don't know why I'm
sharing this with you, Well I do. I know why
you're sharing it because there's an anointing on my life
that God has given me to teach. He gave some
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said that helps them draw closer to Christ in a
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I hope I've covered all the bases. Did I do
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I did all that stuff. Okay, ay, Rene said, I'm
good to go. Let's jump in. We going right in today.
I don't even care. I care about your feelings. And
mine got hurt too, because I've been ruminating on this
for the past three days. I can't my feelings and
got hurt. I see myself in this all day long.
But I got to go in on mister Lebron James.
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M Now you shall how you Lebron James? How you
turned into Will Smith? How in the world did that happen?
Keep my wife's name out your f in mouth, mister
Will Smith. That's it. After he done walked up on
the stage and assaulted Chris Rock in front of everybody.
Assault and battery, by the way, it's like this crazy, Now,
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how does Lebron James, who've had an impeccable career all
this time, how you waiting until the end to mess
it up? So we go on in today. Absolutely, the
Sins of the Father is where we want to kind
of focus on and just see what the Lord reveals
through the situation. So let me show you what man's
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eyes revealed, because there's some things that the Lord reveals
that's just way different than what we initially see. So
let me deal with this. If you haven't heard by now,
Lebron James confronted stephen A. Smith right there on the
basketball court before the Lakers played the New York Knicks
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this past week. I think it was Wednesday night, by
been Thursday night. So you see an image if you
could just google it, Lebron James confronts Stephen A's everywhere.
It went viral. He's everywhere, and so what you see
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and this is really clear to remember here, this image
of Stephen A. Smith has got a court side seat.
Stephen A. Smith as a commentator, journalist for many, many years.
He is the voice of sports talk. He is the
face of ESPN. Just signed a really big contract. He
gets paid to talk sports and all things sports related.
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That's what he gets paid to do. He said something
about Lebron James' son, Bronnie James. Lebron James obviously took
exception to it. Was very angry standing over the top
of stephen A. Smith before the basketball game, began issuing
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some very angry words to stephen A. Smith, and Steven
Smith himself said, I can't, I can't, I can't tell
you what he said over the FCC airwaves, it would
not be fit. But he basically told me to watch
what I say about his son and and and keep
whatever issue he said, keep his son, Briannie James, out
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of it. And for me, the image, the imagery is
what I just can't get over. I just can't get
over the imagery of is Lebron James sixty eight or
sixty seven, two hundred and sixty pounds and you standing
over Steve. Now, Stephen A is not a small man.
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Steven A. Smith is probably about sixty three. Let's just
say he's nowhere near two hundred and sixty pounds. Lebron
James is sixty seven six', eight a supremely CONDITIONED nba.
Athlete and here he is standing over the top Of STEPHEN. A,
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smith where he just walked up to him all of a, Sudden,
Steven they, SAID i wouldn't expect. HIM i didn't know
he was even angry at WHAT i, Said AND i
wasn't expecting him to pose up on me like. THAT
i was ready to watch the basketball, game and all
of a, Sudden Lebron james walked over to, me got
up in my. Face he was well within arms. Reach
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let's just say. That and just this imagery Of Lebron
james standing up looking down at him And stephen he
was looking right at. HIM i told, it told that's,
fine and we ain't even gonna get into the man
stuff this. Is and Even STEPHEN. A smith, said, listen
this is apparent protecting their. Child. Stephen they, SAID i get.
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IT i understand why he was. UPSET i think he
got me wrong in the comments THAT i was. Making
it was about him and not about his. Son SO
i think he got me. Wrong BUT i didn't take
offense to it at that moment because number, one it shocked.
ME i didn't really you, KNOW i wasn't. PREPARED i
don't know he was. Coming it just, happened and it's
only about ten. Seconds but he walked off after he
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said what he, said AND i said WHAT i, said
and he walked, off and this thing blew up. Overnight
So steven addressed It friday morning on his Show First. Take,
now let's all deal with this simple. Stuff. First this
is What, god this is what we see as human,
beings just initially looking at the. Situation and Then i'll
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talk about What god wants to reveal to. Us so
WHAT i see is As i'm with Stephen, A, YEP
i see a parent protecting their. CHILD i can see.
THAT i can see. That somebody might, Say, yep in that,
Situation i'm going to do the same. Thing i'll die for.
Mine that's what they. Say i'll die for. Mine, man
have you seen some of the things a mama has
said about her child while her child being arrested by the. Police,
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oh my baby didn't do, That not my. Baby she
will fight the, police an, Army, navy Air, force and
marines to protect her. Baby that's. Parents mama bear will
protect her cubs at any. Cost this is what. Happens
SO i get that. Part. Yep i'm with that part
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Because i'm a. PARENT i got five AND i got
three bonus. Kids i'm, married and the three kids three
kids with special. Needs three all three of my kids got,
autism someone got a little cerebral, palsy and some other
things going. On children with special needs need special. Protection and, man,
listen if you want to see my wife turn into
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a grizzly, bear a human tornado come between her and her,
kids say something about her kids, brother she will be
in rare form and you don't want to be in that.
Path this is human. Nature, Okay SO i get that. Part,
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now that's the easy. Part that's what man. Sees now
let's dive in and see What god sees and What
god wants to show. Us What god wants to show
us is this is WHAT i believe is a. Truth
Lebron james is all kinds of wrong here and in
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no way is there anything right in what he. Did
and the truth of the matter, Is Lebron, james you
harmed your. Son you did. It you went after a
good thing and evil came out of, it and you
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tried to check somebody else because of. It M Lebron
james comes across looking like a thug and an, intimidator
AND i don't like. IT i Like Lebron. JAMES i
like The. Lakers Is Detroit pistons, first Then. Lakers i'm From.
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DETROIT i Like. Lakers this is The Los Angeles. Lakers
this Is Lebron. James the game owes him a. Lot
he has been underpaid forty. Years THE nba cannot Repay
Lebron james for what he has done for THE. Nba stellar,
career twenty plus years playing forty years. Old you, know
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THE nba has a policy against performing ants and, drugs
no peds in THE. Nba so the things that he's
been doing at the age of, forty like this is crazy,
talent bro and what he's doing to benefit THE nba
and the entertainment, fans all this stuff is. Great and
in this, situation you messed it up Almost, Nah Will
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smith messed it up pretty. Bad that it ain't on that,
level but you certainly have a commonality intimidating a smaller,
man catching somebody by surprise when they wasn't expecting what
you was about to. Do that's evil and that's. Wrong
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and this is somebody who claims to be a. Believer oh,
yes oh you've, Heard, oh you've Heard lebron expressed his
faith multiple. Times and you see this is the, problem
this problem for us as. Believers. Man we we many
times express our faith with our, words but it doesn't
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often show up in our, actions not often, enough and
we get caught up in the flesh and caught up
in natural, things and we find ourselves missing the. Mark
that's what sin, is M. H and WHAT i want
to focus on is just this idea of that you
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can be doing a good thing and evil can come
out of. It god, said don't let that. Happen. Listen
the Reason Bronnie james's name is in the mouth of
sportscasters because he's in THE. Nba he's IN. Nba why
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is he in THE. Nba he's twenty years. Old so
the whole man coming to defend his, parent coming to
defend his. Child, okay that misses me, somewhat because he
is twenty years. Old last TIME i. Checked your parenting
ends at. Eighteen you will always be his, father but
you ain't no longer his. Parent once they're, eighteen you
can be their advisor and give them a good. Counsel
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but they, grown they can do what they want to.
Do for the most, part twenty one gives you some more, options,
right but once you, eighteen, brother your parenting is. Over
now you can be a mother and you can be
a father for the rest of their. Life you can
be a. Counselor but if they don't want to listen,
YOU i hain't gotta listen to. You you heard a
team that just, said, NO i can't wait TILL i get,
Eighteen SO i can do WHATEVER i want to, do
WHENEVER i want to do. It AND i know my
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team ain't the only one who ever said that he is.
Eighteen this man's. Twenty he in THE. Nba and here's what's.
True you are in THE nba mostly Because Lebron, james
of your. Juice Bronni james is in THE nba mostly
because Of Lebron james making this, statement holding this, stance
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AND i, quote where is? It where's my? Quote? Oh
here it. Is m. H there's a quote From Lebron.
James he, says, QUOTE i won't even play without WITH
i won't even play talking about what's going to happen next,
year the following, season which would have been this coming.
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Season so prior to this, Season lebron, SAYS i won't even.
PLAY i want to play with my son and the
money doesn't even, matter is what he. Said the next
team THAT i play for is the team that drafts my.
Son that's what he. Said Lebron james said. That, now
at this, Moment Lebron james is on The Los Angeles,
lakers and now he can he can be a free
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agent the following, year but he can also sign with
The lakers, again you think The lakers wanted to Lose Lebron,
James you think they wanted to do. That, no that's
a real short answer for the sake of. Time, No
so what you basically, did Mister Lebron james is You
You you had the, juice the, power the ability of
the influence to hold The Los Angeles lakers hostage and
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force them to draft your. Son and that's where the
harm comes. In that's where the harm comes. In if
you got if you Got romans chapter, fourteen you can
turn there because we want to see ourselves in this
and we want to see What god wants to do
in our lives as a result of these worldly advents
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that people. Do things happen on a wide. Scale everybody
can see. It what Does god want to do in
our lives as a? Result mm. Hmm so here's where
the foolishness comes. In Lebron james is constilled Confronting STEPHEN.
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A smith and you because he said things About Bronnie
james that The dad didn't. Like but guess, what you
in THE, nba bro And Lebron he's in THE nba
because of. You they drafted him because of. You we
can go. THROUGH i don't have time to go through
all this, stuff but just to, say the numbers that
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he Let Bronni james put up in college prior to
that in high school were not numbers that would have
warranted being drafted number fifty. Five and then you can
see his performance on the. Court and here's where a
good thing, happens but evil comes out of. It who
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was not here to see a father and son duo
play on the SAME nba team for the first time in?
History who was not here for? THAT i was. THERE
i want to see it. LIVE i stayed up. LATE
i don't be doing. THAT i wanted to see it.
Late we were all standing up and Giving lebron the slow.
Clap beautiful thing happened to see his son play with
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his dad and THE nba never been done. Before Beautiful
and that's What Lebron james said he wanted to. Happen
he wanted to happen for. Himself, see this is a
personal goal and it's not necessarily an evil thing because
we all was here for. It we wanted to see.
It this is how subtle Missing god can be in our.
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Lives you can have a personal thing that you want
to happen and it affects someone else. Negatively god, says
don't do. That that's why he, says don't worry about,
anything but pray about. Everything pray about, everything because there
are some desires that are not necessarily evil. Desires it's
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a good, thing But god, said, man that's a good
thing to. Do it's not good to do right. Now
and For Lebron, james it's probably probably Maybe god would have, said,
listen that's a good thing to want to desire to
play with your, son be the first father and son
due or to play in THE nba on the same.
Team but it might not be a good thing for
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you to do because you aren't gonna be able to
handle your son being scrutinized in THE. Nba you ain't
gonna be able to handle. It, See god knew that About.
Lebron and there are many times where we have a
good thing that we want to do in our personal
lives and we didn't Consult god. Enough we ain't consult
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our mentor enough and ask enough, people and a good
thing to pursue turns out that evil comes out of.
It that's when you've missed the. Mark this Is lebron's
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desire something that he wanted to accomplish his own self
his own and the selfishness in itself is not. Evil jesus,
says love others the way you love. Yourself so love yourself,
first but just be careful about your selfish desires and
how they might impact somebody that you. Love you didn't
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think about it, enough maybe. Husbands you didn't think about
what your wife maybe. Needs you just think about your
need and she's sitting back in this relationship and feeling
like this relationship is more about him getting what he
wants more THAN i get WHAT i. Want getting what
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you want is a good, thing but evil comes out
of it when your spouse doesn't get what she. Wants
and you could just take that on down the road
and your own personal. Life how many times have you wanted?
Something possibly on your, job you wanted something and it
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was a good thing to want. That it's a good
thing to want to, raise, Right it's definitely a good
thing to want a. Promotion but if your desire for
that promotion causes you to be an absent parent to
teenagers at home that need, you that's possibly a good.
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Thing that evil can come out of these are some
of the things that we got to be. Careful and
this is the Trap Lebron james fell. In and now
you're confronting somebody and here it. Goes here it goes for.
Me Lebron james wants to stand in front of somebody
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and tell, him don't do your. Job don't talk about my.
Son your son is in THE. Nba your son is
a grown man twenty years old in THE, nba not
putting up. Numbers that's why he went back to THE
G league because he wasn't able to compete on this.
Level there's levels to, this, Bro but you want to
be able to tell somebody else don't do your, job
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and you want to Confront STEVEN. H smith and use
intimidation in order to escape the consequences of something you. Created,
see that's. Evil that's where evil creeps in from a
good thing being. Started and here's the. Irony it's so
ironic right, here so ironic because all you, Were Lebron,
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james love is job and you're probably hating. Me go
ahead and keep on. HATING i don't. Care this is
about us being Genuine christians and showing up Like christ
and not just talking about. It here's where it comes
in where we look like a. Hypocrite you Confronting STEPHEN.
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A smith right on the basketball, court on the basketball,
court the place, where oh oh, oh on the place
where you get to do what you gotta do to
provide for your. Family you want to come and intimidate,
him to tell him not to do the thing that
he does to provide for his. Family, oh that's, evil that's,
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evil making no. Mistakes sportscasters get paid to not talk to.
You they get paid to talk about. You and if
what they're talking about is what you doing on the basketball,
court it's fair. Game why you? Mad and why you
why you standing over this man like you, like like
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you about to throw hands in. Him that's. Intimidation and
this is how we do as. Believers. Man sometimes we'll
go out there and in order to escape the consequences
of things that we have, done were willing to lie. Intimidate,
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oh thank you for pointing this. OUT i lost my
somebody stole my credit. Card thank you for pointing this.
Out somebody wrote that on the. Receipt that wasn't. Me,
Man you ain't trying to get the consequences of that
stupidness you wrote on that receipt about that Oohsh you
wanted to try to escape the. Consequences but guess what
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you found out, Then, no nobody actually didn't steal your credit.
Card that actually was you that wrote that offensive remark
on the. RECEIPT i go into that. Story you just
wait for. It you'll see it if you haven't seen it.
Already she lost her Job century twenty one. Agent she she.
Out they out they ain't standing behind you when you
wrote that foolishness on their receipt and you trying to
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escape the consequence and, say oh, thanks somebody stole. That
that wasn't. Mean, yeah but you got one, problem same.
Problem Lebron james had, cameras cameras were standing right there
watching you pay for that. Meal you was the, One.
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Lebron that's where you made your mistake doing that in
front of the cameras in. Front yeah it was before the,
game Because STEVEN. A smith, SAID i didn't even realize
nobody saw. It the game had started, yet and he
was up in my. Face he, said, man, LISTEN I
i woke up the next. Morning people was Like, steph
and where you? At what was going? On this thing
was popping going. Viral why Because Lebron james chose to
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do this thing in front of the. Camera you couldn't
have called that. Man The bible, says if you have
a problem with your, brother you go to your brother
so that you could possibly win. Him you, say doing
in front of a camera in front of the. World
and this Is Lebron james who always tries to control
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the narrative in his life and in his, career and
this is a moment where he tried to snatch back
the narrative on something he created in order to protect his.
Son and not realizing you actually put your son in
the line of. Fire you did, this and you did
it in front of, cameras so now the whole world
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can see. It that's. Crazy and now who's being impacted the?
Most your? Son and what are you trying to? Do
you trying to do damage control and you blaming somebody
else for your son being talked about when it's possible
he wasn't, ready but he got into THE nba because
of Your, jews because you want to have a. Moment
there was a beautiful, moment but now evil is coming
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out of it because you in the flesh because the
same sports castors that has been talking about you for
years now they can talk about him because he in the.
League and now you mad when you got him in
the league lightly to The. Lakers, now this ain't no average. Franchise,
no this is The, Lakers. Bro we're one of the
most stoic franchises in all of. Sport. Lakers people want
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to hear about The. Lakers people want to hear About. Cowboys.
Huh people want to hear about The, Yankees, Celtics New York,
knicks these stoic franchises that have been around for years
forty nine, Ers, bro people want to hear it's about.
Ratings these teams get the most. Ratings so you brought
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your son into the, spotlight and y'aw you mad because
of what the spotlight. Brings, No, bro you look like
a serious. Hypocrite here you went after a good thing
and evil came out of, it and now you're trying
to erase or dodge the, evil and you willing to tell, us,
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man don't do your job while you out there doing.
Yours stop. It there's no kind of way you look
good in. THIS i hope you're seeing yourselves in. THIS
i hope we are seeing. Ourselves there's too many times
in the relationships or whatever you want to, do you
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just going after a good, thing but you didn't think
it all the way, through and now consequences are coming
and you want to blame somebody else instead of sit
back and, saying you know, what that's my. Bad m.
HM i ain't gonna call nobody else out in. Public
i'm just gonna sit back and own. This the people
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Of god should take personal responsibility for. Things we should
not be like the. World that's one of the things
that we despise about young, people don't We we despise
it young people who refuse to take responsibility for. Something
it's always somebody else's fault and they just never can
humble themselves and sit back and, say you know, What
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i'm messed. Up we're, forgiving we are forgiving. Society i'm
gonna Watch Will smith movies, again and he just took some,
time and Possibly i'll go back and watch some of
the stuff THAT i. Missed, WELL i didn't want to see,
him BUT i didn't want to see him because of
what he, did AND i didn't feel like he owned
it at the. MOMENT i wish he had not done.
IT i Wish Lebron james had not stood in front
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Of steven And smith towering over him and trying to intimidate.
HIM i wish he hadn't done. It but since you
did do, it because you could have called the man
and avoided this whole. Thing you don't Think Lebron james
can get somebody's phone. Number he has, it his agent has.
It everybody can get. It It's steven Ain't, Smith he's.
Bro you could have called that man and pulled him
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aside and said, nope because you on some man stuff
and most of you don't got a problem with What
i'm saying right. Now you can want to call Me
lebron hater and you're just thinking about the sports. Side Man,
AMERICAN i would have done the same. Thing, yeah you
in the flesh just like he. Was so what that's
supposed to be something we brag about about being in the,
flesh anybody getting the. Flesh anybody can get into. Flesh
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that is what we were born. In But god calls
us to do, better and a lot of these, people
the ones that's saying or would have done the same.
Thing you're, wrong, man you Leave brown. Alone he defended, this,
SON a lot of you monks claim to Be. Christians
you got on in chapter. Fourteen you gotta see this
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What god has shown us and through his through the Apostle,
paul he's talking about a simple thing that could bring
harm to someone that's. Vulnerable god, said don't do. This
in this Chapter roman chapter, Fourteen paul is writing and he's, saying,
listen when it comes to new believers being around, you
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be careful that the things that you do as an
older believer might not affect them harshly and cause them
to leave the. Faith so he's talking about eating. Meat he, said,
yes some people eat vegetables only and they think it's
wrong to eat. Meat if it's a new believer who
thinks it's wrong to eat, meat and they only are
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if it's a new believer who thinks it's wrong to eat,
pork and get some scripture that, says, listen nothing is.
Unclean THAT i had. Said it's. Clean all things are
good for. Food that's what the scripture. Say and he says.
Listen but if it's a new believer and you're about
to eat some, pork and the new believer is looking
at you like you the. Apostle, paul are you you my?
Man you, Can't you're not about, to he. Said paul,
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said don't eat the meat because your need for having
the pork should not be greater than the fall that
could happen for this new believer by them seeing you
do something that they think is. Evil paul, says be.
Careful it's not that. Important that person's soul is more
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important because they're, young they're. Fragile And i'm saying, That Brownie,
james that's the same way this is your. Son you
brought him into the, spotlight did this. Thing now he's
in the spotlight and people get to talk about him
because you in the, league and now you don't want
him to get that. Consequence, bro you just signed a
seven million dollars, contract young, man you gotta get what
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comes along with. It but now that's Why god is, saying,
listen careful about the good things that you. Desire don't
let evil come out of. It read through this, Quickly
romans chapter. Fourteen let's start verse. Fourteen i'll be reading
from The New Living. Translation It's paul, SAYS i Know
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i'm convinced on the authority of The Lord jesus that
no food in and of itself is wrong to. Eat
but if someone believes it's, wrong then for that, person
it is. Wrong and if another believer is distressed by
what you, eat you are not acting in love if
you eat it that, is did y'all just hear what
that had? Said he, Says if another believer thinks that
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what you're eating is, wrong to eat, it he, says
you are not acting in love if you eat it
in front of that. Person does love conquer? All or
doesn't the love conquer? All if we ain't doing nothing,
else we should be trying and looking for opportunities to
act loving toward each. Other and he, says be. Careful he,
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says don't let your eating ruined someone for Whom christ.
Died then you will not be criticized for doing something
you believe is. Good he, says you won't be criticized
for doing something that you believe is good if you hold.
Back is this? Necessary is it necessary for you to
eat pork right? Now you can't? Wait bro you around
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these new? Believers is it? Necessary? Man you've heard? You,
Man i've heard. MAN i saw a video of a
pastor dropping the n word in the pool. Pit just
will And nelly drop AN n, word DROPPING f bond
in front of. Pulpit it's, like, really bro new believers
that come in and they have a problem With christians using,
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Profanity how do you think they're gonna be affected by
you doing? That using that language from the poor. Pit
they can't handle. It you've led them astray And god
is gonna hold you responsible and you don't get to
say a. Word they ought to be, With, no you
ought to be because preachers are not people who preach the.
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Gospel you not held to a higher. Standard excuse, me, sir.
Ma'am you are held to the Highest you Are god's.
Representative you Represent, god not, yourself not your own. Desires
so whatever desire you, have whatever you get out of using. Profanity,
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OH i just want to be? Real oh? Really how?
Much how valuable is? That you just want to be?
Real you heard? It? Real everybody see, You we can see.
You we don't think you a. Ghost you? Real why
you gotta be so real that you're willing to run
somebody away from the. Faith who's a young person who
thinks using profanity is? Wrong stop? It and so here
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he goes he's, saying, listen, man don't let the thing
that you're the good thing that you want to, do
don't let it evil be spoken of. It it's a good, Thing,
lebron that you want your son to play and have
this historic. Mark and we was all there. Sharing i'm
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telling you a state, up, lady BECAUSE i want to see.
It he earned, It, Lebron james did for what he's
done for the. League but then now evil has come
out of a good thing that you wanted to, do
because now you're willing to intimidate and attack someone to
tell them not to do their job because you don't
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like somebody talking about your. Son SO i guess it's
okay to Offend STEPHEN. A smith and Intimidate STEPHEN. A
smith at the expense of your. Son, No paul, says,
no don't do. That don't let your good be evil spoken.
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Of you're doing a good thing by eating the park
if you was eating it by. Yourself but he, says
you with a new believer that you know that he
knows that he thinks eating pork is. Wrong paul, says
don't eat the, pork, Bro can you just? Wait ain't
don't either you run this dude out the body Of
christ because his Hero paul The, apostle is eating. Pork
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don't do. It it's not worth, it he. Says don't
let your eating ruin someone for Whom christ. Died then
you will not be criticized for doing something you believe is.
Good you won't be, Criticized you won't be evil spoken
of for doing something that you think is, good he.
Says for The kingdom Of god is not a matter
of what we eat or, drink but of living a
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life of goodness and peace and joy in The Holy.
Spirit that should be the mark of, believers living a
life of, goodness peace and joy through the power Of,
god The spirit Of. God so he, says be careful
about the good things that you, desire and make sure
that what's first in your life is living in a
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way that brings, goodness peace and joy through The spirit Of.
God let that be, first is what he. Says if
you Serve christ with this, attitude you will Please god
and others will approve of you. Too i'm gonna read that.
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Again if you Serve christ with this, Attitude if you
Serve christ with this, attitude you will Please god and
others will approve of you. Too long AS i Got King,
JESUS i don't need nobody. Else you're, wrong sound, Good
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it's a great. Song long AS i got No, bro he.
Says he, says you. Will god will approve of, you
and so will. Others that means the approval of other
people is. Important, now it's not utmost, important but your
reputation with other people can draw people To, christ and
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it can run them. Away so he's, saying if a
good thing that you desire to do is gonna possibly
run people, away don't do, It, bro don't do. It
christ died for this. Person this harm is coming to your, SON,
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lbj And god died for. Him LIKE i get your
goal this, personally and you wanted to set a, mark
and you deserve this right to set that. Mark but
there's consequences for. It and people are gonna be talking
about your son now and here mostly gonna be saying
he ain't really. Ready now he went to THE G
league and he, balling but he can't score point in
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fifteen minutes of him playing for The, lakers he even
score a. Point he can get your. Rebound he didn't
complete a pass or, assists he didn't do, anything and
people are saying he he is no longer among his.
Peers bro let's send him, back and they sent him
back to THE G league and he's falling doing some good.
THINGS i hope he gets, better just Like. Steven they.
Says he ope he gets better and comes on. Back
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but Bro, lebron this is what you. Did and you
can't willing to intimidate and bully somebody else to try
to keep your son from experiences consequences from your. Choices that's,
evil he. Says if you Serve christ with this, attitude
you will Please god and others will approve of. You
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but these are the things that we're experiencing in these last, days.
Y'all AS i try to bring this to a, close
these last, Days god is, saying this is how people
are going to be in these last. Days they're gonna
be lovers of, themselves like you want your own. Thing,
Man just, Man i'm just GLAD i don't have to
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be a teenager, again BECAUSE i just remember from the
TIME i was a teen, anything let's start. Twelve from
the TIME i was twelve the TIME i was about
twenty to twenty years, old the only THING i cared
about was, me things THAT i wanted to, do things
THAT i wanted to, eat things THAT i. Like me, me,
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me me. Me and if the things that you want to,
do the me things only affect you and it's not
an evil thing in the eyes Of, christ then you.
Good go do, it go after. It but he, says
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be careful about your attitude when it comes to this me, me,
me and be careful that the things that you desire
don't bring evil or harm to someone. Else he, says
in these last, days more and more people are gonna
just be caring about, me and it shouldn't. Be so
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how you get better at this is by what it just,
says live with this attitude if you are In, christ
by thinking about every choice that you, make every desire
that you, have you think about it and Ask. God, wisdom,
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knowledge and understanding is what you get when you Ask.
God it, Says god will give you the desires of your.
Heart when all of your ways please, him he will
give you the desires of your. Heart now here's what
that does not. Say does not mean that when your
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ways Please, god he'll give you everything that you. Want
that's not what that. Means it, says when your ways Please.
God when your lifestyle pleases, him he will place in
your heart the things that you. Desire he will place
in your heart the things that you want, for the
things that you strive, for he will place it in your.
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Heart that's how you can get to a point where
your prayers get, answered because the things you're praying for
are things That god told you to pray, for Because
he placed it in your heart as a. Desire the
more you live For, christ the more you would desire
things that benefit somebody else other than. Yourself come, on married,
people we got to do, better, man we got to do.
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Better you. Know there's certain things that you, like and
there's certain things that your false, like and y'all keep
going back and, forth and everybody mad because they're not
getting what they. Want is anybody gonna humble themselves before
their spouse it's all about, you. Huh i'm coming back
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to the heart of worship where it's all about. Me
it's all about. Me He at some, point when we
humble ourselves and put others, first the things that we
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desire to do can change because The spirit Of god,
says don't desire that, thing because while that thing is
a good. Thing it will bring harm to someone that you.
Love it's a good thing that you want in your,
relationship but that thing will bring harm to someone that
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you love and that they're not getting what they. Want
this is live with this, attitude is what he. Says
live with this. Attitude that's ALL i have time for. Today,
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days are. Coming we'll talk more about. That Maybe i'll
do the second half of these things THAT i wanted
to share this. Week Maybe i'll do that in middle
of the week or something like, that where the last
days are coming and those who have counterfeit faith will be.
Exposed in the, end you will not. Escape and as for,
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ME i don't want my good deeds to be evil
spoken of more and. MORE i want to Please. GOD
i don't want to it to the last, day judgment,
day And god, say depart from. ME i have no
idea who you. Are we were not. Intimate there's no
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intimate relationship with. Me But, LORD i did all these.
THINGS i did this. This, yep you did all of those,
things but you failed to serve the least of. These,
woo he. Said inasmuch as you've done it unto the
least of, these you've done it unto. Me depart from
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me because you failed to do it unto the least of,
these and therefore you failed to do it under. Me
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The chastening of the Lord hurts, like, don't feel good.
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When God does something, says something to correct us and
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Were going in and I'm gonna tell you how Lebron James,
believe it or not, tell you how Lebron James has
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I did all that stuff. Okay, ay, Rene said, I'm
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I don't even care. I care about your feelings. And
mine got hurt too, because I've been ruminating on this
for the past three days. I can't my feelings and
got hurt. I see myself in this all day long.
But I got to go in on mister Lebron James.
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M Now you shall how you Lebron James? How you
turned into Will Smith? How in the world did that happen?
Keep my wife's name out your f in mouth, mister
Will Smith. That's it. After he done walked up on
the stage and assaulted Chris Rock in front of everybody.
Assault and battery, by the way, it's like this crazy, Now,
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how does Lebron James, who've had an impeccable career all
this time, how you waiting until the end to mess
it up? So we go on in today. Absolutely, the
Sins of the Father is where we want to kind
of focus on and just see what the Lord reveals
through the situation. So let me show you what man's
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eyes revealed, because there's some things that the Lord reveals
that's just way different than what we initially see. So
let me deal with this. If you haven't heard by now,
Lebron James confronted stephen A. Smith right there on the
basketball court before the Lakers played the New York Knicks
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this past week. I think it was Wednesday night, by
been Thursday night. So you see an image if you
could just google it, Lebron James confronts Stephen A's everywhere.
It went viral. He's everywhere, and so what you see
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and this is really clear to remember here, this image
of Stephen A. Smith has got a court side seat.
Stephen A. Smith as a commentator, journalist for many, many years.
He is the voice of sports talk. He is the
face of ESPN. Just signed a really big contract. He
gets paid to talk sports and all things sports related.
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That's what he gets paid to do. He said something
about Lebron James' son, Bronnie James. Lebron James obviously took
exception to it. Was very angry standing over the top
of stephen A. Smith before the basketball game, began issuing
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some very angry words to stephen A. Smith, and Steven
Smith himself said, I can't, I can't, I can't tell
you what he said over the FCC airwaves, it would
not be fit. But he basically told me to watch
what I say about his son and and and keep
whatever issue he said, keep his son, Briannie James, out
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of it. And for me, the image, the imagery is
what I just can't get over. I just can't get
over the imagery of is Lebron James sixty eight or
sixty seven, two hundred and sixty pounds and you standing
over Steve. Now, Stephen A is not a small man.
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Steven A. Smith is probably about sixty three. Let's just
say he's nowhere near two hundred and sixty pounds. Lebron
James is sixty seven six', eight a supremely CONDITIONED nba.
Athlete and here he is standing over the top Of STEPHEN. A,
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smith where he just walked up to him all of a, Sudden,
Steven they, SAID i wouldn't expect. HIM i didn't know
he was even angry at WHAT i, Said AND i
wasn't expecting him to pose up on me like. THAT
i was ready to watch the basketball, game and all
of a, Sudden Lebron james walked over to, me got
up in my. Face he was well within arms. Reach
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let's just say. That and just this imagery Of Lebron
james standing up looking down at him And stephen he
was looking right at. HIM i told, it told that's,
fine and we ain't even gonna get into the man
stuff this. Is and Even STEPHEN. A smith, said, listen
this is apparent protecting their. Child. Stephen they, SAID i get.
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IT i understand why he was. UPSET i think he
got me wrong in the comments THAT i was. Making
it was about him and not about his. Son SO
i think he got me. Wrong BUT i didn't take
offense to it at that moment because number, one it shocked.
ME i didn't really you, KNOW i wasn't. PREPARED i
don't know he was. Coming it just, happened and it's
only about ten. Seconds but he walked off after he
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said what he, said AND i said WHAT i, said
and he walked, off and this thing blew up. Overnight
So steven addressed It friday morning on his Show First. Take,
now let's all deal with this simple. Stuff. First this
is What, god this is what we see as human,
beings just initially looking at the. Situation and Then i'll
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talk about What god wants to reveal to. Us so
WHAT i see is As i'm with Stephen, A, YEP
i see a parent protecting their. CHILD i can see.
THAT i can see. That somebody might, Say, yep in that,
Situation i'm going to do the same. Thing i'll die for.
Mine that's what they. Say i'll die for. Mine, man
have you seen some of the things a mama has
said about her child while her child being arrested by the. Police,
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oh my baby didn't do, That not my. Baby she
will fight the, police an, Army, navy Air, force and
marines to protect her. Baby that's. Parents mama bear will
protect her cubs at any. Cost this is what. Happens
SO i get that. Part. Yep i'm with that part
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Because i'm a. PARENT i got five AND i got
three bonus. Kids i'm, married and the three kids three
kids with special. Needs three all three of my kids got,
autism someone got a little cerebral, palsy and some other
things going. On children with special needs need special. Protection and, man,
listen if you want to see my wife turn into
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a grizzly, bear a human tornado come between her and her,
kids say something about her kids, brother she will be
in rare form and you don't want to be in that.
Path this is human. Nature, Okay SO i get that. Part,
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now that's the easy. Part that's what man. Sees now
let's dive in and see What god sees and What
god wants to show. Us What god wants to show
us is this is WHAT i believe is a. Truth
Lebron james is all kinds of wrong here and in
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no way is there anything right in what he. Did
and the truth of the matter, Is Lebron, james you
harmed your. Son you did. It you went after a
good thing and evil came out of, it and you
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tried to check somebody else because of. It M Lebron
james comes across looking like a thug and an, intimidator
AND i don't like. IT i Like Lebron. JAMES i
like The. Lakers Is Detroit pistons, first Then. Lakers i'm From.
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DETROIT i Like. Lakers this is The Los Angeles. Lakers
this Is Lebron. James the game owes him a. Lot
he has been underpaid forty. Years THE nba cannot Repay
Lebron james for what he has done for THE. Nba stellar,
career twenty plus years playing forty years. Old you, know
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THE nba has a policy against performing ants and, drugs
no peds in THE. Nba so the things that he's
been doing at the age of, forty like this is crazy,
talent bro and what he's doing to benefit THE nba
and the entertainment, fans all this stuff is. Great and
in this, situation you messed it up Almost, Nah Will
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smith messed it up pretty. Bad that it ain't on that,
level but you certainly have a commonality intimidating a smaller,
man catching somebody by surprise when they wasn't expecting what
you was about to. Do that's evil and that's. Wrong
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and this is somebody who claims to be a. Believer oh,
yes oh you've, Heard, oh you've Heard lebron expressed his
faith multiple. Times and you see this is the, problem
this problem for us as. Believers. Man we we many
times express our faith with our, words but it doesn't
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often show up in our, actions not often, enough and
we get caught up in the flesh and caught up
in natural, things and we find ourselves missing the. Mark
that's what sin, is M. H and WHAT i want
to focus on is just this idea of that you
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can be doing a good thing and evil can come
out of. It god, said don't let that. Happen. Listen
the Reason Bronnie james's name is in the mouth of
sportscasters because he's in THE. Nba he's IN. Nba why
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is he in THE. Nba he's twenty years. Old so
the whole man coming to defend his, parent coming to
defend his. Child, okay that misses me, somewhat because he
is twenty years. Old last TIME i. Checked your parenting
ends at. Eighteen you will always be his, father but
you ain't no longer his. Parent once they're, eighteen you
can be their advisor and give them a good. Counsel
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but they, grown they can do what they want to.
Do for the most, part twenty one gives you some more, options,
right but once you, eighteen, brother your parenting is. Over
now you can be a mother and you can be
a father for the rest of their. Life you can
be a. Counselor but if they don't want to listen,
YOU i hain't gotta listen to. You you heard a
team that just, said, NO i can't wait TILL i get,
Eighteen SO i can do WHATEVER i want to, do
WHENEVER i want to do. It AND i know my
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team ain't the only one who ever said that he is.
Eighteen this man's. Twenty he in THE. Nba and here's what's.
True you are in THE nba mostly Because Lebron, james
of your. Juice Bronni james is in THE nba mostly
because Of Lebron james making this, statement holding this, stance
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AND i, quote where is? It where's my? Quote? Oh
here it. Is m. H there's a quote From Lebron.
James he, says, QUOTE i won't even play without WITH
i won't even play talking about what's going to happen next,
year the following, season which would have been this coming.
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Season so prior to this, Season lebron, SAYS i won't even.
PLAY i want to play with my son and the
money doesn't even, matter is what he. Said the next
team THAT i play for is the team that drafts my.
Son that's what he. Said Lebron james said. That, now
at this, Moment Lebron james is on The Los Angeles,
lakers and now he can he can be a free
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agent the following, year but he can also sign with
The lakers, again you think The lakers wanted to Lose Lebron,
James you think they wanted to do. That, no that's
a real short answer for the sake of. Time, No
so what you basically, did Mister Lebron james is You
You you had the, juice the, power the ability of
the influence to hold The Los Angeles lakers hostage and
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force them to draft your. Son and that's where the
harm comes. In that's where the harm comes. In if
you got if you Got romans chapter, fourteen you can
turn there because we want to see ourselves in this
and we want to see What god wants to do
in our lives as a result of these worldly advents
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that people. Do things happen on a wide. Scale everybody
can see. It what Does god want to do in
our lives as a? Result mm. Hmm so here's where
the foolishness comes. In Lebron james is constilled Confronting STEPHEN.
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A smith and you because he said things About Bronnie
james that The dad didn't. Like but guess, what you
in THE, nba bro And Lebron he's in THE nba
because of. You they drafted him because of. You we
can go. THROUGH i don't have time to go through
all this, stuff but just to, say the numbers that
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he Let Bronni james put up in college prior to
that in high school were not numbers that would have
warranted being drafted number fifty. Five and then you can
see his performance on the. Court and here's where a
good thing, happens but evil comes out of. It who
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was not here to see a father and son duo
play on the SAME nba team for the first time in?
History who was not here for? THAT i was. THERE
i want to see it. LIVE i stayed up. LATE
i don't be doing. THAT i wanted to see it.
Late we were all standing up and Giving lebron the slow.
Clap beautiful thing happened to see his son play with
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his dad and THE nba never been done. Before Beautiful
and that's What Lebron james said he wanted to. Happen
he wanted to happen for. Himself, see this is a
personal goal and it's not necessarily an evil thing because
we all was here for. It we wanted to see.
It this is how subtle Missing god can be in our.
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Lives you can have a personal thing that you want
to happen and it affects someone else. Negatively god, says
don't do. That that's why he, says don't worry about,
anything but pray about. Everything pray about, everything because there
are some desires that are not necessarily evil. Desires it's
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a good, thing But god, said, man that's a good
thing to. Do it's not good to do right. Now
and For Lebron, james it's probably probably Maybe god would have, said,
listen that's a good thing to want to desire to
play with your, son be the first father and son
due or to play in THE nba on the same.
Team but it might not be a good thing for
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you to do because you aren't gonna be able to
handle your son being scrutinized in THE. Nba you ain't
gonna be able to handle. It, See god knew that About.
Lebron and there are many times where we have a
good thing that we want to do in our personal
lives and we didn't Consult god. Enough we ain't consult
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our mentor enough and ask enough, people and a good
thing to pursue turns out that evil comes out of.
It that's when you've missed the. Mark this Is lebron's
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desire something that he wanted to accomplish his own self
his own and the selfishness in itself is not. Evil jesus,
says love others the way you love. Yourself so love yourself,
first but just be careful about your selfish desires and
how they might impact somebody that you. Love you didn't
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think about it, enough maybe. Husbands you didn't think about
what your wife maybe. Needs you just think about your
need and she's sitting back in this relationship and feeling
like this relationship is more about him getting what he
wants more THAN i get WHAT i. Want getting what
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you want is a good, thing but evil comes out
of it when your spouse doesn't get what she. Wants
and you could just take that on down the road
and your own personal. Life how many times have you wanted?
Something possibly on your, job you wanted something and it
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was a good thing to want. That it's a good
thing to want to, raise, Right it's definitely a good
thing to want a. Promotion but if your desire for
that promotion causes you to be an absent parent to
teenagers at home that need, you that's possibly a good.
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Thing that evil can come out of these are some
of the things that we got to be. Careful and
this is the Trap Lebron james fell. In and now
you're confronting somebody and here it. Goes here it goes for.
Me Lebron james wants to stand in front of somebody
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and tell, him don't do your. Job don't talk about my.
Son your son is in THE. Nba your son is
a grown man twenty years old in THE, nba not
putting up. Numbers that's why he went back to THE
G league because he wasn't able to compete on this.
Level there's levels to, this, Bro but you want to
be able to tell somebody else don't do your, job
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and you want to Confront STEVEN. H smith and use
intimidation in order to escape the consequences of something you. Created,
see that's. Evil that's where evil creeps in from a
good thing being. Started and here's the. Irony it's so
ironic right, here so ironic because all you, Were Lebron,
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james love is job and you're probably hating. Me go
ahead and keep on. HATING i don't. Care this is
about us being Genuine christians and showing up Like christ
and not just talking about. It here's where it comes
in where we look like a. Hypocrite you Confronting STEPHEN.
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A smith right on the basketball, court on the basketball,
court the place, where oh oh, oh on the place
where you get to do what you gotta do to
provide for your. Family you want to come and intimidate,
him to tell him not to do the thing that
he does to provide for his. Family, oh that's, evil that's,
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evil making no. Mistakes sportscasters get paid to not talk to.
You they get paid to talk about. You and if
what they're talking about is what you doing on the basketball,
court it's fair. Game why you? Mad and why you
why you standing over this man like you, like like
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you about to throw hands in. Him that's. Intimidation and
this is how we do as. Believers. Man sometimes we'll
go out there and in order to escape the consequences
of things that we have, done were willing to lie. Intimidate,
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oh thank you for pointing this. OUT i lost my
somebody stole my credit. Card thank you for pointing this.
Out somebody wrote that on the. Receipt that wasn't. Me,
Man you ain't trying to get the consequences of that
stupidness you wrote on that receipt about that Oohsh you
wanted to try to escape the. Consequences but guess what
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you found out, Then, no nobody actually didn't steal your credit.
Card that actually was you that wrote that offensive remark
on the. RECEIPT i go into that. Story you just
wait for. It you'll see it if you haven't seen it.
Already she lost her Job century twenty one. Agent she she.
Out they out they ain't standing behind you when you
wrote that foolishness on their receipt and you trying to
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escape the consequence and, say oh, thanks somebody stole. That
that wasn't. Mean, yeah but you got one, problem same.
Problem Lebron james had, cameras cameras were standing right there
watching you pay for that. Meal you was the, One.
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Lebron that's where you made your mistake doing that in
front of the cameras in. Front yeah it was before the,
game Because STEVEN. A smith, SAID i didn't even realize
nobody saw. It the game had started, yet and he
was up in my. Face he, said, man, LISTEN I
i woke up the next. Morning people was Like, steph
and where you? At what was going? On this thing
was popping going. Viral why Because Lebron james chose to
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do this thing in front of the. Camera you couldn't
have called that. Man The bible, says if you have
a problem with your, brother you go to your brother
so that you could possibly win. Him you, say doing
in front of a camera in front of the. World
and this Is Lebron james who always tries to control
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the narrative in his life and in his, career and
this is a moment where he tried to snatch back
the narrative on something he created in order to protect his.
Son and not realizing you actually put your son in
the line of. Fire you did, this and you did
it in front of, cameras so now the whole world
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can see. It that's. Crazy and now who's being impacted the?
Most your? Son and what are you trying to? Do
you trying to do damage control and you blaming somebody
else for your son being talked about when it's possible
he wasn't, ready but he got into THE nba because
of Your, jews because you want to have a. Moment
there was a beautiful, moment but now evil is coming
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out of it because you in the flesh because the
same sports castors that has been talking about you for
years now they can talk about him because he in the.
League and now you mad when you got him in
the league lightly to The. Lakers, now this ain't no average. Franchise,
no this is The, Lakers. Bro we're one of the
most stoic franchises in all of. Sport. Lakers people want
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to hear about The. Lakers people want to hear About. Cowboys.
Huh people want to hear about The, Yankees, Celtics New York,
knicks these stoic franchises that have been around for years
forty nine, Ers, bro people want to hear it's about.
Ratings these teams get the most. Ratings so you brought
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your son into the, spotlight and y'aw you mad because
of what the spotlight. Brings, No, bro you look like
a serious. Hypocrite here you went after a good thing
and evil came out of, it and now you're trying
to erase or dodge the, evil and you willing to tell, us,
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man don't do your job while you out there doing.
Yours stop. It there's no kind of way you look
good in. THIS i hope you're seeing yourselves in. THIS
i hope we are seeing. Ourselves there's too many times
in the relationships or whatever you want to, do you
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just going after a good, thing but you didn't think
it all the way, through and now consequences are coming
and you want to blame somebody else instead of sit
back and, saying you know, what that's my. Bad m.
HM i ain't gonna call nobody else out in. Public
i'm just gonna sit back and own. This the people
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Of god should take personal responsibility for. Things we should
not be like the. World that's one of the things
that we despise about young, people don't We we despise
it young people who refuse to take responsibility for. Something
it's always somebody else's fault and they just never can
humble themselves and sit back and, say you know, What
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i'm messed. Up we're, forgiving we are forgiving. Society i'm
gonna Watch Will smith movies, again and he just took some,
time and Possibly i'll go back and watch some of
the stuff THAT i. Missed, WELL i didn't want to see,
him BUT i didn't want to see him because of
what he, did AND i didn't feel like he owned
it at the. MOMENT i wish he had not done.
IT i Wish Lebron james had not stood in front
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Of steven And smith towering over him and trying to intimidate.
HIM i wish he hadn't done. It but since you
did do, it because you could have called the man
and avoided this whole. Thing you don't Think Lebron james
can get somebody's phone. Number he has, it his agent has.
It everybody can get. It It's steven Ain't, Smith he's.
Bro you could have called that man and pulled him
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aside and said, nope because you on some man stuff
and most of you don't got a problem with What
i'm saying right. Now you can want to call Me
lebron hater and you're just thinking about the sports. Side Man,
AMERICAN i would have done the same. Thing, yeah you
in the flesh just like he. Was so what that's
supposed to be something we brag about about being in the,
flesh anybody getting the. Flesh anybody can get into. Flesh
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that is what we were born. In But god calls
us to do, better and a lot of these, people
the ones that's saying or would have done the same.
Thing you're, wrong, man you Leave brown. Alone he defended, this,
SON a lot of you monks claim to Be. Christians
you got on in chapter. Fourteen you gotta see this
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What god has shown us and through his through the Apostle,
paul he's talking about a simple thing that could bring
harm to someone that's. Vulnerable god, said don't do. This
in this Chapter roman chapter, Fourteen paul is writing and he's, saying,
listen when it comes to new believers being around, you
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be careful that the things that you do as an
older believer might not affect them harshly and cause them
to leave the. Faith so he's talking about eating. Meat he, said,
yes some people eat vegetables only and they think it's
wrong to eat. Meat if it's a new believer who
thinks it's wrong to eat, meat and they only are
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if it's a new believer who thinks it's wrong to eat,
pork and get some scripture that, says, listen nothing is.
Unclean THAT i had. Said it's. Clean all things are
good for. Food that's what the scripture. Say and he says.
Listen but if it's a new believer and you're about
to eat some, pork and the new believer is looking
at you like you the. Apostle, paul are you you my?
Man you, Can't you're not about, to he. Said paul,
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said don't eat the meat because your need for having
the pork should not be greater than the fall that
could happen for this new believer by them seeing you
do something that they think is. Evil paul, says be.
Careful it's not that. Important that person's soul is more
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important because they're, young they're. Fragile And i'm saying, That Brownie,
james that's the same way this is your. Son you
brought him into the, spotlight did this. Thing now he's
in the spotlight and people get to talk about him
because you in the, league and now you don't want
him to get that. Consequence, bro you just signed a
seven million dollars, contract young, man you gotta get what
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comes along with. It but now that's Why god is, saying,
listen careful about the good things that you. Desire don't
let evil come out of. It read through this, Quickly
romans chapter. Fourteen let's start verse. Fourteen i'll be reading
from The New Living. Translation It's paul, SAYS i Know
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i'm convinced on the authority of The Lord jesus that
no food in and of itself is wrong to. Eat
but if someone believes it's, wrong then for that, person
it is. Wrong and if another believer is distressed by
what you, eat you are not acting in love if
you eat it that, is did y'all just hear what
that had? Said he, Says if another believer thinks that
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what you're eating is, wrong to eat, it he, says
you are not acting in love if you eat it
in front of that. Person does love conquer? All or
doesn't the love conquer? All if we ain't doing nothing,
else we should be trying and looking for opportunities to
act loving toward each. Other and he, says be. Careful he,
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says don't let your eating ruined someone for Whom christ.
Died then you will not be criticized for doing something
you believe is. Good he, says you won't be criticized
for doing something that you believe is good if you hold.
Back is this? Necessary is it necessary for you to
eat pork right? Now you can't? Wait bro you around
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these new? Believers is it? Necessary? Man you've heard? You,
Man i've heard. MAN i saw a video of a
pastor dropping the n word in the pool. Pit just
will And nelly drop AN n, word DROPPING f bond
in front of. Pulpit it's, like, really bro new believers
that come in and they have a problem With christians using,
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Profanity how do you think they're gonna be affected by
you doing? That using that language from the poor. Pit
they can't handle. It you've led them astray And god
is gonna hold you responsible and you don't get to
say a. Word they ought to be, With, no you
ought to be because preachers are not people who preach the.
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Gospel you not held to a higher. Standard excuse, me, sir.
Ma'am you are held to the Highest you Are god's.
Representative you Represent, god not, yourself not your own. Desires
so whatever desire you, have whatever you get out of using. Profanity,
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OH i just want to be? Real oh? Really how?
Much how valuable is? That you just want to be?
Real you heard? It? Real everybody see, You we can see.
You we don't think you a. Ghost you? Real why
you gotta be so real that you're willing to run
somebody away from the. Faith who's a young person who
thinks using profanity is? Wrong stop? It and so here
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he goes he's, saying, listen, man don't let the thing
that you're the good thing that you want to, do
don't let it evil be spoken of. It it's a good, Thing,
lebron that you want your son to play and have
this historic. Mark and we was all there. Sharing i'm
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telling you a state, up, lady BECAUSE i want to see.
It he earned, It, Lebron james did for what he's
done for the. League but then now evil has come
out of a good thing that you wanted to, do
because now you're willing to intimidate and attack someone to
tell them not to do their job because you don't
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like somebody talking about your. Son SO i guess it's
okay to Offend STEPHEN. A smith and Intimidate STEPHEN. A
smith at the expense of your. Son, No paul, says,
no don't do. That don't let your good be evil spoken.
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Of you're doing a good thing by eating the park
if you was eating it by. Yourself but he, says
you with a new believer that you know that he
knows that he thinks eating pork is. Wrong paul, says
don't eat the, pork, Bro can you just? Wait ain't
don't either you run this dude out the body Of
christ because his Hero paul The, apostle is eating. Pork
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don't do. It it's not worth, it he. Says don't
let your eating ruin someone for Whom christ. Died then
you will not be criticized for doing something you believe is.
Good you won't be, Criticized you won't be evil spoken
of for doing something that you think is, good he.
Says for The kingdom Of god is not a matter
of what we eat or, drink but of living a
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life of goodness and peace and joy in The Holy.
Spirit that should be the mark of, believers living a
life of, goodness peace and joy through the power Of,
god The spirit Of. God so he, says be careful
about the good things that you, desire and make sure
that what's first in your life is living in a
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way that brings, goodness peace and joy through The spirit Of.
God let that be, first is what he. Says if
you Serve christ with this, attitude you will Please god
and others will approve of you. Too i'm gonna read that.
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Again if you Serve christ with this, Attitude if you
Serve christ with this, attitude you will Please god and
others will approve of you. Too long AS i Got King,
JESUS i don't need nobody. Else you're, wrong sound, Good
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it's a great. Song long AS i got No, bro he.
Says he, says you. Will god will approve of, you
and so will. Others that means the approval of other
people is. Important, now it's not utmost, important but your
reputation with other people can draw people To, christ and
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it can run them. Away so he's, saying if a
good thing that you desire to do is gonna possibly
run people, away don't do, It, bro don't do. It
christ died for this. Person this harm is coming to your, SON,
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lbj And god died for. Him LIKE i get your
goal this, personally and you wanted to set a, mark
and you deserve this right to set that. Mark but
there's consequences for. It and people are gonna be talking
about your son now and here mostly gonna be saying
he ain't really. Ready now he went to THE G
league and he, balling but he can't score point in
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fifteen minutes of him playing for The, lakers he even
score a. Point he can get your. Rebound he didn't
complete a pass or, assists he didn't do, anything and
people are saying he he is no longer among his.
Peers bro let's send him, back and they sent him
back to THE G league and he's falling doing some good.
THINGS i hope he gets, better just Like. Steven they.
Says he ope he gets better and comes on. Back
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but Bro, lebron this is what you. Did and you
can't willing to intimidate and bully somebody else to try
to keep your son from experiences consequences from your. Choices that's,
evil he. Says if you Serve christ with this, attitude
you will Please god and others will approve of. You
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but these are the things that we're experiencing in these last, days.
Y'all AS i try to bring this to a, close
these last, Days god is, saying this is how people
are going to be in these last. Days they're gonna
be lovers of, themselves like you want your own. Thing,
Man just, Man i'm just GLAD i don't have to
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be a teenager, again BECAUSE i just remember from the
TIME i was a teen, anything let's start. Twelve from
the TIME i was twelve the TIME i was about
twenty to twenty years, old the only THING i cared
about was, me things THAT i wanted to, do things
THAT i wanted to, eat things THAT i. Like me, me,
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me me. Me and if the things that you want to,
do the me things only affect you and it's not
an evil thing in the eyes Of, christ then you.
Good go do, it go after. It but he, says
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be careful about your attitude when it comes to this me, me,
me and be careful that the things that you desire
don't bring evil or harm to someone. Else he, says
in these last, days more and more people are gonna
just be caring about, me and it shouldn't. Be so
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how you get better at this is by what it just,
says live with this attitude if you are In, christ
by thinking about every choice that you, make every desire
that you, have you think about it and Ask. God, wisdom,
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knowledge and understanding is what you get when you Ask.
God it, Says god will give you the desires of your.
Heart when all of your ways please, him he will
give you the desires of your. Heart now here's what
that does not. Say does not mean that when your
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ways Please, god he'll give you everything that you. Want
that's not what that. Means it, says when your ways Please.
God when your lifestyle pleases, him he will place in
your heart the things that you. Desire he will place
in your heart the things that you want, for the
things that you strive, for he will place it in your.
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Heart that's how you can get to a point where
your prayers get, answered because the things you're praying for
are things That god told you to pray, for Because
he placed it in your heart as a. Desire the
more you live For, christ the more you would desire
things that benefit somebody else other than. Yourself come, on married,
people we got to do, better, man we got to do.
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Better you. Know there's certain things that you, like and
there's certain things that your false, like and y'all keep
going back and, forth and everybody mad because they're not
getting what they. Want is anybody gonna humble themselves before
their spouse it's all about, you. Huh i'm coming back
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to the heart of worship where it's all about. Me
it's all about. Me He at some, point when we
humble ourselves and put others, first the things that we
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desire to do can change because The spirit Of god,
says don't desire that, thing because while that thing is
a good. Thing it will bring harm to someone that you.
Love it's a good thing that you want in your,
relationship but that thing will bring harm to someone that
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you love and that they're not getting what they. Want
this is live with this, attitude is what he. Says
live with this. Attitude that's ALL i have time for. Today,
(46:09):
WOW i had so many. NOTES i just don't want
to share Any, boy we want to get to these
empowerment sessions and so we can do some work and
work on these things. Together thank you for. Subscribing thank
you for sharing this information with, others and thank you
for all of you who want to have a genuine
(46:30):
faith In christ and one that's not. Counterfeit the last
days are. Coming we'll talk more about. That Maybe i'll
do the second half of these things THAT i wanted
to share this. Week Maybe i'll do that in middle
of the week or something like, that where the last
days are coming and those who have counterfeit faith will be.
Exposed in the, end you will not. Escape and as for,
(46:51):
ME i don't want my good deeds to be evil
spoken of more and. MORE i want to Please. GOD
i don't want to it to the last, day judgment,
day And god, say depart from. ME i have no
idea who you. Are we were not. Intimate there's no
(47:12):
intimate relationship with. Me But, LORD i did all these.
THINGS i did this. This, yep you did all of those,
things but you failed to serve the least of. These,
woo he. Said inasmuch as you've done it unto the
least of, these you've done it unto. Me depart from
(47:35):
me because you failed to do it unto the least of,
these and therefore you failed to do it under. Me
be a sad. Day don't let that be. YOU i
don't want it to be. Me Henry flowers powerful living outreach.
MINISTRIES i ain't going. Towhere i'm coming. Back
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