January 2, 2025 • 40 mins
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Welcome to all who have served, are serving, and will
serve in the Armed services, to the veterans. In Christ
Podcast with your host, doctor and Navy veteran k l Rich,
we pray that every battle in your spiritual, personal, and
physical life is one as we follow Christ, who is
our commanding officer in this field called life.
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Whether you are here for spiritual encouragement, information on veteran.
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Benefits, PTSD suicide prevention, or want to know the latest
military news, we are here to serve you.
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Now Here is your host, doctor k l Rich.
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Hi, and thanks for tuning in today on this January second.
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What is today?
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It is Thursday, January second of twenty twenty five. I
pray that you have had a blessed and wonderful holiday.
We went through Thanksgiving, we went through this month's holiday,
those who celebrate Hanukkah as well as the New year,
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New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and so I pray
that you all have had a blessed and wonderful holiday.
I want to first mention. First of all, I want
to thank you all for tuning in on this new year.
All of our veterans, all of our first responders, all
of our active duty, all of our reservists, service, family
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members and different ones. I want to just thank you
for tuning in today. I pray that all is well
with you, and that the remainder of this year, the
remainder of this this week, this month, I pray that
you all will be blessed as we are getting ready
and we have entered into the new year. And one
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thing that we want to do is we honor you
your service to this nation.
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We tell you of God's love and his salvation.
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We give you information that you can use rather a veteran,
active duty, reservice first responder, or a family member of
someone in dressed white, greens, or blue. So again, we
thank you for tuning in today. I wanted to take
a moment just to ask that we all be prayerful
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over those who lost their loved ones in the most recentack.
I'm gonna call it a terrort attack because it terrorized people.
Rather they want to call it that some are some
or not, but regardless of what it was, it was
a terrorist attack. I'm gonna call it that. Anytime that
you take a truck and ramming into a crowd of
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people and then you come out blazing, it was a
terrorist attack, and so the last I know was ten
people were killed. I don't know if since the last
time that I saw news update on that that was yesterday,
so I don't know if anything has changed. And I
know that twenty six or thirty were wounded or something
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like that, so that was the last information that I know.
It could have gone up. I don't know, but we
want to just keep those left behind, those that are
that are in the hospitals or those who have been wounded,
keep them in prayer. Keep the family members of those
who were affected because their loved ones were lost, keep
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them in prayer. There's so much going on, and this
is day This was day one of the new year
for the Gregorian calendar, so please keep everyone in prayer
this year. We're planning on as always having our podcast
every Tuesday every Thursday at ten am Eastern Standard time,
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non am Central.
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But I'm letting everyone.
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Know this will be the last year that I do
regular podcasts and broadcast because this is gonna be for
both the veterans and christ and the it is finished
in times, ministries, podcasts and broadcasts. We're still gonna be
continuing with it. It is finished ministry aspect for US
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interactive Bible studies, online, in person Bible studies, ministry with
it is finished, but I will be ending the podcasts
and broadcasts on a regular in November. It will be
the two weeks before Thanksgiving that this will be ending.
I will be going in a different direction for us
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more with more evangelism, hands on and interactive Bible studies
and so but it has been wonderful. But in the meantime,
we have still months to go before that. Before we stop,
I want to give you all as much information I can,
and most importantly, in addition to information that you can
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use as a veteran or active duty or a military
spouse or family member, I want to make sure that
we also give the Word of God and speaking of
the Word of God. In order to have that relationship
that we all need with God, we need to be
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in prayer and have an active prayer life. And one
thing is important. It's not about the eloquence of your
words or the length of your prayer. It's about actually
coming into communion with God, allowing him to talk to
you you talk to him communication. We know that relationships
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don't work if they're not communicating. And so when we're
not communicating with God, then our relationship with him can
be strained because we're not communicating with him. So this morning,
whatever it is that you may be needing to talk
to God about, rather it's helping you with your spiritual walk. Rather,
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it's helping you if you're in the military, of your
if you're a veteran, or your print on behalf of
someone else. Let us take that to the Lord and prayer,
because he's the one that hears, he's the one that answers,
he's the one that provites, and he's the one that
came and died for us to have life and have
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it more abundantly. So this morning, let us open up
with a word of prayer. Dear helping Father God, we
just thank you God for allowing us to come before
your presence this morning. Lord, we thank you for keeping
us last year. We thank you that we were able
to come into a new year. We thank you Lord
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for just protecting us God in the loving on us.
Lord Lord, we just thank you Lord. We ask Lord
that you will forgive us for all our sins and shortcomings.
We ask that you will forgive us for the things
we've done normally unknowmly, wilfully and unwilfully. Lord, we ask
that you would cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Lord.
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Lord, we asked that, as we have.
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Entered into this new year according to the Gregorian calendar, Lord,
we ask Lord, that you will help us Lord to
gain more strength in you. Lord, that our faith will
be built up in you, that we will rely on you,
that we would trust you, and that we will not
go astray, that we will hear your voice. Listen to
your voice, Lord, and follow your leading.
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Lord.
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Lord.
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We ask right now that you will be with every
single veteran right now. Lord, provide give them whatever they're
in need of right now. Lord, in accordance with your will. Lord,
we asked if they will be spiritually filled. Lord.
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We ask those that do not.
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Know you, Lord, that they will come to know your
saving grace.
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Lord.
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We asked that you would be with every active duty
person right now. Lord, in the name of Jesus. Those
who do not know you, Lord, we asked that they
will turn their hearts to you before it is too late.
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Lord.
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We asked that those who do know you, Lord, that
they will set the right example before others. Lord, so
that others may be saved by looking at their example.
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Lord.
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Because we are all representatives of you, Lord. Lord, we
asked that you would be with the family members. We
asked that you would be with the reservists, be with
the spouses.
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Lord.
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We ask Lord that you will cover them, Lord, with
your grace and with your mercy.
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Lord.
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We just thank you Lord right now for hearing our
prayers and answering our prayers.
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Lord.
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We ask Lord that has things are changing in the
world Lord, and as war as possible, and there's so
many fronts around the world. Lord, because we know.
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That your word says that there will be wars and
rumors of wars.
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Lord, but we ask Lord that you will protect your
people and even Lord, those that may not come back. Lord,
we ask Lord that they would have found you, Lord
and would have found peace in you. Lord. We just
as right now, Lord, that you will be with those
right now who have lost love ones Lord in this
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recent terror attack. Lord, we ask Lord that you would
be with them, Lord, comfort them, Lord, and those who
have not received you, that this may be a wake
up for them to turn their hearts and their lives
to you.
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Lord.
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We ask all these things and your son's name Jesus,
you're sure Hamashik, thank God. Amen, Amen, Amen. Well, once again,
I pray that you all have had a blessed and
wonderful holiday and that this year will be blessed for
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you as well.
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We're here to.
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Give you information in the spiritual as well as in
the natural with regards to various benefits, opportunities, things that
you need to know as a veteran, active duty military,
spouse or family member and those that are a first responders.
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So we want to just give you as much information
as we can because so many people into the military
lead the military, and then they don't know that there
are benefits that they can maybe qualify for, or things
that they should be able to apply for, or the
recent changes. Not one thing that I want to let
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you all know if you don't already, and this may
even be relevant to those who may be just just
now filing for benefits, is that we just got a
COLA increase. That's the cost of living assessment or adjustment,
and so therefore it was a two point five I
believe it was two point five for this year, and
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oftentimes they rated in accordance with it kind of goes
hand in hand with what the social security benefits are getting.
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So anyway, you.
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Might want to go online and check what your increase
will be if you're getting disability, rather it's ten percent
all the way to one hundred percent, so that you
will know what the increase that you are entitled to.
If you have dependence and you are taking care of
those dependents, or you have a spouse or whatever, then
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you can go on look at the charts that are
online so that you would know how much you are
supposed to be getting or will be able to get
once you receive that compensation. Pay well today, I want
to come today from the Book of Luke, the Book
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of Luke.
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And Chapter ten. And we often see people that are.
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In need, people that are going through You might see
a homeless veteran on the street. You might see someone
that's in the hospital or nursing home, or someone that's
going through maybe bouts of depression or anxiety or panic
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or PTSD. And one thing is important is for us
as veterans in christ to be compassionate, to empathize, to
feel for others because we're living in a world that
is very very cold. Everyone and I'm when I say
everyone I'm talking about for those whom.
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This applies, because of course we know this this is
not everyone.
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But for those to whom this applies, there's a lot
of people that their love has waxed cold, as the
Bible tells us that it would. And therefore, as veterans
in Christ, we want to be mindful that our love
does not wax cold, that we pray for those that
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are going through, that we help those that are going through,
that we are not so self centered that we forget
that there are others who need the love of Christ,
that we as Christian veterans, can show others. And so,
and this is even towards one another, because sometimes on
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various social media platform even veterans with veterans, I see
the coldness and the lack of care and understanding.
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And this is not how God would have us to be.
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And so in Luke chapter ten, and starting in verse
twenty five, Jesus give us a parable about a good Samaritan,
and we all want to be good Samaritans.
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We see that.
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Jesus was often tested by the religious leaders, and they
always wanted to try to entrap him and try to
catch him up in something. But Jesus was way ahead
of what they wanted to do. And so in Luke,
chapter ten and verse twenty five, it reads, on one occasion,
an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus teacher.
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He asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
What is written in the law? He replied, how do
you read it? He answered, Love the Lord your God,
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your strength, and with all your mind, and
love your neighbor as yourself. You have answered correctly. Jesus replied,
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do this and you will live. And let me just
stop right there. Because you had the experts, those the Pharisees,
the sad you Ses, the Synhedrons, those were the religious
teachers the other day, and they did did not really
care for Jesus, but they wanted to try to trap
him into saying something that went against the law, so
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they could say, ah, we got you, and you spoke
against the law. But they were not able to trap Jesus.
And so Jesus asked, well, he's written in the law,
because he knew that they were they that they were
well versed in the law. And even though they were
well versed in the law. They often most.
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Of them did not really know God.
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So it's one thing to know about God, but it's
one thing to know God to have a relationship with God.
And so the teacher he said, love the Lord with all,
Love the Lord God with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind,
and love your neighbor as yourself. And that was true.
We are to love God when you when you read
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the ten Commandments, it composed of two main things that
Jesus said, love God and love one another. So you
have the first four with how we are to be
with God, and then the rest so or how we
are to be with one another. Ultimately, as we are
loving God, we are showing love to one another. And
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so in verse twenty eight it says you have answer correctly.
Jesus replied, do this and you will live. But he
wanted to justify himself, so he asked, Jesus, and who
is my neighbor? And so this takes me back to
when Cain as God, Am I my brother's keeper? Yes
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we are. We are our brothers, our sisters. We are
each other's keeper. We were to hold each other accountab
but we are to all so care for one another
and love one another. And so in response and reply,
Jesus said, a man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him
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of his clothes, beat him, and went away, leaving him
half dead. A priest happened to be coming down the
same road, and when he saw the man, he passed
on the other side. So too a Levite, when he
came to the place and saw him, he passed on
the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came
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where the man was, and when he saw him, he
took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged
his wounds, pouring on aw and water and wine. Then
he put the man on his own donkey, brought him
to an end and took care of him. The next
day he took out two de nara and gave them
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to the innkeeper look after him, he said, And when
I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense
you may have. Which of these three do you think
was a neighbor to the man who fell into the
hands of the robbers. The expert of the lot replied,
the one who had mercy on him Jesus told him
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go and do likewise. And so Jesus gave its parable
because he wanted the religious leader and the people to
see that we are to be responsible for one another.
Everyone is your neighbor. That means I am accountable or
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I'm responsible for seeing after my neighbors. It's not just
those who live across the street for you, from you,
or next door to you. It's those that are in
the marketplace, those you run into on your job, those
who are in your family, those who you whoever you see,
we are one another's neighbor. And so Jesus he told
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of the priest. The priest was the one that was
supposed to speak on behalf of the people to God.
And so these priests he saw this man that had
been beaten up and had been was in poor condition
and confined for hisself. But instead of instead of him
helping a man, he crossed the street his religion. He
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was so religious that his religion didn't allow him to
even take care of the man. Okay, I'm not speaking
that the religion said that, but what I'm talking about
he was caught up in his religiosity and therefore he
did not think that it was showing kindness or the
goodness of God by him taking time to care for
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this man. And then you had a Levite who was
who passed by. And the Levites were the one that
provided care in the temple. Okay, they assisted the priests,
and they did the other duties of the temple. And
the Levite was supposed to be in the Lord's presence
as well. But he did not show the goodness of God.
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He did not show any type of help or any remorse,
or any simpathy or empathy towards this man. So therefore
he too crossed the street. Okay, he did not care
to help this fellow, his fellow neighbor. But then you
had the Samaritan. And if you do the history and
the Bible, the Samaritans and the Jews did not get along, okay,
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so that they considered the Samaritans as dogs and not
being worthy of anything. But the very person who was
the least likely to have been the one to take
care of this fellow Jew was the one who did. So.
Oftentimes you will find that the people who are the
least likely to help will be the ones who do.
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So we expect those who are our fellow comrades, a
fellow veterans, a fellow church members, brothers and sisters in Christ,
that they would be the ones to immediately come to
your rescue. But sometimes it's not the ones who you
think will be the ones to help you. It's that
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least likely one that would have compassion on you. And
so therefore Jesus gave this parable to say.
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That we are our brother's keeper.
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We are to do likewise, and we're to be neighborly
towards everyone. That means that when I see someone that's
in need, if I am able to help that person,
guess what, when that person is in my path, God
has placed you in that person's path to be able
to help. If you see someone, you know, oftentimes we'll say, oh,
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I'm not giving that person nothing there you know, you
have that mentality, oh whether they could go get a job,
or they can do this or that. But let me
just say a lot of times you have a lot
of veterans that's on the street homeless, and a lot
of them are dealing with mental health issues. Okay, a
lot of people that are homeless are not just there
just because they want to be some they feel that
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they have more freedom with being living that way, but
then some it's other circumstances that has brought them to
that point. It is not for us to which a
which way we think it should go. It's just our
job that if we can offer assistance, rather it's buying
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them some groceries, getting them some clothes or some shoes,
or whatever the case may be, if we can help
someone and allow the Lord to give discernment, because you
know you have those that you know there are some
people out here that play tricks on others. But let
me just say this, it's always a lot of the Lord
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to give you discernment as to who you are to help.
But we shall always have a heart forgiving, a heart
for helping, a heart for sacrificing, and a heart for love.
All Right, we're gonna take a quick break and when
we come back, we're gonna talk about more on showing
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empathy to those who are struggling, struggling vets, struggling active duty.
You know, trend physician, and we want to talk about empathy.
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We'll be back in just a moment.
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Come And that is Jonathan Michael Fleming. Some say freedom
is free and you can find his cadences. His military
cadence is on YouTube and Spotify, on this particular one.
They have a fundraiser. I'm not sure if it's still
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going on or not, but it's for the House House
Homeless Veterans Support Support Goal Star Families and so far
they've raised twenty two hundred and forty three dollars And
so again you can go to you can go to
Jonathan Michael Fleming's website or his channel on YouTube and
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he's also on Spotify. Well, we're we're talking about empathy.
And when you talk about veterans and active duty, our
first responders, our military families, one thing that is so
important is to have empathy for those who are going
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through It's just like the other day with the families
that lost loved ones and that terror attack is you know,
who would not have empathy for what they have gone
through losing their loved ones and this hideous attack that
took place. And so we want to always have empathy.
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I want to give you different types of empathy. We're
gonna talk about three different types right now, and then
we're gonna just talk about signs of empathy that you
want to ensure that you have when it comes to others.
What is empathy? And this is from very well mind
dot com verywellmind dot com. Effective empathy is the ability
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to respond to other people's emotions appropriately. And so when
you talk about effective empathy, we don't want to just
see someone going through As I mentioned before, you see
a homeless veteran and you just call them a bomb.
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Or something like that.
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These are people that someone's mom, some one's dad, someone's brother,
someone's sister, someone's friend. All right, These are people, okay,
So regardless of your economic status, many people or just
one paycheck away from being in the street themselves, all right.
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So effective empathy is being able to respond to other
people's emotions appropriately. That means that when you feel, I
feel Somatic empathy is the ability to feel what another
person is feeling.
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That means that you know what.
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I have gone through a similar situation, So therefore I
can feel what you're going through. I'm not dismissive of
that person's feelings or their emotions. Cognitive empathy is the
ability to understand someone's response to a situation. So when
someone is maybe angry, they may have gone through something.
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For example, the people who just lost their loved ones,
and and rightfully, they would be upset and they would
be angry, and they want answers and how that this happened,
and they might be frustrated, and they might be more
vocal about the situation and you and and it's always
it should never be oh well, you know, be dismissive.
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Understand that they are responding to what took place because
they are at a state of anger, shock and surprise
right now that this that this event took place. And
so it is important for us to, you know, to
practice empathy with others. Don't be don't have As a
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Bible talks about the love that grows cold. We we
should always feel and empathize for another person and what
they're gone through. And even if you can't ravene to help,
still being able to be feeling towards that person, to
empathize towards that person. So one thing that if you
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don't know, okay, well, how can I show empathy towards one?
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Well? Be a good listener. Be a good listener.
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If you are really good at listening to what others
have to say, then that's a sign of empathy. Sometimes
people don't want you to say anything, you know, sometimes
people just need to just to feel like you're there.
And so You don't have to be a counselor you
don't have to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist to
listen to someone. If someone is going through a situation,
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sometimes all they need to do is just have someone
just to listen. You may not have any words of
advice or know what to say, but just being there
to listen is oftentimes the best medicine that someone can
have when they're going through another thing. If you're the
person that people often tell about their problems, they talk
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to you, they feel comfortable talking to you, then you
are showing signs of empathy. Well, you know what, I
make myself available. I make myself where I'm able to
be reachable where someone can feel like they can talk
to me, they can call me, they can tell me things,
and they can tell me things and confidence. So that
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means that when if you're the type of person that
someone can talk to without having to worry about it
going into someone else's ears where the gossip gets around,
then you are a person that's showing empathy. Another way
is being good at picking up on how other people feel.
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Some people call this being an impath, where you're able
to pick up that someone is going through a situation.
This is not judging them. You want to be able
to feel where you know what I'm feeling that this
person is going through a rough spot. I want to
reach out to them. I'm thinking of things that I
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can do to maybe help them or bring a smile
to them, or just at least be there for them. Well,
that's another sign that of empathy. And if you want
to be that person that's empathetic towards another, then this
is something that you can do.
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Again.
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You if people come to you for advice, then often
then that means that people feel that you are trustworthy.
They feel that they can talk to you, they feel
like they can relate to you, They feel like you're
not gonna judge them. They feel like, hey, you know,
this is someone who understands me, and I can talk
to them and I'm not gonna be judged, but they will,
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you know.
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Tell the truth, but I'm not gonna be judged. And
so this is.
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Another way of knowing that, hey, I'm showing the empathy
that others need. If you are a person that feels
overwhelmed by tragic events, this could be this is a
sign of empathy. But one thing you have to be
careful of is to even when you hear of other
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events that's tragic, and of course it touches us all
when we hear things. And if you are an empathetic person, again,
you're feeling for what others are going through. However, there
is a healthy balance because sometimes people can be so
overwhelmed by everything that's going on that it can cause
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them to go into depression or sometimes even have PTSD
based upon maybe not their own personal experience, but being
close enough to what has happened to others or someone
else that they often that they can also present signs
of PTSD. So be careful with not being so overwhelmed
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by tragic circumstances. But you but you're not dismissive and
you feel for others. Another way that you are that
you are empathetic is you try to help others who
are suffering. This might mean that someone who has lost
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of love one. Oftentimes around funerals are homegoings, people tend
to cook and make dishes. A lot of times people cook.
They try to help the family out because they that's
you know, they really don't know any other way to
help in a sense, which is not insaying anything bad
because people oftentimes they don't want they don't feel like cooking.
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They might, you know what, go days without eating because
they have you know, that's lasting on their mind. And
so when someone cooks a dish or something, they that
it helps. And also when you are again, when you're there,
or even if you decide, you know what, if they
got children, you know what, let me keep the children,
keep the children for a little while, a couple of
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hours or or a day or so, and let you
you know, let that person be able to relax and rewind,
and that can help as well. Offering to come clean
up the house is another sign of helping. Being empathetic
towards someone. You know what, I'm gonna take the burden
of them trying to clean or whatever, and I'm gonna
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cut the grass. So I'm gonna offer to clean their
house or or maybe wash their clothes or something. There's
so many ways to be a good neighbor, as we
talked about with the parable of the Samaritan, because being
empathetic towards others' needes is being a good neighbor. It
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is being our brother's keeper. It's a I think it's
state form like a good neighbor state farm is there, okay,
So we want to be a good neighbor. We want
to good be a good neighbor by being empathetic towards others.
Another thing, you deeply care about other people. Some people,
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again they don't have love in their hearts. But then
you have those who are deeply caring. So you're the
type of person that really genuinely care about others. And
when you have this deep care, even you know and
showing someone you care doesn't you might not be the
person that's able to do the manual things. But if
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you're able to just send a card or send a letter,
if people still write letters or emails or whatever case
may be, just to let that person know, you know
what I'm thinking about you, You're on my mind. I
care for you, and I love you, and and those
little things just a little maybe even just a little card.
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Often tell people, even around the holidays, you know, I
value cards. It doesn't have to be anything in it,
but I just you know, I love a card. Is
you know, you don't have to send a gift, you
don't have to send anything. Just the thought of a
card is nice. And so you may not be able
to do anything other than just, you know, send a
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card just to let them know that, hey, I'm praying
for you. You're on my mind. And this is even
with those who are veterans that are going through situations. Sometimes,
if you know a veteran that's feeling alone or whatever,
send them a card or text or email just to say,
you know what I'm thinking about you. You're on my mind.
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Someone that's on active duty, they may be away from
home or whatever. And if you know someone that's on
active duty, get their address, send them a card or
something to say, hey, you know, I know you're you're
thousands of miles away, but I just wanted to let
you know that you are not forgotten.
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You're on my mind.
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Maybe someone that's their family member is away there, they're overseas,
or they're they're abroad or whatever.
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And they haven't seen them in a while.
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Check in on those family members, check in on this
on that spouse, and say, hey, how you doing. I
know your husband is overseas. Is there any way I
can help you?
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Uh?
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Because some people think, oh, well, the military will take
care of that. But then we are to be each
other's neighbors, Okay, We are to show empathy towards one another.
So how can I show the love of Christ Uh
to someone who may be separated from their loved ones
due to serving in the military or whatever any There
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are so many ways to show Christ, and as veterans
in Christ, we are to always show Christ Uh through
what we do for others.
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And one thing.
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That it's important to to be mindful of is that
everything we do, we're doing it as unto the Lord.
Everything that we do as veterans in Christ. That means
that when I'm showing kindness to others, I'm showing it
to God. Jesus said that when you do it unto
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the least of them, you have done it unto Him.
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So Jesus doesn't take it for granted.
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When we help others, when we look out for the others,
when we're kind to others, when we're empathetic to others,
when we show compassion to others, when we do it
unto others, we are doing it unto Him. Well, today,
this ends today's podcast, and I pray that it has
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been a blessing to you and that you will not only.
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Listen to the word.
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As the Book of James said, do not just be listeners,
but be doers of the word. Well, my name is
doctor Rich. I am your Navy veteran and until next time.
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Hi, and thanks for tuning in today on this January second.
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What is today?
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It is Thursday, January second of twenty twenty five. I
pray that you have had a blessed and wonderful holiday.
We went through Thanksgiving, we went through this month's holiday,
those who celebrate Hanukkah as well as the New year,
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New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and so I pray
that you all have had a blessed and wonderful holiday.
I want to first mention. First of all, I want
to thank you all for tuning in on this new year.
All of our veterans, all of our first responders, all
of our active duty, all of our reservists, service, family
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members and different ones. I want to just thank you
for tuning in today. I pray that all is well
with you, and that the remainder of this year, the
remainder of this this week, this month, I pray that
you all will be blessed as we are getting ready
and we have entered into the new year. And one
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thing that we want to do is we honor you
your service to this nation.
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We tell you of God's love and his salvation.
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We give you information that you can use rather a veteran,
active duty, reservice first responder, or a family member of
someone in dressed white, greens, or blue. So again, we
thank you for tuning in today. I wanted to take
a moment just to ask that we all be prayerful
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over those who lost their loved ones in the most recentack.
I'm gonna call it a terrort attack because it terrorized people.
Rather they want to call it that some are some
or not, but regardless of what it was, it was
a terrorist attack. I'm gonna call it that. Anytime that
you take a truck and ramming into a crowd of
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people and then you come out blazing, it was a
terrorist attack, and so the last I know was ten
people were killed. I don't know if since the last
time that I saw news update on that that was yesterday,
so I don't know if anything has changed. And I
know that twenty six or thirty were wounded or something
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like that, so that was the last information that I know.
It could have gone up. I don't know, but we
want to just keep those left behind, those that are
that are in the hospitals or those who have been wounded,
keep them in prayer. Keep the family members of those
who were affected because their loved ones were lost, keep
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them in prayer. There's so much going on, and this
is day This was day one of the new year
for the Gregorian calendar, so please keep everyone in prayer
this year. We're planning on as always having our podcast
every Tuesday every Thursday at ten am Eastern Standard time,
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non am Central.
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But I'm letting everyone.
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Know this will be the last year that I do
regular podcasts and broadcast because this is gonna be for
both the veterans and christ and the it is finished
in times, ministries, podcasts and broadcasts. We're still gonna be
continuing with it. It is finished ministry aspect for US
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interactive Bible studies, online, in person Bible studies, ministry with
it is finished, but I will be ending the podcasts
and broadcasts on a regular in November. It will be
the two weeks before Thanksgiving that this will be ending.
I will be going in a different direction for us
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more with more evangelism, hands on and interactive Bible studies
and so but it has been wonderful. But in the meantime,
we have still months to go before that. Before we stop,
I want to give you all as much information I can,
and most importantly, in addition to information that you can
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use as a veteran or active duty or a military
spouse or family member, I want to make sure that
we also give the Word of God and speaking of
the Word of God. In order to have that relationship
that we all need with God, we need to be
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in prayer and have an active prayer life. And one
thing is important. It's not about the eloquence of your
words or the length of your prayer. It's about actually
coming into communion with God, allowing him to talk to
you you talk to him communication. We know that relationships
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don't work if they're not communicating. And so when we're
not communicating with God, then our relationship with him can
be strained because we're not communicating with him. So this morning,
whatever it is that you may be needing to talk
to God about, rather it's helping you with your spiritual walk. Rather,
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it's helping you if you're in the military, of your
if you're a veteran, or your print on behalf of
someone else. Let us take that to the Lord and prayer,
because he's the one that hears, he's the one that answers,
he's the one that provites, and he's the one that
came and died for us to have life and have
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it more abundantly. So this morning, let us open up
with a word of prayer. Dear helping Father God, we
just thank you God for allowing us to come before
your presence this morning. Lord, we thank you for keeping
us last year. We thank you that we were able
to come into a new year. We thank you Lord
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for just protecting us God in the loving on us.
Lord Lord, we just thank you Lord. We ask Lord
that you will forgive us for all our sins and shortcomings.
We ask that you will forgive us for the things
we've done normally unknowmly, wilfully and unwilfully. Lord, we ask
that you would cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Lord.
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Lord, we asked that, as we have.
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Entered into this new year according to the Gregorian calendar, Lord,
we ask Lord, that you will help us Lord to
gain more strength in you. Lord, that our faith will
be built up in you, that we will rely on you,
that we would trust you, and that we will not
go astray, that we will hear your voice. Listen to
your voice, Lord, and follow your leading.
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Lord.
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Lord.
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We ask right now that you will be with every
single veteran right now. Lord, provide give them whatever they're
in need of right now. Lord, in accordance with your will. Lord,
we asked if they will be spiritually filled. Lord.
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We ask those that do not.
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Know you, Lord, that they will come to know your
saving grace.
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Lord.
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We asked that you would be with every active duty
person right now. Lord, in the name of Jesus. Those
who do not know you, Lord, we asked that they
will turn their hearts to you before it is too late.
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Lord.
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We asked that those who do know you, Lord, that
they will set the right example before others. Lord, so
that others may be saved by looking at their example.
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Lord.
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Because we are all representatives of you, Lord. Lord, we
asked that you would be with the family members. We
asked that you would be with the reservists, be with
the spouses.
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Lord.
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We ask Lord that you will cover them, Lord, with
your grace and with your mercy.
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Lord.
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We just thank you Lord right now for hearing our
prayers and answering our prayers.
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Lord.
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We ask Lord that has things are changing in the
world Lord, and as war as possible, and there's so
many fronts around the world. Lord, because we know.
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That your word says that there will be wars and
rumors of wars.
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Lord, but we ask Lord that you will protect your
people and even Lord, those that may not come back. Lord,
we ask Lord that they would have found you, Lord
and would have found peace in you. Lord. We just
as right now, Lord, that you will be with those
right now who have lost love ones Lord in this
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recent terror attack. Lord, we ask Lord that you would
be with them, Lord, comfort them, Lord, and those who
have not received you, that this may be a wake
up for them to turn their hearts and their lives
to you.
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Lord.
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We ask all these things and your son's name Jesus,
you're sure Hamashik, thank God. Amen, Amen, Amen. Well, once again,
I pray that you all have had a blessed and
wonderful holiday and that this year will be blessed for
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you as well.
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We're here to.
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Give you information in the spiritual as well as in
the natural with regards to various benefits, opportunities, things that
you need to know as a veteran, active duty military,
spouse or family member and those that are a first responders.
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So we want to just give you as much information
as we can because so many people into the military
lead the military, and then they don't know that there
are benefits that they can maybe qualify for, or things
that they should be able to apply for, or the
recent changes. Not one thing that I want to let
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you all know if you don't already, and this may
even be relevant to those who may be just just
now filing for benefits, is that we just got a
COLA increase. That's the cost of living assessment or adjustment,
and so therefore it was a two point five I
believe it was two point five for this year, and
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oftentimes they rated in accordance with it kind of goes
hand in hand with what the social security benefits are getting.
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So anyway, you.
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Might want to go online and check what your increase
will be if you're getting disability, rather it's ten percent
all the way to one hundred percent, so that you
will know what the increase that you are entitled to.
If you have dependence and you are taking care of
those dependents, or you have a spouse or whatever, then
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you can go on look at the charts that are
online so that you would know how much you are
supposed to be getting or will be able to get
once you receive that compensation. Pay well today, I want
to come today from the Book of Luke, the Book
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of Luke.
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And Chapter ten. And we often see people that are.
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In need, people that are going through You might see
a homeless veteran on the street. You might see someone
that's in the hospital or nursing home, or someone that's
going through maybe bouts of depression or anxiety or panic
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or PTSD. And one thing is important is for us
as veterans in christ to be compassionate, to empathize, to
feel for others because we're living in a world that
is very very cold. Everyone and I'm when I say
everyone I'm talking about for those whom.
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This applies, because of course we know this this is
not everyone.
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But for those to whom this applies, there's a lot
of people that their love has waxed cold, as the
Bible tells us that it would. And therefore, as veterans
in Christ, we want to be mindful that our love
does not wax cold, that we pray for those that
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are going through, that we help those that are going through,
that we are not so self centered that we forget
that there are others who need the love of Christ,
that we as Christian veterans, can show others. And so,
and this is even towards one another, because sometimes on
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various social media platform even veterans with veterans, I see
the coldness and the lack of care and understanding.
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And this is not how God would have us to be.
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And so in Luke chapter ten, and starting in verse
twenty five, Jesus give us a parable about a good Samaritan,
and we all want to be good Samaritans.
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We see that.
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Jesus was often tested by the religious leaders, and they
always wanted to try to entrap him and try to
catch him up in something. But Jesus was way ahead
of what they wanted to do. And so in Luke,
chapter ten and verse twenty five, it reads, on one occasion,
an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus teacher.
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He asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
What is written in the law? He replied, how do
you read it? He answered, Love the Lord your God,
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your strength, and with all your mind, and
love your neighbor as yourself. You have answered correctly. Jesus replied,
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do this and you will live. And let me just
stop right there. Because you had the experts, those the Pharisees,
the sad you Ses, the Synhedrons, those were the religious
teachers the other day, and they did did not really
care for Jesus, but they wanted to try to trap
him into saying something that went against the law, so
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they could say, ah, we got you, and you spoke
against the law. But they were not able to trap Jesus.
And so Jesus asked, well, he's written in the law,
because he knew that they were they that they were
well versed in the law. And even though they were
well versed in the law. They often most.
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Of them did not really know God.
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So it's one thing to know about God, but it's
one thing to know God to have a relationship with God.
And so the teacher he said, love the Lord with all,
Love the Lord God with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind,
and love your neighbor as yourself. And that was true.
We are to love God when you when you read
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the ten Commandments, it composed of two main things that
Jesus said, love God and love one another. So you
have the first four with how we are to be
with God, and then the rest so or how we
are to be with one another. Ultimately, as we are
loving God, we are showing love to one another. And
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so in verse twenty eight it says you have answer correctly.
Jesus replied, do this and you will live. But he
wanted to justify himself, so he asked, Jesus, and who
is my neighbor? And so this takes me back to
when Cain as God, Am I my brother's keeper? Yes
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we are. We are our brothers, our sisters. We are
each other's keeper. We were to hold each other accountab
but we are to all so care for one another
and love one another. And so in response and reply,
Jesus said, a man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him
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of his clothes, beat him, and went away, leaving him
half dead. A priest happened to be coming down the
same road, and when he saw the man, he passed
on the other side. So too a Levite, when he
came to the place and saw him, he passed on
the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came
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where the man was, and when he saw him, he
took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged
his wounds, pouring on aw and water and wine. Then
he put the man on his own donkey, brought him
to an end and took care of him. The next
day he took out two de nara and gave them
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to the innkeeper look after him, he said, And when
I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense
you may have. Which of these three do you think
was a neighbor to the man who fell into the
hands of the robbers. The expert of the lot replied,
the one who had mercy on him Jesus told him
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go and do likewise. And so Jesus gave its parable
because he wanted the religious leader and the people to
see that we are to be responsible for one another.
Everyone is your neighbor. That means I am accountable or
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I'm responsible for seeing after my neighbors. It's not just
those who live across the street for you, from you,
or next door to you. It's those that are in
the marketplace, those you run into on your job, those
who are in your family, those who you whoever you see,
we are one another's neighbor. And so Jesus he told
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of the priest. The priest was the one that was
supposed to speak on behalf of the people to God.
And so these priests he saw this man that had
been beaten up and had been was in poor condition
and confined for hisself. But instead of instead of him
helping a man, he crossed the street his religion. He
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was so religious that his religion didn't allow him to
even take care of the man. Okay, I'm not speaking
that the religion said that, but what I'm talking about
he was caught up in his religiosity and therefore he
did not think that it was showing kindness or the
goodness of God by him taking time to care for
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this man. And then you had a Levite who was
who passed by. And the Levites were the one that
provided care in the temple. Okay, they assisted the priests,
and they did the other duties of the temple. And
the Levite was supposed to be in the Lord's presence
as well. But he did not show the goodness of God.
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He did not show any type of help or any remorse,
or any simpathy or empathy towards this man. So therefore
he too crossed the street. Okay, he did not care
to help this fellow, his fellow neighbor. But then you
had the Samaritan. And if you do the history and
the Bible, the Samaritans and the Jews did not get along, okay,
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so that they considered the Samaritans as dogs and not
being worthy of anything. But the very person who was
the least likely to have been the one to take
care of this fellow Jew was the one who did. So.
Oftentimes you will find that the people who are the
least likely to help will be the ones who do.
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So we expect those who are our fellow comrades, a
fellow veterans, a fellow church members, brothers and sisters in Christ,
that they would be the ones to immediately come to
your rescue. But sometimes it's not the ones who you
think will be the ones to help you. It's that
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least likely one that would have compassion on you. And
so therefore Jesus gave this parable to say.
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That we are our brother's keeper.
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We are to do likewise, and we're to be neighborly
towards everyone. That means that when I see someone that's
in need, if I am able to help that person,
guess what, when that person is in my path, God
has placed you in that person's path to be able
to help. If you see someone, you know, oftentimes we'll say, oh,
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I'm not giving that person nothing there you know, you
have that mentality, oh whether they could go get a job,
or they can do this or that. But let me
just say a lot of times you have a lot
of veterans that's on the street homeless, and a lot
of them are dealing with mental health issues. Okay, a
lot of people that are homeless are not just there
just because they want to be some they feel that
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they have more freedom with being living that way, but
then some it's other circumstances that has brought them to
that point. It is not for us to which a
which way we think it should go. It's just our
job that if we can offer assistance, rather it's buying
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them some groceries, getting them some clothes or some shoes,
or whatever the case may be, if we can help
someone and allow the Lord to give discernment, because you
know you have those that you know there are some
people out here that play tricks on others. But let
me just say this, it's always a lot of the Lord
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to give you discernment as to who you are to help.
But we shall always have a heart forgiving, a heart
for helping, a heart for sacrificing, and a heart for love.
All Right, we're gonna take a quick break and when
we come back, we're gonna talk about more on showing
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empathy to those who are struggling, struggling vets, struggling active duty.
You know, trend physician, and we want to talk about empathy.
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We'll be back in just a moment.
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He died in Fetnam. Dady died in the Vietnam. He
was killed at his son, he was killed at kiss
as quite. Tell me why bye has quite?
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Tell me why do our soldiers have to die?
Speaker 5 (25:13):
To our soldiers have to die?
Speaker 6 (25:17):
Some save fred a, miss fred.
Speaker 5 (25:21):
Some safe freed on mispraad.
Speaker 6 (25:25):
But I tend to disagree, but I tend to disagree.
Speaker 5 (25:33):
I say fred or miss word.
Speaker 6 (25:37):
I say fred on miss water by the babble, the
gun by the babble.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Come And that is Jonathan Michael Fleming. Some say freedom
is free and you can find his cadences. His military
cadence is on YouTube and Spotify, on this particular one.
They have a fundraiser. I'm not sure if it's still
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going on or not, but it's for the House House
Homeless Veterans Support Support Goal Star Families and so far
they've raised twenty two hundred and forty three dollars And
so again you can go to you can go to
Jonathan Michael Fleming's website or his channel on YouTube and
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he's also on Spotify. Well, we're we're talking about empathy.
And when you talk about veterans and active duty, our
first responders, our military families, one thing that is so
important is to have empathy for those who are going
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through It's just like the other day with the families
that lost loved ones and that terror attack is you know,
who would not have empathy for what they have gone
through losing their loved ones and this hideous attack that
took place. And so we want to always have empathy.
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I want to give you different types of empathy. We're
gonna talk about three different types right now, and then
we're gonna just talk about signs of empathy that you
want to ensure that you have when it comes to others.
What is empathy? And this is from very well mind
dot com verywellmind dot com. Effective empathy is the ability
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to respond to other people's emotions appropriately. And so when
you talk about effective empathy, we don't want to just
see someone going through As I mentioned before, you see
a homeless veteran and you just call them a bomb.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Or something like that.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
These are people that someone's mom, some one's dad, someone's brother,
someone's sister, someone's friend. All right, These are people, okay,
So regardless of your economic status, many people or just
one paycheck away from being in the street themselves, all right.
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So effective empathy is being able to respond to other
people's emotions appropriately. That means that when you feel, I
feel Somatic empathy is the ability to feel what another
person is feeling.
Speaker 4 (28:33):
That means that you know what.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
I have gone through a similar situation, So therefore I
can feel what you're going through. I'm not dismissive of
that person's feelings or their emotions. Cognitive empathy is the
ability to understand someone's response to a situation. So when
someone is maybe angry, they may have gone through something.
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For example, the people who just lost their loved ones,
and and rightfully, they would be upset and they would
be angry, and they want answers and how that this happened,
and they might be frustrated, and they might be more
vocal about the situation and you and and it's always
it should never be oh well, you know, be dismissive.
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Understand that they are responding to what took place because
they are at a state of anger, shock and surprise
right now that this that this event took place. And
so it is important for us to, you know, to
practice empathy with others. Don't be don't have As a
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Bible talks about the love that grows cold. We we
should always feel and empathize for another person and what
they're gone through. And even if you can't ravene to help,
still being able to be feeling towards that person, to
empathize towards that person. So one thing that if you
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don't know, okay, well, how can I show empathy towards one?
Speaker 4 (30:13):
Well? Be a good listener. Be a good listener.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
If you are really good at listening to what others
have to say, then that's a sign of empathy. Sometimes
people don't want you to say anything, you know, sometimes
people just need to just to feel like you're there.
And so You don't have to be a counselor you
don't have to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist to
listen to someone. If someone is going through a situation,
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sometimes all they need to do is just have someone
just to listen. You may not have any words of
advice or know what to say, but just being there
to listen is oftentimes the best medicine that someone can
have when they're going through another thing. If you're the
person that people often tell about their problems, they talk
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to you, they feel comfortable talking to you, then you
are showing signs of empathy. Well, you know what, I
make myself available. I make myself where I'm able to
be reachable where someone can feel like they can talk
to me, they can call me, they can tell me things,
and they can tell me things and confidence. So that
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means that when if you're the type of person that
someone can talk to without having to worry about it
going into someone else's ears where the gossip gets around,
then you are a person that's showing empathy. Another way
is being good at picking up on how other people feel.
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Some people call this being an impath, where you're able
to pick up that someone is going through a situation.
This is not judging them. You want to be able
to feel where you know what I'm feeling that this
person is going through a rough spot. I want to
reach out to them. I'm thinking of things that I
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can do to maybe help them or bring a smile
to them, or just at least be there for them. Well,
that's another sign that of empathy. And if you want
to be that person that's empathetic towards another, then this
is something that you can do.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Again.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
You if people come to you for advice, then often
then that means that people feel that you are trustworthy.
They feel that they can talk to you, they feel
like they can relate to you, They feel like you're
not gonna judge them. They feel like, hey, you know,
this is someone who understands me, and I can talk
to them and I'm not gonna be judged, but they will,
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you know.
Speaker 4 (32:50):
Tell the truth, but I'm not gonna be judged. And
so this is.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
Another way of knowing that, hey, I'm showing the empathy
that others need. If you are a person that feels
overwhelmed by tragic events, this could be this is a
sign of empathy. But one thing you have to be
careful of is to even when you hear of other
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events that's tragic, and of course it touches us all
when we hear things. And if you are an empathetic person, again,
you're feeling for what others are going through. However, there
is a healthy balance because sometimes people can be so
overwhelmed by everything that's going on that it can cause
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them to go into depression or sometimes even have PTSD
based upon maybe not their own personal experience, but being
close enough to what has happened to others or someone
else that they often that they can also present signs
of PTSD. So be careful with not being so overwhelmed
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by tragic circumstances. But you but you're not dismissive and
you feel for others. Another way that you are that
you are empathetic is you try to help others who
are suffering. This might mean that someone who has lost
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of love one. Oftentimes around funerals are homegoings, people tend
to cook and make dishes. A lot of times people cook.
They try to help the family out because they that's
you know, they really don't know any other way to
help in a sense, which is not insaying anything bad
because people oftentimes they don't want they don't feel like cooking.
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They might, you know what, go days without eating because
they have you know, that's lasting on their mind. And
so when someone cooks a dish or something, they that
it helps. And also when you are again, when you're there,
or even if you decide, you know what, if they
got children, you know what, let me keep the children,
keep the children for a little while, a couple of
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hours or or a day or so, and let you
you know, let that person be able to relax and rewind,
and that can help as well. Offering to come clean
up the house is another sign of helping. Being empathetic
towards someone. You know what, I'm gonna take the burden
of them trying to clean or whatever, and I'm gonna
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cut the grass. So I'm gonna offer to clean their
house or or maybe wash their clothes or something. There's
so many ways to be a good neighbor, as we
talked about with the parable of the Samaritan, because being
empathetic towards others' needes is being a good neighbor. It
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is being our brother's keeper. It's a I think it's
state form like a good neighbor state farm is there, okay,
So we want to be a good neighbor. We want
to good be a good neighbor by being empathetic towards others.
Another thing, you deeply care about other people. Some people,
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again they don't have love in their hearts. But then
you have those who are deeply caring. So you're the
type of person that really genuinely care about others. And
when you have this deep care, even you know and
showing someone you care doesn't you might not be the
person that's able to do the manual things. But if
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you're able to just send a card or send a letter,
if people still write letters or emails or whatever case
may be, just to let that person know, you know
what I'm thinking about you, You're on my mind. I
care for you, and I love you, and and those
little things just a little maybe even just a little card.
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Often tell people, even around the holidays, you know, I
value cards. It doesn't have to be anything in it,
but I just you know, I love a card. Is
you know, you don't have to send a gift, you
don't have to send anything. Just the thought of a
card is nice. And so you may not be able
to do anything other than just, you know, send a
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card just to let them know that, hey, I'm praying
for you. You're on my mind. And this is even
with those who are veterans that are going through situations. Sometimes,
if you know a veteran that's feeling alone or whatever,
send them a card or text or email just to say,
you know what I'm thinking about you. You're on my mind.
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Someone that's on active duty, they may be away from
home or whatever. And if you know someone that's on
active duty, get their address, send them a card or
something to say, hey, you know, I know you're you're
thousands of miles away, but I just wanted to let
you know that you are not forgotten.
Speaker 4 (37:55):
You're on my mind.
Speaker 3 (37:57):
Maybe someone that's their family member is away there, they're overseas,
or they're they're abroad or whatever.
Speaker 4 (38:05):
And they haven't seen them in a while.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Check in on those family members, check in on this
on that spouse, and say, hey, how you doing. I
know your husband is overseas. Is there any way I
can help you?
Speaker 6 (38:18):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Because some people think, oh, well, the military will take
care of that. But then we are to be each
other's neighbors, Okay, We are to show empathy towards one another.
So how can I show the love of Christ Uh
to someone who may be separated from their loved ones
due to serving in the military or whatever any There
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are so many ways to show Christ, and as veterans
in Christ, we are to always show Christ Uh through
what we do for others.
Speaker 4 (38:52):
And one thing.
Speaker 3 (38:55):
That it's important to to be mindful of is that
everything we do, we're doing it as unto the Lord.
Everything that we do as veterans in Christ. That means
that when I'm showing kindness to others, I'm showing it
to God. Jesus said that when you do it unto
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the least of them, you have done it unto Him.
Speaker 4 (39:21):
So Jesus doesn't take it for granted.
Speaker 3 (39:24):
When we help others, when we look out for the others,
when we're kind to others, when we're empathetic to others,
when we show compassion to others, when we do it
unto others, we are doing it unto Him. Well, today,
this ends today's podcast, and I pray that it has
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been a blessing to you and that you will not only.
Speaker 4 (39:49):
Listen to the word.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
As the Book of James said, do not just be listeners,
but be doers of the word. Well, my name is
doctor Rich. I am your Navy veteran and until next time.
Speaker 2 (40:10):
Thanks for tuning in to Veterans in Christ.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
We pray that you found today's podcast informative and we
look forward to being with you again during the next podcast.
Speaker 2 (40:20):
May the Lord blessed and keep you going out and
coming in.
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