Jesus Christ Show | Hour 3 [12/10]

Jesus Christ Show | Hour 3 [12/10]

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You're listening to KFI AM six fortyon demand. Dean, Welcome to the
Jesus Christ Show. Hi you,Dean good. I'm very good good.
I have a question for you.I've been studying all week. I actually
called before your show. I've beenlistening to there for a few months.

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And I looked at John three fifteen, and then I looked over on Mark
ten fifteen, and then Mark tenfifteen. It says in order to enter
in the teen of haveven, youhave to come as a little child he
had. In John three fifteen itsays, all you have to do is
believe. So we were confused withthat. Oh no, they actually match
up quite well. The essence ofwhat's being said is exactly the same in

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both. The problem throughout scripture,and you'll see this in different parts of
scripture, is that man in theiradult state has a hard time believing,
and so they tend to reject things, or make excuses, or constantly be
pushing truths out of their way becauseit's not what it's not where they are
now, whereas children are always inthat state of curiosity and bringing forth and

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believing and taking those things under theirwing. And really you see a kid
jump into the air just knowing thatthey'll they'll land on their feet. And
it's this type of youthful belief thatis very difficult for people as they get
older. And so the marriage ofthe two verses Mark ten fifteen and John
three fifteen, it really is dealingwith the exact same thing. One having

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the belief of a child, thesimplicity of giving to God and trusting in
the Father as a child would,rather than rebelling and pushing things or making
it as the Pharisees did, intosomething that was to control other people and
things like that. That's really whatit comes down to. I had a
study Bible and it states there amarked fifteen. It says children exhibit sincerity,

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eagerness, and trusting answers, andthe depends on the parents. Their
child likeness is a fitting comparison forthe qualities of a disciples. Yeah,
so that's that's pretty much what Ijust said. So that works out nicely.
Uh. The UH children are oftenan example and an illustration in UH

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in Christianity and seeing that that thatway of taking in all of life is
a pretty magical thing. And withthe holidays, you you may see that
too. The wide eyed kind ofreceptiveness to that which it seems magical or
wonderful really ties in to children.You probably sometimes, thinking back on it,

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when you see Christmas lights or yousee those things that go with Christmas,
maybe your heart kind of goes backto when you were younger. That
all ties into that, that simpler, more understanding heart of a child.
And it's not that you're you're tobe stupid, but children aren't stupid.

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Children have a way of understanding thingsactually quite deeply and quite simply, whereas
as adults, you can, youknow, kind of add a bunch of
gook on top of more gook andmore gook and more, but what the
but what of that? And youstart adding things on top of it.
So that's why children are often usedin scripture as an illustration of somebody who's

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receptive, who's ready to receive anduh and and that can be a very
a very powerful thing. And sothat's why children are often used in these
illustrations in scripture. Jesse, welcometo the Jesus Show. Hi Jesse,

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Hi, how are you doing inthe morning? I am well, how
can I help you? Anyway?I was calling because I was curious when
you walked on the years you followed, you know, all the high holy
days that are talked about in theOld Testament in this art to be everlasting
convocations. So is there a areason why or why wouldn't we still follow

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those today? Oh? Sure,and it doesn't mean that you can't.
But let's look at things, uh, and see that there's one one major
happening that hadn't taken place yet.If I'm still doing feasts and guess what
that is, that's the destruction ofthe temple, right, Well, no,
there, well, yes, andno, it depends who you're asking.

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But uh, if I'm alive andI'm eating and I'm being part of
a festival and religious ceremony, whathasn't happened yet your sacrifice? Yeah,
exactly, So that's a major that'sa major part of what's going on.
So as an example, for instance, when I was asked about asked about

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the law, I said that Ididn't come to abolish the law. I
came to fulfill it. So itdidn't mean that the law had no meaning
afterwards. It means that it wasfulfilled and therefore it's it's not usable.
In the same way, in thesame sense. So it's not that you
can't. You can. There's certainlyall kinds of festivals, and I'm pleased
to say that more and more Christiansare adapting and bringing the festivals and the

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feasts and traditions of our Jewish brothersand sisters into their Christianity, and I
think that that can be very important. But Passover, for instance, that
passover is completely moot if you're aChristian because of my death on the Cross.
So that's not something even though Iwas, as most scholars believe,

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in dealing with the passover meal onthe Last Supper, that doesn't mean that
you necessarily should because you wouldn't havethe need for passover anymore because the spirit
of death has passed over via mydeath right right. So there are certain

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things, but it's still points.It still points towards it too, though,
I mean it's like almost like ait's yeah, but now now the
celebration is really about the resurrection,so that would land on Resurrection Sunday or
what people call Easter, so itwould be more appropriate to be celebrating in

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that than it would be celebrating asacrifice of a lamb put on the door
poster above the door. That's it'sjust a different it's the same thing,
but it's it's different in the sense. Think of it this way. The
difference between a check and a dollarbill. H A check is writing something
looking forward to the money that's somewhereelse. And that's how our Jewish brothers

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and sisters were living prior to andthose that ended up believing prior to my
death and resurrection, they're looking towardsand writing based on towards what's going to
be in the bank, and theChristian is looking backwards. Christians looking towards
the money that's already put in thebank. So it's a slightly different positioning,

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but yes, very much the same. So we're the we're the Jewish
believers. Before the Temple is destroyed? Were the Jewish believers in Jerusalem?
Did they did they still follow thosetraditions? I mean, you know,
did they still did they still followall the all the high holidays? And

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well, there's some sort of timewhen that transition, you know, well,
the transition to those that became Christians, these that ended up falling the
becoming Christians along and being disciples ofmine. Uh, those changed after my
death, and you can find thatsome of those things change fairly immediately immediately
during the Book of Acts. Shane, Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. Thank

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you. How can I help you? Shane, Yeah, I got I
got a question. Your name isJesus, right, Yesua, Jesus who
when you when you Yesua to English, shouldn't be Joshua? Yes? Okay,
Well, thank you. That waseasy. Really, what it comes

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down to the confusion lies in aliterary device to separate me from the other
Joshua's in scripture. There are otherJoshuas, and if you referred to me
as Joshua in scripture, I'd getlost with all the other Joshuas. So
to make it stand out in scripture, kind of like in the movies,

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they'll make me, you know,blonde and blue eyed. I certainly am
not blonde and blue eyed. Butit's a device used to make me stand
out amongst the other people in scripture. But yeshuah hamashiek Jesus the Messiah doesn't
translate directly into Jesus, although itis the same name. It's just depending

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on which if you go by wayof Latin or you go by a way
the English, or you go byway of the Greek, or you go
by way. It's just different translations. But yes, the easiest jump would
be Joshua, not Jesus. Theimportance of using Jesus is to separate from
other Joshuas in scripture. So whenit talks about the power of the name,

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it talks about more than that.As a matter of fact, there's
over fifty sixty seventy eighty one hundrednames for me in scripture. The advocate
from the Omega, the author oflife, the author and perfector of faith,
the author of salvation, the beginningand the end, Bread of life,

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Bread of God, the capstone,the cornerstone, the chief Shepherd,
the Christ, creator, Deliverer,everlasting Father, fateful Witness, good Shepherd,
great shepherd, great high priests.So there's many things that talk about
the essence of that, and peopleget caught up in the consonants and the

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vowels, thinking that therein lies thepower. But I want you to think
of it this way. In theold time movies, the cops and robbers,
the cops would come around the cornerand they'd yell what they'd say,
stop in the name of the law. Now, what they weren't saying is
stop in the power and authority ofthe consonants and vowels law, because that

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doesn't make any sense. There wasn'tany power in the consonants in the vowels.
They're saying, stop in the nameand the authority given to me by
the principalities and the government to carrythe badge, the gun, the baton,
and by that authority, I'm tellingyou to stop. So the power
wasn't in the name of the law. It was in the name meaning the

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power or authority of the law.So whenever you hear there's no other name
in which man can be saved thepower in the name, these types of
things that really it's referring to thepower and authority of God. That's what
it's not saying, the power andauthority in any particular. There's people that
even argue this, well, no, because Jesus actually comes by way of

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pagan roots, so you have touse Yeshua and these types of things,
and that's just not true. Otherwise, there's a good chunk of scripture that
is written in Greek that you're gonnahave to say is pagan just because of
the Hellenistic belief system. Rachel,Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi

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Jesus, Hello, Hi, Ihave a question for you. I was
reading this morning numbers twenty two,and in eighteen Baalim flat out says to
the Lord, let's see here.Oh, he says, I would be
powerless to do anything against the willof the Lord. And in twenty God

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came to Baalim and said, sincethese men have come for you, get
up and go with them, andhe tells him to go with them and
then drop down a little bit.In twenty two, God was furious that
Balem was going and this troubles me. I need to know that it seems
out of seems like a contradiction.Yes, and I don't that's not the

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God that I know. No,it's like a sneaky God going go over
here, and now you went overthere. There's a lot going on here.
And if this involves the Angel ofthe Lord, and if you notice,
the Angel of the Lord does notkill him, No, he doesn't.
No, he actually gives him.The concern here is about dealing with

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Balem's greed that in his heart hewas tempted by the offers that were coming
his way. You can read Numbersyou know twenty two to twelve, also
verse seventeen about the temptation, andthe intent was not about to kill him.
It was to remind him of whathis original agreement was, because he

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kept getting tempted and his heart wasclearly filled with greed. As you read
on and understand that it wasn't adirect result of not in direct contradiction to
God's word, but he was rejectingit in his heart. So his greed
had kind of come up with away. You can read about this in

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Numbers thirty one sixteen come up witha way to help Israel's enemies will not
directly disobeying the Lord's command to speakonly the words that he would give to
him, but he found a wayto kind of backdoor it to corrupt Israel
by allowing women to marry men ofIsrael and lead them into idolatry. You

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can read about that in two Petertwo fifteen. I hope that that helps
Marty. Welcome to the Jesus ChristShow. Good morning, Jesus, hi
hi. I just want to saya few things very quickly before I get
into my question. I came toknow you personally very young at the age

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of five. I'm fifty three yearsold today, and just want to thank
you publicly for always being there andalways never ever ever letting me go through
anything without knowing that you were therefor me. Well, Glory to God.
That's wonderful to hear. Yes,I have a question, and for

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the first time in my life,just wondering what a spiritual battle truly is.
My firstborn grandson became very ill twoyears ago, is ill today as
we speak. And You've been sofaithful to guide and give this family strength,

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because without you we couldn't have doneit. But I have other believers
around me that keep saying or askingme what is the spiritual battle that your
family is going through and why?And as though there were an evil something
looming over us, even though you'vebeen so faithful to be there every step

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of the way for us during thistrying time. And so I'm confused why
other believers would I would say thator question that, or they are they
acting as if it's a curse orsomething or some sin broduct that you brought
in and then therefore this is somehowpunitive. Yes, yes, And I'm
blown away and I'm confused about that, and we lean on you every day

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and every step of this way.You have shown us that you are there
and have never left this family.Well, I'd like to think that maybe
they're miss they're missing something, orthat really when they're saying spiritual battle that
they're just referring to the generic term. There are spiritual battles going along in
every Christian's life, every single oneof them. And that's part of the

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protection and growth process of Earth.That's one of the reasons why you're here
and you're not created in Heaven,you're created here on Earth. There's a
purification process that goes through this life, and every Christian in this life that
you're going to experience. Romans fivethree says more than that, rejoice in

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our sufferings, knowing that suffering producesendurance. So those trials that suffering one
Peter four twelve, Beloved, donot be surprised at the fiery trial when
it comes upon you to test youas though something strange were happening to you.
You shouldn't be surprised. It shouldn'tbe out of the norm for a
Christian to go through things through garbage, and it's the old bumper stick because

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you know how Christians love the littlesayings the old bumper sticker. That's not
what your future holds. Who holdsyour future that's important is really the key.
And either there's some misunderstanding as tothat concept of spiritual battle, but
really you should want to welcome itin the sense that it's part of the
purification process that God is with youthroughout the entirety of it. Rejoicing in

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those things are good because in thosetrials is where God reaches, is in
it and has glory. I mean, listen to the tone of your voice
when you talk about the things thatGod has done in your life, you
know, and those times when I'vestepped in and those times where you felt
My presence and all of that isyou can only talk about that because there

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are trials in your life. Ifeverything was perfect, you know, what
are you going to say? Well, life is great and God is good
and everything's fine. You know howdull is that the things in life that
are commonly referred to as trials arethe things that make your life unique to
you, and your experience is uniqueto you, and your endurance and strength

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and spiritual growth unique to you andyour family in this case. And that's
not a bad thing. It's badin the world. You know, we
were having this discussion earlier about what'sbad and what's good, and the world
gets confused about those things. Thereare many things that are painful and that
can cause pain or turmoil that aregood for you. And so I wouldn't

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look at that as a as apejorative or a negative term. When someone
says spiritual battle, I would lookat that as you know, you you
go through Ephesians and you see whereit talks about the armor of God.
What do you think the armor ofGod's for spiritual battles? Spiritual battles exactly

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to protect you from evil. Andif if you could see what's taking place
on a daily basis in the spiritualrealm around you, in the battle front,
and angels with swords drawn to defendand all these things, it's quite

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fantastic, beautiful and terrifying to thosewho don't believe. But you're a believer
and and you're covered in that.And if and if somebody says you're going
going through a spiritual battle, youlook at them and say, thank you
God. God sees you in thelight that you are worthy of protection,

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you are worthy of refinement, youare worthy of being in a place that
you can glorify God. And that'swhat comes from trials, and we do
every single day we give God theglory because we give you the glory because
of the fact that you have provendoctors wrong. You've every time we receive

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bad news, you do. Yourperfect plan is shown to us. And
you've been so faithful to do that. And this family has grown spiritually and
pulled together and has brought us socloser. But we lean on you daily,
daily, We lean on you,and people see that and that's part

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of your testament of faith and it'spart of you are. And it's not
about the outcome. Everybody's always saying. You know, you see these Christians
that are always walking around with smiles, and you know they're not always happy.
It's not about always being happy.It's a joy is different. Happiness
is a momentary feeling of joy dueto a happening. Something happened and you
go, now I'm happy. Butjoy, true joy comes in times of

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pain. It's an understanding that Godis there and that God provides, and
it's a constant and you're gonna havehighs and lows, and there's gonna be
good things and bad things that happento you by the world's standards. But
ultimately you keep that attitude, Marty, that God is with you and that
it's all to glorify God, andyou're ahead of the game. People misunderstand

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things. I think about this fora second. Every time you refer to
someone as courageous. You know,if you think of firefighters or law enforcement
or military, or any of thesepeople that put their life on the line
for you on a daily basis,for your freedoms, for the peace of
mind, all of these things,your protection. That the very things that

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you call them, the very attributesthat you find noble or heroic or courageous,
don't exist without turmoil, without fire, without gunfights, without you know,
ugliness and adversity. That really it'sthat purification. It's those trials that

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really show the character of an individualor shower show that the true faith and
makeup of somebody. And this attitude, not that you certainly don't have,
Marty, but this attitude that I'veheard from time to time with Christians,
that it's Christianity is supposed to makeeverything okay, and that you're always fine

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and there's never a problem. More, there aren't these tests. Now,
spiritual battle is true. But everyChristian and should be going through a spiritual
battle of one kind or the other. And I'll tell you something, the
closer you get to God, themore that you might experience. Because it's
like the hotter the fire, themore refining that fire, the hotter it

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will get. One Peter one p. Seven says, so that the tested
genuineness of your faith, more preciousthan gold that perishes, though it is
tested by fire, may be foundto result in the praise and glory and
honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. The purification of gold goes through a

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heating process, in a process oftrials, if you will, And Scripture
talks about the dross being scraped offthe top and thrown to the side.
The dross is the imperfections, it'sthe it's the oils or certain minerals that
shouldn't be there, or whatever dustthat during the heating and purification process,

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that which doesn't burn out, thatdoesn't just burn up, goes to the
top. When you're heating these metalsand getting them pure and you see those
stamps on the side of metals,whether it be jewelry or what have you,
that talk about their purity that comesfrom the heating, that the processing
of those metals to get them toa point of perfection in the eye of

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the maker. And if you're abeliever, you should be going through these
things. You should be going throughexperiences that are tough, that are testing,
that that are purifying who you areand what your faith is. And
that you shouldn't be surprised, asit says in one Peter four twelve,

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you shouldn't be surprised about fiery trialsin your life. You should be content
with God's great yes, and youshould know that you're going to go through
these tests. So if anyone comesup to you and says that you know
and uses it as a as anegative term or says that, oh,

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like there it's some weakness in yourfaith. On the contrary, it could
very much be due to the intensityof your faith. The enemy putting special
attention on you, and I wantto attack you because of the intensity of
your faith, and that should beunderstood, and don't take it on yourself.

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And the weight on your shoulders isif you've done something wrong, because
that's not the case. Just alittle bit of time, let's talk Dominic.
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.Good morning. How can I help
you? Yeah, I was wondering. I've been in the business that I'm

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in for thirty five plus years,and I've noticed a lot of changes over
the years. My question tends tobe too as being a Christian, you're
supposed to love everybody and try todo the best you can. But over
these last years, I've noticed,like I don't know, people seeming really

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judgmental and very critical of whatever youdo. And you know, it kind
of leads to tend me to notlike them. Also, you understand what
I'm saying. What are you inlaw enforcement or you work in the medical
field. No, I'm by workingthe transportation industry. I see because we

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hear a lot of people that whenyou're dealing with lots of people, you're
gonna get all kinds I mean,if you listen to the show, you
can hear that we get all kindsof people going through all kinds of things
here too. I've been hearing thatthis morning. But really it's it's not
about them, It's about you.You can't control what other people do.
For the most part. You haveto control what you do. And I
agree with you. My having aconversation with my producer Neil recently, he's

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been getting really really bummed about people'sattitudes and reality TV and how everybody's looking
to pick people apart or even tearinto their past or look for ugly things
and to tear people down. Andyou have to see a lot about of
that too when you're all you're tryingto do is help people get from point
A to point B and and doyour part to make society run, or

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to help people in a small way, but help society run. Because I'm
wow. I'm a truck driver,you know, and I haul goods from
the Colorado Kansas area to the Westcoast and back. You know. Oh
yeah. And here's the thing isyou're hauling goods that those people that are

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honking at you, were swerving anddriving in front of you, or all
those things that you're driving goods forthem. And it's very easy to get
frustrated. But here's the deal,Dominic. All I need from you is
to find that piece and that attitudethat I had on the cross that forgive
them, father, for they knownot what they do. You have to
allow yourself to not be burdened bythat, to smile, to wave,

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to do your part, to breathethat and perpetuate that is what your job
is. No matter if you're movingpeople or if you're moving goods, the
whole point is you're making You're makingthings go. You're trying to be a
part of the system in the mostpositive way. People will bring you down

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if you allow them. And there'san old trick like if you set down
cross legged on the ground and someonewas standing up, even if they're strong,
if they try and pull you upby the arm and you try and
pull them down, it's always goingto be so much easier. The leverage
is going to be on there andto pull you down much easier than it
is for you to pull them up. Life is like that, even emotionally.

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It's much easier for someone to bringyou down than for you to bring
them up. So we need morepeople like you staying in a possible positive
frame of mind to lift other peopleup. And the only thing that I
can tell you is consistency. Youhave to be consistent. Don't let it
get you down, continue to havethat smile on your face, and always

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play by the rules even when othersdon't. I appreciate that you take the
time to listen to the show.Join us every single Sunday, same time,
same place, and remember, moreimportantly than all the people and all
the things trying to pull you downin the world, these simple words.
I Am with you Always. KFIAM six forty on demand