1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. Reappreciate you, and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. If God bless you, 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: it's a joy to come into your homes. And if 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor 11 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: he decided to skip church one Sunday morning and go 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: play golf. He told his assistant that he wasn't feeling 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: well and drove to a golf course in another city 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: where nobody would know him. He teed off on the 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: first hole, a huge gust of wind caught his ball, 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: carried it an extra one hundred yards, and dropped it 17 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: right in the hole for a four hundred and fifty 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: yard hole in one. An angel looked at God and said, 19 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: what did you do that for? God smiled and said, 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: who's he going to tell? Say it like you mean it. 21 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 23 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 24 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 25 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about disconnect from discord. We 28 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: all have people that are trying to get us riled up. 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: They complain about the company, exaggerate problems, spread the latest gossip. 30 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: They are professional troublemakers. If you allow them to draw 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: you in, before long you'll be upset, focused on the wrong, 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: bitter over what you're not getting. But one of the 33 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: things the scripture says that God hates is when a 34 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: person sows discord. That's someone that's always stirring up trouble, 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: trying to in cites you to unrest. You can be 36 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: perfectly happy, you have a great job, but they start 37 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: planning these seeds of discontentment, things like, hey, you know 38 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: you're not really treated right there. You should be making 39 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: more money. Have you noticed how everyone gets promoted accept you. 40 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: They're not interested in your well being, They're just trying 41 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: to get you stirred up. Paul said in Romans, I 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: urge you watch out for those that cause division. Stay 43 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: away from them. They're not serving Christ, they're only serving themselves. 44 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: Don't let them poison you. Don't let that discord get 45 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 1: in you. You have to be careful who you take 46 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: a vice from. Be careful who you let influence you. 47 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: Are they healthy, productive, Do they have good judgment, clear vision? 48 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: Or are they discontent, bitter, living from a place of offense. 49 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: Most of the people that are so in discord have 50 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: issues that they're not dealing with. They're jealous of others, 51 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: that's why they talk bad behind their backs. Or they've 52 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: been hurt. They've gone through things that are not fair. 53 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: They haven't forgiven, they haven't moved on. That's why they 54 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: see everything from a bitter perspective. Or they have regrets, 55 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: they've made mistakes. They're mad at themselves. They don't want 56 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: you to be happy. That's why they're always stirring up 57 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: the negative. Before you get riled up, consider the source. 58 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: Healthy people don't go around stirring up trouble. Secure people 59 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: don't talk bad behind other people's back. They celebrate their success. 60 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: Grateful people don't focus on what's wrong. They don't find faults. 61 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: They're grateful to be alive. If someone is constantly disgruntled, bitter, jealous, 62 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: bringing the vision, that's a sure sign and they're not 63 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: for you. Your time is too valuable to let them 64 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: poison your spirit. Don't sit there and listen to them 65 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: gossip about the friends they're jealous of. Tell you how 66 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: you're not being treated right. This other person would be 67 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: a much better spouse than the one you have now. 68 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: They are not healthy enough to give you good advice. 69 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: Be kind, be respectful, but be gone. Don't hang around them. 70 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: If God hates when someone sows discord, then I'm going 71 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: to distance myself from what God hates because I need 72 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: God's blessings. We need his favor. We need him to 73 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: open doors that we can't open. Someone says in the Amplified, 74 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: don't sit inactive in the path of the ungodly. That 75 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: means don't go to lunch every day with people that 76 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: bad mouth the boss, especially if you work here. Don't 77 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: spend an on the phone with that friend that gossips 78 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: about all your other friends. Don't hang out with that 79 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: colleague that brings out the worst in you, convinces you 80 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: how bad your life is, and it's one thing when 81 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: someone wants to correct the problem. There are times we 82 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: need to talk about a situation at home at work. 83 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying to not address issues. If someone brings 84 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: something up that they're just a troublemaker, they can do 85 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: it with right motives and it's helpful. But that's very 86 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: different from someone that's just stirring up trouble, exaggerating the wrong, 87 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: bringing strife and division. The enemy loves when we're divided. 88 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: He loves when we're fighting in our homes, in turmoil 89 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: at the office. This coworker's mad at the other. We're 90 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: jealous of this friend, bitter over how we were treated. 91 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: We're playing right into his hand. There's no power when 92 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: we're divided. The power comes when we're in unity. Stay 93 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: away from troublemakers. Keep your distance from people that are 94 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: stirring you up. You cannot sit inactive with people that 95 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: are so in discontentment and stay in peace and have 96 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: healthy relationships at the same time. Proverb says, if you 97 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: walk with wise men, you will become wise, But if 98 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: you associate with fools, you'll be foolish. You're going to 99 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: become like the people you're around. If you're spending time 100 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: with sowers of discord, disgruntle people, fault finders, bitter, those 101 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: same qualities are going to rub off on you. And 102 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: sometimes the reason we're having difficulties, the reason we have dysfunction, 103 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: it's not the enemy, it's the people we're choosing to 104 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: be around. We're listening to the wrong voices. I've made 105 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: up my mind. I'm not going to listen to gossip. 106 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm not going to let that poison in my well. 107 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: Can I tell you what I heard about so and so. 108 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: It's really juicy. You won't believe what they did. No thanks, 109 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: I'm not going to be a participator with a sower 110 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: of discord. Your ears are not garbage cans to fill 111 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: with a bunch of trash, what Joel, What they're saying 112 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: is true. You can't hide your head in the sand. Yes, 113 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: but ask yourself, what is it going to benefit you? 114 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: What purpose is it going to serve for you to 115 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: know that? If it's only to have a bad opinion 116 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: of them, then you don't need to hear it. The 117 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: scripture says love covers a fault, love covers a weakness. 118 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: Is it covering or is it exposing. If it's just exposing, 119 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: showing their faults, then it's not from me. I'm gonna 120 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: keep my heart pure. I'm not going to be a 121 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: part of sowing discord, of making somebody else look bad. 122 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: Proverb sixteen says a person that constantly stirs up trouble 123 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: will suddenly be destroyed. Doesn't mean you'll lose your life, 124 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: but your dreams won't come to pass, you won't have 125 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: good relationships, you'll miss your destiny. That's why Paul you 126 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: such strong language. I urge you stay away from those 127 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: that cause division, he was saying, I implore you, I 128 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: challenge you. He knew it would keep us from becoming 129 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: what we were created to be. And sometimes it's just 130 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: subtle things that can plant these seeds of discontentment. A 131 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: friend comes up says, my husband bought me this beautiful 132 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: bracelet for my birthday. What did your husband get you? 133 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: You don't tell them, But all you got was a 134 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: small box of chocolates on seal from Walmart. She goes 135 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: on to say, he brings me breakfast in bed every morning, 136 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: He sends me fresh flowers every week, He writes poetry 137 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: and takes me on picnics by the lake. You keep 138 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: dwelling on that thoughts of going to tell you you're 139 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: at a disadvantage. It's time to trade that old goat. 140 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: I mean that husband in he's not treating you right. 141 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: You don't have to put up with all of this. 142 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: Don't compare your life to anyone else's run your race. 143 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: I'll admit I'm not the most romantic person in the world, 144 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: but I remind Victoria, you didn't marry Romeo, you married Jolio. 145 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: That's corny. If you make the mistake of comparing your situation, 146 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: you're going to be disgruntled because there will always be 147 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: somebody that's ahead of you, somebody that has it better, 148 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: somebody that makes it look like you're at a disadvantage. 149 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: But can I tell you somebody has it worse. Somebody 150 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: would gladly take that husband. Somebody would love to have 151 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: the wife that you've gotten sour with. They'd love to 152 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: have your job. Don't let people talk you in to 153 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: being disgruntled sour. You got to put put your foot 154 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: down and say I will not let these seeds of 155 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: discontentment take root in my life. I will not let 156 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: this poison my spirit. I am grateful for what I have. 157 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: I'm blessed to have a job. I'm blessed to have 158 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: a spouse. I'm blessed to be alive. If you don't 159 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: stay on the offensive, subtle things can sour you. You 160 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: can be coming to Lakewood, happy, enjoying the services, and 161 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: a friend says, do you really like parking that far away? 162 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: Don't you think the service is a little too long? 163 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: That music was a little too loud? I mean I 164 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: came last week. I didn't get anything out of the 165 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: message when Dr polspo You've been volunteering there for years. 166 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: When was the last time they told you thank you? 167 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: It's been that long. Do you really think they appreciate 168 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: you and you're still there? You know what that is 169 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: a sower of discord, someone trying to get you stirred 170 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: up so you see your situation in a negative light. 171 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: Don't take that bait. In junior high I played on 172 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: the basketball team and one game I was on the 173 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: bench and a good friend of mine was sitting next 174 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: to me. I'd known him my whole life, and I 175 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: knew I could get him riled up. I didn't mean 176 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: anything wrong. I just kind of bored and wanted to 177 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: have fun, so when the referee called a foul on 178 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: our team, I turned to him and said, that was 179 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: a terrible call. I can't believe that was a foul. 180 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: You need to say something. He shouted, Come on, ref, 181 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: open your eyes. I couldn't believe he shouted that loud, 182 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: and I thought, if he's this gullible, I'll try something more. 183 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: The next foul, I nudged him and said that was ridiculous. 184 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: He shouted, all my goodness, ref this is terrible. I 185 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: kept hagging him on. Tell him I've never seen anything 186 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: so unfair. This is not right. Got him all worked up. 187 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: The next foul, he jumped up off the bench, took 188 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: a couple of steps onto the court and started shouting 189 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: at the ref Our coach looked at him like he 190 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: had lost his mind. He said, son, what in the 191 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: world are you doing. Go to the locker room. My 192 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: friend looked at me. I kept looking straight ahead as 193 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: innocents convened. In a few minutes, I was in the game, 194 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: playing having fun while he was stuck in the locker room. 195 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: That's what happens in life. We let people get us 196 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: riled up, talked into being discontent arguing with someone having 197 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: a bad attitude. Because we're sour, our relationships suffer. We 198 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: don't get the promotion. Nobody wants to be around us. 199 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: The people that provoked us, they're still enjoying the game. 200 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: Are you letting someone get you stirred up, causing you 201 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: to be jealous, offended, discarnald, recognize what's happening. They're so 202 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: in discord into your life. Don't sit inactive with people 203 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: that bring out the worst. Stay away from those that 204 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: are causing division, convincing you of everything wrong with your spouse, 205 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: with your job, with your life. Don't let their poison 206 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: cause you to make decisions where you get sent to 207 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: the locker room. Number Chapter sixteen, a man named Cora 208 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: was disgruntled with Moses. He didn't like that Moses was 209 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: the leader, that he was getting all the credit. He 210 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: conspired with two other men to start a rebellion against Moses. 211 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: They rounded up two hundred and fifty people. He said 212 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: in verse three, Moses, you've gone too far. Everyone in 213 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: Israel has been set apart for the Lord. What right 214 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: do you have to act like you're better than all 215 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: of us? He was questioning Moses' leadership and whether God 216 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: had called him. The truth is Cora was jealous of Moses. 217 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: He had seen the favor on his life. He went 218 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: to these other leaders and started so in disc Hey, 219 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: Moses is not that hot. He's just trying to take 220 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: all the credit. You should be up there, I should 221 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: be up there. This is not right. There's nothing God 222 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: dislikes anymore than people that bring division. If there's something 223 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: you don't like about your job, your boss, your friends, 224 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: your church, the right thing to do is to go 225 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: to the people in charge and express your concerns. The 226 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: wrong thing to do is to talk bad behind their backs, 227 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: stir up trouble, try to exaggerate things that you don't like, 228 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: try to get other people on board. At some point 229 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: a chorra will come to you. Bad mouth the boss, 230 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: complain about the company, talk about a friend they're jealous of. 231 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: A sower of discord is not happy unless they contaminate others. 232 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: Don't sit there inactive. You have to be bold and 233 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: say no, thanks, this is not for me. Cora into 234 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: talking two hundred and fifty men into being discontent. I 235 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: could understand if Moses was arrogant, domineering, rude, but he 236 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: was just the opposite. The scripture says he was the 237 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: most humble man in all the earth. He wasn't trying 238 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: to take the credit. He said to Kora, you're not 239 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: revolting against me, You're revolting against God. When people are 240 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: jealous of you, they try to discredit you, make you 241 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: look bad. You don't have to fight that battle. They 242 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: may think they're coming against you, they don't realize they're 243 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: coming against the God who put the blessing in favor 244 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: on you. Moses told Kora that the next day God 245 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: would show them who was in charge. He instructed Korra 246 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: to bring the two hundred and fifty leaders and they 247 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: would meet. Verse nineteen says that Coorra stirred up the 248 00:15:55,080 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: entire community against Moses. It's amazing how quickly disunity can spread. 249 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: If you're not going to let that discord get in you, 250 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: you have to go against the grain. The whole city 251 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: turned against Moses. It all started because one man was disgruntled. 252 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: The next morning, Moses went to Chortus tenth. The two 253 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: men that conspired with them lived next door. They were 254 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: all standing outside with their families. Moses said in verse 255 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: twenty eight, by this you will know that the Lord 256 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: has sent me to do the things I've done. While 257 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: he was still speaking, the ground opened up. An earthquake 258 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: swallowed those three men, all their families, their tents, their belongings, 259 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: then closed back up. The two hundred and fifty men 260 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: that had joined the revolt, they took off running. I 261 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: don't blame them. Suddenly a bolt of lightning wiped them 262 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: all out. God doesn't play around when it comes to 263 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: stirring up trouble. Make sure you're not letting poison get 264 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: in you, disconnect from any discord. You have a destiny 265 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:11,479 Speaker 1: to fulfill. There's nothing the enemy would love anymore than 266 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: for you to go around discontent, distracted, mad at people 267 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: feeling short changed. And some of that may be valid. 268 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: Maybe people hurt you, they did you wrong, So you 269 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: have to let God be your vindicator. Let God bite 270 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: your battles. If you're hanging around people that are so 271 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: in division, there's a good chance you're going to start 272 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: bringing division. The problem is when you go to chorusicide, 273 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: you step out of God's protection. God is against a troublemaker. 274 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: He's against a souler of discord, a taelbearer. And even 275 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: if what you know is true. The right thing to 276 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: do is to cover it, not going around stirring up 277 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: more trouble. The Book of Genesis talks about how when 278 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: Noah got off the ark, he went to his tent 279 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: and got drunk. He'd been on the arc forty days 280 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: while it rained, plus an additional one hundred and fifty 281 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: days while the water receded. Somebody said, if you had 282 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: been cramped up with all of your relatives for one 283 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety days, you'd get drunk too. Noah was 284 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: lying on the ground outside his tent, totally naked, passed 285 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: out from being drunk. His youngest son, Ham went to 286 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: the tent, saw his father with no clothes. Instead of 287 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: covering him, instead of keeping it to himself, he went 288 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 1: out and started telling people. I can imagine him saying 289 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: to his brothers, You'll never believe what I saw. Dad's 290 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: making a fool of himself. He's drunk, he's naked. He 291 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: could have downplayed it, but he tried to get others 292 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: stirred up. His two brothers didn't take the bait. Their 293 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: attitude was, we're not going to be drawn into discord, 294 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: to gossiping, to making people look bad. Even though it 295 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: was true. They didn't get on board with bringing division, 296 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: spreading the negative. They went to Noah's tent. When they 297 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: saw their father lying there with no clothes on, they 298 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: turned around and walked in backwards. They refused to look 299 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: at him. They got a blanket and covered him up. 300 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: What if we had that kind of attitude When we 301 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: hear something juicy, it's true, we have every right to 302 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: say it, but instead of exposing it, we cover it up. 303 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: We don't tell anyone. We don't go around announcing what 304 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: we saw. When you cover a person's faults, you're on 305 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: God's side. When you expose their faults, use what you 306 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: know to discredit them, you're on the wrong side. God said, 307 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: touch not my anointed. Noah was drunk, but he was 308 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: still annoying it. People can make mistakes, have weaknesses, but 309 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: they're still anointed. I'm not going to touch God's anointed. Well, Joel, 310 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: they're off course, they're not honoring God, maybe not, but 311 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: they're still made in the image of God. When you 312 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: come against them, you'll come in against the God who 313 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: created them. When Noah woke up and found out what happened, 314 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: how his youngest son exposed him, his two other sons 315 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: covered him. He said to him the youngest, your children 316 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: and grandchildren will always struggle. There will be hardships on 317 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: your descendants because you dishonored me, he said to the 318 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: other two sons, because you covered me, because you didn't 319 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: spread the negative. Your descendants will always be blessed. They 320 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: will rule over cities, their land will increase, They will 321 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: always have favor. God does not take it lightly when 322 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: people stir up trouble. If you're at tempted to gossip 323 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: talk about somebody, keep the negative going. Don't fall into 324 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: that trap. If you'll cover it like these two sons, 325 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: you and your family will see blessings in favor. This 326 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: is where Moses's sister Miriam got into trouble. Moses married 327 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: a cushite woman, a foreigner. Miriam didn't like this new wife. 328 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: She started talking behind Moses' back, criticizing him. I can 329 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: hear her telling their brother Aaron, this foreigner. Yeah, she's nice, 330 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: but she's not one of us. I think she's just 331 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: after Moses' money. She's just waiting for the movie royalties. 332 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: From the Ten Commandments, it's easy to have an opinion 333 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: about everything. Tell people what we think what we would do. 334 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: Here's the key that will make your life much more peaceful. 335 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: Mind your own business. Who they marry, what they drive, 336 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: how they spend their money, none of our business. While 337 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: Miriam was criticizing Moses, suddenly her skin became full of leprosy. 338 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: That seems kind of extreme, just for talking about her family. 339 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: That's how much God doesn't like when we so discord. 340 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: He knows how harmful strife and division is. Moses prayed 341 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: for Miriam and her skin went back to normal. Paul 342 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: said in first Thessalonians, make it your ambition to live 343 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,919 Speaker 1: a quiet life and to mind your own affairs. He 344 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: was saying, don't be a busybody, or you have to 345 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: try to know everything. Mind your own business. Really, some 346 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: things we shouldn't have an opinion, and if we do, 347 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: we should keep it to ourselves unless they ask. It's 348 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: hard enough to run our own life, don't try to 349 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: run somebody else's. Tewond Samuel, Chapter twenty, David had a 350 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: man criticizing him, trying to make him look bad. So 351 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: in discord first one says a trouble maker named Sheba said, David, 352 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: we will have nothing to do with you. Come on, men, 353 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: of Israel. Let's go home. That day, everyone left David 354 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: except the tribe of Judah. The truth is we all 355 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: have some troublemakers. You can't live very long without either 356 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: having people try to stir you into discontentment or people 357 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: try to stir others against you. It's easy to try 358 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: to straighten out. The troublemakers get baited into conflict. That's 359 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: their goal, to get you distracted, where you're fighting battles 360 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: that you're not supposed to fight. You can't stop people 361 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: from so in discord, but you can stop it from 362 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: getting in you. You don't have to get upset. They 363 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: can't stop your destiny. People can't overrule the plan God 364 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,120 Speaker 1: laid out for your life. If you'll stay on the 365 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: high road, God will take care of your troublemakers. He 366 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: will silence the people that are trying to discredit you. 367 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: It says in Psalms, the trap the enemy set for you, 368 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: they will fall in themselves. But David got all riled up. 369 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: He didn't like this man Sheba. He was going to 370 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: do something about it. He told his men in verse six, 371 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: this trouble maker Sheba is going to harm us. Quick 372 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: take the troops and chase after him. Here, David had 373 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: defeated powerful armies. He had brought down experienced military leaders. 374 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: Now he's chasing after this one man, Sheba thinking that 375 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: he's going to stop him. When you get riled up, 376 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: let what somebody says, get on the inside. It's easy 377 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: to lose perspective and start fighting battles that don't matter. 378 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 1: David's men chased after Sheba. He ran to this city 379 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: and barricaded himself behind the walls. The men started tearing 380 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: the wall down. Lady came out and said, why are 381 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: you destroying our city? What do you want? They said, 382 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 1: all we want is a man named Sheba. She said fine. 383 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: In a little while, Sheba's lifeless body was thrown over 384 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: the wall. God was showing us he will deal with 385 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: your troublemakers. He will take care of the people that 386 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: are spreading negative things. Now, don't do like David, get 387 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 1: all worked up. Think you have to pay them back. 388 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,360 Speaker 1: Stay in peace. God sees what's happening. He is not 389 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: going to let a sower of discord continued to succeed. 390 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: The good news is you don't have to fight. That's 391 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: not your battle. I'm asking you to disconnect from any discord. 392 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: Stay away from people that are bringing division. Don't sit 393 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: inactive with those that are keeping you stirred up. You 394 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 1: can't let those seeds of discontentment root. You have a 395 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: destiny to fulfill. Now pay attention to who you're letting 396 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: speak into your life. Don't go on choruscide, stay on 397 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: God's side. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, 398 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: Like with David, God is about to defeat some troublemakers 399 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: for you. He's about to turn some negative situations around, 400 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: vindicate you, promote you, and take you to new levels 401 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: of your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 402 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 1: can you say amen? Today? But I'd like to give 403 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 404 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 405 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. 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