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Mean Christians. Do you know any of them? I do. Have you ever been surrounded by judgmental,

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mean people? I have. You know, I live in a dynamic city with some of the best ministries

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in the world. I've had an opportunity to sit in some of the most powerful meetings. People

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come from all over the world to come to Tulsa, but I also know a lot of really mean religious

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people in this city. People who, when someone falls into sin or someone gets in trouble

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or someone gets exposed or something happens, it's like a gossip fest. And early out when

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Grant and I came down here, we both decided that number one, we were never going to be moved by

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what I call Hollywood Christianity or Celebrity Christianity. And we would not be moved by what

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we saw others doing and that we would not become what we disliked. And I dislike mean-spirited,

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judgmental Christians. Now, that does not mean that I don't know what the word says. Yes,

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I know what the word says, but really look at the motive of your heart. Is the motive of your heart

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to really believe the best about people or the worst? Is the motive of your heart to stand back

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and say, wait a minute, I'm not sure that what I'm hearing is truth and I'm going to make the

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choice to believe the best. That's what I want to do. You know, sometimes you hear things and it's

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just, it's, it's just devastating. But the Holy Spirit, He is the comforter. He will lead and He

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will guide you. He will also speak to you and show you things that are on or that are off. You

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know, it's kind of easy to kind of be judgmental about others, but yet when we get in trouble, you

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know, we want everybody to extend grace and mercy, right? You know, if someone is truly in trouble,

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don't you want to see them restored? I had an incredible reaction to the broadcast that I did

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last week about, you know, sobriety and my father-in-law, who's been sober now for 43 years. As

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a family, we rejoice every day in his sobriety. You know, we were thankful that he isn't where he

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was. We really, as believers, should want to see restoration. We should want to see people

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overcome. We should want to see all things work together for good, for those that are called

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according to His purpose. And yes, people are human and immature and make dumb decisions, but that

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doesn't mean that we stop loving them. You know, one of the things I think just the body in Christ

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in general doesn't really understand is the kind of warfare that goes with being in full-time

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ministry, the kind of attacks and the spiritual exhaustion that goes with being in any kind of

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leadership position, because the expectations are often unrealistic and the pressure is

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overwhelming. And if you really love someone and you love someone who's in leadership, then you

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need to pray for them. You need to love them and support them. Now, that doesn't mean that you turn

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your back on something biblically. What that means is you provide an environment of loving

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accountability and you do everything that you can do to restore in love. I don't want to see anybody

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fail. We need all of the soldiers in the body of Christ, in the army of God. We need everybody

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moving forward. Don't get weary in well-doing, for in due season we reap. Amen. There is a glorious

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outpouring coming. There is a revival that is coming. You know, there's a revival that has been

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spoken in this city here for years. And there were many intercessors who believed that there would be

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an unusual move of God between Oral Roberts University and Victor Christian Center and that

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the two would somehow...

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work together in conjunction with this revival and I really believe with all of my heart

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that it's that it's coming soon and that the leaders that are in position of leadership

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now they're going to lead it successfully.

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I believe that's God's plan.

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I believe God wants to do something big in our lifetime.

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Please don't become what you dislike.

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Don't become a judgmental mean Christian.

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Have you ever been lied about?

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I have.

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Have you ever been in a position where you weren't allowed to defend yourself?

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People can say anything they want but they can't sit across the table and look you in

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the face can they?

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No.

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Then they might have to face the truth.

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Believe the best in others.

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Believe and wait for the best to come out.

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Stand for truth.

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Walk in love.

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Guard your heart.

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Keep your eyes on the king.

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Read the word of God.

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Pray in the spirit because when we pray in the spirit we pray forth mysteries we don't

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even understand and guess what?

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This happened you don't understand and you don't know the whole story and you don't need

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to know the whole story.

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It's none of your business.

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Walk in love.

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Believe the best.

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He is a restoring God.

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He is a restoring God and he will restore.

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Thank you for listening.

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God Bless.

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God Bless.

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God Bless.

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