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Programming note, I've been doing this living, Unoffended podcast I missed this Monday. I meant it to be every Monday, but I missed the last one. It's okay. You haven't now. I thought I was ahead and I wasn't. So I just got one done. So go check it. I got a couple. I'm glad people noticed. Yeah. It's nice. And it's really good. Good. Thank you. This last one you, well, should I give it away or no?

I don't care.

Oh, well, someone was saying something about unoffendable and how they kind of took it as you saying you don't get to be angry at all. Yeah, the anger is always wrong. You should never feel anger. Yeah. That's not it. And I thought you did a really good job of unpacking.

Thanks.

Yeah, we talked about emotions.

Anything is fine.

I'm not... never feel anger. Yeah. That's not it. And I thought you did a really good job of unpacking. Thanks. What you actually said. Yeah, we talked about emotions. Do you think it's fun? Spoiler alert. Uh-huh. I literally said about going, I think there's a justification for everything that's listed in the Bible as like bad emotions that we should treasure those emotions. And I literally looked up bitterness as a joke.

Yeah. And it was, yep. Pops up articles. Embracing bitterness, how resentment can help you with the,

we literally have righteous bitterness. It's just, I, again, emotions happen, but we get rid,

anyway, that's the whole thing.

But also, I wanted to encourage you too.

I had just talked about this on the show.

Churches, please, if you're involved in churches,

consider equipping people to love their enemies.

Yeah.

Talk about, this should be us.

This was the central principle of Christianity for the first few hundred years.

You know what? I've been thinking about you saying that. And I've been thinking about how so much of the fruit of the spirit is born in that, in all of it. Right? From your patience to your peace, to kindness, to meekness, all of it right from your patience to your peace to kindness to meekness all of it

really is in there and it makes possible growth in so many other areas that seem like they're

distinct but they're not like literally about being grateful or trusting God yeah so the very it's indirect but

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