Do not envy those who do

fret because of evil things

And do not envy those who do wicked things

because they're temporary. You see if we're silent when those things happen, I'll take it off my time.

If we're silent when those things happen, not only will the judgment of God come upon the wicked it'll come

upon his church. You understand that. If we're silent and we don't tell the truth

again not angry not belligerent, certainly not violent.

If you're not willing to tell the truth

when you're with your friends,

when you're with your family at the kitchen table.

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed.

I want to pray for our nation. I really want to pray for the church.

In my lifetime, I've never been more aware of fear than I am in these days.

It may be because I'm engaged a bit more with the church broadly across the country.

And I'm talking to church leaders and Christian leaders

a little bit more than I once did, but there is a pervasive sense of fear.

And it's a very specific context, a fear to speak out, a fear to speak up, a fear to tell the truth,

a desire to be undetected, an awareness that there could be a challenge to your faith or your willingness to

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