It's another great day to be alive, and we are so blessed to be here with you today.

Victoria, my beautiful wife, and we're just praying for you guys to have a blessed summer.

I sure hope you enjoy the podcast.

I know I always enjoy these messages.

They're so uplifting and encouraging and inspiring, so we hope you enjoy the message today.

It is so good to have you here this morning. You sound good and you look good and I know you're feeling good now.

Amen.

It says in Matthew 5.9, this is what Jesus said.

He said, blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God.

It doesn't say blessed are the people who can control the situation and make it go their way.

Doesn't say blessed are the ones who are right all the time.

It says those who are willing to be peacemakers can walk in the blessings of God. See, that's the key right

there. What are we willing to do? See, are we willing to let other people be right, even when

we know they're wrong? For the sake of peace. See, there's got to be a willingness to make peace

and maintain peace to walk in the place of blessings. One time Joel and I were at this event,

and we didn't know everyone at the event, but we knew a few people, and this gentleman came walking up to Joel and I, and he began to speak to us.

And I noticed as the conversation, his passion became a little more intense.

He began talking more to Joel than myself.

And so I was watching this and listening, and he just had a conviction.

He had an idea, and he was trying to persuade Joel to, you know, believe the same thing

that he believed.

And so he's getting passionate about this and just he's talking and talking.

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