Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has

amazing things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

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. It 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

had a conviction, he had an idea and he was trying to persuade Joel to believe the same thing

that he believed. So he's getting passionate about this and just he's talking and talking and I

look at Joel and I see this famous smile on his face and I see this occasional nod with his head.

And so after the man was finished he walked off and I said to Joel, I said, Joel, you don't believe

what he was saying? You don't agree with what he was saying? I said, I know you don't. Why didn't you

just kind of explain to him what you believed in and what you thought? And I'll never forget,

Joel looked at me and he said Victoria, he said I wasn't put on this earth to straighten everybody out.

He said I would rather hold up peace than prove him wrong. You see, when you allow other people to

be right, it doesn't make you wrong. It makes you a peacemaker. It says in Romans 12, 18, as far as it

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