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I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard about this mother.

She was cooking breakfast for her two young boys.

Ryan was five and Kevin was three and they began to argue over

who should get the first pancake. She saw this as an opportunity to teach them a lesson. She said,

boys, boys, if Jesus were here, he would say, let my brother have the first pancake. Ryan turned

to his younger brother and said, okay, Kevin, you be Jesus.

Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have.

I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess.

My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the word of God. I boldly confess, my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,

I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you. I want to talk to you today about

being a safe place. We live in a culture where there's so much judgment. People are quick to assume the worst without really knowing the facts, just a rumor,

gossip.

They heard it on social media.

It must be true.

So they start throwing stones and trying to shame and discredit.

And if we do make a mistake and we all do, there's zero tolerance. We're going to

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