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People will post something nowadays that's posted on Facebook, learn a blog set or whatever.

And here is this thing, this statement, this accusation. Is it true? We have no idea, but there it is!

Some of you have to find gossip as news you have to hurry to tell somebody before you find out it isn't true.

None of us likes to be maligned.

But today Pastor Greg Laurie says, just focus on staying aligned with the Lord.

Take care of your character and God will take care of your reputation.

This is the day when the lost are found.

This is the day for a moment, yet an amazing grace comes with us now.

But can you kill me at your sleep now?

This is the day when I'm free again.

The great basketball coach John Wooden said, be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie shows us how to forge a good strong character.

A moral fortitude based on our relationship with God.

We'll follow in the footsteps of one of our spiritual forefathers who faced great opposition.

But he had the character to stand strong.

This is the day when I speak news.

When we're looking at the book of Nehemiah in this series, that we're calling the Rebuilt Life.

And we're looking at how the people of Israel returned from their captivity in Babylon and built up the walls of Jerusalem.

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