Ep. 276 - How to Mind Your Own Business and Let People Be

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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It's tiring to constantly get worked up about other people's lives, trying to control their actions and beliefs. Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar encourage believers to become disciplined in knowing when to keep quiet. The concept of leading a quiet life, minding our own business, and working with our hands serves as a witness to the gospel. Increasing knowledge can lead to sorrow, as Solomon experienced, surrounded by less wise people. When our children don't heed our advice, they often lea...

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0:00.0	And so a quiet life is is discipling it is engaging and is participating is loving and
0:06.2	caring to communicate to disciple and to lead and to direct but it doesn't invite us into not our business. I would say things outside of that
0:16.7	immediate category is not our business and as soon as we step into the not our
0:21.1	business of the world.
0:22.6	You know what it does?
0:23.9	It just leads us to anxiousness and uncertainty
0:27.3	because we're not created to bear
0:29.6	the burdens of celebrities and politicians.
0:33.0	You know what I mean?
0:33.8	God did not create the world for us to be all knowing
0:36.6	the way our phones make us almost all knowing
0:39.8	of media and information.
0:42.1	And all of that right now news cycle,
0:44.4	it just builds up anxiety in our lives.
0:46.6	Rather than unplugging and focusing a quiet life
0:50.6	on the three things that are around me, my family, my church, and my neighbors.
0:56.0	Oh, I love that.
0:57.0	In the grip of my father's grace,
1:05.0	stop everything.
1:07.0	Stop everything.
1:10.0	That is just terrible.
1:11.0	In the sweetness of his embrace.
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