This is the greatest hour to follow Jesus.

Yeah, so let me get started.

So I want to talk to you about judging other people.

And just what that causes in life, the root of all of it, what its aim is.

And really what it brings to our own lives, our families, our ministries, if you're in the

ministry, just your life in general, the productivity of your life, the joy in your life.

I want to touch on this stuff.

So, again, go ahead and share this.

You guys are jumping on from all over, so this is great.

But, you know, I've learned something.

I was actually having lunch today with a friend,

an amazing leader in the body.

And I said something to him.

I said, it's incredible to me how we're experts on people

and how well, I said, it's amazing how much we know and how well we know people that we've never

met. And I think that's so true. When we begin to judge based on stuff we like or don't like about people,

it's such a dark hole. And it's such a slippery slope once you go down that road. You know, like oftentimes the people that we judge the most are the people who really carry

what we need in our life.

And it's amazing how dark the road can become when we step into judgment.

It can literally take us into attacking people that God has chosen to raise up.

And it's really important we understand a few things. Number one, if God chooses

someone, if God's okay with them, he should be okay for us or with us. That man or woman,

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