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North Point Community Church

The Weight of Your Words, Part 3: Intent Doesn't Remove the Dent // Andy Stanley

North Point Community Church

North Point Community Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Even when our words are accidental, they can still hurt someone.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Andy, welcome back to the North Point Community Church podcast.

0:10.5

Hey, at the end of this episode, please take a moment to subscribe to our YouTube channel

0:15.6

and download our free North Point app where you can access all of our recent message content.

0:20.4

And actually, the app is the easiest way to share all this content with a friend

0:24.1

and it's the easiest way to keep up with everything going on around here at North Point.

0:27.5

But most importantly, I hope the following presentation inspires you to take your next step

0:32.9

in your faith journey. Enjoy.

0:41.0

So when our oldest son, who is now 30, was seven years old, this true story,

0:45.5

because I'm in church, so I wouldn't make this up. When he was seven years old,

0:49.5

our standard babysitter, you know how you have the go-to babysitter that, you know, she's there,

0:54.0

you know, and usually a woman, you know, they're all the time. This young lady with our standard

0:57.9

go-to babysitter. And one afternoon, she ran over his arm with her Honda Accord in our driveway,

1:05.2

right over his arm. I know, that was the proper response. Earlier when I shared that story,

1:09.7

it was just like quiet, I'm like, the proper response is, yeah, anyway. So she ran over his arm

1:15.2

in our driveway, so we're all running out there, you know. And the good, the silver lining is,

1:19.5

from that moment on, Andrew had the upper hand in the relationship.

1:25.6

It's very difficult to say no to a child when you ran over his arm in his own driveway with your

1:29.9

Honda Accord. You know, Andrew is trying to come up to go upstairs and get ready for bed. I don't

1:34.8

think so. Remember when you ran over my arm with your Honda Accord? I'll take a root beer on

1:40.0

crushed ice, please, you know. Now, Melissa, the babysitter, was horrified as you can imagine,

1:47.1

but as it turns out, it was an accident. She didn't mean to run over his arm. She didn't,

1:54.5

she didn't do it on purpose. So, when we found out, you know, we were home, you know,

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