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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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You too can make the world a better place.

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This is Pastor Daniel Stevenson.

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I'm Pastor of New Heights Holy Shep Baptist Church of East Toledo and director of the

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Southside Life Station.

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And you're receiving this message because you opted in to be encouraged.

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We're working through Galatians 6, 7 through 10.

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And today we're going to look at 6, 9.

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It says, let us not lose heart in doing good for in due time we will reap if we do not

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grow weary.

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I hope you remember 6, 7 and 6, 8.

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I sent those out over the last couple of weeks.

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And in this context, and it's pretty straightforward, we've got a shot right now to make a difference.

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You can overcome evil with good and we are not to lose heart.

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Don't quit, don't give up, don't surrender, don't give in.

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We've got this.

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We can make a difference in the world.

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We've got an opportunity to do good right now while the world is such a messy place

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and so many bad things are going on and deceptions are very real and efforts to steal from others

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and so on.

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We can do good in due time.

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We will reap if we do not grow weary.

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That is to say, we will be rewarded for our good efforts in the Lord.

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When Jesus comes again, there will be a reckoning and others will reap what they wish they would

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not reap.

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But we will reap according to the good that we have done.

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If you've accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and been saved, then the judgment

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for us is not whether we'll go to heaven or hell.

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That's already resolved by what we've done with the one whom we sent, Jesus Christ.

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What will be questioned is what we did with what we knew, what we did with what we believed.

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Now that you believe in Jesus, what are you going to do about it?

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Well, I'm going to tell you what you're going to do.

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You're going to not lose heart in doing good for in due time, we will reap if we do not

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grow weary.

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God bless you as you serve the Lord.

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Don't quit.

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No one can stop you from doing what's right in the Spirit of God.

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Worship the Lord in His church, serve His people, preach and teach in whatever you can

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in the gospel.

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God bless you today.