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Hey guys, Burton here and it's time for a quick coffee break in the Bible.

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So recently in the memory section of my social media, I had a little pop-up saying, hey,

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you know, remember this post?

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We all get those, right?

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And it was a meme that I've actually shared a couple times over the years.

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This is what it says, the Holy Spirit has never inspired anyone to plot the downfall

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of others, which, you know, it's true.

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It's very true.

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It actually goes against his character.

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That's not who he is, you know.

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We're talking about the God of love, a God of peace and order, not chaos, which is what

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it is when we're looking at the downfall of others.

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And there's never a good time to do this, yet it's something that we all are guilty

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of at some point or another, right?

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It happens all the time, every day.

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Anytime someone feels that something's been done to embarrass them or to steal from them,

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discredit them, shame them, in other words, in some way, shape or form to hurt them.

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Nobody likes to be hurt.

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None of us likes to be hurt.

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No, I don't.

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So the first thing that happens is we all think of, you know, hey, how do I get them

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back?

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How do I return this to sender?

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How do I send them that receipt?

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But the Bible warns us against this, you know.

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It's not on us to get the revenge.

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That's not our position.

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And so I'm going to read to you today from a verse and you might be surprised it's not

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going to be the one you think it is, right?

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Today I'm actually reading from Ecclesiastes chapter 7 verse 9, which says, do not be quickly

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provoked in your spirit for anger resides in the lap of fools.

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And that is exactly what we are when we're looking to one up somebody, right?

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When we're trying to take back that control that we feel that we've lost.

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And that's really what it comes down to is we've lost control and we feel it's our place

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to take it back or that, you know, even if it was something that we didn't have before,

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you know, it's a big slight.

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It's a slap in the face really, right?

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But really what it is, these are those times that, you know, we need to look to God.

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We need to go to the Father and be like, hey, this is what's up.

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This is my prayer.

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This is what's going on.

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You know, as the Bible says, be a lamp to my pathways, right?

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Be a lamp to my feet.

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Guide me.

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All right.

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That's what we need to be doing is turning to the Father and asking, you know, Jesus,

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you know, how, you know, I have this in my heart.

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How can I change this?

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You know, help me to respond in the way that's appropriate and brings glory to God.

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That's what I got for you today.

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Go be the church.

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God bless.