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The lost art of sacrificing for God and country · Cultural Wars | America Out Loud News

• 0:46
  Hello, fellow Americans, and thank you for joining me again today on another episode of Unity Without Compromise.
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  Dr.
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  Steve Latoulip here, and uh I've got some thoughts for you today that I think are crucial, and by all means they pertain to unity.
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  You know, I've been watching with this kind of a sad amusement, the increasing erosion of unity in our country.
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  And I think it's happening because we are evermore increasingly living in a world or state of fear, and it continues to further divide us, and it isolates us, and when that happens, we seem to lose the power of unity in strength, unity in numbers.
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  And I've been watching with this sad amusement, this increasing erosion of the unity, which has been going on for quite a long time now, and uh for a long time it actually seemed like the line of division was drawn between liberals and conservatives.
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  You know, that's where we used to divide, if at all.
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  But now the factions are multiplying so rapidly that I can no longer identify my own tribe.
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  I mean, think about it.
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  Everybody has a tribe, everybody needs a sense of belonging to something or someone, be it an organization or some unity of a group from which we derive our strength.
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  But right now, in the United States of America, what I see happening is that we have this intertribal warfare going on, and it is becoming a yet another new norm, and I don't like it.
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  As our tolerance for independent thinkers wanes, our hearts grow ever colder, and the world becomes even lonier, a place to live.
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  We become more isolated.
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  From whence comes this cold-hearted intolerance.
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  Well, may I suggest to you that it stems from the lost art of sacrificing one'self for the good of God and country?
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  See, when I talk about my tribe, I ask myself, what does that mean to me?
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  You'd think that anyone could find somewhere at least one group with which to align themselves.
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  You know, one group where they feel as if they have a strong kinship, a place where they can gather, share feelings and thoughts without being attacked, and you know, just a group that you belong to.
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  But that is becoming harder and harder to find.
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  And I'll confess to you today that I struggle to feel a strong kinship with any of my hypothetical tribes, you know, the ones that are supposed to be there, including, above all, being an American.
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  We were once all Americans, united.
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  And that gave us a lot of strength.
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  But let's break it down.
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  I am a retired Air Force officer, a veteran, a former aviator, a former military doctor, but I have no meaningful connections whatsoever with any veterans organizations.
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  I actually recently visited, oh, in the last year, I visited uh a local VFW post right here in Arizona, just one time.
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  I walked in and I just got exposed to this blaring rock music, and everybody was drinking and partying, and a lot of people were just sitting there being quiet, listening to loud music, even older folks, and I could see loneliness on their face.
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  They they wanted to belong, but maybe they felt like me.
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  I just walked back out.
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  I said, No, this is not for me.
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  I'm not going to join this post.
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  I don't want to get wasted while reminiscing about my military service days.
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  I'd love to share stories, talk with other veterans, but I couldn't connect with anybody in there.
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  Just the loud music alone made it very difficult.
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  But look, I'm also a retired physician now.
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  It's not by choice that I'm retired because I fought the COVID wars, and because of that, I was persecuted.
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  But most of my colleagues, even if I was still practicing medicine, most of my colleagues don't understand central pain, which was a big part of my medical practice.
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  Few medical doctors practice pain medicine, and few doctors, few of my compatriots in medicine, even understand the pain of wrongly losing a medical license for doing your job and doing it well.
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  Many of my colleagues have attacked me in the vilest ways because I promote the science that human life begins at conception.
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  And by the way, that fact is not a debatable scientific topic.
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  It is self-evident.
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  And neither is the myth of gender affirming care.
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  Yet, how many physicians now push that lie?
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  Some even criticize me because I affirm that spirituality is an integral part of good health care.
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  It's important because we do have a spiritual side to all of us as human beings.
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  Spiritual side to all of us as human beings.
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  And that is stated very clearly in the scriptures in the Bible.
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  And that is stated very clearly in the scriptures in the Bible.
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  And yes, I am a theologian of sorts.
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  And yes, I am a theologian of sorts.
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  I'm Bible college seminary trained.
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  I'm Bible college seminary trained.
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  I have been trained in biblical studies and in Christian doctrine, with an emphasis in Bible interpretation.
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  I have been trained in biblical studies and in Christian doctrine with an emphasis in Bible interpretation.
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  Hermeneutics.
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  Hermeneutics.
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  But that only puts me at odds with most of the denominational brotherhood.
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  But that only puts me at odds with most of the denominational brotherhood with all their quirky teachings.
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  And it's not by my choice, but I want to stick to what the Bible says and speak the truth from that viewpoint, the biblical viewpoint, the biblical world view.
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  So it's not been easy.
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  I'm a writer, and that seems to be where I actually harmonize best with others who share that craft, but writers gather for the sole purpose of furthering their work, not for fellowship.
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  And so once again, there is no real heartfelt bond among most writers.
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  We are busy writing and doing our craft.
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  So you see what I mean?
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  I mean, I have many other interests, but I have so little time.
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  And I'm homeschooling my grandchildren, and don't get me wrong, I love it.
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  And I am involved with family and neighbors regularly, mostly helping them in various ways, and they help me as well.
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  In fact, I'd say that the majority of my life right now at this time in my life is spent meeting the needs of others, other than taking a little personal time each day for reading, I don't do much else of the things that I would actually like to do for myself, like you know, go out fishing, have some fun, go hiking, camping.
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  And that includes having some kind of relationship with my clan.
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  I'd like to do it with whoever my clan is, but you know, who is my clan and where are they?
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  Where is my tribe?
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  But here's the real clincher, and this is why I'm bringing this up.
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  I sometimes do feel alone and isolated, but I don't ever feel lonely or empty or lost, even though I cannot seem to connect with my proverbial tribe.
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  Well, I have an incredibly good wife.
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  She's supportive, and she is in every way truly a gift to me from God, and I am so grateful for her.
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  I have two daughters and their husbands with whom I connect very well, and I have five darling grandchildren with whom I interact almost daily, and that's a lot of fun for me.
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  They are my clan and my support group.
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  My grandchildren are therapy for the soul like no other.
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  That's such a precious gift from God, they are.
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  So, what's the point of all this?
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  Well, the point is this.
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  Well, what does all this tribal discourse have to do with sacrificing for God and country?
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  Well, it has everything to do with it.
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  You see, when you feel a strong belonging to a tribe, whatever that tribe may be, then you will be most willing to sacrifice for it.
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  For example, when I was in the military, we felt an alliance between the soldiers.
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  I would die for any other soldier, any warrior, fellow warrior.
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  Didn't matter what their skin color was, didn't matter what their religious beliefs were, if they were fighting for the same cause as I was, then there was a kinship there.
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  That would be my tribe.
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  Sometimes tribe exists because of a certain setting or scenario or a purpose.
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  But whatever your tribe is, you will be the most willing to sacrifice for it, and that is really important.
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  But since many of the traditional tribes that we have had in America are now dissolving, we got to really think about that.
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  They are going away.
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  Where exactly does that leave you?
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  If you don't have a strong family bond, hmm, you're kind of isolated.
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  Maybe you depend on friends, maybe they become your new family.
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  But a lot of neighbors don't even know the next door neighbor, and even though they've lived to them for years and years, right next to them.
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  They don't know them.
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  And if you don't have some kind of a strong family bond, or if you don't have a strong church family bond, you may feel abandoned and makes you feel a little bit helpless.
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  Abandonment can leave you feeling alone and lonely and desperate and even suicidal, unless you change your perspective.
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  And I think that's what we need to think about.
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  Perspective is so critically important in our whole world view in everything that we say and do and think, we have a perspective on the way we process the input of our world into our brain.
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  And it's all about having purpose.
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  If you don't have purpose in your life, then life is absolutely meaningless.
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  It means that you don't have a reason to get up in the morning.
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  And those kind of people are the ones that tend to die young.
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  The centenarians, those who live older than a hundred years old, are the ones who have a real reason to get up and get going in the morning.
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  So purpose is crucial.
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  But in order for purpose to also be meaningful, you need something else.
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  Without having a worthy purpose for living, then life can become sheer drudgery, something we just don't seem to want to acknowledge or recognize.
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  Life becomes boring and lonely and empty and aimless if we don't have a meaningful purpose to get up each morning and to live out our days.
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  And when your purpose is somehow useful to others, then it becomes ministry or service.
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  It becomes ministry or service.
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  And when ministry becomes sacrificial, then it will positively change you in ways you never imagined.
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  And when ministry becomes sacrificial, then it will positively change you in ways you never imagined.
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  And I speak those words from the heart and from personal experience.
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  And I speak those words from the heart and from personal experience.
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  But sacrificial ministry.
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  But sacrificial ministry is an art that we must all learn because it just doesn't happen naturally.
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  We tend to be selfish people by nature.
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  And when we talk about sacrificing, say for God and country, which is so very important in this present time, well, we're talking about the highest calling in life.
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  And I want to invite you to taste a little bit of that, because it's catchy.
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  The more you participate in it, the more you will want it.
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  Because to the extent that we are willing and able to sacrifice for God and country, the more that we can thrive and actually live well, both in the eyes of God and our fellow countrymen.
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  I don't mean that we can live high on the hog and wealthy necessarily.
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  In fact, sometimes sacrificing means we give away a good portion of our wealth.
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  But the more we can live meaningfully, which makes us healthy in mind, body, and spirit, when we live sacrificially for the good of other people.
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  And a tribe does give good support, but a tribe is not necessary to learn the art of sacrificial ministry.
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  Well, the lessons, as always, if you want to learn them well, they begin in the Bible.
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  I want to read just one passage for you today.
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  That's in the book of Philippians, chapter two, the first five verses.
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  Let me read that.
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  I'm reading from the New American Standard Bible.
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  The Apostle Paul is speaking to the Philippians, some very encouraging words, and he says, Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose, one purpose.
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  He says, Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind, regard one another as more important than yourselves.
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  Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
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  Have this attitude in yourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus.
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  And our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, gave us such a beautiful, beautiful example of how to live sacrificially as a servant, as a living sacrifice.
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  But Paul says, if you want to be fulfilled in life, be intent on one purpose, and that one purpose is sacrificial ministry.
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  It is so important to having a meaningful life.
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  It's also so important to saving our country right now.
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  Because we get a lot of selfishness, and yet we are told in that passage, Paul says, do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit.
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  In other words, be a humble servant.
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  Be willing to give of yourself for the sake of others.
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  Paul says, regard one another as more important than yourselves.
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  When's the last time you actually did that?
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  In other words, you are not the center of the universe.
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  I mean, little children, one-year-olds, two-year-olds, yeah, that's where we see them acting like they are at the center of the universe, and they believe they are.
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  It's part of a survival thing when you're really young.
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  But as we grow up, we learn that there is a higher calling to life.
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  It is a life of sacrificial ministry.
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  And that requires us having this attitude in ourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus.
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  It is so important for us to have.
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  So there's our example.
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  And then you know what Jesus said?
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  He said, Follow me.
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  And many people have followed Jesus Christ.
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  And I'm so proud of those people.
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  And I respect them and look up to them.
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  And a lot of other people have taken notice of those words.
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  And they repeat Jesus' own words here in various ways.
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  For example, John F.
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  Kennedy back when said, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
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  What your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
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  That's called sacrificial giving.
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  That's called sacrificial giving.
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  Have you asked what you personally can sacrifice for the good of your country?
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  Have you asked what you personally can sacrifice for the good of your country?
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  Because we're kind of hurting right now, right?
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  Because we're kind of hurting right now, right?
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  We're kind of hurting right now, according to our high standard of what we have been used to.
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  We're kind of hurting right now, according to our high standard of what we have been used to.
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  And we're always looking for the handout.
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  And we're always looking for the handout in our corrupt government.
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  And our corrupt government has been all too eager to give us that handout.
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  And it's a dangerous handout.
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  Abraham Lincoln also repeated Jesus' words when he said, We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity.
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  We have grown in numbers in wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown.
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  But we have forgotten God.
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  We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us.
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  And we have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.
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  Abraham Lincoln then says, intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace.
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  Too proud to pray to the God that made us.
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  And you know, Abe nailed it.
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  He could have spoken those words yesterday to us, and they would have incredible, incredible meaning.
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  See how much they apply to our present day, right?
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  And JFK's famous challenge cannot be overstated in our current days of distress.
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  And in my opinion, it's a mild distress.
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  We don't have bombs dropping over our heads, but we are hurting in some ways that we're not used to.
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  Well, God has set a precedent for us.
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  And even in the present day, we have an abundance of examples.
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  The sacrifices made by Americans, for example, in prior wars, speak for themselves, right?
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  And maybe, just maybe, we need a little reminder of their sacrifice in order to prepare our own hearts to be willing to sacrifice.
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  Our founders, I mean, they sacrificed all their wealth, and they risked their own lives.
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  I mean, ready to be hung if things didn't go the right way, in order to secure a free nation, which we have reaped the benefits of for almost 250 years now.
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  We look back to World War I and World War II.
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  There were so many costly battles where thousands and thousands of lives were lost in World War II.
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  The Battle of the Bulls, the largest and bloodiest battle.
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  We've got all kinds of incredible examples of how people were willing to live and fight and die for our country.
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  But let's not forget, at every one of these wars, there was a home front where there were a lot of sacrifices being made in huge, huge ways, in ways that we don't even consider when we think of the wars because we always think of the soldiers.
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  But back on the home front, even in the United States where we were not being bombed in World War I or World War II, with the exception of Pearl Harbor, people at home were suffering.
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  And they were asked to sacrifice a lot.
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  There were many shortages of things like rubber and metals and other raw materials that were needed for the war.
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  And so our government came up with some rationing programs and scrap drives that affected virtually every American family.
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  These were hard times for people, but there was a different attitude that we than what we see right now in America.
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  Women actually went to work in the factories to help put together aircraft, assemble aircraft, and support the military in whatever way they could.
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  Food shortages were common.
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  They had to trim the fat by all means possible.
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  And everyone was asked to do their share for the good of the country.
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  And everyone did their best to sacrifice for the sake of God and country.
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  Now I suppose there's still a lot of people that would be willing to do that, but we now suffer from the vilest propaganda from our legacy media and from the Democrat Party from the Rhinos who do their evil silently for the most part, but they do it.
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  It is always for the good of everyone to speak the truth.
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  And right now, I kind of see an unwillingness to sacrifice for God and country.
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  And that terribly bothers me.
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  Because we need sacrificial people to be able to pull together now more than ever.
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  We are at a turning point, a tipping point.
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  But you know, when you ask people to sacrifice for God and country, well, I just don't see that happening.
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  And I don't, you know, try pushing that agenda today that they pushed in World War I and World War II.
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  World War II.
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  Ask Americans to ration gas and food and raw materials.
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  Ask Americans to ration gas and food and raw materials.
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  You know, ask people to make do with what they've got rather than to indulge in all the luxuries that they're used to having.
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  You know, ask people to make do with what they've got rather than to indulge in all the luxuries that they're used to having, you know, the seven, eight dollar coffees and um, you know, eating out, fine dining, and getting the luxury cars, the the richest clothing.
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  You know, the seven, eight dollar coffees, and um, you know, eating out, fine dining, and getting the the luxury cars, the the richest clothing.
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  Ask these people to sacrifice.
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  And what do you think is gonna happen?
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  Well, I'd say good luck.
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  Because I think that there's a lot of people that have completely misunderstood what it means to live purposefully by sacrificing for the good of others.
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  Well, today I've been discussing the lost art of sacrificing for God and country, and I think this is the make or break point for us.
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  And I think this is the make or break point for us.
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  We've got to decide what we are willing to give to our country rather than take from our country.
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  We've got to decide what we are willing to give to our country rather than take from our country.
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  Now, nobody likes going through hardships.
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  Now, nobody likes going through hardships.
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  I'll grant you that, and I'm with you.
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  I'll grant you that, and I'm with you.
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  Most people actually fear it horribly.
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  Most people actually fear it horribly.
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  But you know, the more we go through hardships, even
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  But you know, the more we go through hardships, even though it's never easy, I can tell you that it builds character.
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  It strengthens you in ways that you never would have imagined.
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  So long as you keep your anchor in the Bible in Christ, that has made all the difference for me.
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  For most people, I suppose the thought of having to give up luxuries or things that we consider a necessity is downright distasteful, right?
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  We are the new Americans, and it is no longer the American way to suffer.
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  We think that we have to get rid of all hardship, all suffering, all states of being in need of anything.
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  And we've gotten used to it.
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  Just like Abe Lincoln said, we have become bathed in success to the point that we are intoxicated with it.
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  And it's no, it's not like World War I or World War II.
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  We have grown fat and soft and lazy by our wealth.
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  And maybe not in a literal sense, but figuratively.
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  You know what I'm saying?
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  We've grown accustomed to getting what we want and we want it now.
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  We are impatient.
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  In Abe Lincoln's words, we are intoxicated with unbroken success and wealth.
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  It's hard to ask Americans to sacrifice for their country when we have the richest poor people in the world in America.
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  And those poor people have become richly dependent on our government to meet all their needs.
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  Now recognize for what that really is.
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  It's another unrecognized form of slavery.
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  And that's right where the deep state government wants you and me.
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  As soon as we're confronted with a little hardship, we tend to fall apart.
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  We just do.
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  And isn't that what's happening right now?
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  Isn't that why everybody's so afraid?
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  Have we lost all ability to endure a little suffering?
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  The big issue right now is the Iran war.
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  Whoa, big mistake.
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  We should have cut loose, taken our losses and called victory, declared victory right after the initial attack.
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  Well, we're now heavily divided because President Trump is seeing this through.
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  Some people call it evil.
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  Oh, American hegemony.
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  Well, I'm not going to go down that road.
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  The military, you know, uh is doing it a good job.
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  But everywhere you look, when you talk just about the Iran war, conservatives, MAGA, legislators, the Supreme Court, Christians, military veterans, women, men, young Americans, even the deep state.
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  They're divided.
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  They're all heavily divided about the state of our country.
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  And what's it really all about?
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  Well, mostly the economy.
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  Everybody's worried about the economy, military expenses, tariffs.
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  It's all about money.
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  We're paying less taxes, but everything costs more than usual because number one, we got these Marxist communist governors who are working their hardest to destroy their own states, taxing their own citizens to death, depriving them in every way possible of all their constitutional rights, even.
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  Secondly, we got these fear mongering going on that is driving up prices of oil, especially crude oil, right?
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  And then we got our so-called NATO allies who are doing absolutely nothing to fight the terrorists with us.
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  They have reaped so much benefit from Americans for so long that they're dependent on us.
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  And President Trump is just trying to say enough's enough.
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  Well, good for him.
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  They don't want to fight the terrorists, they don't want to fight the radical Islamic infestation that they are actually endorsing and promoting in their own countries in Europe in South America.
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  They don't want to help with the pirating of the open air waterways.
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  It is time to dump NATO.
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  That's just my opinion for what it's worth.
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  After all, they already have sided with our enemies.
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  What kind of alliance is that?
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  And that includes the America's deep state faction.
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  They've sided with them or our own domestic enemies and the globalist regime and every other ungodly nation in the world.
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  I say be done with NATO.
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  We have forgotten already that the border has been secured.
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  Trump did a fantastic job with that.
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  People already have forgotten the secured border, which the Democrats hate, by the way.
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  First thing they'll do is open up the borders again and let all these criminals come in and take us over.
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  And that leads me to another concern.
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  Where we are divided on election fraud.
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  Where's the division between good and evil?
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  Simple as that.
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  Are we gaining on election fraud?
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  Well, I believe so.
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  I think so.
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  Midterm elections are just around the corner now.
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  And we're pushing back against the treasonous fraudsters.
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  Because that's what they are.
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  The redistricting election in Virginia, election day, which is supposed to be one day, and we get all these states counting late ballots.
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  It's unconstitutional.
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  We need to fight it.
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  We need to fight the mail-in ballots problem because so much of it is corrupt.
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  That's how Democrats are so-called winning at the state and federal level.
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  At the state and federal level.
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  We need to clean up the voter registration list.
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  We need to clean up the voter registration list, and that's happening.
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  And that's happening.
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  I thank God for Judicial Watch.
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  I think God for Judicial Watch, they've done a fantastic job going after this because they know what's at stake here.
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  They've done a fantastic job going after this because they know what's at stake here.
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  We still need to conquer voter ID and have proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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  We still need to conquer voter ID and have proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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  If we do not conquer the fraudulent traitors, we're screwed.
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  If we do not conquer the fraudulent traitors, we're
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  Because then sacrifice is going to be replaced by suffering.
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  Unwillful suffering.
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  The Democrats are enemies of America.
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  They are not a political party.
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  Same with the rhinos.
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  Is God using them as a weapon of judgment against us?
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  Well, we don't know.
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  We cannot know because God is silent to us in these days.
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  But we have seen this happen many times in the Old Testament, where God has used evil people to meet out a punishment against his own rebellious people, the Jews in the Old Testament.
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  And it could be happening to us.
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  We need a wake up call.
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  I would much rather sacrifice on my own for the sake of righteousness than suffer the wrath of God for the sake of my rebellion.
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  And that is the choice we have right now.
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  We do have a choice, but if we think that we can rebel against God and escape his wrath, we are fooling ourselves.
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  If we choose to make no sacrifice now for the good of our country, then we will suffer greatly a little later.
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  That should make the decision easy.
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  But surprisingly, a lot of people don't believe this is true.
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  Galatians 6 7 says, Do not be deceived.
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  God is not mocked for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
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  And the reaping of what we sow happens both on a personal level and on a national level.
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  Let us not lose heart in doing good.
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  For in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
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  And growing weary is called burnout.
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  Avoiding burnout requires following other Bible principles.
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  But that's a topic for another discussion.
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  Today, I just simply want to encourage you to be more willing to sacrifice for the good of our God and for our country.
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  Be willing to give a little.
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  Be willing to tighten the belt.
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  Yes, the economy is not where we'd like it right now.
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  I get that.
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  I'm in the same boat as you.
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  Meanwhile, the enemies of God, China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and I'm talking about the leadership, not the good citizens of those countries, and I realize there are many of them.
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  But the enemies, the true enemies of God, and now that includes a lot of Europe's leadership and our own traitorous faction, the domestic enemy, they are wreaking havoc on their own people and on the world.
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  That's why we are suffering.
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  The struggling economy, that's temporary.
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  And this can and will be fixed.
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  But it will take a little time, a little suffering or sacrifice, a little cooperation, and a little support for a higher cause.
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  This is where we need unity without compromise right now.
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  We need to suck it up right now, tighten our belts, trim our own fat, and be thankful.
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  Remember to be thankful for all the many blessings that we still have from God.
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  We are still a wealthy nation.
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  But we are at the tipping point.
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  Hopefully, a turning point.
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  Turning back to God with a genuine willingness to obey his word and a willingness to suffer and sacrifice for a good cause.
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  It's okay to sacrifice for your country.
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  It's okay not to ask what your country can do for you, but maybe what you can do for your country by pulling together for a good cause.
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  And that good cause, let's be clear, to obliterate evil wherever it may be.
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  It's not been horrific.
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  I make fewer purchases now.
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  I'm eating out less.
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  Hardly ever.
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  Is that so bad?
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  I'm wearing out my clothing and my shoes.
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  I'm making them last.
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  I don't need shiny bright and new all the time.
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  We've got a lot to be thankful for.
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  I'm doing my own auto repairs since I'm a retired physician.
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  I do my own house maintenance.
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  I love it.
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  I enjoy it, and it saves me a lot of money.
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  I'm not a busy medical doctor anymore.
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  I have more time for that.
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  It's okay to sacrifice.
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  Is it asking too much?
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  Well, for some it is.
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  My wife and I don't have health insurance right now.
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  We can't afford it.
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  We cannot afford health insurance.
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  We aren't living a life of luxury.
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  But we aren't starving either.
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  I am willing to sacrifice for the good of my country.
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  If we can topple the radical Iranian terrorists who are ruling the people and destroying the people of Iran and creating havoc in the world, let's do it.
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  If we can defeat China's global aggression and their unrestricted warfare, and stop all the drug trafficking into our country that is killing millions of young Americans, I'm all for it.
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  And if we can reverse this trade disparity that we have had, whereby other countries are raping America, well, I'm for that too.
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  I am willing to sacrifice for the good of our country.
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  And if my sacrifice will contribute to less suffering anywhere in the world, then it is worthy sacrifice.
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  It is a good ministry.
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  But I'm not a blind fool.
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  I will gladly sacrifice for the good of my neighbor, my country, other countries, whose citizens are oppressed and mistreated.
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  Like in Nigeria, the Christians.
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  Whatever we can do to help the brotherhood of the family of God, I'm all for that kind of sacrifice.
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  Sacrifice is worthy when it serves a higher good.
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  Something we need to remember.
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  When you sacrifice for a good cause, ultimately that is an act of kindness.
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  And God respects and honors that.
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  And he rewards it too.
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  Maybe not in this life, maybe in the afterlife.
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  But that's where we're going to spend the rest of eternity.
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  That might not be such a bad thing at all.
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  Now, granted, when our government imposes hardships on us, for whatever reason, the tariffs, you know, the military spending, if it is for a just war, and I know that's a very highly debatable issue.
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  But when hardships are asked of us for a higher good, we might sacrifice even unwillingly.
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  Some will suffer more than others.
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  Take a stand for what is right, and I guarantee you, your chance of suffering and sacrifice is much higher.
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  And I've had a taste of that.
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  Some may even profit off of our hardships.
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  But if I can say with an absolutely clear conscience that my sacrifice is pleasing to God, then that is all the reinforcement I need to continue sacrificing.
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  I'm okay with that because that is merely what God expects from every Christian.
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  Sacrifice is one of our good works that flows from God's mercy and our genuine faith.
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  We read that in Romans chapter twelve, verse one.
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  Paul said, Therefore, I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
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  See, purposeful sacrifice for the good of others is worship to God.
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  Now that's not so bad.
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  It gives us meaning.
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  It makes getting up the next day not just easier, but much more of an adventure.
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  Now, I'll be the first to admit, sacrifice is never easy.
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  We are always fighting our own human nature when we are asked to sacrifice.
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  But it is a necessary part of life in a sinful world, and we have to acknowledge that.
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  But when we endure hardship willingly for a worthy cause, like our nation in crisis right now, we are blessed.
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  And God will continue to shed his grace on us if we honor Him.
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  And that's where I'm at right now.
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  And that's where every American citizen needs to be.
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  Turn back to God, read the Bible, and live according to a biblical worldview and put aside your selfishness.
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  Now is a time for all of us to pull together as a nation.
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  And perhaps complain less.
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  And always, always give thanks for the many blessings that we have.
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  Because God has shed his grace on us in a wonderful way.
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  But I know that God will take it from us if we do not continue to honor Him as God, as the Redeemer, the giver of life and liberty and ultimate happiness through service to Him.
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  But I know that God will take it from us if we do not continue to honor Him as God, as the Redeemer, the giver of life and liberty, and ultimate happiness through service to Him.
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  Well, that's my message today.
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  Well, that's my message today.
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  Take from it what you will, please share it, and by all means, do your best, do what you can to serve God and country.
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  Take from it what you will, please share it, and by all means.
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  You've been listening to Unity Without Compromise.
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  Adieu.