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- 0:47two
- 0:47millionaires
- 0:48a
- 0:48million
- 0:48people
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- 0:55Here's
- 0:55today's
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- 0:58Hello
- 0:58good
- 0:58people.
- 0:59Dr.
- 0:59Brad
- 0:59Miller
- 1:00here
- 1:00and
- 1:00just
- 1:01thank
- 1:01you
- 1:01for
- 1:01joining
- 1:02me
- 1:02today.
- 1:03Pull
- 1:03up
- 1:03a
- 1:03chair.
- 1:04Let's
- 1:04have
- 1:04a
- 1:04few
- 1:04moments
- 1:05together
- 1:05because
- 1:05we're
- 1:06diving
- 1:06into
- 1:07a
- 1:07passage
- 1:07of
- 1:08scripture
- 1:08that
- 1:08honestly
- 1:10a
- 1:10lot
- 1:10of
- 1:11biblical
- 1:11teachers
- 1:12avoid.
- 1:13Like
- 1:13it's
- 1:13radioactive,
- 1:15it's
- 1:15uncomfortable,
- 1:15it
- 1:16steps
- 1:16on
- 1:16some
- 1:16toes
- 1:17and
- 1:17mine
- 1:18included.
- 1:19And
- 1:19we're
- 1:20in
- 1:20James
- 1:20Chapter
- 1:21five,
- 1:21verses
- 1:22one
- 1:22through
- 1:22six.
- 1:22And
- 1:23James
- 1:24doesn't
- 1:24hold
- 1:24back,
- 1:24not
- 1:25even
- 1:25a
- 1:25little.
- 1:26Before
- 1:26I
- 1:26read
- 1:26the
- 1:26scripture,
- 1:28I'm
- 1:28going
- 1:28to
- 1:28tell
- 1:28you
- 1:28something
- 1:28that
- 1:29I've
- 1:29been
- 1:29thinking
- 1:29about
- 1:29the
- 1:29last
- 1:30few
- 1:30weeks.
- 1:31Just
- 1:32got
- 1:32back
- 1:32from
- 1:32a
- 1:32vacation
- 1:33to
- 1:33Florida
- 1:33and
- 1:34driving
- 1:34through
- 1:34the
- 1:34mountains
- 1:35of
- 1:35North
- 1:36Carolina
- 1:36and
- 1:37and
- 1:38some
- 1:38of
- 1:38the
- 1:38went
- 1:39through
- 1:39some
- 1:39of
- 1:39the
- 1:39places
- 1:40we've
- 1:40hiked
- 1:40many
- 1:40times
- 1:41in
- 1:41the
- 1:42Great
- 1:42Smoky
- 1:43Mountains
- 1:43and,
- 1:44and
- 1:44you
- 1:44know
- 1:44in
- 1:44those
- 1:45wooded
- 1:45areas
- 1:46we
- 1:46passed
- 1:46this
- 1:47gorgeous
- 1:47homes
- 1:48way
- 1:48up
- 1:48in
- 1:49the
- 1:49top
- 1:50of
- 1:50the
- 1:50mountains
- 1:50overlooking
- 1:51the
- 1:51valley
- 1:51and
- 1:52just
- 1:52beautiful,
- 1:53stunning.
- 1:54And
- 1:55part
- 1:55of
- 1:55my
- 1:55thinking
- 1:55was
- 1:56wow,
- 1:56wouldn't
- 1:56that
- 1:56be
- 1:56something
- 1:56to
- 1:57live
- 1:57there.
- 1:58And
- 1:58then
- 1:58almost
- 1:58immediately
- 1:59I
- 1:59began
- 1:59to
- 1:59think,
- 2:00I
- 2:01wonder
- 2:01about
- 2:01the
- 2:01workers
- 2:01who
- 2:02built
- 2:02it
- 2:02where
- 2:02they
- 2:03paid
- 2:03fairly,
- 2:03did
- 2:03they
- 2:04have
- 2:04health
- 2:04insurance?
- 2:05Could
- 2:05they
- 2:05ever
- 2:05afford
- 2:06to
- 2:06live
- 2:06somewhere
- 2:07like
- 2:07that?
- 2:07They
- 2:08were
- 2:08building
- 2:08their
- 2:08themselves.
- 2:10Now
- 2:10I
- 2:10didn't
- 2:10used
- 2:10to
- 2:10always
- 2:11think
- 2:11that
- 2:11that
- 2:11way,
- 2:12but
- 2:12passages
- 2:13like
- 2:13this
- 2:13one
- 2:13we're
- 2:13going
- 2:14to
- 2:14get
- 2:14into
- 2:14today
- 2:16kind
- 2:16of
- 2:16rewired
- 2:17my
- 2:17brain
- 2:17a
- 2:18little
- 2:18bit
- 2:19and
- 2:19I'm
- 2:19grateful
- 2:19for
- 2:19it.
- 2:20It
- 2:20makes
- 2:20me
- 2:21want
- 2:21to
- 2:21squirm.
- 2:21So
- 2:22let
- 2:22me
- 2:22read
- 2:23this
- 2:23to
- 2:23you.
- 2:24It's
- 2:24from
- 2:24the
- 2:24Message
- 2:24translation
- 2:25by
- 2:26Eugene
- 2:26Peterson.
- 2:27And
- 2:27it,
- 2:28you
- 2:28know,
- 2:28I
- 2:28love
- 2:28the
- 2:28way
- 2:29he
- 2:29puts
- 2:29things.
- 2:29It
- 2:29doesn't
- 2:30soften
- 2:30the
- 2:31the
- 2:31edge
- 2:31of
- 2:31this
- 2:31message
- 2:32at
- 2:32all.
- 2:32Here's
- 2:32the
- 2:32reading
- 2:34and
- 2:34a
- 2:34final
- 2:35word
- 2:35to
- 2:35you.
- 2:36Arrogant,
- 2:36rich,
- 2:37take
- 2:38some
- 2:38lessons
- 2:38in
- 2:39Lament.
- 2:40You'll
- 2:40need
- 2:40buckets
- 2:41for
- 2:41the
- 2:41tears
- 2:41when
- 2:42the
- 2:42crash
- 2:42comes
- 2:42upon
- 2:43you.
- 2:43You're
- 2:44Your
- 2:44money
- 2:44is
- 2:44corrupt
- 2:45and
- 2:45your
- 2:45refined
- 2:45clothes
- 2:46stink.
- 2:47Your
- 2:47greedy
- 2:48luxuries
- 2:48are
- 2:48a
- 2:49cancer
- 2:49in
- 2:49your
- 2:49gut,
- 2:50destroying
- 2:51your
- 2:51life
- 2:51from
- 2:51within.
- 2:52You
- 2:53thought
- 2:53you
- 2:53were
- 2:54piling
- 2:54up
- 2:54wealth,
- 2:54but
- 2:56what
- 2:56you've
- 2:56piled
- 2:56up
- 2:57is
- 2:57judgment.
- 2:59All
- 2:59the
- 2:59workers
- 2:59you've
- 2:59exploited
- 3:00and
- 3:01cheated
- 3:01cry
- 3:01out
- 3:01for
- 3:02judgment.
- 3:02The
- 3:03groans
- 3:03of
- 3:03the
- 3:04workers
- 3:04you
- 3:04used
- 3:04and
- 3:05abused
- 3:05are
- 3:05a
- 3:05roar
- 3:06in
- 3:06the
- 3:07ears
- 3:07of
- 3:07the
- 3:07master
- 3:08avenger.
- 3:09You've
- 3:09looted
- 3:10the
- 3:10earth
- 3:10and
- 3:10lived
- 3:10up
- 3:10to
- 3:11it,
- 3:11but
- 3:12all
- 3:12you
- 3:12have
- 3:12to
- 3:12show
- 3:12for
- 3:13it
- 3:13is
- 3:13a
- 3:13fatter
- 3:14than
- 3:14usual
- 3:15corpse.
- 3:16In
- 3:16fact,
- 3:17what
- 3:17you've
- 3:17done
- 3:18is
- 3:18condemn
- 3:18and
- 3:19murder
- 3:19perfectly
- 3:19good
- 3:20persons.
- 3:21You
- 3:21stand
- 3:22there,
- 3:23who
- 3:23stand
- 3:24there
- 3:24and
- 3:25take
- 3:25it.
- 3:27Wow.
- 3:28That's
- 3:29the
- 3:29end
- 3:29of
- 3:29the
- 3:29reading.
- 3:29It's
- 3:29pretty
- 3:29intense
- 3:30one,
- 3:30right?
- 3:32James
- 3:32isn't
- 3:33interested
- 3:33in
- 3:33some
- 3:33polite
- 3:34suggestions.
- 3:35He's
- 3:37issuing
- 3:38a
- 3:38prophetic
- 3:39warning.
- 3:40So
- 3:41let's
- 3:41dig
- 3:42into
- 3:42this.
- 3:42I
- 3:42got
- 3:42three
- 3:43points
- 3:43to
- 3:43ponder
- 3:43today,
- 3:44and
- 3:44I
- 3:45think
- 3:45they'll
- 3:45challenge
- 3:45all
- 3:45of
- 3:46us
- 3:46to
- 3:46think
- 3:46differently
- 3:46about
- 3:47wealth
- 3:47and
- 3:47work
- 3:48and
- 3:48what
- 3:48it
- 3:48means
- 3:48to
- 3:48follow
- 3:49Jesus
- 3:50in
- 3:50an
- 3:50economy
- 3:51and
- 3:52often
- 3:52runs
- 3:52counter
- 3:53to
- 3:54his
- 3:54values.
- 3:54Here's
- 3:54point
- 3:55number
- 3:55one.
- 3:57The
- 3:57Bible
- 3:57consistently
- 3:58centers
- 3:58the
- 3:59experience
- 3:59of
- 4:00workers,
- 4:01not
- 4:01owners.
- 4:03This
- 4:03might
- 4:03be
- 4:03the
- 4:03most
- 4:03countercultural
- 4:04thing
- 4:04about
- 4:05scripture
- 4:05when
- 4:05it
- 4:05comes
- 4:05to
- 4:06the
- 4:07economic
- 4:07situation
- 4:08in
- 4:09our
- 4:09world
- 4:09today.
- 4:10In
- 4:11our
- 4:11society,
- 4:11we
- 4:12usually
- 4:12tell
- 4:12stories
- 4:13from
- 4:13the
- 4:13perspective
- 4:14kind
- 4:14of
- 4:14the
- 4:14business
- 4:15owners,
- 4:15investors,
- 4:16entrepreneurs.
- 4:17Those
- 4:17are
- 4:18the
- 4:18heroes,
- 4:19the
- 4:19people
- 4:19who
- 4:19create
- 4:20jobs
- 4:20and
- 4:20drive
- 4:21the
- 4:21economy.
- 4:22And
- 4:22look,
- 4:22I'm
- 4:23not
- 4:23saying
- 4:23the
- 4:24contributions
- 4:24don't
- 4:24matter.
- 4:25I
- 4:26believe
- 4:26that
- 4:26there's
- 4:27a
- 4:27place
- 4:27for
- 4:27that,
- 4:27of
- 4:27course.
- 4:29But
- 4:29notice
- 4:29whose
- 4:30voice
- 4:30James
- 4:31amplifies
- 4:31here.
- 4:32The
- 4:33workers,
- 4:34the
- 4:34exploited,
- 4:35the
- 4:35cheated.
- 4:37James
- 4:37Yu
- 4:38says
- 4:38that
- 4:38their
- 4:38cries
- 4:39are
- 4:39the
- 4:39roar
- 4:39in
- 4:40the
- 4:40ears
- 4:41of
- 4:41the
- 4:41master
- 4:42Avenger.
- 4:43God
- 4:43hears
- 4:43them.
- 4:44God
- 4:44centers
- 4:45their
- 4:45experience.
- 4:46Their
- 4:47groans
- 4:47aren't
- 4:47background
- 4:48noise.
- 4:48They're
- 4:48the
- 4:49primary
- 4:49concern
- 4:50of
- 4:51God
- 4:51the
- 4:51divine.
- 4:52This
- 4:53is
- 4:53consistent
- 4:54throughout
- 4:54Scripture.
- 4:55The
- 4:55prophets
- 4:56constantly
- 4:56rail
- 4:57against
- 4:57those
- 4:57who
- 4:58exploit
- 4:58laborers.
- 5:00Deuteronomy
- 5:00commands
- 5:01that
- 5:01workers
- 5:01be
- 5:01paid
- 5:02their
- 5:02wages
- 5:02daily
- 5:03because
- 5:03they
- 5:04depend
- 5:04on
- 5:05that
- 5:05income.
- 5:06And
- 5:06Jesus
- 5:06told
- 5:06parables
- 5:07where
- 5:07workers
- 5:08confront
- 5:08unjust
- 5:09masters.
- 5:10The
- 5:10biblical
- 5:10witness
- 5:11consistently
- 5:12ask,
- 5:13how
- 5:13are
- 5:13the
- 5:14workers
- 5:14being
- 5:14treated?
- 5:16In
- 5:16my
- 5:16other
- 5:16podcast
- 5:17about
- 5:17cancer
- 5:18impacted
- 5:19people,
- 5:19I
- 5:19talked
- 5:20with
- 5:20people
- 5:20who
- 5:20sometimes
- 5:21had
- 5:21to
- 5:21keep
- 5:22working
- 5:22through
- 5:22treatment
- 5:23because
- 5:23they
- 5:23couldn't
- 5:23afford
- 5:24to
- 5:24not
- 5:24work.
- 5:25No
- 5:26paid
- 5:26leave,
- 5:26no
- 5:26safety
- 5:27net.
- 5:28And
- 5:28I
- 5:29think
- 5:29about
- 5:29James
- 5:29words.
- 5:30The
- 5:30groans
- 5:31of
- 5:31the
- 5:31workers
- 5:32you
- 5:32used
- 5:33and
- 5:33abused.
- 5:35Those
- 5:35groans
- 5:35are
- 5:36still
- 5:36groaning
- 5:36today,
- 5:37and
- 5:38God
- 5:38still
- 5:38hears
- 5:38them.
- 5:39So
- 5:40when
- 5:40we
- 5:40evaluate
- 5:41economic
- 5:41systems
- 5:42and
- 5:42policies,
- 5:43or
- 5:43even
- 5:43our
- 5:43own
- 5:44choices
- 5:44as
- 5:44consumers
- 5:45and
- 5:45employers,
- 5:47the
- 5:47biblical
- 5:47question
- 5:48is
- 5:48it
- 5:48Is
- 5:49it
- 5:50profitable?
- 5:51It's
- 5:51how
- 5:51does
- 5:51this
- 5:52affect
- 5:52the
- 5:52most
- 5:53vulnerable
- 5:54workers
- 5:54involved?
- 5:56Point
- 5:56number
- 5:57two,
- 5:58wealth
- 5:59hoarded.
- 6:00Is
- 6:00wealth
- 6:00corrupted.
- 6:02James
- 6:02uses
- 6:03a
- 6:03very
- 6:03vivid
- 6:03image
- 6:04here.
- 6:04Your
- 6:04money
- 6:05is
- 6:05corrupt
- 6:05and
- 6:05your
- 6:06fine
- 6:06clothes
- 6:06stink
- 6:06is
- 6:07what
- 6:07it
- 6:07says.
- 6:08The
- 6:08message
- 6:08translation
- 6:09really
- 6:09captures
- 6:10the
- 6:11original
- 6:11Greek
- 6:12word
- 6:12here,
- 6:13which
- 6:13suggests
- 6:13rotting
- 6:14or
- 6:15moth
- 6:15eaten.
- 6:16James
- 6:17is
- 6:17saying
- 6:17that
- 6:17wealth
- 6:18held
- 6:18too
- 6:18tightly
- 6:19actually
- 6:20decays.
- 6:21It
- 6:21destroys
- 6:22itself
- 6:22and
- 6:22it
- 6:22destroys
- 6:23the
- 6:23one
- 6:24holding
- 6:24onto
- 6:24it
- 6:25tight.
- 6:26Here's
- 6:26the
- 6:26thing.
- 6:27I
- 6:27don't
- 6:28think
- 6:28James
- 6:28is
- 6:28condemning
- 6:29wealth
- 6:29itself.
- 6:31The
- 6:31biblical
- 6:31tradition
- 6:32doesn't
- 6:32say
- 6:32money
- 6:33is
- 6:33evil.
- 6:33He
- 6:33says
- 6:34it
- 6:34says
- 6:34the
- 6:34love
- 6:35of
- 6:35money,
- 6:36the
- 6:36hoarding
- 6:37of
- 6:37money,
- 6:37the
- 6:38grasping,
- 6:39the
- 6:39making
- 6:39it
- 6:40your
- 6:40security
- 6:40only
- 6:42that's
- 6:42the
- 6:42problem.
- 6:43Wealth
- 6:44is
- 6:44like
- 6:44water.
- 6:45When
- 6:45it
- 6:45flows,
- 6:46it
- 6:46brings
- 6:46life.
- 6:47When
- 6:47it
- 6:47stagnates,
- 6:48it
- 6:49becomes
- 6:49toxic.
- 6:50I
- 6:51think
- 6:51about
- 6:51my
- 6:51granddaughters
- 6:52and
- 6:52one
- 6:52of
- 6:52the
- 6:52favorite
- 6:53things
- 6:53in
- 6:53the
- 6:53world
- 6:54I
- 6:54do
- 6:54is
- 6:55have
- 6:55fun
- 6:55and
- 6:55laugh
- 6:56with
- 6:56them.
- 6:56Play
- 6:56in
- 6:56the
- 6:57snow,
- 6:57things
- 6:57like
- 6:57that.
- 6:58Watching
- 6:59their
- 6:59joy
- 6:59at
- 6:59the
- 7:00simplest
- 7:00things.
- 7:01Kids
- 7:02don't
- 7:02hoard
- 7:03joy.
- 7:04They
- 7:04don't
- 7:05save
- 7:05up
- 7:05laughter
- 7:06for
- 7:06later.
- 7:07They
- 7:07let
- 7:08it
- 7:08flow.
- 7:08And
- 7:08somehow
- 7:09there
- 7:09is
- 7:09always
- 7:09more.
- 7:10That's
- 7:11how
- 7:11generosity
- 7:12works.
- 7:13It's
- 7:13counterintuitive,
- 7:15but
- 7:15the
- 7:15more
- 7:15you
- 7:15release,
- 7:16the
- 7:16more
- 7:16of
- 7:16it
- 7:16that
- 7:17you
- 7:17experience.
- 7:18James
- 7:19warns
- 7:19here
- 7:20that
- 7:20hoarding
- 7:21doesn't
- 7:22actually
- 7:22protect
- 7:23you.
- 7:24Your
- 7:24greedy
- 7:25luxuries
- 7:25are
- 7:25a
- 7:25cancer
- 7:26in
- 7:26your
- 7:26gut,
- 7:26destroying
- 7:27your
- 7:27life
- 7:27from
- 7:28within.
- 7:29Oh,
- 7:29that's
- 7:30rough.
- 7:30I
- 7:30know
- 7:30a
- 7:30thing
- 7:30or
- 7:31two
- 7:31about
- 7:31cancer.
- 7:32I've
- 7:32gone
- 7:32through
- 7:32it.
- 7:33And
- 7:33this
- 7:33is
- 7:33talking
- 7:34about
- 7:34the
- 7:34cancer
- 7:35of
- 7:35greed.
- 7:36Accumulation
- 7:36beyond
- 7:37what
- 7:37we
- 7:37need
- 7:38doesn't
- 7:38bring
- 7:39security.
- 7:39It
- 7:39brings
- 7:40spiritual
- 7:41sickness,
- 7:42cancer.
- 7:43And
- 7:43if
- 7:43you've
- 7:44ever
- 7:44known
- 7:44someone
- 7:44consumed
- 7:45by
- 7:46protecting
- 7:46their
- 7:46wealth,
- 7:47you
- 7:47know
- 7:48exactly
- 7:48what
- 7:48James
- 7:48is
- 7:48talking
- 7:49about
- 7:49here.
- 7:50Point
- 7:51to
- 7:51ponder.
- 7:51Number
- 7:51three.
- 7:52Systematic
- 7:52exploitation
- 7:53is
- 7:54a
- 7:54moral
- 7:54crisis,
- 7:55not
- 7:55just
- 7:55an
- 7:55economic
- 7:56reality.
- 7:57This
- 7:58is
- 7:58where
- 7:58James
- 7:59gets
- 7:59really
- 7:59pointed
- 8:00and
- 8:00where
- 8:00progressive
- 8:01Christianity
- 8:01has
- 8:02something
- 8:02important
- 8:02to
- 8:02say.
- 8:04James
- 8:04doesn't
- 8:04treat
- 8:04worker
- 8:05exploitation
- 8:06as
- 8:06just
- 8:07an
- 8:07unfortunate
- 8:08side
- 8:08impact
- 8:09of
- 8:09a
- 8:09business.
- 8:10He
- 8:10calls
- 8:11it
- 8:12condemnation
- 8:13and
- 8:13murder
- 8:13of
- 8:14perfectly
- 8:15good
- 8:15persons.
- 8:16Quote
- 8:17murder.
- 8:18That's
- 8:18strong
- 8:18language.
- 8:20But
- 8:20James
- 8:20understands
- 8:21something
- 8:21we
- 8:21often
- 8:22overlook.
- 8:23When
- 8:23systems
- 8:23are
- 8:24designed
- 8:24so
- 8:24that
- 8:24some
- 8:25people
- 8:25can't
- 8:25earn
- 8:26enough
- 8:26to
- 8:26live
- 8:26with
- 8:26dignity.
- 8:27When
- 8:28wages
- 8:28are
- 8:28suppressed
- 8:29while
- 8:29profits
- 8:30soar,
- 8:31when
- 8:31workers
- 8:31are
- 8:32treated
- 8:32as
- 8:32disposable,
- 8:34that's
- 8:34not
- 8:35just
- 8:35bad
- 8:35economics,
- 8:36it's
- 8:37violence.
- 8:38Slow
- 8:39violence,
- 8:39structured
- 8:40violence,
- 8:41but
- 8:41violence
- 8:42nonetheless.
- 8:43This
- 8:43isn't
- 8:44about
- 8:44demonizing
- 8:45individuals
- 8:46who
- 8:46have
- 8:46money.
- 8:47Don't
- 8:47get
- 8:47me
- 8:47wrong.
- 8:48It's
- 8:48about
- 8:49recognizing
- 8:49that
- 8:50we
- 8:50all
- 8:50participate
- 8:50in
- 8:51systems,
- 8:52and
- 8:52those
- 8:52systems
- 8:53have
- 8:53moral
- 8:53dimensions.
- 8:55When
- 8:55I
- 8:55buy
- 8:55a
- 8:55product
- 8:56made
- 8:56by
- 8:57exploited
- 8:58workers
- 8:58overseas,
- 8:59I'm
- 8:59part
- 9:00of
- 9:00that
- 9:00system.
- 9:01When
- 9:01I
- 9:01benefit
- 9:02from
- 9:02an
- 9:02economy
- 9:03that
- 9:03keeps
- 9:03wages
- 9:04low
- 9:04to
- 9:04keep
- 9:05prices
- 9:05low,
- 9:05I'm
- 9:06implicated.
- 9:07James
- 9:07is
- 9:08calling
- 9:08us
- 9:08to
- 9:08awareness
- 9:09and
- 9:10to
- 9:10repentance.
- 9:11Not
- 9:11just
- 9:12personal
- 9:12repentance,
- 9:13but
- 9:13collective
- 9:14reckoning.
- 9:16You
- 9:16know,
- 9:16I'm
- 9:16a
- 9:16huge
- 9:16fan
- 9:17of
- 9:17my
- 9:17Indianapolis
- 9:18area
- 9:18teams,
- 9:18IU
- 9:19football,
- 9:20Colts,
- 9:20Pacers
- 9:21fever,
- 9:21and
- 9:21I
- 9:21love
- 9:21the
- 9:21games.
- 9:22But
- 9:23I
- 9:23also
- 9:23know
- 9:23that
- 9:24the
- 9:24stadiums
- 9:24that
- 9:24they
- 9:25play
- 9:25in
- 9:25are
- 9:25built
- 9:26with
- 9:26public
- 9:26money.
- 9:27And.
- 9:27And
- 9:27while
- 9:28teachers
- 9:29at
- 9:29the
- 9:29universities
- 9:30and
- 9:30the
- 9:30public
- 9:31schools
- 9:32sometimes
- 9:32just
- 9:33have
- 9:33to
- 9:33scrape
- 9:33by,
- 9:34these
- 9:35are
- 9:35the
- 9:35tensions
- 9:35we
- 9:36live
- 9:36in.
- 9:36James
- 9:36doesn't
- 9:37let
- 9:37us
- 9:37off
- 9:37the
- 9:37hook
- 9:38by
- 9:38pretending
- 9:39we're
- 9:39not
- 9:39involved.
- 9:40So
- 9:41let's
- 9:41talk
- 9:41about
- 9:41an
- 9:41action
- 9:41step
- 9:42for
- 9:42you
- 9:42to
- 9:42take.
- 9:43I
- 9:43know
- 9:43it's
- 9:43been
- 9:43a
- 9:44bit
- 9:44of
- 9:44a
- 9:44heavy
- 9:44lesson
- 9:44here,
- 9:45but
- 9:45let's
- 9:45bring
- 9:45it
- 9:45home
- 9:46with
- 9:46something
- 9:46practical.
- 9:48I
- 9:48want
- 9:48you
- 9:48to
- 9:48do
- 9:48an
- 9:49audit.
- 9:50Not
- 9:50a
- 9:50financial
- 9:50audit
- 9:51so
- 9:51much,
- 9:51but
- 9:51a
- 9:52relational
- 9:52one.
- 9:53Think
- 9:53about
- 9:54the
- 9:54workers
- 9:55who
- 9:55make
- 9:55your
- 9:55life
- 9:56possible.
- 9:56The
- 9:56people
- 9:56at
- 9:57the
- 9:57grocery
- 9:57store,
- 9:58the
- 9:58convenience
- 9:58mart,
- 9:59the
- 9:59people
- 10:00you
- 10:00encounter
- 10:01who
- 10:01serve
- 10:02you.
- 10:02The
- 10:03server
- 10:03at
- 10:03a
- 10:03restaurant,
- 10:04the
- 10:04person
- 10:04who
- 10:04makes
- 10:04your
- 10:05coffee,
- 10:06the
- 10:06UPS
- 10:07driver
- 10:07delivers
- 10:07your
- 10:07packages.
- 10:08The
- 10:08janitor
- 10:09who
- 10:09cleans
- 10:09your
- 10:09office
- 10:10or
- 10:10your
- 10:10church.
- 10:11The
- 10:12people
- 10:12who
- 10:12pick
- 10:12the
- 10:12produce
- 10:13that
- 10:13you
- 10:13eat.
- 10:14The
- 10:15people
- 10:15swing
- 10:15a
- 10:15hammer
- 10:16on
- 10:16your
- 10:16behalf.
- 10:17And
- 10:17your
- 10:17action
- 10:17step
- 10:18is
- 10:18this.
- 10:19Choose
- 10:19one
- 10:19of
- 10:19those
- 10:20workers
- 10:20you
- 10:20actually
- 10:20encounter
- 10:21and
- 10:22learn
- 10:22their
- 10:22name.
- 10:22If
- 10:23you
- 10:23don't
- 10:23already
- 10:23know
- 10:23it,
- 10:24have
- 10:24a
- 10:24brief
- 10:25conversation.
- 10:26I
- 10:26already
- 10:26have
- 10:26a
- 10:26person
- 10:27in
- 10:27mind.
- 10:27At
- 10:27my
- 10:27local
- 10:27grocery
- 10:28store
- 10:28I
- 10:28shop
- 10:28at,
- 10:29her
- 10:29name
- 10:29is
- 10:29Barb.
- 10:30And
- 10:30ask
- 10:31how
- 10:31they're
- 10:31doing.
- 10:32Then
- 10:32actually
- 10:33listen
- 10:33to
- 10:34how
- 10:34they're
- 10:34doing.
- 10:35And
- 10:35if
- 10:35you're
- 10:36in
- 10:36any
- 10:36kind
- 10:36of
- 10:36position
- 10:36or
- 10:37influence
- 10:37over
- 10:37how
- 10:37workers
- 10:38are
- 10:38treated
- 10:39or
- 10:39compensated,
- 10:40bring
- 10:40James
- 10:41words
- 10:42into
- 10:42that
- 10:43space.
- 10:44Ask
- 10:44yourself,
- 10:45would
- 10:45this
- 10:46policy,
- 10:46this
- 10:47wage,
- 10:47this
- 10:48spiritual
- 10:49practice
- 10:49calls
- 10:50groans
- 10:51that
- 10:51rise
- 10:51to
- 10:51God's
- 10:52ears.
- 10:53Sometimes
- 10:53the
- 10:53most
- 10:54prophetic
- 10:54thing
- 10:54we
- 10:54can
- 10:54do
- 10:55is
- 10:55simply
- 10:55see
- 10:55the
- 10:55people
- 10:56our
- 10:56systems
- 10:57are
- 10:57designed
- 10:58to
- 10:58make
- 10:58invisible
- 10:59and
- 10:59make
- 10:59them
- 11:00visible.
- 11:02We're
- 11:02going
- 11:02to
- 11:02come
- 11:03back
- 11:03and
- 11:03pray
- 11:03about
- 11:03it
- 11:03here
- 11:03in
- 11:03just
- 11:04a
- 11:04moment.
- 11:04Just
- 11:04first,
- 11:05a
- 11:05quick
- 11:05word
- 11:05that
- 11:05we
- 11:06have
- 11:06a
- 11:07resource
- 11:07for
- 11:07you
- 11:08called
- 11:08the.
- 11:08Called
- 11:09the
- 11:09ABC
- 11:09123
- 11:10Bible
- 11:11Study
- 11:11Resource.
- 11:12We
- 11:12want
- 11:12you
- 11:12to
- 11:13go
- 11:13over
- 11:13to
- 11:13our
- 11:13website,
- 11:13Voice
- 11:14of
- 11:14God
- 11:14Daily,
- 11:15and
- 11:16pick
- 11:16up
- 11:16that
- 11:16resource.
- 11:17Let's
- 11:17pray.
- 11:18God
- 11:18of
- 11:18the
- 11:18worker
- 11:19and
- 11:19the
- 11:19wanderer,
- 11:20God
- 11:20who
- 11:20hears
- 11:21every
- 11:21groan
- 11:21and
- 11:21counts
- 11:22every
- 11:22tear.
- 11:23We
- 11:23come
- 11:23to
- 11:24you
- 11:24today
- 11:24a
- 11:24little
- 11:24uncomfortable.
- 11:26Your
- 11:26word
- 11:26through
- 11:27James
- 11:27doesn't
- 11:28let
- 11:28us
- 11:28look
- 11:28away.
- 11:29It
- 11:29doesn't
- 11:30let
- 11:30us
- 11:30pretend
- 11:30that
- 11:31faith
- 11:31is
- 11:31only
- 11:32personal,
- 11:32only
- 11:32private,
- 11:33only
- 11:34about
- 11:34our
- 11:34souls.
- 11:34In
- 11:35some
- 11:35future
- 11:35heaven,
- 11:36forgive
- 11:37us
- 11:37for
- 11:37the
- 11:37ways
- 11:37we
- 11:38benefited
- 11:38from
- 11:38systems
- 11:39that
- 11:39exploit.
- 11:41Forgive
- 11:41us
- 11:41for
- 11:41the
- 11:41times
- 11:42when
- 11:42we
- 11:42have
- 11:42looked
- 11:42away
- 11:43because
- 11:43looking
- 11:44was
- 11:44too
- 11:44costly.
- 11:45Forgive
- 11:46us
- 11:46for
- 11:46loving
- 11:46comfort
- 11:47more
- 11:47than
- 11:47justice,
- 11:48security,
- 11:49more
- 11:49than
- 11:49solidarity.
- 11:50Open
- 11:51our
- 11:51ears
- 11:52to
- 11:52hear
- 11:52what
- 11:52you
- 11:53hear.
- 11:53The
- 11:53cries
- 11:53of
- 11:54workers
- 11:54who
- 11:54are
- 11:54cheated,
- 11:55the
- 11:55groans
- 11:55of
- 11:56those
- 11:56who
- 11:56are
- 11:56used
- 11:56and
- 11:57discarded,
- 11:58help
- 11:58us
- 11:58see
- 11:58the
- 11:58people
- 11:59our
- 11:59world
- 11:59makes
- 12:00invisible
- 12:01and
- 12:01God.
- 12:01We
- 12:01confess
- 12:02that
- 12:02many
- 12:02of
- 12:02us
- 12:02have
- 12:03had
- 12:03more
- 12:03than
- 12:03what
- 12:03we
- 12:04need
- 12:04and
- 12:04teach
- 12:05us
- 12:05to
- 12:05hold
- 12:05it
- 12:05loosely,
- 12:07not
- 12:07tightly.
- 12:09Show
- 12:09us
- 12:09how
- 12:09to
- 12:09let
- 12:10wealth
- 12:10flow
- 12:10rather
- 12:11than
- 12:11stagnate.
- 12:12Deliver
- 12:12us
- 12:13from
- 12:13the
- 12:13cancer
- 12:13of
- 12:13accumulation
- 12:14that
- 12:15destroys
- 12:15from
- 12:16within.
- 12:17Give
- 12:17us
- 12:17courage
- 12:18to
- 12:18ask
- 12:18hard
- 12:18questions
- 12:19of
- 12:19our
- 12:19systems,
- 12:19our
- 12:20leaders,
- 12:20ourselves,
- 12:21and
- 12:21give
- 12:21us
- 12:21wisdom
- 12:22to
- 12:22know
- 12:23what
- 12:23faithfulness
- 12:24looks
- 12:24like
- 12:26in
- 12:26an
- 12:26economy
- 12:27that
- 12:27often
- 12:27worships
- 12:28the
- 12:28wrong
- 12:28things.
- 12:29Thank
- 12:30you
- 12:30for
- 12:30your
- 12:30relentless
- 12:31love,
- 12:31the
- 12:32love
- 12:32that
- 12:32affixed
- 12:32the
- 12:32comfort
- 12:33that
- 12:33of
- 12:34afflicts
- 12:34the
- 12:34comfortable
- 12:35and
- 12:35comforts
- 12:36the
- 12:36afflicted.
- 12:37May
- 12:37we
- 12:37be
- 12:38the
- 12:38people
- 12:38who
- 12:38embody
- 12:39that
- 12:39love
- 12:39in
- 12:39tangible
- 12:40ways.
- 12:40This
- 12:40week,
- 12:41in
- 12:41the
- 12:41name
- 12:41of
- 12:41Jesus
- 12:42who
- 12:42had
- 12:42nowhere
- 12:43to
- 12:43lay
- 12:43his
- 12:43head
- 12:44but
- 12:44Selma
- 12:45had
- 12:45everything
- 12:45that
- 12:46mattered.
- 12:47Amen.
- 12:52My
- 12:52friend,
- 12:52I
- 12:52am
- 12:53delighted
- 12:54you
- 12:54chose
- 12:54to
- 12:55join
- 12:55me
- 12:55for
- 12:55today's
- 12:56reading.
- 12:57The
- 12:57Daily
- 12:57Bible
- 12:58Refresh
- 12:59is
- 12:59coming
- 12:59completely
- 13:00listener
- 13:01supported.
- 13:02Your
- 13:02gift
- 13:03goes
- 13:03a
- 13:03long
- 13:04way
- 13:04to
- 13:04getting
- 13:04the
- 13:05audible
- 13:05word
- 13:05of
- 13:06God
- 13:06from
- 13:06a
- 13:07progressive
- 13:07perspective
- 13:08into
- 13:092
- 13:09million
- 13:09years,
- 13:09a
- 13:10million
- 13:10people
- 13:11by
- 13:112028.
- 13:13I
- 13:13would
- 13:13be
- 13:13so
- 13:14grateful
- 13:14if
- 13:14you
- 13:14would
- 13:15go
- 13:15to
- 13:15voiceofgodddaily.com
- 13:17and
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- 13:20Thanks
- 13:21much.
- 13:22My
- 13:22name
- 13:22is
- 13:22Dr.
- 13:23Brad
- 13:23Miller
- 13:23and
- 13:23I'll
- 13:24be
- 13:24right
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- 13:33loyal
- 13:33love
- 13:33doesn't
- 13:34run
- 13:34out.
- 13:35His
- 13:35merciful
- 13:36love
- 13:36hasn't
- 13:37dried
- 13:37up,
- 13:37it's
- 13:38created
- 13:39new
- 13:40every
- 13:40morning.