October 22 – Seeing Others with Grace

The Daily Ripples Podcast · Oct 22, 2026 · 13m

Pastor Mike opens with sitting down with a new sponsee, which takes him back to the doorway of his own recovery without any shame, since the man he was then is not the man he is now. The fourth column of Step Four dismantled most of what he could hold against anyone, because the things he never did were only things he had not done yet. First Samuel 16:7 says people look at the outward appearance while the Lord looks at the heart, and when a first impression of someone turns negative, he asks God what it reveals about his own defects before extending grace. Corey adds a morning prayer, a few…