Latest / knowGodcoach huddle / know God coach huddle for April 6, 2025
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- 0:01hello welcome to the No God Coach Huddle
- 0:03for April 6 2025 your two-minute play of
- 0:06the day for applying God's word in your
- 0:08life so let's huddle up and here today's
- 0:11play from Matthew uh chapter 5 i tell
- 0:15you love your enemies and pray for those
- 0:17who persecute you that you may be
- 0:19children of your father in heaven he
- 0:21causes the sun to rise on the evil and
- 0:24the good and he sends rain on the
- 0:26righteous and the unrighteous if you
- 0:28love those who love you what reward will
- 0:30you get are not even the tax collectors
- 0:33doing that and if you greet only your
- 0:35own people what are you doing more than
- 0:37others do not even pagans do that be
- 0:41perfect therefore as your heavenly
- 0:43father is
- 0:44perfect most Christians are familiar
- 0:47with Jesus's command to be perfect as
- 0:49the heavenly father is perfect it is
- 0:52ignored as impossible because it's
- 0:54interpreted to mean never do anything
- 0:55wrong in thought word or deed a definite
- 0:59impossibility for us still living in
- 1:01earthly bodies that are hardwired toward
- 1:04rebellion against God and man the
- 1:07context of the command to be perfect is
- 1:09in our treatment of others god treats
- 1:12everyone the same at the foundational
- 1:14level the sun rises on everyone rain
- 1:17blesses everyone except those in
- 1:20Tennessee everyone we encounter should
- 1:23be afforded common courtesy respect and
- 1:26any loving action necessary for us to
- 1:29demonstrate our primary love for God our
- 1:32most profound testimony that we love God
- 1:35is when we love our enemy and those who
- 1:37hate us this love doesn't mean
- 1:39acceptance of their lifestyle nor
- 1:41placing ourselves continuously in their
- 1:43harm but it does mean forgiving their
- 1:45sin against us and doing them good
- 1:48whenever we can perfection is not
- 1:50noticing another person's behavior color
- 1:53intelligence income or any other factor
- 1:56that might cause us to favor one person
- 1:58over another in our most basic treatment
- 2:01of people as God loves everyone
- 2:04Christians are to show love to everyone
- 2:06based on their love for God and his love
- 2:08for humanity not based on our
- 2:10preferences within humanity we can be
- 2:13perfect as our heavenly father is
- 2:15perfect by simply choosing to love
- 2:18everyone with forgiveness kindness
- 2:20patience and faithfulness to share and
- 2:23demonstrate Jesus to everyone regardless
- 2:26of their behaviors whatever they may be
- 2:28toward us