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Love that Covers · Men's Morning Devotional

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  SPEAKER_00: Gentlemen, every day is a battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: A battle for your faith, your family, and your purple.
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  SPEAKER_00: The men who stand strong don't prepare when the battle arrives, they prepare before it begins.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the men's morning devotional.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get into God's word.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's time to man up.
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  Christian Calatayud: Good morning, gentlemen.
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  Christian Calatayud: It's Christian Kaladiou coming to you with another man up moment.
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  Christian Calatayud: And gents, if you're liking it this week, we're about halfway through.
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  Christian Calatayud: If you're liking this week, make sure that you send it to a brother, an uncle, a family member, whoever it is, send it to a brother so that they can receive from it as well.
• 0:44
  Christian Calatayud: We're in Proverbs chapter 10, and today's devotional is called Love That Covers.
• 0:51
  Christian Calatayud: We're going to be reading from Proverbs chapter 10, verse 12, that says this hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.
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  Christian Calatayud: It's interesting.
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  Christian Calatayud: This proverb shows up again centuries later, almost word for word, in the mouth of the Apostle Peter.
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  Christian Calatayud: Love covers over a multitude of sins.
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  Christian Calatayud: It's interesting.
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  Christian Calatayud: This proverb shows up again centuries later.
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  Christian Calatayud: Almost word for words in the mouth of the Apostle Peter.
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  Christian Calatayud: Love covers a multitude of sins.
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  Christian Calatayud: You know, when Peter wrote that, he didn't invent that truth.
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  Christian Calatayud: He learned it right here from Solomon.
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  Christian Calatayud: Solomon puts two forces side by side.
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  Christian Calatayud: And he says, hatred stirs while love covers.
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  Christian Calatayud: One agitates a wrong until it becomes a war, and the other absorbs a wrong, so it doesn't have to become war.
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  Christian Calatayud: And this verse, it it isn't pretending that sin doesn't exist.
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  Christian Calatayud: Love covers wrongs not by refusing to see them, but by choosing to bear them willingly without keeping score.
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  Christian Calatayud: And that's a very different thing than denial.
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  Christian Calatayud: It's endurance with a purpose.
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  Christian Calatayud: Gentlemen, covering sin doesn't mean broadcasting someone's failure to everyone who will listen.
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  Christian Calatayud: It means bearing it patiently instead of feeding it.
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  Christian Calatayud: Every man reading this has a relationship right now that he's choosing which force to feed.
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  Christian Calatayud: Hatred or love.
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  Christian Calatayud: A coworker who wronged him, a brother who let him down, the wife who said the sharp thing in the heat of an argument.
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  Christian Calatayud: Hatred feels justified in that moment.
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  Christian Calatayud: It always does.
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  Christian Calatayud: But man, hatred doesn't resolve conflict, it multiplies it.
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  Christian Calatayud: And the truth is, love is the only force strong enough to actually cover an offense instead of just relocating it.
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  Christian Calatayud: This doesn't mean, as men, we never address sin or never set boundaries.
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  Christian Calatayud: It means when the wrong is small and when it's already repented of, when nothing is gained by keeping the account open, a real man lets it go instead of nursing it.
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  Christian Calatayud: So here's our man up challenge today.
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  Christian Calatayud: We need to think about one grudge small or large that we've quietly been keeping a score on.
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  Christian Calatayud: And today we need to choose to cover it instead of feeding it.
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  Christian Calatayud: And that might mean forgiving out loud or letting a comment go, or simply refusing to bring it up again.
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  Christian Calatayud: Gentlemen, let love do what hatred never could.
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  Christian Calatayud: Let's pray.
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  Christian Calatayud: For covering my sin at a cost that I could never repay.
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  Christian Calatayud: Lord, would you forgive us for the grudges that we've fed instead of covered?
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  Christian Calatayud: Lord, teach us how to love the way that you have loved us, willing to bear an offense instead of keeping score.
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  Christian Calatayud: Make us men who bring peace in every room that we walk into.
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  Christian Calatayud: We love you, we praise you, and we thank you.
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  Christian Calatayud: In Jesus' name.
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  Christian Calatayud: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, gentlemen, you've heard God's word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now go live it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lead well, stand strong, honor God in everything you do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Share this devotional with another brother.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, every day is another opportunity to man up.