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A New Paradigm

Good morning Brothers. Happy Tuesday! God loves you. I love you. Praise God for waking you up this morning. Take a moment to pray for someone, God will hear and answer your prayers. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭24‬). ‭Let’s sing, There's a sweet, sweet spirit in this place, And I know that it's the spirit of the Lord; There are sweet expressions on each face And I know they feel the presence of the Lord. Today’s verse is ‭from 1 Peter 3:9. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. Jesus didn't just adjust God's people's understanding of how they treated others. He preached a completely new paradigm: Love others even if they hate you. Serve others even if they mistreat you. There was nothing Jesus asked of us that He didn't model Himself. If He had operated out of an eye-for-eye, tooth-for-tooth paradigm, how could we have ever been saved by His sacrifice? Out of pure love and forgiveness, Jesus gave His life for us. He offered a new paradigm. He taught us a better way. Pray for others even if they persecute you. Repaying evil with good is a great way to inspire curiosity about Jesus. How can you be a blessing today, so that someone else might be introduced to the goodness of God? God loves you. Have a blessed day.


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