Set your soul free with Stefanie

The Power of Words: Uplifting Communities and Healing Through Thoughtful Communication

Stefanie Season 5 Episode 3

How often do we stop to consider the true power our words hold? Join me, Stephanie, as we walk through the profound impact that speech can have on our lives and communities. Drawing inspiration from James 3:8-10, we reflect on the dual nature of our words, capable of both uplifting and tearing down. This episode brings exciting updates about our ministry's growth, including a new partnership with Panera Bread to support local nonprofits and daycares, focusing on empowering youth, young adults, and families. Discover how your purchase of our customized items and candles directly contributes to these efforts.

The conversation takes a serious turn as we explore the real-world consequences of harmful speech, from wrongful convictions based on false testimonies to the damage caused by reckless social media posts. We emphasize the critical need for mindfulness in our communication, urging a reevaluation of past associations that may no longer align with our evolved values. Remembering the guidance of elders, we advocate for a return to community accountability and support, encouraging us to speak up against wrongs and foster a more caring environment.

In the final segment, we focus on healing and blessings through the power of prayer. A heartfelt appeal is made for divine intervention and peace for those feeling overwhelmed, underscoring the necessity of thoughtful communication, especially with the youth. By being beacons of light for others, we can actively counteract negativity in our relationships and communities. Let’s continue to spread positivity and understanding, standing together in gratitude and reverence until we meet again.

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Hello one and all. It is me, stephanie. And before we start to set our soul free, I want to remind you to don't forget to subscribe to the channel, click the like and leave a comment. Also, don't forget to hit the little notification bell so you know when new videos post. So you know when new videos post.

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As always, I know we won't always agree, and that's OK. Man wasn't meant to always agree with one another. That's what makes our world that God created, unique. Because everyone has a difference of opinion, and I'm OK with that. Leave your comments so we can keep the conversation going. Remember, it's not about me, it's about you, it's about our youth, it's about setting our souls free with me, stephanie.

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So let's get into it. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night. Wherever you are in, whatever part of the country you may be living in, I greet you and say thank you for blessing me with your presence. It is time to set your soul free with me, stephanie. So let's see what we can be blessed with today. Hello, hello, hello. Long time, no see, no hear from. When the Lord has work for you to do, you do what he asks you to do. And now I am back, pr, praying, things are going well with you all.

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A lot of stuff has been going on. The ministry is growing, um, we now have partnered with panera bread for their dough nation d-o-u-g-h donation program that they have for non. So now every Sunday we go pick up their leftover bread for the day. Instead of throwing it out, they donate it to nonprofits. So now we were selected and we pick it up and we take it to a daycare, a local daycare, and what I found out is, whatever the daycare doesn't use, they donate it to a church in Madison who has people that live at the bottom of the church when they're like in transition, where they're getting them their whatever they need so they can move out on their own. So when God works and you're blessed in one place and you don't know that that place is blessing yet another place, that says a lot, because that is what the ministry is about. It's about helping youth, young adults and their families, but also adults as well. But the target audience is youth, young adults and their families, because if the families are taken care of, the adults can do what they need to do, because they know the children are OK.

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And I say that not because of what I've seen, but because that was a part of my life, growing up with the, with the kiddos in the house, and me and Bear couldn't focus on what we needed to do because we had to make sure the kids were taken care of, and once the Lord sent blessings our way to watch, to make sure they were taken care of, we could focus on what we needed to do, and that's how we're blessed to where we live today. I'm still shouting glory. Never thought I'd get to a point where I am now, but it was all because of doing what I was asked to do, stepping out on faith, and because of that it's opened up other doors to where now we're trying to look for a building because we have so much that we do to help the ministry. I have a relative who says I'm worse than our island brothers and sisters because every month I'm doing something different. Who says I'm worse than our island brothers and sisters because every month I'm doing something different Customized rugs, blankets, masks, hats, shirts. I do sanitizing lotion, which is not gel like the sanitizing gel. You use a sanitizing lotion that leaves your hands soft, but they come in so many different scents. And now I'm doing candles, dessert candles. I'm a baker, so of course it's dessert candles. So now we're starting to do candles that are taking off like lightning, and I'm loving it all because it all goes towards the ministry.

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Everything that is so goes towards that ministry because at the same time we thought we've also been helping families and single parents already this year with things that they needed. So, from the benevolent fund that we get from selling the merchandise, that's what it goes to to help youth, young adults, families in need. We help some college students get into college this year. Bought fund that we get from selling the merchandise, that's what it goes to to help youth, young adults, families in need. We help some college students get into college this year, bought them some little things for them to do and we do stuff with them throughout the year. That is what the whole purpose of the ministry is, and I am so glad to God that we've gotten to a point to where the donations that we get are being used for what they were supposed to be used for. So that is what is going on.

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But today we're going to talk about watch what you say. We're coming from James 3, verses 8 and 10. Verse 8 says but the tongue can no maintain. It is unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Verse 10, out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing my brethren. These things ought not so to be, which means you can't sit up there and bless somebody and pray for them and call out on the name of Jesus, and you take one short breath and then you cussing them out in the same breath, or you're cussing out somebody else in the same breath. What the word is saying? You can't do that. You can't say. You can't use your mouth for blessing and then turn around and use your tongue for evil at the same time. You can't do it. Our tongue has killed many, ruined careers of others and we're still really doing it and sent many to jail for crimes they did not commit. One day, a punishment will be in place for those who intentionally cause harm to others for no reason, for just being mean. Verse 8 tells us that the tongue of man cannot be tamed. It is unruly, evil and full of poison. You don't think so?

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Go through all the past court cases where some of these people have been exonerated because of DNA, because they were convicted on what an eyewitness said and the eyewitness lied. Let's talk about these men and women who are in jail because their domestic partner put them there, because they said enough to make it believable. And a lot of these people are going to jail without the evidence part. They're going by what someone said and eyewitness said, and a detective once said that he relies on evidence more than he relies on an eyewitness, because eyewitness is always wrong and if that person made that other person mad, well, now your secrets are going to come out. You know that's what brings back into your character. It doesn't matter what somebody says about you. If your character says something different, somebody is going to take another look before just accusing you of something. But this is telling you our tongues have killed and you go back in history to some of the leaders, even now, some of the people who have died because somebody has said something that was wrong and it ended up killing somebody what there was during a time where young people were dying because their girlfriends or boyfriends are on the phone and they were already at a vulnerable moment and the girlfriend or boyfriend is sitting up and telling him why don't you just go ahead and kill yourself? And they did. That's the evil part of the tongue, because you knew they were at a vulnerable point and, instead of being there blessing them with something to keep them out of what they were getting ready to do, you went ahead and pushed them over the edge.

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A lot of many. How many people have lost their jobs because of something they said? You said one thing to one group of people, but another thing was said to another group of people, and now you're behind, out of a job because that mouth got you into trouble. This is so true on so many levels. How many people are still suffering of what someone has said about them, depending on what was said and the manner in which it was said? Some have lost their lives or their freedom. And for what? What does evil have to gain from destroying someone's life, taking away their freedom or destroying their career and or family? When we figured that out, then we can put a stop to the foolishness.

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Sometimes people just do stuff just to do it. One of the things I'm always ministering to my mentees and adults is just because they're your friends today don't mean they're going to be your friends tomorrow, or just because they say you're your friends, they're not. My biggest advice I give anybody is be careful of whom you hang around and who you let hang around you. Not everybody is happy for you. Not everybody is happy for you, and that's stuff that I've seen, where a group of girls or a group of guys are together but then the group is still stuck in the high school childish ways where other parts of the group are. Now they're growing up, they've gone to college, they've got a job, they've done this and this and the and their old group is not liking it. So then they start bringing out their old dirt and in some cases it gets the new people in trouble, because that's not the life they live anymore, but because somebody was jealous, because you're moving on and they're still stuck. They didn't want to be stuck by themselves, so they do something to bring you down.

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Facebook is the reign supreme on people losing their job because you think on Facebook you can say what you want to say. No, you can't, because jobs are now looking into people's Facebook accounts and when they see what you're saying and you're supposed to be representing that company, we can't count how many people have lost their job because of something that was on social media. And they had to. They had to be let go. You have to watch what you say. Yeah, we all know about the freedom of speech and yakety smackety and blabbity, blabbity. But then there's also the freedom to be foolish. You know things that you're going to say are going to probably come back on you and freedom of speech is not going to save you because your job has to think about them. They're thinking about clients, you know, who may come into the, to the office and they have heard about you and seeing your posts and stuff like, and they're not going to want to do business with that company. Well then, that company ain't going to last very long, which means the people that are working there are going to probably be out of a job soon. So companies are thinking about them and you know what you say is I was going to come back. That's why I tell my young people, I tell adults be mindful of what you say and be mindful of who you do stuff with.

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How many people now have lost jobs or lost their minds or even lost their lives because of something that happened when they were younger? You know, when you were younger, you didn't know nobody, you didn't care. You was invincible. You hung with this person. This was going to be your girl girl, your dude, your rodo, your buddy for life. But then, as you got older, things started to happen and you started to see that this is not the way I need to live. I need to change what I'm doing. But your friend still wanted to live a high life, still wanted to have the fun, still wanted to cause the ruckus. And when you really put your foot down and start to say, no, I, I can't be a part of that life anymore, they did everything they could to destroy you by telling all your little secrets, all of them, and you couldn't deny them because, yeah, you did them, but that's when you were young.

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Watch what you say, not only that, watch who you say it to. A lot of people have been set up because people know how to push your buttons and the workplace, woo Is reign supreme. Number two everybody's job at some point makes them want to choke the Holy ghost into somebody, but you can't because of you know the laws against. That's called assault. But a lot of people's workplace has stressed them out to no relief. When you came there, you was healthy as a horse. Six months in now, you got high blood pressure, high cholesterol. You got so many health issues that shouldn't be because of the workplace. Watch what you say because, even though you may change who you are, the world already knows what you are. The world knows how to push those buttons and the world knows who to send to get you to go back to what you used to do. Be mindful of what you say because, even though you may say it to one particular person, somebody is hearing it, somebody is watching you, somebody is keeping stock of everything you say and do, waiting for the moment for you to get too big in your britches and bring you right back down.

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I hope someday we will figure out how to put a stop to the foolishness. How many I know. There's laws now about the perjury and I think they're trying to do some things now that if a person lies and they come back on it and we find out that it was a lie, well that's perjury for one. But how do you give somebody their life back Because you sat there and lied and produce evidence that really wasn't evidence and if it was done right the first time, they would have saw that it wasn't true. But how do you give somebody 10, 12, even a year of their life back? They're in jail, even if they take it off their record, depending on how big the case was. Everybody knows they were in jail. Now they can no longer get a job If they had a family. Now they're gone because of what you said and what you did and their lives are ruined. And now here they go, going up shooting up the place Because in their minds, what they got to live for, everything was taken from them. So, yes, things should be in place to stop people at the door from doing that kind of stuff.

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But there are people who that's what they feed off of. They feed off of knowing what ticks you off and doing everything they can to make you say something and then be like, well, you can't be serving no god because you sitting up here cussing up a storm, or you said that you was changed. I said one little thing and now you off, cussing like a sailor again. It's all. They're just trying to set you up. That's why I'm a big stickler on. I mean what I say, and I say what I mean how you see me in the church house is how you see me outside of it. There ain't gonna be no two different sides. There ain't gonna be no, I'm talking holier than thou here, but I'm cussing somebody out there. You're not gonna see that from me, because that's not me. Are you gonna see me upset? Probably, but I got too many people in my boardroom up in my head to make me stay that way.

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My job will tell you I'm the gift, I'm the queen of gifts and memes. You're not supposed to bother me, because I know how to step back. I know how to slow it down. I know how to talk to to upper management and be like know how to slow it down. I know how to talk to to open management and be like we've got to slow this down Cause I can only do so much. There's only one man that can turn water into wine, and it's not me. So I can only do so much, and that's sometimes what you have to do. Politely. Be mindful of how you say it too.

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But all of this starts with us. We all have a group of people that we can say stuff to that we know ain't gonna say nothing and we know they not. But there's ears that are probably four or five rows over, probably in the next building, that heard word for word what you said and are waiting for that moment. Look in your celebrities, celebrities. Look at your celebrities. Once they get to a certain status, all of a sudden, old YouTube videos, old Instagram videos, old Facebook posts pop up from 20, 30 years ago. And now they sitting up here like, okay, and you want me to apologize for what I said, but that was back then, when everybody wasn't so soft, and that's just the best way I can put it. You know, growing up, you can say what you want, it ain't going to hurt me. Do you know the kind of things we had to grow up looking at on TV, the kind of things we had to hear growing up, where you had to have that thick skin that it doesn't bother you. Where today, oh my gosh, you say something wrong. They falling out on the floor like you whipped them with a belt, oh my gosh, but that's the world that we live in. But again, it starts with us, with what we say, how we carry ourselves.

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Verse 10 says the mouth can produce both a blessing and a curse, and again that is so true. You can pray somebody up under an altar and then turn around and you cussing out the person right behind you. The tongue can do both. It doesn't have no on and off switch, it doesn't have no hours of operation. It can do it in a heartbeat. Our words can not only curse someone, but it can bless them as well.

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When you ask people to pray for you, be mindful who you're asking, because when you're asking them to pray for you, they may be, but they may be praying for you to lose everything you got. They may be praying for you to get sicker than you are. Whatever it is that you're asking them, that you're asking people to pray for, they could be praying for against it, but be mindful of who you ask to pray. But see, that's the point where we shouldn't have to do that With this ministry that I have that because of my youth and young adults it's a social media ministry that, yeah, on the email list that I have, yeah, we'll send out a post that says you know, pray for such and such on the loss of a parent. I don't know what them people actually praying for, because I don't know what's going on in their lives right at that minute. You know, if I'm saying pray for these people because they were blessed with yada, yada, yada, yada, well, the person who may be reading at that particular time may have lost something, and so they're praying against you. They're still praying, but they're not praying for what you think they're praying for, but as children of God that's. That's not our call to make. You ask for prayer, you receive the prayer, like you've heard me say before.

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A friend once told me a closed mouth can't get fed, can't nobody know you need help if you don't say anything. And in this world I'm still a firm believer. There's still more good than it is evil. It's just time for the goodness to stand up again. Don't get me wrong.

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I'm sure evil was always there, but growing up there was more people that were doing more good in the world. There were more elders in the village. They didn't care if you didn't like them. They didn't care what your parents said. If you weren't supposed to do something that you weren't supposed to do, your parents knew about it Because they were watching out for you, and that's how a lot of us stayed safe, doing stupid stuff. We know we shouldn't have done, but at the same time we had an adult watching out for us. So if our parents weren't around and somebody was trying to mess with us, those adults stepped in and took care of it and handled the situation.

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We don't do that anymore because everybody wants to get upset. You can't talk to my child that way. You can't do this. Who you talking? And then you wonder why youth and young adults don't talk to us anymore. Because you got one time to to say something to embarrass them. That's it. That door is shut for good because you made the situation worse, which goes back to watch what you say.

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Youth and young adults are can hear anything anywhere. Anything goes back to what I said. You said one thing in the church house, or you said one thing in front of a group, or you said one thing in front of house, or you said one thing in front of a group, or you said one thing in front of them. Then you're out somewhere, don't know that they're there, and then they see how you act when you're away out of their presence. They're going to hold you to that, because now they're like well, why should I listen to anything you say when you don't even listen to your own words? The youth are getting tired and enough is enough. Think of how much evil we could send back to hell If we bless one another with our mouths instead of curse them. Hell is only on earth because we allowed it to be. And let's just call it what it is. Hell is only up here on earth having a Mardi Gras party because we allowed it to be.

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We may say something, but we don't really say something. We put the word in somebody else's ear for them to do it when we should have done it, because we know what needs to be done and that other person's probably just as scared as we are and won't say anything. That's not me. If I see it, I'm going to do something. I don't care. You can say what you want to say about me later on. You can call me a snitch, you can call me a stool pigeon. I'm going to sing Whitney Houston in the highest octave. I can possibly sing, doesn't matter, because what should be should not be, and you're not only putting that person's life and person's life in danger. You put in mind, because if nothing is said, then who's to say they won't turn around and do something else? Or who's to say that somebody sees that they got away with it and decides OK, well, today I'm mad at this person, let me go take it out, because ain't nobody going to do nothing. No, it needs to stop before it starts.

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We are the reason why the world is like this. When people say why would God allow this to happen? He didn't. He put things in place to prevent it. But you're the ones that are too scared to say something, afraid of what your friends may say, afraid of what your group people may say, because they may think this way, but you know that that's immorally and mindfully wrong. But you won't say anything. He didn't allow nothing to happen. You did. And because we allowed it to happen, we're the ones that have to fix it.

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Just like you tell kids when they grow up, when they make a mistake and they do something wrong, okay, well, you need to go back and apologize because you hurt that person's feelings. You need to go and apologize. Why come adults are not taking their own advice? You say something, it hurts somebody. They go off and do something foolish and it comes back to the reason. Why is because of what you say. Now everybody's looking at you First of all like why did you even say that? And now you try to. Well, they said who's the adult? Just because they said something, you don't mean you got to turn around and say something right back.

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Everybody is not as strong as everybody else People like me. You can say what you want to say and I'm just going to look at you like you stayed up all night and that's the best you can come up with. Or you can say what you want to say about me and I'm gonna look at you like, okay, now you know doggone, good and well, ain't nothing. You just said true, but if that makes you feel better, keep on saying it. But the next person may not be that strong. It may cut them down even further than they already were. That we didn't know about, because some people do not know how to express how they feel, but that's going to be a topic for another day. But think of how much evil we could send back to hell if we just blessed each other instead of tearing each other down, if we uplift the falling instead of walking on top of them, if we help the helpless instead of robbing them of what possessions they're trying to keep. Think of how blessed the world would be if we spent more time doing the word of God instead of fighting against it.

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A lot of us, when you see somebody that's falling, you get in there and you say something Well, if you've done what I told you to do, you beat them down lower first, then you pick them back up. Now I'm going to say that, to say this Y'all heard me say once or twice before that people would come to me for stuff and then, when they turn around and do something anyway, I sit there and tell them now, you knew better. Did I tear them down even lower? No, why? Because I know who they are and they know me. It's totally different from me knowing a person and they know that. That's what I'm going to say because they knew what. They knew what was going to happen when they did what they did, as opposed to someone not knowing who I am giving them the advice. They went against it anyway. And then they come back and tell me I would not say that to them. I would skip already to step two. Let's try to make it right.

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So there's a difference in how I said I talked to people. Like I said, those are the people I know. People know me. 20 or 30 years, always come to me for advice. Why? Because they know that I'm going to tell them the truth. I'm not going to sit up there and sugarcoat it. Now, you knew better when you did that. Now they know I'm going to sit there and say now, I told you that that was going to happen, so why did you do it anyway? Yeah, I'm going to talk to them that way, cause that's that friend group that you talk about. That's that friend. But even then, I still know who to say that to and who not to, because just because I could say it to him one time, the next time they come back with me and they went against the advice that they asked me for, I can look at him and tell, no, we're not going to go that way, we're just going to go straight to what's going on.

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So there's a difference between saying something because it's something that you know, that they're used to, to knowing when it's appropriate to say it. Like I said, anybody who doesn't know me I would never say that, nope, you did it. Okay. Well, why did you felt like you needed to do that? Cause that would be my question. That'd be my first question. This is what you asked me, this is what I told you, plus, I told you what would happen if you did it anyway. You did it anyway, and what I said happened, happened. So what was going on that you felt that that would be the better answer to the question, to the problem. What was going on that day that you decided that this? I know what the advice was, but I think this will work. What was going on that you thought that would work? Because we have to work through that first, so the next time the problem comes up you can remember what happened the last time. But it goes back to watch what you say.

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People come to people for help. The minute they get berated, the minute they get belittled, the minute they get talked about, they probably won't open up to nobody else. And now they're walking around with all this pent up pressure ready to explode, all because someone that should have been helping hurt them. And I'm not telling you what I heard. I'm telling you what I've been through. One of the reasons why I couldn't be humble because every time I did I got belittled, I got berated first, before the help came that after a while I just stopped asking for it. I'm like you know what. That's okay, I'll do without, I'll find something. I can have a bologna and crack a sandwich. I'm good, I'm. It's not worth it. It's not worth it Cause most of the times when people are coming to you, they're already hurting, they're already embarrassed, they're already ashamed, and half the time it's not even their fault why they ended up the situation that they ended up in.

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It wasn't their fault, but they already feel ashamed and humbled and they wanted to reach out that one time and then that one time destroyed them for the rest of the rest of their life. Now you got family fighting within family because they're so pent up with the burdens that's been going on, because they don't want to ask nobody, because a lot of people can't keep their mouth shut for one. Let's just call it what it is A lot of people can't keep their mouth shut and they don't want to go through that, those that are helpless needing help. Instead of you helping them, you're trying to take what little they have left. Well, I need to borrow $250 until payday. Well, what you need the $250 for, give it to me so I can pay it. That's defeating the purpose. And don't get me wrong, I understand why people do that, because you had so many people you know say they needed it for one thing and then they use it for something else. Well, that was between that's, between them and the Lord. The Lord sent them to you because you had what they needed. What they do with it, that's not our concern. If we have it, we should give it. If they don't do what they're supposed to do with it, the Lord will take care of them for that. But we need to mind what we say, especially when it comes to those youth and young adults.

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You have to be careful with how you talk to them. They are so wound up, tangled up, bound up as it is right now. Just trying to make it through a school day, cause you don't know how you send them out, is how they're going to come back. Trying to make it through a school day because you don't know how you send them out is how they're going to come back. You don't know what they see that they're so confused and heartbroken and angry and mad. You don't know. And then you come home and you start talking like you done, lost your rabid mind. Now your child is on the news because they almost beat you into another century, not because they wanted to, but because it was already going through something and you just went in on them and that just wasn't the time to do it. Watch what you say.

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A lot of people are living the lives that they're living, that they shouldn't have or they wouldn't have. If they just watch what they say, what's that thing? They always tell us there's a time and a place for everything, that's including your mouth. There's a time and a place for your mouth, and most of the times it needs to be in the car, where it's just you and the Lord, where nobody can hear what you say. Or even if they do, if they say something like well, that one that was in the car fussing with myself, why are you eavesdropping? But there's a time and a place to get things off your chest.

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And what I pray is that people have someone that they can talk to. If we had more people that we could trust and that's another topic we're going to have for another day, because that's another issue that's going on the problem, while we're facing the anger anger that we have today if there was somebody that we could trust trust meaning not only will they keep what we said, but they're not feeding into the anger that we already have. You know, growing up back in the day, if one of your friends got into a fight or one of your friends got to an argument and they come in to tell you what you brought up and now both of you gone off to go get the person again Can't do that in this day and age. You need to calm that down. So not only do we have somebody that we know that we can trust, you know that, whatever we say, no matter how juicy, no matter how New York bestseller it may be, if you was to publish it we'll keep it to themselves, not even tell nobody none of it. But we also need to trust someone to know that if I'm coming there fired up, hot, ready to take someone out, then, no matter how much they agree with the anger, how much they dislike the person anyway who said what they said to get me upset, they're not going to feed into that. They're going to calm me down before I do do something that I can't take back.

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Trust works for more than just somebody keeping their mouth shut. It also works with people that's going to actually be there for you to calm the situation down, to make you think about what you're about to do. It goes both ways. About what you're about to do. It goes both ways, but at the end of the day it all goes back to watch what you say. Amen, let us pray, father.

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God, we come here today to say thank you, father. I pray that the people under my voice hear what you have to say, father, and that they are more mindful of what they say and they're more mindful of what is even being told to them. That when they see that there is a problem, when they see that someone is going through something, and when they hear someone is going through something, father, that they step up and they step out and they calm the situation, father, before it gets worse. Evil is on every hand. Evil has never ceased to work. Right now, father, god, evil doesn't even have to do anything, because man is doing it for him. Evil is sitting back there taking notes.

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Father, we ask that you just bless over everyone. Father, we ask that you heal those who are going through something that they don't know how to express what is going on, so they don't say anything. Father, we pray for those who are in their jobs, who are at their wits end, who are still trying, but the world is still trying them. Father, I ask you to give them the comfort of peace, the comfort of understanding, the comfort of clearness, so they can see clearly what needs to be done and to keep their mouth shut. Father, we pray that people Learn to watch what they say, because not only can it bless someone's soul, father, but can it also kill it. Father, we thank you, we praise you, we give you all the honor and praise in your son Jesus' name. Amen, and you know I can never leave you without telling you to be that light in someone else's darkness. Stay blessed until we talk again.