>>BILL: MAMIE ADAMS
ALWAYS WENT TO A BRANCH POST
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OFFICE IN HER TOWN BECAUSE
THE POSTAL EMPLOYEES THERE
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WERE FRIENDLY. SHE WENT
THERE TO BUY STAMPS JUST
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BEFORE CHRISTMAS ONE
YEAR AND THE LINES WERE
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PARTICULARLY LONG. SOMEONE
POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS
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NO NEED TO WAIT IN LINE
BECAUSE THERE WAS A STAMP
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MACHINE IN THE LOBBY.
"I KNOW," SAID MAMIE, 'BUT
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THE MACHINE WON'T ASK
ME ABOUT MY ARTHRITIS."
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(MUSIC)
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>>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . .
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
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IT IS WRITTEN . .
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. SHARING MESSAGES OF
HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
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(MUSIC)
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BRITISH STATESMAN AND
FINANCIER CECIL RHODES,
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WHOSE FORTUNE WAS USED
TO ENDOW THE WORLD-FAMOUS
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RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS,
WAS A STICKLER FOR CORRECT
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DRESS--BUT APPARENTLY
NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMEONE
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ELSE'S FEELINGS. A
YOUNG MAN INVITED TO DINE WITH
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RHODES ARRIVED BY TRAIN
AND HAD TO GO DIRECTLY TO
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RHODES'S HOME IN HIS
TRAVEL-STAINED CLOTHES.
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ONCE THERE HE WAS APPALLED
TO FIND THE OTHER GUESTS
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ALREADY ASSEMBLED, WEARING
FULL EVENING DRESS. AFTER
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WHAT SEEMED A LONG
TIME RHODES APPEARED, IN
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A SHABBY OLD BLUE SUIT.
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LATER THE YOUNG MAN
LEARNED THAT HIS HOST HAD
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BEEN DRESSED IN
EVENING CLOTHES, BUT PUT ON THE
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OLD SUIT WHEN HE HEARD OF
HIS YOUNG GUEST'S DILEMMA.
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YOU JUST DON'T GET UP
IN THE MORNING AND SAY,
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"BEGINNING TODAY, I'M
GOING TO BE KIND." EVEN
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THE BEST INTENTIONS
FAIL IF WE RELY ON OUR OWN
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STRENGTH. PAUL CALLED
KINDNESS A FRUIT OF THE
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SPIRIT BECAUSE IT
CANNOT BE GROWN EFFECTIVELY
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WITHOUT THE SPIRIT'S
CONTINUING WORK IN OUR
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LIVES.
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LET ME WELCOME ALL OF
OUR VIEWERS TO THE "IT IS
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WRITTEN" PROGRAM. ON
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM WE ARE
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CONTINUING OUR STUDY
ON THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
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FOUND IN GALATIANS
CHAPTER 5 AND TO HELP ME TODAY
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I'VE INVITED TWO SPECIAL
GUESTS, PASTOR OMAR PALMER
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AND DR. ERROL
LAWRENCE THANK YOU DOCTOR AND
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PASTOR FOR BEING WITH US.
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PASTOR PALMER YOU'VE
BEEN HERE BEFORE. >>PASTOR
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PALMER: YES. >>BILL:
AND WE ARE CONSIDERING YOU
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A REGULAR HERE ON OUR
PROGRAM. >>PASTOR PALMER:
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CERTAINLY, IT SEEMS
THAT WAY. >>BILL: THAT'S
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WONDERFUL. NOW,
REMIND US OF WHERE YOU SERVE
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>>PASTOR PALMER: OKAY,
I SERVE AT THE MEADOWVALE
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SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH WHICH IS IN
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MISSISSAUGA. >>BILL: OKAY.
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>>PASTOR PALMER: OUR
MAYOR IS HAZEL MCCALLION. YOU
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KNOW, IT'S A VERY FAMOUS
CITY. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
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AND YOUR WEBSITE OF
THAT CHURCH. >>PASTOR
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PALMER: OUR
WEBSITE WWW.MEADOWVALE.ORG.
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>>BILL: .ORG. OKAY.
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AND DR. LAWRENCE,
THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OUR
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INVITATION TO BE HERE.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE: I AM
GLAD TO BE HERE, BILL. THANK
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YOU. >>BILL: WELL,
THANK YOU. DR. LAWRENCE
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RIGHT NOW IS
SERVING IN ADMINISTRATION AT
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THE ONTARIO CONFERENCE
OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
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CHURCH. HE IS THE
MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR OR
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THE PASTOR'S PASTOR. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: THAT'S WHAT
THEY CALL ME. >>BILL: I GUESS
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THAT WOULD YOU MAKE
YOU HIS BOSS, RIGHT? >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: HIS BOSS,
THAT'S CORRECT. >>BILL: IS THAT
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RIGHT? >>DR. LAWRENCE:
HE'S GOT TO BE ON HIS BEST
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BEHAVIOUR. >>BILL:
HE'S GOING TO BE ON HIS BEST
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BEHAVIOUR. WELL, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR.TELL US A
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LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.
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WHERE WERE YOU BORN? >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: ME. I AM
BORN IN THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
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OF JAMAICA. >>BILL: OH,
WONDERFUL. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
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WE LIVED IN ENGLAND,
WEST AFRICA, U.S., NOW IN
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CANADA. GLAD TO BE HERE.
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>>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. AND
AS WE TAPE THIS I KNOW YOU
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JUST GOT BACK FROM
THE FAR EAST, RIGHT? >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: WE WERE IN
THE PHILIPPINES FOR THREE
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WEEKS. >>BILL: THAT'S
RIGHT. SO, WE APPRECIATE
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YOU COMING AND I KNOW
THAT YOU'RE STILL ADJUSTING
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TO THE TIME DIFFERENCE
BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
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WE ARE DOING KINDNESS.
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RIGHT? BUT THE FRUIT OF
THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY,
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PEACE, PATIENCE,
KINDNESS. THE ATTRIBUTES,
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THE CHARACTERISTICS,
IF WE WANT, PAUL SAYS THAT
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OTHERS WOULD BE ABLE
TO SEE TO KNOW THAT THE
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SPIRIT IS PRODUCING
SOMETHING IN YOU. YOU
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KNOW, I THINK KINDNESS
IS ONE OF THE ATTRIBUTES YOU
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WOULD EXPECT FROM SOMEONE
WHO IS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS
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CHRIST. ALTHOUGH, BOY,
I'LL TELL YOU, SOMETIMES
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THE LEAST KIND PEOPLE
YOU ENCOUNTER, IF WE'RE GOING
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TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT
THIS, SOMETIMES CAN BE
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CHRISTIANS. WHY IS THAT?
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WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US
TO BE KIND? AND WHAT DOES
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KINDNESS EVEN MEAN? >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: WELL, YOU
KNOW, SOME PEOPLE TRY TO EQUATE
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KINDNESS WITH BEING NICE
BUT KINDNESS AND NICENESS
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ARE NOT REALLY THE SAME
THING. >>BILL: OH, OKAY.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE: NICE AS A
FRIEND IS BEING AGREEABLE.
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>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: AND YOU CAN
DO NICE THINGS AND NOT BE
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KIND. >>BILL: INTERESTING.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE: BUT WHEN
WE LOOK AT KINDNESS, IT'S
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LIKE GOODNESS IN ACTION.
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>>BILL: GOODNESS IN
ACTION. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
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YES. >>BILL: I LIKE THAT.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE: AND WE
ARE KIND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY
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NOT LIKE A PERSON, WE
CAN STILL BE KIND TO THAT
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PERSON. EVEN THOUGH THE
PERSON MAY DO US TERRIBLE
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THINGS WE CAN STILL BE
KIND TO THAT PERSON. WE
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MAY NOT FEEL LIKE
BEING NICE BUT WE CAN
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ACT KINDLY. >>BILL:
INTERESTING. >>PASTOR
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PALMER: I AGREE WITH
DR. LAWRENCE BUT I HAVE
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TO.>>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT.
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>>PASTOR PALMER:.BUT IN
ANY CASE I HAVE TO AGREE
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WITH HIM. AND SOMEONE
ONCE SAID, IT TAKES ONLY A
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MOMENT TO BE KIND BUT
THE RESULTS CAN LAST A
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LIFETIME. AND WHEN WE
LOOK AT HOW WE ARE TODAY, IN
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TODAY'S PORLISTIC?
SOCIETY I THINK WHY SOME PEOPLE,
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TO YOUR QUESTION, WHY
SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT
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TENTATIVE IN BEING KIND
IS FOR THE FACT THAT THEIR
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KINDNESS CAN BE
MISCONSTRUED. FOR ME,
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IN MY CULTURE, IN MY
DISPOSITION BEING KIND MAY
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NOT NECESSARILY BE BEING
KIND TO YOU. ME COMING UP
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TO YOU AND OFFER
TO.I REMEMBER ONCE I WAS
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OFFERING AN OLDER
PERSON IN THE SUPERMARKET AND
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I NEVER UNDERSTOOD UNTIL
LATER WHY SHE REACTED THE
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WAY SHE DID. I OFFERED
TO TAKE HER BAGS BUT I LATER
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REALIZED THAT WHEN SHE
SOMEHOW BRUSHED ME OFF,
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SO TO SPEAK, WHEN SHE
DID THAT I FOUND OUT THAT THE
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REASON SHE DID IT WAS
NOT SO MUCH THAT SHE DIDN'T
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APPRECIATE MY GESTURE
OF KINDNESS, IT'S JUST THAT
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SHE WAS ALWAYS PLACED
IN A POSITION WHERE SHE WAS
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NEVER ABLE TO DO
ANYTHING FOR HERSELF. SO, SHE
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WANTED TO EXERCISE HER
OWN FREE WILL. AND SO WE HAVE
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TO UNDERSTAND AT TIMES
THAT KINDNESS, EVEN THOUGH
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IT MAY NOT BE RECIPROCATED
OR ACCEPTED OR SOMEONE MAY
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NOT APPRECIATE IT,
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
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YOU'RE NOT BEING KIND
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
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YOU SHOULD ALWAYS EXPECT
SOME RESULT FROM. IN FACT,
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I'M, I'M PRONE TO
BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST ACT
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OF KINDNESS IS ONE
DONE WITHOUT EVER HAVING AN
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OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT
RECIPROCATED TO YOU. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: I THINK,
HERE TOO, WHEN WE LOOK AT
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KINDNESS IT'S THE
ABILITY OF BEING ABLE, AS YOU
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SAID, TO DO THINGS
WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING BACK
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YES. AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPATIENT. AND
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE
VERY UNGRATEFUL AND UNTHANKFUL
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BUT OUR KIND DEEDS MUST
STILL BE DONE IN SPITE OF
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HOW THEY RESPOND TO US.
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THIS IS WHERE THE FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT COMES IN. WE'RE
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TRYING TO BE LIKE CHRIST.
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AND KINDNESS GOES
BEYOND WHATEVER, OUR GENDER,
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OUR RACE, WHATEVER IT
IS, WHATEVER WE'VE DONE, HOW
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BAD WE ARE, WE CAN
STILL ACT KINDLY TOWARDS THAT
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PERSON. SO, WITHIN THIS,
WE FIND THIS INTERPERSONAL
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RELATIONSHIP WHICH
SAYS THAT WE ADAPT TO OTHER
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SO, WE'RE APTABLE AND
WE DON'T ALLOW WHAT THEY DO
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OR WHAT THEY DON'T DO TO
PREVENT US FROM DOING WHAT
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IS RIGHT. >>BILL: SO WE
DO WHAT IS RIGHT REGARDLESS
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OF HOW OR WHAT WE RECEIVE
IN RETURN FOR THAT. AS YOU
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WERE SAYING, PASTOR
PALMER, WE SHOULD EVEN,
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TRUE KINDNESS IS DONE
WHEN THERE IS NO RESPONSE EVEN
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EXPECTED. >>PASTOR
PALMER: RIGHT. OR NOT EVEN AN
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OPPORTUNITY. >>BILL:
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO
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HAPPEN. >>PASTOR
PALMER: YOU DO SOMETHING TO
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SOMEONE AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S EASY AND THIS WE HAVE TO
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LOOK AT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING KIND
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AND MAKING A
PERSONAL INVESTMENT BECAUSE AT
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TIMES WE DO SOMETHING
FOR SOMEONE BECAUSE WE KNOW
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THAT THAT PERSON WILL
IN RETURN DO SOMETHING EVEN
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GREATER FOR US.
>>BILL: THE OLD QUID PRO QUO,
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RIGHT? >>PASTOR
PALMER: THERE YOU GO. SO, IT'S
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ALWAYS BETTER WHEN WE
CAN DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE
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AND WE KNOW THAT I
WILL NEVER SEE THIS PERSON
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AGAIN. I REMEMBER AS
A CHILD GROWING UP IN
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JAMAICA AND WE USED TO
HAVE VISITING DENTISTS AND
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NURSES AND DOCTORS
WHO'D COME TO OUR COMMUNITY. A
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VERY POOR NEIGHBOURHOOD
I GREW UP IN. AND WHEN THEY
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WOULD COME I WOULD
LOOK BACK AT IT NOW, AND
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I WOULD ASK MYSELF
THE QUESTION, THEY NEVER
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EXPECTED TO SEE ONE OF
THOSE PERSONS THAT THEY
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WORKED ON THEY JUST
WANTED TO SEE THAT PERSON WITH
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A BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
BEING ABLE TO SMILE PROPERLY
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AND HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE.
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THEY WOULD NEVER MEET
THEM AGAIN BUT YET THEY TOOK
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THEIR TIME, LEFT THEIR
COUNTRY AND CAME TO OUR
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POOR,
IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBOURHOOD AND
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ASSISTED US. THAT TO ME
IS NDNESS. >>BILL: YES. G
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AHEAD DR. LAWRENCE. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: I THINK
HERE TOO, SOMETIMES EVEN AS
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WE THINK OF THE WORD
KINDNESS, SOME PEOPLE
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THINK OF THE WORD 'PITY'.
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AND PITY IS NOT KINDNESS.
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>>PASTOR PALMER:
THAT'S IT. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
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BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO
WORDS WE NEED TO CONSIDER
00:10:04.33\00:10:05.73
TO KINDNESS, PITY AND
COMPASSION. KINDNESS IS
00:10:05.73\00:10:06.73
MORE ON THE COMPASSION
SIDE. PITY CAN JUST WEEP
00:10:06.73\00:10:09.80
AND WALK AWAY. >>BILL:
RIGHT. >>DR. LAWRENCE: BUT
00:10:09.80\00:10:14.80
COMPASSION COMES AND IT
STAYS. AND I THINK ONE OF
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THE GREATEST ILLUSTRATIONS
IN THE BIBLE IS THE ONE
00:10:15.83\00:10:19.06
OF THE GOOD
SAMARITAN >>PASTOR PALMER: YES.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE: HE CAME
TO A MAN WHO WAS HELPLESS, HE
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DIDN'T KNOW THE MAN,
THERE WAS NOTHING THE MAN COULD
00:10:22.73\00:10:26.73
DO FOR HIM AND HE HELPED
HIM AND HE WAS WILLING TO
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COME BACK AND DO MORE
FOR THAT SAME MAN. SO,
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THAT COMPASSION AND
THAT KINDNESS GO TOGETHER.
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>>BILL: SO, WOULD IT
BE THEN FAIR TO SAY THAT
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KINDNESS, THERE'S
COST ASSOCIATED TO KINDNESS
00:10:37.26\00:10:38.23
>>DR. LAWRENCE: YES THERE
IS. THERE IS. AND IT COSTS
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YOU TO BE KIND BUT YOU
DON'T CONSIDER THOSE COSTS
00:10:43.60\00:10:46.76
EITHER. >>BILL: YOU
KNOW, AS YOU TALK ABOUT THESE
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YOU REALLY BEGIN TO, YOU
KNOW, I GET THE SENSE THAT
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THEY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THESE CHARACTERISTICS ALL
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BLEND, ALL BLEND TOGETHER.
00:10:56.80\00:10:57.36
I THINK PART OF THE
REASON, THAT'S WHY PAUL
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CALLS IT FRUIT OF
THE SPIRIT, RIGHT? >>DR.
00:11:00.93\00:11:01.86
LAWRENCE: SINGULAR.
00:11:01.86\00:11:03.03
>>BILL: SINGULAR. THEY
ALL COME TOGETHER AND I'LL
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TELL YOU PASTOR
PALMER, ONE THING THAT REALLY
00:11:04.06\00:11:07.76
RESONATED WITH ME WAS
THIS IDEA, WITH WHAT YOU SAID
00:11:07.76\00:11:10.06
WAS THIS IDEA THAT
FOLKS DOING KINDNESS OR BEING
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KIND WHERE THEY DO NOT
EXPECT, THEY DON'T EVEN
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THINK THAT PERSON
WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO REPAY
00:11:17.20\00:11:21.80
THEM. I THINK OF RECENT
STORIES I'VE BEEN READING
00:11:21.80\00:11:22.83
ABOUT HOLOCAUST
SURVIVORS AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE
00:11:22.83\00:11:26.93
IN POLAND AND THERE'S
THE FAMOUS SCHINDLER'S LIST
00:11:26.93\00:11:33.33
MOVIE THAT MOST OF US
HAVE SEEN OR HEARD OF WHERE
00:11:33.33\00:11:34.56
THESE ACTS OF KINDNESS
OR COMPASSION - I MEAN,
00:11:34.56\00:11:39.73
WE CAN GET INTO IT IS
IT LOVE, IS IT KINDNESS, IS
00:11:39.73\00:11:43.56
IT BUT THESE ACTS WHERE
THERE WAS NO EXPECTATION
00:11:43.56\00:11:44.56
THAT THESE, THAT
THESE JEWISH PEOPLE WHO WERE
00:11:44.56\00:11:51.53
RECEIVING THIS
KINDNESS WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO
00:11:51.53\00:11:55.30
REPAY. I MEAN CHANCES ARE
THAT MOST OF THEM WERE NOT
00:11:55.30\00:11:56.36
EVEN GOING TO SURVIVE.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE SHOWED THAT
00:11:56.36\00:12:01.10
KINDNESS AND, IN FACT,
THERE'S - I SAW THE MOVIE,
00:12:01.10\00:12:06.06
SCHINDLER'S LIST AND
THERE'S THAT SCENE WHERE,
00:12:06.06\00:12:07.03
YOU KNOW, I GET,
TOWARDS THE END WHERE HE'S, HE'S
00:12:07.03\00:12:11.36
ALMOST BEATING HIMSELF UP
BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE DONE
00:12:11.36\00:12:14.46
MORE. THERE'S MORE I
COULD HAVE DONE, I SHOULD HAVE
00:12:14.46\00:12:15.50
DONE MORE. SO, KINDNESS
AND INVESTMENT. KINDNESS
00:12:15.50\00:12:19.23
AND COST. RIGHT? WE CAN'T
HAVE KINDNESS WITHOUT SOME
00:12:19.23\00:12:25.73
LEVEL OF SACRIFICE ON
OUR PART. >>PASTOR PALMER:
00:12:25.73\00:12:26.73
EXACTLY. AND I'D LIKE
TO THROW SOMETHING ELSE IN
00:12:26.73\00:12:32.83
AS WELL. ANOTHER LEVEL
OF KINDNESS, TO TAKE IT UP
00:12:32.83\00:12:35.93
JUST ANOTHER NOTCH, A
LITTLE BIT MORE, IS WHEN
00:12:35.93\00:12:37.03
SOMEONE IS MEAN TO YOU
AND YOU'RE ABLE TO BE KIND
00:12:37.03\00:12:41.00
TO THAT PERSON. YOU KNOW,
I'M REMINDED OF THAT SOUTH
00:12:41.00\00:12:45.43
AFRICAN LADY AND THE
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN
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MEETING THIS GENTLEMAN
WHO HAD KILLED HER HUSBAND AND
00:12:46.46\00:12:51.46
WHEN SHE WENT UP AND
WAS ABOUT TO GIVE HER VICTIM
00:12:51.46\00:12:57.23
IMPACT SPEECH SHE
SAID THIS IS WHAT I WANT, I
00:12:57.23\00:12:58.20
WANT HIM TO COME HOME
WITH ME. BECAUSE WHAT I WANT
00:12:58.20\00:13:03.06
TO DO IS GIVE TO HIM
WHAT I WANTED TO GIVE TO MY
00:13:03.06\00:13:07.30
HUSBAND. ALL THE LOVE
THAT I HAVE INSIDE OF ME, I
00:13:07.30\00:13:08.33
WANT TO POUR IT OUT ON
HIM BECAUSE I'VE LOST MY SON,
00:13:08.33\00:13:12.50
I'VE LOST MY HUSBAND, I
HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO POUR
00:13:12.50\00:13:15.46
IT OUT ON, I WANT TO
DO IT TO HIM. TO ME THAT'S
00:13:15.46\00:13:16.50
KINDNESS. YOU SAY IT
IS GRACE OR MERCY, IT IS
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KINDNESS, IT IS LOVE.
IT GIVES JOY AND IT BRINGS
00:13:21.00\00:13:25.30
PEACE. >>BILL: HOW
DOES SOMEONE GET TO THAT
00:13:25.30\00:13:26.20
POINT, DR. LAWRENCE? >>DR.
00:13:26.20\00:13:28.83
LAWRENCE: AND THAT'S
WHY IT'S THE FRUIT OF THE
00:13:28.83\00:13:29.80
SPIRIT. YOU SEE, IT'S
NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM
00:13:29.80\00:13:32.36
US. GOD HIMSELF HAS TO
GIVE THAT, HELP US GROW
00:13:32.36\00:13:35.96
THAT. BECAUSE IN THIS
WHOLE IDEA OF HOW SOMEBODY
00:13:35.96\00:13:37.00
TAXES YOUR PATIENCE,
SOMEBODY IS REALLY RUBBING
00:13:37.00\00:13:41.60
AGAINST THE GRAIN AND
YET, YOU MOVE ON TO BE KIND TO
00:13:41.60\00:13:46.30
THAT PERSON. IT
DOESN'T COME NATURAL. WE WOULD
00:13:46.30\00:13:47.30
RESPOND IN A VIOLENT
WAY TO SOMEONE WHO'S VIOLENT
00:13:47.30\00:13:51.30
TO US. WE TEND TO WANT
TO TREAT OTHERS THE WAY THEY
00:13:51.30\00:13:56.80
WANT TO TREAT US, SO TO
SPEAK. SOMEONE ONCE SAID
00:13:56.80\00:13:57.80
THAT WHAT WE NEED
TO REMEMBER IS THAT
00:13:57.80\00:14:01.00
WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE
OURSELVES; WE SHOULD BE
00:14:01.00\00:14:03.33
OUR NICEST SELF.
>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
00:14:03.33\00:14:04.30
THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY
OUGHT TO BE IN BEING KIND.
00:14:04.30\00:14:07.73
>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR.
00:14:07.73\00:14:08.23
LAWRENCE: SO, THAT
COMES FROM GOD. >>BILL: SO,
00:14:08.23\00:14:10.40
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A
NEIGHBOUR THAT IRRITATES
00:14:10.40\00:14:14.10
US, A CO-WORKER, A
SPOUSE, RIGHT? IT ALMOST COMES;
00:14:14.10\00:14:15.16
IT COMES TO MIND FOR ME,
PETER'S QUESTION TO JESUS,
00:14:15.16\00:14:20.00
ALTHOUGH IT WAS
ABOUT FORGIVENESS, HOW MANY
00:14:20.00\00:14:23.76
TIMES SHOULD I FORGIVE
MY BROTHER? SEVEN TIMES AND
00:14:23.76\00:14:24.86
NO NOT SEVEN TIMES,
SEVEN TIMES SEVEN THAT
00:14:24.86\00:14:28.23
REGARDLESS OF HOW
PEOPLE TREAT US, PAUL, HERE, I
00:14:28.23\00:14:33.33
BELIEVE IS SAYING
THAT, THAT WHEN YOU WALK WITH
00:14:33.33\00:14:34.36
THE SPIRIT ALWAYS
RESPOND IN KINDNESS AND
00:14:34.36\00:14:41.23
IN COMPASSION REGARDLESS
OF HOW PEOPLE TREAT YOU.
00:14:41.23\00:14:46.36
>>DR. LAWRENCE: I
WAS PLAYING SOCCER ONCE.
00:14:46.36\00:14:47.30
I LOVE SOCCER AND
THIS OPPOSING PLAYER AND I
00:14:47.30\00:14:49.63
GOT INTO A TUSSLE BECAUSE
I WAS IN GOAL, I DIVED TO
00:14:49.63\00:14:55.73
GET THE BALL AND I
MISSED IT, HE SAID, I TOUCHED
00:14:55.73\00:14:56.73
IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
CORNER AND THEN WE STARTED
00:14:56.73\00:14:59.60
ARGUING AND SO FORTH,
AND WE DIDN'T FIGHT BUT WE
00:14:59.60\00:15:01.30
WERE PRETTY HEATED.
00:15:01.30\00:15:01.76
SOMETIME LATER HE WAS
REFEREE FOR A GAME AND I
00:15:01.76\00:15:05.73
WAS COACH FOR THIS
TEAM AND ONE OF THE SOCCER
00:15:05.73\00:15:06.73
MOM'S WAS REALLY
GIVING HIM A HARD TIME AND HE
00:15:06.73\00:15:10.83
WALKED OVER TO HER AND
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
00:15:10.83\00:15:15.20
SAY SOMETHING REALLY
NASTY. AND HE LOOKED AT
00:15:15.20\00:15:16.16
HER AND HE SAID,
LADY, I'M HAVING A NICE DAY,
00:15:16.16\00:15:18.83
HOW ABOUT YOU? (LAUGHTER)
AND I THOUGHT, TALK ABOUT
00:15:18.83\00:15:22.80
KINDNESS AND THOSE WORDS
AND LET THE SPIRIT OF GOD
00:15:22.80\00:15:23.80
USED YOU TO SAY SOMETHING
THAT WOULD NOT HURT THE
00:15:23.80\00:15:28.50
PERSON BUT TO MAKE THE
PERSON THINK. THAT LADY
00:15:28.50\00:15:32.10
SAID NOT ANOTHER
WORD DURING THE REST OF
00:15:32.10\00:15:33.00
THE GAME BECAUSE OF
HOW.>>BILL: YEAH. SO,
00:15:33.00\00:15:34.83
HE WAS ABLE TO CONVEY THE
MESSAGE.>>DR. LAWRENCE: OF
00:15:34.83\00:15:37.90
COURSE. >>BILL:. BUT THE
MANOR BY WHICH HE CONVEYED
00:15:37.90\00:15:38.93
IT. ABSOLUTELY.
>>PASTOR PALMER: AND KINDNESS
00:15:38.93\00:15:40.53
SOMETIMES IMMOBILIZES
ANGER NATURALLY. IT DOES
00:15:40.53\00:15:47.10
THAT TO YOU. KINDNESS
- MARK TWAIN IS THE ONE
00:15:47.10\00:15:48.10
THAT SAYS KINDNESS IS
THE LANGUAGE THAT THE DEAF
00:15:48.10\00:15:51.30
CAN HEAR AND THE BLIND
CAN SEE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT
00:15:51.30\00:15:55.66
DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE
PERSON IS, I'VE SEEN IT
00:15:55.66\00:15:56.80
IN COMMERCIALS MANY
TIMES, THESE HUGE TOWERING
00:15:56.80\00:16:00.90
FIGURE OF A PERSON AND
THIS LITTLE CHILD, LIKE A
00:16:00.90\00:16:04.23
MOSQUITO, AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN THE CHILD DOES
00:16:04.23\00:16:05.20
SOMETHING KIND AND IT
MELTS THE HEART OF THAT
00:16:05.20\00:16:08.30
TOWERING GIANT. KINDNESS
DOES THAT TO YOU. >>BILL:
00:16:08.30\00:16:12.30
YES. >>PASTOR
PALMER: SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER
00:16:12.30\00:16:13.26
TO BE KIND TO SOMEONE
IN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
00:16:13.26\00:16:15.96
CERTAIN THINGS THAN
TRYING TO BE ABRASIVE BECAUSE
00:16:15.96\00:16:19.20
THAT COULD MAKE IT
EVEN WORSE. >>BILL: YEAH.
00:16:19.20\00:16:20.26
THINK THE SAD REALITY
OF OUR SOCIETY IS THAT WE
00:16:20.26\00:16:23.00
ARE ACTUALLY SHOCKED
WHEN SOMEONE IS KIND... >>DR.
00:16:23.00\00:16:28.70
LAWRENCE: IS KIND.
00:16:28.70\00:16:29.13
>>BILL:.TO US. I THINK WE
HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED THAT
00:16:29.13\00:16:32.33
THAT'S NOT THE TYPICAL
RESPONSE ANYMORE. I THINK
00:16:32.33\00:16:33.33
THAT'S A SAD COMMENTARY
ON OUR SOCIETY. SO WHEN
00:16:33.33\00:16:38.76
SOMEONE ACTUALLY IS
KIND WE ARE SOMEWHAT
00:16:38.76\00:16:42.43
SHOCKED.>>PASTOR
PALMER: SURPRISED. >>BILL:.AND
00:16:42.43\00:16:43.40
SOMETIMES WE ASK
WELL, WHAT DO THEY WANT?
00:16:43.40\00:16:46.46
>>PASTOR PALMER: YEAH.
00:16:46.46\00:16:46.93
>>BILL: WHAT DO THEY.WHAT
ARE THEY DOING? WHAT ARE
00:16:46.93\00:16:50.76
THEY.YOU KNOW SOMEONE
JUST, I MAY BE AT CHURCH
00:16:50.76\00:16:57.36
AND SOMEONE SAYS, I'D
LIKE TO YOU TO COME AND HAVE
00:16:57.36\00:16:58.43
DINNER WITH US.
>>PASTOR PALMER: RIGHT. RIGHT.
00:16:58.43\00:17:00.43
>>BILL: YOU KNOW THE
HUMAN SIDE OF ME BEGINS TO, IN
00:17:00.43\00:17:02.23
MY HEAD, THINKING,
WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WANT?
00:17:02.23\00:17:03.36
>>DR. LAWRENCE: IT'S
INTERESTING, YESTERDAY I
00:17:03.36\00:17:07.26
WAS DRIVING AND AS I
WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD A
00:17:07.26\00:17:09.43
GENTLEMAN WAS COMING IN
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND
00:17:09.43\00:17:10.50
HE TURNED RIGHT INTO
THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF
00:17:10.50\00:17:12.46
ME BUT THEN I NOTICED HE
WASN'T GOING IN BECAUSE HE
00:17:12.46\00:17:15.56
COULDN'T GO OFF THE
ROAD SO I JUST STOPPED, YOU
00:17:15.56\00:17:16.66
KNOW, AND THEN HE STOPPED.
00:17:16.66\00:17:19.16
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO AND THEN HE LOOKED AT ME
00:17:19.16\00:17:20.16
THEN HE REVERSED AND
THEN HE THANKED ME. I SAID,
00:17:20.16\00:17:23.13
FINE AND BECAUSE HE
WAS PROBABLY THINKING HE
00:17:23.13\00:17:25.93
TURNED SO ABRUPTLY THAT I
WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
00:17:25.93\00:17:27.00
TO HIM. AND I
THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS A GOOD
00:17:27.00\00:17:28.76
ACT OF KINDNESS. I
DIDN'T TREAT HIM THE WAY HE
00:17:28.76\00:17:32.56
THOUGHT I WOULD TREAT
HIM. >>BILL: NOW, WAIT A
00:17:32.56\00:17:33.53
SECOND. YOU JUST
VENTURED INTO SOMETHING VERY
00:17:33.53\00:17:35.36
DANGEROUS. ARE YOU SAYING
WE HAVE TO BE KIND EVEN ON
00:17:35.36\00:17:37.26
THE ROAD? >>DR. LAWRENCE:
EVEN ON THE ROAD. BECAUSE
00:17:37.26\00:17:38.30
THAT'S IT, WE HAVE TO
LIVE OUT THE FRUITS OF THE
00:17:38.30\00:17:41.16
SPIRIT. >>PASTOR
PALMER: EVEN MORE SO. >>DR.
00:17:41.16\00:17:43.63
LAWRENCE: YEAH, YEAH.
00:17:43.63\00:17:44.13
>>BILL: YOU KNOW, WE
FIND A LOT OF KIND, A LOT OF
00:17:44.13\00:17:46.03
KIND PEOPLE IN CHURCH.
00:17:46.03\00:17:46.53
>>PASTOR PALMER: YES, WE
DO. >>DR. LAWRENCE: ONLY.
00:17:46.53\00:17:49.06
>>BILL: RIGHT? THAT'S THE
ISSUE, ISN'T IT? SO HOW DO
00:17:49.06\00:17:50.13
WE, YOU KNOW - ELDER
MARC JOHNSON, HE LIKES TO
00:17:50.13\00:17:55.16
SAY, YOU KNOW, LIVING THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE BETWEEN THE
00:17:55.16\00:17:59.83
WEEKENDS. >>PASTOR
PALMER: THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL:
00:17:59.83\00:18:00.93
DURING IT, RIGHT?
THAT KINDNESS THAT IS
00:18:00.93\00:18:02.36
DEMONSTRATED IN OUR
WORK SETTING, OUR HOMES, WITH
00:18:02.36\00:18:07.53
OUR SPOUSE, OUR
CHILDREN, WITH AN IRRITATING
00:18:07.53\00:18:08.46
NEIGHBOUR, ON THE ROAD.
00:18:08.46\00:18:11.43
>>DR. LAWRENCE:
THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL:
00:18:11.43\00:18:12.30
DEMONSTRATING KINDNESS.
WE SAID, IT'S UNNATURAL.
00:18:12.30\00:18:14.56
>>PASTOR PALMER: RIGHT.
00:18:14.56\00:18:15.06
>>BILL: HOW DO I, HOW
DOES THAT BEGIN TO HAPPEN IN
00:18:15.06\00:18:19.26
MY LIFE? >>PASTOR
PALMER: WELL, YOU SEE, AND I'M
00:18:19.26\00:18:22.80
GLAD YOU MENTIONED
THAT IT'S UNNATURAL BECAUSE
00:18:22.80\00:18:23.80
KINDNESS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE DON'T REALLY THINK
00:18:23.80\00:18:27.73
IS DUE TO
EVERYBODY, NATURALLY. WE DON'T
00:18:27.73\00:18:32.56
BELIEVE THAT
EVERYBODY DESERVES.>>BILL: NOT
00:18:32.56\00:18:33.50
EVERYBODY IS WORTHY
OF MY KINDNESS. >>PASTOR
00:18:33.50\00:18:35.23
PALMER:.NOT WORTHY OF MY
KINDNESS. WHAT DID YOU DO?
00:18:35.23\00:18:36.63
YOU HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING FOR ME OR TO ME TO
00:18:36.63\00:18:37.56
GET MY KINDNESS. BUT
ONE SCRIPTURE PASSAGE THAT
00:18:37.56\00:18:40.30
I USE AND NOT MANY
PEOPLE WOULD USE THIS AND RELATE
00:18:40.30\00:18:46.53
IT TO KINDNESS, BUT
IN PROVERBS, CHAPTER 3,
00:18:46.53\00:18:47.50
VERSE 27, WHERE IT
SAYS, "WITHHOLD NOT GOOD FROM
00:18:47.50\00:18:50.73
THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE
WHEN IT IS IN THE POWER OF
00:18:50.73\00:18:56.40
THINE HAND TO DO IT". AND
WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER WE
00:18:56.40\00:18:57.46
CAN'T ALWAYS HURT
SOMEBODY THAT EASILY BUT WE CAN
00:18:57.46\00:19:04.36
ALWAYS BE KIND. IT TAKES
A LOT MORE TO HURT SOMEBODY
00:19:04.36\00:19:09.56
THAN TO BE KIND. BUT
WE DO IT MORE BECAUSE IT
00:19:09.56\00:19:10.56
IS ACCEPTED AS A
NORMAL SOCIETY. YOU KNOW,
00:19:10.56\00:19:15.73
KINDNESS IS SOMETHING
THAT COMES FROM WITHIN. YOU
00:19:15.73\00:19:19.30
KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE OF
00:19:19.30\00:19:20.33
YOU REALLY CAN'T BE
KIND, YOU'RE JUST ACTING OUT
00:19:20.33\00:19:24.13
KINDNESS BUT YOU'RE NOT
REALLY KIND. IT COMES FROM
00:19:24.13\00:19:28.80
WITHIN AND IT'S MANIFESTED
ON THE OUTSIDE BETWEEN THE
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.03
WEEKENDS. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
YEAH. BECAUSE THIS WHOLE
00:19:30.03\00:19:33.96
ORIGINAL WORD 'KINDNESS'
REFERRED TO, LIKE, WHEN
00:19:33.96\00:19:37.60
LEADERS WERE IN POWER
AND THEY HAD THEIR SUBJECTS
00:19:37.60\00:19:38.63
UNDER THEM. THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO DEMONSTRATE
00:19:38.63\00:19:41.56
THAT KINDNESS TO THE
WEAKER PEOPLE. BUT WE
00:19:41.56\00:19:44.43
REALIZE THAT WHEN
YOU'RE IN POWER THE TENDENCY IS
00:19:44.43\00:19:45.40
THAT YOU WANT TO USE
THAT POWER. WE HAVE A STRENGTH
00:19:45.40\00:19:50.23
THAT WE CAN ABUSE. SO,
TO BE KIND, AND I GUESS
00:19:50.23\00:19:55.76
ANOTHER TERM THAT WE
USE IS TO BE 'WEAK' IS THAT
00:19:55.76\00:19:56.76
IT'S NOT WEAKNESS BUT
IT'S STRENGTH WHEN YOU REALLY
00:19:56.76\00:20:00.96
HAVE THE POWER TO PUT
SOMEBODY DOWN AND YOU SAY,
00:20:00.96\00:20:06.33
NO, THAT'S NOT HOW
JESUS WOULD DO IT. BECAUSE WE
00:20:06.33\00:20:07.33
ARE, AFTER ALL, FOLLOWERS
OF JESUS. AND HE WAS. THE
00:20:07.33\00:20:11.80
VERY FACT THAT JOHN
3:16 SAYS, GOD SO LOVED THE
00:20:11.80\00:20:16.56
WORLD, CONSIDER WHAT
THIS WORLD IS LIKE AND YET,
00:20:16.56\00:20:17.70
HE LOVES US. WE IN
TURN FOLLOW HIM AND BE KIND
00:20:17.70\00:20:22.96
LIKE HE WAS. >>PASTOR
PALMER: AND I REMEMBER, I
00:20:22.96\00:20:27.03
REMEMBERED, AND NOT
JUST BECAUSE DR. LAWRENCE IS
00:20:27.03\00:20:28.13
HERE, BUT I
REMEMBERED WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED
00:20:28.13\00:20:31.06
IN CANADA AND I WENT
TO CANADIAN UNIVERSITY
00:20:31.06\00:20:35.40
COLLEGE. WHEN I WENT
OUT FOR COLLEGE AND I KNEW
00:20:35.40\00:20:36.36
NOBODY, NO ONE AT
ALL, I WAS COMING STRAIGHT
00:20:36.36\00:20:41.56
INTO THIS COUNTRY AS A
TEENAGER, I KNEW NO ONE.
00:20:41.56\00:20:46.16
AND WHEN I GOT THERE IT
WAS GOOD THAT DR. LAWRENCE
00:20:46.16\00:20:47.23
WAS THERE. HE AND HIS
WIFE WOULD INVITE US OVER
00:20:47.23\00:20:50.86
AS STUDENTS. NOW, AS YOU
MENTIONED BEING IN POWER,
00:20:50.86\00:20:54.56
HE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE
DEPARTMENT. HE NEVER HAD
00:20:54.56\00:20:55.56
TO SIT WITH US OR DEAL
WITH US BUT HE INVITED US
00:20:55.56\00:21:00.20
INTO HIS HOME AND WE
SPENT SABBATH AFTERNOONS THERE
00:21:00.20\00:21:03.80
AND WEEKENDS SOMETIMES.
00:21:03.80\00:21:04.33
AND WE HAD GOOD FOOD.
YOU KNOW, CAFETERIA FOOD IS
00:21:04.33\00:21:08.03
NOT ALWAYS THE BEST.
00:21:08.03\00:21:08.50
>>BILL: OH, THAT CAN
TAKE ITS TOLL ON YOU. >>PASTOR
00:21:08.50\00:21:09.83
PALMER: ALRIGHT, SO THEY
WERE KIND ENOUGH TO INVITE
00:21:09.83\00:21:10.86
US AND IT'S SOMETHING
I'LL NEVER FORGET. BECAUSE WHEN
00:21:10.86\00:21:14.33
SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING KIND TO YOU, YOU JUST
00:21:14.33\00:21:19.20
DON'T FORGET IT. NOT
EASILY. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
00:21:19.20\00:21:20.16
KINDNESS HAS A WAY
OF PAYING BACK. SO,
00:21:20.16\00:21:22.03
MAYBE THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN.>>PASTOR PALMER: ONE
00:21:22.03\00:21:24.63
DAY I WILL PAY YOU BACK.
00:21:24.63\00:21:25.13
(LAUGHTER) >>BILL: YEAH.
00:21:25.13\00:21:25.60
IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT.
00:21:25.60\00:21:26.93
I MEAN, WHEN YOU
THINK AROUND THE TABLE WHEN
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YOU CALCULATED HOW MANY
SERMONS HAVE YOU ACTUALLY
00:21:27.90\00:21:30.96
PREACHED, THE THREE OF
US HAVE BEEN IN MINISTRY FOR
00:21:30.96\00:21:34.63
A WHILE, AND I BET YOU
IF WE POLLED PEOPLE THEY'D
00:21:34.63\00:21:35.66
FORGOTTEN THAT BUT NOT
THESE ACTS OF KINDNESS.
00:21:35.66\00:21:39.16
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO I
GOT A FLAT TIRE. I HAD AN OLD
00:21:39.16\00:21:44.03
PICK-UP TRUCK AND I
GOT A FLAT TIRE OUT CLOSE
00:21:44.03\00:21:45.03
TO NIAGARA FALLS AND
I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE
00:21:45.03\00:21:48.23
A SPARE. AND I
THOUGHT, WELL, NO PROBLEM, I'LL
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JUST GET A TOW TRUCK
AND PUT MY HAND TO MY BACK
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POCKET AND I REALIZED I
HADN'T BROUGHT MY WALLET.
00:21:54.63\00:21:57.56
I HAD NO SPARE, NO
WALLET, NO MONEY. I DIDN'T KNOW
00:21:57.56\00:21:59.56
WHAT TO DO. I WALKED
DOWN THE STREET AND THERE
00:21:59.56\00:22:00.60
HAPPENED TO BE A BAR, A
NIGHTCLUB. IT WAS AROUND
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LUNCHTIME. THEY WERE
SERVING LUNCH AND DRINKS
00:22:07.93\00:22:13.03
AND I WALKED IN TO SEE
IF I COULD USE THE TELEPHONE
00:22:13.03\00:22:14.06
TO CALL SOMEBODY TO
HELP ME. AND I WALKED IN AND
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IT WAS VERY DARK AND
THERE WAS A BARTENDER AND I
00:22:16.60\00:22:19.20
SAID, EXCUSE ME, MAY I
USE YOUR PHONE? AND HE SAID,
00:22:19.20\00:22:20.23
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I
SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A
00:22:20.23\00:22:22.80
TRUCK, NO SPARE TIRE,
NO WALLET AND I HEARD THIS
00:22:22.80\00:22:25.50
VOICE COMING OUT THE
CORNER IN THE DARKNESS
00:22:25.50\00:22:26.63
WHAT KIND OF
TRUCK? I COULDN'T MAKE OUT
00:22:26.63\00:22:31.80
EXACTLY WHO IT WAS.
I SEE THIS BIG, BURLY,
00:22:31.80\00:22:36.33
MOTORCYCLE-RIDING GUY.
00:22:36.33\00:22:36.83
TYPICAL. >>PASTOR
PALMER: SCARY. >>BILL: SCARY. I
00:22:36.83\00:22:40.60
SAID, YOU KNOW,
SHEEPISHLY, I SAID IT'S
00:22:40.60\00:22:41.50
AN F-150, AN OLD F-150.
HE CAME OUT OF THE DARKNESS
00:22:41.50\00:22:46.66
AND HE HAD CAR KEYS IN
HIS HANDS. HE TOOK ME OUT TO
00:22:46.66\00:22:50.90
THE FRONT AND HE SAID,
THAT'S MY CAR, HERE'S MY
00:22:50.90\00:22:51.86
KEYS. TAKE THIS CAR
DOWN THE STREET, TAKE A LEFT;
00:22:51.86\00:22:54.50
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
A BODY SHOP. IN THE BODY
00:22:54.50\00:22:58.70
SHOP ASK FOR THIS
FELLOW, TELL HIM TO GET THE TIRE
00:22:58.70\00:22:59.80
OUT OF THE BACK OF
THE THUNDERBIRD, THAT TIRE
00:22:59.80\00:23:02.80
WILL FIT THE TRUCK. AND I
SAID TO HIM, BUT YOU DON'T
00:23:02.80\00:23:06.23
EVEN KNOW ME.
>>PASTOR PALMER: RIGHT. >>BILL:
00:23:06.23\00:23:07.20
AND HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU
SAYING? YOU GOING TO STEAL
00:23:07.20\00:23:13.20
MY TRUCK, YOU GOING TO
STEAL MY CAR? I SAID, NO.
00:23:13.20\00:23:16.06
AND HE SAID WHAT
HAVE I GOT TO WORRY ABOUT
00:23:16.06\00:23:16.93
>>PASTOR PALMER: THERE
YOU GO. >>BILL: AND IT'S, YOU
00:23:16.93\00:23:18.46
KNOW, YOU FIND
SOMETIMES KINDNESS. I'LL NEVER
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.93
FORGET.I DON'T KNOW
WHO THAT GENTLEMAN IS
00:23:20.93\00:23:21.83
>>PASTOR PALMER: MAY
NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. >>BILL:
00:23:21.83\00:23:25.60
MAY NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN
AND I FOUND THAT IN SUCH A
00:23:25.60\00:23:30.36
STRANGE PLACE THAT
I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. I
00:23:30.36\00:23:31.26
DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT
I WOULD FIND KINDNESS. I
00:23:31.26\00:23:36.00
MEAN, IF OUR SOCIETIES,
IF OUR CHURCHES WERE KNOWN AS
00:23:36.00\00:23:40.90
PLACES OF COMPASSION,
PLACES OF KINDNESS WE
00:23:40.90\00:23:41.86
COULD TRANSFORM OUR
WORLD MORE POWERFULLY THAN ANY
00:23:41.86\00:23:45.90
SERMON. AS ELOQUENT AS
YOU GENTLEMAN ARE AS PREACHERS
00:23:45.90\00:23:51.30
AND AS WELL AS I COULD
PREACH, WE COULD CHANGE
00:23:51.30\00:23:52.30
OUR WORLD WITH KINDNESS.
00:23:52.30\00:23:54.66
WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE
AND A HALF LEFT. ARE THERE
00:23:54.66\00:23:55.70
SOME CLOSING COMMENTS
YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? >>DR.
00:23:55.70\00:23:58.20
LAWRENCE: ONE THING
THAT I THINK, I THINK THAT WE
00:23:58.20\00:24:00.53
MUST ALWAYS TRY TO BE
KINDER THAN IS NECESSARY
00:24:00.53\00:24:01.50
SOMETIMES WE WANT
TO LIMIT, WELL, I ONLY
00:24:01.50\00:24:06.26
WANT TO DO THIS MUCH
BUT KINDNESS SHOULD KNOW NO
00:24:06.26\00:24:08.83
LIMITS. I OFTEN
HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
00:24:08.83\00:24:09.73
RANDOM ACTS OF
KINDNESS; I THINK THEY SHOULD BE
00:24:09.73\00:24:13.60
REGULAR ACTS OF KINDNESS
>>BILL: WOW. REGULAR ACTS
00:24:13.60\00:24:17.06
OF KINDNESS. IF WE'RE
GOING TO ERR LET'S ERR ON
00:24:17.06\00:24:18.16
THE SIDE OF KINDNESS THEN.
00:24:18.16\00:24:20.83
PASTOR PALMER. >>PASTOR
PALMER: I THINK THAT LIKE
00:24:20.83\00:24:21.86
SOMEONE SAID, IT IS
BETTER TO LIGHT ONE CANDLE THAN
00:24:21.86\00:24:25.66
TO CURSE THE DARK. AND
IF WE CAN DO ONE ACT OF
00:24:25.66\00:24:31.73
KINDNESS IT CAN GO A
LONG WAY. THEN WE COULD
00:24:31.73\00:24:32.70
BE UPSET ABOUT WHERE
THE WORLD IS GOING AND WHERE
00:24:32.70\00:24:36.36
IT IS HEADING BUT WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US AND THIS
00:24:36.36\00:24:39.43
BREATH BEHIND US WE CAN
DO A LOT MORE JUST BY ONE
00:24:39.43\00:24:40.46
SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS.
00:24:40.46\00:24:47.66
>>BILL: GENTLEMEN,
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:24:47.66\00:24:48.60
IMPOSSIBLE TO
PRODUCE GENUINE CHRIST-LIKE
00:24:48.60\00:24:51.60
KINDNESS, AS IS DESCRIBED
HERE IN GALATIANS 5, BY
00:24:51.60\00:24:55.40
OURSELVES. WHAT IS
NEEDED IS A NEW HEART AND THEN
00:24:55.40\00:24:56.43
A GROWTH PROCESS FOLLOWS
WHICH CAN ONLY TAKE PLACE
00:24:56.43\00:25:04.36
AS EACH AND EVERY ONE
SUBMITS TO AND OBEYS THE
00:25:04.36\00:25:08.50
HOLY SPIRIT. HE WILL
NUTURE THESE POSITIVE
00:25:08.50\00:25:09.43
CHARACTER CHANGES AND
THEY WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR
00:25:09.43\00:25:13.93
RELATIONSHIPS. KINDNESS,
OR THE LACK OF IT, MAKES A
00:25:13.93\00:25:18.56
DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES.
00:25:18.56\00:25:19.06
WE MUST PURPOSE IN OUR
HEARTS NOT TO BE PART OF
00:25:19.06\00:25:22.66
THE CRUELTY, WHETHER IT
BE IN OUR CHURCHES OR IN OUR
00:25:22.66\00:25:23.73
WORLD. RATHER WE MUST BE
SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF
00:25:23.73\00:25:30.33
PEOPLE, SHOWING KINDNESS
TO THOSE WE SERVE AND LIKE
00:25:30.33\00:25:34.66
WE HEARD TODAY,
KINDNESS TO BOTH FRIENDS
00:25:34.66\00:25:35.53
AND ENEMIES ALIKE. DR.
00:25:35.53\00:25:41.30
LAWRENCE WOULD YOU
PRAY WITH OUR VIEWERS. >>DR.
00:25:41.30\00:25:42.33
LAWRENCE: DEAR GOD, WE
THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE
00:25:42.33\00:25:47.13
EPITOME OF ALL KINDNESS
YOU CAME AND DIED FOR US
00:25:47.13\00:25:54.36
SO THAT WE MAY LIVE.
00:25:54.36\00:25:54.83
MAY WE LIVE THE LIVES OF
KINDNESS THAT YOU WANT US
00:25:54.83\00:26:00.53
TO LIVE AND BRING PEACE
AND HAPPINESS TO THE LIVES
00:26:00.53\00:26:01.60
OF OTHERS. WE ASK
THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:26:01.60\00:26:06.60
AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN.
00:26:06.60\00:26:07.03
>>PASTOR PALMER: AMEN.
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.06
>>BILL: YOU KNOW, IF
KINDNESS IS ONE OF THE
00:26:14.03\00:26:14.93
ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
00:26:14.93\00:26:18.43
HOLY SPIRIT WORKING OUT
IN YOUR LIFE, THEN ONE OF THE
00:26:18.43\00:26:21.43
RESOURCES THAT CAN
HELP YOU IS A LITTLE BOOKLET
00:26:21.43\00:26:22.46
CALLED, "THE POWER OF
KINDNESS". WE'D LIKE TO
00:26:22.46\00:26:26.23
SEND IT TO YOU AS A
GIFT HERE IS THE INFORMATION
00:26:26.23\00:26:30.23
YOU NEED TO
RECEIVE YOUR FREE COPY.
00:26:30.23\00:26:33.80
>>BILL: GENTLEMEN, WE'VE
COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER
00:27:32.43\00:27:33.46
PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE WITH US.
00:27:33.46\00:27:35.36
>>PASTOR PALMER: THANK
YOU. >>BILL: AND TO OUR
00:27:35.36\00:27:38.16
FAITHFUL VIEWERS, I
APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH
00:27:38.16\00:27:39.33
US, ALSO, EACH AND
EVERY WEEK. REMEMBER
00:27:39.33\00:27:43.66
TO VISIT THE WEBSITE,
ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. ON
00:27:43.66\00:27:47.56
THE WEBSITE YOU CAN
PRE-ORDER A DVD OF THIS
00:27:47.56\00:27:48.53
COMPLETE SERIES. WHEN
WE COME TO THE END OF IT
00:27:48.53\00:27:53.56
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON
DVD, WE'D LOVE TO SEND IT
00:27:53.56\00:27:55.90
TO YOU FOR A DONATION
OF $40.00. YOUR $40.00 WILL
00:27:55.90\00:27:56.86
HELP KEEP THIS MINISTRY
ON THE AIR HERE IN CANADA.
00:27:56.86\00:28:00.66
YOU CAN ALSO SEND A
PRAYER REQUEST, YOU CAN FIND OUT
00:28:00.66\00:28:05.83
WHERE OUR IT IS
WRITTEN TEAM IS APPEARING,
00:28:05.83\00:28:06.76
ITISIWRITTENCANADA.CA.
IF THE GOOD LORD IS WILLING
00:28:06.76\00:28:10.23
WE WILL ALL BE BACK AGAIN
NEXT WEEK. I HOPE YOU WILL
00:28:10.23\00:28:18.50
JOIN US. UNTIL THEN,
REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN;
00:28:18.50\00:28:19.43
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE
BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY
00:28:19.43\00:28:23.76
EVERY WORD THAT
PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.
00:28:23.76\00:28:28.06