It’s been a wild week

A speaker reflects on Charlie Kirk's death as an opportunity for redemptive purpose, describing personal illness and conversations with a colleague named Daniel. He urges viewers to turn to Christ, preach forgiveness, and endure amid growing violence.
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What's up, guys? I wanted to do a quick video and I know it's been a difficult week, a challenging week. Everything that happened with Charlie Kirk, I know you've seen it and know you heard about it. And I really wanted to echo my thoughts I had on Friday because that was a great conversation I have with, with Daniel, who works with us. You have to believe everything happens for a reason. I have Ms. You have to believe. I have to believe that I was given that disease for a reason. I was given that platform for a reason. Charlie was given his platform for a reason, and his death was allowed to happen for a reason. I've seen so many stories over the weekend of people coming to Christ, picking up their Bible again. It's. And you have to believe. And I said Friday, you know, you have to believe that people saw his message, people saw his testimony and their hearts were softened for a time as this. You have to believe that otherwise there is evil in this world and you cannot make sense of evil without having the purpose of Jesus Christ in your life, in your testimony for others. Because it's going to be a hard road. It's only getting harder. It's only getting more noisy. The violence is only getting worse. You have to stand on that mountaintop and preach Jesus Christ. Love, forgiveness, accountability to those you come into contact with. I believe Charlie's death allowed people who are not exposed to that get exposed a little bit more. Their hearts soften a little bit more. If they have not come to Christ yet, at least their hearts were softened and they now are taking in that information at a different perspective than before. And for all we know, that could have been the reason for the soul thing. I just got done doing my second walk today, so I have the rag, but gotta keep moving. You gotta keep going forward. It's difficult at times you want to give up, at times you want to throw in the towel. But we were not called to thorn the towel until our race over. Until then, keep preaching the word. Keep telling people the good news of Christ. Keep telling them of forgiveness, keep telling them of your maker is waiting to embrace you. Your maker is waiting to embrace you, ready for that moment when we all have a choice. Okay? That's the beautiful thing about this life, is that we have a choice. God has given us the freedom of choice. You have to come to him freely. He doesn't make you come to him. You have to come in your own free will, at your own time, when your heart is ready to have that message. And I believe we're in that time where shocking things will happen, will continue to happen, it will continue to get worse. But our God stays the same. Our God is there for us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whenever you need him, he will be there with you. You just have to call on his name. So it's been. It's been a chaotic week. More and more shocking things are going to happen. But you have to stand on that rock, on that truth, on Jesus, on the message, on faith, to know all this is going to be for greater good. One day it's going to. It's going to be redemptive. Evil will be gone. Righteous will win. We have to endure and look forward to that one day.
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