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and I have peace. Now, if you have joy and

delight and peace, we can get along; we can

get together like we did here last Sunday

night and just have a nice little fellowship

and enjoy each other's company with no

criticism, no off-color jokes, no sarcasm, no

foolish talking, no jesting. We can just have

a good time in the Lord; Amen? Don't you

get sick of this stuff? Now, I'm not saying

you can't talk about fishing and hunting, but

the more serious that you get and the more

you want to talk about the Lord and

holiness and the fruit of the Spirit, I'm

simply saying to you that people start

backing away. You're not invited to their

socials. You're not invited to their parties.

They don't feel comfortable around you.

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