Rooted Principle - July 5, 2026

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Welcome back to the Everyday Faith Podcast from Eastside with today's Faith-Rooted Principle. Hey there, welcome back. I'm Isaac Johnson, and today is July the 5th, Sunday. I hope that you uh have had a great fourth celebrating America and celebrating the birthday of our nation, 250 years, and uh we had a great 25 days leading up to that with our prayer and praise, but we are going back to our regular format of our rooted principle that we'll share with you every single day. And uh today's July the 5th principle is this fly high the king's flag. Fly high the king's flag. And the principle comes from John chapter number 13, verse 34 and 35, where the Bible tells us, A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye also love one another, and by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. By this, by your love, will people know that you are a child of God and that you're one of God's disciples, one of your one of Jesus' disciples. Uh Windsor Castle, here's a great illustration of this. Windsor Castle uh is the world's largest inhabited castle. They uh don't necessarily stay there full time. The king or the queen, whoever is the king or queen of England, doesn't stay there full time, uh, but uh they do stay there, and it is the largest inhabited castle, and uh the structure dates back to to the days before uh William the Conqueror and Windsor locals know whether the king is in uh is in the Windsor Castle or not because they changed the flag. Uh when the uh king is at home or in the castle, the flag is hoisted. Uh and uh when he's away, uh a different flag is hoisted. So when uh when he's away, the Union Jack is hoisted, and uh if he's there the royal standard is hoisted. And uh based on those flags that are flying, uh it tells the people of the land whether the king is present there or not. That's kind of interesting to think about uh with the Christian life. When take people take a look at our life and uh they see what flag is flying, can they know that know of the truth that our king is dwelling within, that all might our Almighty uh is dwelling within? Obviously, based on scripture, we can't lose our salvation. We know that, and he's always with us if we're his child, but is it evident that the king is within? Are we flying another flag? We need to be flying high the king's flag. We may claim to know the king, uh, but there are uh worldly flags maybe that we're flying. How do we uh think that the servants live when the uh king is in the castle? Think about that for just a second. How do the servants live and how do they act when the king is in the Windsor castle? It's probably safe to say they're a little bit more focused on doing their task, much more detailed and orderly than uh when the king is away. They're most likely to make sure that they're a little bit more uh care careful and neat and sharp and prompt, and it's all because the queen, or that rather the king, is in the castle. You know, we uh may say that we truly know the presence of God, uh, and if we do, then it should cause us to live a little bit differently and let this wicked world know very clearly by the life that we live that there is royalty within us. Hey, let's fly high the king's flag. By this shall all men know that you're my disciples. By your love one for another, let's fly high the king's flag. Thanks for joining us for today's rooted principle, right here on the Everyday Faith Podcast. If today's conversation has encouraged you, be sure to share it with someone who might need it. And don't forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode. We'll see you next time, right here on the Everyday Faith Podcast.