Welcome, this is the Ministry of Reconciliation podcast and I am your host Emmanuel Manish. Today our focus is on exercising grace in our works. In the beginning everything was good. God created people, animals, and the whole world. Everything was peaceful. Everything was perfect. People lived in harmony. There was no fear. There was no hate. Then sin came. When Adam sinned, things changed. Relationships became hard. We began to see jealousy. We began to see anger. In the book of Genesis, we see Cain kill his own brother. This is very serious. How can someone kill their own brother? But this is what sin does. As time went on, violence grew, people hurt each other more and more. It became so bad that God destroyed the earth with a flood. But he saved Noah and his family. Even today, we still see violence. We see hatred, we see people hurting others. Some even justify killing. This is not right. As children of God, we must be different. When we see evil, we should not respond with anger or harsh words. We must respond with grace. God created every human being. He created both the good and the bad. Our role is to shine his light to all of them. In this world, some communities welcome others. They open their doors, they allow people to come in and live among them. This is a form of grace, and we should always remember that not all nations do that. When you are welcome, remember this. Be respectful, be humble, be thankful. Even if things are not perfect, do not rush to speak badly. Do not go quickly to complain in public. Speak with wisdom, speak with respect. Grace must guide our words. You may hear a news reporter say, Nation A and Nation B are attacking the people of Nation C? It's as if they have some special motivation to do that. I think this is not right. Is this the kind of message God wants us to carry? Do our words reflect his heart for all people? Even when we speak about conflict, we must remember this. Every life matters. Every person is created by God. So we must ask ourselves: are we speaking with truth and grace? Are we showing God's love in the way we communicate? Let our words not spread anger, but reflect the heart that God has for all humanity. We should never celebrate death, not even the death of a bad person. Every life matters. Every life was created by God. Yes, evil must be separated. Yes, wrong must be corrected. But our hearts must remain soft. We should grieve when people die. We should pray. We should ask God to change hearts. Even those who do evil can change. If we hate deeply, we may push people further away from God. Instead, we should reflect God's heart. God does not hate people. Even when they do wrong. He still calls them back. So we must ask ourselves: do our words show God's heart? Do we speak with grace? Do we love people even when they are difficult? If not, we need to come back. Come back to God. Come back to grace. Come back to the true love of God. Let your words bring life not harm. This is how we shine God's light in the world. Have a blessed day.