{"id":27942,"date":"2021-04-28T20:12:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=27942"},"modified":"2021-04-29T23:03:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T03:03:24","slug":"monday-morning-moment-tyler-perrys-refuse-hate-revolutionary-by-josh-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=27942","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday &#8211; Tyler Perry&#8217;s &#8220;Refuse Hate.&#8221; and Revolutionary by Josh Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-Love-your-enemies-love-your-neighbors-G.-K.-Chesterton-Heartlight-gallery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27168\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-Love-your-enemies-love-your-neighbors-G.-K.-Chesterton-Heartlight-gallery.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-Love-your-enemies-love-your-neighbors-G.-K.-Chesterton-Heartlight-gallery.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-Love-your-enemies-love-your-neighbors-G.-K.-Chesterton-Heartlight-gallery-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-Love-your-enemies-love-your-neighbors-G.-K.-Chesterton-Heartlight-gallery-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Blog-Love-your-enemies-love-your-neighbors-G.-K.-Chesterton-Heartlight-gallery-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/gallery\/7057.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heartlight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=27153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Archives<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-13970\" class=\"text Ps-4-4\">Be angry, and do not sin; <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-4-4\">ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. <span class=\"selah\">Selah. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-13971\" class=\"text Ps-4-5\">Offer right sacrifices, <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-4-5\">and put your trust in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-13974\" class=\"text Ps-4-8\">In peace I will both lie down and sleep; <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-4-8\">for you alone, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, make me dwell in safety.<\/span><\/span> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+4&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 4:4-5, 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"en-ESV-29282\" class=\"text Eph-4-26\">Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,<\/span> <\/em><span id=\"en-ESV-29283\" class=\"text Eph-4-27\"><em>and give no opportunity to the devil.<\/em> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ephesians%204%3A26-27&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ephesians 4:26-27<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"text Matt-5-43\"><span class=\"woj\">\u201cYou have heard that it was said, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-43\"><span class=\"woj\">Love your neighbor<\/span><\/span><span class=\"text Matt-5-43\"> <span class=\"woj\">and hate your enemy.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-CSB-23279\" class=\"text Matt-5-44\"><span class=\"woj\">But I tell you,<strong> love your enemies<\/strong><\/span><strong> <span class=\"woj\">and pray for those who<\/span> <\/strong><span class=\"woj\"><strong>persecute you<\/strong>,<\/span><\/span><\/em><span id=\"en-CSB-23280\" class=\"text Matt-5-45\"><em> <span class=\"woj\">so that you may be<\/span> <\/em><span class=\"woj\"><em>children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%205:43-45&amp;version=CSB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 5:43-45<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/feature\/2021-oscars-reviews-and-winners-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2021 Oscars (Academy Awards Ceremony)<\/a> this week delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/oscars-2021-lowest-ratings-in-shows-history\/36256583#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the lowest ratings<\/a> in the award show&#8217;s history. It&#8217;s been a strange year. The highlight for us was actually the acceptance speech for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/governors\/hersholt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award<\/a>. The recipient is the filmmaker and benefactor <a href=\"https:\/\/tylerperry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Perry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch his very different, almost politically incorrect, 3-minute acceptance speech below. [Full transcript <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/tyler-perrys-oscar-2021-speech-transcript-fullrefuse-hate-1586361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pZVvH3HvyNk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>An excerpt follows:<\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><em>&#8220;My mother taught me to refuse hate. She taught me to refuse blanket judgment. And in this time and with all of the internet and social media and algorithms and everything that wants us to think a certain way\u2014the 24-hour news cycle\u2014it is my hope that all of us will teach our kids\u2014and not only to remember\u2014just refuse hate. Don&#8217;t hate anybody.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>I refuse to hate someone because they&#8217;re Mexican or because they are Black or white, or LGBTQ. I refuse to hate someone because they&#8217;re a police officer. I refuse to hate someone because they are Asian. I would hope that we would refuse hate.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>So anyone who wants to meet me in the middle, to refuse hate, to refuse blanket judgment and to help lift someone&#8217;s feet off the ground, this one is for you, too.<\/strong> God bless you and thank you Academy, I appreciate it.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/tyler-perrys-oscar-2021-speech-transcript-fullrefuse-hate-1586361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyler Perry<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As\u00a0 followers of Christ, we cannot join the throngs of people who hate. We may want to block or cancel the words or actions of others. Yet, we are confronted ourselves by the truth that we were all <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/romans\/5-10.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once the enemies of God<\/a>\u2026and He forgave us. Do we presume that our indignation is more righteous than His? Do we consider our being wronged as more needful of judgment than His own? God have mercy!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>What is the response of the believer toward those we are tempted to feel hate?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>Only love. Spoken and acted out in kindness and mercy.<\/p>\n<p>Do we stomp and kick the dust at that calling and command? Do we hold tighter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%208&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our stones<\/a>? Do we give lip service to \u201cforgiving\u201d but everything in our actions and attitudes tells a different story?<\/p>\n<p>How thankful we can be to a God who is all-wise and all-loving! He understands us completely. He walked among us, in the sandals of the incarnate Christ. He experienced hatred and persecution, even to His last breath on this earth. Yet\u2026He forgave, He loved, He administered the greatest kindness possible \u2013 His life for ours.<\/p>\n<p>In His loving mercy, He has taught us how to live in this life.<\/p>\n<p>We are to love. We are to forgive. We are to keep our own hearts from sinning against another. We are to remember that we and our neighbor (enemy or friend) are both made in the image of God. We are not to forget our own bent toward sin\u2026the very sin that caused Jesus to take the cross upon Himself\u2026for us. Not just for another.<\/p>\n<p>God calls us to remember whose we are. He is at work in our hearts, in that of our neighbors (and enemies), and in the nations.<\/p>\n<p>We can join Him\u2026through revolutionary acts of kindness.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve just recently discovered the writing of <a href=\"https:\/\/ourrabbijesus.com\/about-lois-tverberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lois Tverberg<\/a>. She teaches the Scripture in context, meaning within the culture of the world in which it was written. We might think Jesus\u2019 command to us to love our enemies is hard. Yet, if we recall our own struggle with sin and how neighbors and enemies are not so different from us, we can access the grace of God to love\u2026and show kindness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engediresourcecenter.com\/2019\/06\/03\/jesus-most-radical-teaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jesus\u2019 Most Radical Teaching<\/em> \u2013 Lois Tverberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engediresourcecenter.com\/2019\/06\/04\/loving-your-neighbor-who-is-like-you-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Loving Your Neighbor, Who Is Like You<\/em> \u2013 Lois Tverberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead of striving to be right\u2026what if we strove to be kind \u2013 loving, serving, and praying for those our flesh cries out to hate? This is the way of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshwilsonmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Wilson<\/a> (with a team of other songwriters) gave us the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6glQdaQUZ1U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u201cRevolutionary\u201d<\/em><\/a> in October 2019, having no idea what 2020 or 2021 would hold. It was a prophetic call to the church to love\u2026all.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt seems natural, almost effortless, to focus on our differences with others rather than our similarities. Drawing attention to those differences keeps us glued to the news and social media because of the moral outrage we feel towards the \u201cother.\u201d I think<strong> there\u2019s a better way though, and that\u2019s the way of empathy and understanding, the way of kindness<\/strong>\u2026.No matter what side of the political spectrum we\u2019re on, deep down I know that we are not as different as we are led to believe. <strong>There is peace to be made, there are names to be learned, meals to be had, chasms to be crossed, and it all starts with kindness.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/revolutionary-by-josh-wilson-meaning-behind-the-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6glQdaQUZ1U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worship<\/a> with me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Maybe you\u2019re not like me<br \/>\nMaybe we don\u2019t agree<br \/>\nMaybe that doesn\u2019t mean<br \/>\nWe gotta be enemies<br \/>\nMaybe we just get brave<br \/>\nTake a big leap of faith<br \/>\nCall a truce so me and you<br \/>\nCan find a better way<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Let\u2019s take some time, open our eyes, look and listen, yeah<br \/>\nAnd we\u2019re gonna find we\u2019re more alike than we are different, yeah<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><strong>Why does kindness seem revolutionary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When did we let hate get so ordinary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Let\u2019s turn it around, flip the script<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Judge slow, love quick<\/strong><br \/>\nGod help us get revolutionary<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Whoa oh<br \/>\nRevolutionary<br \/>\nWhoa oh<br \/>\nLet\u2019s get, let\u2019s get<br \/>\nWhoa oh<br \/>\nRevolutionary<br \/>\nWhoa oh<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">I\u2019m turning the TV down<br \/>\nDrowning their voices out<br \/>\n\u2018Cause I believe that you and me<br \/>\nCan find some common ground<br \/>\nSee maybe I\u2019m not like you<br \/>\nBut I\u2019ll walk a mile in your shoes<br \/>\nIf it means I might see<br \/>\nThe world the way you do<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Let\u2019s take some time, open our eyes, look and listen<br \/>\nAnd we\u2019re gonna find we\u2019re more alike than we are different<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Why does kindness seem revolutionary<br \/>\nWhen did we let hate get so ordinary<br \/>\nLet\u2019s turn it around, flip the script<br \/>\nJudge slow, love quick<br \/>\nGod help us get revolutionary<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Whoa oh<br \/>\nRevolutionary<br \/>\nWhoa oh<br \/>\nLet\u2019s get, let\u2019s get<br \/>\nWhoa oh<br \/>\nRevolutionary<br \/>\nWhoa oh<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><strong>What would Jesus do<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He would love first<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He would love first, hmm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What would Jesus do<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>He would love first<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, He would love first<br \/>\nSo we should love first<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Why does kindness seem revolutionary<br \/>\nWhen did we let hate get so ordinary<br \/>\nLet\u2019s turn it around, flip the script<br \/>\nJudge slow, love quick<br \/>\nGod help us get revolutionary<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\">Whoa oh<br \/>\nRevolutionary<br \/>\nWhoa oh<br \/>\nLet\u2019s get, let\u2019s get<br \/>\nWhoa oh<br \/>\nRevolutionary<br \/>\nGod help us get revolutionary*<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Blog-Be-Kind-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17283\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Blog-Be-Kind-Flickr.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Blog-Be-Kind-Flickr.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Blog-Be-Kind-Flickr-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Blog-Be-Kind-Flickr-768x522.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/symphonyoflove.net\/photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Gampat, Symphony of Love, Facebook page<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>\u201c\u2018Revolutionary\u2019 is all about kindness,\u201d shares Josh Wilson. \u201cI believe that kindness matters. It\u2019s so easy to get caught up in all of the negativity we see in the world and on the news, and this song is a reminder that we are called to more than that. We\u2019re called to love as Christ has loved us. I am so encouraged by the acts of kindness I\u2019ve seen recently, even amidst a worldwide pandemic, even in an election year. In many ways, our struggles are actually bringing us together. We\u2019re learning that we all have a lot more in common than we thought, and it\u2019s beautiful to see the ways people are serving each other. The lyrics are a prayer for God, through us, to start a revolution of kindness. Will you join us?\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/freeccm.com\/2020\/04\/27\/josh-wilson-releases-new-single-revolutionary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/freeccm.com\/2020\/04\/27\/josh-wilson-releases-new-single-revolutionary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">osh Wilson<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Postscript:<\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Josh Wilson also wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dOBaLrItEyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u201cDream Small\u201d<\/em><\/a> which I covered <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=19109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. He capturing how God has wrapped all commands into two \u2013 for our good and to the glory of our magnificent God:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Love God<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Love others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>\u201cKeep loving, keep serving<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Keep listening, keep learning<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Keep praying, keep hoping<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Keep seeking, keep searching<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Out of these small things and watch them grow bigger<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>The God who does all things makes oceans<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>From rivers.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Josh Wilson - Revolutionary (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6glQdaQUZ1U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;ei=-x3-X7DeJO7n5NoP9M6u-A0&amp;q=Josh+Wilson%27s+song+Revolutionary+lyrics&amp;oq=Josh+Wilson%27s+song+Revolutionary+lyrics&amp;gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIJCAAQyQMQFhAeOgYIABAIEB46BwguEA0QkwI6CgguEMkDEA0QkwJQ71hYzHBgznFoAHAAeACAAW6IAdAGkgEDOS4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjwx4GotJfuAhXuM1kFHXSnC98Q4dUDCAw&amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyrics to <em>\u201cRevolutionary\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Songwriters: Josh Wilson, Jason Mater, James Tealy, Steve Fee \u2013 MusicMatch<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/revolutionary-by-josh-wilson-meaning-behind-the-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Josh Wilson: Striving to Be \u201cRevolutionary\u201d in Kindness<\/em> \u2013 American Songwriter<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=19109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worship Wednesday \u2013 <em>Dream Small<\/em> \u2013 Josh Wilson \u2013 Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/55promotion.com\/music-spotlight\/revolutionary-by-josh-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Story Behind the Song &#8220;Revolutionary&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Heartlight [Adapted from the Archives] Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah. Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord. 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