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Understanding and Overcoming Religious Stereotypes

I remember the day I came into church wearing an Arabian outfit and when I came in those who didn't see me because they saw my back thought why is a Muslim coming to church and they are ushering him to the front I wear it again one day and until they saw that it was me and I took that picture and put it on Facebook recently and some guy wrote a comment and said something like is it prayer Shaw so see religious mindset couldn't identify that that's Arabian they thinking Touch the Hem of my garment you see how religious Devils work in [Music] people we're so stereotype all kinds of must wear this you must wear that you must compartmentalize people to realize that we ourselves have become a Christian ghetto we have our own media we have our own language it is well God bless you even when he's not well he say it's well you are lifted I'm strong I celebrate you right those are those are that's a new cliche now MH once you hear that you turn you say that's another one of them can know we Church you know it it's and there's nothing really wrong with those things but when those things become what defines our faith and what defines our kingdom impact then we are of all men most miserable Joseph's brothers stood before him and they didn't know he was one of them he was too Egyptian to be a Jew and he was too Jewish to be an Egyptian when he was called out of prison he went to a salon Pharaoh's calling you he shaved because a beard is an Abomination to the Egyptians you say he's trying to look like them he removed His Garment prison clothes and he looked like a prince by the time he stepped into Pharaoh's courts he was clean shaven he didn't look like a prisoner cuz even though he was in prison physically he's mind was not caged by that prison that's why when he gave the prescription of the kind of man that would turn that Nation around Pharaoh said who else do we have you already look the path that's how we reconcile all things all men back to him God bless you [Applause]