Tzedekah  (ze·da·kye) - Accepting and Living Our Influence!   Download the audio of this message.    Windows Media format Click to download    MP3 format Click to download   Friends, get in a quiet place and listen to this message, Hard People! making the right decision in hard relationships.  Our Senior Pastor, Mark Savagetaught this message March 25, 2007, from Matthew 5:38-42.   When Jill and I bought our farm house, we bought it with the realization that it was a real fixer upper. One obvious fix was a front porch that was falling down. Surrounding the fallen porch were a number of mature bushes, that had become overgrown. They were so incredibly hard to get out. I dug and dug and dug. I cut and cut and cut. I got my neighbors’ front end loading tractor to help pull them out. The removal of those bushes was incredibly hard and painful. I was exhausted after working to remove them.   Every one of us have similar experiences of hard, but nothing seems to be as hard as when it comes to relationships with hard people. Jesus Christ teaches us how to make the right decisions in the midst of hard relationships. Join me in this teaching as we look to the powerful words of Jesus Christ, and may it give you clarity to our ability to live making the right decision to live righteously on this journey.   If you haven’t let me know what God is leading you by faith to trust Him for, be sure to fill me in.  We want to partner win prayer with you.  So, fill me in by e-mailing me, mark.savage@c3mail.org.  I love doing this journey with you.  I am excited that we are doing this together.  So friends, may God’s Words direct you on your journey..  I love doing this journey with you.  I am excited that we are doing this together.  So friends, may God’s Words direct you on your journey.