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Living Covenant Conscious Financially Part 3 | Free to Serve Him | Bishop Rosie S. O’neal · Koinonia Christian Center

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ful, wonderful, wonderful. He's worthy
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to be praised. How many of y'all know he
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is? He is worthy to be praised. Well,
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good um afternoon everybody. This is the
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day the Lord has made and we're going to
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rejoice and be glad in it. And you know,
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I'm tow up cuz I have a new Bible here.
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So, I'm ready to go today. We thank God.
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Oh my God. What key was that in? B flat.
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B flat. Okay. So, I had all of my
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numbers wrong cuz I'm watching the foot
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pedals, but that's okay. Now, I got to
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go back and try. And uh I hope you are
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still reeling and rocking as I am from
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the uh Easter weekend holiday. Yeah,
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Mother Pew. Ain't he worthy? Yes, y'all.
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He is so worthy. We had a
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phenomenal and uh from sunrise service
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to our other two more contemporary
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services. God is so good and just so
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blessed and I'm tickled. Now considering
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that we're going back
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into this concept of being covenant
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conscious financially. Now you say,
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"Bishop, you can just come right out of
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the churchiest stuff and go into stuff."
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I I can because God wants us to be able
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to serve him freely. And if you recall
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the last time we were in this financial
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series, we started dealing with the fact
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that the enemy is always trying to get
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us distracted or deceived so that we can
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be put in bondage financially. And when
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Pharaoh when God told Moses, "Go tell
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Pharaoh, let my people go." Uh, he was
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like, "Well, y'all go on, but just don't
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go far." Because he doesn't want your
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lifestyle to change. The devil don't
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mind us being in church. It's not his
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desire because that's where we can have
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an encounter on so on and so forth, and
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we gather with the saints. But if we're
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going to do that, okay, go to church,
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shout, but still be in bondage. But I
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would dare somebody to put not so not
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so. Not doing it. I want Jesus. I want
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his imprint on every part of my life.
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Okay. Every part of my life. Oh, I love
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it. They enjoyed the services. So when
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when Pharaoh says, "Okay, well go on and
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go, but uh leave your children." What?
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No, I'm not. I'm not going to heaven and
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then my family go to hell. I'm not doing
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it. So, no, no. And again, I say not.
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So, there it is. Then he says, "Well, I
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tell you what, you all go, but leave
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your herd here." And this is what we
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really wanted to impress. Moses told
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him, "We can't do that. We cannot leave
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our money and our finances outside of
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the covenant. We got to go into the
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wilderness and take our money because we
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don't know how God may want us to serve
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him."
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Oh, that's huge, y'all. So, Sunday we
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had our one sacrificial offering and we
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were believing to raise at least
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650,000 and we blew it out the water. I
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will see you Sunday. I'll tell you
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exactly how much we have by then. But to
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God be the glory. Why? That's what he
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wanted us to worship him with. So, we
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can't afford to be broke, busted, and
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disgusted. All right. Now, I want to
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carry you back. Go to Deuteronomy
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8 as I turn in my new Bible. My God,
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it's beautiful. Did you know? Look at
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the just the way it
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just
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Deuteronomy 8 and uh let's look at this
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in 18. Not so. Oh, I love seeing that up
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there. Thank you, Jesus. Not so we're
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not doing it. Now, Deuteronomy 8:18, I
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want you to see it. Uh, and I want you
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to get in your spirit because you need
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to know that this is what God has to
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say. The Bible says, "But thou shalt
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remember the Lord thy God, because it's
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he that gives you the power to get
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wealth." Don't miss it. "That he may
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establish his
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covenant, show his covenant, illustrate
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it, manifest his covenant, which he
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swear unto your fathers as it is this
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day." God says, "I'm the one that wants
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you to have
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abundance." He said, "I want you to have
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it." He said, "Because I'm going to use
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your abundance not just to bless you,
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but certainly to bless us because he
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wants to show us his heart." Okay?
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Anybody that loves doesn't want to see
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somebody struggling. That's I mean,
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that's a fact, y'all. And if we feel
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that way, you know, God does, right? But
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God says that you and
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I, he wants to utilize what we have to
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bless us, but then to bless others. So
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one of the things we started with in
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this series is our need to understand
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salvation. When I make Jesus the savior
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and lord of my life, then he is
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expecting me to adopt his posture and
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his mindset. All right? So I don't care
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if you were successful. This was the
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example I used. Just because Michael
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Jordan played basketball doesn't mean he
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could bring those same moves to the
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baseball field and expect to win. I'm in
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a new kingdom. You're in a new kingdom.
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You got a new king, right? No longer is
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it my flesh. See, when it was my flesh,
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if my flesh want to do something, that's
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what I did. Cuz I let the flesh run it.
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If you were getting on my nerves, my
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flesh wanted to cuss you out, you got
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cussed out because I was following uh my
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flesh. Now I have a new king. He's the
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King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
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He's the fairest of 10,00ands. Come on.
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Jesus is his name. So now I have to
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adopt and obey what he says. So let's
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get started. Luke 12. I want to go
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through it with you because I know y'all
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have kind of forgotten it in the study,
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you know, of covenant. So, I'm not
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upset. Come on. Let's go to Luke 12,
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verse
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15. A new Bible. You just everything
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just I just tore up over it, y'all. All
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right. Luke, that means I'mma have a
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Bible to give away on Sunday. You might
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want to come on and be in the place.
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Bishop got one. Actually, one or two.
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All right. Luke 12, verse 15. This is
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important. They had come. In fact, let
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me start at verse 13 for you. Yeah, I
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got to adopt his posture and
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mindset. Yeah. And one of the companies
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said unto him, "Master," this is Luke
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12:13, "Speak to my brother so he can
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divide the inheritance with me." Sad
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that you had to tell folk to divide.
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That's a that's a whole other subject.
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And this is why you need to have your
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will or trust done so that it's not any
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fussing or strange looking when somebody
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passes away.
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Okay, that's a word. Moving on. Verse
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14, he said, "Man, how is it you trying
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to make me a judge and a divider over
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you?" And he says in verse 15, he said,
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"Take heed and beware of
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covetousness, for a man's life consists
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not in the abundance of the things which
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he possesses." So the first attitude
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that God wants me to have is that I
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don't allow my life to be gauged or the
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success of it in the stuff that I
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have. Now that's important. You say,
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"Oh, Bishop, you sitting up there saying
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that you got stuff." Baby, I've been
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saying this since I was borrowing $20
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till the end of the month. Don't come
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for me. You don't know me like that.
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Let's be real. No, no, no. when the only
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car we had was the one Taurus d bought
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which was a Nissan Sentra and it was a
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straight drive and I couldn't even drive
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it. But you have to adopt right now. You
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need to adopt the reality that our life
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isn't about stuff. Now if you like
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stuff, I'm not mad at you. Do you not
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that your life's got to be bigger than
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that? If my life is just about the
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clothes I wear, the jewelry I have, the
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car I drive, then I'm very I'm a shell
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of a person. You can let me tell you
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something. If all you get from me,
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that's why you can always tell when
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people understand this truth. They say,
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"When uh bishop, I need to come sit down
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with you, let you buy me lunch." Now, I
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don't mind buying you lunch. You know
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what I'm saying? Now, don't worry me.
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Don't be texting me now. But you
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understand what I'm saying. If you think
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that's the best thing that you could get
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from me is me buying your lunch or
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giving you
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$100, I I'd give you $100. Go on
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somewhere and sit down because the
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things that I could share with you could
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make you far more than that. The thing
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the the dimensions that could carry you
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to another place in your understanding
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of life. You see, our lives are bigger
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than that. You're bigger than that.
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Thank God for stuff. Stuff is fun. Our
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lives are much bigger than that. What's
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another perspective? Give me Acts 20.
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Come on. I want us to go through this
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today. Acts chapter
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20. These are I got to adopt this. Watch
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this. Even if right now you still don't
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feel it in your heart, start saying it
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out your mouth cuz you need to adopt
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that. This is what your Lord says. Got
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it? Acts 20, y'all there? Verse 35. Do
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y'all still have that handout? I hope
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you do. All right, watch this. Acts
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20:35. I've showed you all things.
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Apostles writing, how that so laboring
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you ought to support the weak and
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remember the words of the Lord Jesus.
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How he said it is more blessed to give
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than to receive. So Jesus tells us right
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off the bat that we need to have the
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heart and the mindset, hey, of course
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when we receive, our joy is full. But
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the real blessed state is being the
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person that gives. So I want to begin to
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motivate myself in the well the way I
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work, the way I choose to spend. Notice
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that so that I can give when it's in my
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heart to give. Now I can't listen. The
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bishop rolled up in here on
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Sunday. Oh, I rolled up in here. Now I
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didn't give the most of our church
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because I wasn't in the financial
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position to give the most. But now I'm
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proud of my seed now. I was proud of my
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seed when it was a
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thousand. I was proud when it was two.
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But no, I this I rolled up on a 37 on
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Sunday. Actually ended up with 38,000. I
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ain't playing in these streets.
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Hallelujah. Amen. I was proud. I was,
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listen, not proud like I'm better than
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you. But I was proud that I was able to
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scrape. Now, I scraped all kind of
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stuff. I had checks. I know when they
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were opening my little envelope, they
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were laughing cuz I had some cash. I had
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checks from all the accounts I had.
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Listen, I believe in God. I wanted to
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see the gospel go forth. But it is more
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joyous. I've had people give me money
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and I appreciate it. And if you want to
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give me some, don't be bound. I'm good
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ground. But here's the thing. My joy was
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in giving. Jesus said is more blessed to
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give and than to receive. Now go with me
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to ma Mark 6, Matthew 6, because these
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are the all I'm doing is going over our
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handout. But this is what you're going
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to need for this Sunday. See, this
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Sunday we want to start I want we want
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to move you up on the notch to get more
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resources and to do better with them. So
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I need you to already have this in your
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spirit. All right. Matthew, what did I
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tell you? Chapter 6. Put my glasses on.
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Thank you, Jesus. Matthew 6, watch this.
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In verse
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21, very simple scripture, but you need
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to grab it in grab it into your spirit.
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Where your treasure is, that's where
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your heart is going to be. If you put
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some Listen, that's why I tell husbands,
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you're not feeling any effect affection
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and emotion, start spending your money
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on that wife and see what happens. The
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Bible says you can find your heart where
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you find where you spend your money. The
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things that matter the most. So like for
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me, if you had a no shade on Louis
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Vuitton, do you right and Gucci bags? I
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ain't mad at nobody. Enjoy it. you can
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put those up there. I don't really value
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that like that. So, like my church knows
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like, you know, you wouldn't want to get
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something like that for me for an
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anniversary present. I don't I don't I
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don't want
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that. Right. Um but if there's an RV
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park somewhere and you want to go on and
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buy me a few nights, I'm tow up. Now, to
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me, $3,000 is not worth it for a bag. No
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shade on anybody. You got to choose
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yourself. That's not where my heart is.
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But now you let somebody that I have
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affection for and I see where that same
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3,000 could move them and put them in a
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different position. Oh, I'm having a
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ball. Then I come out my pocket. Ain't
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no
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problem. Because where you put your
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money shows you where your heart is,
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right? And so you can use that to trace
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down like some people they're their
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allowance is all about what they eat cuz
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they want to eat good.
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George Tory told me he not going on a
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vacation and he don't like the food. He
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said, "I don't understand that." I said,
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"But Switzerland is so beautiful." He
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said, "Well, watch it on YouTube and eat
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food from home." Right? Because we're
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different. Got it? All right. Come on.
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So, Matthew says in 6:21, "I can learn
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what I'm I'm I have an affection for by
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where my money is." Now, go to Luke
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chapter
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11. Come on. We're going through the
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scripture today. Is that all right? Luke
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chapter 11. Oh, wait a minute. What's
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today? Is today Wednesday? I I see uh
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Pastor Joyce Gillum up on this thing.
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Her birthday is either today or
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tomorrow. My God. I got to check. The
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saints of God will sneak up and have
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birthdays on
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you. And if it's not, let's see. It
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might be tomorrow, but I'm going to
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check. Joyce, when is your birthday?
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It's today. My God. Yes, it is. Happy
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birthday, Pastor Joyce Gillum. We love
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you. All right. All right. Luke 11. And
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I'm going to actually look at in the New
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Living. Luke chap
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11 verse 42. In the New
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Living, you're going to learn something
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important here. Watch this. Boom. And
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New Living. It says, "What sorrow awaits
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you Pharisees." He said, "You are
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careful to tithe even the tiniest income
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from your herb gardens, but you ignore
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stuff like justice and the love of God.
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You should tithe, yes, but do not
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neglect the more important things." Come
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on. So, what are we learning? Jesus is
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telling us very clearly, we ought to
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tithe. But tithing does not mean you
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don't have to obey the rest of the
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Bible. You can't just say, "Well, I got
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my $3,000 this week, so I gave my tithe
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$300. I gave 10 an offering, 10 to
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pastor, so leave me alone." Uh-uh. Uh-
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uh. That money belongs to God. You're
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supposed to return it, but you still got
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to care about
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justice. These people in these streets
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have gone stark raving mad.
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They had a they Z he was telling me
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today they had a a teacher put up one
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you know the posters all the put up for
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the kindergarten kids. They got all the
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little different color hands and they
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you know got a rainbow on it talking
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about we are all important because you
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got to teach children to love everybody
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no matter the race and color. And watch
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this. And this the little children are
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showing up in school and they're gay and
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they already and and any teacher can
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tell you. All you need to do is find a
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daycare teacher and they can tell you.
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You can look at children when they are
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two and three. You can tell before they
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learn it that they have a proclivity
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toward it. You got to teach children to
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love everybody. Do you know they trying
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to make that teacher take that poster
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down? These people in these streets are
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trying to whitewash our country and make
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us all one race and get rid of everybody
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else. I'm telling you. And your tithe
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belongs in the house of God. But you
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can't act like you don't see
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injustice. All right, let's keep going.
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Come on. Luke 16:13. Let's turn. What is
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Jesus teaching us? Now, I gave you this
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handout. You need to spend some time
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with this because getting your attitude
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right about money is key because
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remember if you don't change your
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mindset and God gives you something,
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it's going to end up spent improperly.
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It's no different from people who win
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the
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lottery. You can give somebody $20
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million that stays broke. They they out
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here. They don't have a savings account,
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but they're buying lottery tickets. They
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don't have any investment, no
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retirement, but they're buying lottery
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tickets. You if they win, they going to
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be broke in a year cuz they don't think
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about money
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properly. Okay, y'all not having church
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with me? Let go and read the stuff then.
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Luke Luke
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16:E3. Luke 16. Amen. Verse Oh, they got
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the resource up there. Yeah. Download
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it. I love God. We got a great team.
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Thank you, John. He said the handout is
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linked in the corner if you scan it. So,
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you can have another copy of it. You
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still owe me 12 cent for that that copy.
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Luke
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16:13. Nobody can serve two masters.
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You're either going to hate the one and
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love the other or you hold to one and
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despise the other. Jesus said you cannot
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serve God and money. something is going
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to have the greater voice in your
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life. Which one can you give up
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faster? That's why I try to tell y'all
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think I be talking about tithe and
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offering all the time because I want
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something. It is not
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that. But the bottom line is if you can
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hold on to your tithe, that means you're
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willing to let go of God to that degree.
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I mean, let's just talk about it. It
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ain't this ain't rocket science.
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He says, "You bring this to me." I can't
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do that cuz I got to eat and I got to be
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able to get cable and I plan to get this
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little blouse. I don't spend a lot on
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it, but I just was going to get wasn't
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but $12, but it was $12 you took from
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God to get
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it. He said, "You're it's showing you
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you can't serve both." This is why I try
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to encourage people, listen, start give
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God what's his, then figure out what car
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you can afford. Get in alignment and
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then say, "Oh, no. We we ain't going to
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be a cable house. Not if Direct TV going
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to be $159. We won't be able to be that.
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We going to have to be a Hulu and a what
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them little sticks on the back. I can't
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see all my channels. Well, we going to
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see what we can see and let Jesus be
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glorified. And then when he opens the
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door for more, then we can celebrate it.
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See, I can shout over everything. I Oh,
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is that bishop? Is that a new piece of
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jewelry? If it is, well, I don't have
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any new jewelry, but I've finally been
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able to wear a ring that I bought 13
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years ago, right? People can stare at it
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and go, "Oh, it's too what you want. I
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tithe and I give. God did it for me."
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Ain't that what you sung Sunday? God did
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it. Only God can do it. That's what he
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said. Only God can do it. I can rejoice
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over anything I have because God has
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his. Oh Lord, I'm enjoying. I don't know
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if y'all are. It's a little quiet. I
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can't spill no love. All right, go with
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this. Go Mark chapter 12. Go to Mark 12.
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Oh, this is a good Oh, I love this one.
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Mark 12. This thing hit me like a ton of
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bricks. I can tell you when I learned
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it. Mark 12 beginning at verse 41.
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We are adopting the mindset that Jesus
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has because remember if you change the
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behavior before you change the belief
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you are postponing the behavior to
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another time. That's all you're doing.
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You you you just stopping for a little
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bit. But it ain't going to stay that way
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because you didn't change your mindset.
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So when you get in another situation
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with a little more pressure, you're
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going to pull the behavior back up. So
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it's a fact. All right. Watch this. Mark
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12 beginning at 41. Oh, I love this
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story. Jesus sat over against the
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treasury and was watching how folk gave
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money into the offering and those that
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were rich cast in a lot. You know, they
21:25
pulled up, dropped in good
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25,000. Then verse 42 said, "There came
21:31
a certain poor woman widow and she threw
21:34
in two mics. So she put her dollar in
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there which make a farthing. And he
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called unto him his disciples and said
21:42
unto them, verily I say unto you, this
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poor widow has cast in more than all of
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those that cast into the treasury. For
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all of they cast in of their abundance,
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but she did cast in all she had, even of
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her living. Y'all, we learn so much from
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this text. This I'mma close out. I'm not
22:05
going to finish out. We'll finish the
22:07
other three, four
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later. First of all, for people to
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think, well, God don't care about, see,
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that's why I don't like church now
22:16
because, oh, they talk about money, but
22:19
God don't care about that. You lying or
22:22
wrong. That's not true. The Bible said
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Jesus sat over against the treasury and
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was watching to see what folk were
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putting in. That's hilarious.
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Is that not funny to y'all? That is
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hilarious. You going to sit and watch
22:37
what they're giving. He does care.
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Somebody put it in the chat. He does
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care because again, why does he care?
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Because it's an in it's an indication of
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our heart. It's indicative of our
22:49
affection. He does care. So Jesus is
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sitting there watching. So the first
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thing I get, if you go preach this text,
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uh Demarcus, you got you got to talk
22:58
about Jesus is watching the way we give.
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It doesn't matter. Then the second thing
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you got to make note of and I thought
23:07
this was huge is that he equated he
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pointed out that she gave everything she
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had and he still let her get let her
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give it. Now that is what hit me. I was
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standing in Cornerstone Missionary
23:22
Baptist Church and somebody wanted to
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give me I think she was trying to give
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$300 and I knew she had like six or
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seven
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kids and I you know I said it'd be one
23:35
thing if I really had a need I didn't
23:37
need nothing and this woman said and I
23:39
said no but I said I no sweetheart I
23:41
love you I you know trying to be deep
23:43
and spiritual and I tell you I love my
23:46
members because my folk will embarrass
23:48
me they have No, they have no qualms
23:51
about it. So, I was trying to be so
23:52
stressed. No, babe. Listen. Oh, you're
23:55
so sweet. I'm trying to hug her. I said,
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"I'm good. I receive it." And when I
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tell you, she pulled up like her whole
24:02
attitude was
24:03
like, "You taught in the scripture about
24:07
three weeks ago that we're supposed to
24:10
sew in the good soil. I'm believing God
24:13
to do something in my family." I mean,
24:16
when I tell you when she got through, I
24:18
felt this big right
24:19
here. And I received it and I remembered
24:23
this scripture when I was dealing with
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God because I was embarrassed cuz she
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really in embarrassment because she she
24:29
did she tuned up or she got a little
24:31
loud and so it made me look, you know, I
24:33
was just in a zone. Pray for me. But
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what I noted was Jesus said this woman
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gave all that she had. She was poor.
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That was her last dollar.
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But he let her give
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it. See, sometimes we say we believe
24:50
this stuff, but we don't. Right? And so
24:54
in my mind, when I thought I was being
24:56
spiritual, thank God it's been about 15,
24:58
20 years ago. But when I thought I was
25:00
being spiritual, she was pointing out I
25:02
wasn't being
25:03
biblical and you got to make a decision.
25:06
She was like, uh-uh, you just taught
25:08
this three weeks ago. See, I don't know.
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See, I don't see a whole bunch of ain't
25:12
nobody texting in now. Jesus let this
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woman give her last because that was the
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best place she could be. Come here,
25:19
woman out of kings. She said, "All I
25:22
have is this one little cake. Me and my
25:24
son are going to eat it and die." And
25:26
the prophet basically said, "You're
25:28
right. If you eat it, that's all you
25:29
going to have. You're going to eat it
25:31
and then die. But if you obey what God
25:34
has said with it, then you get ready to
25:36
tap in to an abundant supply."
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Jesus let her give it because he knew
25:43
that was the best place for it. And we
25:45
got all these people come online that
25:46
she get on my nerve. They're sweet
25:47
though. I guess they're sweet and they
25:49
we need to stop all this and they need
25:51
doing all this stuff. Nobody's fussing
25:53
when our folks are out here again. Get
25:55
your nails done. I need to get mine
25:56
repainted right now. Well, you know, do
25:58
what you going to do. Get your hair, but
26:00
you can get your hair done. It's going
26:01
to be naughty again in a little while.
26:03
You can get your fingers done. They you
26:05
know them them nails grow off. We
26:07
listen, there's nothing wrong with that
26:08
if you have it. But if you got that
26:11
going on and don't have any
26:13
money, and nobody's online fussing about
26:16
folk getting that stuff done, but if you
26:19
give to the church, they say the church
26:20
is taking all your money. That's because
26:23
they don't really believe in what the
26:25
Bible says. Now, do what you going to
26:27
do. I love you. You're sweet. But I'm
26:29
telling you, Jesus let her give her
26:31
last. Just like Jesus let that little
26:34
boy, there was 5,000 men out there, all
26:37
kind of women and children and all them
26:39
people lying talking about they didn't
26:40
have no food. You know, somebody had
26:42
food beside that little boy with them
26:44
two small fish and them five loaves of
26:46
bread. Ain't no way in the world on in
26:49
earth, heaven or hell that that one
26:52
little boy out of all them people were
26:53
the only folk with food.
26:56
Everybody else was hiding theirs because
26:59
they felt like I ain't f to get mine cuz
27:01
they s they going to start with the
27:03
preacher. They ain't going to give me
27:04
nothing. The little boy had his lunch
27:06
and he said, "Well, I have food." And
27:08
watch this. And Jesus took it. Philip
27:11
got it and they took it. And you know,
27:14
everybody was like, "You stupid. You
27:15
ain't going to have no food." But I want
27:17
to remind Oh, Lord have mercy. You see,
27:21
see, I get red tune up. But I want to
27:23
remind I heard it in my head. I
27:25
shouldn't do it. But I want to remind
27:27
you that after they multiplied it, they
27:29
had 12 baskets full. And I know the
27:32
commentary said each of the disciples,
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you know, disciples ain't getting no
27:35
basket full because they got to carry
27:37
the stuff they already got. That that's
27:39
not who they where that stuff went. That
27:41
stuff went home with that little boy
27:42
because it wouldn't have fit Jesus's
27:44
pattern. The pattern is give and it'll
27:47
be given unto you, not to the folks that
27:49
hand it to you. Read your Bible. Give
27:51
and it'll be given. That boy went home
27:53
with more than two fish and five loaves.
27:55
He said, "Mama, we got some food. Call
27:58
the rest of the family. I got grocery
28:00
this
28:01
week." Hey, you see? So, and and and
28:06
make note of this. Make note of this.
28:07
Make note of this. So, first of all,
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Jesus let the rich folk cast in a lot.
28:12
So, they should. He let the lady cast
28:14
in. They didn't have. He was watching.
28:17
He was concerned. And he allowed her to
28:20
do it. And he said she has done more
28:22
than they. So he he he structures his
28:28
respect not by what we give but but but
28:31
by what we have
28:33
left. There go all the points you need
28:35
to preach. Now I don't believe that
28:38
every time we give we ought to give till
28:40
we don't have nothing. I do not believe
28:42
that because how you going to pay your
28:45
mortgage now? I'm going to tithe no
28:49
matter
28:51
what. Don't hit me a note,
28:53
doc. No, I'm going to do that no matter
28:56
what. But no, I don't believe every time
28:58
you go to a conference and they say,
29:00
"Let me tell you something. You need to
29:01
sacrifice. You need to." Now, I love a
29:04
good conference, but I'm going to wait
29:05
until Jesus tell me what he want me to
29:07
give. Cuz every service is That's why at
29:10
our church, we don't even bring the word
29:12
up. I tell them, "God might ask you for
29:14
more than one, but we going to receive
29:16
one sacrificial, and that means this
29:19
thing ought to
29:20
hurt. You shear sheep every now and
29:23
then. You can't shear a sheep every
29:25
day." And unfortunately, and I know I
29:28
have pastors that watch me, and so I
29:30
love y'all. And so, you know, I'm not
29:31
trying to throw no shade. I'm shining
29:32
light. I'm just saying, stop making your
29:35
folk give sacrificially all the time.
29:37
They ain't going to never have
29:39
nothing. There's a time for it. When God
29:42
spoke to us that year to bring that
29:44
million dollars before him, what we
29:48
sacrificed, the kids took all that
29:51
change. But the next year, he told us,
29:55
"Hold it up." And we lifted it up before
29:57
our sacrificial offering. And he had
29:59
already told me about this about two
30:01
months earlier. He said, "Have him bring
30:03
that sacrifice. Don't s I want a
30:07
sacrifice." And then said, tell him,
30:09
"Give half.
30:12
You were y'all here already? You were
30:14
here. He said, "Tell them give
30:16
half." So he said, "And then take the
30:18
other half and put it in account." See,
30:21
I'm just saying you can't shear sheep
30:24
all the time. There's a time for it. And
30:27
we got to get the right attitude. So
30:29
watch this. I don't let the pressure
30:32
that other people trying to put I don't
30:34
I don't receive that pressure. Holy
30:36
Spirit, what are you telling me to give?
30:39
And whatever that is, then that's what
30:41
I'm going to do. All right, y'all. I'mma
30:44
get one more because it's Bible stud.
30:46
It's one. I'm gonna give you one more.
30:47
One more and then I'mma be done. Okay,
30:50
one more on this. One more. Watch
30:53
this. Ephesians 4 and then that's what
30:56
we're going to do. Are y'all getting
30:58
this? Ephesians 4 and then we'll do the
31:02
last we'll do the last three next week.
31:04
Ephesians
31:07
4. Oo boy, this is
31:11
beautiful. I can really see this. This
31:13
is wonderful. Ephesians 4, watch
31:17
this. I'm going to read it in King James
31:20
and the New Living. In King James, this
31:22
is what it says. Ephesians
31:26
4:28. Let him that stole steal no more.
31:31
So, I'm a Christian. I'm adopting
31:33
Jesus's beliefs and posture. So, it
31:36
doesn't matter if I used to get all my
31:38
uh stamps from work. I can't do that
31:41
now. I'm
31:43
saved. I can't I can't act like I got
31:46
more kids than I got on my tax return.
31:49
If I got $40,000 and it was untaxed, I
31:52
got to quote tell them I had $40,000
31:54
that was untaxed and pay my taxes cuz
31:56
let him that stole steal no
31:59
more. Okay. All righty. Well, but rather
32:03
let him labor. You need to
32:05
work working with his hands the things
32:08
with the thing which is good. And this
32:11
is why that he may have to give to him
32:13
that needeth. So I am now being
32:17
challenged to change the way I look. Now
32:20
you can sit at home and get a check but
32:23
you know you could be
32:27
working. You need to get a
32:30
job. EBB
32:33
ashana. You need to get a job. Amen,
32:37
pastor. I You know what? I But I can I
32:39
can make more at home. You need to get a
32:42
job. You need to work. It's good for
32:45
you. It's you become something by
32:48
working. You You are weakened. Now, if
32:51
you cannot work, that's why this verse
32:53
is in here. Look at Jesus. It says, "For
32:56
us that are able to work, then we ought
32:59
to work." And he said, "And I want you
33:01
to do because you ought to take care of
33:02
yourself." We already know if any man
33:04
provide not for his own house, he's
33:06
worse than an infidel. So to be talking
33:09
about, oh G, ain't nobody like G. Thank
33:11
you, Lord. Thank you. And then you don't
33:12
want to work and your folk ain't even
33:14
don't can't even, you know,
33:15
buy. I knew of a person that was in
33:19
gospel ministry and under the guise of
33:22
walking by faith, they were, I'm going
33:24
to be full-time. God told me to be
33:26
full-time, but then your daughters don't
33:29
have money for tampons, and you okay
33:31
with that?
33:34
No, I'mma doubt that I heard a voice
33:37
when the Bible is written. I can read
33:39
that. I can't misinterpret that. No, you
33:42
need a job. So, the Bible says that I'm
33:44
to work, right? Not just and work for to
33:48
make sure I'm taken care of and mine,
33:50
but in case God needs me to bless
33:53
somebody that
33:55
can't. Now, folks, that's a new mindset
33:58
cuz you like h you tend to yourself.
34:00
know the B for
34:03
Christians. I can't steal. I got to work
34:07
so I can tend to myself
34:09
and be mindful in case Jesus want me to
34:12
help somebody that cannot work. Do you
34:16
know that there are people widows, there
34:20
are widowers, there are older men that
34:23
physically don't have it anymore. We
34:26
they should not be eating dog food.
34:29
They they should not have to struggle on
34:32
those levels and then we around here.
34:34
No, that that should not be. So, let's
34:38
let's make the commitment to God to be
34:41
covenant conscious financially. And that
34:44
begins remember a covenant is a binding
34:47
oath or agreement between at least two
34:48
parties. Right. Right. That's cut by
34:51
sacrifice, usually blood, but always
34:53
something precious with responsibilities
34:55
and rights, promises and privileges. So
34:59
let's look at this. Let's begin to
35:01
change our mindset. Adopt. And not even
35:03
this ain't no slow
35:05
process.
35:06
Adopt what Jesus said. So then as we
35:10
start progressing and showing you ways
35:12
to get more resources, showing you how
35:14
to pay these bills off and how to make
35:16
sure you're in overflow, showing you
35:19
what are investments that are
35:20
beneficial, you got the right mindset.
35:23
Because I if anything is pitiful is to
35:25
see a fool. And understand what I mean
35:28
by that, a fool with more to waste. We
35:31
don't want to be that. We want to walk
35:33
financially covenant conscious and have
35:35
abundance so we can live good lives
35:38
because we owe God a good life. Live
35:41
good lives and make a difference with
35:43
our stuff. Amen. All right. Well, we're
35:45
going to pray today and uh I know y'all
35:48
been texting me talking about you miss
35:50
oh, you miss devotion and I miss it,
35:53
too. I don't miss the early morning, but
35:55
maybe if we be a good class during this
35:57
financial series, we may pick up and
36:00
have us a little something over the
36:01
summer. But we'll see. Let's pray today.
36:04
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you
36:05
for an opportunity to just read your
36:08
word and discuss briefly some postures
36:12
that we ought to have adopted because
36:14
now we belong to you, Jesus. Help us to
36:17
adopt these things and to begin to
36:20
really restructure the way we approach
36:21
life. So God, as you bless us with more
36:24
and more because it's you that give us
36:26
the power to get wealth. So as you bless
36:29
us with that, we can see your covenant
36:32
established in our lives and help to
36:35
establish it in the lives of others. I
36:38
pray that you would bless those that are
36:40
on the overcoming health challenges
36:41
list. I pray that you would bless those
36:44
who are trying to overcome financial
36:46
hardship. Father, let them know that you
36:49
know how to bring increase into our
36:51
lives and you are still Jehovah Gyra.
36:53
You are still the God that provides. So,
36:56
Father, we believe you and trust you.
36:58
Help us to get down the belief system
37:00
and the behavior so that you can bring
37:03
the blessing in Jesus