Living Covenant Conscious Financially Part 4 | Made For It | Bishop Rosie S. O’ne

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Yeah, let's go. Let's go. Let's go and

get started on that. All right. We're

going to Deuteronomy chapter 8. We're

Deuteronomy 8 · chapter mention

going back into our series on being co

covenant conscious financially.

Okay. No, don't let them drop off. Amen.

So, we also thank God for uh Dr. Jazz

and Victory Grace Center who join us in

this Bible in this study. Amen. So,

yeah. Oh, no. They've been pulling

together and bringing us bringing the

lesson in. Amen. Amen. Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 8:18

8:18. Let's get kicking on this thing.

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy

God. Yeah. For it is he that giveth thee

power to get wealth. God gives

power to get what? Say the word wealth.

Say it again. Wealth. Get used to the

word wealth.

Get used to the word. All right. It's

God that gives us power to get wealth.

Why? That he may establish his covenant.

He's serious about it. Come on. Which he

swear unto thy fathers as it is this

day. We've been in a series entitled

covenant conscious financially. Today's

subject is made for it.

Go on and prophesy right quick. Say I'm

made for it. I'm made for it. Push your

neighbor and let them know you're made

for it. You didn't push them, church.

Push them back.

That's right. I'm made for it. You're

made for I don't care if you've been

broke the last 40 years. It's getting

returned for you.

Okay? Because God has a plan for it.

Okay? So, we're in this series on

covenant conscience. We understand that

a covenant is a binding oath or

agreement between at least two parties

that's cut by sacrifice. Usually blood,

but always something precious. Y'all

with me? It has promises and privileges,

rights, and responsibilities within that

covenant. Oh, we got a good series

coming up after this one.

within the covenant. God said, "Teach

them to be willing to die for each

other."

That what he told me.

I was on my knees and my little prayer

thing real made little thing get on my

knees, lean over

my

clos, started crying and said, "We'll

get back to this another time."

cuz he told me said you don't have to

tell people not to talk about folk if

they're already at the point to die for

them.

You ain't got to spend all day long

talking about forgiveness. If I'm

willing to die for you, certainly I can

cut you some slack cuz you say I look

bad in my outfit.

We're not talking that today, though.

A covenant is designed to produce some

things in us. confidence.

No, that's what I I You got to get that

one. A bold assurance. Okay. I'm in a

covenant. Okay. I just just We just got

a piece of property for my parents. So,

we I had to sign all them papers, that

contract. I got the keys.

Even I got the keys, but I wasn't even

standing in the place.

But I already knew it was mine cuz I had

a contract and a key. Y'all ain't having

a church with me. See, you you He wants

the covenant to produce confidence.

All right. It should also produce

clarity and it should create carefulness

both in how I live because I'm in a

covenant and also in what I look for.

Right now, go to John chapter 8:36 real

fast. This is our review. And one of the

things that we found out in the sermon,

it's been about a month because y'all

laid in the glory of God for a whole

day.

I had left the sermon for Pastor T. He

was ready to preach. Then y'all decide

just lay roll across the floor and God

had his way, didn't he? Wasn't that all

right? See, always got to let God do

what it needs to do.

Cuz some stuff your mind won't fix it.

You need a free. You need to be freed in

your spirit. Okay, move it up. So, so we

found out and we're going to read John

John 8:36

8:36 in just a moment. We found out that

one of the things the enemy wants to do

is either limit your, you know, he can't

keep you from being saved. So then he

said, okay, this was Pharaoh. So Pharaoh

told the people, he said, well, go on

and worship, but don't go far. Uh-huh.

He says, "So, okay. I just don't want

your life to change." You can talk about

eternity, but still live in hell.

Turn turns the devil is a liar. No, I'm

coming all the way out. When I tell you

I'm coming all the way out, I'm coming

out of everything that remind me of the

old life. I'm coming out of depression

and lying and foolishness. I'm coming

out of debt. You see, all are coming out

of all of it.

Okay. So then the next thing the enemy

tried to play said, "Well, okay. Well,

do this. You go on and let the guys go

worship and and leave the children and

the wives." Yeah. What you What are you

talking about? Pharaoh said, "Yeah, you

know, go and do what you got to do, but

leave that." So, in other words, you go

on, you have a relationship with God and

become so cold that you don't care that

the rest of your family is messed up.

No. The devil is a lie. No deal. No

deal. No deal. No deal. No deal. I want

everything attached to me in the

kingdom.

You got to get you got to get militant

about that. I all my children. I want

the dog. Let me tell y'all something. TJ

and Talaysia, they were have they were

sitting up there. Why? Sent me a picture

and I was preaching. The dog was sitting

that I'm telling y'all, Zena was locked

in. That dog barks in tongues. Don't

play with me.

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You understand? No, I do. I want my

children saved. I want my friends saved.

I want my neighbors saved. I want my

cousin saved. I want

everybody attached to

me to have a joyful relationship with

God. I want them to live better and die

better. We were here for Mr. Jesse's

home going. He honest to God laying in

box grinning.

I told him, "Go out there and take a

picture of that. I need a picture on my

phone." He laid up at my

live better and die better through a

knowledge of Christ, his word, and his

love. So John chapter 8, the final thing

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before I tell I give you time to get to

these verses, the last thing Pharaoh

tried when he was trying to keep the the

people of God in bondage was well y'all

go on but leave your herds, right? Leave

your money.

Leave my money. He must He was cussing.

Leave my

money. And this was the thing that blew

me away. The reason, the answer was we

can't do that. We got to take all of our

people and we got to have all our money

cuz we don't know what God might want us

to worship him with.

I told you sometime sometimes my worship

is seen in the way I hit the floor.

I'm praising God. You understand?

Sometime my worship is seen in the way I

serve. I noticed we were sitting there.

There was some stuff on the ground.

Darling stopped. She put the tambourine

down for a second. Gave my ears a

ministry moment and I'm joking. I just

miss and went and picked it up. That was

how worship was seen.

Last week, wasn't Easter last week. When

was it? Last week our worship was seen

in above our tithes and offerings.

$812,000 given.

So what Moses said, "No, we can't go out

broke cuz God may want us to do

something.

I can't I can't go out broke like that.

How do I know?" Come here, baby. What's

your name in that pretty blue shirt? I

saw you this morning. Start with a C.

Come here right

here.

Hurry. She's a She greeting and whatnot.

See, here's the thing.

God

God wants sometime you don't know what

the Lord want to do.

Sometime sometime God wants you to

worship in a way that touches somebody

else's life. You don't even have to

understand. See sometime I could go hey

thank you. Ain't nothing wrong with

that. That's worship. But if the Lord

speak to my heart like he did on the way

in the church to use her and put a

little seed in her hand, that's worship,

too.

I like you.

Yeah. Now watch. If I didn't have that,

if I had let the devil keep all my

money,

don't look up here at my knot. Don't

play.

But you understand if I if I was in so

much debt Yes.

Then when God want me to do something or

if I see somebody at the grocery store I

saw or at the gas station and they were

look like they was struggling a little

bit. I said, "Oh, no, no, no, no. That's

mine. I'm paying for this." But if I all

my bills are tied up trying to impress

you on Facebook,

God, oh Lord have mercy. Let me tell you

something. The Lord done shut my prayer

time down twice here this past three or

four days. The other one was be ye holy

as I am holy.

And what it because remember we learned

we got a new concept for holiness is

that God is perfect. He's sacred. He's

righteous. He's this. But the reality is

all that he is, he is through and

through. Yeah. And what I realized was

this this world is trying to make you

and I have a persona

which mean put a front on us.

This is what we show folk. It ain't who

we are. It's not our true person. It's a

persona.

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See on Facebook you're this but at home

you're this. That's a persona.

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And God said, "I want you to be holy

as I'm holy." He said, "I want you to be

pure and everything that you are, but

Rosie, I want you to be it through and

through."

That's why I just shut the Bible.

I said, "I'll come back to it, Lord."

See, we got to change the way we view

things. Now, are you at John 8? I gave

you 10 minutes to get to John 8:36.

John 8:36

All right, read. If the Son therefore

shall make you free, come on. Ye shall

be free indeed. Free,

free in my spirit, free in my mind.

Y'all are not here. Are you writing

notes? Free in my emotions. Free in my

money. Free in deed and in do.

Free.

Okay, that's still more work to do. I

get it. Okay. So, we start talking about

some things that you needed to do. So,

write down this word attitude. Then

write down alignment and write down

awareness. Now, did you get your hand

outs?

Okay. You know what's the rule? If I see

one, if I see one left in these

chairs, you better you better throw your

body on top of it cuz if I see it,

there'll be no more handouts for you.

All right. All right. First thing is the

attitude you and I have to have is that

there is no way in the world I'm going

to live in bondage financially. I have a

covenant with God.

Okay. I didn't get it. Okay.

I have a covenant with God, y'all.

You have a covenant with God.

And there is not supposed to be

financial bondage

y'all. Okay. Okay. Yeah. God God says

it's the Lord that gives me the power to

get well.

Well, you say, "Well, you trying to say

everybody gonna be a millionaire." Well,

no, maybe not. But all of us ought to

have our sight set on abundance.

God, I wish I could come walk through

every pew and just grab hold of you and

stare in your face and say, "Do you

understand what I'm saying? God wants

you to have more than enough."

Again, I know you can't hardly clap

because you got to separate. See, stop

letting the world tell you how the

church ought to be. The world don't know

how we're supposed to operate. They're

not they're not us.

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God wants all of us to have abundance.

Whether that's millionaire, billionaire,

whatever it is, it may be that at the

end of your check after you pay all your

bills and get your nice allowance, you

have an extra thousand pass. You done

done your savings. You remembered your

pastor. You tithe everything, you got

extra thou. Maybe that's what it is.

But what I'm telling you is you are

coming out of not enough and you coming

out of just enough.

I'm talking about if you serious, if you

want to take the journey with me,

we got to adjust our attitude

about it. There's a shouldness to our

blessing. It's a covenant, right? That's

right. Give me Give me Romans 13:8.

Romans 13:8

Remember, we are

adopting what Jesus said. I'm going to

live by the word.

By the what? Word. That's right. Romans

Romans 13:8

13:8. Are you there? Owe no man anything

but to love one another. Okay. Okay.

Stop. See, now don't nobody holl off

that one. That's such a powerful verse.

Okay. So, I'm gonna give a chance to

read again. And the reason we don't

because it seems far-fetched still.

Remember, you got to change not just

your behavior, but you got to dig out

the faulty belief.

Remember, I'm not just stopping the

habit. I got to get the heart right.

Mother Lillian,

you know, our oldest and finest member.

Now, I'mma ask her to stand and I'm

going on and tell y'all I've had to

check her license before cuz I don't

believe it. M Lillian, stand up with

your gorgeous self. Go on, stand. I know

it. You ain't going to believe it,

y'all. Just watch this. Look at this

woman right here. Turn around and grin

at her. M Lily, Lord, how old are you,

Millian? How old?

You see what I'm saying? She She ain't

but 60. She been telling that lie so she

could get more birthday

money. You know she has here. Mother

Luc when mother Lillian come in, she at

least got to have $100 or something. I

declare that she and and look and mess

with her. She got herself together.

She'll drive herself. I said,

just feel free to let her just lay her

just just touch it. Just

I love you. Now watch the same grace.

That's why I sold into

it. I'm looking at all these wrinkles.

Derel holding stuff trying to put makeup

on and then let's move on. But no, no,

no. You have to change your attitude. So

remember now, we're going to do some

certain actions. We're going to begin to

study certain things that will help you

get ahead. But now you need to get your

head right. Because remember, if you

change the practice, but not your

perspective, you're just postponing the

behavior.

So you got to start getting in your

mind, I'm supposed to have abundance.

I wasn't even made for debt.

I got to understand that. Read it again.

Owe no man anything but to love one

another. So I want to obey the word.

Come on. For he that loveth another hath

fulfilled the law. That's right. So now

here's what you have to understand. You

got to get it in your head. You got a

covenant with God. And you are not going

to live in

lack. Amen.

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Okay, let's let's let's let's let's All

right, now did you write down alignment?

Okay, now let's go and fight while we

fighting. You got to get your life in

alignment. Amen. See how they drop off.

You see that's why I have a

musician cuz I'm not going to let y'all

make me feel bad when I'm up here

preaching, sweating, and

spitting. I'mma say it again because I

want you to get a hold of this. You got

to get your life in alignment. You can't

rob God and then ask God to help you.

How you gonna take my stuff?

Bishop, who is this? See, I that's why I

I just I just Come on. Get your life in

alignment because when you're not in

alignment, you don't have confidence

when your life Come on. All of us, we

know when you Okay, if you ever been

real trifling, go put your hand up.

I'mma put both mine because I have been

very trifling before. Okay, so when you

are

trifling, how hard is it to pray with

confidence?

It's a mess, ain't it? Cuz you know,

Lord, that's when you That's when you

start praying and just start crying. You

don't even say nothing else.

Father, thank you.

Right. We got to get in alignment. When

you are out of alignment, you can't hold

weight. When you're out of alignment,

you lose your confidence. When you're

out of alignment, see, we're in a

covenant and there are rights and

responsibilities.

I'm not going to let God's house go

down. I'm going to bring myself in

alignment. I'm not going to spend money.

I'm supposed to be paying a bill out

frolicking somewhere.

Cuz I promised them folk I was going to

pay them. Amen.

You talking about you can't get blood

out of a tournament. What are you

talking about? Pay your bills.

Amen.

You're not a ventriloquist. Stop

throwing your voice and pretending to be

somebody else. Hello. Uh-uh. No. No. You

home. Answer the phone.

You got the card. You spent the money.

Answer the phone because you are

becoming less than every time you lie.

Can I tell you? Have I We're not

teaching on lying. And I guess in case

you want, you can go to Malachi. Let me

tell you something. I lied so much

growing up. It was it was actually kind

of part for the course. When people have

identity issues, lying just becomes

another way to make the go through the

day because you're not sure of what is.

So everything is up for

you know, yeah. It's like perspective,

whatever. Okay. But every time when you

get grown and you lie,

It starts diminishing who you are.

You You punk yourself out. I know y'all

don't know why I'm teaching this, but

there's a lot of folk need to hear what

I'm saying. Every time you lie, you

punking yourself and you're diminishing.

You're losing your sense of self.

You can't stand up for what you do and

what you say.

Wow. Okay, Lord. Let's just get on it.

What verse I tell you to go to? Malachi.

You need to get in alignment. Read

Malachi 3:8-10. Will a man rob God. Yet

Malachi 3:8–10

ye have robbed me. But you say, "Wherein

have we robbed thee?" Yeah. In tithes

and offering. Ye are cursed with a

curse. For ye have robbed me, even this

whole nation bring. What he's saying is

you've come out from up under what I

intended for you.

Okay? You came out from what? See, I

understand. And remember in the in the

garden how when they messed up, he said

now thorns and thistles Yeah. are going

to come to you. He didn't necessarily

put a curse on them. He said, but what's

going to happen is the ground that

should be responding to your voice is

not going to

come on. Bring me your mind.

He said, Adam, y'all take care of the

whole garden. But when they decided to

sin and do it their own way, now how you

going to take care of a whole garden of

Eden? We're not talking about the thing

in your backyard. We talking about the

whole land. You ain't out there with a

hole working on that. Is that how you

supposed to do the whole thing? The last

time y'all had so much to say. I'm not

from the country, but I'm just saying

something about some chopping down and

whatever. But you understand what I'm

saying. You ain't out there doing that.

You ain't You ain't cutting through all

of that. At some point, I believe they

were speaking to it. Amen.

He said, "But now that you've gotten

into sin, it ain't going to respond to

you right now. But now I when I come

into covenant with God, I get my voice

back." Oh my God. You missed that. Only

a few of y'all got that. You get your

voice back.

He said, "But when you start stealing

from me,

you're bringing yourself right back out

to a time where the word this thing

won't respond." Read it. Bring bring me

all the tithes into the storehouse. That

there may be meat in mine household me

now herewith, sayeth the Lord of hosts,

if I will not open you the windows of

heaven and pour you out a blessing that

there shall not be room enough to

receive it. Thank you, Lord. He said,

get in alignment with me. Get in

alignment. Bring yourself together.

Okay. Can I share something else with

you? When you and I are not in

alignment, it not only takes our voice,

but it makes it God get a little slower

than the way you talk. I've noticed it.

Or maybe maybe we just don't hear well.

Genesis 13:14. Y'all remember we were

Genesis 13:14

looking at But go on and flip. Go on and

flip over there, y'all. Okay? I need us

to get this because we're we're in an

environment for miracles.

But as I've shared with you many times,

miracles, although when they come at the

right, it's the best thing ever, are not

God's best.

Who who doesn't remember me talking

about that? Who wants me to explain it?

Okay. Miracles are not God's

best. God's best is to live in a way

where you don't have to have one.

The church gets addicted to these big

things. I don't want to get towed up and

then every time I turn around, I need

another miracle. Now, there are some

things I can't control. And for those, I

need God to do it supernaturally. But

stuff I can control. I need to walk with

wisdom.

All right, y'all still here? Genesis

Genesis 13:14

13:14 said, "And the Lord said to Abram,

after Lot was separated from him,

God started talking again after Lot was

separated." After the thing you ain't

supposed to be holding on to, you once

you let it go, God said, "Now we can

talk about this thing better."

Okay, Mother Kathy hand, one other hand,

Fu. after

I got to get in alignment because God

wants you and I to walk in increase and

abundance. So now let's talk today.

We're going to our third word. And this

is where we're going to kind of sit for

a second. Awareness.

Now God gives us the power to get what?

Wealth. God gives us the power to get

what? We're not supposed to be broke.

Amen.

Now, you have to understand the world

has a plan. You know, I wanted to play

that little clip I love so much from the

devil wears Prada. I done played it for

y'all before, but you know, she she

said, "The folk out here thinking they

make she told the little girl, uh, she

said, "Well, they're the same blue. It's

the same thing." And that woman looked

at her and if looks could kill, her body

would have decayed on the spot. She

said, "Look at basically, let me oalize

it." She said, "You look a

mess." She said, "But what's funnier is

that you think you chose that

sweater." She said, "The people in this

room chose that sweater for you. It

filtered down through our elite fashion

shows." And she said, "By the time you

fished it out of a bin at where she she

said some kind of Target, where she say

at a TJ Maxx." She said, "You think you

chose it, but we chose it for you." And

in the same way that there are people in

high places that make decisions that

filter down into our cultural choices.

Okay. Why y'all?

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You do know that there was a time when

tennis shoes were $10.

Now, okay. Well, I got on the Bishop

O'Neal's today.

Now, I ain't mad at nobody. I like shoes

a little bit, right? And so, I mean, I

got some shoes. We got some shoes. But I

need us to understand, you know, they

playing that as a way

to all of a sudden make these tennis

shoes such a highlevel thing. I mean,

back in the day, even the best shoes

were $45.

Now we got $400 tennis shoes that I

found out they don't even walk in

normally cuz they don't want to bend

them.

Where the guys at? Don't play me cuz the

band told me it was true.

So they strategically decided

to put these tennis shoes on stars and

athletes,

make them seem elite.

So then folk with no

money would start scraping what they

could get and putting them in the shoes.

That was a plan.

How far do you want to go? I feel the

guys sweat me. So I I'mma ease up off my

gentleman. You understand? Watch how I

transition.

I ain't getting ready to go to him.

We got pocket books.

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Now again, if you don't if listen. Oh

god. I'm trying not to get too church,

but I feel I just felt oil just flat.

Just

the same way the devil has a plan to

bankrupt the church,

God had a plan. It's been in place.

to make sure that whatever changes in

the culture didn't affect us, but we

have not studied the scripture.

The devil has a plan to get us

enthralled. Come on, let's stay on the

ladies. So, we got back. I ain't mad at

you. Carry your bag. Get you a Louis

Vuitton. Get you a Gucci. Get whatever

you want to get as long as you can put

more money in it than it cost. I I'm not

mad at anybody. Go and buy you whatever

you want. Buy the car you want. Don't be

bound, I bet you, a good ground as long

as you got more money in your retirement

than you do on them tires.

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But understand, it was a decision.

It became an elite thing. And then it

filters down. It found this.

So then it became highlighted. They

started intentionally

putting ads on BET.

They started doing things in magazines

that were frequented by or purchased by

people who did not have resources

generally on that level. It starts

putting it out like this is the way to

be. This is what you have. This is what

makes you great. Even though Jesus said

our life does not consist in the

abundance of things which we have. You

say well I don't see what you're saying.

If I accept this

that my life doesn't consist of that

then I can approach whether I want to

purchase it with a sincere calm sensible

mind. But if I've not accepted what

Jesus taught and I think I need this so

that I can look important persona so I

can look successful.

No, I ain't got

one. I ain't mad though. I don't want

one.

Here's a good rule of thumb.

You can't afford it if you can't pay for

it twice.

Thank you for

coming. God bless

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you. See, the enemy had a plan. Oh, I

got to hurry. I'm behind. Enemy had a

plan. So, every now and then, so he

said, "Try to get them on this." Only

two left. They put that mess up. You be

trying to shop something on Amazon.

Talking about only three left

now. How stupid do you think I

am? You

You sending stuff all over the world,

but ain't a three left in the whole un

Somebody

lying. It's a trick because they know

that if you think you going to lose out.

See, again, if you don't change the way

you think, then you're always scared

you're going to lose out. I better hurry

up, honey. I better hurry up. Look, they

This is why these scammers are doing so

well.

I had a call the other day. This is so

and so from the sheriff's department. We

need so- and so to call you. I said,

well, wait a minute now. Somebody lying.

Said, first of all, I haven't done

anything. Second of all, the sheriff got

my number.

So if I'm in trouble, she going to call

me.

I ain't calling you cuz I know this. And

one time when it happened before, I

didn't know. I called the sheriff. She

said, "It's a scam, Bishop.

These people call you say if you do it

today the people so crazy out in these

streets they they'll find anybody over

60 and send an email say your grandchild

I grandma I'm in prison and I I I got

How many got those things? First of all,

if I don't know the number, I set my

phone. It don't even ring.

I don't If I don't know you,

I'm delete. I'm not opening it. But the

enemy has a plan and that's to try to

get us in these hurry up and buys.

Listen to me. Anybody trying to make you

hurry up and do it today, automatically

say no.

If it's only good for the day, then it

ain't for me. Cuz I in God we trust.

Everybody else got to be checked out

thoroughly.

And if it's God, he'll bring it around

again.

And people will do it, too. They were

doing we get ready to build this

building. We went, did you go with us? I

know, darling, you were there. Remember,

we went in to meet with different

contractors and one of them started

talking. They said, "We want to help

you.

God was dealing with us and I let them

talk a while and you know I what is the

attention deficit stuff be some of the

stuff I struggle with. So, um, they got

to going. They were just so spirit. I

said, "Hold. You know what? Thank

you." I said, "Here's the thing. You I'm

already saved.

You don't need to try to super get me

saved. I'm already saved. All this

spiritual talk, I appreciate it." I

said, "But that ain't why I'm here." I

said, "I either you can build it or you

can't." I don't care nothing about he I

don't care about about that. Is the Is

it lined up

straight? No. I don't even trust you.

You coming at me wrong. No, you trying

to come at me through faith. I'm trying

to build a building.

You say, "Well, this ain't Bible class."

No. Some of y'all get tricked with that

stuff that Come on. The spirit of God,

you know what? I saw your face in a

dream.

Well, he didn't show me

yours. Move

on. This whole proceed. The Bible said,

"The thoughts of the diligent tend to

only plenteousness." This is Proverbs

Proverbs 2:15

2:15. But hasty, folks, only to lack.

You had to do stuff right now, they

trying to get you. Don't do it. Somebody

shout, "Say no." Say no. Then these

emotional pills you crying. See, that's

why I like Steve Hartman. But thank God

he ain't a crook. Come on. Cuz if he was

a crook, he say, "If you would just send

something right now."

They even do that on Facebook. They make

fake p fake pages for me. Yeah. All this

fake stuff. Y'all know I ain't coming up

to ask you for nothing, but I'm going to

ask you for something I asked you in

here. That's right. That's right. But

that's the kind of stuff these are. I'm

trying to show you the plan that the

devil has

to get you in this perceived I got to

have it right now or to get you off an

emotional

thing. Here it is. or get you to buy now

and pay

later. Look on down your row. I feel

some I feel some What's that thing John

told me? You can do shopping and playing

the payments in four. Uh-huh. Look that.

What is it? After

pay Uh-huh. Look at each other. Look at

them.

[Applause]

The devil. Come on here. Luke 14. No.

Let No. You here now? Listen. God wants

you to have abundance. These things have

been designed

to get you and I entrapped

so we don't have anything.

But I'm going to show you today. Yes,

sir. God designed us

to have increase. I'm going to show it

to you. Hurry up. Luke 14, what is it?

28. 28. Read it. For which of you

intending to build a tower, come on,

sitth not down first and countth the

cost. I got whether he has sufficient to

finish it. That's right. There ain't no

sense of me starting out. Well, no. See,

cuz I I if I get me about four months.

So, what I can do is I used to do this.

Y'all can't play me. I know this. See, I

used to do this, doc. I would be I okay

what I'm gonna do is so I because then I

got anniversary and I can the first two

months and sometime even they give you

great you can't afford whatever that was

you got to do all that

listen to me. You need to count the

cost. Do I have it? Is it for me? But

I'm getting ready to show you something.

God help me to get this out.

God showed me

that at the same time the enemy has

always had a plan. We saw it with

Pharaoh. Amen. You see it with this got

to have it. Take your time. Oh, don't

worry about it. Don't worry about it.

Y'all see he said, "Honey, we'll put it

in now. You don't have to pay till

2028."

And you say, "Oo, that's good. That's a

good honey ain't got to pay. Cuz by that

time, see, but they know if you wouldn't

save up and you saw the mess tan up,

if you wouldn't save up for it, then you

ain't going to start saving after you

get it. That don't even make sense.

Oh, you done got mad, man. See how they

do me? You see,

God showed me that we are uniquely able

to walk in delayed gratification

because

that is the basis of our faith.

That's right. The basis of our faith

is being able to make choices that are

hard now.

so we can rejoice later.

I didn't even I'm trying to tell you. He

just showed it to me. I've been

preaching forever.

He says if in Colossians 2:6,

Colossians 2:6

you didn't have that, Doc. You didn't

have that one. That came off the throne.

That's a joke thrown. Y'all know I'm

messing. Watch this. I'm so excited

about it. I I can hardly get myself

together. Watch this. As you have

therefore received As you have received

what? Christ Jesus the Lord. How I

receive him. Hold on. Let's talk about

how did I receive Christ Jesus the Lord.

Just how how I receive him. I received

him because I heard about him. I

believed in him. I confessed him and

that's how I live. So I now I heard

something. I believed it and I changed

my behavior now in hopes of what will

be.

God knows if I could just pick my shoe

and just throw I just I just want to

throw something. Elder Mary, I just

That's how I got saved. I believed in G.

I Who's who who I know some of y'all so

deep y'all y'all visit heaven

periodically just to keep your faith.

Theo, you know these folk deep in these

houses. They're deep, bro. They're deep.

How have you se I never seen him.

I'm not seeing them like I don't have a

bunch of visions and stuff. I don't have

I have a get get vision but I've not

like I don't be just I don't like to see

a lot of stuff like that. I have had one

or two. Okay. But that's it. I've been

saved 40ome

years. But I believe something and then

now I do like to check witnesses. So I

believed. So the Bible was here before I

got here. It'll be here when I'm gone.

and and I noticed a whole bunch of folks

that had also blessed. Okay, I got that.

Then he put a ump on the inside of me

let me know, oh no, this is straight up

real. And because of that, I used to

cuss. I used to do a steal. I used to do

all kind of stuff. But now I changed

that because I believe something and the

promises associated. So I changed in my

now so I could rejoice in my later.

If anybody could come out of debt, it's

us.

Oh, I do. I don't even know what to do

with myself. I want to go back to one of

the road cross the front Sundays. You

were let me tell you are you were

perfectly made to come out of whatever

you in.

I don't No. Uh-uh. You going to get

this. You were per God set this thing

up. He said, "The same way you receive

Christ Jesus," finish the verse. So,

walking in, that's how you walk.

You were made to be able to do it. Cuz

you know what it is to walk away from

something you want now because of

something you believe. Well, I can walk

away from debt then because I believe

I'm supposed to have abundance. I can

say no to that purchase cuz it ain't

wise right now. cuz I'm believing for

better. Y'all

ain't Lord. Can somebody near the middle

of the back holler for me? Cuz I can't I

can't get to y'all.

[Applause]

[Music]

Do you get it though? That's what who

who said Just say it one more time. Do

you have it one more time? So the whole

of the way we operate in our faith

is to believe what has been said, see it

cuz see there are other folk with plenty

of money.

Ain't no shortage. Ain't no shortage of

money.

They went to space for 11 minutes. Ain't

no shortage of money.

You know, I hadn't even been keeping up

with it. So I didn't know how long they

were going to be gone. I said, "Stay

crazy. They ain't no real astronauts.

They are out of their mind. And the last

people who were real astronauts were

stuck. And you up there were all women.

Oh, heck

no. My mind was like, I didn't even know

the thing was before 11 minutes. Then my

mind said, wonder how much that cost.

Ain't no shortage of money. My faith. He

said, I'mma get your head right. Your

life doesn't consist in the abundance of

things you have. So that way you ain't

going to be desperate. I'm going to

remind you stuff like people who are

diligent, who check stuff out, they

going to only have plenty. But the folk

who real hasty, they going to be broke.

He said, "Then folk who sleep too much,

they going to be broke." He said, "So

I'mma teach

I'mma teach you truth. You already have

it in you.

Your whole life is about delaying or

making decisions to get you to the place

where you and God want you. You already

do that every day. You just haven't

turned your faith to your finances.

Oh, play something. Play something. Play

something. Now, so today, let me look.

Right. Okay. Got my take seven minutes.

I'm'll be done. Let's see. Here's the

thing. Today, we're talking about

awareness. First, you got to be aware

that you were made. You are perfectly

designed to attack any problem in your

life. And this one is probably one of

the best areas. You were perfectly

designed to come out of debt and live in

abundance. Cuz if anybody know how to

say no to something, it's us.

You say, "Well, pastor, I don't always

do well, but you do better than most."

Celebrate. Celebrate what you have done.

Anybody used to smoke real bad. Yeah.

Right now, I don't know. You may still

smoke. I ain't I ain't ask you that. But

can you see that you've done a way way

better?

Right. Anybody used to get high? Come

on. I know the police out there. He

ain't going to bother y'all.

Right. Okay. So, can can you see that

you you separated from you are a dog on

sign and a wonder. You are an God. Oh, I

wish I could get it out like I feel it.

You're amazing. Don't tell me you can't

come out of debt. If you can put that

down, if you can put that down, if you

can stop all the other stuff you've been

doing so that you can be right with God,

then surely you can change this and come

in the overflow.

[Applause]

You see that? Yes, sir. Made for it.

Made for it. Okay, I'm about done. So,

look at this. There are three things.

Three things. Write it down today. I

want this spending plan. Go to Proverbs

27. We're almost done. If you give me

seven minutes, I'm going I got I got to

go to the little girl's room anyway.

Give me seven minutes. Y'all know that's

why I be running out after church. And I

ain't trying to make no cute exit. I

done got to that

age. Praise the Lord. I'm still young.

Don't Uh-uh. Uh-uh. And I want you to

change the age of the senior ministry.

Uh-uh. Don't come for me.

Okay, then you don't change it. I'mma

change it. That's right. I'mma change.

It's going to at least be what? 60 or

65.

Okay. If you've already been functioning

in, you in. But if not, change that

thing to 65. I'm tired of feeling

funny. That's a bishop privilege right

there. They mad now. They mad. Well, we

already got your offering. So

what? I'm just playing. Come on. Let's

look at this. Proverbs 27. So here's the

thing. You have to be aware that you are

made for this.

You just didn't know you were made for

it. You don't even know how God so

incredible sometime. Now we can be

trifling. Don't get me wrong, but most

of it's so you're doing so much better.

You can't see it,

but you were made to come out of it and

made for abundance. But now watch this.

You're going to have to do three things

today. And this is my little simple

outline. So, you know, you got to look

at it, you got to look from it, and you

got to look up to him.

If you Let me get that out of these six

minutes, I'm good. You got to look at

it. So, the reason you got the spinning

plan is cuz you need to go home and get

quiet somewhere.

Now, go and put on your favorite music

because it can be stressful.

Okay. Now, Proverbs 27:23. Proverbs 27

Proverbs 27:23 Proverbs 27:23

verse 23. Be watch this victory grace.

Turn to it. Come on. Be thou diligent to

know the state of thy flocks. You need

to know the state of your flocks. And

what? And look well to thy herds. Look,

that's what this this this you need to

know the situation you're in.

You need to know how much coming in that

house.

You got Listen, this is spiritual. Amen.

The Bible says that Jesus made unto us

wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,

and redemption. Today, we looking at him

as wisdom. You need to know what's

coming in that house.

And watch this. And you need to know

what's going out. Let us take a moment.

Income. Mom and

them. When you go to work, grandma

always send you $20. Put that down. Now,

you can't fill it out today, but I'm

trying to get you to see your check. If

you get um any kind of severance or if

you get whatever kind of payments, if

it's a check, I got some today.

$1959 came back from uh insurance.

Hallelujah. That's $20.

Yeah, we're going to sign it and deposit

it just soon as this service is over.

That's income.

That's income. Tell me your name again.

Pretty. Casha, she got what? You get

about

$300. She ain't even counting. She don't

need money. Somebody get some money from

her. She She I was getting ready to say

she not black, but you can't say stuff

like that on TV. I'm just playing. I was

just

playing. But you can tell she don't need

nothing. She ain't even counting. I go

somewhere I go preach. I done pour my

soul out. Whatever the Lord give me, I'm

just going to accept it. Right. But I

open that tickle.

So whatever your income is, that's

that's part of your income. Now, it

doesn't come in every month, but you

need to have a little extra asterk

somewhere. Extra money coming in. We'll

talk to you in another Sunday. We

probably made Sunday or two on what to

do with surprise blessings.

You got to have a plan for that stuff,

right? So, you write your income. Now,

watch this. When you finish your total

monthly income, then what's a tithe of

that?

Right? Okay. And then whatever offering

you can give. Now you may have right now

your tithe may be $400. That offering

might be 12. I've been there.

But be faithful.

Okay. But now watch grocery restaurant,

Starbucks,

Bojangles, Chick-fil-A,

and look here. If you got a good amount

of

debt, delete you Uber Eat delete. You

don't have enough money for Uber

Eats cuz you don't have enough money to

pay somebody $12 to bring you a sandwich

when you got a car payment and you can

go get it yourself. Preach,

Bishop. I told somebody every time I

turn around they door dash oop eating

and everything else. And then when I say

I'm getting ready to go on a trip,

remember me if you can. I ain't

remembering you. Your trip money. They

got your trip money. I'm trying to get

out of here. Take your time and write

all of this down. You got to know. And

listen, you look at it with faith

because can I tell you,

I filled the paper out this many times.

And that thing was so bad by the time I

got to my part, by the time I looked

down to see income. And when I got

through writing down

insurance, weave money.

You say, "I don't get braids every

month." Divide it up how long they last.

If it's $200 to get them, you get them

every three months, then you pay about

$65, $70 a month. Put it down.

Huh, honey? I looked up there. I had so

much money going out, it didn't even

look like the income was for this that

same household.

But that's why you look at it in faith.

Look at it in what? Look at your

situation in what?

Second thing, you got to look from it.

look from. And this is where you'll

develop a spending plan. That's next

week we set up. And I hope y'all think

is this okay cuz I'm trying to preach

what God given us.

You need a spending plan. Cuz if you

don't tell your money where to go, you

going to wonder where it went.

And if you don't start saving now for

the old you,

where are my seniors that wish you had

this kind of teaching back in the day?

Look at all these hands. Mama cat stood

up.

See what I'm saying?

Everybody, you you you you you won't you

don't know to appreciate your church

yet. That's right. You don't know yet,

but you will.

Cuz you're not going to come here and

shout and run

and not learn how to get into a life of

victory.

Some of you have had some things that

hit you really hard. It didn't work out

like you wanted to. God still going to

bring your dream to pass. He just going

to put you on another path.

Sometime God got to block one door to

push you through another cuz somebody

you going to meet at the other door is

going to propel you further in your

future.

I thought my doctor was calling to tell

me that she thanked me for the basket I

sent. She was calling to tell me I had

cancer.

So I ended up on a path I didn't plan.

But when I got through with that path,

oh my God, whole bunch of money done

come into my life as a result. A whole

amount of ministry.

You look from that place. Genesis 13:14,

Genesis 13:14

he told him, "Look out from where you

are. You look from in faith and then you

start looking from." So from here now,

God, what are my next steps?

That's what we're going to work on next

week. You going to be okay with it? I'm

tell you, we're going to be on the board

next week cuz we got to figure out which

bill to pay when, what to do. See,

because remember, you are anointed and

designed to come out. Now, everybody in

here is not in debt.

Ain't no way in the world not we gave

$812,000.

Everybody not in debt. But everybody can

benefit because whereas some people may

be hearing this about debt, somebody

else may be hearing about their

marriage.

Look at where it is right now.

But now let's look from it. What can be

I done gone over my time. The final

thing I I'll let them pick it up. I will

pick it up Wednesday. Y'all work on it

Wednesday. And that is Luke two. Here's

the thing you have to understand. I will

lift up mine eyes to the heels from

whence cometh my help. My help.

I wish I had a church. My help comes

from the Lord, which made heaven and

earth, didn't it? So, here's my thing.

I'm facing this, but I ain't facing it

alone.

Oh, I'm looking at where I am, but I'm

looking at it in faith. I'm looking from

where I am. I can see a better day. And

it's because I'm looking up to the one

that's my everyday help. You have

somebody. Listen, God is not only in

covenant with you, but he's in proximity

with you. He's there with you to bring

you out.

And you need to understand Jesus cares

about all of your life.

About what?

Let's pray. Come on up here. Get them

situated. Y'all get anything today?

All right. We'll pick it up on

Wednesday.

Amen.