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

ful, wonderful, wonderful. He's worthy

to be praised. How many of y'all know he

is? He is worthy to be praised. Well,

good um afternoon everybody. This is the

day the Lord has made and we're going to

rejoice and be glad in it. And you know,

I'm tow up cuz I have a new Bible here.

So, I'm ready to go today. We thank God.

Oh my God. What key was that in? B flat.

B flat. Okay. So, I had all of my

numbers wrong cuz I'm watching the foot

pedals, but that's okay. Now, I got to

go back and try. And uh I hope you are

still reeling and rocking as I am from

the uh Easter weekend holiday. Yeah,

Mother Pew. Ain't he worthy? Yes, y'all.

He is so worthy. We had a

phenomenal and uh from sunrise service

to our other two more contemporary

services. God is so good and just so

blessed and I'm tickled. Now considering

that we're going back

into this concept of being covenant

conscious financially. Now you say,

"Bishop, you can just come right out of

the churchiest stuff and go into stuff."

I I can because God wants us to be able

to serve him freely. And if you recall

the last time we were in this financial

series, we started dealing with the fact

that the enemy is always trying to get

us distracted or deceived so that we can

be put in bondage financially. And when

Pharaoh when God told Moses, "Go tell

Pharaoh, let my people go." Uh, he was

like, "Well, y'all go on, but just don't

go far." Because he doesn't want your

lifestyle to change. The devil don't

mind us being in church. It's not his

desire because that's where we can have

an encounter on so on and so forth, and

we gather with the saints. But if we're

going to do that, okay, go to church,

shout, but still be in bondage. But I

would dare somebody to put not so not

so. Not doing it. I want Jesus. I want

his imprint on every part of my life.

Okay. Every part of my life. Oh, I love

it. They enjoyed the services. So when

when Pharaoh says, "Okay, well go on and

go, but uh leave your children." What?

No, I'm not. I'm not going to heaven and

then my family go to hell. I'm not doing

it. So, no, no. And again, I say not.

So, there it is. Then he says, "Well, I

tell you what, you all go, but leave

your herd here." And this is what we

really wanted to impress. Moses told

him, "We can't do that. We cannot leave

our money and our finances outside of

the covenant. We got to go into the

wilderness and take our money because we

don't know how God may want us to serve

him."

Oh, that's huge, y'all. So, Sunday we

had our one sacrificial offering and we

were believing to raise at least

650,000 and we blew it out the water. I

will see you Sunday. I'll tell you

exactly how much we have by then. But to

God be the glory. Why? That's what he

wanted us to worship him with. So, we

can't afford to be broke, busted, and

disgusted. All right. Now, I want to

carry you back. Go to Deuteronomy

8 as I turn in my new Bible. My God,

it's beautiful. Did you know? Look at

the just the way it

just

Deuteronomy 8 and uh let's look at this

in 18. Not so. Oh, I love seeing that up

there. Thank you, Jesus. Not so we're

not doing it. Now, Deuteronomy 8:18, I

Deuteronomy 8:18

want you to see it. Uh, and I want you

to get in your spirit because you need

to know that this is what God has to

say. The Bible says, "But thou shalt

remember the Lord thy God, because it's

he that gives you the power to get

wealth." Don't miss it. "That he may

establish his

covenant, show his covenant, illustrate

it, manifest his covenant, which he

swear unto your fathers as it is this

day." God says, "I'm the one that wants

you to have

abundance." He said, "I want you to have

it." He said, "Because I'm going to use

your abundance not just to bless you,

but certainly to bless us because he

wants to show us his heart." Okay?

Anybody that loves doesn't want to see

somebody struggling. That's I mean,

that's a fact, y'all. And if we feel

that way, you know, God does, right? But

God says that you and

I, he wants to utilize what we have to

bless us, but then to bless others. So

one of the things we started with in

this series is our need to understand

salvation. When I make Jesus the savior

and lord of my life, then he is

expecting me to adopt his posture and

his mindset. All right? So I don't care

if you were successful. This was the

example I used. Just because Michael

Jordan played basketball doesn't mean he

could bring those same moves to the

baseball field and expect to win. I'm in

a new kingdom. You're in a new kingdom.

You got a new king, right? No longer is

it my flesh. See, when it was my flesh,

if my flesh want to do something, that's

what I did. Cuz I let the flesh run it.

If you were getting on my nerves, my

flesh wanted to cuss you out, you got

cussed out because I was following uh my

flesh. Now I have a new king. He's the

King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

He's the fairest of 10,00ands. Come on.

Jesus is his name. So now I have to

adopt and obey what he says. So let's

get started. Luke 12. I want to go

through it with you because I know y'all

have kind of forgotten it in the study,

you know, of covenant. So, I'm not

upset. Come on. Let's go to Luke 12,

Luke 12:15

verse

15. A new Bible. You just everything

just I just tore up over it, y'all. All

right. Luke, that means I'mma have a

Bible to give away on Sunday. You might

want to come on and be in the place.

Bishop got one. Actually, one or two.

All right. Luke 12, verse 15. This is

Luke 12:15

important. They had come. In fact, let

me start at verse 13 for you. Yeah, I

got to adopt his posture and

mindset. Yeah. And one of the companies

said unto him, "Master," this is Luke

Luke 12:13

12:13, "Speak to my brother so he can

divide the inheritance with me." Sad

that you had to tell folk to divide.

That's a that's a whole other subject.

And this is why you need to have your

will or trust done so that it's not any

fussing or strange looking when somebody

passes away.

Okay, that's a word. Moving on. Verse

14, he said, "Man, how is it you trying

to make me a judge and a divider over

you?" And he says in verse 15, he said,

"Take heed and beware of

covetousness, for a man's life consists

not in the abundance of the things which

he possesses." So the first attitude

that God wants me to have is that I

don't allow my life to be gauged or the

success of it in the stuff that I

have. Now that's important. You say,

"Oh, Bishop, you sitting up there saying

that you got stuff." Baby, I've been

saying this since I was borrowing $20

till the end of the month. Don't come

for me. You don't know me like that.

Let's be real. No, no, no. when the only

car we had was the one Taurus d bought

which was a Nissan Sentra and it was a

straight drive and I couldn't even drive

it. But you have to adopt right now. You

need to adopt the reality that our life

isn't about stuff. Now if you like

stuff, I'm not mad at you. Do you not

that your life's got to be bigger than

that? If my life is just about the

clothes I wear, the jewelry I have, the

car I drive, then I'm very I'm a shell

of a person. You can let me tell you

something. If all you get from me,

that's why you can always tell when

people understand this truth. They say,

"When uh bishop, I need to come sit down

with you, let you buy me lunch." Now, I

don't mind buying you lunch. You know

what I'm saying? Now, don't worry me.

Don't be texting me now. But you

understand what I'm saying. If you think

that's the best thing that you could get

from me is me buying your lunch or

giving you

$100, I I'd give you $100. Go on

somewhere and sit down because the

things that I could share with you could

make you far more than that. The thing

the the dimensions that could carry you

to another place in your understanding

of life. You see, our lives are bigger

than that. You're bigger than that.

Thank God for stuff. Stuff is fun. Our

lives are much bigger than that. What's

another perspective? Give me Acts 20.

Come on. I want us to go through this

today. Acts chapter

Acts 20 · chapter mention

20. These are I got to adopt this. Watch

this. Even if right now you still don't

feel it in your heart, start saying it

out your mouth cuz you need to adopt

that. This is what your Lord says. Got

it? Acts 20, y'all there? Verse 35. Do

y'all still have that handout? I hope

you do. All right, watch this. Acts

Acts 20:35

20:35. I've showed you all things.

Apostles writing, how that so laboring

you ought to support the weak and

remember the words of the Lord Jesus.

How he said it is more blessed to give

than to receive. So Jesus tells us right

off the bat that we need to have the

heart and the mindset, hey, of course

when we receive, our joy is full. But

the real blessed state is being the

person that gives. So I want to begin to

motivate myself in the well the way I

work, the way I choose to spend. Notice

that so that I can give when it's in my

heart to give. Now I can't listen. The

bishop rolled up in here on

Sunday. Oh, I rolled up in here. Now I

didn't give the most of our church

because I wasn't in the financial

position to give the most. But now I'm

proud of my seed now. I was proud of my

seed when it was a

thousand. I was proud when it was two.

But no, I this I rolled up on a 37 on

Sunday. Actually ended up with 38,000. I

ain't playing in these streets.

Hallelujah. Amen. I was proud. I was,

listen, not proud like I'm better than

you. But I was proud that I was able to

scrape. Now, I scraped all kind of

stuff. I had checks. I know when they

were opening my little envelope, they

were laughing cuz I had some cash. I had

checks from all the accounts I had.

Listen, I believe in God. I wanted to

see the gospel go forth. But it is more

joyous. I've had people give me money

and I appreciate it. And if you want to

give me some, don't be bound. I'm good

ground. But here's the thing. My joy was

in giving. Jesus said is more blessed to

give and than to receive. Now go with me

to ma Mark 6, Matthew 6, because these

are the all I'm doing is going over our

handout. But this is what you're going

to need for this Sunday. See, this

Sunday we want to start I want we want

to move you up on the notch to get more

resources and to do better with them. So

I need you to already have this in your

spirit. All right. Matthew, what did I

tell you? Chapter 6. Put my glasses on.

Thank you, Jesus. Matthew 6, watch this.

In verse

21, very simple scripture, but you need

to grab it in grab it into your spirit.

Where your treasure is, that's where

your heart is going to be. If you put

some Listen, that's why I tell husbands,

you're not feeling any effect affection

and emotion, start spending your money

on that wife and see what happens. The

Bible says you can find your heart where

you find where you spend your money. The

things that matter the most. So like for

me, if you had a no shade on Louis

Vuitton, do you right and Gucci bags? I

ain't mad at nobody. Enjoy it. you can

put those up there. I don't really value

that like that. So, like my church knows

like, you know, you wouldn't want to get

something like that for me for an

anniversary present. I don't I don't I

don't want

that. Right. Um but if there's an RV

park somewhere and you want to go on and

buy me a few nights, I'm tow up. Now, to

me, $3,000 is not worth it for a bag. No

shade on anybody. You got to choose

yourself. That's not where my heart is.

But now you let somebody that I have

affection for and I see where that same

3,000 could move them and put them in a

different position. Oh, I'm having a

ball. Then I come out my pocket. Ain't

no

problem. Because where you put your

money shows you where your heart is,

right? And so you can use that to trace

down like some people they're their

allowance is all about what they eat cuz

they want to eat good.

George Tory told me he not going on a

vacation and he don't like the food. He

said, "I don't understand that." I said,

"But Switzerland is so beautiful." He

said, "Well, watch it on YouTube and eat

food from home." Right? Because we're

different. Got it? All right. Come on.

So, Matthew says in 6:21, "I can learn

what I'm I'm I have an affection for by

where my money is." Now, go to Luke

Luke 11 · chapter mention

chapter

11. Come on. We're going through the

scripture today. Is that all right? Luke

Luke 11 · chapter mention

chapter 11. Oh, wait a minute. What's

today? Is today Wednesday? I I see uh

Pastor Joyce Gillum up on this thing.

Her birthday is either today or

tomorrow. My God. I got to check. The

saints of God will sneak up and have

birthdays on

you. And if it's not, let's see. It

might be tomorrow, but I'm going to

check. Joyce, when is your birthday?

It's today. My God. Yes, it is. Happy

birthday, Pastor Joyce Gillum. We love

you. All right. All right. Luke 11. And

I'm going to actually look at in the New

Living. Luke chap

11 verse 42. In the New

Living, you're going to learn something

important here. Watch this. Boom. And

New Living. It says, "What sorrow awaits

you Pharisees." He said, "You are

careful to tithe even the tiniest income

from your herb gardens, but you ignore

stuff like justice and the love of God.

You should tithe, yes, but do not

neglect the more important things." Come

on. So, what are we learning? Jesus is

telling us very clearly, we ought to

tithe. But tithing does not mean you

don't have to obey the rest of the

Bible. You can't just say, "Well, I got

my $3,000 this week, so I gave my tithe

$300. I gave 10 an offering, 10 to

pastor, so leave me alone." Uh-uh. Uh-

uh. That money belongs to God. You're

supposed to return it, but you still got

to care about

justice. These people in these streets

have gone stark raving mad.

They had a they Z he was telling me

today they had a a teacher put up one

you know the posters all the put up for

the kindergarten kids. They got all the

little different color hands and they

you know got a rainbow on it talking

about we are all important because you

got to teach children to love everybody

no matter the race and color. And watch

this. And this the little children are

showing up in school and they're gay and

they already and and any teacher can

tell you. All you need to do is find a

daycare teacher and they can tell you.

You can look at children when they are

two and three. You can tell before they

learn it that they have a proclivity

toward it. You got to teach children to

love everybody. Do you know they trying

to make that teacher take that poster

down? These people in these streets are

trying to whitewash our country and make

us all one race and get rid of everybody

else. I'm telling you. And your tithe

belongs in the house of God. But you

can't act like you don't see

injustice. All right, let's keep going.

Come on. Luke 16:13. Let's turn. What is

Luke 16:13

Jesus teaching us? Now, I gave you this

handout. You need to spend some time

with this because getting your attitude

right about money is key because

remember if you don't change your

mindset and God gives you something,

it's going to end up spent improperly.

It's no different from people who win

the

lottery. You can give somebody $20

million that stays broke. They they out

here. They don't have a savings account,

but they're buying lottery tickets. They

don't have any investment, no

retirement, but they're buying lottery

tickets. You if they win, they going to

be broke in a year cuz they don't think

about money

properly. Okay, y'all not having church

with me? Let go and read the stuff then.

Luke Luke

16:E3. Luke 16. Amen. Verse Oh, they got

the resource up there. Yeah. Download

it. I love God. We got a great team.

Thank you, John. He said the handout is

linked in the corner if you scan it. So,

you can have another copy of it. You

still owe me 12 cent for that that copy.

Luke

Luke 16:13

16:13. Nobody can serve two masters.

You're either going to hate the one and

love the other or you hold to one and

despise the other. Jesus said you cannot

serve God and money. something is going

to have the greater voice in your

life. Which one can you give up

faster? That's why I try to tell y'all

think I be talking about tithe and

offering all the time because I want

something. It is not

that. But the bottom line is if you can

hold on to your tithe, that means you're

willing to let go of God to that degree.

I mean, let's just talk about it. It

ain't this ain't rocket science.

He says, "You bring this to me." I can't

do that cuz I got to eat and I got to be

able to get cable and I plan to get this

little blouse. I don't spend a lot on

it, but I just was going to get wasn't

but $12, but it was $12 you took from

God to get

it. He said, "You're it's showing you

you can't serve both." This is why I try

to encourage people, listen, start give

God what's his, then figure out what car

you can afford. Get in alignment and

then say, "Oh, no. We we ain't going to

be a cable house. Not if Direct TV going

to be $159. We won't be able to be that.

We going to have to be a Hulu and a what

them little sticks on the back. I can't

see all my channels. Well, we going to

see what we can see and let Jesus be

glorified. And then when he opens the

door for more, then we can celebrate it.

See, I can shout over everything. I Oh,

is that bishop? Is that a new piece of

jewelry? If it is, well, I don't have

any new jewelry, but I've finally been

able to wear a ring that I bought 13

years ago, right? People can stare at it

and go, "Oh, it's too what you want. I

tithe and I give. God did it for me."

Ain't that what you sung Sunday? God did

it. Only God can do it. That's what he

said. Only God can do it. I can rejoice

over anything I have because God has

his. Oh Lord, I'm enjoying. I don't know

if y'all are. It's a little quiet. I

can't spill no love. All right, go with

this. Go Mark chapter 12. Go to Mark 12.

Mark 12 · chapter mention

Oh, this is a good Oh, I love this one.

Mark 12. This thing hit me like a ton of

bricks. I can tell you when I learned

it. Mark 12 beginning at verse 41.

We are adopting the mindset that Jesus

has because remember if you change the

behavior before you change the belief

you are postponing the behavior to

another time. That's all you're doing.

You you you just stopping for a little

bit. But it ain't going to stay that way

because you didn't change your mindset.

So when you get in another situation

with a little more pressure, you're

going to pull the behavior back up. So

it's a fact. All right. Watch this. Mark

12 beginning at 41. Oh, I love this

story. Jesus sat over against the

treasury and was watching how folk gave

money into the offering and those that

were rich cast in a lot. You know, they

pulled up, dropped in good

25,000. Then verse 42 said, "There came

a certain poor woman widow and she threw

in two mics. So she put her dollar in

there which make a farthing. And he

called unto him his disciples and said

unto them, verily I say unto you, this

poor widow has cast in more than all of

those that cast into the treasury. For

all of they cast in of their abundance,

but she did cast in all she had, even of

her living. Y'all, we learn so much from

this text. This I'mma close out. I'm not

going to finish out. We'll finish the

other three, four

later. First of all, for people to

think, well, God don't care about, see,

that's why I don't like church now

because, oh, they talk about money, but

God don't care about that. You lying or

wrong. That's not true. The Bible said

Jesus sat over against the treasury and

was watching to see what folk were

putting in. That's hilarious.

Is that not funny to y'all? That is

hilarious. You going to sit and watch

what they're giving. He does care.

Somebody put it in the chat. He does

care because again, why does he care?

Because it's an in it's an indication of

our heart. It's indicative of our

affection. He does care. So Jesus is

sitting there watching. So the first

thing I get, if you go preach this text,

uh Demarcus, you got you got to talk

about Jesus is watching the way we give.

It doesn't matter. Then the second thing

you got to make note of and I thought

this was huge is that he equated he

pointed out that she gave everything she

had and he still let her get let her

give it. Now that is what hit me. I was

standing in Cornerstone Missionary

Baptist Church and somebody wanted to

give me I think she was trying to give

$300 and I knew she had like six or

seven

kids and I you know I said it'd be one

thing if I really had a need I didn't

need nothing and this woman said and I

said no but I said I no sweetheart I

love you I you know trying to be deep

and spiritual and I tell you I love my

members because my folk will embarrass

me they have No, they have no qualms

about it. So, I was trying to be so

stressed. No, babe. Listen. Oh, you're

so sweet. I'm trying to hug her. I said,

"I'm good. I receive it." And when I

tell you, she pulled up like her whole

attitude was

like, "You taught in the scripture about

three weeks ago that we're supposed to

sew in the good soil. I'm believing God

to do something in my family." I mean,

when I tell you when she got through, I

felt this big right

here. And I received it and I remembered

this scripture when I was dealing with

God because I was embarrassed cuz she

really in embarrassment because she she

did she tuned up or she got a little

loud and so it made me look, you know, I

was just in a zone. Pray for me. But

what I noted was Jesus said this woman

gave all that she had. She was poor.

That was her last dollar.

But he let her give

it. See, sometimes we say we believe

this stuff, but we don't. Right? And so

in my mind, when I thought I was being

spiritual, thank God it's been about 15,

20 years ago. But when I thought I was

being spiritual, she was pointing out I

wasn't being

biblical and you got to make a decision.

She was like, uh-uh, you just taught

this three weeks ago. See, I don't know.

See, I don't see a whole bunch of ain't

nobody texting in now. Jesus let this

woman give her last because that was the

best place she could be. Come here,

woman out of kings. She said, "All I

have is this one little cake. Me and my

son are going to eat it and die." And

the prophet basically said, "You're

right. If you eat it, that's all you

going to have. You're going to eat it

and then die. But if you obey what God

has said with it, then you get ready to

tap in to an abundant supply."

Jesus let her give it because he knew

that was the best place for it. And we

got all these people come online that

she get on my nerve. They're sweet

though. I guess they're sweet and they

we need to stop all this and they need

doing all this stuff. Nobody's fussing

when our folks are out here again. Get

your nails done. I need to get mine

repainted right now. Well, you know, do

what you going to do. Get your hair, but

you can get your hair done. It's going

to be naughty again in a little while.

You can get your fingers done. They you

know them them nails grow off. We

listen, there's nothing wrong with that

if you have it. But if you got that

going on and don't have any

money, and nobody's online fussing about

folk getting that stuff done, but if you

give to the church, they say the church

is taking all your money. That's because

they don't really believe in what the

Bible says. Now, do what you going to

do. I love you. You're sweet. But I'm

telling you, Jesus let her give her

last. Just like Jesus let that little

boy, there was 5,000 men out there, all

kind of women and children and all them

people lying talking about they didn't

have no food. You know, somebody had

food beside that little boy with them

two small fish and them five loaves of

bread. Ain't no way in the world on in

earth, heaven or hell that that one

little boy out of all them people were

the only folk with food.

Everybody else was hiding theirs because

they felt like I ain't f to get mine cuz

they s they going to start with the

preacher. They ain't going to give me

nothing. The little boy had his lunch

and he said, "Well, I have food." And

watch this. And Jesus took it. Philip

got it and they took it. And you know,

everybody was like, "You stupid. You

ain't going to have no food." But I want

to remind Oh, Lord have mercy. You see,

see, I get red tune up. But I want to

remind I heard it in my head. I

shouldn't do it. But I want to remind

you that after they multiplied it, they

had 12 baskets full. And I know the

commentary said each of the disciples,

you know, disciples ain't getting no

basket full because they got to carry

the stuff they already got. That that's

not who they where that stuff went. That

stuff went home with that little boy

because it wouldn't have fit Jesus's

pattern. The pattern is give and it'll

be given unto you, not to the folks that

hand it to you. Read your Bible. Give

and it'll be given. That boy went home

with more than two fish and five loaves.

He said, "Mama, we got some food. Call

the rest of the family. I got grocery

this

week." Hey, you see? So, and and and

make note of this. Make note of this.

Make note of this. So, first of all,

Jesus let the rich folk cast in a lot.

So, they should. He let the lady cast

in. They didn't have. He was watching.

He was concerned. And he allowed her to

do it. And he said she has done more

than they. So he he he structures his

respect not by what we give but but but

by what we have

left. There go all the points you need

to preach. Now I don't believe that

every time we give we ought to give till

we don't have nothing. I do not believe

that because how you going to pay your

mortgage now? I'm going to tithe no

matter

what. Don't hit me a note,

doc. No, I'm going to do that no matter

what. But no, I don't believe every time

you go to a conference and they say,

"Let me tell you something. You need to

sacrifice. You need to." Now, I love a

good conference, but I'm going to wait

until Jesus tell me what he want me to

give. Cuz every service is That's why at

our church, we don't even bring the word

up. I tell them, "God might ask you for

more than one, but we going to receive

one sacrificial, and that means this

thing ought to

hurt. You shear sheep every now and

then. You can't shear a sheep every

day." And unfortunately, and I know I

have pastors that watch me, and so I

love y'all. And so, you know, I'm not

trying to throw no shade. I'm shining

light. I'm just saying, stop making your

folk give sacrificially all the time.

They ain't going to never have

nothing. There's a time for it. When God

spoke to us that year to bring that

million dollars before him, what we

sacrificed, the kids took all that

change. But the next year, he told us,

"Hold it up." And we lifted it up before

our sacrificial offering. And he had

already told me about this about two

months earlier. He said, "Have him bring

that sacrifice. Don't s I want a

sacrifice." And then said, tell him,

"Give half.

You were y'all here already? You were

here. He said, "Tell them give

half." So he said, "And then take the

other half and put it in account." See,

I'm just saying you can't shear sheep

all the time. There's a time for it. And

we got to get the right attitude. So

watch this. I don't let the pressure

that other people trying to put I don't

I don't receive that pressure. Holy

Spirit, what are you telling me to give?

And whatever that is, then that's what

I'm going to do. All right, y'all. I'mma

get one more because it's Bible stud.

It's one. I'm gonna give you one more.

One more and then I'mma be done. Okay,

one more on this. One more. Watch

this. Ephesians 4 and then that's what

we're going to do. Are y'all getting

this? Ephesians 4 and then we'll do the

last we'll do the last three next week.

Ephesians

4. Oo boy, this is

beautiful. I can really see this. This

is wonderful. Ephesians 4, watch

this. I'm going to read it in King James

and the New Living. In King James, this

is what it says. Ephesians

Ephesians 4:28

4:28. Let him that stole steal no more.

So, I'm a Christian. I'm adopting

Jesus's beliefs and posture. So, it

doesn't matter if I used to get all my

uh stamps from work. I can't do that

now. I'm

saved. I can't I can't act like I got

more kids than I got on my tax return.

If I got $40,000 and it was untaxed, I

got to quote tell them I had $40,000

that was untaxed and pay my taxes cuz

let him that stole steal no

more. Okay. All righty. Well, but rather

let him labor. You need to

work working with his hands the things

with the thing which is good. And this

is why that he may have to give to him

that needeth. So I am now being

challenged to change the way I look. Now

you can sit at home and get a check but

you know you could be

working. You need to get a

job. EBB

ashana. You need to get a job. Amen,

pastor. I You know what? I But I can I

can make more at home. You need to get a

job. You need to work. It's good for

you. It's you become something by

working. You You are weakened. Now, if

you cannot work, that's why this verse

is in here. Look at Jesus. It says, "For

us that are able to work, then we ought

to work." And he said, "And I want you

to do because you ought to take care of

yourself." We already know if any man

provide not for his own house, he's

worse than an infidel. So to be talking

about, oh G, ain't nobody like G. Thank

you, Lord. Thank you. And then you don't

want to work and your folk ain't even

don't can't even, you know,

buy. I knew of a person that was in

gospel ministry and under the guise of

walking by faith, they were, I'm going

to be full-time. God told me to be

full-time, but then your daughters don't

have money for tampons, and you okay

with that?

No, I'mma doubt that I heard a voice

when the Bible is written. I can read

that. I can't misinterpret that. No, you

need a job. So, the Bible says that I'm

to work, right? Not just and work for to

make sure I'm taken care of and mine,

but in case God needs me to bless

somebody that

can't. Now, folks, that's a new mindset

cuz you like h you tend to yourself.

know the B for

Christians. I can't steal. I got to work

so I can tend to myself

and be mindful in case Jesus want me to

help somebody that cannot work. Do you

know that there are people widows, there

are widowers, there are older men that

physically don't have it anymore. We

they should not be eating dog food.

They they should not have to struggle on

those levels and then we around here.

No, that that should not be. So, let's

let's make the commitment to God to be

covenant conscious financially. And that

begins remember a covenant is a binding

oath or agreement between at least two

parties. Right. Right. That's cut by

sacrifice, usually blood, but always

something precious with responsibilities

and rights, promises and privileges. So

let's look at this. Let's begin to

change our mindset. Adopt. And not even

this ain't no slow

process.

Adopt what Jesus said. So then as we

start progressing and showing you ways

to get more resources, showing you how

to pay these bills off and how to make

sure you're in overflow, showing you

what are investments that are

beneficial, you got the right mindset.

Because I if anything is pitiful is to

see a fool. And understand what I mean

by that, a fool with more to waste. We

don't want to be that. We want to walk

financially covenant conscious and have

abundance so we can live good lives

because we owe God a good life. Live

good lives and make a difference with

our stuff. Amen. All right. Well, we're

going to pray today and uh I know y'all

been texting me talking about you miss

oh, you miss devotion and I miss it,

too. I don't miss the early morning, but

maybe if we be a good class during this

financial series, we may pick up and

have us a little something over the

summer. But we'll see. Let's pray today.

Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you

for an opportunity to just read your

word and discuss briefly some postures

that we ought to have adopted because

now we belong to you, Jesus. Help us to

adopt these things and to begin to

really restructure the way we approach

life. So God, as you bless us with more

and more because it's you that give us

the power to get wealth. So as you bless

us with that, we can see your covenant

established in our lives and help to

establish it in the lives of others. I

pray that you would bless those that are

on the overcoming health challenges

list. I pray that you would bless those

who are trying to overcome financial

hardship. Father, let them know that you

know how to bring increase into our

lives and you are still Jehovah Gyra.

You are still the God that provides. So,

Father, we believe you and trust you.

Help us to get down the belief system

and the behavior so that you can bring

the blessing in Jesus