05/27/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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WELL, GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW MANY OF YOU

CAME TO WORSHIP THE LORD TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE

GONNA TEACH YOU SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW SO THAT YOU CAN

KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG, AT LEAST FOR THE CHORUS

OF IT. AND IT GOES,

ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT THAT? LET'S GO.

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FOR MEN HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR HAVE THEY SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

HEAVEN COLLIDES AND TOUCHES THE EARTH. FOR EVEN NOW, SAYS THE

LORD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU'RE LIVING IN? FOR YOU'RE IN

THE TIME AND THE SEASON WHEN MY GLORY IS BEING POURED OUT UPON

THIS EARTH. AND MEN SHALL SEE AND KNOW WHO IS IN CONTROL AND

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. FOR MEN SHALL SEE

ME MOVE. FOR WHO IS IT THAT HAS FLUNG THE STARS INTO THE SKY AND

PLACED THE PLANETS IN THEIR ORBIT? AND WHO IS HE THAT HAS

SET THE MOUNTAINS AND BROUGHT MEN UP AND BROUGHT THEM LOW? WHO

IS HE, THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS? IT IS THE LORD OF

GLORY AND MY GLORY SHALL BE SEEN AND IT SHALL BE SHOWN IN THIS

TIME. AND YOU WILL KNOW IN YOUR OWN LIFE THAT MY GLORY IS UPON

YOU AND I'M WORKING FOR YOU AND I'M WORKING WITHIN YOU. SAY NOT

FROM YOUR LIPS, WHERE IS THE LORD? WHERE IS THE LORD? FOR IS

HE MOVING IN MY SITUATION? NO, THE LORD SAYS, SEE, IT WILL

BECOME OBVIOUS, EVEN AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF ISRAEL, WHEN

PEOPLE SAID IN NAZARETH, AND THEY SAID IN GALILEE, NO, WE'VE

NEVER SEEN IT ON THIS FASHION. WE'VE NEVER SEEN A MIRACLE LIKE

THIS ONE. WE THOUGHT ALL THINGS THAT WERE MIRACULOUS HAD BEEN

PASSED AWAY OR DONE AWAY. BUT THE LORD SAYS NOW THIS IS A TIME

MEN WILL SEE UNFASHIONABLE. THEY WILL SEE THE UNUSUAL. THEY WILL

SEE THE ANOINTING. THEY WILL SEE THE MOVE OF MY GLORY. AND IT

WILL SHOCK THEIR MINDS. IT WILL SHOCK THEIR EYES. AND THEY WILL

SAY, "SURELY THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN IS ON HIS THRONE AND HE'S

MOVING AMONG MEN." COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A COME ON, PRAISE! COME

ON, PRAISE HIM! JESUS! JESUS! WOO-HOO! OH LORD! WE WORSHIP

YOU. WE PRAISE YOU. AND WE THANK YOU. NOW, TOUCH THE HOLY ONE FOR

A FRESH ANOINTING. SAY, LORD, ANOINT ME AFRESH FOR THE TIME

AND THE SEASON THAT WE'RE IN. LET ME NOT MISS MY MOMENT. OPEN

HEAVEN IS DOING. I REBUKE ALL SPIRITS OF DECEPTION FROM TRYING

HEAVEN IS DOING. I REBUKE ALL SPIRITS OF DECEPTION FROM TRYING

TO PERSUADE ME, SWAY ME, OR PULL ME OFF COURSE. AND LORD NOW I

ASK FOR YOUR GREAT GRACE TO BE UPON ME IN A FRESH WAY THIS

NIGHT IN JESUS HOLY NAME. AMEN. AND AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD.

HALLELUJAH. WE'RE LIVING IN A GOOD TIME. I WAS WORKING ON SOME

THINGS TODAY AND I THOUGHT, LORD, WHO WOULD WANT TO BE ALIVE

ANY OTHER TIME? THIS IS THE BEST TIME. CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHENEVER, WHATEVER TIME YOU'RE BORN INTO, THAT'S THE BEST TIME

TO BE ALIVE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, OH, I WISH IT WAS LIKE THE

GOOD OLD DAYS. WELL, THERE WERE SOME GOOD OLD DAYS. WE WERE

YOUNGER. THERE'S SOME GOOD OLD DAYS, BUT NOTHING IS LIKE THIS

DAY. EVERY DAY IT'S NEW. THERE'S A FRESH ASSIGNMENT. THERE'S

SOMETHING TO BE REALIZED AND TO WALK IN AND DO. SO LET'S JUST

GIVE JESUS ONE MORE GREAT BIG HAND CLAP OF PRAISE. TELL HIM

HOW MUCH IN YOUR OWN WORDS YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU'RE GLAD TO BE A

SERVANT OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE GOT A

LOT TO DO TONIGHT. PASTOR MARK'S TAKING THE OFFERING. HE MIGHT

GET ANOINTED AND KEEP US HERE TILL 12. SO WE GOT TO SEE WHAT'S

GOING TO HAPPEN. AMEN. TURN AROUND, LOVE ON SOMEBODY, TELL

‘EM, YOU'RE SO GLAD TO SEE THEM IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. WELCOME

ONLINE, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING US. IT'S GOING TO BE A

GOOD NIGHT HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. LET SOMEBODY KNOW, SHARE

THE STREAM AND TELL THEM YOU NEED TO BE IN THE HOUSE ONLINE

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET GOODER AND GOODER IN JESUS NAME. GLORY

TO GOD. IT'S OFFERING TIME. AND I'M HAPPY. I JUST LEARNED I'M

GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE AN HOUR EARLIER THAN I HAD PLANNED. I

WAS GOING TO GO TO 1 A.M. BUT NO, I WON'T DO THAT. I'M GOING

TO BE COMING IN QUICK TONIGHT. PASTOR BRENDA'S GOT TO HAVE

PLENTY OF TIME TO PREACH ON THE POWER OF CONTINUALLY SOWING

TODAY FOR THE REAPING OF TOMORROW'S HARVEST. I'M EXCITED

FOR THAT MESSAGE. SO IF THEY'LL PUT TONIGHT'S SCRIPTURE UP ON

THE SCREENS, WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT

PSALM 91, 11 THROUGH 16, BOOK OF PSALMS, CHAPTER 91, VERSES 11

Psalms 91:11–16

THROUGH 16. THIS IS GOING TO BE FAMILIAR TO MOST EVERYBODY. IN

FACT, PROBABLY MOST EVERYBODY PRAYS THIS OVER THEMSELVES AND

THEIR FAMILIES ON A ROUTINE BASIS. I KNOW WE DO AT HOME.

POWERFUL SUMMARY OF OUR BENEFITS PACKAGE AND MAKES FOR GREAT

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE WHEN TAKEN DAILY. AMEN. BUT TONIGHT I WANT

TO HOME IN ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, VERSES 11 THROUGH 16.

IT SAYS IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, I'LL READ FROM

THERE FIRST, IT SAYS, "FOR HE WILL ORDER HIS ANGELS TO PROTECT

YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. THEY WILL HOLD YOU UP WITH THEIR HANDS SO

YOU WON'T EVEN HURT YOUR FOOT ON A STONE. YOU WILL TRAMPLE UPON

LIONS AND COBRAS AND YOU WILL CRUSH FIERCE LIONS AND SERPENTS

UNDER YOUR FEET. THE LORD SAYS, 'I WILL RESCUE THOSE WHO LOVE

ME. I WILL PROTECT THOSE WHO TRUST IN MY NAME. WHEN THEY CALL

ON ME, I WILL ANSWER. I WILL BE WITH THEM IN TROUBLE. I WILL

RESCUE AND HONOR THEM. I WILL REWARD THEM WITH A LONG LIFE AND

GIVE THEM MY SALVATION. I ALSO LIKE THIS VERY MUCH IN THE

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION AND IT SAYS IT LIKE THIS, GOD WILL

COMMAND HIS ANGELS TO PROTECT YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. THEY WILL

CARRY YOU IN THEIR ARMS AND YOU WON'T HURT YOUR FEET ON THE

STONES. YOU WILL OVERPOWER THE STRONGEST LIONS AND THE MOST

DEADLY SNAKES. THE LORD SAYS IF YOU LOVE ME AND TRULY KNOW WHO I

AM, I WILL RESCUE YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE. WHEN YOU ARE IN

TROUBLE, CALL OUT TO ME. I WILL ANSWER AND BE THERE TO PROTECT

AND HONOR YOU. YOU WILL LIVE A LONG LIFE AND SEE MY SAVING

POWER. NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO OFFERING?

WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THE GREATER YOUR REALIZATION OF GOD'S LOVE

FOR YOU PERSONALLY, INDIVIDUALLY, AND THE SHARPER

YOUR FOCUS ON THE MANY WAYS THAT HE DEMONSTRATES THAT ON A DAILY

BASIS, THE MORE COMPELLED YOU'LL BE TO GIVE BACK TO HIM,

FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE. AND IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT FOR A

MOMENT, THE KIND OF PROTECTION AND PERSEVERE, SORRY,

PRESERVATION, PERSEVERANCE IS GOOD, THE DELIVERANCE AND RESCUE

FROM ALL EVIL THAT HE PROMISES TO THOSE THAT ABIDE IN HIM, I

THINK THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, HOW COULD WE SHRINK BACK? HOW

COULD WE NOT BE OBEDIENT? AND HOW COULD WE NOT BE GENEROUS IN

OUR GIVING? LOOK AT WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 11. HE WILL COMMISSION

HIS ANGELS TO PROTECT YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. SO NO MATTER

WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE OR SITUATION YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN, THE

ANGELS ARE DIRECTED TO PROTECT YOU. I LOOKED IT UP IN

MERRIAM-WEBSTER, IT SAYS, ACT MEANS TO COVER OR SHIELD FROM

EXPOSURE, INJURY, DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION. FOLKS, THAT'S AN

AMAZING SHIELD OF FAVOR THAT RESTS OVER US. AND I KNOW THAT

YOU PROBABLY DO TOO, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO TRUST THAT YOUR

ANGELS ARE ALWAYS SURROUNDING YOU AND THAT YOU CAN RELY ON

THEM TO RESCUE YOU. I KNOW I DO. SOMETIMES I NEED THEM TO RESCUE

ME FROM MYSELF. SOMETIMES I NEED THEM TO PHYSICALLY MANIFEST AND

THAT CAN HAPPEN. I MIGHT HAVE SHARED THIS BEFORE, BUT YEARS

AGO WHEN WE WERE MOVING FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER BACK OUT ON THE

EAST COAST, I WAS DRIVING A 26-FOOT TRUCK AND I HAD A CAR I

WAS TOWING BEHIND US. I HAD APPROXIMATELY 40, MAYBE 42 FEET

OF VEHICLE BEHIND ME. I WASN'T REALLY USED TO THAT AT THAT

TIME. AND WE PULLED OVER FOR GAS ALONG THE WAY AND IT WAS THERE

THAT I FIRST DISCOVERED THAT I WASN'T QUITE AS GOOD A DRIVER AS

I THOUGHT I WAS. I WASN'T REALLY ABLE TO MANIPULATE THAT 40 SOME

FEET BEHIND ME AS WELL AS I THOUGHT I WAS. AS I WAS TRYING

TO GET CLOSE TO THE PUMP, I GOT THE REAR WHEEL WELL OF THE

DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE TRUCK PERCHED RIGHT ON TOP OF THE

BOLLARD THAT PROTECTS THE GAS PUMP. AND TRY AS I MIGHT, I

COULDN'T WRIGGLE OUT OF THAT JAM NO MATTER WHAT I DID. AND KATE'S

PARENTS WERE FOLLOWING US ALONG ON THE JOURNEY AT THAT TIME. AND

MY FATHER-IN-LAW CAME UP AND HE STOOD THERE WITH ME AND WE BOTH

LOOKED AT THIS THING LIKE THIS AND WE BOTH LOOKED AT IT LIKE

THAT. AND PRETTY SOON WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, "WELL, I

DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS ONE." BUT

SUDDENLY, JUST THEN A GUY CAME RUSHING OUT OF THE STATION, THE

CONVENIENCE STORE THERE, AND HE WAS COMING DIRECTLY AT US AND HE

SAID, "I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO HERE." I SAID, "OKAY,

I'M LISTENING." HE INSTRUCTED ME TO GET BACK IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT

AND JUST FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS. I THOUGHT, "WELL, OKAY, NOTHING

I'VE DONE HAS WORKED, SO I'LL TRY IT OUT. I MEAN, WHAT'S WORTH

A SHOT AT THIS POINT?" SO I JUMPED BACK IN THE TRUCK, AND

TWO QUICK TURNS, AND WE WERE OUT OF THERE, AND WE WERE FREE TO

ROAM ABOUT THE CABIN AGAIN. I JUMPED OUT OF THAT TRUCK TO

THANK THAT MAN AND GIVE HIM SOMETHING FOR COMING TO MY

RESCUE. NOW HE JUST SUDDENLY VANISHED. NOW IN THE NATURAL,

THERE'S NO WAY IN THAT WIDE OPEN PARKING LOT THAT ALL OF US COULD

HAVE MISSED HIM. THERE WAS FOUR ADULTS LISTENING INTENTLY TO HIS

INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO ESCAPE THAT JAM, AND YET HE WAS GONE.

OKAY, YOU CAN THINK WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M

GOING TO TELL YOU, THAT MAN WAS AN ANGEL THAT WAS SENT TO RESCUE

ME IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. GOING BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE REAL

QUICK, VERSE 14, HE SAYS HERE, "HE WILL RESCUE THOSE WHO LOVE

HIM AND PROTECT THOSE WHO TRUST HIM. HE WILL KEEP THEM SAFE."

AND THAT IS SO TRUE. BACK IN THE DAY, I USED TO DRIVE 60,000

MILES A YEAR. I WAS OVER THE ROAD IN SALES MANAGEMENT AND ALL

TYPES OF WEATHER, ALL TYPES OF CONDITIONS AND EVERYTHING. AND

ONE DAY I WAS JUST TOTALLY DRAINED, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND

MENTALLY. AND I WAS PROBABLY STILL AN HOUR FROM HOME.

NIGHTFALL WAS SETTING IN, MONOTONOUS ROADWAY, TWO-WAY

TRAFFIC, I FELL ASLEEP. AND THERE WAS THIS TRACTOR TRAILER

THAT WAS APPROACHING ME RAPIDLY IN THE OTHER LANE. WELL, IT'S

NOW MY LANE 'CAUSE I'M OVER THERE, RIGHT? I CROSSED THE

CENTER LINE. AND SUDDENLY I WAS AWAKENED BY AN AUDIBLE VOICE

THAT SAID LOUDLY, "MARK, ARE YOU OKAY?" AND IT STARTLED ME, IT

SHOOK ME TO THE CORE. AND I OPENED MY EYES JUST IN TIME TO

SEE THAT TRUCK RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF

SECONDS TO REACT. I WAS ABLE TO CORRECT COURSE INSTANTLY, SWERVE

TO AVOID THAT. AND AGAIN, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, YOU'RE ENTITLED

TO THINK WHATEVER YOU WANNA THINK, BUT WHAT I THINK IS THE

LORD SPOKE TO ME IN THAT MOMENT TO ENSURE THAT HIS DESIRED

RESULT WAS ACHIEVED. HE RESCUED ME, HE DELIVERED ME, HE SAVED ME

FROM DISASTER, HALLELUJAH. LET'S GO BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE ONE

MORE TIME REAL QUICK. IN VERSE 15, HE SAYS, "WHEN THEY CALL ON

ME, I WILL ANSWER. "I WILL BE WITH THEM IN TROUBLE. I WILL

RESCUE AND HONOR THEM." WELL, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU'VE HAD TO

CALL ON THEM ONCE OR TWICE. I KNOW I HAVE. ONE TIME THAT COMES

TO MIND, I WAS COMMUTING TO WORK AND I HAD ABOUT AN HOUR DRIVE.

IT WAS IN THE WINTER. IT WAS UP NORTH. WELL, WE ARE UP NORTH. IT

WAS BACK OVER EAST-NORTH, NORTHEAST. SO, I GOT ON THIS ONE

EXIT AND I WAS GOING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND I HIT A PATCH OF

BLACK ICE. IT WAS A TWO-WAY EXIT, SO THERE WAS TRAFFIC BOTH

WAYS. AND I WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD. AND I COULDN'T REGAIN

CONTROL AND I WAS HEADED SIDEWAYS RIGHT TOWARD THESE TWO

CLUB CABS THAT WERE TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. AND WHEN

I'D REACHED THE END OF MY NATURAL, I HAD TO CALL IN THE

SUPERNATURAL. FINALLY, WITH A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT,

I WENT, "JESUS!" AND INSTANTLY, JUST AS THOUGH HE HAD GRABBED

THE CAR HIMSELF, I WENT DIRECTLY BACK IN REVERSE, ALL THE WAY

ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, MISSING CARS COMING BOTH WAYS,

AND LANDED WITH THE REAR END OF THE CAR AGAINST THAT GUARDRAIL

ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE I'D STARTED. NOW, THAT CAR WAS

TOTALED ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE I WAS SITTING. THE ENTIRE BACK

SEAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE BEHIND IT WAS GONE. I WAS STILL SITTING

IN THE FRONT SEAT, BUT I GOT OUT OF THERE WITHOUT A SCRATCH. WHEN

I WAS IN TROUBLE, HE RESCUED ME. AS HE PROMISED, HE PROTECTED ME

AND HE PRESERVED MY LIFE. NOW, THESE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE

HAD. THEY'RE NOT ALL YOUR TESTIMONIES. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN.

BUT I'M GOING TO SAY GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. WHAT HE'S

DONE FOR ME, HE'S GOING TO DO FOR YOU. AND THAT'S FOR YOU OUT

THERE ONLINE TOO. GOD CHARGES THE ANGELS TO KEEP US IN ALL OF

OUR WAYS. HE ANSWERS WHEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE AND WE'RE IN NEED OF

RESCUE. AND HE PROMISES US THAT HE'LL PRESERVE US AND REWARD US

WITH A LONG LIFE. AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE VALUABLE THAN THAT

ON THIS EARTH, ON THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,

BUT WHEN I THINK OF THESE TYPES OF DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE LORD'S

FAVOR AND HIS LOVE FOR US AND HIS GENEROSITY IN KEEPING WATCH

OVER US IN EVERY DETAIL, I SIMPLY CAN'T SHRINK BACK. I

CAN'T BE FEARFUL. I CAN'T BE HESITANT TO GIVE INTO HIS WORKS.

AND AFTER SEEING HOW HE DELIVERS ON HIS PROMISES, I KNOW HE CAN

BE TRUSTED TO HOLD UP EVERYONE AND SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS. SO

I INVITE YOU TO SOW INTO THIS WORD TONIGHT, REAP A HARVEST IN

THE FUTURE OF PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION BECAUSE AFTER ALL,

THERE'S REALLY NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT. SO LET US

GIVE GENEROUSLY TONIGHT TO THE ONE WHO COMMANDS THE ANGELS TO

KEEP US. THE GIVING INFORMATION WE PUT UP ON THE SCREENS.

ENVELOPE, WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, QR CODE. MANY

WAYS, ANYONE YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN MAKE AN APPROPRIATE OFFERING TO

THE LORD THAT RESCUES, DELIVERS, PROTECTS AND PRESERVES YOU. AND

IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED YOUR PENTECOST OFFERING TONIGHT, VERY

IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE GOT THE ENVELOPES FOR THAT IN THE SEAT,

THE DROPDOWN IS STILL LIVE ON THE WEBSITE, STILL LIVE ON TEXT

TO GIVE. IF YOU MADE A PLEDGE THIS PAST SUNDAY DURING THAT

SERVICE FOR A PENTECOST OFFERING AND THAT MONEY ALREADY CAME IN,

PLEASE BE QUICK TO GIVE IT. THERE'S SPECIAL ENVELOPES, AS I

SAID. THIS IS PARTICULARLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW AND TIME

SENSITIVE. AS PASTOR SHARED HIS HEART, I KNOW ON SUNDAY, ABOUT

WHERE HE'S GOING, WHAT HE WANTS TO BUILD, AN ACTIVITY CENTER, A

SCHOOL, AND ALL THOSE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE OF LOH. THAT SHILOH

PROPERTY THAT WE LOOKED AT THREE YEARS AGO OR SO, IT'S RESURFACED

FOR SALE AGAIN, AS I THINK HE SAID, AND WE'RE WORKING QUICKLY

TO BUILD UP THE FUNDS NEEDED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. FOR YOU, YOUR

CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. AND THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT

PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST ABOUT TO MANIFEST THAT WE CAN'T GO INTO

RIGHT NOW. SO WE REALLY NEED TO IMPROVE OUR CASH POSITION HERE.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT. SO I'M

GOING TO ASK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, GIVE GENEROUSLY THIS EVENING.

AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, WHEN YOU'VE WRITTEN OUT YOUR MILLION

DOLLAR CHECKS, OR THOSE THAT ARE LESS THAN A MILLION, WE TAKE

THOSE ALSO. WE'RE NOT FUSSY. LET'S HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR

OUR PHONES, FOR GIVING ELECTRONICALLY, AND WE'LL

DECLARE A BLESSING OVER TONIGHT'S HUGE OFFERING.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE DECREE AND DECLARE THAT AS WE TRUST YOU

UNEQUIVOCALLY TO DELIVER US FROM ALL EVIL AND RESCUE US FROM ALL

TROUBLE, TO ANSWER US WHEN WE CALL, TO SEND YOUR ANGELS TO

PROTECT US AND TO PRESERVE US AND TO GIVE US LONG LIFE. YOU

WILL BLESS EVERY GIFT AND EVERY GIVER, BOTH HERE AND ONLINE. WE

DO NOT FEAR, WE DO NOT SHRINK BACK, BUT WE GIVE FREELY IN

OBEDIENCE TO YOUR PROMPTING. AND WE KNOW WE CAN EXPECT AN

ABUNDANT HARVEST TOMORROW IN RETURN FOR THE SEEDS THAT WE SOW

HERE TODAY. AND IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS, ALL WHO

AGREE SAID, AMEN. AND NOW LET'S WELCOME PASTOR BRENDA

BACK TO THE PULPIT.

AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU CAN BE SEATED AS THE USHERS BEGIN TO

SERVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO

BE LIKE A BOOK, KATE, WRITTEN OF PASTOR MARK'S STORIES.

I'M LIKE, I'M LIKE THE NUMBER 14 AND ALL THESE THINGS. AND I'M

LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE MIRACLE STORIES TOO. AND, BUT

THE THING OF IT IS, IT'S LIKE, I NEVER GET UP AND THEN ALL OF A

SUDDEN REMEMBER THEM LIKE HE DOES. I'M LIKE, THAT'S PRETTY

INCREDIBLE. YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE A JOURNAL CALLED THE MARK

LOOMIS MIRACLE STORIES OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S

JUST INCREDIBLE. DON'T YOU LOVE THAT? I LOVE HEARING THOSE

THINGS. ANYWAY, IT WAS SO GOOD, SO GOOD. SO, WELL, WE'RE GONNA

GET INTO TONIGHT AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, PASTOR SENDS HIS LOVE,

AND OF COURSE, HE'LL BE THIS FRIDAY WITH TIM SHEETS AT OASIS

CHURCH IN OHIO, SO BE SURE, I'M SURE YOU'LL TUNE IN, I'M SURE

THEY'RE STREAMING IT, SO TUNE INTO THAT. IT'S GONNA BE A VERY

POWERFUL TIME, SO HOW MANY OF YOU CAUGHT HIM YESTERDAY? ELIJAH

STREAMS, FLASHPOINT, AND BY THE WAY, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS NO

BETTER MENTOR OF THE PROPHETIC THAN PASTOR HANK KUNNEMAN. I

MEAN, I'M NOT COMPARING TO ANYBODY, BUT HE JUST ALWAYS

BRINGS SUCH A BALANCED, THOROUGH WORD, AND IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF

THE THINGS WE WANNA DO WITH THE SHILOH PROPERTY, IS BE ABLE TO

BUILD A PROPHETIC SCHOOL OF SOME SORT, SO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY

TRAIN AND EQUIP PEOPLE AND JUST REALLY GROW. I FEEL LIKE THE

PROPHETIC'S BEEN UNDER ATTACK. SOME OF IT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

HAVE ASKED FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN HANDLED WELL. I THINK

THERE'S PROTOCOLS AND THINGS THAT PROBABLY NEED TO BE TWEAKED

AND ADJUSTED, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU THROW THE BABY

OUT WITH THE BATHWATER, DOES IT? YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GUIDE IT

AND DEVELOP IT JUST THE SAME WAY THAT IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE

CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT, THERE WERE THINGS WITH THE GIFTS OF THE

SPIRIT THAT HAD TO BE ADJUSTED. YOU CAN'T JUST TOSS IT, BUT YOU

NEED TO GROW IT AND DEVELOP IT. SAME WAY WITH THE MESSAGE OF

FAITH. ALL OF THE THINGS, WHENEVER GOD HAS AN OUTPOURING

OR A MOVEMENT OF THINGS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A TEACHING ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD GAVE SOME APOSTLES,

PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS, PASTORS, AND TEACHERS FOR THE, WHAT?

PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS. THAT MEANS FOR THE GROWTH OF THE

SAINTS THAT WE TEACH ON THESE THINGS. BY THE WAY, IT'S GOOD

THAT YOU CAME OR TUNED IN ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE CAN'T DO ALL

THE PREACHING ON A SUNDAY, SO IT'S GOOD THAT YOU COME. AND HOW

MANY OF YOU STILL LIKE WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHURCH? NOT A LOT OF

CHURCHES DO THAT ANYMORE, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD

OPPORTUNITY. AND YOU GET TO HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER PASTORS,

AND SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO ALL OF OUR PASTORAL TEAM FOR JUST

THEIR CONTRIBUTION. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE GOOD

TEACHING FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS, FOR THE WORK OF THE

MINISTRY, TO THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. SO WE NEED ALL

THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE DIFFERENT MINISTRY GIFTS TO GROW US. SO

I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE RESURFACING OF

THE SHILOH PROPERTY, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MONEY TO DO IT. SO

AS GOD LEADS YOU, JUST BE PART OF THAT. WE'LL BE MAKING MORE

ANNOUNCEMENTS ON EXACTLY WHAT THE PLANS ARE. AND BY THE WAY,

I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU WILL BE IN SHOCK HOW THIS CAME

ABOUT. IT'S MIRACULOUS. YOU THINK MARK LOOMIS HAS GOOD

STORIES. I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS A GOOD STORY. AND SO WE'RE

VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN

SOME THINGS SURFACING. SO JUST BE OBEDIENT TO GOD AND WE'LL BE

GIVING YOU SOME FURTHER

DIRECTION. INTERNET, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE

FAITHFUL E-MEMBERS AND THOSE OF YOU THAT SOW AND GIVE INTO THIS

CHURCH AND THE MINISTRY AND HELP US DO WHAT WE DO. IT IS ALL YOU

HERE AND YOU THAT MAKE IT SO AMAZING. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY

THANK YOU FOR THAT. WELL, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD TONIGHT. NOW

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOWING AND REAPING, BUT I'M GOING TO

KIND OF SHIFT A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW ALL OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAYS I'M GOING TO TALK ON SOWING AND REAPING AND FINISH THAT. AND

WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT ON A WEDNESDAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW, BOB

ROGERS SPARKED SOME THINGS IN ME THAT I WROTE DOWN ON SUNDAY. AND

SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT, HERE IT IS, YOU READY? FINANCIAL PROSPERITY. AND IT'S

LIKE A CURSE WORD IN SOME CIRCLES. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO

PREACH THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HEY, THOSE PROSPERITY PREACHERS,

THEY'RE OUT TO GET YOU. AND THERE MAY BE A FEW THAT HAVE

MISHANDLED THAT. BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME BIBLICAL

RIGHTNESS, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE NEED TO BRING ABOUT. AND OF

COURSE, WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, "WHATSOEVER MAN SOWS, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP. BE NOT

DECEIVED. GOD'S NOT MOCKED. EVERYTHING IN LIFE'S A SEED."

THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME I WAS HERE. EVERY SINGLE

THING WE DO IS A SEED INTO SOMETHING. EVERY WORD THAT'S

SPOKEN, EVERY ACTION, EVERY DECISION, ALL OF THE THINGS WE

SAY AND DO ARE SEEDS. AND OF COURSE, GIVING FINANCIALLY IS A

SEED, THAT'S TRUE TOO, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY SEED.

EVERYTHING IN THE EARTH, AS LONG AS THE EARTH REMAINS, GENESIS 8,

22 SAYS THAT THERE IS SEED TIME AND HARVEST. AND SO I ALWAYS SAY

IT LIKE THIS, PAYDAY ALWAYS COMES, HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COMES.

WHAT, IF YOU SOW TO YOUR FLESH, WHAT,

YOU'LL OF YOUR FLESH REAP WHAT? CORRUPTION. IF YOU SOW TO

SPIRITUAL THINGS, YOU'LL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING.

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIFE JUST

SOWING TO THE FLESH, THEY'VE GIVEN THEMSELVES OVER TO

PROMISCUITY AND DRUGS AND DRUNKENNESS AND ALL OF THESE

THINGS AND YOU KNOW, IN FACT I RAN INTO SOMEBODY, THIS PERSON,

NOT TOO LONG AGO AND I SAID, "OH, HOW OLD ARE YOU?" AND I

MEAN, THEY LOOKED 80, JUST BEAT UP, HAIR FALLING OUT AND YOU

KNOW, SKIN AND BONES AND JUST A MESS. THEIR HAIR WAS A DISASTER

AND WRINKLED UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY SAID, "OH, I'M

65." AND I THOUGHT, "DEAR LORD, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE 87." BUT

YOU KNOW, A LIFE OF THE FLESH WILL HAVE ITS EFFECT EVENTUALLY.

AND SO SOWING TO SPIRITUAL THINGS, NOW MAYBE YOU HAD A LIFE

OF THE FLESH IN YOUR YOUNG YEARS, AND BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN

START SOWING TO SPIRITUAL THINGS NOW. AND SO THAT'S THE KEY

THING. SO I FEEL LIKE AS WE TALK ABOUT SEED AND HARVEST, IT'S

IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT FINANCES. FINANCES, AS WE'VE

BEEN SAYING, ISN'T THE ONLY SEED AND HARVEST, BUT IT IS PART OF

IT. I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY PARTS OF IT. BUT LET'S

TALK ABOUT BIBLICAL PROSPERITY. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TONIGHT IN

ABOUT, OH, 55 MINUTES, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS

THAN THAT, SEVEN PRINCIPLES TO PROSPER FINANCIALLY. AND I THINK

THESE ARE SO IMPORTANT, THEY'RE BIBLICAL. NOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT

IT, BUT THE FIRST TWO ARE PROBABLY THE PREMIER ONES, AND

THEN THE OTHER FIVE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO WHEN THEY

DON'T EVEN KNOW GOD. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PROSPER FINANCIALLY AND

NOT KNOW GOD. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO. BECAUSE THEY PUT CERTAIN

PRINCIPLES, BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE, ACTUALLY. OKAY, BUT

NOW HERE'S THE THING. THE BIBLE HAS, AND IF YOU'VE EVER GOTTEN

MY BOOK ON DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING, YOU'LL KNOW THAT

IN THAT BOOK I TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD A

COVENANT FOR OUR HEALTH. ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, AND I GIVE

SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE, WE WON'T GO INTO THAT, BUT HOW FROM

THE OLD TESTAMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT, THERE

IS A COVENANT, GOD ALWAYS HAD A PLAN TO HEAL PEOPLE. THE REASON

THAT JESUS HEALED PEOPLE WHEN HE CAME TO EARTH AND ON THE, ACROSS

NAZARETH AND IN GALILEE, HE DIDN'T JUST HEAL THEM TO SHOW

HIS DEITY. PEOPLE OFTEN PREACH THAT, THEY'LL SAY, "WELL, HE

ONLY DID IT TO SHOW THAT HE WAS GOD." WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE,

BECAUSE THEN HE PUT THAT SAME POWER UPON THE DISCIPLES, AND HE

SAID TO THEM, "NOW YOU TAKE WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU, "AND YOU GO OUT,

AND YOU HEAL THE SICK, "AND YOU RAISE THE DEAD, YOU CAST OUT

DEVILS, "AND ALL THE REST." AND HE TAUGHT THEM TO DO THAT SAME

PATTERN. AND THAT'S, THEY DID WHAT THEY KNEW TO DO IN THE BOOK

OF ACTS. AND THEY WERE FOLLOWING THE PATTERN OF JESUS. SO, GO GET

THE BOOK AND YOU CAN READ IT. IT'S IN DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE

HEALING. I TEACH THAT THE PATTERN OF GOD WAS ALWAYS TO

BLESS AND TO HEAL PEOPLE. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD ALWAYS HAD A

PLAN TO PROSPER HIS PEOPLE. NOW RELIGION WILL TELL US THAT, YOU

KNOW, IT'S SOMEHOW BEING BROKE IS SIMULTANEOUS WITH GODLINESS

AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST GODLY PEOPLE ARE BROKE. WELL,

THAT'S A LIE, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN LINE UP WITH THE BIBLE. SO

IF YOU GO, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS ON HEALING. I

LOVE HOW PASTOR MARK, HE REFERENCED HOW ALL THAT GOD WILL

DO IN PSALM 91, PSALM 112 SAYS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, AND YOU

CAN GO THROUGH IT, WE WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING TONIGHT, BUT IF

YOU READ THROUGH IT, IT SAYS IN VERSE THREE THAT WEALTH AND

RICHES SHALL BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS. NOW THIS

ACTUALLY, THIS PSALM, I'LL SAY IT LIKE THIS, THIS PSALM

ACTUALLY COVERS ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD TO PROSPER YOU. TOUCH

YOURSELF AND SAY GOD WANTS TO PROSPER ME. LOOK AT YOUR

NEIGHBOR AND TELL HIM, "GOD WANTS TO PROSPER YOU TOO." GOD'S

NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS. NOW, PROSPERITY MAY LOOK DIFFERENT

FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. OKAY, IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY PERSON.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN JOBS

PAY MORE THAN OTHERS. IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL

AND BECOME AN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER PER SE, AND YOU MAKE

MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MAKE NOW, MAYBE OVER SIX FIGURES

A YEAR, IF THEY'RE GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO, AND SO MAYBE YOU WENT

TO SCHOOL FOR THAT, BUT IF SOMEBODY, THEIR JOB AND TRADE

WAS TO MAYBE WAIT TABLES, THAT'S GONNA MAKE LESS MONEY, RIGHT,

THAN MAYBE THE PERSON THAT INVESTED IN THAT AS THEIR

MEASURE TO PROSPER, BUT GOD WILL STILL PROSPER PEOPLE REGARDLESS

OF WHAT THEIR JOB LEVEL IS. BUT PROSPERITY MAY LOOK DIFFERENT TO

EACH PERSON. ARE YOU TRACKING WITH ME? SO WE READ THROUGHOUT

PSALM 112 THAT GOD SAID, "WEALTH AND RICHES SHALL BE IN THE HOUSE

OF THE RIGHTEOUS." YOU'LL SEE IN THAT SAME CHAPTER, YOU CAN GO

HOME AND STUDY IT, BUT IN THAT SAME CHAPTER, YOU'LL SEE THE

ATTITUDE OF OUR FAITH REGARDING PROSPERITY. YOU'LL SEE WEALTH

MANAGEMENT IN THERE, RIGHT? IT SAID HE'LL GUIDE HIS AFFAIRS

WITH DISCRETION AND GOOD JUDGMENT. THAT'S PART OF

PROSPERING. OKAY, YOU'VE GOTTA HANDLE YOUR MONEY WELL. WE'LL

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. IT TALKS ABOUT THAT

HE'LL NOT BE FEARFUL OR MOVED FOREVER IN PSALM 112. WELL,

THAT'S FINANCIAL FEAR. ANYBODY EVER HAD FINANCIAL FEAR BEFORE?

I HAVE, I HAD SOME FINANCIAL FEAR WHEN WE BUILT THIS

BUILDING. I THOUGHT, OH DEAR LORD, HELP US SPEND IT RIGHT,

GOD. BUT SO EVERYBODY'S BEEN THERE. EVERYBODY'S HAD THAT FROM

TIME TO TIME. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW

YOU'RE GONNA PAY YOUR RENT OR YOUR MORTGAGE, I'VE BEEN THERE,

OKAY? YOU'RE NOT ALONE IF THAT'S YOU. BUT HERE IT SAYS THAT THE

ONE THAT TRUSTS GOD WITH THEIR FINANCES WON'T BE MOVED FOREVER.

THIS CHAPTER, PSALM 112, TALKS ABOUT GIVING TO THE POOR AND

THAT YOU'LL BE BLESSED FOR IT. IT SAYS THAT YOU DELIGHT IN

GOD'S COMMANDMENTS. WELL, HOW CAN YOU DELIGHT FINANCIALLY IN

GOD'S COMMANDMENTS? TITHE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE

BIT. AND THEN IT GOES ON, AND MY FAVORITE VERSE IN THAT WHOLE

CHAPTER IS THE LAST ONE. IT SAYS, "THE WICKED WILL SEE YOUR

PROSPERITY "AND THEY'LL BE GRIEVED FOR IT." YOU EVER NOTICE

HOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL GET MAD IF THE PREACHER HAS A

PLANE? YOU KNOW, NOW HERE'S THE THING, IF THEY NEED ONE, YOU

KNOW, I MEAN, NOBODY'D BE MAD IF THEY HAD A PLANE. YOU EVER

FIGURE THAT OUT? ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WRITE AND SAY, WELL, THE

PREACHER SHOULDN'T HAVE A PLANE, THEY WOULDN'T BE MAD IF THEY HAD

ONE. AND THEY WOULDN'T CRITICIZE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAD ONE. THEY

WOULD BE HAPPY THEY HAD A PLANE. NOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,

THERE'S PART OF ME THAT WOULDN'T WANNA OWN A PLANE. THEY ARE A

BIG RESPONSIBILITY. AND I'M LIKE, GOD, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M

CALLED TO TRAVEL THAT MUCH TO MAKE SENSE OF IT. BUT YOU KNOW,

WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN. AND THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, THOSE OF YOU

THAT HELP WITH THE TRAVEL FUND, IT'S HELPING US TO GO PLACES,

ESPECIALLY PASTOR HANK. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT MAKES SENSE, WE'LL

TRAVEL COMMERCIAL. IN FACT, WE HAVE A TRIP COMING UP WHERE

WE'RE GONNA TAKE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE. I DON'T WANNA PAY THE

EXTRA TO GO A SHORT TRIP. SO IF GOD CAN GET US OUT OF OMAHA ON

AMERICAN AIRLINES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, AMEN. BUT THE

THING OF IT IS, IS THE KEY PART IS THE WICKED, THEY DON'T LIKE

THE RIGHTEOUS TO PROSPER. THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO PROSPER, OKAY?

YOU KNOW, THE PREACHER MIGHT GET CRITICIZED FOR BEING ABLE TO USE

A JET TO GO SOMEWHERE, BUT GENERAL CHRISTIANS CAN BE

CRITICIZED BY THEIR RELATIVES BECAUSE THEY GOT A NEW CAR.

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU TITHED, YOU SOWED. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT YOU

BELIEVE FOR THEM. WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNEW SOMEBODY ONE TIME,

THEY SAID, "WELL, MY WHOLE FAMILY GOT MAD THAT I GOT A NEW

CUTE RED CAR." AND THEY ARE ALL UPSET. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE,

NOBODY IN OUR FAMILIES HAD A NEW CAR. OKAY, BUT SEE, IT TAKES THE

RIGHTEOUS TO BREAK IT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE WICKED WERE GRIEVED

WHEN THEY GOT THE NEW CAR. NOW, PROSPERITY ISN'T ALL ABOUT

FINANCES, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL PROSPERITY

TODAY. SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD PEOPLE

TALK ABOUT THE WEALTH AND THE HEALTH GOSPEL? WELL, THE TWO

THINGS PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE MOST ARE THEIR MONEY AND THEIR

HEALTH. SO WE MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT AND BE HONEST AND READ

FROM THE BIBLE. AND IF YOU READ FROM THE BIBLE, YOU'LL FIND OUT

THAT GOD WANTS YOU WELL AND HE WANTS YOU WELL SUPPLIED FOR.

COME ON, SOMEBODY. AND THAT'S BIBLICAL. THAT'S NOT JUST

PROSPERITY PREACHING. I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I HAVEN'T

LIKED EVERYTHING PEOPLE PREACH ON PROSPERITY. JUST BE HONEST,

THIS IS JUST ME. HOWEVER, IF PEOPLE WOULD TAKE A MOMENT JUST

TO HEAR THE BIBLE OF IT AND HEAR BIBLICAL TRUTHS SURROUNDING IT,

THEY MIGHT NOT BE SO CRITICAL. THEY'LL FIND THAT IT'S ACTUALLY

IN THE SCRIPTURE. WEALTH AND RICHES SHALL BE IN THE HOUSE OF

THE RIGHTEOUS. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEN CHOP IT OUT

OF YOUR BIBLE AND CALL IT HERESY. BUT NOBODY WANTS

TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE WORD SAYS. SO, IF GOD

SAID THAT HE'LL PROSPER YOU, THEN TAKE IT AND BELIEVE IT

AND HOLD ONTO IT. ALWAYS SAYING, DON'T BE STUPID, TAKE

THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE FOR YOURSELF. AMEN.

ALRIGHT, SO LETS GET INTO IT. LET ME JUST,

I WANT TO PREFACE A COUPLE MORE

THINGS. I ALWAYS TRY NOT TO GO TOO LONG IN MY INTRO, BUT

THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH TO SAY. THAT FIRST OF ALL, ESTABLISHING

YOUR HEART THAT GOD WANTS TO PROSPER HIS PEOPLE. JUST MARK

THAT DOWN. AND IF YOU AREN'T SURE OF THAT, TAKE SOME TIME IN

YOUR LIFE TO GO THROUGH THE BIBLE AND SEE HOW GOD PROSPERED

ALL OF HIS PATRIARCHS OF THE OLD COVENANT. JESUS' MINISTRY WAS

PROSPEROUS, OKAY? THEY HAD A BOAT, HE HAD A TREASURER. YOU

DON'T NEED A TREASURER IF YOU'RE BROKE. OKAY, HOW MANY OF YOU IN

THIS ROOM AND THOSE WATCHING HAVE HIRED A PERSONAL TREASURER?

I MEAN, YES, SPEAK THAT. OKAY, VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE A PERSONAL

ACCOUNTANT FOR THEIR OWN FINANCES. AND USUALLY IT'S THE

ONES THAT ARE FILTHY RICH, RIGHT? SO JESUS' MINISTRY, HE

HAD A TREASURER, OKAY? AND SO YOU CAN EVEN GO THROUGH THE

SCRIPTURE AND FIND THAT JESUS' MINISTRY WAS WELL SUPPORTED BY

WEALTHY PEOPLE. JOHN CHAPTER EIGHT, JOHANNA, THE WIFE OF

CHUSA, HEROD'S STEWARD OR WHOEVER SHE WAS, SHE WAS A WOMAN

OF STATURE. AND THEY SUPPORTED JESUS' MINISTRY OUT OF THEIR

SUBSTANCE. SO JUST GET THAT DOWN, NUMBER ONE, THAT GOD WANTS

TO PROSPER YOU AND SEE THAT. NOW YOUR FINANCES MAY LOOK EXACTLY

THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL LOOK AT IS

YOUR FINANCES AND NOT WHAT GOD HAS SAID, THEN YOU'LL HAVE WHAT

YOU LOOK AT. AMEN, AND THAT'S NOT TO BE HARSH, RIGHT? BUT WE

HAVE TO BREAK A FINANCIAL MENTALITY. THE CHURCH, RELIGION

HAS MADE THE CHURCH AFRAID OF THE TOPIC OF MONEY. WELL, I JUST

SAY WE SMACK IT BETWEEN THE EYES AND WE DISCUSS IT PLAINLY AND DO

IT IN A BALANCED AND TRUTHFUL WAY. SO PEOPLE WILL CRITICIZE

AND SAY, YEAH, BUT IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH, YOU'LL BE COVETOUS, AS

IF COVETOUSNESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH WEALTH OR THAT SOMEHOW

FINANCIAL LIMITATION IS THE VEHICLE TO AVOID IT. WELL,

THAT'S NOT TRUE, OKAY? 'CAUSE GOD WOULDN'T SAY WEALTH AND

RICHES WILL BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS. IF YOU ACTUALLY

STUDY, AND IT'D BE GREAT IF WE HAD TIME TO DO IT, IF YOU

ACTUALLY STUDY THE COVETOUSNESS IN THE SCRIPTURE, YOU'LL FIND,

IN FACT, I WROTE A COUPLE SCRIPTURES DOWN, BUT YOU'LL FIND

THAT IT'S OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER SINS OF THE FLESH. A LOT

OF COVETOUSNESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISHONESTY, IT'S ASSOCIATED

WITH POOR BUSINESS PRACTICES, SHADY DEALS, IT'S OFTEN

ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL IMMORALITY, LASCIVIOUSNESS, ALL

OF THE SINS OF THE FLESH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH SOME OF

THE WEALTHIEST OF THE WORLD, IT WASN'T JUST THAT THEY WERE

COVETOUS OF MONEY, THEY USED IT FOR EVIL THINGS. BUT IMAGINE IF

WEALTH IS IN THE HANDS OF THE RIGHTEOUS WHOSE HEART'S FOR GOD,

THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE IT TO ABORT BABIES, THEY'RE NOT GONNA

USE IT TO TRAFFIC CHILDREN, THEY'RE GONNA USE IT FOR

RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES, THEY'RE GONNA USE IT TO HELP THE GOSPEL

GO FORTH IN AN UNHINDERED WAY. THE REASON THE WORLD HAS HAD

SUCH POWER IS BECAUSE THE CHURCH BELIEVES IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE

BROKE AND THE WORLD IS OUT THERE TAKING PROSPERITY BY STORM. IT'S

TIME FOR THE CHURCH, COME ON, TO TAKE GOD'S BIBLICAL PROMISES

THAT GOD WANTS YOU BLESSED. HALLELUJAH. NOW, 1 TIMOTHY 6, I

WISH I COULD BREAK THAT DOWN, BUT LET ME, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S

TURN THERE REALLY FAST. I'M GONNA SAY IT IN SPEED. LET'S GO.

FIRST TIMOTHY SIX TALKS ABOUT COVETOUSNESS, AND I'M GONNA JUST

READ THIS TO YOU, AND THE LOVE OF MONEY, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

HEARD THAT? PEOPLE SAY MONEY'S THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. NO, WE

KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S THE LOVE OF MONEY THAT IS THE ROOT

OF ALL EVIL. FIRST TIMOTHY SIX, LOOK AT VERSE SIX, "BUT

GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN." THAT WORD

CONTENTMENT IN THE GREEK IS THE WORD TO BE SUFFICIENT, TO HAVE

ALL SUFFICIENCY. YOU KNOW, IN 2 CORINTHIANS 9, WE QUOTE IT

OFTEN. IT SAYS THAT TO THE SOWER, THE PERSON THAT GIVES

OFFERINGS LIBERALLY AND IS FAITHFUL IN THEIR GIVING, THAT

THEY SHALL HAVE, COME ON, ALL SUFFICIENCY IN A FEW THINGS. NO,

IT SAYS IN ALL THINGS. WELL, DOES ALL THINGS INCLUDE YOUR

FINANCES? YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LIVE A SUFFICIENT LIFE. THAT MEANS

THAT YOU'RE NOT STRUGGLING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. YOU'RE NOT

HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING YOUR BILLS. YOU'RE NOT STRUGGLING TO

MAKE ENDS MEET. YOU'RE NOT QUESTIONING WHETHER YOU COULD GO

BUY A NEW DRESS ALL THE TIME. YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,

YOU KNOW, DO I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BUYING TOILET PAPER OR

PAPER TOWEL? YOU'RE ABLE TO BE SUFFICIENT AND GO THROUGH THE

GROCERY STORE AND GET WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR FAMILY AND IF A

FEW EXTRA THINGS HOPS IN YOUR CART, THEN SO BE IT. I MEAN, IF

YOU EVER WENT IN FOR FOUR THINGS AND CAME OUT WITH 15, OH LORDY.

I DID A GROCERY ORDER THE OTHER DAY, I THOUGHT I JUST NEED SOME

LETTUCE. AND OH MY GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, I WENT OUT WITH 12 SACKS.

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD NOT BE

FEARFUL OF THAT. AMEN. YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING THERE WONDERING IF

YOU COULD BUY YOUR KIDS SOME POPSICLES BECAUSE MONEY IS SO

TIGHT. WE GOTTA BREAK THAT CEILING SOMEHOW. SO

COVETOUSNESS, HE SAID THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ALL SUFFICIENCY WITH

ALL THINGS, GOD, OR I'M SORRY, GO BACK. GODLINESS WITH

CONTENTMENT OR SUFFICIENCY IS A GREAT GAIN. SO GOD WANTS YOU

SUFFICIENT. FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD AND WE

CERTAINLY CAN CARRY NOTHING OUT. AND HAVING FOOD AND CLOTHES, LET

US THEREFORE BE CONTENT. THAT WORD CONTENT MEANS THAT YOU'RE

CHILL WITH IT. NOW WE ALWAYS THINK IT MEANS CONTENT AS IF,

OH, I SHOULD HAVE JUST ENOUGH AND NOT MORE. I'M JUST CONTENT

WITH MY RIPPED UP SOFA. I'M JUST CONTENT WITH THESE

HAND-ME-DOWNS. I'M CONTENT. THIS IS WHAT I LIVE IN AND I'M

CONTENT. NO, CONTENT MEANS THAT WE ARE TO BE CONTENT AND CONTENT

MEANS THAT WE DON'T, PART OF NOT BEING CONTENT FINANCIALLY IS TO

BE FINANCIALLY FEARFUL. OKAY, YOU'RE NOT CONTENT WHEN YOU'RE

TERRIFIED THAT YOU CAN'T, CAN YOU PAY YOUR MORTGAGE. YOU ARE

NOT CONTENT, THAT IS NOT CONTENTMENT. YOU'RE NOT CONTENT

WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOUR JOB.

THAT'S NOT FINANCIAL CONTENTMENT. GOD WANTS YOU TO BE

SUFFICIENT. SO LET US BE CONTENT IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN. BE

CONTENT WITH THE STUFF WE HAVE. BE AT PEACE WITH IT. DON'T BE

WORKED UP. AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, AND HE CLARIFIES IT A

LITTLE BIT, HE SAID, "FOR THEY THAT WILL BE RICH FALL INTO

TEMPTATION." OH, SEE THERE, PASTOR BRENDA, SEE? IF YOU HAVE

A DESIRE TO HAVE WEALTH, YOU'RE GONNA FALL INTO TEMPTATION. NOW

THAT WORD FALL OR WILL MEANS, IF YOU LOOK IT UP IN OTHER

TRANSLATIONS, IT MEANS TO HAVE A LONGING LUST FOR MONEY. NOW JUST

BECAUSE YOU MAKE MONEY AND ARE WEALTHY DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE A

LONGING LUST FOR FINANCES. THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE IN

OUR LIFE SUPERNATURALLY AND PROSPERED US THAT WE DID NOT

HAVE A LONGING LUST FOR. IT JUST HAPPENED. COME ON. I MEAN, YOU

KNOW, THAT IT SHOCKED US. AND I'M LIKE, WOW, GOD, YOU REALLY

BLESSED US RIGHT HERE. YOU REALLY DID THIS. YOU KNOW, I'M

SURPRISED BY IT. THERE WAS NO LONGING LUST TO HAVE THAT

HAPPEN. OKAY, PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LONGING LUST FOR MONEY DO CRAZY

THINGS. OKAY, THEY BECOME SHADY SALESPEOPLE. THEY CHEAT ON THEIR

TAXES. THEY DO DISHONEST THINGS. OKAY, ARE YOU TRACKING WITH ME?

SO THOSE THAT HAVE A LUST TO BE RICH. LISTEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE

SAW BACK IN 2020, REMEMBER ALL THE LOOTING THAT HAPPENED AFTER

THE GEORGE FLOYD RIOTS AND PEOPLE WERE GOING INTO STORES

AND TAKING OUT TELEVISIONS AND STEREOS AND ROBBING PLACES $250

TENNIS SHOES OR WHATEVER THEY COST, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT

THEY WERE EXPENSIVE. AND THEY WENT AND TOOK ALL THESE OUT OF

THE STORE. THAT IS THOSE THAT DESIRE TO BE RICH FALL INTO A

SNARE. BECAUSE THOSE THAT HAVE A LUST TO HAVE WEALTH AND GAIN IT

BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY WILL FALL INTO A SNARE. BUT IF YOU,

YOU KNOW, AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU THINK THAT GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU

TO BE RICH OR HAVE WEALTH IN THIS WORLD, THEN DON'T TAKE A

RAISE AT WORK AGAIN. OKAY, PEOPLE THAT WILL PREACH THAT,

COME ON, I'M GONNA PREACH SENSE TO YOU RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT

WILL PREACH THAT WILL SIT THERE AND GO, WELL, I THINK I NEED TO

GO FIND A JOB THAT PAYS ME MORE. RIGHT? PEOPLE THAT, THEY'LL SAY,

THEY'LL STAND THERE AND SAY, ALL DAY LONG, WELL, I DON'T KNOW

THAT GOD WANTS ME BLESSED. AND THEN TURN AROUND IN THE NEXT

SENTENCE AND GO AND TRY TO GET A RAISE. NOW THAT MAKES NO SENSE

TO ME. NONE AT ALL. OKAY, IF YOU THINK GOD WANTS YOU TO BE POOR,

THEN EMBRACE IT. EMBRACE IT, TAKE HOLD OF IT. SELL YOUR STUFF

AND LIVE ON A CAMP CHAIR UNDER A BRIDGE. IF THAT IS HOW YOU

BELIEVE. SERIOUSLY, THAT MAKES NO SENSE. SO, THOSE THAT FALL,

WHEN PEOPLE WENT INTO THESE STORES AND THEY RIOTED AND DID

ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND MY NECKLACE IS NOT TOUCHING THAT

MIC, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN HERE. BUT PASTOR,

YOU KNOW, PASTOR BRENDA

AND LAPELS GET ALONG REALLY GOOD. THEY THAT WILL BE

RICH OR HAVE A LONGING LUST, THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS, WILL

FALL INTO TEMPTATION AND A SNARE. THOSE PEOPLE, YOU CAN

COMMIT THAT SIN AND NOT HAVE A DIME TO YOUR NAME. OKAY, PEOPLE

GO ROB A CONVENIENCE STORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LONGING LUST

TO GET MONEY IN THEIR HANDS. AND INTO MANY FOOLISH AND HURTFUL

LUSTS, WHICH WE SAW, WHICH DROWN MEN IN DESTRUCTION AND

PERDITION. WE'VE SEEN IT. FOR THE LOVE, THAT WORD LOVE THERE,

IF YOU LOOK IT UP, IS THE WORD AVARICE. IT MEANS TO HAVE AN

INSATIABLE THIRST TO GET A HOLD OF MONEY. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE

STEAL AND ROB THINGS. THEY DON'T WANNA WORK FOR IT, THEY JUST

WANNA TAKE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS. BY THE WAY, AND THAT'S WHAT

SOCIALISM IS. FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL,

NOT SOME, BUT ALL EVIL. OKAY, THEN SO I WANNA SAY, BUT WHAT IF

YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD AND WANNA HANDLE MONEY

RIGHT? HOW WILL THEY DO IT? IT WON'T BE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL,

IT'LL BE THE ROOT OF ALL BLESSING. THINK ABOUT THAT.

WHICH WHILE SOME COVETED AFTER, THEY ERRED FROM THE FAITH. SO

THEIR FOCUS BECAME THEIR WEALTH AND NOT GOD. I'M GONNA TELL YOU,

TITHING WILL CURE YOU FROM HAVING A LUST FOR THINGS. SO

DON'T ASSOCIATE WEALTH WITH COVETOUSNESS. THERE ARE PEOPLE

THAT HARDLY HAVE 10 CENTS THAT COMMIT THAT SIN EVERY DAY. SO

COVETOUSNESS AND WEALTH DO NOT NECESSARILY GO TOGETHER. SO

THEY'RE NOT THE SAME THING. SO ANYWAY, LET'S TALK NOW, LET'S

SKIP FORWARD. I'M GONNA GO QUICK. I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME

ALREADY. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING SO FAR? AMEN. LET ME

GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY GOD'S PEOPLE OUGHT TO PROSPER.

OKAY. SOME WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, FINANCIAL BLESSING

CAN COME WITH HARD WORK, BUT WE'LL STILL GO ON TO CRITICIZE

EXERCISING ANY FAITH FOR FINANCES. I THINK WE OUGHT TO

EXERCISE MORE FAITH. I DON'T THINK WE EXERCISE ENOUGH. I

THINK ANOTHER REASON GOD'S PEOPLE SHOULD PROSPER, IT'S

ENOUGH OF ENOUGH OF ENOUGH THAT THE WORLD HAS ALL THE FUNDS,

OKAY? THESE SECULAR COMPANIES THAT BUILD THESE BIG THINGS, YOU

KNOW? I MEAN, THEY WROTE THAT HIT PIECE ON THE CHURCH, "OH,

THEY HAVE THIS BIG OLD BUILDING, AND THEY'RE JUST BUYING UP ALL

OF MILLARD AND, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT." AND I'M LIKE, "WHAT,

FOUR BUILDINGS?" YOU CAN HARDLY CALL THE ONE ACROSS THE ROAD A

BUILDING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PAINT CAN'T EVEN FIX THE PIZZA

BUILDING. HELP US, LORD. IT'S IN ROUGH SHAPE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH

YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROTECTING OUR PARKING, AND IT'S

GOOD. AND WE'RE GOOD TO OUR TENANTS, BY THE WAY, AND WE

TREAT THEM ALL REALLY WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, WELL, THEY'RE BUYING

UP ALL OF MILLARD AND ALL THAT, AND I'M LIKE, "WELL, IF YOUR

COMPANY BOUGHT UP ALL OF MILLARD, YOU WOULDN'T BE UPSET."

PEOPLE JUST, IT'S CRAZY. THEY'RE JUST MAD BECAUSE THE KINGDOM HAS

IT. OKAY? THE WICKED SHALL SEE YOUR PROSPERITY AND BE GRIEVED

BY IT. AND GUESS WHAT THOUGH? BUT THE CHURCH PEOPLE, WE'RE

GLAD BY IT. AMEN. AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU GET TO COME TO A PRETTY

CHURCH? COME ON, SOMEBODY. I DON'T MIND IT AT ALL. I PREACHED

IN SOME REALLY ROUGH LOOKING CHURCHES IN MY DAY. AND LISTEN,

IF THAT'S ALL THEY GOT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT CAN I JUST TELL

YOU, IF YOU'VE GONE TO A REALLY BEAT UP CHURCH OR YOU'VE GONE TO

A PRETTY CHURCH, IT'S A LITTLE MORE FUN TO GO TO A NICE ONE.

HALLELUJAH. OH BOY. ALL RIGHT. SEVEN BIBLICAL GUIDELINES FOR

PROSPERITY. LET'S GO QUICK. YOU READY? NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST TWO

ARE THE SUPERNATURAL ONES, TITHES AND OFFERINGS. NOW YOU

KNEW THAT WAS COMING, THAT I'M GONNA SAY THAT, BUT THE BIBLE

SAYS, PROVERBS 3, DON'T, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY, WELL,

PASTOR BRENDA, IT'S JUST BEEN SO HARD TO TITHE, AND MONEY, MY

MONEY'S TITHED, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I CAN'T, AND SO

PEOPLE IGNORE IT. I LOVE WHAT R.T. KENDALL SAID MANY YEARS

AGO, IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS IN HIS BOOK ON TITHING.

HE SAID MOST PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO TITHING BECAUSE THEY DON'T

WANNA GIVE UP THAT TENTH OF THEIR WEALTH. BUT IF YOU CONNECT

YOURSELF TO THE PROMISE OF TITHING AND YOU REALLY BELIEVE

THE BIBLE AND WHAT IT SAYS, I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT, I CAN

PICTURE A LOT OF THINGS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN OPENED OVER ME. I CAN THINK, AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

THAT THERE'LL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE THAT. NOW, COME ON

SOMEBODY, THAT IS NOT AN EMOTIONAL BLESSING. NOT HAVE

ROOM TO RECEIVE IT. OKAY, THAT MEANS, I DON'T KNOW, YOUR HOUSE,

YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, I MEAN, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY DIDN'T

HAVE THE INTERNET, BUT MAYBE IT MEANT THAT YOUR BARN WOULD BE

TOO FULL. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ROOM, YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD A NEW

BARN. YOU HEARD ME TELL THE STORY ABOUT OUR FREEZER. I MEAN,

YOU KNOW, AND WE FINALLY RETIRED. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT

RETIRED, IT'S JUST, IT'S RUNNING UNUSED. I FINALLY TOLD PASTOR, I

SAID, I NEED A NEW ONE THAT DEFROSTS ITSELF. WE CAN KEEP IT

AROUND, BUT YOU KNOW, IT CAN SIT THERE AND WE'LL JUST REMEMBER.

BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOD WILL JUST BLESS YOU IN WAYS YOU DON'T

HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE IT, AND YOU BETTER GET READY FOR THAT. AND

PREPARE YOUR HOUSE. YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE BEFORE, IF

YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD TO HAVE A CHILD AND DOCTORS HAVE TOLD YOU,

YOU'RE BARREN, MAKE A NURSERY. DO SOME BOLD THINGS. OKAY,

BELIEVE THE WORD OF THE LORD. BELIEVE GOD'S WORD. IF HE SAID

HE'LL OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT A BLESSING TO THE

TITHER AND THOSE THAT GIVE THEIR OFFERINGS, THEN TAKE IT AND

BELIEVE IT AS IF GOD CAME DOWN AND SAT WITH YOU ON THE COUCH

AND SAID IT TO YOU PERSONALLY. AMEN. SO PROVERBS 3:9, HONOR

Proverbs 3:9

THE LORD WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE. OKAY, THAT'S ONE OF THE PREMIER

WAYS TO HONOR GOD. I MEAN, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT TITHING

THAT UNLOCKS YOU. "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, IT'S HARD, I'VE BEEN

UNABLE." WELL, START HONORING GOD SOMEWHERE, OKAY? HONOR GOD

WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE. DON'T JUST IGNORE IT. "WELL, I CAN'T

TITHE." YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TURN YOUR SPIRITUAL DEAFNESS ON EVERY

SUNDAY OFFERING. NO, RESPOND, START, DO SOMETHING, REACT, ACT

TO IT. START TELLING YOURSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT, I BELIEVE THE

WORD. HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE, AND WATCH THIS, THE

FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCREASE. NOW, DO WE BELIEVE

VERSE 10 OR NOT? SO SHALL THY BARNS BE FILLED WITH WHAT? WITH

PLENTY. WELL, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE NOT HAVING ENOUGH. YOUR

BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOUR PRESSES BURST OUT WITH

NEW WINE. NOW WE WON'T GO ON TO READ MALACHI, 2 CORINTHIANS, WE

ALREADY QUOTED IT. YOU'LL HAVE ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS.

BELIEVE THE PROMISES CONNECTED TO TITHING. BELIEVE IT. HOLD ON

TO IT. STAND WITH IT. IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME AND

YOU'RE A TITHER, DON'T GO, "WELL, YOU KNOW, GOD, I TITHE.

"I TITHE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED." NO, SAY, "I'M A

TITHER AND I HAVE TITHER'S RIGHTS. AND WHATEVER THE DEVIL

HAS STOLEN FROM THIS TITHER, HE'S GOING TO PAY BACK TO ME."

TAKE A HOLD OF THE SCRIPTURE, QUOTE IT, BELIEVE IT, HOLD YOUR

BIBLE UP. I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE WERE FIRST MARRIED, WE HAD A

WHOLE BUNCH OF BILLS COME DUE AND NO MONEY TO PAY HIM. AND WE

HAD A LITTLE MONEY, BUT IT WAS NEVER ENOUGH. ANYBODY BEEN IN

THAT ONE? AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM. WE DIDN'T HAVE

THEM COME ON THE INTERNET. THEY USED TO COME IN THE MAIL. SO

HERE THEY WERE, AND ONE WOULD COME, AND I'D THINK, OKAY, GOD,

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FOR THAT ONE UNTIL ANOTHER ONE CAME THE NEXT

DAY. AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY

EVERYTHING. AND SO FINALLY ONE DAY, PASTOR HANK TOOK HIM INTO

THIS LITTLE SIDE ROOM IN OUR APARTMENT, AND HE THREW HIM IN

THERE, AND HE SAID, "GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT

THESE BILLS." AND HE THREW THEM UP AND SAID, "GOD, CATCH." AND

THEN WALKED OUT AND SHUT THE DOOR. AND THEY SCATTERED ALL

OVER THE FLOOR. HE SAID, "GOD, I SAID CATCH." AND NOTHING, WE

JUST, YOU KNOW, WAITED, LEFT THEM OUT THERE. SO FINALLY ONE

DAY WE WENT IN, HE GOES, "ALL RIGHT, GOD, I AM STANDING ON

YOUR WORD "FOR THESE BILLS TO GET PAID. "I AM STANDING AND I

AM BELIEVING "EVERY ONE OF THESE ARE GONNA GET PAID SOMEWHERE,

SOMEHOW." AND SO HE SAID, "I'M STANDING ON THE WORD." YOU KNOW,

WE USE THAT PHRASE, "STAND ON GOD'S WORD." SO HE TOOK HIS

BIBLE AND LAID IT ON THE BILLS AND STEPPED ON IT AND SAID,

"GOD, I'M STANDING!" AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS JUST

SO CRAZY. AND WE WEREN'T RUDE ABOUT IT, BUT WE TOOK, AND SO I

THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS I BETTER DO THAT TOO. WE HADN'T BEEN

MARRIED THAT LONG. I'M JUST BEING, SO TRYING TO BE IN

AGREEMENT. SO I TOOK MY BIBLE AND WE BOTH STOOD IN THERE. AND

WE SAID, GOD, WE BELIEVE AS WE STAND ON YOUR WORD PHYSICALLY

THAT THESE BILLS WILL BE PAID. AND YOU KNOW, THROUGH A SERIES

OF MIRACLES, GOD PAID OFF EVERY ONE OF THOSE. ONE WAS A TAX

BILL. AND THIS WAS IN THE EARLY 90S. WE OWED $3,000 TO THE IRS.

I MEAN, IT FELT LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS. I THOUGHT, LORD JESUS,

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE EVER GETTING OUT OF THIS ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, GOD USED SOMEBODY, SOMETHING WORKED OUT

AND TURNED AROUND, AND YOU KNOW, WE PAID OFF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF

THESE AND A LOAN THAT WE HAD ON OUR CAR. I'M TELLING YOU, THE

WORD OF GOD IS TRUE, AND IT WILL WORK IF YOU PUT IT TO PRACTICE.

NOW, HERE IS WHY TITHING AND GIVING OFFERINGS IS SO

IMPORTANT. THAT CONNECTED TO THE SECOND ONE, WHICH I'VE ALREADY

BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS TO HAVE FAITH FOR

PROSPERITY. NOW, BELIEVE IT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A

MINUTE. BUT THE FIRST TWO, TITHING AND GIVING OFFERINGS AND

HAVING FAITH TO PROSPER ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT CONNECT GOD TO

YOUR MONEY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO CONNECT GOD, HOW MANY OF

YOU WANT GOD TO BE CONNECTED TO YOUR FINANCES? RAISE YOUR HAND.

COME ON, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU REALLY WANT GOD TO BE CONNECTED

TO YOUR FINANCES. YOU KNOW THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO CONNECT

GOD TO YOUR FINANCES BUT TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, YOU TITHE

AND YOU GIVE OFFERINGS AS THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES, OKAY? AND YOU

BE OBEDIENT TO THAT. AND ASK GOD, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH

YOUR TITHE, THEN YOU ASK GOD TO HELP YOU. YOU KNOW HE'LL HELP

YOU. HE'LL HELP WALK YOU THROUGH IT. HE'S NOT UP THERE LIKE, "AH,

I'M GONNA GET YOU." NO, GOD'LL HELP YOU. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T

ASK GOD TO HELP THEM EMBRACE THE TRUTH OF THE TITHE. SO TITHING

AND GIVING OFFERINGS CONNECTS GOD TO YOUR MONEY. YOU KNOW HOW

YOU KNOW? JESUS SAID IT. HE SAID, "LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES

TREASURES IN HEAVEN "WHERE MOTH AND RUST CAN'T CORRUPT IT."

OKAY, YOU PUT IT HERE ALL ON EARTH AND YOU JUST INVEST IT OR

DO WHATEVER WITH IT ON EARTH, IT IS SUBJECT TO DECAY. BUT IF YOU

CONNECT IT TO GOD, FIRST OF ALL, YOU LAY UP FOR YOURSELF, THIS IS

MATTHEW SIX, YOU LAY UP FOR YOURSELF TREASURE IN HEAVEN.

JESUS, THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID THAT. LAY UP, WELL, I MEAN, WHO

DOESN'T WANT TREASURE IN HEAVEN? I MEAN, THAT SCRIPTURE RIGHT

THERE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GOES ON DOWN HERE. I'VE GOT

TREASURE IN HEAVEN. BUT YOU KNOW, TREASURE IN HEAVEN ALSO

AFFECTS WHAT YOU DO HERE ON THE EARTH. PRAISE THE LORD. SO,

TREASURE, JESUS SAID, YOU LAY UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN. AND THEN HE

GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT, DON'T BE AFRAID OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA EAT

OR YOU'RE GONNA DRINK, WHAT CLOTHES YOU'RE GONNA WEAR. DON'T

WORRY ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS. DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THAT.

WELL, WHY CAN A PERSON DO THAT? AND I READ THAT SCRIPTURE ONE

NIGHT, PRAYING ABOUT FINANCES, PROBABLY SOMETHING RELATED TO

THE MINISTRY. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A HOT MINUTE. AND I'VE HAD MANY

A NIGHT PRAYERS WITH GOD UNTIL I'M PAYING FOR THE STUFF THAT HE

CALLS US TO DO. PASTOR HAS ALL KIND OF FAITH. I HAVE TO GET THE

FAITH FOR THE MONEY. AND HE'S LIKE, "YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA

BUILD THIS "AND GO OVER HERE AND DO THAT." I'M LIKE, "HONEY, DO

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COSTS?" AND HE'S LIKE, "GOD WILL DO IT."

I MEAN, HE, I DON'T KNOW, HE HAS MORE FAITH FOR PROSPERING THAN I

GUESS I DO. I HAVE FAITH FOR IT THOUGH. AND SO I WAS UP PRAYING

WITH THE LORD, I THOUGHT, "GOD, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO WORK THIS

OUT "AND DO THAT, AND IT SEEMS FEARFUL." WELL, THE REASON

THOUGH, AND THE LORD REMINDED ME OF THIS, THE REASON THAT YOU

DON'T HAVE TO LAY UP WONDERING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA EAT,

COME ON, THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING, WHATEVER THE PROVISION

IS, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA WEAR, IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE

TREASURE IN HEAVEN. OKAY, I WISH I COULD TEACH ON THAT WHOLE

CHAPTER, IT'S AN AMAZING, AMAZING ONE. MAYBE WE'LL DO IT

OVER A MONTH IN THE OFFERINGS ON SUNDAY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEN

JESUS GOES ON AND HE SAYS IN VERSE 33, AND BY THE WAY, IT'S A

FINANCIAL SCRIPTURE, "SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS

RIGHTEOUSNESS." WELL, THAT SCRIPTURE THAT WE SEE QUOTED AT

FOOTBALL GAMES AND WE SEE ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND PEOPLE

QUOTE SO OFTEN, THAT VERSE IS IN A FINANCIAL SERMON. THINK ABOUT

THAT. JESUS, GO READ IT IN CONTEXT. JESUS IS TEACHING ON

MONEY. AND HE SAID, "BUT IF YOU WILL SEEK FIRST GOD'S KINGDOM

"AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALL THESE THINGS." OKAY, HE DIDN'T

SAY EMOTIONAL PEACE, HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. HE SAID, NO, HE

WAS TALKING ABOUT MATERIAL STUFF. HE SAID, "ALL THESE

THINGS WILL BE ADDED TO YOU. "SO YOU'LL NEVER BE SHORT OF

ANYTHING." BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CONNECT GOD TO OUR MONEY IS

THROUGH TITHES AND OFFERINGS. THAT'S THE SUPERNATURAL KISS OF

GOD TO OUR FINANCES. THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD DOESN'T HAVE. ALL THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, THEY MAY LOOK WEALTHY TODAY, BUT LOOK

HOW MANY WEALTHY PEOPLE LOST THEIR WHOLE FORTUNE OVERNIGHT

BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HAPPENING. THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED, THINGS

HAPPENED. THERE ARE MORE WEALTHY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MASSIVE

MANSIONS THAT ARE SO DEEP IN DEBT THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR WAY

OUT. OKAY, SO DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE. THERE'S DEEPER

THINGS THAN THAT. SO FINANCES, YOU WANT GOD CONNECTED TO YOUR

MONEY? TITHE AND GIVE YOUR OFFERINGS. THE SECOND ONE IS

HAVE FAITH FOR IT. NOW I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS

THAT TITHE AND THEY GIVE BUT THEIR MOUTH IS SO WRONG. OH, I

DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. I TRIED TITHING AND IT DID

NOTHING HAPPEN. WELL, TITHING AND GIVING IS NOT A SLOT

MACHINE. OKAY, YOU DON'T TITHE ON SUNDAY AND EXPECT DOLLAR

BILLS TO FALL ONTO YOUR LAWN ON MONDAY MORNING. NOW, I MEAN,

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. I'M OKAY, THERE'S A FISH IN A COIN'S MOUTH

AND THEY PAY TAXES WITH IT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. BUT I'M JUST

SAYING, YOU DON'T TREAT IT LIKE THAT. IT'S A LIFESTYLE HABIT

THAT WE DO THAT GOD CARRIES US THROUGH THE ENTIRE SPAN OF OUR

LIFE. SO, BUT HAVE FAITH FOR PROSPERITY, OKAY? THAT'S WHAT

WEALTH, IF THE BIBLE SAYS, "WEALTH AND RICHES SHALL BE IN

THE HOUSE," ARE YOU THE RIGHTEOUS? THEN BELIEVE THAT FOR

YOURSELF. DON'T JUST BELIEVE IT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. WELL, THEY

ALL LOOK SO PUT TOGETHER, I GUESS IT ONLY APPLIES TO THEM.

NO, IT APPLIES TO YOU. YOU COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE

ON GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. I HEARD A STORY YEARS, AND GOD CAN

PROSPER YOU. I HEARD A STORY YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY SAID, "OH,

THAT PROSPERITY IS JUST AN AMERICAN GOSPEL." NO, OKAY,

THERE'S PEOPLE OVERSEAS AND MANY PLACES THAT HAVE BELIEVED GOD. I

HEARD A STORY ABOUT SOME PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THIS VERY

DESTITUTE AREA IN AFRICA. IN FACT, WE KNOW THE MAN THAT

SHARED THE TESTIMONY. AND HE SAID THEY TOOK THE SCRIPTURES ON

PROSPERITY AND THEY APPLIED IT. THEY PLANTED THEIR CROPS. I

MEAN, THE GOVERNMENT WAS AGAINST THEM. THE WEATHER, I MEAN,

EVERYTHING OVER THERE, THERE WAS FAMINE EVERYWHERE, THERE WAS NO

CLEAN WATER. AND THEY SAID, "NO, GOD, WE BELIEVE YOU. "IF IT'LL

WORK IN THE BIBLE, IT'LL WORK FOR US." IN THIS LITTLE, I THINK

THEY WERE IN ZIMBABWE, THIS LITTLE COUNTRY IN AFRICA UNDER

TYRANNY AND ALL THE THINGS, WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEIR

CROPS BEGAN TO GROW AND NOBODY ELSE'S DID. AND THEN ALL OF A

SUDDEN, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND NOBODY

ELSE COULD. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THEM

LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE THEY DOING THAT NOBODY ELSE IS DOING? WE

ALL GOT THE SAME WEATHER. WE HAVE THE SAME SITUATION. WE'RE

UNDER THE SAME TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT. SEE, GOD IS NOT

SUBJECT TO WHAT GOES ON IN THE NATURAL REALM. THEY BEGAN TO

PROSPER BECAUSE THEY HAD FAITH THAT GOD WANTED THEM BLESSED AND

HE WOULD BLESS THEM, COME ON, DESPITE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU

MIGHT BE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE ON GOVERNMENT HELP, BUT IF

YOU'LL PUT FAITH TO IT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD, I'M ASKING

YOU, I READ A STORY OF A LADY ONE TIME. SHE WAS ON GOVERNMENT

ASSISTANCE AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT CONTENT TO

LIVE LIKE THIS. SHE BECAME A SINGLE MOTHER UNEXPECTEDLY, BUT

I'M NOT CONTENT TO LIVE LIKE THIS. AND SHE SAID, NOW I'LL BE

ON IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE JUST TO KIND OF GET MYSELF RESET. BUT

SHE BEGAN TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BIBLE. AND SHE

SAID, GOD, YOU KNOW, SHE WENT ON TO BECOME A WEALTHY

BUSINESSWOMAN AND WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN INVESTMENT AND

A SAVINGS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT SUFFICIENCY

COULD HAVE. AND ONLY BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THE LORD. SO HAVE FAITH

THAT GOD WANTS TO PROSPER YOU. START LOOKING AT YOUR BANK

ACCOUNT IN FAITH. WELL, BANK ACCOUNT, I TALKED TO YOU. WEALTH

AND RICHES ARE IN YOU. WEALTH AND RICHES ARE UPON YOU. YOU'RE

GONNA QUADRUPLE AND QUADRUPLE AND QUADRUPLE AGAIN. THAT'S WHY

WE SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY. IF THE CHURCH IS GONNA QUADRUPLE

AND QUADRUPLE AGAIN, THEN THE PEOPLE THAT TITHE AND SOW INTO

IT SHOULD BE QUADRUPLING AS WELL. WHAT YOU CONNECT TO, YOU

WILL RECEIVE THE BENEFIT BACK. GOD SAID THAT HE THAT GIVES TO

THE POOR, LENDS TO THE LORD AND THE LORD WILL REPAY HIM. GIVEN

IT SHALL BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU, GOOD MEASURE PRESSED DOWN,

SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER SHALL PEOPLE GIVE BACK TO

YOU. THAT'S BIBLE. SO, THE TWO THAT THE WORLD CAN'T DO IS

NUMBER ONE, AND THEY TITHE AND GIVE OFFERINGS. THEY'LL JUST

CRITICIZE IT. WELL, THAT'S ON THEM. TOO BAD FOR YOU, I'M SORRY

FOR YOU. I READ A BOOK ONE TIME, IT WAS A DOWNLOAD BOOK. I'LL

JUST SAY WHAT IT WAS CALLED. IT WAS CALLED THE TITHING HOAX. AND

ANYWAY, IT WAS THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER READ. AND I

THOUGHT, WELL, SEE NOW, ALL THAT PERSON DID WAS BURN THEIR OWN

BARN DOWN. AND I THOUGHT, AND THEY SAID, ALL THE REASONS WHY

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TITHE UNDER THE NEW COVENANT. SO I SAID TO

GOD, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE I MADE ALL KINDS OF NOTE.

I PRINTED IT AND JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES THEY

MISQUOTED THE BIBLE. BUT I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, IF SOMEBODY

REALLY BELIEVES THE TITHING IS OLD TESTAMENT AND YOU'RE

LIBERATED FROM DOING IT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY JUST DO IT

'CAUSE THEY LOVE YOU? DOES MALACHI 3 THEN STILL APPLY? IF

THEY DO IT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, IF THEY TITHE, GOD SAID HE WOULD

OPEN THE WINDOWS, REBUKE THE DEVOURER. I SAID, WELL, LORD,

THEN IF THEY STILL DECIDE TO DO IT OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL, DOES

THE PROMISE OF TITHING STILL APPLY? ARE THEIR BARNS GONNA

STILL BURST OUT WITH PLENTY? AND I THOUGHT, OF COURSE IT STILL

APPLIES. AND I THOUGHT, IF YOU BELIEVE IT DOESN'T, WATCH THIS,

THEN DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PROMISES THAT ARE

IN THERE. GOD WILL PROTECT YOU, HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU, HE'LL

GIVE YOU PEACE, THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU PEACE. I WOULD HAVE

DESPAIRED UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD

AND THE LAND OF THE LIVING. DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THAT IF

YOU'RE GONNA CUT MALACHI 3 OUT OF THE BIBLE. 'CAUSE NOW YOU

JUST SAID OLD TESTAMENT PROMISE DIDN'T APPLY, THEN THAT MEANS

NONE OF THEM APPLY. OH, I SURE SHOULD GET A GOOD AMEN OUT OF

THAT. SO, TITHING, TITHING, GOOD IN THIS, WHAT DID BOB ROGERS

CALL US ON SUNDAY, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. NO, WE'RE PENTECOSTAL.

SO, HAVE FAITH FOR PROSPERITY. HERE'S THE THIRD ONE. WELL, I

GUESS THIS ONE THE WORLD DOESN'T HAVE EITHER. THIRD ONE IS PUT

GOD'S KINGDOM BEFORE YOUR OWN AGENDA. OKAY. THE BIBLE SAYS

THAT WE SHOULD FIRST SEEK THE LORD, RIGHT? OKAY. FIRST ONE

AGAIN, TITHES AND OFFERINGS, HAVE FAITH FOR PROSPERITY. IF

YOU'RE GOING TO TALK NEGATIVE AND YOUR ATTITUDE AND YOUR

BELIEF SYSTEM DOESN'T CHANGE AND ALIGN WITH GOD, YOU COULD TITHE

ALL DAY AND NOT RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF IT. DON'T BE THAT

PERSON. BUT THE THIRD ONE IS PUTTING GOD'S KINGDOM BEFORE

YOUR OWN AGENDA. WELL TITHING LARGELY CURES US AND HELPS US

WITH THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT. BUT INVOLVE YOURSELF IN GOD'S

PLANS FIRST. WHAT DOES GOD WANT FOR YOU? WHAT DOES GOD WANT FOR

YOUR LIFE? THE BIBLE SAYS WE SHOULDN'T JUST MAKE PLANS,

"WELL, I'M GONNA GO DO THIS AND TAKE THAT JOB "AND GO OVER HERE

AND DO THIS OR THAT." AND NO, WHAT WE SHOULD SAY IS, "WELL,

LORD, WHAT IS YOUR WILL AND PLAN FOR ME?" YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU

DON'T WANT ME TO GO TAKE THAT JOB. YOU KNOW, I HAD SEVERAL

PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PEOPLE COME AND GO

THROUGH HERE IN 30 YEARS' TIME. AND I CAN REMEMBER THERE WAS A

FEW TIMES PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "OH, I GOT THIS HUGE JOB, THIS GREAT

PAYING JOB, AND I'M GONNA GO OVER HERE AND TAKE THAT." AND

YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE ARE FREEDOM TO DO THAT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY

FEEL. BUT WE WERE LIKE, "WELL, DID YOU PRAY? AND DID GOD SAY

THAT? YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO ASK THE LORD." "NO, I JUST KNOW, I

JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA, I'M GONNA MAKE FOUR TIMES WHAT I'M

GONNA MAKE." AND THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT WENT AND DID THAT,

AND THE PASTOR SAID, "YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL SMOKE AND

MIRRORS. IT'S NOT GONNA BE WHAT YOU THINK." AND THEY WENT AND

SOLD EVERYTHING AND WENT OFF AND TOOK THIS JOB, AND THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WITHIN A YEAR, THEY MOVED BACK TO TOWN.

THEY DIDN'T COME BACK TO THE CHURCH. I THINK MAYBE THEY WERE

EMBARRASSED. THERE WAS NO REASON TO BE EMBARRASSED. ALL I'M

SAYING IS, FIND OUT WHAT GOD WANTS. JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO

PRAY. I LOVE WHAT BOB ROGERS SAID, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. IF YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT YOU KNOW, ASK GOD. THE SCRIPTURE WE

JUST QUOTED, "SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,

AND THINGS WILL BE ADDED TO YOU." SOMETIMES WE JUST DO WHAT

WE WANT TO DO. AND WE THINK, "WELL, IT'S ALL I KNOW TO DO,

PASTOR BRENDA." WELL, IS IT? PRAY AND ASK THE LORD, HE MAY

HAVE ANOTHER IDEA. I'VE HAD A FEW IDEAS THAT I THOUGHT WERE,

"OH, THIS IS A GOD IDEA." CAN I TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES? I

REMEMBER WHEN THE CHURCH FIRST STARTED, WE WERE LIKE, "WE NEED

A BUS MINISTRY." HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE HERE, PROBABLY LIKE THREE PEOPLE REMEMBER. AMY, THE

BLACKBURNS, AND PASTOR CHRISTY. AND WE'RE GONNA GET A BUS

MINISTRY. WELL, PASTOR, WE WENT OUT AND WE RAISED, I DON'T KNOW,

A FRAGMENT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BUY THESE BUSES. THEY WERE THE

WORST BUSES. AND WE HAD A PERSON THAT RAISED UP AND WE SAID,

WELL, THEY SAID, I'M CALLED, I'LL DO THE BUS MINISTRY. AND WE

THOUGHT, WELL, WE'LL GET THESE BUSES. I MEAN, THEY RAN

TERRIBLE, IT WAS AMAZING. THEY MADE IT FROM, WELL, PIZZA

MACHINE USED TO BE HOBBY LOBBY. IT WAS OVER HERE BACK, HOW MANY

OF YOU GO BACK THAT FAR? AND IT WAS A HOBBY LOBBY BACK OVER

THERE. AND I MEAN, THOSE BUSES WOULD BARELY GO FROM THE CHURCH

TO HOBBY LOBBY. WELL, THEN THEY WOULDN'T LET US PARK 'EM HERE.

'CAUSE WE DIDN'T OWN ANYTHING HERE. THIS IS WHY THE CHURCH HAS

TO OWN STUFF. AND SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, THEN WE COULD HAVE HAD TO

PARK IT ELSEWHERE. AND THEN THE PERSON THAT SAID THEY WERE VERY

CALLED BY GOD TO DO BUS MINISTRY SUDDENLY LEFT AND SAID, "WE'RE

NOT CALLED TO BUS MINISTRY." MY GOD, WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF JUNK

AND NOBODY TO DRIVE 'EM. AND THEN, I DON'T REMEMBER, I THINK

IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, HELP ME, ONE OF 'EM BROKE AND WE DIDN'T

HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. AND IT WAS SUPER BROKE, LIKE THE ENGINE

BROKE. IT WAS A BROKEN BUS. AND WE WERE LIKE, "GOD, WHAT ARE WE

GONNA DO NOW? "WE HAVE TWO PIECES." AND YOU KNOW, IT

SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO GET A BUS MINISTRY. AND THEN WE HAD

PEOPLE THAT CAUSED PROBLEM ON THE BUS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND NOW I'M LIKE, "GOD, I AM SO THANKFUL "WE HAVE TWO LORD OF

HOSTS VEHICLES "THAT DRIVE THE PARKING LOT." THAT'S OUR

FULFILLED BUS MINISTRY. THANK YOU, BERNICE. HALLELUJAH. BUT

SOME THINGS SEEM LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BUT DID GOD CALL YOU TO DO

IT? WE REALIZED GOD DIDN'T CALL US TO A BUS MINISTRY. AMEN. SO,

THAT, SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM, SEEK GOD, THAT'S THE THIRD ONE.

THE FOURTH ONE, AND IS, AND THIS IS, YOU MAY NOT EXPECT IT, IS

FORGIVE AND GET FREE FROM BITTERNESS. YOU KNOW, BITTERNESS

WILL CAUSE YOU TO DO STUPID THINGS WITH YOUR MONEY. YOU

KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH THEIR WILL, THEY'RE

LIKE, I'M MAD. I MEAN, THEY COULDN'T GET EVEN WITH PEOPLE IN

LIFE, SO THEY'RE GONNA GET EVEN IN THEIR DEATH. AND MAKE SURE

THAT SO-AND-SO IN THE FAMILY DOESN'T GET ANYTHING. HEBREWS

12, 15, NEW LIVING SAYS, "LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER SO THAT NONE OF

YOU FAILS TO RECEIVE THE GRACE OF GOD. WATCH OUT THAT NO

POISONOUS ROOT OF BITTERNESS GROWS UP TO TROUBLE YOU,

CORRUPTING MANY PEOPLE." JAMES 3 SAYS THAT SWEET AND BITTER WATER

CANNOT OPERATE IN THE SAME MOUTH. SO WE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE

IT ALL BECOMES BITTER. YOU JUST PUT A DROP OF VINEGAR IN SOME

WATER AND YOU WILL TASTE THE VINEGAR IN THAT GLASS OF WATER.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. BITTERNESS WILL OVERTAKE. IT'LL OVERTAKE

YOUR FAITH, IT'LL OVERTAKE YOUR FINANCES, IT CAUSES US TO MAKE

POOR DECISIONS, AMEN. AND BY THE WAY, I HEARD A THING ONLINE

SOMEBODY HAD POSTED AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY GOOD

THAT FORGIVENESS, IF YOU FORGIVE SOMEBODY, YOU GET FREE FROM

BITTERNESS. IT IS NOT THE SAME AS BEING RECONCILED TO THAT

PERSON. A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSE THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO GET

DOWN ON THAT TOPIC, THAT IF PEOPLE DO EVIL THINGS TO YOU, IT

DOESN'T MEAN YOU'D BE RECONCILED TO THEM. IT SIMPLY MEANS YOU GET

THAT BITTER, ANGRY SPIRIT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO NOW AND CALL 15

PEOPLE AND SAY HOW BAD THEY WERE. YOU'RE FREE FROM THAT. TO

FORGIVE SOMEBODY MEANS I AM LIBERATED FROM WHAT THEY DID TO

ME. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO NOW

BE CLOSE TO THEM. SOMETIMES WE ASSOCIATE FORGIVENESS WITH BEING

RECONCILED TO PEOPLE. WELL, IF I FORGIVE THEM, THEN WE CAN BE

FRIENDS AGAIN. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. OKAY? SO DON'T

THINK, WELL, I DIDN'T FORGIVE THEM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE

THEIR FRIEND ANYMORE. NO, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT. IT MEANS THAT

YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THEM, YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE LETTING

THEM TAKE UP FREE RENT INSIDE YOUR BRAIN, THAT YOU ARE FREE

FROM THAT. YOU FORGAVE IT. YOU LET IT GO AND YOU'RE NOT GOING

TO GO OUT AND NOW, YOU KNOW, RUIN THEIR REPUTATION ONLINE AND

TALK ABOUT HOW BAD THEY WERE, EXCEPT I WON'T NAME NAMES, BUT

I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHOEVER IT WAS. YOU JUST GOT TO

PUT THE SECRET POST. SO BITTERNESS, FORGIVENESS,

UNFORGIVENESS WILL CAUSE A PERSON TO LOSE FINANCIAL

PROSPERITY. AND THERE'S LOTS OF SCRIPTURE THAT TALK ABOUT

BITTERNESS AND UNFORGIVENESS. IT COULD CAUSE PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR

SALVATION. YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING YOU WANNA DO IS BE IN

TERRIBLE STRAITS WITH SOMEBODY AND HAVE ONE PERSON PASS AWAY

AND YOU COULD NEVER MAKE IT RIGHT. THAT IS A TRAGEDY AS FAR

AS I'M CONCERNED. SO FORGIVE, GET FREE FROM BITTERNESS. IF

THERE'S A ROOT OF BITTERNESS AND SOMEBODY COMES UP TO YOU AND

GOES, NOW YOU SHOULDN'T TALK LIKE THAT. YOU JUST LEARN TO

RECEIVE. GET FREE FROM BITTERNESS, AMEN? THE FIFTH ONE,

WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT. LIVE RIGHT AND AVOID

SIN. I DON'T EVEN THINK I NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT.

THE BIBLE SAYS, PROVERBS 28, 13, HE THAT COVERS HIS SINS SHALL

NOT PROSPER, BUT WHO SO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM

SHALL HAVE MERCY. I KNEW A STORY OF A MAN WHO WAS VERY WEALTHY

AND BUSINESS PROSPERING, I MEAN, JUST VERY WELL OFF, WENT AND

DECIDED, HE WAS A BELIEVER, WENT AND DECIDED SOMEWHERE, GOT OFF

TRACK, WHO KNOWS WHAT CAUSED HIM, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS, MAYBE IT

WAS PORNOGRAPHY, I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT THEY WENT OFF AND DECIDED TO

HIRE A PROSTITUTE. AND ANYWAY, THE WIFE FOUND OUT, IT WAS A

WHOLE BIG DISASTER. AND THE THING OF IT WAS, IS THAT MAN

ENDED UP LOSING HIS WHOLE BUSINESS. I MEAN, EVERYTHING

WENT BELLY UP. NOW, WHAT DID HIRING A PROSTITUTE HAVE TO DO

WITH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE WAS GIVING ALL THE MONEY TO HER, I

HAVE NO IDEA. BUT WHAT DID IT HAVE TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL

BUSINESS ITSELF? OKAY, IT WAS CONDUCTING THE SAME BUSINESS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DRY UP OUR BLESSING WHEN WE KEEP SIN IN THE

MIDDLE OF OUR LIFE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE NO

EXPLAINABLE REASON WHY THAT MAN'S WHOLE BUSINESS WAS

DESTROYED, LOST EVERYTHING, ENDED UP IN ALL KINDS OF

TROUBLE, ILL. I MEAN, WHAT DOES ILLNESS HAVE TO DO WITH THAT?

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THERE'S A DEMONIC WORLD OUT

THERE. SO HE THAT COVERS HIS SIN WON'T PROSPER, BUT HE THAT

CONFESSES AND FORSAKES, YOU KNOW, LIVE MORALLY PURE, LIVE

RIGHT. OKAY, AVOID SIN. AND IF THERE'S AREAS YOU NEED TO GET

RIGHT WITH GOD, GET IT RIGHT. GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU. THAT'S THE

THING. GOD IS, GOD FORGIVES. SO LIVE RIGHT AND AVOID SIN. I'M

TELLING YOU, I'VE SEEN MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FINANCES, THEIR

LIFE JUST GO CRAZY BECAUSE THEY WENT AND DID SOMETHING STUPID.

SO DON'T DIE DUMB, AS THEY SAY. NUMBER SIX, WORK HARD AND BE

DILIGENT. NOW THAT GOES BACK TO THAT LADY WHO WAS ON GOVERNMENT

ASSISTANCE AND BECAME VERY WEALTHY. BUT PROVERBS 10, VERSE

FOUR SAYS, HE BECOMES POOR THAT DEALS WITH A LAZY HAND, BUT THE

HAND OF THE DILIGENT MAKES RICH. AMEN. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS

GREAT IF IT'S USED RIGHT. OKAY, WE KNOW IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE'S

A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST ABUSE IT. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M

GLAD WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE, 'CAUSE A LOT OF

COUNTRIES DON'T HAVE THAT. IF PEOPLE HAVE A REAL, YOU KNOW,

SPECIAL NEEDS SITUATION, THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTRIES THAT DON'T

HAVE IT. BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM, NOW PEOPLE HAVE ABUSED IT. THE

BIBLE TEACHES THAT IF YOU DON'T WORK, YOU DON'T EAT. AND THAT'S

FOR REAL IN SOME PLACES. 2 THESSALONIANS 3:10, "FOR EVEN

2 Thessalonians 3:10

WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU, THAT IF ANY WOULD

NOT WORK," THIS IS THE APOSTLE PAUL TALKING, "NEITHER SHOULD HE

EAT." YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I'VE NOTICED WITH THIS

GENERATION, THEY WANT A LOT FOR NOTHING. I MEAN, WE WERE TALKING

ABOUT, IN FACT, I WAS TALKING WITH RYAN, I WAS GIVING HIM MY

SCRIPTURES IN THE BACK, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER. THE

KIDS ARE IN SUMMER NOW, PASTOR CHRIS IS THERE. AND I REMEMBER

MY DAD, SUMMER DIDN'T MEAN PLAYTIME ALL THE TIME. MY DAD

WOULD SAY, "YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING FUN UNTIL YOU DO ONE

PAGE OF MATH EVERY DAY, MONDAY TO FRIDAY. YOU CAN HAVE SATURDAY

AND SUNDAY OFF." HE WOULD SIT THERE, WE'D GET UP, HAVE OUR

CHEERIOS ON MONDAY MORNING AND WE WOULD HAVE MATH CLASS AT

HOME. AND HE WOULD STAND OVER US AND MAKE SURE WE LINED UP THE

DIGITS. IF WE DIDN'T, I'D HAVE TO ERASE IT. I HAD HOLES IN MY

PAPERS. I'D SIT THERE AND CRY. I'M LIKE, HE SAID, NO, IT'S NOT

LINED UP. AND THEN HE'D GET A RULER OUT AND MAKE US LINE IT.

NOW KIDS TODAY WOULD THINK THAT IS THE MEANEST, MEANEST DAD IN

THE WORLD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M TIDY TODAY BECAUSE, OKAY, I

RECOGNIZE I GOT TO COLLEGE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEAT PAPER.

THE PROFESSORS ARE ABOUT AS MEAN AS YOUR DAD. SO YOU THINK ABOUT

HOW MANY PEOPLE START THINGS THEY NEVER FINISH. OH, I'M GOING

TO START A BUSINESS. OKAY. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT START

BUSINESSES EVERY YEAR. THEY NEVER FINISH ANYTHING. I LOOK AT

HOW MANY PASTORS WHO SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GO START A

CHURCH. AND I'M LIKE, DID GOD CALL YOU TO DO THAT? BECAUSE I'M

GOING TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU PASTOR A CHURCH, ESPECIALLY IN

THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS, IT AIN'T SO PRETTY. WE HAD MORE PEOPLE

LEAVE THAN CAME, I THINK. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT A LOT OF

PEOPLE DON'T FINISH WHAT THEY START. SO HE THAT DOESN'T WORK

DOESN'T EAT. FOR THIS, FOR WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME WHICH

WALK AMONG YOU DISORDERLY, WORKING NOT AT ALL. RIGHT?

DILIGENCE. BUT OUR BUSY BODIES, OKAY, I'LL TELL ONE MORE STORY.

CAN I TELL, I'M PULLING A PASTOR MARK, I GOT TO TELL ONE MORE

STORY. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, AND YOU CAN ZIP YOUR

BIBLE AS I GIVE YOU NUMBER SEVEN. I REMEMBER, THIS WAS

YEARS AGO, WE WERE GROWING UP, AND WE WERE IN THE MILITARY, WE

ALWAYS LIVED ON BASE HOUSING, AND SO MY DAD WAS ON REMOTE

ASSIGNMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE CHRISTY AND I WERE, WE MUST HAVE

BEEN AT SOMETHING, AND MY MOTHER HAD A WEEKEND AT HOME BY

HERSELF, AND SO SHE HAD PLANNED THIS OUT, SHE HAD SET SOME MONEY

ASIDE, AND SHE WAS GONNA GO SHOPPING ON SATURDAY. AND WE HAD

THIS LADY, I WRITE THIS STORY IN THE BOOK COMMANDING PEACE, IT

COMES OUT IN SEPTEMBER. BUT WE'RE GONNA CALL HER IRENE, ALL

RIGHT? AND THIS LADY LIVED DOWN THE STREET, IRENE, AND SO SHE

WAS ONE OF THESE PEOPLE, WORKING NOT AT ALL, WAS JUST A BUSYBODY,

LAZY. HER HOUSE WAS A PIT, IT SMELLED BAD, JUST A DISASTER.

AND SO MY MOTHER GETS UP ON SATURDAY AND SHE DECIDES SHE'S

GOING TO GO SHOPPING. AND SHE GOT ALL, SHE DID HER NORMAL

THING. SATURDAY WAS CLEAN THE HOUSE DAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A

RULE IN OUR HOUSE BEFORE WE COULD GO OUT TO PLAY. WE HAD TO

CLEAN OUR BEDROOM AND MAKE OUR BED, CHANGE OUR SHEETS AND CLEAN

UP THE BATHROOM AND DO ALL THE THINGS. SO SHE LIVED BY THAT.

SHE GOT UP, MADE THE BED AND CLEANED THE WHOLE HOUSE FOR

EVERYBODY TO ENJOY ALL WEEK AND GOT HERSELF ALL FIXED UP AND DID

HER HAIR AND FIXED HER MAKEUP AND PLANNED A DAY AT JCPENNEY.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, SHE'S ABOUT TO LEAVE AND IRENE SHOWS UP. AND

SHE WALKS IN AND HERE'S MY DECORATED UP MOTHER AND SHE

LOOKED ALL GOOD AND HAD A PRETTY BLOUSE AND WAS GOING TO GO DO

HER SHOPPING AND IRENE WALKS IN AND LOOKS AROUND AT THE HOUSE

ALL CLEAN AND SMELLING GOOD AND BLEACHY AND ALL THE STUFF AND

SHE, THE FIRST THING OUT OF HER MOUTH IS, "I JUST WISH I HAD A

JOB." AND YOU KNOW, NOW I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, MY MOTHER TOLD US THE

STORY LATER, HAD I BEEN THERE AND I'D BEEN GROWING UP LIKE I

AM NOW, I WOULD HAVE SAID, "WELL, GO TO MCDONALD'S, IT'S

DOWN THE ROAD, YOU WANT A JOB BAD ENOUGH." NO, BUT SHE WANTED

THE RESULTS OF WHAT SOMEBODY WORKED HARD FOR. AND THERE'S A

LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T PROSPER, OKAY, THEY'LL LEAVE

THEIR HOUSE A PIGPEN, THEIR STUFF IS UPSIDE DOWN, THEY CAN'T

CLEAN UP ANYTHING. "WELL, I GOT KIDS." AND YOU GOT LAUNDRY ALL

OVER THE PLACE, OKAY? THAT'S NOT A TESTIMONY, OKAY? IF YOU'RE

GONNA WORK HARD AND BE DILIGENT, THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT MAKES

RICH. HARD WORK, OKAY? START AT HOME. SATURDAY IN THE GARAGE.

HALLELUJAH. OKAY? CLEAN OUT THE SOCK DRAWER, DO SOMETHING.

PASTOR AND I HAVE HAD A RULE, AND FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN

MARRIED, ALMOST 37 YEARS, EVERY NIGHT BEFORE BED, WE BOTH PICK

UP. EVERY NIGHT. AND WE'VE DONE IT ALL OUR LIFE. EVERY NIGHT,

EVERY MORNING I GET UP AND MAKE THE BED. IN FACT, FOR A WHILE I

WASN'T DOING IT ON SUNDAY. I THOUGHT, WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA

COME HOME AND NAP. I'LL LEAVE IT A WRECK. AND THEN I'D GET HOME

AND HAVE A TERRIBLE NAP. YOU'D BE TANGLED IN THE COVERS. IT'D

BE LIKE YOUR LEG WAS IN A KNOT WITH THE SHEET AND IT WAS

TERRIBLE. SO FINALLY I THOUGHT, WHAT DOES IT TAKE ME? FIVE EXTRA

MINUTES TO MAKE THIS BED ON A SUNDAY AND COME HOME TO A

GLORIOUS NAP THAT WE NEED? AND SO I CHALLENGED MYSELF. I

CHALLENGED MYSELF TO DO IT. BUT ALL I'M SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING

YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE ME. WHAT I'M SAYING IS HARD WORK. WORK HARD,

IT WILL YIELD RESULTS. PEOPLE DON'T PROSPER BECAUSE OF THAT

REASON RIGHT THERE. THE LAST ONE, YOU CAN STAND. PRACTICE

GOOD MONEY MANAGEMENT. PROVERBS 21, 20, THERE IS A TREASURE TO

BE DESIRED, AN OIL IN THE DWELLING OF THE WISE, BUT

FOOLISH PEOPLE SPEND IT ALL UP. OKAY, THEY DON'T PRACTICE GOOD

MONEY MANAGEMENT. YEARS AGO WHEN WE USED TO, I USED TO TEACH SOME

FINANCIAL CLASSES HERE AT THE CHURCH, MAYBE WE'LL GET BACK TO

IT. BUT I DID A, THIS IS BEFORE, YOU CAN FIND THESE ONLINE NOW,

BUT I DID A BUDGET SHEET. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I CAN PULL

THAT BACK OUT, BOB, AND PUT 'EM IN THE FOYER. AND I HAVE TO

CHECK IF I STILL LIKE IT FIRST, IT MIGHT NEED TO BE UPDATED. BUT

THE POINT IS, IS I PUT OUT A WHOLE LIST TO JUST TEACH PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE OF MY JOBS IN THE BANK IS TO HELP PEOPLE

THAT CAME IN, DIDN'T KNOW WHY THEIR ACCOUNT WAS OVERDRAWN. AND

I REALIZED NOT EVERYBODY, I'LL SAY THIS IN CLOSING, NOT

EVERYBODY GREW UP WITH PARENTS THAT MANAGED MONEY WELL. SO A

LOT OF TIMES WE INHERIT THE ILLS OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES

AND THE GENERATIONS BEFORE US. BUT THE THING OF IT IS YOU CAN

LEARN. SO TEACH YOURSELF. THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD PROGRAMS AND SO

MANY GOOD THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM AND TRAIN OURSELF AND

TEACH OURSELF. I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO BECOME AN ECONOMIC

EXPERT, BUT LEARNING HOW TO JUST MANAGE YOUR OWN FINANCES

EFFECTIVELY IS KEY. AND YOU KNOW GOD WILL HELP YOU. BUT INVEST IN

YOURSELF. DON'T JUST BE LIKE, "WELL, IT IS WHAT IT IS." AND

I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE WHOSE FINANCES ARE A DISASTER, AND THEY'RE THE

SAME WAY 30 YEARS LATER. MAKE A CHOICE AND A DECISION. "WELL,

GOD, HELP ME GROW." AND WHAT'S THAT SCRIPTURE? MATTHEW 3, 8,

JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS PREACHING. HE SAID, "BRING FORTH FRUITS

THAT ARE MEAT FOR REPENTANCE." IT SAYS MEAT FOR REPENTANCE IN

THE KING JAMES. IT MEANS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE. SOMETIMES

BRINGING FORTH FRUIT MEANS YOU JUST GO LITTLE BY LITTLE. FRUIT

DOESN'T GROW IMMEDIATELY. YOU DON'T PLANT AN APPLE SEED AND

POOF, THERE'S AN APPLE. MAKE SMALL DECISIONS TO BE A BETTER

FINANCIAL MANAGER. LIKE START WITH BALANCING YOUR ACCOUNT

EVERY SINGLE MONTH. DON'T JUST FLY BY. AND YOU KNOW, WE GOT

PROGRAMS NOW TO HELP US. ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT CAN HELP US

LEARN HOW TO BE A BETTER FINANCIAL MANAGER. AND I'M NOT

SAYING DON'T GO SPEND $800 ON THE FINANCIAL PEACE SERIES. I'M

NOT SAYING IT'S NOT GOOD. DO SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT YOU CAN

DO. I REMEMBER ONE TIME I THOUGHT, I'M GONNA BECOME AN

EXPERT ON THE STOCK MARKET. I'M GONNA DO IT. I WENT AND ORDERED

THIS WHOLE THING AND NEVER READ THE FIRST CHAPTER. I'M LIKE, I

LOOKED AT THAT AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU. I DON'T

KNOW, THEY GOT ME FOR MY MONEY AGAIN, JUST LIKE THAT

FRANKINCENSE OIL. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. I'M LIKE, LORD, I'M A

SUCKER FOR THIS STUFF. AND YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE THAT, THAT AGAIN,

START SMALL, DO SOMETHING, BUT BECOME BETTER AT HOW YOU MANAGE

YOUR MONEY. IT WILL MAKE GOOD FOR YOU. AMEN. DID YOU GET

ANYTHING OUT OF IT TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. HUG SOMEBODY AS YOU GO.

PLANT SEEDS OF GOOD IN JESUS NAME. INTERNET, THANK YOU FOR

JOINING US TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. TUNE IN TO PASTOR HANK

FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN WE WILL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY. BYE-BYE.