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<v Speaker 1>Hey, friends, thanks so much for joining us today on

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching ministry of Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren. We're so glad to have you with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And today, Rick continues in his series called Transform Together,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll dive into God's Word and discover powerful principles that

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<v Speaker 1>can truly change our lives from the inside out spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially,

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<v Speaker 1>and vocationally. You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation

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<v Speaker 1>to every part of your life. Okay, here's Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with part two of a message called Transforming How I

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<v Speaker 1>see and use money.

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<v Speaker 2>So don't love it, don't trust it, don't waste.

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<v Speaker 3>The fourth thing God says is don't expect it to satisfy.

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<v Speaker 3>If you think having more will make you more happy,

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<v Speaker 3>make you more secure, make you more important, make you

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<v Speaker 3>mo or valuable, you are seriously misguided because it's not

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<v Speaker 3>going to satisfy. The more you have, the more you want.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody asked, how are you How much does it take

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<v Speaker 3>to make a man happy? He said, just a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit more, as always more. Ecclesiastes, chapter five, verse ten

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<v Speaker 3>says this in the Bible. Whoever loves money will never

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<v Speaker 3>have enough, so he can't love it.

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<v Speaker 2>And whoever loves wealth.

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<v Speaker 3>Will never be satisfied with his income, because you always

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<v Speaker 3>want more. That's why Jesus says this in Luke twelve.

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<v Speaker 3>Guard against all kinds of greed because your life is

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<v Speaker 3>not measured by how.

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<v Speaker 2>Much you own.

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<v Speaker 3>Your self worth has no connection to your net worth.

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<v Speaker 3>Your valuables do not determine your value. So don't think

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<v Speaker 3>I have a lot, so I'm worth a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you're not.

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<v Speaker 3>You're worth a lot simply because Jesus died for you.

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<v Speaker 3>God made you. Jesus died for the spirit wants to

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<v Speaker 3>live in you. That's how much you matter to God.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that verse we've been looking at all for seven weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't conform to the way the world thinks about any

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<v Speaker 3>of these areas, but be transformed by the way you think.

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<v Speaker 3>They're renewing of your mind. And so what I must

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<v Speaker 3>look at in this story are the five things God

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<v Speaker 3>says about money. And these are so radical, they're so revolutionary,

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<v Speaker 3>they're so counterculture. They are the exact opposite, as I said,

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<v Speaker 3>of everything you've been taught. But if you act on

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<v Speaker 3>these and you remember these and you live by these,

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<v Speaker 3>the stress level in your life is going to go

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<v Speaker 3>down dramatically. Okay, here they are five things we learn

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<v Speaker 3>from this story. Number one, Every day I need to

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<v Speaker 3>remember it all belongs to God. It all belongs to God.

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<v Speaker 3>The whole universe belongs to God. You belong to God.

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<v Speaker 3>The heavens, the sun, the moon, the stars, the trees,

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<v Speaker 3>the plants, the rocks, thing ever created belongs to God.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't really own anything. What you think you own

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<v Speaker 3>is really on loan. You didn't own it before you

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<v Speaker 3>were born. You're not going to own it after you die.

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<v Speaker 3>God just loans it to you for eighty years. It

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<v Speaker 3>was loaned to somebody else before you were born. It's

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<v Speaker 3>going to be loaned to somebody else after you die,

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<v Speaker 3>and you get to use it while you're alive. You

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<v Speaker 3>don't loan anything. In this story. The owner has all

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<v Speaker 3>this property and he lets a manager take care of

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<v Speaker 3>his property. We're all in management. You may not realize this,

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<v Speaker 3>but you're in management. God has put some has put

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<v Speaker 3>some things in your life under your manager. Everything you

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<v Speaker 3>have is a gift from God. You'd have nothing if

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<v Speaker 3>we'm for God. You wouldn't take your next breath if

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<v Speaker 3>it weren't for God. So it's all a gift. It's

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<v Speaker 3>God's love for you, everything, your life, your brain, your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 3>So I worked with my hands to get this. Who

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<v Speaker 3>do you think gave you your hands? It's all a

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<v Speaker 3>gift from God.

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<v Speaker 2>God. But it's all on loan.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really God's and he's loaned it to you, and

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<v Speaker 3>God is seeing what you're going to do with it.

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<v Speaker 3>We're all in management now. If you'll start looking at

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<v Speaker 3>everything in your life this way that I don't really

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<v Speaker 3>own anything. It all belongs to God and it's just

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<v Speaker 3>loaned to me for a while, your worry is gonna go.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, if you go out after the service and

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<v Speaker 3>you get in your car, you say, this isn't my car,

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<v Speaker 3>It's God's car.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you go home and.

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<v Speaker 3>He say, this is God's house, not my house. And

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<v Speaker 3>then you sit down and eat some meal on a dish,

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<v Speaker 3>This is God's dish. And when you get in bed

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<v Speaker 3>tonight said, this is God's bed. He's loaned it to me,

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<v Speaker 3>and I get to use it, I get to take

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<v Speaker 3>care of it, I get to management. But it's really

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<v Speaker 3>God's Everything is really, God's what will happen is your

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<v Speaker 3>worry goes down. Why Well, let's say you're driving a

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<v Speaker 3>car in your kN accident, you get a friend or bender,

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<v Speaker 3>and you say, hey, God, you got a dent in

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<v Speaker 3>your car. My car. You loaned it to me, you

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<v Speaker 3>gave me the money to get it. What do you

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<v Speaker 3>want to do about your car?

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<v Speaker 2>God?

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<v Speaker 3>You want me to fix it? Your kids need bracests?

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<v Speaker 3>Say hey, God, your kid needs braceist.

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<v Speaker 2>What are you going to do? See, here's the point.

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<v Speaker 3>If I'm in charge, if I'm God, if I'm the

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<v Speaker 3>master of my fate, then I got to pay for

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<v Speaker 3>it all. I gotta worry about where it's gonna come from.

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<v Speaker 3>But if I'm really just a child of God, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just his child, and He's loaned me these things, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just to manage it, I'm not responsible to pay

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<v Speaker 3>for it all.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 3>If I'm the employee and God's the employer, he is

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<v Speaker 3>ultimately in charge of the benefits package. It all belongs

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>In the first verse of this story, it says the

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<v Speaker 3>owner enlisted a manager to take care of his property. Question,

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<v Speaker 3>how well are you taking care of God's property? Your

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<v Speaker 3>body belonged to you.

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<v Speaker 2>God made it.

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<v Speaker 3>How well are you taking care of your body, your time,

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<v Speaker 3>your opportunities, your mind? How well are you taking care

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<v Speaker 3>of your mind? Your talents? How well you taking care

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<v Speaker 3>of your talents? What are you doing with whatever God

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<v Speaker 3>has given you? It all belongs to God? And you

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<v Speaker 3>were to make the most of what you've been given.

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<v Speaker 3>The rest of the fact of this verse says the

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<v Speaker 3>guy was wasting his master's possession. Anytime I waste money,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm wasting God's money. That'll change the way you buy stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, nobody in the mall right now is going

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'll just blow God's money on this piece

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<v Speaker 3>of junk because I just want to have it. No,

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<v Speaker 3>it's God's money. It'll change the way you think. Number One,

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<v Speaker 3>it all belongs to God.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two.

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<v Speaker 3>Second truth to remember, and I need to remind myself

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<v Speaker 3>of this every single day is this. God is using

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<v Speaker 3>money to test me. God is using money to test me.

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<v Speaker 3>He's testing all kinds of things in my life. You see,

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<v Speaker 3>God doesn't just automatically give his blessings to anybody. He

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<v Speaker 3>tests you first to see if you're responsible, if you

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<v Speaker 3>can handle it, and if you can't handle it, He's

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<v Speaker 3>he's gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Trust you with it.

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<v Speaker 3>God doesn't give his spiritual power to just anybody, and

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<v Speaker 3>he says, before I give you spiritual power, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 3>give you some material possessions, and I'm going to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>If I can trust you with material possessions, then I

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<v Speaker 3>can trust you with spiritual power. But if I can't,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're not even managing your money, well, why in

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<v Speaker 3>the world should I give you the stuff that really matters.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a test. Life is a test. Life is

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<v Speaker 3>a trust, and life is a temporary assignment. This life

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<v Speaker 3>is preparation for the next This is the get ready stage.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the warm up act before the real race begins.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the first race around the track where the real

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<v Speaker 3>race begins. This is the dress rehearsal before the real

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<v Speaker 3>play begins, which is gonna go on for eternity. And

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<v Speaker 3>God is testing you on earth to see what he

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<v Speaker 3>can trust you with in eternity, and the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 3>if you're faithful in little things, then you will be

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<v Speaker 3>faithful and much in heaven. So God is using money

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<v Speaker 3>to test me. And God is testing your faithfulness, and

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<v Speaker 3>he's testing you all the time, and He's testing you

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<v Speaker 3>every minute. And God's favorite tool to test you listen,

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<v Speaker 3>is finances. It tests all kinds of it. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>it tests three things. Write these down Number one. Money tests.

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<v Speaker 3>It shows what I love most. How I spend my

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<v Speaker 3>money shows reveals to God and everybody else what I

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<v Speaker 3>love most. Now, whatever you love most is what you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to give your most time to you, and you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to give your most money to I don't care

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<v Speaker 3>what you say you love what you If you really

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<v Speaker 3>want to know what you love most, look at your

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<v Speaker 3>calendar and look at your credit card statements, because the

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<v Speaker 3>way you spend your time and your money tells me

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<v Speaker 3>what you love the most. When I first fell in

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<v Speaker 3>love with Ka, I could not keep money in my pocket.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like burning a hole in my pants.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was constantly buying her things because I was

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<v Speaker 3>so in love with this young woman. I just, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to buy her stuff. And I bought her all

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<v Speaker 3>kinds of stuff she didn't need or want. But I

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<v Speaker 3>just thought i'd see something on TV Kitchen Magician, Oh man,

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<v Speaker 3>she'd like that.

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<v Speaker 2>That'd be great. I'm gonna get that.

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<v Speaker 3>And the Oriental Walk Steamer give me two of those things, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>all right? And you know and the Ginzu knives, oh man,

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<v Speaker 3>we got three or four sets.

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<v Speaker 2>Again. I was buying her stuff all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>She said, honey, stop, you spell love give. You can

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<v Speaker 3>give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. And

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<v Speaker 3>so what I do with my money shows what I

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<v Speaker 3>love most Matthew. Chapter six, Jesus says this, don't store

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<v Speaker 3>up treasure here on earth. In other words, don't pile

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<v Speaker 3>it up, don't hoard it. Instead, store up treasure in heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll talk about how to do that later. For wherever

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<v Speaker 3>your treasure is, that's where what you know your heart

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<v Speaker 3>will be. Wherever your treasures are, So wherever you want

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<v Speaker 3>your heart to be, put your money there and you'll

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<v Speaker 3>get interested in it. Believe me, the moment you put

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<v Speaker 3>money into something, you get.

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<v Speaker 2>Interested in it.

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<v Speaker 3>Right now, most of you couldn't care less how Microsoft

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<v Speaker 3>does as a company. But if you bought some stock,

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<v Speaker 3>all of a sudden, you're very interested in whether that

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<v Speaker 3>company succeeds or fail because you have just invested in it.

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<v Speaker 3>You have put your treasure, And where your treasure is,

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<v Speaker 3>your heart is. You couldn't care less about Toyota, But

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<v Speaker 3>if you bought some stock in it, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 3>you would want that company to succeed because where you've

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<v Speaker 3>put your treasure, that's where your heart goes. So God

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<v Speaker 3>is saying use God uses money to test to show

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<v Speaker 3>what I really love most. Number two. Money shows what

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<v Speaker 3>I really trust most. It shows what I have faith in.

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<v Speaker 3>Am I trusting in my money for security? Or am

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<v Speaker 3>I trusting in God for my security? Am I trusting

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<v Speaker 3>in money for my happiness? Or am I trusting in

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<v Speaker 3>God for my happiness? Am I trusting in money for

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<v Speaker 3>my fulfillment to make me feel good about me? Or

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<v Speaker 3>am I trusting in God to make me feel good

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<v Speaker 3>about me? It shows what I trust most. It's the

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<v Speaker 3>acid test of faith. Proverbs twenty eleven twenty eight says this,

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<v Speaker 3>If you trust in your money, you will fall, but

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<v Speaker 3>if you trust in God, you'll flourish like a green tree.

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<v Speaker 3>You know if you're saying, you know, I don't really

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<v Speaker 3>feel close to God right now. In fact, I feel

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<v Speaker 3>pretty distant. My spiritual life is stuck at dead sinner.

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<v Speaker 3>I got the spiritual blaws. I'm not growing. There's no

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<v Speaker 3>power in my life. I don't feel close to God.

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<v Speaker 3>I would challenge you to check your checkbook. You know

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<v Speaker 3>what am I using my time and my money on.

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<v Speaker 3>It shows what I trust and it shows what I love.

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<v Speaker 3>Then the third thing at tests, and this is the

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<v Speaker 3>big one that this story is about, is it shows

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<v Speaker 3>if God can trust me. This is the This is

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<v Speaker 3>the reverse. Then just show if I trust God. It

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<v Speaker 3>shows if God can trust me. Because God says, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>looking to see how well you manage material things before

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<v Speaker 3>I give you spiritual blessings.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I trust you with more?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you blowing it with what little I've given you?

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<v Speaker 2>You see?

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<v Speaker 3>Out of control finances reveal an out of control life. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>unmanaged finances are a symptom of an unmanaged life. You

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<v Speaker 3>need a manager, You need a Lord, You need a savior,

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<v Speaker 3>you need a CEO of your life. You need God

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<v Speaker 3>because your life has become unmanageable. Now the next verse

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<v Speaker 3>that we're going to look there on the outline, Verses

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<v Speaker 3>eleven and twelve. This is one of the most important

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<v Speaker 3>scriptures in the entire Bible. When I understood this verse,

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<v Speaker 3>when I finally understood the meaning of this verse, it's

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<v Speaker 3>so radically changed my life about forty years ago. I

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<v Speaker 3>never looked at money the same way again, and I

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<v Speaker 3>got off the rat race. You know, even if you

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<v Speaker 3>win the rat race, you're still a rat. So why

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<v Speaker 3>do you want to run the rat race? I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>why try to keep up with the Joneses. They just

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<v Speaker 3>refinance and file for bankruptcy. Now here's what the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 3>verse eleven and twelve. Listen to this very important. Whoever

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<v Speaker 3>can be trusted with very little can be trusted with much.

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<v Speaker 2>God's look at you. Can I trust you to give

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<v Speaker 2>you more or not?

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<v Speaker 3>Whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest

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<v Speaker 3>with much. And who's ever irresponsible obviously with little or

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<v Speaker 3>be irresponsible much? If you have not been trustworthy in

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<v Speaker 3>handling worldly wealth, circle that phrase trustworthy and handling worldly wealth?

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<v Speaker 2>What is that?

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<v Speaker 3>That's a phrase that means if you're not a good

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<v Speaker 3>money manager, if you're spending more than you make, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're not saving for the future, if you're not investing

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<v Speaker 3>it off, if you're working for your money instead of

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<v Speaker 3>your money working for you, if you're not really good

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<v Speaker 3>at managing your money, He says, who.

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<v Speaker 2>Will trust you with true riches?

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<v Speaker 3>And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property.

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<v Speaker 3>Who will give you property.

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<v Speaker 2>Of your own?

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<v Speaker 3>You don't own anything here on earth. In heaven, God

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<v Speaker 3>wants to give you your own stuff. He wants to

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<v Speaker 3>bless you for eternity. But God says, if I can't

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<v Speaker 3>trust you with little and what is on loan to you,

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<v Speaker 3>why should I give you more? I mean, what if

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<v Speaker 3>the world's wealthiest man, you were the child of the

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<v Speaker 3>world's wealthiest man, you were warned by or somebody's daughter

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<v Speaker 3>or son, and your dad came to you and said,

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<v Speaker 3>one day, I want to give you everything I've got.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to inherit at all, but I'm not going

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<v Speaker 3>to give it to you right now. In fact, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to give you a little bit right now, just

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<v Speaker 3>a tiny, tiny bit, and I'm going to see how

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<v Speaker 3>well you handle it, and if you manage it well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to give you the whole thing. That's exactly

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<v Speaker 3>what Jesus is saying right here. Who will give you your

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<v Speaker 3>own Jesus says, how I handle money determines how much

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<v Speaker 3>God can bless my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't say that. Jesus said it. Now.

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<v Speaker 3>That is a mind blower When you think about it

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<v Speaker 3>that there's a direct connection between maturity and money. There's

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<v Speaker 3>a direct connection between spiritual power and how I handle possessions.

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<v Speaker 3>There is a direct connection between God's blessing in my

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<v Speaker 3>life and what I do with my bucks. You've never

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<v Speaker 3>heard that before, but that's exactly what Jesus says, right there,

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<v Speaker 3>there is a connection. Now here's the third truth you

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<v Speaker 3>got to remember. And these are all important, but they

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<v Speaker 3>build in radical First, it all belongs to God. And second,

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<v Speaker 3>God is using money to test me. Number three, Money

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<v Speaker 3>is a tool. Money is a tool to be used

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<v Speaker 3>for God's purposes. Say what do you mean money is

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<v Speaker 3>a tool? Doesn't the Bible say money is the root

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<v Speaker 3>of all evil? No, it does not say that. It

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<v Speaker 3>says the love of money is the root of all evil.

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<v Speaker 3>Not money, but the love of money is the root

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<v Speaker 3>of all evil.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. Money is neither good nor bad, right nor wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just there.

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<v Speaker 3>It can be used to build great churches, or it

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<v Speaker 3>could be used to finance drugs. It's just a tool.

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<v Speaker 3>Luke sixteen verse nine. Notice he says, I tell you,

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus says, use your worldly well circle.

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<v Speaker 2>The word use.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, remember earlier we said we're not to love it.

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<v Speaker 3>And here he says to use it. Everybody, look up here.

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<v Speaker 3>This is really important. The Bible says you are to

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<v Speaker 3>love people and use money. Love people, use money. Now

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<v Speaker 3>the problem is everybody gets that reversed. And when you

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<v Speaker 3>start loving money you use people. You end up using

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<v Speaker 3>people to get more money. The Bible says people are

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<v Speaker 3>to be loved and money is to be used. And

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<v Speaker 3>if you start loving money, you're going to start using people.

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<v Speaker 3>God says that's bad personal foul. You're out of the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Money is a tool to be used for God's purposes.

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<v Speaker 3>We are to use it. We're not to hoard it.

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<v Speaker 3>We're not the stockpilot. We're not to worship it. Somebody

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<v Speaker 3>you spread it all around, it makes things grow. But

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<v Speaker 3>if you pile it up, it starts thinking. He's saying,

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<v Speaker 3>use temporary resources what God has put in your hand

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<v Speaker 3>for permanent good.

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