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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast, where we represent God to

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<v Speaker 1>the lost and found for transformation in Christ. We're so

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<v Speaker 1>glad you're here and wherever you're listening from, we believe

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<v Speaker 1>God will transform your life. Do today's message.

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<v Speaker 2>If you could, Would you get out your notepad and

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<v Speaker 2>your smartphone or dumb phone.

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<v Speaker 3>And get ready to receive God's word.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to pray, Father, anything I say does not

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<v Speaker 2>matter if we don't have hearts to receive it. So today,

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<v Speaker 2>give us hearts that are soft enough for the.

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<v Speaker 3>Right seeds to be planted. We've had hard weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of us have been disappointed, some of us have

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<v Speaker 2>been confused about what's going on right now.

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<v Speaker 3>In your presence, I thank.

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<v Speaker 2>You that peace is here. It's the peace that passes

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<v Speaker 2>all understanding. And so Father, would you speak to us

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<v Speaker 2>so that we can actually live an abundant life away

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<v Speaker 2>in this place. It's my prayer, and all God's children

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<v Speaker 2>in this place say amen.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, let's do this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're starting a brand new series today, and I

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<v Speaker 2>get excited about a brand new series because I've been

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<v Speaker 2>holding this one. Because the truth of the matter is,

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<v Speaker 2>this series has the opportunity to transform your mind around

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<v Speaker 2>something that all of us are thinking about.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody's thinking about money. Oh no, not me, liar.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you have checked your account three times today.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of us get notifications every time something shifts in

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<v Speaker 2>our account balance. Many of us right now are planning

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<v Speaker 2>our lives around what the decimals say in our bank account.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of us have joy right now because because of

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<v Speaker 2>how much we have, and some of us are in sorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, y'all, come.

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<v Speaker 2>On because of how much we don't have. Many of

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<v Speaker 2>us feel great on payday.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, let's be honest.

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<v Speaker 2>How many people get an extra little peppine step When

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<v Speaker 2>that little chiching hears, You're like ah, And as soon

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<v Speaker 2>as that first payment comes out for the house you

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<v Speaker 2>live in, you're like God.

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<v Speaker 3>God.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, I want to let you know very clearly, we

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<v Speaker 2>are going to talk about money, but it's not the focus.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people don't understand and realize how important

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<v Speaker 2>it is to be able to bring God's truth around

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<v Speaker 2>things that we all deal with. But because there's been

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<v Speaker 2>people who have done wrong around the topic, people stay.

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<v Speaker 3>Away from it.

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<v Speaker 2>My job as your pastor, I'm not everybody shepherd, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm yours it's to make sure you understand the things

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<v Speaker 2>that God says that you are supposed to have and

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<v Speaker 2>how you're supposed to interact and connect with them. So today,

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<v Speaker 2>this new series is called six figures.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody say six figures?

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<v Speaker 2>How many people in here would love to make six

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<v Speaker 2>figures consistently monthly?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, I'm talking to somebody six figures weekly. Huh huh.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody had the crazy fathure I make your daily. No, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody wants to make six figures. It's like, last ten years,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been like a culturally coined phrase like I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>trying to give six figures or or what type of

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<v Speaker 2>man do you want?

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<v Speaker 3>He got to make six figures?

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, let's talk about it. Let's think about many

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<v Speaker 2>of us are trying to raise to a certain level.

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<v Speaker 2>But I started to think about this cultural plaze, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, I know a lot of people that

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<v Speaker 2>make six figures who aren't fulfilled.

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<v Speaker 3>I counsel plenty of people that have not just.

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<v Speaker 2>Six figures, seven figures, eight figures. And you were like,

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I could see what they talking about. We

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<v Speaker 2>can trade places, but the truth of the matter is

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<v Speaker 2>the number or the figure you have in your account

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<v Speaker 2>does not mean you will be fulfilled. And I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>what are the six figures that God wants to expand

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<v Speaker 2>and shape our faith around? And so for the next

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<v Speaker 2>few weeks, I'm gonna be talking about six figures that

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<v Speaker 2>shape your faith to live an abundant life. See, because

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't want you to just have money.

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<v Speaker 3>He wants you to have an abundant life.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants you to be able to walk in a

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<v Speaker 2>lifestyle that.

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<v Speaker 3>Doesn't add sorrow with it.

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<v Speaker 2>And so in this series, I want you to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to listen because I'm gonna have to challenge watch

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<v Speaker 2>this some of your cultural constructs. I'm coming for some

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<v Speaker 2>of your family ideas. I'm coming for spirits that have

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<v Speaker 2>been on you that have been borrowed from people you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even find out the source they got it from. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>And today I want you to understand the six figures

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<v Speaker 2>God cares about so that you can live a life

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<v Speaker 2>of abundance. So these are the six figures we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that are gonna shape your faith. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk about work three amens. But the truth of the

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<v Speaker 2>matter is most of you think your job and your

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<v Speaker 2>work are synonymous, and God gave Adam work even though

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<v Speaker 2>all his needs were supplied. We'll talk about it later.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna talk about rest. How many people can use

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<v Speaker 2>some more rest. We're gonna talk about it. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk about motives. We're gonna talk about multiplication, We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk about priority, and we're gonna talk about generosity. And yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna talk about money. And the reason I say

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<v Speaker 2>this is because one third of all of the message

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus gave publicly were about money, generosity, and possessions.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason why Jesus talked about it so much

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<v Speaker 2>is not because he cares a lot about money.

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<v Speaker 3>He knows you do, He knows we do. He knows

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<v Speaker 3>it's the reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Why I can or cannot be a blessing on all occasions.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows that it changes my attitude. There are people

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like because I think they have.

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<v Speaker 3>More money than me. You don't even know.

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<v Speaker 2>And God's saying, your heart and resources are connected. And

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<v Speaker 2>what I want is to correct the thing that no

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<v Speaker 2>one can see.

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<v Speaker 3>This series is an inside job.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to challenge the things that you think and

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor ain't gonna know what's going on on the

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<v Speaker 2>inside of you the ten and that's going on the wrestle.

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<v Speaker 2>And God wants to reveal these things because I believe

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<v Speaker 2>he wants you to live in abundance. But the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that can mess up the money, the influence, the platform

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<v Speaker 2>he gives you is the mindset. And today I'm coming

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<v Speaker 2>to change and challenge the mindset of God's people around

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<v Speaker 2>this idea of living and abundant life.

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<v Speaker 3>John ten ten.

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<v Speaker 2>The thief, the enemy, our adversary, does not come except.

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<v Speaker 3>To do what steal, chill and destroy it.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus is talking, and he said, but I've come

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<v Speaker 2>that you may have life, and that you may have

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<v Speaker 2>life more. Watch this word abundantly. Jesus is saying, my

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<v Speaker 2>whole reason for coming. There's gonna be a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>details that come, but my whole reason, if I can

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<v Speaker 2>sum it up in one thing, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>live an abundant life.

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<v Speaker 3>What like that's what you won't for me? Yep? What

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<v Speaker 3>about grace and mercy and it's.

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<v Speaker 2>All wrapped up in an abundant life? What about resources

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<v Speaker 2>and blessing others and being able to walk in.

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<v Speaker 3>The fruits of the spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>Is all wrapped up in an abundant life, and.

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<v Speaker 3>God wants your life to be Watch this fool.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of us have lived the most empty, barely making

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<v Speaker 2>it at the bottom, just enough to get by lives.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not why God gave up his only son and

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<v Speaker 2>so you could survive.

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<v Speaker 3>He wants your life to be just Somebody say abundant,

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<v Speaker 3>Say it like it's a big word. Abundant. What if

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<v Speaker 3>every area of your life was more than enough. Oh,

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<v Speaker 3>y'all didn't hear me.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about your marriage been like girls, I'm kissing me, dang.

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<v Speaker 3>Our love is so abundant. It's more than enough. Think

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<v Speaker 3>about every time you get ready to bless.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody, you gotta tell yourself, I don't know if they're

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<v Speaker 2>ready for that.

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<v Speaker 3>That might be too much for them to handle. What

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<v Speaker 3>if every time you looked at.

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<v Speaker 2>Your health, you'd be like, man, I've never been more healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>have more energy. I don't even need those things to

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<v Speaker 2>stay up no more. I'm living an uh.

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<v Speaker 3>What if when you prayed, you were praying to see who.

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<v Speaker 2>God wanted you to answer their prayer, not just that

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<v Speaker 2>God would answer their prayer.

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<v Speaker 3>Abundance.

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<v Speaker 2>What if you didn't have to be seen and you

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<v Speaker 2>were still fulfilled. Oh, I'm talking about abundance. I'm talking

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<v Speaker 2>about I'm not on the GRAMD. I'm not showing you

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm doing on Facebook, and I'm actually happy abundance.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is what I on everybody listening to me

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<v Speaker 2>to know, because I'm reversing some of the lies that

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<v Speaker 2>you have believed. God desires for his children to live

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<v Speaker 2>an abundant life. Why, pastor mic Because it's a reflection

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<v Speaker 2>of him. If you read all the characteristics of God,

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<v Speaker 2>He's the God that owns the cattle on a thousand hills.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the God that pours out his grace unending. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no sin you can do where.

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<v Speaker 3>The grace is not great. He is abundant. And then

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<v Speaker 3>you look at his kids. Okay, y'all ever met somebody

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<v Speaker 3>who got it all?

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<v Speaker 2>Gucci, Louie down, got got all the things, got all

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<v Speaker 2>the Lulu limb and got all the Awlo, got everything.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the kids walk up. Oh, y'all know what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about. It changes the way you looking at them, because,

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<v Speaker 2>oh them, you those your kids. Why Because the reflection,

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<v Speaker 2>many times is the way people get to understand who

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<v Speaker 2>the person is.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe that this is an area that needs to

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<v Speaker 3>be represented.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why in this church, during this series, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>taking any offerings that are outside of what we normally do.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be no second offerings, there's no building campaign

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<v Speaker 2>as in fact, during the series, we're gonna give money away.

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<v Speaker 2>Fessor Mike, why are you saying this because most people

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<v Speaker 2>who have an aversion to resources, they like the church,

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<v Speaker 2>just want my money.

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<v Speaker 3>You ain't gave it no way.

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<v Speaker 2>So first off, let's let's be clear we've been able

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<v Speaker 2>to survive without some money. And number two, the enemy

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<v Speaker 2>is trying to keep you from a principle that will

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<v Speaker 2>change your legacy. And today I have the authority I

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<v Speaker 2>live this. I started out in poverty. I started out

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<v Speaker 2>with a poverty mindset. Oh you couldn't tell about what

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<v Speaker 2>I had owned. But I had a poverty mindset, not

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<v Speaker 2>because it's what I was exposed to, not because it

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<v Speaker 2>was because of what I adopted. And the Holy Spirit

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<v Speaker 2>after salvation had to break off of me a mindset

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<v Speaker 2>that was keeping me. Watch this from his best for me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm believing through this series by faith that many

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<v Speaker 2>people are about to walk out of the idea of poverty.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not just talking about money.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you are poor relationally, some of you do

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<v Speaker 2>not have enough emotionally. God's going to allow you to live.

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<v Speaker 2>Say it with me one more time, abundantly. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>help you understand what abundantly is. Abundantly is spiritual fullness,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever material provision you need. I want you to have

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<v Speaker 2>and I want you to experience God's overflowing grace. Write

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<v Speaker 2>anchor in this entire series. Abundance is fueled by the

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<v Speaker 2>principle of proper management, not from endlessly pursuing more. I

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<v Speaker 2>Having a lot does not mean you're in abundance most

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<v Speaker 2>let's be honest. God says, I want you to properly

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<v Speaker 2>Stewart over what you have. When you become a good steward.

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<v Speaker 3>You live in abundance.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, some of us have more clothes and more

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<v Speaker 2>shoes than we know what to do with. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>to step over mountains, hills and valleys. Come on, let's

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<v Speaker 2>be honest. Some of us got storages for our storage.

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<v Speaker 3>Y'all got what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm telling you is a lot does not equal abundance.

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<v Speaker 2>Proper stewardship does. And we're gonna talk about that as

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<v Speaker 2>we go. Today is just a foundation because I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that God wants you to live a life of abundance.

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<v Speaker 2>So just write this point down, very clearly, very simple.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said it several times, but God desires for me

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<v Speaker 2>to live an abundant life. That's what he desires for you.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people I've heard it said like this,

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<v Speaker 2>love God, love people, use money. But a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people mix those up. They use God, love people and

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<v Speaker 3>God, use people and love money. Oh, come on, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>But the proper order for everything that we have to

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<v Speaker 2>do when it comes to resources is we love God.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody say love, God, love people use money. It's a tool.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a tool. This is not the thing I

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<v Speaker 2>to live. Okay, I'm gonna walk you through this, and

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<v Speaker 2>many people have gotten that out of order. So as

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<v Speaker 2>I teach you this series, I'm teaching from a place

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<v Speaker 2>that I have walked out of poverty into a level

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<v Speaker 2>of purpose that allows me to understand the concept. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to identify with every person in this room

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<v Speaker 3>And what is a revelation. It's just revealed truth.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a truth that's already there, but we don't see

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<v Speaker 2>it yet. And I believe God is going to allow

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<v Speaker 2>so many people to see the truth that God wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to live.

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<v Speaker 3>An abundance life. Can I get one big amen? All right?

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<v Speaker 2>So there's this thing that's been happening to me lately

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be forty this year.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh yeah, I'm excited about being forty, Like it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like my life is just beginning. I Mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what seventy five feels like, Bishop, but forty

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<v Speaker 2>feel good.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying. I know what to and

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<v Speaker 3>what to what not to do for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand how my body works now, and I'm figuring

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<v Speaker 2>out what I like to.

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<v Speaker 3>Do and what I don't like to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I sometimes, you know, get it wrong of how athletic

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<v Speaker 2>I still am. I've had a nagging injury that has

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<v Speaker 2>gone from my ankle to my knee now to my brain.

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<v Speaker 2>But but I consider myself a pretty relevant person, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was I give compliments. I'm an encourager, so like,

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<v Speaker 2>if you know me, you're around me, I'm gonna tell you, like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>you look nicer, da.

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<v Speaker 3>Da da da. So I was talking to a god

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<v Speaker 3>the other.

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<v Speaker 2>Day and I said, man, you're handsome, and out of

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<v Speaker 2>the blue, I heard somebody say, hey, yo, Pauls.

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<v Speaker 3>And I looked at him, all like, heyo, Paul's. What

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<v Speaker 3>do you mean Paul's. I've been getting paused a lot,

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<v Speaker 3>and I wasn't clear.

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<v Speaker 2>What pausing was until I asked my daughter. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>what is Pauls. It's like, it's like, you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>you probably like what you said meant one thing, but

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<v Speaker 2>because of the cultural definition of it, it now means

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<v Speaker 3>And so I was like, so I can't tell another

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<v Speaker 3>man he handsome, and it was like hey, yo, pause,

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like, what hold on? What are you

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm confused, I'm frustrated.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of the older people are looking at me like

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<v Speaker 3>I still don't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>What they're saying is if I tell another man he's

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<v Speaker 2>hands in, somebody might think that maybe I like.

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<v Speaker 3>Him in a way that I don't like him.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not just a compliment, it's more than a compliment,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe this could escalate to something. And I was like, up,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I'm a double down. You're not just handsome,

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<v Speaker 2>You're God's masterpiece.

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<v Speaker 3>Like whoa, hey yo? Pause, Like why can't I give

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<v Speaker 3>somebody else to come? Why can't I do it? And

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<v Speaker 3>what I realized.

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<v Speaker 2>That pause idea, that pause perception is fueled by ignorance

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<v Speaker 2>and many times immaturity. I just want to say, I

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<v Speaker 2>know the youth section, y'all be pausing all day pause.

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<v Speaker 2>Like what I'm saying is when something has a meaning

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<v Speaker 2>but it gets twisted. You can be saying one thing,

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<v Speaker 2>but somebody take it as something else. And what I

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<v Speaker 2>figured out is that in twenty twenty six. There are

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<v Speaker 2>some phrases that God gives us that have been hijacked

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<v Speaker 2>because of ignorance, and today I just I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>it's part of my job in the beginning of this

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<v Speaker 2>series to literally dismantle one of them so you can

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<v Speaker 2>receive what God has called you to receive in this series.

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<v Speaker 3>And as a pastor, this is my job. So I

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<v Speaker 3>stand flat.

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<v Speaker 2>Footed ten toes down today to tell anybody and everybody

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<v Speaker 2>that God has watching this, that we have to come

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<v Speaker 2>out of ignorance. Ignorance translated in the Greek actually comes

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<v Speaker 2>down to darkness. Wherever there is darkness in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you're ignorant in that area.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't see it.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you begin to study out scripture, I need

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<v Speaker 2>everybody to understand that understanding actually means light. So when

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<v Speaker 2>you're ignorant, you're in darkness. When you get understanding, you're

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<v Speaker 2>in light. That's why the Bible says and all you're

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<v Speaker 2>getting I need you to get an understanding.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why we.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't take TikTok clips and create.

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<v Speaker 3>Theologies around them.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you didn't even get an understanding. You didn't check

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<v Speaker 2>the source, you don't know who them. People are just

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<v Speaker 2>because the lighting was good and the video was high

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<v Speaker 2>quality and the voice sounded convincing doesn't.

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<v Speaker 3>Mean it's truth.

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<v Speaker 2>This is why you can't believe everything you hear about

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<v Speaker 3>Well, isn't here? Is it here? You ain't never met me,

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<v Speaker 3>You ain't even been around me.

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<v Speaker 2>You think I'm short in real life. I can't tell

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<v Speaker 2>you how many people when they meet me in real

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<v Speaker 2>life they're like, dang, you're.

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<v Speaker 3>So tall this screen line to you, I'm almost six

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm telling you is you cannot form things in

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<v Speaker 2>your conscience off a clip.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a dangerous time in church. In life, people.

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<v Speaker 2>Are putting things in their body because of a clip.

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<v Speaker 3>Y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't ordered stuff off of Amazon because somebody was selling

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<v Speaker 3>They ain't never take it. They just get paid for it.

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<v Speaker 3>You want they results, they don't even do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, And today I have to go in and I

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<v Speaker 2>believe it's part of my pastoral responsibility to help you

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<v Speaker 2>be able to redeem a word that has been hijacked

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<v Speaker 2>that if I was to say it in Christianity, a.

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<v Speaker 3>Lot of people would say, pause, can I give you

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<v Speaker 3>the word? Y'all? Ready?

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<v Speaker 2>For it. Prosperity a your pause, because right now in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, if I say the word prosperity and then

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<v Speaker 2>I put the word gospel behind it, there are people

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<v Speaker 2>who have no idea what it actually means, but they

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<v Speaker 2>stay away from it. Prosperity pause, or that's a prosperity church,

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<v Speaker 2>or they teaching a prosperity gospel.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh they are?

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<v Speaker 2>They all about prosperity. Have you studied it? Have you

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<v Speaker 2>checked the source? Do you know where it came from?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have any context around that phrase? And right

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<v Speaker 2>now it's being not just hijacked, it's being weaponized. And

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<v Speaker 2>today I need us to pause, or let me say

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<v Speaker 2>say law, which actually means pause.

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<v Speaker 3>And you don't just need to pause, you need to pause.

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<v Speaker 2>In because if you say law and get the understanding

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<v Speaker 2>and then you come to the conclusion, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>nothing to do with that. Cool, But many of us

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<v Speaker 2>have walked away watched this from a principle and a

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<v Speaker 2>promise of God because it has bad cultural connotation. The

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<v Speaker 2>word gospel means good news.

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<v Speaker 3>But I have to acknowledge that people have gotten involved.

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<v Speaker 2>So when somebody says, if you're new to church or

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna help you because you're gonna be so ahead of.

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<v Speaker 3>But I want to put everybody on the same playing field.

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<v Speaker 2>When people say prosperity gospel, it is culturally complicated because

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<v Speaker 2>is centered around manipulation, around money, deceptive motives, an opulent lifestyle,

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<v Speaker 2>lot of reliving. I'm gonna give gods some it. He

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<v Speaker 2>gonna change change, hit me back with tenfold selfish, gain

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<v Speaker 2>a pyramid, skin, give ten, get twenty, give twenty, get

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<v Speaker 3>And it's been around.

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<v Speaker 2>Exploiting vulnerable peace people and praying on people's ignorance. You

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<v Speaker 2>got a church that ain't got no heir, but the

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<v Speaker 2>pastor has a private jet.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, if we're gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about Okay, if we're gonna.

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<v Speaker 3>Talk about it, let's talk about it.

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<v Speaker 2>The building fund ain't nothing ever got built.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on.

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<v Speaker 2>People then gave their life savings Granny undone.

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<v Speaker 3>It but no actual evidence.

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<v Speaker 2>And because people have gotten involved, I want to give

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<v Speaker 2>you the title of my message today, A good word

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<v Speaker 3>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>The title of the message is a good word gone bad.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem with prosperity I gotta help you, because if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't get your own understanding from God about this word,

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<v Speaker 2>you will let culture rob you of a promise that

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<v Speaker 2>God gave before.

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<v Speaker 3>Any of us was here.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you want to know the problem with prosperity, it's

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<v Speaker 2>three things.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me tell you.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem with prosperity is people, perception and perversion. When

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<v Speaker 2>you bring prosperity into it, people have manipulated people in

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<v Speaker 2>the name of a word that God gave us that

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<v Speaker 2>have nothing to do with him. And as long as

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<v Speaker 2>there will be people on this earth, somebody will try

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<v Speaker 2>to twist what.

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<v Speaker 3>God says is good.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I tell you all the way back in Genesis

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<v Speaker 2>when God told Adam and Eve, like, hey, you protected

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<v Speaker 2>you good. You can eat from any tree except this one.

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<v Speaker 2>What was the enemy's first conversation with man?

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<v Speaker 3>Did God really say?

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<v Speaker 2>He was trying to pervert what God said was good

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<v Speaker 2>into something that was bad. So anytime you see the

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<v Speaker 2>word prosperity, think about the people who are talking about it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you have to think about the perception.

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<v Speaker 3>What is the.

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<v Speaker 2>Perception behind it and has it been perverted? Pastor Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>why is this important? Because prosperity is biblical. If I

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<v Speaker 2>said prayer was biblical, you'd be like, Amen, Glory to God,

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<v Speaker 2>pray for me.

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<v Speaker 3>Pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>If I said healing is biblical, everybody will want healing.

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<v Speaker 3>If I said love is biblical for God's oh love

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<v Speaker 3>the world, Oh God, that he gave prosperity is biblical.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me prove with you, because y'all look at like

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<v Speaker 2>give me Scripture Deuteronomy twenty eight eleven.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen to this. The Lord who will the Lord who

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<v Speaker 3>will do it? The Lord, the Lord will grant you

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<v Speaker 3>abundant prosperity. Therese are two words.

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<v Speaker 4>The Lord will grant you abundant prosper Stop. Think what

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<v Speaker 4>would abundant prosperity from God look like. The Lord will

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<v Speaker 4>grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your womb,

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<v Speaker 4>the young of your livestock, and your crops of the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>He's saying, your business will prosper in the land he

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<v Speaker 2>swore to your ancestors to give you. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>promise that.

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<v Speaker 3>Was started before you.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord will open up the heavens, my God, the

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<v Speaker 2>storehouses of his bounty, to send rain on your land

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<v Speaker 2>in season, and to bless all the work of your hands.

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<v Speaker 2>You will lend to many nations, but will borrow from

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<v Speaker 2>none of them. The Lord will make you the head

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<v Speaker 2>and not the tale. If you pay attention to the

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<v Speaker 2>commands of the Lord your God that I give you

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<v Speaker 2>this day, and carefully follow them. That means there's obedience

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<v Speaker 2>attached to abundance.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you hear what I just said? Obedien is attached.

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<v Speaker 2>To oh bn Okay, it says if you do what

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<v Speaker 2>he says, you will always be at the top, never

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<v Speaker 2>at the bottom.

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<v Speaker 3>Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not enough for some of you because you're a

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<v Speaker 2>skeptic Proverbs eleven twenty five.

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<v Speaker 3>A generous person will say the word with me, prosper.

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<v Speaker 3>I know it's like a cuss word. I don't want

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<v Speaker 3>to say it.

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<v Speaker 2>What if somebody sees me. What if God promised it

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<v Speaker 2>to you? What if it's a benefit of being in

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<v Speaker 2>the kingdom of God? Nobody no good father would ever

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<v Speaker 2>tell their child. I don't want you to prosper.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I would never go to my children and be like

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you stay the same. I hope you really

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<v Speaker 2>hit a like loop in your life, like real cyclic,

497
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<v Speaker 2>real cycle cycle, son cycle child. Don't want you to prosper.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to prosper in your thinking. I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to grow and your ability to perceive. I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to understand your emotions. I want you to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to manage things. I want you to This is

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing God saying about you because you're his child.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, if you're generous, you're going to prosper.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed God some Mike.

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<v Speaker 2>Both of those are Old Testament examples. We are under

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<v Speaker 2>a new covenant. Y'all want some new you want some

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<v Speaker 2>New Testament on that. I want you to understand we're

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<v Speaker 2>under a new covenant, but we serve a God with

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<v Speaker 2>the same character. Me and PC were talking about that

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<v Speaker 2>that the new Covenant does not demolish God's old character.

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<v Speaker 2>So if he was good, he's still gonna be good.

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<v Speaker 2>If he did provide, he's still gonna provide. If he

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<v Speaker 2>did love you, he's still gonna love you. Third John

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<v Speaker 2>New Testament, Chapter one, Verse two, beloved it.

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<v Speaker 3>I pray that you y'all gotta say it with me,

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<v Speaker 3>y'all scared the cussing church.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray that you prosper in No, only some of them,

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<v Speaker 2>he says. I pray that you prosper in your business,

519
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<v Speaker 2>your family, your finances, your health.

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<v Speaker 3>I want your hair growth to prosper.

521
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<v Speaker 2>I want your eyebrows to be on flee. I pray

522
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<v Speaker 2>that you prosper in encouragement.

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<v Speaker 3>I pray that you prosper. And some of.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all want to leave God's desire for us and his

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<v Speaker 2>design for us on the table because of somebody else's definition.

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<v Speaker 2>You gonna leave what God said on the table because

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<v Speaker 2>of what Gary said. I'm gonna choose another name. Bishop,

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<v Speaker 2>it's your birthday because of what Garrett said. Guys, you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot let culture define what God's already defined. So, Pastor Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>what's your whole point today today? If you don't get

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<v Speaker 2>nothing else, I want you to know this one thing.

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<v Speaker 3>You have permission to prosper. Somebody should get excited about that.

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<v Speaker 3>You have permission by God's word.

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<v Speaker 2>Not Pastor Mike's word, by God's word.

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<v Speaker 3>To it's good news.

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<v Speaker 2>You have permission to prosper. The Todd family has permission

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<v Speaker 2>to prosper. Transformation Church has permission to calf family though,

538
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<v Speaker 2>the Heck and Box family, the Great family.

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<v Speaker 3>We have permission to.

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<v Speaker 2>I tell my kids, you have permission to prosper. You

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<v Speaker 2>have permission to be everything God's called you to be.

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<v Speaker 2>My daughters today they brought a business to church.

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<v Speaker 3>The other day. My daughter's been into baking.

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<v Speaker 2>Eva been into bacon, and so she baked some rice

545
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<v Speaker 2>Chrispy treats.

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<v Speaker 3>And I don't know what kind of heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>That the Holy Spirit slipped into those Rice Christ retreats,

548
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<v Speaker 2>or it could just be I ain't been eating sugar

549
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<v Speaker 2>like that, but I bit into that thing. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know when you eat something and make your knees do.

551
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<v Speaker 3>A little ooh whoo. So me and me and her

552
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<v Speaker 3>mom was just hyping her up. Ah, these Rice Christ

553
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<v Speaker 3>retreat it's the ball. You should sell them, you should say.

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<v Speaker 3>And Ava's like me when I was little. She was

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<v Speaker 3>like hmm. So she employed her older sister and her

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<v Speaker 3>she has two employees.

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<v Speaker 2>Her, her oldest son, and Coco have baked up sixty

558
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<v Speaker 2>rice Crispy trees, packaged them, put pink bowls on them, done.

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<v Speaker 3>All this other stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>And brought them to church to use their nepotism to

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<v Speaker 2>make you buy them. They have fully taken advantage of

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<v Speaker 2>their last name.

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<v Speaker 3>You already bought some. Oh, they already bought something.

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<v Speaker 2>Hear me, and everything in me is saying, prosper, baby,

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<v Speaker 2>Take the little that God's given you. It may seem

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<v Speaker 2>like nothing to anybody else, but I want you to try.

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<v Speaker 2>You're only seven years old, but you're gonna learn things

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<v Speaker 2>right now. That's gonna set you up to be in

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<v Speaker 2>business and bless.

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<v Speaker 3>Other people later on. Now, we ain't just.

571
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<v Speaker 2>Gonna take all that money and go spend it.

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<v Speaker 3>We're gonna honor God with it. We're gonna teach them priority.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you too.

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<v Speaker 2>If me, as a father with human sin running through

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<v Speaker 2>my veins, wants my child.

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<v Speaker 3>To prosper, how much more you have permission?

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to feel that in your soul, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>Above all else.

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<v Speaker 3>I want, above all else, above praying for twelve hours,

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, y'all, we're gonna do it. But above that,

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<v Speaker 3>above spending all day in worship.

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<v Speaker 2>Above above I want you to prosper in all things

583
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<v Speaker 2>at the level watch this that your soul prospers, mind,

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<v Speaker 2>will and emotion. So he said, I don't want you

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<v Speaker 2>to just have all things. That's why you can have

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<v Speaker 2>all things and still not be fulfilled. And that's why

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<v Speaker 2>another scripture says, what does it profit a man to

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<v Speaker 2>gain the whole world and lose his God says, soul

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be wealthy and at the level of your

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<v Speaker 2>soul prospers. Let your money prosper, Let your relationships prosper.

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<v Speaker 3>You have permission to prosper. That's some way for real.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because the truth of the matter is this term

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<v Speaker 2>was defined by God before we ever heard it. And

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<v Speaker 2>always check the source of the place you're finding out

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<v Speaker 2>your information.

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<v Speaker 3>I only chose three scriptures so.

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<v Speaker 2>That we could get out on time today. But through

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<v Speaker 2>this whole series, I'm gonna teach you that you're right

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<v Speaker 2>as a king's kid. It's to prosper in every era.

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<v Speaker 2>You should be the best at your job. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>have the advantage. I have the Holy Spirit. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>know what the meeting's gonna be about for our walk

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<v Speaker 2>in the meeting, y'all, y'all don't hear me. You have

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<v Speaker 2>somebody say I have the advantage. There are things in.

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<v Speaker 3>Wisdom and desernment, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Why would you leave the promises of God on the

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<v Speaker 2>table just because somebody else doesn't understand it, never experience

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<v Speaker 2>do or can't define it.

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<v Speaker 3>Do we just leave the Holy Spirit out of our.

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<v Speaker 2>Christian walk because certain groups of people don't understand the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>Before any of us was here, the Bible tells us.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says, it's better that I leave, because when I leave,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sinning another one.

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<v Speaker 3>He's the Holy Spirit, the paraclet.

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<v Speaker 2>The one that will come alongside of you and help,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's gonna guide you in your day to day.

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<v Speaker 3>Into all truth.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why the truth is important, y'all. He sets you free.

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<v Speaker 2>So anytime there's a term in church that kind of

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<v Speaker 2>gets twisted, it's a good word that goes bad, I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to put it in this matrix. I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to put the term in, and then I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to define it by the truth of God's word.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I want you to see where the enemy would

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<v Speaker 2>try to twist it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I want you to see where he's trying

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<v Speaker 3>to trick you.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, just write that down term truth, twist trick because again,

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy's plan is to turn everything that God says

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<v Speaker 2>is good into something that you think is bad. Because

632
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<v Speaker 2>the enemy doesn't need to kill you if he makes

633
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<v Speaker 2>God's promises to you powerless.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember his job is to steal, kill and destroy. Pastor

635
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<v Speaker 3>Charles said it a week ago. He said, he does

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<v Speaker 3>not have to kill you if he actually steals the

637
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<v Speaker 3>purpose and the use of the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So your life will be destroyed if you don't think

639
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<v Speaker 2>that you can be abundant.

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<v Speaker 3>So all your prayers is about God. Could you just

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<v Speaker 3>please me by need? I think I want your needs.

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<v Speaker 3>I know God.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes if it was me, he what But because of

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<v Speaker 2>a mindset or a mind you can be healed, you

645
00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:39.360
<v Speaker 2>can be free. It's not just with the word prosperity.

646
00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:41.920
<v Speaker 2>It's with many words that we have in the church.

647
00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:44.840
<v Speaker 2>And the enemy has tricked us to make us feel

648
00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:47.400
<v Speaker 2>that we cannot fully believe in them, so that they're

649
00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.920
<v Speaker 2>powerless in our lives. This is why some people can

650
00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.480
<v Speaker 2>come into a service and get healed because they actually

651
00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:55.760
<v Speaker 2>believe God can heal. And there are other people that

652
00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:57.679
<v Speaker 2>will be in that same service and need the healing,

653
00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.559
<v Speaker 2>but they feel nothing.

654
00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:01.360
<v Speaker 3>Not because God's not moving.

655
00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:06.119
<v Speaker 2>It's because somewhere deep down that thing has gotten to

656
00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:09.719
<v Speaker 2>us where it's changed our mindset about what God can do.

657
00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:12.039
<v Speaker 3>And so what I'm telling you is marriages can be restored.

658
00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.239
<v Speaker 3>Do you believe it.

659
00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:18.039
<v Speaker 2>There's a story in the Bible where a man literally

660
00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:24.960
<v Speaker 2>went into the prostitution house to get y'all don't y'all

661
00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:28.320
<v Speaker 2>don't want to do that. It's too real. God said,

662
00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:33.519
<v Speaker 2>go get her out of the place of perversion, speak

663
00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:37.320
<v Speaker 2>words of life over her, restore.

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<v Speaker 3>Her, and their.

665
00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:43.000
<v Speaker 2>Relationship was reconciled. God can do these things. Question is

666
00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:47.119
<v Speaker 2>do you believe it? And has a good word gone bad?

667
00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:51.000
<v Speaker 3>Okay? Right now?

668
00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:53.440
<v Speaker 2>If I told somebody the term I'm about to use

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<v Speaker 2>is cold, Hey, man, she cold? Oh man, that dude

670
00:39:57.320 --> 00:40:01.039
<v Speaker 2>on the basketball court he cold? Or if I said, man,

671
00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:07.239
<v Speaker 2>it's cold in here, it's the same word. It's the

672
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:12.119
<v Speaker 2>same word, but depending on who's using it, how they're

673
00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:18.239
<v Speaker 2>using it, where they're using it, it has totally different definitions.

674
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<v Speaker 3>Term cold. The truth it's a frigid temperature.

675
00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:25.400
<v Speaker 2>The twist could be all, dang, she look cold, she

676
00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.519
<v Speaker 2>looked good.

677
00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:31.000
<v Speaker 3>The trick is that in the wrong.

678
00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:37.480
<v Speaker 2>Situation, a compliment could be taken as an insult. Do

679
00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:40.639
<v Speaker 2>y'all see if we're not working from the same definitions

680
00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:42.360
<v Speaker 2>the right things you mean the wrong thing and get

681
00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:46.960
<v Speaker 2>a bad reaction. Let me use the inverse hot bro,

682
00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:54.320
<v Speaker 2>she's hot, Come on, my wife's favorite one. It's hot

683
00:40:54.320 --> 00:41:00.960
<v Speaker 2>in here like like same word, but depending on who's

684
00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:05.119
<v Speaker 2>using it, where the context, it can mean to if I'm.

685
00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.480
<v Speaker 3>In the hood and.

686
00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:09.880
<v Speaker 2>Somebody says the block is hot, some of y'all know.

687
00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.760
<v Speaker 3>Some of y'all know.

688
00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:15.400
<v Speaker 2>If somebody say the block is hot, the block, some

689
00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:16.800
<v Speaker 2>of y'all know, cash money for.

690
00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:23.920
<v Speaker 3>The nine nine two thousand. If I say the block

691
00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:26.760
<v Speaker 3>is hot, it doesn't mean we need a fan.

692
00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:34.079
<v Speaker 2>It means the popo is watching and you need to

693
00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:39.920
<v Speaker 2>calm down whatever activities you're doing. What I'm saying is,

694
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<v Speaker 2>if you don't define the term find the truth, you

695
00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:54.599
<v Speaker 2>can be tripped into compromise. And when it comes to

696
00:41:54.639 --> 00:42:00.840
<v Speaker 2>the term prosperity, what's the truth that God says Abundance

697
00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:04.400
<v Speaker 2>is what God wants in every area of your life.

698
00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.920
<v Speaker 3>That's what the scripture says.

699
00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:12.280
<v Speaker 2>The twist is perversion of a godly principle to leave

700
00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:18.519
<v Speaker 2>you powerless, and the trick is to leave you compromised.

701
00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:22.920
<v Speaker 2>So anytime you hear the word prosperity or somebody saying

702
00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:25.679
<v Speaker 2>that's a prosperity church or a prosperity gospel, or a

703
00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:30.639
<v Speaker 2>prosperity something. You don't even investigate more. You don't say, God,

704
00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:32.280
<v Speaker 2>what is the truth? You're trying to show me? What

705
00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:34.000
<v Speaker 2>is the thing? There are people that have told me, Oh,

706
00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.920
<v Speaker 2>I can't go to your church because you're a prosperity church,

707
00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:44.280
<v Speaker 2>because we're big. You don't say that about Amazon. Nobody

708
00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.880
<v Speaker 2>says that about Walmurter Costco.

709
00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:48.159
<v Speaker 3>They don't say I can't come to you because you're big, like.

710
00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:53.119
<v Speaker 2>But the truth of the matter is because of the

711
00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:57.159
<v Speaker 2>term and how people's mindset has been preferred, I ain't

712
00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:59.119
<v Speaker 2>never once say you have never heard me say we're

713
00:42:59.159 --> 00:43:02.400
<v Speaker 2>a prosperity You never heard me say that's not a

714
00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.360
<v Speaker 2>claim on anything.

715
00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:07.159
<v Speaker 3>What it is is when you live God's principles, though,

716
00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:10.360
<v Speaker 3>fruit starts happening.

717
00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:18.199
<v Speaker 2>If fruit is around me, it's a byproduct.

718
00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:19.039
<v Speaker 3>This is what we say.

719
00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:23.760
<v Speaker 2>It's not the focus, it's the fruit. This is what

720
00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:25.559
<v Speaker 2>God promises.

721
00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:26.159
<v Speaker 3>In our lives.

722
00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:30.199
<v Speaker 2>You will be like a tree planted by the rivers

723
00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:35.280
<v Speaker 2>of living water. You will be producing fruit and every

724
00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:39.280
<v Speaker 2>seat when everybody's in recession, when everybody's fearful, when everything

725
00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:42.280
<v Speaker 2>God said fruit abundance.

726
00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:44.880
<v Speaker 3>More than enough, more than enough, more.

727
00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:52.559
<v Speaker 2>Than enough, And you want me to wither up, You

728
00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:56.760
<v Speaker 2>want me to deny the fruit that God promises us. Now,

729
00:43:56.760 --> 00:44:03.280
<v Speaker 2>if at the moment you see some crooked, manipulative, jacked

730
00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:06.719
<v Speaker 2>up we've given millions of dollars away. One thing nobody

731
00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:10.320
<v Speaker 2>has ever said is that the check we promised.

732
00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:11.000
<v Speaker 3>Them did not clear.

733
00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:15.920
<v Speaker 2>You can say, you can say a lot of things,

734
00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.559
<v Speaker 2>and you can assume a lot of things.

735
00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.800
<v Speaker 3>But one YouTube.

736
00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:25.039
<v Speaker 2>Video that has never been created, it's that they promised

737
00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:27.239
<v Speaker 2>me an amount from the stage, did the check and

738
00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:31.400
<v Speaker 2>put it on the thing, and we weren't able to

739
00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:37.800
<v Speaker 2>cash it. Do you know we couldn't bless people if

740
00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:41.360
<v Speaker 2>we didn't prosper Oh God, if I was still in

741
00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:44.280
<v Speaker 2>a poverty mindset, we would be building buildings and shrines

742
00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:49.119
<v Speaker 2>to us. We've given away over thirty eight million dollars. Why,

743
00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:51.760
<v Speaker 2>because we live a life of abundance.

744
00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:55.440
<v Speaker 3>It's not just for us, it's for the whole kingdom.

745
00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:58.760
<v Speaker 3>It's not just for me, it's from my neighborhood. It's

746
00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:01.719
<v Speaker 3>not just for my it's for the generation.

747
00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:13.159
<v Speaker 2>And if prosperity is a promise of God, where has

748
00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:14.199
<v Speaker 2>it been perverted in you.

749
00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:20.920
<v Speaker 3>If it's just a semantic thing. Don't use the word prosperity,

750
00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.679
<v Speaker 3>use abundance.

751
00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:26.519
<v Speaker 2>That's why I titled the series six Figures how to

752
00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:29.320
<v Speaker 2>Live a Life of abundance, but it could very well

753
00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:34.320
<v Speaker 2>be titled six Figures how to live a life of prosperity,

754
00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.639
<v Speaker 2>because it's.

755
00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.679
<v Speaker 3>What God desired.

756
00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:42.800
<v Speaker 2>I came that you might have life, and a life

757
00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:46.199
<v Speaker 2>that prospers, or a life that is abundant.

758
00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:52.159
<v Speaker 3>You have permission to prosper.

759
00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:55.360
<v Speaker 2>Out of one hundred people, I pray at sixty two

760
00:45:55.400 --> 00:46:01.280
<v Speaker 2>of y'all get this. This is gonna break the mindset

761
00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.880
<v Speaker 2>that has kept you low. I need to shrink back.

762
00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:05.440
<v Speaker 2>I need to not show nobody.

763
00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:06.239
<v Speaker 3>I need to not.

764
00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:13.320
<v Speaker 2>God says, let me check your heart, let me get

765
00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:16.519
<v Speaker 2>your motives right. Because there's one thing he won't compete

766
00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:18.679
<v Speaker 2>with money.

767
00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:22.880
<v Speaker 3>He says. You can't serve both God and money.

768
00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:25.880
<v Speaker 2>He says, so I'm not competing with that. And think

769
00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:29.920
<v Speaker 2>about it. God compares himself to nobody else in the

770
00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:34.920
<v Speaker 2>entire Bible except the idea of money, because he knows

771
00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:40.239
<v Speaker 2>it has the potential to take his place in our hearts.

772
00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:43.159
<v Speaker 3>So next week we gotta deal with that.

773
00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.079
<v Speaker 2>But that doesn't mean you throw away the whole principle,

774
00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:49.920
<v Speaker 2>and you don't throw away the whole promise.

775
00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:56.800
<v Speaker 3>Today you have permission to prosper envision your home being

776
00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:59.039
<v Speaker 3>a place of peace, with.

777
00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:03.440
<v Speaker 2>More than enough room to bring people in and host

778
00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:05.119
<v Speaker 2>them a long table.

779
00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:09.239
<v Speaker 3>That you can feed, and you don't got to ask

780
00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:15.079
<v Speaker 3>everybody to chip in ten dollars to pay for the meal. Well, no,

781
00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:19.000
<v Speaker 3>they're there. You still got a poverty mindset. I'm not

782
00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:21.199
<v Speaker 3>saying you don't do that why you have.

783
00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:25.440
<v Speaker 2>To, But what if you could bring people to your

784
00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:30.199
<v Speaker 2>home and it just be freely given to them, so

785
00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:32.159
<v Speaker 2>that you could do as the Bible says in Acts

786
00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:35.400
<v Speaker 2>two forty two, they met together and ate together, and

787
00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:40.320
<v Speaker 2>shared together, and they gave one to each other whatever

788
00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:44.480
<v Speaker 2>the other person needed. What if somebody came to you

789
00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:46.480
<v Speaker 2>and said I need a car, and all you had

790
00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.519
<v Speaker 2>to do is like what kind?

791
00:47:50.679 --> 00:47:52.559
<v Speaker 3>They don't want to live, They don't want to live

792
00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:55.719
<v Speaker 3>in a pundit light. And right now, some of you

793
00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:57.280
<v Speaker 3>greed just came up in you.

794
00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:01.480
<v Speaker 2>Because what just what's happened when I've talked about that

795
00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:05.519
<v Speaker 2>level of abundance, you started thinking about yourself. Well before

796
00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:07.239
<v Speaker 2>I get them another car. Let me figure out what

797
00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:09.920
<v Speaker 2>my car is doing. Because if I'll get in my

798
00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.719
<v Speaker 2>car and then I'll.

799
00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:15.519
<v Speaker 3>Go get a new car. What just triggered? What just

800
00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:17.199
<v Speaker 3>came up? That's what we have to address.

801
00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:21.599
<v Speaker 2>What if God told you to stay in the apartment

802
00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:23.559
<v Speaker 2>and help pay somebody's mortgage for a year.

803
00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:26.960
<v Speaker 3>Oh y'all don't want to live an ass two forty

804
00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:30.559
<v Speaker 3>two church. They gave whatever somebody needed.

805
00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:39.320
<v Speaker 2>Pessor Mike, why are you talking about this because I

806
00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:42.760
<v Speaker 2>live it. I can't prove it to you. I won't

807
00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:47.360
<v Speaker 2>that would be futile. But there are people around me

808
00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:56.599
<v Speaker 2>that know. I went from thinking about myself in every situation,

809
00:48:57.320 --> 00:49:02.880
<v Speaker 2>because that's what sin is, it's selfish. I used to

810
00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:07.039
<v Speaker 2>be so poor in my mindset, like I used to like,

811
00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:09.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, you go to something and like you make

812
00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:11.920
<v Speaker 2>a to gold plate before you eat the plate that

813
00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:17.159
<v Speaker 2>you y'all know what I'm talking about, Like, oh, there's

814
00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:20.519
<v Speaker 2>plenty here, so let me take it to the car

815
00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:30.760
<v Speaker 2>then come in with a fresh face. Poverty because I

816
00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:33.880
<v Speaker 2>was thinking, oh, this is this is free, somebody provided this.

817
00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:38.039
<v Speaker 3>How do I take advantage of it? How do I

818
00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:39.320
<v Speaker 3>get more from myself?

819
00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:42.079
<v Speaker 2>How do I make sure I have food tonight and

820
00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:45.400
<v Speaker 2>tomorrow and the next day.

821
00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:46.960
<v Speaker 3>I used to.

822
00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:50.360
<v Speaker 2>I used to wear stuff and place the tag gently

823
00:49:56.119 --> 00:50:00.480
<v Speaker 2>and then take it back. Oh oh, I didn't hear

824
00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:01.519
<v Speaker 2>some of y'all look convicted.

825
00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:04.079
<v Speaker 3>I just looked at somebody. Their eyes looked at me.

826
00:50:04.320 --> 00:50:10.519
<v Speaker 2>Big, use the stuff for the party, and then take

827
00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:17.039
<v Speaker 2>it back. Everything that you can that's stealing, know it ain't,

828
00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:21.760
<v Speaker 2>or they can resell it. It's got your germs on it.

829
00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:26.039
<v Speaker 2>And the reason I'm saying that is some people can't

830
00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:31.480
<v Speaker 2>divorce a lifestyle that that is somehow good stewardship instead

831
00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:35.800
<v Speaker 2>of stealing, and that God could bless you enough to

832
00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:38.280
<v Speaker 2>where you could just buy it and use it and

833
00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:43.039
<v Speaker 2>then give it away to somebody.

834
00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:45.840
<v Speaker 3>You ain't even thought about that. You ain't even thought like.

835
00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:47.719
<v Speaker 2>Oh, you just take it back, like yeah, take it

836
00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:49.000
<v Speaker 2>back if you don't use it, take it back if

837
00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:51.119
<v Speaker 2>it don't fit. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that.

838
00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:57.800
<v Speaker 2>But if you fully put your butt in it, wear it,

839
00:50:57.880 --> 00:51:02.679
<v Speaker 2>passed gas in it, use the rest of you. No,

840
00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:05.239
<v Speaker 2>I'm serious, and then.

841
00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:07.079
<v Speaker 3>You and then you take it back.

842
00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:18.000
<v Speaker 2>You're nasty and you have a poverty mindset, and God's

843
00:51:18.079 --> 00:51:20.199
<v Speaker 2>desires for you to go into the store and see

844
00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:21.960
<v Speaker 2>somebody looking at it and be like, let me get

845
00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:31.199
<v Speaker 2>that for you. Drea, I'm talking about living an abundant life.

846
00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:34.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't need this anymore. Well, it's exclusive. This is

847
00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:39.239
<v Speaker 2>tight on my feet. Some of y'all are in closed

848
00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:45.760
<v Speaker 2>right now that are hurting you. They're digging into your sides,

849
00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:49.559
<v Speaker 2>digging into your pinkies, digging into your head.

850
00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:53.679
<v Speaker 3>But because it's cool, because it makes you feel you

851
00:51:53.800 --> 00:52:02.480
<v Speaker 3>are in pain, you stop listening in thirty minutes. And

852
00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:04.679
<v Speaker 3>the truthful matter, it didn't fit when you bought it,

853
00:52:04.760 --> 00:52:06.000
<v Speaker 3>But the truth.

854
00:52:09.840 --> 00:52:12.320
<v Speaker 2>Is that there's something in your mind that says you

855
00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:16.000
<v Speaker 2>can't get another one. And so instead of being a

856
00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:17.880
<v Speaker 2>blessing to somebody, you could really be a blessing and

857
00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:18.880
<v Speaker 2>add no sorrow to.

858
00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:24.639
<v Speaker 3>You. Keep it, you hold it, you hoard it.

859
00:52:26.519 --> 00:52:30.000
<v Speaker 2>I just believe, by crazy faith, there are some people

860
00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:31.920
<v Speaker 2>under the sound of my voice that this is about

861
00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:33.159
<v Speaker 2>to unlock something in you.

862
00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:38.679
<v Speaker 3>That you have permission to prosper.

863
00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:46.719
<v Speaker 2>The abundant life is the fruit of focusing on Jesus

864
00:52:48.119 --> 00:52:49.719
<v Speaker 2>and obeying what he says.

865
00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:54.639
<v Speaker 3>I just want to clear this up. Two minutes and

866
00:52:54.639 --> 00:52:55.280
<v Speaker 3>we're out. Of here.

867
00:52:57.880 --> 00:53:01.679
<v Speaker 2>I want to take this good word prosperity that has

868
00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:05.599
<v Speaker 2>gone bad in this culture, and I want to just

869
00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:06.639
<v Speaker 2>clarify some.

870
00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:08.960
<v Speaker 3>Statements just for those who will.

871
00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:11.920
<v Speaker 2>Watch this and clip it up and try to make

872
00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:17.440
<v Speaker 2>something I didn't say be said. Let me just say it,

873
00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:18.800
<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna put on the screen for all of

874
00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:20.800
<v Speaker 2>those that can't hear the words that I'm saying.

875
00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:26.000
<v Speaker 3>And you need proof in letters. Here we go. It's

876
00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:30.039
<v Speaker 3>having money prove you are blessed by God?

877
00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:30.679
<v Speaker 2>No?

878
00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:36.000
<v Speaker 3>Can having money be used to be a blessing? Yes?

879
00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:40.840
<v Speaker 3>Does faith always lead to financial blessing? No?

880
00:53:42.320 --> 00:53:46.079
<v Speaker 2>Do you need faith to live financially free, fulfilled and

881
00:53:46.119 --> 00:53:51.119
<v Speaker 2>be a blessing? Yes? Does God promise you riches if

882
00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:54.480
<v Speaker 2>you follow him? No, not one disciple got that promise.

883
00:53:56.920 --> 00:53:59.599
<v Speaker 2>But does God promise to meet all of your needs?

884
00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:06.400
<v Speaker 3>Yes? If you give, are you guaranteed multiplied personal wealth?

885
00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:12.199
<v Speaker 2>No? Does God say that being generous has a direct

886
00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:14.159
<v Speaker 2>impact on our lives? Yes?

887
00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:18.880
<v Speaker 3>Should you spend life focused on material things?

888
00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:19.480
<v Speaker 2>No?

889
00:54:20.199 --> 00:54:21.840
<v Speaker 3>Don't store upon this earth.

890
00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:26.280
<v Speaker 2>Resources and treasure that's gonna rust, he said, send it

891
00:54:26.320 --> 00:54:30.320
<v Speaker 2>to the next life. Put your heart into things that matter.

892
00:54:31.119 --> 00:54:33.880
<v Speaker 2>But are material things a tool? To bless others and

893
00:54:33.960 --> 00:54:34.760
<v Speaker 2>glorify God.

894
00:54:35.239 --> 00:54:35.519
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

895
00:54:37.159 --> 00:54:39.840
<v Speaker 2>Does God guarantee perfect health and wealth?

896
00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:45.360
<v Speaker 3>No? But does God care about your health and wealth? Yes?

897
00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:53.519
<v Speaker 2>Does the Bible teach the prosperity gospel? No, he doesn't

898
00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:58.239
<v Speaker 2>preach the prosperity gospel in the definition that culture believes.

899
00:55:00.920 --> 00:55:04.800
<v Speaker 2>But is the story of the gospel God dying so

900
00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:08.800
<v Speaker 2>that you can prosper in this life and the next. Yes,

901
00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:17.920
<v Speaker 2>you have permission to prosper, standing all over this building.

902
00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:34.119
<v Speaker 2>If God doesn't give Jesus, and Jesus doesn't give his life,

903
00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:35.480
<v Speaker 2>we don't get to prosper.

904
00:55:37.559 --> 00:55:38.760
<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna say it one more time.

905
00:55:39.480 --> 00:55:43.000
<v Speaker 2>The whole gospel is that we was gonna be jacked up.

906
00:55:43.039 --> 00:55:47.719
<v Speaker 2>So God gave Jesus. Jesus gave his life so that

907
00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:51.559
<v Speaker 2>then we could give our life back to him. The

908
00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:55.320
<v Speaker 2>whole story of the gospel, the Good News, is about giving.

909
00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:59.840
<v Speaker 2>God gave, Jesus gave, we give. Did y'all just see

910
00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:04.320
<v Speaker 2>it that quit God gave Jesus. Jesus gave his life

911
00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:09.159
<v Speaker 2>so that we can give our life back to him.

912
00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:10.800
<v Speaker 2>So if we don't want to talk about giving and

913
00:56:10.840 --> 00:56:14.000
<v Speaker 2>generosity and prospering, how does our soul prosper.

914
00:56:14.079 --> 00:56:16.800
<v Speaker 3>If we don't give our life to Jesus.

915
00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:23.199
<v Speaker 2>Today, you don't just have permission to prosper in financial

916
00:56:23.280 --> 00:56:24.639
<v Speaker 2>things or material things.

917
00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:32.880
<v Speaker 3>That's low level. I want your soul to prosper today.

918
00:56:32.880 --> 00:56:36.559
<v Speaker 2>If you don't know Jesus, I want to introduce you

919
00:56:37.480 --> 00:56:41.800
<v Speaker 2>to the greatest gift that has ever been given. You

920
00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:47.920
<v Speaker 2>talking about giving money, try giving your only. That's what

921
00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:51.320
<v Speaker 2>God did for a chance at a relationship with me

922
00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:54.440
<v Speaker 2>and you and some of us are still holding onto

923
00:56:54.480 --> 00:56:56.119
<v Speaker 2>our lives because we want to do it our way,

924
00:56:56.159 --> 00:56:58.280
<v Speaker 2>and we want it to be on our terms, and

925
00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:01.400
<v Speaker 2>we want to make the own rules we're.

926
00:57:00.639 --> 00:57:02.039
<v Speaker 3>Figuring out that don't work anyway.

927
00:57:03.039 --> 00:57:04.719
<v Speaker 2>I need a church to begin to pray because there

928
00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:08.880
<v Speaker 2>are people right now that this message wasn't even about

929
00:57:08.920 --> 00:57:12.639
<v Speaker 2>anything material for you. It was for the one thing

930
00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:16.639
<v Speaker 2>that God has been after your whole life, your soul.

931
00:57:18.280 --> 00:57:22.519
<v Speaker 2>And today God wants your soul to prosper. Everything else

932
00:57:22.519 --> 00:57:27.360
<v Speaker 2>will come, everything else will come. But he's saying, my

933
00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:31.360
<v Speaker 2>father gave, and I gave my life.

934
00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:32.559
<v Speaker 3>Would you give yours?

935
00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:36.199
<v Speaker 2>Would you allow me to be the lord of your

936
00:57:36.239 --> 00:57:40.599
<v Speaker 2>life so that you could prosper in all things in

937
00:57:40.639 --> 00:57:44.320
<v Speaker 2>your marriage and your relationship and your ideas and your thoughts.

938
00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:48.599
<v Speaker 2>I want to give you these six figures, but if

939
00:57:48.639 --> 00:57:51.880
<v Speaker 2>you don't give me your heart first, you're not gonna

940
00:57:51.880 --> 00:57:54.840
<v Speaker 2>believe the things that I'm promising, because they're good and

941
00:57:54.880 --> 00:57:58.000
<v Speaker 2>they're scandalous, the gospel scandalous. How in the world do

942
00:57:58.039 --> 00:58:02.320
<v Speaker 2>I mess up and get the best reward? How in

943
00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:04.440
<v Speaker 2>the world can I still have a habit? And God

944
00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:06.360
<v Speaker 2>looks beyond my faults and says, Yeah, I'm not gonna

945
00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:07.159
<v Speaker 2>judge you on the habit.

946
00:58:07.280 --> 00:58:09.000
<v Speaker 3>If you give me your heart, I'll help you change

947
00:58:09.000 --> 00:58:09.400
<v Speaker 3>your habit.

948
00:58:12.320 --> 00:58:14.880
<v Speaker 2>Who racks up a bill and then the person who

949
00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:17.280
<v Speaker 2>owns the restaurant comes and say, I'll pay for it.

950
00:58:19.480 --> 00:58:24.920
<v Speaker 2>That's the God we serve. What a mighty God we serve.

951
00:58:25.880 --> 00:58:30.360
<v Speaker 2>What a grace fell God. What a prosperous God. What

952
00:58:30.480 --> 00:58:35.400
<v Speaker 2>a God that abounds in love? Or an abundant God.

953
00:58:37.239 --> 00:58:40.239
<v Speaker 2>He wants you to live an abundant life. But it

954
00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:43.440
<v Speaker 2>starts with an action of surrender. If you're under the

955
00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:47.480
<v Speaker 2>sound of my voice in this building, watching online, watching

956
00:58:47.480 --> 00:58:50.000
<v Speaker 2>in a prison cell, and you've been far from God,

957
00:58:50.639 --> 00:58:53.880
<v Speaker 2>or you've never given your life to him before, today

958
00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:57.000
<v Speaker 2>is the day of salvation. This is the step you're

959
00:58:57.039 --> 00:58:59.719
<v Speaker 2>about to make into an abundant life.

960
00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:01.840
<v Speaker 3>Your soul is about to prosper.

961
00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:05.280
<v Speaker 2>And I know their habits and cultural ideas and things

962
00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:08.400
<v Speaker 2>that you've been taught. Let God renew you, refresh you,

963
00:59:08.440 --> 00:59:10.920
<v Speaker 2>give you a brand new heart. Today is a day

964
00:59:10.960 --> 00:59:12.800
<v Speaker 2>that you've been praying for and you didn't know it

965
00:59:12.920 --> 00:59:15.199
<v Speaker 2>was gonna come today. But do not think that this

966
00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:17.960
<v Speaker 2>is an accident. Your whole life has been leading up

967
00:59:17.960 --> 00:59:21.079
<v Speaker 2>to this moment, and today all you have to.

968
00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:24.039
<v Speaker 3>Do is receive the free gift.

969
00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:27.920
<v Speaker 2>Of grace that God has given you for this abundant life.

970
00:59:28.079 --> 00:59:30.360
<v Speaker 3>John ten Ten says it's the whole reason.

971
00:59:30.079 --> 00:59:35.039
<v Speaker 2>He came that you could have life and life abundantly.

972
00:59:35.159 --> 00:59:36.639
<v Speaker 2>On the count of three, if you want to make

973
00:59:36.760 --> 00:59:40.000
<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ your personal Lord and Savior and you want

974
00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:42.639
<v Speaker 2>to start walking into this abundant life, I just want

975
00:59:42.679 --> 00:59:44.639
<v Speaker 2>you to slip your hand in the air or put

976
00:59:44.639 --> 00:59:46.960
<v Speaker 2>a hand on the chat, because this is saying I

977
00:59:46.960 --> 00:59:49.920
<v Speaker 2>identify pastor I want to be added in that prayer church.

978
00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:52.119
<v Speaker 2>I need you to pray because somebody's life is in

979
00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:54.320
<v Speaker 2>the balance right now, and I believe they're about to

980
00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:57.679
<v Speaker 2>make the right decision. One you're making the greatest decision

981
00:59:57.760 --> 00:59:58.599
<v Speaker 2>you could ever make.

982
00:59:59.039 --> 01:00:00.400
<v Speaker 3>Two you.

983
01:00:00.440 --> 01:00:02.480
<v Speaker 2>But more than that, your name is gonna be written

984
01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:05.400
<v Speaker 2>in the Lamb's Book of life, and your eternity is

985
01:00:05.480 --> 01:00:07.880
<v Speaker 2>gonna be secure if you want to give your life

986
01:00:07.880 --> 01:00:10.599
<v Speaker 2>to Jesus and walk in this abundant life. Three, will

987
01:00:10.639 --> 01:00:12.719
<v Speaker 2>you shoot your hand up all over this place. I

988
01:00:12.760 --> 01:00:15.320
<v Speaker 2>see you, my brother. I see you, my brother, I

989
01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:17.880
<v Speaker 2>see you, my sister. I see you, my brother. I

990
01:00:17.920 --> 01:00:20.239
<v Speaker 2>see you. More than that, God sees you. Can we

991
01:00:20.320 --> 01:00:25.519
<v Speaker 2>give God praise right there? Glory to God who I

992
01:00:25.559 --> 01:00:28.679
<v Speaker 2>feel the presence of God. Hey, listen that Transformation Church.

993
01:00:28.760 --> 01:00:31.480
<v Speaker 2>Everybody's a family. We all been there. I've been there.

994
01:00:33.079 --> 01:00:37.039
<v Speaker 2>God is throwing a party in heaven over one person

995
01:00:37.079 --> 01:00:39.719
<v Speaker 2>that gives their life to Christ. I mean, it's a

996
01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:40.960
<v Speaker 2>turn up going on, y'all.

997
01:00:41.000 --> 01:00:43.000
<v Speaker 3>Think to whom the son says free.

998
01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:45.239
<v Speaker 2>I want to end on a praise party. I know

999
01:00:45.679 --> 01:00:47.519
<v Speaker 2>people need prayer, but I need to end on the

1000
01:00:47.559 --> 01:00:51.559
<v Speaker 2>praise party because we're talking about being redeemed, redeeming the

1001
01:00:51.599 --> 01:00:56.039
<v Speaker 2>word prosperity. We're redeeming life back to people who have

1002
01:00:56.119 --> 01:00:56.599
<v Speaker 2>been dead.

1003
01:00:56.639 --> 01:00:59.199
<v Speaker 3>Today is the day.

1004
01:01:01.559 --> 01:01:04.679
<v Speaker 2>Something's about to change in you. And that Transformation Church,

1005
01:01:04.719 --> 01:01:07.320
<v Speaker 2>World family. So everybody lift your hands for the benefit

1006
01:01:07.360 --> 01:01:10.920
<v Speaker 2>of those who are coming to Christ. Say God, thank

1007
01:01:10.960 --> 01:01:17.519
<v Speaker 2>you for sending Jesus just for me. Today, I give

1008
01:01:17.559 --> 01:01:23.800
<v Speaker 2>you my life, and I repent from all sin, and

1009
01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:28.239
<v Speaker 2>I turn to you. I believe you lived, you die,

1010
01:01:28.960 --> 01:01:33.039
<v Speaker 2>and you rose again so that I could live an

1011
01:01:33.079 --> 01:01:40.400
<v Speaker 2>abundant life. Change me, Renew me, Transform me. I'm yours

1012
01:01:41.239 --> 01:01:44.039
<v Speaker 2>forever in Jesus' names.

1013
01:01:44.800 --> 01:01:48.119
<v Speaker 3>Amen. Can we celebrate all?

1014
01:01:49.039 --> 01:01:52.039
<v Speaker 2>Come on, TC, let's celebrate all the new family.

1015
01:01:52.599 --> 01:01:57.920
<v Speaker 3>Welcome to the kingdom. You have permitson to prosper