1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast, where we represent God to 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,279 the lost and found for transformation in Christ. We're so 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,359 glad you're here and wherever you're listening from, we believe 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,760 God will transform your life. Did today's message. 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:19,399 Speaker 2: Today? 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 3: I have an assignment to help you understand. Really, my 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:30,480 favorite part about generosity giving sewing last week was the 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,679 one that everybody takes a big gop on when I 9 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:36,600 start talking about the tide, and I think last week 10 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:40,000 everybody got it. It was like, Yeah, God's gonna give 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,079 me a test. I'm gonna pass the test because I'm 12 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:45,280 prepared for the test. I already know every time I 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,240 get increased ten percent, it belongs to God. 14 00:00:49,359 --> 00:00:51,119 Speaker 2: So I'm not gonna hoard what is mine. 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,719 Speaker 3: I had somebody I really love, just Is in her 16 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:58,560 sophomore year at college, came up to me after church 17 00:00:58,679 --> 00:01:00,240 out the side of the car and he was like, 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:00,880 pass a by. 19 00:01:01,479 --> 00:01:04,879 Speaker 2: I was like what. She was like, I tied for the. 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:10,879 Speaker 3: First time, and I mean her family was around, everybody 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,719 was hooping and hollering, and I just went up to 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,200 her and I was like, I am so proud of you, 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:22,840 and I just started just because at that age the 24 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,159 principle that got into her heart at this level is 25 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,719 gonna unleash this next level that I'm about to talk 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:30,400 about today. 27 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,719 Speaker 2: See look at your neighbor and say, there's levels to this. 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,439 Speaker 3: And a lot of us spend our time fighting with 29 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:45,879 the basement of blessing. Oh gosh, should I tie? Should 30 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:46,799 I give? Should I do this? 31 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,519 Speaker 2: The church just want my money? Dah da dah. You 32 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,840 are on the basement floor. 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 3: Of what God wants to do in the area of 34 00:01:54,439 --> 00:01:58,000 blessing your life. Today. I want to show you the 35 00:01:58,079 --> 00:02:01,280 future as you surrender to God and give him what 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,680 you watch. This may not understand fully, but you will 37 00:02:05,719 --> 00:02:07,359 get an understanding. 38 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: As you walk in it. 39 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 3: The whole journey of trusting God is a faith walk, 40 00:02:12,759 --> 00:02:15,439 and most people want a planned to walk. 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,439 Speaker 2: There's nowhere in the Bible. 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 3: That you find God saying do all of these steps 43 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,280 and then I'll I'll show you everything, and then it 44 00:02:24,319 --> 00:02:26,520 will be fine because you know the outcome. He told 45 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,800 Abraham go to the land. I'm gonna show you. Hold on, wait, 46 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,639 I'm gonna make you to father many nations. I ain't 47 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,960 got no kids, Hey, go there, leave these people. It's 48 00:02:37,039 --> 00:02:41,960 always like somebody's gotta take a step of faith. And 49 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,479 so today I want to give you when it comes 50 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,879 to your finance's generosity, giving being abundant. I want to 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,680 give you what I'm calling the best way to go 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,800 about walking into this level of life. And I'm gonna 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,919 start with scripture two Corinthians, chapter nine, verse six. TEWO Corinthians, 54 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,840 Chapter nine, verse six. It says, remember this, what are 55 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:06,520 we supposed to do? 56 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:12,479 Speaker 2: Come on, help me preach. We're supposed to remember this. 57 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 3: Whoever sows or gives sparingly or a little, will also 58 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:27,639 reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will read generously. 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 2: Each of you should give. Each of you should. 60 00:03:33,159 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 3: Give what you have decided in your heart to give, 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,800 not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver, 62 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:45,639 and God is able to bless you abundantly, so that 63 00:03:45,759 --> 00:03:49,680 in all things, at all times, having all that you need, 64 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:53,719 you will abound in every good work. 65 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: Somebody say, amen. 66 00:03:55,639 --> 00:03:57,599 Speaker 3: Now, most people who've been in church your whole life 67 00:03:57,599 --> 00:03:58,759 have never heard that scripture. 68 00:03:58,800 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: Outside of offering time. 69 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: Nobody's actually gonna preach. 70 00:04:02,479 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: On this scripture. 71 00:04:03,159 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 3: So I am today so that you can get an 72 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,560 understanding so that you will never be played by not 73 00:04:09,919 --> 00:04:11,960 knowing what the Word of God is talking about. So 74 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,520 we're gonna jump right in verse chapter six, Verse one. 75 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:20,319 Remember whoever so sparingly will reap sparingly? Could you underline 76 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:25,279 circle in your Bible the word whoever? Because I just 77 00:04:25,319 --> 00:04:26,759 need to know. I need to ask you a question. 78 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,279 I need you to pick up the context clues. Who's 79 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,800 the Bible talking to in this scripture? 80 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:34,959 Speaker 2: Whoever? 81 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,879 Speaker 3: He literally says, whoever. How many people in this room 82 00:04:39,959 --> 00:04:43,800 qualify as a whoever? If I said, whoever gets to 83 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,800 this stage first gets a thousand dollars, but no, I 84 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:47,560 did sit down. 85 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 2: What I'm saying is. 86 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 3: At the moment I said whoever, that would literally be 87 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,560 based on your ability to believe. 88 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 2: If I said all men, that would segregate. 89 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:11,759 Speaker 3: Or if I said all short people depending on the height, 90 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,199 that would segregate other people. If I said, but the 91 00:05:17,319 --> 00:05:20,720 Lord really wants everybody to get that, the principle he's 92 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:22,600 about to share is for. 93 00:05:26,879 --> 00:05:27,319 Speaker 2: Whoever. 94 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:30,439 Speaker 3: So this is the point I want you to put down. 95 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:37,120 Whoever can sow whatever? Today I have to focus on 96 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:40,319 the thing that distracts many believers from giving because a 97 00:05:40,319 --> 00:05:42,199 lot of people don't give because you said, there are 98 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,120 people who don't serve God and go against God, and 99 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:48,199 people who do debauchery and they live on the world, 100 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,560 And why are they so blessed because they picked up 101 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:57,600 the principle there are Whoever, the reason I'm telling you 102 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,279 this is because this principle. 103 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: Even if you are not connected to God. 104 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, the reason I have to tell you 105 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:11,759 this is because people have used the Bible to fear 106 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,959 you into serving God. And today I want to extract 107 00:06:16,079 --> 00:06:19,800 all fear out of giving. God literally says about this 108 00:06:19,879 --> 00:06:24,199 one principle on giving. I don't care who you are, 109 00:06:25,519 --> 00:06:30,199 and I don't care what you do. If you put 110 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:35,639 this principle into play, it'll work in your life. And 111 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,000 the crazy thing is, people who don't believe in God 112 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:42,959 work a principle made for his children, and we still 113 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:47,519 appear fighting about the semantics of things, and we're not 114 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:50,079 walking in the abundant life that he put out. 115 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:50,439 Speaker 2: Here for you. 116 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,199 Speaker 3: But he said, whoever believed this, whoever walks in this, 117 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:57,199 whoever gets this, they get the promise. Look at your 118 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,519 neighborh and say you're a Whoever whoever gets this principle 119 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,439 gets the promise. So I want you to get this please. 120 00:07:05,079 --> 00:07:12,079 Whoever includes Joe haters, whoever includes people who hurt you, 121 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,279 Whoever gets this principle includes the people that live like hell. 122 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,319 It does not matter somebody shot at me. 123 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: Whoever, so why not you? 124 00:07:25,519 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: If whoever can work this principle, why not you? So 125 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:36,360 the first thing God's telling us is, whoever sows like 126 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:39,480 this is gonna reap like this? What is the way 127 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,639 that they sold? If they sow a little, they're getting 128 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,279 a little. Bad newsflash, it works even if you do 129 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:53,120 it at the smallest level. Whoever so sparingly still gets 130 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,000 back sparingly, but they still. 131 00:07:56,759 --> 00:07:57,519 Speaker 2: Got something back. 132 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:03,079 Speaker 3: And whoever sows generously or largely, they get back at 133 00:08:03,079 --> 00:08:05,399 the same level. What I'm trying to tell you is 134 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:11,839 if sowing works, if seed works, why don't you do it? 135 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,720 And I can't be the one to qualify if you 136 00:08:16,839 --> 00:08:20,040 do or not. But what I'm saying is a farmer 137 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:28,439 never has to prove he sold seed. A farmer never 138 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,039 has to convince you. All he has to do is 139 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:38,960 show you the harvest. There's so many believers like I 140 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,799 promise I sold it to you. I promise, I'll promise 141 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:42,960 I sold good things. I promise, oh God it And 142 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:49,879 it's like, where is your harvest? Where is the trees? 143 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:55,360 Where is the fruit? Where is where is it? And 144 00:08:55,399 --> 00:08:57,559 the truth of the matter is many people have not 145 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,960 fully believed in the word of God and the Prince. 146 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,480 And so what I wanted to tell you is I 147 00:09:02,519 --> 00:09:05,120 don't want God to make a principle for his kids 148 00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:09,200 that his kids don't work. And then people who don't 149 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,559 even know our father work the principle and they're living 150 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:12,639 in the blessing. 151 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 2: That we should have. 152 00:09:14,399 --> 00:09:19,519 Speaker 3: Because whoever works this principle gets the promise of the principle. Okay, 153 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,200 So then it goes to verse seven. It says each 154 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,039 of you should could you just put. 155 00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: It on the screen? 156 00:09:26,639 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 3: It said, each of you should give. Let's stop right there, 157 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,600 write this point down. Giving is a duh to God? 158 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,759 Speaker 2: Did y'all hear what I just said? Given is a duh? 159 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: Yeah? 160 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 2: Y'all got it? Yours? 161 00:09:44,159 --> 00:09:48,519 Speaker 3: Like, what are you telling? Given is a duh? He's 162 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,200 watched this. He's assuming that you already know as a believer, 163 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:58,799 this is what we do. So he's telling you each 164 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,879 of you should give, oh what you've already decided to give? 165 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,000 Because he's not trying to convince you to do what 166 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:10,480 the normal practice is of people who do what we do. 167 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 2: That would be like a basketball player being like, do 168 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,120 we dribble. 169 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,399 Speaker 3: Duh? 170 00:10:17,759 --> 00:10:19,039 Speaker 2: Do we shoot the ball? 171 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:20,919 Speaker 3: Duh? 172 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 2: Do we play in pants? 173 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 3: Are shorts? Put your shorts on and come. The only 174 00:10:26,519 --> 00:10:30,120 people would who would ask those type of questions are 175 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:37,399 people who were unfamiliar with the pattern of whatever we're 176 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,960 talking about. There are too many people that when God 177 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,080 tells us that we're supposed to give, we act shocked. 178 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:50,399 Speaker 2: What me, God, you. 179 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,159 Speaker 3: Know what I'm dealing with. 180 00:10:52,279 --> 00:10:54,039 Speaker 2: He's like, hold on, wait, wait. 181 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 3: Wait wait. 182 00:10:55,159 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 2: If you're a believer, you should already get it. 183 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 3: In your mind. 184 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: Give. 185 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 3: I'm not just talking about money, time, treasure, connections, energy, effort, encouragement. 186 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:18,279 What is your giving record this past week. I'm not 187 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,600 talking about to a church, a nonprofit or organization. I'm 188 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:26,080 just talking about your giving. What's your giving record this week. 189 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,159 The reason why I'm saying this is because the natural 190 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:36,240 watch this, the natural state of a believer should be 191 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:42,639 one of generosity. Me and my friend was talking before 192 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,080 service and the comment came out this, I need people 193 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,279 to stop saying they serve God, and they love God 194 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,240 and they'll do anything for God, and they never give. 195 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:59,240 You can You can't, You can't have. You have to 196 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,600 for God's love the world that he It's one of 197 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:06,840 his natural characteristics. And people, I'll do anything for God 198 00:12:06,919 --> 00:12:14,559 except what He did for all of us. The reason 199 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,600 I'm saying this is it sounds elementary. Watch this, but 200 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:22,279 it's affecting people's eternity because people are here trying to 201 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,360 figure out why would God ask me to do this? 202 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,039 And I'm trying to tell you. When God tells you 203 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,159 to give, he tells you to give a certain way. Paw, 204 00:12:30,279 --> 00:12:32,039 somebody break it down to me just a little more. 205 00:12:32,159 --> 00:12:34,639 He said, verse seven, each of you should give. Watch 206 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:39,159 this what you have decided in your heart to give, 207 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:41,759 not reluctantly or under compulsion. 208 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: For God loves what type of giver? A cheerful giver. 209 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 3: This is why giving is supposed to be a duh. 210 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,919 Because in Matthew you can go read it chapter six. 211 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,840 I think it starts in verse two, but you gotta 212 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:55,519 read the whole thing. 213 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 2: It says. 214 00:12:56,159 --> 00:12:59,639 Speaker 3: Jesus is talking. He says, when you give, when you pray, 215 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,080 when you fast, these are three things. If the giving's 216 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,919 taking you off too much. I need to let you know. 217 00:13:06,039 --> 00:13:08,399 God expects every one of his children to at some 218 00:13:08,519 --> 00:13:10,000 point fast, pray, and give. 219 00:13:12,399 --> 00:13:15,799 Speaker 2: Not if you give, if you pray, or if you 220 00:13:15,919 --> 00:13:17,399 fast when you do. 221 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 3: Okay, self, evaluate when's the last time you fasted, you prayed, 222 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,360 and you gave. There are not many things that God 223 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:32,360 is saying. This is a prerequisite for you walking in 224 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,440 the way that I have called you to walk. 225 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:35,919 Speaker 2: And so I need you to understand. 226 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 3: Church, we have to get it into our minds that 227 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:44,639 my disposition is generosity. That's who I am. 228 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 2: I'm generous. 229 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,159 Speaker 3: I don't have a lot to give right now, but 230 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,919 I'm what generous. I can give what I got. All 231 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,200 I have is all I need. I'm out here about 232 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,960 to bless somebody sucks off, and by sucks I mean 233 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:05,840 this five dollars, about to really turn somebody's day upside down. No, 234 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:13,879 I'm because generosity is not about an amount. Generosity is 235 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:17,000 about a heart posture. It's about hold on, what can 236 00:14:17,039 --> 00:14:17,279 I do? 237 00:14:17,519 --> 00:14:19,279 Speaker 2: How can I do it? Where am I at? 238 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,399 Speaker 3: What do I got in my closet? How many of 239 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,960 these pins do I have? How many of these sandals 240 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:24,480 do I have? 241 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:27,159 Speaker 2: How much time could I give to somebody That. 242 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:29,399 Speaker 3: Lady's yard that you've been complaining about needs to be 243 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:34,879 mowed for six weeks? Go mow it, somebody. I'm about 244 00:14:34,919 --> 00:14:40,519 to call the people on him, you know, to call 245 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:46,559 the people on a person you've never even talked to yet. 246 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,879 The Bible tells us we're supposed to love our neighbor. 247 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:55,600 Take your dusty lawnmower. 248 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:57,879 Speaker 2: Over to that. 249 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 3: Don't ask them. 250 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 2: There's never been in the history. 251 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,399 Speaker 3: Ever that somebody that you just start more on their 252 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,200 line and they gonna cuss you out, never in the history. 253 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: Well, is there a line? 254 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,679 Speaker 3: I don't want a trustpath? They will let you trust 255 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:19,519 paths to mow they lawn. Yeah, but watch it. But 256 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,600 if your heart is not set on giving, you won't 257 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,399 give your time to that, you won't give your sweat 258 00:15:25,399 --> 00:15:28,440 to that, you won't give And God saying I need 259 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,240 you to be like me and watch this. I need 260 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,360 you to decide before it's time to give. 261 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 2: Uh. 262 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 3: Oh, this is where people get in trouble. Right here, 263 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,480 write this down. You can't be manipulated when your mind's 264 00:15:40,519 --> 00:15:47,399 already made up. Me and my wife decided a long 265 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,120 time ago. I showed you y'all that gray book that 266 00:15:50,159 --> 00:15:53,080 I talked about our finances being able to change as 267 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,440 we honored God and put out our budget and wrote 268 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,559 everything down and put our tithe there and all this 269 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,759 other stuff. God has continued to increase us in different ways. 270 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:02,399 But one of the things that me and my wife 271 00:16:02,399 --> 00:16:07,120 had to learn is like our disposition on giving, because 272 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,679 we have now become so generous in our giving that 273 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,919 we got to check with each other because sometimes it 274 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,080 gets reckless. 275 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:17,679 Speaker 2: And when I say reckless, I. 276 00:16:17,679 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 3: Mean it's reckless, Like it's like at the moment, she'll 277 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,759 look at somebody or see something or feel something in 278 00:16:23,799 --> 00:16:25,759 her spirit and she was like, I think we're supposed 279 00:16:25,759 --> 00:16:26,679 to do this for such and such. 280 00:16:26,679 --> 00:16:30,639 Speaker 2: And I was like, whoo, that's crazy. 281 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 3: Because God told me we're supposed to do this for 282 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,960 such and such. And she was like, whoa did he 283 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,159 tell us at the same time, we're supposed to do this. 284 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:45,879 And why I'm saying this is we've already decided, talked about, 285 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,759 prayed through, started to wade through, looked at our budget 286 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,000 before it's time. The reason why people get manipulated and 287 00:16:56,039 --> 00:16:58,799 feel like people are trying to get something from them 288 00:16:58,919 --> 00:17:04,160 is because they're unders and a double minded man is 289 00:17:04,279 --> 00:17:08,759 unstable in all of his ways. But you can't be 290 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:13,039 decided on something you've never thought about, and most people 291 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:16,400 don't think about giving. So when it comes to your thing, 292 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,720 God's like, Hey, one of the things I need you 293 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:23,480 to pray for is what you're supposed to give, and 294 00:17:23,519 --> 00:17:25,680 I need you to pray it before you're supposed to give, 295 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,440 because when you know what God said before, you're not swayed. 296 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,480 My question to you today, I got a lot of questions. 297 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,559 When's the last time you ask God? What am I 298 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:38,440 supposed to give. 299 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:40,759 Speaker 2: Before? 300 00:17:41,839 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 3: Before offering before somebody has a need before. There are 301 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,440 things that I have planned for, things that I currently have, 302 00:17:49,759 --> 00:17:50,880 like I currently have them. 303 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:51,839 Speaker 2: Moh, you already noticed. 304 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,799 Speaker 3: I've told the people close to me, and it's like, yeah, 305 00:17:53,799 --> 00:17:55,279 when I'm done with this, I'm giving this a certain 306 00:17:55,319 --> 00:17:57,759 soul done. 307 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,079 Speaker 2: I've already planned it in. 308 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 3: I'm still using it right now and I'm taking good 309 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,720 care of it right now. But when I'm done with this, 310 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:12,440 I've already watched this scent. My seed, my seed is 311 00:18:12,519 --> 00:18:16,359 like a missile. My seed has to be directed. My 312 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,640 seed is something that I place in places for a 313 00:18:20,759 --> 00:18:24,680 future so even though I'm here right now, I'm sending 314 00:18:24,759 --> 00:18:29,440 my seed somewhere. My question is, when's the last time 315 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,400 you prayed? God? Where am I supposed to send this seed? 316 00:18:33,039 --> 00:18:34,920 When I'm done with these shoes? When am I supposed 317 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,440 to Well? Who's supposed to wear these? When I'm doing 318 00:18:38,519 --> 00:18:38,960 with this house? 319 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 2: Who I'm I supposed to give it to. 320 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 3: God? When I'm done driving this car? Who am I 321 00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:49,079 supposed to sol this into God? God? 322 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 2: What am I supposed to do with what You've placed 323 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:51,559 in my hand? 324 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 3: And listen to me. 325 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 2: I'm trying to give you the secrets. 326 00:18:56,279 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 3: If you don't pray about it before, you have two 327 00:18:59,279 --> 00:19:03,559 responses to clinch up in fear or to give frivolously. 328 00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:07,559 And I have to say this because there are people 329 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,160 who have given what they needed to keep because. 330 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,079 Speaker 2: They were poor Stuarts. 331 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 3: I gotta say this because there's some churches you go 332 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,839 to and be like, give the light, deal the thing, 333 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,000 get the thing, and get the thing, and now that 334 00:19:22,039 --> 00:19:26,599 person is destituo on the street, nowhere to go. And 335 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,200 they felt like they were doing it in faith, but 336 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:32,160 what they were doing it was an out of order. 337 00:19:33,559 --> 00:19:35,640 There was no priority to what was happening. 338 00:19:36,519 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 2: Now. This is where you got to check your priorities. 339 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 3: Because some of the things that we're calling essential are 340 00:19:41,279 --> 00:19:45,319 actually luxuries. So if God is calling you and asking 341 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,359 you to do something, you have to evaluate. God, what 342 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,240 are you asking me to do? What are you asking 343 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:51,000 me to cut off? What are you asking me to 344 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,920 give up for a season so that I can honor you. 345 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,640 The reason I'm saying this is because God will require 346 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,119 what you have, but he will never require what you don't. 347 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:04,400 Oh God. And there are people that think maybe this 348 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,160 is what God wants from me is just to be 349 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:11,480 broken white around the mouth and begging no. But He 350 00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:15,720 does want you to figure out your budget, and he 351 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:17,920 does want you to know how much debt you have, 352 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,400 and he does want you to stop doing dashing when 353 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:22,400 you could get up. 354 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 2: And go pick up that top. Gobail. Oh, come on, y'all. 355 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 3: Okay, I see the resistance, gos I Mike, Why are 356 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:34,519 you saying this? 357 00:20:34,799 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 2: Because if you never think about what. 358 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 3: You're gonna give watch, it's hard to see it come 359 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,039 out in your hand if it hasn't started being thought 360 00:20:42,039 --> 00:20:45,680 about in your head. Cause the progression is it goes 361 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,839 to my head. Maybe I can't give this, then it 362 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,640 drops to my heart. God, is this what you're asking 363 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,160 me to give? Then it comes out in my hand. 364 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,400 Here it is God. Most people want to start with 365 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,359 their hand. Well I got it, uh huh. And your 366 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:57,440 head is like, why did we do that? 367 00:20:58,680 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 2: We don't have. 368 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 3: Enough money to do that. Where in the world is 369 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,039 that coming from? And God says, He's not a god 370 00:21:04,079 --> 00:21:08,079 that just wants you to do think about it. Think 371 00:21:08,079 --> 00:21:10,480 about it and I'll show you and it'll drop to 372 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:12,359 your heart and then you will move by faith and 373 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,240 it'll come out in your hand. So this is where 374 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,319 I need everybody to understand. This scripture is giving us 375 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:25,400 the playbook. Don't give under manipulation. Do not give if 376 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,079 you feel like your arm is being twisted. Do you 377 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,960 You ain't never heard no pass to say this I'm 378 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,200 trying to do. Not give anything if you feel like 379 00:21:36,279 --> 00:21:45,359 somebody's trying to lean on you emotionally, even your family. Oh, 380 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,599 you thought I was talking about the church, because the 381 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,680 problem is most of you are in financial ruin because 382 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:57,000 you're helping somebody that won't help themselves. Okay, He's giving 383 00:21:57,039 --> 00:22:00,240 you principles that are supposed to help your whole life, 384 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:01,839 not just everybody want to use it when it comes 385 00:22:01,839 --> 00:22:06,640 to the church, but you don't use it concerning babe. 386 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,160 You paying for this young man's stuff, or you paying 387 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,440 for this young lady's stuff. 388 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: You flying somebody out, You. 389 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:13,920 Speaker 3: Paying for this thirst trap on Instagram. 390 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 2: You paying for all of these different things, and you 391 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,400 don't ever have no pressure. 392 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 3: Or no problem giving to them. You look so strong, 393 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:30,440 big daddy. What you mean ain't worked out in ten years? 394 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:37,039 What you mean, Oh, this whole thing stop, I'm trying. 395 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,160 I'm trying to teach you. Don't you give to that 396 00:22:40,279 --> 00:22:45,480 with manipulation? If you know somebody's praying on your weakness 397 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:48,480 right now, If you know that, oh I just have 398 00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:51,240 a guard. Dad. Some of us are suckers for sad stories. 399 00:22:52,559 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 2: Y'all know, y'all, y'all know who y'are. 400 00:22:54,319 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 3: Y'all know that y'all always give to them little puppies 401 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,720 that come on like with the eyes of the age, 402 00:23:00,319 --> 00:23:02,640 and all they put is them sick dogs on there, 403 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:09,920 and you're like nine nine, y'all know that's manipulation. They 404 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,000 know they don't put no healthy dogs on there. Autumn dollar, 405 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:19,920 every dog, every dog ain't been giving no water, get a. 406 00:23:19,839 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 2: Dog some water. But they do that on purpose. 407 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:31,079 Speaker 3: Why Because if I can prey on their emotions for 408 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,839 a second, maybe I can get something out of God's 409 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,319 telling you, I don't care if it's at church, if 410 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,359 it's at your house, if it's at the family reunion, 411 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:45,359 if your cousin is in jail, do not give if 412 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,200 there's a manipulation involved. I'm trying to give you a 413 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,319 principle that will work. 414 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 2: Whether you believe or not. Okay, what does it say 415 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:56,559 to give? 416 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 3: You should already decided you got a brother, cousin or 417 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,240 son in jail. You should decide this how much money 418 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,680 I'm gonna give them till they get out before they 419 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,720 start asking, oh God, I'm trying to save your family. 420 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:15,759 You should decide, I'm gonna put five hundred dollars, so 421 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:17,400 I can do it at fifty dollars the increment. 422 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:18,839 Speaker 2: I can do it at one dollar increment. 423 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 3: I can do. 424 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: But you should decide and don't. 425 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 3: Tell them wisdom. I'm saying that decide howsin Mike, Why 426 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,799 are you going so hard on this? Because when you 427 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,240 give to the wrong thing out of the wrong motive, 428 00:24:36,319 --> 00:24:38,680 you don't have what you need to give to the 429 00:24:38,759 --> 00:24:44,240 right thing when God asks you. I'm trying to save 430 00:24:44,319 --> 00:24:47,839 you from not being ready to sew when God. 431 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,279 Speaker 2: Tells you to Okay, all right, here we go. 432 00:24:51,079 --> 00:24:54,039 Speaker 3: So so write this down. You shouldn't make up your 433 00:24:54,039 --> 00:24:57,400 mind in the moment when it comes to giving. You 434 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,160 should never make up your mind in the moment at 435 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,759 the end of the year. Every year we give an offering. 436 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:04,960 We call it a crazy faith offering, and we give. 437 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:10,680 I'm telling you right now you should start praying in May, God, 438 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:14,200 what is the gift that me and my family are 439 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:19,160 supposed to give in December? So you don't have to think, oh, shoot, 440 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,160 this December's Christmas time. 441 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 2: It's visit. 442 00:25:20,599 --> 00:25:22,519 Speaker 3: No no, no, no, no, no, no, no no. I'm telling 443 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:25,240 you in May. I'm gonna tell you again in October. 444 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,599 I'm gonna tell you because I don't want anybody in 445 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,039 this church to ever feel that there is an ounce 446 00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:36,240 of pressure when it comes to give. Why, Because God 447 00:25:36,279 --> 00:25:41,680 wants us all to give cheerfully. This is the attitude. 448 00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:47,400 Write this down. The attitude is greater than the amount. 449 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:52,359 The attitude of giving is more valuable to God than 450 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:58,079 the amount of your giving. And most people usually give 451 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:03,000 with an attitude okay here God finally, and God was like, 452 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:06,880 I don't want that. I would rather you give and 453 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,440 be excited, skipping cheerful about it, knowing my character as 454 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,000 a good father, than to feel like I'm taking something 455 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,480 from you. And today I need you to understand there 456 00:26:18,519 --> 00:26:20,400 was a woman in the Bible that gave two mites, 457 00:26:20,839 --> 00:26:23,559 and Jesus is there. All the big ballers is out dropping, 458 00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:26,680 they making it rain and throwing stacks, and God calls 459 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,559 the disciples over and you say, you see that woman. 460 00:26:28,519 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 2: Right there, she just gave two mites. 461 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 3: And they're like, so, He's like, but the attitude in 462 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,880 what she's given, this is sacrificial. This ain't about amounts, 463 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,079 he said. Anywhere the Gospel has talked about this woman 464 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,240 is going to be remembered. 465 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 2: Why it was. 466 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,079 Speaker 3: Because of her attitude of getting giving, not the amount 467 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:47,519 of giving. 468 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: Today, what I'm trying to do is. 469 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,079 Speaker 3: Teach you that God wants your attitude to be one 470 00:26:53,079 --> 00:26:55,359 that is cheerful. But we have to get into the 471 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,480 right idea and thought process is about giving. I'm just 472 00:26:58,519 --> 00:26:58,839 a giver. 473 00:26:59,559 --> 00:27:00,599 Speaker 2: This is what I do. 474 00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:03,279 Speaker 3: It's how I show up, it's how I wake up, 475 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,240 it's how I go to sleep every day, and y'all saying, 476 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,160 cousdent Mike, that's so easy for you to say. I 477 00:27:08,319 --> 00:27:12,240 got proof when I was younger and didn't have nothing. 478 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,599 I've always been I decided, watch it, I decided to 479 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:24,160 be a giver. Cousin, Mike, how do you decide? Decide? 480 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,759 Speaker 2: Y'all try to make stuff so spiritual. 481 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 3: But the truth of the matter is, today you could decide, 482 00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:34,839 I'm gonna be the most generous person I know. 483 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:37,279 Speaker 2: Think about it. 484 00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 3: Who's the most generous person? 485 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,759 Speaker 2: You know? Think about it in your head? 486 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 3: Somebody said me, would anybody else say that? The question is, 487 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,079 would anybody else say you're the most generous person? If 488 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,640 you have multiple people bragging on you that they're like 489 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,599 that when you're not in the room, they're so generous 490 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:02,680 they Wow, you're starting to get into the territory. Watch this. 491 00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:11,079 That speaks Jesus no matter what room you're in. Okay, okay, 492 00:28:11,319 --> 00:28:13,440 all right, some of y'all want to go in there. 493 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 2: Bless that head. 494 00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 3: App I'll called skin tailor bed skoshki Taya. And you're selfish, 495 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,079 and every time you come into the room, you suck 496 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,440 all the energy. 497 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 2: You give nothing. 498 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 3: Y'all know them people that I'm talking about. What would 499 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,640 happen if everywhere you go you've been filled up so much. 500 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 2: That you gotta give it out. 501 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 3: That there's so much abundance on the inside of you 502 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,519 that some of it has got to fall off of me, 503 00:28:41,559 --> 00:28:46,079 because I don't even need all of this. Okay. The 504 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,599 last part of this verse EIGHTA says, and God is 505 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,799 able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things, 506 00:28:52,839 --> 00:28:57,759 I love this language, at all times, having all that 507 00:28:57,799 --> 00:29:01,119 you need, you will abound or be abundant in every 508 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:01,680 good work. 509 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 2: That's the promise of a sewer. 510 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,359 Speaker 3: If you sow all things, all times, all needs men, 511 00:29:16,559 --> 00:29:20,319 there's not a better deal on the market when you 512 00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:22,640 look at the word of God. He says, this is 513 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,119 how I want my children to live. This is the 514 00:29:26,119 --> 00:29:27,880 point that I want you to get from right here. 515 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:35,400 The reason why it's sowing interrupts every atmosphere. Swing interrupts 516 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,160 every atmosphere. 517 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:38,839 Speaker 2: Right now. 518 00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 3: If I was a farmer and I showed you barren Land, 519 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,000 barren Land, if you got a picture of that, just 520 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,799 throw it up on the screen. If I showed you 521 00:29:47,839 --> 00:29:52,319 barren Land right now, most people would look at this 522 00:29:53,599 --> 00:30:00,039 and see nothing but a farmer with faith would a 523 00:30:00,039 --> 00:30:12,160 bag of seed sees nothing but space and opportunity. Why? 524 00:30:12,839 --> 00:30:15,079 Because all I need is some land if I have seed. 525 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,759 All I need is soil if I have seed. Some 526 00:30:21,799 --> 00:30:23,960 of you are looking at a situation that looks like 527 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,920 this right now, and God's saying what we gonna do? 528 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,079 And you let God send the rain even if I 529 00:30:29,079 --> 00:30:32,440 send it. You ain't got no seed in the ground. Okay, 530 00:30:33,119 --> 00:30:36,759 let me come over here. The seed will only be 531 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,200 activated when it's in the ground. 532 00:30:40,359 --> 00:30:41,799 Speaker 2: That's when he has to sit in the rain. 533 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 3: But some God do a miracle. 534 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,119 Speaker 2: You ain't sawing nothing. Now. 535 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:54,599 Speaker 3: I wasn't great at math, but anything times zero seven 536 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,440 hundred and sixty five million, six hundred and seventy thousand 537 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,920 times zero is zero. I got it a on that test. 538 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,039 When we did zero times stable killed it. 539 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 2: Killed it. 540 00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:13,599 Speaker 3: That's the multiplication many of us are doing right now. 541 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:17,319 We're saying, God, multiply it. And he said, you have 542 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:23,119 not sown any seed. But a farmer with faith, a 543 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,799 person like you were crazy faith, all you got to 544 00:31:26,839 --> 00:31:31,279 do is have some seed some time and guess what 545 00:31:31,319 --> 00:31:34,480 there will be put up? What a harvest looks like 546 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:37,119 in this same place. I need you to see what 547 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,240 your life is about to look like. Somebody by faith 548 00:31:40,319 --> 00:31:43,759 needs to see this. You've been sowing seeds for such 549 00:31:43,759 --> 00:31:44,480 a long time. 550 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:46,519 Speaker 2: You've made up your mind. 551 00:31:46,599 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 3: I'm gonna keep giving even if I. 552 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,119 Speaker 2: Don't see anything. 553 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,599 Speaker 3: The seasons have not fully changed yet. But this is 554 00:31:53,640 --> 00:32:04,680 about to be my lifestyle. Go back to the other one. 555 00:32:05,319 --> 00:32:12,440 But at one point that looked like this. It takes 556 00:32:12,519 --> 00:32:17,920 faith to show seed when it looks like this. Genesis 557 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,440 eight and twenty two says, as long as the earth remains, 558 00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:23,480 there will be seed. 559 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:29,279 Speaker 2: Time, and then what harvest? So to seed? 560 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,319 Speaker 3: Just to side on a soap pastor, Michael, you making 561 00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:38,119 me a promise. I'm not making you a promise. God's 562 00:32:38,119 --> 00:32:41,359 making you a promise. I ain't got nothing. I'm trying 563 00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:44,720 to do this myself. I don't got nothing for you 564 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,400 except to tell you what the word says. And then 565 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,200 me and Natalie and our four kids gonna try to 566 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:49,839 live this out. 567 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 2: And we have been. 568 00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 3: Living it out, and I'm telling you it works. I 569 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,839 have empirical data that my life used to look dry 570 00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:58,319 like this. 571 00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 2: I need everybody to help me. 572 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 3: I need to help you understand it didn't happen. Sometimes 573 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:08,039 I hate being a pastor because people think the things 574 00:33:08,079 --> 00:33:12,559 work in my life because of my position. There are 575 00:33:12,599 --> 00:33:13,440 people that think. 576 00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 2: Well, I guess you got it because. 577 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 3: You're the pastor. No, you don't understand. I don't have 578 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:24,599 a special access point to obeying God that gets me 579 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:28,640 ahead of the line. I gotta actually do this stuff, 580 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:31,799 and it's more pressure because if I'm telling you it 581 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,839 work and it ain't working on my life, it's really 582 00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:36,599 a lie. 583 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 2: I can't preach nothing that ain't real. 584 00:33:41,839 --> 00:33:45,119 Speaker 3: So I learned this from myself, and today I just 585 00:33:45,119 --> 00:33:47,160 see so many people that are trying to figure out 586 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,240 does God really honor his word? And I'm trying to 587 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:55,000 tell you he does. If your life looks like this. So, 588 00:33:56,799 --> 00:34:02,640 if you've hit a plateau, so whatever area you're in, 589 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,000 you might have a lot. But if you hit a 590 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:09,920 plateau so and your situation changes, Okay, this is this 591 00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:12,840 is this is how we're gonna end this. I need 592 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,920 to acknowledge something. It's hard to sew when you're in 593 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,440 the wrong mode. Okay, just everybody hear me. A lot 594 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,400 of us are in modes that make it hard for 595 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,639 us to do what God has told us to do. 596 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 2: In my car. 597 00:34:27,519 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 3: Recently, I found a different mode there. I was looking 598 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,000 at my car and it has this button that says 599 00:34:32,039 --> 00:34:35,159 off road mode and it and it looked like it's 600 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:37,960 going up a hill. And I just hit it one 601 00:34:38,039 --> 00:34:40,719 day and I was on the regular street and it 602 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,159 started driving differently. 603 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:44,760 Speaker 2: All the wheels started doing something. 604 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 3: And then I saw there was a fast mode, and 605 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,039 then then I saw there was a cruise mode. 606 00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:52,760 Speaker 2: And then I just start hitting all the modes. 607 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,039 Speaker 3: And what I realized is that the modes were a 608 00:34:58,199 --> 00:35:01,840 one button touch of one button decision to change my 609 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:06,119 car into a totally different way of maneuvering the terrain. 610 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,159 And I said, could it be that a lot of 611 00:35:09,199 --> 00:35:11,559 believers are just in the wrong mode when it comes 612 00:35:11,599 --> 00:35:15,280 to giving? And today, I'm gonna give you three modes 613 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,679 that you may be in today that I need you 614 00:35:19,039 --> 00:35:24,679 to potentially shift or change your mode in three sol modes, okay, 615 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:30,000 identify yourself. The first one is need mode. If you're 616 00:35:30,039 --> 00:35:36,000 in need mode, welcome to human. You're born needing things. 617 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,280 Need mode is our default setting watch this and need 618 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:45,639 mode is defined watch this by survival. If everything in 619 00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:47,920 your life you're trying to survive right now, you're always 620 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:52,079 in need mode. Think about it. It's hard to be 621 00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:54,159 able to give when you're always in need mode. 622 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,360 Speaker 2: And that mindset thrives on fear. 623 00:35:57,639 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 3: When you're in need mode. Maybe we're gonna run out 624 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,920 need mode. Who's gonna help me? If need mode? It 625 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,840 didn't work last time? So how are we going to 626 00:36:08,039 --> 00:36:13,280 When you're thinking like this, you literally limit what God 627 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,639 can do through you. But if all you ever do 628 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,880 is need, watch this you become one that is a 629 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:24,400 consumer mindset. Everywhere you walk into you're trying to see 630 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,599 what can I get? What you gonna do for me? 631 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,480 How is this gonna benefit from me? And then it 632 00:36:30,519 --> 00:36:33,840 starts to affect your relationships. Your relationship to become what 633 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,360 can you do for me? Your faith becomes how does 634 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,639 this benefit me? And right now I need everybody to 635 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:44,039 switch modes. If you're in a need mode, I need 636 00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:47,920 you to switch modes because this mode ends up in 637 00:36:48,519 --> 00:36:50,559 greed mode. 638 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:52,239 Speaker 2: I don't know where you're at. 639 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 3: You may be in need mode. And if you're in 640 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,199 need mode, the international sign of need mode is. 641 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 2: You give me sign. This also is the sign that children. 642 00:37:08,039 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 3: Make all the time because when you come out when 643 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,679 you're in a place where you don't understand. You always 644 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,639 are looking up for somebody to give something more to you. 645 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,960 So when you come into rooms, give me more, I 646 00:37:23,039 --> 00:37:26,440 need something. What I'm saying is it's okay. If you're there, 647 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,719 you don't have to stay there. A seed can interrupt 648 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,719 that cycle, and if you don't check this right here, 649 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:34,719 it turns into greed mode. 650 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 2: Let me tell you what greed mode is. Greed mode is. 651 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:46,800 Speaker 3: And mode that thrives on scarcity. So a lot of 652 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,719 people think greedy is about rich people, because if I 653 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,280 say who's greedy, you would think of probably somebody that 654 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:53,760 got a lot of money. The truth of matters, you 655 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:59,079 can be greedy with barely a little bit because it's 656 00:37:59,119 --> 00:38:05,039 all about me being in control with what I got, 657 00:38:05,599 --> 00:38:08,440 and it thrives on scarcity. And I know there are 658 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,119 people in here that's like paws. I'm like, you don't 659 00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:11,800 know my story. What I'm telling you is you can 660 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:16,119 change it. You can change your relationship with money. You 661 00:38:16,159 --> 00:38:19,480 can change your relationship with finances, you can change your 662 00:38:19,559 --> 00:38:23,840 relationship with stewardship. You can change your relationship with generosity. 663 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,840 By just switching modes, you don't have to live in 664 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,239 need mode. You don't have to live in greed mode. 665 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:34,760 What I want you to live in is seed mode. 666 00:38:37,079 --> 00:38:41,440 One switch seed mode, PA's of Mike. What's seed mode? Oh? 667 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:42,559 Seed mode? 668 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 2: It thrives on faith. 669 00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:49,320 Speaker 3: It looks at what you have and says, what can 670 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,760 I do with this? Do you know you don't need 671 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,960 any more than you have right now? To live in 672 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,920 seed mode. 673 00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:58,119 Speaker 2: Today? 674 00:38:58,159 --> 00:39:00,800 Speaker 3: You could flip right now, sitting in this chair seed mode. 675 00:39:01,599 --> 00:39:05,559 I'm going to give something away every day this week. 676 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,920 I dare you to try it. I dare you to 677 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,559 give one thing away every day this week. 678 00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:15,679 Speaker 2: It doesn't even have to be an actual object. 679 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 3: You could say, I'm giving thirty minutes to help somebody 680 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,960 do a task they are having trouble doing it every 681 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,559 day this week, and just at the thought of it 682 00:39:27,639 --> 00:39:28,920 right now, some of y'all just got. 683 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:33,440 Speaker 2: Mad at me, my week, my day, pastor. 684 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:42,440 Speaker 3: Need mode, greed mode or what seed mode? Once you 685 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,599 get in seed mode, there's beautiful things that happen. 686 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,159 Speaker 2: The Bible says God. 687 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 3: Gives seed to the soul. Hold on wait, So the 688 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:56,519 prerequisite for more seed is a decision to already sew. 689 00:39:58,199 --> 00:40:02,039 So right now you could qualify for more seed by 690 00:40:02,159 --> 00:40:05,320 just sitting in your chair and saying, God, I'm gonna sew. 691 00:40:07,039 --> 00:40:07,800 And God's like. 692 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,199 Speaker 2: All right, send them seed. 693 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,719 Speaker 3: I saw that they've decided to sew. 694 00:40:16,199 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 2: Do you know how powerful that is that right now? 695 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,800 Speaker 3: I'm gonna bring it to a really natural example. If 696 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,159 you decided I want olive garden in your heart right now, 697 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,159 and at the moment you decided, somebody came from the 698 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:34,840 back and handed you olive garden, you would be thinking 699 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,039 all kinds of thoughts, I want ice cream, and then 700 00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:41,000 at the moment you thought somebody brought you ice cream, 701 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,079 I want abs, and then somebody brought from the back. 702 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,440 Think but think about the power of what. 703 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 2: God is saying. 704 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,960 Speaker 3: All you would have to do is decide, I really 705 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,440 want to bless that family before they go back to school. 706 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,800 Before that family goes back to school, I really want 707 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,760 to be able to buy all their kids' supplies and 708 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:13,400 buy them kids backpacks and shoes. That's three months away. God, 709 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:15,719 I would really even if I can't do the whole thing, God, 710 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,320 I really like to be a part of blessing his 711 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:22,119 family before they go back to school. At the moment 712 00:41:22,199 --> 00:41:27,519 you decided that in your heart, guess what starts happening. 713 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,400 Send the seed because they've decided to sew. 714 00:41:35,039 --> 00:41:35,360 Speaker 2: Church. 715 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:42,639 Speaker 3: When you get this, it changes everything. It removes idols. 716 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,039 Thats why are you saying that? Because the only other 717 00:41:46,119 --> 00:41:50,159 place that God compared himself to anything was when it 718 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:54,159 came to money. He said, I just need to let 719 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:55,719 y'all know something real quick. This is why I gotta 720 00:41:55,719 --> 00:42:00,320 deal with this. You can't serve me and serve money 721 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:06,119 because he knew the human heart would be in tension 722 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,599 to believe God or believe money. Because some of y'all 723 00:42:10,599 --> 00:42:13,360 have said either God needs to come through or I 724 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,199 just need some more money. You still need God to 725 00:42:17,199 --> 00:42:19,039 come through if you got all the money in the world. 726 00:42:21,519 --> 00:42:22,639 Speaker 2: Do y'all hear what I'm saying. 727 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:27,920 Speaker 3: Passing Mike, You've been on this because I want you 728 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,760 to get it. Don't live in need mode, don't live 729 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:37,519 in greed mode, live in seed mode. And I'm just 730 00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:39,559 gonna get this to all the real crazy people. There's 731 00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:42,559 one more level that wasn't in the notes. It's beast mode. 732 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:49,840 Now I'm now don't tell nobody, but this is for 733 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,960 the people who to tithe. They know that's the basement, 734 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,480 and when they get in the offerings, like, yeah, I 735 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,559 live in seed mode. I give, but then there's another 736 00:42:58,639 --> 00:43:00,840 level of giving. Because there's levels to this. It's called 737 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:05,480 sacrificial offerings. 738 00:43:03,639 --> 00:43:05,079 Speaker 2: And I'm just telling you about it. You can read 739 00:43:05,079 --> 00:43:05,840 through it all in the Bible. 740 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,599 Speaker 3: One of the greatest places that it's seen is with 741 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:13,320 Solomon in Ecclesiastes or No, No, no no. This was in 742 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:17,960 First Kings when God it was customary for there to 743 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,760 be one bull sacrifice to God. And at the moment 744 00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:26,920 that it was time to sacrifice the bull, everybody else 745 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:35,000 did one. Solomon did a thousand. The requirement was one. 746 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:42,119 His offering was a thousand. This moved God so much 747 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:44,840 that he came to Solomon and the dream that night 748 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:49,760 is like, what you want, bro, I was really expecting 749 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,280 you to do one, two, five? 750 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:52,559 Speaker 2: What you want? 751 00:43:53,679 --> 00:43:55,599 Speaker 3: One of the only places in the Bible where we 752 00:43:55,639 --> 00:43:58,079 see God literally coming to somebody say tell me what 753 00:43:58,159 --> 00:43:58,559 you want. 754 00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:00,519 Speaker 2: Because I saw my heart. 755 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,320 Speaker 3: I saw a heart that could handle abundance. 756 00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:08,559 Speaker 2: I saw a heart that was not. 757 00:44:08,559 --> 00:44:11,280 Speaker 3: Just trying to give the basic I saw a heart 758 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:17,840 that looked like mine, what do you want? And then 759 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:23,400 watch how gangster Solomon is. He says, God, all I 760 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:27,360 need is wisdom. 761 00:44:25,639 --> 00:44:26,599 Speaker 2: To govern your people. 762 00:44:27,679 --> 00:44:31,280 Speaker 3: God was like, no, you didn't, No, you didn't just 763 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:32,239 ask for wisdom. 764 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:37,840 Speaker 2: No you didn't. He got excited again. 765 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:42,760 Speaker 3: Because he could have used that moment to be greedy. 766 00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:45,519 He could have if God comes to you and says, 767 00:44:45,559 --> 00:44:47,760 what do you want? Okay, I'm so glad you asked. 768 00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:51,159 Speaker 2: Let's star you upset. Come on, y'all, let's be honest. 769 00:44:51,199 --> 00:44:54,119 I am so glad you asked lists like. 770 00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:01,360 Speaker 3: What was Solomon's request? What I need need to help them? 771 00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:05,440 Give me wisdom to govern your people. It was an 772 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,320 act of generosity. I'm not gonna use this moment to 773 00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,440 hoard something to me. I need to get what I 774 00:45:11,519 --> 00:45:18,199 need so I can give them what they need. And 775 00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,960 God was like, you know what, because I see my 776 00:45:21,039 --> 00:45:24,719 reflection in you, I'm not begging you, I'm not taking 777 00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,400 them from you really want this because you want to 778 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,480 be generous. He said, Now I'm gonna bless you with 779 00:45:29,519 --> 00:45:35,159 the wisdom and I'm gonna give you all the resources. 780 00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:39,199 There's a beast mode to sewing that has nothing to 781 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:44,159 do with what God requires. It has everything to do 782 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,039 with you trying to respond to God's goodness. 783 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:51,599 Speaker 2: And one day I'll do. 784 00:45:51,559 --> 00:45:53,440 Speaker 3: A whole series on it, because it's gonna have to 785 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,440 be people who are ready for this level. But there 786 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,360 is a level that you get to where the harvest 787 00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:03,880 overtakes the sewing, where you start telling other people, somebody, 788 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:07,239 come and get some of this, Dad. There's a level 789 00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:10,159 that you can get to where you're saying, my boat's 790 00:46:10,199 --> 00:46:16,199 sinking too many fish. If I keep getting this type 791 00:46:16,559 --> 00:46:19,599 of load, I'm gonna drown with all of this. 792 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,679 Speaker 2: Some my competition, come get some of this. 793 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,000 Speaker 3: Some of y'all businesses is gonna be so blessed you're 794 00:46:27,039 --> 00:46:30,320 gonna be able to call your competition, y'all, don't hear me. 795 00:46:30,599 --> 00:46:33,000 Some of y'all are about to walk in abundance where 796 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,719 you're gonna be able to tell your neighbors, Hey, I 797 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,239 can't deal with all of I don't eat. 798 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:39,719 Speaker 2: I can't manage all of this. 799 00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:54,760 Speaker 3: Oh God, I just decided I want to be accused 800 00:46:54,800 --> 00:47:00,559 of abundance. If I'm guilty, that's something I want to 801 00:47:00,559 --> 00:47:06,599 be guilty of giving. That's why I want to be 802 00:47:06,639 --> 00:47:09,960 blasted for blessing people. You want to blast me for 803 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:15,639 something always blessing somebody. What if that was the disposition 804 00:47:15,679 --> 00:47:22,519 of God's people that's what we were known for. Forget everybody, 805 00:47:22,519 --> 00:47:28,519 that's what you was known for. Today I asked all 806 00:47:28,559 --> 00:47:31,280 these spirits how I was supposed to end this message, 807 00:47:33,039 --> 00:47:38,559 and something really awesome came and fell into my lap. 808 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:49,599 This right here is somebody's faith from prison. Many of 809 00:47:49,639 --> 00:47:52,239 you know that we have a partnership with God behind bars, 810 00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:59,199 and we have put a significant investment in providing inmates 811 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,320 all over the world who the Bible many times calls 812 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,400 the least of these, those who are forgotten about. We 813 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:09,360 want them to have a way to connect with God 814 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,599 and people on the outside. And so we've bought hundreds, 815 00:48:12,599 --> 00:48:16,079 if not thousands of tablets through the generosity and giving 816 00:48:16,679 --> 00:48:19,880 of people in this church, and it's going into prisons 817 00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:21,639 all over the country. I was gonna call with the 818 00:48:21,679 --> 00:48:24,320 people from God behind bars, and they were telling us 819 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:29,639 all the stats, and these beautiful people who made bad 820 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:34,079 mistakes and ended up in jail, some of them for life, 821 00:48:34,199 --> 00:48:38,360 are still souls that God cares about. I thought I 822 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:49,239 was gonna get more amens than that. And these people 823 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:55,800 write in send us letters, tell us how the messages 824 00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,840 transformed their life. And I got this. I'm gonna not 825 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,159 say the name, but a young man that was in 826 00:49:02,199 --> 00:49:08,920 prison heard a message similar to this and decided to 827 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:14,360 start honoring God with a tithe and the offering off 828 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,880 of the money that was coming in from his family 829 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,920 for a commissary. Now, listen to me say this to you. 830 00:49:23,039 --> 00:49:26,559 Listen to me say this to you. So impacted by 831 00:49:26,559 --> 00:49:30,360 the revelation and how many years he just didn't know. 832 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,599 Speaker 2: His whole thing is, I just didn't know. Nobody told me. 833 00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:34,079 And he saw the. 834 00:49:34,039 --> 00:49:36,559 Speaker 3: Scriptures and went through. He was like, I'm gonna honor God. 835 00:49:37,079 --> 00:49:37,599 Speaker 2: And now if you. 836 00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:39,960 Speaker 3: Don't know what commissary is, this is where people literally 837 00:49:40,039 --> 00:49:41,880 send you money and then you can get like twinkies 838 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,519 and Ramen noodles and all that stuff. It's their only 839 00:49:45,559 --> 00:49:48,639 exciting thing that they can do. And some people it's 840 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:54,880 like this, what'd you say, bricks, ritz, crackers, Okay, bricks whatever. 841 00:49:55,079 --> 00:49:55,920 Speaker 2: That was some prison talk. 842 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,920 Speaker 3: I don't know what he said, Uh, text me later, 843 00:50:01,519 --> 00:50:04,119 But what I'm saying is people, people, people, this is 844 00:50:04,159 --> 00:50:09,440 their enjoyment in prison. This is two dollars and fifty 845 00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:19,400 cent here here here, hear what I'm saying. And this 846 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:23,360 person wrote the letter and basically said, I want to 847 00:50:23,519 --> 00:50:31,840 live how God asked me to live and this is 848 00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:37,920 my faith. Step in walking this out and put this 849 00:50:38,159 --> 00:50:42,320 in an envelope and sent a letter to the church 850 00:50:43,199 --> 00:50:59,800 with two dollars and fifty cents to this brother lives 851 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:08,239 in seed mode because it wasn't about an amount. This 852 00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,599 was his faith. And today this is going on the 853 00:51:13,599 --> 00:51:16,119 ground and for somebody else, you're gonna be able to 854 00:51:16,119 --> 00:51:19,039 give two thousand dollars and twenty five hundred dollars and 855 00:51:19,039 --> 00:51:25,119 it wouldn't even matter. But what if we all got 856 00:51:25,159 --> 00:51:28,679 into seed mode and said, God, I'm gonna honor you 857 00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,679 at the top that's yours already, but I'm gonna ask 858 00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:33,320 you beforehand, what do you want me to give? How 859 00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:34,599 often do you want me to give? What you want 860 00:51:34,639 --> 00:51:37,280 me to do? God, open my eyes to see like 861 00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:41,599 a farmer, to know that every seed that goes in 862 00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:46,599 has to produce fruit. It interrupts every atmosphere. I have 863 00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,679 gone into places where I know I was hated, and 864 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:53,639 I sold a seed and it changed the whole atmosphere. 865 00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:58,360 In that room where you know your coworkers don't like 866 00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:06,320 you bring coffee every Thursday, just bring it. I'm just saying, 867 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,840 maybe you could interrupt the things that are happening in 868 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:13,400 that atmosphere, if you thought more like God standing all 869 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:31,880 over this building. This morning, I was reminded of I 870 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:36,039 fly a lot, and when I fly, one of the 871 00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:41,360 most one of the most troubling things about flying is 872 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:45,840 going through the security checkpoint. And I don't know if 873 00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,800 you've ever flown there, but part of it is you 874 00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:50,119 have to think about what. 875 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:50,440 Speaker 2: You have on. 876 00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,239 Speaker 3: You gotta think about if your shoes got metal in it, 877 00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:54,960 you gotta think about it, if you had a surgery 878 00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,719 and your knee gotta screw in it. You gotta think 879 00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:58,960 about all the other things. And to bypass all of that, 880 00:52:59,519 --> 00:53:04,360 there's this thing called TSA pre check, And if you 881 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,159 get TSA pre check, what you do basically is you 882 00:53:07,199 --> 00:53:10,199 send all your information ahead and they know where to 883 00:53:10,199 --> 00:53:14,760 find you if anything is wrong. And the goal of 884 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,639 actually going through TSA is to be able to go 885 00:53:17,679 --> 00:53:21,639 through it without getting stopped. My friend and I were 886 00:53:21,639 --> 00:53:24,960 talking earlier, and he said, the goal in heaven is 887 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,280 to go through the TSA before you get to heaven 888 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:30,719 and not get stopped because you've already emptied everything out. 889 00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:36,280 Think about it, think about it. The thing is going 890 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,159 to be deep in heaven for many of us. Deep 891 00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:41,920 de deep, oh, you got so much still b beep 892 00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:46,199 beep you. I'm like, I'm coming and it's still. He said, 893 00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:49,519 that can't come in here. Don't store up for yourselves 894 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,480 on this earth. Some of y'all are trying to take stuff. 895 00:53:52,519 --> 00:53:54,719 When you get to heaven, you can't take it through. 896 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:59,960 So the goal is to sow as much. The international 897 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:04,760 sign for those who are in need? Is this the 898 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:08,000 ones who are in greed? Is this the ones who 899 00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:18,000 are in seed? Because when we get to heaven, he said, 900 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,760 what did you do with what I gave you? How 901 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:24,519 many families did you help? How many lives did you transform? 902 00:54:24,519 --> 00:54:26,480 How many people did you send on missions trips? How 903 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:30,400 many churches did you build? How many neighbors did you help? 904 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:38,360 I want to be found guilty of giving. That means 905 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:41,800 that I might need to switch my mode. If you're 906 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,360 in this room, and you might need to switch your 907 00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,760 mode from need mode or greed mode into seed mode 908 00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:49,320 or even beast mode. I want you to lift your 909 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:51,079 hands all over this place, and all of us have 910 00:54:53,079 --> 00:54:55,079 a place that we can grow in journey to Father 911 00:54:55,159 --> 00:54:58,400 in the name of Jesus. You see us, you know us, 912 00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:02,760 you made us. And today, God, I thank you that 913 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:06,679 there was some revelation shared that could help all of 914 00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:11,039 us move into another level of generosity. Father, there is 915 00:55:11,119 --> 00:55:14,239 no pressure, there is no offering, There is no moment 916 00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:17,519 right now that we're asking for anything. God, I'm asking 917 00:55:17,559 --> 00:55:20,960 that you would speak to us clearly and move us 918 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:25,960 out of a fear mindset or a scarcity mindset into abundance. God, 919 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,880 I thank you that we can start living by faith 920 00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:33,800 when it comes to our finances right now, with those 921 00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:38,960 bills on the table, with that student loan, lingering, with 922 00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:42,199 all the things that you already know. Father, God, thank 923 00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:50,119 you that we're moving into a mindset that switches. So 924 00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:54,639 we will be just like you. We will be ones 925 00:55:54,679 --> 00:55:59,280 who give over and over and over and over again. 926 00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:00,920 Speaker 2: Give us like a farmer. 927 00:56:02,039 --> 00:56:04,079 Speaker 3: Let us be able to see dry and barren land 928 00:56:04,119 --> 00:56:06,639 and be able to see the future because of the 929 00:56:06,679 --> 00:56:09,519 seed that we possess in our hand. And God, I 930 00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:13,280 thank you that your children know your voice and a stranger, 931 00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:18,840 they will not listen to make us abundant, not for 932 00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:23,119 a show, not for people to be drawn to us, 933 00:56:23,719 --> 00:56:26,519 but so people can be drawn to you. Father God, 934 00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:30,599 Today we're asking you to do a work in our 935 00:56:30,639 --> 00:56:33,480 hearts so that we can be made more like you 936 00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:39,360 Jesus' name. Even in this same mode, I want you 937 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,679 to know that God never ask you for anything without 938 00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:45,039 giving to you first. So if you're in this room 939 00:56:45,039 --> 00:56:47,039 and you've never received Jesus, I want you to know 940 00:56:47,079 --> 00:56:49,440 that He already gave his son so that you could 941 00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:53,559 have everlasting life. If you want to know what it's 942 00:56:53,679 --> 00:56:57,960 like to experience overwhelming generosity, all you have to do 943 00:56:58,039 --> 00:57:01,400 is receive Jesus by faith. It's the thing that took 944 00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:04,559 me from being a manipulator, addicted to pornography, a liar, 945 00:57:04,599 --> 00:57:07,400 a manipulator. All of those things is who I was. 946 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,960 That was my natural state. And God said, come on, 947 00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,320 give me your heart and I'll help you change your habits. 948 00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:14,840 And today I want to give you the same invitation. 949 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,719 I don't care if you're watching. I don't care if 950 00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,320 you was at the club last night. I don't care 951 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,440 what you're planning to do tomorrow. I don't care if 952 00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,920 you have tons of secrets. Right now, God wants your 953 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:25,960 heart and I need the church to begin to pray 954 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:27,159 because somebody's life is. 955 00:57:27,079 --> 00:57:27,639 Speaker 2: In the balance. 956 00:57:27,679 --> 00:57:29,960 Speaker 3: Whether you're watching this on the pandor app or you're 957 00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,800 watching this on a rebroadcast, or you're watching it six 958 00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,840 years from now, and somebody just sent you this message. 959 00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:39,840 Today is your day of salvation, and today I believe 960 00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:43,079 that God wants to introduce you to his son Jesus. 961 00:57:44,639 --> 00:57:46,760 If that's you and you want to make Jesus Christ 962 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,320 your personal Lord and savior, I'm telling you it's gonna 963 00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,719 set you on a journey of progression that will change 964 00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:58,519 your life forever. But it starts with one choice, and 965 00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:02,559 the choice is Jesus. If you're saying, pastor, I want 966 00:58:02,559 --> 00:58:05,159 to be added into that prayer on account of three, 967 00:58:05,159 --> 00:58:06,679 I just want you to slip your hand in the air. 968 00:58:06,679 --> 00:58:09,199 Whether you're in the room or you're watching online, I 969 00:58:09,239 --> 00:58:10,360 just want you to say, pastor. 970 00:58:10,079 --> 00:58:11,079 Speaker 2: I want to be a part of that prayer. I 971 00:58:11,119 --> 00:58:12,840 want to make Jesus my Lord and savior. I see you. 972 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:16,079 Speaker 3: Since already one, you're making the greatest decision of your life. 973 00:58:16,079 --> 00:58:16,920 Speaker 2: I see you, my brother. 974 00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:19,599 Speaker 3: Two, your name is gonna be written in the Lamb's 975 00:58:19,599 --> 00:58:21,960 Book of Life. Three, just shuit your hand up all 976 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,519 over this place. I see you. I see you, come 977 00:58:24,559 --> 00:58:27,719 on TC. More than I see you, God sees you. 978 00:58:28,199 --> 00:58:31,599 Glory to God. I see you, my brother. You can 979 00:58:31,639 --> 00:58:34,159 put your hand down. We're not gonna make you confess. Hopefully, 980 00:58:34,159 --> 00:58:37,079 one day you'll get with some community that you trust 981 00:58:37,119 --> 00:58:39,920 and you can be able to share what God's doing 982 00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:42,199 in your life. But today we're gonna make a confession together. 983 00:58:42,239 --> 00:58:45,280 Because at TC we're a family. Nobody prays alone. So 984 00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:47,280 I want everybody just to lift your hands and say, God, 985 00:58:48,199 --> 00:58:53,840 thank you for giving Jesus just for me. Today. I 986 00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:58,679 admit I'm a sinner and I need a savior, and 987 00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:03,360 I turn to you. I repent and I ask you 988 00:59:04,199 --> 00:59:08,960 to redeem my life. I believe you lived, you died, 989 00:59:09,639 --> 00:59:14,039 and you rose again with all power just for me. 990 00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:21,440 Here's my life. Change me, renew me, transform me. I'm 991 00:59:21,519 --> 00:59:28,079 yours forever in Jesus' name. Amen. Oh can we celebrate 992 00:59:28,159 --> 00:59:29,960 with all of those Oh, come on TC. 993 00:59:30,119 --> 00:59:32,960 Speaker 2: That should be the loudest shout of the day. Holley 994 00:59:33,079 --> 00:59:33,519 Jui j'a