Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS, "EXPERIENCE THE POWER"
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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TODAY PASTOR
PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED
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"THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN."
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(music) WP: NOW, I NEED TO
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GO TO THIS ONE.
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DID YOU KIND OF GET A
HINT FROM MY TITLE TONIGHT ?
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THIS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
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I'M GOING TO GO TO
MALACHI, CHAPTER 3.
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NOW, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T ALWAYS
READ FROM MALACHI, AND I'M SURE
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THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE,
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS FIND
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MATTHEW AND GO BACKWARDS.
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SO ACT LIKE YOU
DIDN'T NEED THAT, OKAY ?
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DON'T LET ANYBODY THINK
YOU NEEDED THAT INSTRUCTION.
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BUT DO THAT IF
YOU HAVEN'T FOUND IT.
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AND LET'S, I'M
GOING TO READ TO YOU.
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THE REASON WHY I'VE GOT
THESE PIECES OF PAPER INSTEAD OF
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READING FROM MY KING
JAMES BIBLE AND, INCIDENTALLY,
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WHEN I WAS PREACHING IN LONDON,
A DEAR LADY WOULD TALK TO
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ME FROM THE AUDIENCE.
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AND ONE NIGHT I READ FROM
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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AND SHE TALKED TO ME.
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SHE SAID, READ
FROM THE REAL BIBLE.
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AND I CHECKED WITH HER AND
FOUND OUT SHE BELIEVES THERE'S
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ONLY ONE REAL BIBLE AND
THAT'S THE KING JAMES VERSION.
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BUT TONIGHT, I GUESS I'M NOT
READING FROM HER REAL VERSION.
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I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS
FROM THE NEW INTERNATIONAL
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VERSION JUST SO YOU GET
THE IMPACT OF WHAT I READ.
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THIS IS MALACHI, CHAPTER
3, STARTING WITH VERSE 6.
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AND HERE IS WHAT IT SAYS:
"I, THE LORD, DO NOT CHANGE
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SO YOU, OH DESCENDANTS OF
JACOB, ARE NOT DESTROYED."
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"EVER SINCE THE TIME OF
YOUR FOREFATHERS YOU HAVE TURNED
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AWAY FROM MY DECREES
AND HAVE NOT KEPT THEM.
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RETURN TO ME AND I WILL RETURN
TO YOU, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.
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BUT YOU ASK HOW
ARE WE TO RETURN ?
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WILL A MAN ROB GOD ?
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YET YOU ROB ME.
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BUT YOU ASK HOW DO WE ROB YOU ?
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IN TITHES AND IN OFFERINGS.
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YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE, THE
WHOLE NATION OF YOU, BECAUSE
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YOU ARE ROBBING ME.
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BRING THE WHOLE TITHES
INTO THE STOREHOUSE THAT THERE
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MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE.
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TEST ME IN THIS, SAYS THE LORD
ALMIGHTY, AND SEE IF I WILL NOT
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THROW OPEN THE FLOODGATES
OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT SO MUCH
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BLESSING THAT YOU WILL
NOT HAVE ROOM ENOUGH FOR IT.
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I WILL PREVENT PESTS
FROM DEVOURING YOUR CROPS AND
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THE VINES IN YOUR FIELDS
WILL NOT CAST THEIR FRUIT,
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SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.
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THEN ALL THE NATIONS WILL
CALL YOU BLESSED, FOR YOURS
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WILL BE A DELIGHTFUL
LAND, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY."
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WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ?
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, TONIGHT
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE
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INVOLVED, BECAUSE PART
OF THIS PASSAGE SOUNDED AS
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THOUGH THERE WERE A PROBLEM.
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BUT THEN THE SECOND PART OF
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A GOD
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WHO IS WILLING TO BLESS.
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YOU SAID YOU'D THROW OPEN THE
FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND POUR
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OUT SOMETHING FROM HEAVEN
THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR.
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TONIGHT WE WANT TO BE
PART OF THE LATTER PART OF THE
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TEXT INSTEAD OF THE
FORMER PART OF THE TEXT.
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SO MAKE IT PLAIN TO US TONIGHT.
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BRING THIS BLESSING HOME TO
US TONIGHT AND WE'LL GIVE PRAISE
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AND HONOR TO YOUR NAME.
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IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, WE PRAY, AMEN.
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SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT YOUR MONEY.
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I SOMETIMES ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE ALL THE MONEY THEY WANT.
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BUT THEN, SOME PEOPLE ARE
TEMPTED TO TRY AND SEEM LIKE
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THEY'RE NOT INTO MONEY.
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE,
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A
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PRIVILEGE, TO BE
AROUND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
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AND WE'VE KIND OF PASSED
THE MESSAGE ROUND: YOU MUST NOT
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BE CONCERNED WITH MONEY.
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SO IF THEY EVER ASK
ABOUT MONEY, JUST SAY, I'M NOT
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INTERESTED IN MONEY.
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I DON'T CARE ABOUT MONEY AT
ALL, BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS HOLIER
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THAN THE REST OF THE FOLKS.
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WELL, I'M GOING TO BE
REALLY HONEST WITH YOU; I'VE
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DISCOVERED THAT MONEY IS
NOT THE GREATEST THING IN THE
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WORLD, BUT IT'S KIND OF
DIFFICULT TO GET BY WITHOUT IT.
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SO TONIGHT WE ARE ACTUALLY
GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE NITTY
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GRITTY AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO GET BY.
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A MAN SAID TO ME ONE TIME
AFTER I'D PREACHED A SERMON VERY
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SIMILAR TO THIS, HE SAID, I
DON'T THINK THAT MONEY IS MORE
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IMPORTANT THAN EVERYTHING ELSE,
BUT WHATEVER THE SECOND THING
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IS I HAVE NOT DISCOVERED.
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WHAT IT IS ABOVE
MONEY I HAVE NOT DISCOVERED.
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HE SAID, THE ONLY THING THAT
CAN GET ME THROUGH IS MONEY.
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WELL, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
MONEY, BECAUSE GOD SAYS, I WILL
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OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN.
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HE DOESN'T SAY I'LL POUR
YOU OUT SO MUCH MONEY THAT
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YOU WON'T HAVE ROOM FOR IT.
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HE SAYS, I'LL POUR YOU
OUT BLESSINGS SO YOU WON'T
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HAVE ROOM FOR IT.
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LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
I'VE DISCOVERED ABOUT GOD.
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GOD CAN WORK WITHOUT MONEY.
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I'VE A VERY GOOD
FRIEND RIGHT NOW.
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I TALKED TO HIM JUST LAST NIGHT.
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HE HAS NO IDEA THAT I'M
GOING TO MENTION HIM AND I WON'T
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CALL HIS NAME, OF COURSE,
BUT THIS MAN HAS BEEN WITHOUT
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WORK FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
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AND I DIDN'T KNOW
IT UNTIL HE TOLD ME SO.
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HE AND HIS WIFE
STILL DRESS THE SAME WAY.
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THEY STILL DRIVE THE SAME CAR.
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THEY STILL LIVE
IN THE SAME HOUSE.
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THEY STILL ACT THE SAME WAY.
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THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE WELL FED.
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NONE OF THEM HAS
LOST WEIGHT DRAMATICALLY.
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AND SO WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT HE
HAD BEEN WITHOUT WORK, I SAID,
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WELL, HOW ARE YOU MAKING IT ?
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HE SAID, GOD IS PROVIDING
FOR OUR NEEDS WITHOUT A SALARY.
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DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT GOD CAN DO THAT ?
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I'VEISCOVERED THAT HE CAN.
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BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO
THIS TEXT AFTER I'VE GIVEN
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YOU ANOTHER VIEW.
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BECAUSE I'VE DISCOVERED
THAT BIBLE NOT ONLY KNOWS HOW TO
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BLESS THROUGH GOD'S TITHING
SYSTEM, BUT GOD SEEMS TO HAVE A
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PRETTY GOOD INSIGHT INTO THE
WAY SOME PEOPLE'S BUDGETS FLOW.
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AND I'M GOING TO READ YOU
THIS FROM A BOOK CALLED HAGGAI.
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IF YOU GO BACK A
LITTLE BIT MORE FROM MALACHI,
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YOU'LL FIND HAGGAI.
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AND THIS IS GOING TO SOUND
LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN YESTERDAY OR
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MAYBE TONIGHT AFTER GOD HAD
LOOKED AT YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT.
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YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS
NEW THING HAPPENING NOW, AT
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LEAST IN AMERICA, FOLKS.
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SO IF YOU WANT TO COME TO
AMERICA, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
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WAIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS UNTIL
WE GET THIS THING WORKED OUT.
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YOU CAN'T FLOAT CHECKS ANYMORE.
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HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ?
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WELL, LET ME BE
THE FIRST TO TELL YOU.
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I, TOO, HAVE BEEN
GUILTY OF DOING THAT.
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I'D SAY, LOOK, I'VE GOT A
BILL THAT'S DUE ON THE FIRST,
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BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS
SEND IT TO THEM ABOUT THREE OR
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FOUR DAYS EARLY, AND THEY
WON'T GET IT UNTIL THE FIRST.
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IN FACT, I HAVE BEEN SO KIND
TO YOU EVEN, THAT WHEN I SEE
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THOSE TRUCKS, I KNOW THE NAME
OF THE TRUCKS THAT CARRY CHECKS,
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AND BECAUSE I SUSPECT THAT
THEY MAY BE CARRYING ONE OF YOUR
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CHECKS THAT YOU WROTE
EARLY, I TRY TO GET IN FRONT OF
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THEM AND SLOW THEM DOWN.
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BUT IN AMERICA
WE'VE GOT A NEW THING.
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YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO FLOAT THEM ANY LONGER.
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THEY'VE GOT AN
INSTANT WAY THEY CAN DO THAT.
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WELL, GOD MIGHT HAVE LOOKED IN
SOMEBODY'S CHECKING ACCOUNT AND
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HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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SEE IF YOU CAN RELATE.
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THIS IS HAGGAI, CHAPTER
1, STARTING WITH VERSE 3.
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"THEN THE WORD OF THE
LORD CAME THROUGH THE PROPHET
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HAGGAI, IS IT TIME FOR
YOU YOURSELVES TO BE LIVING IN
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YOUR PANELED HOUSES WHILE
THIS HOUSE REMAINS A RUIN ?"
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NOW, HE'S TALKING NOW ABOUT
HIS HOUSE, GOD'S HOUSE, WHICH
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IS THE PLACE OF WORSHIP.
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LET'S READ FURTHER.
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"NOW THIS IS WHAT
THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS.
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GIVE CAREFUL
THOUGHT TO YOUR WAYS.
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YOU HAVE PLANTED MUCH,
BUT YOU HARVESTED LITTLE.
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YOU EAT, BUT NEVER HAVE ENOUGH.
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YOU DRINK, BUT
NEVER HAVE YOUR FILL.
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YOU PUT ON
CLOTHES, BUT ARE NOT WARM.
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YOU EARN WAGES ONLY TO PUT THEM
IN A PURSE WITH HOLES IN IT.
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THIS IS WHAT THE
LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS.
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GIVE CAREFUL
THOUGHT TO YOUR WAYS."
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NOW YOU'LL
FORGIVE ME FOR A MINUTE.
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I'M GOING TO SOUND LIKE YOUR
ENEMY FOR A FEW SECONDS HERE.
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BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO MAKE VERY WONDERFUL
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SALARIES, WHO HAVE JOBS THAT
BRING IN MONEY THAT'S MORE THAN
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THEY EVER THOUGHT THEY'D HAVE.
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IN FACT, I'VE TALKED TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID, WHEN I GET
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TO A CERTAIN AGE I'M
GOING TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.
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WELL, THEY TELL ME THAT BEING
A MILLIONAIRE IS NOT THE SAME.
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I HAVE NO IDEA.
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I HAVE NO PERSONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS.
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BUT THEY TELL ME IT'S NOT
QUITE THE SAME ANYMORE BECAUSE
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MONEY DOESN'T DO WHAT IT
USED TO DO NO MATTER WHAT THE
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ECONOMISTS CLAIM.
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I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU
THAT WITHOUT THE BLESSING OF
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GOD, ALL THE MONEY IN THE
WORLD CAN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY.
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AND GOD SAYS, I'VE GOT A
PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF MY HOUSE.
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AND THIS VERY TEXT THAT
WE READ SAID, HOW DARE YOU
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MAKE YOUR HOUSE SUMPTUOUS ?
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AND YOU KNOW, MY WIFE
AND I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED.
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WE'VE BEEN IN SOME GREAT HOUSES.
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WE'VE BEEN IN HOUSES WITH THOSE
GIGANTIC TELEVISION SCREENS.
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HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ?
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WHEN YOU SEE THEM, YOU CAN'T
ACT AS THOUGH YOU ARE EXCITED.
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I'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN
YOU HANG OUT WITH THE RICH AND
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FAMOUS, YOU MUST ALWAYS ACT
BORED, SO YOU BLEND RIGHT IN.
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NOTHING CAN SURPRISE YOU.
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SO, WHEN I GO INTO THESE HOUSES,
AS I OFTEN DO, GOD IS GOOD.
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HE LET'S ME VISIT
SOME PLACES LIKE THAT.
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AND YOU'LL SEE A TELEVISION
THAT'S FLAT AGAINST THE WALL.
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AND IT'S GIGANTIC.
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YOU'VE GOT TO BACK
AWAY FROM IT TO SEE IT.
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IT'S SO BIG YOU
CAN'T GET CLOSE TO IT.
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BUT WHEN I SEE THEM, I
DON'T SAY A LOT BECAUSE
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THAT WOULD MEAN I AM NOT
ACCUSTOMED TO SUCH THINGS.
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SO I JUST PASS
BY IT AND SAY, NICE.
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I'VE BEEN IN PLACES WHERE
THE CARPET WAS SO SUMPTUOUS
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THAT YOU STEP IN IT
AND YOUR SHOE GOT LOST.
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I'VE BEEN IN
KITCHENS WHERE EVERYTHING M
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AND LOOK, GOD IS NOT
DISTURBED WHEN YOU DO WELL.
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GOD INTENDS--IN FACT, I'LL
GIVE YOU A TEXT YOU'LL LOVE.
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THIRD JOHN, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 2:
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"BELOVED, I WISH ABOVE ALL
THINGS THAT THOU MAY PROSPER
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AND BE IN HEALTH EVEN
AS THY SOUL PROSPERETH."
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GOD SAYS, THROUGH HIS MAN,
THAT HE WANTS YOU TO PROSPER.
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DON'T EVER LET ANYBODY
FOOL YOU AND MAKE YOU THINK
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THAT'S ANYTHING OTHER
THAN DOING WELL FINANCIALLY.
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GOD WANTS YOU TO
PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH.
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE
HEALTH, PROSPERITY IS OF NO
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USE WHATEVER.
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THEN HE SAYS, EVEN
AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.
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SO WHAT GOD INTENDS IS THAT YOU
BE WEALTHY IN SPIRITUAL TERMS,
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THAT YOU BE WEALTHY IN HEALTH,
AND THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES
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TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR
NEEDS AS WELL AS A FEW LITTLE
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WANTS EVERY NOWAND THEN.
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DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE
LORD, ANDHE WILL GIVE YOU THE
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DESIRES OF YOUR HEART.
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I'VE GOTTEN SOME THINGS
FROM GOD THAT I DIDN'T NEED.
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I ASKED HIM FOR SOMETHING
I NEEDED, BUT HE ANSWERED
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WITH SOMETHING I DIDN'T.
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HE GAVE ME WHAT I
NEEDED AND THREW IN JUST A
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LITTLE WONDERFUL GIFT.
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IS THAT THE WAY
YOUR GOD TREATS YOU ?
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(APPLAUSE) I
DON'T LOVE HIM ONLY FOR
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THE THINGS HE GIVES.
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IN FACT, I HAVE LEARNED THAT
SOMETIMES LIKE WHEN HE FOUND
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JOB DOING WELL, AND WHEN
THE DEVIL CAME AND SAID, I'VE
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LOOKED AT JOB AND HE SAID
TO GOD, HAVE YOU SEEN HIM ?
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AND GOD SAYS, YEAH, HE
LOVES ME AND DISLIKES YOU.
00:13:05.36\00:13:11.56
DEVIL SAYS, I'LL TELL
YOU WHAT, YOU KNOW THE REASON
00:13:11.56\00:13:14.46
WHY JOB LOVES YOU IS
BECAUSE YOU GIVE HIM SO MUCH.
00:13:14.46\00:13:18.70
AND HERE'S WHAT GOD DID.
00:13:18.70\00:13:19.86
IN FACT, YOU OUGHT TO SHIVER.
00:13:19.86\00:13:21.26
THIS IS NOT THE EXPERIENCE THE
POWER MOMENT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A
00:13:21.26\00:13:24.66
MOMENT TO SHIVER A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE GOD BRAGGED ON JOB.
00:13:24.66\00:13:31.93
HE SAID, I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.
00:13:31.93\00:13:33.93
TAKE EVERYTHING HE'S
GOT AND HE'LL STILL LOVE ME.
00:13:33.93\00:13:39.06
THE QUESTION COMES TO
YOU TONIGHT IS IF GOD WERE
00:13:39.06\00:13:41.06
TO TAKE ALL THE
THINGS THAT YOU LIKE, ALL THE
00:13:41.06\00:13:45.86
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU YOU.
00:13:45.86\00:13:48.16
AND YOU KNOW SOME OF US MAKE THE
MISTAKES OF LISTENING TO THESE
00:13:48.16\00:13:51.13
COMMERCIALS AND WE BELIEVE THAT
THE THINGS WE POSSESS DEFINE US.
00:13:51.13\00:13:56.93
I REFUSE TO BE
DEFINED BY POSSESSIONS.
00:13:56.93\00:14:04.60
IN FACT, ONE TIME I
WAS PASTORING A CHURCH.
00:14:04.60\00:14:07.26
THEY WILL RECOGNIZE
THEMSELVES WHEN I SAY THIS.
00:14:07.26\00:14:10.20
AND I WAS
DRIVING A VERY NICE CAR.
00:14:10.20\00:14:12.23
YOU KNOW, THE LORD
GIVETH, THE LORD TAKETH AWAY.
00:14:12.23\00:14:17.53
I HAD A VERY NICE CAR.
00:14:17.53\00:14:18.63
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CARS
THAT MINISTERS LOVE TO DRIVE.
00:14:18.63\00:14:24.10
AND ONE OF OUR CHILDREN
NEEDED TO GO TO COLLEGE AND I
00:14:24.10\00:14:27.73
DISCOVERED THAT I COULD SELL
THE CAR AND GET ENOUGH MONEY
00:14:27.73\00:14:31.20
TO GET THE KID IN COLLEGE.
00:14:31.20\00:14:32.83
GUESS WHAT I DID ?
00:14:32.83\00:14:34.26
SOLD THE CAR.
00:14:34.26\00:14:36.50
AND THEN I SAID,
WHAT AM I GOING TO DRIVE ?
00:14:36.50\00:14:39.00
I WENT TO A USED CAR LOT.
00:14:39.00\00:14:40.46
THEY HAD ONE OF THE
MOST BEAT-UP DATSUNS.
00:14:40.46\00:14:43.80
IT WAS NOT EVEN A NISSAN.
00:14:43.80\00:14:47.56
NISSANS ARE MUCH NICER.
00:14:47.56\00:14:49.30
IT WAS A DATSUN B210.
00:14:49.30\00:14:52.56
IT HAD A DENT EVERYWHERE
YOU COULD HAVE A DENT.
00:14:52.56\00:14:56.43
BUT IT FIT WHAT I HAD IN
MY BUDGET, SO I BOUGHT IT.
00:14:56.43\00:15:00.86
I DROVE IT BACK TO
THAT SAME CHURCH AND PARKED
00:15:00.86\00:15:03.00
IT IN MY PARKING SPOT.
00:15:03.00\00:15:05.30
AND BEFORE LONG THE MEMBERS
STARTED TO GATHER AROUND IT.
00:15:05.30\00:15:08.23
THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHO
HAS GOTTEN IN OUR PASTOR'S
00:15:08.23\00:15:12.43
PARKING SPACE.
00:15:12.43\00:15:13.86
AND THEY CAME IN AND
SHARED THEIR CONCERN WITH ME.
00:15:13.86\00:15:15.96
THEY SAID, "PASTOR, SOMEONE
HAS PARKED A HORRIBLE CAR
00:15:15.96\00:15:20.53
IN YOUR PARKING SPACE.
00:15:20.53\00:15:21.63
PEOPLE WILL PASS BY
AND THINK IT'S YOURS."
00:15:21.63\00:15:25.63
I SAID, "IT IS !"
00:15:25.63\00:15:28.90
AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE
OF THEM SAID, YOU CAN'T, YOU
00:15:31.30\00:15:37.70
CAN'T DRIVE THAT AND BE
THE PASTOR OF OUR CHURCH.
00:15:37.70\00:15:40.73
I SAID, WELL, GO
GET ME ANOTHER ONE.
00:15:40.73\00:15:43.96
FOLKS, YOU CAN'T BE
DEFINED BY POSSESSIONS.
00:15:46.23\00:15:49.90
JOB HAD GOD BRAG ON HIM AND THE
DEVIL WENT IN AND TOOK, FIRST,
00:15:49.90\00:15:54.66
ALL OF HIS POSSESSIONS, THEN
HE WENT AND TOUCHED HIS FAMILY,
00:15:54.66\00:16:00.50
THEN HE TOUCHED HIS BODY.
00:16:00.50\00:16:01.76
IN FACT, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT IS THE PROGRESSION
00:16:01.76\00:16:05.70
THAT THE DEVIL USES.
00:16:05.70\00:16:07.56
IF YOU'RE COMPLAINING TONIGHT
BECAUSE ALL THE DEVIL DID
00:16:07.56\00:16:09.90
WAS TAKE YOUR STUFF,
HE'S ONLY IN PHASE ONE.
00:16:09.90\00:16:19.46
THE NEXT ROUND IS YOUR FAMILY.
00:16:19.46\00:16:23.76
AND THAT HURTS.
00:16:23.76\00:16:25.50
BUT IF YOUR FAMILY
HAS TURNED AGAINST YOU,
00:16:25.50\00:16:27.90
YOU'RE ONLY IN PHASE 2.
00:16:27.90\00:16:29.76
WHEN HE TOUCHES YOUR
BODY, GOD SAID TO THE DEVIL:
00:16:29.76\00:16:33.20
YOU CAN TAKE HIS HEALTH
AND HE'LL STILL LOVE ME.
00:16:33.20\00:16:37.93
AND WHAT I WANT TO SHARE
WITH YOU TONIGHT IS THIS.
00:16:37.93\00:16:40.10
I WANT TO ASK YOU A
QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO
00:16:40.10\00:16:42.10
TAKE HOME AND PONDER.
00:16:42.10\00:16:44.46
IF GOD TOOK EVERYTHING, IF HE
TOOK YOUR POSSESSIONS, IF YOUR
00:16:44.46\00:16:48.40
FAMILY TURNED AGAINST YOU,
AND IF THE DOCTOR STOOD OVER YOU
00:16:48.40\00:16:52.86
IN A HOSPITAL ROOM AND
SHOOK HIS HEAD THE WRONG WAY,
00:16:52.86\00:16:58.26
WOULD YOU STILL LOVE GOD ?
00:16:58.26\00:17:00.46
IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
00:17:00.46\00:17:02.36
BUT TONIGHT I'M ABOUT
TO SHARE WITH YOU THE BEST
00:17:02.36\00:17:06.76
INSURANCE AGAINST POVERTY.
00:17:06.76\00:17:11.20
IN FACT, I SHOULD CHARGE YOU.
00:17:11.20\00:17:16.70
IF I HAD THE ABILITY, I SHOULD
CHECK EVERY PLACE THAT THIS
00:17:16.70\00:17:21.16
PICTURE IS GOING TO AND
HAVE THEM GIVE YOU AN ENVELOPE
00:17:21.16\00:17:26.03
TO CHARGE YOU FOR
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOU.
00:17:26.03\00:17:28.30
THE ONLY THING IS THAT
IT'S FREE IN THE BIBLE.
00:17:28.30\00:17:31.60
HALLELUJAH IT'S FREE.
00:17:31.60\00:17:33.56
SO WATCH WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:17:33.56\00:17:35.90
AND I'M GOING
TO BREAK THIS DOWN.
00:17:35.90\00:17:37.86
I'M ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO CAN'T
JUST READ THE BIBLE AND LET
00:17:37.86\00:17:40.10
IT BE INK STAINS ON PAPER.
00:17:40.10\00:17:42.63
SO WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD
WILL LET YOU TEST HIM, PROVE ME,
00:17:42.63\00:17:51.40
THE KING JAMES VERSION SAYS.
00:17:51.40\00:17:54.00
GOD SAYS, I'M GOING TO
LET YOU TEST ME TO SEE IF
00:17:54.00\00:17:57.46
I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.
00:17:57.46\00:17:59.13
NOW, LET ME SHOW
YOU HIS CREDENTIALS.
00:17:59.13\00:18:01.46
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 55
AND VERSES 8 AND 9.
00:18:01.46\00:18:04.93
I COULD READ ALL OF
THIS, BUT I'VE GOT A CLOCK
00:18:04.93\00:18:06.80
TICKING IN FRONT OF ME.
00:18:06.80\00:18:08.16
IT SAYS THERE GOD'S
THOUGHTS, GOD IS SPEAKING.
00:18:09.10\00:18:12.50
MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT
YOUR THOUGHTS, NEITHER
00:18:12.50\00:18:17.06
MY WAYS, YOUR WAYS.
00:18:17.06\00:18:20.93
AS THE HEAVENS ARE
HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, SO ARE
00:18:20.93\00:18:25.03
MY THOUGHTS ABOVE YOURS
AND MY WAYS ABOVE YOURS.
00:18:25.03\00:18:30.20
SO DON'T EVER
JUDGE GOD BY YOUR POWER.
00:18:31.06\00:18:38.23
GOD TALKS WITH US, BUT
THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE HE LOVES US.
00:18:38.23\00:18:41.46
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
LEVELS HE'S GOT TO BREAK
00:18:41.46\00:18:44.00
HIS CONVERSATION DOWN
FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT
00:18:44.00\00:18:46.53
I THANK GOD THAT HE SPEAKS
WITH ME FROM TIME TO TIME.
00:18:46.53\00:18:50.40
I WALK WITH HIM AND I TALK
WITH HIM, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE
00:18:50.40\00:18:55.20
I SPEATHE SAME LANGUAGE.
00:18:55.20\00:18:57.00
GOD SAYS MY THOUGHTS ARE
WAY HIGH ABOVE YOURS AND WHEN
00:18:57.00\00:19:00.80
I'M TALKING TO YOU AND YOU
UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S A MIRACLE.
00:19:00.80\00:19:05.60
WELL, DON'T GET ME STARTED.
00:19:05.60\00:19:08.26
SO THE FIRST THING YOU MUST
UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE RESOURCES
00:19:08.26\00:19:12.03
OF GOD CANNOT BE LOCKED
IN BY THE RULES OF YOUR LIFE.
00:19:12.03\00:19:17.23
GOD CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD
WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
00:19:17.23\00:19:23.96
BECAUSE IF YOU LISTEN TO
THE SERMON TONIGHT AND YOU DON'T
00:19:23.96\00:19:26.46
HAVE ANY FAITH IN YOUR LIFE,
YOU WILL NEVER GET PAST 101.
00:19:26.46\00:19:31.23
THE FIRST THING THAT
YOU MUST KNOW IS THAT GOD
00:19:31.23\00:19:32.86
THINKS ON A HIGHER LEVEL.
00:19:32.86\00:19:34.00
DO YOU SEE THAT PART ?
00:19:34.00\00:19:35.10
WELL, IN FIRST KINGS, CHAPTER
17, VERSE 8 FOR THOSE WHO WANT
00:19:35.10\00:19:40.46
TO PICK IT UP AND FOLLOW IT NOW.
00:19:40.46\00:19:42.80
THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN ELIJAH,
GOD'S PR0PHET, HAD MADE A
00:19:42.80\00:19:47.10
PROPHECY TO THE ERRANT
LEADERSHIP OF GOD'S PEOPLE
00:19:47.10\00:19:52.46
THAT AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUED
IN THEIR SIN THERE WOULD
00:19:52.46\00:19:56.80
BE NO MORE RAIN.
00:19:56.80\00:20:00.00
THERE SOME OF THE PEOPLE
HAD FAILED TO WORSHIP THE
00:20:00.00\00:20:03.33
GOD OF HEAVEN AND HAD
STARTED TO WORSHIP BAAL.
00:20:03.33\00:20:06.90
BAAL, THEY
THOUGHT, BROUGHT RAIN.
00:20:06.90\00:20:10.53
SO THEY SAID, WE DON'T
NEED THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
00:20:10.53\00:20:14.93
WE'VE GOT BAAL
AND HE CONTROLS RAIN.
00:20:14.93\00:20:19.13
WELL, GOD SAID,
ELIJAH, YOU GO DOWN AND TELL
00:20:19.13\00:20:23.13
THEM SOMETHING FOR ME.
00:20:23.13\00:20:24.50
TELL THEM THAT IF THEY THINK HE
CAN BRING THEM RAIN, CALL HIM.
00:20:24.50\00:20:29.80
TELL HIM THAT I WILL SEAL
UP THE HEAVENS AS THOUGH THE
00:20:29.80\00:20:32.90
CLOUDS HAD TURNED TO BRASS.
00:20:32.90\00:20:36.30
AND THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE
RAIN UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES.
00:20:36.30\00:20:41.53
ELIJAH WENT DOWN AND TOLD THEM
ABOUT IT AND THEY GOT MAD, CAME
00:20:41.53\00:20:43.73
TO SEEK HIS LIFE, TO KILL HIM.
00:20:43.73\00:20:45.96
HE WENT TO HIDE BECAUSE HE
WAS IN DANGER OF BEING MURDERED.
00:20:45.96\00:20:49.70
WELL, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN CALLED AN EXECUTION.
00:20:49.70\00:20:51.60
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
00:20:51.60\00:20:52.80
AT THE END OF BOTH
PROCESSES, YOU ARE DEAD.
00:20:52.80\00:20:56.03
THEY WENT TO FIND HIM.
00:20:56.03\00:20:56.70
GOD SAID, GO AND HIDE.
00:20:56.70\00:20:57.70
HE WENT TO A PLACE
WHERE HE WAS FED BY RAVENS.
00:20:57.70\00:21:01.93
WELL, I'M GETTING THERE.
00:21:01.93\00:21:02.73
BUT IF YOU CAN'T
FEEL THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:21:02.73\00:21:04.33
BE LOST IN A MINUTE.
00:21:04.33\00:21:06.13
IF GOD WANTS YOU TO BE FED
BY BIRDS, GOD CAN CALL THE BIRDS
00:21:06.13\00:21:11.30
AND TELL THEM WHAT TO DO.
00:21:11.30\00:21:19.60
SO, THE RAVENS FED
HIM FOR A WHILE, THEN GOD
00:21:19.60\00:21:22.06
SENT HIM THE MESSAGE.
00:21:22.06\00:21:22.90
HE SAID, LOOK, LEAVE
THAT PLACE WHERE YOU ARE.
00:21:22.90\00:21:25.86
AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL STORY.
00:21:25.86\00:21:27.13
I WISH I HAD TIME TO
REALLY DO IT JUSTICE.
00:21:27.13\00:21:29.53
GO TO A WOMAN, WHO IS
A WIDOW, AT ZARAPHATH.
00:21:29.53\00:21:35.13
AND WHEN YOU GET THERE
TELL HER THAT I TOLD YOU TO FEED
00:21:35.13\00:21:38.53
YOU, TO FEED YOU FIRST.
00:21:38.53\00:21:43.06
NOW, LET'S GET
REAL FOR A MINUTE.
00:21:43.06\00:21:44.80
REALITY CHECK.
00:21:44.80\00:21:46.53
PREACHER COMES TO YOUR HOUSE,
PREACHER COMES TO YOUR HOUSE,
00:21:46.53\00:21:57.36
YOU'VE NEVER MET HIM BEFORE;
YOU'RE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER
00:21:57.36\00:22:00.93
THE LAST MEAL THAT YOU
HAVE, YOU AND YOUR SON ARE ABOUT
00:22:00.93\00:22:06.20
TO EAT AND DIE.
00:22:06.20\00:22:08.90
PREACHER COMES AND
SAYS, GOD TOLD ME TO TELL
00:22:08.90\00:22:11.50
YOU FEED ME FIRST.
00:22:11.50\00:22:18.20
CAN WE GET REAL FOR A MINUTE ?
00:22:18.20\00:22:21.36
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO ASK.
00:22:21.36\00:22:22.36
I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY
ANYTHING WRONG IN THE HOUSE OF
00:22:22.36\00:22:25.43
GOD, SO I WON'T ASK YOU
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD DO THAT.
00:22:25.43\00:22:28.30
I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'D DO.
00:22:28.30\00:22:30.53
I THINK I KNOW YOUR ANSWER.
00:22:30.53\00:22:32.06
EXCUSE ME, SIR, WE DON'T
WANT TO BE RUDE, BUT MY SON
00:22:32.06\00:22:37.00
AND I ARE ABOUT TO EAT
THE LAST FOOD THAT WE HAVE.
00:22:37.00\00:22:39.26
AND, SIR, WE DON'T KNOW YOU.
00:22:39.26\00:22:43.16
OKAY ?
00:22:43.16\00:22:44.26
SO WHY DON'T YOU MAYBE
CHECK AT SOME OTHER HOUSES.
00:22:44.26\00:22:52.96
I GET A LITTLE
FARTHER INTO THAT PICTURE.
00:22:52.96\00:22:55.20
BECAUSE, SEE, I'M NOT
LOOKING AT THE MOTHER.
00:22:55.20\00:22:58.00
I'M LOOKING AT THE SON.
00:22:58.00\00:23:00.26
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT
BOY LOOKED LIKE WHEN HE LOOKED
00:23:00.26\00:23:02.06
AT THAT PREACHER ?
00:23:02.06\00:23:06.70
HEY, MOM, DID HE JUST
ASK WHAT I THOUGHT HE ASKED ?
00:23:06.70\00:23:10.73
WE'RE DOWN TO ONE LITTLE CAKE
OF MEAL--DID THAT PREACHER ASK
00:23:10.73\00:23:15.03
COULD HE HAVE OUR LAST....
00:23:15.03\00:23:17.10
THAT'S WHAT HE ASKED, SON.
00:23:17.10\00:23:18.83
MOM, COME OVER HERE A MINUTE.
00:23:18.83\00:23:25.33
YOU'RE NOT THINKING
ABOUT DOING THIS ARE YOU ?
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.53
SON, WE'VE GOT TO DO
IT BECAUSE GOD SAID IT.
00:23:28.53\00:23:33.03
NOW SEE, THE REASON WHY
SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVER KNOW HOW
00:23:33.03\00:23:35.60
POWERFUL GOD IS, IS
BECAUSE THEY NEVER OBEY HIM.
00:23:35.60\00:23:46.90
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO
GOD IS, DO WHAT HE SAYS.
00:23:46.90\00:23:50.50
SEE, IF YOU JUST ALWAYS
SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT,
00:23:50.50\00:23:53.26
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW.
00:23:53.26\00:23:54.26
YOU'LL THINK SOME
PEOPLE WHO TRUST GOD ARE OUT
00:23:54.26\00:23:56.76
OF THEIR MINDS.
00:23:56.76\00:23:57.96
BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE
POWER OF GOD UNTIL YOU LEARN
00:23:57.96\00:24:01.03
HOW TO TRUST HIM.
00:24:01.03\00:24:03.26
SO THE WOMAN SAID, OKAY.
00:24:03.26\00:24:04.93
SO HE GETS THAT MEAL.
00:24:04.93\00:24:06.60
I CAN DESCRIBE IT TO YOU
BUT IT WOULD MAKE YOU HUNGRY.
00:24:06.60\00:24:08.76
SOME OF YOU WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE
EARLY, SO I WON'T DESCRIBE IT.
00:24:08.76\00:24:11.30
WHEN I LIVED IN THE SOUTH,
MY MOM USED TO MAKE CAKES OUT OF
00:24:11.30\00:24:16.20
CORNMEAL WITH A LITTLE OIL.
00:24:16.20\00:24:23.56
AND SHE WOULD FRY,
WELL, I CAN'T GO FURTHER.
00:24:23.56\00:24:27.16
BUT I KNOW WHAT
THAT CAKE WAS LIKE.
00:24:27.16\00:24:29.43
AND SHE FINISHED IT AND
GAVE IT TO THE MAN OF GOD.
00:24:29.43\00:24:32.06
SOME OF YOU WOULD SAY
THAT SHE WAS OUT OF HER MIND.
00:24:32.06\00:24:34.76
BUT THE FACT IS THAT EVERY DAY
AFTER THAT WHEN MOM TOLD THAT
00:24:34.76\00:24:40.83
SAME LITTLE BOY, WHO I IMAGINE
THOUGHT MOM HAD LOST HER MIND,
00:24:40.83\00:24:44.90
SON, GO GET ME SOME MORE MEAL.
00:24:44.90\00:24:47.70
UH, MOM, MOTHER DEAR, REMEMBER
I BROUGHT IT ALL YESTERDAY ?
00:24:47.70\00:24:53.63
BUT GOD SAID IF WE WOULD
OBEY HIM, WE'D HAVE SOME MORE.
00:24:53.63\00:24:57.73
SO WOULD YOU GO ?
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.10
JUST HUMOR ME.
00:24:59.10\00:25:01.50
GO LOOK IN THE MEAL BARREL.
00:25:01.50\00:25:03.93
AND THE BOY, I WISH I
COULD HAVE BEEN WITH HIM
00:25:03.93\00:25:05.93
WHEN HE WENT IN THERE.
00:25:05.93\00:25:07.46
YOU KNOW ?
00:25:07.46\00:25:12.16
BECAUSE HE KNEW IT
WASN'T GOING TO BE THERE.
00:25:12.16\00:25:14.76
BUT WHENE GETS HIS
LITTLE CONTAINER OR EVEN WITH
00:25:14.76\00:25:17.56
HIS HAND, HE FINDS
ENOUGH MEAL TO MAKE ANOTHER.
00:25:17.56\00:25:20.80
SHE SAYS, NOW, DID
YOU FORGET THE OIL ?
00:25:20.80\00:25:23.40
WELL, BY NOW HE KNOWS THAT IF
GOD SAYS IT, GOD CAN MAKE IT SO.
00:25:23.40\00:25:29.80
SO HE GOES AND GETS
THE OIL AND EVERY DAY AFTER
00:25:29.80\00:25:34.13
THAT GOD DID THIS MIRACLE,
HE ADDED BY SUBTRACTION.
00:25:34.13\00:25:52.33
GOT ANOTHER ONE.
00:25:52.33\00:25:53.76
I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU DON'T
DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON GOD.
00:25:53.76\00:25:57.13
MATTHEW, CHAPTER
14, START WITH VERSE 14.
00:25:57.13\00:26:00.30
JESUS WAS
PREACHING AND A MULTITUDE HAD
00:26:00.30\00:26:03.46
COME TO HEAR HIM PREACH.
00:26:03.46\00:26:05.56
AND AFTER A WHILE THE DISCIPLES
STARTED COMING TO HIM AND
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.86
SAYING, I THINK WE NEED TO
LET THEM GO BECAUSE SOME OF
00:26:07.86\00:26:13.46
THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
HUNGRY AND YOU KNOW HOW THEY GET
00:26:13.46\00:26:20.50
WHEN THEY GET HUNGRY.
00:26:20.50\00:26:22.23
AND JESUS KEEPS PREACHING.
00:26:22.23\00:26:24.76
AND SOMEBODY COMES BACK.
00:26:24.76\00:26:25.90
UH, EXCUSE ME.
00:26:25.90\00:26:27.56
I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT BUT
I THINK WE NEED TO LET THEM GO.
00:26:27.56\00:26:30.83
THERE ARE NO STORES.
00:26:30.83\00:26:32.73
THEY CAN'T BUY ANYTHING.
00:26:32.73\00:26:34.13
WE ARE OUT HERE KIND
OF IN THE RURAL AREA.
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