Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000404
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: "EXPERIENCE THE POWER"
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:15 JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE FROM 00:18 MALACHI, CHAPTER 3, ENTITLED, "THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN." 00:22 (music) AND JESUS KEEPS PREACHING. 00:27 AND SOMEBODY COMES BACK. 00:29 UH, EXCUSE ME. 00:30 I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LET THEM GO. 00:33 THERE ARE NO STORES. 00:35 THEY CAN'T BUY ANYTHING. 00:37 WE ARE OUT HERE KIND OF IN THE RURAL AREA. 00:42 SO MAYBE LET'S LET THEM GO HOME. 00:44 JESUS SAYS, TELL THEM TO SIT ON THE GROUND. 00:49 IN FACT, I DID A LITTLE STUDY ON THIS ONE. 00:51 YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I DON'T COME TO YOU EMPTY-HEADED. 00:55 I DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A CUSTOM IN THOSE DAYS THAT WHEN 00:59 YOU ATE IN THOSE LARGE CROWDS THAT YOU WOULD PUT THE PEOPLE IN 01:03 SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE A SQUARE WITH ONE END KNOCKED OUT. 01:07 SO THEY SAT THE PEOPLE, NOT RANDOMLY, BUT THEY TOLD THE 01:12 HUNGRY PEOPLE, SIT DOWN IN AN ORDERLY FASHION IN A 01:17 SQUARE WITH AN OPEN END. 01:22 SEE, GOD MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE DOING THAT MIRACLE TONIGHT. 01:26 BECAUSE SOME OF US DON'T HAVE FAITH ENOUGH, PARTICULARLY 01:29 WHEN WE ARE HUNGRY, TO JUST DO WHAT HE SAYS. 01:34 BUT THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN. 01:36 AND THEN JESUS GAVE THANKS. 01:39 DOES THIS SEEM OUT OF ORDER TO YOU ? 01:42 WELL, HERE'S THE WAY I WANT TO SAY IT: GOD DOESN'T HAVE TO MAKE 01:45 SENSE BECAUSE HE MADE SENSE. 01:49 (applause) GOD DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LOGICAL. 02:00 HE CREATED LOGIC. 02:03 WHEN HE GETS READY HE CAN TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND FLIP IT OVER. 02:07 GOD DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FEASABLE. 02:10 HE'S GOD. 02:12 SO THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN, AND THEN THE DISCIPLES, I DON'T 02:15 KNOW WHY I SEE THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES--OKAY, HE GOT 02:18 THEM SITTING DOWN NOW. 02:21 LIKE HE'S GOING TO FEED THEM. 02:24 LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW. 02:29 ONE OF THE DISCIPLES, WHO'S STILL ON THE POSITIVE 02:31 ATTITUDE, SAYS, LORD, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BOY. 02:38 HE'S GOT LUNCH. 02:40 HE'S THE ONLY ONE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WITH LUNCH. 02:43 HE'S GOT FIVE BARLEY LOAVES AND TWO FISHES. 02:47 THE SCHOLARS SAY IT WAS FISH SPREAD, BUT THAT SEEMS WAY TOO 02:51 MUNDANE, SO I WON'T SAY THAT. 02:54 AND JESUS SAYS, BRING ME THE LUNCH. 02:58 NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOMENTS, LET ME JUST TAKE THIS 03:01 EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENT. 03:02 MAYBE YOU DON'T LIKE IT. 03:04 CAN I HAVE THIS ONE ? 03:06 I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 03:11 WHEN JESUS STARTED BREAKING LITTLE PIECES OF BREAD. 03:18 WHEN HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES, INCIDENTALLY, GET ME 03:21 SOME BASKETS. 03:25 AND THEY BRING HIM ONE. 03:33 BRING ME ANOTHER ONE. 03:41 SEE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT WAY TOO MUCH TELEVISION 03:43 TO UNDERSTAND THIS STUFF, BUT CAN YOU SEE IT HAPPENING ? 03:46 SO NOW THEY'VE TAKEN THIS ONE AWAY AND THAT ONE AWAY--STILL 03:49 BREAKING, PROBABLY STILL ON THE FIRST LOAF, IT'S BREAKING, 03:55 AND FILLING UP BASKETS. 03:56 THAT'S WHAT GOD CAN DO. 03:58 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE WHEN JESUS COMES IN AND 04:03 YOU EXPERIENCE HIS POWER. 04:07 BRING ME ONE OF THOSE LITTLE CONTAINERS OF FISH SPREAD. 04:10 AND HE PUTS THAT OUT THERE. 04:11 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROBABLY IN 04:15 HUNDREDS OR SEVENTY-FIVE'S IN THOSE SQUARES WITH THE 04:18 ENDS KNOCKED OUT ARE FULL. 04:20 AND THERE HAD TO BE A COUPLE GUYS IN THERE MY SIZE. 04:24 AND I DON'T WANT JUST ONE SANDWICH. 04:28 ESPECIALLY IF JESUS JUST BROKE IT OFF WITH HIS OWN HAND. 04:34 I WANT TWO OR THREE OF THOSE ! 04:39 AND EVERYBODY IS FULL AND THEY BRING BACK 12 BASKETS FULL. 04:46 THAT MEANS WHEN JESUS HAD 25,000 PEOPLE, THE SCHOLARS BELIEVE, 04:51 5,000 MEN, THEIR WIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN, ARE FULL. 04:56 AND YOU KNOW, THE SOUND CHANGES WHEN YOU GET FULL. 05:01 YOU EVER GO TO A RESTAURANT, WATCH THAT WAITING LIST ? 05:04 PEOPLE SITTING ALL AROUND, THEY'VE GOT 45 MINUTES 05:06 TO GET IN, AND YOU'RE COMING OUT, YOU ATE. 05:13 YOUR SOUNDS ARE NOT CONGRUENT. 05:16 THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, GRUMBLING, I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M GOING 05:18 TO GET IN THERE. 05:19 AND YOU COME OUT, HEY, HOW YOU DOING ? 05:28 THE SOUND HAS CHANGED, THE PEOPLE ARE FULL, AND THERE ARE 05:31 12 BASKETS FULL LEFT OVER, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN JESUS HAD 05:35 EVERYBODY FULL, HE HAD MORE THAN WHAT HE STARTED WITH. 05:38 YOU CAN'T LOCK GOD TO FEASIBILITY. 05:42 ARE WE OKAY NOW ? 05:44 ARE WE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH ? 05:46 WELL, THAT SHOWS THAT GOD CAN'T BE LOCKED INTO YOUR LOGIC. 05:51 IN FACT, DEUTERONOMY 32:13, GOD SAYS, I WILL GIVE YOU, 05:56 OUT OF THE ROCK, HONEY. 06:01 YOU KNOW WHAT THE HONEY IS ? 06:02 IT'S THE DIVINE TEACHINGS. 06:05 I WILL GIVE YOU, OUT OF THE ROCK, OIL. 06:08 THAT IS PROSPERITY OR LUXURY. 06:12 SO GOD SAYS, OUT OF A ROCK. 06:16 YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE. 06:20 YOUR HIGH-PRICED EDUCATION FROM THAT UNIVERSITY YOU WENT 06:23 TO TELLS YOU THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET HONEY OUT OF 06:28 A ROCK, UNLESS GOD SAYS SO. 06:34 SO WATCH THIS. 06:36 GOD SAYS, THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I PROMISE YOU 06:39 IF YOU RETURN MY TITHE. 06:41 FIRST OF ALL, YOU WILL RECEIVE SO MUCH THAT YOU 06:44 WON'T HAVE ROOM FOR IT. 06:49 MY MOM WAS A TEACHER FOR A RELIGIOUS SYSTEM. 06:52 MY DAD WAS A CONTRACTOR, I TOLD YOU THE OTHER NIGHT. 06:55 NEITHER ONE OF THEM MADE A LOT OF MONEY, AND IT WASN'T STEADY. 06:59 WE WOULD SOMETIMES GET HUNGRY. 07:02 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING ANNOYED BECAUSE YOU DON'T 07:04 HAVE THE THING YOU LIKE. 07:06 THAT'S NOT HUNGER. 07:09 SO YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND. 07:10 GO HOME AND TELL YOUR CHILDREN WHAT HUNGER REALLY IS. 07:13 IN FACT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ASK GRANDMOTHER. 07:16 BECAUSE YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS SO IN TOUCH WITH GOD THAT SOME OF 07:21 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HUNGER IS. 07:23 WELL, I KNOW. 07:26 MY BROTHER AND I WERE IN THE HOUSE, AND THEN WE KEPT WATCHING 07:30 THE FOOD DWINDLE AND DWINDLE AND DWINDLE, UNTIL FINALLY 07:34 THERE WAS ONLY THE MEAL. 07:35 I TOLD YOU I KNEW ABOUT THE CAKES. 07:37 MOM MADE CAKES, THE MEAL WAS GONE, AND THE NEIGHBOR CAME 07:41 OVER AND GAVE US CUCUMBERS. 07:45 FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS I COULD NOT EAT CUCUMBERS, BECAUSE FOR ABOUT 07:55 SIX DAYS IT FELT LIKE--I WENT BACK AND CHECKED WITH MY 07:59 BROTHER, IT WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO--FELT LIKE A WEEK. 08:05 ALL WE HAD TO EAT WAS CUCUMBERS AND SALT. 08:11 WE CUT THEM CROSSWISE, SALT, NO SALT. 08:17 WE CUT THEM LONG WAYS, WE ATE THEM WITH SALT, NO SALT. 08:22 WE PEELED THEM, ATE THEM WITH SALT, NO SALT. 08:27 AND FINALLY, WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR A FAMILY MEETING. 08:33 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO EAT ? 08:38 I THANK GOD FOR MY MOTHER. 08:42 SHE SAID, COME AND SIT AT THE TABLE. 08:45 MY BROTHER AND I KNEW NOT TO SAY CERTAIN THINGS. 08:48 REMEMBER, THIS IS BEFORE THE LAWS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE. 08:55 SO THERE WERE SOME THINGS YOU COULD THINK BUT YOU DARE NOT 08:59 LET THEM ESCAPE YOUR LIPS. 09:02 BECAUSE WHILE I'M CONVINCED THAT MY MOTHER LOVED ME WITH ALL HER 09:05 HEART, SHE HAD A THING SHE COULD DO WITH HER BACK HAND. 09:13 SHE COULD GRAB YOUR EAR IN A CERTAIN PLACE. 09:16 SOMEBODY'S OLD IN HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND. 09:19 SHE SAID, SIT DOWN. 09:20 AND WE SAID, WHY ? 09:21 SHE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SAY GRACE. 09:23 OKAY. 09:26 WE WERE THINKING IT, WE JUST COULDN'T SAY IT. 09:30 I PROMISE YOU THAT JUST WHEN MY BROTHER AND I HAD COME TO THE 09:35 CONCRETE CONCLUSION THAT OUR MOTHER WAS SLIPPING AWAY FROM 09:39 REALITY, DOWNSTAIRS IN THAT TOP/BOTTOM DUPLEX THERE WAS 09:48 A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. 09:52 WE HAD TO RUN DOWN THE STEPS TO ANSWER IT. 09:55 THE GLASS WAS, YOU KNOW HOW THAT LITTLE GLASS IS SO YOU CAN'T 09:58 REALLY SEE WHO'S OUT THERE. 10:00 BUT I COULD MAKE OUT THINGS THAT LOOKED LIKE 10:05 PEOPLE HOLDING STUFF. 10:13 I WENT DOWN AND OPENED THE DOOR, AND I COULDN'T SEE 10:16 THE FOLKS FOR THE BAGS. 10:18 AND FRIENDS OF OURS WHOM MOM HAD NEVER TOLD WE WERE HUNGRY 10:24 HAD BROUGHT SO MUCH FOOD. 10:27 AND WE HAD TO BE CALM. 10:29 YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN--FOLKS, LET ME EXPLAIN POVERTY. 10:31 SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER KNOWN IT, SO I'VE GOT TO EXPLAIN. 10:34 IN DAYS OF YORE THERE WAS THIS THING CALLED POVERTY. 10:39 AND WHEN IT HAPPENED TO YOU, YOU COULD NOT EXPRESS 10:42 EVERYTHING THAT YOU FELT. 10:44 WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE FOOD, WE COULDN'T SAY, AH, WE'RE SO GLAD! 10:47 WE HAD TO SAY, OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 10:54 AND SINCE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN REALLY HUNGRY, YOU DON'T KNOW 10:57 THE FRUSTRATION OF HAVING EATEN CUCUMBERS FOR TWO DAYS, AND 11:03 THEN YOU SMELL GROCERIES. 11:08 BUT WE COULDN'T TOUCH THEM YET, WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL 11:10 THE PEOPLE LEFT. 11:17 WHEN THEY LEFT, MOM SAID, NO, WE'VE GOT TO PUT IT AWAY 11:19 WE CAN'T EAT IT ALL NOW. 11:21 I WANT SOME NOW ! 11:22 NO, YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT AWAY. 11:24 AND WHEN WE TRIED TO PUT ALL THE FOOD INTO THE 11:28 PANTRY, IT WOULDN'T FIT. 11:32 (APPLAUSE) I HAD A MENTOR 11:41 NAMED SAMUEL MYERS. 11:44 AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE TOLD ME. 11:46 IN THE DEPRESSION HE WAS A CHILD. 11:50 HIS MOTHER WAS A FAITHFUL TITHER. 11:55 THEY CAME TO A TIME WHEN THEY HAD NOTHING IN THE HOUSE 11:58 TO EAT, NOT EVEN CUCUMBERS. 12:03 HIS MOTHER HAD SAVED TITHE THAT SHE NEEDED 12:06 TO TAKE TO THE CHURCH. 12:10 HE SAID TO HIS MOTHER, MOM, I'M HUNGRY, YOU'RE HUNGRY. 12:15 WHY DON'T WE USE SOME OF THE TITHE ? 12:18 GOD WILL CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. 12:22 SHE SAID, SON, GOD CLAIMS THIS MONEY. 12:28 WE HAVE A TITHE, WHICH IS TEN PERCENT OF OUR INCOME, 12:31 AND I HAVE SAVED AN OFFERING. 12:34 LISTEN, HERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN QUOTE FROM PEARSON: 12:38 THE TITHE SAYS GOD IS GOD. 12:42 THE OFFERING SAYS GOD IS GOOD. 12:46 (APPLAUSE) WHEN YOU RETURN TITHE, 12:54 YOU DIDN'T GIVE TITHE, IT WAS NEVER YOURS. 12:58 SO ALL YOU'RE DOING IS RECOGNIZING THAT HE'S SOVEREIGN. 13:02 WHEN YOU RETURN WHAT HE CLAIMS, ALL YOU'RE DOING 13:05 IS RECOGNIZING WHO HE IS. 13:07 SO THAT SAYS GOD IS GOD. 13:09 BUT AN OFFERING OUGHT TO SAY GOD IS GOOD. 13:12 THIS MOTHER HAD PUT AWAY THE TITHE AND THE OFFERING. 13:16 AND THIS SON SAID, MOM, WE'VE GOT TO EAT. 13:18 SHE SAID, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY, SON, WE'RE GOING TO GO 13:21 AROUND TO ALL THE MARKETS WHERE WE HAVE EVER DONE BUSINESS. 13:24 I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO EXTEND US CREDIT, OR IF NOT, GIVE 13:28 US SOMETHING THAT'S OLD OR BRUISED, FRUIT THAT IS 13:31 BRUISED, BREAD THAT IS OLD. 13:33 AND THEY WALKED AROUND THAT PLACE ALL DAY LONG, AND NOBODY 13:38 WOULD RESPOND TO THEM. 13:41 HE SAID TO ME, HE SAT IN MY LIVING ROOM. 13:43 HE'S TOLD THE STORY SO MANY PLACES, BUT HE SAT IN MY 13:45 LIVING ROOM AND HIS EYES WELLED UP WITH TEARS WHEN HE SAID, 13:51 "WALTER, I BEGGED MY MOTHER WITH A SOUND IN MY VOICE THAT 13:54 WAS ALMOST DISRESPECTFUL, I SAID, MOMMA, WHY ARE WE 13:59 STILL WALKING AROUND HERE WHEN YOU'VE GOT MONEY AT HOME ? 14:04 SHE SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY AT HOME. 14:09 BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY AT HOME BELONGS TO GOD. 14:14 THEY FINISHED THEIR DAY'S SEARCH AND THEY WERE CLIMBING 14:20 THE STEPS, FLIGHTS OF STEPS. 14:23 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER. 14:25 AS THEY WENT UP THE STEPS, HE SAID, MY MOTHER'S LEGS 14:27 HAD SWOLLEN, HER ANKLES WERE SWOLLEN FROM THE DAY OF 14:30 WALKING IN THE HEAT. 14:32 AND SHE SAID, SON, DO ME A FAVOR. 14:34 I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN ON THIS LANDING, AND I WANT 14:36 TO ASK YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR. 14:39 DO YOUR MOTHER A FAVOR. 14:40 TAKE MY SHOES OFF. 14:41 JUST MASSAGE MY ANKLES ENOUGH TO GET ME UPSTAIRS. 14:45 HE SAID HE WAS ANGRY WHEN SHE ASKED. 14:49 BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, WE COULD BE EATING. 14:51 BUT HE SAT THERE ANYWAY. 14:54 AND AS HE WENT TO PULL HIS MOTHER'S SHOE OFF TO MASSAGE 14:58 HER ANKLE, HE LOOKED UNDER THERE, AND STUCK IN A PIECE 15:03 OF CHEWING GUM ON THE BOTTOM OF HER SHOE WAS A BILL THAT 15:08 WAS BIG ENOUGH TO FEED THEM. 15:11 (APPLAUSE) GOD SAYS, TEST ME. 15:25 AND MY FRIEND PASTOR MYERS SAID, MY MOTHER TESTED HIM. 15:31 SHE WALKED ALL DAY AND HEARD MY BICKERING COMPLAINTS, 15:37 BUT SHE WOULDN'T TOUCH WHAT BELONGED TO GOD. 15:40 AND HE SAID, I LEARNED FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY MOTHER'S 15:43 SHOE THAT GOD CAN BE TRUSTED. 15:50 I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF RULES, BUT CAN I 15:53 TELL YOU ONE MORE STORY ? 15:55 DID YOU SEE THAT PART IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT HE 15:57 WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER ? 16:01 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THAT MEANS. 16:02 IN AGRARIAN TERMS THAT MEANS THAT GOD WILL KEEP THE 16:05 LOCUSTS OUT OF YOUR CROPS. 16:09 BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF US HAVE CROPS ? 16:13 THAT DOESN'T TRANSLATE TOO WELL. 16:15 WHAT THAT MEANS IS, GOD SAYS, YOU TEST ME, HE SAID, I'LL 16:21 OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING 16:24 YOU WON'T HAVE ROOM FOR. 16:25 I KNOW THAT ONE. 16:25 I JUST TOLD YOU THAT ONE. 16:27 HE SAID, TEST ME IN THIS THING. 16:28 TEST ME TO KNOW THAT I WILL NOT ONLY DO THAT, BUT 16:33 ALL OF YOUR ENTERPRISES. 16:35 HE SAYS, YOUR FRUIT WILL NOT CAST BEFORE THE TIME. 16:38 IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU PLANT A CROP, IT WILL GO TO FULL GROWTH. 16:43 THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU PLAN SOMETHING TRUSTING IN GOD AND 16:46 RETURNING A FAITHFUL TITHE AND AN OFFERING, GOD BLESSES 16:50 YOUR ENTERPRISES AND PROTECTS YOUR PROFITS BECAUSE YOU 16:57 HAVE PUT HIM FIRST. 17:00 BUT I'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU. 17:01 BECAUSE THAT "REBUKE THE DEVOURER" THING. 17:03 I'VE GOT A FRIEND, AND I CALLED HIM TONIGHT TO 17:05 GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT. 17:06 THIS GENTLEMAN IS DOING QUITE WELL, PRAISE GOD. 17:12 I CAN'T TELL TOO MUCH, BECAUSE YOU'LL KNOW WHO HE IS. 17:14 BUT HE WAS ABOUT TO GO TO NEW YORK TO MEET WITH THE 17:18 OFFICIALS OF A GIGANTIC AUTOMOBILE COMPANY. 17:24 IF I SAID THE HYPHENATED NAME, YOU WOULD BE IMPRESSED. 17:34 HE HAD IN HIS ATTACHE CASE, I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THE 17:40 DICTIONARY SAYS YOU OUGHT TO SAY THAT, HE HAD IN THAT CASE 17:43 THE CONTRACTS, HE HAD HIS CREDIT CARDS, HE HAD COMPANY CHECKS, 17:52 HE HAD A LOT OF CASH, JUST IN CASE THE NUMBERS WEREN'T RIGHT. 17:59 IN OTHER WORDS, HE HAD HIS FUTURE IN THAT CASE. 18:03 HE TOOK HIS MOTHER WITH HIM. 18:05 HE WANTED HER TO BE WITH HIM WHEN THIS WONDERFUL MOMENT CAME. 18:09 AND THEY WENT TO LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, GOT INTO A TAXI, 18:15 THE TAXI DRIVER LOADED THEIR LUGGAGE. 18:20 AS THEY PULLED OFF, HE SAID, MOM, DID YOU 18:23 GET MY ATTACHE CASE ? 18:25 SHE SAID, NO, SON, I DIDN'T. 18:28 EXCUSE ME, KNOCKING ON THE--SIR, DID YOU GET MY CASE ? 18:32 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 18:36 SO THE CAB DRIVER SAYS, DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK OR DO 18:38 YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD ? 18:41 HE SAID, WELL, I GUESS WE OUGHT TO GO BACK. 18:43 HE DIDN'T NOTICE THAT IT WAS MISSING FOR 10 MINUTES. 18:48 IT TOOK 25 MINUTES TO GET BACK TO LA GUARDIA, WHERE HE HAD 18:54 LEFT HIS CASE ON THE SIDEWALK. 19:01 SO YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER. 19:03 WHY DID HE GO BACK ? 19:05 ANYBODY WITH ANY BRAIN AT ALL KNOWS THAT AT LA GUARDIA, 19:11 ANYTHING THAT LOOKS VALUABLE ON THE SIDEWALK IS GONE. 19:16 IT WAS BEFORE THE TERRORIST ACT, OR ELSE YOU MIGHT THINK 19:19 THEY THOUGHT A BOMB WAS IN IT. 19:22 THIS WAS NOT THE TIME OF BOMBS. 19:25 SO IN THIS CASE, CREDIT CARDS, A LOT OF CASH. 19:28 I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH, YOU MIGHT FIND OUT WHO 19:30 THE GUY IS AND GO TRY TO BORROW SOMETHING FROM HIM. 19:36 ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE DEAL. 19:39 AND THEY TURN AROUND AND TRY TO MAKE IT BACK. 19:41 AND 25 MINUTES LATER, THEY ROLL UP TO THE SPOT WHERE HE 19:44 KNOWS HE LEFT IT, AND HE'S WONDERING--IS IT'S THERE, AND 19:47 HIS MOTHER SAYS, SON, LOOK OVER THERE ON THE SIDEWALK. 19:55 TRUE STORY. 19:58 FOLKS, WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS THAT THIS THING 20:00 IS NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY. 20:03 THIS IS GOD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. 20:08 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE WILLING TO OBEY 20:12 GOD THAT GOD WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN. 20:16 NOW, LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW FACTS, AND I'M GOING TO 20:18 GIVE THEM TO YOU QUICKLY. 20:20 PSALM 24:1 SAYS THAT THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND 20:27 THE FULLNESS THEREOF. 20:30 I DON'T WANT TO SEEM RUDE, BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT INCLUDES 20:33 ALL THE MONEY THAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT ? 20:36 AND I KNOW SOMEBODY MAY BE IN THE POSITION THAT I FIND 20:39 MYSELF IN FAIRLY OFTEN. 20:41 YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ATM CARD BUT YOU'VE ONLY 20:44 GOT $19 IN THE BANK. 20:50 I DON'T KNOW, I THINK YOU ALREADY UNDERSTAND. 20:58 YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME, AREN'T YOU ? 21:02 WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU IS THAT EVEN THE MONEY IN YOUR 21:06 BANK ACCOUNT BELONGS TO GOD. 21:07 IN FACT, YOU BELONG TO GOD. 21:14 NOT ONLY THE MONEY YOU HAVE, BUT THE RESOURCES 21:17 THAT YOU CLAIM BELONG TO GOD. 21:18 SO FIRST OF ALL, UNDERSTAND THAT GOD OWNS EVERYTHING. 21:21 PSALM 50:10, GOD SAYS THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS ARE MINE. 21:30 YOU COUNT CATTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN GOD. 21:34 I WAS OUT IN CATTLE TERRITORY, I KNOW HOW 21:36 THEY COUNT THEM IN TEXAS. 21:37 THEY SAY, I GOT 50 HEAD OF CATTLE. 21:40 I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS RATHER CRASS, BUT THEY 21:43 COUNT THEIR CATTLE BY HEAD. 21:45 GOD CAN'T COUNT HIS THAT WAY, HE'S GOT TOO MANY. 21:47 HE COUNTS THEM BY HILLS. 21:53 ALL OF THEM, MINE. 21:56 HAGGAI 2:8, THE SILVER AND THE GOLD IS MINE. 22:00 MATTHEW 25:14, GOT TO GO THERE. 22:03 WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THIS THING WORKED OUT YET ON THE TEXTS 22:08 POPPING UP, BUT I'VE GOT TO GET THIS ONE TO YOU. 22:10 MATTHEW 25 AND VERSE 14-- YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT. 22:13 MATTHEW 25 AND VERSE 14: 22:17 FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AS A MAN TRAVELING INTO 22:19 A FAR COUNTRY WHO CALLED HIS OWN SERVANTS AND DELIVERED 22:23 UNTIL THEM HIS GOODS. 22:26 EVERY DIME YOU HAVE, GOD HAS DELIVERED INTO YOUR HANDS. 22:33 STICK WITH ME. 22:34 IF YOU DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEBODY'S 22:37 SAYING RIGHT NOW, I READ YOUR MIND ALL THE WAY FROM HERE. 22:40 YEAH, RIGHT, HE GAVE IT TO ME. 22:42 SO WHY DO I HAVE TO GO TO WORK ? 22:44 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 22:45 WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND GO TO WORK WITHOUT GOD. 22:51 GET OUT OF YOUR BED IN THE MORNING WITHOUT GOD. 22:55 IF IT WERE NOT FOR GOD, YOUR HEART, WHICH IS AN INVOLUNTARY 22:58 MUSCLE, WHICH YOU CANNOT CONTROL, YOUR HEART IS NOT 23:04 CONTROLLED BY YOU, YOU DON'T GET ON YOUR KNEES AT NIGHT OR EVEN 23:07 STAND BY YOUR BED AT NIGHT AND SAY, HEART, BEAT ALL NIGHT. 23:13 YOUR HEART NEITHER HEARS YOU NOR CARES WHAT YOU SAY. 23:16 YOUR HEART HAS BEEN SET IN MOTION BY A HAND THAT 23:18 IS GREATER THAN YOURS. 23:20 (APPLAUSE) GOD MAKES YOUR HEART BEAT ! 23:26 YOU DON'T TELL YOUR LUNGS TO BREATHE ALL NIGHT LONG. 23:28 THEY ARE INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES. 23:30 SO I TELL YOU THAT THE MONEY YOU THOUGHT YOU EARNED WAS GIVEN YOU 23:35 BY GOD BECAUSE IN HIM YOU LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE YOUR BEING. 23:40 SO EVERY DIME YOU'VE GOT, GOD GAVE TO YOU, OR GAVE 23:45 YOU THE POWER TO EARN IT. 23:49 SO THIS TEXT SAYS, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE 23:52 A MAN WHO WENT ON A FAR JOURNEY AND DELIVERED HIS 23:56 GOODS INTO HIS SERVANT'S HANDS. 23:59 AND TONIGHT I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT 24:02 HE HAS DELIVERED INTO MY HANDS. 24:04 I SOMETIMES THINK IT'S NOT ENOUGH, BUT I HAVE 24:07 DONE OKAY SO FAR. 24:09 AND AS YOU LOOK AT ME TONIGHT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I'VE 24:11 MISSED THAT MANY MEALS. 24:14 I'VE BEEN DOING OKAY. 24:15 GOD IS GOOD. 24:17 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE WHERE YOUR RESOURCES COME FROM. 24:21 IF YOU SEE IT, CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN. 24:24 SO, IF THAT BE SO, THEN GOD HAS A RIGHT TO BE INVOLVED 24:31 IN HOW WE HANDLE MONEY. 24:33 AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU WANT YOUR MONEY TO STRETCH, 24:40 THE MONEY THAT GOD REQUESTS IN BOTH TEXTS IS VERY CLEAR. 24:44 GOD SAYS, GIVE ME THE RESOURCES TO RUN MY HOUSE. 24:49 LET ME TAKE CARE OF MY MINISTRY. 24:52 LET ME TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS IN MY HOUSE. 24:54 I DON'T MIND YOU HAVING A NICE HOUSE. 24:57 JUST DON'T GET YOURS ALL PRETTY AND LEAVE MINE DESOLATE. 25:01 BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT, I'LL MAKE IT SO THAT YOUR 25:04 MONEY WILL BE LIKE YOU PUT IT IN A POCKET WITH HOLES, 25:08 IN A PURSE WITH HOLES. 25:10 BY THE TIME YOU GET HOME YOU WON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT. 25:13 AND SOME OF US CAN TESTIFY TONIGHT THAT BY THE TIME YOU 25:15 GET YOUR CHECK HOME, YOU THINK SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. 25:20 YOU BELIEVE IN A CATASTROPHE. 25:22 GOD SAYS, IF YOU WILL JUST BE FAITHFUL TO ME, I WILL OPEN 25:27 THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN. 25:30 Announcer: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING BREATH OF LIFE. 25:32 JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING MESSAGE FROM PASTOR 25:35 WALTER L. 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