Sermon #S018 -
(I'm Good - Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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In today's episode, Pastor
Snell will share Part Two of the
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message entitled: “I'm Good”
Let's go now into the Word of
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God. Pastor Snell: Second thing
this story teaches us is that in
Christ there is no hierarchy.
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The Word says that when it
came time to receive wages,
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that those who came at the first
hour independent of a promise
from the landowner,
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that they just assumed that
there was going to receive more
than everybody else.
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Now we got to be clear on
the roles in the parable today,
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friends, because understand that
the landowner is a loose
representation of Christ,
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that the vineyard is a
representation of our work, and
that the laborers represent you
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and I at different
stages in the journey.
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The interesting thing of those
who came at the first hour is
that there is an expectation of
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financial hierarchy based upon
how long they have been working
in the field. It's crazy,
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friends, because they literally
are functioning with this
perceived injustice that those
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who came at the eleventh hour,
who have not borne this labor In
the heat of the day,
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there is a sense of inequity
that somehow they would receive
the same reward as us.
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You all need to understand
that these first workers are
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indignant. As the kids say, they
are big mad because they felt
that because of how long they
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have been in the field, they are
entitled to a little more than
those who just came around the
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bend. In other words, they
attach significance to their
tenure. Are you all hearing me
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today? In other words, they're
just like some in the church in
our time who feel like just
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because they've been there the
longest, because we've been in
the truth for many generations,
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that it entitles us to more
clout, to more influence that
people are to cater to us in the
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body simply because of how long
we have been here. But how many
of us understand that Christ
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does not attach value for the
same reasons that the world
does? Are you all hearing me
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today, friends? In other words,
Jesus does not assign merit or
reward based upon how long you
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have served, but our reward is
in proportion with the mercies
and the greatness of His grace.
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Are you all with me today,
friends? So that none of us get
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to boast. See, friends, the
reason... and I'm not going to
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stay here long. The reason there
is no hierarchy in Christ is
because none of us are worthy.
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Do you realize that none of us
had commended ourselves to God?
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I don't care how long you have
been walking in the way, none of
us are here because we love God
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first. The Bible says we love
Him because He first love us.
Are you all hearing me today,
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friends? In other words, I
needed to be clear that they
didn't come searching for the
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landowner, but the landowner had
to track them down, the
landowner had to seek them out,
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the landowner had to pursue
them. How many of us are
grateful that when we had no
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appetite to seek after God,
guess what, He was willing to
leave the 99 in search of the
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one that stray and he pursued us
and sought after us until we
embrace the divine invitation.
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And so, the Word says
here in verse number 9,
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Matthew 20. Are you all still
with me, church? The Bible says,
"Then those who were hired about
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the eleventh hour, they each
received a denarius, but when
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the first came, they suppose
that they would have received
more and they likewise received
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each a denarius. And when they
had received it, they complained
against the landowner. Are you
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all with me today, friends? Now,
let me just say this real quick.
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That the third thing this
teaches is that sometimes it
would be better if you didn't
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know. Sometimes, friends, there
are some joy in just not knowing
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what they got. All right, let me
just kind of be all the way one
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hundred with you. I do as a
human, one clothed in flesh, I
do kind of identify with these
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first-hour workers a little bit.
I mean, it does seem like there
is a somewhat of an accurate
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assumption that if I've been
working from the first hour of
the day that I would receive
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just a little bit more,
especially than those that just
showed up at the last hour of
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the day. Even though there is
this perceived injustice, there
is actually a stated justice
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because the landowner says,
"Man, listen, we came to an
agreement. I paid you what you
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were happy to receive." In other
words, I need you to notice
friends that these first-hour
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workers when they entered into
the agreement, they thought it
was a good deal. In other words,
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as they work during the day,
they felt like the amount of
payment was sufficient. In other
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words, we coming back to get
another one on tomorrow. They
felt like they had gotten over,
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that they had entered into a
fair and equitable deal. The
only thing that changed is not
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that he's shortchanged them on
what he promised, he gave them
exactly what he promised, but
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the only thing that's got them
big mad is when they saw what
somebody else was receiving. In
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other words, the sense of
injustice was not that they did
not receive what was promised,
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but you know what took away
their joy, is when they got into
the habit of comparing what they
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had with what somebody else had
received. It's amazing that the
owner of the parable teaches us
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a lesson that is critical for
our consideration. He says, "I
think the problem is not with
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how I distributed what belongs
to me," but he literally says
that your eye has become evil.
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Your eye has become envious
because I'm good to everybody
that is in connection with me.
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It's crazy, friends, because you
realize that they would have
left happy, they would have left
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with joy, they would
have left with gratitude,
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they would have been excited
about coming to work next the
next day if they just had no
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awareness about what somebody
else has received. It's amazing
how sometimes just seeing what
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they receive releases an envy
and a jealousy that if you're
not careful, it'll take away
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your joy and it'll have you
questioning the goodness of the
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landowner. Let me be clear,
friends, that I'm not calling
you to a life of ignorance where
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you got to avoid seeing how God
blesses other people. But I
guess essentially, what I'm
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trying to teach is that you
can't avoid seeing how God
blesses. But you know what you
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can do? You can stop focusing on
what God is doing for everybody
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else, and have a more dedicated
gratitude to what God is doing
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for you. Are you all hearing
me today, friends? I mean, you
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would be happier. This is the
pastor's hypothesis. You would
be good if you just focus on
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where God is moving in your
life. And this friends, is a
call away from a life of
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comparisons. It's crazy because
this generation of believers,
you will literally sabotage all
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your Sabbath joy by sitting on a
device and scrolling through
social media all afternoon. And
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you know how you sabotage your
own joy? It's because you're
looking at everybody's vacation
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pictures and you're looking at
everybody's closing on their
house, and you're looking at
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their kid's graduation pictures,
and you're looking at somebody
renewing their vows, you're
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looking at somebody else
announced their engagement. It's
crazy because sometimes we get
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discouraged because we are
comparing their highlights with
our everyday life. You realize,
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I mean, real talk. We have
arguments but we don't post that
on social media. All we are
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going to put on social media are
our celebrations. What I'm
saying is, don't deceive
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yourself into thinking that
somebody's occasional
celebration is a reflection of
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their everyday reality. Not only
do we get messed up because
we're comparing highlights with
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real-life. We're comparing their
fantasy with our reality. Do you
realize that jokers be lying on
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social media? Come on, you know
some of jokers on the verge of
divorce, on the verge of
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bankruptcy, but they perpetrate
and acting like they got it all
together, and everybody has all
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the answers, and we get all tied
up in knots. Because you're
comparing your real life with
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somebody's fantasy. Are you all
hearing me today, friends? You
know why else? You are not
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spending a life of comparing
your life with somebody else's.
Do you realize that your problem
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is actually somebody else's
solution? Do you realize that
some of the things you're
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complaining about somebody else
is coveting? I knew it's going a
little quiet up in here, but I
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told them enjoy the sermon all
by myself, been out of town for
a long time. [Congregation:
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Laughing] Do you realize the
wage you're complaining about,
that same wage would transform
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somebody's life? You complaining
about having to go to work on
Monday and somebody sent up here
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praying, somebody called me to
work on Monday. Are you all
hearing what I'm saying,
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friends? Even if you were able
to get somebody else's life, you
realize you would not be
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exchanging solutions. All you
would be doing is exchanging
problems. So there's some wife
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on this side of the sanctuary
who's mad because her husband
works too much. There's a wife
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on the other side who's mad
because she can't get him off
the couch. Are you all hearing
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what I'm saying?
[Congregation: Clapping]
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There are some brother who's mad
because his wife is always
shopping and spending all the
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money. But there's a brother on
the other side who's mad because
his wife is a budget Nazi,
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she won't let him spend nothing.
There is some wife who's mad
because her husband always
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wanting her, he's always
desiring, always trying to get
next to her. But then, there's a
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wife on the other side who's mad
because her man, they ain't
showing no interest. He ain't
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even looking when she get
out.-Let me say it better. Let
me say it better. He's not as
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enthusiastic. Are you all
hearing what I'm saying? Some
brother is mad because his wife
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takes too long to get dressed
and she spends so much time in
the mirror. But there's another
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brother on the other side who's
mad because he can't get his
wife out of that flannel robe.
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Brothers, you all know that robe
that says there ain't nothing
here for you tonight. Are you
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all hearing what I'm saying
today? [Congregation: Laughing]
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There are some parents
complaining that their kids
never come to visit,
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and there's another set of
parents that's mad because they
can't get their grown kid out of
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the house.
[Congregation: Laughing]
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There are some kids that are
complaining that their parents
are always in their business,
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always looking at
everything they do.
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But there was a whole another
set of kids that wish they had
parents that was in their
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business, involved in their life
that cared at all where they are
and what they are doing. And I
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guess what I'm saying, friends
of mine, is at the end of the
day, you just got to wake up
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with a spirit of generosity and
gratitude that says, "this is
the day that the Lord has made.
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I will rejoice and be glad in
it." Do I have at least a few
Saints who just say, "Lord, I'm
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good where I am. I'm good with
what I have. Lord, I thank you
for my house. I thank you for my
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health. I thank you that I know
where my kids are. I thank you
that my problems are able to be
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born. I'm thankful that I have a
job. I'm thankful that my eyes
opened. I'm thankful that my
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ears are still here. I'm
thankful that my limbs still
move. I'm thankful that my sins
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are forgiven. I'm thankful to be
in the truth of the word. I'm
thankful for the assurance He is
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coming again. I'm thankful that
my wife hadn't left me. I'm
thankful that my husband stays
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with me. I'm thankful that I
know where my kids are. Anybody
that's thankful that you know
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where your kids are today? I'm
thankful that my kids are in
church. Is there anybody that
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says "It's not all good, but I'm
good because I realize all
things work together for the
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good of those who love God and
are called according to his
purpose." [Congregation:
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Clapping] See, friends, the
other reason you are not
spending a whole lot of time
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comparing your life with
somebody else's is you realize
that both favor and trouble are
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seasonal. You realize that their
life is not better than yours.
It's just their season. Are you
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hearing what I'm saying? That's
not the Bible says that there is
a time and a season appointed to
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everything under heaven. So that
you may be in a difficult season
while they are in a joyous
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season, but just live long
enough and their sorrow will
become yours and your joy will
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become theirs. In other words,
it's just a season of life and
like all seasons they pass. But
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watch this church, contentment
doesn't come when the season
passes. Contentment is where I
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can find joy no matter what
season I am in. It is the
discipline of recognizing and
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identifying the goodness of God
no matter my predicament, no
matter how I'm functioning right
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now. Are you all hearing me
today, friends? So can we go to
the Bible today, friends? Let's
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go in our Bibles, Philippians
chapter 4. I need you to see
this in the Bible today.
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Philippians 4:11. Let the church
say amen when you find that.
Philippians 4:11, and write this
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down so you can have this when
you get home. Philippians 4:11,
Apostle Paul says, "It's not
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that I speak in regard to need
for this is what we need to
learn." This needs to be the
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aspiration of every believer
this week. He says, "Listen,
man, I have learned whatever
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state I am in to be content." He
says, "I know how to be a base
and I know how to abound.
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Everywhere and in all things
I've learned both to be full and
to be hungry, both to abound and
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to suffer need." Why? Because I
can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me. In other
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words, friends, I need you to
understand that my joy is not on
what is happening without me. My
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joy is based upon the God that
is operating inside of me. It's
crazy because I didn't always
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understand what the old folk
meant when they said that this
joy that I have, the world did
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not give it, and the world
cannot take it away. What I'm
saying is that when Christ is
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operating in you, I need you to
know that changing circumstances
don't change your disposition.
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See, this is meat and it is for
the mature. You see the immature
have a fluctuating disposition
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and it always reflects how much
money they got in the bank, how
many people like them on social
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media, what people have to say.
But how many of us know that
when the joy of the Lord is your
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strength, your joy does not
fluctuate based upon what you
have, based upon who comes or
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who goes. I've got the same joy
whether you talk good about me,
whether you talk bad about me
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because I know who I am and
whose I am. [Congregation:
Clapping] Listen, 1 Timothy 6:6.
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Can we get in the Bible for just
a little bit? 1 Timothy 6:6,
when you get to it let me hear
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you say amen. 1 Timothy 6:6, the
Bible says, "Now godliness with
what? Contentment is great
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grain. And notice he says, "The
threshold for gratitude is very
low." He says, "for we brought
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nothing into this world and it
is certain that we can carry
having food and clothing with
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these things." Be content. You
all didn't catch that lesson. If
you have something to eat and
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you got something to wear, the
Bible says you got a reason to
be content and to give thanks
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unto God. Are you all hearing
what I'm saying? See, the
problem is some of us, our
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contentment hinges upon a change
of circumstance. The Bible is
letting us know that if you ate
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today and you had clothes to
wear today, you can testify that
God is still faithful. All
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right? So you all not getting me
Lamentations 3. Lamentations
3:22. When you get there, let
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hear you say amen. Lamentations
3:22, you all notice in my
heart. Lamentations 3:22, when
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you get there, say pastor I'm
here. The Bible says, "It is
through the Lord's mercy." Oh
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Jesus. Oh Jesus! It is so Lord.
Help me get this. It is through
the Lord's mercies that we are
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not consumed. [Congregation:
Clapping] Anybody aware that
there was some stuff aimed at
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you that was shielded because of
the Lord's mercies? The Bible
says his compassion, they fail
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not. They are new, what? Every
morning and he says, "Great is
your faithfulness. The Lord is
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my portion says my soul.
Therefore, I will hope in Him.
Friends of mine, I need you to
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realize that every day you wake
up, God gives unsealed,
unrecycled mercies that are new
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each and every day to the people
of God. See, there's somebody
that's mad because you're
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waiting on a miracle. Guess
what, you don't have to wait on
a miracle because today you
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received mercies. Let me say it
this way. I said it to those in
Charlotte. You can count your
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miracles, but you can't even
count your mercies because they
are new each and every day and
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they are the sustaining agents
of God. Do you know what a mercy
is? A mercy is just the miracles
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you've gotten used to. See,
there are things that we've
allowed ourselves to get used to
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because God is so constant and
God is so faithful. You've got
to get to the place where you
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just say, "Lord, I'm good where
I am." Listen, I'm done. Listen,
watch this, Matthew 16. Just one
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last thing I need you to see.
Matthew 16:7. Listen, I'm almost
done. Matthew 16:7. Give me five
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more minutes. Say amen.
[Congregation: Amen] Listen,
Matthew 20:7. Matthew 20:7, the
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word says and they said to him,
"Because no one has hired us,
and he said to them, you will go
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into the vineyard and whatever
is right..." Did you all catch
this? He says, "whatever is
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right, you will receive." All
right, so go back here to verse
number one. "For the Kingdom of
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Heaven is like a landowner who
went out early in the morning to
hire labourers for the vineyard
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that had agreed with who? " Did
you all catch that? He agrees
with the laborers about the
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amount they will receive. Now I
need you to notice the trend
that just took place. The Bible
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says, friends, that the
landowner agrees with the
labourers on the amount from the
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first hour. But those that came
at the sixth hour and those that
came at the eleventh hour, they
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didn't need an agreement. They
didn't negotiate on an amount.
They didn't say, "this is what
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I'm going to work for." They
just said, "Whatever you pay us.
We're going to trust you to give
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us the amount that is right."
Okay, some of us didn't get it.
See, I need us to understand the
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implication is that the first
hour workers, in other words,
they came up with an agreement
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that was based on the comps. In
other words, they had to look
around at what they got paid for
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a day. They looked around and
what somebody else got paid for
a day, and they made a
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recommendation based upon the
law of averages or what somebody
else has already been getting
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paid. Are you all with me today?
But notice that those that came
later in the day, they had no
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recommendation about what they
would receive. They just trusted
in the goodness of the
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landowner. They trusted in his
character. They believe that if
we leave it in his hands and we
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let him choose for us, then we
will suffer no lack and will
suffer no harm because we know
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that he is good with everything
that he owns. Some of us still
didn't get it yet. See, the
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reason we only receive little is
because our asking is based on
the comps In other words, our
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request is based on what they
receive, is based on what
somebody else had, is based upon
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something that happened back in
the day. But what I'm saying,
friends, is that it's not wrong
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to be specific with God. But one
of the things I've learned is
that even when I make my request
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known unto God, I say, "Lord, I
want this but nevertheless, not
my will but your will be done."
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You see, how many of us know
that sometimes your asking can
be too small. It can be less
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than ultimately what God wanted
to give you. In other words, it
stands to reason that if he had
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given those that came at the
eleventh hour, a day's labor, if
those at the beginning just
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trusted and not boxed him in
with a preference, and not box
him in with an amount, that the
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landowner would have given them
exceedingly and abundantly,
above all, they could even ask
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or think. Is there anybody that
knows that you had not come to
God with a list that's too
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specific. You ought to just say,
"Lord, I trust you. Give me
what's right. Give me what's
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fair." And if you remove the
strings, you remove all the
attachments. I need you to know
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that you will suffer no lack
because higher than the highest
human thought can conceive is
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God's ideal for his children. So
that even your biggest ambition
fall short of what God has
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designed. And so you just got to
say, "Lord, I trust you. Lord,
you choose the spouse. Lord, you
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choose the job. Lord, you choose
the city. Lord, you choose the
wardrobe. Lord, you choose the
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neighborhood. I'm going to get
out of the way and trust you to
bless me with what I stand in
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need of." Are you all hearing me
today, friends? (Breath of Life
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