>> IT'S BEEN 2,000 YEARS SINCE
THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF THE CROSS
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ILLUMINATED A WORLD
VEILED IN DARKNESS AND CONFUSION
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ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD.
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AND STILL TODAY THE GREATEST
NEED OF MANKIND IS A REVELATION
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OF GOD'S LOVE AS
REVEALED IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST.
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS,
"THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL"
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WITH PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
COMING TO YOU EACH WEEK
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FROM SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
CHURCH IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA.
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DISCOVER HIDDEN
TREASURES IN GOD'S WORD TODAY.
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>> YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE
FAMOUS PREACHER, JOHN WESLEY.
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IT WASN'T TILL THIS WEEK I HAD
HEARD THIS BUT MOST OF THE TIME
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WE THINK OF JOHN WESLEY HE
WALKED OR RODE AROUND ENGLAND
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OR THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S.
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PREACHING, PREACHING OUTSIDE,
AND SOMETIMES SLEEPING ON THE
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GROUND OR UNDER TREES
AND ON THE DECK OF A SHIP.
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HE WAS A MISSIONARY, A
TRAVELING EVANGELIST BUT MANY
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PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT HE
WAS ACTUALLY VERY WEALTHY.
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BECAUSE HE LIVED A LONG LIFE
AND HE PREACHED FOR MANY YEARS,
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HE HAD A LOT OF FUNDS COMING
IN FROM THE BOOKS THAT HE WROTE,
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BUT HE BASICALLY
WOULD GIVE IT ALL AWAY.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE
TIME HE GAVE AWAY 50,000 POUNDS.
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THAT'S IN ENGLISH DOLLARS,
WORTH MORE THAN OUR DOLLARS
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WORTH RIGHT NOW
PROBABLY WAS BACK THEN.
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'CAUSE HE JUST
BELIEVED IN GIVING SO MUCH.
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HE REALLY
PRACTICED WHAT HE PREACHED.
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OF COURSE, THE END OF HIS LIFE,
THERE WAS A WHOLE DENOMINATION
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BASED ON HIS TEACHINGS,
CALLED THE METHODISTS.
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WHEN HE DIED, HE HAD 28 POUNDS
TO HIS ENTIRE ESTATE AND HE
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LIVED BY THE IDEA HE WHO
HAS THE LEAST WHEN THEY GO WINS.
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IT'S KIND OF LIKE PLAYING
UNO, YOU WANT TO GET RID OF ALL
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YOUR CARDS BEFORE
THE END OF THE GAME.
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IF YOU'RE GIVING WHILE YOU'RE
LIVING, THEN YOU'RE KNOWING
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WHERE IT'S GOING.
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IF YOU LEAVE TOO MUCH BEHIND
WHEN YOU GO, THEN ALL YOUR
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RELATIVES FIGHT OVER
IT AND THE GOVERNMENT.
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SO THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING
OF A PRINCIPLE THAT'S BIBLICAL.
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THE OTHER THING THAT
WESLEY BELIEVED IS THAT THERE IS
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A BALANCE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
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THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH OWNING PROPERTY.
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE
CHRISTIANS FEEL GUILTY ABOUT
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OWNING ANYTHING
OR SAVING ANYTHING.
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THEY TAKE THE VERSES IN
THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS SAID
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TO THE RICH YOUNG RULER,
"GO SELL ALL THAT YOU HAVE,
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GIVE IT TO THE POOR.
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YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
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TAKE UP YOUR
CROSS AND FOLLOW ME."
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AND THEY THINK THAT HE WAS
REALLY SAYING THAT TO EVERYBODY,
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BUT HE WASN'T.
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HE WAS SAYING IT TO THAT
YOUNG MAN BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL,
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MONEY WAS HIS GOD,
HIS REACTION PROVED THAT.
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SECONDLY, HE WAS BEING CALLED
TO BE AN APOSTLE AND HE DID ASK
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THE APOSTLES TO LEAVE
THEIR NETS AND TO LEAVE THEIR
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TAX BOOTH.
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BUT THE VERY FACT THAT
JESUS LIKED GOING TO MARY AND
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MARTHA'S HOUSE INDICATES THAT
HE DIDN'T MIND SOMEBODY HAVING
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A HOUSE AND HE
ENJOYED THEIR COOKING.
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AND SO WE'RE NOT
CONDEMNED FOR OWNING THINGS.
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WESLEY'S ATTITUDE WAS
THERE NEEDS TO BE A HOLY SPIRIT
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BALANCE BETWEEN EARNING
ALL YOU CAN, SAVING ALL YOU CAN
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AND GIVING ALL YOU CAN.
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A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO HAVE THAT
BALANCE IN THEIR LIVES WHERE
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THEY KNOW HOW DO THIS.
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GOD OBVIOUSLY BLESSED PEOPLE
LIKE ABRAHAM, VERY GENEROUS,
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BUT A MAN OF GREAT WEALTH.
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JOB, SECOND TIME JOB WAS
BLESSED IT SAYS HE HAD TWICE AS
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MUCH AS HE HAD THE FIRST TIME
AND YOU COULD BARELY COUNT WHAT
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HE HAD THE FIRST TIME, BUT
HERE WAS A SPIRIT-FILLED MAN.
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BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU
IDENTIFY THAT WE'RE PEOPLE
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OF SUBSTANCE, THEY DID NOT MAKE
THE OBJECT OF HAVING TREASURE
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ON EARTH THEIR TREASURE.
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THEIR TREASURE WAS IN HEAVEN.
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THEY SAW ANY TREASURE ON
EARTH AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
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UTILIZED TO
GENERATE TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
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YOU KNOW THERE'S A STORY IN THE
BIBLE I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH.
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GO IN YOUR BIBLES TO
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 5.
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THIS COMES RIGHT AFTER
THE LORD'S PRAYER IN LUKE.
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YOU DON'T FIND THIS IN MATTHEW.
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LUKE 11:5, IT'S CALLED
THE PARABLE OF THE PERSISTENT
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FRIEND.
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"AND JESUS SAID TO THEM, WHICH
OF YOU SHALL HAVE A FRIEND AND
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GO TO THEM AT MIDNIGHT AND SAY,
'FRIEND, LEND ME THREE LOAVES
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FOR A FRIEND OF MINE HAS
COME TO ME ON HIS JOURNEY, AND I
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WASN'T EXPECTING HIS COMPANY
AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SET
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BEFORE HIM.'"
THAT'S AT MIDNIGHT.
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IF YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AT
MIDNIGHT, THE LIGHTS ARE OFF,
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WE'RE ASLEEP.
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"AND HE ANSWERED FROM WITHIN
AND SAID, 'DO NOT TROUBLE ME,
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THE DOOR IS NOW SHUT.
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MY CHILDREN ARE WITH ME IN BED.
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I CANNOT RISE
AND GIVE IT TO YOU.'"
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THIS IS REALLY INCONVENIENT.
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NOW IN BIBLE TIMES,
LATCHING THE DOOR WAS A LITTLE
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MORE WORK.
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YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT
HAVE A HOUSE BUILT OF MASONRY
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AND THEY WOULD HAVE SHUTTERS
ON THE WINDOWS AND THEY CLOSE
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THEM AND THEY LOCK THEM
AND THEY PUT A PIN IN THEM.
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THEY CLOSE THE DOOR AND THEY
PUT THE BIG BAR DOWN TO LOCK
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THE DOOR AND THEN THEY PIN
THE BAR AND THEY WOULD SECURE
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THE HOUSE FOR THE NIGHT.
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YOU KNOW 'CAUSE THEY HAD
THIEVES, IT TALKS ABOUT THIEVES
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AND ROBBERS BREAKING IN
AND BINDING A STRONG MAN
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AND LOOTING THEIR HOUSE.
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THEY DID THAT.
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YOU PROBABLY HEARD MISSION
STORIES OF COUNTRIES WHERE IT'S
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NOT UNCOMMON FOR BURGLARS TO
COME IN AND RANSACK THE HOUSE
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WHILE THE PEOPLE
ARE STILL IN THE HOUSE.
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HE'S SAYING, WE'RE ALL
TUCKED IN FOR THE NIGHT.
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THE HOUSE IS ALL SECURED.
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COME BACK IN THE MORNING.
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BUT EVIDENTLY HIS
FRIEND DOESN'T GIVE UP.
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HE STANDS OUT THERE AND SAYS,
"OH, COME ON, YOU GOTTA HELP ME.
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LOOK, WE'RE FRIENDS."
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HE SAID, "I KNOW IT'S
INCONVENIENT, BUT WHO ELSE
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AM I GONNA GO TO?"
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AND HE LABORS AND
HE PLEADS WITH HIM.
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IT SAYS IN VERSE 8, "I SAY
TO YOU, THOUGH HE WILL NOT RISE
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AND GIVE IT TO HIM BECAUSE
HE'S HIS FRIEND, BECAUSE OF HIS
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PERSISTENCE HE'LL RISE."
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YOU KNOW HE'S NEVER
GONNA GO AWAY UNLESS I GIVE HIM
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HIS BREAD.
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"HE'LL GIVE HIM
AS MANY AS HE NEEDS.
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I SAY TO YOU, ASK AND
IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.
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SEEK AND YOU'LL FIND.
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KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED.
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FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES,
HE WHO SEEKS FINDS AND TO HIM
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WHO KNOCKS, IT WILL BE OPEN."
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NOW HERE IT'S SETTING
DOWN A PRINCIPLE THAT GOD
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WILL GIVE TO US WHEN WE ASK.
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FIRST OF ALL, GOD
LOVES US, HE'S OUR PARENT.
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GOD IS OUR FRIEND.
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HE IS OUR CREATOR.
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AND JESUS IS SAYING, "IF
YOU BEING EVIL KNOW HOW TO GIVE
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GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN,
IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIEND
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AND EVEN IF YOU'LL GIVE IT
TO SOMEONE WHO'S JUST BASICALLY
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PERSISTENT, HOW MUCH MORE
WILL YOUR GOD WHO LOVES YOU AS
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A FRIEND, A PARENT, A
CREATOR, GIVE WHAT YOU NEED,
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BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK."
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GOD IS A GIVER.
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AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
THE GLORY OF GIVING AND BEGIN
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WITH GOD AS OUR PRIME EXAMPLE.
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WHAT'S THE MOST
FAMOUS VERSE OF THE GOSPEL?
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JOHN 3:16, FOR GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD HE DID WHAT?
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THE EVIDENCE OF HIS
SO LOVING IS HIS GIVING.
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SO WHAT IS THE GREAT COMMAND?
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LOVE THE LORD,
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
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WHAT IS THE GREATEST EVIDENCE
OF OUR LOVING GOD AND OUR
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LOVING EACH OTHER?
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IT'S REAL EASY.
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YOU KNOW, PAUL SAID TO BE A
CLANGING CYMBAL OR A SOUNDING
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BRASS TO SAY I LOVE YOU, I
LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU JUST MAKES
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THE NOISE BUT NOT
DRAW NEAR WITH OUR HEARTS.
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THE GREATEST
EVIDENCE OF LOVE IS IN GIVING.
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THIS TIME OF YEAR, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING.
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THEY'RE WONDERING HOW
DO I PICK THAT PERFECT GIFT
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TO DEMONSTRATE MY LOVE AND
APPRECIATION FOR THIS FAMILY
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MEMBER OR THIS FRIEND.
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SO WE EXPRESS OUR
LOVE THROUGH GIVING.
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GOD GIVES, HE IS A GIVER.
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ROMANS 8:32, "HE WHO DID NOT
SPARE HIS OWN SON BUT DELIVERED
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HIM UP FOR US, HOW SHALL HE
NOT WITH HIM ALSO FREELY GIVE US
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ALL THINGS?"
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IS GOD A GIVER?
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I LOVE THIS VERSE IN
PSALM 145:15, "THE EYES OF ALL
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LOOK EXPECTANTLY TO YOU
AND YOU GIVE THEM THEIR FOOD
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IN DUE SEASON."
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I LOVE THIS, "YOU OPEN
YOUR HAND AND SATISFY THE DESIRE
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OF EVERY LIVING THING."
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GOD GIVES TO EVERY LIVING THING.
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HE GIVES TO THE GOOD.
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HE GIVES TO THE BAD.
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HE SENDS THE SUNSHINE
AND THE RAIN ON THE JUST
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AND THE UNJUST.
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GOD IS A CATARACT, HE
IS A RIVER OF BLESSING.
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HE'S GIVING ALL THE TIME.
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EVER LIVES AND EVER
GIVES, AS ONE OF THE HYMNS SAYS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHICH HYMN IT
IS BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A HYMN
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SOMEWHERE THAT SAYS THAT
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.
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JAMES 1:17, "EVERY GOOD
AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE
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AND COMES DOWN FROM THE FATHER
OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS
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NO VARIABLENESS OF
SHADOW OF TURNING."
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GOD IS A GIVER.
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IF GOD SHOULD STOP
GIVING TO YOU FOR ONE DAY,
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WHERE WOULD YOU BE?
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FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT GIFTS, WE OFTEN THINK
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IN THE CONTEXT OF MONEY, GOLD
AND SILVER BUT IS THAT ONLY,
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IS THAT ALL THAT
GOD GIVES US EVERY DAY?
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OR EVERY BREATH IS A GIFT.
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SOMEDAY YOU'LL BREATHE
YOUR LAST, BUT UNTIL THEN,
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EVERY HEARTBEAT IS A GIFT.
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EVERY TIME YOU
BREATHE, IT'S A GIFT.
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EVERY THOUGHT YOU'RE ABLE
TO THINK, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
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AND EVERYTHING YOU
ARE, IT'S ALL A GIFT OF GOD.
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WE TEND TO TAKE
THOSE THINGS FOR GRANTED.
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HE GIVES AND HE
GIVES AND HE GIVES.
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WE, BY NATURE, ARE THE OPPOSITE.
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SIN HAS HANDICAPPED OUR HEARTS.
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WE ARE NATURALLY NOW SELFISH.
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JUST THIS LAST WEEK I
HEARD AN AMAZING STORY.
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LET ME READ IT TO YOU HERE.
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"WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
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THE DEAD BODY OF AN ELDERLY
WOMAN REMAINED UP IN HER BED UP
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TO 8 MONTHS EVEN THOUGH
NOT ONLY WERE CARETAKERS DAILY
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COMING TO THE HOUSE TO HELP
KEEP THINGS TIDY, FOUR OTHER
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FAMILY MEMBERS LIVED IN
THE NICE HOUSE IN THE NICE
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NEIGHBORHOOD."
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I GUESS EVIDENTLY
HUSBAND AND WIFE, TWO SONS.
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ONE OF THEM CAME AND WENT
TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, GRANDMA
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STAYED IN HER BED DEAD.
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WHY?
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WELL, THEY HAVEN'T TRIED IT
YET BUT NEAR AS THEY CAN FIGURE,
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THERE WAS A CHECK COMING IN
FOR GRANDMA EVERY MONTH AND THEY
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NEEDED THE CHECK SO IF THEY
REPORTED THAT GRANDMA HAD DIED,
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THAT WOULD CUT OFF THEIR INCOME
SO THEY JUST LEFT HER THERE
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IN HER BED 8 MONTHS.
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GREEDY.
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WE TEND TO BE
GRASPING CREATURES.
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WE HOARD.
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WE TAKE.
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WE'RE ALWAYS
THINKING ABOUT, WHAT IS IT?
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WIIFM, WIIFM,
WIIFM, SOMEBODY TOLD THAT
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TO ME ONE TIME, WIIFM.
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I SAID, WHAT DO YOU ME WIIFM?
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THEY SAID, WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
WONDERING WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
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IN ADVERTISING,
IN BOARD MEETINGS,
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ALL KINDS OF IN POLITICS, IN
CONGRESS, EVERYBODY'S ASKING,
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WHAT WILL IT DO FOR ME?
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WHAT WILL IT DO FOR MY SAKE?
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WIIFM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS
THINKING ABOUT WHAT WILL THIS
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MEAN TO ME?
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BUT REAL LOVE FOR GOD AND OUR
FELLOW MAN TURNS THAT AROUND.
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IT'S WHAT ABOUT GOD?
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WE ALL HAVE A MONSTER INSIDE.
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IT'S A VORACIOUS MONSTER.
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IT'S A GREEDY MONSTER
IT'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT,
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WHAT ABOUT ME?
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WHY WASN'T I INVITED?
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WHAT WILL I GET?
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AND YOU GOTTA REALLY PRAY
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO STARVE
00:12:04.36\00:12:09.56
THAT MONSTER.
00:12:09.56\00:12:11.20
WHAT KILLS THE MONSTER OF
GREED WITHIN US IS GIVING.
00:12:11.20\00:12:15.26
GIVING IS ACTUALLY
AGAINST OUR NATURES.
00:12:15.26\00:12:18.86
WE WANT TO TAKE.
00:12:18.86\00:12:20.43
NOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN
TRAINED BY GOOD PARENTS AND BY
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THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE GIVERS.
00:12:23.80\00:12:25.53
IT'S A LITTLE MORE
NATURAL FOR SOME THAN OTHERS.
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YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
OTHERS' NEEDS ARE AND BLESS YOUR
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HEARTS, I'M GLAD THERE'S
PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THE WORLD.
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FOR THE REST OF US, THERE'S
A LITTLE EXTRA EFFORT THAT GOES
00:12:33.30\00:12:36.46
IN AND IT'S ALMOST UNNATURAL.
00:12:36.46\00:12:39.23
BUT EVERY TIME WE CHOOSE TO
GIVE TO OTHERS OR GIVE TO GOD,
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YOU'RE STARVING THAT TROLL THAT
LIVES UNDER THE BRIDGE OF YOUR
00:12:43.80\00:12:46.53
HEART, THAT MONSTER
OF GREED AND GRASPING.
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YOU CAN SEE IN THE BIBLE
WHAT THE ULTIMATE END IS.
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IF YOU LIVE WHERE YOU'RE
A TAKER INSTEAD OF A GIVER--
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SEE, I HAVE A THEORY.
00:12:57.86\00:12:59.73
THERE ARE REALLY TWO
KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD.
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THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT PRODUCE.
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THEY GO THROUGH LIFE, THEY MAKE
LIFE BETTER IN THEIR WAKE, THEY
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LEAVE BEHIND BLESSINGS AND IT
MAY NOT BE MONEY, BUT IT MIGHT
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BE IN SERVICE, IN
TEACHING, IN GOOD.
00:13:17.10\00:13:20.83
THEY ARE LIFTING
THOSE BEHIND THEM.
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THEIR LIVES ARE LIVES OF GIVING.
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THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO
ARE CONSUMERS, AND I DON'T JUST
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MEAN THEY BUY
THINGS AT THE SUPERMARKET.
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I MEAN THAT THEY GO
THROUGH LIFE TAKING MORE THAN
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THEY GIVE.
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THERE'S ONLY TWO KINDS.
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THERE'S THE ONES WHO PRODUCE
AND GIVE MORE TO THE WORLD THAN
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THEY TAKE AND THEN THERE'S THE
ONES WHO GO THROUGH THE WORLD,
00:13:41.36\00:13:43.80
THEY SPEND THEIR PARENTS'
INHERITANCE AND THEY TAKE
00:13:43.80\00:13:45.83
FROM EVERYBODY THEY CAN.
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AND IT'S ALWAYS,
"WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?"
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AND THEY BASICALLY ARE VACUUMS
IN THE WORLD THAT ARE TAKING.
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WHEN YOU'RE CONVERTED,
YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON
00:13:54.63\00:13:56.63
YOU OUGHT TO BE.
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YOU OUGHT TO BE A PRODUCER.
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YOU OUGHT TO BE A GIVER.
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YOU OUGHT TO BE MAKING THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE AND EVEN
00:14:01.63\00:14:04.03
THE LITTLE THINGS FROM THE
PIECE OF PAPER YOU PICK UP ON
00:14:04.03\00:14:06.20
THE SIDEWALK THAT YOU DIDN'T
DROP, YOU'RE MAKING THE WORLD
00:14:06.20\00:14:09.16
A BETTER PLACE TO YOUR
GENEROSITY AND SHARING.
00:14:09.16\00:14:14.93
NOW THAT CAN'T BE
MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
00:14:14.93\00:14:18.66
DON'T ASK ME TO GO DOWN THIS
ROAD ABOUT MY POLITICAL VIEWS.
00:14:18.66\00:14:23.16
BUT SINCE YOU ASKED,
I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT.
00:14:23.16\00:14:27.13
I REALLY DO THINK THAT WHENEVER
WE ARE FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT
00:14:27.13\00:14:33.20
TO CARE FOR THE NEEDY, IT
ROBS US OF THE BLESSING OF BEING
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ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF LOVE
FROM THE RIGHT MOTIVE FOR TRUST.
00:14:36.80\00:14:41.26
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SAYS WE ARE
GOING TO SHARE THE WEALTH AND
00:14:41.26\00:14:44.60
THEIR IDEA OF THAT MEANS
WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE YOU,
00:14:44.60\00:14:48.96
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME
OF YOUR WEALTH AND GIVE IT TO
00:14:48.96\00:14:51.36
THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE AS MUCH.
00:14:51.36\00:14:53.30
REALLY, IT'S AN INSULT BECAUSE
THEY'RE SAYING, "WE DON'T TRUST
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YOU TO BE A GOOD ENOUGH PEOPLE
TO DO IT YOURSELF, SO WE'RE
00:14:55.60\00:14:59.40
GONNA DO IT FOR YOU."
00:14:59.40\00:15:01.56
AND THAT ROBS CHRISTIANS FROM
PROVING THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE
00:15:01.56\00:15:04.10
OUT THERE THAT WILL CARE
FOR THOSE THAT DO IT FREELY.
00:15:04.10\00:15:07.63
IT TAKES AWAY THE BLESSING
OF LETTING US CHOOSE TO GIVE.
00:15:07.63\00:15:10.56
THEY SAY, "YOU
DON'T GET TO CHOOSE.
00:15:10.56\00:15:12.63
IT'S THE LAW NOW.
00:15:12.63\00:15:13.53
WE'RE MAKING YOU DO IT."
00:15:13.53\00:15:14.83
THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE.
00:15:14.83\00:15:17.73
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT
FREELY 'CAUSE WE LOVE, AND I
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BELIEVE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN STILL
00:15:21.20\00:15:24.23
CHANGE HEARTS THAT WAY.
00:15:24.23\00:15:26.60
WE CAN SEE IN HISTORY THOSE
WHO LIVE TO RAKE AND ACCUMULATE
00:15:26.60\00:15:33.43
TOWARDS THEMSELVES
SORT OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.
00:15:33.43\00:15:36.83
I MEAN SOME OF YOU ARE
THINKING, $50 BILLION, WHAT IS
00:15:36.83\00:15:42.93
BILL GATES GONNA DO
WITH ALL OF THAT MONEY?
00:15:42.93\00:15:46.23
AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE
HAD FANTASIES WHERE ONE DAY
00:15:46.23\00:15:50.13
AN ANGEL WOKE UP BILL GATES
AND SAID THAT HE WOULD WRITE YOU
00:15:50.13\00:15:52.93
A CHECK FOR JUST 1 BILLION.
00:15:52.93\00:15:55.66
IT WOULDN'T CHANGE
HIS LIFE AT ALL, RIGHT?
00:15:55.66\00:15:57.66
HE'D STILL DRIVE THE SAME
CAR, LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE,
00:15:57.66\00:15:59.63
EAT THE SAME FOOD.
00:15:59.63\00:16:01.26
HE COULD GIVE YOU A BILLION
AND NEVER MISS IT, RIGHT?
00:16:01.26\00:16:05.26
AND WOULDN'T THAT BE FUN?
00:16:05.26\00:16:06.50
YOU EVER THINK,
WHAT WOULD I DO WITH IT?
00:16:06.50\00:16:10.43
I'M HOPING THE FIRST
THING THAT YOU THINK IS TITHE
00:16:10.43\00:16:13.60
AND OFFERINGS.
00:16:13.60\00:16:19.16
BUT THERE WAS A MAN ONCE
THAT HAD MORE THAN BILL GATES.
00:16:19.16\00:16:22.66
HIS NAME WAS SOLOMON.
00:16:22.66\00:16:24.16
GOD BLESSED HIM WITH EVERY
EARTHLY TREASURE, AND YOU KNOW
00:16:24.16\00:16:27.26
WHAT HIS WORD WAS IN THE END?
00:16:27.26\00:16:29.73
VANITY OF VANITIES.
00:16:29.73\00:16:31.43
EMPTINESS,
NOTHINGNESS, ALL IS VANITY.
00:16:31.43\00:16:35.56
A MAN'S LIFE, JESUS SAID, DOES
NOT CONSIST IN THE ABUNDANCE
00:16:35.56\00:16:38.23
OF THINGS THAT HE POSSESSES.
00:16:38.23\00:16:40.56
AND IF WE'RE NOT FAITHFUL
IN GIVING PENNIES, THEN IT'S
00:16:40.56\00:16:43.06
PROBABLY UNLIKELY WE'RE
GONNA BE UNFAITHFUL IN GIVING
00:16:43.06\00:16:45.10
DOLLARS.
00:16:45.10\00:16:46.23
IF WE CAN'T GIVE OF OUR
THOUSANDS, WE PROBABLY CAN'T
00:16:46.23\00:16:49.16
GIVE OF OUR BILLIONS.
00:16:49.16\00:16:51.63
BY THE WAY, STATISTICS HAVE
PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT
00:16:51.63\00:16:57.50
THE POOR CLASSES OF PEOPLE
GIVE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF WHAT
00:16:57.50\00:17:01.83
THEY HAVE.
00:17:01.83\00:17:03.70
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
00:17:03.70\00:17:04.63
YOU THINK IF YOU HAVE
MORE, YOU'LL GIVE MORE?
00:17:04.63\00:17:06.36
STATISTICALLY,
THE MORE PEOPLE GET,
00:17:06.36\00:17:08.03
THE LESS PERCENTAGE THEY GIVE.
00:17:08.03\00:17:10.16
A FEW RARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT,
BUT THAT'S GENERALLY THE WAY
00:17:10.16\00:17:12.86
IT WORKS.
00:17:12.86\00:17:15.56
GOD WANTS US TO GIVE CHEERFULLY.
00:17:15.56\00:17:16.96
YOU THINK ABOUT
THESE PEOPLE LIKE AKAN.
00:17:16.96\00:17:20.76
THOUGHT, "IF I
JUST HAD A LITTLE MORE."
00:17:20.76\00:17:22.66
HE LOST ALL HE HAD
AND LOST HIS FAMILY.
00:17:22.66\00:17:24.76
GEHAZI, "IF I COULD JUST GET
SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT ELISHA
00:17:24.76\00:17:28.13
TURNED DOWN FROM NAAMAN."
00:17:28.13\00:17:30.23
WELL, HE GOT SOME OF THE
MONEY AND HE GOT LEPROSY TOO.
00:17:30.23\00:17:33.23
WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
LOST THEIR HEALTH TRYING TO GET
00:17:33.23\00:17:35.40
A LITTLE MORE LIKE GEHAZI DID?
00:17:35.40\00:17:38.83
THEN YOU GOT ANANIAS AND
SAPPHIRA, MADE A PUBLIC PLEDGE
00:17:38.83\00:17:42.73
TO GIVE AND THEN AFTER THEY
MADE THE PLEDGE THEY REALIZED,
00:17:42.73\00:17:46.20
"HEY, BOY, WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO
GET THIS MUCH FOR THE PROPERTY
00:17:46.20\00:17:48.66
AND THEY SAID LOOK, LET'S JUST
SAY WE ACTUALLY GOT SO MUCH.
00:17:48.66\00:17:51.56
NO ONE WILL KNOW HOW
WELL WE ACTUALLY DID."
00:17:51.56\00:17:53.93
BUT GOD KNEW.
00:17:53.93\00:17:55.96
PETER SAID, THEY LIED TO
GOD AND THEN DROPPED DEAD.
00:17:55.96\00:17:58.73
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD TELL
YOU THIS BUT A FEW YEARS AGO,
00:17:58.73\00:18:05.50
KAREN AND I HAD A
PIECE OF PROPERTY IN SOUTHERN
00:18:05.50\00:18:07.30
CALIFORNIA.
00:18:07.30\00:18:08.26
IT'S OUT IN THE DESERT.
00:18:08.26\00:18:10.06
WE'RE PAYING TAXES ON IT.
00:18:10.06\00:18:11.66
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER ONE DAY
AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHY DON'T
00:18:11.66\00:18:15.83
WE JUST GIVE THIS
TO THE LORD'S WORK?
00:18:15.83\00:18:18.76
SO WE DONATED IT TO
AMAZING FACTS, THEN THEY HAD IT
00:18:18.76\00:18:22.86
APPRAISED.
00:18:22.86\00:18:24.90
AFTER WE FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS
WORTH, WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER
00:18:24.90\00:18:26.76
AND SAID WHAT?
00:18:26.76\00:18:32.03
THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL HERE
MEANS THAT WE LET THEM KEEP IT.
00:18:32.03\00:18:36.10
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO--BUT
I MUST CONFESS, WE PROBABLY
00:18:36.10\00:18:40.10
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT LONGER
ABOUT THAT IF WE HAD ANY IDEA.
00:18:40.10\00:18:44.06
BUT SINCE IT WAS DESERT
LAND, WE JUST THOUGHT--BASED ON
00:18:44.06\00:18:47.00
TAXES, IT WAS
APPRAISED, WENT HUH?
00:18:47.00\00:18:52.96
I THINK THE LORD HAS A
SENSE OF HUMOR, DON'T YOU?
00:18:52.96\00:18:59.30
AND YOU KNOW GOD'S BLESSED US
SO WE REALLY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.
00:18:59.30\00:19:03.50
BUT AND THEN YOU GOT DEMAS.
00:19:03.50\00:19:05.43
PAUL SAID, "DEMAS HAS FORSAKEN
ME LOVING THIS PRESENT WORLD
00:19:05.43\00:19:09.90
MORE."
00:19:09.90\00:19:12.33
YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED,
PASTOR DOUG, YOU'RE TALKING
00:19:12.33\00:19:14.46
ABOUT MONEY.
00:19:14.46\00:19:15.96
OH, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE
SAY, PREACHERS ALL TALK ABOUT
00:19:15.96\00:19:18.73
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
00:19:18.73\00:19:19.90
GO TO CHURCH,
THEY TALK ABOUT MONEY.
00:19:19.90\00:19:21.53
AND IF YOU'RE VISITING TODAY,
LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT
00:19:21.53\00:19:23.93
ALL WE TALK ABOUT AND I'M
SORRY, THIS IS JUST HOW THE
00:19:23.93\00:19:27.23
STARS LINED UP AND I HOPE
YOU GET A BLESSING SOMEHOW.
00:19:27.23\00:19:30.63
BUT IT IS A FACT IN THE BIBLE
OF THE 29 PARABLES THAT JESUS
00:19:30.63\00:19:34.90
TOLD, 16 OF THEM, THAT'S MORE
THAN HALF, DEAL WITH A PERSON
00:19:34.90\00:19:40.40
AND THEIR MONEY.
00:19:40.40\00:19:41.90
SO THIS IS WHAT
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT.
00:19:41.90\00:19:45.23
SEE, THE REASON THAT THE
BIBLE ADDRESSES THIS SO MUCH IS
00:19:45.23\00:19:48.40
BECAUSE MONEY REPRESENTS
AN INCREDIBLE INFLUENCE
00:19:48.40\00:19:53.16
FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL.
00:19:53.16\00:19:54.36
IT ALSO REPRESENTS
AN INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL
00:19:54.36\00:19:57.53
TO BE AN IDOL.
00:19:57.53\00:19:58.86
JESUS SAID YOU
CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS.
00:19:58.86\00:20:01.16
YOU CANNOT WORSHIP GOD,
AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING
00:20:01.16\00:20:03.03
HE SET UP AGAINST GOD?
00:20:03.03\00:20:04.30
MONEY.
00:20:04.30\00:20:06.03
HE PUT TWO THINGS UP THERE
THAT ARE TYPICALLY ON THE ALTAR.
00:20:06.03\00:20:10.06
AND WE ALWAYS THINK OF SOME
PAGAN IDOL WITH MANY ARMS UP
00:20:10.06\00:20:13.90
THERE ON THE ALTAR AS BEING
AN IDOL BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE,
00:20:13.90\00:20:16.50
THE IDOL IS MONEY,
THE THINGS OF THE WORLD.
00:20:16.50\00:20:20.50
SO JESUS TALKS ABOUT A LOT.
00:20:20.50\00:20:22.20
IT'S MENTIONED IN MATTHEW,
MARK, AND LUKE, ONE OUT OF
00:20:22.20\00:20:26.76
EVERY SIX VERSES
DEALS WITH MONEY.
00:20:26.76\00:20:29.56
I THINK IN THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN IT'S ABOUT 1 OUT OF 12.
00:20:29.56\00:20:32.50
AND SO CHRIST TALKED ABOUT
MONEY FIVE TIMES MORE THAN ANY
00:20:32.50\00:20:36.66
OTHER SINGLE SUBJECT.
00:20:36.66\00:20:39.56
SO IS IT INAPPROPRIATE IF WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE TO
00:20:39.56\00:20:42.26
TALK ABOUT THIS AND
TO TALK ABOUT GIVING?
00:20:42.26\00:20:45.80
THE REASON IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME
IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE WAY
00:20:45.80\00:20:48.66
WE BECOME MORE CHRIST-LIKE IS
BY IMITATING THE LIFE OF CHRIST
00:20:48.66\00:20:51.83
WHICH WAS ONE OF GIVING.
00:20:51.83\00:20:54.60
JESUS GAVE FOOD.
00:20:54.60\00:20:56.53
HE GAVE TRUTH.
00:20:56.53\00:20:58.20
HE GAVE AWAY HIS CLOTHES AT
THE CROSS AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE.
00:20:58.20\00:21:01.53
BEING A CHRISTIAN IS ABOUT
GIVING AND SO IT'S NOT A DIRTY
00:21:01.53\00:21:04.73
WORD, IS IT, TO BE
CHRIST-LIKE IN THIS WAY?
00:21:04.73\00:21:08.63
AND WE SHOULD DO IT CHEERFULLY.
00:21:08.63\00:21:11.00
YOU KNOW, THIS VERSE, 2
CORINTHIANS 9:6-7, PAUL SAID,
00:21:11.00\00:21:17.00
"HE WHO SOWS
SPARINGLY WILL REAP SPARINGLY.
00:21:17.00\00:21:20.36
HE WHO SOWS BOUNTIFULLY
WILL REAP BOUNTIFULLY.
00:21:20.36\00:21:23.50
SO LET EACH ONE GIVE AS
HE PURPOSES IN HIS HEART.
00:21:23.50\00:21:26.76
SHOULD BE FROM THE HEART, NOT
GRUDGINGLY OR OF A NECESSITY,
00:21:26.76\00:21:30.23
FOR GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER."
00:21:30.23\00:21:33.93
MOTHER WENT TO CHURCH WITH HER
LITTLE GIRL ONE DAY AND BEFORE
00:21:33.93\00:21:37.36
THEY WENT TO CHURCH SHE THOUGHT
SHE THOUGHT SHE'D TEACHER HER
00:21:37.36\00:21:39.33
A MORAL LESSON.
00:21:39.33\00:21:40.30
SHE GAVE HER TWO
PIECES OF CURRENCY.
00:21:40.30\00:21:42.23
SHE GAVE HER A DOLLAR BILL AND
A QUARTER, AND THE MOTHER SAID,
00:21:42.23\00:21:45.56
"GIVE ONE OF THOSE AT CHURCH
TODAY, YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE."
00:21:45.56\00:21:50.26
SO AFTER CHURCH, THE MOTHER
CONTAINED HERSELF AS LONG AS HE
00:21:50.26\00:21:53.46
COULD AND SHE ASKED THE LITTLE
GIRL, SHE SAID, "SO, WHICH DID
00:21:53.46\00:21:56.20
YOU DECIDE TO GIVE?"
00:21:56.20\00:21:58.66
SHE SAID, "WELL, I WAS
GONNA GIVE THE DOLLAR BUT THEN
00:21:58.66\00:22:01.63
THE PASTOR STOOD UP AND SAID
THE LORD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER,
00:22:01.63\00:22:04.23
AND I KNEW I'D BE A LOT MORE
CHEERFUL GIVING THE QUARTER,
00:22:04.23\00:22:07.50
SO I GAVE THE
QUARTER, KEPT THE DOLLAR."
00:22:07.50\00:22:13.66
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY RELATE.
00:22:13.66\00:22:16.23
EXODUS 25:2, "SPEAK TO THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT WHEN
00:22:16.23\00:22:21.10
THEY BRING ME AN OFFERING FROM
EVERYONE WHO GIVES IT WILLINGLY
00:22:21.10\00:22:25.56
WITH HIS HEART, YOU
SHALL TAKE AN OFFERING."
00:22:25.56\00:22:29.33
IT OUGHT TO BE GIVEN
WILLINGLY FROM OUR HEARTS.
00:22:29.33\00:22:32.76
'CAUSE WHAT DOES GOD WANT?
00:22:32.76\00:22:33.93
DOES HE WANT YOUR MONEY
OR DOES HE WANT YOUR HEART?
00:22:33.93\00:22:36.73
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
OUR HEARTS ARE TRANSFORMED
00:22:36.73\00:22:38.86
AS WE GIVE.
00:22:38.86\00:22:40.23
SOMETHING MIRACULOUS DOES
HAPPEN AND SO WHEN WE CHOOSE
00:22:40.23\00:22:43.40
TO DO IT CHEERFULLY
AND WILLINGLY, YOU GET
00:22:43.40\00:22:45.96
A BLESSING IN DOING THAT.
00:22:45.96\00:22:48.73
THE BIBLE ALSO TEACHES THAT
OUR GIVING SHOULD BE DISCREET.
00:22:48.73\00:22:53.03
MATTHEW CHAPTER
3--SORRY, MATTHEW 6:3-4,
00:22:53.03\00:22:57.10
GIVING DISCREETLY.
00:22:57.10\00:22:59.06
"BUT WHEN YOU DO A CHARITABLE
DEED, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND
00:22:59.06\00:23:02.80
KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS
DOING THAT YOUR CHARITABLE DEED
00:23:02.80\00:23:05.80
MIGHT BE IN SECRET AND YOUR
FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL
00:23:05.80\00:23:09.13
HIMSELF REWARD YOU OPENLY."
00:23:09.13\00:23:14.33
NOW YOU KNOW I FIND
THAT WHENEVER I PERFORM SOME
00:23:14.33\00:23:17.86
GENEROUS ACT, THERE'S
SOME LITTLE MONSTER INSIDE,
00:23:17.86\00:23:23.76
ONE MONSTER'S GREED.
00:23:23.76\00:23:24.80
I GOT ANOTHER MONSTER THAT
WANTS TO BLOW A TRUMPET AND LET
00:23:24.80\00:23:27.10
SOMEONE ELSE KNOW, AND I THINK
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE OR JESUS
00:23:27.10\00:23:30.76
WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THIS.
00:23:30.76\00:23:32.50
HE SAID THE SCRIBES AND
THE PHARISEES, WHEN THEY MAKE A
00:23:32.50\00:23:35.13
GIFT, THEY SOUND A TRUMPET
BEFORE THEM AND WITH A LOT OF
00:23:35.13\00:23:38.10
POMP AND CEREMONY, THEY
DROP THEIR GIFT AND THEN YOU GOT
00:23:38.10\00:23:41.96
THAT WIDOW WHO GAVE A
LOT MORE THAN ANY OF THEM.
00:23:41.96\00:23:44.86
SHE TRIED TO SNEAK INTO THE
TEMPLE AND DROP IN ALL THAT SHE
00:23:44.86\00:23:48.43
HAD UNNOTICED,
WASN'T GONNA TELL ANYBODY.
00:23:48.43\00:23:51.60
JESUS DREW ATTENTION TO HER.
00:23:51.60\00:23:53.30
THOSE TWO STORIES SORT OF
HIGHLIGHT THE TWO WAYS PEOPLE
00:23:53.30\00:23:58.26
ARE REWARDED FOR THEIR GIVING.
00:23:58.26\00:24:00.06
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
EARTHLY ACCOLADES BY GIVING,
00:24:00.06\00:24:03.13
"I WANT A BRICK
WITH MY NAME ON IT.
00:24:03.13\00:24:05.50
I WANT SOME ACCLAIM, I
WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE MY GIFT
00:24:05.50\00:24:08.93
AND STAND UP AND BE
IDENTIFIED AND APPLAUD."
00:24:08.93\00:24:11.93
AND JESUS SAID,
YOU'VE GOT YOUR REWARD.
00:24:11.93\00:24:14.43
THOSE THAT WANT THAT,
IT'S OKAY TO APPRECIATE PEOPLE.
00:24:14.43\00:24:18.06
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND, BUT
IF THAT'S THE REASON A PERSON
00:24:18.06\00:24:20.76
IS GIVING,
THAT'S THE WRONG REASON.
00:24:20.76\00:24:23.76
CHRIST SAID, BUT THE
GIFT YOU GIVE SECRETLY,
00:24:23.76\00:24:26.23
HE WILL REWARD YOU OPENLY.
00:24:26.23\00:24:27.80
THAT LITTLE WIDOW CAME IN AND
SHE PUT IN HER TWO MITES AND IT
00:24:27.80\00:24:31.36
WAS ALL SHE HAD AND JESUS
DREW ATTENTION TO HER, NOT ONLY
00:24:31.36\00:24:34.73
THERE FOR THE APOSTLES, BUT
SHE STILL GETS ATTENTION TODAY.
00:24:34.73\00:24:38.23
RIGHT HERE IN THIS SERMON,
SHE'S STILL GETTING ATTENTION
00:24:38.23\00:24:40.20
FOR HER GIFT BEFORE GOD AND HIS
ANGELS AND THE WHOLE HEAVENLY
00:24:40.20\00:24:43.26
AGENCIES.
00:24:43.26\00:24:44.26
HER GIFT SHE GAVE IN
SECRET HAS BROUGHT BILLIONS INTO
00:24:44.26\00:24:47.20
THE TREASURY OF GOD
BECAUSE OF HER EXAMPLE.
00:24:47.20\00:24:49.23
SHE GAVE EVERYTHING SHE HAD.
00:24:49.23\00:24:50.40
IT WASN'T MUCH.
00:24:50.40\00:24:51.90
IT WAS A BIG SACRIFICE THOUGH
'CAUSE IT WAS EVERYTHING SHE
00:24:51.90\00:24:55.26
HAD AND CHRIST HIGHLIGHTED THAT.
00:24:55.26\00:24:59.03
I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY
ABOUT THE GREAT INDUSTRIALIST,
00:24:59.03\00:25:01.90
HENRY FORD AND, YOU KNOW,
HE ENDED UP BEING A BILLIONAIRE
00:25:01.90\00:25:06.76
BY THE STANDARDS OF HIS DAY.
00:25:06.76\00:25:08.10
WELL, I THINK HE WAS ACTUALLY.
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.10
AND SOMEONE IN HIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WERE
00:25:10.10\00:25:13.46
BUILDING A NEW HOSPITAL AND SO
SOMEONE CAME FROM THE NEWSPAPER
00:25:13.46\00:25:16.36
AND ASKED IF HE
WOULD MAKE A DONATION.
00:25:16.36\00:25:18.60
AND THEY FIGURED A MAN OF HIS
STATURE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE
00:25:18.60\00:25:20.66
SIGNIFICANTLY.
00:25:20.66\00:25:22.03
AND HE SAID, "I'LL GIVE $5,000."
00:25:22.03\00:25:24.96
AND THEY SAID, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND THEY JOTTED IT DOWN.
00:25:24.96\00:25:27.16
THE NEXT DAY IN THE PAPER
IT SAID, "HENRY FORD PLEDGES
00:25:27.16\00:25:29.33
$50,000 TO THE NEW HOSPITAL."
00:25:29.33\00:25:32.03
WELL, FORD WAS VERY IRATE.
00:25:32.03\00:25:33.13
HE CALLED UP THE FUND-RAISER
AND HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.60
SAYING, $50,000.
00:25:35.60\00:25:36.53
IT SAYS HERE IN
THE PAPER $50,000."
00:25:36.53\00:25:38.53
HE SAID, "I TOLD
YOU DISTINCTLY $5,000."
00:25:38.53\00:25:42.43
AND HE SAID, "WELL, WE'LL
ASK THE NEWSPAPER TO PRINT THAT
00:25:42.43\00:25:45.80
YOU'VE REDUCED
YOUR GIFT BY $45,000."
00:25:45.80\00:25:50.46
NOW THE PHONE GOT QUIET FOR
A MINUTE AND FORD WAS VERY--HE
00:25:50.46\00:25:53.93
SAID, "ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN
KEEP THE $50,000, BUT I WANT YOU
00:25:53.93\00:25:56.13
TO PUT SOMETHING CARVED
ON THE FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL,
00:25:56.13\00:25:58.93
IT WILL SAY, I CAME TO
THEM AND THEY TOOK ME IN."
00:25:58.93\00:26:07.00
THEN ON THE OTHER HAND YOU'VE
GOT SOMEONE LIKE THE GREAT
00:26:07.00\00:26:10.70
PREACHER CHARLES SPURGEON AND
HIS WIFE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A
00:26:10.70\00:26:15.80
YARD WITH SOME CHICKENS IN IT.
00:26:15.80\00:26:17.90
AND PERIODICALLY PEOPLE WOULD
COME BY AND ASK FOR SOME EGGS
00:26:17.90\00:26:21.06
AND THEY ALWAYS SOLD THE EGGS.
00:26:21.06\00:26:22.83
IT WASN'T MUCH, BUT THEY ALWAYS
ASKED FOR PAYMENT BY THE EGGS.
00:26:22.83\00:26:26.50
SOMETIMES THEY WERE
CHIDED BY OTHERS IN THEIR CHURCH
00:26:26.50\00:26:29.10
FOR BEING GREEDY.
00:26:29.10\00:26:31.23
AND THIS WENT ON IN GRASPING
BECAUSE EVEN FAMILY MEMBERS
00:26:31.23\00:26:34.06
THAT CAME BY AND SAID,
"CHARLES, CAN WE GET A COUPLE
00:26:34.06\00:26:35.83
OF EGGS?"
00:26:35.83\00:26:36.63
HE SAID, "YEAH, THAT WILL BE
A PENNY AN EGG" OR WHATEVER IT
00:26:36.63\00:26:38.46
WAS.
00:26:38.46\00:26:39.40
"I'M YOUR
BROTHER, I'M YOUR FAMILY."
00:26:39.40\00:26:41.70
PENNY AN EGG.
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.06
AND IT WASN'T TILL AFTER
SPURGEON'S WIFE DIED THEY FOUND
00:26:44.06\00:26:47.60
OUT THAT THERE WERE TWO WIDOWS
IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY HAD
00:26:47.60\00:26:51.46
MADE A COVENANT TO GIVE
EVERYTHING THAT CAME FROM
00:26:51.46\00:26:54.00
THE EGGS TO THOSE TWO WIDOWS.
00:26:54.00\00:26:55.90
THEY NEVER SAID
ANYTHING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES,
00:26:55.90\00:26:58.26
NEVER EXPLAINED IT TO ANYBODY.
00:26:58.26\00:26:59.96
IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE
WIDOWS HAD EXPLAINED IT.
00:26:59.96\00:27:02.46
THEY MADE A PROMISE TO GOD.
00:27:02.46\00:27:04.46
THEY WEREN'T LETTING
THE LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT
00:27:04.46\00:27:06.23
THE RIGHT HAND DID.
00:27:06.23\00:27:07.03
THEY GAVE 100% OF ALL THE
MONEY FROM ALL THOSE EGGS TO
00:27:07.03\00:27:09.90
A MISSION PROJECT AND
NEVER TOLD ANYBODY ABOUT IT.
00:27:09.90\00:27:14.46
THAT'S THE EVIDENCE OF SOMEONE
WHO REALLY HAS THE SPIRIT
00:27:14.46\00:27:17.13
OF CHRIST.
00:27:17.13\00:27:18.20
THEY'RE WILLING TO
GIVE AND NOT GET ANY KIND
00:27:18.20\00:27:21.06
OF RECOGNITION IN THAT WAY.
00:27:21.06\00:27:23.26
GIVE DISCREETLY, THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:27:23.26\00:27:26.56
WE LOSE WHAT WE HOARD,
IS A PRINCIPLE IN LIFE.
00:27:26.56\00:27:32.10
IF YOU HOARD YOUR TREASURE
DOWN HERE, YOU LOSE EVERYTHING.
00:27:32.10\00:27:35.70
THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID,
STORE YOUR TREASURE IN HEAVEN,
00:27:35.70\00:27:38.73
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO LAST.
00:27:38.73\00:27:40.00
PROVERBS 11:24, "THERE IS
ONE WHO SCATTERS AND YET IT
00:27:40.00\00:27:44.53
INCREASES MORE, AND THERE'S
ONE WHO WITHHOLDS MORE THAN HIS
00:27:44.53\00:27:48.46
RIGHT BUT IT LEADS TO POVERTY."
00:27:48.46\00:27:50.90
ONE WHO WITHHOLDS MORE
THAN THEY SHOULD AND IT LEADS
00:27:50.90\00:27:54.30
TO POVERTY.
00:27:54.30\00:27:55.70
JUDAS THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD GET
A LITTLE EXTRA BECAUSE HE'D DIP
00:27:55.70\00:27:59.60
INTO THE TREASURY BAG.
00:27:59.60\00:28:01.46
THE BIBLE SAID HE STOLE WHAT
WAS IN THE BAG FOR THE POOR.
00:28:01.46\00:28:04.00
HE SOLD JESUS FOR 30 PIECES OF
SILVER, AND HOW MUCH DOES JUDAS
00:28:04.00\00:28:07.96
END UP WITH IN THE END?
00:28:07.96\00:28:09.53
HE NOT ONLY LOST ALL THE
SILVER, HE CAST IT DOWN IN THE
00:28:09.53\00:28:11.93
TEMPLE, LOSES EVERLASTING
LIFE, COMMITS SUICIDE.
00:28:11.93\00:28:16.33
HE LOST EVERYTHING.
00:28:16.33\00:28:18.13
SOLD THE SAVIOR FOR SILVER.
00:28:18.13\00:28:19.66
THAT'S A BAD DEAL.
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.93
COLOSSIANS 3:5 SAYS, "AND
COVETOUSNESS IS IDOLATRY."
00:28:21.93\00:28:28.13
I REMEMBER READING A STORY
IN THIS MISSION MAGAZINE ABOUT
00:28:28.13\00:28:31.20
SADIE SEEKER.
00:28:31.20\00:28:32.80
SHE RAN A HOME IN THE
PHILIPPINES FOR MANY YEARS.
00:28:32.80\00:28:35.80
SHE TOOK CARE OF MISSIONARIES'
CHILDREN WHILE THEY WERE
00:28:35.80\00:28:38.56
OUT VENTURING
AROUND IN THE PHILIPPINES.
00:28:38.56\00:28:41.43
AND SHE WAS AN AVID READER AND
PEOPLE WOULD FREQUENTLY COME TO
00:28:41.43\00:28:44.60
HER AND ASK TO BORROW BOOKS,
AND THERE'S SOME BOOKS THAT SHE
00:28:44.60\00:28:47.93
WOULD SHARE.
00:28:47.93\00:28:49.00
SHE'D PASS AROUND, THEY'D
GIVE THEM BACK BUT SHE HAD SOME
00:28:49.00\00:28:51.43
BOOKS THAT SHE REALLY TREASURED
AND SHE SAID, "I'M NOT SHARING
00:28:51.43\00:28:54.50
THESE BOOKS."
00:28:54.50\00:28:55.66
SHE PUT THEM IN A TRUNK AT THE
FOOT OF HER BED AND SHE STORED
00:28:55.66\00:29:00.20
THEM AND WOULDN'T EVEN PUT THEM
ON THE SHELF IN CASE SOMEONE
00:29:00.20\00:29:03.86
ELSE WOULD SEE THEM SO
THEY WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE BOOK
00:29:03.86\00:29:06.20
AND SAY, "OH, I'D
LOVE TO BORROW THIS BOOK."
00:29:06.20\00:29:08.10
HID THEM.
00:29:08.10\00:29:10.00
AND SHE NOTICED THAT FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS SHE HEARD THIS
00:29:10.00\00:29:13.66
RUMBLING IN HER HOUSE AND
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
00:29:13.66\00:29:18.76
AND ONE NIGHT SHE
JUST COULDN'T STAND IT.
00:29:18.76\00:29:20.76
AT NIGHT SHE ALWAYS HEARD
THIS RUMBLING AND SHE GOT UP ONE
00:29:20.76\00:29:23.50
NIGHT AND SHE LISTENED
CAREFULLY AND SHE JUST TRACKED
00:29:23.50\00:29:26.60
IT AND AROUND.
00:29:26.60\00:29:27.56
IT WAS COMING FROM HER BEDROOM
AND PRETTY SOON SHE REALIZED IT
00:29:27.56\00:29:29.53
WAS COMING FROM THE FOOT OF HER
BED AND SHE TURNED ON A LIGHT.
00:29:29.53\00:29:33.30
SHE PULLED OUT THE TRUNK
OF BOOKS, SHE OPENED IT UP.
00:29:33.30\00:29:36.93
IT WAS TERMITES.
00:29:36.93\00:29:38.73
THEY HAD REDUCED ALL OF HER
PRECIOUS BOOKS TO PULP AND IT
00:29:38.73\00:29:44.23
JUST COMPLETELY DESTROYED THEM.
00:29:44.23\00:29:45.60
AND SHE SAID, THEN IT WAS
LEARNED, THE ONES SHE SHARED,
00:29:45.60\00:29:48.10
SHE STILL HAD.
00:29:48.10\00:29:49.70
THE ONE SHE HOARDED
WERE GONE TO EVERYBODY.
00:29:49.70\00:29:54.10
THERE'S A PRINCIPLE IN LIFE
THAT YOU ONLY GET TO KEEP WHAT
00:29:54.10\00:29:58.43
YOU GIVE.
00:29:58.43\00:30:00.56
WHO WAS IT?
00:30:00.56\00:30:01.50
LUTHER THAT SAID, "THOSE THINGS
THAT I'VE HELD IN MY HANDS
00:30:01.50\00:30:04.76
I'VE LOST.
00:30:04.76\00:30:06.13
THE THINGS THAT I'VE PLACED IN
THE SAVIOR'S HANDS ARE THE ONLY
00:30:06.13\00:30:08.53
THINGS I STILL HAVE."
00:30:08.53\00:30:10.73
IT'S A PRINCIPLE OF GIVING.
00:30:10.73\00:30:13.00
AND IT'S TRUE, FRIENDS,
IT REALLY DOES WORK THAT WAY.
00:30:13.00\00:30:16.10
GIVING WILL REBOUND.
00:30:16.10\00:30:18.03
ANOTHER PRINCIPLE,
THE RICOCHET EFFECT.
00:30:18.03\00:30:21.40
YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS,
IT'S ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
00:30:21.40\00:30:24.36
LUKE 6:38, "GIVE AND IT WILL
BE GIVEN TO YOU," JESUS SAID,
00:30:24.36\00:30:30.00
"GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN,
SHAKEN TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER."
00:30:30.00\00:30:35.13
NOW YOU REALIZE IN BIBLE TIMES
THAT THEY OFTEN PAID AND DID
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.93
THINGS WITH GRAIN.
00:30:37.93\00:30:39.60
GRAIN SEED WAS FOR EVERYTHING.
00:30:39.60\00:30:42.10
YOU COULD TRADE IT FOR MONEY.
00:30:42.10\00:30:43.50
IT FED PEOPLE, IT FED ANIMALS.
00:30:43.50\00:30:45.30
IT PLANTED CROPS.
00:30:45.30\00:30:47.00
I MEAN EVERYBODY
NEEDED THE GRAIN.
00:30:47.00\00:30:49.53
AND WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT IF
YOU'RE GENEROUS, IT'S ONE THING
00:30:49.53\00:30:52.83
TO POUR SOME GRAIN AND HAND IT
TO SOMEBODY, BUT IF YOU REALLY
00:30:52.83\00:30:55.96
WANTED TO BLESS THEM AND YOU
POURED IT AND THEN YOU SHOOK IT
00:30:55.96\00:30:59.36
AND YOU PRESSED IT AND YOU
POURED MORE IN AND YOU SHOOK
00:30:59.36\00:31:02.26
IT, YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:31:02.26\00:31:04.83
I FILL UP THIS
CONTAINER WITH CEREAL.
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.83
I MIX MY OWN CEREAL.
00:31:06.83\00:31:07.83
I MIX SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS
OF CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST AND
00:31:07.83\00:31:09.73
I'VE GOT IT IN THIS BIG,
PLASTIC CONTAINER AND I MIX UP
00:31:09.73\00:31:12.13
A BATCH ABOUT ONCE A WEEK.
00:31:12.13\00:31:13.70
AND I FIND THE ONLY WAY I
CAN GET IT ALL IN THERE FROM THE
00:31:13.70\00:31:15.96
VARIOUS CEREAL BAGS IS I GOTTA
SHAKE IT, I BANG IT AND I POUR
00:31:15.96\00:31:19.23
A LITTLE MORE IN, AND
I SHAKE IT, I BANG IT."
00:31:19.23\00:31:21.26
YOU CAN GET A LOT
MORE IN BY DOING THAT.
00:31:21.26\00:31:23.56
AND SO THE WAY THE LORD
SAYS THAT HE'LL GIVE TO YOU
00:31:23.56\00:31:26.30
IF YOU GIVE.
00:31:26.30\00:31:28.50
HE SAYS, "PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN
TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER WILL BE
00:31:28.50\00:31:34.80
PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM FOR WITH
THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE,
00:31:34.80\00:31:38.66
IT WILL BE
MEASURED BACK TO YOU."
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.50
SO HOW DO YOU WANT TO GIVE?
00:31:40.50\00:31:42.36
GRUDGINGLY, STINGILY.
00:31:42.36\00:31:44.50
IS THERE SUCH A
WORD AS STINGILY?
00:31:44.50\00:31:46.26
THERE IS NOW.
00:31:46.26\00:31:48.70
IF EVERYBODY HERE GOOGLES
THAT WORD TODAY, THEY'LL MAKE IT
00:31:48.70\00:31:50.83
A WORD.
00:31:50.83\00:31:54.03
OR DO YOU WANT
TO GIVE BOUNTIFULLY?
00:31:54.03\00:31:56.50
HOW DOES GOD GIVE TO US?
00:31:56.50\00:31:58.20
PRESSED DOWN, RUNNING OVER?
00:31:58.20\00:31:59.86
DOESN'T IT SAY,
MY CUP RUNS OVER?
00:31:59.86\00:32:02.80
WHEN JESUS FED THE MULTITUDES,
WERE THERE LEFTOVERS?
00:32:02.80\00:32:06.73
I MEAN GOD FILLS US TO
OVERFLOWING SO WE SHOULD NOT BE
00:32:06.73\00:32:10.80
SO MISERLY IN THE WAY WE GIVE.
00:32:10.80\00:32:12.40
IF WE'RE GENEROUS, YOU WAIT.
00:32:12.40\00:32:14.06
YOU TRUST GOD.
00:32:14.06\00:32:15.03
HE WILL BE GENEROUS WITH YOU.
00:32:15.03\00:32:16.03
OTHERS WILL BE
GENEROUS WITH YOU.
00:32:16.03\00:32:18.06
WHEN I USED TO SELL
FIREWOOD, SOME OF YOU REMEMBER
00:32:18.06\00:32:20.33
DAVE BOATWRIGHT.
00:32:20.33\00:32:21.30
HE AND CINDY WERE HERE A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO AND HE WAS IN
00:32:21.30\00:32:24.00
THE FIREWOOD
BUSINESS WITH ME UP IN COVELO.
00:32:24.00\00:32:26.76
AND WE WOULD ADVERTISE
OUR FIREWOOD AND WE PUT THIS
00:32:26.76\00:32:29.50
SCRIPTURE ON OUR FIREWOOD.
00:32:29.50\00:32:30.83
WE SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU
GOOD MEASURE AND WE QUOTED THIS
00:32:30.83\00:32:33.20
SCRIPTURE.
00:32:33.20\00:32:34.20
'CAUSE THE FIREWOOD, IT'S KIND
OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY A CORD
00:32:34.20\00:32:36.56
OF WOOD IS 128
SQUARE FEET OF WOOD.
00:32:36.56\00:32:38.96
YOU KNOW WOOD IS, YOU CAN STACK
WOOD ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT
00:32:38.96\00:32:41.60
WAYS AND MAKE IT LOOK DIFFERENT.
00:32:41.60\00:32:44.06
YOU CAN JUST DUMP IT IN A PILE,
AND SO MEASURING FIREWOOD IS
00:32:44.06\00:32:47.33
KIND OF A VERY
NEBULOUS BUSINESS.
00:32:47.33\00:32:50.60
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 4 FEET HIGH
BY 8 FEET LONG BY 4 FEET WIDE
00:32:50.60\00:32:54.16
IS A CORD OF WOOD, USUALLY
3 TIERS OF 16-INCH WOOD TO
00:32:54.16\00:32:57.26
A CORD, 128 CUBIC FEET.
00:32:57.26\00:33:00.76
AND SO DAVE AND I, WE WOULD
ACTUALLY DRIVE FENCE POSTS IN
00:33:00.76\00:33:04.90
THE GROUND, WE'D STACK THE WOOD
BETWEEN AND WE'D ROUND IT AT
00:33:04.90\00:33:07.60
THE TOP TO COMPENSATE
THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DRYING
00:33:07.60\00:33:10.86
AND SETTLING THAT WOULD TAKE.
00:33:10.86\00:33:12.60
AND WHENEVER WE GAVE PEOPLE
WOOD--ONE TIME WE GAVE PEOPLE
00:33:12.60\00:33:14.76
WOOD, THEY PAID ME.
00:33:14.76\00:33:16.50
AND I LEFT AND I SAID TO
MYSELF, THAT WAS JUST BARELY
00:33:16.50\00:33:19.20
A FULL CORD.
00:33:19.20\00:33:20.60
A FEW DAYS LATER THEY SAW ME
IN THEIR YARD AND THEY WONDERED
00:33:20.60\00:33:22.53
WHAT I WAS DOING.
00:33:22.53\00:33:23.43
I SAID, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED
AT THAT WOOD AND IT WASN'T QUITE
00:33:23.43\00:33:25.43
A FULL CORD AND SO
I'M TOSSING SOME MORE OUT.
00:33:25.43\00:33:28.23
BOY, I'LL TELL YA, THAT GUY,
WHO WAS A PUBLISHER IN TOWN,
00:33:28.23\00:33:32.46
TOLD EVERYBODY THAT HE KNEW.
00:33:32.46\00:33:33.90
HE SAID, "YOU GUYS WANT WOOD?"
00:33:33.90\00:33:35.13
HE SAID, "GET IT FROM
BATCHELOR AND BOATWRIGHT."
00:33:35.13\00:33:37.30
HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY
AFTER THEY GOT PAID WOULD HAVE
00:33:37.30\00:33:39.66
COME BACK AND GIVEN MORE WOOD
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK IT
00:33:39.66\00:33:41.96
WAS A FULL CORD."
00:33:41.96\00:33:42.96
HE SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW
AND THEY KNEW I DIDN'T KNOW."
00:33:42.96\00:33:45.90
AND SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK HAPPENED TO US?
00:33:45.90\00:33:47.80
WE HAD MORE ORDERS
THAN WE COULD FILL.
00:33:47.80\00:33:50.66
WITH WHAT MEASURE YOU MEET,
IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU
00:33:50.66\00:33:53.33
AGAIN.
00:33:53.33\00:33:54.43
YOU'RE GENEROUS WITH PEOPLE.
00:33:54.43\00:33:55.43
IF YOU'RE GRASPING AND STINGY
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW
00:33:55.43\00:33:58.20
MUCH YOU CAN SHAKE PEOPLE
DOWN WHEN YOU MAKE A GOOD, WELL,
00:33:58.20\00:34:01.86
YOU MIGHT GET A GOOD DEAL
BUT THAT'S HOW THE WORLD'S GONNA
00:34:01.86\00:34:03.96
DEAL WITH YOU.
00:34:03.96\00:34:06.76
SOMETIMES I FIND THAT I'M IN
A SITUATION WHERE I COULD TAKE
00:34:06.76\00:34:09.40
ADVANTAGE OF A PERSON'S
MISFORTUNE AND GET A REALLY
00:34:09.40\00:34:11.46
GOOD PRICE, BUT THEN I THINK
TO MYSELF, IS THAT WHAT I WOULD
00:34:11.46\00:34:16.13
WANT SOMEONE TO DO TO ME
IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES?
00:34:16.13\00:34:18.76
EVEN THOUGH, YEAH, I COULD
SAVE SOME MORE, I KNOW WHAT
00:34:18.76\00:34:21.70
I'M GETTING IS WORTH MORE
AND THAT'S REALLY HARD TO DO
00:34:21.70\00:34:25.16
FOR ME.
00:34:25.16\00:34:27.10
BUT THE LORD'S SPOKEN TO
ME BEFORE AND HE SAID, "DOUG,
00:34:27.10\00:34:29.30
DON'T GRIND DOWN THE POOR.
00:34:29.30\00:34:30.83
DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE SELLING SOMETHING.
00:34:30.83\00:34:34.03
IT'S WORTH MORE, BE
GENEROUS WITH THEM."
00:34:34.03\00:34:36.93
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:34:36.93\00:34:37.80
GOD WILL COMPENSATE YOU.
00:34:37.80\00:34:39.06
HE WILL.
00:34:39.06\00:34:40.00
DO YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD?
00:34:40.00\00:34:41.93
GIVE HIM REBOUNDS.
00:34:41.93\00:34:43.26
PROVERBS 3:9-10.
00:34:43.26\00:34:45.76
THESE ARE GOOD
PROMISES, YOU OUGHT TO WRITE
00:34:45.76\00:34:47.80
SOME OF THESE DOWN.
00:34:47.80\00:34:48.66
"HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR
POSSESSIONS AND WITH THE FIRST
00:34:48.66\00:34:51.20
FRUITS OF YOUR INCREASE,
OF ALL OF YOUR INCREASE."
00:34:51.20\00:34:54.56
IT'S TALKING ABOUT TITHE
AND OFFERINGS BASED ON YOUR
00:34:54.56\00:34:57.00
INCREASE.
00:34:57.00\00:34:58.13
"SO YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED
WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS WILL
00:34:58.13\00:35:02.10
OVERFLOW."
00:35:02.10\00:35:03.30
THERE YOU HAVE IT AGAIN,
RUNNING OVER WITH NEW WINE.
00:35:03.30\00:35:06.03
WHAT KIND OF WINE?
00:35:06.03\00:35:07.10
NEW WINE.
00:35:07.10\00:35:07.66
GOD SAID, "I WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU ALL HEARD THAT, NEW WINE."
00:35:07.66\00:35:11.86
ECCLESIASTES--OH, HERE'S
ANOTHER ONE, PROVERBS 11:25,
00:35:11.86\00:35:14.66
"THE GENEROUS SOUL WILL BE MADE
RICH AND HE WHO WATERS WILL BE
00:35:14.66\00:35:19.53
WATERED HIMSELF."
00:35:19.53\00:35:21.10
ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
00:35:21.10\00:35:22.63
SOW SPARINGLY,
YOU REAP SPARINGLY.
00:35:22.63\00:35:24.63
SOW BOUNTIFULLY,
YOU REAP BOUNTIFULLY.
00:35:24.63\00:35:26.33
THIS RICOCHET, THIS
REBOUND EFFECT IS ALL THROUGH
00:35:26.33\00:35:28.70
THE BIBLE.
00:35:28.70\00:35:30.36
PETER MARSHALL, THAT
FAMOUS PREACHER, HE SAID,
00:35:30.36\00:35:33.13
"GIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR INCOME,
LEST GOD MAKE YOUR INCOME
00:35:33.13\00:35:35.70
ACCORDING TO YOUR GIVING."
00:35:35.70\00:35:40.03
SOME OF YOU HAVE
EXPERIENCED THAT.
00:35:40.03\00:35:42.23
IT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE, BUT IT'S TRUE THAT GOD
00:35:42.23\00:35:45.60
MULTIPLIES THROUGH SUBTRACTION.
00:35:45.60\00:35:49.46
GOD MULTIPLIES
THROUGH SUBTRACTION.
00:35:49.46\00:35:51.73
AS WE GIVE, HE MULTIPLIES.
00:35:51.73\00:35:54.50
YOU SUBTRACT, HE MULTIPLIES.
00:35:54.50\00:35:56.40
IT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE, BUT IT WORKS.
00:35:56.40\00:35:59.33
WE MAKE A LIVING BY WHAT WE GET
OUT OF LIFE BUT WE MAKE A LIFE
00:35:59.33\00:36:03.53
BY WHAT WE GIVE.
00:36:03.53\00:36:05.70
I LIKE THAT QUOTE.
00:36:05.70\00:36:06.73
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO SAID IT.
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.76
LET'S PRETEND
IT'S MOTHER TERESA.
00:36:08.76\00:36:11.60
WE MAKE A LIVING BY WHAT
WE GET, BUT WE MAKE A LIFE BY
00:36:11.60\00:36:14.73
WHAT WE GIVE.
00:36:14.73\00:36:16.90
FAITHFUL STEWARDS, ALL OF
US REALLY DON'T OWN ANYTHING.
00:36:16.90\00:36:21.40
EVERYTHING WE
HAVE BELONGS TO GOD.
00:36:21.40\00:36:24.23
PSALM 24:1, "THE EARTH IS THE
LORD'S AND ALL OF ITS FULLNESS.
00:36:24.23\00:36:28.73
THE WORLD AND
THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN."
00:36:28.73\00:36:32.50
YOU KNOW THERE'S TWO PRINCIPLE
STORIES THAT I LOOKED AT THAT
00:36:32.50\00:36:34.80
ARE EXAMPLES OF STEWARDSHIP.
00:36:34.80\00:36:36.56
ALL OF US REALLY, WHAT DO
YOU TAKE WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIE?
00:36:36.56\00:36:41.33
YOU EVER SEEN A
HEARSE PULLING A U-HAUL?
00:36:41.33\00:36:47.33
SOMEONE ASKED ME ONE TIME.
00:36:47.33\00:36:49.90
YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO TAKE THIS
BODY WITH YOU, YOU HAVE TO GET
00:36:49.90\00:36:52.80
A NEW ONE.
00:36:52.80\00:36:54.46
SO THERE'S NOTHING, NO THING
FROM THIS WORLD AND YET WE'RE
00:36:54.46\00:36:58.13
SO PREOCCUPIED WITH STUFF.
00:36:58.13\00:37:00.73
AND ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF
YEAR WE FEEL OBLIGATED TO GO
00:37:00.73\00:37:03.16
BUY MORE STUFF AND GIVE
PEOPLE STUFF, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT
00:37:03.16\00:37:06.10
STUFF.
00:37:06.10\00:37:07.00
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT GIVING,
DON'T JUST BE THINKING ABOUT
00:37:07.00\00:37:08.90
MONEY AND STUFF.
00:37:08.90\00:37:10.86
A LOT OF GIVING HAS TO
DO WITH GIVING YOUR TIME.
00:37:10.86\00:37:15.43
TYPICALLY, IF SOMEONE SAYS,
"PASTOR DOUG, I WANT YOU TO
00:37:15.43\00:37:18.16
KNOW I'M AN AMAZING FACTS
SUPPORTER," IN MY MIND I THINK,
00:37:18.16\00:37:21.40
I WONDER HOW MUCH THEY GIVE?
00:37:21.40\00:37:23.86
AND I WAS CONVICTED ONE DAY,
THEY MIGHT NOT GIVE ANYTHING AS
00:37:23.86\00:37:27.33
FAR AS MONEY.
00:37:27.33\00:37:29.16
MAYBE THEY TELL OTHER
PEOPLE GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT,
00:37:29.16\00:37:31.83
TELL PEOPLE TO TUNE IN.
00:37:31.83\00:37:34.26
MAYBE THEY PRAY
FOR THE MINISTRY.
00:37:34.26\00:37:36.53
ARE THEY STILL SUPPORTERS?
00:37:36.53\00:37:40.13
AND SO WE'RE REALLY STEWARDS
OF OUR TIME, OF OUR MEANS,
00:37:40.13\00:37:44.86
OF OUR THOUGHTS.
00:37:44.86\00:37:47.53
TWO BIG STEWARDS IN THE BIBLE
I THOUGHT ABOUT, ONE OF COURSE
00:37:47.53\00:37:51.13
YOU'VE GOT ELIEZER WHO WAS THE
PRINCIPAL STEWARD FOR ABRAHAM
00:37:51.13\00:37:54.50
WHO WAS VERY WEALTHY BACK THEN.
00:37:54.50\00:37:56.63
HE GOES TO FIND A WIFE FOR
ISAAC AND IT SAYS THAT SERVANT
00:37:56.63\00:38:00.43
THEN TOOK TEN CAMELS,
THE CAMELS OF HIS MASTER,
00:38:00.43\00:38:04.03
NOT TO GIVE THE CAMELS
BUT THE CAMELS WERE LOADED.
00:38:04.03\00:38:06.70
IT WAS LIKE A
CONVOY OF SEMIS BACK THEN.
00:38:06.70\00:38:10.36
HE'S TAKING A CONVOY OF
SEMIS WITH WEDDING GIFTS TO FIND
00:38:10.36\00:38:14.23
A WIFE.
00:38:14.23\00:38:15.20
AND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO FIND
A WIFE IF YOU'VE GOT A CONVOY
00:38:15.20\00:38:17.06
OF SEMIS FILLED WITH GIFTS.
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.90
THAT'S TRUE TODAY.
00:38:19.90\00:38:20.86
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
00:38:20.86\00:38:24.73
"AND HE GOES ACROSS TO THE LAND
OF NAHOR," AND THAT'S WHEN HE
00:38:24.73\00:38:28.70
FINDS REBEKAH.
00:38:28.70\00:38:29.70
IT SAYS, "FOR ALL OF HIS
MASTER'S GOODS WERE IN HIS HAND.
00:38:29.70\00:38:35.56
ALL OF THE GOODS OF HIS
MASTER WERE IN HIS HAND."
00:38:35.56\00:38:38.30
ABRAHAM TRUSTED HIM TO
FAITHFULLY UTILIZE THOSE GIFTS
00:38:38.30\00:38:43.53
TO FIND A BRIDE FOR HIS SON.
00:38:43.53\00:38:46.93
NOW, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
ANY GIFT THAT YOU AND I HAVE?
00:38:46.93\00:38:49.86
WE ARE STEWARDS OF OUR MASTER
AND WE ARE TO UTILIZE OUR GIFTS
00:38:49.86\00:38:54.36
TO GET A BRIDE FOR THE SON.
00:38:54.36\00:38:57.40
THE CHURCH IS THE BRIDE
OF CHRIST, YOU STILL WITH ME?
00:38:57.40\00:39:00.83
AND SO YOU AND I ARE TO HELP
ATTRACT PEOPLE TO BE PART OF
00:39:00.83\00:39:06.43
THE BRIDE OF CHRIST FOR JESUS.
00:39:06.43\00:39:09.76
GENESIS CHAPTER--AND THEN WHEN
HE FINDS A BRIDE IT SAYS, "THEN
00:39:09.76\00:39:13.56
THE SERVANT BROUGHT OUT JEWELRY
OF SILVER AND JEWELRY OF GOLD
00:39:13.56\00:39:17.46
AND CLOTHING AND
GAVE THEM TO REBEKAH.
00:39:17.46\00:39:19.80
HE ALSO GAVE PRECIOUS GIFTS TO
HER BROTHER AND TO HER MOTHER."
00:39:19.80\00:39:22.63
HE WAS DISPENSING
THESE THINGS TO THE FAMILY.
00:39:22.63\00:39:25.03
ALL OF THAT WAS IN HIS HAND.
00:39:25.03\00:39:27.00
AND THEN ANOTHER GREAT STEWARD
IS JOSEPH, AND HE WAS BASICALLY
00:39:27.00\00:39:29.03
MADE STEWARD OF EGYPT.
00:39:29.03\00:39:31.73
HE WAS THE CONTROLLER
OF EVERYTHING IN EGYPT.
00:39:31.73\00:39:35.26
THAT WAS THE WORLD'S
BUSIEST ECONOMY IN THAT TIME
00:39:35.26\00:39:39.30
OF HISTORY.
00:39:39.30\00:39:41.43
AND GENESIS 39:4, FIRST
JOSEPH STARTS OUT HE'S A STEWARD
00:39:41.43\00:39:45.73
FOR POTIPHAR.
00:39:45.73\00:39:46.83
"JOSEPH FOUND GRACE IN HIS
SIGHT AND HE SERVED HIM AND HE
00:39:46.83\00:39:50.20
MADE HIM OVERSEER OF ALL THAT
WAS IN HIS HOUSE AND ALL THAT
00:39:50.20\00:39:54.43
HE HAD, HE PUT INTO HIS HAND."
00:39:54.43\00:39:57.10
SO HE TRUSTS
THINGS INTO OUR HAND.
00:39:57.10\00:39:59.53
AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT JOSEPH
NOW, GENESIS 45:21, "THE SONS OF
00:39:59.53\00:40:04.70
ISRAEL DID SO AND JOSEPH
GAVE THEM CARTS ACCORDING TO
00:40:04.70\00:40:07.43
THE COMMAND OF PHARAOH.
00:40:07.43\00:40:08.73
HE GAVE THEM
PROVISIONS FOR THE JOURNEY.
00:40:08.73\00:40:10.96
HE GAVE TO ALL OF THEM, TO
EACH MAN, CHANGES OF GARMENTS.
00:40:10.96\00:40:14.63
TO BENJAMIN HE GAVE 300
PIECES OF SILVER AND 5 CHANGES
00:40:14.63\00:40:18.06
OF GARMENTS."
00:40:18.06\00:40:19.13
ALL THAT PHARAOH HAD
WAS PLACED IN JOSEPH'S HAND.
00:40:19.13\00:40:21.76
HE WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY.
00:40:21.76\00:40:24.43
NOW WHAT DID JOSEPH
DO WITH PHARAOH'S GOODS?
00:40:24.43\00:40:27.20
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED
WHAT JOSEPH DID TO THE ECONOMY?
00:40:27.20\00:40:30.66
WHEN THE FAMINE WAS
OVER, DID THE PHARAOH OF EGYPT
00:40:30.66\00:40:34.43
HAVE MORE OR LESS
THAN HE STARTED OUT WITH?
00:40:34.43\00:40:38.70
IF YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLE,
THE PHARAOH WAS A LOT RICHER
00:40:38.70\00:40:42.03
WHEN HE GOT DONE BECAUSE
OF THE STEWARDSHIP OF JOSEPH.
00:40:42.03\00:40:46.90
AND IF WE ARE STEWARDS FOR
OUR KING, WHAT DOES JESUS DO?
00:40:46.90\00:40:50.63
ANOTHER PARABLE WHERE HE
TALKS ABOUT IT, HE GIVES TALENTS
00:40:50.63\00:40:52.83
BASED ON THE VARIOUS ABILITIES
TO THE SERVANTS AND SOME TAKE
00:40:52.83\00:40:57.16
THEIR TWO, THEY TURN IT TO FOUR.
00:40:57.16\00:40:58.26
SOME TAKE THEIR
FIVE, THEY TURN IT TO TEN.
00:40:58.26\00:41:01.83
SOME MULTIPLY, ANOTHER ONE PUTS
IT IN THE GROUND AND IT LOSES
00:41:01.83\00:41:05.60
INTEREST.
00:41:05.60\00:41:06.96
IT GETS SMALLER BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T SEE HIS RESPONSIBILITY
00:41:06.96\00:41:11.16
AS A STEWARD TO MULTIPLY IT,
TO BE A PRODUCER RATHER THAN A
00:41:11.16\00:41:13.73
CONSUMER, AND HE'S JUDGED THAT
WAY WHEN THE MASTER COMES BACK.
00:41:13.73\00:41:18.53
ALL OF US HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BE STEWARDS FOR OUR KING.
00:41:18.53\00:41:22.10
WE'RE TO BE FAITHFUL STEWARDS.
00:41:22.10\00:41:25.16
REAL GIVING
SHOULD BE SACRIFICIAL.
00:41:25.16\00:41:30.93
DEUTERONOMY 16:17, "EVERY
MAN SHALL GIVE AS HE IS ABLE
00:41:30.93\00:41:35.23
ACCORDING TO THE BLESSING
OF THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT HE'S
00:41:35.23\00:41:38.00
GIVEN YOU."
00:41:38.00\00:41:39.76
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF
YOU GIVE AS YOU'RE ABLE,
00:41:39.76\00:41:42.53
THAT ISN'T REALLY A SACRIFICE.
00:41:42.53\00:41:44.66
IT'S WHEN YOU GIVE AS YOU'RE
NOT ABLE, IT'S A SACRIFICE.
00:41:44.66\00:41:47.63
NOW THIS IS A QUOTE
BY MOTHER TERESA REALLY.
00:41:47.63\00:41:51.03
SHE SAID, "IF YOU GIVE WHAT YOU
DO NOT NEED, IT ISN'T GIVING."
00:41:51.03\00:41:55.50
WHEN WE GIVE OF OUR SURPLUS,
THAT'S NOT REALLY A SACRIFICE.
00:41:55.50\00:42:01.13
C.S. LEWIS SAID, "I
DON'T BELIEVE ONE CAN SETTLE
00:42:01.13\00:42:04.03
ON HOW MUCH WE OUGHT TO GIVE.
00:42:04.03\00:42:05.70
I'M AFRAID THE ONLY SAFE
RULE IS TO GIVE MORE THAN WE CAN
00:42:05.70\00:42:08.73
SPARE."
00:42:08.73\00:42:11.46
AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
00:42:11.46\00:42:13.00
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE
GIVING SACRIFICIALLY.
00:42:13.00\00:42:15.50
THAT WAS THE KIND OF GIVING
THAT JESUS COMMENDED OF THE
00:42:15.50\00:42:18.36
WIDOW THAT YOU
FIND IN THE PARABLE.
00:42:18.36\00:42:20.96
PHILIPPIANS 4:19, "AND MY
GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEED
00:42:20.96\00:42:26.03
ACCORDING TO HIS
RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS."
00:42:26.03\00:42:29.33
I THINK IT WAS VICTOR HUGO THAT
SAID, "AS THE PURSE IS EMPTY,
00:42:29.33\00:42:32.73
THE HEART IS FILLED."
00:42:32.73\00:42:34.90
GOD GIVES TO US, AND THEN
WE SHOULD GIVE OF OUR SERVICE
00:42:34.90\00:42:38.46
TO GOD.
00:42:38.46\00:42:39.46
WE'RE NOT JUST
TALKING ABOUT FINANCES HERE.
00:42:39.46\00:42:42.10
JESUS SENT OUT THE DISCIPLES,
WHAT DID HE TELL THEM TO TAKE
00:42:42.10\00:42:44.40
WITH THEM IN THEIR BANKBOOKS?
00:42:44.40\00:42:46.76
NOTHING.
00:42:46.76\00:42:48.63
HOW MANY EXTRA PAIR OF SHOES
WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO TAKE?
00:42:48.63\00:42:51.76
NONE.
00:42:51.76\00:42:52.90
EXTRA STAFF?
00:42:52.90\00:42:54.06
NONE.
00:42:54.06\00:42:55.23
EXTRA CLOTHES?
00:42:55.23\00:42:56.63
NONE.
00:42:56.63\00:42:57.60
HE SAID, "I WANT YOU WANT
TO GO OUT TRUSTING ME BECAUSE
00:42:57.60\00:42:59.76
IF YOU'RE SERVING ME, I
WILL PROVIDE FOR YOUR NEEDS."
00:42:59.76\00:43:02.13
DID HE?
00:43:02.13\00:43:04.36
I CAN'T TELL YOU ALL THE
STORIES WHERE I'VE TRAVELED AND
00:43:04.36\00:43:08.36
I'M OUT ON SOME MISSIONARY TRIP
OR I'M DOING SOME REVIVAL OR
00:43:08.36\00:43:11.50
EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM AND
I FORGET TO PACK SOMETHING.
00:43:11.50\00:43:14.43
I MEAN IT'S EVERYTHING
FROM I'VE GOTTEN PLACES BEFORE
00:43:14.43\00:43:17.10
WHERE MY SUIT DIDN'T SHOW
UP, MY BAGS DIDN'T SHOW UP.
00:43:17.10\00:43:20.70
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT
AS SOON AS I'M READY TO GO SIT
00:43:20.70\00:43:23.20
DOWN ON 3ABN, I'VE GOT NOTHING
ON BUT MY TRAVEL CLOTHES.
00:43:23.20\00:43:28.63
THE GUY WHO JUST GETS DONE
DOING THE INTERVIEW IS MY SIZE
00:43:28.63\00:43:33.80
AND HE GIVES ME HIS SUIT, HIS
TIE, HIS JACKET, HIS PANTS, AND
00:43:33.80\00:43:37.36
HE'S GOTTA WAIT IN THE DRESSING
ROOM UNTIL I'M DONE WITH MY
00:43:37.36\00:43:39.63
BROADCAST.
00:43:39.63\00:43:42.63
BUT I MEAN I JUST COULD
TELL YOU ALL THESE STORIES WHERE
00:43:42.63\00:43:45.13
I REMEMBER ONE TIME I
WENT SOMEWHERE TRAVELING AND I
00:43:45.13\00:43:47.96
FORGOT TO PACK THE
CHARGER OF MY PHONE.
00:43:47.96\00:43:50.13
I SAID, LORD, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
00:43:50.13\00:43:52.10
THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
00:43:52.10\00:43:53.06
I SAID, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
00:43:53.06\00:43:55.00
I SAID, I NEED MY PHONE.
00:43:55.00\00:43:56.06
I SAID, IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYBODY AND
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.96
EVERYBODY WITH ME AND I'M
GONNA BE HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS,
00:43:57.96\00:43:59.93
AND I PRAYED.
00:43:59.93\00:44:01.70
AND THEN I WENT TO PUT MY BAG
DOWN ON THE SIDE OF MY BED AND
00:44:01.70\00:44:05.70
STICKING IN THE SOCKET IN THE
WALL WAS A PHONE CHARGER THAT
00:44:05.70\00:44:10.53
THE FORMER OCCUPANT
OF THE ROOM HAD LEFT.
00:44:10.53\00:44:13.96
NOW YOU REALIZE IF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THESE PHONES,
00:44:13.96\00:44:17.20
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
00:44:17.20\00:44:18.76
IT COULD BE
MOTOROLA, IT COULD BE NOKIA.
00:44:18.76\00:44:20.80
IT COULD BE JUST ONE OF A
THOUSAND DIFFERENT VARIETIES
00:44:20.80\00:44:23.16
AND I THOUGHT, NO.
00:44:23.16\00:44:27.83
AND I, AT THAT TIME,
HAD A MOTOROLA PHONE.
00:44:27.83\00:44:30.56
AND I PULLED IT OUT AND I
PLUGGED IT IN AND IT CHARGED
00:44:30.56\00:44:34.03
MY PHONE.
00:44:34.03\00:44:36.23
SO I MEAN THAT'S
JUST A LITTLE THING.
00:44:36.23\00:44:38.10
IT IS A MIRACLE TO ME.
00:44:38.10\00:44:40.06
BUT SO MANY TIMES AS YOU
TRAVEL, IF YOU'RE WORKING FOR
00:44:40.06\00:44:42.70
GOD, YOU SAY, OH MAN, I DIDN'T
PACK ANY LUNCH TODAY AND I
00:44:42.70\00:44:45.83
DIDN'T MAKE ANY PLANS FOR
LUNCH AND WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
00:44:45.83\00:44:48.56
ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOMEONE WALKS
UP AND SAYS, "YOU GOT PLANS
00:44:48.56\00:44:50.46
FOR LUNCH?"
00:44:50.46\00:44:51.63
I SAY, THANK YOU, LORD.
00:44:51.63\00:44:54.70
I COULD TELL YOU
STORY AFTER STORY.
00:44:54.70\00:44:56.66
BUT IF YOU'RE OUT WORKING
FOR GOD, HE WILL SUPPLY ALL
00:44:56.66\00:44:59.36
OF YOUR NEED, THE BIBLE SAID.
00:44:59.36\00:45:01.06
SO YOU GO WILLING TO SERVE.
00:45:01.06\00:45:02.90
JESUS SAID, HEAL THE SICK,
CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE
00:45:02.90\00:45:05.93
DEAD, CAST OUT DEMONS.
00:45:05.93\00:45:07.73
FREELY YOU'VE
RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE.
00:45:07.73\00:45:09.90
SO IS HE TALKING ABOUT GIVING
MONEY HERE OR IS HE TALKING
00:45:09.90\00:45:11.70
ABOUT GIVING SERVICE?
00:45:11.70\00:45:13.50
HE'S TALKING ABOUT GIVING
OF YOUR TIME, GIVING OF YOUR
00:45:13.50\00:45:16.13
SERVICE.
00:45:16.13\00:45:18.90
BUT WE ALWAYS THINK THAT
HAPPINESS COMES IN THE CONTEXT
00:45:18.90\00:45:21.76
OF MONEY.
00:45:21.76\00:45:23.23
SOMEBODY ELSE SAID THE TROUBLE
IS TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING
00:45:23.23\00:45:25.46
MONEY THEY HAVEN'T YET EARNED
FOR THINGS THEY DON'T NEED TO
00:45:25.46\00:45:27.80
IMPRESS PEOPLE THEY DON'T LIKE.
00:45:27.80\00:45:30.73
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD.
00:45:30.73\00:45:32.93
SERVICE IS LOVE
DRESSED IN WORK CLOTHES.
00:45:32.93\00:45:38.03
SOMEONE SAID, YOU'VE NOT
REALLY LIVED UNTIL YOU'VE DONE
00:45:38.03\00:45:40.06
SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE
WHO CAN NEVER REPAY YOU.
00:45:40.06\00:45:44.30
PROVERBS 28:27, "HE WHO GIVES
TO THE POOR WILL NOT LACK."
00:45:44.30\00:45:49.83
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE RICOCHET PRINCIPLES IN THE
00:45:49.83\00:45:51.66
BIBLE.
00:45:51.66\00:45:52.80
"BUT HE WHO HIDES HIS
EARS WILL HAVE MANY CURSES."
00:45:52.80\00:45:56.56
PROVERBS 19:17, "HE THAT
HAS PITY UPON THE POOR LENDS TO
00:45:56.56\00:46:00.20
THE LORD AND THAT WHICH HE IS
GIVEN, HE WILL PAY HIM AGAIN."
00:46:00.20\00:46:05.46
AND THEN PAUL SAID IN
ACTS 20:35, "I'VE SHOWN YOU
00:46:05.46\00:46:09.60
IN EVERY WAY THAT LABORING
LIKE THIS THAT YOU MUST SUPPORT
00:46:09.60\00:46:14.73
THE WEAK AND REMEMBER THE WORDS
OF THE LORD JESUS, THAT IT IS
00:46:14.73\00:46:18.06
MORE BLESSED TO
GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE."
00:46:18.06\00:46:20.93
YOU KNOW THERE'S NO QUOTE IN
THE BIBLE WHERE YOU FIND JESUS
00:46:20.93\00:46:23.36
SAYING THOSE WORDS EXCEPT
WHERE JESUS IS QUOTED BY PAUL.
00:46:23.36\00:46:26.76
IN OTHER WORDS, PAUL MAKES
A STATEMENT JESUS MUST HAVE
00:46:26.76\00:46:29.50
MADE SOMEWHERE.
00:46:29.50\00:46:31.16
IT'S NOT IN ALL THE FOUR
GOSPELS WHERE YOU HEAR JESUS
00:46:31.16\00:46:33.06
SAY IT'S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE
THAN TO RECEIVE, BUT PAUL PUT
00:46:33.06\00:46:36.16
THE PRINCIPLE'S THERE.
00:46:36.16\00:46:37.40
PAUL IS ONE WHO SIMPLIFIES
AND SUMMARIZES THE TEACHING OF
00:46:37.40\00:46:40.80
JESUS THAT IT IS MORE
BLESSED TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE.
00:46:40.80\00:46:46.40
YOU MAYBE HEARD ME SHARE
THE STORY ABOUT THIS 80-YEAR-OLD
00:46:46.40\00:46:48.70
MAN THIS THAT WAS PLANTING SOME
PEACH TREES IN HIS BACKYARD AND
00:46:48.70\00:46:52.53
HIS NEIGHBOR CAME OVER
AND SAID, "FRED," HE SAID,
00:46:52.53\00:46:57.53
"YOU'RE PLANTING PEACH TREES.
00:46:57.53\00:46:58.63
YOU KNOW THAT THEY DON'T
EVEN START BEARING VERY WELL
00:46:58.63\00:47:01.26
UNTIL 5 TO 10 YEARS."
00:47:01.26\00:47:03.66
HE SAID, "YOU'RE 80 NOW."
00:47:03.66\00:47:05.90
HE SAID, "WHY
ARE YOU DOING THIS?"
00:47:05.90\00:47:08.40
AND OLD FRED SAID, "WELL,
I HAVE BEEN EATING PEACHES
00:47:08.40\00:47:11.73
OFF TREES THAT OTHER PEOPLE
HAVE PLANTED ALL MY LIFE."
00:47:11.73\00:47:15.30
HE SAID, "I'M JUST
PAYING IT FORWARD."
00:47:15.30\00:47:18.80
AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:47:18.80\00:47:21.56
IT'S NOT ALWAYS,
"WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?"
00:47:21.56\00:47:24.30
I'VE PRAISED THE LORD FOR
THE WORK THAT OTHERS HAVE DONE.
00:47:24.30\00:47:27.30
IT SAYS THEIR
WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.
00:47:27.30\00:47:29.36
AND WHEN YOU LIVE A
LIFE OF PRODUCING FOR GOD,
00:47:29.36\00:47:31.93
YOUR INFLUENCE GOES ON
LONG AFTER YOU'RE GONE.
00:47:31.93\00:47:34.33
BY YOUR PRAYERS AND BY
YOUR SERVICE TO GOD, YOUR GIVING
00:47:34.33\00:47:36.56
GOES ON.
00:47:36.56\00:47:38.23
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GONNA
BE LIKE WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN
00:47:38.23\00:47:40.96
AND YOU SEE THE MANSIONS.
00:47:40.96\00:47:42.66
EVERYBODY'S GOT A MANSION
BUT SOME HAVE GOT MANSIONS OF
00:47:42.66\00:47:44.76
DIFFERENT SIZES AND IT'LL BE
THIS ONE MANSION THAT'S GONNA
00:47:44.76\00:47:48.50
BE JUST--YOU KNOW IN
HEAVEN, REAL ESTATE, LOCATION,
00:47:48.50\00:47:52.83
LOCATION, LOCATION.
00:47:52.83\00:47:55.96
SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE THAT
LOCATION REALLY CLOSE TO THE
00:47:55.96\00:47:58.80
TEMPLE OF GOD ON THAT HILL WITH
THAT WILL HAVE A VISTA OF THE
00:47:58.80\00:48:02.40
REST OF THE CITY, LOTS
OF ANGELS ATTENDING TO THEIR
00:48:02.40\00:48:06.43
GARDEN AND THE PARKS
AND THE FOUNTAINS INSIDE
00:48:06.43\00:48:08.80
THEIR LITTLE MANSION YARD.
00:48:08.80\00:48:10.43
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE
SOMEONE I THINK THEY'LL HAVE
00:48:10.43\00:48:13.10
A BIGGER MANSION.
00:48:13.10\00:48:15.86
YOU KNOW WHO I
THINK IT'S GONNA BE?
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.26
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT WIDOW THAT
GAVE HER 2 CENTS, WHEN SHE GETS
00:48:18.26\00:48:21.80
TO THE KINGDOM AND SHE'S
GONNA SAY, "WOW, I HAD NO IDEA."
00:48:21.80\00:48:27.66
I THINK WE'RE ALL GONNA
BE SURPRISED THAT HOW IT
00:48:27.66\00:48:32.53
ENDS UP THERE.
00:48:32.53\00:48:33.90
JESUS SAID, "GIVES TO HIM
WHO ASKS OF YOU AND FROM HIM
00:48:33.90\00:48:37.40
WHO WANTS TO
BORROW, TURN HIM NOT AWAY."
00:48:37.40\00:48:40.83
AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT IS IT
THAT THE LORD WANTS US TO GIVE?
00:48:40.83\00:48:45.73
YOU.
00:48:45.73\00:48:48.06
THERE'S A SONG, ALL HE WANTS
IS YOU, NOTHING ELSE WITH DO.
00:48:48.06\00:48:52.46
NOT JUST A PART, HE
WANTS ALL OF YOUR HEART.
00:48:52.46\00:48:57.13
AN OLD WILLIE NELSON
SONG JUST POPPED INTO MY MIND.
00:48:57.13\00:49:01.46
IT'S A LOVE SONG BUT ACTUALLY
THE WORDS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'LL
00:49:01.46\00:49:03.56
FORGIVE ME, IT APPLIES HERE.
00:49:03.56\00:49:04.80
IT SAYS, "ALL OF ME,
WHY NOT TAKE ALL OF ME?
00:49:04.80\00:49:07.63
CAN'T YOU SEE I'M
NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU?
00:49:07.63\00:49:09.83
YOU HAVE THE PART THAT ONCE
WAS MY HEART, SO WHY NOT TAKE
00:49:09.83\00:49:12.66
ALL OF ME?"
00:49:12.66\00:49:14.43
BUT IN PRINCIPLE, THAT'S REALLY
WHAT IT MEANS, YOU'VE GOT MY
00:49:14.43\00:49:18.46
HEART, YOU'VE GOT ALL OF ME.
00:49:18.46\00:49:20.33
IF GOD'S GOT YOUR HEART, IF
YOU GIVE YOURSELF, HE'S GOT YOUR
00:49:20.33\00:49:23.86
TIME, HE'S GOT YOUR WARDROBE.
00:49:23.86\00:49:26.50
HE'S GOT YOUR WALLET
AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
00:49:26.50\00:49:28.70
HE'S GOT EVERYTHING
IF HE'S GOT YOUR HEART.
00:49:28.70\00:49:30.60
HAVE YOU GIVEN YOUR HEART?
00:49:30.60\00:49:33.10
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU CAN MAKE
IT EASIER TO GIVE YOUR HEART BY
00:49:33.10\00:49:36.66
GIVING IN OTHER WAYS.
00:49:36.66\00:49:37.93
YOU'LL KILL THAT MONSTER OF
SELFISHNESS THAT WE ALL HAVE
00:49:37.93\00:49:40.80
INSIDE.
00:49:40.80\00:49:42.10
HEARD A STORY WHERE THEY WERE
HAVING A YOUTH MEETING AND AT
00:49:42.10\00:49:47.60
THE END OF THE YOUTH MEETING
THE DEACONS TOOK UP AN OFFERING
00:49:47.60\00:49:50.10
FROM THESE ROOM FULL OF
TEENAGERS AND THEY'RE GOING
00:49:50.10\00:49:53.13
THROUGH THE CHANGE.
00:49:53.13\00:49:54.06
YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME DOLLARS
IN THERE AND MOSTLY COINS
00:49:54.06\00:49:56.33
AND IN THE BOTTOM THERE WAS
A PICTURE OF SOME TEENAGE GIRL.
00:49:56.33\00:50:00.00
AND THEY KIND OF LOOKED AT
EACH OTHER AND THEY THOUGHT, OH,
00:50:00.00\00:50:02.03
ONE OF THE BOYS SNATCHED
THIS SCHOOL PICTURE FROM ONE OF
00:50:02.03\00:50:05.26
THE GIRLS AND THREW IT IN.
00:50:05.26\00:50:07.16
AND THEY FLIPPED IT OVER AND
ON THE BACK OF THE PICTURE IT
00:50:07.16\00:50:09.90
SAID, "I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY
TO GIVE, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE
00:50:09.90\00:50:13.86
MYSELF TO JESUS."
00:50:13.86\00:50:15.66
SO SHE TOOK OUT HER
CLASS PICTURE AND THREW IT IN.
00:50:15.66\00:50:19.16
PAUL SAYS, "I BESEECH
YOU," ROMANS 12:1, "THEREFORE,
00:50:19.16\00:50:24.06
BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES
OF GOD, THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR
00:50:24.06\00:50:27.56
BODIES, YOUR PRESENT
YOURSELF A LIVING SACRIFICE HOLY
00:50:27.56\00:50:31.73
AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD."
00:50:31.73\00:50:33.46
THAT IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE.
00:50:33.46\00:50:36.10
ALL HE WANTS IS YOU,
NOTHING ELSE WILL DO.
00:50:36.10\00:50:39.96
AND HE DOESN'T JUST
WANT A LITTLE, HE WANTS
00:50:39.96\00:50:41.93
ALL OF YOUR HEART.
00:50:41.93\00:50:43.40
IT'S LIKE THAT MAN WHO
FINDS A TREASURE IN THE FIELD,
00:50:43.40\00:50:45.53
HE'S GOTTA SELL EVERYTHING
HE HAS FOR THAT TREASURE.
00:50:45.53\00:50:48.33
THE LORD WANTS ALL OF OUR HEART.
00:50:48.33\00:50:50.96
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, HERE WE ARE
NOW AT THE CONCLUSION OF 2009
00:50:50.96\00:50:54.50
AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS
YEAR HAS BEEN SOMETHING ELSE.
00:50:54.50\00:50:56.83
WE'VE WATCHED AS THE ECONOMY
HAS CAREENED ON THE PRECIPICE
00:50:56.83\00:51:00.16
OF TOTAL
DISASTER, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:51:00.16\00:51:03.33
WE MAY NOT HAVE A JOB BUT WE'RE
STILL HERE, PRAISE GOD, AMEN?
00:51:03.33\00:51:06.96
I MEAN HE'S BEEN GOOD.
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.30
HE SUSTAINED US.
00:51:08.30\00:51:10.20
HE PROVIDES FOR US.
00:51:10.20\00:51:12.30
THE ECONOMY GOES UP AND DOWN
AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES GO
00:51:12.30\00:51:15.03
UP AND DOWN AND THE
STOCK MARKET GOES UP AND DOWN,
00:51:15.03\00:51:18.53
BUT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME.
00:51:18.53\00:51:20.60
AND IF YOU INVEST IN
HIM, YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY.
00:51:20.60\00:51:24.96
YOU KNOW I THOUGHT IT'D BE
APPROPRIATE THAT AS WE CONCLUDE
00:51:24.96\00:51:27.36
OUR SERVICE TODAY, WE
GIVE OURSELVES TO THE LORD.
00:51:27.36\00:51:30.46
OUR SONG IS, TURN IN
YOUR HYMNALS, IT'S 330,
00:51:30.46\00:51:33.40
"TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE."
00:51:33.40\00:51:36.06
TAKE MY LIFE, LORD.
00:51:36.06\00:51:37.26
WE'RE SAYING, LORD,
TAKE MY LIFE, TAKE MY HEART.
00:51:37.26\00:51:39.23
AND WE'RE GONNA BRING OUR
OFFERINGS AS A TANGIBLE SIGN OF
00:51:39.23\00:51:42.80
GIVING OURSELVES HERE AT
THE CONCLUSION OF THIS SERVICE.
00:51:42.80\00:51:45.76
WE HAVE SOME DEACONS THAT ARE
GONNA BRING SOME BASKETS TO THE
00:51:45.76\00:51:47.86
FRONT, IF THEY'D DO THAT
NOW, OR THE USHERS WHEREVER.
00:51:47.86\00:51:51.83
HOPE WE DIDN'T
FORGET THE BASKETS.
00:51:51.83\00:51:53.53
THERE WE GO.
00:51:53.53\00:51:54.66
GOOD PASTOR HAROLD,
HE'S A SERVANT, AMEN?
00:51:54.66\00:51:58.30
AND I THINK THEY'LL HAVE
ONE UPSTAIRS THEY'RE BRINGING UP
00:51:58.30\00:52:00.23
THERE NOW.
00:52:00.23\00:52:01.50
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO BRING OUR GIFTS INSTEAD
00:52:01.50\00:52:06.10
OF IT BEING COLLECTED.
00:52:06.10\00:52:07.23
AND IN DOING THIS I'D LIKE FOR
YOU TO ASK, AND SAY, "LORD, NOT
00:52:07.23\00:52:11.10
ONLY AM I BRINGING AN OFFERING,
REALLY I'M OFFERING MY HEART,
00:52:11.10\00:52:13.53
I'M OFFERING MY SOUL."
00:52:13.53\00:52:15.60
[MUSIC] ? TAKE MY LIFE ?
00:52:15.60\00:52:20.30
? AND LET IT BE ? ?
CONSECRATED, LORD, TO THEE ?
00:52:20.30\00:52:30.16
? TAKE MY HANDS ?
? AND LET THEM MOVE ?
00:52:30.16\00:52:36.20
? AT THE IMPULSE OF THY LOVE
? ? AT THE IMPULSE OF THY LOVE ?
00:52:36.20\00:52:49.83
? TAKE MY FEET ? ?
AND LET THEM BE SWIFT ?
00:52:49.83\00:52:57.00
? AND BEAUTIFUL FOR
THEE ? ? TAKE MY VOICE ?
00:52:57.00\00:53:04.60
? AND LET ME SING ? ?
ALWAYS ONLY FOR MY KING ?
00:53:04.60\00:53:14.20
? ALWAYS ONLY FOR MY KING ?
>> YOU FEEL A BLESSING WHEN YOU
00:53:14.20\00:53:24.53
GIVE YOUR HEART TO THE LORD,
YOU FEEL A BLESSING WHEN YOU
00:53:24.53\00:53:27.46
BRING YOUR GIFTS TO THE LORD.
00:53:27.46\00:53:30.60
AND YOU KNOW WHEN JESUS CAME
INTO OUR WORLD, HE DIDN'T SAY,
00:53:30.60\00:53:32.90
"I WANT YOU TO
COME UP TO WHERE I AM."
00:53:32.90\00:53:35.06
HE SAID, "I AM GOING
TO COME TO WHERE YOU ARE."
00:53:35.06\00:53:38.43
SO THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPECIAL.
00:53:38.43\00:53:40.20
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR
ME THAT WE BRING OUR OFFERINGS
00:53:40.20\00:53:44.30
TO THE LORD, THAT'S
WHAT THE WISE MEN DID, RIGHT?
00:53:44.30\00:53:47.56
THEY WENT A LONG WAY TO BRING
THEIR OFFERINGS TO THE LORD
00:53:47.56\00:53:51.96
AND SO THAT'S WHY
WE DO IT THIS WAY.
00:53:51.96\00:53:54.26
YOU KNOW I'D JUST LIKE TO
ASK ONCE AGAIN AS WE CONCLUDE.
00:53:54.26\00:53:58.36
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY, "LORD,
BY YOUR GRACE, HELP ME TO LIVE
00:53:58.36\00:54:01.10
A LIFE THAT PRODUCES,
A LIFE THAT GIVES TO THEE
00:54:01.10\00:54:04.66
AND TO MY FELLOW MAN.
00:54:04.66\00:54:05.80
HELP ME TO BE YOUR
SERVANT, TAKE MY HEART"?
00:54:05.80\00:54:08.63
IS THAT YOUR PRAYER, FRIENDS?
00:54:08.63\00:54:10.63
LET'S ASK HIM
TOGETHER AS WE CLOSE.
00:54:10.63\00:54:14.20
FATHER IN HEAVEN, LORD, WE
AGAIN ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU
00:54:14.20\00:54:19.20
SO LOVED US THAT YOU GAVE,
THAT IN GIVING YOUR SON, HE ALSO
00:54:19.20\00:54:25.53
TOOK THAT PILGRIMAGE ACROSS
THE COSMOS TO COME TO THIS
00:54:25.53\00:54:28.53
LITTLE PLANET TO SAVE THESE
REBELLIOUS, SELFISH CREATURES
00:54:28.53\00:54:32.33
DOWN, DOWN HERE, LORD,
AND TO GIVE US NEW HEARTS,
00:54:32.33\00:54:35.56
HEARTS OF LOVE.
00:54:35.56\00:54:37.23
HELP US TO COOPERATE WITH YOUR
SPIRIT, TO HAVE THOSE HEARTS,
00:54:37.23\00:54:40.43
LORD.
00:54:40.43\00:54:41.53
HELP US TO STARVE AND TO RESIST
OUR NATURAL INCLINATION TO BE
00:54:41.53\00:54:44.56
GRASPING AND SELFISH AND
HOARDING, AND I PRAY THAT
00:54:44.56\00:54:47.63
YOU'LL HELP US TO HAVE THE MIND
AND THE HEART OF JESUS TO LIVE
00:54:47.63\00:54:50.83
LIVES OF SERVICE
AND LOVE AND GENEROSITY.
00:54:50.83\00:54:54.33
WE PRAY THAT WE CAN
DO THIS FROM OUR SPIRIT.
00:54:54.33\00:54:57.03
HELP US TO DO
IT, LORD, CHEERFULLY.
00:54:57.03\00:54:59.53
HELP US TO DO IT DISCREETLY
AND WILLINGLY AND I PRAY, LORD,
00:54:59.53\00:55:03.46
THEN WE'LL SEE, NOT ONLY IN THE
WORLD TO COME, BUT EVEN IN THIS
00:55:03.46\00:55:06.93
LIFE, THAT YOU WILL OPENLY
BLESS YOUR PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
00:55:06.93\00:55:10.60
OUR LOVE AND OUR GIVING.
00:55:10.60\00:55:13.00
BE WITH US NOW THROUGH THIS
SABBATH DAY AND THROUGH THIS
00:55:13.00\00:55:16.16
WEEK, ESPECIALLY DURING
THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AS MANY ARE
00:55:16.16\00:55:19.23
TRAVELING, WE FELLOWSHIP WITH
FAMILIES, HELP US TO BE YOUR
00:55:19.23\00:55:21.80
REPRESENTATIVES.
00:55:21.80\00:55:23.56
WE PRAY THAT ALL WE DO WILL
BRING GLORY TO YOUR NAME AND WE
00:55:23.56\00:55:26.46
ASK THIS FOR
CHRIST'S SAKE, AMEN.
00:55:26.46\00:55:30.93
>> HELLO FRIENDS,
I'M DOUG BATCHELOR.
00:55:30.93\00:55:33.16
FOR MORE THAN 40
YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
00:55:33.16\00:55:36.60
A MINISTRY OF EVANGELISM,
REACHING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE,
00:55:36.60\00:55:41.23
CHANGING LIVES WITH A
POWERFUL MESSAGE OF HOPE
00:55:41.23\00:55:44.03
AND PURPOSE FOUND IN THE BIBLE.
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AS DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, WE HERE
AT AMAZING FACTS HAVE ACCEPTED
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THE GREAT COMMISSION CHALLENGE
TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS
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THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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WHAT BEGAN AS A 15-MINUTE
RADIO PROGRAM HAS BEEN BLESSED
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BY GOD TO GROW INTO A
MULTIFACETED INTERNATIONAL
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MEDIA MINISTRY.
00:56:03.46\00:56:05.06
THESE ARE TRULY EXCITING TIMES,
YET WE CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS
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WITHOUT YOUR
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
00:56:08.86\00:56:11.66
>> THE AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
A HUGE CORNERSTONE IN MY WHOLE
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CONVERSION EXPERIENCE
AND MY WALK WITH CHRIST.
00:56:15.23\00:56:18.13
>> INVESTING IN
AMAZING FACTS IS A NO-BRAINER.
00:56:18.13\00:56:21.63
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN ETERNITY.
00:56:21.63\00:56:23.10
>> I'M SO THANKFUL FOR WHAT'S
HAPPENING AT AMAZING FACTS.
00:56:23.10\00:56:25.50
IT'S CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:56:25.50\00:56:27.23
>> AMAZING FACTS HAS TOUCHED MY
LIFE IN WAYS THAT I CAN'T EVEN
00:56:27.23\00:56:30.33
EXPLAIN.
00:56:30.33\00:56:31.53
>> WE ARE A PART
OF GOD'S GREATER PLAN.
00:56:31.53\00:56:34.90
>> INVESTMENT IN AMAZING
FACTS IS ACTUALLY AN INVESTMENT
00:56:34.90\00:56:38.20
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:56:38.20\00:56:39.90
>> I'M A PRODUCT OF THE
GIFTS THAT SOMEONE HAS GIVEN.
00:56:39.90\00:56:43.90
>> I'M ONE CHANGED LIFE.
00:56:43.90\00:56:45.56
>> I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME.
00:56:45.56\00:56:47.23
>> THOUSANDS OF LOST SOULS
ARE COMING TO KNOW JESUS AND ARE
00:56:47.23\00:56:50.13
BEING TRANSFORMED
INTO HIS LIKENESS.
00:56:50.13\00:56:52.96
THOUSANDS MORE ARE EXPERIENCING
NEW DEPTH IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP
00:56:52.96\00:56:56.26
WITH CHRIST.
00:56:56.26\00:56:58.43
WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH
CONTINUED PRAYER, TRUST IN GOD
00:56:58.43\00:57:01.53
AND OUR SACRIFICIAL GIVING,
THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS MESSAGE
00:57:01.53\00:57:04.80
OF HOPE AROUND THE
WORLD TO ONE AND TO ALL.
00:57:04.80\00:57:11.03
>> HOW MUCH MORE
EXCITING CAN IT BE THAN THAT?
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