Welcome back to our
seminar entitled "It's Coming."
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We are so happy to see
each and every one of you
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whether you are here
physically with us or watching
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from someplace around
America or around the world.
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Thank you so much for tuning
in, it's amazing that we are
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actually one more night
Pr. McGill, only one more
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evening, not tomorrow night
though, Friday night will be our
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next presentation and then
Sabbath morning at 11:15 noon,
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and so Pr. McGill
where are we right now?
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We are in night,
you remember the night?
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We are at night
13. That's right.
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We are actually at the Pleasant
Hill Seventh Day Adventist
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Church in
beautiful San Francisco.
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And so tonight's presentation
is called "Making Ends Meet"
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and I'm excited to know what
that presentation is all about.
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If you are joining us or want
to learn more about previous
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presentations, go to
the website, ITS-COMING.COM
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and there you download previous
lessons or watch previous
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presentations. What else
can we do at the website?
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We want to encourage
you to download the lessons,
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all the lessons are there and
tomorrow's lesson is going to be
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Lesson 14, you want to make
sure to download or take it home
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or if you are on
campus, take it home with you
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read through it, answer the
questions and bring them back
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and on Friday, not tomorrow,
but Friday Pr. John Lomacang
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will be
answering those questions.
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So make sure you bring
those back. Also, on the website
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you can turn in your questions,
any questions that you may have
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and at the 6:30 mark,
we have a Q&A that has been
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live-streamed and we
will want to encourage you to
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return those questions
so they can get answered.
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We also want to make sure that
you can write them down here
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in the index card in the
back in the registration booth
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you can do that and
turn it in that way as well.
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Well at this time we are blessed
to have Pr McGill Verases sing
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"Great Is Thy Faithfulness".
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Great is thy
faithfulness Oh God my Father
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There is no shadow
of turning with Thee
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Thou changest not, Thy
compassions they fail not;
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as Thou hast been,
Thou forever will be.
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by
morning new mercies I see;
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all I have needed
Thy hand hath provided:
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great is Thy
faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
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"Music"
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Pardon for sin and
a peace that endureth,
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Thine own dear
presence to cheer and to guide;
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strength for today and
bright hope for tomorrow:
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blessings all mine,
with ten thousand beside!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by
morning new mercies I see;
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all I have needed
Thy hand hath provided:
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great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness,
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great is Thy
faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
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Amen!
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Clapping.
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God is faithful is He not?
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Great is Thy faithfulness.
Thank you, Pr. McGill.
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Thank you, Tim.
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We're planning on singing
Sabbath morning together.
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We'll do a Trio.
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And we're looking forward
to God just giving us all the
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strength we need.
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Let's go tonight to the
Lord in prayer as we talk about
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How, in the many ways
God is always faithful.
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Father in Heaven, we
thank you for your faithfulness.
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When we wake up
tomorrow Your mercies are new
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every morning and Your
faithfulness is always great.
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Father, tonight as we
talk about that faithfulness
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in the sense of how
You desire to bless us.
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May we be tuned into
what the Spirit has to say
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and may Your word come
alive and find fertile soil
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in our hearts that we may
experience Your faithfulness.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Tonight's topic is
"Making Ends Meet."
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What is the topic tonight?
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Making Ends Meet. In this
economy that is a big question.
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How do we make ends meet
in a world where financially
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everything is unpredictable,
everything is unstable.
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The one thing I am glad
for tonight is that the economy
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of God is not based
on the economy of man.
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God's economy we will
find ist far more fluid
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and stable than any
economy that man could ever
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bolster or create.
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Let's allow God's word
to speak to us tonight.
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Question number one.
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How beautiful the passage is.
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Let's start tonight
by saying this together.
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Genesis 1:1
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As creator, God is
the rightful owner.
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Everything animate and inanimate
comes from the almighty hand
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of God. Creation cannot exist
without the sustaining power
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of the almighty God.
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You know it's amazing, we talked
about this a few nights ago
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how the earth is exactly
the right distance from the sun
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as it needs to be so
that we don't burn up or
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freeze to death and the
oxygen mix with the nitrogen
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O2 is the right mixture so that
we all can exist on this planet.
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I'm not a scientist but I am
so glad that God knew exactly
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what to do to sustain His
creation. Can you say Amen?
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So because of the creative power
of God, He is the rightful owner
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of all that touches this planet.
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Question number two.
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Tonight the scripture is
going to come alive when we
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look at God and all of
His beautiful perspective
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of His power and His glory.
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Job 41:11 This is
amazing. Who has preceded Me
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that I should pay him?
God has said who is before Me
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that I should give him anything?
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Everything under heaven,
say it together, is Mine.
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Isn't that a
wonderful scripture?
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The Lord says who was here
before me that I should pay him?
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Nobody!
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You see friends, God alone
is the Alpha and what else?
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the Omega. It began with
God it is going to end with God.
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He was there when it got
started, He's going to be there
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when it ends and then He's
going to make all things new.
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He is the Alpha and
the Omega, that's why the
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Psalmist testifies as he does.
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How does the Psalmist
describe God's ownership?
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By the way that's
Psalm 21 and 24:1.
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I saw that myself and I thought
that's the wise man Solomon.
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David was the one
that made that statement.
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Psalm 24:1
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So when we look at the earth...
I know that recently there's
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been a race to go out to space,
I think Elon Musk was one of
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those racing and Richard
Branson was the other one
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I believe it was, no Elon Musk
he was one and Richard Branson
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was the other one, they
both trying to get people to
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outer space to look back.
I'm looking forward to the day
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when we could all go to outer
space and not have to look back.
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We'll be able to see this
gorgeous planet and all of it's
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gorgeous surroundings,
every one of the stars
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as Astronomers said...Every
one of the stars that we see
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potentially represent a galaxy.
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The scientists are saying
there are hundreds of billions
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of galaxies. And by the
way, I'm what you call an
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amateur astronomer
and I discovered something
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very interesting...What we
see in most of our Astronomy
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pictures scientists say are just
where they aimed the telescopes.
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There are black holes that
they have not yet even aimed
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a telescope at, so they
haven't really seen all of
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God's creation, but God
owns everything created.
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Can you say Amen?
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How amazing, the globe,
the earth just sits out there
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like God has strings holding
it but it's all upheld by
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the mighty hand of God.
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How does God
count His livestock?
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Psalm 50:10
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God counts His cattle by
hills. Ahh come on you dead ones
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say something. God
counts His cattle by hills.
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So when we look around the
beautiful hills of California
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the mountains of northern
and the mountains of southern
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and we see any cattle, God says,
not only is that cattle mine
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but hill is mine.
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You heard the story about
that little boy that was arguing
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with another little kid and
they were...one was well-off
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and the other wasn't and
the little boy that was well-off
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he said you see that boat,
that boat belongs to my dad.
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And the little kid
couldn't say anything because
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his dad didn't have it.
But do you see that mansion
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on that hill? That
mansion is my dad's.
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The little boy felt crushed,
he said you see that plane
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it just flew
overhead, that's my dad's plane.
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And that little boy just
got some gumption and he said
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you know what? That water
that your dad's boat is on
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that's my dad's water.
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That hill that your father's
mansion is on, that's my dad's
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hill, that sky that your
father's plane is flying in,
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that's my dad's
sky. Come on, say Amen.
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God owns everything.
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You see number five, the Bible
provides, the Bible proves...
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Psalms 19: 1-3...
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That's why we like
living where we live.
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We live out in the country
and you know sometimes it gets
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so dark, you could be
walking down the country road
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and feel like you are standing
still, because there's no light
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to even give you a reference,
it feels like we are floating
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in space So whenever they
say there is going to be a star
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shower or tonight you will
be able to see Jupiter or Venus
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clearly, we stay up
because we can see it.
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Can you imagine how the heavens
declare the glory of God?
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One thing I haven't yet
seen is the Northern Lights.
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And somebody invited us to
Alaska, later on, I'm hoping
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to be able to see that.
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God's creation always testifies
of His creative ability
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creation reveals God's glory.
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And number six.
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Well, let's let the prophet
tell us. Jeremiah 32:27...
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Friends, is there
anything too hard for God?
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Oh no, the toughest for God,
there is something hard for God,
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the hardest thing for God
is to move the human heart
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that has been hardened.
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That's the
hardest thing for God.
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The hardened human
heart. God can create galaxies
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at the snap of His finger
or the whisper of His voice
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but the hardest thing to do
is move the heart of a human
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when their heart
has been hardened.
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Isn't that amazing?
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We find also in Hebrews 1:10...
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When I look at the stars
and we have this telescope
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now that I want to use
more but every now and then
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I would say what is that?
and then I would go on my I-Pad
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and you know it has a way to
align the heavens with the I-Pad
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technology is amazing, we
see things that one day we'll
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be able to walk by, we'll
be able to fly by that one day
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and say, I know what that
is, I've seen that on my iPad.
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God established
earth's foundation.
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That's a picture the
scientist say of the Milky Way
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and of a galaxy. There
are billions of those and
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I would not put it past
God as Hebrews one says.
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He created the world, I
would not put it past God
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that we are not the only ones
that ever had the form of life
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on it. One day we will find out.
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But I want to tell you
this, they're not aliens,
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why would an alien want
to come down here and risk
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getting robbed?
Or getting beat up?
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Why would aliens want
to come down here and deal
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with this mess? There are
no aliens, that's a bunch of
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hullabaloo.
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Number 7. Haggai 2:8
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The what is mine? Silver
is Mine and the Gold is Mine
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says the Lord of hosts.
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So when you see Silver
and Gold, God created it...
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God is the source of all wealth.
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When you see Silver, God
created it, that's what I said
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last night. Heaven will
be made of precious stones,
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all of those stones were created
by God. But let me reiterate.
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God does not adorn His
children with precious stones
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He adorns them with
His righteous character.
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The New Jerusalem
which is the Bride of Christ
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when John in Revelation 21 says,
show me the bride of Christ
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and He showed me the
New Jerusalem prepared as a
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bride adorned for her husband
and then in Revelation 21
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He describes all the
precious foundations,
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all created by God. God
is the source of all wealth.
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Number 8.
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I don't even have to
give you a scripture because
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we're messed up, always
trust God more than you trust
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yourself. I Timothy 6:7.
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My mother-in-law used to
say, Angie's mom would say
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look in the hand of a baby.
She worked with a lot of babies,
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look in the hand of a baby and
see what he has or what she has
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when they come into the
world. If they have nothing,
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then that's all
they are taking out.
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Absolutely nothing.
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So don't get possessed
by the things around you.
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We brought nothing in, the
only thing we are taking out
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is our character.
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Number 9.
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Ecclesiastes 5:19.
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Everything that you were able to
attain by your job, your health,
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your wealth, God allows
you to have that, let that be
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the Gift of God but don't
let those things be in control
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of you as we see very clearly.
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And the word power
there simply means, health
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the word the
Wealth means sustenance
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because in earthly terms,
wealth means a lot but in divine
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application wealth means all
the things you are sustained by.
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And don't miss this,
God is not against wealth.
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It is the love of money
that is the root of all evil,
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not money itself,
don't paint money as bad,
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if you have money you
don't like, give it to me
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because in that realm of
money nothing wrong with wealth.
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It's the human heart that causes
the human heart to change.
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Number 10.
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You know Abraham was
blessed to be in the presence of
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a king of Salem
called King Melchizedek
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and God so blessed Abraham
that's why the Bible says
00:19:51.85\00:19:55.16
that Jesus is a priest
after the Order of Melchizedek
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Not after the order
of Aaron or the Levites,
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the Levitical Priests
had a beginning and an end
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but Jesus is a Priest
after the Order of Melchizedek.
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we read that in
the book of Hebrews.
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So when God was blessing Abraham
Abraham blessed Melchizedek.
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We find this in Genesis
14:20 and how did He do it?
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The Bible says...
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This is what
Melchizedek said to Abraham.
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Abraham blessed Melchizedek
because Melchizedek recognized
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God's blessings
in Abraham's life.
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Number 11.
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Leviticus 27:32, by the
way tonight I'm talking about
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a topic that no
preacher has a problem with.
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Did you hear what I said?
00:20:57.52\00:20:59.89
I don't matter what your
denomination, there are no
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preachers that have a
problem preaching about money
00:21:02.89\00:21:05.09
have you noticed that?
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Some of them for selfish reasons
but tonight we are putting it in
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perspective
according to God's Word.
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Leviticus 27:32.
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What they did in those days
is when the flock was coming
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in from the field, the
shepherd he held out a staff
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and they would count, 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, okay
00:21:32.49\00:21:38.43
this one belongs to the
Lord as the flock passed by
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that's what that means.
Whatever passes under the rod
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the tenth one shall
be holy unto the Lord.
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So, the tithe means one-tenth.
What does it mean friends?
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One tenth.
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But let me help you understand
how the Seventh-day-Adventist
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Church is organized
because some people think,
00:21:55.11\00:21:57.65
and I met people that
say Pr. John, what do you do
00:21:57.68\00:22:00.15
with all that money that
people bring to the church?
00:22:00.18\00:22:02.12
You know what friends,
Pastor McGill, Pastor Mitch,
00:22:02.15\00:22:04.49
and I and all Adventist
pastors, we get a check either
00:22:04.52\00:22:07.56
once a month or twice a month
in the mail or direct deposit.
00:22:07.59\00:22:11.06
There could be five people
in church or 500, our check
00:22:11.09\00:22:15.16
does not go up or
down because we're in this
00:22:15.20\00:22:18.33
for the TRUTH, not the money.
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Come on Miguel, say Amen.
00:22:21.34\00:22:22.67
If you know how much we make,
you know we are not is this
00:22:22.70\00:22:24.97
for the money. We ain't
driving to church in no Bentley.
00:22:25.01\00:22:28.34
If you want to give us one,
that's fine, there's nothing
00:22:28.38\00:22:31.65
wrong with a Bentley but
the point of the matter is
00:22:31.68\00:22:34.12
we are not in this
for the financial aspects,
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we're in this for
the divine blessings.
00:22:36.32\00:22:37.92
So let's follow the
blessings quickly here.
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The Blessing starts
with us. Say that with me?
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.49
The Blessing starts with
us. I want you to follow this.
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When everyone
gives, every need is met.
00:22:46.43\00:22:52.73
Let me go back to that
slide in just a moment here.
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.10
You find two
people a male and a female
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and then we have PH for
Pleasant Hill SDA Church
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Follow The
Blessing as I unfold this.
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When Everyone
Gives, Every Need is Met.
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That's how your church operates,
it has a monthly budget
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and the tithe and offering
that comes in is directed
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all of the tithe go to the
Conference, but remember this,
00:23:12.09\00:23:16.79
The truth about
Tithing is We don't pay Tithe,
00:23:16.83\00:23:20.36
we do what? We Return Tithe
00:23:20.40\00:23:24.43
because it doesn't belong to us.
00:23:24.47\00:23:26.94
One-tenth of your
income does not belong to you,
00:23:26.97\00:23:30.04
let's follow the
blessing, here it is.
00:23:30.07\00:23:31.81
So, let's look at
the start together.
00:23:31.84\00:23:34.48
So when a person at church
at the Pleasantville SDA Church
00:23:34.51\00:23:38.08
returns a tithe and offerings
those tithes go from here
00:23:38.11\00:23:41.75
to Northern California
Conference which is in
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Roseville. Am I right? The
conference is the office that is
00:23:44.82\00:23:51.16
over all of the SDA Churches
in the Northern California area.
00:23:51.19\00:23:54.46
That's what the conference
means. Northern California
00:23:54.50\00:23:57.97
Conference, from there a
portion of the tithe goes to the
00:23:58.00\00:24:02.27
Pacific Union. That's
up and down the west coast
00:24:02.30\00:24:05.21
including Washington,
Oregon, and part of Hawaii.
00:24:05.24\00:24:08.11
Notice its expanding,
it's getting larger and larger
00:24:08.14\00:24:10.65
a portion of the tithe
that went from one then go to
00:24:10.68\00:24:13.48
the next one. From the
Pacific Union it goes to the
00:24:13.52\00:24:16.12
North America Division,
its getting larger and larger.
00:24:16.15\00:24:18.29
That's all the
churches in North America,
00:24:18.32\00:24:20.12
all the work taking
place in North America and from
00:24:20.16\00:24:23.59
North America it goes
to the General Conference
00:24:23.63\00:24:25.79
which takes care of
the work not only at the
00:24:25.83\00:24:28.10
General Conference level but
all the work around the entire
00:24:28.13\00:24:31.80
world and we have 13 divisions.
So what happens is when you give
00:24:31.83\00:24:37.87
the work in the
Philippines can be sustained,
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.14
where they don't have the
kind of income, the work in
00:24:40.18\00:24:43.38
New Guinea or certain
parts of other countries and in
00:24:43.41\00:24:46.21
the Middle East where
they don't have pastors,
00:24:46.25\00:24:48.48
schools, hospitals, it
filters down from one location
00:24:48.52\00:24:53.92
to the other. That's why I said
the blessing starts with us,
00:24:53.96\00:24:56.83
if we don't give then all
these entities begin to wane
00:24:56.86\00:25:01.50
and ultimately the work
that has taken place through the
00:25:01.53\00:25:05.20
General Conference,
it doesn't continue.
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.84
So let's look at
this more specifically.
00:25:07.87\00:25:10.01
Number 12.
00:25:10.04\00:25:13.34
Malachi 3:10
00:25:13.38\00:25:15.14
I could stop right here
and tell you story after story,
00:25:34.36\00:25:38.10
after story, about how God
blesses those who are faithful.
00:25:38.13\00:25:43.97
I am tempted to do it
but I might to do it at the
00:25:44.01\00:25:48.74
end if I have more time.
00:25:48.78\00:25:50.11
God is amazing but I want
to cover the scriptures first
00:25:50.15\00:25:52.91
I could always hear the stories
later. My point friends is
00:25:52.95\00:25:55.82
God blesses the
faithful. Say that with me.
00:25:55.85\00:25:58.89
God blesses the faithful.
00:25:58.92\00:26:01.02
It begins with you, your
faithfulness moves the hand
00:26:01.06\00:26:05.59
of God just like a parent
where the child is behaving,
00:26:05.63\00:26:10.37
a child that behaves and can
be trusted, the parent is open
00:26:10.40\00:26:13.84
to bless that child. But I
doubt that very many parents
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.20
put money in the hands of
a kid that they know is just
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.74
haphazard or cannot be trusted.
00:26:18.77\00:26:20.78
In the very same way, our
Heavenly Father will not give
00:26:20.81\00:26:24.41
anything to harm you, He
would not give you more than
00:26:24.45\00:26:28.42
you can handle. That's
why some people should not be
00:26:28.45\00:26:30.79
playing the
lottery. Amen, somebody.
00:26:30.82\00:26:33.02
A lady called me once
and she said Pr. Lomacang,
00:26:33.05\00:26:36.52
I've been trying to find
ways of helping my church
00:26:36.56\00:26:38.86
but every time I play
the lottery, I never win.
00:26:38.89\00:26:41.50
I said, well then
stop playing the lottery.
00:26:41.53\00:26:44.47
God does not support lottery
playing, that's gambling.
00:26:44.50\00:26:48.87
We're not blessed by gambling,
we're blessed by God's plan.
00:26:48.90\00:26:53.84
Amen! Amen!
00:26:53.88\00:26:55.21
You're faithful,
God will bless you.
00:26:55.24\00:26:56.71
Man, I could tell you some
stories, I'll put a few of them
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.61
in a minute when I see
the time getting later.
00:26:58.65\00:27:00.52
Number 13.
00:27:00.55\00:27:02.22
Malachi 3: 11-12
00:27:06.12\00:27:08.26
Here is the
promise that God has made.
00:27:29.08\00:27:33.82
Say that together.
00:27:33.85\00:27:35.18
I heard the story about a farmer
once, there was a locust swarm
00:27:37.82\00:27:41.22
that came through and all
the farms around got eaten up.
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.19
But one farmer didn't,
they said what happened,
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.83
how come they
didn't eat your farm?
00:27:46.86\00:27:48.53
But God provided safety
for my farm, they said how?
00:27:48.56\00:27:52.57
And he told them how.
00:27:52.60\00:27:54.14
A couple of years later a
swarm came through and also ate
00:27:54.17\00:27:57.47
his farm and they
said what happened?
00:27:57.51\00:27:59.64
God decided that
they were that hungry.
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.54
God decided that this
time they were that hungry.
00:28:01.58\00:28:06.98
And He said it belongs to
God, He can do with it whatever
00:28:07.02\00:28:10.22
He wants. Amen, somebody!
00:28:10.25\00:28:11.72
So don't get connected there
but I'm going to tell you this
00:28:11.75\00:28:14.09
we've had stories where
our car would've broken down
00:28:14.12\00:28:17.39
but it didn't break down because
we were faithful in giving God.
00:28:17.43\00:28:22.76
I was a young pastor up in
the mountains of Weaverville
00:28:22.80\00:28:25.13
and I tell you when I left the
bay area, my salary went down
00:28:25.17\00:28:30.44
from $1,000 a
month to $500 a month
00:28:30.47\00:28:32.81
I know somebody said that's
bad, $375 was my car payment
00:28:32.84\00:28:39.98
you do the math.
00:28:40.02\00:28:41.42
Seventy-five was my car
insurance, you do the math.
00:28:41.48\00:28:46.15
It's gone real quick. So
one Sabbath morning this young
00:28:46.19\00:28:49.82
pastor decided I'm going
to help God out but he needed
00:28:49.86\00:28:51.89
to help me out. So, I
went into the small church and
00:28:51.93\00:28:55.66
I said Lord, I need to
pay my car insurance on Monday
00:28:55.70\00:28:58.73
if not, they are going
to cancel my insurance.
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.40
So I made up my mind that
I was not going to return my
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.47
tithe that morning but as
I was walking down the aisle
00:29:02.50\00:29:05.31
afterward, I heard God say
to me so clearly, If you can
00:29:05.34\00:29:09.31
trust Me, you
cannot speak for me.
00:29:09.34\00:29:11.15
And I sat on that rostrum
pulled out my checkbook and I
00:29:11.18\00:29:17.59
kinda did one of these things.
Okay, God, I'm writing the
00:29:17.62\00:29:22.29
check. I put that check in that
plate and I preached like the
00:29:22.32\00:29:28.86
world was coming to an end
at 12:30 cause I felt clear.
00:29:28.90\00:29:33.30
That night I was on my
way to the Post Office,
00:29:33.34\00:29:35.64
you have to get your
mail in the mountains.
00:29:35.67\00:29:37.74
I went to Weaverville
Post Office and got our mail
00:29:37.77\00:29:41.14
that night and as we got
out mail there was one envelope
00:29:41.18\00:29:43.58
somebody sent me something
in an envelope, I didn't even
00:29:43.61\00:29:46.35
know who it was, who was that?
00:29:46.38\00:29:48.35
First when we opened
the envelope it was a check
00:29:48.38\00:29:50.89
for $238. Let me
give you the math.
00:29:50.92\00:29:53.39
That morning I returned
a $75 tithe to the church
00:29:53.42\00:29:57.99
and offering and that
night the Lord gave me 238,
00:29:58.03\00:30:01.50
you do the math.
00:30:01.53\00:30:02.86
Seventy-five and 75 is 150
and 75 is 225 and God gave me
00:30:02.90\00:30:06.23
$13 extra dollars
just for the fun of it.
00:30:06.27\00:30:08.10
Let me tell you
something friends, on that check
00:30:08.14\00:30:11.37
in the Memo section, I
would have been terribly guilty
00:30:11.41\00:30:15.51
if I had not been
faithful, was written by people
00:30:15.54\00:30:18.18
I never met,
because you are faithful.
00:30:18.21\00:30:20.88
I would have felt like a dog
if I decided not to trust God.
00:30:20.92\00:30:29.19
Did I know that
that envelope was there?
00:30:29.22\00:30:31.33
Absolutely not. But God
did. In that very same church
00:30:31.36\00:30:35.23
when my wife and I were
down, we were scraping to get by
00:30:35.26\00:30:37.57
but we never went without.
00:30:37.60\00:30:38.93
One Sunday morning me and
my wife, we had family members
00:30:38.97\00:30:41.54
come to visit with us.
Coming New York, I think it was
00:30:41.57\00:30:44.77
and there were three of them
and we hardly had enough food
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.71
for just us and I'm
praying in the living room.
00:30:47.74\00:30:50.75
Lord, you know we don't
have a lot in the cupboard
00:30:50.78\00:30:53.28
what am I going
to do? As I'm praying
00:30:53.31\00:30:55.68
(knocking) Hold on.
Lord, you don't know,
00:30:55.72\00:30:58.69
I mean hold on. Lord. Hold on.
00:30:58.72\00:31:02.49
And I was just praying...
A church member that drove
00:31:02.52\00:31:08.20
over the mountains
from Hayfork to Weaverville
00:31:08.23\00:31:12.13
early in the morning...Now
if you know about the mountain,
00:31:12.17\00:31:14.57
you know what I
am talking about.
00:31:14.60\00:31:15.94
They said this morning when
I got up the Lord said to me
00:31:15.97\00:31:19.07
as I was having my
devotions, Pr. John has a need.
00:31:19.11\00:31:21.98
Here's a hundred dollars,
He told me to give his to you.
00:31:22.01\00:31:24.75
God, I got to stop...I'm going
to teary eyed up here tonight.
00:31:24.78\00:31:30.22
I could tell you stories of
how God held back the mountain
00:31:30.25\00:31:35.32
of financial responsibility
just because we decided
00:31:35.36\00:31:39.19
to give God what
belongs to Him. Amen somebody.
00:31:39.23\00:31:41.70
That's just the
beginning. I could man.
00:31:41.73\00:31:44.90
My, you stay for a half an
hour, I'll tell you nineteen
00:31:44.93\00:31:49.10
stories. Sorry
about those of you online.
00:31:49.14\00:31:52.64
God is faithful,
can we say Amen to God?
00:31:52.67\00:31:55.28
When they didn't,
this is what the Lord said.
00:32:02.78\00:32:07.26
Malachi 3:9
00:32:07.29\00:32:08.62
I talked about how God protects
but when you are not faithful
00:32:14.96\00:32:19.37
God will remove His protection.
00:32:22.27\00:32:25.47
I've had people say I
can't afford to return tithe.
00:32:25.51\00:32:28.54
And I say, you know
what, you can't afford not to.
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.88
You will never know how
powerful God is until you
00:32:30.91\00:32:35.02
decide to test Him.
00:32:35.05\00:32:36.75
When you put God to
the test, you might say but
00:32:36.79\00:32:39.29
this is all I have. You
don't think He knows that?
00:32:39.32\00:32:41.26
Remember the story of the
widow and her son and Elisha?
00:32:41.29\00:32:44.83
She said I just have
enough to eat one meal and
00:32:44.86\00:32:47.56
we're going to just die.
He said give it to me first.
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.27
And she was never without
oil and never without meal
00:32:50.30\00:32:54.04
until the famine passed.
00:32:54.07\00:32:55.40
You don't need to get evidence
of God, it's called faith
00:32:55.44\00:33:00.41
when you don't trust
God look at what happens.
00:33:00.44\00:33:02.78
Follow the curse.
The curse starts with us.
00:33:02.81\00:33:08.68
When the member of Pleasant
Hill decide not to give,
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.72
then nothing goes to the
Northern California Conference.
00:33:11.75\00:33:15.86
When nothing goes to the
Northern California Conference
00:33:15.89\00:33:18.73
it'll shut down eventually
and so will the Pacific Union.
00:33:18.76\00:33:22.56
And the Pacific Union
getting nothing from the
00:33:22.60\00:33:24.87
Northern California Conference
can't send anything to the
00:33:24.90\00:33:27.60
North American Division.
00:33:27.64\00:33:29.17
And the North American Division
all of its work will fade
00:33:29.20\00:33:31.91
and there will be nothing to
send to the General Conference.
00:33:31.94\00:33:34.94
And what would happen?
The world-wide work would end.
00:33:34.98\00:33:38.41
But it starts with you, churches
take up tithe and offering
00:33:38.45\00:33:44.82
differently but whatever
way they do it, it's your
00:33:44.85\00:33:48.46
responsibility to see
that God receives from you what
00:33:48.49\00:33:52.56
He entrusts to you.
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.03
You know tithing and offering
is the least that any Christian
00:33:54.06\00:33:58.13
should do to show their
appreciation to God, right?
00:33:58.17\00:34:01.04
It's the least, how
many of you pay your bills?
00:34:01.07\00:34:04.41
Don't raise your hands.
Cause some of you may not
00:34:04.44\00:34:06.84
raise your hands. And we live
in debt generally as a society
00:34:06.88\00:34:10.45
most people are in debt, they
can't afford to pay their bills.
00:34:10.48\00:34:13.42
If you give God what
belongs to Him, and remember
00:34:13.45\00:34:15.92
you're not paying tithe, you're
returning it. God will handle
00:34:15.95\00:34:18.99
those things that you have
up against you. But keep this
00:34:19.02\00:34:23.32
in mind, even if you return
tithe, don't spend what you
00:34:23.36\00:34:27.10
still have flippantly, God
requires us to be financial
00:34:27.13\00:34:31.47
stewards, learn
how to spend money.
00:34:31.50\00:34:33.80
That's something they
don't teach in school,
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.47
how to spend money. If you
were wise the worldwide work
00:34:35.50\00:34:38.44
will continue. The last
General Conference session
00:34:38.47\00:34:40.88
that was jam-packed,
this was in Texas in 2015.
00:34:40.91\00:34:44.68
If you've never been
to a General Conference
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.48
there were more than
70,000 people there that day.
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.65
Representatives from
around the world, if tithe and
00:34:48.68\00:34:52.69
offering were not returned,
that crowd would not exist.
00:34:52.72\00:34:55.49
The work would cease,
people from all over the planet
00:34:55.52\00:34:59.89
joined us there in San
Antonio, Texas for that
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.96
General
Conference Session in 2015.
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.33
The next one is going to be
in a few more years in St Louis
00:35:05.37\00:35:09.64
I think in 2025. I look
forward to going to that.
00:35:09.67\00:35:13.04
God is good, can you say Amen?
00:35:13.07\00:35:14.54
He wants the church to be united
and the only way that the work
00:35:14.58\00:35:18.65
of God can be continued
and fulfilled is by your
00:35:18.68\00:35:21.55
faithfulness.
00:35:21.58\00:35:22.95
Question number 15
00:35:22.98\00:35:24.32
Nehemiah 10:37
00:35:27.66\00:35:29.99
Back then they didn't
have established companies
00:35:56.02\00:35:58.82
like they do nowadays. So the
Levite Priesthood that worked
00:35:58.85\00:36:02.56
in the temple every
day, the people supported the
00:36:02.59\00:36:05.49
priestly work. That's why our
pastors, they don't say go work
00:36:05.53\00:36:10.10
at Walmart and then
work at church on Sabbath.
00:36:10.13\00:36:12.13
God calls us to dedicate
our full-time to the work of the
00:36:12.17\00:36:15.40
ministry and believe
me, it's not an easy work.
00:36:15.44\00:36:18.07
That's why you got to be
patient with your leadership.
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.24
So, what the Bible is saying
in essence is a portion of that
00:36:20.28\00:36:23.51
tithe supports the pastors
salary and the teacher's salary
00:36:23.55\00:36:28.72
in the church schools and
other allocations for the other
00:36:28.75\00:36:32.29
portions of the tithe. If
you don't give then the teachers
00:36:32.32\00:36:36.32
won't be able to teach
your students and the pastors
00:36:36.36\00:36:38.83
will not be able to
shepherd and guide your church.
00:36:38.86\00:36:42.33
Understanding God's plan is
always best. Can you say Amen?
00:36:42.36\00:36:45.13
Tithing supports
God's work how far?
00:36:45.17\00:36:49.77
World-Wide Work, but it
all begins with where? Us.
00:36:49.80\00:36:55.98
Number 16
00:36:56.01\00:36:57.65
God always makes promises
but what promise has God made?
00:37:02.38\00:37:06.25
I'm looking at the clock
and I have a little bit of time
00:37:06.29\00:37:08.12
because I'm going to
tell you some stories.
00:37:08.16\00:37:09.49
I'm so thankful. Thank you lord
that I have a little extra time
00:37:09.52\00:37:12.73
tonight. I am going to share
with you of God's faithfulness.
00:37:12.76\00:37:14.86
Nothing is better than a
personal testimony, right?
00:37:14.90\00:37:17.17
My wife and I have
been all over the world
00:37:17.20\00:37:20.07
more than 60 countries, I think
I mentioned that a few times.
00:37:20.10\00:37:22.67
We were on our way to Australia,
when we were living here in
00:37:22.70\00:37:25.47
Northern California area and
we went out of the airport in
00:37:25.51\00:37:29.31
San Francisco, we flew
from San Francisco to Sydney,
00:37:29.34\00:37:31.95
Australia, well, it's a
day and a half ahead in time
00:37:31.98\00:37:35.65
so Tuesday here
is Wednesday there.
00:37:35.68\00:37:37.75
If you call from their Wednesday
you call back to our Tuesday
00:37:37.79\00:37:41.22
try to figure that out.
So if you get a call now from
00:37:41.26\00:37:44.93
Australia they're calling
you from tomorrow and they're
00:37:44.96\00:37:47.36
speaking they're speaking
to you from their yesterday.
00:37:47.40\00:37:49.26
That'll mess you up.
00:37:49.30\00:37:51.13
So here we are in Australia
and I was invited to be
00:37:51.17\00:37:54.90
the speaker for a Singles
Seminar. I had all my work
00:37:54.94\00:37:59.87
on my laptop and you know,
you go through all the security
00:37:59.91\00:38:02.64
at the airport, and I
went through all the security
00:38:02.68\00:38:04.48
at the airport at San Francisco
International and on the plane
00:38:04.51\00:38:08.22
I was sleeping and I was
great. When we got to Australia
00:38:08.25\00:38:11.35
checking into the hotel
I picked up my computer bag
00:38:11.39\00:38:14.02
and I said hmmm, pretty light.
I said honey do you have my
00:38:14.06\00:38:18.73
computer, she said I
don't have your computer.
00:38:18.76\00:38:20.83
You don't have my computer?
I don't have your computer.
00:38:20.86\00:38:26.50
To say the
least, I began to panic.
00:38:26.53\00:38:31.71
And I thought when was
the last time I saw my laptop?
00:38:31.74\00:38:35.18
Not on the plane, I
never used it. Ohhh!
00:38:35.28\00:38:40.32
At the security in
the San Francisco Airport.
00:38:40.35\00:38:44.35
I'm in Australia, I'm
in San Francisco's tomorrow
00:38:44.39\00:38:50.73
my laptop is at my
yesterday. Hu, huh?
00:38:50.76\00:38:57.27
And I'm looking at my... what
time is it in San Francisco?
00:38:57.30\00:39:00.34
Uh, it's like 4:00 in
the morning yesterday.
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.34
Oh man, because I have
all my notes, all my sermons,
00:39:03.37\00:39:08.44
everything is on that
thing. What am I going to do?
00:39:08.48\00:39:11.35
So I waited until about
8:00 and I called the airport.
00:39:11.38\00:39:14.48
They said, well,
how can we help you?
00:39:14.52\00:39:17.29
I said I lost my laptop.
They said well the department
00:39:17.32\00:39:20.52
is not open yet, it opens
at 8:30, okay, I'll call back.
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.83
I called back and they
said how can we help you?
00:39:23.86\00:39:26.26
I said when I was going
through security yesterday
00:39:26.29\00:39:28.70
I left my laptop on the
conveyor belt. They said sir,
00:39:28.73\00:39:34.07
people lose laptops every
day, chances are it's gone.
00:39:34.10\00:39:39.34
Could you check?
00:39:39.37\00:39:43.14
Well, if it was found and
turned in, here's the number
00:39:43.18\00:39:49.85
you need to call.
Alright. And they open at 9:00.
00:39:49.88\00:39:53.25
I gotta call back. Okay, so
9:00 I mean I didn't leave the
00:39:53.29\00:39:56.99
lobby of that hotel, I waited
until 9:00, I called at 9:01
00:39:57.03\00:40:01.00
Hello, how can we help you?
Well I left my laptop on the
00:40:01.03\00:40:08.84
conveyor belt as I was
going through International.
00:40:08.87\00:40:11.21
They said sir, people
lose laptops every day here.
00:40:11.24\00:40:16.18
and they look for it. I said
is there a chance you may have
00:40:16.21\00:40:19.25
found it? Maybe
somebody turned it in?
00:40:19.28\00:40:21.18
Well, we have a few
laptops here, what is the model?
00:40:21.22\00:40:26.32
I said it's a Dell,
they said any specific...
00:40:26.35\00:40:28.62
I said I think it's a P-90,
they said oh yeah but we have
00:40:28.66\00:40:33.40
a couple of Dell's here.
They said do you have a password
00:40:33.43\00:40:36.87
at all so we can see
if it is yours or not?
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.90
I give them the password,
they said is your picture
00:40:38.93\00:40:42.24
on the screen? I said
yes, they said we have it.
00:40:42.27\00:40:46.34
That's an amen right there.
I said can you send it FedEx
00:40:46.37\00:40:53.85
to me, I need it tomorrow?
They said sir, we don't do that
00:40:53.88\00:40:57.05
you have to come and
get it. Now come on now.
00:40:57.09\00:41:02.86
You got to come and get
it. How am I going to get this
00:41:02.89\00:41:08.36
by tomorrow before my seminar?
And I said are any of the
00:41:08.46\00:41:12.50
presenter's not here yet?
00:41:12.53\00:41:13.87
They said well there's one
pastor that hasn't arrived yet.
00:41:13.90\00:41:16.71
Pr. Ivor Meyers.
Where does he live?
00:41:16.74\00:41:19.74
He lives in San Jose.
Do you know what airport
00:41:19.77\00:41:23.01
he's flying out
of? San Francisco.
00:41:23.04\00:41:24.71
Do you have his phone number? I
called Ivor as fast as I could.
00:41:24.75\00:41:30.19
Hey John, what's
happening my brother?
00:41:30.22\00:41:33.69
We got that instant
urban what's up, my brother?
00:41:33.72\00:41:37.39
Hey Ivor check this
out, where are you going?
00:41:37.43\00:41:39.46
I'm on my way to the airport.
Okay, um, I will be there soon.
00:41:39.49\00:41:43.60
I tell you what.
Here's what I want you to do.
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.87
Pick up my laptop, here's
the number, here's where you go.
00:41:46.90\00:41:50.47
I got you, I got
you. You would never guess
00:41:50.51\00:41:55.38
the name of the
company that had my laptop
00:41:55.41\00:41:59.95
and I'm not making this up.
00:41:59.98\00:42:02.02
It was called
Covenant Security. (Laughter)
00:42:02.05\00:42:06.39
Come on somebody say
Holy Ghost help me out.
00:42:06.42\00:42:10.86
When you make a covenant
with God, you've got security.
00:42:10.89\00:42:16.30
Amen! Nobody could
have made that story up.
00:42:16.33\00:42:21.34
I could keep going, I
got a little more time.
00:42:21.37\00:42:23.84
I was in the St. Louis Airport,
we've been trying our best
00:42:23.87\00:42:28.38
to lose stuff, God won't
let us. In the St. Louis Airport
00:42:28.41\00:42:32.48
just came back
from wherever we were
00:42:32.51\00:42:34.72
and I had my silver
pulley with my laptop, my I-Pad,
00:42:34.75\00:42:37.02
my hard drive, my phone,
everything in it and we're at
00:42:37.05\00:42:41.22
the hotel in St.
Louis and hurrying up,
00:42:41.26\00:42:43.73
you know I got to grab
your stuff, get on the bus
00:42:43.76\00:42:45.09
to go the hotel, pick up your
car and okay we're doing that
00:42:45.13\00:42:47.26
we're doing that, we're
fine. So I get to the hotel
00:42:47.30\00:42:49.46
and I'm putting...and I said
honey, do you have my laptop?
00:42:49.50\00:42:51.60
I'm always asking my
wife, that's what guys do.
00:42:51.63\00:42:53.57
Do you have my laptop? She
said, I don't have your laptop.
00:42:53.60\00:42:56.54
Oh, I left it on the
curb outside of the airport.
00:42:56.57\00:43:00.48
I told the bus driver, I
said could you go back to the
00:43:00.51\00:43:03.88
airport, he said you know man
this is St. Louis, it's gone.
00:43:03.91\00:43:08.08
I said well just get me
back as quickly as you can.
00:43:08.12\00:43:13.46
I didn't even sit down,
I stood at the front door
00:43:13.49\00:43:16.42
where you know, you
are not supposed to stand.
00:43:16.46\00:43:17.89
I stood right there with
my head pasted to the window.
00:43:17.93\00:43:20.26
So we got in the airport,
he's moving that bus is leaning.
00:43:20.30\00:43:23.23
He got to the airport by God's
grace, there is my laptop bag
00:43:23.26\00:43:28.80
on the curb where all the
cars are pulling up for people
00:43:28.84\00:43:31.77
to get in their
cars and to home.
00:43:31.81\00:43:33.14
My laptop bag is right
there and nobody touched it
00:43:33.17\00:43:36.64
that bus driver said
you must know somebody.
00:43:36.68\00:43:39.85
(Laughter) He said
what do you do for a living?
00:43:39.88\00:43:43.25
I said I serve God. Amen!
00:43:43.28\00:43:45.99
When you serve God,
He will take care of you.
00:43:46.02\00:43:48.99
One more story since you asked.
00:43:49.02\00:43:50.53
I was down in
Orlando, FL to do a concert,
00:43:50.56\00:43:54.50
I had an expensive Mini-Disk
Player with all my Mini-Disks,
00:43:54.53\00:43:58.27
like 30 Mini-Disks and I got
this Media Player in Singapore.
00:43:58.30\00:44:02.07
I'm at her mother's house
we're there for four hours
00:44:02.10\00:44:04.67
we're just talking and eating
and I said you know honey,
00:44:04.71\00:44:06.68
I'm going to go practice.
00:44:06.71\00:44:08.24
I go to the room to
get my Mini-Disk Player
00:44:08.28\00:44:09.74
there's no Mini-Disks. I said
honey, where in my Mini-Disk?
00:44:09.78\00:44:13.55
You're getting the pattern
right now right? (Laughter)
00:44:13.58\00:44:16.18
She said I don't know.
Don't tell me we left it
00:44:16.22\00:44:21.49
at the airport? I went to the
Orlando International Airport.
00:44:21.52\00:44:27.76
I kid you not. By the
baggage claim, there was my gray
00:44:27.80\00:44:35.17
hard-shell Mini-Disk
player, you know those high-tech
00:44:35.20\00:44:38.14
cases that are waterproof?
People are stepping over it
00:44:38.17\00:44:41.01
like it's not even there.
Four and one-half hours later.
00:44:41.04\00:44:44.25
If I would have lost that,
I would have lost my entire
00:44:44.28\00:44:47.72
music library, all
of my original songs,
00:44:47.75\00:44:50.69
all of my backing tracks.
00:44:50.72\00:44:52.22
Let me tell you something,
you will never know how God
00:44:52.25\00:44:54.96
can take care of you
until you are faithful.
00:44:54.99\00:44:57.26
I got a ton more
stories but let's keep going.
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.26
To God be the Glory.
Come on say Amen somebody.
00:45:00.30\00:45:03.77
What promises God made,
what promise has God made
00:45:03.80\00:45:07.80
to the faithful? Psalm 1:3
00:45:07.84\00:45:10.27
Oh, I can tell you some stories.
00:45:24.55\00:45:26.49
Another story since you asked.
00:45:29.86\00:45:31.19
We were living down
at Weaverville 3ABN,
00:45:31.23\00:45:35.33
not Weaverville, Thompsonville
at 3ABN, before we moved there
00:45:35.36\00:45:39.60
we had an accident in St. Louis.
One Saturday night after a
00:45:39.63\00:45:42.77
big youth conference, I
said to the young people,
00:45:42.80\00:45:44.67
when you go home, the
devil will do anything he can to
00:45:44.71\00:45:47.51
mess up our evening. On
the way home, we were living in
00:45:47.54\00:45:50.18
St. Louis at the time,
entering the highway at 22 mph
00:45:50.21\00:45:54.02
our car slid on oil and rolled
down an embankment in the dark.
00:45:54.05\00:45:58.29
End over end in our Forerunner.
My wife, my mother-in-law,
00:45:58.32\00:46:02.69
and my two
nieces, her two nieces.
00:46:02.72\00:46:04.53
The windows blew out,
and stuff flying everywhere.
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.43
Let me tell you
how God is amazing.
00:46:07.46\00:46:09.03
The day before that accident
happened and by the way,
00:46:09.06\00:46:12.90
people were there
within seconds to get us out.
00:46:12.93\00:46:15.04
The day before that accident
happened, the Lord told me to
00:46:15.07\00:46:18.04
clean my car out. I
detailed that car Pr. Mitch.
00:46:18.07\00:46:22.11
So all the stuff that
would have been flying around,
00:46:22.14\00:46:24.88
was not in the
vehicle. God saw this coming.
00:46:24.91\00:46:28.18
As a result, we
have no Forerunner,
00:46:28.22\00:46:30.79
we got stuck in the snow a
number of times and I went down
00:46:30.82\00:46:33.52
to the General Conference with
Pr Doug to be a state Evangelist
00:46:33.56\00:46:36.66
as I came to the audience
and recognized and welcomed the
00:46:36.69\00:46:39.96
television audience.
After the program somebody said
00:46:40.00\00:46:43.13
when you stood up there tonight,
the Lord spoke to me and said,
00:46:43.16\00:46:46.03
that young man is my
servant, you bless him.
00:46:46.07\00:46:49.50
Now, prior to this, so that
lady said well come to my office
00:46:49.54\00:46:55.64
to make the long story short.
Two days later she gave me
00:46:55.68\00:47:00.78
the keys to a brand-new
2005 silver, eight-cylinder,
00:47:00.82\00:47:04.92
305 horsepower
Nissan Armada SUV.
00:47:04.95\00:47:08.09
You know what she said to
me? God told me to bless you,
00:47:08.12\00:47:11.23
I'll pay the
insurance, I'll pay the note,
00:47:11.26\00:47:13.70
I'll pay for all
repairs, you you just drive it
00:47:13.73\00:47:15.60
and be faithful.
00:47:15.63\00:47:17.10
But that's not the
hook, that's not the hook.
00:47:17.17\00:47:20.20
Less than three months earlier
my wife and I were shopping
00:47:20.24\00:47:25.27
around for an SUV, just
dreaming on a Sunday afternoon
00:47:25.31\00:47:30.71
when the dealership was closed.
We stood by a silver 2005
00:47:30.75\00:47:35.98
305 horsepower Nissan Armada,
my wife said come here, John,
00:47:36.02\00:47:41.09
put your hand on top of
mine, she said we're going to
00:47:41.12\00:47:48.20
claim this in Jesus'
name and her prayer was Lord,
00:47:48.23\00:47:52.83
I don't know how you are
going to get it to us but get it
00:47:52.87\00:47:55.94
to us before the
General Conference session.
00:47:55.97\00:47:58.07
When we were driving down
the highway with our family
00:47:58.11\00:48:01.04
in it, we recalled that prayer
and how God pulled that car
00:48:01.08\00:48:04.91
out of nowhere and
the lady's name was Faith.
00:48:04.95\00:48:13.76
Her name was Faith Joiner.
00:48:13.79\00:48:18.43
We never met her
before, and she said if you
00:48:18.46\00:48:22.56
never see me again,
you don't owe me a thing.
00:48:22.60\00:48:25.73
She passed away
four months later.
00:48:25.77\00:48:27.64
Her name was
Faith, what is God saying?
00:48:27.67\00:48:31.21
I'm faithful but you will never
know if you think what you have
00:48:31.24\00:48:35.88
belongs to you, you will
never see God move in a way
00:48:35.91\00:48:38.21
that He wants to. It just moves
my heart to think about it.
00:48:38.25\00:48:40.88
I'm just getting started.
Number 17, but I don't have
00:48:40.92\00:48:45.12
all the time, I
need to keep going.
00:48:45.15\00:48:46.76
Praise you, Lord. And my
wife still to this very day has
00:48:46.79\00:48:52.26
that lady's funeral
program in her Bible,
00:48:52.29\00:48:53.93
we never forgot those people
that have been kind to us.
00:48:53.96\00:48:56.56
Blessings are reciprocal
friends, what you do comes back.
00:48:59.27\00:49:02.44
Luke 6:38
00:49:02.47\00:49:03.97
Let's look at this
reciprocal blessing.
00:49:19.79\00:49:21.66
Many of you don't
know that what you get,
00:49:21.69\00:49:24.16
starts with you.
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Blessings are
reciprocal, what you give.
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When you give
somebody a spoonful of sugar
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you are going to
get a spoonful of sugar.
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When you give somebody $5.00
you are going to get $5.00.
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God is saying how you bless
others will come back to you.
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People have called us
and said I want to bless you
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and I said no, that's
okay, they said don't rob me of
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my blessing. and I've
seen God move in our lives
00:49:45.21\00:49:50.82
in ways that are amazing.
00:49:50.85\00:49:52.65
When our nephew needed a
car, I remember that very well.
00:49:52.69\00:49:55.66
He was down at La
Sierra University came home
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from college for hours and he
said, uncle, I can't get around,
00:49:59.03\00:50:02.46
I need a job. I was saving
money up Miguel for my second CD
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I had some money in the
bank, I said to my wife,
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I don't want to tell
him no. He said it's okay,
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always hear the word no. I
took that money and gave it
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to him so he could get a little
car while he's in college.
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When I was on my way home
there on 5th and Fairfield,
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California, the car in front
of me had the license plate
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and it said papa. Let me help
you understand what that means.
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Papa, PAPA. You know what
happened when I was a young man
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and I wanted a car? Papa
gave me the money to get it,
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the man that raised me.
And the Lord was saying,
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what Papa did for you,
you just did for somebody
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and I'm going to bless you.
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I gave my $2,000 away for my
CD project. A month and a half
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later somebody I did not know
sent me $20,000 to pay for my
00:50:51.95\00:50:56.95
CD. You don't think God can
work? if you don't test Him,
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you will never know. It's not
always about financial blessings
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sometimes about
health. Sometimes it's about
00:51:02.92\00:51:05.53
the sanity of mind, sometimes
its about the stability of your
00:51:05.56\00:51:08.56
home but you gotta put God to
the test. Somebody ought to say
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Amen! Amen!
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But blessings are reciprocal,
what you give will come back
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to you, it is always true. He
said give and it will be given
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to you. Number 18.
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2nd Corinthian 9:7
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This guy does not look cheerful.
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Here's my point.
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Don't say Here God, I'm tired.
You're always asking for money
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here's your tithe.
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He won't give you a diddly
squat. When your heart is right,
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the blessing will come
and let me make this point,
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don't even give to get
blessings, give what we call
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disinterested benevolence,
give expecting nothing
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and then it will come
when God knows you need it.
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Don't be like this
guy counting the pennies.
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I'm so glad they
had that picture.
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Number 19
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What will He do?
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Proverbs 11:24-25
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That means when you help
somebody, you will be blessed.
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So here's the principle, what-
ever we water will water us.
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Say that together. Whatever
we water, will water us.
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That's a reciprocal blessing.
Many of us don't know that
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blessings are reciprocal.
I've been saying that God will
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bless you, proportionate to
your willingness to help others.
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If you know somebody who needs
help and you have the ability
00:53:00.61\00:53:03.68
don't pray about
it, help, help them.
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Nothing angers me more
than people that are financially
00:53:05.35\00:53:08.88
able and they push the
responsibility to somebody else
00:53:08.95\00:53:12.45
by saying I'll pray for you.
00:53:12.49\00:53:13.86
That happened to me in Florida,
I won't even tell you that
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story. Okay Lord, thank
you for telling me to shut up.
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Number 20
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Luke 12:15
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I think you will
appreciate this, it looks like
00:53:43.69\00:53:45.72
some of your houses.
00:53:45.75\00:53:48.62
Are you ready friends?
00:53:48.66\00:53:51.49
Do not let your
possessions possess you.
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Go home and clean out
that garage. Amen, wives?
00:53:53.90\00:53:57.83
I've been telling your
husband for years, he's still
00:53:57.87\00:54:02.70
collecting stuff.
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Number 21
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I Corinthians 4:2
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Let me make a
very important point.
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Pr. McGill, Pr. Mitch
and I we also return tithe
00:54:25.13\00:54:29.06
and offering. So, your
tithe which helps the Conference
00:54:29.10\00:54:33.80
and the pastors and teachers,
we get it now we return that
00:54:33.84\00:54:36.67
it continues to go
around and around in circles.
00:54:36.71\00:54:39.67
God doesn't say pastors
keep it all for yourself
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no, not at all. God will
bless us because we understand
00:54:42.68\00:54:46.28
that God is the source
of all of our blessings.
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And the last one, I
think it is Number 22
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Acts 20:35
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Let's say that again,
It is more blessed to give
00:55:21.58\00:55:25.59
than to receive. Giving
is a greater blessing than
00:55:25.62\00:55:29.92
receiving. Believe me,
I've seen that there are people
00:55:29.96\00:55:33.33
that sometimes call and when
we have a little extra change
00:55:33.36\00:55:35.43
we give it to them and it
comes back in full measure.
00:55:35.46\00:55:38.70
Sometimes we have family
members call and say, I, I,
00:55:38.73\00:55:41.07
can you cash at me some money?
We got it and then the next week
00:55:41.10\00:55:44.61
money shows up from nowhere.
00:55:44.64\00:55:46.04
And sometimes when
family member call said we can't
00:55:46.07\00:55:50.08
help you financially
but thank you for helping us
00:55:50.11\00:55:52.11
and we're going to pray that
God will help you, and He does
00:55:52.15\00:55:55.02
and do you know when He does
it? He does it when He knows
00:55:55.05\00:55:58.19
the need is greatest.
You see friends, giving is a
00:55:58.22\00:56:01.72
greater blessing than receiving.
Why is that so important?
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God so loved the world that
He did what friends? He gave.
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Tonight I want to ask you,
do you want to have the blessing
00:56:10.57\00:56:16.30
that God intends for your
life to have? Come on raise your
00:56:16.34\00:56:19.24
hand. Some of you people
are tighter than a plastic drum
00:56:19.27\00:56:23.55
you need to loosen up your
purse and recognize the best way
00:56:23.58\00:56:27.72
to be blessed is to
give towards God's work.
00:56:27.75\00:56:30.75
Support your local church.
Support the endeavors of your
00:56:30.79\00:56:33.89
school, or to your
conference. Support evangelism,
00:56:33.92\00:56:36.73
You know these
meeting costs something.
00:56:36.76\00:56:38.69
So, you know what, if I've
been blessed, I'm going to bless
00:56:38.73\00:56:40.90
my church, I'm going to
lighten the burdens of the work
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.30
that's taking place here. All
these books and CD's given out,
00:56:43.33\00:56:45.97
they're not free, they come
courtesy of 3ABN and your local
00:56:46.00\00:56:50.01
pastors, and your
local church and it's giving.
00:56:50.04\00:56:52.14
God will bless
you. Let's pray tonight.
00:56:52.17\00:56:55.01
Gracious Father in Heaven,
Lord, that song is so beautiful
00:56:55.04\00:56:59.51
Great is Your Faithfulness.
00:56:59.55\00:57:01.22
We know it, we've
experienced it and it continues.
00:57:01.25\00:57:05.29
We're excited about it Father,
and tonight we are praying
00:57:05.32\00:57:10.79
that Your children are
excited that they will know that
00:57:10.83\00:57:14.06
Your hand will be moved by
hearts that are not grudging,
00:57:14.10\00:57:17.60
that hearts are not stingy,
but lives that are faithful.
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So bless us Lord always,
and may the blessing we receive
00:57:21.44\00:57:24.77
be a blessing that we
give. In Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen! Can we say Amen?
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