>>BILL: THE DREAM OF EVERY PERSON WITH A METAL 00:00:01.40\00:00:03.13 DETECTOR IS TO FIND A STASH OF BURIED TREASURE; 00:00:03.13\00:00:04.26 FOR TERRY HERBERT THE DREAM CAME TRUE. IN JULY 00:00:04.26\00:00:08.90 2009, 55-YEAR-OLD TERRY HERBERT, A VETERAN OF 18 00:00:08.90\00:00:15.73 YEARS WITH HIS TRUSTY METAL DETECTOR, WAS 00:00:15.73\00:00:16.66 SCANNING THE FIELD OF A FARMER FRIEND IN SOUTH 00:00:16.66\00:00:21.03 STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND. 00:00:21.03\00:00:21.53 HERBERT'S INSTRUMENT TOLD HIM SOMETHING NEEDED TO 00:00:21.53\00:00:26.26 BE DUG UP. WAS IT A BROKEN PLOUGHSHARE? A RUSTY 00:00:26.26\00:00:30.63 BUCKET? IT TURNED OUT TO BE WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS 00:00:30.63\00:00:31.63 THE STAFFORDSHIRE HOARD, ABOUT 5KG OF GOLD AND 00:00:31.63\00:00:36.00 2.5KG OF SILVER. THERE IS NO LAW IN ENGLAND THAT 00:00:36.00\00:00:41.43 REQUIRES TREASURE HUNTERS TO REPORT THEIR 00:00:41.43\00:00:42.33 FINDS. HERBERT PLAYED HIS DISCOVERY BY THE BOOK 00:00:42.33\00:00:47.60 AND REPORTED HIS FIND. 00:00:47.60\00:00:48.06 ARCHEOLOGISTS WERE BROUGHT IN TO EXCAVATE THE SITE, 00:00:48.06\00:00:53.00 AND CATALOGUE AND RECORD ALL THE ARTIFACTS. THE 00:00:53.00\00:00:57.46 TREASURE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM AND 00:00:57.46\00:00:58.66 ART GALLERY FOR CAREFUL STUDY AND DISPLAY. 00:00:58.66\00:01:04.96 (MUSIC) 00:01:05.46\00:01:17.26 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:01:17.83\00:01:20.53 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:01:20.80\00:01:23.86 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:01:24.13\00:01:28.66 IT IS WRITTEN, 00:01:28.96\00:01:31.06 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD! 00:01:31.30\00:01:35.50 JESUS SAID: MATTHEW 6: 19 - 24 00:01:49.03\00:01:52.96 UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO THE EASIEST PATH TO A LIFE 00:02:46.03\00:02:47.06 OF LEISURE WAS TO BE BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON 00:02:47.06\00:02:51.13 IN YOUR MOUTH. NO LONGER. 00:02:51.13\00:02:51.63 CANADA'S MILLIONAIRE CLUB IS BECOMING DOMINATED BY 00:02:51.63\00:02:59.36 PEOPLE WHO EARNED RATHER THAN INHERITED THEIR 00:02:59.36\00:03:03.63 WEALTH. THESE 50-SOMETHINGS 00:03:03.63\00:03:04.33 ARE HARDWORKING, CAREER-FOCUSED 00:03:04.33\00:03:07.56 -- AND GROWING QUICKLY IN NUMBERS. TODAY, CANADA IS 00:03:07.56\00:03:11.33 HOME TO 600,000 MILLIONAIRES, UP FROM 00:03:11.33\00:03:12.20 350,000 JUST FIVE YEARS AGO. IN NORTH AMERICA 00:03:12.20\00:03:19.60 THE LOVE OF AFFLUENCE IS ALMOST IN THE WATER, 00:03:19.60\00:03:25.03 INHALED IN THE AIR, ABSORBED INTO THE SKIN. MY 00:03:25.03\00:03:26.03 PURPOSE TODAY IS TO HELP US LOOK AT LIFE, 00:03:26.03\00:03:30.76 ESPECIALLY MONEY, AFFLUENCE, AND 00:03:30.76\00:03:35.56 POSSESSIONS, FROM AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE. 00:03:35.56\00:03:39.96 JESUS' STATEMENTS ABOUT MONEY AND POSSESSIONS 00:03:42.26\00:03:43.26 ARE PROFOUNDLY COUNTER-CULTURAL. LET'S 00:03:43.26\00:03:46.33 LOOK AT THREE PRINCIPLES THAT JESUS PROCLAIMED. 00:03:46.33\00:03:50.33 FIRST, GOD OWNS EVERYTHING AND WE ARE HIS 00:03:50.33\00:03:51.33 MONEY-MANAGERS. THAT'S NOT THE WORLD'S VIEW AT ALL. 00:03:51.33\00:03:56.83 THE TYPICAL ATTITUDE IS THISó"IT'S MY MONEY. I 00:03:56.83\00:04:00.66 EARNED IT. AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEND IT HOWEVER 00:04:00.66\00:04:01.70 I CHOOSE." BUT LISTEN TO GOD'S WORD. FIRST, FROM 00:04:01.70\00:04:06.33 THE 24TH PSALM, VERSE 1 00:04:06.33\00:04:10.30 THIS MEANS THAT WE OWN NOTHING. ALL WE HAVE IS 00:04:43.43\00:04:44.53 A TEMPORARY LEASE ON SOME MATERIAL ASSETS. THE 00:04:44.53\00:04:48.50 PERMANENT OWNER IS GOD. 00:04:48.50\00:04:49.00 ONE DAY WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNTING TO HIM OF HOW 00:04:49.00\00:04:54.63 YOU USED EVERY ASSET HE ALLOWED US TO CONTROL. 00:04:54.63\00:05:00.76 SINCE GOD OWNS EVERYTHING AND WILL ONE DAY CALL US 00:05:00.76\00:05:01.76 TO ACCOUNT FOR HOW WE USE HIS ASSETS, IT JUST 00:05:01.76\00:05:06.13 MAKES SENSE TO MANAGE MONEY GOD'S WAY. 00:05:06.13\00:05:11.96 JUST IMAGINE IF I WERE TO PLACE $10,000 IN THE HANDS 00:05:15.53\00:05:16.60 OF A STOCK BROKER AND ASK HIM TO INVEST IT FOR ME. 00:05:16.60\00:05:21.73 I WOULD PAY HIM A CERTAIN FEE FOR HIS SERVICES. BUT 00:05:21.73\00:05:25.46 HE WOULD NEVER PRESUME THAT MY MONEY BELONGED TO 00:05:25.46\00:05:26.46 HIM. HE HOLDS IT IN TRUST FOR ME. 00:05:26.46\00:05:32.66 THAT SHOULD BE OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD ALL OUR 00:05:33.23\00:05:34.16 MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. 00:05:34.16\00:05:37.66 NEVER CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF ANYTHING. IT FINALLY 00:05:37.66\00:05:38.66 BELONGS TO GOD. IN EFFECT, GOD SAYS TO US, "I'M GOING 00:05:38.66\00:05:43.33 TO LOAN YOU ENOUGH BRAINS, ENOUGH HEALTH, ENOUGH 00:05:43.33\00:05:47.26 ENERGY, AND ENOUGH MATERIAL WEALTH TO NOT 00:05:47.26\00:05:48.16 ONLY MEET YOUR NEEDS BUT ALSO SATISFY SOME OF YOUR 00:05:48.16\00:05:52.16 WANTS. IT IS MY DESIRE THAT YOU PROSPER. BUT YOU 00:05:52.16\00:05:57.46 MUST NEVER FORGET THAT YOU'RE USING MY ASSETS. 00:05:57.46\00:05:58.46 YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROMOTE MY KINGDOM." 00:05:58.46\00:06:02.93 SOMEONE ASKED, "I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY BILLIONAIRE 00:06:02.93\00:06:10.46 HOWARD HUGHES REALLY LEFT?" A WISE FRIEND 00:06:10.46\00:06:11.36 REPLIED, "HE LEFT IT ALL." 00:06:11.36\00:06:15.10 HERE IS THE SECOND PRINCIPLE: WE CAN SERVE 00:06:18.20\00:06:19.13 GOD OR GREED, BUT NOT BOTH. BUT THAT'S NOT THE 00:06:19.13\00:06:23.20 WORLD'S ATTITUDE. JESUS SAID: MATTHEW 6: 24 00:06:23.20\00:06:30.20 YOU HAVE WATCHED PEOPLE WANDER AROUND ON A BEACH 00:06:46.16\00:06:47.16 WITH A METAL DETECTOR, LOOKING FOR BURIED 00:06:47.16\00:06:50.96 TREASURE - LIKE TERRY HERBERT IN HIS FRIEND'S 00:06:50.96\00:06:54.26 FIELD. THAT METAL DETECTOR WAS VERY USEFUL IN 00:06:54.26\00:06:55.23 LOCATING THAT TREASURE BUT IT IS NOT NEARLY AS 00:06:55.23\00:07:00.16 ACCURATE AS THE HUMAN HEART. YOUR HEART WILL 00:07:00.16\00:07:05.76 TELL YOU WHETHER YOUR TREASURE IS STASHED IN 00:07:05.76\00:07:06.73 HEAVEN OR ON EARTH. HERE IS A CLUE. IF THE IDEA 00:07:06.73\00:07:11.63 OF INVESTING THE FIRST 10 PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME IN 00:07:11.63\00:07:16.93 THE KINGDOM OF GOD CAUSES YOU TO SHAKE, YOU PROBABLY 00:07:16.93\00:07:18.00 LOVE POSSESSIONS MORE THAN YOU TRUST GOD. IF YOUR 00:07:18.00\00:07:25.30 ULTIMATE TRUST IS NOT IN GOD, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE 00:07:25.30\00:07:29.50 ENOUGH MONEY TO FEEL SECURE, NOT EVEN IF YOU'RE 00:07:29.50\00:07:30.50 AS RICH AS BILL GATES. 00:07:30.50\00:07:35.70 HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT MAY REVEAL WHERE OUR 00:07:37.23\00:07:38.26 TREASURE IS. IF YOU ANSWER "YES," MONEY MAY 00:07:38.26\00:07:43.90 BE YOUR MASTER. 00:07:43.90\00:07:46.90 LET'S BE HONEST WITH YOURSELVES. WHICH ONE HAS 00:08:10.00\00:08:10.96 THE CONTROLLING INTEREST IN YOUR HEART 00:08:10.96\00:08:15.06 -GOD OR GREED? 00:08:15.06\00:08:19.66 HERE IS THE THIRD PRINCIPLE: WHEN OUR HEARTS 00:08:21.56\00:08:22.60 BELONG TO CHRIST, THE MORE WE GIVE, THE HAPPIER WE 00:08:22.60\00:08:25.33 ARE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE WORLD THINKS. THE 00:08:25.33\00:08:28.36 WORLD'S ATTITUDE IS THISóEVERY DOLLAR I GIVE 00:08:28.36\00:08:29.30 AWAY MAKES ME POORER. I HATE TO PART 00:08:29.30\00:08:37.60 WITH MY MONEY. 00:08:37.60\00:08:39.40 THE LATE PETER MARSHALL, CHAPLAIN OF THE SENATE 00:08:40.80\00:08:41.90 AND PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN WASHINGTON, HAD A PRAYER 00:08:41.90\00:08:46.13 WHICH OUGHT TO GIVE US PAUSE. HE PRAYED, 00:08:46.13\00:08:50.96 AUTHOR PATRICK MORLEY WROTE: 00:09:02.16\00:09:04.40 THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE: 2 CORINTHIANS 9: 7 00:09:17.23\00:09:22.80 WHEN YOU BRING GOD PLEASURE, HE SENDS SOME OF 00:09:35.83\00:09:36.90 IT BACK TO THE GIVER. THIS PRINCIPLE IS TRIED AND 00:09:36.90\00:09:43.16 TRUE AS LONG AS ONE'S ATTITUDE IS ONE OF 00:09:43.16\00:09:47.50 GRATITUDE. BUT IF ONE'S ATTITUDE IS WRONG, IT DOES 00:09:47.50\00:09:48.56 NOT APPLY. IF ONE GIVES ONLY OUT OF GRIM DUTY, 00:09:48.56\00:09:54.76 THEN THE HAPPINESS OF GIVING VANISHES. 00:09:54.76\00:10:00.96 A MAN MADE A FINANCIAL APPEAL TO W.C. FIELDS. 00:10:02.26\00:10:03.23 FIELDS RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONFER WITH 00:10:03.23\00:10:09.76 HIS LAWYER. IF HIS LAWYER SAID YES, FIELDS SAID HE 00:10:09.76\00:10:14.50 WOULD GET ANOTHER LAWYER. 00:10:14.50\00:10:15.03 GREAT GIVING IS MOTIVATED BY A GREAT ATTITUDE, 00:10:15.03\00:10:21.46 SOMETHING LIKE THISó"LORD, WHEN I CONSIDER ALL YOU 00:10:21.46\00:10:22.53 HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING IN MY LIFE, INDEED EVERY TIME 00:10:22.53\00:10:25.70 I CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE CROSS, THEN MY 10 PERCENT 00:10:25.70\00:10:29.66 OF INCOME IS SO SMALL AND INADEQUATE AS A WAY OF 00:10:29.66\00:10:30.70 SAYING 'THANK YOU.' I WILL KEEP TRYING TO FIND 00:10:30.70\00:10:36.46 OTHER WAYS TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE." 00:10:36.46\00:10:40.83 IN HER BOOK 9 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM, SUZE 00:10:41.70\00:10:42.80 ORMAN WRITES OF A VISIT TO MEXICO. A MERCHANT WAS 00:10:42.80\00:10:47.43 SELLING PARROTS; THEY WEREN'T IN CAGES AND 00:10:47.43\00:10:50.96 DIDN'T FLY AWAY. ORMAN WAS FASCINATED, "DO THESE 00:10:50.96\00:10:52.10 BIRDS JUST LOVE YOU SO MUCH THEY HAVE NO DESIRE 00:10:52.10\00:10:57.73 TO FLY AWAY?" "NO," HE SAID, "I TRAIN THEM TO 00:10:57.73\00:11:02.43 THINK THEIR PERCHES MEAN SAFETY AND SECURITY. WHEN 00:11:02.43\00:11:03.43 THEY COME TO THINK THIS, THEY NATURALLY WRAP THEIR 00:11:03.43\00:11:07.90 CLAWS TIGHTLY AROUND THE PERCH AND DON'T WANT TO 00:11:07.90\00:11:12.20 RELEASE IT. THEY KEEP THEMSELVES CONFINED, AS IF 00:11:12.20\00:11:13.23 THEY'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO FLY." 00:11:13.23\00:11:19.63 "WAS THIS HARD TO DO? SHE ASKED. "WITH LITTLE BIRDS 00:11:20.20\00:11:21.23 IT'S VERY HARD, SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE; IT'S EASY 00:11:21.23\00:11:25.13 WITH THE LARGE BIRDS." 00:11:25.13\00:11:25.70 IN HER BOOK, SHE WRITES, 00:11:25.70\00:11:31.13 WHEN SHE REALIZED THIS, SHE ASKED THE PARROT MAN 00:12:00.30\00:12:01.30 HOW HE WOULD GO ABOUT UN-TEACHING THIS BEHAVIOR. 00:12:01.30\00:12:05.33 "EASY," HE SAID, "YOU SHOW THEM HOW TO RELEASE THEIR 00:12:05.33\00:12:09.93 GRIP; THEN THEY CAN FLY AS FREE AS THEY WANT." 00:12:09.93\00:12:15.76 MOST OF JESUS' TEACHING CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL 00:12:18.03\00:12:19.06 WISDOM, THE SORT OF COMMON SENSE EVERYONE ACCEPTS, 00:12:19.06\00:12:24.13 WHICH MEANS THAT TO BE HIS FOLLOWER REQUIRES A GREAT 00:12:24.13\00:12:29.06 DEAL OF UN-TEACHING AND UN-LEARNING AND 00:12:29.06\00:12:29.96 RE-PROGRAMMING. LIFE AS A COMPANION AND UNDERSTUDY 00:12:29.96\00:12:34.70 OF JESUS IS MOST OFTEN UPSIDE-DOWN, INSIDE-OUT, 00:12:34.70\00:12:41.53 AND BOTTOM-SIDE-UP FROM THE WAY THE WORLD OPERATES 00:12:41.53\00:12:42.60 UNDER CURRENT MANAGEMENT. 00:12:42.60\00:12:46.83 OUR FIRST IMPULSE IS TO DOMESTICATE THE TEACHING 00:12:46.83\00:12:47.83 AND TAKE AWAY THE EDGE. 00:12:47.83\00:12:52.03 THINK HOW CRAZY IT SOUNDS TO BE INVITED TO MAKE 00:12:52.03\00:12:53.03 DEPOSITS IN AN INVISIBLE BANK: "DO NOT MAKE A HABIT 00:12:53.03\00:13:00.16 OF LAYING UP FOR YOURSELF TREASURES ON EARTH, WHERE 00:13:00.16\00:13:06.63 MOTHS EAT HOLES IN THE FABRICS AND WHERE MOLD 00:13:06.63\00:13:07.60 ROTS THE GRAIN, AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL 00:13:07.60\00:13:12.30 YOUR JEWELRY; LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN 00:13:12.30\00:13:17.86 HEAVEN, WHERE NONE OF THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE EVERYTHING 00:13:17.86\00:13:18.96 STAYS NEW AND FOREVER UNCORRUPTED. MAKE A MORE 00:13:18.96\00:13:22.43 SECURE INVESTMENT! ADOPT A KINGDOM OF GOD INVESTMENT 00:13:22.43\00:13:29.53 POLICY!" IN THE COMPANY OF JESUS WE LEARN THE JOY OF 00:13:29.53\00:13:30.60 KINGDOM GENEROSITY AND THE TRUTH OF HIS TEACHING. 00:13:30.60\00:13:37.23 NOT THAT WE DON'T WORK OR OWN OR MANAGE WISELY, ONLY 00:13:37.23\00:13:43.10 THAT WE DON'T TRUST IN STUFF FOR SECURITY, AND 00:13:43.10\00:13:44.10 EVERYTHING WE OWN IS AVAILABLE SHOULD IT BE 00:13:44.10\00:13:49.06 REQUISITIONED. WE HOLD POSSESSIONS LOOSELY AND 00:13:49.06\00:13:54.80 REFUSE TO LET THEIR PRESENCE OR ABSENCE DEFINE 00:13:54.80\00:13:55.80 WHO WE ARE. GOD IS OUR SOURCE, AND WHAT GOD DOES 00:13:55.80\00:14:01.26 NOT SUPPLY, WE DO NOT NEED. ARE YOU THERE YET? 00:14:01.26\00:14:07.56 TITHING, DEFINED AS TEN PERCENT OFF THE TOP TO GOD 00:14:10.00\00:14:11.06 THROUGH THE CHURCH, IS NOT THE GOAL OF GIVING BUT THE 00:14:11.06\00:14:17.43 BEGINNING; IT IS A MINIMUM STANDARD OF FAITHFULNESS. 00:14:17.43\00:14:22.73 AND WHEN THAT IS ESTABLISHED, AND FOR 00:14:22.73\00:14:23.60 SOME IT TAKES A WHILE, AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC 00:14:23.60\00:14:27.70 BEGINS. YOU CARE ABOUT THE CHURCH AND ITS WORK IN 00:14:27.70\00:14:32.10 WAYS YOU NEVER DID BEFORE. 00:14:32.10\00:14:32.66 IT BECOMES DEAR TO YOU; YOU LOOK FOR WAYS TO ENTER 00:14:32.66\00:14:37.90 IN AND FIND A PLACE OF SERVICE. AT SOME POINT YOU 00:14:37.90\00:14:38.93 SHIFT FROM AN OWNERSHIP MIND SET TO A STEWARDSHIP 00:14:38.93\00:14:43.40 MENTALITY. "FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE 00:14:43.40\00:14:49.70 WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO." 00:14:49.70\00:14:50.23 PEOPLE CARE ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE INVESTED: THEIR 00:14:50.23\00:14:56.03 CHILDREN MORE THAN OTHERS, THEIR TEAM. WHERE WE 00:14:56.03\00:14:57.03 INVEST, OUR HEART FOLLOWS. 00:14:57.03\00:15:00.30 YOU LEARN TO LOVE WHATEVER YOU GIVE MONEY, TIME 00:15:00.30\00:15:01.30 AND EFFORT TO. NOTICE THAT JESUS DID NOT SAY FOR 00:15:01.30\00:15:07.63 WHERE YOU HEART IS, THERE WILL YOUR TREASURE BE ALSO 00:15:07.63\00:15:13.26 BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE SAME IDEA. JUST THE 00:15:13.26\00:15:14.23 REVERSE. IT IS NOT SO MUCH THAT DOLLARS FOLLOW HEART 00:15:14.23\00:15:20.56 AS HEART FOLLOWS DOLLARS, AND DOLLARS ARE NOTHING 00:15:20.56\00:15:25.53 BUT CONGEALED SWEAT TURNED INTO MARKETABLE PAPER. 00:15:25.53\00:15:26.56 MAKE A RISKY DECISION AS AN EXPERIMENT OF FAITH. 00:15:26.56\00:15:34.13 CHANGE YOUR USE OF TIME AND YOUR FINANCIAL 00:15:34.13\00:15:39.90 COMMITMENTS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE KINGDOM 00:15:39.90\00:15:40.80 OF GOD AS BEST YOU UNDERSTAND IT, AND GUESS 00:15:40.80\00:15:43.60 WHAT? YOU WILL SOON FIND NEW AND SUPPORTIVE 00:15:43.60\00:15:48.66 AFFECTIONS BUBBLING UP FROM WITHIN. JESUS DID NOT 00:15:48.66\00:15:49.70 SAY FEEL-IT-AND-THEN-DO-IT BUT 00:15:49.70\00:15:55.63 DO-IT-AND-THEN-FEEL-IT. 00:15:55.63\00:16:00.30 CHARLES ALLEN WAS ONE OF THE GREAT METHODIST 00:16:00.93\00:16:02.03 PREACHERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE GREW UP IN THE 00:16:02.03\00:16:06.66 COMMUNITY OF WHITE COUNTY, GEORGIA. HIS FAMILY HAD 00:16:06.66\00:16:09.70 VERY LITTLE MONEY, BUT THEY DIDN'T NEED MUCH IN 00:16:09.70\00:16:10.66 THOSE DAYS. ONE CHRISTMAS EVE WHEN CHARLES WAS 00:16:10.66\00:16:15.10 ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER INVITED HIM TO RIDE 00:16:15.10\00:16:18.00 WITH HIM IN A HORSE-DRAWN WAGON TO THE TOWN OF 00:16:18.00\00:16:18.96 CLEVELAND TO BUY SUPPLIES. 00:16:18.96\00:16:23.80 JUST BEFORE THEY GOT TO TOWN MR. ALLEN GAVE 00:16:23.80\00:16:24.73 CHARLES A DIME, THE FIRST DIME THE BOY HAD EVER HAD. 00:16:24.73\00:16:29.90 HIS FATHER TOLD HIM HE COULD SPEND IT ANY WAY HE 00:16:29.90\00:16:34.36 LIKED. NOW BACK IN THOSE DAYS, ALMOST 100 YEARS 00:16:34.36\00:16:35.33 AGO, A DIME WOULD REALLY WALK AND TALK. AND IT 00:16:35.33\00:16:40.90 WOULD BUY LOTS OF THINGS. 00:16:40.90\00:16:41.40 CHARLES SHOPPED LONG AND HARD IN CLEVELAND. HE 00:16:41.40\00:16:48.46 COULD BUY ANY NUMBER OF TOYS, OR LOTS OF 00:16:48.46\00:16:51.63 RED-STRIPED CANDY, OR A BIG RED TABLECLOTH WITH 00:16:51.63\00:16:52.66 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES PRINTED ON 00:16:52.66\00:16:56.63 IT. CHARLES SAW ORANGES THAT DAY FOR THE FIRST 00:16:56.63\00:17:01.73 TIME. HE COULD HAVE BOUGHT SEVERAL OF THEM 00:17:01.73\00:17:02.76 FOR A DIME. WELL, TIME WAS RUNNING OUT. CHARLES 00:17:02.76\00:17:06.13 WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET HIS FATHER AT A PARTICULAR 00:17:06.13\00:17:08.53 TIME TO GO HOME. SO, HE MADE HIS DECISION, BOUGHT 00:17:08.53\00:17:09.56 THE ITEM, PUT THE PACKAGE IN HIS POCKET, AND RAN 00:17:09.56\00:17:13.33 TO THE WAGON. ON THE WAY HOME, HIS FATHER ASKED HIM 00:17:13.33\00:17:17.53 WHAT HE HAD BOUGHT. 00:17:17.53\00:17:18.00 CHARLES REACHED INTO HIS POCKET, PULLED OUT THE 00:17:18.00\00:17:21.86 PACKAGE, AND HANDED IT TO HIS FATHER. HE SAID, "OPEN 00:17:21.86\00:17:22.93 IT." THE PACKAGE CONTAINED A HUGE RED HANDKERCHIEF. 00:17:22.93\00:17:25.86 CHARLES SAID, "DAD, I BOUGHT YOU A CHRISTMAS 00:17:25.86\00:17:31.73 PRESENT." WHEN CHARLES ALLEN SHARED THAT STORY, 00:17:31.73\00:17:32.70 HE ADDED THESE WORDS, 00:17:32.70\00:17:37.10 WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT GOD OWNS EVERYTHING AND HAS 00:17:58.06\00:17:59.20 LOANED US SO MUCH, WHAT A SHAME IT WOULD BE IF 00:17:59.20\00:18:04.30 WE MISSED THE CHANCE OF GIVING OUR FIRST AND BEST 00:18:04.30\00:18:09.06 TO THE ONE WHO HAS GIVEN HIS ALL FOR US! THEY SAY 00:18:09.06\00:18:10.03 THAT WERE YOUR TREASURE IS THERE WILL YOUR HEART 00:18:10.03\00:18:16.66 BE ALSO. AND YOUR HEART STAYS WHERE YOU HIDE YOUR 00:18:16.66\00:18:21.20 GREATEST LOVE. NOW YOU CAN LEAVE THAT LOVE ON EARTH. 00:18:21.20\00:18:22.26 WHERE THIEVES MAY STEAL TOMORROW. OR YOU CAN TAKE 00:18:22.26\00:18:27.00 IT TO THAT HIDING PLACE ABOVE - THE CHOICE IS 00:18:27.00\00:18:33.73 OURS! 00:18:33.73\00:18:36.80 THEY SAY THAT WERE YOUR TREASURE IS 00:18:38.80\00:18:44.50 THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO 00:18:44.83\00:18:49.43 AND YOUR HEART STAYS WHERE YOU HIDE 00:18:49.86\00:18:50.66 YOUR GREATEST LOVE 00:18:50.66\00:19:02.66 NOW YOU CAN LEAVE THAT LOVE ON EARTH 00:19:03.00\00:19:08.86 WHERE THIEVES MAY STEAL TOMORROW 00:19:09.16\00:19:13.60 OR YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THAT HIDING PLACE ABOVE 00:19:13.86\00:19:25.26 WHERE THERE'S A TREASURE AT THE END OF THIS 00:19:25.56\00:19:26.56 NARROW ROAD I'M TRAVELING 00:19:26.56\00:19:36.96 AND IT GIVES ME A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE 00:19:37.50\00:19:49.93 JESUS IS MY TREASURE 00:19:50.26\00:19:55.66 HE'S THE REASON THAT I AM LIVING 00:19:55.96\00:20:01.53 AND HE'S GONNA BE MY REASON WHEN I DIE 00:20:01.86\00:20:14.86 SO IF YOU'VE BEEN WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE 00:20:26.50\00:20:31.63 AND WHERE IT IS YOU'RE GOING 00:20:31.96\00:20:37.46 HE'S LEFT A MAP FOR YOU AND ME TO USE 00:20:37.73\00:20:50.46 JUST READ THE MAP AND FOLLOW CLOSE 00:20:50.76\00:20:56.23 ALWAYS WALKING WHERE IT'S SHOWING 00:20:56.53\00:21:01.10 YOU JUST CAN'T MISS IT 00:21:01.43\00:21:04.70 IT'S WAY TOO MUCH TO LOSE 00:21:05.03\00:21:14.43 SEE THERE'S A TREASURE AT THE END OF THIS 00:21:14.76\00:21:15.66 NARROW ROAD I'M TRAVELING 00:21:15.66\00:21:25.63 AND IT GIVES ME A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE 00:21:26.00\00:21:38.06 JESUS IS MY TREASURE 00:21:38.40\00:21:43.40 HE'S THE REASON THAT I'M STILL LIVING 00:21:43.66\00:21:49.26 AND HE'S GONNA BE MY REASON WHEN I DIE 00:21:49.66\00:22:01.96 NOW THERE'S A TREASURE AT THE END OF THIS NARROW 00:22:02.46\00:22:03.46 ROAD 00:22:03.46\00:22:10.93 THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRAVEL 00:22:11.46\00:22:15.90 AND IT GIVES ME PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE 00:22:16.23\00:22:26.66 JESUS IS MY TREASURE 00:22:27.26\00:22:32.83 HE'S THE REASON THAT I'M LIVING 00:22:33.13\00:22:38.63 AND HE'S GONNA BE MY REASON WHEN I DIE 00:22:39.10\00:22:50.96 YEAH, HE'LL STILL BE MY REASON WHEN I DIE 00:22:52.10\00:23:10.40 >>BILL: FATHER IN HEAVEN WE THANK YOU FOR THESE 00:23:11.96\00:23:12.93 MOMENTS THAT WE SPENT STUDYING YOUR WORD. FATHER 00:23:12.93\00:23:15.80 I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE US GIVING HEARTS THAT WE MAY 00:23:15.80\00:23:19.70 GIVE A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU HAVE SO MUCH GIVEN TO 00:23:19.70\00:23:20.83 US BLESS EACH AND EVERY VIEWER, I PRAY IN 00:23:20.83\00:23:26.10 JESUS NAME, AMEN. 00:23:26.10\00:23:30.50 (MUSIC) 00:23:31.10\00:23:45.70 >>BEV: HI, EVERYONE! 00:24:04.70\00:24:05.16 TODAY, I'VE GOT MY APRON ON, WHICH MEANS, WE'RE 00:24:05.16\00:24:07.93 COOKING! YOU KNOW, I HATE TO ADMIT THIS, BUT 00:24:07.93\00:24:08.86 SOMETIMES - JUST ONCE IN A WHILE - I HAVE A SWEET 00:24:08.86\00:24:14.30 TOOTH! I KNOW PROBABLY MOST OF US DO, SO I'M IN 00:24:14.30\00:24:19.03 GOOD COMPANY! I'VE GOT TWO REALLY EASY AND TOTALLY 00:24:19.03\00:24:20.10 DELECTABLE RECIPES FOR WHEN YOU'RE CRAVING A 00:24:20.10\00:24:24.16 LITTLE BIT OF SWEETNESS. 00:24:24.16\00:24:24.63 FIRST, LET'S MAKE CAROB ALMOND BARK. CAROB COMES 00:24:24.63\00:24:28.36 FROM THE LOCUST TREE, A MEDITERRANEAN EVERGREEN. 00:24:28.36\00:24:33.13 THE PODS ARE DRIED, ROASTED, AND GROUND. 00:24:33.13\00:24:34.16 THE RESULT IS A LOVELY CHOCOLATELY LOOK. THIS 00:24:34.16\00:24:37.60 RECIPE IS A DELICIOUS ALTERNATIVE TO REGULAR 00:24:37.60\00:24:41.86 CHOCOLATE BARK. THE INGREDIENTS ARE FEW: 1 CUP 00:24:41.86\00:24:42.86 OF SWEETENED CAROB CHIPS 1/2 CUP ALMOND OR PEANUT 00:24:42.86\00:24:48.10 BUTTER 1/2 CUP OF ALMONDS MELT THE CAROB CHIPS IN A 00:24:48.10\00:24:54.06 DOUBLE BOILER UNTIL SMOOTH, STIRRING 00:24:54.06\00:24:54.90 CONSTANTLY. ADD THE NUT BUTTER AND THE ALMONDS AND 00:24:54.90\00:24:58.80 MIX WELL. LET THE MIXTURE COOL FOR A BIT, THEN 00:24:58.80\00:25:04.23 SPREAD IT IN A THIN LAYER ONTO WAX PAPER AND PLACE 00:25:04.23\00:25:05.23 IT IN THE FREEZER FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. AND, 00:25:05.23\00:25:09.23 VOILA, CAROB ALMOND BARK. 00:25:09.23\00:25:09.73 NOW, LET'S MAKE SUPER DELICIOUS, SUPER EASY DATE 00:25:09.73\00:25:15.76 & NUT BALLS. ALL YOU NEED IS: 200 GRAMS DATES 200 00:25:15.76\00:25:27.36 GRAMS WALNUTS EXTRA GROUND WALNUTS FOR DECORATION 00:25:27.36\00:25:28.53 GRIND THE DATES AND WALNUTS AND MIX THEM 00:25:28.53\00:25:33.53 TOGETHER WELL. FORM LITTLE BALLS AND ROLL THEM IN THE 00:25:33.53\00:25:38.60 ADDITIONAL GROUND WALNUTS. 00:25:38.60\00:25:39.16 THESE YUMMY DATE & NUT BALLS WILL STORE WELL IN 00:25:39.16\00:25:45.50 THE FRIDGE FOR ABOUT A MONTH, SO DON'T EAT THEM 00:25:45.50\00:25:46.56 ALL AT ONE TIME! ENJOY THESE SWEETS, BUT NOT TOO 00:25:46.56\00:25:50.40 OFTEN. AND, BE IN GOOD HEALTH. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT 00:25:50.40\00:25:56.03 TIME. 00:25:56.03\00:25:57.13 (MUSIC) 00:25:59.10\00:26:01.53 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS SERIES ON 00:26:02.96\00:26:03.96 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND WOULD LIKE TO DEEPEN 00:26:03.96\00:26:05.96 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE, THEN WHY NOT 00:26:05.96\00:26:08.70 ENROLL TODAY IN IT IS WRITTEN CANADA'S DISCOVER 00:26:08.70\00:26:09.70 BIBLE SCHOOL. THE LESSONS ARE SENT BY MAIL, THEY 00:26:09.70\00:26:13.63 ARRIVE POSTAGE PAID AND YOU CAN STUDY THEM IN THE 00:26:13.63\00:26:18.00 COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. 00:26:18.00\00:26:18.53 THOUSANDS HAVE CHOSEN THE DISCOVER BIBLE SCHOOL AS 00:26:18.53\00:26:21.16 THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF STUDY. IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE 00:26:21.16\00:26:22.23 SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP YOU THEN ENROLL TODAY. 00:26:22.23\00:26:25.76 HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FIRST 00:26:25.76\00:26:30.30 LESSON. 00:26:30.30\00:26:31.70 >>BILL: THANKS FOR JOINING US. REMEMBER 00:27:31.36\00:27:32.23 TO VISIT THE WEB-SITE WWW.ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 00:27:32.23\00:27:34.16 THERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR CORRESPONDENCE BIBLE 00:27:34.16\00:27:39.03 SCHOOL. LESSONS COME BY MAIL, NO OBLIGATION ON 00:27:39.03\00:27:40.16 YOUR PART - IT'S A GREAT WAY TO STUDY SCRIPTURE. 00:27:40.16\00:27:44.00 I HOPE YOU WILL BE BACK AGAIN WITH US NEXT WEEK. 00:27:44.00\00:27:46.76 UNTIL THEN REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT 00:27:46.76\00:27:47.80 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD 00:27:47.80\00:27:51.66 THAT PROCEEDS FORM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 00:27:51.66\00:27:56.43 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 00:27:57.43\00:27:59.20