And I can't feel at home in this world anymore 00:00:27.27\00:00:33.33 And I can't feet at home. 00:00:33.36\00:00:34.64 And I can't feel at home in this world anymore 00:00:34.67\00:00:40.25 Amen, God has given us 00:00:43.25\00:00:45.39 so many blessings, hasn't He? 00:00:45.42\00:00:47.00 Amen. I'm just-- 00:00:47.03\00:00:49.13 I feel so blessed with all the things 00:00:49.16\00:00:51.16 that God has given me and the next hymn 00:00:51.19\00:00:53.94 that we sing, Daniel Whittle, 00:00:53.97\00:00:56.14 he recognized that. 00:00:56.17\00:00:57.75 He recognized the many blessing 00:00:57.78\00:00:59.26 that God had given him 00:00:59.29\00:01:00.84 but he was desirous of more. 00:01:00.87\00:01:02.91 He wanted the showers of blessing 00:01:02.94\00:01:04.30 would be poured out upon him. 00:01:04.33\00:01:06.01 He recognized they were those little ones. 00:01:06.04\00:01:08.64 And please God, give me more. 00:01:08.67\00:01:11.02 There shall be showers of blessing 00:01:28.19\00:01:32.62 This is the promise of love 00:01:32.65\00:01:36.93 There shall be seasons refreshing 00:01:36.96\00:01:41.14 Sent from the Savior above 00:01:41.17\00:01:45.79 Showers of blessing 00:01:45.82\00:01:50.03 Showers of blessing we need 00:01:50.06\00:01:54.53 Mercy drops round us are falling 00:01:54.56\00:01:58.97 But for the showers we plead 00:01:59.00\00:02:02.26 There shall be showers of blessing 00:02:05.48\00:02:09.79 Precious reviving again 00:02:09.82\00:02:14.35 Over the hills and the valleys 00:02:14.38\00:02:18.72 Sound of abundance of rain 00:02:18.75\00:02:23.11 Showers of blessing 00:02:23.14\00:02:27.60 Showers of blessing we need 00:02:27.63\00:02:32.02 Mercy drops round us are falling 00:02:32.05\00:02:36.70 But for the showers we plead 00:02:36.73\00:02:39.90 There shall be showers of blessing 00:02:43.16\00:02:47.54 Oh that today they might fall 00:02:47.57\00:02:52.18 Now as to God we're confessing 00:02:52.21\00:02:56.66 Now as on Jesus we call 00:02:56.69\00:03:00.96 Showers of blessing 00:03:00.99\00:03:05.45 Showers of blessing we need 00:03:05.48\00:03:10.15 Mercy drops round us are falling 00:03:10.18\00:03:14.55 But for the showers we plead 00:03:14.58\00:03:19.19 Mercy drops round us are falling 00:03:19.22\00:03:25.19 But for the showers we plead 00:03:25.22\00:03:31.22 Amen. 00:03:34.42\00:03:36.03 We've experienced those blessings, 00:03:36.06\00:03:39.86 the thought of missing them 00:03:39.89\00:03:43.51 is more than we can bear, isn't it. 00:03:43.54\00:03:44.88 Pass me not 00:03:55.01\00:03:58.40 O gentle Savior 00:03:58.43\00:04:04.74 Hear my humble cry 00:04:04.77\00:04:10.00 While on others Thou art calling 00:04:13.94\00:04:19.30 Do not pass me by 00:04:23.33\00:04:28.56 Savior, Savior 00:04:32.29\00:04:38.75 Hear my humble cry 00:04:41.75\00:04:46.66 While on others Thou art calling 00:04:50.60\00:04:56.34 Do not pass me by 00:04:59.69\00:05:05.69 Let me at Thy throne of mercy 00:05:08.78\00:05:14.55 Find a sweet relief 00:05:17.84\00:05:22.64 Kneeling there in deep contrition 00:05:26.86\00:05:32.07 Help my unbelief 00:05:35.94\00:05:40.40 Savior, Savior 00:05:44.64\00:05:50.07 Hear my humble cry 00:05:53.54\00:05:58.51 While on others Thou art calling 00:06:02.42\00:06:08.42 Do not pass me by 00:06:11.46\00:06:16.92 Savior, Savior 00:06:20.86\00:06:26.37 Hear my humble cry 00:06:29.37\00:06:34.71 While on others Thou art calling 00:06:38.03\00:06:44.03 Do not pass me by 00:06:47.03\00:06:53.03 Thou, the spring of all my comfort 00:06:56.04\00:07:02.54 More than life to me 00:07:05.55\00:07:12.55 Whom have I on earth beside Thee 00:07:15.09\00:07:21.09 Whom in Heaven but Thee? 00:07:24.94\00:07:31.44 Savior, Savior 00:07:34.42\00:07:40.42 Hear my humble cry 00:07:43.52\00:07:49.52 While on others Thou art calling 00:07:52.52\00:07:58.52 Do not pass me by 00:08:01.65\00:08:07.42 He is marvelous! Jesus is wonderful! 00:08:20.08\00:08:23.89 Give Him glory! Shout to the Lord an' proclaim 00:08:23.92\00:08:27.46 He is marvelous! 00:08:27.49\00:08:29.12 Oh, so wonderful! 00:08:29.15\00:08:30.85 Give Him the glory an' praise 00:08:30.88\00:08:33.67 Oh, yes, He is marvelous! Jesus is wonderful! 00:08:33.70\00:08:38.43 Give Him the glory! Shout to the Lord an' proclaim 00:08:38.46\00:08:42.47 He is marvelous! 00:08:42.50\00:08:43.84 Oh, so wonderful! 00:08:43.87\00:08:45.81 Give Him the glory an' praise 00:08:45.84\00:08:48.69 Oh, yes, He is marvelous! Jesus is wonderful! 00:08:48.72\00:08:53.52 Give Him the glory! Shout to the Lord an' proclaim 00:08:53.55\00:08:57.64 He is marvelous! 00:08:57.67\00:08:59.15 Oh, so wonderful! 00:08:59.18\00:09:01.12 Give Him the glory an' praise 00:09:01.15\00:09:03.65 For He is the only Lord of all He shall 00:09:03.68\00:09:06.34 He is, He is Lord of Lords 00:09:06.37\00:09:10.27 He is King of King Lord of Lords 00:09:10.30\00:09:12.68 He is King of King Lord of Lords 00:09:12.71\00:09:16.35 Yes, He is King of King Lord of Lords 00:09:16.38\00:09:20.32 Yes, He is King of King Lord of Lords 00:09:20.35\00:09:25.55 He is King of King Lord of Lords 00:09:25.58\00:09:27.80 He is King of King Lord of Lords 00:09:27.83\00:09:31.47 He is marvelous! 00:09:39.21\00:09:40.56 Jesus is wonderful! 00:09:40.59\00:09:42.49 Give Him glory! Shout to the Lord an' proclaim 00:09:42.52\00:09:46.86 He is marvelous! 00:09:46.89\00:09:48.24 Oh, so wonderful! 00:09:48.27\00:09:50.38 He is marvelous! Oh, so wonderful! 00:09:50.41\00:09:54.02 He is marvelous! 00:09:54.05\00:09:55.77 Oh, so wonderful! Oh, so wonderful! 00:09:55.80\00:09:59.60 Give Him the glory an' praise 00:09:59.63\00:10:03.26 He is marvelous! 00:10:03.29\00:10:06.94 He is marvelous! Jesus is wonderful! 00:10:06.97\00:10:10.88 He is marvelous! He is marvelous! 00:10:10.91\00:10:16.72 Jesus is wonderful! 00:10:16.75\00:10:18.81 He is marvelous! He is marvelous! 00:10:18.84\00:10:24.54 Jesus is wonderful! 00:10:24.57\00:10:26.50 He is marvelous! He is marvelous! 00:10:26.53\00:10:32.41 Jesus is wonderful! 00:10:32.44\00:10:34.36 He is marvelous! He is marvelous! 00:10:34.39\00:10:40.02 Jesus is wonderful! 00:10:40.05\00:10:42.15 He is marvelous! He is marvelous! 00:10:42.18\00:10:48.05 Jesus is wonderful! 00:10:48.08\00:10:51.91 Oh, so, wonderful! 00:10:51.94\00:10:53.72 He is marvelous! 00:10:53.75\00:10:55.77 Oh, so, wonderful! 00:10:55.80\00:10:57.62 He is marvelous! 00:10:57.65\00:10:59.53 Oh, so, wonderful! Oh, so, wonderful! 00:10:59.56\00:11:03.28 Give Him the glory an' praise 00:11:03.31\00:11:06.81 Amen. 00:11:06.84\00:11:07.87 "I'm not saying this because I'm in need, 00:11:12.09\00:11:18.02 and I know what it is to have plenty. 00:11:18.05\00:11:22.31 I have learned the secret of being content 00:11:22.34\00:11:25.02 in any and every situation. 00:11:25.05\00:11:29.59 Whether, well fed or hungry. 00:11:29.62\00:11:32.68 Whether living in plenty or in want. 00:11:32.71\00:11:36.43 I can do all of this through him 00:11:36.46\00:11:39.21 who gives me strength." 00:11:39.24\00:11:41.39 We begin a new mini series today 00:11:45.02\00:11:47.73 "Four Secrets to Surviving 00:11:47.76\00:11:51.55 the Coming Economic Earthquake." 00:11:51.58\00:11:55.87 Secret number One, Shun It Like The Plague. 00:11:55.90\00:12:00.82 Let's pray. 00:12:00.85\00:12:01.88 Oh, God, You are marvelous. 00:12:05.89\00:12:08.67 You are wonderful. This is Your world. 00:12:08.70\00:12:13.47 Creator Father and Savior, we know what's up. 00:12:13.50\00:12:19.86 We feel it, we sense it in our soul of souls. 00:12:19.89\00:12:24.70 How do we survive this? 00:12:24.73\00:12:26.84 With hope, with courage 00:12:26.87\00:12:29.09 let today's teaching bring both to us. 00:12:29.12\00:12:32.65 We pray in Christ name, amen. 00:12:32.68\00:12:35.32 Has it astounded you? 00:12:40.72\00:12:44.63 Probably gonna get into bit of high provably here 00:12:44.66\00:12:49.82 but has it blown you out of the water as it has me. 00:12:49.85\00:12:56.17 Ever since, our world and our nation 00:12:56.20\00:12:59.46 last fall moved into this current economic crisis 00:12:59.49\00:13:02.91 I am absolutely astounded 00:13:02.94\00:13:05.61 at how we have overnight become so comfortable 00:13:05.64\00:13:10.04 with numbers that are humongous. 00:13:10.07\00:13:13.99 I mean a trillion, a trillion dollars. 00:13:14.02\00:13:18.29 Do you know how much a million dollars is? 00:13:18.32\00:13:22.35 If we took a stack of one thousand dollar bills-- 00:13:22.38\00:13:25.84 and by the way President Nixon 00:13:25.87\00:13:28.35 pulled amount of circulation back in 1969 00:13:28.38\00:13:31.05 to avoid counterfeiting big denominations. 00:13:31.08\00:13:33.91 But if we still had the thousand dollar bill 00:13:33.94\00:13:36.12 and we stacked them tight to get a million dollars 00:13:36.15\00:13:39.39 how high do you think that stack would be? 00:13:39.42\00:13:41.27 Four inches. 00:13:44.29\00:13:46.08 I will be happy for a stack of four inches, wouldn't you. 00:13:46.11\00:13:49.14 Absolutely. 00:13:49.17\00:13:50.31 How about a billion dollars? 00:13:50.34\00:13:51.84 If you stacked a billion dollars 00:13:51.87\00:13:53.73 how high would those thousand dollar bills go? 00:13:53.76\00:13:59.08 Three hundred feet. 00:13:59.11\00:14:01.25 Yeah, this is 50 feet to the top of this sanctuary. 00:14:01.28\00:14:04.39 So six times this height you get a billion dollars, 00:14:04.42\00:14:07.82 a stack of billion dollars, 300 feet. 00:14:07.85\00:14:10.13 And if you took those same thousand dollars bills 00:14:10.16\00:14:12.97 and stack them to equal a trillion dollars, 00:14:13.00\00:14:18.19 how high would that stack be? 00:14:18.22\00:14:20.38 Nearly 63 miles high. 00:14:20.41\00:14:27.06 Now do you know how much the government of the United States 00:14:27.09\00:14:33.49 is in debt for right now? 00:14:33.52\00:14:37.01 Do you know? We're gonna find out. 00:14:37.04\00:14:38.89 Let's turn these big screens into a desktop computer screen 00:14:38.92\00:14:42.47 let's put that internet browser up there. 00:14:42.50\00:14:45.52 And you may want to jot this down 00:14:45.55\00:14:47.14 this website 00:14:47.17\00:14:48.85 www.brillig.com/debt_clock 00:14:48.88\00:14:56.85 and let's find out to the very penny to the very second 00:14:56.88\00:15:00.12 what our national debt is right now. 00:15:00.15\00:15:04.13 Now let's enlarge just so that we can also see it. 00:15:04.16\00:15:06.48 Yeah, there we go okay. 00:15:06.51\00:15:07.94 Can you read that number? 00:15:07.97\00:15:10.26 Let's read that number out loud together. 00:15:10.29\00:15:12.97 Eleven trillion, fifty two billion, 00:15:13.00\00:15:17.59 eight hundred seventeen million, 00:15:17.62\00:15:20.66 sixty six thousand, 00:15:20.69\00:15:22.69 nine hundred and sixty two dollars 00:15:22.72\00:15:25.35 and three cents. 00:15:25.38\00:15:27.86 Now, can you? Hey, hey, hey hold it. 00:15:27.89\00:15:29.33 Can you read what's below? 00:15:29.36\00:15:31.04 Given our population we're about 305 million 00:15:31.07\00:15:34.41 the national debt has continued to increase, 00:15:34.44\00:15:37.17 I left out that part, 00:15:37.20\00:15:38.23 each citizen's share of this debt is $36,000. 00:15:38.26\00:15:42.81 Our debt now increases $3.74 billion 00:15:42.84\00:15:46.14 every 24 hours since September 28, 2007. 00:15:46.17\00:15:52.39 You know, how high that stack would be 00:15:52.42\00:15:54.72 if we stacked our national debt? 00:15:54.75\00:15:57.17 It would stack up past the international space station 00:15:57.20\00:16:01.26 three times, 699 miles. 00:16:01.29\00:16:06.20 Ladies and gentlemen, we're in debt. 00:16:06.23\00:16:10.93 But hold on that's not all the debt, 00:16:10.96\00:16:13.68 that's just the federal government. 00:16:13.71\00:16:15.74 Let's take the entire American debt, 00:16:15.77\00:16:17.57 all right that would be Federal Government 00:16:17.60\00:16:18.95 that would be state and local government, 00:16:18.98\00:16:21.29 let's take our business debt, 00:16:21.32\00:16:22.83 let's take our personal debt, all student loans, 00:16:22.86\00:16:25.24 all credit cards, all house mortgages. 00:16:25.27\00:16:29.37 The debt for America alone on this planet right now-- 00:16:29.40\00:16:32.93 put it on the screen please $57,000,000,000,000. 00:16:32.96\00:16:38.58 Houston we have a problem, a massive problem. 00:16:38.61\00:16:45.28 It's no wonder that debt has become 00:16:45.31\00:16:47.89 a painful four letter word in the America vocabulary. 00:16:47.92\00:16:52.92 Hey, listen, I know the moment 00:16:52.95\00:16:55.35 I say the word debt our stomachs begin to twist 00:16:55.38\00:17:00.80 and not with this awful sense of hopelessness. 00:17:00.83\00:17:08.39 Almost everybody in this building 00:17:08.42\00:17:11.40 right now knows the meaning of that twist. 00:17:11.43\00:17:17.27 I was talking with the friend of mine this week. 00:17:17.30\00:17:19.06 Do you know what, he could care a hill of beans 00:17:22.85\00:17:29.85 about the national debt? 00:17:31.84\00:17:33.81 What is giving his family such angst today 00:17:33.84\00:17:39.27 is the amounting of personal debt. 00:17:39.30\00:17:42.91 It is choking out their hope. 00:17:42.94\00:17:46.46 Is there any hope for the likes of you and me? 00:17:49.47\00:17:51.54 I believe there is. 00:17:51.57\00:17:52.60 I believe there are four secrets 00:17:52.63\00:17:55.32 to surviving the coming economic earthquake. 00:17:55.35\00:17:58.29 You'll say, "hey, wait a minute. 00:17:58.32\00:17:59.35 Dwight, what you mean coming of economic earthquake." 00:17:59.38\00:18:01.46 Haven't you heard? 00:18:01.49\00:18:02.72 We got politicians in Washington 00:18:02.75\00:18:04.96 now that have come up with all new strategy 00:18:04.99\00:18:07.51 that will kick start this economy 00:18:07.54\00:18:09.24 and we're soon gonna be humming 00:18:09.27\00:18:10.91 on our way once again. 00:18:10.94\00:18:13.26 Are you serious? 00:18:13.29\00:18:15.71 Is there a doctor in the house 00:18:15.74\00:18:18.17 because we need the doctor to stand up here and tell us 00:18:18.20\00:18:20.54 how is it that an artery clogs. 00:18:20.57\00:18:25.96 We need a physician to remind us 00:18:25.99\00:18:27.80 that it always happens imperceptibly 00:18:27.83\00:18:30.32 plague upon plague, 00:18:30.35\00:18:31.97 fatty deposit upon fatty deposit 00:18:32.00\00:18:34.48 until finally that constricted artery 00:18:34.51\00:18:37.52 goes thicker and thicker and thicker 00:18:37.55\00:18:40.38 until it is totally obstructed and you get a massive 00:18:40.41\00:18:45.75 catastrophic fatal cardiac event called death, 00:18:45.78\00:18:50.10 in case you didn't know. 00:18:53.84\00:18:55.22 Ladies and gentlemen, 00:18:59.45\00:19:00.48 that is what our national debt is doing to us today. 00:19:00.51\00:19:04.03 And you keep throwing billions of dollars at it. 00:19:04.06\00:19:06.43 You can keep throwing trillions of dollars 00:19:06.46\00:19:08.01 but every time you throw another fistful 00:19:08.04\00:19:10.27 there goes that artery tighter and tighter. 00:19:10.30\00:19:13.16 Some of you have been fooled 00:19:13.19\00:19:14.53 and for a while I was too into thinking 00:19:14.56\00:19:16.91 that if we track the stock market 00:19:16.94\00:19:18.77 we'll know the fortunes of our future. 00:19:18.80\00:19:20.86 The stock market is not telling us the condition. 00:19:20.89\00:19:26.46 We're headed for a massive catastrophic economic event. 00:19:26.49\00:19:34.36 We don't know when but we do know where. 00:19:34.39\00:19:38.20 God bless America land of the freely indebted. 00:19:38.23\00:19:44.83 That's where it's coming. So how can we? 00:19:44.86\00:19:47.08 I'm not, I'm not gonna preach to the nation today. 00:19:47.11\00:19:49.61 Here's a question, how can we, you and I-- 00:19:49.64\00:19:52.68 by the way however a pray for our leaders. 00:19:52.71\00:19:58.83 I'm praying to God for every one of those politicians 00:19:58.86\00:20:02.55 that they'll have the discernment 00:20:02.58\00:20:06.05 to make the decisions we need to keep this door open 00:20:06.08\00:20:09.49 just a little longer for the Gospel 00:20:09.52\00:20:11.21 to go to all the world. 00:20:11.24\00:20:12.45 That's what I'm praying for. 00:20:12.48\00:20:14.06 Okay, how you voted this fall? You pray, you pray. 00:20:14.09\00:20:18.52 And I don't care about the nation 00:20:18.55\00:20:19.58 right now I'm thinking about you and me, 00:20:19.61\00:20:20.66 average individual, average little people before God. 00:20:20.69\00:20:23.93 How shall we survive this coming catastrophic event? 00:20:23.96\00:20:28.07 Four secrets, four secrets 00:20:28.10\00:20:30.37 I want to share with you over four weeks 00:20:30.40\00:20:32.78 to infuse hope and courage into us 00:20:32.81\00:20:36.20 in the phase of the coming economic earthquake. 00:20:36.23\00:20:38.20 And we begin right now, secret number one. 00:20:38.23\00:20:41.15 Open your Bible please to the Book of Proverbs, 00:20:41.18\00:20:42.90 Old Testament. 00:20:42.93\00:20:44.00 Go to the Book of Proverbs. Please, Proverbs 22. 00:20:44.03\00:20:46.82 We'll take one line from the Old Testament 00:20:46.85\00:20:48.23 one line from the New Testament. 00:20:48.26\00:20:50.32 You didn't bring your Bible? 00:20:50.35\00:20:51.38 Oh boy, grab that pew Bible in front of you, please. 00:20:51.41\00:20:55.46 Proverbs 22 take a look at this. 00:20:55.49\00:20:59.71 Grab the pew Bible it will page 442. 00:20:59.74\00:21:02.01 The pew Bible would be the New King James Version. 00:21:02.04\00:21:04.68 I have that today is New International Version here. 00:21:04.71\00:21:08.10 That's what you'll be seeing on the screen. 00:21:08.13\00:21:10.37 Proverbs 22, Proverbs 22:7. 00:21:10.40\00:21:16.34 The wisest man on earth wrote these words, 00:21:16.37\00:21:18.66 "The rich rule over the poor." 00:21:18.69\00:21:21.79 Well, nobody needed in Proverb to figure that one out. 00:21:21.82\00:21:24.42 Don't read it now but in my blog, 00:21:24.45\00:21:25.68 in the bulletin today on our website 00:21:25.71\00:21:27.38 which is coming up on just a moment. 00:21:27.41\00:21:28.77 In my blog, New York Times reported it today 00:21:28.80\00:21:32.64 "In the midst of this global economic meltdown 00:21:32.67\00:21:35.81 that hedge fund managers have been able to hold 00:21:35.84\00:21:40.99 their own the great flourishing style." 00:21:41.02\00:21:43.15 Look at the billions-- the top 25 have each earned. 00:21:43.18\00:21:47.14 "The rich" we need Proverb to figure this out. 00:21:50.14\00:21:52.49 "The rich rule over the poor." 00:21:52.52\00:21:53.55 But here comes the line 00:21:53.58\00:21:54.70 "And the borrower is slave to the lender." 00:21:54.73\00:22:00.10 And you already knew that, didn't you? 00:22:00.13\00:22:02.08 Yeah, the moment you owe you're slave to whoever it is, 00:22:02.11\00:22:06.64 to whatever it is you owe. 00:22:06.67\00:22:08.58 All right, let's not-- 00:22:08.61\00:22:10.48 let just the Old Testament speak to us. 00:22:10.51\00:22:11.74 So let's go to the New Testament. 00:22:11.77\00:22:12.80 Put another line there Book of Romans 13, page 765. 00:22:12.83\00:22:20.13 Romans 13 it is the New Testament. 00:22:20.16\00:22:24.83 We're trying to find out secret number one. 00:22:24.86\00:22:26.39 Here is the New Testament Word for us. 00:22:26.42\00:22:28.32 Romans Chapter 13 lets begin in verse 7. 00:22:28.35\00:22:31.50 Paul writing "Give to everyone what you owe. 00:22:31.53\00:22:34.10 If you owe taxes, pay taxes, if revenue, then revenue, 00:22:34.13\00:22:36.93 if respect, then respect, if honor, then honor." 00:22:36.96\00:22:39.57 Now hold on because its verse 8. 00:22:39.60\00:22:41.62 "Let no debt remain outstanding, 00:22:41.65\00:22:45.00 except the continuing debt to love one another, 00:22:45.03\00:22:48.83 for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law." 00:22:48.86\00:22:53.30 There it is ladies and gentlemen, 00:22:53.33\00:22:54.42 secret number one. 00:22:54.45\00:22:55.58 I tell you, hands down. 00:22:55.61\00:22:57.14 Any wise financial counselor 00:22:57.17\00:22:58.87 that I know from the Late Larry Burkett 00:22:58.90\00:23:00.59 to the popular David Ramsey 00:23:00.62\00:23:02.12 they're univocal, they speak in one voice. 00:23:02.15\00:23:06.27 This is the secret. 00:23:06.30\00:23:08.65 This secret is so critical I need you to pull please 00:23:08.68\00:23:10.95 your pull out your study guide from today's worship bulletin, 00:23:10.98\00:23:13.78 brand new study guide, for a new mini series. 00:23:13.81\00:23:16.77 You're gonna want this study guide. 00:23:16.80\00:23:17.90 If you didn't get a bulletin, hold your hand up 00:23:17.93\00:23:19.65 our friendly ushers will come by your way right now. 00:23:19.68\00:23:22.54 All the way to the balcony and overflow as well. 00:23:22.57\00:23:26.94 Two very important lists that you will want to have. 00:23:26.97\00:23:30.14 So hold your hand up 00:23:30.17\00:23:31.20 we'll get the study guide to you. 00:23:31.23\00:23:32.53 And we're delighted to have those of you 00:23:32.56\00:23:33.94 who are watching right now on television 00:23:33.97\00:23:35.82 hope you'll be able to join us for the entire mini series. 00:23:35.85\00:23:38.38 Let me put our website on the screen for you 00:23:38.41\00:23:40.29 and you can go and get this identical study guide, 00:23:40.32\00:23:43.48 www.pmchurch, there you see it now, 00:23:43.51\00:23:47.39 www.pmchruch.tv, Pioneer Memorial, pmchurch.tv. 00:23:47.42\00:23:54.18 You're looking for the new mini series. 00:23:54.21\00:23:55.69 Four Secrets to Surviving the Coming Economic Earthquake. 00:23:55.72\00:23:59.27 This is teaching number one. 00:23:59.30\00:24:00.44 Secret number one, Shun It Like the Plague. 00:24:00.47\00:24:04.16 When you get the secret number one 00:24:04.19\00:24:05.40 it will say study guide, 00:24:05.43\00:24:06.56 click on study guide it'll be on you screen, 00:24:06.59\00:24:08.80 you can print it off, fill it in right there 00:24:08.83\00:24:11.81 and be a part of this. 00:24:11.84\00:24:14.29 Everybody have a study guide. 00:24:14.32\00:24:15.89 All right let's go, secret number one. 00:24:15.92\00:24:18.04 We'll call the Secret number 1-A. 00:24:18.07\00:24:19.60 Get out of debt, all right. Write that down. 00:24:19.63\00:24:23.14 It's a no brainer. Get out of debt. 00:24:23.17\00:24:25.12 You're saying "Dwight, what kind of debt?" 00:24:25.15\00:24:26.59 Write it down, all debt-- all debt. 00:24:26.62\00:24:30.72 There are two kinds of debt. 00:24:30.75\00:24:31.78 I want to spend a few moments 00:24:31.81\00:24:33.09 reflecting over with you right now. 00:24:33.12\00:24:35.97 Number 1, credit card debt. 00:24:36.00\00:24:37.53 Write that down, credit card debt. 00:24:37.56\00:24:40.17 Have you ever seen a grown man cry? 00:24:40.20\00:24:43.17 No-- I had a university student 00:24:43.20\00:24:46.31 in my office here in the Pioneer Memorial Church. 00:24:46.34\00:24:48.91 He shared with me the painful story 00:24:48.94\00:24:50.37 of how his parents before he came off 00:24:50.40\00:24:51.91 to Andrews University 00:24:51.94\00:24:53.17 gave him a credit card in their name. 00:24:53.20\00:24:57.08 And they said "Son, you understand now 00:24:57.11\00:24:59.70 use this only in emergencies." 00:24:59.73\00:25:01.95 Do you know how easy it is though 00:25:06.72\00:25:08.75 to type in those numbers 00:25:08.78\00:25:09.85 when you're online into that little box 00:25:09.88\00:25:11.27 that asks for the number just go ahead 00:25:11.30\00:25:13.07 and type them on in, just type the umbers on in 00:25:13.10\00:25:15.17 and then there's another box that says "submit" 00:25:15.20\00:25:17.29 and you can get a shopping cart 00:25:17.32\00:25:19.64 filled with the most glorious trinkets and treasures 00:25:19.67\00:25:24.40 you've ever seen in your life-- $50,000. 00:25:24.43\00:25:29.53 One study shows that 25% of college students graduate 00:25:33.89\00:25:38.10 with $5,000 as their credit card debt 00:25:38.13\00:25:40.79 when they get out of school $5,000. 00:25:40.82\00:25:43.84 Okay, we want to get out of credit card 00:25:43.87\00:25:45.10 because I'm not, it isn't, trust me, 00:25:45.13\00:25:47.28 it's not only college kids who are worried about 00:25:47.31\00:25:49.76 credit card debt it's all of us. 00:25:49.79\00:25:51.30 You want to get out of credit card debt 00:25:51.33\00:25:52.72 I have called from financial counsels 00:25:52.75\00:25:54.71 here are six, jot them down six principles. 00:25:54.74\00:25:57.02 Six strategies to help you get out the credit card debt. 00:25:57.05\00:25:59.25 Number 1, jot it down. 00:25:59.28\00:26:00.55 "Perform what David Ramsey calls a 'plasectomy.'" 00:26:00.58\00:26:05.64 Put quotation box around it. 00:26:05.67\00:26:07.02 Plasectomy, cut up the plastic in your life. 00:26:07.05\00:26:11.26 Financial counselors to the men and women agree 00:26:11.29\00:26:14.17 the only way to eliminate credit card debt is to quit 00:26:14.20\00:26:16.86 using your credit cards, cash only please. 00:26:16.89\00:26:22.87 David Ramsey-- now fill this out, this is fascinating. 00:26:22.90\00:26:25.65 "There is NO." 00:26:25.68\00:26:26.95 Now those who are his caps put on the screen please. 00:26:26.98\00:26:29.00 "There is NO positive side to credit card use. 00:26:29.03\00:26:33.24 You will spend 12-18% more 00:26:33.27\00:26:36.91 if you use credit cards instead of cash." 00:26:36.94\00:26:39.26 Now look you see somebody would saying listen, 00:26:39.29\00:26:42.51 "I'm paying my credit card off every single months. 00:26:42.54\00:26:44.68 It's not a problem. 00:26:44.71\00:26:45.74 I don't have any credit card debt." 00:26:45.77\00:26:47.47 Ah, good for you by the way 00:26:47.50\00:26:49.37 but the very fact that when you going on to Wal-Mart 00:26:49.40\00:26:52.85 and you're not putting three $20 bills on the counter 00:26:52.88\00:26:55.92 but you're reaching into that wall 00:26:55.95\00:26:57.09 putting the piece of plastic 00:26:57.12\00:27:00.41 means you will spend 12-18% more 00:27:00.44\00:27:03.29 because it never hurts to use this. 00:27:03.32\00:27:05.33 It kills me to put down a single $20 00:27:05.36\00:27:08.18 but three of those green things. 00:27:08.21\00:27:10.81 Are you sure I need these? 00:27:10.84\00:27:15.46 That's his point. 00:27:15.49\00:27:17.51 Oh, but I thought pastor, I thought we had to 00:27:17.54\00:27:19.41 you know be able to do stuff online and rent a car. 00:27:19.44\00:27:21.09 Oh, keep reading. 00:27:21.12\00:27:22.15 "I suggest" Ramsey goes on "a debit card 00:27:22.18\00:27:25.48 because it's right straight at your cash pile. 00:27:25.51\00:27:28.33 If you have to use plastic I suggest a debit card. 00:27:28.36\00:27:31.13 I use them for travel and the occasional convenience 00:27:31.16\00:27:33.98 of ordering something over the internet or phone. 00:27:34.01\00:27:35.97 Other than that I use cash." 00:27:36.00\00:27:40.29 All right here comes Number 2, principle number 2, 00:27:40.32\00:27:42.59 secret number 2 getting rid of credit card debt 00:27:42.62\00:27:45.27 "Always pay more than the minimum." 00:27:45.30\00:27:48.14 Keep writing, keep writing 00:27:48.17\00:27:49.90 "credit card companies are loan sharks." 00:27:49.93\00:27:53.46 Trust me. 00:27:53.49\00:27:55.70 Their minimum payment is designed 00:27:55.73\00:27:57.68 to keep you in their debt 00:27:57.71\00:27:59.17 for ever paying astronomical interest in the process. 00:27:59.20\00:28:03.09 And by the way with this current meltdown 00:28:03.12\00:28:04.83 guess what's happening 00:28:04.86\00:28:05.89 they're quietly jacking up the rate. 00:28:05.92\00:28:07.93 And if you're not reading the small print 00:28:07.96\00:28:09.63 you're paying more and more and more 00:28:09.66\00:28:12.36 and you don't even know it. 00:28:12.39\00:28:14.26 You'll never get it out of with minimum payment, please. 00:28:14.29\00:28:17.14 Number 3, "Pay off your credit cards 00:28:17.17\00:28:18.85 beginning with the lowest balance 00:28:18.88\00:28:21.15 in order to experience success as soon as possible." 00:28:21.18\00:28:25.64 Somebody will say well, I want to get rid 00:28:25.67\00:28:26.70 of the big one first. 00:28:26.73\00:28:27.76 No, no, no, start with your smallest credit card 00:28:27.79\00:28:30.11 because you got to feel like you're doing something. 00:28:30.14\00:28:32.81 Start with the smallest that's good counsel. 00:28:32.84\00:28:35.32 You can do it. Yep, you can do it. 00:28:35.35\00:28:37.12 Number 4, "Reduce the interest rate." 00:28:37.15\00:28:39.48 The Motley Fool that's the website 00:28:39.51\00:28:41.70 www.fool.com 00:28:41.73\00:28:43.73 notes that credit card companies are so eager 00:28:43.76\00:28:46.86 to have your business 00:28:46.89\00:28:48.15 they will negotiate the rates just you keep you coming. 00:28:48.18\00:28:51.55 Call their toll free number and say "I want to lower rate. 00:28:51.58\00:28:55.18 I'm gonna pay this off 00:28:55.21\00:28:56.61 and get another credit card with somebody else." 00:28:56.64\00:28:58.32 Boy, you'll get it just like that. 00:28:58.35\00:29:00.46 James 4:2, "You have not because you ask not." 00:29:00.49\00:29:04.02 A lot of stuff in life you can get if you just ask. 00:29:04.05\00:29:07.40 No, I'm being-- this is about life in general just ask, 00:29:07.43\00:29:10.44 just ask people, you'll be surprised what you can get. 00:29:10.47\00:29:13.57 All right, secret number 5 for credit card debt 00:29:13.60\00:29:15.99 "Beware that debt settlement companies." 00:29:16.02\00:29:18.82 Ramsey describes these people 00:29:18.85\00:29:21.20 the majority of them as hugely unethical. 00:29:21.23\00:29:24.19 They require their fees upfront which will soak you. 00:29:24.22\00:29:26.44 They tell you, they tell you to quit paying all your bills 00:29:26.47\00:29:29.18 which just ruin your credit report. 00:29:29.21\00:29:31.40 They don't answer the phone when you call. 00:29:31.43\00:29:32.67 The Federal Trade Commission 00:29:32.70\00:29:33.87 gets a heavy volume of complaints from consumers 00:29:33.90\00:29:35.99 over these organizations, don't do it. 00:29:36.02\00:29:37.71 Call the credit card company up yourself. 00:29:37.74\00:29:40.31 They got a toll free number. 00:29:40.34\00:29:41.65 Call them and say I got it-- we got to do something here. 00:29:41.68\00:29:44.81 They are eager to hang on to you 00:29:44.84\00:29:48.05 and they will make the adjustment. 00:29:48.08\00:29:49.90 By the way I was talking to somebody this last week 00:29:49.93\00:29:51.42 who told me that he heard an NPR Report 00:29:51.45\00:29:56.26 on these payday storefronts 00:29:56.29\00:29:58.96 you know they have in downtowns all over America. 00:29:58.99\00:30:01.47 It's a big payday. 00:30:01.50\00:30:03.15 Stay away from them, they'll eat you alive. 00:30:03.18\00:30:05.37 Don't ever go to them. 00:30:05.40\00:30:06.43 And finally, Number 6 credit card debt 00:30:06.46\00:30:08.32 talk to somebody please. 00:30:08.35\00:30:11.60 Here's our James Scurlock in this eye opening book 00:30:11.63\00:30:14.12 "Maxed Out" puts it. 00:30:14.15\00:30:16.21 You'll have it there in your study guide. 00:30:16.24\00:30:17.69 "Maybe it's because of what David Ramsey 00:30:17.72\00:30:19.61 calls the intense shame" 00:30:19.64\00:30:21.68 write that in "the intense shame 00:30:21.71\00:30:23.53 that everybody feels about debt the false certainty 00:30:23.56\00:30:26.24 that everybody has it together." 00:30:26.27\00:30:27.72 Everybody else has got it together but me. 00:30:27.75\00:30:31.50 People don't know maybe that's why 00:30:31.53\00:30:34.20 or maybe it's what Bob the Debtors Anonymous member 00:30:34.23\00:30:36.26 I interviewed, told me 00:30:36.29\00:30:37.54 "debt is simply not a socially acceptable topic, 00:30:37.57\00:30:40.94 one can talk about one's sex life 00:30:40.97\00:30:42.80 or even one's drug addiction as thought it were fashionable 00:30:42.83\00:30:45.34 but owning up to one's financial troubles 00:30:45.37\00:30:47.52 means being ostracized from the world 00:30:47.55\00:30:49.67 of polite conversation." 00:30:49.70\00:30:52.12 Ladies and gentlemen, 00:30:52.15\00:30:53.20 we're gonna have to get over the shame 00:30:53.23\00:30:56.69 and we're gonna have to talk about it. 00:30:56.72\00:30:58.14 Talk to somebody please. Don't suffer alone. 00:30:58.17\00:31:00.88 There is help. 00:31:00.91\00:31:03.63 The economic crisis we're in right now 00:31:03.66\00:31:05.17 by the way has turned both poppers 00:31:05.20\00:31:07.58 and millionaires into debtors. 00:31:07.61\00:31:10.12 If misery loves company you got a lot of company now. 00:31:10.15\00:31:12.69 Talk about it. 00:31:12.72\00:31:14.51 In fact, jot that down "It's the first step to help." 00:31:14.54\00:31:17.75 Here's the toll free number call the National Council 00:31:17.78\00:31:20.46 for Consumer Credit at 800-388-2227, 00:31:20.49\00:31:25.56 say, "I need help." 00:31:25.59\00:31:28.26 Financial counselor at Todd Washburn, I like this. 00:31:28.29\00:31:30.57 "It is in everybody's best interest 00:31:30.60\00:31:33.00 for you to be able to pay your bills." 00:31:33.03\00:31:35.78 Pay it off, get it off your credit record. 00:31:35.81\00:31:37.75 Just get it off. Pay it off. 00:31:37.78\00:31:40.44 Talk to somebody. 00:31:40.47\00:31:41.59 And by the way, 00:31:41.62\00:31:42.65 there are nonprofit financial counseling services 00:31:42.68\00:31:45.43 and they generally work on a sliding fee scale 00:31:45.46\00:31:48.29 that means whatever your little income is 00:31:48.32\00:31:51.08 they'll adjust it. 00:31:51.11\00:31:52.14 They want to help you. Just talk to somebody. 00:31:52.17\00:31:55.06 Don't suffer alone. You can do it. 00:31:55.09\00:31:59.20 There's help on our way. 00:31:59.23\00:32:00.82 And by the way, if you live here in Michigan 00:32:00.85\00:32:04.06 I have got some great news for you. 00:32:04.09\00:32:05.78 Listen, to this April 23, jot this down. 00:32:05.81\00:32:08.53 April 23, Thursday evening 8 o'clock eastern time 00:32:08.56\00:32:13.67 we're going to have him live coast to coast 00:32:13.70\00:32:16.55 and we're hosting him Dave Ramsey "Live!" 00:32:16.58\00:32:19.50 Right here in the Pioneer Memorial Church. 00:32:19.53\00:32:21.49 Go on his website we're already registered 00:32:21.52\00:32:23.60 as a host church, the host site. 00:32:23.63\00:32:27.25 You got to come 00:32:27.28\00:32:28.31 because Ramsey is gonna tackle the economy 00:32:28.34\00:32:30.11 as it is right now 00:32:30.14\00:32:31.39 and he's gonna offer some practical help, 00:32:31.42\00:32:33.13 how to get through this thing, how to survive? 00:32:33.16\00:32:36.04 Either I have to watch your calling right now. 00:32:36.07\00:32:38.90 Jot that down. April 23, Thursday 8 p.m., 00:32:38.93\00:32:41.62 you're watching here in Michigan, 00:32:41.65\00:32:42.84 you can make the long drive come on up here, 00:32:42.87\00:32:44.98 come on up to Andrews University, 00:32:45.01\00:32:46.15 Pioneer Memorial Church we'll host this for you. 00:32:46.18\00:32:48.43 One hour, live, emailed in questions 00:32:48.46\00:32:51.37 the whole nine yards it's gonna be, 00:32:51.40\00:32:53.21 it's gonna be a very informative 00:32:53.24\00:32:55.50 and I believe helpful evening, April 23 Thursday. 00:32:55.53\00:32:59.77 So that is ladies and gentlemen, 00:32:59.80\00:33:00.92 secret number one, get out of debt. 00:33:00.95\00:33:02.56 What kind of debt? All debt? 00:33:02.59\00:33:03.92 Credit card debt. 00:33:03.95\00:33:05.09 Let's do one more kind of debt student loan debt. 00:33:05.12\00:33:11.78 Two weeks ago let me hold this up. 00:33:11.81\00:33:14.35 Two weeks ago there's very informative 00:33:14.38\00:33:16.34 piece appeared in the Adventist Review 00:33:16.37\00:33:18.01 entitled "College Loan Crash Course." 00:33:18.04\00:33:20.60 How do avoid accumulating debt in and out of school, 00:33:20.63\00:33:23.40 written by graduate Alita Byrd not a graduate from here. 00:33:23.43\00:33:29.79 There is some good stuff in here. 00:33:29.82\00:33:30.86 Let me read her opening story. 00:33:30.89\00:33:32.80 "Sarah, not her real name 00:33:32.83\00:33:34.21 graduated from an Adventist college, 00:33:34.24\00:33:36.63 got a master's degree, and then went to medical school 00:33:36.66\00:33:38.74 at Loma Linda University in California. 00:33:38.77\00:33:40.73 She took out loans to pay for her education, 00:33:40.76\00:33:42.91 living expenses, and books, and she estimates 00:33:42.94\00:33:45.10 that she is now $300,000 in student loan debt. 00:33:45.13\00:33:49.61 "I don't think" she says "I will ever have it paid off." 00:33:49.64\00:33:52.61 If you think about it $300,000 she gone as it's like a house, 00:33:52.64\00:33:55.78 for a house, people usually get a 30-year mortgage, 00:33:55.81\00:33:58.01 and in 30 years I will be close to retirement. 00:33:58.04\00:34:02.10 She counsels Sarah does students to think hard 00:34:02.13\00:34:04.29 about their futures before starting graduate school. 00:34:04.32\00:34:06.60 "Don't start grad school" she says, 00:34:06.63\00:34:08.68 "without knowing your job in the end 00:34:08.71\00:34:10.61 will support the cost of your education." 00:34:10.64\00:34:12.42 She goes on "and don't" listen now this community 00:34:12.45\00:34:16.76 "don't go back to school 00:34:16.79\00:34:18.46 because you can't find a job or your board." 00:34:18.49\00:34:22.45 It's not worth it. It's not worth it. 00:34:22.48\00:34:25.88 Five secrets, she is got it here. 00:34:25.91\00:34:28.20 I'm sharing with you. 00:34:28.23\00:34:29.26 Five secrets for getting out of debt, 00:34:29.29\00:34:31.43 student life student loan debt. 00:34:31.46\00:34:35.29 Jot it down, Number 1 00:34:35.32\00:34:36.46 "Don't pay more than you have to for college." 00:34:36.49\00:34:39.18 That means shop around. 00:34:39.21\00:34:42.00 Everybody in the finance department 00:34:42.03\00:34:43.13 at Andrews University it just sat up ram on straight. 00:34:43.16\00:34:49.03 What do you mean shop around, Dwight? 00:34:49.06\00:34:52.21 Okay, 85% of Adventist college students 00:34:52.24\00:34:56.70 have to receive financial assistance, okay. 00:34:56.73\00:35:00.98 Now I like this she quotes Vicki Thompson 00:35:01.01\00:35:03.59 our own Vicki Thompson 00:35:03.62\00:35:04.98 who is she is associate director 00:35:05.01\00:35:07.60 of student finance at Andrews University. 00:35:07.63\00:35:09.03 So here is what Vicki is saying 00:35:09.06\00:35:10.10 listen to this, this is practical. 00:35:10.13\00:35:12.94 If you need to start 00:35:12.97\00:35:14.83 the financial application process early, 00:35:14.86\00:35:16.50 if you're a senior in high school 00:35:16.53\00:35:17.56 we got some seniors here. 00:35:17.59\00:35:18.62 If you're senior in high school start it now. 00:35:18.65\00:35:20.93 File for FAFSA 00:35:20.96\00:35:22.47 that's Free Application for Student Aid. 00:35:22.50\00:35:24.87 My daughter is going to college so she files for FAFSA 00:35:24.90\00:35:28.26 it incredible government assistance. 00:35:28.29\00:35:31.01 Go for grants and scholarships to the max 00:35:31.04\00:35:33.65 and please pursue active employment on campus 00:35:33.68\00:35:36.11 and through the summer. 00:35:36.14\00:35:37.17 Some people get so many student loans 00:35:37.20\00:35:38.59 they say, "listen, I don't have to work. 00:35:38.62\00:35:39.98 I got loans." 00:35:40.01\00:35:41.04 No, you're crazy work here and then work in the summer. 00:35:41.07\00:35:44.56 Don't go that far into debt. 00:35:44.59\00:35:46.09 You can control the amount of debt you embrace, all right. 00:35:46.12\00:35:49.89 Number 2, jot it down please "Live within your means." 00:35:49.92\00:35:54.11 Well, that makes sense. 00:35:54.14\00:35:55.34 This article points out a lot of kids think 00:35:58.99\00:36:02.30 living within my means, 00:36:02.33\00:36:03.36 means I need to live like mom and dad now live. 00:36:03.39\00:36:06.50 The counselors "don't live like your parents do now. 00:36:06.53\00:36:10.12 You're not there yet." 00:36:10.15\00:36:11.25 Trust me when they were your age 00:36:11.28\00:36:13.05 they weren't living like this 00:36:13.08\00:36:15.69 and especially when you came along. 00:36:15.72\00:36:17.18 "Live within your means." Start out small. 00:36:20.54\00:36:26.44 Number 3, "Prioritize your debt." 00:36:26.47\00:36:29.87 That's good. 00:36:29.90\00:36:30.93 You know, what she is suggesting? 00:36:30.96\00:36:31.99 She is saying listen pay off your credit cards first 00:36:32.02\00:36:34.97 because it's high interest debt. 00:36:35.00\00:36:36.70 Get rid of the high interest. 00:36:36.73\00:36:38.43 In fact, she points out you know your student loan 00:36:38.46\00:36:40.42 is probably one of the lowest interest rates 00:36:40.45\00:36:42.30 in the nation right now. 00:36:42.33\00:36:43.47 Save the student loan for last 00:36:43.50\00:36:46.45 because you need to payoff what's eating you. 00:36:46.48\00:36:48.27 It's the highest stuff. And that makes sense. 00:36:48.30\00:36:51.52 And by the way she says don't even start to saving yet. 00:36:51.55\00:36:54.54 Payoff the high debt first 00:36:54.57\00:36:55.90 because you know savings account 00:36:55.93\00:36:57.45 now the interest is so low. 00:36:57.48\00:36:59.11 You got a higher interest on your debt 00:36:59.14\00:37:00.96 than the savings do the debt first 00:37:00.99\00:37:03.02 then end up with the savings. 00:37:03.05\00:37:04.28 Good counsel. 00:37:04.31\00:37:05.82 So that's Number 3, "Prioritize your debt." 00:37:05.85\00:37:07.44 Number 4, "Avoid impulse purchases save before you buy." 00:37:07.47\00:37:12.13 And here is what she's thinking. 00:37:12.16\00:37:13.19 Okay, so you just have to have something. 00:37:13.22\00:37:15.34 You know you start a little home 00:37:15.37\00:37:16.58 and you gonna have to have something there. 00:37:16.61\00:37:19.13 So what she recommends is take the amount of payment 00:37:19.16\00:37:24.27 that would cost you, a monthly payment, 00:37:24.30\00:37:26.68 try it for a few months. 00:37:26.71\00:37:28.03 Just take it out of your budget put it away see, 00:37:28.06\00:37:30.90 if you can survive with the $100 less a month 00:37:30.93\00:37:33.24 on my present income. 00:37:33.27\00:37:34.30 If you can still survive, yes, if you can hold off. 00:37:34.33\00:37:37.04 You don't have to have what you think 00:37:37.07\00:37:38.91 you have to have all the time. 00:37:38.94\00:37:41.13 That's the point. 00:37:41.16\00:37:42.19 And finally Number 5, 00:37:42.22\00:37:43.88 we have already talked about this. 00:37:43.91\00:37:44.94 She says "Use your credit card wisely. 00:37:44.97\00:37:47.39 It is not a tool." I like this. 00:37:47.42\00:37:49.39 "It is not a tool to buy things you can't afford." 00:37:49.42\00:37:54.35 It's not what is four. 00:37:54.38\00:37:55.69 Bottom line, "A good education is an investment 00:37:55.72\00:37:58.76 you will reap for the rest of your life. 00:37:58.79\00:38:00.59 Just don't spend the rest of your life paying it off." 00:38:00.62\00:38:05.82 And there it is ladies and gentlemen, 00:38:05.85\00:38:06.88 secret number one, get out of debt. 00:38:06.91\00:38:09.07 Credit card debt, student loan debt, 00:38:09.10\00:38:10.92 auto loan debt, home mortgage debt, 00:38:10.95\00:38:14.27 medical expenses debt it doesn't matter 00:38:14.30\00:38:16.67 how the debt was incurred just get out of that debt. 00:38:16.70\00:38:22.42 Proverbs 22:7 write it in this time 00:38:22.45\00:38:24.36 "The borrower is slave to the lender." 00:38:24.39\00:38:28.07 And in Romans 13:8, 00:38:28.10\00:38:29.22 "Let no debt remain outstanding." 00:38:29.25\00:38:32.56 Now I like that because the Old King James 00:38:32.59\00:38:34.72 rendered it this way. 00:38:34.75\00:38:35.78 "Owe no man anything." 00:38:35.81\00:38:37.10 Hey, come on that impractical. 00:38:37.13\00:38:38.53 We're all gonna incur debt somewhere along the way. 00:38:38.56\00:38:41.11 But I like the way that TNIV puts it. 00:38:41.14\00:38:43.22 Don't let that debt remain outstanding on and on and on. 00:38:43.25\00:38:46.20 Just stop it, just get it over with. 00:38:46.23\00:38:48.72 And don't forget April 23, 00:38:48.75\00:38:49.85 you're living in this region April 23, Dave Ramsey live. 00:38:49.88\00:38:53.50 Hey, but give me, a give me a 1-B on this one. 00:38:53.53\00:38:55.93 Secret 1-B-- 1-A get out to debt, 00:38:55.96\00:39:00.40 1-B stay out of debt. 00:39:00.43\00:39:02.12 Write that in please "Stay out of debt." 00:39:02.15\00:39:03.80 And by the way keep your pen moving. 00:39:03.83\00:39:05.14 "The best way to do that is to quit looking at the ads." 00:39:05.17\00:39:10.08 Quit looking at them. 00:39:10.11\00:39:12.00 I want to listen to a very bright advertising executive. 00:39:12.03\00:39:14.94 In fact, he was president 00:39:14.97\00:39:16.06 of one of the top advertising agencies 00:39:16.09\00:39:18.12 in the US in San Francisco, Freeman, Mander and Gossage. 00:39:18.15\00:39:21.58 This is Jerry Mander, former president. 00:39:21.61\00:39:25.02 Listen to this you got it in your study guide 00:39:25.05\00:39:26.98 "Advertising exists only to purvey 00:39:27.01\00:39:29.33 what people don't need." 00:39:29.36\00:39:32.90 This is so true? 00:39:32.93\00:39:33.96 "Whatever people do need 00:39:33.99\00:39:36.37 they will find without advertising." 00:39:36.40\00:39:39.02 Hey, listen, when I get hungry 00:39:39.05\00:39:40.77 do I have to turn to TV and I say 00:39:40.80\00:39:42.14 what do I do of this hungry? 00:39:42.17\00:39:44.50 Oh, what shall I do? Television, tell me please. 00:39:44.53\00:39:49.58 When I'm cold do I get a magazine and say 00:39:49.61\00:39:52.12 what I do now. 00:39:52.15\00:39:53.18 No, I know you just put a coat on that's all you do. 00:39:53.21\00:39:56.13 When I'm sick do I need a television 00:39:56.16\00:39:59.49 and tell me to get Kleenex. 00:39:59.52\00:40:00.55 Are you kidding? 00:40:00.58\00:40:01.61 If I'm sick I can blow my nose in my hand if I want to. 00:40:01.64\00:40:05.23 I don't have to go to where they say I have to go. 00:40:05.26\00:40:09.01 That's the whole point, 00:40:09.04\00:40:10.37 ladies and gentlemen, of advertising. 00:40:10.40\00:40:12.46 It makes you want what you don't need 00:40:12.49\00:40:16.79 because if you needed it you've gotten it. 00:40:16.82\00:40:19.74 You get it. 00:40:19.77\00:40:22.09 All right, so Mander goes on. 00:40:22.12\00:40:23.56 "The goal of advertising 00:40:23.59\00:40:24.95 is discontent or, to put it another way, 00:40:24.98\00:40:27.51 and internal scarcity of contentment." 00:40:27.54\00:40:31.29 Well, I like that. 00:40:31.32\00:40:32.35 The whole point is getting me to buy 00:40:32.38\00:40:34.30 what I don't need to buy. 00:40:34.33\00:40:35.36 I just got to have that iPhone slung on my hip. 00:40:35.39\00:40:37.29 I got to have that iPhone. 00:40:37.32\00:40:39.02 I just got to wear those Abercrombie and Fitch jeans 00:40:39.05\00:40:42.08 well, I'm not well dressed. 00:40:42.11\00:40:44.16 Who comes up with this stuff? 00:40:44.19\00:40:45.86 And so we buy what we don't need. 00:40:49.00\00:40:52.14 We charge today what we will want tomorrow 00:40:52.17\00:40:55.03 we go into debt only to stay discontented. 00:40:55.06\00:41:00.58 But we're paying too high far too higher price 00:41:00.61\00:41:04.55 for the more that no longer seems like much. 00:41:04.58\00:41:10.75 So how, how do I free myself? 00:41:10.78\00:41:15.28 How do I release myself 00:41:15.31\00:41:16.58 from the hypnotic chant of Madison Avenue? 00:41:16.61\00:41:20.72 How do I pull away. Here it is. 00:41:20.75\00:41:23.27 We began with these words I read them in your hearing. 00:41:23.30\00:41:25.65 Let's go back there we'll end there 00:41:25.68\00:41:26.89 Philippians Chapter 4. 00:41:26.92\00:41:28.52 Go to Philippians 4. 00:41:28.55\00:41:31.14 Listen to this it, this, this is it, here it is. 00:41:31.17\00:41:34.26 Philippians Chapter 4, pick it up in verse 11. 00:41:34.29\00:41:39.74 Philippians 4-- by the way Paul is in prison. 00:41:39.77\00:41:43.44 Okay, he is in jail. 00:41:43.47\00:41:46.06 He is in dungeon as he is writing this. 00:41:46.09\00:41:48.81 Philippians Chapter 4 let's pick it up in verse 11. 00:41:48.84\00:41:54.45 Paul writing, "I'm not saying this because I'm in need, 00:41:54.48\00:41:58.41 for I have learned 00:41:58.44\00:42:01.01 to be content whatever the circumstances." 00:42:01.04\00:42:06.50 Verse 12, "I know what it is to be in need, 00:42:06.53\00:42:09.17 and I know what it is to have plenty. 00:42:09.20\00:42:10.88 I have learned the secret of being content 00:42:10.91\00:42:13.26 in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, 00:42:13.29\00:42:17.14 whether living in plenty or in want." 00:42:17.17\00:42:20.85 Verse 19 now. 00:42:20.88\00:42:22.98 "And so my God will meet all your needs 00:42:23.01\00:42:29.44 according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." 00:42:29.47\00:42:37.01 There it is ladies and gentlemen, 00:42:37.04\00:42:38.83 the secret to staying out of debt. 00:42:38.86\00:42:41.38 The secret to staying out of debt 00:42:41.41\00:42:44.94 is an attitude of contentment. 00:42:44.97\00:42:47.19 Would you write that down please? 00:42:47.22\00:42:48.77 "I have learned the secret of being content." 00:42:48.80\00:42:54.87 You see contentment is a quite state of mind 00:42:54.90\00:42:58.82 based upon a simple way of life. 00:42:58.85\00:43:03.06 Please come visit Karen and me any time you wish 00:43:06.06\00:43:08.56 but when you come to visit us 00:43:08.59\00:43:09.96 don't ask to see our garage, please. 00:43:09.99\00:43:15.34 Is this true the amount of storage space 00:43:15.37\00:43:18.49 in your home is inversely proportional 00:43:18.52\00:43:20.76 to the length of time you've spent in that home. 00:43:20.79\00:43:23.06 Maybe we're just materialistic packrats 00:43:27.96\00:43:31.04 but the stuff we had to have 00:43:31.07\00:43:35.32 is not a stuff we have to store. 00:43:35.35\00:43:39.15 We must open up a store 00:43:39.18\00:43:40.39 that's what we ought to do, contentment. 00:43:40.42\00:43:44.75 Contentment is a quite state of mind 00:43:44.78\00:43:48.33 based upon a simple way of life. 00:43:48.36\00:43:51.85 It will keep you out of debt. 00:43:51.88\00:43:53.82 Either some of you have got out of debt 00:43:53.85\00:43:55.31 over and over and over again. 00:43:55.34\00:43:58.39 It's time to say no more. I don't need that bigger house. 00:43:58.42\00:44:03.98 I don't need that new car. I don't need that wardrobe. 00:44:04.01\00:44:09.01 I don't need that toy. Stay out of debts. 00:44:09.04\00:44:13.35 Contentment is a quite state of mind 00:44:13.38\00:44:17.86 based upon a simple way of life. 00:44:17.89\00:44:21.81 Paul was not Zen Buddhist. 00:44:21.84\00:44:24.49 Paul is a radical follower of Jesus Christ 00:44:24.52\00:44:27.42 and he learned what matters most. 00:44:27.45\00:44:30.44 What matters most for me 00:44:30.47\00:44:32.42 is that I will be contented with whatever I have be it much 00:44:32.45\00:44:35.88 or little and his promise 00:44:35.91\00:44:37.83 my God will fill all your needs according to his riches 00:44:37.86\00:44:43.62 in Christ Jesus is our promise too. 00:44:43.65\00:44:46.75 You see when you reduce your wants-- 00:44:46.78\00:44:48.46 and by the way notice what he says. 00:44:48.49\00:44:49.99 My God will supply all your needs. 00:44:50.02\00:44:53.43 It is every wish you have every desire 00:44:53.46\00:44:55.58 and longing of your heart God will fill, never. 00:44:55.61\00:44:59.08 My God will fill all your needs. 00:44:59.11\00:45:02.89 Contentment is a quite state of mind 00:45:02.92\00:45:07.43 that is the fruit of a simple way of life. 00:45:07.46\00:45:12.33 You don't need it, 00:45:12.36\00:45:13.39 you don't have to have all of that. 00:45:13.42\00:45:16.72 Get out of debt. Stay out of debt. 00:45:16.75\00:45:19.39 And finally let's just slip this in, "Live out of debt." 00:45:19.42\00:45:25.41 I live out of a sense of indebtedness to whom? 00:45:25.44\00:45:30.26 P.T. Forsyth, 00:45:30.29\00:45:31.32 the New Testament theologian from last century 00:45:31.35\00:45:32.97 once wrote that the most common emotion expressed 00:45:33.00\00:45:36.57 in the New Testament is a sense of indebtedness. 00:45:36.60\00:45:42.44 That's the most common emotion in the New Testament. 00:45:42.47\00:45:44.64 Somebody has paid off my debt in full 00:45:44.67\00:45:48.50 and I'm free now forever and ever, amen. 00:45:48.53\00:45:53.04 That's good debt. 00:45:53.07\00:45:54.13 There is no other such debt called good. 00:45:54.16\00:45:58.13 They'll fool you if you think there is. 00:45:58.16\00:46:00.89 There is only one good debt in the universe 00:46:00.92\00:46:03.86 and that's debt to Him. 00:46:03.89\00:46:04.98 Oh, boy, I love this from Desire of Ages, fill it in. 00:46:05.01\00:46:07.67 And the gift of Christ-- look at this, 00:46:07.70\00:46:09.06 look what God has done for us. 00:46:09.09\00:46:10.77 "The whole treasury" isn't this some, 00:46:10.80\00:46:13.59 can you believe this? 00:46:13.62\00:46:14.65 "The whole treasury of heaven 00:46:14.68\00:46:16.95 is open to those God seeks to save. 00:46:16.98\00:46:19.80 Having collected the riches of the universe, 00:46:19.83\00:46:24.39 and laid open the resources of infinite power. 00:46:24.42\00:46:27.56 God gives them all into the hands of Christ 00:46:27.59\00:46:29.55 and he says all these are for man and women 00:46:29.58\00:46:31.75 use these gifts to convince them 00:46:31.78\00:46:33.52 that there is no love greater than Mine in earth or heaven. 00:46:33.55\00:46:36.63 Their greatest happiness will be found in loving Me." 00:46:36.66\00:46:42.63 Ladies and gentlemen, everything in the universe 00:46:42.66\00:46:45.53 was poured out in Lord's gift at Calvary. 00:46:45.56\00:46:50.01 You got it all. 00:46:50.04\00:46:51.23 Already you already have it all. 00:46:51.26\00:46:56.38 So you and I can now live. 00:46:56.41\00:46:57.70 I'm telling you we can live with a genuine spirit of joy 00:46:57.73\00:47:02.08 and gratitude for being indebted 00:47:02.11\00:47:03.99 to Him forever and ever. 00:47:04.02\00:47:06.87 Good debt. Great God. 00:47:06.90\00:47:10.84 Glorious cross. 00:47:10.87\00:47:13.84 Get out of debt. Stay out of debt. 00:47:13.87\00:47:19.15 Live out of debt and through it all. 00:47:19.18\00:47:21.83 I promise you, I promise you God will take care of you. 00:47:21.86\00:47:28.01 Yes, He will. He'll take care of it. 00:47:28.04\00:47:29.82 So I was jogging the other day indoors, 00:47:29.85\00:47:33.09 it was wet I couldn't run outside. 00:47:33.12\00:47:36.15 Our treadmill is downstairs faces the window. 00:47:36.18\00:47:40.05 And on that great morning 00:47:40.08\00:47:41.47 and I'm looking out at this leafless apple tree 00:47:41.50\00:47:46.27 and I'm working through in my mind 00:47:46.30\00:47:47.99 as I'm running on that treadmill 00:47:48.02\00:47:49.48 brooding over some difficult circumstances 00:47:49.51\00:47:51.91 and wrestling with God over 00:47:51.94\00:47:54.43 how this is all going to turn out 00:47:54.46\00:47:56.49 and you know how it works. 00:47:56.52\00:47:58.89 If you brood over something long enough 00:47:58.92\00:48:00.50 it just gets heavier, heavier and heavier. 00:48:00.53\00:48:05.90 And suddenly out of nowhere to blue jays 00:48:05.93\00:48:11.36 land one of those rain dripping branches. 00:48:11.39\00:48:16.65 And I'm staring at them as I run. 00:48:16.68\00:48:21.67 They hop from branch to branch until they were both facing me. 00:48:21.70\00:48:27.41 I'm as if they were saying hey boy, 00:48:27.44\00:48:30.30 look at us for a moment and I did. 00:48:30.33\00:48:35.09 I looked at them even in the grey light of that 00:48:35.12\00:48:37.49 early hour the translucent blue 00:48:37.52\00:48:40.19 streak glow in the rain. 00:48:40.22\00:48:45.77 I'm looking at them and I'm saying 00:48:45.80\00:48:46.83 hey, wait a minute. 00:48:46.86\00:48:49.20 Are they worried about some, did they look anxious? 00:48:49.23\00:48:53.66 Hey, wait a minute, 00:48:58.25\00:49:00.63 didn't the God who created them 00:49:00.66\00:49:05.61 isn't He my heavenly Father as well. 00:49:05.64\00:49:07.66 Do they have to sow and reap 00:49:07.69\00:49:09.36 and find barns to store their food? 00:49:09.39\00:49:11.64 No, and if they can trust my heavenly Father 00:49:11.67\00:49:17.73 can't I trust Him even more. 00:49:17.76\00:49:21.75 Because am I not more valuable than two little blue jays. 00:49:21.78\00:49:29.48 And that they flew away 00:49:29.51\00:49:32.99 but not before God made His point. 00:49:33.02\00:49:37.62 Hey, my God, 00:49:37.65\00:49:41.16 my God will fill all your needs 00:49:41.19\00:49:46.34 according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 00:49:46.37\00:49:50.81 I need to tell you my friend, God, I promise you 00:49:50.84\00:49:55.73 God will take care of you. 00:49:55.76\00:50:03.19 God will take care of you 00:50:03.22\00:50:07.04 through every day or all the way. 00:50:07.07\00:50:10.57 He will take care of you. God will take care of you. 00:50:10.60\00:50:16.71 I realize that some of you here today 00:50:16.74\00:50:21.64 are facing daunting debt. 00:50:21.67\00:50:25.22 Some of you are out of work right now. 00:50:30.76\00:50:37.00 Like the national debt your debt is mounting. 00:50:37.03\00:50:40.75 Some of you own a business 00:50:43.77\00:50:45.53 that is on the brink of bankruptcy. 00:50:45.56\00:50:50.22 Some of you are seniors facing graduation 00:50:50.25\00:50:54.49 in just a few weeks 00:50:54.52\00:50:56.72 without the prospect of any work at all. 00:50:56.75\00:51:01.73 Some of you have mounting medical expenses 00:51:01.76\00:51:04.97 and they just keep getting and higher and higher. 00:51:05.00\00:51:07.45 Some of you-- your life feels like it's out of control. 00:51:07.48\00:51:13.49 My God will fill all your needs 00:51:13.52\00:51:19.07 according to his riches in Christ Jesus. 00:51:19.10\00:51:22.57 I promise you, trust Him 00:51:22.60\00:51:25.29 and God will take care of you. 00:51:25.32\00:51:30.77 Right now I want you please 00:51:30.80\00:51:34.27 to listen to the people on either side of you 00:51:34.30\00:51:37.53 they are gonna minister to you right now, they will. 00:51:37.56\00:51:40.05 Listen to what they're saying. 00:51:40.08\00:51:43.13 They are gonna speak words of hope and courage to you 00:51:43.16\00:51:46.68 as they sing that old, 00:51:46.71\00:51:48.31 old gospel hymn "God Will Take Care of You." 00:51:48.34\00:51:52.11 As they sing, now seriously, listen, listen, as they sing 00:51:52.14\00:51:56.32 you listen to them they're signing it to you 00:51:56.35\00:52:00.03 and you might be signing it to them. 00:52:00.06\00:52:04.08 God really will take care of you. 00:52:04.11\00:52:06.40 Let's stand and let's sing that together. 00:52:06.43\00:52:08.53 Be not dismayed whate'er betide 00:52:50.83\00:52:55.77 God will take care of you 00:52:55.80\00:53:00.77 Beneath His wings of love abide 00:53:00.80\00:53:06.28 God will take care of you 00:53:06.31\00:53:11.65 God will take care of you 00:53:11.68\00:53:16.84 Through every day, o'er all the way 00:53:16.87\00:53:22.27 He will take care of you 00:53:22.30\00:53:29.24 God will take care of you 00:53:29.27\00:53:33.45 Through days of toil when heart doth fail 00:53:36.39\00:53:41.69 God will take care of you 00:53:41.72\00:53:47.12 When dangers fierce your path assail 00:53:47.15\00:53:52.43 God will take care of you 00:53:52.46\00:53:57.99 God will take care of you 00:53:58.02\00:54:03.16 Through every day, o'er all the way 00:54:03.19\00:54:08.69 He will take care of you 00:54:08.72\00:54:15.58 God will take care of you 00:54:15.61\00:54:20.19 All you may need He will provide 00:54:23.29\00:54:28.51 God will take care of you 00:54:28.54\00:54:34.15 Nothing you ask will be denied 00:54:34.18\00:54:39.69 God will take care of you 00:54:39.72\00:54:45.18 God will take care of you 00:54:45.21\00:54:50.61 Through every day, o'er all the way 00:54:50.64\00:54:56.05 He will take care of you 00:54:56.08\00:55:02.79 God will take care of you 00:55:02.82\00:55:10.12 No matter what may be the test 00:55:10.15\00:55:15.85 God will take care of you 00:55:15.88\00:55:21.28 Lean, weary one, upon His breast 00:55:21.31\00:55:27.28 God will take care of you 00:55:27.31\00:55:33.11 God will take care of you 00:55:33.14\00:55:38.87 Through every day, o'er all the way 00:55:38.90\00:55:45.16 He will take care of you 00:55:45.19\00:55:51.06 God will take care of you 00:55:53.31\00:56:00.18 And my God will meet all your needs. 00:56:04.60\00:56:08.22 According to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus 00:56:08.25\00:56:12.16 to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. 00:56:12.19\00:56:17.22 And the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:56:17.25\00:56:19.14 be with your spirit, amen. 00:56:19.17\00:56:22.54 I like to take a moment here 00:56:25.40\00:56:26.44 at the end of the service to tell you about 00:56:26.47\00:56:27.75 one of the most important groups of people 00:56:27.78\00:56:29.85 that make this ministry possible. 00:56:29.88\00:56:32.76 There're team of people they're not afraid 00:56:32.79\00:56:34.81 to get down into the thick of life itself 00:56:34.84\00:56:37.93 which is why you're gonna find them. 00:56:37.96\00:56:39.09 You will find them moving forward on their knees. 00:56:39.12\00:56:42.43 They're prayer partners, a group of men and women 00:56:42.46\00:56:45.11 and young adults who believe 00:56:45.14\00:56:48.02 that there is humble television ministry 00:56:48.05\00:56:50.13 has been raised up by God for such a time as this. 00:56:50.16\00:56:52.60 And so pray earnestly that God will use the preacher, 00:56:52.63\00:56:55.95 that God will use me, that God would use 00:56:55.98\00:56:57.58 the countless other volunteers to spread 00:56:57.61\00:57:00.67 the everlasting gospel and the Word of God in ways 00:57:00.70\00:57:02.88 we could never have imagined before. 00:57:02.91\00:57:04.98 There are the ones who are praying 00:57:05.01\00:57:06.66 that God is gonna open up the hearts of people, 00:57:06.69\00:57:09.78 open up the hearts of viewers 00:57:09.81\00:57:11.38 around the world for the message, 00:57:11.41\00:57:13.41 the critical message for this end time generation. 00:57:13.44\00:57:17.56 And what I would like to do is ask you 00:57:17.59\00:57:19.65 would you be willing to be a prayer partner with us, 00:57:19.68\00:57:22.34 a prayer partner with new perceptions? 00:57:22.37\00:57:24.02 You don't have to call it toll free number. 00:57:24.05\00:57:25.70 You don't have to go online to register. 00:57:25.73\00:57:27.75 All I need to know is that 00:57:27.78\00:57:29.29 you'd willing to lift this little ministry up 00:57:29.32\00:57:34.18 day after day after day. 00:57:34.21\00:57:36.34 Pray that somehow through radio and television 00:57:36.37\00:57:39.46 and the web God will open up new doors, 00:57:39.49\00:57:41.96 new, new regions on earth 00:57:41.99\00:57:44.56 where the everlasting Gospel can be proclaimed. 00:57:44.59\00:57:47.19 There is no question the power of prayer 00:57:47.22\00:57:49.81 has potential to take this ministry to places 00:57:49.84\00:57:52.00 we could never have imagined before. 00:57:52.03\00:57:54.87 So that's it would you please be willing 00:57:54.90\00:57:57.98 to partner with me in prayer? 00:57:58.01\00:57:59.57 The times are urgent, the need is critical 00:57:59.60\00:58:03.26 and I hope you'll say, yes. 00:58:03.29\00:58:05.11 Till we're together in next time 00:58:05.14\00:58:07.27 may the prayer answering God 00:58:07.30\00:58:09.36 accompany you every step of the way. 00:58:09.39\00:58:12.45