Welcome to Pathway to
Life, from Phoenix, Arizona.
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- I'm Ginnie,
Hakes. - And I'm Jim Hakes.
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And we pastor the host church,
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the Paradise Valley
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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here in Phoenix.
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And we want to welcome
each and every one of you
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who are
participating here in this
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Three Angels
Broadcast Network event.
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And we thank you
for being with us.
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Tonight we have a
new musical guest.
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Lyndon Carriger.
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He will be sharing
a beautiful rendition
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of, Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
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A beloved hymn.
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And then Elder Lomacang will be
speaking on the topic entitled,
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Making Ends Meet.
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And I think that is
a very relevant topic
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for this day and age.
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Before that,
let's begin with prayer.
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Gracious heavenly Father,
we thank You for bringing us
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back together so that we
can open the Bible together
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so that we can study
from Your Word to know
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Your plan and
purpose for our life.
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And we pray that You will
help us from the Scriptures
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to be able to
make ends meet better.
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And we pray that You
will be with us as we
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enjoy beautiful music.
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Bless us now. And we thank You.
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For we've asked
it in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Great is Thy faithfulness,
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O 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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Great is Thy faithfulness.
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Morning by
morning new mercies I see.
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All I have needed,
Thy hands hath provided.
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Great is Thy
faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
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You give me pardon for sin
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and 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 are mine,
with ten thousand beside.
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Great is Thy faithfulness.
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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,
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Thy hands hath provided.
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Great is Thy faithfulness,
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great is Thy faithfulness,
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great is Thy faithfulness,
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Lord, unto me.
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- Can we say amen again? ~ Amen.
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Great is Thy faithfulness.
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Thank you, Lyndon.
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Wasn't that a
song of conviction?
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When we talk about
God's faithfulness,
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we speak about a God who
can be trusted 24 hours a day,
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7 days a week,
and through eternity.
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Thank you so much
for that message in song.
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Tonight we're talking
about making ends meet.
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Let us go to God in prayer.
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Loving Father in heaven,
we thank You for the fact that
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You are always faithful.
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There's no one that we
can rely on more than You.
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And we thank You
tonight, as we open Your Word,
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that Your Holy
Spirit will open our hearts
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to impress that thought
in our minds of a faithful
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and loving Lord.
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And so give us now,
Lord, the wisdom to understand
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that truth that is everlasting,
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and follow Your plan for
all of our needs being met.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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I really love this topic.
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Because I and my wife, we are
witnesses of God's faithfulness.
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You know, the psalmist
David in, I think, Psalm 37:25
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he says, "I once was
young, and now I am old.
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And I've never seen
the righteous forsaken,
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nor his seed begging for bread."
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When you've been in
ministry for more than 30 years
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and been married going on 35,
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you get there because of
God's constant faithfulness.
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And in a world today, if you
were told that there is someone
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that can guarantee that all
of your needs will be supplied,
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and he wants to meet
you and wants to provide
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all of your needs from this day
forward, would you be excited?
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If you knew of a
plan that will never fail,
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and the Lord says, "I want
to add your name to the list
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to be on My plan," would
you want to be on that plan?
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You see, tonight we're going
to talk about making ends meet.
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But not just
barely making ends meet.
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Because the apostle Paul
is one that was surrounded by
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cultures and philosophies.
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He sat before
kings and many lords.
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The apostle Paul knew
what it was like to survive on
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prisoners bread, and he
ate from tables of delicacies.
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And Paul's testimony was
preserved so that tonight
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we could look at his
life and recognize that
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God is always faithful.
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Notice the scriptures
on the screen tonight.
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Philippians 4:11-13
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What the apostle Paul
was saying to us tonight
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is, when you have Jesus, all
of your needs will be supplied.
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Not all of your wants.
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Because the Lord does
not always answer the prayer
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of those that want
what He doesn't want for us.
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As a loving Father who
sees the end from the beginning,
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the Lord we serve
knows all of our needs.
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And then he says, "Seek
first the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness..."
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And how many things?
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"...all these things
shall be added unto you."
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He continues in
that very same chapter.
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In a world of economic
instability, we need to
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know that God
will supply our needs.
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In a world of
depression and recession,
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we need to know that God
will supply all of our needs.
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In a world where
stocks rise and fall,
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we need to know tonight that
God will supply all our needs.
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This topic excites me because
my wife and I, we have been...
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In ministry, there were
days in the very beginning...
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And what I have to
really prevent myself
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from doing tonight is
putting the sermon down
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and testifying for 45 minutes.
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Because I could tell you
for the rest of this week
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how God has taken care of these
two young people from Brooklyn
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on His credit card.
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Come on somebody, say amen.
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God doesn't need
an American Express.
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American Express
don't have any credit limit
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that can hold
the finances of God.
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Matter of fact, notice how
David the psalmist says it.
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He says clearly
in Psalm 50:10-12...
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How many beasts?
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Who do you know
that can say that?
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It's okay when God
boasts, because He's my Father.
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I don't mind when my
Father will tell it like it is.
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Who do you know that knows
all the birds of the mountains?
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"If I were hungry..."
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I've got to pause there.
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"If I were
hungry," God is saying...
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If you got in a plane
and looked to your left,
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your left and to your right,
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if you looked to the
north and to the south,
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to the east and to the west,
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from the glaciers of the
far north to the ice caps
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of the far
south, all the equator,
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everywhere our eyes can
see, nothing would be there
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if it were not for God.
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Can you say amen tonight?
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So God doesn't have any
problem with providing our need.
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There is nothing under the
sun that does not belong to God.
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You know why? He
spake, and it was done.
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He commanded, and it stood fast.
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And He did it all in six days.
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He continues in the psalm.
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Psalm 24:1-2
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So when we think about God,
sometimes you've got to pause
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and just think about God.
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Not what He has, but who He is.
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I mean, think about God.
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My wife and I have
had the privilege of
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meeting famous people.
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People that have stuff.
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People that can write checks,
and while they're writing
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the check, the amount
they wrote it for has already
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been replenished.
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We know folk.
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But I don't know anybody that
can say what David the psalmist
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just wrote about our Lord.
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I know you're so overwhelmed
you can't even get it out.
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So when you meet somebody...
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I remember one gentleman who has
a friend that is a millionaire.
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And he's involved
in prison ministry.
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I won't tell his name.
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He's always a hilarious guy, but
he serves the Lord with fervor.
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And he's well up in years.
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He says, "In about 13
more years I'll be 100,
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and I'm still going."
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But he has a friend
that's a millionaire.
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And his friend once
said to him, he says,
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"Why is it that you
never ask me for money?"
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He said, "Why should I ask you?
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I ask the owner,
not the steward."
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Amen?
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Because some folk will
be stingy and they want
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you to come to them and
grovel, "Please help me."
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When my wife and
I get on our knees,
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we get an answer from the Lord.
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So when you are at your
wits end, don't ask people.
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Get on your knees.
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The psalmist David
said in Psalm 146:3...
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The Lord has put into
place reciprocal principles
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of blessings.
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Now the world often
uses it incorrectly.
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Some ministries use it
to pad their own pockets.
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Let me make it clear tonight.
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Wherever you're watching
from, whatever denomination
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you may be of, that's not the
case for an Adventist pastor.
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Whether the church
is full, or five people,
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we get the same salary.
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Amen, Adventists.
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So we don't tell you
what you want to hear
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so you can put
money in our pockets.
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We tell you
what you need to hear
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so God can put
money in our pockets.
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And by the way, money is
not going to get us to heaven.
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The Lord will.
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But notice the reciprocal
principles of blessings.
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Luke 6:38
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Now if you can see
through that picture,
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you can see some measuring cups.
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If somebody knocks
on your door and says,
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"I need a teaspoon of salt,"
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and you give them
a thimble of salt,
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when the time comes that
you need a teaspoon of salt
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you're going to
get a thimble of salt.
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Because with the
same measure that you use,
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it will be
measured back to you again.
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In other words, when
the time comes for the needs
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of God's work to be
supplied, don't be stingy.
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Because the Lord says,
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"If you're
liberal, I'll be liberal."
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And who can be
more liberal than God?
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Nobody.
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Who's got deeper pockets?
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Let's look at
this in perspective.
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Let's look at this even further.
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The law of blessings is as
reliable as the law of gravity.
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Galatians 6:7
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Let's look at the
principles of sowing.
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Let's look at
this very carefully.
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This is a very
quick investment example.
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If you invested $7200
in a savings account...
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That's about $600 a month.
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...and you had an
interest rate of 2.129,
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the potential
return after a year,
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you only increase by $353.29.
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Actually, $153.29.
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I got ya. I'm with ya.
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That's not a big increase.
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And we're going to talk
about how God is far greater
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than any local bank.
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Because what the
bank does is based on the
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rise and fall of the
prime rates, the stock market,
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the stability or the
instability of the world.
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God's financial system is not
based on anything that man has.
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Because God's bank is offshore.
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Let me go further.
God's bank is off planet.
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He doesn't have
to hide His money.
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Now let's look at the
principles of reaping.
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After one year if you
had that $7353.29 balance,
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and you write a check
for $8000, you will be what?
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Overdrawn by
that amount, $646.71.
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You know that when
you write a check that has
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more on the check
than there is in the bank,
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you get something called what?
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Insufficient funds.
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In other words,
the check will bounce.
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That's why when you
rely on just what you have...
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Let me make the
point very clear tonight.
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When you rely on
just what you have,
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it's completely within
your power to provide your need.
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But when you
rely on what God has,
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it is in His power to
provide all of your need.
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I wish I could tell you
some of 3ABN's miracle stories.
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This very ministry
is a miracle based on
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the faithfulness of God.
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Wish Danny could come one
night and tell his testimony.
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How when he just
prayed, "Lord, where is the
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Adventist church
in the media world?"
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And the Lord says, "You do it."
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And from that day till
this, God has been providing
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every need that 3ABN has.
00:19:00.70\00:19:02.97
And we are
definitely a ministry of faith.
00:19:03.97\00:19:06.34
But when you follow God's
plan, there will be no lack.
00:19:06.44\00:19:10.15
And God knows
exactly what our needs are.
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As a matter of
fact, notice what He says.
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2 Corinthians 9:6
00:19:16.38\00:19:18.12
Notice the principles,
the reciprocal principles.
00:19:19.65\00:19:22.02
It is based on you
giving and you receiving.
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That means, if you're stingy.
00:19:28.53\00:19:30.27
If you're stingy, that's
how you'll be dealt with.
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In other words, as
you've seen on the ATM,
00:19:42.24\00:19:45.21
you get what you give.
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You cannot get out of a machine
what you haven't put in that.
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The point is very clear.
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Some people are
members of churches
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and they never give anything.
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I've said to people...
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Some people say,
"Well I don't work.
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I just get a
limited amount of income,
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and I cannot afford to give."
00:20:01.03\00:20:02.53
Let me tell you something.
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No matter what you get, give
something to the Lord's work.
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Because it is only as you
give that you'll understand
00:20:07.84\00:20:11.57
that God can
always out give you.
00:20:11.61\00:20:14.41
You've got to trust Him, though.
00:20:14.44\00:20:16.51
You've got to
put Him to the test.
00:20:16.95\00:20:18.95
If you put God to
the test, you'll discover
00:20:19.55\00:20:21.68
how faithful the Lord is.
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.85
The other thing you
have to avoid is hoarding.
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There are some people that
stack money in their mattresses,
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and in books, and in boxes.
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I heard stories of
people that have died,
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and when they went to their
house they found money in the
00:20:35.70\00:20:37.70
mattress,
thousands and thousands.
00:20:37.73\00:20:39.83
I know of a lady
who just refuses to die.
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Not that I want her to,
but let me make my point.
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Let me make my
point. Here's my point.
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She's well up in years,
has millions of dollars.
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And the floor in her house
was cracking, and she said,
00:20:52.88\00:20:57.29
"I don't think I have
enough money to fix that."
00:20:57.32\00:20:59.25
And we said, "Do you realize..."
00:21:00.09\00:21:01.66
We didn't say it, but, "Do you
realize you could buy this house
00:21:01.69\00:21:05.13
twenty times over?"
00:21:05.16\00:21:06.80
But there are some people that
hoard, thinking that somehow
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by holding onto this,
money gives us security.
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No, the only
security we have is in Christ.
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The greatest witness against
you will be when the Lord comes
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you've got a bank full of money.
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And God gave you what
He gave you to advance
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His work in the earth.
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The evidence is found in
the book of James chapter 5.
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Notice what he says. Be
careful, don't be a hoarder.
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And I tell you what.
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People say that people that
are not rich want to be rich.
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But people that are
rich are not always happy.
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When you get a
chance, read Psalm 73.
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Whereas the King
James version says,
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"...for the last days."
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Some people are just
holding on. They feel secure.
00:22:17.80\00:22:19.93
"Oh, I've got 'x'
amount of dollars.
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If I've got 'x' amount
of dollars, I'll be secure."
00:22:21.60\00:22:23.77
Let me tell you something.
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My wife and I, we may
look like we have money.
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Don't let that fool you.
00:22:30.58\00:22:32.35
We have been
raised to dress decently.
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That's the way we were raised.
00:22:35.88\00:22:37.49
But we are not rolling in dough.
00:22:37.85\00:22:39.72
We're rolling
in God's blessings.
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.92
Because we know that
dough and God's blessings
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are not on the same page.
00:22:45.49\00:22:47.40
That's why you
have to be careful and
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understand the reality of it.
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Matthew 6:21, don't
hoard, because the Bible says...
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Be very careful. Watch out.
00:23:00.08\00:23:02.08
Some people, their
mind is more on their money
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than on their Lord.
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.45
And in one breath...
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Do you know that every
one of us is one breath
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away from eternity?
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One breath.
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.19
If that next breath does
not occur, your bank account
00:23:17.73\00:23:21.63
could never give you life.
00:23:21.66\00:23:23.77
So be careful.
00:23:26.30\00:23:27.64
May your treasure be in the
Lord, not in your possessions.
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Because Luke, Dr.
Luke, makes it very clear.
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Luke 12:15
00:23:33.17\00:23:34.51
I've got to talk to
some of the men here.
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Now ladies may
have a million shoes.
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I understand that.
00:23:52.86\00:23:54.20
That's the law of life.
00:23:54.46\00:23:55.80
But some guys will be driving
down the road and see a 2x4,
00:23:56.73\00:24:00.34
and pull over and pick it
up and put it in their garage.
00:24:00.44\00:24:03.24
And the wife will say,
"What did you do that for?"
00:24:03.27\00:24:05.11
And he'll say, "Well honey,
that's a good piece of wood.
00:24:05.14\00:24:08.01
We'll be able to
use that one day."
00:24:08.04\00:24:09.61
And then he drives another
few miles and sees a yard sale
00:24:10.35\00:24:13.62
and buys stuff he'll never use.
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.52
And his barn becomes
bigger than his house.
00:24:15.55\00:24:18.65
And he has tools of every kind.
00:24:22.69\00:24:26.06
He has every kind of
power tool you can think of.
00:24:26.49\00:24:29.96
Every kind of
hammer you can buy.
00:24:31.50\00:24:34.37
And he feels like
the ultimate contractor.
00:24:35.10\00:24:38.07
And he doesn't use any of it.
00:24:38.67\00:24:40.41
And when you open his
garage, there's no car in it.
00:24:40.51\00:24:43.85
It's just stuff.
00:24:43.88\00:24:45.58
And some people feel secure.
00:24:47.35\00:24:49.78
But don't forget.
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.15
Your life does not
consist in the abundance
00:24:51.69\00:24:54.72
of the things that you possess.
00:24:54.76\00:24:56.22
Amen, somebody?
00:24:56.26\00:24:57.59
You've got to remember the Lord.
00:24:57.63\00:24:59.09
Because God prospers us.
00:24:59.13\00:25:01.03
He prospers us, but sometimes
when we become prosperous
00:25:01.06\00:25:04.37
we forget God.
00:25:04.40\00:25:05.73
Be careful not to forget God.
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.50
In the Old Testament, the
Lord warned the Israelites
00:25:07.54\00:25:09.77
about forgetting Him.
00:25:09.80\00:25:11.14
He brought them out of Egypt.
00:25:11.17\00:25:12.51
He provided every need they had.
00:25:12.54\00:25:13.94
And the Bible says, when
they followed God's health plan
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.81
not one of them was
feeble on the journey.
00:25:16.85\00:25:19.11
Their clothing and
shoes did not wear out.
00:25:19.28\00:25:21.62
When the days were hot,
God covered them with a cloud.
00:25:21.92\00:25:25.02
When the nights were
cold, He warmed them up
00:25:25.15\00:25:27.32
with a pillar of fire
that did not consume them
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.06
but provided them two
things: protection and warmth.
00:25:30.16\00:25:33.03
When the serpents and scorpions
could have taken their lives,
00:25:34.06\00:25:36.33
God was there defender.
00:25:36.36\00:25:38.47
And when they were
hungry, He gave them food
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.84
all day long.
00:25:40.87\00:25:42.60
But when they got
fat and prosperous
00:25:43.54\00:25:45.54
they began to forget God.
00:25:45.57\00:25:47.34
And Moses wrote
these words for us today.
00:25:47.68\00:25:51.38
Deuteronomy 8:11-17
00:25:51.65\00:25:53.72
Today, our cars
and our motorcycles.
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.31
Am I telling
you a story tonight?
00:26:50.77\00:26:52.54
We wouldn't be here if it had
not been for God's faithfulness.
00:26:53.91\00:26:57.25
We wouldn't be here.
00:26:57.45\00:26:58.78
He continues.
00:26:58.81\00:27:00.15
I know a Lord that
my father did not know.
00:27:01.58\00:27:04.25
There are some people that
go to college, get a degree,
00:27:24.04\00:27:26.78
get a good job, and they say,
00:27:26.81\00:27:28.31
"My education
got me this wealth."
00:27:28.34\00:27:30.51
Don't fool yourself.
00:27:33.25\00:27:34.78
Education may
get you a position,
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.75
but God gives you
the health to go to work.
00:27:36.79\00:27:39.32
Am I right?
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.26
You can have a degree,
but what good would it be
00:27:41.46\00:27:43.22
if you're in the hospital?
00:27:43.26\00:27:44.59
And there are some
people that get diseases
00:27:46.49\00:27:48.00
that could have
taken their lives,
00:27:48.03\00:27:49.36
and God brings them through.
00:27:49.40\00:27:50.97
It is God who gives us power,
00:27:51.00\00:27:53.10
health to be able
to work to get wealth.
00:27:53.13\00:27:56.07
Do not allow the
wealth to become your focus.
00:27:56.10\00:27:58.81
May your focus always be on
the God that gave you health
00:27:58.91\00:28:03.38
to get that degree,
and that gave you power
00:28:03.41\00:28:06.65
to get that position in life.
00:28:06.68\00:28:09.42
Because some of us are just
like the rich fool in the Bible.
00:28:09.95\00:28:12.55
There are so many warnings.
00:28:13.12\00:28:14.46
Do you know that the
Bible talks about money
00:28:14.49\00:28:16.62
more than the topic
of the second coming?
00:28:16.66\00:28:18.93
I think... It talks about...
00:28:21.36\00:28:22.93
The three major topics;
you'll find the topic of hell
00:28:23.03\00:28:26.30
is talked about quite a bit.
00:28:26.33\00:28:27.67
But you'll find heaven, money.
00:28:27.70\00:28:29.54
Two topics right up
there neck and neck.
00:28:29.57\00:28:32.11
So if money were not important,
the Lord would not use it
00:28:32.24\00:28:35.34
or include it in His Word.
00:28:35.38\00:28:36.95
But money is a
test of the heart.
00:28:36.98\00:28:39.18
That's why He included that.
00:28:39.75\00:28:41.12
Notice the words of
Dr. Luke in Luke 12:16-21.
00:28:41.45\00:28:45.79
Speaking of the rich fool.
00:28:46.05\00:28:47.46
And by the way, this
applies to all of us today.
00:28:49.92\00:28:52.23
God will never give
you anything that will
00:29:45.31\00:29:47.42
lead you away from Him.
00:29:47.45\00:29:49.25
And if you can't
trust God with your money,
00:29:50.45\00:29:52.45
He's not going to
trust you with His.
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.52
Did you hear what I just said?
00:29:54.56\00:29:55.89
If you can't trust God
with the little you have,
00:29:56.36\00:29:59.36
He's not going to give
you the abundance that He has.
00:29:59.76\00:30:02.73
Remember, the Bible says those
who are faithful over the least,
00:30:02.76\00:30:06.87
He will make
them rulers over much.
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.44
Right now my wife and I are
reading in the book of 1 Kings
00:30:09.47\00:30:12.14
about the wealth of Solomon.
00:30:12.17\00:30:13.81
And our minds are just
being, our minds are just being
00:30:14.18\00:30:17.71
burned out thinking of
the abundance that God gave
00:30:17.75\00:30:21.58
that man named Solomon.
00:30:21.62\00:30:23.12
But Solomon did
not ask for things.
00:30:23.99\00:30:27.39
Solomon asked for wisdom.
00:30:27.42\00:30:29.19
When you ask for
stuff, that's exactly what God
00:30:30.53\00:30:33.09
is not going to give you.
00:30:33.13\00:30:34.46
And some of the
reasons why some of us are poor
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.73
is because God knows
if we ever got wealth
00:30:36.77\00:30:39.27
we would walk away from Him.
00:30:39.30\00:30:40.97
God keeps some of us on our
knees just so we could be saved.
00:30:41.54\00:30:45.71
I got a call from a
lady one day, California,
00:30:47.38\00:30:51.31
older Filipino lady,
she said, "Pastor Lomacang."
00:30:51.35\00:30:54.25
And I said, "Yes."
00:30:54.68\00:30:56.02
She says, "I
want to talk to you."
00:30:56.05\00:30:58.02
I said, "Sure."
00:30:58.09\00:30:59.42
She says, "I wonder
why God is not blessing me.
00:30:59.45\00:31:03.16
Because I want to
give money to His work."
00:31:04.03\00:31:06.39
Let me just talk normal.
00:31:06.43\00:31:07.76
Because after a while it
doesn't really sound right.
00:31:10.53\00:31:12.90
"Because I want to
give money to His work."
00:31:13.80\00:31:15.40
She said, "And if
He would only bless me,
00:31:15.44\00:31:18.87
I would give money for
evangelism, and the church,
00:31:18.91\00:31:21.48
and help out in
different meetings."
00:31:21.51\00:31:23.11
"Okay, great." I
said, "Okay, well..."
00:31:23.48\00:31:25.45
After about 40 minutes
we talked, wonderful lady,
00:31:25.48\00:31:27.72
I said, "Let me pray for
you that God will provide."
00:31:27.75\00:31:30.59
And I said, "Well, I don't
know why He hasn't done that."
00:31:30.79\00:31:33.49
She said, "Because I want
to give towards His work."
00:31:33.52\00:31:35.59
And when we
prayed, she said, "Pastor,
00:31:35.89\00:31:38.39
let me ask you one more thing.
00:31:38.43\00:31:39.76
Is it wrong to gamble?"
00:31:40.13\00:31:42.00
I said, "Are you
asking me a question
00:31:45.50\00:31:48.30
or are you telling me
that you've been gambling
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.67
trying to provide
the church with funds?"
00:31:50.71\00:31:52.61
"Well, I gamble
from time to time."
00:31:52.64\00:31:54.94
I said, "That's why
God's not blessing you.
00:31:56.44\00:31:58.78
Because you're
trying to get it by luck
00:31:59.11\00:32:01.55
rather than by
divine appointment."
00:32:01.58\00:32:02.98
Amen?
00:32:03.02\00:32:04.35
There's always a reason
why God doesn't bless people.
00:32:04.79\00:32:07.69
It's not because He cannot.
00:32:07.79\00:32:09.36
Because He knows the heart.
00:32:09.39\00:32:11.13
You think it's about the pocket.
00:32:11.23\00:32:12.59
It's really about the heart.
00:32:12.63\00:32:14.70
Some people lay up treasure, and
they are not rich toward God.
00:32:16.46\00:32:19.57
I read a poem once I'm
going to share with you now.
00:32:19.60\00:32:21.37
Very amazing.
00:32:21.40\00:32:22.74
Matter of fact, I'll
give you one more principle
00:32:22.77\00:32:24.51
before I share the poem.
00:32:24.54\00:32:25.87
There are some people
that are extremely wealthy
00:32:25.91\00:32:27.58
and they'll write
checks for large amounts,
00:32:27.61\00:32:29.41
but it's really not
a test of sacrifice.
00:32:29.54\00:32:32.25
And while the check may
be large, it doesn't even
00:32:32.55\00:32:35.65
reveal what
they really can give.
00:32:35.68\00:32:38.59
That's why the Bible
gave an example in Scripture
00:32:39.12\00:32:41.16
about the widow
with... How many mites?
00:32:41.26\00:32:43.59
...two mites.
00:32:43.79\00:32:45.13
Notice Mark 12:44.
00:32:45.16\00:32:47.43
You know it's not
how much you give.
00:33:00.18\00:33:01.98
It's the percentage.
00:33:02.18\00:33:04.05
It's the percentage.
00:33:04.51\00:33:05.85
It's the test of your heart.
00:33:05.88\00:33:07.22
Some people say, 'Well you know,
I'll pledge a large amount."
00:33:07.25\00:33:09.82
Here's how you'll
know it's a sacrifice.
00:33:10.25\00:33:12.85
When it starts to hurt.
00:33:12.89\00:33:14.36
When you start
writing and say, "Oh, uh..."
00:33:15.79\00:33:18.03
And be careful.
00:33:19.16\00:33:20.50
Here's an example.
00:33:20.56\00:33:22.26
Ananias and Sapphira.
00:33:22.46\00:33:24.07
They got caught up
in everybody pledging.
00:33:25.13\00:33:27.20
God gave them
prosperous returns on the land.
00:33:28.10\00:33:31.21
When God blessed
them, they decided to keep
00:33:31.31\00:33:33.24
what God gave for themselves.
00:33:33.27\00:33:34.88
They thought to
themselves, "Well I didn't think
00:33:34.91\00:33:36.38
the land was worth that much."
00:33:36.41\00:33:37.81
Let me say something.
00:33:37.85\00:33:39.18
Whatever you give to
God, He'll make it worth
00:33:39.21\00:33:41.48
more than you think it's worth.
00:33:41.52\00:33:43.08
Because when you
give out of the motive of
00:33:43.65\00:33:45.32
blessing His work, He'll give
what He knows His work needs.
00:33:45.35\00:33:48.12
But when you steal from
Him after He has blessed you,
00:33:48.16\00:33:51.86
and then you lie that God didn't
really give you that amount...
00:33:52.03\00:33:55.30
One of the reasons why the Lord
dealt with Ananias and Sapphira
00:33:55.33\00:33:58.40
the way He did is
because He wanted to communicate
00:33:58.43\00:34:01.40
to the New Testament
church that was just beginning
00:34:01.44\00:34:04.97
that He does not
have pleasure in fools.
00:34:05.17\00:34:09.08
He says, "Do not..."
00:34:09.84\00:34:11.18
The wise man Solomon
says, "Do not allow your mouth
00:34:11.21\00:34:14.42
to cause your flesh to sin."
00:34:14.45\00:34:16.32
It is better not to vow
than to vow and not to pay.
00:34:17.72\00:34:21.62
And do no say before the
Lord, "It was a mistake."
00:34:21.66\00:34:25.49
Don't ever do that.
00:34:27.10\00:34:28.43
If you vow, give it.
00:34:28.73\00:34:30.90
Because God knows
exactly how to return.
00:34:31.40\00:34:33.97
Listen to this poem about greed.
00:34:34.00\00:34:35.70
Be careful not to
become a person of greed.
00:34:35.90\00:34:37.87
When we were born
with no possessions,
00:34:38.21\00:34:40.44
the love received
was our concession.
00:34:40.54\00:34:43.14
No worries, no
fears, no troubles, no fuss;
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.95
in mother's arms
we put our trust.
00:34:46.05\00:34:48.68
But as we grew,
we looked and craved,
00:34:48.78\00:34:51.25
and all too
soon became enslaved.
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.39
The more we saw,
the more we wanted;
00:34:54.42\00:34:57.63
our quest for
more became undaunted.
00:34:57.66\00:35:01.06
Our thirst for more
could not be quenched;
00:35:01.16\00:35:03.97
the more we grasped,
the tighter we clenched.
00:35:04.00\00:35:07.24
We scampered and gathered,
and gathered and hoarded;
00:35:07.50\00:35:11.51
possessions became
our master and our lord.
00:35:11.74\00:35:14.68
And when we were old,
with our treasures all heaped,
00:35:15.61\00:35:18.61
the sad example of
what greed has reaped,
00:35:18.91\00:35:21.78
our fists still
clenched in a grasping motion,
00:35:22.12\00:35:26.15
till at last at death
our hands were opened.
00:35:27.16\00:35:32.39
Don't know if you got that.
00:35:35.36\00:35:36.70
But that which you hold on all
your life to that can't save you
00:35:39.23\00:35:42.87
will finally have to be
let go at the moment of death.
00:35:42.90\00:35:46.91
I don't want to
jump ahead of myself,
00:35:50.35\00:35:51.68
but we didn't bring
anything in the world.
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.42
And we're not
taking anything out.
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.05
Amen?
00:35:56.58\00:35:57.92
That's why God has a powerful
undaunted plan if you trust Him.
00:35:58.12\00:36:03.22
Let's look at Malachi.
00:36:03.29\00:36:04.73
You can see this guy in the
back, he's got a sack of money.
00:36:05.16\00:36:07.23
And he doesn't look
like a good character.
00:36:07.26\00:36:08.96
But the Bible
begins in Malachi 3:8.
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.73
And notice the scripture.
00:36:26.08\00:36:27.42
Tonight let's
understand something about
00:36:39.29\00:36:40.83
tithes and offerings.
00:36:40.86\00:36:42.20
Let's look at
this quick example.
00:36:42.23\00:36:43.57
Understanding
tithes and offering.
00:36:43.60\00:36:45.33
A tithe is simply ten
percent of your income.
00:36:45.53\00:36:48.24
If you total income is $100,
you total tithe is how much?
00:36:48.57\00:36:52.57
Ten dollars.
00:36:53.07\00:36:54.41
The offering...
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.78
Because the Bible
says, "You'll rob Me in
00:36:55.81\00:36:57.15
tithe and in offerings."
00:36:57.18\00:36:58.65
Your tithe is not
designated in Scripture.
00:36:58.75\00:37:01.48
But if you look at
the principles throughout
00:37:01.52\00:37:03.18
Scripture, and often
times when the tithe was 10%,
00:37:03.22\00:37:06.45
in many cases 5% was given.
00:37:06.49\00:37:09.09
But the offering is
how God has prospered you.
00:37:10.23\00:37:14.83
And let me make a very
important point about tithe.
00:37:14.86\00:37:17.30
And we'll see this in a moment
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.43
as we continue in
the book of Malachi.
00:37:19.47\00:37:21.60
Tithe is not something you pay.
00:37:21.87\00:37:26.24
It's not a bill.
00:37:28.41\00:37:29.94
It's a test of your heart.
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.31
If the Lord gave you
ten oranges, and somebody
00:37:33.82\00:37:36.22
came along and said,
"Could I have an orange?"
00:37:36.25\00:37:38.85
And you say, "No."
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.32
"I just want one."
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.19
"No."
00:37:43.22\00:37:44.56
Now wouldn't that be awful?
00:37:44.59\00:37:45.93
I read a story
about a man who was a,
00:37:47.43\00:37:49.03
he began in the
company as a janitor.
00:37:49.06\00:37:51.10
Started as a janitor.
00:37:51.13\00:37:52.47
He did such a good job he became
the manager of the janitors.
00:37:52.50\00:37:56.20
He did such a good job
there, they promoted him
00:37:56.24\00:37:59.77
to another
position, another position.
00:37:59.81\00:38:01.58
And about 15 years later
he became right below the
00:38:01.61\00:38:04.71
chief executive in that bank.
00:38:04.75\00:38:06.61
And his salary grew
over and over and over.
00:38:06.85\00:38:11.62
And he had an abundant salary.
00:38:11.72\00:38:13.86
And one day he was
writing his tithe check.
00:38:13.89\00:38:17.13
And he had almost
five zeroes in it.
00:38:17.16\00:38:19.66
Five digits in it.
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.40
Large amount.
00:38:21.43\00:38:22.76
And he looked at
that and he thought,
00:38:22.80\00:38:24.13
"Whoa, this is a large check."
00:38:24.23\00:38:26.60
And as he was writing,
he tells the story, he said,
00:38:27.70\00:38:29.90
"As I was writing
the check reluctantly,
00:38:29.94\00:38:32.47
I heard the Lord say,
'Would it serve you best
00:38:32.57\00:38:34.94
if I gave you back
your janitor's job?'"
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.25
One-tenth is one-tenth.
00:38:41.48\00:38:43.42
Can the church say amen?
00:38:43.45\00:38:44.79
It's the same percentage.
00:38:45.09\00:38:47.02
But sometimes we
think the amount is what...
00:38:47.32\00:38:49.66
You know, some
people, they write a check for
00:38:49.69\00:38:51.69
whatever the amount is,
and it's large, and they think,
00:38:51.73\00:38:53.66
"I can't, I can't
give that to the church."
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.87
You're not
giving it to the church.
00:38:56.90\00:38:58.67
You're putting into
the treasury of God.
00:38:58.70\00:39:00.90
And let me make another point.
00:39:01.10\00:39:02.87
Some people have the
idea that because they don't
00:39:03.07\00:39:05.41
like the way the
money is being used,
00:39:05.44\00:39:07.01
they're going to withhold it.
00:39:07.04\00:39:08.38
Let me make it clear tonight.
00:39:09.21\00:39:10.68
When you withhold...
00:39:11.51\00:39:12.85
Let God deal with the thieves.
00:39:12.88\00:39:15.38
Did you hear what I said?
00:39:16.48\00:39:17.82
If somebody wants to be
dishonest in the treasury
00:39:17.85\00:39:19.92
or the use of God's
money, God will deal with them.
00:39:19.95\00:39:23.09
But don't let God come after you
00:39:23.12\00:39:25.49
for being dishonest with Him.
00:39:26.39\00:39:28.00
Because the example
of Ananias and Sapphira,
00:39:30.33\00:39:32.77
we didn't know what happened
with that money in the treasury.
00:39:32.97\00:39:35.04
But God dealt with them
because of their dishonest use
00:39:35.07\00:39:38.17
of the money He
blessed them with.
00:39:38.21\00:39:39.91
When you give
tithe, you return tithe.
00:39:40.68\00:39:44.05
You do what?
00:39:44.08\00:39:45.41
You return tithe.
00:39:45.45\00:39:47.35
And even in the priest who
lived according to the tithe,
00:39:48.02\00:39:51.59
notice what the Bible says
in the book of Leviticus 27:30.
00:39:51.62\00:39:56.32
That's very important.
I can't run past that.
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.97
You don't hold onto
what belongs to the Lord.
00:40:11.41\00:40:14.68
It's holy to Him.
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.31
You give holy
things to a holy God.
00:40:17.65\00:40:21.12
And by the way,
God doesn't need money.
00:40:21.68\00:40:23.82
But He knows He
has a work that He's
00:40:25.09\00:40:26.45
established around the world.
00:40:26.49\00:40:28.02
And that's how the
gospel is financed.
00:40:28.06\00:40:30.19
Last night I
talked about Nicodemus.
00:40:30.23\00:40:31.79
Remember that?
00:40:31.83\00:40:33.16
Nicodemus was a wealthy man.
00:40:33.33\00:40:34.76
When Nicodemus was converted,
Nicodemus helped finance
00:40:34.80\00:40:38.43
many of the outreach projects
of the New Testament church.
00:40:38.53\00:40:42.60
The reason why the Lord said to
this wealthy experienced rabbi,
00:40:42.64\00:40:46.68
pharisee, that he
needed to be born again
00:40:46.78\00:40:49.34
is because God knew
that if he was born again
00:40:49.38\00:40:52.18
he could be of use to
the Lord in the future.
00:40:52.21\00:40:54.58
One of the reasons why so many
of us are very well established
00:40:54.85\00:40:57.89
financially and we are
of no use to God is because
00:40:57.92\00:41:01.12
we're not born again.
00:41:01.16\00:41:03.32
People that are born
again don't hold onto anything
00:41:04.16\00:41:07.80
but the Lord.
00:41:07.83\00:41:09.40
The tithe is holy.
00:41:10.37\00:41:11.70
The Bible continues in verse
32 of Leviticus chapter 27.
00:41:11.73\00:41:15.90
What they did was, they counted
as the flock passed, they said,
00:41:26.05\00:41:29.32
One, two,
three... They tapped it.
00:41:29.42\00:41:32.32
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine.
00:41:32.35\00:41:38.19
Ten, out of line.
00:41:38.23\00:41:39.56
One, two... Ten, out of line.
00:41:39.59\00:41:42.13
That was the one
that was holy to God.
00:41:42.16\00:41:43.67
But it passed
under a counting rod.
00:41:43.70\00:41:46.07
They tapped the
animal as they went by.
00:41:46.10\00:41:48.00
And the tenth one, out of line.
That's the holy one to God.
00:41:48.04\00:41:51.27
They were sticklers to that.
00:41:51.31\00:41:52.64
That's why today so many
are so still very wealthy
00:41:52.67\00:41:56.95
and still very prosperous.
00:41:56.98\00:41:58.61
You read the stories of
some people like JC Penney's.
00:41:58.81\00:42:02.55
Years ago, read the
story about JC Penney.
00:42:03.25\00:42:05.42
JC Penney became a
wealthy man at a time when the
00:42:05.45\00:42:07.76
nation was
struggling financially.
00:42:07.79\00:42:09.46
But he made up his
mind to double tithe.
00:42:09.49\00:42:12.69
And JC Penney's is
still around today.
00:42:13.53\00:42:15.86
But notice what the
Bible says in Malachi 3:10.
00:42:17.67\00:42:20.80
When you are faithful to God,
He is more than faithful to us.
00:42:20.84\00:42:25.01
If you don't know how big
the windows of heaven are,
00:42:47.80\00:42:50.10
when you go home tonight
go to the desert and look up.
00:42:50.13\00:42:52.93
Whatever you see,
that's the windows of heaven.
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.17
Come on, somebody.
00:42:56.20\00:42:57.54
That's a serious window, right?
00:42:58.11\00:42:59.81
He'll pour it in.
00:43:00.98\00:43:02.34
If you give it
in, He'll pour it in.
00:43:02.44\00:43:04.71
And God can out
pour anybody on any day.
00:43:04.75\00:43:08.72
Solomon, I think
about what he had.
00:43:09.55\00:43:11.52
Solomon, as we read it, Solomon
had 40,000 stalls of horses.
00:43:11.65\00:43:18.76
Not even 40,000 horses,
but 40,000 stalls of horses.
00:43:19.26\00:43:24.97
I understand. I
couldn't react either.
00:43:27.54\00:43:30.04
40,000 stalls.
00:43:30.64\00:43:33.21
Now let me tell you
why God has put the tithe
00:43:33.98\00:43:36.88
and offering system
together for His church.
00:43:36.98\00:43:39.35
And let's talk about
the storehouse tonight.
00:43:39.38\00:43:41.22
Let me give you a glimpse.
00:43:41.25\00:43:42.58
The Seventh-day
Adventist is a worldwide church.
00:43:42.62\00:43:45.15
These colors, you
may not see it very well,
00:43:45.92\00:43:48.12
all these colors coordinate
to different divisions
00:43:48.22\00:43:51.36
around the
world that make up the
00:43:51.39\00:43:53.80
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:43:53.83\00:43:55.93
This church, Paradise
Valley, is in the Pacific Union.
00:43:56.33\00:44:00.00
Let's go further.
Let's look at this.
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.20
If you've never been there,
this is the world headquarters
00:44:02.60\00:44:04.94
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:44:04.97\00:44:06.34
The General Conference
in Silver Springs, Maryland.
00:44:06.37\00:44:09.98
I've had the
privilege of going there.
00:44:10.01\00:44:11.55
Not too long ago,
Pastor Doug Batchelor and I
00:44:11.58\00:44:13.45
did a series there.
00:44:13.48\00:44:14.82
That is, if you could
use the phrase, that is the
00:44:14.85\00:44:17.85
heart of the world.
00:44:17.89\00:44:19.72
And the local
churches, the local conferences,
00:44:20.22\00:44:22.69
the local unions,
the local divisions,
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.99
are all veins and
arteries pouring into
00:44:25.03\00:44:28.10
that General Conference.
00:44:28.13\00:44:29.56
Let's look at that.
00:44:29.60\00:44:30.93
Here's the
picture of the church...
00:44:30.97\00:44:32.30
If you've never went to a
General Conference session,
00:44:32.33\00:44:34.07
if you've never been to a
General Conference session,
00:44:34.34\00:44:36.47
this was the San Antonio, Texas
General Conference session.
00:44:36.50\00:44:39.34
Over 70,000 people that
make up the Adventist church
00:44:39.37\00:44:42.98
from all over the world.
00:44:43.01\00:44:44.48
And these are
just representatives.
00:44:44.51\00:44:47.12
You want to see
a church in action?
00:44:49.58\00:44:51.39
You might think
that this is the church.
00:44:51.42\00:44:52.85
This local church is a part of
a 20 plus million member church.
00:44:53.36\00:44:58.69
And wherever you go in the
world, and you see the word,
00:44:59.29\00:45:01.10
"Seventh-day Adventist," they're
part of the worldwide family.
00:45:01.13\00:45:03.40
Amen, somebody.
00:45:03.43\00:45:04.77
But let's consider the blessing.
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.94
Let's follow the blessing.
00:45:06.97\00:45:08.60
Let's begin
with Paradise Valley.
00:45:09.57\00:45:11.27
That's "PV" at the top.
00:45:11.31\00:45:12.87
When people at
Paradise Valley are faithful,
00:45:13.17\00:45:15.74
a portion of their
tithes and offerings
00:45:17.01\00:45:19.35
goes to the Arizona Conference.
00:45:19.38\00:45:21.85
Then from the Arizona Conference
that handles all the churches
00:45:22.15\00:45:25.79
in the Arizona Conference,
handling salaries for teachers,
00:45:25.82\00:45:30.19
and for pastors, and
insurance, and all the other
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.99
working expenses, a portion of
that goes to the Pacific Union.
00:45:33.03\00:45:37.40
And the Pacific Union
now handles the finances
00:45:37.43\00:45:40.14
of all the conferences under
its union and all their needs.
00:45:40.17\00:45:44.64
And then a portion of
the Pacific Union tithes and
00:45:44.87\00:45:47.74
offerings go to the
North American Division.
00:45:47.78\00:45:50.01
And the principle is
reciprocated over and over.
00:45:50.11\00:45:53.08
In other words, repeated
over and over and over again.
00:45:53.31\00:45:55.48
And a portion of that
goes to the General Conference.
00:45:55.85\00:45:58.79
But now let's watch this.
00:45:59.02\00:46:00.49
If at the local level giving
stops, the Arizona Conference
00:46:01.36\00:46:05.83
will die, and all
the other churches in
00:46:05.86\00:46:08.20
the Arizona Conference will die.
00:46:08.23\00:46:10.50
It's like a heart.
00:46:10.53\00:46:11.87
The General
Conference is the heart.
00:46:12.63\00:46:13.97
If blood stops
flowing to the heart,
00:46:14.00\00:46:16.81
then the whole
body starts to die.
00:46:16.91\00:46:18.91
And there are
churches around the world that
00:46:19.34\00:46:21.21
cannot afford a pastor.
00:46:21.24\00:46:23.01
But your giving...
00:46:23.28\00:46:24.61
By the way, let me
make it very clear,
00:46:24.71\00:46:27.08
the blessing starts with who?
00:46:27.12\00:46:28.78
Say, "me."
00:46:29.45\00:46:30.79
The blessing
starts with who? Me.
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.45
When the offering plate
is passed and it comes by,
00:46:32.55\00:46:35.76
don't look at
it like it's a gun.
00:46:35.79\00:46:38.49
Look at it like it's the
source of your blessings.
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.20
Because when you give
into that, God will pour
00:46:43.77\00:46:45.67
into your life in ways
you'll say, "Unbelievable."
00:46:45.70\00:46:49.00
And it is more
blessed to do what?
00:46:50.24\00:46:52.37
Give, than it is to do what?
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.28
To receive.
00:46:54.38\00:46:55.78
The blessing
always starts with you.
00:46:56.24\00:47:00.82
The blessing
always starts with you.
00:47:00.85\00:47:02.95
And by the way, God can
make nine tenths go further
00:47:02.98\00:47:09.42
than ten tenths.
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.36
He can always...
00:47:11.86\00:47:13.19
My wife and I could
tell you some stories.
00:47:13.23\00:47:14.56
When we were dating,
we had a little old car.
00:47:14.60\00:47:16.06
It only had a forward gear.
Did not have a reverse gear.
00:47:16.30\00:47:19.40
And we would use that car for
prison ministry every Sabbath.
00:47:21.54\00:47:24.54
And that car never broke down.
00:47:24.57\00:47:26.21
We said to ourselves,
"If we use this for something
00:47:26.41\00:47:28.98
other than God's work,
something is going to happen."
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.98
One day we went to an
amusement park in New Jersey,
00:47:31.01\00:47:33.68
on the way back the
transmission gave out on
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.72
the George Washington Bridge.
00:47:35.75\00:47:37.42
Well it didn't go in reverse,
and it stopped going forward.
00:47:38.55\00:47:42.92
So after we paid the
toll, and the toll operator is
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.69
waiting for us to go,
here we are, rrmmm, rrmmm.
00:47:45.73\00:47:49.93
Car not going anywhere.
00:47:49.96\00:47:51.30
We kind of rocked and
looked at them and smiled.
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.23
They said, "Go on."
00:47:53.27\00:47:54.60
I think the Lord went...
00:47:54.64\00:47:56.24
Because it started to
roll and we went by momentum.
00:47:58.21\00:48:00.94
We just rolled down the
George Washington Bridge,
00:48:00.98\00:48:03.55
and by God's grace
didn't have to stop,
00:48:03.58\00:48:05.51
until we stopped
on a side street and
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.42
called our family for help.
00:48:07.45\00:48:09.28
But let me tell you this.
00:48:09.38\00:48:10.72
Ever since we have been married
and gave our lives to the Lord,
00:48:10.75\00:48:13.52
we've never had those issues.
00:48:13.76\00:48:15.29
Even last night, let me
tell you a big blessing,
00:48:15.32\00:48:17.53
when we left last night, we
got to church late last night,
00:48:17.83\00:48:21.13
we got here on a donut.
00:48:21.16\00:48:22.66
That means the car
had a flat at the hotel.
00:48:23.37\00:48:25.57
And Jill and Greg and some
of our camera guys came out.
00:48:25.67\00:48:28.57
Brad and other
guys came out, Ralph.
00:48:28.60\00:48:30.67
And they came out just in
time so that this poor preacher
00:48:30.71\00:48:34.08
didn't have to get
on his knees in a suit
00:48:34.11\00:48:36.14
and change the tire.
00:48:36.81\00:48:38.21
And Greg, praise God he
did that, and Brad helped.
00:48:38.25\00:48:40.32
And praise the
Lord for both of them.
00:48:40.35\00:48:41.68
And then we
couldn't find the car place,
00:48:42.58\00:48:44.59
so we came to church very late.
00:48:44.62\00:48:46.65
And afterwards
they said, "Now drive
00:48:46.89\00:48:48.39
all the way to the airport."
00:48:48.42\00:48:49.76
We had this little tiny car.
00:48:49.79\00:48:51.23
We are frugal with what God
gives into the ministry of 3ABN.
00:48:51.26\00:48:54.86
We got to the airport, and
they treated us like royalty.
00:48:56.26\00:49:00.30
They said, "Sir, we
apologize for any inconvenience.
00:49:00.60\00:49:04.91
What kind of
car would you like?"
00:49:06.24\00:49:08.04
Well...
00:49:09.04\00:49:10.38
Now they gave us four
brands to choose from.
00:49:10.41\00:49:12.61
Well you've got the Buick,
or Chevy, or Toyota, or Nissan.
00:49:12.71\00:49:16.32
"Ah well, you know, any
one, but I like Nissan, Toyota."
00:49:16.35\00:49:20.56
They went and got it, they
said, "Sir, okay what do you..."
00:49:22.36\00:49:24.03
They brought us a 2018
with all the bells and whistles:
00:49:24.06\00:49:28.90
collision avoidance, rear
camera, lane departure warning.
00:49:28.93\00:49:32.80
Everything, every
bell and whistle it had.
00:49:33.00\00:49:35.97
Sirius satellite.
00:49:36.00\00:49:37.61
And the lady
said, "Oh by the way,
00:49:37.64\00:49:38.97
one more thing
we're going to do.
00:49:39.01\00:49:40.48
We're going to give
you a full tank of gas."
00:49:40.78\00:49:42.81
Jill, listen up.
00:49:42.84\00:49:44.18
"Which means you can bring it
back to the airport fully empty.
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.68
We don't really care."
00:49:47.72\00:49:49.05
Amen?
00:49:49.42\00:49:50.75
Why? Because God...
You know why that happened?
00:49:51.59\00:49:53.59
Because God can do it.
That's why it happened.
00:49:53.62\00:49:55.62
He shows out sometimes.
00:49:56.26\00:49:57.83
He shows out sometimes.
00:49:58.13\00:49:59.46
That's why the Bible says...
00:49:59.49\00:50:00.83
Look at what God promises
to do when you're faithful.
00:50:00.86\00:50:02.66
Malachi 3:11-12
00:50:03.37\00:50:04.70
When you are
faithful, God is faithful.
00:50:26.96\00:50:29.86
Oh I wish I had another hour.
00:50:31.39\00:50:33.26
Or two.
00:50:34.06\00:50:35.40
When my wife and
I were praying...
00:50:36.06\00:50:37.83
I've got two scriptures,
and I'll get it in there.
00:50:37.93\00:50:39.93
When my wife and I were
praying as young people,
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.30
"Lord, open the
door for us in ministry,"
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.21
we got all the way
to California on prayer.
00:50:44.24\00:50:46.81
We had just a thousand
dollars that was advanced to us
00:50:48.91\00:50:51.31
from the
conference that called us.
00:50:51.35\00:50:52.81
With no degree.
00:50:53.18\00:50:54.82
I prayed, "Lord, open
the door in ministry."
00:50:55.42\00:50:57.99
We're living in Florida.
00:50:58.19\00:50:59.52
Get a phone call from the
Northern California Conference
00:50:59.59\00:51:01.86
president, and
here's the message.
00:51:01.89\00:51:03.32
"There's a
position in evangelism.
00:51:03.36\00:51:05.16
Are you interested?"
00:51:05.19\00:51:06.93
We got all the way to California
with just under $400 left.
00:51:08.10\00:51:11.27
And with the first and
last months rent, everything in
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.10
California,
everything expensive.
00:51:14.14\00:51:16.27
The Lord found us
an apartment building,
00:51:17.27\00:51:19.24
a brand new apartment building.
00:51:19.44\00:51:21.14
Every time we went
to get an apartment,
00:51:21.18\00:51:23.65
they turned us down.
00:51:23.68\00:51:25.01
Every time we put in an
application, $25, they said,
00:51:25.05\00:51:27.92
"No," "No," "No."
00:51:27.95\00:51:29.28
You know what I've learned?
00:51:29.32\00:51:30.65
When they say no,
God's got something better.
00:51:30.69\00:51:32.92
So finally in desperation,
my wife said, "Honey, if we
00:51:34.19\00:51:37.16
leave now, we have just enough
money to get back to Florida."
00:51:37.19\00:51:39.83
And we were staying in a...
00:51:40.16\00:51:41.50
We were staying, not
in a motel, but a yotel.
00:51:41.53\00:51:44.23
That's below motel.
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.53
That's where the
truckers stop when they
00:51:46.57\00:51:48.04
can't find any place else.
00:51:48.07\00:51:49.97
That's where you
don't take your shoes off.
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.11
And you don't use the shower.
00:51:52.14\00:51:53.98
So here we are in our yotel
with hardly any money left.
00:51:55.44\00:51:59.01
And my wife said, "We
can make it if we leave now."
00:51:59.75\00:52:03.18
I said, "Honey, God didn't
bring us this far to leave us."
00:52:03.22\00:52:05.39
Come on, get an amen somewhere.
00:52:05.42\00:52:06.89
So I threw the
newspaper down and there was a
00:52:07.46\00:52:09.22
small ad; $75.
00:52:09.26\00:52:10.59
I said, "Well you know what?
00:52:10.63\00:52:11.96
Right now we'll take anything."
00:52:11.99\00:52:13.40
Called the place and
said, "Can we come now
00:52:13.43\00:52:14.96
and fill the application out?"
00:52:15.00\00:52:16.33
He said, "Come on."
00:52:16.36\00:52:17.70
We drove up a hill to a
brand new apartment complex.
00:52:17.73\00:52:19.93
I said, "This is nice."
00:52:19.97\00:52:21.30
I said, "Honey,
everybody else turned us down.
00:52:21.34\00:52:23.17
There ain't no way we're
going to get a place here."
00:52:23.20\00:52:25.37
The lady didn't
pay us any attention.
00:52:25.47\00:52:26.81
We filled the application out.
00:52:26.84\00:52:28.21
4:57, she wanted
to go home at 5:00,
00:52:30.01\00:52:31.95
she said, "Check
with me tomorrow."
00:52:31.98\00:52:33.31
We called the next
morning, because we had to
00:52:33.35\00:52:34.85
check out of our yotel by 11:00.
00:52:34.88\00:52:36.95
So, no call.
00:52:37.42\00:52:39.45
"Ma'am..." "Yes,
sir, who are you?"
00:52:39.49\00:52:41.46
"I'm John Lomacang."
"How can I help you?"
00:52:41.49\00:52:43.12
"Remember last night?"
"Oh yeah, your application."
00:52:43.16\00:52:45.39
"Yes. And what happened?"
00:52:45.43\00:52:48.73
"Oh, you got approved."
00:52:48.83\00:52:50.17
Amen.
00:52:50.63\00:52:51.97
But that's the first part.
00:52:52.27\00:52:53.77
How are we going to afford this?
00:52:53.80\00:52:55.60
How are we going to afford this?
00:52:56.00\00:52:57.34
How are we going
to afford this, honey?
00:52:57.47\00:53:00.08
So we got up
there and we said...
00:53:00.11\00:53:01.44
We're looking at a
manicured property.
00:53:01.48\00:53:03.45
Beautiful nice
bright yellow lines.
00:53:03.48\00:53:06.35
The security guard had
on a suit that was creased.
00:53:06.58\00:53:09.75
I'm thinking, this
is not in our pocket.
00:53:10.75\00:53:13.05
"How much will
it take to get in?"
00:53:13.86\00:53:15.39
"$238.00"
00:53:18.26\00:53:19.96
"Really? Is that it?"
00:53:21.86\00:53:25.07
You know, those questions you
are afraid to ask, "Is that it?"
00:53:25.10\00:53:27.80
"That's it."
00:53:27.84\00:53:29.17
"Well, what apartment?"
00:53:30.07\00:53:32.07
She said, "We only
have one apartment left."
00:53:32.11\00:53:34.31
I said, "Okay."
00:53:34.71\00:53:36.04
So we walked across the grass
kind of holding our breath.
00:53:36.08\00:53:39.21
She said, "And here it is.
00:53:40.52\00:53:42.58
By the way, it's the model
apartment with all the bells,
00:53:42.62\00:53:45.49
all the whistles."
00:53:45.52\00:53:46.86
The real stone tops, the
carpets, the extended curtains.
00:53:46.96\00:53:50.86
It's got all the bells
that all the others don't have.
00:53:50.89\00:53:53.60
And God has a way of
putting His signature on stuff.
00:53:54.53\00:53:57.53
It was apartment number seven.
00:53:57.57\00:53:59.67
Amen.
00:54:00.64\00:54:01.97
Okay, we're in
the apartment now.
00:54:03.37\00:54:05.07
We're getting excited.
We're in the apartment now.
00:54:05.11\00:54:07.28
"Okay, how much will it
take to turn the phone on?"
00:54:07.31\00:54:09.54
She said, "It's already on.
You don't have to pay a dime.
00:54:09.58\00:54:12.08
Just call and
change it into your name."
00:54:12.11\00:54:13.85
Amen.
00:54:13.88\00:54:15.22
"Well, what about the lights?"
00:54:15.25\00:54:16.58
"They're already
on. Can't you see?
00:54:16.62\00:54:18.05
Just call the company
and put it in your name."
00:54:18.09\00:54:20.76
"Well, what about the heat?"
00:54:20.79\00:54:22.22
"It's already on.
00:54:22.26\00:54:23.59
Just call them and
put it in your name."
00:54:23.63\00:54:25.76
And that's just
the tip of my iceberg.
00:54:26.59\00:54:29.06
Let me tell you something.
00:54:29.53\00:54:30.87
We have made it
31 years in ministry
00:54:30.90\00:54:32.30
and on the way to
35 years in marriage,
00:54:32.33\00:54:33.84
not because we
found a great plan,
00:54:33.87\00:54:36.04
but we have a great God.
00:54:36.07\00:54:38.04
Timothy said it this way.
00:54:38.71\00:54:40.14
Oh it's true, my friends.
00:54:52.55\00:54:54.02
"And my God..." Come
on, say that with me.
00:54:54.06\00:54:55.56
"And my God..."
00:54:55.59\00:54:56.93
Come on, one more
time. "And my God..."
00:54:56.96\00:54:59.19
As you trust Him,
you'll see the difference
00:55:06.67\00:55:09.94
He makes in your life.
00:55:09.97\00:55:11.31
When we walk with the Lord
00:55:15.98\00:55:21.52
in the light of His word,
00:55:23.02\00:55:28.29
what a glory He
sheds on our way.
00:55:28.72\00:55:38.67
While we do His good will
00:55:40.64\00:55:45.94
He abides in us still,
00:55:46.27\00:55:51.88
and with all who
will trust and obey.
00:55:52.11\00:55:59.52
Can we join you,
Lyndon? Can we join you?
00:55:59.55\00:56:01.52
Trust and obey, for
there's no other way
00:56:02.12\00:56:12.07
to be happy in Jesus
00:56:13.13\00:56:20.28
but to trust and obey.
00:56:20.38\00:56:25.25
I'm going to have
him sing another stanza.
00:56:25.28\00:56:26.65
Tonight somebody came in here...
00:56:26.68\00:56:28.95
Just stand right now.
00:56:28.98\00:56:30.32
Somebody came in here wondering
00:56:30.35\00:56:32.05
how they're going to make it.
00:56:32.09\00:56:33.62
You don't have to worry about
how you're going to make it.
00:56:34.39\00:56:37.13
God's already
got it figured out.
00:56:37.16\00:56:40.10
He counted His
resources, as Danny said,
00:56:41.53\00:56:44.33
and He found
that He's not lacking.
00:56:44.83\00:56:47.04
And God will
supply all your need.
00:56:48.70\00:56:50.67
But He just wants to
see where your heart is.
00:56:50.71\00:56:53.34
Not your bank balance,
but your faith balance.
00:56:53.61\00:56:57.28
He wants you to
believe His word,
00:56:57.68\00:57:00.08
put His plan into action,
00:57:00.32\00:57:02.42
invest in a system
that will never fail.
00:57:03.28\00:57:06.45
And recognize when the
earth and all of its riches
00:57:06.86\00:57:09.39
have been consumed in
the fires of eternity,
00:57:09.72\00:57:13.19
you'll walk through a
city made of precious stones.
00:57:13.23\00:57:16.40
So friends, tonight as we leave,
may you keep trusting God,
00:57:17.17\00:57:21.37
believing Him,
and He is faithful.
00:57:21.60\00:57:24.01
Amen, somebody.
00:57:24.04\00:57:25.37
Let's sing that
song one more time.
00:57:25.61\00:57:27.08
The chorus, trust and obey.
00:57:28.28\00:57:30.51
Oh trust and obey,
00:57:32.11\00:57:37.29
for there's no other way
00:57:37.32\00:57:42.99
to be happy in Jesus
00:57:43.09\00:57:50.67
but to trust and obey.
00:57:50.77\00:57:58.71