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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to
the Love Quest International 

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Church Podcast, where we seek to
love all nations, equip the 

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church, mobilize the equipped, 
and serve all. 

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We're super glad you're joining 
us from whenever and wherever 

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you're at in the world. 
Welcome to the family to get 

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your Bibles ready, get some 
water, get some coffee, maybe 

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some tea, and get ready to 
receive. 

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It's go time. 
Let's get into it. 

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Amen, Amen. 
Amen. 

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I I do want to thank you again, 
pastors, for another opportunity

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to share the to share the Word 
of God. 

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It's never lost on me the honor 
and the privilege it is for 

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God's men and women, anointed 
and called of God to give you an

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opportunity to share with the 
people of God. 

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So again, I'm very, very 
grateful and I'm very, very 

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thankful for the opportunity. 
Today's going to be a little 

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different. 
Uh oh, I lost my men already 

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meant down, meant down. 
Woo, woo. 

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That's just under that up. 
Anyway, you can stop, it's going

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to be a little different today. 
And I just warn you ahead of 

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time because it gives you an 
opportunity to hear different, 

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listen differently. 
Amen, Amen. 

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So I want today, I want to I'm 
going to talk about some things 

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that I can honestly say I've 
never shared before and I've 

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never heard preach before. 
I don't recall the goal of 

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whenever you have an opportunity
to share the word of God is not 

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just to get something new, it's 
to share what you believe God 

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wants people to see, want people
to hear. 

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That's the goal. 
And if it's the same thing like 

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you just saw there in the in the
in the word, he said be bless 

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the Lord, be thankful, pray 
perseveringly and then thank God

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again. 
Sometimes God is in the repeat 

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business because he's trying to 
get it across to you and show 

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you how sincere he is about what
he's sharing. 

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So so it's not always about 
getting something new. 

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It's about God. 
What is you'd have me to share 

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and it but in the midst of that,
in the course of that, I have 

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discovered some things I have 
never seen or had not never 

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heard preached before. 
It doesn't mean there hadn't 

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been. 
I just, I'd never heard it. 

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So I want to make sure you were 
clear about that, Right. 

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So you start Googling and, and 
all that kind of stuff and 

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you're like, oh, I found 
somebody. 

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OK, good. 
I'm glad you did. 

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Now you got to, now you got to, 
now you got to. 

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And it is a word and it's and 
it's one of those words where I 

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don't, I wasn't even trying to 
go there. 

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But once you're there, you can't
Unsee what you see. 

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Does that make sense? 
You can't unhear what you, what 

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you, what you've heard. 
And so with that, as we want to 

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begin and encourage us today 
that as we look deep into the 

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mirror of our souls today, I 
want to remind us of a key point

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which the Holy Spirit declared 
on Christmas Eve. 

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It was during that day on 
Christmas Eve, the day before we

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celebrate the birth of our 
Savior, when our pastor preached

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that peace is about a change of 
government, say change of 

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government, say again, change of
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Not a change of feeling, but a 
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Although changing from a bad 
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will change how you feel. 
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He said that peace was not about
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emotional calming of 
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government. 
When your government change, 

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then therefore your 
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A government that sets things in
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He says the if a government of 
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order, and so when the 
government comes and sets things

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in order, then you can agree 
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I believe that that a sense of 
calm comes when things are set 

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in order. 
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the peace, the government of 
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in order, you will experience 
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A mind in order will experience 
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A life set in order will bring a
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A relationship that's set in 
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calm. 
But still, peace is about a 

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change of government, not that 
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But why is it important? 
Because you got to know what 

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peace is in order to walk in it.
You got to know what peace is in

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order to make sure you're not 
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Now with that at the forefront 
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like just to examine this 
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And I by turning to and reading 
our text. 

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Now, don't put a slide up yet, 
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your text. 
I got I got my text up here. 

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What happens when the power goes
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Does your Bible go off? 
I do think that God's calling us

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to a place in these days where 
it's important to know the book,

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not just know how to search. 
See when you know the book, you 

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know more than just what you're 
looking for. 

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See to find a chapter, I got to 
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what's behind it. 
I get a context for more of the 

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word. 
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It happens. 
And so I know I believe God's 

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calling me too and I'll see, 
you'll see me in and out again. 

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This is my conviction, but I 
believe God is stirring 

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something and saying make sure 
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And so in Genesis chapter 14, 
verse 20, I'm going to read this

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out of the the NIV version and 
it says this and blessed be God 

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most high who delivered your 
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Then Abram gave him a 10th of 
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I want you to put that up now. 
If you're following that, just 

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read that one more time on the 
emphasis from the top and praise

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be to God, Most high, say most 
high, who delivered your enemies

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into your hand. 
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everything. 
So Abram gave him a 10th of 

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everything. 
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particular part. 
Abram gave him a 10th of 

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everything. 
See, now, right now at this 

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point, some of you might be 
saying, EJEJ, are you bringing 

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up tithing because of the New 
Year's Eve special offering or 

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because of the remnant offering?
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you, if that's come to your 
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be part of it, but it's not the 
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Second thing I would say to you 
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of your increase, New Year's Eve
giving and the remnant of 

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special sacrificial offerings 
that are in addition to or above

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the tithe. 
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give generously and though an 
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would be an an encouragement to 
your pastors, it would not bring

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them peace because the peace 
Jesus gave them is not tied to 

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your giving or to my to my 
giving. 

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Yet I am talking about peace, a 
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So don't lose sight of the 
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So the title of the message I 
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this peace the first time? 
Everyone say peace the first 

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time. 
Now all of our gap members here,

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they know when I do 
presentations these in gap, I'll

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put a slide of a location. 
They're like, what's that 

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location? 
What's that mean? 

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What that be? 
So that's a little different 

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than past. 
I'm still working on my slide 

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push ups to catch up with them 
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Now I see. 
So I got AI got I got to get in,

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get in the woodshed on my slide 
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But yet and still there's 
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there, and I'll talk about that 
in a little bit. 

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Everyone say gate, Everyone say 
again, peace the first time. 

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Before going further, let me 
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because context is the frame 
that brings understanding to the

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picture. 
You always want to know what the

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context is or what you're 
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In Matthew 624, Jesus states 
that you cannot serve 2 masters.

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You cannot serve God and mammoth
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the one and hate the other or 
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You cannot serve God in mammoth.
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So Jesus is letting us know 
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he gives that description he's 
telling you there are only 2 

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masters. 
He's saying these two masters 

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are in somewhat a competition 
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One of them is Mammon, the other
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You only have a choice between 
two governments, the government 

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of God or the government of 
things, the Kingdom of God or 

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Mammon, and you have to pick. 
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government you pick will 
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If you pick the Kingdom of God, 
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peace. 
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government, you'll have a mammon
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Your pick will determine your 
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But it's important to understand
that Jesus was declaring this 

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not just in Matthew 624. 
He was prophesied as the Prince 

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of Peace. 
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At his birth, Angel said peace 
on earth because the government 

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of God was at hand, The Kingdom 
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And before he died, he said, I 
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As he was preparing to establish
his church, which is the agency 

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of his government. 
It's ecclesia, the agency of his

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government on earth. 
The government you choose will 

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be the government that you live 
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government that governs your 
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So Jesus has been telling us you
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you're going to pick because the
government you pick will 

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determine your peace. 
Jesus always connected those 

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things, but he not only chose us
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also gives us an understanding 
in that declaring that of what 

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Abram was doing in Genesis 14. 
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for look for at the context. 
There were 5 kings or five 

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governments that are united to 
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So five against 4, right? 
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Everyone say Sodom. 
Now Sodom was near the land that

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Lot chose from himself in 
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So we're talking about 14 and 
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prior, Abraham was saying, 
listen, man, God has prospered 

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us so much that our, our, our 
kingdoms are beginning to beef 

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with each other, our, our 
maidservants, our men, servants 

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beginning to beef with each 
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And Abraham said, I want to 
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So Abraham's pursuit of peace 
begins in chapter 13 and he says

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lot, you pick, you look around 
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pick and you go there and I'll 
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That's Genesis 13. 
So in Genesis 14 we find that 

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Lot did pick but he picked near 
Sodom and now he finds himself 

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carried off into battle a 
captive when those five 

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governments came down to attack 
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Now the word comes back to 
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and he says man your cuz man he 
got he all caught up and his 

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family caught up man what you 
going to do? 

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Abraham says no worry I'm going 
to take the people from my house

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and lead the fight to go get 
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He's some of the people of his 
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he said listen we going to go 
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So they went and Abraham as one 
beat back 5. 

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Maybe you've never been in an 
unfair fight where you felt you 

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was our number 5 to 1. 
Maybe you've never been in a 

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place where you thought you was 
losing your mind and you were 

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trying to figure out how to stay
sane, to get to the next minute,

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not just to the next hour. 
To know that Abraham came and he

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beat back five with just his one
tells you something about who he

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is and what God's doing in his 
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Now. 
When that happens, he begins to 

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come back, say, come back from 
the victory. 

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And on his way back from the 
victory, Abraham is in the 

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Valley of the Kings. 
That's that picture the Valley 

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of the Kings. 
He's in that space. 

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He's on his way back from the 
battle, passing just outside of 

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Jerusalem in this place called 
the Valley of the Kings. 

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Now in that Valley of the Kings,
the king of Sodom goes out to 

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meet Abraham. 
But before he does, before he 

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can connect with Abraham, we see
the first mention of peace in 

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the Bible. 
This is the first mention of 

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peace in the Bible. 
Now it's important to understand

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something about the law of first
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OK, everyone say law of first 
mention. 

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Put your finger up to the 
forehead like this. 

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Say law of first mention. 
See how much more smarter you 

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look when you I can law first 
mention. 

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I know what that means, right? 
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understanding it all throughout 
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first mentioned. 
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something from Scripture, go 
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mentioned and you'll learn some 
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applicable to every other 
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Everyone say law first 
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Now Abraham encounters 
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Salem, the king of righteousness
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So there's 2 kings in that 
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Melchizedek. 
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That's the first mention of 
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Peace right there, Melchizedek, 
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Righteousness, and priest of 
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peace. 
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So he's the governor of peace 
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This is the first mention of 
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connected with government. 
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government of peace is here. 
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between government and peace 
that's there. 

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more than just sexual sin or 
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People may know of some of those
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Ezekiel 616 says this. 
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Jerusalem and her sister's 
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So you put that King James 
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I'm going to go ahead. 
I got them written down here. 

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So I'll begin to go ahead and 
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them up there when they can. 
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look, this was the iniquity of 
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talking about her sister Sodom. 
She and her, she and her 

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daughter had pride. 
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food, and abundance of idleness.
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hand of the poor needy. 
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and committed abomination before
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Therefore I took them away as I 
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And the NIV says this. 
Now this was the sin of your 

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sister Sodom. 
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arrogant, say arrogant, overfed,
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They was unbothered and they did
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They were Hardy and detestable 
things before me. 

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Therefore I did away with them 
as you have seen. 

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what that translation says is 
that they were arrogant or 

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prideful, overfed and 
unconcerned. 

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That being full of themselves 
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help those that were in need. 
More focused on their own 

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bellies than what God was doing.
More focused on their own 

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comforts than what God was doing
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leads you to a place of not only
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doing detestable things. 
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comforts will eventually lead 
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and lead you to a place of doing
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There's a sequence here. 
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this. 
Behold, this was the iniquity of

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your sister Sodom. 
Pride over abundance of food. 

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Prosperous ease. 
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were hers and her daughters. 
Neither did they strengthen the 

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hand of the poor and needy. 
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this, that God doesn't mind you 
prospering, but what are you 

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doing with your prosperity? 
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What we see here, God is saying 
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got enough and they keeping it 
for themselves. 

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They got enough in keeping it 
for their own agendas, for their

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own goals, for their own lives, 
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It sounds like Sodom is a lot 
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So now that you got these two in
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of God and you got the king of 
Mammon. 

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Now Abraham got to make a 
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Who's he going to commit to? 
Abraham chose which government 

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he was going to line with 
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See, you have to understand, 
Mammon came to talk to Abraham 

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before he had an opportunity to 
choose peace. 

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Mammon was on his way to master 
Abraham. 

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Abraham in that valley. 
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there, peace intervened. 
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Melchizedek showed up and said, 
let me tell you about the 

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government that they're not 
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Let me tell you about the peace 
that that stuff is not going to 

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get to you. 
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Before all of those things, 
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he knows he has a choice to 
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his choice not only reflects on 
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Genesis 14 starting at verse 18 
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The Melchizedek king of Salem 
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Everyone say covenant. 
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High, said Most God Most High, 
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Blessed be Abram of God Most 
High, possessor of heaven and 

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earth, and blessed be God Most 
High, who was delivered, who has

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delivered your enemies into your
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all. 
Hebrews 7 says that the greater 

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does the blessing and the lesser
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So Melchizedek is greater by 
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Melchizedek is greater. 
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Though Abrams decided to respond
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respond to Melchizedek's 
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with a tithe. 
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better and more important than 
my tithe. 

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Peace is greater. 
Peace can get me something that 

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my stuff can't get me. 
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this, that Abraham intended to 
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battle. 
I don't know that that was 

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really the case because as I 
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Abraham said this when Sodom 
showed up. 

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I don't want none of what you 
got, Sodom. 

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I don't need that to survive. 
I don't need you thinking you 

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control and dictate my life. 
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that to God. 
Who blessed me was confused with

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what you did for me. 
He saw him and he had to make 

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that decision in that moment and
he had to make that decision 

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knowing it was going to impact 
him and impact his people, 

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impact everyone else. 
Now again, it says that he maybe

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he was going to give a ties with
all the stuff that he brought 

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out. 
I'm going to tell you, I don't 

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think that's the case. 
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Because when he told Sodom I 
don't need your stuff, why would

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he keep the other people's 
stuff? 

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If you got more than silent 
memory there was 4 right? 

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So he brought back 4 kingdoms 
stuff, not just Sodoms. 

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If he says that Sodom not going 
to keep your stuff, I don't want

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to twist it that thinking you 
prospered me and made me rich 

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instead of God. 
Why would he keep the stuff from

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the other three? 
And if you wouldn't keep the 

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stuff from the other three, he 
wouldn't give a tithe from this 

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stuff for the other 3. 
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giving a tithe, I think there's 
a case to be made. 

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He's talking about his stuff, 
not what he brought back. 

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So when he says he's going to 
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he's saying is I'm going to give
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not what I've captured, which is
far exceeds what he brought back

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from those other kingdoms. 
Abraham's peace, Abraham's 

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response to peace, his way of 
anchoring in peace. 

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Now remember the law first 
mentioned the 1st and primary 

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way of anchoring into that 
governor of peace Abraham felt 

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was by what? 
Tithing. 

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Now you ain't trying to see 
that, but when you see it, you 

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can't Unsee it. 
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mentioned and conveyed. 
Abraham's response to peace is I

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want to give a 10th of 
everything I have because I'm 

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grateful for the God that 
brought me out to me. 

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That was, I suggest biblically 
that some place, somewhere, your

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peace is going to be connected 
to your pocketbook. 

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Your peace is going to be 
connected to whether you're 

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serving God or you're serving 
Mammon. 

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You can't run from it. 
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want to do. 
We want to deal with that last, 

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not first. 
When in the Bible, the 1st 

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place, it was dealt with when 
peace showed up, not the last 

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place. 
Because his heart was anchored 

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in peace, he could say no to 
Mammon. 

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He could say no, I don't want 
the things that come with 

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Sodom's gift. 
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king of righteousness, had made 
a covenant blessing of peace, a 

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Bible peace, he established that
peace means completeness and 

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wholeness. 
The word peace doesn't mean 

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sense of calm. 
It means wholeness. 

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It means safety, it means 
protection. 

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So when the king of Salem shows 
up, the king who is able to 

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bring wholeness to your life 
shows up. 

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The king was able to bring 
safety and protection to your 

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life shows up. 
Peace is about bringing 

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wholeness to your life, not an 
emotional change or transfer. 

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Peace is bigger than your 
pocketbook. 

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It's about your whole life that 
God has given and the whole life

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that God is dealing with and 
demonstrating with you in. 

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I want to go to 2nd Corinthians 
96 through 15 in the AMPC 

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because I think when you 
understand this peace, then you 

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understand what this is saying. 
If peace means wholeness, if 

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peace means complete in every 
error in every way, if peace 

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means nothing missing, nothing 
broken, nothing that's there, 

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then I think that Second 
Corinthians 96 says it also in a

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different sort of way. 
And I just want to share that. 

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And when you understand this 
connection to peace, then you 

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understand this verse. 
It's not a get me rich verse, 

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it's a get me peace verse. 
It says this. 

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Remember this, He who so 
sparingly and grudgingly will 

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also reap sparingly and 
grudgingly, and he who sows 

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generously that blessings may 
come to someone will also reap 

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generously and with blessing. 
God is more interested in the 

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character of your heart and the 
intent of your attitude than He 

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is what you have in your hand. 
Remember, Abram came back after 

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victory, though he knew God was 
on his side. 

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Whenever you go to battle, you 
know lives can be lost. 

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He was grateful not only that 
his life was spared, grateful 

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that it's all of the people he 
took with him was spared. 

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Grateful that Lot's life was 
spared, grateful that he had a 

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victory to bring these other 
folks back. 

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He was grateful to God in so 
many ways beyond just what 

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happened in his own life. 
That's what you see. 

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That's that attitude of 
gratitude that bubbled up when 

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peace showed up. 
It's amazing how peace prompts 

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gratitude, doesn't it? 
Let each one give as he's 

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made-up in his own mind and 
purpose in his heart, not 

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reluctantly or sorrowfully or 
under compulsion. 

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You choose. 
Now, if it's important to 

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recognize this, Melchizedek 
didn't say, Abraham, pay me, 

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boy. 
Melchizedek saw Abram and said, 

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man, I just want to bless you. 
I want to bless you. 

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I want to release a blessing on 
you. 

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He didn't ask for anything back.
Now, how do you know why? 

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Why do you think he was sent? 
Because his relationship with 

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God went way before that battle.
And the guy who started the 

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relationship saw him in that 
moment and said, you know, I 

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want to send peace your way in a
greater measure so it's not 

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under compulsion. 
He was not forced to give 

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anything. 
He wasn't asked to give 

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anything. 
He wasn't pulled, but he had an 

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opportunity to respond to peace 
with gratitude. 

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And for him that meant a 10th of
things that he had. 

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For God loves. 
He takes pleasure in prizes 

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above other things and is 
unwilling to abandon or to do 

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without a cheerful giver whose 
heart is in his giving. 

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Next. 
And this is the part right here 

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that's really critical. 
This is the peace part right 

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here. 
And God is able to make all 

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grace, every favor and earthly 
blessing come to you in 

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00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,640
abundance. 
He says, you may give money 

452
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,000
cheerfully, but I'm going to 
make all grace abound towards 

453
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,000
you in abundance. 
You may give this in this way, 

454
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,080
but I'm going to make all grace 
abound towards you in abundance.

455
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,280
He says I'm going to make all 
grace. 

456
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,200
What does that mean? 
Let me tell you what all grace 

457
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,720
is. 
There's a young man here. 

458
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,840
I told his testimony. 
Hopefully you don't mind me 

459
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,120
telling it again. 
He was on his way to prayer 

460
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,200
meeting. 
He and his lovely wife just 

461
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,800
married in the car. 
Something happened to him and he

462
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:30,400
lost conscience at the wheel on 
200 St. and the car went from 

463
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:35,040
one side of 200 St. crossed the 
lanes of 200 direction, went 

464
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,960
into the other lanes on 200 St. 
in the opposite direction, 

465
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,000
cleared those lanes, went to the
side of the road where there was

466
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,480
post and pillars and bridge 
overpasses. 

467
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,480
Cleared those wind up in a 
ditch. 

468
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,720
You know what you call that you 
call that all grace. 

469
00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:02,800
That's what all grace gets you. 
God wants us to understand all 

470
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,840
grace is what he's after in our 
lives. 

471
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:13,080
See this peace allows us to walk
in all grace and God is able to 

472
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:17,400
make all grace an abundance to 
that you made keep going always 

473
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,840
and under all circumstances and 
whatever the need. 

474
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,440
That sounds like peace. 
Nothing missing, nothing broken,

475
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,080
always enough, complete hole in 
every area in every way. 

476
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,320
What he's saying is this. 
It's your joy that gives me 

477
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,720
delight even more than the gift 
of your hand. 

478
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,400
It's the gratitude and the 
Thanksgiving you come to me 

479
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,760
with. 
To think that all I did was come

480
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,960
and bless you with peace. 
And your response was Daddy, I'm

481
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,240
so grateful for what you've 
done. 

482
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,320
I'm so grateful for what you've 
taken me. 

483
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,400
I'm so grateful for how you've 
delivered me Dad. 

484
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:53,680
I can't do what for you what I 
want to, but I'll give you a 

485
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,040
10th of everything that I have. 
No, it's not even a token 

486
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,000
compared to what you've done to 
me. 

487
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:07,720
I want to make it clear. 
Keep going because another part 

488
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,320
of supporting furnishing 
abundance for every good work 

489
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,000
and charitable Nate donation. 
That's how Abraham was able to 

490
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,600
have the resources to go rescue 
his brother lot, his cousin lot 

491
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,440
keep going and it's written he 
the benevolent person scatters 

492
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,440
abroad. 
He gives to his poor his his 

493
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,400
deeds of justice and goodness 
and kindness and the benevolence

494
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,120
will go on and do it forever. 
And God provides seed to the 

495
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,320
sower and bread for eating will 
also provide and multiply your 

496
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,600
resources for sowing. 
And here's the key and increase 

497
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,360
the fruits of your 
righteousness. 

498
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,840
See God's not stupid. 
How many y'all know sometimes 

499
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,440
you tell a youngster, hey, if 
you take out the garbage, I'll 

500
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:55,440
give you allowance money, you'll
incentivize and do what's right 

501
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,840
by showing them there's increase
connected to it. 

502
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,600
God is after the increase of 
your righteousness more than 

503
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,080
anything else. 
He said I'll give you all of 

504
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,640
those things, but also will 
increase the fruits of your 

505
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,680
righteousness as well. 
Keep going. 

506
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,200
Thus you will be enriched in all
things and in every way so you 

507
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,560
can be generous your your 
generosity as it is administered

508
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,960
by us. 
We'll bring forth Thanksgiving 

509
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,000
to God. 
Go back to Pastor Terence talked

510
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,840
about there's a Thanksgiving 
loop that happens. 

511
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,200
Peace begins a Thanksgiving 
loop. 

512
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:38,360
It begins a Thanksgiving loop 
and you begin to get thankful 

513
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,960
and grateful because you 
understand I'm whole. 

514
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:48,880
God is taking care of me. 
God, I'm grateful. 

515
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:53,000
I share my words with you. 
I share my tears with you. 

516
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:57,200
I share my resources with you. 
I share my life with you because

517
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,720
I'm grateful. 
And The thing is, you think 

518
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,800
you're tithing. 
It's just about the money. 

519
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,880
It's just about the work that's 
done. 

520
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,120
Yes, it's about that. 
But this is what God is saying. 

521
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,960
Your commitment to respond to 
that peace through that grace of

522
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,720
giving will cause other folks to
begin to give thanks unto God. 

523
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,160
And when people begin to give 
thanks unto God, they begin to 

524
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,080
recognize the goodness of God. 
And the Bible says it's the 

525
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,720
goodness of God that least meant
to repent, not how much you talk

526
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,240
ugly about them. 
It's them getting the revelation

527
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,000
of God's goodness. 
And when someone says you don't 

528
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:40,520
even know me, but you sold for 
me, you built for me you, You 

529
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,040
did that for me. 
I wasn't even here and you did 

530
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,520
it for me. 
How could I not begin to thank 

531
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:51,000
God that he would have people 
thinking about me that knew 

532
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:58,560
nothing of me? 
Your giving starts a gratitude, 

533
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:06,880
Luke, and I want to say this 
very clearly, Abram didn't buy 

534
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:12,560
peace. 
To buy peace is to say you paid 

535
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,000
for something that you didn't 
have. 

536
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,280
It also suggests you can only 
get as much as the money you put

537
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,639
down. 
So remember the law first 

538
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:28,400
mentioned, the king of peace 
gave the blessing for nothing. 

539
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,239
He didn't buy it. 
He already had it when he 

540
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:35,600
decided to give. 
He gave from peace, not to get 

541
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,040
it and without. 
And the king of peace gave him 

542
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,600
that without asking for anything
in return. 

543
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,920
Abram gave from peace not to get
it. 

544
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:49,560
He gave from gratitude, not 
greed. 

545
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,880
He came from victory. 
He had already won the battle. 

546
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,239
He's on his way home. 
He didn't have to give for 

547
00:34:56,239 --> 00:35:01,120
victory. 
He gave from victory in 

548
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:06,080
response. 
And Jesus did the same. 

549
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,680
Pastor talked about this as the 
anchor for the Scripture and the

550
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,600
and and and the and the and the 
the series. 

551
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,400
Jesus says this, I give you my 
peace. 

552
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:25,720
Jesus gave us his peace. 
Jesus gave you his peace before 

553
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:28,600
you ever gave him anything. 
You can't. 

554
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,280
But his peace is not for sale. 
So don't think I'm saying that 

555
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:37,280
God is saying purchase peace 
through your money that you 

556
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,640
give. 
He's already giving you the 

557
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:46,760
peace. 
Jesus says it this way. 

558
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,480
He gives you way more. 
I already mentioned it in the 

559
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,560
verse. 
You gave $2.00. 

560
00:35:54,560 --> 00:36:00,680
He gave you all grace. 
You gave God, I thank you, and 

561
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,640
he gave you all grace. 
It says if you so cheerfully, He

562
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,880
didn't say just so money. 
You saw the praise when your 

563
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:13,360
pockets were empty, and you did 
it cheerfully because you were 

564
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:21,040
grateful for your life. 
And God made all grace abound 

565
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:25,920
towards you. 
You never get what you quote UN 

566
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,760
quote pay for in giving to the 
Lord. 

567
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:33,480
He always gives you his all. 
That's why when your heart is in

568
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,840
your giving, your penny becomes 
an all your $10 becomes an all. 

569
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,960
We can give different things. 
But when his heart is in his 

570
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,040
giving the same way her heart is
in his giving and his heart is 

571
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,920
an all is in his giving. 
What we have to just talked 

572
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,280
about at the top of the thing 
that deep Thanksgiving from down

573
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,200
here with deep within you. 
When all of our hearts are in 

574
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,920
all of our giving, then God's 
able to make all grace abounding

575
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,560
you, you, you, you, you, you, 
you, you, you, you, you, you, 

576
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,960
you, you, you, you, you, you, 
you, you, you, you, you. 

577
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:12,960
And it reminds me of that verse 
when Jesus talks about the 

578
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:18,400
parable of the master went out 
to the marketplace and he cut a 

579
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:23,880
deal with the first set of guys 
and he said, OK, 100 bucks, 1000

580
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,760
bucks for the day. 
And he went out every three 

581
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:32,040
hours after that same master all
the way up until right before 

582
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,600
the end of the day. 
And the people that he hired at 

583
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:41,680
the end of the day got the same 
as the people he hired at the 

584
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:46,240
beginning of the day. 
You know why he said in the 

585
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,520
parable, don't be mad at me 
because I'm generous. 

586
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,120
That's another way for saying 
grace. 

587
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,080
Don't be mad at me because I'm a
God of all grace. 

588
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,760
Don't be mad at me that I'm 
going to pour out all grace to 

589
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,840
you no matter what, whether you 
give different than what He 

590
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:03,680
gives. 
All I'm looking for is your 

591
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,200
heart to be in it. 
I'm looking for your 

592
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,160
cheerfulness to be in it. 
I'm looking for your joy to be 

593
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:16,840
in it. 
God is saying to us that peace 

594
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:22,920
is a change of government. 
It is and the law first 

595
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,520
mentioned from the scripture. 
So that's why I got the title 

596
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,920
peace the first time. 
Think about what peace means the

597
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:33,080
first time you see it. 
Think about what peace involves.

598
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:41,640
The first time it's mentioned 
that God is saying to us that 

599
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,560
peace does involve a change of 
government. 

600
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,400
It does, but not one you can buy
and pay for. 

601
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:53,160
But also understand there's a 
response and gratitude that you 

602
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:58,280
can be moved to give again, I 
want to point this out. 

603
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,520
How is it, do you think he was 
able to say so strongly to the 

604
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,520
king of Sodom afterwards? 
And the King of Sodom says you 

605
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,640
keep it all. 
And he said, I don't want none 

606
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,240
of it. 
You know why? 

607
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,960
Because his heart was already 
anchored in the Kingdom of peace

608
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:18,280
through the gift that he gave 
that prepared him to be able to 

609
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,840
reject the things that will 
steal his peace. 

610
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:26,760
Scripture says this way. 
Wherever a man's treasure is, 

611
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:28,560
that's where his heart will 
follow. 

612
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,320
God gave Abram peace without him
asking for it. 

613
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,560
God sent the government of peace
to Abram's behalf out. 

614
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,920
I'm not calling for it. 
Abram was smart enough to anchor

615
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,800
his heart in that government 
through his giving. 

616
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,200
He was smart enough to say, I'm 
going to put my heart there and 

617
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,240
I'm going to choose that that 
Kingdom and that government. 

618
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,280
Now I want to give you a little 
bit of epilogue. 

619
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,560
I want to say epilogue how y'all
like stuff that comes after the 

620
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,800
credits. 
What comes the shortly after 

621
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,000
that is Abram cries out to God 
and says, God, I'm a wealthy 

622
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,240
man, you bless me so much, but I
don't have an air. 

623
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,880
I don't have anybody to give it 
to. 

624
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,960
I got God. 
I'm missing something that money

625
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:20,520
cannot buy. 
And that same God of all peace 

626
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,640
who met him in that valley, he 
says, don't worry man, I got 

627
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,960
hold this for that too. 
And that's where you cut a 

628
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:32,720
covenant to give Abram something
that his heart ached for that he

629
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,840
could not find from any place in
the earth, could not get from 

630
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:40,080
anywhere in the earth. 
That is what it means to be a 

631
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,280
God of all grace and responding 
to you. 

632
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:55,760
God knew and Abraham knew. 
So I just want to take a moment 

633
00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:01,400
here to just kind of seal up 
what we've been sharing here. 

634
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,880
A message like this is there's 
competition for it because the 

635
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,480
Master of Mammon is trying to 
master you even as you're 

636
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:14,280
hearing it, trying to master 
your hearing, your attitude, 

637
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,960
your perceptions, your whatever 
it is. 

638
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,880
But understand, your God 
understands that the peace that 

639
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,560
Mammon brings you will never be 
the peace you're seeking. 

640
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,120
And he's trying to make sure 
your heart is anchored in his 

641
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,200
government so you can receive 
the peace that he has to give. 

642
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,040
Not that he not that he wouldn't
give it to you anyway, but when 

643
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,160
your heart is anchored in his 
government and his peace, you're

644
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,520
less likely to give it up when 
temptation comes. 

645
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:46,720
Let's pray, Father, we thank 
you, bless, you're the God of 

646
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:50,120
all peace. 
Thank you're the God of all 

647
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:57,840
grace. 
We thank you, Lord, we thank 

648
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,240
you, Lord God, we thank you. 
Let's begin to thank the Lord. 

649
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:02,840
That's that's where it begins 
with Thanksgiving. 

650
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,200
Thank, thank God, whatever you 
have to thank God for. 

651
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:09,000
If you have life, if you got a 
marriage, if you got family, if 

652
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,760
you got kids, if you got your 
limbs, if you just made it here 

653
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,360
today. 
I know there's a couple here 

654
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,160
that's thanking God they made it
here today because they know 

655
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,480
what that means and they don't 
take that for granted. 

656
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,640
God, we thank you, we thank you.
God, we thank you, we thank you,

657
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,120
We thank you for all that you've
done and all that you're doing. 

658
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,720
And we're so grateful, Lord God,
that you have given us peace 

659
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,680
that surpasses all 
understanding. 

660
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,800
And more than a feeling, more 
than a calm, God, you've given 

661
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,920
us a government to sustain us, a
government of peace. 

662
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,480
And we give ourselves to that 
government of peace. 

663
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,360
O Lord, we give ourselves to 
that government of peace. 

664
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,760
And Father, we thank you, God, 
that you demonstrate to us that 

665
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,600
one of the ways that I've, that 
our grandfather Abraham 

666
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:53,160
committed himself in that was 
through that giving of that tie.

667
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,000
And so, Father, we allow your 
grace to flood our hearts and 

668
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,120
your gratitude to so well up 
within us so that we too shall 

669
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,760
respond and can respond like our
grandfather Abraham. 

670
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,840
And we say God will give you a 
tenth of all. 

671
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,840
You didn't say of all of my 
stuff a tenth of all I'll give 

672
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,640
you praise, I'll give you joy, 
I'll give you life. 

673
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,760
I'll give you time God, I give 
you a tenth of all that I have 

674
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:19,200
and we thank you father that are
not responding accordingly. 

675
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:23,200
God more than whatever that 
money would bring the grace that

676
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:27,560
brings the peace of God. 
We so long for is going to visit

677
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,440
us. 
We thank you for that Lord in 

678
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:35,000
Jesus name, Amen, Amen, Amen 
Amen. 

679
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:44,880
Give God a hand clap. 
You know, God, God will give us 

680
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,800
missing keys and ingredients for
things. 

681
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,200
And I want to make sure it's 
clear that's not the only way of

682
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,800
accessing God's peace, but it's 
often one that people will 

683
00:43:54,800 --> 00:44:01,360
overlook intentionally. 
And I want to tell you this, if 

684
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,360
you want to be a tireder, you 
can be a tireder today. 

685
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:07,800
All you got to do is make a 
decision you want and watch the 

686
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,400
God of our grace back you up on 
it. 

687
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:15,400
But you don't have to wait till 
the resource comes on the 30th. 

688
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,160
You can start titling on the 
first because it's about grace 

689
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,960
and gratitude more than the 
check you cut. 

690
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,360
I want to tell you, you have an 
opportunity to give and practice

691
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,800
this and activate this very 
thing with myths of our year end

692
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,320
giving New Year's Eve. 
I mentioned it earlier, there'll

693
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,360
be an opportunity for some 
sacrificial giving on New Year's

694
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:40,720
Eve as well as our remnant 
campaign is, is we're going 

695
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:42,760
through the ribbon on that. 
You have an opportunity to give 

696
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,920
generously in that as well. 
I encourage you to take this 

697
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,040
word, listen to it, go through 
it, pray about it. 

698
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,640
Let God touch and minister to 
your heart on it. 

699
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,920
And then as he does, just 
respond according to the way the

700
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:59,160
God of our grace leads you to 
respond and according to it. 

701
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:02,200
And believe me, you'll find 
yourself being more generous 

702
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,880
than you ever thought. 
But I will tell you this, you 

703
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:08,240
will have to make the decision 
to be generous just the same way

704
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:12,720
Abram had to make the decision 
not only to tithe, but to say no

705
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,720
to that which was seeking to 
steal from him. 

706
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,720
He had to make the decision. 
So I encourage you today take 

707
00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:22,760
advantage of these last of year 
and opportunities to give some 

708
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,240
of the biggest, most generous 
gifts you have out of the 

709
00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:29,080
biggest and generous gratitude 
that you have for the Lord and 

710
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,680
watch him make all grace abound 
towards you in every area and in

711
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:33,760
every way. 
Amen. 

712
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:35,840
There are some ways to give 
here. 

713
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:39,120
At the end of our time together,
you'll be able to step out and 

714
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,440
and do your giving there. 
Thank you. 

715
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:45,720
Appreciate you for for really 
listening to this message. 

716
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:53,120
And God is trying to I can't 
some things in my spirit, I 

717
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:54,440
can't. 
I'm not, I'm not privileged to 

718
00:45:54,440 --> 00:46:00,960
share, but God is trying to help
his people now before the help. 

719
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:06,240
It's too late. 
Amen. 

720
00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:07,920
Thank you, Lord. 
Thank you pastor, for allowing 

721
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,920
me to share a message like this.
I appreciate you. 

722
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:15,840
Hey man, you guys could do 
better than that. 

723
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:25,240
Thank you EJ really quickly for 
your keep your phones out or 

724
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:27,440
your notebooks out. 
If you haven't had it out, bring

725
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:31,800
it out as the as the pastor of 
this church, I get AI get the 

726
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,800
unique opportunity to come up 
and I have a responsibility to 

727
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:40,720
also clarify. 
I have a responsibility to to 

728
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:50,520
after, after people share an 
opportunity to also fill in some

729
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,320
areas where I could discern 
where people may either miss it,

730
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,280
maybe wasn't paying attention, 
or here's the more important 

731
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:04,520
one. 
They're not really Bible 

732
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,920
readers. 
So the message like this, if you

733
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:12,080
actually aren't a Bible reader, 
there's so much you miss because

734
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,080
you're hearing stuff not only 
for the first time, but you also

735
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:19,160
have no foundation to connect 
what he's saying to the nature 

736
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:22,080
of God, right? 
And so I'm going to give you a 

737
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:24,880
couple things, which I think is 
is very important. 

738
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:28,600
Again, thank you, Elder John, 
for being courageous enough. 

739
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,080
People wouldn't look at a 
message like that as courageous,

740
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:35,360
but that's very courageous to 
speak on that. 

741
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,400
I got a few announcements, but I
just want to read a couple 

742
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,200
things to you. 
You could, you could, you could 

743
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:48,880
take a break if you heard it or 
not. 

744
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,840
The tie is connected to 
governing. 

745
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:56,480
That's very important because 
you can shout about peace and 

746
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:01,800
actually miss this key component
to activating peace. 

747
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,320
Because he says that your 
treasure is where your heart is.

748
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:11,360
Where is peace governed in my 
heart? 

749
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:15,480
So it's it. 
It needs to be understood that 

750
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:20,720
if your heart and treasure is in
the world, he mentioned this, 

751
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:26,320
then your peace is governed by 
the world. 

752
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,760
This is very important. 
I've been there, done that. 

753
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,160
I've I've been a Christian and 
not tithe. 

754
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,520
I've been a Christian and had 
excuses why not tithe in. 

755
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,760
I've been a Christian who didn't
tithe because of what somebody 

756
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:42,800
else owed me. 
Your tithe has nothing to do 

757
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:46,080
with what others give you. 
It has everything to do with 

758
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:49,920
what God does. 
You get what I'm saying? 

759
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:56,040
I've had people watch this tithe
where they prefer, but not in 

760
00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:00,680
the storehouse. 
So you like, I'm going to give 

761
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:05,000
my tithe to the YMCA. 
That's not where he says put the

762
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,560
tithe. 
The storehouse is your church 

763
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:12,120
home. 
It's very important. 

764
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,920
So you don't, you don't get, you
can give wherever you want to 

765
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,280
give, but you don't get to say 
the tithe. 

766
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,480
I'm tithing when I give to the 
charity down the street. 

767
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,800
Watch this. 
You don't even tithe 20%. 

768
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:34,920
You tithe 10. 
It's a tenth, not a twent. 

769
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,720
It's very important because some
people will braggadociously say 

770
00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:48,160
I tied 30% tithe 30 don't even 
go together and you robbing 

771
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:52,560
yourself because I tied 10% and 
I went 20% above and beyond. 

772
00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:58,320
So you don't get the tithe where
you want to. 

773
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:02,840
Biblically you tithe at the 
storehouse he has called you to 

774
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:07,840
and he's feeding you from watch 
this you you tithe to your 

775
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:12,120
favorite evangelist on YouTube 
but not your church. 

776
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:25,450
You're not biblically tithing. 
OK can you just turn that heater

777
00:50:25,450 --> 00:50:27,810
off for like 5 minutes? 
Thank you so much. 

778
00:50:33,050 --> 00:50:36,370
Tithing is the hinges of 
heaven's economy. 

779
00:50:36,370 --> 00:50:41,120
You have to understand that. 
And faith is heaven's currency. 

780
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:51,960
Tithing is the hinges of 
heaven's economy. 

781
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:58,200
So when we tithe, it connects us
to something that's already 

782
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:03,000
rewarded. 
It's already fruitful. 

783
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,080
You know, right now people are 
putting money into certain 

784
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:11,840
stocks. 
They're partnering with 

785
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:16,440
companies. 
When you tithe, you partner with

786
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:20,040
heaven's economy and heaven's 
economy. 

787
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:27,320
The currency of it is faith. 
Money is the currency of the 

788
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:31,320
world. 
The world buys and sells. 

789
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,880
That's the economy. 
Heaven's economy. 

790
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:41,760
We sow and reap two different 
economies. 

791
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:47,080
So even peace is transaction by 
faith. 

792
00:51:50,640 --> 00:52:00,130
Very important. 
This parallel that Elder John 

793
00:52:00,130 --> 00:52:03,530
gave us that if you don't read 
your words, you don't even know 

794
00:52:03,530 --> 00:52:06,330
it's a parallel and you may get 
lost. 

795
00:52:06,930 --> 00:52:10,680
He mentioned 2 governments, say 
2 governments, right? 

796
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:12,360
There's a scripture in Matthew 
6. 

797
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,960
It says you can't serve 2 
masters, which which is the 

798
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:20,720
masters God and what Mammon? 
Then he brought you to to to 

799
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:23,760
Abraham. 
But the king was Melchizedek. 

800
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:27,040
And then there was the king of 
Sodom, correct? 

801
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,760
What Lot came to a point and 
Abraham, they both were 

802
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:32,960
prospering. 
Lot said I'm gonna go where the 

803
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:39,800
grass is greener world economy, 
Sodom, Gomorrah had a different 

804
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,440
king. 
Abraham said cool, I'm gonna go 

805
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,160
over here. 
Who did Abraham encounter? 

806
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:48,360
King Melchizedek. 
He mentioned peace here, right? 

807
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,360
So you have two different 
economies. 

808
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:54,680
You got Abraham and Lot, you got
Melchizedek, Embarra, you have 

809
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,560
God and Mammon, you have Salem 
and you have Sodom. 

810
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:02,560
If you're not reading your word,
they all disjointed and you 

811
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:07,320
don't actually see how Jesus is 
pointing to the tithe in the New

812
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:13,440
Testament from the beginning. 
Then you go to Matthew 6 or you 

813
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,840
go to Matthew, I think it's 20. 
He tells the scribe, you 

814
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:19,960
scribes, you tithe, you tithe 
with your men and you tithe, but

815
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:21,160
you don't. 
Do you know? 

816
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:27,320
No faithfulness, no love. 
So tithe is a part of the New 

817
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:31,840
Testament, but we're tithing 
under grace, so you don't have 

818
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,760
to. 
But all these things that you're

819
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:38,680
trying to tie your fruitfulness 
to in the world, remember, 

820
00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:42,360
you're tying them to a worldly 
economy. 

821
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,520
Watch this. 
The world does not take account 

822
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:54,680
of the future of the world when 
you sow into the Kingdom of God.

823
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:58,960
It takes account of not just 
your life, but every generation 

824
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:02,520
in your bloodline. 
So you don't understand when you

825
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:08,040
don't tithe, you don't cover 
your children, right? 

826
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:12,640
I know I'm living off of I could
not be in Canada if my Mama and 

827
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:14,560
my grandma didn't tithe when I 
was little. 

828
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,160
So you don't realize that when 
you're tired, not tithing, 

829
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,240
you're robbing future 
generations. 

830
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:34,880
Matthew 623 can you put it up? 
This is pastoral because I think

831
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,800
God has been trying. 
I cannot wait till New Year's 

832
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:42,080
Eve message to give you the word
for 2026 boy. 

833
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,600
And I look back and I'm like God
because I'm not the person. 

834
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:50,280
I I didn't plan New Year's Eve 
message seven months ago, so I 

835
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:53,400
didn't have this series. 
I'd never planned the year of 

836
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:56,400
sermons. 
It's just kind of led as we go 

837
00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:00,120
and I look back and I'm like, 
whoa, you've been setting us up.

838
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:03,760
God is about to do something so 
significant in this next year. 

839
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,240
So you don't tithe where you 
prefer. 

840
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:12,040
Why it it makes sense to go and 
give into famine that don't make

841
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,120
sense. 
But if God said do it, guess 

842
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:16,960
what? 
It don't need to make sense. 

843
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:21,600
Here it is. 
But if you're at no verse, do do

844
00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:24,400
do. 
But if your eyes unsound your 

845
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:31,840
whole body, go to verse 22. 
Yeah, we'll start there. 

846
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:35,240
The eye is the lamp of the body.
So if your eye is sound, your 

847
00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:39,160
entire body will be full of 
light first. 

848
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:41,200
Yeah. 
But if your eye is unsound, your

849
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,000
whole body will be full of 
darkness. 

850
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:48,400
If then the very light in your 
in you, your conscience is 

851
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:51,880
darkened, how dense is that 
darkness? 

852
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:54,400
No one can serve 2 masters. 
Whoa. 

853
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:58,120
How we go from there to there? 
He's he's talking if you go back

854
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,960
to the light, he's talking about
peace, he's talking about this. 

855
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,720
This inner man. 
He goes on and no one can serve 

856
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:06,440
2 masters. 
For either he will hate the one 

857
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:09,240
and love the other or he will 
watch this. 

858
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:13,280
The fact that you cringe during 
offering compels speaks to which

859
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:19,480
one you serve. 
Light on the inside, the master 

860
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,760
on the inside is opposing the 
master you're hearing about. 

861
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:29,240
For either he will hate the one 
and love the other, or he will 

862
00:56:29,240 --> 00:56:34,080
stand by and be devoted to the 
one and despise and be against 

863
00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:36,920
the other. 
You cannot serve God and Mammon 

864
00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:41,400
deceitful riches, money, 
possessions, or whatever is 

865
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:43,960
trusted in. 
Watch this boom. 

866
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,400
Keep going. 
Therefore I tell you, stop being

867
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:49,000
perpetually uneasy and anxious. 
Worried. 

868
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:55,240
He goes from giving to peace. 
The fact that you don't trust 

869
00:56:55,240 --> 00:56:58,960
God contributes to why you 
struggle with keeping peace. 

870
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:03,840
Your anxiety is connected to 
your lack of trusting God. 

871
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,080
It's a government. 
When you're not just trusting 

872
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,800
this this higher power, you're 
trusting the Prince of Peace. 

873
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:14,280
If you don't trust God, you 
don't trust the Prince of Peace.

874
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:18,480
If you don't trust the Prince of
Peace, then just lay out the red

875
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:23,080
carpet for worry and anxiety and
you probably just thought you 

876
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:26,440
inherited worry. 
Guess what? 

877
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:29,600
You probably did because your 
Mama didn't trust God. 

878
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:36,160
If you are going to be the 
interruption in mental health or

879
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:39,680
mental illness or anxiety or 
worry or depression in your 

880
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:45,120
bloodline, it's no way. 
If you don't trust God and his 

881
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:52,520
economy, it's no way. 
And so look, go do what you want

882
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:55,000
to do, sow where you want to 
sow. 

883
00:57:56,240 --> 00:58:01,400
I promise you, the world that we
sow into every day, it will fail

884
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,880
you, Marty, you can write it. 
This is not even prophecy. 

885
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:10,040
This is just written word. 
The world is doing this. 

886
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:20,560
And watch this at least once a 
day we sow into an Antichrist 

887
00:58:20,560 --> 00:58:28,360
company. 
Don't let me mess with your 

888
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,120
coffee. 
I don't like that coffee anyway,

889
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:33,600
man. 
I'm not saying be deep. 

890
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:34,920
I'm not saying don't go to 
Starbucks. 

891
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:37,720
I mean, I'm not I'm not, I'm not
saying don't go to I'm just 

892
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:40,520
saying if you just right and 
they're bowl with the with the 

893
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:41,880
logo. 
We just think it's a cute Little

894
00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,240
Mermaid on there. 
We we don't, we don't, we don't 

895
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:51,080
care what it is, but once a day 
we sow into something that is 

896
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:53,320
not advancing the Kingdom of 
God. 

897
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:58,720
So guess what, when we're church
that don't sow no, we can't 

898
00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:01,120
start our own coffee companies. 
We can't start our own 

899
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:04,560
businesses so that when the 
world begins to funnel watch 

900
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:08,120
this wealth transfer does not 
happen because God's going going

901
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:10,520
to kill all the wealthy people 
who don't believe in him and 

902
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:13,600
give us money. 
No, we have to create funnels 

903
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:19,680
for him to give in to wealth 
transfers because the church is 

904
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:23,080
now prospering. 
They're building studios and 

905
00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:28,200
gyms and spas and, and all these
things that belong to the Lord. 

906
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:32,440
And if God has blessed you with 
a company and you don't tie it 

907
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:39,520
from that, guess what? 
Then the, the, the, the source 

908
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:43,840
that you serve, you're limited. 
You're prospering is limited to 

909
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,560
your clientele, not the Kingdom 
of God. 

910
00:59:47,640 --> 00:59:51,080
And so I appreciate you, Elder 
John, for being courageous and 

911
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:56,840
bold. 
Write this down, Proverbs 420 

912
00:59:56,840 --> 01:00:03,840
through 23. 
Tithing is also a protection 

913
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:07,840
system. 
You're tapping into the the the 

914
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:11,280
security of heaven. 
Amen. 

915
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:15,640
They say guard your heart for 
out of it flows the itches like 

916
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,000
so security. 
I I don't even think I told my 

917
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:23,520
kids this, but being my wife was
driving week ago, two weeks ago,

918
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:28,120
we took the long route home. 
For some reason, I think I just 

919
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:30,960
want to spend more time with her
and keep keep laughing and 

920
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:35,920
talking to her and look at her. 
But we drive in and there's a 

921
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,160
there's a yellow light. 
It's not orange yet. 

922
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,960
It's yellow, right? 
It's in between green and yellow

923
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:46,040
and we're coming. 
I'm going straight, but there's 

924
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:49,240
a turn that's available. 
Yellow big old truck. 

925
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:56,240
I, I, I don't really accelerate.
I just don't decelerate, but the

926
01:00:56,240 --> 01:01:01,960
trucks accelerates. 
He hits the gas and he turns and

927
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:07,520
I'm, I'm one hand driving and we
are coming on head on. 

928
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:13,920
It's like a week and a half ago 
we coming on head on and I just 

929
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:17,960
remember like mind you, head on 
him hitting the gas, not him 

930
01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:25,560
slowing down and we both hit our
brakes and I slide across the 

931
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,480
intersection. 
But man, I'm telling you it, it,

932
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:30,440
it was it was so beautiful how I
hit the intersection. 

933
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:38,280
The peace of God hit me like I 
kid you not, one hand, other 

934
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:45,240
hand is on the door and I hit my
brakes one hand and we slide 

935
01:01:45,240 --> 01:01:50,040
into the intersection. 
My wife didn't, She didn't grab 

936
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:53,120
the steering wheel. 
The man hit his brakes. 

937
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:57,640
I kid you not. 
He comes here and I just, I 

938
01:01:57,640 --> 01:01:59,800
scanned. 
It felt like slow. 

939
01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:03,560
I scanned and I saw a little 
pocket over here and I just 

940
01:02:03,560 --> 01:02:07,880
turned the wheel and we ended up
and it's just a little pocket 

941
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:09,320
right here, Smooth little 
pocket. 

942
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:12,000
I saw the lady right here as I 
was turning. 

943
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:13,360
She was like, what? 
The. 

944
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:20,240
And then I looked at her, she 
looked at me. 

945
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:22,560
The guy kept driving. 
He went over here, he's getting 

946
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:24,160
ready to stop to see if we was 
OK. 

947
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:26,120
I was like, we cool bro, I'm 
out. 

948
01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:29,320
And we just drove home. 
I kid you not. 

949
01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:32,760
It was just that smooth. 
We just, we just kept going and 

950
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:35,960
we looked at each other was 
like, wow, like the peace of 

951
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:37,200
God. 
Like we could have just that 

952
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,000
could have been a phone call to 
our kids, could have been a 

953
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:42,240
phone call to my mom and 
Christmas would be different. 

954
01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:44,880
Could have been a phone call to 
Love Quest. 

955
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:51,760
Christmas would be different. 
And we go home and we're out of 

956
01:02:51,760 --> 01:02:53,360
it. 
And then I walk in the house and

957
01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:57,960
I start feeling my legs shaking.
I was like, but your body still 

958
01:02:58,120 --> 01:02:59,960
knows you went through 
something. 

959
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:06,600
But understand the peace of God 
overrides the natural right. 

960
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:09,800
It in the car wasn't time to be 
shaky and nervous. 

961
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:11,840
No, we actually laughed on the 
way home. 

962
01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:13,800
We didn't have to get no reports
or nothing. 

963
01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:16,760
But when we're talking about the
protection of God, the grace of 

964
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:24,800
God, all grace, all grace, 
supernatural peace that 

965
01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:27,280
surpasses my wife should have 
grabbed the steering wheel. 

966
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:29,800
She should have. 
She should have panicked and 

967
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:32,240
many people do. 
I should have. 

968
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:35,440
I should have grabbed the 
steering wheel with both hands. 

969
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:39,960
But I kid you not, it just 
happened in slow MO. 

970
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:42,400
I didn't, I wasn't like, Oh my 
God, watch this. 

971
01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:49,360
I just see my life flash before 
my eyes and we looked at each 

972
01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:51,360
other like crazy. 
Huh. 

973
01:03:57,770 --> 01:03:59,690
I can give you testimony after 
testimony. 

974
01:04:01,850 --> 01:04:03,890
Top of the year, we're going to 
have the ties challenge. 

975
01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:10,000
We're going to do things to give
our church an opportunity to be 

976
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,480
a generous people. 
We're going to have sacrificial 

977
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:15,440
Sundays, every first Sunday 
watch this. 

978
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:19,920
It wasn't PT one of the elders 
came to me and it wasn't EJ and 

979
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:24,400
it wasn't E raw and they said we
should do sacrificial. 

980
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:26,920
We should once a month. 
We should make it forget all 

981
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:29,440
this special giving where we're 
training people. 

982
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:33,520
We only give big or special when
there's like something to do 

983
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:37,720
versus like every month God 
finds it special to wake you up 

984
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:41,560
and protect you. 
So why are we so event based in 

985
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:44,600
our giving or project? 
Why is generosity connected to 

986
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:49,840
projects? 
So every first Sunday we're 

987
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:52,440
going to give our church 
opportunity gives above and 

988
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:54,040
beyond. 
We going to take communion. 

989
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:55,640
We going, we going, we going to 
do it. 

990
01:04:56,440 --> 01:05:00,040
And so the end of the year, you 
have an opportunity to give. 

991
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:02,640
I don't know what our family is 
going to give. 

992
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:05,080
I know our family is going to 
give our biggest seed that we've

993
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:08,640
given this year. 
I don't know how. 

994
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:10,760
Don't you know PT? 
Because I'm not stopped. 

995
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:16,160
I haven't stopped listening. 
Most of us have figured out what

996
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:18,200
we going to give based on our 
budget. 

997
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:22,920
God might say, OK, now you 
figured out your budget. 

998
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:24,720
That's good. 
Now I needed you to figure out 

999
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:32,600
what your budget was so we can 
go above that. 2026 for the 

1000
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:35,720
Richmond family going to be the 
most prosperous year for real 

1001
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:42,160
our family have ever seen. 
But it's not going to because 

1002
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:44,080
it's just just God just going to
choose. 

1003
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:49,720
No, we tapping into something. 
OK New Year's Eve, be here to 

1004
01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:52,520
receive the word and align 
yourself with 2026. 

1005
01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:55,520
Write this down. 
January 6th through the 26th 

1006
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,200
will be our 21 day fast. 
That's why I'm telling you now 

1007
01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:01,560
so you can be prepared. 21 day 
fast. 

1008
01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:05,240
January 6th through the 26th, 
Worship and prayer every 

1009
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:08,640
evening. 
January 19th through the 26th. 

1010
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:12,640
OK for one week we will close 
the fast out meeting every 

1011
01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:15,320
evening so put it on your 
calendar. 

1012
01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:20,640
This will be the most organized 
year in Love Quest history. 

1013
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:27,240
I'm thank God we've established 
a church where the people don't 

1014
01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:29,000
control it, the Holy Spirit 
does. 

1015
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:33,360
So now we are going to bring 
some order to some things so God

1016
01:06:33,360 --> 01:06:37,440
can expand the foundations. 
OK, got that. 

1017
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:42,160
And then Love Quest 
international worship. 

1018
01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:45,200
There was some technical 
difficulties this week if you 

1019
01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:49,040
pre save, but here's a beautiful
chance to pre save home with 

1020
01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:51,200
him. 
This is Love Quest's rendition 

1021
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:54,400
of some old hymns. 
And we did our thing. 

1022
01:06:54,400 --> 01:06:56,560
We put some sauce on it. 
Amen. 

1023
01:06:57,040 --> 01:07:00,080
So it should be out any day now,
but you get a chance to go pre 

1024
01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:04,000
save it now in the back. 
We got some end of the year 

1025
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,240
merch for you. 
If you go, go check that out. 

1026
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:09,480
It is 30% off. 
Lord Jesus, help us. 

1027
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:17,840
You know what? 
You know what you you see, see 

1028
01:07:18,760 --> 01:07:22,320
every single seed that goes sit,
man, I thought I was trying to 

1029
01:07:22,320 --> 01:07:29,040
get some. 
I'm trying to get some. 100% of 

1030
01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:32,320
the finances that go to that 
table is going to go to the 

1031
01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:35,480
remnant. 
No, no, no, no, no, I don't. 

1032
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:37,880
I don't even need an applause. 
I didn't do nothing. 

1033
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:41,160
God did something, but I'm just 
saying I'm being I'm just like, 

1034
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:43,200
I was just sitting there because
I was like, OK, we can only do 

1035
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:46,880
some entity your money 30% off. 
And Lord said, yeah, I'm glad 

1036
01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:52,200
you figured out 30% off. 
Now you going so that to me, I'm

1037
01:07:52,200 --> 01:07:54,560
not mad. 
I'm just listening. 

1038
01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:01,360
So every seed, every hat, every 
sticker, every hoodie, every 

1039
01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:09,240
book, 100% it goes to end the 
year. 

1040
01:08:13,720 --> 01:08:16,960
Lord, you stand to your feet. 
People, please. 

1041
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:20,760
Hallelujah. 
Yes. 

1042
01:08:29,430 --> 01:08:33,470
Next experience we will hear a 
word from heaven, from Elder 

1043
01:08:33,790 --> 01:08:35,470
Brett. 
I cannot await. 

1044
01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,680
Lord, we thank you for a 
generous people. 

1045
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:52,399
Lord, Lord, you're going to 
build your church. 

1046
01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:57,520
You're going to get us in that 
building. 

1047
01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:05,160
You're going to bring in every 
resource we need above and 

1048
01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:09,120
beyond. 
You're going to be the source of

1049
01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:15,479
overflow. 
Lord, there's no better deal in 

1050
01:09:15,479 --> 01:09:21,439
the world. 
Then you give us 100% and then 

1051
01:09:21,439 --> 01:09:23,800
give us an opportunity to give 
10%. 

1052
01:09:25,040 --> 01:09:29,600
And then after you give us a 
hundred and we give you 10, you 

1053
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:33,520
going to blow that up? 
Press down, shaken together. 

1054
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:37,279
You going to cause men to give 
into our bosom? 

1055
01:09:38,600 --> 01:09:41,000
There's no deal in the world 
like that. 

1056
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:49,120
The world will not give us 100. 
Just ask for 10 so you can 

1057
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:52,359
multiply it. 
So we say, God, you have the 

1058
01:09:52,359 --> 01:09:55,440
greatest economy, it never 
fails. 

1059
01:09:56,040 --> 01:09:58,760
You have the greatest peace, it 
never fails. 

1060
01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:02,480
You have the greatest joy, the 
greatest faith, the greatest 

1061
01:10:02,480 --> 01:10:05,200
hope. 
Lord, your fruit never fails. 

1062
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:09,720
Matter of fact, Psalm tells us 
that we can be fruitful in every

1063
01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:13,480
season, no matter what. 
So we thank you when we tithe 

1064
01:10:13,480 --> 01:10:16,320
and when we give. 
Lord, we are tapping in, we are 

1065
01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:20,280
partnering, we are tethering. 
Father, we are in covenant with 

1066
01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:24,520
an unfailing economy, unfailing 
Kingdom. 

1067
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:28,320
Lord, replenish. 
Elder John, replenish his 

1068
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:32,160
family, replenish his wife for 
praying for him in the middle of

1069
01:10:32,160 --> 01:10:37,240
the night as he receives a word.
Lord, bless the Swain legacy in 

1070
01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:40,680
the name of Jesus. 
Lord God, we thank you for your 

1071
01:10:40,680 --> 01:10:44,000
servants, that as they have 
prepared the word, we prepare 

1072
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:47,280
our hearts. 
Lord, as they sow as farmers, we

1073
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:50,600
receive as soil. 
Lord God, I declare there will 

1074
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:55,320
not be a word that was sown in 
2025 that will be lost. 

1075
01:10:55,320 --> 01:11:00,000
Lord God, we rebuke the divide 
power in the name of Jesus, and 

1076
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,360
we thank you that we are a 
fruitful people, a prospering 

1077
01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:05,440
people. 
We are a people that are 

1078
01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:08,080
obedient. 
Lord God, we are a people with 

1079
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:11,680
the spirit of the fear of God in
the name of Jesus. 

1080
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:15,680
And we thank you, Father, that 
we are blessed for generation to

1081
01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:19,520
generation to generation to 
generation. 

1082
01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:23,360
Lord, we rebuke the second 
guessing. 

1083
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:30,240
Forgive us where we didn't 
trust, but we just declare now 

1084
01:11:30,240 --> 01:11:33,760
we are tithers. 
We don't just tithe, we are 

1085
01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:38,400
tithers. 
And Lord, we make a commitment 

1086
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:41,320
now. 
Whatever you bring in a 10th is 

1087
01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:45,880
yours for down to the tax 
return. 

1088
01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:50,280
Whatever you bring in, may we 
stop just reasoning in our mind.

1089
01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:52,880
May we stop just trying to put 
this over here? 

1090
01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:55,080
Oh God, don't mean that over 
there. 

1091
01:11:55,200 --> 01:11:56,360
He don't want. 
No, no, no. 

1092
01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:59,160
Everything you bring into our 
household. 

1093
01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:01,920
Lord God, we will sow the 10th 
back. 

1094
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:09,320
We will not deny the prospering 
that you want to bring in our 

1095
01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:14,600
lives. 
We will be a church and a people

1096
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:23,280
that's a resource to the city, a
resource we will not be a people

1097
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:28,920
that's non essential. 
So bless every business in here,

1098
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:39,080
bless the kings, bless the kings
and we thank you for now in 

1099
01:12:39,080 --> 01:12:43,560
Jesus name. 
Well guys, that's the last 

1100
01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:45,840
Sunday in 2025. 
I hope to see you next 

1101
01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:49,640
experience or I hope to see you 
on New Year's Eve at 7:00 PM. 

1102
01:12:55,140 --> 01:12:57,380
Watch this on New Year's Eve. 
Come right away. 

1103
01:12:57,380 --> 01:13:00,980
In the past we ate at the top. 
We not doing that no more. 

1104
01:13:01,060 --> 01:13:04,660
OK, so come we going to get into
worship at 7:00 PM. 

1105
01:13:04,660 --> 01:13:07,500
We got a word and then we'll get
into some fellowship. 

1106
01:13:07,500 --> 01:13:10,940
But you don't want to miss New 
Year's Eve experience. 

1107
01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:13,960
We are out of time, but we are 
not out of peace. 

1108
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:17,280
We are not out of generosity. 
And until next time, you know 

1109
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:19,600
what it is. 
Get your love fixed, man. 

1110
01:13:20,720 --> 01:13:30,720
Have a wonderful evening. 
Thank you so much for tuning 

1111
01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:33,240
into this week's sermon. 
We pray you were challenged, 

1112
01:13:33,280 --> 01:13:36,840
equipped, and encouraged. 
Make sure to follow us on all 

1113
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:40,520
platforms. 
That's Lovequest Intl Church we 

1114
01:13:40,520 --> 01:13:41,520
out here for. 
Real. 

1115
01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:43,880
We're really doing it. 
That's Facebook, Instagram, 

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YouTube and TikTok. 
You can find us anywhere you 

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need to find us. 
But until next time, you know 

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the drill, you know the motto. 
Get your love fixed man and 

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we'll see y'all real soon.