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I want to talk to you about 
Kingdom expansion keys to 

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increase tonight. 
So I want you to. 

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We're going to. 
We got 4 openings, so stay with 

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me. 
We got First Chronicles chapter 

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29. 
I'm gonna read 24 verses from 

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that. 
And then we're gonna go to 1st 

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Corinthians chapter 3 verse #16 
Then we're gonna go to 1st 

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Corinthians chapter 6, verses 19
through 20. 

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And then we're gonna finish with
our key text in First Peter 

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chapter 2, verse #5 So it's 
important that you, as I read 

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it, that you fall along with me 
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Alright? 
So find First Chronicles chapter

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29. 
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verse #1 this is the life of 
David. 

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As I'm bringing up these verses,
I just want you to keep in mind 

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the temple, the people, and the 
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OK? 
So keep in mind the temple, the 

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people and the resources to 
build it. 

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So starting to verse number one 
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and I'll repeat the other 
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next three after this one, it 
says, furthermore, King David 

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said to all the assembly, my son
Solomon, whom alone God has 

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chosen is young and 
inexperienced and the work is 

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great because the temple is not 
for man, but for the Lord God. 

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Now for the House of my God, I 
have prepared with all of my 

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might gold for things to be made
of gold, silver for things of 

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silver, bronze for things of 
bronze, iron for things of 

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ironwood for things of wood, 
Onyx stones, stones to be set, 

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glistening stones of various 
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stones and marble slabs in 
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Moreover, because I have set my 
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God, I have given, I have given 
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Over and above all that I have 
prepared for the Holy House my 

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own special treasure of gold and
silver. 3000 talents of gold of 

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the gold of Fr, and 7000 talents
of refined silver to overlay the

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walls of the houses, the gold 
for things of gold, the silver 

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for things of silver, and for 
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the hands of Craftsman. 
Who then is willing? 

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Who then is willing to 
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the Lord? 
Then the leaders of the Father's

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house, as leaders of the tribes 
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thousands and of hundreds, with 
the officer over the King's 

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work, offered willingly. 
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House of God 5000 talents and 
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talents of silver, 18,000 
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100,000 towns of iron went, and 
whoever had precious stones gave

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them to the treasury of the 
House of the Lord, into the hand

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of jail. 
The Jesuit. 

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Then the people rejoiced, for 
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because with a loyal heart they 
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to the Lord. 
And King David also rejoiced 

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greatly. 
Verse #10 Therefore David bless 

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the Lord before all the 
assembly. 

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And David said, Be blessed. 
Are you Lord God of Israel, our 

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Father, forever and ever? 
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness,

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the power and the glory, the 
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that is in heaven and all in 
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Is yours. 
Yours is the Kingdom, O Lord, 

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and you are exalted as head over
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Both riches and honor come from 
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You reign over all. 
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In Your hand it is make, it is 
made great, and to give strength

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to all. 
Now therefore, our God, we thank

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you, and we praise you, and we 
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Who am I and who are my people, 
that we should be able to offer 

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so willingly as this. 
For all things come from You, 

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and of your own we have given 
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For we are aliens and pilgrims 
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were all of our fathers. 
Our days on earth are a shadow 

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and without hope. 
Oh Lord our God, all this 

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abundance that we have prepared 
to build you a house. 

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For your holy name is from your 
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I know also, my God, that You 
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pleasure and uprightness. 
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my heart, I have willingly 
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now with joy I have seen your 
people who are present here to 

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offer willingly to you. 
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and Israel, our fathers, keep 
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the thoughts of the heart of 
your people and fix their heart.

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Fix their heart toward You, and 
give my son Solomon a loyal 

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heart to keep your commandments 
and your testimony and your 

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statues, to do all these things 
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which I have made provision. 
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assembly, now bless the Lord 
your God. 

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So all the assembly bless the 
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bow their heads and prostrated 
themselves before the Lord and 

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the King. 
And they made sacrifices to the 

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Lord and offered burnt offerings
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1000 bulls, 1000 Rams, 1000 
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and sacrifices in abundance for 
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They so they ate and drank 
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gladness on that day. 
And they made Solomon the son of

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David king the second time, 
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to be the leader and Zadok. 
To be the priest. 

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Then Solomon sat on the throne 
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David his father, and prospered,
and all Israel obeyed him, and 

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all the leaders and the mighty 
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David submitting themselves to 
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Now we're going to flip over to 
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Corinthians chapter 3 verse #16 
it says, do you not know that 

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you are the temple of God and 
the the Spirit of God dwells in 

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you? 
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in in chapter 6, Paul says this 
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verses 19 through 20 says, or do
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the temple of the Holy Spirit 
who is in you, whom you have 

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from God, and you are not your 
own, For you were bought at a 

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price. 
Therefore glorify God in your 

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body and in your spirit, which 
are gods. 

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And then first Peter chapter 2 
verse #5 says, and now you have 

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become a living building stones 
for God's use in building his 

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house. 
What's more, you are his holy 

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priest. 
So come to him. 

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You are acceptable to him 
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offer to God those things that 
please Him, the temple, the 

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people, and the resources God 
used to build it. 

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God cares about you. 
God cares about His church, His 

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temple, and God desires to build
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As we grow, so does His Church 
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As we expand, so does His church
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David didn't start with 
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The reason I brought up First 
Chronicles 29 'cause you got to 

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trace back how David started and
then you need to reminisce of 

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where you started and where God 
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But as you grow, guess what? 
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Grow. 
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God's also building a temple, 
his church. 

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Jesus said, I will build my 
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shall not prevail against it, 
right in First Samuel chapter 16

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verse #13 we see that King David
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Samuel in First Samuel chapter 
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Just giving you a quick overview
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David And listen, he was just a 
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You could say he didn't have a 
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right? 
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He had a call on his life just 
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When you make Jesus Lord, guess 
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He has a call on your life. 
He has a purpose for your life 

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and it's up to you to cooperate 
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If you're going to, if the 
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going to have to grow. 
Turn your neighbor and say grow 

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up. 
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side and say grow up. 
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grow up. 
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through 21, we see just a a 
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relationship with Jonathan. 
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Samuel 17, let me back up. 
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Called Goliath and guess what? 
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community problems, but you can 
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degree you're willing to 
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And we see that David, we 
practice in private and he kept 

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the predators away from the 
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for. 
His brothers despised the day of

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small beginnings. 
When he came in, First Samuel 17

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said. 
Why don't you take care of those

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few little sheep, that Dad? 
Left for you. 

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Well, he that is faithful and a 
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And David learned in private how
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And so when the community 
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public performance. 
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King David was anointed. 
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He didn't try what other people 
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He tried what he knew worked 
because he practiced in private 

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and therefore he could perform 
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That's why he took the slingshot
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by the grace of God that would 
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Goliath. 
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18, we see him still called. 
But there's a process that you 

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go through to grow. 
Say there's a process. 

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To grow. 
And so we see he develops his 

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relationship with Jonathan. 
But Saul becomes increasingly 

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jealous towards David. 
David goes on the run and seems 

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like all hell is breaking out. 
But but listen, your life is 

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composed of your choices, 
constructed by your words and 

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revealed by your character. 
And David made the right 

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choices, said the right words, 
and had the right character to 

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grow. 
And if you want to be a real man

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or woman of God, you need to 
have the right words, you need 

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to make the right choices, and 
you got to develop the right 

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character if you want to do all 
that God's called you to do in 

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this life. 
Could it be decades down the 

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road that God has grown you so 
much that we, we are like King 

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David and his leaders where we 
can give abundantly to the work 

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of the Lord 'cause you know, it 
takes resources. 

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The gospel is free, but it takes
resources to get that word out. 

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Pastor Earl's books cost money 
to produce, right? 

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Curriculum is on paper. 
We have print machines. 

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We have 3 printer machines. 
Praise the Lord, we have 

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expanded as a ministry. 
There's a time when we had one 

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printer machine. 
Let me even expand on that 

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expansion. 
We have two printer machines and

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one production machine. 
It's really long and not many 

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people see it except for Todd 
Fouchet. 

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And my wife always knows when 
it's production day 'cause it 

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gets really cold in those back 
offices because he doesn't want 

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the machine to get too hot. 
And then I I'm jumping ahead of 

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my sermon on the management 
side. 

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I'm like, why are the little 
heaters running for Miss Jan and

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my wife and the ACS We're, we're
like contradiction our, our 

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energy budget going on right 
now. 

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So I had this brilliant idea. 
I've seen Reverend Randy with a 

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coat that he can turn on the 
heater. 

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And I thought we could save the 
ministry some money if I just 

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bought these electric coats and 
gave them to Jan and my wife. 

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And Hallelujah, you could say 
Amen or me. 

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We'll get to finances more in 
just a second. 

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But yeah, we've expanded and it 
takes, guess what? 

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It takes money to pay for those 
printers. 

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But guess what's being produced?
Do you know we've went from 

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ordering in him the new birth 
and wide tongues to produce in 

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our own material that we print 
in house now. 

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I'm just giving you a little 
taste of it. 

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It does take money to get the 
gospel out, even though the 

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gospel's free, right? 
Guess who we support every month

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in missions? 
We got about 28, I think, 

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different missionaries. 
And listen, I this is say this 

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is not to make me feel bad. 
Everybody say this is not to 

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make me feel bad. 
We give more than comes in out 

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of our general operating budget.
And that's not to put pressure 

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on you, 'cause God's faithful. 
But I'm saying, you know, we 

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give out more than comes in, but
that's an investment and God 

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sees that. 
And we've been able to sustain 

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that. 
Hallelujah. 

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And God's been able to increase 
this 'cause we got one. 

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Two printers and a production 
machine now. 

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Hallelujah. 
Just one example. 

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Of that so but in first Samuel 
chapter 22 if your life's only 

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about you it's too small and so 
in first Samuel 22 is David's 

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called and God wants to grow him
build his temple. 

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He's going to use David Guess 
what guess what God assigns to 

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David in The Cave of Adulum men,
disciples, people. 

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Now these were not perfect 
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First Samuel chapter 22, if you 
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came to him in The Cave of 
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three qualities and what a way 
to start a church. 

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They were distressed, they were 
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discontent. 
Lord, I want to start a church. 

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Please send me the distress to 
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discontent. 
Hallelujah. 

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That means they they were in 
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soul, they had no money. 
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They didn't stay that way 
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with a giant killer and they 
became giant killers. 

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If you could track the story 
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22 happens of Second Samuel 
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you'll see that these men went 
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discontent to be labeled. 
They were labeled mighty men. 

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And in Second Samuel 23, not 
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King David, you get to see the 
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exploits that they did, but 
you're on display right now in 

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2025. 
What does God want to do through

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you and what exploits does he 
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through you? 
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distressed and debt and 
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They became mighty men that that
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courageous and champions. 
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You realize they had to learn 
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God, understand his grace and 
his goodness. 

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And they went through some 
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And the Bible tells us to fight 
the good fight of faith. 

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Listen, we need a, you need a, a
crowbar for your backbone, not a

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spaghetti noodle. 
To be a real man or woman of God

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and be a champion, it takes 
conviction, it takes commitment.

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And I like First First 
Chronicles 29 because guess 

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It's these men that came 
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he grew. 
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much resource, they all 
willingly gave. 

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Why? 
Because of the temple. 

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God wanted to see his word 
complete. 

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God wants to see His Word 
complete and you as the temple, 

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so He wants to bless your 
household. 

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But as your household is 
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The church should be blessed. 
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First Corinthians 21st 
Chronicles 29. 

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Let's look at 2nd Corinthians 
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In the Amplified Bible it says, 
Now remember this, He who sows 

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sparingly will also reap 
sparingly, and he who sews 

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generously that blessings may 
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generously and be blessed. 
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and with purpose, just as he has
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grudgingly or under compulsion. 
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and delights in the one whose 
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And God is able to make all 
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blessing come in abundance to 
you, that you may always, under 

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all circumstances, regardless of
the need, have complete 

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sufficiency, and everything, 
being completely self-sufficient

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in Him, and have an abundance 
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charity. 
Sounds like First Chronicles 29 

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to me. 
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knew how to go into the 
equivalent, the we call, I'll 

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call it the marketplace in the 
new covenant. 

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They knew how to go into the war
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spoils and bring it back so the 
temple could be built. 

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John 1412 says this most 
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I say to you who who believes in
me? 

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The works that I do, He will do 
also in greater works than these

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He will do because I go to my 
Father. 

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God has called His church to do 
greater works. 

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King David and his mighty men 
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called us to do great works. 
Say I'm built to do great works.

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Say God built me to do great 
things. 

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I want to give you 4 ES, the 
Golden Corral. 

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Then we're going to jump into 
the message. 

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Just a thought and they'll have 
this up. 

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Engaged, employed, enlarged, and
evangelize. 

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It's a process. 
What is engagement? 

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That means you're greatly 
interested. 

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That means you're actively 
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That means you're participating.
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When you meet that someone and 
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then all of a sudden you're 
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and you decide she's the one, 
what do you do? 

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You get engaged, right? 
But then you get after that, you

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get married. 
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exploration and engagement, now 
you're employed. 

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That means you have purpose, 
that means you're useful, that 

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means you're occupied with what 
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assignments in life. 
I went from engaged through 

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exploration to man I employed. 
I'm all in and I am they. 

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God has put me to work. 
And you know the first thing 

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that God put me to work as is a 
man. 

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And for you ladies, as a woman. 
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husband, ladies, if you're 
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put you to work as a parent, 
then he may have put you to work

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in, in other areas, whether 
you're called a full time 

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ministry business, working for 
somebody else. 

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We're getting some of these 
other things soon. 

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But that's employment. 
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in Luke chapter 1913. 
Luke 1913 says he called his 10 

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servants, He delivered them 10 
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And he said unto them, occupy or
be employed till I come. 

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Occupy means to work until 
everything feels the impact and 

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influence of your presence. 
Occupy means to work until 

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everything feels the impact and 
influence of your presence. 

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If you're married and your 
husband and you leave the house 

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in the morning, your wife should
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She shouldn't rejoice 
Hallelujah. 

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Just look straight ahead if 
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If you're if the man's home and 
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shouldn't be sad, right? 
You can say man or O me. 

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It's truth nonetheless. 
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If you don't show up for three 
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a Sunday, would we even know 
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Well, nobody talks to me when I 
go to church. 

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My my Bible says to have friends
you must show yourself friendly.

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Why don't you go smile and shake
somebody else's hand, right? 

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Do we walk by faith or by sight?
And then enlargement comes after

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you've been employed for a 
while. 

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That means you have become or 
been made large. 

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You've extended and expanded 
what God has given you. 

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It's like the parable of the 
talents. 

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He gave one to what, 51211 to 
five. 

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What'd he do? 
He was engaged, he was employed,

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but then he expanded. 
He extended and he took what God

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gave him and he doubled it. 
And the one with two, guess 

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what? 
He doubled in. 

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And there's no competition in 
the Kingdom of God. 

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We're all in our own lane with 
our own assignments. 

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All God is asking you to do as 
this child is take what he's 

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given you. 
And King David rightfully said 

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it, it, it was all yours to 
begin with God. 

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Did he not say that first? 
Chronicles 29 several times It 

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was. 
It's all yours anyways. 

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We're just giving back to you 
what you gave to us. 

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And in the parable of talents, 
he said he divided under them 

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His abilities, his grace. 
So God wants to expand and 

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extend and stretch your life 
where you make a great footprint

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and a great influence, where you
do great things for a great God.

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First Chronicles chapter 4 verse
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This is about Jabez. 
And Jabez, you know, his name 

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meant, sorry is what his name 
meant. 

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But he said, I don't want to be 
sorrowful anymore. 

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So he prayed this prayer. 
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of Israel saying, oh, that you 
would bless me, indeed enlarge 

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my coast, and that thy hand 
might be with me, and that would

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keep me from evil, that it may 
not grieve me. 

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And God granted him that 
request. 

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Do we have enough tenacity and 
faith and conviction and courage

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to say, Lord indeed, bless me, 
enlarge me Now when you pray 

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that, guess what? 
There's a process for that to 

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manifest. 
And then we always need to keep 

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evangelism in mind. 
As we are engaged, as we're 

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employed, as we are enlarged, we
need to evangelize. 

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I brought up the term 
marketplace before because guess

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what? 
We are not or should not be 

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running around swords and 
Shields today at Walmart. 

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You will get arrested, right? 
That's not the fight we're 

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fighting today, but there is a 
modern day fight in the 

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marketplace. 
Listen, I, I've, I've been with 

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a church since 2009. 
But before that I was with 

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enterprise Rent a car, which is 
a secular, secular organization,

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right? 
And that was the marketplace. 

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And what did, what did I do? 
And Marcus went, was there too, 

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the same time I was, I ran 4313.
He ran 4321, which is Palm 

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Coast. 
But you know, all we had was 

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buy. 
We didn't have college degrees. 

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We had Bible college degree, but
both he and I, because of the 

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grace of God, guess what? 
We were engaged, we were 

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employed, we enlarged, we both 
became branch managers. 

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Matter of fact, we used to 
battle back and forth from 

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Northeast Florida who was like 
#1 and #2 of the best branches 

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in all of Northeast Florida. 
But that took work. 

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But God will grace you for what 
He's called you to. 

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But in the marketplace, guess 
what? 

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I was able to increase the 
enterprise. 

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Guess what happened? 
My tithe increased, my influence

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increased. 
I remember Costa who was from 

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Russia, He gave me a little 
micro fish of the Bible, but we 

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used to evangelize to him all 
the time. 

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Actually came to church once or 
twice. 

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But I wasn't this there there 
just for a paycheck. 

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Although my paycheck increased 
because God was increasing me, I

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was able to evangelize there 
too. 

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So God wants to use you the same
way he used David as mighty man.

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You are the salt of the earth. 
You are the light of the world. 

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So I want to give you keys to 
increase. 

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This is primarily about finances
tonight, although it impacts a 

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lot of different areas for what 
God desires to do through his 

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church. 
So when I said the Golden 

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Corral, this is going to be like
a fire hydrant tonight. 

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Now you know, or let me say, let
me use my when I go to the 

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Golden Corral, everybody know 
what the Golden Corral is. 

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Thanks, Christopher. 
Lord, we pray for a golden 

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crown. 
There's space up front in the 

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mall. 
No, I don't eat like that all 

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the time. 
But when I go to the golden 

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crown, and some of you may 
relate, the first plate that I 

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get is a little bit of 
everything. 

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You know, I do that 'cause it's 
a sampler and I get more 

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specific on the second, third 
plate in greater quantities with

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what I got from the sampler. 
There's there's like an extra 

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compartment in your stomach for 
dessert. 

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Christopher yes, I do the same 
thing when it comes to 1st plate

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on dessert. 
Guess what? 

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It's a sampler. 
Second, third is the large 

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quantities of what I liked on 
the sampler. 

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So what I'm saying I'm going to 
throw out a lot tonight, but 

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with the help of the Holy Spirit
and the sampler, He's going to 

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give you something to chew on 
for a second, third, and 4th 

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plate for the weeks and months 
to come. 

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Because God knows where you're 
at and God knows what you need 

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and the adjustments to increase 
where you're at to where He 

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wants you to be. 
Some of these things you might 

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be doing, some of these things 
you might not be doing well. 

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Some of these things you might 
not be doing at all. 

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And as we minister tonight, the 
key is you're going to take this

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away. 
It's not just for yourself. 

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There is a lost and dying world 
out there and we need to. 

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God cares about you. 
God cares about your church, but

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we need to care about the world.
So this will be Golden Corral 

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for the remainder of the night. 
Work is not a dirty word. 

453
00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:04,560
Work is not part of the curse. 
Work, as the Bible teaches us, 

454
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,840
is the ability God gave you to 
establish dominion in the earth.

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00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:17,760
Let me say it again, Work is the
ability that God gave you to 

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00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:26,600
establish dominion in the earth.
Genesis chapter 1, verses 26 

457
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,480
through 28. 
God said let us make man in our 

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00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:35,280
image according to our likeness.
Let them have dominion over the 

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00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,800
fish of the sea, over the birds 
of the air, over every cattle, 

460
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,360
over all the earth, every over 
every creeping thing that creeps

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00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,320
on the earth. 
So God created man in his own 

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00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,800
image, in the image of God. 
He created him, male and female.

463
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:53,480
Female was not an afterthought. 
Praise the Lord, He created 

464
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,400
them. 
God blessed them, male and 

465
00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:01,680
female. 
God said to them fivefold 

466
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:08,880
command, be fruitful, multiply, 
fill the earth, subdue it, have 

467
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,800
dominion over the fish of the 
sea, over the birds of the air, 

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00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,040
over everything that moves on 
the earth. 

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00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,240
Then we go to the next chapter, 
Genesis chapter 2, verse 15, 

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00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:23,440
before the fall, before sin, God
took the man that he had made. 

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00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,440
He settled them, settled them 
some, some of us need to be 

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00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:33,000
settled in work and He put them 
in the Garden of Eden to 

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00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,800
cultivate it and to keep it. 
Work is a gift that God gives 

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00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,320
you to establish dominion in the
earth. 

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00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:49,160
Five points on work. 
Remember, this is just going to 

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00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,400
be a sampler to stimulate you 
'cause I believe the Holy Spirit

477
00:31:54,680 --> 00:32:01,120
is going to tailor this word to 
you and what you need you're 

478
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,640
going to feed on, like I said, 
for weeks and months to come. 

479
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,480
Putting yourself to work is 
called employment. 

480
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,040
Putting others to work is called
an employer. 

481
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,480
Putting your money to work is 
called an investment. 

482
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,360
Putting your knowledge to work 
is called consulting. 

483
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,960
Putting a creative idea to work 
is called an invention. 

484
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:41,240
What work has God called you to?
And let me say this, Zechariah 

485
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:46,080
14 says don't despise the day of
small beginnings. 

486
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:52,160
So the work you're doing now may
not be the work you're doing in 

487
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,600
five years. 
But as we look at these five 

488
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,240
points, what is it and the 
passion and purpose that God's 

489
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:07,200
put in you that He wants to get 
you to 'cause if you decide the 

490
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:13,880
spa is working at McDonald's, 
but God's got a greater work for

491
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,840
you, 'cause He said greater 
works, will we? 

492
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:21,320
Do you want to get out of 
McDonald's? 

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00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:29,400
Be faithful, be a blessing. 
Work your tail off, Work with 

494
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:34,320
the anointing, work with grace. 
You may be putting the fries in 

495
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:38,280
the oil right now, but don't 
stop there. 

496
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,800
You're faithful with that. 
They may let you run the cash 

497
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:41,800
register. 
You're faithful with that. 

498
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,720
You may become a shift manager. 
You're faithful with that. 

499
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,520
You may become the manager of 
McDonald's. 

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00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,880
You're faithful with that. 
God may call you to work your 

501
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,560
own business 'cause now you have
the knowledge base on how to 

502
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,960
operate a fast food restaurant 
and now you know how to actually

503
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,320
take care of people because you 
love them. 

504
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:03,960
Feed them real food, not 
genetically modified fries that 

505
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,920
are golden brown in your car 
after 20 years. 

506
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,400
But what work is God called you 
to? 

507
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:20,280
Remember this, The greatest in 
the Kingdom is servant of all. 

508
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,719
Serve your gift to humanity and 
the work that He's called you to

509
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,679
do. 
Servicing clients builds 

510
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:31,719
business. 
Servicing congregations in 

511
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:37,520
people builds churches. 
Servicing friends and family 

512
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,440
builds relationship. 
What work has God called us to 

513
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,120
as a church? 
I want to give you some basic 

514
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,840
guidelines on money. 
Money is amoral, which means 

515
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,199
there's no morality in money. 
Whoever holds the money 

516
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,320
possesses the morality of the 
money. 

517
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,960
You put money into the hand of a
drunk. 

518
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,360
It's drunk money. 
You put money in the hand of a 

519
00:34:58,360 --> 00:34:59,320
gambler. 
Guess what? 

520
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,800
It's gambling money. 
You put money in the hand of an 

521
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,000
unrighteous person. 
It's unrighteous money. 

522
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,680
You put money in the hand of a 
righteous person. 

523
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:15,640
It's righteous money. 
Money is not evil. 

524
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:23,240
The Bible says the love, or we 
really say the lust of money, is

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00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:26,080
the root of all evil. 
Here's a guideline for money. 

526
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,560
Money was made for loving and 
giving, not lusting and taking. 

527
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,560
Money was made for loving and 
giving, not lusting and taking 

528
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,040
and taking. 
Money is a resource. 

529
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:45,680
It's a resource. 
Say money is a resource, that's 

530
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:50,080
why it's called currency too 
'cause there's got to be a flow,

531
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,680
we say resource 'cause you have 
to go to the source again to get

532
00:35:54,680 --> 00:36:00,480
more of the resource. 
But here's 10 guidelines on 

533
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,960
money, and number one goes with 
what I just said. 

534
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:10,080
Money's a resource, but God is 
the source #1 if you really want

535
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:15,280
to be blessed in life, you know,
you heard this term quality of 

536
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,080
life. 
It's, it's, it's, it's really a 

537
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,800
term I think the secular world 
throws around a lot. 

538
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,560
But I'll say in a spiritual 
aspect, we should have a quality

539
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,280
of life cause the world seeks 
after money. 

540
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,040
But Proverbs says the blessing 
Lord makes 1 rich, but he adds 

541
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:36,200
no sorrow with it. 
So if money is your source, 

542
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,360
you're gonna have sorrow, but if
God is your source, you'll have 

543
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,800
resource. 
Did you get that? 

544
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,960
If you just chase money, you're 
going to have sorrow? 

545
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:52,840
Read Proverbs 23 it it says, you
know, he says eat and drink, but

546
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,760
his heart's not with you. 
And it says money makes wings 

547
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,360
and it flies away. 
It's insatiable, like you can 

548
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,200
never have enough when that's 
all you're seeking. 

549
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:05,480
But when God is your source, 
you're going to have no sorrow. 

550
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,600
But you'll have you'll have a 
thing called wealth, not riches 

551
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,640
'cause wealth comes. 
This is why Deuteronomy says 

552
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:12,920
I'll give you the power to get 
wealth. 

553
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,720
There's a difference between 
wealth and riches. 

554
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,120
I want to stretch your thinking.
Riches is just accumulated 

555
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,440
goods. 
Wealth is more than that. 

556
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:28,400
Wealth is well-being. 
Wealth is wisdom, knowledge, and

557
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:33,360
understanding, all working 
together to create economic 

558
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,680
solvency, stability, and 
security. 

559
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,800
Wealth is wisdom, understanding,
knowledge, all working together 

560
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:46,840
like ingredients to create 
economic solvency, stability and

561
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,840
security. 
And God said, I'll give you the 

562
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,600
power to get not just riches, 
but wealth. 

563
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:57,400
I saw an NFL player some years 
ago who had millions, but he 

564
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,280
burnt down his mansion. 
I can't remember if there's 

565
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,600
domestic things going on or 
drugs, but that, that's riches, 

566
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,520
but not wealth 'cause you're 
broken your mind. 

567
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,240
And when you're in the Kingdom 
of God and operating under His 

568
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:15,040
laws, not only can He get you 
the riches, but He gives you 

569
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,680
wealth. 
Your marriage will be 

570
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,800
successful, your kids will be 
acting right. 

571
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,080
Your body won't be broken down, 
your mind won't have a vice grip

572
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:30,360
around it, you won't be 
depressed #2 Seek God first in 

573
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:36,120
everything. 
Seek God for He has an amazing 

574
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:42,680
way of getting resources to you.
You know the woman that died or 

575
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,640
her husband died in the Old 
Testament. 

576
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:51,720
And this is a sad statement, but
when that woman died in the Old 

577
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,720
Testament, somebody could 
probably find their reference. 

578
00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:57,280
I think it's over in Kings. 
And it said the only thing it 

579
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,880
said about the man was he left 
me in debt. 

580
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,720
So I'm going to challenge. 
If you care about your family, 

581
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,520
you should have a life insurance
policy in place. 

582
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,240
We're talking primarily about 
finances tonight. 

583
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,200
Does that mean you're going to 
die? 

584
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:23,800
No, but I just believe it keeps 
the devil at Bay, 'cause it's 

585
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,440
wise, right? 
But the only thing they said 

586
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,280
about that man. 
But guess God. 

587
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:34,800
When you see God first and 
everything like she did, He gave

588
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,200
her a creative idea that became 
an invention. 

589
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:42,080
That was her work and it was the
most unusual thing. 

590
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,880
Go get the pans from your 
neighbors. 

591
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,920
Remember that. 
And then start pouring oil into 

592
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,720
it. 
And then she asked the prophet, 

593
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:54,920
what do I do after that? 
He put her into business, he 

594
00:39:54,920 --> 00:40:04,680
said go sell all of it and now 
listen this live off of the 

595
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,760
rest. 
That was like the lottery. 

596
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:15,480
Seek God first in everything #3 
decisions require 

597
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,360
responsibility. 
For those of you that are 

598
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,600
married, decisions cannot be 
unilateral in the marriage 

599
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:26,120
covenant. 
Husbands, you may like to fish, 

600
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,560
you may like boating, but you do
not pull up on a Saturday 

601
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,080
morning with a brand new boat 
without consulting your wife. 

602
00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:39,500
That's a unilateral move and 
decision in the marriage 

603
00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:42,260
covenant. 
Now, if you're single, you got 

604
00:40:42,260 --> 00:40:43,660
some fluidity. 
Hallelujah. 

605
00:40:44,460 --> 00:40:46,900
There are pros and cons of being
married, and there's our pros 

606
00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:49,460
and cons of being single. 
You can get the no new boat with

607
00:40:49,460 --> 00:40:52,460
your single as long as God says 
'cause you're still consulting. 

608
00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:54,340
Decisions require 
responsibility. 

609
00:40:54,740 --> 00:41:01,320
God, should I get this boat? 
But if you're married, you 

610
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,680
better have that conversation or
you may not see her for several 

611
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:10,000
days and then then when your 
eyes, the swelling starts to go 

612
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:22,520
down, finally you'll see her 
again #4 Tithe and offerings are

613
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:29,120
basic visible evidence of faith.
You say you believe in God. 

614
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,960
This is a fundamental in the 
Kingdom of God. 

615
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,640
It's an evidence you're not 
really giving anchor faith 

616
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,240
church. 
When you give, it's really a 

617
00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:43,600
release of faith towards God, 
saying you trust him. 

618
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,200
And when you don't give, you 
know, what you're saying is I 

619
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,360
really don't trust that you'll 
do what you say. 

620
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:57,480
When it comes to finances #5 
it's what I call the good plan. 

621
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,680
GOOD. 
Get out of debt. 

622
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,760
You know, there's nowhere in my 
Bible where I see Jehovah visa 

623
00:42:14,290 --> 00:42:17,370
number six. 
Start where you are with what 

624
00:42:17,370 --> 00:42:25,570
you have #7 goes with #5 Live 
within your means. 

625
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,960
Too many buy people, buy things 
with money they don't have, to 

626
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,560
get things they don't need to 
impress people they don't like 

627
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:49,120
#8 To obey God today is to trust
Him for tomorrow #9 Keep 

628
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:55,320
detailed records. 
I'm going to follow up with this

629
00:42:55,320 --> 00:43:04,840
when we get to another sampler 
#10 be generous with God and be 

630
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,920
generous with others. 
Don't have the American mindset.

631
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:14,520
The American mindset is get all 
you can, can all you get. 

632
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:25,000
Sit on the can. 
Proverbs 11/25 says this though.

633
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:30,760
The generous soul will be made 
rich, and he who waters will 

634
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:36,160
also be watered himself. 
And I'll follow up with that. 

635
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:42,720
Another scripture from from Luke
chapter 12, Luke chapter 12, 

636
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:47,360
starting in verse #13 this just 
goes along with being generous 

637
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,720
with others and being generous 
with God. 

638
00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:57,640
Not hoarding, right? 
Not storing up to the point 

639
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,120
where all you do is trust in 
your riches and not God. 

640
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,960
So Luke chapter 12 verse 13 says
this. 

641
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,840
Then one from the crowd said 
him, teacher, tell my brother to

642
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,080
divide the inheritance with me. 
So he's talking to the Lord 

643
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,840
about finances. 
He said, but, but he said to a 

644
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,920
man who made me a judge or an 
arbitrator over you. 

645
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:21,520
And he said to them, Jesus said 
to them, take heed and beware of

646
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:25,320
covetousness, for one's life 
does not consist in the 

647
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,560
abundance of things he 
possesses. 

648
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:33,000
Verse 16 Then Jesus spoke a 
parable to him, saying, the 

649
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,200
ground of a certain rich man 
yielded plentiful. 

650
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,000
And this rich man thought to 
within himself, saying, What 

651
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,800
shall I do since I have no room 
to store my crops? 

652
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:48,320
And this rich man said, I'll do 
this, I'll pull down my barns, 

653
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,640
I'll build, I'll build greater 
ones, and there I will store all

654
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:57,040
my crops and my goods, and I 
will say to my soul, So you have

655
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:02,120
many good years laid up, take 
your ease, eat, drink and be 

656
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:07,320
merry. 
But God said, fool this, not 

657
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:11,800
your soul be required of you. 
Then whose will those things be?

658
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:15,320
What you have provided? 
So this person was only rich 

659
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,360
towards himself and not rich 
towards others. 

660
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:21,480
So we need to be generous with 
God and we need to be generous 

661
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:27,080
with others. 
I want to give you 5 keys to 

662
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:32,280
increase, 5 keys increase. 
So we've looked at work, we've 

663
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,640
looked at these guidelines, and 
I want to take this last 

664
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:42,640
sampler, 5 Keys to increase. 
And as we go over these, I just 

665
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,280
want you to review and evaluate 
your life and see if there's 

666
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,280
anything lacking or 
underperforming in any of these 

667
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,520
five years 'cause I guarantee 
you this according to the word 

668
00:45:54,520 --> 00:46:00,320
of the Lord, if you do these 
five things, the blessings are 

669
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,560
going to flow. 
Now with finances, it doesn't 

670
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,560
always happen overnight, but it 
will happen. 

671
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:13,400
And I, I know and others in this
room know that if practice these

672
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:18,040
five things, it will take place.
Listen, there was a day when our

673
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,600
sons were in the house and all 
we could do was the dollar menu 

674
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,600
when we ate at McDonald's. 
That was a long time ago and all

675
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:27,480
they could do was get all we 
could afford was to get 4 things

676
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,720
for each of them off the dollar 
meal, which they probably don't 

677
00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:32,640
have a dollar meal anymore, but 
that's where we were at that 

678
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:38,600
time. 
Now in life, I tell my household

679
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:43,720
we are going, we are going to 
aim to not eat out more than 

680
00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:48,880
twice a week. 
Do you see the flip on that? 

681
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,880
So there's one time when we're 
driving a red it used actually 

682
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,200
it was a, a Quest. 
Remember the Quest, Nissan 

683
00:46:56,200 --> 00:47:00,880
Quest, but it wasn't really a 
Nissan Quest because the 

684
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:05,840
domestic manufacturer made it. 
Did you know that it's a fake 

685
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:11,360
Nissan with a we, we thought, 
you know, this is pretty cool. 

686
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,680
We had AVHS in it with, you 
know, in between the the driver 

687
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,360
and the passenger seats in the 
front and there was a console 

688
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,600
right now they have the 
everything. 

689
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,520
It flips down from the roof. 
It's on the back of the seats 

690
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:26,320
and everything. 
But but God has delivered us 

691
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:27,800
from the quest. 
It was a good quest. 

692
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,080
That thing got to Albuquerque, 
NM to visit my brother. 

693
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:37,360
Praise the Lord and back, 
because if you do this one thing

694
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:39,080
and tithe, it'll rebuke the 
devourer. 

695
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:47,160
Hallelujah. 
All right, so the first thing is

696
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:52,040
tithe and offerings. 
First key to increase is tithe 

697
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:53,160
and offerings. 
What's the tithe? 

698
00:47:53,160 --> 00:48:00,240
That's 10%. 
So if you make $100, what's the 

699
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:06,840
tithe of $100? 
What's a tithe of $105? 

700
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,200
So I can get so many 
mathematicians to think real 

701
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,840
quick, what's a tithe of 
$111.00? 

702
00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:20,680
What's a tithe on $10,000? 
You can participate. 

703
00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:29,120
What's a tithe on $1,000,000? 
What's a tithe on a billion 

704
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:35,920
dollars? 
What is it, Red and Randy, $100 

705
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:40,480
million Done. 
You got it. 

706
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,120
You dropped an offering bucket. 
Praise the Lord. 

707
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,520
Malachi chapter. 
In all seriousness, Malachi 

708
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:53,080
chapter 3 verse #10 says this. 
Bring all the ties into the 

709
00:48:53,080 --> 00:49:00,680
storehouse. 
Not Christian radio, not 

710
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:05,400
Christian television, not a 
minister you may like listening 

711
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:11,320
to online. 
Is it right to give you those? 

712
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:13,680
Yeah. 
But what? 

713
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:16,960
What would that be considered? 
Good. 

714
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,800
You all are trained up. 
That'd be an offering, right? 

715
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:22,240
He said. 
Bring it to the What's the 

716
00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:24,640
storehouse where you primarily 
get fed? 

717
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:33,040
The local body church. 
I want to give a testimony on a 

718
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,200
side, well it's 836. 
My wife's preaching in the 

719
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,680
current. 
So I think I got like an extra 

720
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:42,960
30 minutes tonight. 
So I had to create an idea, but 

721
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:46,040
I didn't invent it. 
She's talking on the Holy Spirit

722
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,200
cause Pastor Chase was praying 
and said man, we need a 

723
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:50,960
minister. 
So he got my wife in his spirit,

724
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:52,400
said I want you to minister on 
the Holy Spirit. 

725
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,480
So they were coming up with all 
these titles with my daughter 

726
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,200
yesterday like goat and all 
these other ones, but they 

727
00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,920
settled with something about 
Dove. 

728
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,520
And I said you should get some 
Dove chocolates. 

729
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,280
So she's passing out Dove 
chocolates tonight. 

730
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:08,880
You're getting no sweets but the
word of God. 

731
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,240
Now I won't go till 9:30, but I 
do want to say this, 'cause I 

732
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:19,000
make, I want to make sure I get 
through everything that the Lord

733
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,960
desires to get through. 
Your storehouse is where you get

734
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:26,680
fed, equipped and trained and in
in our evaluation today, we have

735
00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:30,760
evaluations for all areas within
the ministry that we do annually

736
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:32,960
and we're working through 
Washington Classical Christian 

737
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:34,680
School right now, but we had the
privilege of doing it with 

738
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:40,200
Theodore Moreland. 
Is Ted in here Ted everybody 

739
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:44,800
know coach Ted Well, his little 
baby June just had some trials 

740
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,800
with some health issues, right. 
And but we're doing this 

741
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,040
evaluation. 
I didn't, I didn't know the 

742
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,440
whole story, but I'm bringing 
this up because you bring all 

743
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:57,320
the ties into the storehouse. 
And so when they couldn't figure

744
00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:01,800
what was wrong, she had a fever 
and they took her to Flagler. 

745
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:05,920
But then end up going to 
Wolfson's on 1616, the new one 

746
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,720
up by Texas Roadhouse, which I 
forget who was it was Pastor 

747
00:51:09,720 --> 00:51:14,000
Bradley was pulling out the same
time that Ted was walking in. 

748
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:17,640
So Ted said it was amazing 
'cause I'm getting text messages

749
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:20,280
from Pastor Earl. 
Like, how do these people know 

750
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,680
where I'm at? 
Like, well, Bradley just 

751
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,320
happened to be in the right 
place at the right time and 

752
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:27,600
asked Ted what was going on. 
All of a sudden, Ted's he's 

753
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,280
like, dude, I'm so glad I'm part
of Anchor Faith Church. 

754
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,200
And it's not us. 
It's God's system, it's God's 

755
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,840
plan, it's God's purpose. 
It's just us during our role and

756
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:38,880
we're like a family. 
And so he just loved the 

757
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,280
support, the prayers and 
everything. 

758
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:42,560
But he when he, when they were 
trying to figure out what's 

759
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,280
wrong, they, they want to do a 
Spinal Tap on baby June. 

760
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,640
And so in doing that, one of the
adults, they couldn't take both.

761
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,760
One of the adults could go into 
the room, but not both. 

762
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:52,040
And he asked Kaylee, do you want
to go? 

763
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:53,440
She's like, I don't want to be 
in there for that. 

764
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,480
And Ted's like, I'm not going to
let my little go going by 

765
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:56,880
herself. 
So I'm going in with her. 

766
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,000
But he said, thank God for this 
church. 

767
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:03,480
He said, because I've learned to
listen to the Holy Spirit. 

768
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:07,680
And when I was taking baby June 
in to go into that Spinal Tap to

769
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,480
get that, he said, the Holy 
Spirit checked me pray for the 

770
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:14,840
baby. 
And so he was getting ready to 

771
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,520
lay the baby on the table for 
them to do the operation. 

772
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:23,080
And the Holy Spirit said, again,
pray for the baby. 

773
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:27,640
You know what he did? 
He's he's he put back up. 

774
00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:30,000
He said, everybody bow your 
heads. 

775
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,760
I want to pray nurses, doctors. 
It wasn't a Hannah prayer, which

776
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:38,240
is silent prayer. 
He with the boldness he, he 

777
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:41,200
said, he told the doctor and the
nurses, bow your heads. 

778
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:46,080
I love it. 
And he prayed the power of God 

779
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:49,040
down on that and said, man, this
is going to take the first time.

780
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,320
It's going to be successful. 
You're going to guide the 

781
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:52,720
doctors. 
You're going to give wisdom to 

782
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:55,040
the nurses and he read through 
the whole thing. 

783
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:59,840
They make you sign a a release 
form of everything that could go

784
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,840
wrong, and then they say it 
normally doesn't take on the 

785
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:07,360
first time. 
So he prayed that they got it on

786
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:16,960
the first time. 
The next day we talked about 

787
00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:19,880
being engaged, employed, 
enlarged and evangelized. 

788
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:23,520
This is evangelism. 
The next day the nurse comes 

789
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:29,720
back and says to Ted, I went 
home and told my husband about 

790
00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:31,520
you praying today in the power 
of prayer. 

791
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:34,000
And he said, do you worship 
anywhere? 

792
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:39,800
She said no, but there was power
in that prayer 'cause they never

793
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:44,240
take the first time. 
So really an unbeliever told a 

794
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:47,960
believer there's power in prayer
and witnessed it. 

795
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,320
That's the storehouse that 
you're pouring into right where 

796
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,280
you're primarily trained. 
In the clip he said bring all 

797
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:57,520
the ties into the storehouse 
that there may be food in my 

798
00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:00,200
house and now try me on this 
says the Lord of hosts. 

799
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:04,000
If I will not open up the 
windows of heaven and pour out a

800
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,720
blessing for you that you will 
not have room enough to receive 

801
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:14,640
it the the tithe. 
We could pass the mic right now.

802
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:22,160
What are you saying back there? 
Oh, you want me to read verse 

803
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,400
11? 
I don't have verse 11. 

804
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,160
My notes for Randy and you're 
interrupting. 

805
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:31,680
I thought he was giving me the 
love sign back there. 

806
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:39,600
Love you too, brother. 11 OK, so
here's your homework assignment.

807
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:43,440
Per Reverend Randy, read verse 
11 on your own. 

808
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:45,160
Now. 
You messed me up. 

809
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:49,000
I forget what I'm saying. 
The storehouse. 

810
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,320
I could pass the mic. 
But I know like things that have

811
00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:53,480
opened up for us. 
We have a business called 

812
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:58,600
Kinderfit and all five of these 
keys, I'm telling you we did, 

813
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,640
but this is one of the ones that
opened up for us. 

814
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,240
Angie was employed. 
Or worked for. 

815
00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:09,280
The previous owner who wanted to
get back into teaching, this was

816
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:13,560
her baby. 
Her creative idea, you know, 

817
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,840
that she put into, gave life to 
basically create a business 

818
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:18,440
called Kinderfit. 
She actually started in 

819
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,560
Oklahoma, which is ironic 'cause
we're from, well, Angie's from 

820
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:25,120
Oklahoma, but moved to Florida 
and has had success in this 

821
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:27,080
business. 
Angie worked for her, but back 

822
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,280
in, I think it's 2018, she 
wanted to get out of the 

823
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:32,400
business and she was going to 
give it to her sister. 

824
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,800
But she, she knew Angie's work 
ethic, which is our next point, 

825
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:39,320
and she knew her heart for God. 
And they end up giving us the 

826
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:41,480
business at a really good deal 
and actually working on a 

827
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:43,080
payment plan for us. 
So we didn't have to pay 

828
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:46,680
everything upfront, but that's 
what the tithe that did open up 

829
00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:51,960
that business to us. 
The house that we're in right 

830
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:57,320
now, it was a fight of faith to 
get into, but this is how good 

831
00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:59,880
God is. 
We didn't, we wanted acreage, 

832
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:06,200
but I didn't want to drive 20 
minutes, Hallelujah, 'cause, you

833
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,520
know, to get acreage usually way
out. 

834
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:10,920
And with everything we do and 
responsibilities at the church, 

835
00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:15,320
I want to be close, But I 
believe with all my harp tithing

836
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:19,160
and offerings open up to get the
house we're in currently. 

837
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:23,440
And I, I, we could go around 
this room of testimonies of what

838
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:26,760
the tithe and the offering has 
done in your life and will 

839
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:30,680
continue to do 'cause God is not
God puts no limits on faith. 

840
00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:34,360
Faith puts no limits on God. 
How big can you dream? 

841
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,320
Don't let anybody else create 
your world for the you. 

842
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:43,600
They'll create it too small. 
The tithe will open up things. 

843
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,480
The offerings is really where 
you get to invest in the Kingdom

844
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,160
of God and this you go back to 
the guidelines seek God first 

845
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:53,560
and everything we review every 
year when I go over goals with 

846
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:57,880
Angie, you know what, what is 
our giving goals this year? 

847
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:02,360
Tithe is standard, but we are 
way above the tithe and we we 

848
00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:05,480
pray and we seek and we ask God,
what do you want us to do? 

849
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:10,800
And so we've done that for years
now and I've seen God just open 

850
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:13,200
up amazing things through the 
tithe and offering. 

851
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,520
Matthew 2323 says this woe to 
you scribes and Pharisees, 

852
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:20,360
hypocrites, for you pay tithe of
men a nice and cumin and have 

853
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:23,080
neglected the weightier matters 
of law, justice and mercy and 

854
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:24,880
faith. 
These you have ought to done 

855
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,080
without leaving the others 
undone. 

856
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:30,640
So even Jesus pointed back to 
the tithe. 

857
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:34,520
He said, now you need to have 
mercy, right? 

858
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:42,080
But you still need a tithe. 
In Genesis chapter 14 verses 18 

859
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,320
through 20, it says then 
Melchizedek, king of Salem 

860
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:47,880
brought out bread and wine. 
He was the priest of God Most 

861
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:51,520
High and he blessed him and said
blessed be Abraham of God Most 

862
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:54,800
High, possessor of heaven and 
earth, and blessed be God Most 

863
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:56,880
High who has delivered your 
enemies into your hand. 

864
00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:01,120
And Abraham gave him a tithe of 
all predates the Mosaic economy,

865
00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:05,480
the Mosaic law, and Abraham just
knew he was to give God 1/10. 

866
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:10,280
So that's the first key to 
increase is giving your tithe 

867
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:13,240
and your offerings. 
What is God saying above the 

868
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:16,040
10%? 
What is God telling you to do 

869
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:17,920
right? 
And that's something you need to

870
00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:21,520
communicate with God and let God
communicate with you his will 

871
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:23,520
when it comes to offerings 
beyond the tithe. 

872
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:25,320
But I tell you what, God is 
faithful. 

873
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:28,360
You can't out give God. 
And when you do give, He gives 

874
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:30,560
back to you a good measure, 
pressed down, shaken together 

875
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:33,480
and running over Second 
ingredient and increase of these

876
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:41,480
5 keys is work ethic. 
Proverbs chapter 24, verses 30 

877
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:45,080
through 34 from the Amplified 
Bible says this. 

878
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:48,720
I went by the field of the lazy 
man and by the vineyard of the 

879
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:50,400
man lacking understanding and 
common sense. 

880
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:54,600
And behold, it was all overgrown
with thorns, and nestles were 

881
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:57,560
covering its surface. 
Its Stonewall was broken down. 

882
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:00,960
When I saw, I considered it. 
Well, I looked and I received 

883
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,200
instruction. 
A little sleep, a little 

884
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:06,480
slumber, a little folding of the
hands to rest and Daydream. 

885
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:09,960
And then poverty will come you 
as on on you as a robber, and 

886
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:14,360
you're want like an armed man. 
So listen, if you give tithe and

887
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:18,640
offerings but you don't work 
hard, you're going to miss God's

888
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:23,040
best. 
Proverbs 1819189 second 

889
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:26,320
reference on this. 
He was slothful in his work as a

890
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:28,520
brother to him was a great 
destroyer. 

891
00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:38,320
I was at a checkout line one 
time and there was probably a 

892
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:41,120
teenager or somebody in their 
early 20s on their cell phone 

893
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:47,920
disengaged with the customers. 
That's not Scott's standard of 

894
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:52,120
work ethic. 
Showing up 10 minutes late to 

895
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,760
work with a bad attitude is not 
God's standard for work ethic. 

896
00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:00,880
Complaining about your employer 
is not God's standard of work 

897
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:07,360
ethic. 
Sleeping on the job is not God's

898
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:13,360
standard of work ethic. 
Proverbs 2819 says this. 

899
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:17,560
He who cultivates his land will 
have plenty of bread. 

900
01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:22,000
That's work ethic. 
I was reading one time was it, 

901
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:27,440
was it Hagar when the baby is 
getting ready to die and, and, 

902
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:29,920
and, and he said there's, 
there's water. 

903
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,520
She thought it, I thought, God, 
it's provisions all around us. 

904
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,920
We're complaining. 
And he's like, just cultivate, 

905
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:43,760
just cultivate, plant the seed, 
water it work. 

906
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:48,880
Second Thessalonians chapter 3 
verse #11 says we hear that 

907
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:51,280
there are some who walk among 
you in a disorderly manner, not 

908
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:53,200
working at all, but they're busy
bodies. 

909
01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:01,240
Hallelujah. 
Now don't get me wrong, there's 

910
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:03,880
some legitimate needs. 
So understand when I say this, 

911
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:07,080
that could be communicated via 
social media. 

912
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:10,400
But then we're also know there's
people that are busy bodies on 

913
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:14,280
there that are raising funds 
because they don't work. 

914
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:20,840
Are you with me? 
Deuteronomy 1510 says you shall 

915
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:24,400
surely give to him, and your 
heart should not be grieved when

916
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,840
you give to him, because for 
this thing the Lord your God 

917
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:30,720
will bless you and all your 
works and into which you put 

918
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:34,760
your hand. 
If you read Psalms chapter 1 

919
01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:38,280
verses one through 3, you know 
talks about blesses a man that 

920
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:40,480
don't walk in the council 
ungodly, nor stands the way the 

921
01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:43,320
center, nor seats in the seat of
the scornful, but his delights 

922
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:45,840
in the law of the Lord, and that
law he meditates day and night. 

923
01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,840
He shall be like a tree planted 
by the rivers of living water, 

924
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:52,480
and whatever he does with his 
hand will prosper. 

925
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:54,440
What are you putting your hand 
to every day? 

926
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:56,440
What do you put in your hand to 
in parenting? 

927
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:57,920
What do you put in your hand to 
in praise? 

928
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,640
What do you put in your hand to 
as an employer and employment? 

929
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:02,800
What do you put in your hand to 
in a creative idea? 

930
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:05,000
What do you put in your hand to 
with investing money? 

931
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:06,920
Right. 
Whatever you do with your hand, 

932
01:02:06,920 --> 01:02:09,720
if it's in God's will, it's 
going to prosper. 

933
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:12,200
The hand is the instrument of 
instruments. 

934
01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:15,960
It's the symbol of human action.
It's the symbol of power and 

935
01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:18,720
authority. 
Jesus has sat at the right hand 

936
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,400
of the father. 
Whatever you put your hand to as

937
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:24,240
a spiritual believer to do, it 
will prosper. 

938
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,880
If it's in a with the word of 
God, anointed by the Spirit, 

939
01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:30,680
whatever you do, a prosper. 
What a great confession for you 

940
01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:34,320
to have when you go to work 
tomorrow and say, Lord, whatever

941
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:37,240
I put my hand to, it will 
prosper. 

942
01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:40,560
I didn't even put confession on 
the sampler, but confession is 

943
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:42,560
important when it comes to 
prosperity. 

944
01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:45,440
If you say I'm broke, I'm never 
going to have enough. 

945
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:57,240
The third key is management. 
Proverbs chapter 27, verses 23 

946
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,240
through 27 sees it says, be 
diligent to know the state of 

947
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:04,640
your flocks and attend to your 
herds, for riches are not 

948
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:07,240
forever, nor does a crown endure
to all generations. 

949
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,960
When the hay is removed, and the
tender grass shows itself, and 

950
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:12,920
the herbs of the mountain are 
gathered in, the lambs will 

951
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:16,000
provide you clothing, the goats 
the price of a field. 

952
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,000
You shall have enough goats milk
for your food, for the food of 

953
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:21,520
your household and the 
nourishment of your maid 

954
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,480
servants. 
You know what this verse is 

955
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:29,280
exuding with is knowing what's 
coming into your house and 

956
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:35,040
what's going out of your house. 
If your outgo is more than your 

957
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:37,960
income, then your upkeep becomes
your downfall. 

958
01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:44,640
Luke chapter 14 verses 28 
through 30. 

959
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:46,840
I told you this is kind of like 
a fire hydrant tonight, but I'm 

960
01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:50,360
believing you're going to get 
what the Holy Spirit needs to 

961
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:53,400
give you to have increased in 
your life. 

962
01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:57,000
Amen. 
Luke chapter 1420 through 30 

963
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:00,280
says for which of you intended 
to build a tower does not sit 

964
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:03,840
down 1st and count the cost, 
whether he has enough to finish 

965
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:07,160
it, lest after he has laid the 
foundation he's not able to 

966
01:04:07,160 --> 01:04:10,160
finish all who see it begin to 
mock him saying this man begin 

967
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:13,840
to build it was not able to 
finish first. 

968
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:16,840
Timothy 35 from the Amplified 
says for if a man does not know 

969
01:04:16,840 --> 01:04:20,040
how to manage his own own 
household, how we take care of 

970
01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:22,720
the Church of God. 
Management is taking care of 

971
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:26,880
what God is giving you. 
It's being wise with the 

972
01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:29,320
resources and the wealth that 
he's given you. 

973
01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:33,920
It's stopping to ask God, what 
do you want me to do with this? 

974
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:37,960
Management is having a plan in 
place. 

975
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:45,160
Management is knowing what's in 
your account and working and 

976
01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:48,080
counseling for years I've I've 
realized some people don't know 

977
01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:50,840
what's in their account. 
All they they do is look at 

978
01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:58,200
their online banking. 
They have no budget, no 

979
01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:01,160
spreadsheet. 
Listen, people, friends, 

980
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:06,200
congregation, family of God, 
Hallelujah. 

981
01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:09,520
We live in such a modern 
technology. 

982
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:12,840
There is no excuse that you 
can't find your flavor or your 

983
01:05:12,840 --> 01:05:15,640
style when it comes to having 
something in place. 

984
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:20,560
Nothing's changed mathematically
as there's debits, there's 

985
01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:26,440
credits. 
Now, how you record that you and

986
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:27,960
your wife, if you're married, 
come together. 

987
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:31,320
If you're single, make your own 
decision, but record it. 

988
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:39,400
You should know your what your 
break even is. 

989
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,040
Each month there's a question 
for you. 

990
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:44,080
I won't have many. 
Raise your hand. 

991
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:45,440
Do you know what your break even
is? 

992
01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:46,800
What? 
What do you mean break even? 

993
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:51,840
What does it take between rent, 
mortgage insurance, cell phone, 

994
01:05:52,160 --> 01:06:02,200
utilities, Netflix, DoorDash, 
Instacart to meet to meet Uber? 

995
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:05,920
Thanks, Christopher. 
To meet your budget each month, 

996
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:09,680
right? 
You know what management is? 

997
01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:12,760
I've saved $1170 since April 
2024. 

998
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:13,840
How did you do that, Pastor 
Mike? 

999
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:20,200
Because I manage. 
What did you say of that? 

1000
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:23,120
Because I was paying $65 a month
on PMI. 

1001
01:06:23,920 --> 01:06:26,560
What's PMI? 
It's private mortgage insurance.

1002
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:29,160
But once you hit a certain value
on your house, you can get that 

1003
01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:31,920
removed. 
Have you looked at your PMI? 

1004
01:06:31,960 --> 01:06:33,880
Do you have PMI? 
Do you know what PMI is? 

1005
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:44,520
I'm just giving examples, right?
I read a book recently just on 

1006
01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:46,680
paying a little extra in 
principle over. 

1007
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:48,880
I do this weekly because 
everything's so easy with 

1008
01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:50,760
technology now. 
But right now I'm just giving 

1009
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:54,240
you examples so you and your 
household could help manage 

1010
01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:57,000
better because sometimes your 
income may need to come up or 

1011
01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,760
your overhead can go down. 
I remember years ago when we're 

1012
01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:02,080
State Farm, just calling around,
I got Farm Bureau to get a 

1013
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:06,720
better insurance rate. 
So I went with them, right? 

1014
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:10,120
So there's things you can do and
management that can help you 

1015
01:07:10,120 --> 01:07:12,720
out. 
Now I joke around about DoorDash

1016
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:14,440
and Instacart, but do you really
need that? 

1017
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:19,160
Because part of listen, 
temperance is part of the fruit 

1018
01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:21,600
of the spirit. 
What's temperance? 

1019
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:31,960
It's called self-control. 
Restraint, temperance, and 

1020
01:07:31,960 --> 01:07:35,640
self-control are all characters 
of disciples of Jesus Christ. 

1021
01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:43,440
Just cause the bank says you can
borrow $100,000. self-control 

1022
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:47,360
may say no, and that's good 
management. 

1023
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,320
Remember that one. 
Live within your means. 7 out of

1024
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:56,080
10 Americans live paycheck to 
paycheck and some of this is 

1025
01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:57,760
obviously they don't know tithe 
and offering. 

1026
01:07:57,760 --> 01:07:58,840
They're not walking in that 
blessing. 

1027
01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:00,440
They don't know work ethic, 
they're not working that 

1028
01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:02,120
blessing. 
They don't know management, 

1029
01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:04,800
they're not walking in that 
blessing. 

1030
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:09,080
So all I'm saying is get a plan 
in place. 

1031
01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:13,320
If you don't have one, then I 
encourage you and listen for 

1032
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:14,760
you. 
Married couples, let me help you

1033
01:08:14,760 --> 01:08:20,160
out 'cause I helped myself out. 
I would frustrate Angie because,

1034
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,640
you know, I, we are aims to get 
together once a month, although 

1035
01:08:23,640 --> 01:08:25,640
that doesn't quite happen. 
That's my goal. 

1036
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:31,040
But we, we try to get together 
frequently because I want the 

1037
01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:34,560
next thing called unity. 
That's the fourth key. 

1038
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:40,520
But early on, and this helped 
me, I would just rattle off 

1039
01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:43,359
everything because it's in my 
mind like a Rolodex. 

1040
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:50,160
And I, I just saw her eyes go 
crossed and I realized real 

1041
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,120
quick, if I'm going to 
communicate with her, it's got 

1042
01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:56,279
to be on paper. 
So in my household, when it 

1043
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,120
comes to management and in your 
household, listen, there's 

1044
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:01,200
always a spender. 
There's always a saver. 

1045
01:09:01,560 --> 01:09:03,399
So for the husbands that are 
spenders, raise your hand. 

1046
01:09:03,399 --> 01:09:09,600
I'm kidding, but God didn't put 
you together to frustrate one 

1047
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:13,000
another. 
Listen, here's me in management 

1048
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:20,399
when it comes to Christmas time.
I've become a better manager 

1049
01:09:20,399 --> 01:09:21,600
because I never planned for 
that. 

1050
01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:27,160
But Angie loves to give. 
So in my saving and her 

1051
01:09:27,160 --> 01:09:29,560
spending, we balance each other 
out really well. 

1052
01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:33,680
We break even. 
Thanks, Rafael. 

1053
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:37,479
But I've learned, guess what 
she's done? 

1054
01:09:37,479 --> 01:09:38,880
It's learned. 
It's taught me how to be more 

1055
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:44,960
generous and not so tight. 
So I'm just saying, God, when we

1056
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:47,840
get to this next principle, 
which is unity, He didn't put a 

1057
01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:50,399
husband and wife together to 
frustrate one another, but to 

1058
01:09:50,399 --> 01:09:53,160
complement one another. 
Can you say Amen? 

1059
01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:55,880
Do you know that men and women 
don't think alike? 

1060
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:00,120
And do you realize there's one 
that's a savor and one's a 

1061
01:10:00,120 --> 01:10:03,000
suspender? 
So just settle it now. 

1062
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:08,360
This is not frustration. 
God did this for us so that we 

1063
01:10:08,360 --> 01:10:10,840
could unite because the 4th key 
is unity. 

1064
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:15,360
The place of disagreement is the
pace place of powerlessness. 

1065
01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:19,560
The place of agreement is the 
place of power. 

1066
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:25,200
Amos 33 says how can two walk 
together unless they be agreed? 

1067
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:29,840
Matthew 18 what's it? 
18181819 says how if any 2 of 

1068
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:32,960
you on earth touch and agree 
about anything according to my 

1069
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:36,440
father's will will be done. 
Is this a key that's missing in 

1070
01:10:36,440 --> 01:10:37,760
your household if you're 
married? 

1071
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:40,880
Is this a key that you're 
missing if you're single because

1072
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:43,680
you're not united with God? 
Remember when it said David's 

1073
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:47,040
heart and hand were together? 
They were united. 

1074
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:50,720
So whether single or married, 
there's still a unity principle 

1075
01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:53,880
of cooperating either with your 
spouse or with the Lord to 

1076
01:10:53,880 --> 01:10:58,640
experience God's best. 
But unity is important, and 

1077
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:01,320
unity comes through a thing 
called communication. 

1078
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:05,240
Reliable communication permits 
progress, but an unreliable 

1079
01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:07,840
messenger causes a lot of 
trouble. 

1080
01:11:08,400 --> 01:11:10,640
So if you want to get unified, 
you got to learn how to 

1081
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:13,800
communicate, not shut down. 
You got to be able to 

1082
01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:16,280
communicate with God, let God 
communicate with you. 

1083
01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,480
If you're married, you got to be
able to communicate with your 

1084
01:11:18,480 --> 01:11:20,560
spouse. 
And really, if we're training, 

1085
01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:22,840
this is just another side 
thought and side nugget, another

1086
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:25,560
sampler. 
It is the cheesecake. 

1087
01:11:28,280 --> 01:11:32,680
We have a responsibility to 
train our children up in the way

1088
01:11:32,680 --> 01:11:34,400
that they should go. 
So just a side thought. 

1089
01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:39,280
When Abby and Chloe were little,
we got Dave Ramsey's 3 little 

1090
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,760
bags to give save and I can't 
remember the other one. 

1091
01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:47,760
Give save and I'm looking at you
Pastor Vanessa Spin yes, so that

1092
01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:50,760
when they got money they used to
have these little bags which in 

1093
01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:52,880
management I could have made 
these a lot cheaper myself. 

1094
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:55,840
Now I'm thinking about it and 
just got a little envelope and 

1095
01:11:55,840 --> 01:12:02,440
not gave Dave Ramsey $24.00. 
But you have responsibility to 

1096
01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:08,680
train your children, right? 
So it's not just for you. 

1097
01:12:08,680 --> 01:12:10,600
You're training. 
And then what if God wanted to 

1098
01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:13,000
use you as a mentor to help 
train other people? 

1099
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:17,360
Because what as you grow, so 
does His church. 

1100
01:12:17,760 --> 01:12:22,040
So if you're blessed, you should
be a blessing. 

1101
01:12:23,720 --> 01:12:27,040
What I'm saying is it should be 
working in your life so you can 

1102
01:12:27,040 --> 01:12:31,400
help other people's lives. 
So unity is important. 

1103
01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:34,560
Y'all doing all right. 
We are to our last point, 

1104
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:38,440
vision. 
So the five keys were tithe and 

1105
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:41,360
offering work ethic, management,
unity, and vision. 

1106
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:45,040
There is no fullness of 
provision without vision. 

1107
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,360
Vision is the ability to romance
and dream about your future 

1108
01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:54,120
while embracing the present. 
Vision is the ability to romance

1109
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:57,040
and dream about your future 
while embracing the present. 

1110
01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:02,640
Dream is a pictured goal really 
in the Kingdom God wants you to 

1111
01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:06,000
be successful and success in 
God's eye is the predetermined 

1112
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:09,400
goals, dreams, and visions that 
He has in store for you. 

1113
01:13:09,400 --> 01:13:13,280
I'll say it again, success is 
the predetermined goals, 

1114
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:16,200
visions, and dreams that God has
in store for you. 

1115
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:22,640
Proverbs 2918 says where there's
no vision is the people perish. 

1116
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Habakkuk 22 says then the Lord 
answered me and said, write the 

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vision down. 
Make it plain that he that he 

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may run. 
Who reads it? 

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So really you think about vision
and provision. 

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In order to have provisions you 
need vision. 

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01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:47,600
I'm going to give you one more 
scripture, 2 examples and a 

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final statement and then we'll 
close. 

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01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:53,080
It's going to go really quick. 
It's like the end of a roller 

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01:13:53,080 --> 01:13:57,560
coaster ride, you know, I almost
hesitated, but I felt like 

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01:13:57,560 --> 01:14:01,240
there'd be a grace tonight to 
pour out so much and so little 

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01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:04,080
time. 
But I really, the Golden Corral 

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01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:07,840
set me free because that's when 
I was praying about. 

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01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,080
It's what the Holy Spirit gave 
me. 

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01:14:09,080 --> 01:14:12,520
If you just preface it with 
that, even though it's a lot, 

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the people are going to take 
what they're need. 

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01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:16,800
The Holy Spirit's going to 
minister that to you and you're 

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01:14:16,800 --> 01:14:20,320
going to feed off of that second
plate, third plate, 4th plate 

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into dessert plates. 
So Genesis 1515 says, and he 

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01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:27,760
brought him outside his tent 
into the Starlight and said, 

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01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:29,840
look now toward the heavens and 
count the stars. 

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01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:32,680
If you're able to number them. 
Then he said to Abraham, so 

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01:14:32,680 --> 01:14:34,960
shall your descendants be. 
So with vision, God told 

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01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:38,960
Abraham, look up. 
So I just want, I just want 

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01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:43,760
everybody to close your eyes 
without falling asleep 'cause it

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01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:47,720
is 9:00. 
If your head hits the seat in 

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01:14:47,720 --> 01:14:52,000
front of you, it's not my fault.
But real quick I'll go real 

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01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:53,320
fast. 
Vision. 

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01:14:54,160 --> 01:14:57,280
OK, Pretend you're coming in on 
old Moultrie or US1 right now. 

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01:14:59,400 --> 01:15:02,080
What does our parking lot look 
like right now in your mind? 

1145
01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:07,480
But can you see it with black 
top and yellow lines? 

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01:15:10,600 --> 01:15:14,880
OK, let's go to this. 
As you're pulling on the parking

1147
01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:18,040
lot right now for Moto US1, what
does our building look like 

1148
01:15:18,040 --> 01:15:22,560
currently? 
Can you see the building painted

1149
01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:26,120
black the way there's plenty of 
the marquee sign out there 

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01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:28,880
black? 
Let me ask you one more 

1151
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:33,000
question. 
What does your life look like 

1152
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:38,240
with the mortgage right now? 
But what would your life look 

1153
01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:41,240
without like without a mortgage?
Can you see it? 

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01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:45,720
All right, open up your eyes. 
That's vision. 

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01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:52,480
I I want you. 
I I am closing right now so the 

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01:15:52,480 --> 01:15:56,600
worship team can come. 
Mediocre men settle for good, 

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01:15:56,600 --> 01:16:01,360
which is enemy of best. 
And there's really 3 levels of 

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01:16:01,360 --> 01:16:03,640
living survival, success and 
significance. 

1159
01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:07,560
I want God wants Anchor Faith 
Church to be a significant 

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01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:13,280
church. 
So if you enlarge yourself and 

1161
01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:16,000
you grow, guess what? 
So does the ministry grow? 

1162
01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:21,200
And what I want to leave you 
with tonight is you should dream

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01:16:21,200 --> 01:16:24,520
when you come on the parking lot
and be a part in the 

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01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:28,240
participation of seeing the 
parking lot with brand new 

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01:16:28,240 --> 01:16:31,240
asphalt all over it. 
You should be able to pull up 

1166
01:16:31,240 --> 01:16:34,480
into your driveway and dream 
about going to your house and 

1167
01:16:34,480 --> 01:16:39,360
your dog acting right and your 
kids excited to see you. 

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01:16:40,360 --> 01:16:44,680
Are you with me? 
That's vision and that's what I 

1169
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:47,720
want to leave with you tonight 
is what has God put in your 

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01:16:47,720 --> 01:16:52,080
heart to be engaged with, to be 
employed with, to enlarge and to

1171
01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:56,520
evangelize? 
Very last thing Sunday is 

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01:16:56,520 --> 01:17:02,320
service and I want to leave with
evangelism is because envision. 

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01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:05,880
Can you invite somebody to 
church this Sunday? 

1174
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:13,120
Can you believe God that you 
pull up to a gas station or 

1175
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:17,200
you're at Publix or wherever? 
May your journey may take you 

1176
01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:22,200
this week and God's going to set
up a divine appointment for you 

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01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:24,600
to connect with somebody who 
needs Jesus. 

1178
01:17:26,240 --> 01:17:29,800
Can you see it in your vision? 
And in that moment, you get to 

1179
01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:34,920
be like Coach Ted and be bold. 
You may even lead into Christ 

1180
01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:39,080
right there at the pump. 
But then you can follow up and 

1181
01:17:39,080 --> 01:17:41,440
say, listen, come to Anchor 
Faith Church. 

1182
01:17:41,440 --> 01:17:43,440
We'll do you good on your 
spiritual journey. 

1183
01:17:44,360 --> 01:17:49,080
I'll meet you in the parking lot
at 9:30 AM whatever. 

1184
01:17:50,440 --> 01:17:52,920
But I want to leave you with 
that tonight because I believe 

1185
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:56,720
that God is building his your 
life and the life of his church.

1186
01:17:57,360 --> 01:17:59,440
But there is a lost and a dying 
world out there. 

1187
01:17:59,440 --> 01:18:03,280
We need to be mindful as we go 
through our day-to-day duties 

1188
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:06,280
and responsibilities that God is
going to connect us with people 

1189
01:18:06,280 --> 01:18:13,000
because we are called to ignite 
this city, impact this nation, 

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01:18:13,480 --> 01:18:14,440
and influence the world.