1 00:00:30,499 --> 00:00:33,291 2007 is when I first met him. 2 00:00:33,315 --> 00:00:37,115 We first met each other and he was here. 3 00:00:37,187 --> 00:00:39,659 He preached for us the Wednesday night that I had Lasik 4 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:40,559 surgery. 5 00:00:42,339 --> 00:00:44,599 2007, that's a long time ago. 6 00:00:46,419 --> 00:00:47,339 Amen. 7 00:00:47,499 --> 00:00:49,719 We remember good things, don't we? 8 00:00:50,579 --> 00:00:51,323 What a joy. 9 00:00:51,371 --> 00:00:53,759 That song was a blessing. 10 00:00:54,899 --> 00:00:58,401 Especially because what I'm going to tell you right now, now, 11 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:03,549 don't forget to read your Bible and pray every day. 12 00:01:04,729 --> 00:01:06,669 How many days are there in the year? 13 00:01:07,929 --> 00:01:13,201 Think about this meeting with the Lord 365 times, not counting 14 00:01:13,265 --> 00:01:15,265 the time you spend in church. 15 00:01:15,457 --> 00:01:18,657 And if you go to all those services that the church has, that's 16 00:01:18,673 --> 00:01:23,549 another 208 times that you'll be in God's house. 17 00:01:25,219 --> 00:01:26,107 Amen. 18 00:01:26,283 --> 00:01:27,239 I'm a. 19 00:01:27,779 --> 00:01:30,279 I'm one of those five. 20 00:01:32,419 --> 00:01:33,999 Five to thrive. 21 00:01:35,619 --> 00:01:37,019 How many of you could remember this? 22 00:01:37,059 --> 00:01:39,435 Now this is a deep theological truth. 23 00:01:39,547 --> 00:01:41,959 I don't hope you can remember this. 24 00:01:44,979 --> 00:01:55,869 Sunday school morning worship, Sunday night, Wednesday night, and 25 00:01:55,909 --> 00:01:58,209 soul winning visitation. 26 00:01:59,029 --> 00:02:03,389 If you did those five things, your Christian life would be thriving. 27 00:02:03,469 --> 00:02:05,049 And then we add six. 28 00:02:05,829 --> 00:02:08,569 I want you to get a copy of this. 29 00:02:09,189 --> 00:02:11,037 It's on the back table there. 30 00:02:11,093 --> 00:02:15,783 And I am encouraging you to sign up to, to say I will commit 31 00:02:15,831 --> 00:02:20,471 to pray an hour and read the word of God every day. 32 00:02:20,655 --> 00:02:25,223 Now, one gentleman here, I won't give you his initials, but 33 00:02:25,231 --> 00:02:27,271 he said, I'm already doing that. 34 00:02:27,455 --> 00:02:29,895 How many of you are already doing that? 35 00:02:29,967 --> 00:02:31,699 Do we dare raise our hand? 36 00:02:31,999 --> 00:02:32,695 Good. 37 00:02:32,847 --> 00:02:33,539 Good. 38 00:02:33,999 --> 00:02:39,719 And what I'm asking the Lord to do is give me 1,000 people that 39 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:42,569 do this every day. 40 00:02:42,869 --> 00:02:45,981 And I would like all of you to try to get people to do it as well. 41 00:02:46,005 --> 00:02:50,781 But this is just expressing the love of God and the commandments 42 00:02:50,845 --> 00:02:51,629 that he gives us. 43 00:02:51,669 --> 00:02:53,405 There's 52 of these here. 44 00:02:53,557 --> 00:02:57,309 And then when you get down toward the end, there's rewards for 45 00:02:57,349 --> 00:02:58,765 keeping Christ's commands. 46 00:02:58,797 --> 00:03:00,209 Listen to these rewards. 47 00:03:00,629 --> 00:03:02,877 God will reveal himself to us. 48 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:04,477 He will dwell with us. 49 00:03:04,613 --> 00:03:07,511 He will receive, we will receive God's love. 50 00:03:07,615 --> 00:03:10,007 We will know we love God. 51 00:03:10,183 --> 00:03:13,699 Some people like God, but they don't love Him. 52 00:03:14,799 --> 00:03:15,815 Isn't that true? 53 00:03:15,927 --> 00:03:17,179 There is a difference. 54 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:20,711 And then Christ will be our friend. 55 00:03:20,895 --> 00:03:23,019 Our prayers will get answered. 56 00:03:23,439 --> 00:03:26,659 We will be disciples for loving others. 57 00:03:27,119 --> 00:03:29,099 We will have true joy. 58 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,659 We will be purified. 59 00:03:32,969 --> 00:03:35,789 That will help us in this wicked world, won't it? 60 00:03:36,169 --> 00:03:37,681 And then we will have peace. 61 00:03:37,745 --> 00:03:42,989 And I want all of you to pray that God would send revival to you 62 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:45,989 in your lifetime. 63 00:03:46,649 --> 00:03:51,189 Everyone needs to experience a true revival. 64 00:03:52,009 --> 00:03:54,513 And I'm not going to talk about that this evening, but I want 65 00:03:54,521 --> 00:04:01,139 to tell you, once you've seen it, you'll want it again. 66 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:05,659 I believe that God wants to send revival. 67 00:04:06,639 --> 00:04:10,183 I had even a preacher one time tell me, well, there'll never be 68 00:04:10,191 --> 00:04:11,899 a revival in America. 69 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:14,699 And I wanted to say to him, are you God? 70 00:04:16,159 --> 00:04:18,951 I don't think we have a right to say things that only belong to 71 00:04:18,975 --> 00:04:19,579 God. 72 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:22,295 I'd like to see God send revival. 73 00:04:22,487 --> 00:04:23,479 And where does it start? 74 00:04:23,519 --> 00:04:25,299 It starts right in your heart. 75 00:04:25,819 --> 00:04:27,479 You can have a revival. 76 00:04:27,979 --> 00:04:34,115 This church can experience revival and this community, Hazlett 77 00:04:34,147 --> 00:04:35,875 can experience revival. 78 00:04:36,067 --> 00:04:37,363 And on and on it goes. 79 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:38,179 We love it. 80 00:04:38,299 --> 00:04:40,931 Take your Bibles, would you quickly, and go to the book of Luke, 81 00:04:40,995 --> 00:04:41,955 chapter six. 82 00:04:42,027 --> 00:04:43,839 We're going to begin at verse 30. 83 00:04:45,179 --> 00:04:46,435 Luke, chapter six. 84 00:04:46,507 --> 00:04:48,239 Beginning at verse 30. 85 00:04:50,059 --> 00:04:54,461 The Bible tells us, give to every man that asketh of thee. 86 00:04:54,635 --> 00:04:56,537 Boy, that's quite a statement, isn't it? 87 00:04:56,673 --> 00:04:58,297 This is Jesus speaking. 88 00:04:58,473 --> 00:05:04,249 Give to every man that asketh of thee and to him that taketh away 89 00:05:04,369 --> 00:05:06,029 thy goods. 90 00:05:07,009 --> 00:05:08,549 What should we do with them? 91 00:05:09,249 --> 00:05:10,709 Ask them not again. 92 00:05:12,049 --> 00:05:19,529 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them 93 00:05:19,569 --> 00:05:20,429 likewise. 94 00:05:21,239 --> 00:05:30,179 For if ye love them which love you, what thanks have ye? 95 00:05:30,599 --> 00:05:33,459 And then he makes a statement that is so powerful. 96 00:05:34,119 --> 00:05:36,879 You know, sometimes we gloat about things that we do. 97 00:05:36,919 --> 00:05:40,767 But it says right here, for sinners lost people also love those 98 00:05:40,823 --> 00:05:41,983 that love them. 99 00:05:42,151 --> 00:05:43,299 Isn't that true? 100 00:05:43,719 --> 00:05:48,901 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thanks 101 00:05:48,965 --> 00:05:54,529 have ye for sinners also do even the same. 102 00:05:55,389 --> 00:05:59,861 And if ye lend, you ever lend something to somebody and you never 103 00:05:59,885 --> 00:06:00,769 got it back. 104 00:06:01,389 --> 00:06:07,077 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, you lend it, 105 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:08,405 hoping to get it back. 106 00:06:08,557 --> 00:06:12,789 What thanks have ye for sinners lost people also lend to 107 00:06:12,829 --> 00:06:15,009 sinners to receive as much again. 108 00:06:15,889 --> 00:06:18,909 But love ye your enemies. 109 00:06:19,409 --> 00:06:20,189 Wow. 110 00:06:21,169 --> 00:06:26,229 And do good and lend hoping for what? 111 00:06:27,009 --> 00:06:28,149 Nothing again. 112 00:06:29,329 --> 00:06:32,149 And your reward shall be what? 113 00:06:32,929 --> 00:06:33,669 Great. 114 00:06:34,449 --> 00:06:35,721 It'll be great. 115 00:06:35,905 --> 00:06:39,549 And ye shall be the children of the highest. 116 00:06:39,889 --> 00:06:45,859 For he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 117 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:51,539 Be ye therefore merciful, as your father also is merciful. 118 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,455 Here to go. 119 00:06:53,607 --> 00:06:57,263 Here's the two words that are big, big time. 120 00:06:57,351 --> 00:06:59,743 Judge what not. 121 00:06:59,831 --> 00:07:02,111 We are a critical generation. 122 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:02,767 How many? 123 00:07:02,823 --> 00:07:04,059 Figure that one out. 124 00:07:05,239 --> 00:07:07,503 And it's among the lost. 125 00:07:07,591 --> 00:07:09,219 It's even among the saved. 126 00:07:09,969 --> 00:07:15,749 It's even among the family being critical toward each other. 127 00:07:16,609 --> 00:07:17,909 It's not good. 128 00:07:19,009 --> 00:07:20,009 Stop judging. 129 00:07:20,089 --> 00:07:21,193 Pray for people. 130 00:07:21,361 --> 00:07:22,189 Amen. 131 00:07:22,529 --> 00:07:24,441 And ye shall not be judged. 132 00:07:24,505 --> 00:07:28,269 So if you judge not, you're not going to be judged. 133 00:07:29,409 --> 00:07:36,931 Condemn not, and ye shall not be Condemned forgive, and ye shall 134 00:07:36,995 --> 00:07:39,239 be forgiven. 135 00:07:39,979 --> 00:07:42,799 There's some strong statements there, aren't there? 136 00:07:43,579 --> 00:07:46,559 This is all, all important. 137 00:07:47,499 --> 00:07:49,459 It's all important to every one of us. 138 00:07:49,499 --> 00:07:50,915 These things I've just read. 139 00:07:51,067 --> 00:07:53,587 But now here comes the real interesting one. 140 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:55,539 You could all quote this, probably. 141 00:07:55,699 --> 00:08:01,645 Give, and it shall be given unto you good measure, pressed down, 142 00:08:01,797 --> 00:08:06,733 shaken together and running over shall men give unto your bosom. 143 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:14,509 For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured 144 00:08:14,589 --> 00:08:16,809 to you again. 145 00:08:17,109 --> 00:08:20,809 Our Heavenly Father, we ask you to help us to understand these 146 00:08:21,749 --> 00:08:23,569 thoughts on stewardship. 147 00:08:24,309 --> 00:08:29,569 May we realize that our lives are not about us, but about Thee. 148 00:08:30,309 --> 00:08:33,129 And for others, Lord, may we give. 149 00:08:34,389 --> 00:08:38,649 May we care about others like we would like to be cared for. 150 00:08:40,389 --> 00:08:44,077 Do a mighty work, we pray in our hearts and our lives in Jesus 151 00:08:44,173 --> 00:08:44,809 name. 152 00:08:45,429 --> 00:08:46,369 Amen. 153 00:08:47,029 --> 00:08:48,653 Giving is so important. 154 00:08:48,741 --> 00:08:49,741 Giving is generous. 155 00:08:49,805 --> 00:08:50,729 Verse 30. 156 00:08:52,149 --> 00:08:57,559 Giving them as you would have, that men would give to you. 157 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,391 Verse 31, verse 32. 158 00:09:00,495 --> 00:09:02,979 Sinners love those that love them. 159 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:04,503 33. 160 00:09:04,591 --> 00:09:07,619 Sinners do good to those that do good. 161 00:09:08,719 --> 00:09:09,639 34. 162 00:09:09,759 --> 00:09:13,619 Sinners lend to sinners to receive as much again. 163 00:09:15,759 --> 00:09:18,979 So we can't take a lot of credit for what we do. 164 00:09:20,969 --> 00:09:24,897 It is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good 165 00:09:24,953 --> 00:09:25,749 pleasure. 166 00:09:26,569 --> 00:09:28,429 We're not trying to see how many. 167 00:09:29,449 --> 00:09:30,177 I did this. 168 00:09:30,233 --> 00:09:30,945 I did that. 169 00:09:31,017 --> 00:09:32,017 Look what I did. 170 00:09:32,073 --> 00:09:33,089 No, it's not about you. 171 00:09:33,129 --> 00:09:36,257 It's about God causing you to do it. 172 00:09:36,393 --> 00:09:38,113 And you're not going to want to get the praise. 173 00:09:38,161 --> 00:09:41,297 It's like the fellow that he went to this big. 174 00:09:41,433 --> 00:09:44,955 Have you ever been to Shady Maple in Lancaster, Pennsylvania? 175 00:09:45,097 --> 00:09:46,151 It's one of the biggest. 176 00:09:46,215 --> 00:09:46,599 All right. 177 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:51,335 And I went there with a preacher, an evangelist preacher. 178 00:09:51,527 --> 00:09:57,479 And boy, he came and he had this great big plate of salad and 179 00:09:57,599 --> 00:09:58,499 all this. 180 00:09:59,039 --> 00:10:02,139 I said, wow, he's behaving himself. 181 00:10:02,959 --> 00:10:04,951 And then he ate all that up. 182 00:10:04,975 --> 00:10:10,459 And then he went back and he got two plates, Seriously, two plates, 183 00:10:10,809 --> 00:10:15,009 literally filled with fried food and all the good stuff, you 184 00:10:15,049 --> 00:10:15,629 know? 185 00:10:16,649 --> 00:10:19,969 And he comes walking back to the table, and I went, whoa. 186 00:10:20,049 --> 00:10:23,569 I didn't say it out loud, but I went, whoa, I can't believe this. 187 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:28,161 He said, brother, this is when you don't let your left hand know 188 00:10:28,185 --> 00:10:29,949 what your right hands are doing. 189 00:10:31,929 --> 00:10:33,549 He's with the Lord now. 190 00:10:35,209 --> 00:10:37,533 I think he went early, you know what I'm saying? 191 00:10:37,721 --> 00:10:42,421 Anyway, you don't let your left hand know what your right hand 192 00:10:42,525 --> 00:10:46,729 is doing, because whenever God speaks to you, you respond. 193 00:10:47,229 --> 00:10:51,221 I was preaching in Brother Heath Hogue's church, and I had this 194 00:10:51,245 --> 00:10:53,525 teenager come up to me and shake my hand. 195 00:10:53,677 --> 00:10:56,805 And I noticed that she was giving me some money. 196 00:10:56,877 --> 00:10:57,477 It was money. 197 00:10:57,533 --> 00:10:59,877 I was like, you don't have to do that. 198 00:11:00,013 --> 00:11:01,877 Oh, no, I get to do it. 199 00:11:01,933 --> 00:11:02,907 She said. 200 00:11:03,093 --> 00:11:06,255 And when I got out in the car, it was $50. 201 00:11:06,447 --> 00:11:07,951 No kid has 50. 202 00:11:08,055 --> 00:11:10,099 Do any of you kids have $50? 203 00:11:10,439 --> 00:11:11,695 More like 500. 204 00:11:11,767 --> 00:11:12,379 Right. 205 00:11:13,079 --> 00:11:16,859 And I was like, wow, what made her do that? 206 00:11:17,959 --> 00:11:20,499 She wanted to give a blessing. 207 00:11:20,999 --> 00:11:22,607 And guess what happens? 208 00:11:22,783 --> 00:11:25,935 I was there just last week, week or week before. 209 00:11:26,087 --> 00:11:27,039 And I went up to her. 210 00:11:27,079 --> 00:11:29,099 Now she's married and has two children. 211 00:11:30,009 --> 00:11:32,449 And I said, do you remember me giving me money? 212 00:11:32,569 --> 00:11:34,305 She goes, sure, I remember that. 213 00:11:34,457 --> 00:11:37,469 I said, you don't know what a blessing that was to me. 214 00:11:38,249 --> 00:11:39,617 And I didn't tell her this. 215 00:11:39,753 --> 00:11:45,505 It wasn't so much the money as it was the thought that she cared 216 00:11:45,537 --> 00:11:46,749 about me. 217 00:11:47,209 --> 00:11:51,681 And, you know, people that are like that, they don't want it to 218 00:11:51,705 --> 00:11:52,305 be known. 219 00:11:52,377 --> 00:11:54,925 They just want to do it to glorify God. 220 00:11:55,057 --> 00:11:57,809 They're not seeking their reward down here. 221 00:11:58,909 --> 00:12:01,669 Now, I'll give you a million dollars if you'll put my name up 222 00:12:01,709 --> 00:12:02,741 on that building. 223 00:12:02,925 --> 00:12:04,645 You understand what I'm saying? 224 00:12:04,797 --> 00:12:05,061 No. 225 00:12:05,085 --> 00:12:07,349 It's something that we do for God's glory. 226 00:12:07,429 --> 00:12:09,289 To God be the glory. 227 00:12:09,789 --> 00:12:13,173 Great things he has done through who? 228 00:12:13,261 --> 00:12:16,325 Through us, as we yield ourselves to the Lord. 229 00:12:16,357 --> 00:12:22,089 Now, I want to take you into the Bible with some real life illustrations. 230 00:12:22,589 --> 00:12:27,649 And I must say to you that I want to repeat it again. 231 00:12:28,029 --> 00:12:33,249 David Green, who is the owner of Hobby Lobby, made this statement, 232 00:12:33,709 --> 00:12:37,089 give it all away and God will give it all back. 233 00:12:38,029 --> 00:12:43,397 And that statement, I believe, is so powerful because we understand 234 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:46,689 something, that God is the one that fills up us. 235 00:12:47,319 --> 00:12:53,339 And when we empty out in our giving, he keeps filling us. 236 00:12:54,119 --> 00:12:57,259 And it's a miraculous thing. 237 00:12:57,879 --> 00:13:00,591 And I mean, I've heard Christians, and I've done it myself, 238 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:02,559 complained, oh, man, I'm struggling. 239 00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:05,167 And you know, we're going through difficult times. 240 00:13:05,223 --> 00:13:08,623 Some of those reasons that comes to us is to get us to understand 241 00:13:08,711 --> 00:13:10,939 what we're not doing right. 242 00:13:12,119 --> 00:13:14,575 And it's important for us to take a look in the word of God. 243 00:13:14,607 --> 00:13:16,447 Go with me to the book of Mark, chapter 12. 244 00:13:16,503 --> 00:13:17,139 Quickly. 245 00:13:17,279 --> 00:13:18,267 Mark, chapter 12. 246 00:13:18,323 --> 00:13:20,879 This is the story of the poor Widow. 247 00:13:21,859 --> 00:13:23,883 Mark, chapter 12. 248 00:13:24,051 --> 00:13:25,719 I want you to see this. 249 00:13:26,819 --> 00:13:28,851 Look with me at verse 41. 250 00:13:29,059 --> 00:13:31,771 12 and verse 41. 251 00:13:31,955 --> 00:13:35,131 And Jesus sat over against the treasury. 252 00:13:35,275 --> 00:13:37,319 Now, this is pretty interesting to me. 253 00:13:38,259 --> 00:13:41,051 I really get a kick out of this little story here. 254 00:13:41,235 --> 00:13:43,931 Jesus sat over against the treasury. 255 00:13:43,995 --> 00:13:46,599 So where the people were coming to give their Money. 256 00:13:46,989 --> 00:13:51,089 Jesus is standing there watching people give. 257 00:13:52,909 --> 00:13:58,213 Now, what would you do if Jesus showed up and was standing 258 00:13:58,261 --> 00:14:00,169 there looking at what you gave? 259 00:14:01,149 --> 00:14:02,997 That'd be an interesting thought. 260 00:14:03,053 --> 00:14:05,089 Well, it's happening right here. 261 00:14:05,389 --> 00:14:05,749 Now. 262 00:14:05,789 --> 00:14:06,609 Watch this. 263 00:14:07,549 --> 00:14:15,529 It says here he beheld how the people cast money into the treasury, 264 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:20,899 and many that were rich cast in much. 265 00:14:21,599 --> 00:14:27,339 And there came a poor, certain, poor widow, and she threw 266 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:32,459 in two mites which made a farthing. 267 00:14:33,439 --> 00:14:36,779 And he called unto him his disciples. 268 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:40,659 Andrew, Peter, come here. 269 00:14:41,689 --> 00:14:43,057 They come a gathering around. 270 00:14:43,113 --> 00:14:48,817 And he saith unto them, verily I say unto you that this poor widow 271 00:14:48,993 --> 00:14:55,029 hath cast more in than all they that have cast into the treasury. 272 00:14:55,769 --> 00:15:00,189 For all they did cast in of their what? 273 00:15:01,209 --> 00:15:02,417 Abundance. 274 00:15:02,593 --> 00:15:05,909 Sometimes it's easy to give when you have abundance. 275 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:10,971 But she of her want what she needed. 276 00:15:11,035 --> 00:15:18,843 Those two mites she needed, but she of her want did cast in all 277 00:15:19,011 --> 00:15:22,719 that she had, even all her living. 278 00:15:23,379 --> 00:15:24,159 Wow. 279 00:15:25,619 --> 00:15:29,915 Now, just suppose we were to ask her after she leaves casting 280 00:15:29,947 --> 00:15:32,759 in those two mites and you know, she has nothing more. 281 00:15:34,209 --> 00:15:36,681 We were to go up there and interview here, sort of. 282 00:15:36,705 --> 00:15:40,473 You know, I'm just giving you a scenario here, ma'am. 283 00:15:40,601 --> 00:15:43,109 Why did you give all that you had? 284 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:47,189 I don't believe that God would demand that of you. 285 00:15:48,209 --> 00:15:51,001 Probably he gave you those two mites so that you could take care 286 00:15:51,025 --> 00:15:53,549 of your needs and now you have nothing. 287 00:15:56,529 --> 00:15:59,829 We would almost criticize her for doing something like that. 288 00:16:01,229 --> 00:16:04,609 Maybe even reach in our pocket and try to give her something. 289 00:16:08,749 --> 00:16:15,541 I can just see her saying, it's all the Lord's anyway, and I've 290 00:16:15,605 --> 00:16:18,449 never given but what God always gave back. 291 00:16:20,029 --> 00:16:23,365 Give all that you have and God will give it all back. 292 00:16:23,517 --> 00:16:30,549 When you come to trust God with your finances, it is very exciting 293 00:16:31,049 --> 00:16:35,185 because you begin to see God do more for you than he was doing 294 00:16:35,257 --> 00:16:37,149 before you even gave it a thought. 295 00:16:37,529 --> 00:16:42,549 I think God really wants us to be good stewards in our giving. 296 00:16:44,089 --> 00:16:45,109 Our giving. 297 00:16:45,689 --> 00:16:47,825 There's no doubt somebody could say, well, you know, Pastor, 298 00:16:47,857 --> 00:16:50,529 this is going to cost a lot of money with the work over here. 299 00:16:50,569 --> 00:16:52,369 And if I had it, I'd give it. 300 00:16:52,409 --> 00:16:56,513 It was like my mechanic said to me, if I ever win the lottery, 301 00:16:56,561 --> 00:17:00,609 I'm going to give you three V for your church. 302 00:17:00,949 --> 00:17:04,541 And I thought, wow, he's only working on one right now. 303 00:17:04,725 --> 00:17:06,781 He could be making money on all three. 304 00:17:06,885 --> 00:17:09,277 Is there an ulterior motive there? 305 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:16,525 Maybe What I'm saying to you is we often look at it, well, I'll 306 00:17:16,557 --> 00:17:17,517 do this for you. 307 00:17:17,573 --> 00:17:18,169 If. 308 00:17:19,269 --> 00:17:19,981 No, no, no. 309 00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:22,569 There's no if ands or buts about it? 310 00:17:22,869 --> 00:17:25,051 We give because we love. 311 00:17:25,245 --> 00:17:30,687 We give because he first loved us. 312 00:17:30,743 --> 00:17:34,255 Then the second real life illustration is found in Luke chapter 313 00:17:34,287 --> 00:17:34,527 12. 314 00:17:34,583 --> 00:17:35,599 Would you turn there? 315 00:17:35,719 --> 00:17:37,179 Luke chapter 12. 316 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:39,819 This one is the rich man. 317 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,979 Luke chapter 12. 318 00:17:43,799 --> 00:17:45,819 It begins in verse 19. 319 00:17:54,208 --> 00:17:57,608 Let's begin there in verse 16. 320 00:17:57,728 --> 00:17:59,448 And he spake a parable. 321 00:17:59,528 --> 00:18:03,144 Jesus spake a parable unto them, saying, the ground of a certain 322 00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:06,188 rich man brought forth plentifully. 323 00:18:08,208 --> 00:18:09,508 Who did that? 324 00:18:10,368 --> 00:18:11,800 Did God do that? 325 00:18:11,984 --> 00:18:14,792 The Bible says the rain falleth upon the just and on the 326 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:15,240 unjust. 327 00:18:15,304 --> 00:18:20,312 So God really, technically was involved in him reaping a plentiful 328 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,140 harvest. 329 00:18:21,304 --> 00:18:23,293 And he thought within himself saying. 330 00:18:23,381 --> 00:18:26,409 Now watch the personal pronouns here. 331 00:18:27,269 --> 00:18:32,969 He thought within himself saying, what shall say it? 332 00:18:33,349 --> 00:18:35,449 What shall I do? 333 00:18:36,229 --> 00:18:42,829 Because I have no room where to bestow all of his goods or my 334 00:18:42,869 --> 00:18:46,609 goods, my goods, my fruits. 335 00:18:46,909 --> 00:18:49,413 He said, this will I do. 336 00:18:49,581 --> 00:18:57,609 I will pull down my barns, not God's barns, and build greater. 337 00:18:57,949 --> 00:19:03,717 And there will I bestow all of my fruits and my goods. 338 00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:11,461 And I will say to my soul, soul, thou hast much goods laid up 339 00:19:11,485 --> 00:19:12,469 for many years. 340 00:19:12,589 --> 00:19:17,749 Take thine ease, eat and drink and be merry. 341 00:19:19,849 --> 00:19:21,309 Let's stop right there. 342 00:19:22,729 --> 00:19:28,609 What would the average Christian at Heritage Baptist Church 343 00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:30,749 say to a person like that? 344 00:19:31,209 --> 00:19:40,817 Say, wow, boy, you really work hard, and you've been blessed plentifully. 345 00:19:40,993 --> 00:19:44,497 And isn't it great that you're going to be able to just now just 346 00:19:44,553 --> 00:19:50,689 kind of lay back and take it easy and eat and drink and be merry? 347 00:19:50,769 --> 00:19:53,829 Boy, I hope that I can do that someday. 348 00:19:55,129 --> 00:19:57,709 Well, let's take a look and see what Jesus said right there. 349 00:20:02,249 --> 00:20:04,509 Let's look and see what Jesus says. 350 00:20:09,939 --> 00:20:10,907 Look at verse 19. 351 00:20:10,963 --> 00:20:13,131 I will say to my, okay, verse 20. 352 00:20:13,235 --> 00:20:17,639 But God said unto him, thou what? 353 00:20:18,899 --> 00:20:19,999 Thou fool. 354 00:20:21,059 --> 00:20:22,319 What is a fool? 355 00:20:24,179 --> 00:20:29,159 A fool hath said in his heart that there is no what? 356 00:20:29,699 --> 00:20:30,479 God. 357 00:20:31,139 --> 00:20:33,047 That's a godless person. 358 00:20:33,103 --> 00:20:34,379 That's foolish. 359 00:20:35,679 --> 00:20:39,379 So really what they were thinking was, look what I have done. 360 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:45,191 It shouldn't have been I and mine and me. 361 00:20:45,295 --> 00:20:46,819 It should have been the. 362 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,219 Look how God has blessed me with a great harvest. 363 00:20:52,639 --> 00:20:56,567 It couldn't have happened had God not provided the rain and the 364 00:20:56,623 --> 00:20:57,579 sunshine. 365 00:20:58,329 --> 00:21:03,841 Boy, the Lord set me up for victory, and to him be all the glory 366 00:21:03,905 --> 00:21:04,749 for it. 367 00:21:05,769 --> 00:21:09,349 But no, it was all about himself. 368 00:21:11,289 --> 00:21:13,953 It's like the rich young ruler that came to the Lord Jesus. 369 00:21:14,001 --> 00:21:15,069 You remember that. 370 00:21:16,009 --> 00:21:20,989 What shall I do to inherit eternal life? 371 00:21:22,249 --> 00:21:24,109 What do I need to do? 372 00:21:24,719 --> 00:21:26,615 I'm a man of vision, boy. 373 00:21:26,647 --> 00:21:27,927 I like to get things done. 374 00:21:27,983 --> 00:21:29,383 What do I need to do. 375 00:21:29,471 --> 00:21:33,271 He was hoping that maybe the Lord would tell him exactly what 376 00:21:33,295 --> 00:21:34,551 he wanted to hear. 377 00:21:34,735 --> 00:21:37,419 But Jesus did the opposite. 378 00:21:37,759 --> 00:21:44,459 Take all your goods, give them away and follow me, huh? 379 00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:47,699 I don't think so. 380 00:21:49,929 --> 00:21:55,509 Would you be willing to give up everything you have for God? 381 00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:59,409 I was talking with a new missionary. 382 00:21:59,489 --> 00:22:02,749 Going to the Netherlands is where the Knickerbockers are from. 383 00:22:04,889 --> 00:22:08,033 And he came to a church where I was preaching a missions conference. 384 00:22:08,081 --> 00:22:10,189 He was one of the guest missionaries there. 385 00:22:10,809 --> 00:22:15,761 He said, dan, I graduated from Crown College, I went back home and 386 00:22:15,785 --> 00:22:16,989 I started a business. 387 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:20,979 And he said, I've made a lot of money. 388 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:29,339 And I went to visit our family that are missionaries in England. 389 00:22:29,919 --> 00:22:34,647 And they took me to the Netherlands because there was a group 390 00:22:34,703 --> 00:22:41,815 of people, 200 people that called the Crown College in England 391 00:22:42,007 --> 00:22:45,099 and asked if they could send them a preacher. 392 00:22:47,349 --> 00:22:49,649 They were ready to start a church. 393 00:22:51,109 --> 00:22:53,309 And so they went over there and checked it out. 394 00:22:53,349 --> 00:22:58,189 Well, this businessman that's made good money, got a tremendous 395 00:22:58,269 --> 00:22:58,797 business. 396 00:22:58,933 --> 00:23:02,749 Him and his wife, they're really, at their age, they were independently 397 00:23:02,829 --> 00:23:03,729 wealthy. 398 00:23:05,909 --> 00:23:08,889 They went over to just see what's going on over there. 399 00:23:09,189 --> 00:23:12,701 They went and looked and they saw the 200 people and man, there 400 00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:15,817 was a, the power of God was all over that place. 401 00:23:15,873 --> 00:23:20,109 These people were hungry for God and they need a preacher. 402 00:23:21,569 --> 00:23:26,569 And so they went back home, just back to their great life, beautiful 403 00:23:26,649 --> 00:23:31,657 home, all the toys, everything you could ever want, they've had, 404 00:23:31,713 --> 00:23:32,709 they've got it. 405 00:23:35,169 --> 00:23:39,433 And he got to work one day and said, man, I wonder if they're going 406 00:23:39,441 --> 00:23:41,109 to get a preacher yet over there. 407 00:23:42,539 --> 00:23:44,275 Then she started talking about it. 408 00:23:44,347 --> 00:23:47,079 Boy, watch out when the wife starts talking. 409 00:23:47,579 --> 00:23:48,291 Woo hoo. 410 00:23:48,355 --> 00:23:51,039 The holy Spirit of God is moving right there. 411 00:23:51,899 --> 00:23:55,779 And they said, let's pray for them over there. 412 00:23:55,819 --> 00:23:59,731 And before long they were like, I think God wants us to shut 413 00:23:59,795 --> 00:24:05,187 down our business and go on deputation and go over there and 414 00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:07,511 pastor that group of people, people. 415 00:24:07,695 --> 00:24:10,179 And he's almost ready to go over there. 416 00:24:11,199 --> 00:24:12,567 Is that amazing or what? 417 00:24:12,623 --> 00:24:15,059 You say, what a wasted life. 418 00:24:15,679 --> 00:24:16,659 Oh really? 419 00:24:17,599 --> 00:24:20,339 I could talk to you about a wasted life. 420 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:25,079 I could tell you story after story of people that have lived their 421 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,059 life like that man right there. 422 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:32,539 And I want to tell you, it's so sad. 423 00:24:33,399 --> 00:24:36,911 I was talking with a pastor just the other day and he said, you 424 00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:39,951 know Dan, I used to have a thriving business. 425 00:24:40,135 --> 00:24:41,699 I built houses. 426 00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:45,439 And I said, do you wish to go back to that? 427 00:24:45,479 --> 00:24:51,215 And he said, you know, I have no desire because the ministry is 428 00:24:51,287 --> 00:24:53,299 so much more rewarding. 429 00:24:54,759 --> 00:24:58,889 And I'm not saying Any of you that are in secular work ought not 430 00:24:58,929 --> 00:24:59,449 to be there. 431 00:24:59,489 --> 00:25:04,137 I'm simply saying to you that God wants to use you in his great 432 00:25:04,193 --> 00:25:04,789 work. 433 00:25:06,609 --> 00:25:11,389 He's counting on you to make a difference. 434 00:25:12,049 --> 00:25:14,521 Many hands makes light work. 435 00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:15,449 Amen. 436 00:25:15,609 --> 00:25:20,137 And when everybody gets involved and there's a unity among 437 00:25:20,193 --> 00:25:25,091 us, you can't stop what God is doing. 438 00:25:25,275 --> 00:25:30,399 You would never want to stop what God is doing. 439 00:25:30,699 --> 00:25:37,539 And so we see here a rich man, but God called him a fool. 440 00:25:37,699 --> 00:25:40,851 Then I want to give you one more real life story, and that is 441 00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:41,939 Luke Chapter 19. 442 00:25:42,059 --> 00:25:43,439 Luke Chapter 19. 443 00:25:43,899 --> 00:25:50,119 This is the Chief Publican, Luke Chapter 19 tells us about Zacchaeus. 444 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:54,579 Now, he was a wee little man, and a little wee man was he. 445 00:25:54,959 --> 00:25:57,415 He climbed up into a sycamore tree for the Lord. 446 00:25:57,527 --> 00:25:58,819 He wanted to see. 447 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:04,311 But as the Savior passed that way, you sung the song before. 448 00:26:04,495 --> 00:26:08,871 He looked up in the tree and said, zacchaeus, I'm going to your 449 00:26:08,895 --> 00:26:09,415 house today. 450 00:26:09,487 --> 00:26:11,303 He probably almost fell out of that tree. 451 00:26:11,351 --> 00:26:11,975 Amen. 452 00:26:12,087 --> 00:26:13,351 What now? 453 00:26:13,375 --> 00:26:14,039 I want to tell you something. 454 00:26:14,079 --> 00:26:18,231 He was hated because he was a gentile, but he was working for the 455 00:26:18,255 --> 00:26:21,057 Roman government and he was stealing money. 456 00:26:21,113 --> 00:26:25,697 When he'd say, okay, your taxes are $100, they were really 457 00:26:25,753 --> 00:26:27,537 only $50. 458 00:26:27,713 --> 00:26:31,297 And he just cleaned out $50 out of your account for himself. 459 00:26:31,393 --> 00:26:35,249 And no doubt he had a nice beautiful place and everything was 460 00:26:35,289 --> 00:26:36,589 just going great. 461 00:26:36,889 --> 00:26:39,825 And everybody started looking. 462 00:26:39,897 --> 00:26:41,505 Oh, you got to see what they say. 463 00:26:41,577 --> 00:26:42,993 It's pretty, pretty interesting. 464 00:26:43,041 --> 00:26:43,889 Watch this with me. 465 00:26:43,929 --> 00:26:49,115 Now, when he sought to see Jesus, he's up in the sycamore tree, 466 00:26:49,147 --> 00:26:49,803 verse 4. 467 00:26:49,891 --> 00:26:53,679 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw Zacchaeus. 468 00:26:54,019 --> 00:26:57,515 He said, zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must abide 469 00:26:57,547 --> 00:26:58,283 at thy house. 470 00:26:58,371 --> 00:27:01,435 And he made haste and came down and received him joyfully. 471 00:27:01,547 --> 00:27:03,387 I'm sure that a lot of people were looking around. 472 00:27:03,443 --> 00:27:04,747 Oh, it tells us this right here. 473 00:27:04,803 --> 00:27:11,211 And when they, the multitude of people saw it, they all murmured, 474 00:27:11,355 --> 00:27:18,659 saying that he was gone to be a guest with a man that's a sinner. 475 00:27:19,239 --> 00:27:22,831 How dare Jesus go to his house. 476 00:27:23,015 --> 00:27:28,031 He's a stinking thief, we know he is. 477 00:27:28,215 --> 00:27:30,499 You can't trust those publicans. 478 00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:36,239 Now they're mad at the Lord. 479 00:27:36,399 --> 00:27:38,259 How many ever gotten mad at God? 480 00:27:39,149 --> 00:27:40,449 None of you, right? 481 00:27:41,469 --> 00:27:43,477 Sometimes God allows things to happen. 482 00:27:43,533 --> 00:27:44,769 You go, what? 483 00:27:46,829 --> 00:27:49,125 You can't understand it. 484 00:27:49,277 --> 00:27:50,757 These people couldn't understand it. 485 00:27:50,813 --> 00:27:52,053 And so they're murmuring. 486 00:27:52,181 --> 00:27:53,829 So there Jesus goes into their house. 487 00:27:53,869 --> 00:27:54,645 Let's see what happens. 488 00:27:54,677 --> 00:27:56,741 As soon as he gets in there, you know, I want to Tell you one 489 00:27:56,765 --> 00:27:57,637 thing about the Lord. 490 00:27:57,733 --> 00:28:01,381 When you get in his presence, you're going to find out real quick 491 00:28:01,565 --> 00:28:02,917 what he wants. 492 00:28:03,093 --> 00:28:04,929 And notice what it says here. 493 00:28:09,489 --> 00:28:10,249 Verse 9. 494 00:28:10,289 --> 00:28:13,577 And Jesus said unto him this day, oh, let's go to verse eight. 495 00:28:13,713 --> 00:28:15,113 Let's get the message. 496 00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:18,953 And Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, they're not in the 497 00:28:18,961 --> 00:28:19,801 house no time at all. 498 00:28:19,825 --> 00:28:24,457 And he says, behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. 499 00:28:24,553 --> 00:28:28,793 And if I have taken anything from any man by false accusations, 500 00:28:28,921 --> 00:28:31,743 I restore him what, fourfold? 501 00:28:31,791 --> 00:28:34,047 If I stole a dollar, I'm giving four back. 502 00:28:34,183 --> 00:28:37,419 If I stole 10, I'm giving 40 back. 503 00:28:39,079 --> 00:28:43,375 And Jesus said unto him, this day is salvation. 504 00:28:43,487 --> 00:28:45,327 Come to this house. 505 00:28:45,463 --> 00:28:50,719 For as much as he also is a son of Abraham, for the Son of man 506 00:28:50,759 --> 00:28:54,511 is come to seek and to save that which is lost. 507 00:28:54,615 --> 00:28:55,925 Here's what happened. 508 00:28:56,087 --> 00:29:00,889 Repentance came into his life under being. 509 00:29:00,929 --> 00:29:03,389 Under the Lord Jesus presence. 510 00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:07,869 Have you ever had that happen to you where you became convicted 511 00:29:08,369 --> 00:29:10,509 by being in his presence? 512 00:29:12,129 --> 00:29:16,109 Sometimes the presence of God is not fullness of joy at the moment, 513 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:17,829 right? 514 00:29:18,689 --> 00:29:19,949 Sometimes it's. 515 00:29:20,849 --> 00:29:23,469 I used to call it a whaling expedition. 516 00:29:24,449 --> 00:29:26,229 God's dealing with me. 517 00:29:26,609 --> 00:29:30,309 God has put his finger on my problem. 518 00:29:32,449 --> 00:29:33,769 And why did he do it? 519 00:29:33,809 --> 00:29:35,549 Because he wanted me to repent. 520 00:29:37,089 --> 00:29:38,505 And that's what happened. 521 00:29:38,617 --> 00:29:40,909 Zacchaeus becomes a Christian. 522 00:29:42,049 --> 00:29:44,537 Well, we already know what the murmurers think. 523 00:29:44,593 --> 00:29:50,109 But Zacchaeus stops by one of the murmurers. 524 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:52,249 Hey, how you doing? 525 00:29:54,069 --> 00:29:55,289 I'm all right. 526 00:29:57,429 --> 00:30:00,169 Well, I want to tell you I've been robbing you. 527 00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:08,973 Yeah, well, I want to give you four times what I took from you. 528 00:30:09,061 --> 00:30:10,289 Would that be okay? 529 00:30:15,269 --> 00:30:16,769 Hand it over, buddy. 530 00:30:18,489 --> 00:30:20,913 You know what it caused those people that were murmuring? 531 00:30:21,041 --> 00:30:26,549 It caused them to go, wow, Jesus got to that sinner. 532 00:30:28,329 --> 00:30:32,785 Never forget you're a sinner when you start thinking too highly 533 00:30:32,817 --> 00:30:33,601 of yourself. 534 00:30:33,745 --> 00:30:37,233 God can't use you when you're nothing. 535 00:30:37,361 --> 00:30:38,989 He becomes everything. 536 00:30:43,859 --> 00:30:45,611 I am crucified with Christ. 537 00:30:45,715 --> 00:30:52,155 The Bible says, nevertheless, I live, yet not what I, but Christ 538 00:30:52,227 --> 00:30:55,083 liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh. 539 00:30:55,131 --> 00:30:59,259 I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself 540 00:30:59,339 --> 00:31:00,155 for me. 541 00:31:00,307 --> 00:31:04,799 There's two words with I in the middle, pride and sin. 542 00:31:06,899 --> 00:31:09,691 We need to confess our sins to God. 543 00:31:09,755 --> 00:31:10,479 Amen. 544 00:31:11,109 --> 00:31:14,029 Don't harbor any sin or iniquity in your life. 545 00:31:14,149 --> 00:31:15,529 Get rid of it. 546 00:31:15,989 --> 00:31:20,461 Because when you get rid of it, all of a sudden, God becomes 547 00:31:20,525 --> 00:31:21,849 so real to you. 548 00:31:22,149 --> 00:31:24,969 Zacchaeus was a different man after that. 549 00:31:26,069 --> 00:31:27,009 Amen. 550 00:31:27,429 --> 00:31:31,009 Just like God Changed your heart, saved your soul. 551 00:31:31,429 --> 00:31:35,549 What a thrill it is that God would deal with us as he does. 552 00:31:35,589 --> 00:31:40,091 And I'm so thankful that none of us should ever want to get in 553 00:31:40,115 --> 00:31:42,519 a position like Zacchaeus was. 554 00:31:43,459 --> 00:31:47,003 Maybe some of you were there before you got saved, but it's different 555 00:31:47,091 --> 00:31:47,719 now. 556 00:31:48,739 --> 00:31:55,067 He changed you to glorify him and to serve him and to give to him 557 00:31:55,123 --> 00:31:56,635 and to live for him. 558 00:31:56,787 --> 00:31:59,627 It's now wonderful. 559 00:31:59,803 --> 00:32:03,163 The greatest word in the Bible, other than Jesus and God and 560 00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:06,659 the Holy Spirit, is the word in my book. 561 00:32:06,779 --> 00:32:07,959 Wonderful. 562 00:32:08,539 --> 00:32:10,679 He's a wonderful counselor. 563 00:32:11,019 --> 00:32:12,499 He's the mighty God. 564 00:32:12,659 --> 00:32:14,323 He's the everlasting Father. 565 00:32:14,371 --> 00:32:20,479 He's the Prince of peace, and he's mine, and I am his. 566 00:32:21,259 --> 00:32:23,199 Could it get any greater than that? 567 00:32:24,059 --> 00:32:25,999 Could it get any greater than that? 568 00:32:26,539 --> 00:32:32,763 Oh, I must say to you tonight that God wants to do a mighty, mighty 569 00:32:32,811 --> 00:32:37,319 work in your Life this year, 2025. 570 00:32:37,859 --> 00:32:42,555 I believe that God can use you in a greater way than he's ever used 571 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:43,479 you before. 572 00:32:44,739 --> 00:32:48,519 The more you open up to God, the more he opens up to you. 573 00:32:50,499 --> 00:32:57,461 And as you say, lord, everything I have is yours, and I 574 00:32:57,485 --> 00:32:59,009 give it all to you. 575 00:32:59,949 --> 00:33:00,889 Amen. 576 00:33:01,469 --> 00:33:05,045 During COVID my wife and I had 12 weeks of meetings that didn't 577 00:33:05,077 --> 00:33:05,769 exist. 578 00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:08,661 And we came home and we thought, what are we gonna do to 579 00:33:08,685 --> 00:33:09,605 make up a difference? 580 00:33:09,717 --> 00:33:16,341 And so we took 82 items in our house and we sold them on Marketplace, 581 00:33:16,485 --> 00:33:19,045 and we made $2,200. 582 00:33:19,237 --> 00:33:20,369 That's not bad. 583 00:33:21,709 --> 00:33:22,929 That's not bad. 584 00:33:23,709 --> 00:33:26,329 And I don't remember any of the stuff we sold. 585 00:33:27,309 --> 00:33:31,893 There was this one box of stained glass stuff that I bought 586 00:33:31,941 --> 00:33:33,685 for $10 at a yard sale. 587 00:33:33,717 --> 00:33:36,501 And I told Ann, I'm gonna put $100 on it. 588 00:33:36,525 --> 00:33:39,169 She goes, you'll never get a hundred dollars for that. 589 00:33:40,029 --> 00:33:44,085 And some guy called me said, don't sell it to anybody. 590 00:33:44,197 --> 00:33:48,369 I'm on my way, and I've got a hundred dollar bill for you. 591 00:33:49,039 --> 00:33:52,199 I'm just saying to you, how many have stuff around the house 592 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:53,095 you don't need anymore? 593 00:33:53,127 --> 00:33:54,259 But it's there. 594 00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:56,459 Yep. 595 00:33:56,959 --> 00:34:01,063 Now, I can get in trouble when I start talking like this, because 596 00:34:01,231 --> 00:34:03,991 stuff is really precious that you haven't seen and don't even know 597 00:34:04,015 --> 00:34:04,899 where it is. 598 00:34:05,759 --> 00:34:08,919 And you bought other ones, other stuff because you forgot where 599 00:34:08,959 --> 00:34:09,699 it was. 600 00:34:10,559 --> 00:34:11,399 Hello. 601 00:34:11,559 --> 00:34:13,431 And, you know, it's interesting. 602 00:34:13,575 --> 00:34:17,839 Usually there's always a hoarder in the house, maybe secretly. 603 00:34:18,259 --> 00:34:21,851 But what I'm saying to you is, what could you do toward this building 604 00:34:21,955 --> 00:34:26,347 program if you just took everything you didn't need? 605 00:34:26,483 --> 00:34:30,171 Some Stuff you don't even want, or if your wife doesn't think 606 00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:36,827 you need it, think about how much that you could give toward this. 607 00:34:36,883 --> 00:34:42,851 And it would go into something that is eternal, something that will 608 00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:44,399 make a difference now. 609 00:34:45,179 --> 00:34:46,115 Oh, I want to. 610 00:34:46,187 --> 00:34:52,291 I challenge you to ask the Lord to help you to give as you've 611 00:34:52,355 --> 00:34:53,919 never given before. 612 00:34:54,939 --> 00:35:01,411 Go to great heights with God and let him prove himself real to 613 00:35:01,435 --> 00:35:01,619 you. 614 00:35:01,659 --> 00:35:02,759 It's interesting. 615 00:35:04,139 --> 00:35:04,611 Mr. 616 00:35:04,675 --> 00:35:09,608 Green of Hobby Lobby, he made a statement to his son, mart. 617 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:15,528 He said, 90% is greater than 100% son. 618 00:35:16,508 --> 00:35:18,676 And his son said, what do you mean by that? 619 00:35:18,732 --> 00:35:22,420 How could 90% be better than 100%? 620 00:35:22,604 --> 00:35:31,688 He goes, oh, 90% without God is more than 100% without God. 621 00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:33,979 Can I read that again? 622 00:35:34,679 --> 00:35:40,419 90% with God is more than 100% without God. 623 00:35:41,159 --> 00:35:43,179 Wow, that's a powerful statement. 624 00:35:43,799 --> 00:35:48,831 And it's interesting because when they had a lawsuit that they 625 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:51,903 went before the Supreme Court, and how many remember some of the 626 00:35:51,911 --> 00:35:53,791 story of the Supreme Court issue? 627 00:35:53,895 --> 00:35:57,951 But he came to the place where he says in his book, I found out 628 00:35:57,975 --> 00:36:03,925 that my Hobby Lobby was not really mine, it was God's. 629 00:36:04,117 --> 00:36:08,849 And the future of Hobby Lobby depended upon God, not me. 630 00:36:09,789 --> 00:36:11,889 And that he won. 631 00:36:12,269 --> 00:36:18,053 And it made a huge difference, and it bolstered his faith, and he 632 00:36:18,141 --> 00:36:21,893 was able to see God bless him so much that Hobby. 633 00:36:21,941 --> 00:36:24,549 You ladies have been really helping Hobby Lobby out. 634 00:36:24,589 --> 00:36:26,809 I mean, they are multimillionaires. 635 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:29,239 That business is. 636 00:36:29,359 --> 00:36:33,479 And he even says in his book, I am not interested in any of the 637 00:36:33,519 --> 00:36:34,551 Smiths or the Greens. 638 00:36:34,615 --> 00:36:38,199 I'm not interested in any of the Greens becoming independently 639 00:36:38,279 --> 00:36:39,095 wealthy. 640 00:36:39,207 --> 00:36:41,699 So what they do, they get together. 641 00:36:42,399 --> 00:36:42,871 Mr. 642 00:36:42,935 --> 00:36:47,383 Green meets with his family, his wife, his children, his grandchildren. 643 00:36:47,431 --> 00:36:50,103 Now they're even getting into great grandchildren. 644 00:36:50,231 --> 00:36:55,355 And they have what they call board meetings where they decide 645 00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:58,399 how they're going to spend millions of dollars. 646 00:37:01,459 --> 00:37:03,039 I think that's kind of cool. 647 00:37:03,939 --> 00:37:05,159 Isn't that something? 648 00:37:05,779 --> 00:37:10,651 And he says, it's so wonderful to see our children and grandchildren 649 00:37:10,795 --> 00:37:14,795 understanding that we can work for God. 650 00:37:14,907 --> 00:37:17,467 And what God's given to us, we can give it back. 651 00:37:17,603 --> 00:37:19,429 And God keeps giving. 652 00:37:19,619 --> 00:37:21,709 We give and then he gives more. 653 00:37:22,169 --> 00:37:23,869 Pretty interesting, isn't it? 654 00:37:24,169 --> 00:37:31,441 What I'm saying is that God wants to really be in charge, and 655 00:37:31,465 --> 00:37:32,749 the sooner the better. 656 00:37:34,089 --> 00:37:39,137 It will make such a difference in your life that you'll just be 657 00:37:39,193 --> 00:37:43,349 thrilled that your life is fulfilled. 658 00:37:44,329 --> 00:37:48,349 Many people live their life and they do a job just to do it. 659 00:37:49,219 --> 00:37:50,219 And it's sad. 660 00:37:50,299 --> 00:37:54,011 You know, they say if you love your job, you never work a day in 661 00:37:54,035 --> 00:37:54,839 your life. 662 00:37:56,339 --> 00:37:58,479 And it's true with Christianity. 663 00:37:59,539 --> 00:38:04,731 When you have Christ likeness and you're dead to self, there's 664 00:38:04,795 --> 00:38:07,275 no end of what God can do. 665 00:38:07,347 --> 00:38:08,027 Let's pray together. 666 00:38:08,083 --> 00:38:08,419 May we?