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We're gonna have a living room conversation.

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So here's the rules of engagement.

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I need everybody to take
notes, whether it's digitally on

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your phone or physically in a notepad.

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How many of you are notetakers
and learners?

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And.

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Okay, so I need you to take
notes because you're gonna be given

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so much wisdom.

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And then also I need you to
just lock in.

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Tell your neighbor.

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Lock in now.

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Tell the other neighbor you ignored.

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Lock in.

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Okay, Lock in.

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This is gonna help you tremendously.

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And let me just say the little
backstory here.

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So you basically started
attending V1 church, and I started

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to become aware that you have
many different giftings.

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One of them is in the area of finances.

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And you started to basically
get commissioned to go help the people

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of our church with budgeting
and with finances and biblical principles.

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As a matter of fact, we were
preparing for this Sunday, and I

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was talking to our entire
staff across the nation, and one

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of them literally said, pastor
Mike, I don't wanna cut you off,

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but I just have to tell you
how excited I am for Pastor Randall

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to be on stage.

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Because she said.

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And she's on staff in Indiana.

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So this is 1,000 miles away at
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She said, my husband and I had
been working careers and making money

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for years and years and years,
but we were always in bondage.

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We had debt.

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It just felt like we never had
enough money.

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And they went through your
course through V1 Church, and you

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discipled them.

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And she said that they
experienced massive breakthrough

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in their finances.

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And then she said, we kept
getting so many raises and so many

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increases in our finances that
we had to keep increasing our tithe

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to the local church.

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And she attributed it to the
anointing and the gifting and the

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wisdom of this man.

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So how many of you are saying,
I'm next.

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I'm next.

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I'm next.

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Come on.

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I'm next.

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Here in Brooklyn, they're
like, I'm next, Lord.

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And so, Pastor Randall, the
question I wanna ask you just to

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jump this thing off, is you've
sat with, I mean, probably hundreds

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of people of our church across
all locations, and, you know, I feel

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like showing somebody your
finances is like getting naked in

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front of each other.

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It's like going into the
locker room, you know, it's like,

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you know.

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Cause that's something you
don't do.

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Was that weird?

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But seriously, I mean,
finances are just.

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It's something where it's,
like, ambiguous and you don't know.

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And it's.

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You know, how fat is Pastor Mike?

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You Know, like, I know he
wears a lot of jackets.

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You know, it's like finances
feel like that.

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You know, I think he has money.

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I think I saw, you know, a watch.

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I think I saw.

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Look.

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And we always try to pick up
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the clothes.

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And so, in the same way, you
are one of the few people where you

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have legitimately seen
hundreds of people's bank accounts

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and their finances, and you
have a lot of.

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So the first question I want
to ask you as we get into this biblical

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wisdom is what are the top excuses?

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Or, okay, let me keep it a buck.

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What are the top lies that
people tell you when you meet with

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them?

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I'll tell you this.

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Well, first of all, I want to
say thank you, Apostle Mike, for

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just.

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We have one of the best
leaders ever for this semester in

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our lives.

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Like, y'all need to clap it up
higher than that.

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Like, come on.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Just going to say it because I
am the man that I am.

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My wife is the woman that she is.

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Many of us, many of you that
are watching that are online, that

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are sitting right here, you
are who you are because of this man

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toiling, because of the nights
where he was probably not laying

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next to Pastor Julie, who is a
phenomenal woman of God as well.

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Right?

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But then he was actually
praying, right?

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He was actually figuring out
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And I just want to thank you
so much for being the man of God

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that you are.

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And if you're not who you want
to be just yet, that's on you.

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I'm just going to say, all
right, I'm going to leave.

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I'm going to leave here in a
little while, so if I mess things

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up, Pastor Jocelyn and Pastor
Eddie could figure it out.

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But one of the excuses.

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Can I just give you one?

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Because the one.

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I'll tell you this, the one
excuse that I hear, and I think many

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of us can say this, is, I
don't have enough money.

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I don't have enough.

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I need another job because
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I need to find another side
hustle, because this job right here

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just isn't enough.

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And when I go into your
finances and when I've gone into

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the multiple people's
finances, I will see that there is

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more than enough.

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And I'll tell you how I know
this, because I've actually, me,

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myself, I remember my wife and
I, we were.

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When we first started getting
our finances in order, I remember

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calling her up one day because
I was just like, man, why does it.

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I'm making 60,000.

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She's making a lot more than
me and stuff like that.

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And that was a.

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I went through a deliverance
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Because, you know, as.

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Listen, men do not.

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Men that are watching.

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If you're in Miami, okay, I'm
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Miami, all right?

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Wherever you are, I want you
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you should not make you feel belittled.

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You are all bringing in money together.

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And so at the end of the day,
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And if you're over here
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job can I get, so that way I
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might be a secret thing that
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to let you know that that is
not a secret anymore.

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I see you, and I want to call
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focus on the money that's
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And then you'll realize that
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All right?

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But anyway, that wasn't where
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necessary.

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All right?

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But I will go through people's
finances, and I'll see that there's

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more than enough.

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And I remember looking at my
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I called my wife up.

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I was like, mary, Babe, we are
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Then we have an extra $2,000
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She's like, what?

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I was like, yeah, where is it going?

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And we had no idea where that
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No idea.

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And that's where I was just
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And in a couple, like, year.

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I think a year or two later, I
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my passion for just wanting to
see the people of God just free in

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their finances.

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So I think the number one
thing is, you know, like, I have

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more than enough.

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I don't have more than enough.

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Have you said that?

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Raise your hand.

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Don't do it.

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Don't do it.

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Don't do it.

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I was just joking.

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I was just joking.

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Well, here's the wisdom key
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Without a budget, you'll never
have enough money.

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Without a budget, you'll never
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Now I'm gonna get real
vulnerable with you guys.

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And, you know, this is what
this conversation is about, because

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that you just dropped so much
wisdom is oftentimes we make excuses.

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I don't have enough.

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I don't have enough.

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But we're buying things that
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buying things out of season.

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So it might be the wrong car
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the wrong year.

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Let me say it again, because
my wife just sent me a picture of

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our Kia Sportage getting
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as they were towing that
sucker away.

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And we basically raised an
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on that one Kia Sportage.

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Am I right?

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Okay, she ain't giving me
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But let me tell you why I was
ashamed of that Kia Sportage.

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As a testosterone driven,
bearded, bald headed, hairy Italian

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male, the idea of driving a
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me because my vehicle, I'm
just cannot.

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How real can I be?

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Cause these are money talks.

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Welcome to the living room.

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We're gonna get into the word.

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Let me just tell you.

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It was emasculating because
before that I had a truck.

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Now in Indiana, we have a
starter pack for men.

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You get a shotgun and you get
a truck and you put the shotgun in

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the truck and you just wait
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Okay?

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Nevermind, Lord, please.

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And so to go from that truck
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and emasculating.

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But let me tell you, I was
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And actually what was
happening was I couldn't have a car

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payment because the Lord had
called me into that next season and

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he asked me to do some things
and I had to sacrifice temporarily

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so that I could step into my destiny.

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And so the thing is, now I
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But also it serves a purpose
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Cause it's a large vehicle.

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I host many people from around
the world, I drive them all around.

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And that vehicle serves a
purpose in this season.

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So I believe I was always
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But the question is, when?

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So it's like, are you willing
to not have a car payment for enough

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years so that when you get
that car payment, it doesn't destroy

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you?

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Because the thing about this
is, man, I just gotta help y'all.

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Did you know that you can take
your car with payments back to the

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dealer and give it back to them?

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Because what happens is some
of you guys are saying, God, why

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have you forsaken me?

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And the Lord is saying,
daughter, why did you spend your

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money like that?

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I did.

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Bless you.

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But you didn't do the right
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Okay, we're going to get real
naked spiritually for half of the

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duration of time that I've
been the lead pastor of this Church

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let me slow it down for half
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been the lead pastor of this
church in order to get this thing

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off the ground.

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I lived so sacrificially that
I lived off of $50,000 a year with

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a family of four in New York City.

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And that might be shocking to you.

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How did you do that?

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It's not.

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How?

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Why?

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Because I had a vision bigger
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And first thing I did was I
found an apartment in Queens where

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it was $2,000 a month for a
600 square foot apartment with all

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utilities included.

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And some of you in the room
here in the city, they're like, let

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me talk to your realtor.

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That ain't that bad.

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Am I right?

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Isn't that pretty good?

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2,000amonth, all utility.

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And I was just running that water.

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I was plugging everything in.

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You get a device, you get an
outlet, we all get it, plug everything

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in.

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But it was 600 square foot,
$2,000 a month, all utilities included.

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And I had the Kia Sportage.

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No car payment, and I made
$50,000 a year.

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Now, my board of directors
said, we don't want you getting a

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side hustle because the church
has to be the main thing in order

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to succeed.

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And we need you to go all in.

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And we found out through
Julie's doctor.

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Cause she had a doctor at the
time, and she found out about our

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situation and she said, yeah,
there's this thing in New York City

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where they take Whole Foods
and Trader Joe's groceries and redistribute

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them through an organization
called Food Not Bombs.

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So I was supplementing my
groceries with Food Not Bombs.

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I had a used car and I lived
in a 600 square foot apartment.

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And we budgeted our money and
we were able to survive for half

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of the duration of the entire
existence of this church because

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I was reinvesting whatever
money I could pay myself into the

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church to launch campuses and
get the vision to come to pass.

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So I think what happens is
it's like you have to be willing

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to.

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You can't have both.

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Like, there's some seasons
where you can't have both.

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And I know if you're taking
notes, there's wisdom and saying,

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God, I believe I'm gonna get there.

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But there's.

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And so for you, you've been
willing to go through that season.

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What does that look like for you?

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Cause I feel like right now
your life is sort of demonstrating

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this.

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You may have a vehicle that
you park down the street.

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Yeah, you're actually Right.

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I actually did.

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I actually did.

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So I have two vehicles, both
of them, no payments, so they're

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all mine or whatever.

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And one of the vehicles
actually have not been in commission

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for months now.

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Like, I mean, almost a year,
because we didn't have enough to

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make the payments to get it fixed.

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And as a matter of fact, what
ended up happening was our.

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What's his name?

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Mechanic.

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The mechanic was like, hey,
you might as well just throw this

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away, get a new car.

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Don't worry about it.

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And it's funny how other
people want to tell you what to do

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with your finances when they
have no idea what your finances look

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like.

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You know, you'll look at me
right now and be like, oh, he's good.

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No, but my car's parked down
the street around the corner.

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Because at the end of the day,
I don't want you asking, hey, Pastor,

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can I give you a walk to your car?

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Nah, it's okay.

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Let's talk right here.

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All right.

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We could talk right here, or
can I get a ride?

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No, I'm not going to be liable if.

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If my car breaks down and then
you're like, man, I don't even know

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where I'm at.

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I don't know where to go now.

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I got to pay an Uber ride for you.

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Now, we're not doing all of that.

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All right?

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We're not doing all of that.

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But let me tell you what's
funny while y'all are laughing.

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He has two cars with no
payments, but he's a homeowner.

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And one of them's a liability,
and one of them is an asset.

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And you got people who don't
own a home but have car payments,

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so they have a liability but
no asset.

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So it's like when you talk
about wealth building, when you talk

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about finances.

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He said, I'll prioritize my
life in such a way where I get the

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asset, and then even though
the liability, I'm gonna have to

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park it around the corner.

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Cause I don't want you seeing
my van.

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Right?

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And so that.

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But what happens is.

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And women, single women, don't
be impressed by the car that he picks

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you up in, because he might
have peeled those rental stickers

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off of it before he got to.

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You don't show.

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In other words, don't show me liability.

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Show me assets.

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And where we've gone wrong in
the body of Christ is we haven't

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taught assets.

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We haven't fought to build wealth.

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And so we need to normalize.

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Show me your crusty car.

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Show me the thing, because
that's the proof that Randall is

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like, hey, this house is
appreciating in value, but a brand

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new car depreciates in value
as soon as you drive it off the lot.

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And so I think what God wants
to shift you into is the Bible says

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that the borrower is a slave
to the lender.

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And so I believe that slavery
is gonna be broken because you're

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gonna take cars back.

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As a matter of fact, one of my
favorite tricks I used to do is I

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would go to the dealership and
I would say, show me the lot with

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the cars for the trade ins.

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And I would literally buy cars cash.

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And Julia remembers this.

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Every single car I would buy cash.

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And I would pick from all the
cars on the trade ins which one was

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the best one.

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And knowing that those guys
were not gonna make any more money

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off those cars and they were
gonna send them to auction, and I

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would make.

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And I would give that guy one
last opportunity to make money on

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that trade in.

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And I did things like that for years.

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Why?

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Because I'm much more
interested in buying assets than

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I am liabilities.

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And so I think what happens is
we have the wrong value system.

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And so for some of you, you
just did what culture taught you

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to do or what your friends saw
you do.

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And I really believe that as a
church, okay, can we keep getting

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vulnerable?

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Cause it's getting real quiet here.

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As a church.

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We can become the people that
say, I give God financially what's

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best and what's first.

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And I'm never gonna tell God I
can't tithe, but I already have a

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budget for a car that I
technically can't afford or for an

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apartment I can't afford.

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And so I think when Julie and
I got here, you know, people were

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like, you're never.

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You don't know New York City.

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It's so expensive.

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I said, no, I don't know New
York City, but I know the ways of

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the kingdom.

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Seek first the kingdom, and
all these things will be added unto

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you.

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And favor would begin to open up.

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As a matter of fact, we had
the 600 square foot apartment, and

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then favor opened up.

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And this is how I got the
bigger apartment that ended up having

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three bedrooms, man.

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For those of us in New York
City, we know there ain't no three

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bedroom apartments.

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There was a three bedroom
apartment, and I went to go see about

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it and off of like Facebook
Marketplace, where I thought, maybe

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I'm gonna get murdered going
to see this.

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And so I go in this place and
I'm looking around and in my heart

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I'm saying, oh, Lord, please
let me get this apartment.

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And it was for the same price,
a little bit more, maybe a couple

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hundred dollars more than the
other one, which is also crazy.

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And it was so cheap.

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Cause I'm looking at how cheap
this apartment is and.

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And I saw it on Facebook,
Marketplace, and I'm thinking, well,

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I'm probably gonna get
stabbed, but I am kind of gangster

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myself, so let's see who wins.

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And then maybe I'll get an apartment.

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You know what I'm talking about?

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New York City.

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Am I gonna get scammed?

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So I show up and this woman
answers the door, and I'm like, oh,

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she's the decoy.

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Probably someone else will do
the stabbing.

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Cause you know, you gotta be
hood smart out here.

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And I get up into the
apartment I'm looking at in my heart,

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I'm like, oh, Lord, my family
could use this.

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Cause that apartment was so
teeny tiny.

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The last one.

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And then I said, well, let me
ask you a question.

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Why is it so cheap?

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What's wrong with this?

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And she said, I'm kind of
embarrassed to say.

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Cause this isn't really.

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What I'm about to say is not,
you know, it's not like, right.

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But this is how I feel.

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And she was like, my family
and I, we live downstairs and I'm

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a Christian, and I really want
a Christian family to live in this

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apartment.

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And I said, like, think about
what I just said.

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The New Yorker in Indiana,
like, I don't understand because.

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But I'm telling you, this is a miracle.

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And I said, well, I don't know
if you know this, but I'm a super

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Christian.

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And I literally was like, we
have a card that we get.

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And I'm like, I'm a super Christian.

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I said, I'm a pastor of a two.

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At the time it was two Location.

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I'm a pastor of a two location church.

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And she literally, her eyes
welled up with tears.

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And we were able to move into
that apartment and we upgraded our

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square footage, as a matter of
fact, that husband and wife still

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text Julie and I to this day,
and they'll say, if you guys ever

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want to move back, we love.

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Because they said the presence
of God was so strong on our family.

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They miss having us in that space.

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And so we just.

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I don't have time to tell you
all the stories, but the thing is,

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my tithe was opening up the
windows of heaven to bless me and

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make me the exception to the rules.

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So there's the economy of New
York City, but I didn't pay New York

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City rent because the kingdom
was in operation.

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I became the exception
everywhere I went.

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And so the thing is, but what
happens is you have to take the US

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dollar and remove it from the
US infrastructure and put it into

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the kingdom.

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And once it goes into a
different circulation, you get a

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different outcome.

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Come on, come on, come on.

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So, Randall, you understand
these things.

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You know, how do we trust God though?

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Because I think you're such a
man of faith, and it's like, I think

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people are making fear based
decisions and you're such a man of

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faith.

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Like, I've watched you buy
real estate.

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I've watched you step into
this next seat.

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I watched you pay off debt.

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But that requires faith.

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And you talk about this a lot
in your teachings about the why,

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you know, which is connected
to faith.

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Can you maybe help them
understand that?

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So to do that, I'm gonna
decode what Apostle Mike just said.

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Right?

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So he was in a 600 foot
apartment, a 600 square foot apartment.

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Then he got into a three
bedroom apartment.

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Right?

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And I went to every one of
your apartments too, I think.

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Yeah, I was stalking him, unfortunately.

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Listen, when somebody got
something good, you need to find

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out like, you know, what is it
that they got?

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So every single apartment, I
was just like, all right, what's

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up?

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How you doing?

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Tell me this, tell me that.

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But what you mentioned was
there was favor in your life.

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And you said something last
week or two weeks ago that favor

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is not fair.

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And, and the reason why
favor's not fair is because you're

492
00:21:42,082 --> 00:21:46,098
doing something, or at least
we should be doing something that

493
00:21:46,154 --> 00:21:50,722
no one else is willing to do,
which is to give our tithe into the

494
00:21:50,746 --> 00:21:55,810
storehouse so that I may test
me in this, so that I may bless you

495
00:21:55,930 --> 00:21:59,826
so I may open up the windows
of heaven so that blessings can pour

496
00:21:59,858 --> 00:22:00,482
out of.

497
00:22:00,586 --> 00:22:05,026
I want that type of blessing
to the point where Facebook Marketplace

498
00:22:05,138 --> 00:22:06,156
will open up.

499
00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,344
And I've gotten some things on
Facebook Marketplace.

500
00:22:08,392 --> 00:22:12,408
Actually, my first apartment
where I lived when I, when Pastor

501
00:22:12,424 --> 00:22:13,128
Mary and I got.

502
00:22:13,184 --> 00:22:17,704
Got married, we got it from
Craigslist and we actually.

503
00:22:17,792 --> 00:22:20,136
To the point where the gentleman.

504
00:22:20,168 --> 00:22:21,432
It was in a beautiful.

505
00:22:21,576 --> 00:22:22,696
It was in Fresh Meadows.

506
00:22:22,728 --> 00:22:24,392
Anybody knows Fresh Meadows.

507
00:22:24,456 --> 00:22:27,576
Like, it's a beautiful area
and it was a condo.

508
00:22:27,608 --> 00:22:32,290
This firefighter lived there
and he was, he was going to do something

509
00:22:32,330 --> 00:22:34,802
or whatever, and he was like,
hey, I need someone to stay in here

510
00:22:34,826 --> 00:22:36,738
in, and that's gonna take care
of my space.

511
00:22:36,794 --> 00:22:39,026
I had Speakers in the walls.

512
00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:42,818
I turn on the music in the
living room, I hear it in the bathroom.

513
00:22:42,914 --> 00:22:43,570
I was like, man.

514
00:22:43,610 --> 00:22:46,306
And I could put the volume
down in the bathroom so I don't listen

515
00:22:46,338 --> 00:22:46,610
to it.

516
00:22:46,650 --> 00:22:48,962
I was like, this is nice, right?

517
00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:51,826
And so it was a one bedroom
apartment, just perfect for Mary

518
00:22:51,858 --> 00:22:54,658
and I until two weeks later we
got pregnant.

519
00:22:54,754 --> 00:23:00,210
But anyway, sorry, hallelujah.

520
00:23:01,190 --> 00:23:02,494
Putting out all her business.

521
00:23:02,582 --> 00:23:06,270
But, but, but then, but then
what, what.

522
00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:10,222
What was crazy was that our
finances and our credit score at

523
00:23:10,246 --> 00:23:11,646
the time did not.

524
00:23:11,718 --> 00:23:14,910
Two, two kids coming from
their parents house, you know, were

525
00:23:14,950 --> 00:23:19,530
living off, you know, just off
of, off of our parents and, and everything

526
00:23:21,030 --> 00:23:21,486
this.

527
00:23:21,558 --> 00:23:25,478
When, when you went, when he
went to the condo, the board of directors

528
00:23:25,494 --> 00:23:29,142
for the condominium, they were
like, hey, they can't take care of

529
00:23:29,166 --> 00:23:29,494
this.

530
00:23:29,582 --> 00:23:30,982
How are they going to take
care of this?

531
00:23:31,086 --> 00:23:35,570
He looked them in the face and
said, I want these people in my house.

532
00:23:36,270 --> 00:23:39,430
So in other words saying, hey,
you can't control what I want for

533
00:23:39,470 --> 00:23:40,374
my home.

534
00:23:40,542 --> 00:23:42,822
And so I want these people in
my house.

535
00:23:42,926 --> 00:23:45,270
That's who I'm going to have
stay in my house.

536
00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:46,930
So I'm going to vouch for them.

537
00:23:47,230 --> 00:23:49,530
This guy didn't know me from anywhere.

538
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,672
And just like this woman
didn't know you from anywhere.

539
00:23:52,736 --> 00:23:55,040
But then you went in ready to
stab her.

540
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,540
I'm sorry, that's not what.

541
00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,780
Ready to be stabbed.

542
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,984
Let's get the narrative right.

543
00:24:02,152 --> 00:24:04,580
If anything, it would have
been self defense.

544
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,136
Well, you know, New York City,
you don't really know, right?

545
00:24:09,208 --> 00:24:10,656
You sound like my middle
school students.

546
00:24:10,728 --> 00:24:12,144
But it was self defense though.

547
00:24:12,232 --> 00:24:12,944
That's what happens.

548
00:24:12,992 --> 00:24:15,088
I hit him second because it
was self defense.

549
00:24:15,184 --> 00:24:15,440
But.

550
00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:16,688
No but.

551
00:24:16,744 --> 00:24:17,616
Ready to be stabbed.

552
00:24:17,648 --> 00:24:18,304
Excuse me.

553
00:24:18,392 --> 00:24:22,058
Right, but this woman was
praying for a blessing.

554
00:24:22,154 --> 00:24:23,386
She got favor.

555
00:24:23,498 --> 00:24:28,630
Right, but then you got favor
because your finances were in order.

556
00:24:29,490 --> 00:24:33,482
You made sure you put at the
top of that budget line item that

557
00:24:33,506 --> 00:24:34,986
you put tides first.

558
00:24:35,138 --> 00:24:37,210
Because that's one of the
things when I'm speaking to people,

559
00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:40,682
I say, hey, make sure that you
have tithes as the number one thing

560
00:24:40,706 --> 00:24:41,274
you do.

561
00:24:41,362 --> 00:24:44,474
Just so you could train your
mind to understand that if anything

562
00:24:44,522 --> 00:24:48,618
else happens, my tithes are
going to get paid, my tithes are

563
00:24:48,674 --> 00:24:51,594
gonna get given to the
storehouse and I'm going to trust

564
00:24:51,642 --> 00:24:55,290
in what God is doing and
everything else will be taken care

565
00:24:55,330 --> 00:24:55,818
of.

566
00:24:55,954 --> 00:24:59,834
We just came from a really
like shaky season.

567
00:25:00,002 --> 00:25:04,314
Just this past like a couple
of like about a year or so.

568
00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:09,482
And we didn't know what was
going to like if certain things were

569
00:25:09,506 --> 00:25:11,692
going to get taken care Of.

570
00:25:11,866 --> 00:25:16,312
But there are times where we
would look at the finances, and then

571
00:25:16,416 --> 00:25:19,780
at the end of the month, we'd
be like, how did we cover everything?

572
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:24,792
I'm telling you, God will
extend your finances.

573
00:25:24,936 --> 00:25:28,072
Miracles will take place just
the same way.

574
00:25:28,176 --> 00:25:32,312
When Jesus saw that that kid
had his lunch.

575
00:25:32,456 --> 00:25:33,160
Food, right?

576
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,272
His lunch, his bread and fish,
and he had 5,000 people in front

577
00:25:37,296 --> 00:25:37,940
of him.

578
00:25:38,260 --> 00:25:42,844
And then he gave it up to God
and said, hey, God, I need you to

579
00:25:42,852 --> 00:25:43,660
do a thing.

580
00:25:43,780 --> 00:25:46,380
And then he fed all 5,000 people.

581
00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:50,892
That's the same way when you
have a $5,000 bill or you have all

582
00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:54,080
this debt, or you have all
these bills that need to be paid.

583
00:25:55,140 --> 00:25:56,572
Utilities, electricity.

584
00:25:56,636 --> 00:25:59,372
Not Apostle Mike, because he
was living in a all paid.

585
00:25:59,436 --> 00:26:02,044
That was all taken care of
right back then.

586
00:26:02,212 --> 00:26:05,212
Now you're paying your own
bills right now.

587
00:26:05,236 --> 00:26:06,680
I'm like, turn the light off.

588
00:26:08,710 --> 00:26:12,014
But the same way, what happened?

589
00:26:12,062 --> 00:26:19,502
First he saw the source of
where the item was coming from, the

590
00:26:19,526 --> 00:26:20,542
food was coming from.

591
00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:24,174
In that moment, your job, your
business, or whatever it is.

592
00:26:24,262 --> 00:26:27,486
But then you have all of these
bills that are there, but there's

593
00:26:27,518 --> 00:26:32,158
something that has to go in
between the source and the expenses,

594
00:26:32,334 --> 00:26:33,502
and that's your tithe.

595
00:26:33,566 --> 00:26:37,662
And when the tithe goes there,
and you can't do that unless you

596
00:26:37,686 --> 00:26:40,734
steward your finances well,
unless you have a budget, unless

597
00:26:40,782 --> 00:26:42,110
you know what's going to happen.

598
00:26:42,230 --> 00:26:45,710
Or else you'll be like, Pastor
Mary and I, and be like, hey, I got.

599
00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:48,094
There's $2,000 that are
unaccounted for.

600
00:26:48,182 --> 00:26:49,290
Where did it go?

601
00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:51,582
Man, this is so good.

602
00:26:51,686 --> 00:26:55,086
I want to read something to
you briefly, because I was thinking

603
00:26:55,118 --> 00:26:56,830
about Proverbs, Chapter three.

604
00:26:56,950 --> 00:27:00,970
And the reason why we're
having this conversation is because

605
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,976
many of us were not parented
in this way.

606
00:27:05,128 --> 00:27:09,088
The truth is, this is a
conversation from a father to his

607
00:27:09,144 --> 00:27:11,520
children, and that's what
should happen.

608
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,712
I never had one conversation
with my father about finances my

609
00:27:15,736 --> 00:27:16,832
entire life.

610
00:27:17,016 --> 00:27:22,176
And so I used to love reading
the book of Proverbs as a young man,

611
00:27:22,328 --> 00:27:26,800
because as a young man,
whenever it would say, son, I would

612
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,558
receive the love of my
heavenly Father.

613
00:27:29,704 --> 00:27:30,858
And so I wanna.

614
00:27:30,954 --> 00:27:35,306
The reason why we sat down is
because you're a father to New Jersey,

615
00:27:35,498 --> 00:27:39,706
as you're stewarding that
campus, and I'm fathering the nations,

616
00:27:39,738 --> 00:27:42,346
as I'm serving as apostolic oversight.

617
00:27:42,458 --> 00:27:47,114
And we set this living room
conversation up because this is God

618
00:27:47,242 --> 00:27:52,538
going back into your past, and
I'm in the living room of your childhood.

619
00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:56,938
And right now, God is making
some things right that were never

620
00:27:56,994 --> 00:27:57,830
made right.

621
00:27:58,220 --> 00:28:01,252
Because the truth is you
should have had this money conversation

622
00:28:01,316 --> 00:28:05,428
when you were about 10, 11, 12
years old, daughter.

623
00:28:05,524 --> 00:28:07,524
This is what the Lord says.

624
00:28:07,692 --> 00:28:10,644
And did you know that within
Judaism, this is very normal?

625
00:28:10,692 --> 00:28:13,716
They have a bar mitzvah when
they're 13 years old.

626
00:28:13,868 --> 00:28:17,716
Now, part of that historically
is that human beings would die much

627
00:28:17,788 --> 00:28:18,308
earlier.

628
00:28:18,444 --> 00:28:22,980
And so 13 was about that
transition of going fully into puberty.

629
00:28:23,060 --> 00:28:25,796
And there had to be an
acknowledgement of, you are a man

630
00:28:25,868 --> 00:28:29,200
now, and we're gonna come
around you and treat you as such.

631
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:33,240
So what happens is we have an
era of delayed adolescence.

632
00:28:33,580 --> 00:28:39,380
So what that means is we have
35 year old boys because no one told

633
00:28:39,420 --> 00:28:41,668
them at 13, you're a man now.

634
00:28:41,804 --> 00:28:45,428
And so what we're doing is I'm
saying you're a man now.

635
00:28:45,564 --> 00:28:48,628
And I want as a son of V1 Church.

636
00:28:48,724 --> 00:28:53,390
And I don't care if you're a
70 year old son, a 45 year old son,

637
00:28:53,470 --> 00:28:55,358
or whether you're a 20 year
old son.

638
00:28:55,454 --> 00:28:58,830
We're gonna talk about your
finances and then there's gonna be

639
00:28:58,870 --> 00:28:59,790
peace over you.

640
00:28:59,830 --> 00:29:01,582
So let me read this scripture
to you.

641
00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:03,902
That's gonna help you, my son.

642
00:29:03,966 --> 00:29:08,894
This is verse 21 in the third
chapter of Proverbs, my son.

643
00:29:09,022 --> 00:29:11,166
And this is the Lord talking
to you.

644
00:29:11,318 --> 00:29:13,294
Do not lose sight of these.

645
00:29:13,462 --> 00:29:17,678
Keep sound wisdom and
discretion, and they will be life

646
00:29:17,734 --> 00:29:18,936
for your soul.

647
00:29:19,078 --> 00:29:23,668
Everybody say, my soul and
adornment for your neck.

648
00:29:23,844 --> 00:29:28,440
Now let's talk about the
difference between wisdom and discretion.

649
00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:31,320
Let's all say the word discretion.

650
00:29:31,820 --> 00:29:36,644
Okay, so here's the definition
of discretion in a functional sense

651
00:29:36,772 --> 00:29:38,868
as it relates to finances.

652
00:29:39,044 --> 00:29:41,200
There's two ways to get food.

653
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:46,200
How you get food is determined
by how you deploy discretion.

654
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,340
So one way is Uber Eats.

655
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:51,624
That's a way to get food.

656
00:29:51,712 --> 00:29:56,200
They'll bring it to your door
and sometimes fast.

657
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,320
Here in New York City, as a
matter of fact, depending on how

658
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,760
hungry you are, you can sort
by how fast it gets to your house.

659
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,224
Y'all know, come on, I'm an expert.

660
00:30:05,272 --> 00:30:07,460
I play UberEats like a video game.

661
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,160
That little guy's on the bike,
on the scooter, on the car.

662
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,768
I'm seeing her, you know, he's
going around the corner.

663
00:30:13,864 --> 00:30:15,380
Come on, come on.

664
00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:19,686
Waiting for him at the door.

665
00:30:19,798 --> 00:30:22,890
Some of y'all don't even wait
for your own spouse at the door,

666
00:30:23,230 --> 00:30:25,690
but you're waiting for the
UberEats guy.

667
00:30:26,110 --> 00:30:30,118
My beloved, thank you for
bringing me this food.

668
00:30:30,254 --> 00:30:32,038
That's a side note, Julie.

669
00:30:32,134 --> 00:30:39,094
Anyways, so here's.

670
00:30:39,142 --> 00:30:40,278
Here's my point.

671
00:30:40,414 --> 00:30:45,142
You can get a steak and it
cost you 300% more because you did

672
00:30:45,166 --> 00:30:46,470
it through Uber Eats.

673
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:51,078
Or you can get that same steak
for seven to nine dollars at the

674
00:30:51,214 --> 00:30:53,478
local grocery store and make
it yourself.

675
00:30:53,654 --> 00:30:58,662
So discretion is, I can get
this via Uber Eats, or I can get

676
00:30:58,686 --> 00:31:01,090
it 300% off.

677
00:31:01,950 --> 00:31:05,350
And it's funny how we shop for
clothes different than we shop for

678
00:31:05,390 --> 00:31:10,566
food because we'll pay 300%
more for food for convenience.

679
00:31:10,678 --> 00:31:14,874
But then if I tell you, hey,
that clothing item is 300% off, you're

680
00:31:14,922 --> 00:31:17,834
falling over yourself running
to the clearance rack to get it.

681
00:31:17,922 --> 00:31:21,270
If you bought food like you
bought clothes, you'd have more money.

682
00:31:21,730 --> 00:31:23,754
But that's the word discretion.

683
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,402
Now watch what the scriptures say.

684
00:31:25,426 --> 00:31:27,270
Cause I'm breaking this down
for you.

685
00:31:27,810 --> 00:31:29,082
Take notes, Jules.

686
00:31:29,226 --> 00:31:30,870
This is what it says.

687
00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:35,642
If you use sound wisdom and
discretion, they will be life for

688
00:31:35,666 --> 00:31:36,682
your soul.

689
00:31:36,826 --> 00:31:40,898
Thessalonians says that your
soul is your mind, your will and

690
00:31:40,954 --> 00:31:42,018
your emotions.

691
00:31:42,194 --> 00:31:46,130
So if you wanna bring life to
your emotions, use discretion.

692
00:31:46,290 --> 00:31:49,602
If you wanna bring life to
your mind, use discretion.

693
00:31:49,666 --> 00:31:52,434
If you wanna bring life to
your will, use discretion.

694
00:31:52,482 --> 00:31:56,354
So in other words, when you're
cooking a seven dollar steak, instead

695
00:31:56,402 --> 00:32:01,218
of buying that same steak for
$100, you're actually not just saving

696
00:32:01,314 --> 00:32:05,730
money, but the scriptures say
that you are bringing life to your

697
00:32:05,770 --> 00:32:06,630
emotions.

698
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,784
Did that help you?

699
00:32:08,952 --> 00:32:10,960
You're bringing life to your mind.

700
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:12,528
Then let me tell you why.

701
00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:16,064
Because what happens when you
spend money the wrong way is it's

702
00:32:16,112 --> 00:32:21,140
you're exchanging temporary
pleasure for long term torment.

703
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,800
You're exchanging, you're
saying, temporarily I feel better,

704
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,824
but over the long haul I'm tormented.

705
00:32:29,952 --> 00:32:33,500
And if you budget your
calories like you budget your money,

706
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,780
your body and your bank
account is suffering.

707
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:38,460
So the Lord.

708
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:42,552
I'm learning this.

709
00:32:42,656 --> 00:32:47,112
In the last six weeks, I went
from £225 to 205.

710
00:32:47,296 --> 00:32:51,220
So I lost £20 in the last six
weeks right in front of you.

711
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,020
And yeah, keep clapping
because I need the encouragement

712
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:56,456
because I panicked.

713
00:32:56,488 --> 00:32:58,632
I didn't bring my food to
church today.

714
00:32:58,736 --> 00:32:59,608
And I called Julie.

715
00:32:59,624 --> 00:33:00,890
I was like, I have an emergency.

716
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:01,974
She's like, what's going on?

717
00:33:01,982 --> 00:33:06,518
I was like, I don't have my
food cause I'm about to make, I'm

718
00:33:06,534 --> 00:33:07,510
about to mess up.

719
00:33:07,630 --> 00:33:10,662
They put six bagels in this
green room and they're talking to

720
00:33:10,686 --> 00:33:11,254
me.

721
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:14,730
The bagels are like, hello, Kevin.

722
00:33:17,150 --> 00:33:22,250
But the reason why I say that
is because I didn't budget my calories

723
00:33:22,990 --> 00:33:27,530
and I began to eat in surplus
and it physically made me unhealthy.

724
00:33:27,670 --> 00:33:31,442
And when you spend in surplus
and don't count your finances like

725
00:33:31,466 --> 00:33:34,626
you count your salaries, you
end up going over budget.

726
00:33:34,818 --> 00:33:38,066
So right now, I'm setting this
man of God up for the most powerful

727
00:33:38,098 --> 00:33:39,986
moment of this entire message.

728
00:33:40,178 --> 00:33:41,890
I want you to give them now.

729
00:33:41,930 --> 00:33:45,506
Cause I gave him the why I
gave them what's at stake.

730
00:33:45,618 --> 00:33:48,802
But you have an understanding
how to build a house in wisdom, from

731
00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:51,298
the foundation to the pillars
to the roof.

732
00:33:51,474 --> 00:33:55,508
And I want you guys to lean in
and take notes on this moment, because

733
00:33:55,564 --> 00:33:59,812
he's gonna teach you right now
a formula for how you build your

734
00:33:59,836 --> 00:34:02,596
life, how you build this house
from the foundation to the pillars

735
00:34:02,628 --> 00:34:03,560
to the roof.

736
00:34:04,540 --> 00:34:05,284
So every.

737
00:34:05,372 --> 00:34:09,556
And just as Apostle Mike just
mentioned, every house has a foundation.

738
00:34:09,668 --> 00:34:13,028
There's no way that you're
going to build any pillars or anything

739
00:34:13,204 --> 00:34:16,852
in order, or else it'll just crumble.

740
00:34:16,996 --> 00:34:20,052
And so when you have the
foundation, the foundation is your

741
00:34:20,076 --> 00:34:20,756
saving.

742
00:34:20,948 --> 00:34:24,660
There's no, like, there's
nothing you can do with your finances

743
00:34:24,820 --> 00:34:26,948
that will be sustained.

744
00:34:27,124 --> 00:34:30,500
And our God is a God of
sustenance, like in.

745
00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:34,308
In Genesis chapter one, in
every single day.

746
00:34:34,364 --> 00:34:34,788
That he.

747
00:34:34,844 --> 00:34:35,220
That He.

748
00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:38,372
That he did something new,
that he did something great, that

749
00:34:38,396 --> 00:34:38,948
he did something.

750
00:34:39,004 --> 00:34:42,868
He looked at it at the end of
the day and said, this is good, and

751
00:34:42,924 --> 00:34:44,260
therefore I will sustain it.

752
00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:44,500
That.

753
00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:44,740
That.

754
00:34:44,780 --> 00:34:46,480
That's literally what the word says.

755
00:34:46,809 --> 00:34:51,265
And so when you look at your
finances, you want to build savings

756
00:34:51,297 --> 00:34:51,681
first.

757
00:34:51,785 --> 00:34:53,169
That is the foundation.

758
00:34:53,329 --> 00:34:56,065
But then you have to put up
some pillars because you need rooms,

759
00:34:56,097 --> 00:34:58,481
you need all these things
going on in the house.

760
00:34:58,585 --> 00:35:00,849
And so the pillars are four things.

761
00:35:00,969 --> 00:35:06,589
This is a basic budget, a
basic finance strategy for you.

762
00:35:06,889 --> 00:35:10,417
Transportation pillar number one.

763
00:35:10,553 --> 00:35:13,233
And it doesn't go in any order
or anything but transportation.

764
00:35:13,281 --> 00:35:18,490
Whether it's a Metro card here
in New York or it's a car where in

765
00:35:18,530 --> 00:35:22,330
Indiana or Long Island,
Because Long island, you guys all

766
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:22,990
drive.

767
00:35:23,890 --> 00:35:25,950
There's a whole bunch of
parking everywhere.

768
00:35:27,330 --> 00:35:32,090
And then you have utilities,
your mortgage, and rent.

769
00:35:32,250 --> 00:35:35,430
And then number four is your food.

770
00:35:36,530 --> 00:35:38,538
You need food to sustain yourself.

771
00:35:38,634 --> 00:35:40,762
You need to get to work to
make some money.

772
00:35:40,866 --> 00:35:42,718
You need some place to rest
your head.

773
00:35:42,834 --> 00:35:43,062
So.

774
00:35:43,086 --> 00:35:46,134
And then you also need to put
on the lights and things of that

775
00:35:46,142 --> 00:35:46,374
nature.

776
00:35:46,422 --> 00:35:47,766
These are the four things.

777
00:35:47,918 --> 00:35:50,090
Spotify, Netflix.

778
00:35:50,670 --> 00:35:51,542
What else do I have?

779
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:52,410
Peacock.

780
00:35:53,390 --> 00:35:53,974
What else?

781
00:35:54,022 --> 00:35:55,110
I'm thinking Hulu.

782
00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:56,070
Don't say hbo.

783
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:56,454
Max.

784
00:35:56,502 --> 00:36:00,742
No, I don't have that because
that's expensive and rated.

785
00:36:00,806 --> 00:36:01,478
Rated R.

786
00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:02,570
Oh, okay.

787
00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:04,582
Nb.

788
00:36:04,646 --> 00:36:05,318
NBA.

789
00:36:05,414 --> 00:36:05,718
Right.

790
00:36:05,774 --> 00:36:07,174
From my NBA heads.

791
00:36:07,302 --> 00:36:08,630
I don't even know what it's called.

792
00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:09,222
Premium.

793
00:36:09,286 --> 00:36:10,182
YouTube Premium.

794
00:36:10,246 --> 00:36:11,690
Come on, watch my ads.

795
00:36:13,060 --> 00:36:14,524
So just take YouTube.

796
00:36:14,652 --> 00:36:16,400
Come on, help the ministry.

797
00:36:17,860 --> 00:36:20,988
So, like, those things are not necessary.

798
00:36:21,084 --> 00:36:21,964
They're subscriptions.

799
00:36:22,012 --> 00:36:23,400
There's things you would like.

800
00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:25,836
Man, I don't know if I could
say this.

801
00:36:25,908 --> 00:36:26,760
Say it.

802
00:36:28,180 --> 00:36:32,880
So if you have a big family,
everybody get a subscription.

803
00:36:33,780 --> 00:36:35,680
And then get the logins.

804
00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:37,452
Get the logins.

805
00:36:37,516 --> 00:36:38,140
Put it on your.

806
00:36:38,180 --> 00:36:38,588
On your.

807
00:36:38,644 --> 00:36:41,136
Whatever it is, and then share it.

808
00:36:41,288 --> 00:36:43,500
Like, why do you need to have everything?

809
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,448
Like, I'm just saying, like.

810
00:36:46,504 --> 00:36:47,120
Like, come on.

811
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,620
Like, let's live in a community.

812
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:50,736
Let's live in a community.

813
00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:51,888
This is what we do.

814
00:36:52,024 --> 00:36:52,320
Now.

815
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,592
There's about to be a flight
crew for shared subscriptions.

816
00:36:54,656 --> 00:36:55,260
Watch.

817
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:58,864
Let's go through the growth journal.

818
00:36:58,952 --> 00:37:00,580
All right, what's your login?

819
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:04,192
But you know what?

820
00:37:04,216 --> 00:37:04,784
He's joking.

821
00:37:04,832 --> 00:37:05,918
But let me say this.

822
00:37:06,064 --> 00:37:09,618
In the Book of Acts, the early
church, they said they shared things

823
00:37:09,674 --> 00:37:10,642
amongst each other.

824
00:37:10,746 --> 00:37:14,274
And one of the things I've
been praying for years is, lord,

825
00:37:14,322 --> 00:37:17,590
give us the unity that you see
in the Jewish communities.

826
00:37:18,090 --> 00:37:22,882
Because the Jewish communities
here in Brooklyn, they own huge sections

827
00:37:22,946 --> 00:37:23,906
of New York City.

828
00:37:23,978 --> 00:37:24,594
Why?

829
00:37:24,762 --> 00:37:27,474
Because when one person
figures it out, they all figured

830
00:37:27,522 --> 00:37:28,270
it out.

831
00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:30,658
And they don't compete with
each other.

832
00:37:30,714 --> 00:37:32,362
They celebrate each other.

833
00:37:32,506 --> 00:37:36,154
And I'm gonna talk to my
Caucasian friends as the white delegate

834
00:37:36,202 --> 00:37:41,738
of V1 Church, because I grew
up, for 20 years, I attended a black

835
00:37:41,794 --> 00:37:43,310
and Hispanic church.

836
00:37:43,650 --> 00:37:47,310
The first Caucasian church I
ever attended was for my wife.

837
00:37:47,810 --> 00:37:49,658
And I did not realize that.

838
00:37:49,714 --> 00:37:53,322
What happened was when I
stepped into the white world, it

839
00:37:53,346 --> 00:37:57,270
became a question of, who does
he think he is for having that?

840
00:37:57,570 --> 00:38:01,258
But then when I was growing
up, if somebody figures something

841
00:38:01,314 --> 00:38:04,038
out in our church, we would
say, teach us.

842
00:38:04,174 --> 00:38:04,710
Show us.

843
00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:08,022
And it was like, if your
pastor or people in leadership began

844
00:38:08,086 --> 00:38:11,510
to get promoted, you would
celebrate their promotion because

845
00:38:11,550 --> 00:38:14,710
it would be a sign that
through impartation, you're coming

846
00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:15,570
up, too.

847
00:38:15,870 --> 00:38:17,478
And one of the things that I've.

848
00:38:17,574 --> 00:38:21,126
And it's not just a white
problem, but it's more prominent

849
00:38:21,158 --> 00:38:25,430
in the white church of when
somebody begins to get success, they

850
00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,970
feel that it's their job to
tear them down.

851
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,512
And when I was growing up, if
somebody figured something out, one

852
00:38:32,536 --> 00:38:35,472
of the things I loved about
the African American community, I

853
00:38:35,496 --> 00:38:38,944
loved about the Latin American
community, was it was like, teach

854
00:38:38,992 --> 00:38:39,296
us.

855
00:38:39,368 --> 00:38:41,900
Let's learn together and let's
all go together.

856
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,928
And I want to bring that into
our house.

857
00:38:44,984 --> 00:38:48,160
And that's what you're saying
is like, hey, guys, Randall is a

858
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,368
homeowner in the Northeast.

859
00:38:50,544 --> 00:38:53,826
Let's figure it out from him
so we can own homes too.

860
00:38:53,968 --> 00:38:57,726
You know, Mike is excelling in
the area of media.

861
00:38:57,878 --> 00:39:02,062
Let's join the Creator Academy
with Pastor Evan and figure out how

862
00:39:02,086 --> 00:39:03,134
to learn from them.

863
00:39:03,222 --> 00:39:04,970
Let's all come up together.

864
00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:07,118
And I think that that's something.

865
00:39:07,174 --> 00:39:11,486
I want to break that spirit of
competition, and I want us to actually,

866
00:39:11,558 --> 00:39:12,158
because watch.

867
00:39:12,214 --> 00:39:15,758
If there's no more Jew, no
more gentile, but there is the body

868
00:39:15,814 --> 00:39:19,038
of Christ, why are we not
owning blocks in Brooklyn?

869
00:39:19,134 --> 00:39:20,618
Why are we not owning.

870
00:39:20,734 --> 00:39:21,570
You know what I'm saying?

871
00:39:21,610 --> 00:39:24,390
We've got to break this
poverty mindset.

872
00:39:24,970 --> 00:39:28,578
And I feel like for me, that
has been my heart.

873
00:39:28,634 --> 00:39:30,034
And I love that about you.

874
00:39:30,122 --> 00:39:31,618
So let me make sure I get it.

875
00:39:31,754 --> 00:39:34,230
Your savings is your foundation.

876
00:39:35,370 --> 00:39:39,058
You know, two years before the
global pandemic, we were in a staff

877
00:39:39,114 --> 00:39:42,610
meeting and the spirit of the
living God spoke to me and said,

878
00:39:42,650 --> 00:39:43,426
tell your staff.

879
00:39:43,498 --> 00:39:46,562
Now, when I say staff, we
weren't even paying none of these

880
00:39:46,586 --> 00:39:46,770
people.

881
00:39:46,810 --> 00:39:48,510
They were just volunteer leaders.

882
00:39:49,140 --> 00:39:52,252
I think maybe we're paying
Mallory to do the kids ministry,

883
00:39:52,316 --> 00:39:54,828
maybe just a couple hundred
bucks a month or something.

884
00:39:54,964 --> 00:39:57,356
And we had like stipend salaries.

885
00:39:57,468 --> 00:40:01,468
This was pre pandemic, and we
were having a staff meeting, and

886
00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:03,356
the spirit of the living God
said something.

887
00:40:03,428 --> 00:40:07,400
He said to me, mike, something
catastrophic is coming.

888
00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:10,572
Tell these people to save
their money.

889
00:40:10,756 --> 00:40:11,932
And I said it to him.

890
00:40:11,956 --> 00:40:16,050
And for two years, Ryan
Hayward and Mallory, his bride, they

891
00:40:16,090 --> 00:40:17,442
took that word seriously.

892
00:40:17,506 --> 00:40:21,106
How many of you know if you
don't take prophecy seriously, you'll

893
00:40:21,138 --> 00:40:22,470
become a casualty.

894
00:40:23,050 --> 00:40:24,674
And so they took it seriously.

895
00:40:24,722 --> 00:40:26,402
They started saving their
money for two years.

896
00:40:26,426 --> 00:40:27,938
And guess what happened two
years later?

897
00:40:27,994 --> 00:40:29,506
A global pandemic.

898
00:40:29,698 --> 00:40:32,722
And because they honored the
man of God and they listened to what

899
00:40:32,746 --> 00:40:36,802
the Lord said to me, actually,
Ryan ended up losing his job.

900
00:40:36,906 --> 00:40:40,850
But he was able to bridge the
gap before between finding a new

901
00:40:40,890 --> 00:40:42,850
job and their family never suffered.

902
00:40:42,930 --> 00:40:45,846
And I remember him calling me,
crying, being like, pastor Mike,

903
00:40:45,878 --> 00:40:48,950
I am so grateful for that
prophecy because we took what you

904
00:40:48,990 --> 00:40:49,910
said seriously.

905
00:40:49,990 --> 00:40:52,694
We saved for two years and we
never even felt it.

906
00:40:52,782 --> 00:40:56,326
And by the way, I thought I
lost my job, but I actually upgraded

907
00:40:56,358 --> 00:40:59,090
to a higher paying job and
we're even better off.

908
00:40:59,710 --> 00:41:00,806
So those were those stories.

909
00:41:00,838 --> 00:41:04,838
But let me just tell you, I
have a good friend named Joseph Z.

910
00:41:04,974 --> 00:41:06,422
He's a renowned prophet.

911
00:41:06,486 --> 00:41:11,046
I was just recently on his
television program, and me and him

912
00:41:11,118 --> 00:41:15,290
have both been seeing from God
that there is a two year window again.

913
00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:18,090
And I believe there's grace again.

914
00:41:18,470 --> 00:41:20,830
So now it's not Mike saying it.

915
00:41:20,950 --> 00:41:25,438
Now that I've Gone up from
pastoral realm to apostolic realm.

916
00:41:25,534 --> 00:41:29,630
Now, the new pastor is
Randall, and he's telling you, get

917
00:41:29,670 --> 00:41:31,806
the foundation of your savings.

918
00:41:31,998 --> 00:41:35,582
So this has got to be
immediate implementation of save,

919
00:41:35,646 --> 00:41:37,214
save, save, save.

920
00:41:37,342 --> 00:41:40,530
Make sure you build that
foundation, because I do believe

921
00:41:40,650 --> 00:41:46,658
that we have a window of time
to prosper and to save before what's

922
00:41:46,674 --> 00:41:46,898
next.

923
00:41:46,954 --> 00:41:49,810
How many of you are going to
make it your point to do this, to

924
00:41:49,850 --> 00:41:51,362
build that foundation?

925
00:41:51,506 --> 00:41:56,882
Now, listen, I'm bipartisan,
and I'm saying this because I have

926
00:41:56,906 --> 00:41:59,474
to pastor with purity in my pulpit.

927
00:41:59,602 --> 00:42:02,002
I have to speak with purity
with my pulpit.

928
00:42:02,066 --> 00:42:04,960
I got invited to the dnc, and
I didn't go.

929
00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:08,276
I got invited to a closed room
setting with Trump, and I didn't

930
00:42:08,308 --> 00:42:12,340
go because I want every person
across all seven locations of my

931
00:42:12,380 --> 00:42:15,560
church to know that my
integrity cannot be bought.

932
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,700
And when I stand in this
pulpit, I stand with purity because

933
00:42:19,740 --> 00:42:22,932
I'll never put the cross
underneath the flag, even though

934
00:42:22,956 --> 00:42:24,276
I love this country.

935
00:42:24,428 --> 00:42:27,812
And I did get invited by
Secret Service to go back to the

936
00:42:27,836 --> 00:42:30,972
White House and to do a
prayer, walk through that torture

937
00:42:30,986 --> 00:42:32,696
and to pray over the building
at the end.

938
00:42:32,768 --> 00:42:35,496
And the whole hallway was
filled with doves, which fulfilled

939
00:42:35,528 --> 00:42:38,232
that sermon that I preached
about the elephant, the donkey, or

940
00:42:38,256 --> 00:42:39,096
the dove.

941
00:42:39,288 --> 00:42:40,808
And so why do I say this?

942
00:42:40,864 --> 00:42:45,352
Because Trump coming in was a
good thing, but also for many people.

943
00:42:45,456 --> 00:42:46,968
And I know my people.

944
00:42:47,104 --> 00:42:49,848
I know the people I'm
pastoring across these locations.

945
00:42:49,944 --> 00:42:51,780
Many of them have lost their job.

946
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,816
And some of y'all don't think
I know you, but I know you.

947
00:42:55,888 --> 00:42:58,020
And I know your Social
Security number.

948
00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:04,292
Not really, but sometimes I'll
even hit up the campus pastors.

949
00:43:04,356 --> 00:43:05,684
Tell me about Lisa.

950
00:43:05,812 --> 00:43:07,108
And they're like, how do you
know Lisa?

951
00:43:07,124 --> 00:43:10,548
I'm like, cause I'm always
watching because I want to be a good

952
00:43:10,604 --> 00:43:11,780
lead pastor.

953
00:43:11,940 --> 00:43:15,092
And I know that there's people
even in our Indiana campus who have

954
00:43:15,116 --> 00:43:17,940
lost their job as a result of
this transition.

955
00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:18,820
Things happen.

956
00:43:18,940 --> 00:43:20,148
Here's my point.

957
00:43:20,284 --> 00:43:21,760
I love this country.

958
00:43:22,620 --> 00:43:26,168
I pray for our president, but
I know that we're in a time of great

959
00:43:26,224 --> 00:43:26,744
transition.

960
00:43:26,792 --> 00:43:29,832
And I believe you'll look back
at this and you'll say, randall was

961
00:43:29,856 --> 00:43:31,400
a prophet to my home.

962
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,416
Did I honor the prophet?

963
00:43:33,608 --> 00:43:38,184
And when we go through the
four pillars, transportation is one

964
00:43:38,192 --> 00:43:38,520
of them.

965
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:42,184
Go take the car back, exchange
it for a used car.

966
00:43:42,272 --> 00:43:44,024
Get that car payment out.

967
00:43:44,192 --> 00:43:45,544
Make something happen.

968
00:43:45,712 --> 00:43:47,940
One of the pillars is where
you live.

969
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,540
Move somewhere else where the
rent goes down.

970
00:43:51,910 --> 00:43:54,238
Downsize so that you can live better.

971
00:43:54,374 --> 00:43:56,078
One of the pillars is food.

972
00:43:56,214 --> 00:43:58,974
See if you picked up on what
he was trying to teach you.

973
00:43:59,062 --> 00:44:03,598
Every pillar, there is an
opportunity for massive savings which

974
00:44:03,654 --> 00:44:05,246
ransoms that money back.

975
00:44:05,398 --> 00:44:09,070
And so I want to give you the
last word to really minister this

976
00:44:09,110 --> 00:44:10,446
as we come to a close.

977
00:44:10,598 --> 00:44:15,614
Because the Lord, we were in
prayer yesterday, and the Lord, I

978
00:44:15,622 --> 00:44:17,902
was like, lord, I don't want
to miss this opportunity.

979
00:44:17,966 --> 00:44:19,428
There's so many lives on the line.

980
00:44:19,534 --> 00:44:21,260
And I heard the word pilfer.

981
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:22,540
Pilfer.

982
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,376
And I didn't know what that
word meant.

983
00:44:24,408 --> 00:44:28,184
And I looked it up, and then I
sent it to Prophet Randall, and I

984
00:44:28,192 --> 00:44:29,576
said, I saw the word pilfer.

985
00:44:29,688 --> 00:44:33,064
And I feel like there's a big
moment in closing where we're supposed

986
00:44:33,112 --> 00:44:37,240
to break people through and
transform them through prayer and

987
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:38,536
in this pilfering.

988
00:44:38,648 --> 00:44:41,848
And he literally hit me back,
and he was like, apostle Mike, it's

989
00:44:41,864 --> 00:44:43,176
so much crazier than we thought.

990
00:44:43,248 --> 00:44:46,568
There's a scripture in Titus
that talks about pilfering.

991
00:44:46,664 --> 00:44:48,264
So I'm gonna give you the definition.

992
00:44:48,392 --> 00:44:49,352
He's gonna break it down.

993
00:44:49,376 --> 00:44:51,464
Then we're all gonna stand and
receive prayer.

994
00:44:51,592 --> 00:44:59,260
And then next week, I waited
almost eight years to earn your trust

995
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:00,904
to preach the message.

996
00:45:00,952 --> 00:45:03,480
That message I'm gonna preach
next week.

997
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,368
I'm debuting a new technology
to teach it that I've never used

998
00:45:07,424 --> 00:45:07,976
before.

999
00:45:08,128 --> 00:45:11,640
And next week is probably one
of the most important sermons I will

1000
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,740
have ever preached in the
history of this church.

1001
00:45:14,140 --> 00:45:17,316
But also, how many of you know
that we're in a fast right now?

1002
00:45:17,468 --> 00:45:21,332
We're in a fast that I called,
and you have 40 days to go on this

1003
00:45:21,356 --> 00:45:21,748
fast.

1004
00:45:21,844 --> 00:45:26,708
And I believe that fasting is
also financial, where you say, I'm

1005
00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:28,320
gonna restrict in these areas.

1006
00:45:28,620 --> 00:45:32,612
So this Thursday night on my
channel, I'm debuting a message that

1007
00:45:32,636 --> 00:45:37,028
talks about the five ways that
fasting is spiritual warfare over

1008
00:45:37,084 --> 00:45:37,892
your life.

1009
00:45:38,076 --> 00:45:41,088
And some of you are doing
intermittent fasting where you're

1010
00:45:41,104 --> 00:45:43,824
giving up breakfast, some of
you giving up lunch, some dinner.

1011
00:45:43,872 --> 00:45:45,728
And we talked about that last week.

1012
00:45:45,784 --> 00:45:48,352
But how many of you are going
to join me this Thursday night at

1013
00:45:48,376 --> 00:45:51,392
9pm Eastern for this message
on fasting?

1014
00:45:51,456 --> 00:45:53,968
So you can see how fasting is
spiritual warfare.

1015
00:45:54,064 --> 00:45:54,976
Okay, it's.

1016
00:45:55,008 --> 00:46:00,128
And I actually recorded this
video when I was very deep into a

1017
00:46:00,184 --> 00:46:00,656
fast.

1018
00:46:00,768 --> 00:46:04,192
And I waited till, like, the
apex of that fast to be fully in

1019
00:46:04,216 --> 00:46:04,800
that state.

1020
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,948
And I delivered this message
on video and then waited to premiere

1021
00:46:07,964 --> 00:46:08,844
it for now.

1022
00:46:09,012 --> 00:46:12,012
So this video this Thursday
night on my channel is going to be

1023
00:46:12,036 --> 00:46:13,996
powerful for our entire church.

1024
00:46:14,188 --> 00:46:18,604
But, Randall, help us
understand pilfer, because the definition

1025
00:46:18,652 --> 00:46:23,920
of it is to repeatedly steal
small amounts without violence.

1026
00:46:25,140 --> 00:46:28,908
You know, and when you read
Titus, chapter 2, and you could write

1027
00:46:28,924 --> 00:46:34,742
that down, Titus, chapter 2,
9, 10, it says, Bondservants are

1028
00:46:34,766 --> 00:46:37,970
to be submissive to their own
masters in everything.

1029
00:46:38,670 --> 00:46:43,558
They are to be well, pleasing,
not argumentative, not pilfering,

1030
00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:46,806
but showing all good faith so
that in everything.

1031
00:46:46,958 --> 00:46:52,170
In everything, they may adorn
the doctrine of God our Savior.

1032
00:46:52,830 --> 00:46:56,730
Our duty is to adorn the word
of God.

1033
00:46:57,870 --> 00:47:00,600
The Word of God says that give.

1034
00:47:01,140 --> 00:47:03,452
Give all your tithes to the storehouse.

1035
00:47:03,516 --> 00:47:04,076
Storehouse.

1036
00:47:04,108 --> 00:47:06,636
Bring your first fruit to the storehouse.

1037
00:47:06,828 --> 00:47:08,940
Malachi, chapter two, right?

1038
00:47:08,980 --> 00:47:10,812
And it says from 10 to 13.

1039
00:47:10,916 --> 00:47:12,876
And then it goes on to say,
test me.

1040
00:47:12,948 --> 00:47:16,012
I don't ever see there's
places in the Bible where God says

1041
00:47:16,036 --> 00:47:16,172
that.

1042
00:47:16,196 --> 00:47:19,164
But in that moment, he says,
test me.

1043
00:47:19,332 --> 00:47:20,140
Let me show you.

1044
00:47:20,180 --> 00:47:21,800
Let me show you who I am.

1045
00:47:22,260 --> 00:47:24,268
Let me show you that I'm a
true Father.

1046
00:47:24,364 --> 00:47:24,988
And let me.

1047
00:47:25,044 --> 00:47:26,732
Let me pour out the windows.

1048
00:47:26,796 --> 00:47:29,120
Let me pour out blessings from
the windows of heaven.

1049
00:47:29,510 --> 00:47:31,070
Let me allow it to fall down.

1050
00:47:31,110 --> 00:47:31,358
And.

1051
00:47:31,414 --> 00:47:32,078
And what.

1052
00:47:32,134 --> 00:47:32,462
When I.

1053
00:47:32,486 --> 00:47:36,670
When I hear this word pilfer,
I think about, like, just.

1054
00:47:36,710 --> 00:47:37,006
Just.

1055
00:47:37,078 --> 00:47:39,950
Just dream, like, imagine with
me for a second, right?

1056
00:47:40,070 --> 00:47:45,070
There is 2.63 billion
Christians in the world today in

1057
00:47:45,110 --> 00:47:46,136
2024.

1058
00:47:46,364 --> 00:47:49,290
2.63 billion Christians in the
world today.

1059
00:47:49,670 --> 00:47:53,278
I wonder if they got that
number after we did the Thousand

1060
00:47:53,334 --> 00:47:54,730
Soul Initiative or not.

1061
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:00,600
But with that 2.63 billion,
let's just imagine that they were

1062
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:00,952
paying.

1063
00:48:01,016 --> 00:48:03,500
Every single person was giving
their tithe.

1064
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:07,608
Now, let's imagine that half
of those people weren't stewarding

1065
00:48:07,624 --> 00:48:10,540
their finances well, but they
were still giving their tithe.

1066
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,872
But what they did was that,
God, you don't need all of that.

1067
00:48:14,976 --> 00:48:16,660
Let me take a dollar from there.

1068
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:17,576
God.

1069
00:48:17,608 --> 00:48:18,504
It's all right.

1070
00:48:18,672 --> 00:48:19,240
You're good.

1071
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:20,408
You don't need that much.

1072
00:48:20,544 --> 00:48:22,220
Let me just take $1.

1073
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:25,944
If 1.5, which is half of 2.

1074
00:48:26,032 --> 00:48:28,408
About half of 2.63 billion.

1075
00:48:28,544 --> 00:48:34,840
If 1.5 billion people did
that, that is $1.5 billion that we

1076
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,336
decided to steal from the
house of God.

1077
00:48:37,368 --> 00:48:38,520
Because we pilfered.

1078
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:40,060
Because we pilfered.

1079
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:44,620
This is the moment.

1080
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:46,582
Today is where it ends.

1081
00:48:46,736 --> 00:48:50,330
Where we stop pilfering from
the house of God, where we get our

1082
00:48:50,370 --> 00:48:51,498
finances in order.

1083
00:48:51,634 --> 00:48:54,458
Where we say, I'm gonna
steward my finances because I'm not

1084
00:48:54,514 --> 00:48:57,258
afraid of what's to come tomorrow.

1085
00:48:57,434 --> 00:49:01,690
Because I know that when I do
this today and every other time,

1086
00:49:01,730 --> 00:49:05,354
when the opportunity comes,
that I know that everything else

1087
00:49:05,402 --> 00:49:13,162
underneath will be taken care
of.2200 payment for a house will

1088
00:49:13,186 --> 00:49:15,658
be taken care of for an apartment.

1089
00:49:15,754 --> 00:49:20,938
The car that I'm driving, even
though I gotta wait a year before

1090
00:49:20,994 --> 00:49:25,322
I actually can drive it again
so that I can get the finances in

1091
00:49:25,346 --> 00:49:30,906
order for me to take care of
it and take it to the mechanic, that'll

1092
00:49:30,938 --> 00:49:32,150
be taken care of.

1093
00:49:32,610 --> 00:49:36,442
When I know that is what
happens when you begin to set your

1094
00:49:36,466 --> 00:49:38,180
tithe as number one.

1095
00:49:38,330 --> 00:49:42,976
And I believe that within the
church of V1, what is going to happen

1096
00:49:43,048 --> 00:49:45,104
when we begin to take place
and do that?

1097
00:49:45,192 --> 00:49:48,352
There is going to be a
movement of finances that is going

1098
00:49:48,376 --> 00:49:52,720
to rush through that, rush
through the Christianity all over

1099
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:53,216
the world.

1100
00:49:53,288 --> 00:49:55,792
But it's going to start right
here in this house.

1101
00:49:55,976 --> 00:49:58,140
It's going to start right here
in this house.

1102
00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:03,616
So if you guys believe that, I
want you to begin to just step into

1103
00:50:03,688 --> 00:50:06,702
who God is calling you to be,
which is a son and a daughter.

1104
00:50:06,846 --> 00:50:10,478
Because sons and daughters
don't have to take money from, from,

1105
00:50:10,534 --> 00:50:12,050
from their parents wallets.

1106
00:50:12,390 --> 00:50:15,582
My son actually, he'll put
something in an Amazon cart and say,

1107
00:50:15,606 --> 00:50:18,142
okay, can I get like here it is.

1108
00:50:18,326 --> 00:50:21,210
Because he believes that I'm
going to purchase it for him.

1109
00:50:22,150 --> 00:50:22,846
And it's true.

1110
00:50:22,878 --> 00:50:24,142
I, I, I end up doing it.

1111
00:50:24,166 --> 00:50:26,530
I'm, if I'm spoiling my child,
I apologize.

1112
00:50:27,350 --> 00:50:28,558
But you know what?

1113
00:50:28,694 --> 00:50:31,634
He knows that I'm a good father.

1114
00:50:31,822 --> 00:50:33,610
If I'm a good father, how much more?

1115
00:50:33,650 --> 00:50:35,070
Our Father in heaven.

1116
00:50:35,970 --> 00:50:36,394
Wow.

1117
00:50:36,442 --> 00:50:38,186
You know what the revelation is?

1118
00:50:38,338 --> 00:50:43,434
Tithing is like putting the
things that God, you know, God knows

1119
00:50:43,482 --> 00:50:48,378
you need in the Amazon cart of
your family to where it's like, hey,

1120
00:50:48,394 --> 00:50:53,434
I already know by faith, you
know, as we close and I want to pray

1121
00:50:53,482 --> 00:50:55,470
and we're going to, I'm going
to ask that you pray.

1122
00:50:56,130 --> 00:51:00,458
It's interesting that the word
pilfer shows up in Titus because

1123
00:51:00,514 --> 00:51:04,282
the apostle was training and
he was basically saying, I'm trying

1124
00:51:04,306 --> 00:51:06,954
to train you, but the problem
is you cannot pilfer.

1125
00:51:07,002 --> 00:51:08,250
And this is what pilfer means.

1126
00:51:08,290 --> 00:51:09,882
It's different than just rob.

1127
00:51:10,026 --> 00:51:13,130
See, in Malachi the prophet's
like, will you rob God?

1128
00:51:13,290 --> 00:51:17,530
But pilfer is when you, it's
like, hey, I should be giving this

1129
00:51:17,570 --> 00:51:19,402
much, this much is 10%.

1130
00:51:19,506 --> 00:51:21,834
And I should even be trying to
go beyond that.

1131
00:51:21,922 --> 00:51:24,890
But I'm just gonna come to 5%, 7%.

1132
00:51:25,010 --> 00:51:27,926
And what you're doing is
you're playing this game where you're

1133
00:51:27,958 --> 00:51:32,330
like, what little percentage
can I take without it being noticeable?

1134
00:51:32,670 --> 00:51:34,294
That's what pilfering is.

1135
00:51:34,382 --> 00:51:37,750
It's when you take little by
little to the point where you hope

1136
00:51:37,790 --> 00:51:39,050
nobody notices.

1137
00:51:39,470 --> 00:51:42,502
And I think that what is so
interesting is you blew my mind when

1138
00:51:42,526 --> 00:51:45,558
you're like, mike, this is in Titus.

1139
00:51:45,734 --> 00:51:48,454
And there was something
happening in the early church where

1140
00:51:48,462 --> 00:51:51,094
the apostle was like, I have
to make sure you all know, don't

1141
00:51:51,142 --> 00:51:51,930
pilfer.

1142
00:51:52,620 --> 00:51:56,788
And so what I think that means
is come up to the level that God

1143
00:51:56,884 --> 00:52:00,132
has called you to come up to
the level that you know is right.

1144
00:52:00,156 --> 00:52:01,140
But I will tell you this.

1145
00:52:01,180 --> 00:52:04,772
You can't out give God, and
God's way works.

1146
00:52:04,836 --> 00:52:07,908
And I don't care if you live
in the most expensive region of the

1147
00:52:07,964 --> 00:52:08,372
U.S.

1148
00:52:08,476 --> 00:52:11,700
or you live in the least
expensive region of the US if you

1149
00:52:11,740 --> 00:52:15,044
get out of the world's economy
and you get into heaven's economy,

1150
00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:18,134
things start flowing and
you're going to have testimony, testimony

1151
00:52:18,182 --> 00:52:20,166
upon testimony upon testimony.

1152
00:52:20,278 --> 00:52:22,810
And that is just the way it works.

1153
00:52:23,230 --> 00:52:25,510
So, Pastor Randall, can you
help us?

1154
00:52:25,550 --> 00:52:28,166
Could you all stand to your
feet across every location?

1155
00:52:28,358 --> 00:52:32,070
As a matter of fact, I believe
that in Indiana right now that people

1156
00:52:32,110 --> 00:52:34,310
are receiving breakthrough in
this area.

1157
00:52:34,430 --> 00:52:36,902
See, sometimes people would
say, oh, this doesn't have to do

1158
00:52:36,926 --> 00:52:37,270
with me.

1159
00:52:37,310 --> 00:52:38,262
They're talking all New York.

1160
00:52:38,286 --> 00:52:39,206
No, no, listen.

1161
00:52:39,238 --> 00:52:41,930
The poorest I ever was was in Indiana.

1162
00:52:42,510 --> 00:52:46,202
And so I believe that God,
even in Indiana, will give you insight

1163
00:52:46,246 --> 00:52:47,266
sites, give you wisdom.

1164
00:52:47,298 --> 00:52:47,634
Get.

1165
00:52:47,722 --> 00:52:50,354
Look, they're coming to sell
this furniture on ebay.

1166
00:52:50,482 --> 00:52:52,114
Talk about Facebook Marketplace.

1167
00:52:52,162 --> 00:52:54,226
They're the immediate implementation.

1168
00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:56,018
You see that we gotta go first.

1169
00:52:56,074 --> 00:52:58,946
Robbed us blind right in the
middle of the sermon.

1170
00:52:59,138 --> 00:53:01,026
But we're gonna pray right now.

1171
00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:03,266
How many of you was this good
for your soul?

1172
00:53:03,378 --> 00:53:07,110
How many of you feel better
because there's all these good sermons

1173
00:53:07,530 --> 00:53:11,842
and people know about
Leviathan and Jezebel and they can

1174
00:53:11,866 --> 00:53:14,720
quote you all the Hebrew, but
then you're like, show me your bank

1175
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:14,960
account.

1176
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:21,152
And they're like, I want you
to carry authority in all areas of

1177
00:53:21,176 --> 00:53:21,980
your life.

1178
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:23,264
I want you.

1179
00:53:23,352 --> 00:53:25,856
I want you to carry authority
in every area.

1180
00:53:25,928 --> 00:53:27,024
That's what overflow.

1181
00:53:27,072 --> 00:53:27,968
This series is about.

1182
00:53:28,024 --> 00:53:28,912
Overflow.

1183
00:53:28,976 --> 00:53:29,648
And you know what?

1184
00:53:29,704 --> 00:53:30,656
Mark my words.

1185
00:53:30,768 --> 00:53:32,288
And I want you to pray.

1186
00:53:32,464 --> 00:53:36,624
I believe by the end of this
series that many of you are going

1187
00:53:36,632 --> 00:53:39,146
to have the testimonies and
you're going to be begging.

1188
00:53:39,178 --> 00:53:41,018
Can I tell this story at my campus?

1189
00:53:41,114 --> 00:53:44,650
Because if I know anything
about God, when he says, test me

1190
00:53:44,690 --> 00:53:48,682
in this way, he loves to show
you that his way works.

1191
00:53:48,826 --> 00:53:49,306
Amen.

1192
00:53:49,338 --> 00:53:50,858
Are you in agreement with me?

1193
00:53:50,994 --> 00:53:51,450
Come on.

1194
00:53:51,490 --> 00:53:54,458
When two come together in
agreement, let it be so.

1195
00:53:54,514 --> 00:53:56,282
Somebody say, let it be so.

1196
00:53:56,466 --> 00:53:56,970
All right.

1197
00:53:57,010 --> 00:53:58,906
Pastor Randall, can You just
pray over them.

1198
00:53:58,978 --> 00:54:00,650
Apostle Mike, can you just
stay here?

1199
00:54:00,770 --> 00:54:01,402
Because I want to.

1200
00:54:01,426 --> 00:54:03,146
I want to place my hands on you.

1201
00:54:03,218 --> 00:54:03,580
Wow.

1202
00:54:03,650 --> 00:54:04,280
Because there's a.

1203
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:06,696
There's an overflow that comes
from you.

1204
00:54:06,848 --> 00:54:09,512
And so if my words are going
to come out, I want it to come from

1205
00:54:09,536 --> 00:54:10,712
the oil that you drip.

1206
00:54:10,776 --> 00:54:11,448
Wow.

1207
00:54:11,624 --> 00:54:16,540
So, Father God, Lord Jesus, we
just thank you, Lord.

1208
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:21,448
We thank you, Father, for
showing us that we are sons and daughters.

1209
00:54:21,544 --> 00:54:26,184
For showing us that our
identity is not in our finances,

1210
00:54:26,232 --> 00:54:29,352
it's not in our bank account,
it's not in our job, it's not in

1211
00:54:29,376 --> 00:54:30,880
our salary, Lord God.

1212
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,576
It's not in the place that we live.

1213
00:54:32,648 --> 00:54:37,200
Lord Jesus, there are people
that are living in tenements, right?

1214
00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:41,104
And you're living in areas and
you're saying, man, I can't become

1215
00:54:41,192 --> 00:54:41,820
that.

1216
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:46,416
But, Father God, we have an
apostle that has stood and has walked

1217
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the test of time, and he's
done what you have said, Lord God.

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And so if we walk in that as
well, Lord Jesus, if we understand

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that we are sons and
daughters, Lord God, then, Father

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God, there is going to be a
blessing that pours out of our house,

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out of our lives, Lord God.

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From your house, Lord Jesus.

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Heaven.

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So God, I pray, Lord, as each
and every person tests you in this,

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Lord God, as we get our
finances in order, as we steward

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our lives in the way that you
have called us to steward it, Lord

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Jesus, there is going to be.

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There is going to be an
outpouring of your glory, Lord God,

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in our lives.

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When the situations come, Lord
God, when the trials and tribulations

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come, Lord Jesus, we will not
pilfer, Lord God, we will continue

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to be faithful in what you
said, Lord, and our obedience will

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yield, Lord God, the blessings
from heaven.

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So, Father, we thank you for
the work that you're doing, and we

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ask all of this in your name
across every location right now of

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V1 church.

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In the name of Jesus, we pray.

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Amen and amen.