What in the World is Happening to Me?!

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Jesus said, Whatsoever things you desire, you will have what you say.

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This earth, the sun, the moon, the stars were created and framed with the words out of God's mouth.

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God created things with words and you were made in God's image, in the similitude of God and he put creative power and authority in your mouth and on your tongue and yes, your words matter.

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Welcome to the City Light Church podcast.

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Thanks for joining us today as we look into God's Word and discover the hope and truth that He has for us.

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If you want to connect with City Light Church, feel free to visit us at CityLightNYC.com.

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That's CityLightNYC.com.

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Pastor Boyan Jancic and his team believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is already working in our hearts and minds.

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As you listen to today's teaching, remember that you are deeply loved by God, that you are surrounded by His grace, and that He has a real hope and a future for you.

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It's good to have you, those of you joining us online.

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And thank you to our worship team who's singing live and definitely not lip syncing.

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Hallelujah.

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No, they're really not.

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Imagine it comes out this whole time.

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Imagine you go to talk to Sean.

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And like he has this thick Indian accent.

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Sean, can I do it?

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Can I do the head thing?

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And you're like, what?

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And it turns out he was lip syncing the whole time.

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Oh, hallelujah.

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Hallelujah.

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Oh, man.

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No, sorry.

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We had a...

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I found out Santa Claus wasn't real in the first service, which I fully intend on disproving like this week.

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Steak lunch.

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Steak lunch.

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All right.

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We'll see.

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And I'm going to have, I mean, I will interview on video.

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I will get the truth out.

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Who will?

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Katie, no.

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Katie, you agree?

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And she would know what she's talking about.

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All right, we won't revisit all that, but Sean is the real deal.

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Amen.

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Hallelujah.

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And we all appreciate him.

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So connect with us if you're a guest.

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Like, what was happening the other week?

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Oh, we had that monsoon.

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terrible that nor'easter cars were floating away it was awful and like we had to send the text out saying that our Saturday ring or fling that it was it was it was canceled and postponed thank you now I see I knew that but I was thrown off somebody talking in the front row totally told someone really loud they have no awareness of how loud they are totally threw off their father and

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Pay attention.

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This is how preachers' kids backslide.

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This is how.

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So in other words, what I'm saying is sign up.

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We're not going to bombard you, but this way you get to be in the know and say you wanted to go to Ring of Fling, and now you're in the monsoon that never came, and you found out that you didn't know it was postponed, but we're just going to send you one email a week and like four text messages a year, and just sign up.

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And by the way, this is the number one way to communicate with us.

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You know, there's some people think that like this is a one-man show.

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I can tell from the way they talk to me.

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You know, I tell them to email info, and they're like, so, okay, and then you'll email me back.

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No, we actually have full-time staff and lots of part-time.

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And we have this, we really try to serve you.

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We really try not, we're actually overstaffed for our size church to help meet your needs.

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But you'll never be able to receive all those benefits unless you, like, plug in.

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And this is an easy plug-in.

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Just sign up and connect with us.

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And then, of course, they're letting you know that the Ring or Fling Conference is October 24th, which seems so far away, but now it's just a few weeks away again.

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So if you're single, be a part of that.

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But I really want to talk to you about two main things before I get into the Word this morning.

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One is baptisms.

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Baptisms are coming up, and they're happening November, exactly November 7th.

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On a Saturday in Manhattan, we show you this footage because the number one question we get is, how long do you keep me under the water?

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Really?

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So we stopped getting that question when I started addressing it.

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But for the first, like, ten years, people would be nervous.

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They didn't know what full baptism by immersion.

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They only saw a little dabble do you, a little sprinkle.

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So they thought I was trying to do an exorcism by keeping them under the water.

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One second.

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But you must go under the water.

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Because Jesus did.

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Because it's a type of death.

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And like he was raised from the grave.

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You will.

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I promise you.

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You will come up out of the water.

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But it will come up.

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And things will be different.

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Baptism is powerful.

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We know that because at Jesus' baptism he encountered the power of the Holy Spirit.

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This isn't some rote religious ritual.

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And by the way.

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This also isn't optional.

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The early church didn't treat it as optional.

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The early church baptized people the day, the moment they were saved.

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Somehow...

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The 21st century, especially in America, we do it months later.

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Some wait years.

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Some treat it like an advanced step.

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Like, okay, I got saved.

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I received Jesus.

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That's like the bachelor level.

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And then baptism in water is the master's level.

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit, PhD level.

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I have to really get my act straight before I can get that.

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No, it should be one, two, three, and that's available to you.

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So baptisms are November the 7th.

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And you can sign up for them by... You can come at us by land, air, and sea.

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Texting, emailing, filling out a connection card, giving it to an usher.

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Should not be difficult to just communicate what you want.

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Hallelujah.

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It's like Burger King in here.

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Your way, right away.

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As long as it's scriptural.

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And then we have growth track.

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Growth track is important.

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Because that's the plan for membership.

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Membership is biblical.

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In the modern day, membership isn't popular because people want consumer Christianity without commitment.

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They want to come in, kind of listen to this like it's a TED Talk, dip their feet in when the water seems nice.

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And they don't like that it may require anything of them.

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That's just not the biblical model.

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You are, as a Christian, invited to be a part of a local body called a church.

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Now, some people say, I can't find a church that fits me.

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Maybe you need to change.

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Or maybe you just haven't looked hard enough, but I find it hard to believe that in New York City, a city of 8 million people, there's just not one church that fits you.

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Find one that does.

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I know one that I like.

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Find one that does.

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And be a part of it.

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Don't be a leapfrog Christian, hopping from church to church.

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Don't be a Lone Ranger Christian, not being a part of a church.

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Commit to a local body.

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It is God's plan.

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In fact, in the scriptures it says it's a bad habit when you forsake the assembling of yourselves together, as is the habit of some.

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Oh, hallelujah.

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So growth track, it's like the four steps to membership, but it really is beneficial to you because you'll take a personality assessment and a spiritual gifts assessment.

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This isn't something we just concocted.

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This is something that we've adopted from another really successful and effective, when I say successful, I mean effective ministry, that'll help you identify your unique spiritual gifts.

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Because you...

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have something to contribute to the body of Christ.

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And you should know what that is.

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So that you're not just a consumer Christian just seeking to get something, but that Christianity only comes alive when you realize, wow, I have something to give.

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And as you pour out, the Lord pours more in.

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As you pour out, the Lord pours even more in.

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Hallelujah.

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Show me a blessed Christian whose cup is overflowing, I'll show you somebody who's pouring out.

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Show me a selfish Christian who's always trying to just get something for themselves.

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I'll show you somebody who's starving.

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And it's never working out for them.

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Come on.

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This is just... Look.

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You know what really dispels delusions and lies?

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Reality.

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And yet, somehow...

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More and more, because of wokeism, because of the weirdness of the culture and the media, we're taught to deny our eyes, taught to deny our ears, taught to deny pattern recognition.

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Us pastors, we're master pattern recognizers.

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Like Pastor Mo and I, we saw a pattern.

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Wow, look, everybody who becomes a pillar, everybody who moves up in leadership, they have something in common.

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There's a pattern.

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They were all a part of a life group.

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That's a pattern we recognize.

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Another pattern we recognize is, wow, those who are overflowing, they're the ones who seem to be giving.

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And those who are always whining, always pulling, there's always a need, they're the squeakiest wheel in the place, they never ever lift their finger.

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By the way, there was a time years ago when I wanted to honor our top 20 givers.

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And, oh, it wasn't too long ago.

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I won't go into the details.

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But I actually contacted the top 20 givers.

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I asked for a list of the top 20 givers.

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I did not recognize 80% of the names on that list.

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I was like, who's that?

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Who's that?

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Who's that?

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I don't even know them.

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It's really weird.

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They never, ever set up a counseling session.

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Never, ever went to shake my hand.

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Never, ever told me about a problem.

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Weird.

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Because I don't know who gives, who doesn't.

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But it was just interesting that the biggest givers were the quietest ones.

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Something to that.

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I didn't ask, but I should have.

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For like the 20 loudest people.

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They gave zero and took 25 tracts and six water bottles for themselves on the way out.

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But that really is how it is.

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Amen.

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Hallelujah.

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I notice when I say something awkward, when I say a hallelujah after, it removes 2% of the awkwardness.

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Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah.

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If I keep saying it over and over again, it'll be like I wasn't awkward at all.

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Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.

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All right.

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1 Corinthians 4.2.

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Son, you know we have armed security at City Light, right?

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Okay, just so you know.

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Thank you, Lord.

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1 Corinthians 4.2.

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The title of this message...

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I was literally talking to my son.

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Just, I love our security.

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He don't play.

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1 Corinthians 4.2, the title of this message is, what in the world is happening to me?

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Which is a question people often ask when they're sick and tired of being sick and tired.

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They're stuck in a rut and they don't know what's going on.

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And we know that the Lord is good.

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We know that the Lord is the God of victory.

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We know that our lives should be, when you zoom out, there'll be tough seasons, but when you zoom out, our lives should be getting better.

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We should be going from glory to glory.

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And when they're not, when we zoom out and we go, ooh, it seems like it's going from gory to gory.

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Frustration to frustration.

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That's the time to do a self-examination.

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A check-up.

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And go, okay, the problem can't be with God.

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The problem is with me.

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I'm glad I got my start preaching on the streets, maximum security prisons, and preaching on the subways.

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Before City Lightway, I was preaching on New York City subways.

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It all prepared me to preach with my children in the front row.

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It helped me.

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People just don't care.

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And they're breakdancing in the front and whatever.

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Because now they're at the age you used to be.

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I didn't have to deal with it.

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They were in children's church.

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And now they're both at the age.

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And it's awesome.

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I'm so glad that you're here.

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Because I don't preach enough to you six times a day every day.

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You wanted to be here Sunday morning.

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What do you have there?

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Okay.

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So we're trying to unclog.

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Because we're all clogged up.

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The problem is on this side of heaven, not on God's side.

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And he's good.

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He wants to cause our cup to overflow.

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And if our cup is empty, something's wrong.

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So, look, nobody likes going to the doctor and having an exam.

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In fact, really nobody likes going to the dentist, right?

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Any dentist here?

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I heard it's like really hard.

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It's hard being a dentist because you just know nobody likes you.

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Nobody, like you see 20 people that day, nobody got up that morning and said, I'm going to see Dr. So-and-so.

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No, everybody hated and resented coming to you that day.

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This is not really selling the message, but this message is going to be a little bit like that.

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Because nobody likes looking in the mirror and saying, hey, let me do a checkup.

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But that's what we got to do because we want to get declogged and get rid of the barriers.

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See, there's barriers and there's obstacles that we inadvertently put up.

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And God is an ever-flowing fountain of goodness and blessings.

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He wants to touch us, transform our lives.

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But the biggest culprit, the biggest enemy to that who's in the way is me, myself, and I.

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So let's deal with that guy, shall we?

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All right.

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Moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

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What is a steward?

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It's somebody who's given something.

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They're placed in charge of something.

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And when they're faithful, they're given more.

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And I've found that that's how the Lord works with us.

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If you feel stuck, if you...

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If you feel like life's not progressing like you want it to, it would behoove you, it would be wisdom to check different areas of stewardship in your life.

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Because God's not going to give you more until you've been faithful with what he's already given you.

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Because too much of his glory, too much of his blessings, it's like giving a three-year-old a bazooka.

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It will blow him up.

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So the Lord first sees how you are with the little.

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And then he makes you ruler and master over much.

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But it's over time as you prove yourself faithful with what he has given you.

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What was the example that just came to me I used in the first service?

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Anybody?

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Any?

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Because I forgot it, but it was good.

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I remember that.

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Because it wasn't in my notes, but this is a test.

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It was so good, I don't remember it.

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No one else does who was in the first service.

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Okay.

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It's just lost forever.

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I'm sure it'll come back.

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Mauricio is going to heaven right now.

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He's going to the third heaven.

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Whether in the body or out of the body, he does not know, but he'll come back with the answer.

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Luke chapter 16, verses 10 through 12.

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Number one, God actually cares about this.

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This is, by the way, not about the offering.

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It's not about the tithe.

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It's just about money in general.

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And the Bible talks about it a lot.

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And it talks about money a lot because over and over again, and Jesus says this several times, there is a connection between how you handle money and your heart.

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And you'll often hear people say things like, well, money is not that important.

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Yes, it is.

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It's very important.

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How could somebody say it's not important?

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You spend the vast majority of your life trying to get it.

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You're releasing your life's energy, your life force.

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You're getting stressed about it.

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It's important.

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And the Bible doesn't play games.

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It recognizes that it's important.

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In Proverbs, it says money answers everything.

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Yet people who want to be pseudo-spiritual...

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Fake spiritual, pretend spiritual.

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They think they're so deep.

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It's always hilarious to me when somebody doesn't know God from a piece of sheet rock.

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And then they want to pretend they're spiritual.

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Oh, money isn't important.

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Great.

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Say that to your landlord.

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Say that at the grocery store.

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Say that when you didn't want to go to the dentist but went to the dentist and then you get billed.

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Well, you know, money isn't important.

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Yeah.

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And Jesus talked about it a lot.

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He talked about heaven and hell a lot too.

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He talked about hell twice as much as he did about heaven.

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But he talked about money, stewardship, lands, talents.

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And not talent like you can juggle balls, paint real nice.

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Talent is a unit of measurement for precious metals.

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He talked about all that more than heaven and hell combined.

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Because he recognized that it's important.

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So how you handle money is important.

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There was a time in my 20s when I was massively in debt.

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You remember that, mom.

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Because you saw me getting... You get weird when you're in debt.

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There's a lot of shame.

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All of a sudden, I can't look you in the eye.

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I pretend that I wasn't in debt.

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Kind of like that bird, the emu bird that sticks its head in the sand.

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You know why it does that?

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Because it thinks that if I can't see the wolves trying to eat me, the wolves can't see me.

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It actually thinks the enemies... You know the bird?

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Yeah, it does that because it thinks... What do you think?

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It's getting worms down there?

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It sticks its head.

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Because...

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It believes that if the enemies can't see it, I mean, it can't see its enemies, the enemies can't see it.

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That's how people are with debt.

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Whenever I have a financial counseling session, it's the first question to ask, how much in debt are you?

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Nine out of ten times, the answer is, I don't know.

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Oh, I was that way.

334
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Okay.

335
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63K in the hole, spread out.

336
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So you know how irresponsible it was when I tell you how spread out it was.

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Over 16 credit cards.

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I don't even know if they do that today.

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But in the early 2000s, it was just like, get another credit card, roll the debt over, and then rob Peter to pay Paul.

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Anyway, the Lord thankfully got me out of that.

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I wanted to declare bankruptcy

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But then I read in the scriptures, it says a righteous man pays his debt.

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I went, oh.

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Well, I can't do the unrighteous thing.

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Because before it was just like, well, I just declared bankruptcy.

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Well, who pays for it?

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I don't know.

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Who?

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Somebody.

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Somehow.

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They.

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Them.

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The great cloud of witnesses that I don't know about.

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It'll just disappear magically.

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A little slap on the wrist for seven years.

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I can start the whole process again.

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Da-da-da-da-da-da.

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Charge.

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He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much.

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And he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.

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Therefore, if you have not been faithful, this is Jesus.

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Sorry, we can't get it in the red.

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But it's him talking.

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He's the one bringing up money.

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And people go, why in the church they talk about money?

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Because Jesus did.

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He who hasn't been faithful in unrighteous money, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?

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So there is a call to be a good steward of money.

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Unfortunately, many Christians are horrible with money.

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They just are.

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Because too many Christians have some weird Powerball mentality.

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They don't want a budget.

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They don't want a plan.

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I even feel like every time I share my testimony, I almost feel like I shouldn't because some people are like, he got a windfall, maybe I'll get a windfall.

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Yeah.

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Let me see a lot about that right now.

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The Bible is calling you

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And by the way, I think we all have this in common.

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We all have what's in common with all these 10 points is none of us score an A.

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These are areas where we all fall short.

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We all, this is not to shame you or condemn you.

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This, by the way, you know how I preach?

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From my own failures and my own mistakes.

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You know, the best way to learn is from other people's mistakes.

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That way you don't have to have the pain of having your own.

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And blessed for you, you got a pastor who's loaded with them.

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Lots and lots of failures and mistakes so that you don't have to.

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So God is interested in how you spend money, whether you overspend, what you do with money.

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Yes, whether you tithe or not, how generous you are.

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You know what?

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I found some people, I'm sure you've heard this too.

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They're like, go to hand me a 20.

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And they're like, for the church.

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I'm like, I'm not it.

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You give me a 20, I'm buying lunch.

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Why are you giving me a 20?

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But what they, a lot of, some people think, they think that when they give to the church, they're giving to me.

399
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Where do they get that from?

400
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Maybe they went to some church where the pastor was the storehouse, unscripturally speaking.

401
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I've never used one nickel of the church's money for me.

402
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I get a salary.

403
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That's a salary.

404
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But we don't.

405
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My mom's in that.

406
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We were just reminiscing.

407
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I hugged my mom during worship.

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And I said, for 25 years.

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Because mom was there on opening day.

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For 25 years, we've seen the Lord's goodness and faithfulness.

411
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And him bless our church.

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We just reminisced there.

413
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But now it reminds me of right before our first service.

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I had gone to Costco.

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and and gotten all that church stuff and there was a bunch of bounty towels and i was staying with you and dad and you went to grab one of the bounty towels because you needed bounty towels she went to grab one of the bounty towels from the big cart and i went no she went what i said that's the church's towels and it is she can't use those paper towels those are the church's paper

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That's how the staff is.

417
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That's how we run the ministry.

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We have, and you know why?

419
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Because I'm so holy.

420
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No.

421
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No.

422
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No, really.

423
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Because I'm not stupid.

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All right?

425
00:25:19.442 --> 00:25:21.663
How do I believe God for prosperity?

426
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How do I believe God for financial breakthrough, for his abundance, and then be a crook and a thief?

427
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Hello?

428
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Hello?

429
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This is like too close to home for some people.

430
00:25:34.593 --> 00:25:36.835
Because the little voice is now going, that's a good point.

431
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So how do I rob God?

432
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By withholding.

433
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Yeah.

434
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Error 404.

435
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Does not compute.

436
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Does not compute.

437
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Hallelujah.

438
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Thank you, Lord.

439
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Thank you.

440
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Number two.

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This is important.

442
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Remember, we're going to the dentist.

443
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Who likes going to the dentist?

444
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How you speak.

445
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This is important.

446
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Do you know, I shared with this guy who ministered at my Bible school, knew Elvis Presley.

447
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Back in the day, old stuff.

448
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And he said, Elvis Presley, everybody knows, died at the age of 42.

449
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But what most people don't know is that throughout his 30s, over and over and over again, he said, I'll never live past 40.

450
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I can't do the accent, you know.

451
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I'll never live past...

452
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No, no, no, 42.

453
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Not a day passed.

454
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42.

455
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He said it.

456
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The word was, he said it thousands of times, and he got what he said.

457
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Jesus said, whatsoever things you desire, he said, you will have...

458
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What you say, you will have what you say.

459
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This earth, the sun, the moon, the stars were created and framed with the words out of God's mouth.

460
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God created things with words and you were made in God's image, in the similitude of God.

461
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And he put creative power and authority in your mouth and on your tongue.

462
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And yes, your words matter.

463
00:27:36.433 --> 00:27:37.254
Your words matter.

464
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That's why in our house we watch what we say, right?

465
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Sometimes you get frustrated and you say poopy things about yourself.

466
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Poopy, poopy, me, poopy.

467
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And we go, no.

468
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You don't want poopy.

469
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You keep saying poopy things.

470
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Your life will be like that Back to the Future scene where you go into the trailer of horse manure.

471
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You get poopy all over you.

472
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Why are you acting like you can't relate to this?

473
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

474
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And those that love it will eat the fruit thereof.

475
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So if you love that fact that death and life are in the power of your tongue, you're not going to keep cursing yourself.

476
00:28:22.068 --> 00:28:24.229
You're going to speak life over yourself.

477
00:28:24.249 --> 00:28:26.270
You're going to speak life over others.

478
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I would love to hook up electric shock to myself, include all of us.

479
00:28:32.157 --> 00:28:38.479
Whenever we curse ourselves, and cursing yourself is when you speak death over any area of your life, and then you just get like a lab rat.

480
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I wonder what we'd come back looking like the next week.

481
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Who would still have nice hair?

482
00:28:48.321 --> 00:28:50.221
Some people will come back looking like buckwheat.

483
00:28:51.602 --> 00:28:56.743
All right, that got your attention.

484
00:28:58.655 --> 00:28:59.295
All right, thank you.

485
00:29:04.318 --> 00:29:06.159
You got saved with the words of your mouth.

486
00:29:12.002 --> 00:29:19.385
Whoever confesses with their mouth and believes in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead shall be saved.

487
00:29:20.226 --> 00:29:21.086
So what are you saying?

488
00:29:21.126 --> 00:29:21.826
What are you speaking?

489
00:29:22.067 --> 00:29:23.487
And then you also got to be honest.

490
00:29:24.608 --> 00:29:25.248
Hey, how about this?

491
00:29:25.268 --> 00:29:26.889
You got to keep your word.

492
00:29:29.583 --> 00:29:31.505
Christians should be known for keeping their word.

493
00:29:32.465 --> 00:29:39.872
Because if you can't believe your word when you say, hey, I'll meet you at three, or I'll do X, Y, Z for you.

494
00:29:40.672 --> 00:29:47.899
If you can't believe that when you say it and you start to distress your own self, how will you believe it when you say be healed in Jesus name?

495
00:29:48.479 --> 00:29:50.981
Or when you say money, come.

496
00:29:52.322 --> 00:29:52.803
Yeah.

497
00:29:53.724 --> 00:29:54.765
You can command money.

498
00:29:54.785 --> 00:29:54.885
Yeah.

499
00:29:55.757 --> 00:29:59.541
When I say be blessed, I'm commanding with the words of my mouth a blessing.

500
00:30:04.385 --> 00:30:12.833
When I was 63K in the hole, spread across 16 credit cards, I spoke when I was broke.

501
00:30:14.094 --> 00:30:15.095
Poetry by accident.

502
00:30:15.475 --> 00:30:17.717
When I was broke, I spoke.

503
00:30:18.518 --> 00:30:19.259
And I said...

504
00:30:20.482 --> 00:30:21.302
I'm out of debt.

505
00:30:22.102 --> 00:30:22.943
My needs are met.

506
00:30:23.663 --> 00:30:26.104
I got plenty more to put in store.

507
00:30:27.284 --> 00:30:28.304
I'm out of debt.

508
00:30:29.404 --> 00:30:30.305
My needs are met.

509
00:30:31.385 --> 00:30:34.246
And I got plenty more to put in store.

510
00:30:34.906 --> 00:30:35.986
And look at the credit card bills.

511
00:30:36.006 --> 00:30:36.666
There were many.

512
00:30:37.867 --> 00:30:40.107
That was before paperless was almost mandatory.

513
00:30:40.127 --> 00:30:40.907
So I'd get them all.

514
00:30:41.188 --> 00:30:42.908
I could wallpaper the whole place with them.

515
00:30:44.917 --> 00:30:45.998
I spoke life.

516
00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:50.761
And when you continually do that and you actually have integrity, what is integrity?

517
00:30:50.781 --> 00:30:53.563
That means what you say and what you do aligns.

518
00:30:54.844 --> 00:30:55.404
They're one.

519
00:30:55.424 --> 00:30:58.867
Hallelujah.

520
00:30:58.947 --> 00:31:02.109
Hey, next week, I'm not going to challenge you at all.

521
00:31:02.129 --> 00:31:05.652
In fact, I'll give you the sermon title, Feel Good Sermon.

522
00:31:05.852 --> 00:31:06.772
That's just the title.

523
00:31:06.852 --> 00:31:08.474
Feel Good Sermon is for next Sunday.

524
00:31:09.354 --> 00:31:11.796
But this Sunday, we all got to have a Holy Ghost root canal.

525
00:31:11.836 --> 00:31:12.937
So glad you could join us.

526
00:31:14.682 --> 00:31:15.822
So glad you're here.

527
00:31:16.643 --> 00:31:17.063
I love you.

528
00:31:17.103 --> 00:31:21.464
You know, 25 years ago, my mom was the loudest one laughing.

529
00:31:21.964 --> 00:31:23.784
And here we are 25 years later.

530
00:31:23.804 --> 00:31:25.344
You're still the loudest one laughing.

531
00:31:25.965 --> 00:31:27.185
That's a mama for you.

532
00:31:27.845 --> 00:31:29.165
Nothing like a mama's love.

533
00:31:29.986 --> 00:31:30.806
She's in the front row.

534
00:31:32.006 --> 00:31:33.886
Ah!

535
00:31:35.687 --> 00:31:36.047
Right?

536
00:31:36.087 --> 00:31:37.727
Victor, no, that's how your mom is with you.

537
00:31:38.447 --> 00:31:39.988
Just, right?

538
00:31:40.248 --> 00:31:40.808
It's awesome.

539
00:31:43.557 --> 00:31:51.364
Number three, how you treat, this is important, how you treat, I'm telling you, I didn't just come up with this list.

540
00:31:51.384 --> 00:31:58.090
This is stuff that I found that God actually likes, that he pays attention to, that shows we're good stewards.

541
00:31:58.631 --> 00:31:59.491
And it's not like...

542
00:32:00.550 --> 00:32:04.192
It's not like our behavior then gets rewarded by God.

543
00:32:04.532 --> 00:32:11.154
It's that when we yield to the Holy Spirit, we are aligning ourselves with him and his ways.

544
00:32:11.455 --> 00:32:13.936
And then the blessings, we're not purchasing blessings.

545
00:32:13.956 --> 00:32:15.896
The blessings are there, purchased by the blood of Jesus.

546
00:32:16.257 --> 00:32:18.097
But this allows them to flow towards us.

547
00:32:18.798 --> 00:32:22.139
And how you treat people who can't benefit you.

548
00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:29.202
For example, everybody should have a friend who's goofy and unpopular.

549
00:32:30.905 --> 00:32:31.245
You know?

550
00:32:33.148 --> 00:32:46.706
You know in the 80s, there was always that, like the girl, and she had the thick glasses, and the weird braces, and the funky cardigan, but then like she gets her braces taken off, and then there's that scene where she takes off her glasses and does this with her hair, and it's like...

551
00:32:47.780 --> 00:32:48.040
Right?

552
00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:53.123
Yeah, you got to find that friend before she does the thing with her hair and gets her braces removed.

553
00:32:53.363 --> 00:32:57.525
Then there's the guy, he's got the pocket protector full of pens, also the thick glasses, buck teeth.

554
00:32:57.845 --> 00:32:58.286
No, really.

555
00:32:58.606 --> 00:33:00.007
Everybody wants dope friends.

556
00:33:00.467 --> 00:33:02.388
Everybody wants cool friends that are going to lift them up.

557
00:33:02.648 --> 00:33:04.689
And all you end up having is a relationship.

558
00:33:05.049 --> 00:33:06.010
They're not friends.

559
00:33:06.490 --> 00:33:09.912
They're like mutually exploitative colleague relationships.

560
00:33:11.507 --> 00:33:15.389
Find people who can't benefit you and be good to them.

561
00:33:16.190 --> 00:33:17.010
Be nice to them.

562
00:33:17.430 --> 00:33:18.931
Actually get them things.

563
00:33:19.131 --> 00:33:20.152
Buy them a gift.

564
00:33:20.512 --> 00:33:26.715
Find somebody in your life and just buy them something and have Amazon send it to them anonymously.

565
00:33:27.335 --> 00:33:28.836
God likes this stuff.

566
00:33:30.237 --> 00:33:35.920
Jeez, man, I just feel like I'm hitting that spirit, that nasty, wasty, taking spirit.

567
00:33:36.917 --> 00:33:39.137
That's what people often, I was that way.

568
00:33:39.498 --> 00:33:41.318
You got to have that thing broken over your life.

569
00:33:43.198 --> 00:33:45.359
Where you're seeking and looking to bless.

570
00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:49.100
Seek and look to relieve suffering.

571
00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.540
Hallelujah.

572
00:33:59.902 --> 00:34:02.142
You know, we're going to find out about that girl.

573
00:34:04.503 --> 00:34:05.643
But I felt the anointing.

574
00:34:06.758 --> 00:34:13.983
And what I was going to share was the moment I felt that anointing, I took out $100.

575
00:34:14.223 --> 00:34:17.386
And I walked over.

576
00:34:17.446 --> 00:34:21.649
And as I walked closer, Katie, we got to get to the bottom of this, wherever you are.

577
00:34:23.253 --> 00:34:25.354
But as I got closer, I heard her voice.

578
00:34:25.374 --> 00:34:28.216
Now, maybe she's like, you know, what a beautiful name.

579
00:34:28.276 --> 00:34:30.737
And the other speakers are, this was in Penn Station.

580
00:34:31.158 --> 00:34:36.160
We come out of the subway, and there's this little girl, little, I just mean, like 90 pounds soaking wet.

581
00:34:36.901 --> 00:34:39.542
And she's singing, and we feel the anointing.

582
00:34:40.023 --> 00:34:44.185
And the first thing I said was, I feel when there's the anointing, you got to give.

583
00:34:44.645 --> 00:34:46.346
Now, she could do nothing for me.

584
00:34:46.967 --> 00:34:47.487
And I didn't go.

585
00:34:52.611 --> 00:34:55.634
I walked by, I bowed, nodded my head, put it in, kept walking.

586
00:34:55.674 --> 00:34:58.156
And as I did that, more anointing on me.

587
00:34:59.097 --> 00:35:03.001
And she, who was my wife, 30 feet away, she said, whoa, she felt it too.

588
00:35:03.601 --> 00:35:15.993
And then we reminisced how before we experienced the deluge of a major financial breakthrough, there were two girls, it was actually John Arnott, he sent, they were from Argentina or somewhere, they were like students passing through.

589
00:35:17.721 --> 00:35:23.485
And I don't say this to boast, to brag, but just to share our lives for things that worked.

590
00:35:24.245 --> 00:35:30.569
This was back in the day where at any given time we had $1,500, maximum $2,000 in our bank account.

591
00:35:30.589 --> 00:35:31.650
That's just how we lived.

592
00:35:33.407 --> 00:35:38.089
And they came, and we saw they could barely speak English, but they were on fire.

593
00:35:38.449 --> 00:35:43.351
And they were passing through New York, and the Lord spoke, which back then was huge.

594
00:35:43.391 --> 00:35:44.632
He said, give each one of them $500.

595
00:35:44.672 --> 00:35:46.272
And this is what the Lord said.

596
00:35:46.712 --> 00:35:47.933
What would a king do?

597
00:35:49.578 --> 00:35:50.839
I'm no king, Lord.

598
00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:52.359
When are you going to give me kingly stuff?

599
00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:53.560
And then I'll act like a king.

600
00:35:54.441 --> 00:35:55.401
What would a king do?

601
00:35:55.481 --> 00:35:56.882
Give him 500 each.

602
00:35:57.262 --> 00:35:58.703
That was huge.

603
00:35:59.263 --> 00:36:00.884
And no, I didn't take from the tithe.

604
00:36:01.224 --> 00:36:02.545
I didn't take from the offering.

605
00:36:02.845 --> 00:36:04.106
We're still going to give our tithe.

606
00:36:04.426 --> 00:36:05.726
We're still going to give the offering.

607
00:36:06.107 --> 00:36:06.947
And we gave five.

608
00:36:07.187 --> 00:36:09.208
When we gave it to them, we didn't even get a thank you.

609
00:36:10.049 --> 00:36:12.510
Only because I think they couldn't comprehend what was happening.

610
00:36:13.838 --> 00:36:16.859
They were like, are you trying to hire me?

611
00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:17.579
Wash your car?

612
00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.479
Is this weird?

613
00:36:18.919 --> 00:36:20.460
Just like, here you go, enjoy.

614
00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:25.941
If you haven't gotten that expression yet, I know from that person who laughed, they have.

615
00:36:25.961 --> 00:36:27.081
They know what I'm talking about.

616
00:36:28.181 --> 00:36:32.502
You need to give more because you want to get to the most people don't know how to receive.

617
00:36:32.542 --> 00:36:35.083
This is a taker's world and everybody's just a taker.

618
00:36:36.532 --> 00:36:38.876
Well, you got to react in the opposite spirit.

619
00:36:38.896 --> 00:36:40.017
You want God things?

620
00:36:40.117 --> 00:36:41.540
Quit acting like the world.

621
00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:44.905
Quit doing worldly things and expecting God results.

622
00:36:46.617 --> 00:36:50.659
To overcome a spirit, you respond in the opposite spirit.

623
00:36:51.319 --> 00:37:00.883
And more and more in this world, I'm telling you, the plan is to eliminate the middle class, have a very, very small elite, and a permanent underclass.

624
00:37:01.323 --> 00:37:04.724
I have no plans on being in that permanent underclass.

625
00:37:05.104 --> 00:37:11.987
I'm making positions right now to be up top, and I'm doing it, I'm making a living by my giving.

626
00:37:12.807 --> 00:37:16.169
Please don't come to me five, ten years from now and go, why didn't you tell me?

627
00:37:16.369 --> 00:37:18.471
Because I did all the time.

628
00:37:18.691 --> 00:37:20.932
And you stared me down like this with doubt and unbelief.

629
00:37:22.493 --> 00:37:23.133
Okay.

630
00:37:24.354 --> 00:37:24.875
Hallelujah.

631
00:37:26.656 --> 00:37:29.117
So how you treat people who can't benefit you?

632
00:37:29.597 --> 00:37:30.478
Huge.

633
00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.919
Hallelujah.

634
00:37:33.060 --> 00:37:36.862
There was a fella a long, long time ago, definitely not here.

635
00:37:40.666 --> 00:37:42.026
And he really, really needed friends.

636
00:37:42.907 --> 00:37:44.207
So I started naming some people.

637
00:37:46.328 --> 00:37:48.408
I only share this because this is how a lot of people think.

638
00:37:48.729 --> 00:37:50.269
Hey, why don't you be friends with this person?

639
00:37:50.709 --> 00:37:53.010
And he essentially said, well, they're kind of hokey.

640
00:37:53.170 --> 00:37:54.050
They're not cool enough.

641
00:37:55.030 --> 00:37:55.951
And I was like, bro.

642
00:37:58.311 --> 00:37:58.672
You know.

643
00:37:59.912 --> 00:38:01.913
Right now, you're not like a shining star.

644
00:38:04.173 --> 00:38:06.194
I want to help you get there, but...

645
00:38:07.272 --> 00:38:09.153
You know, every four and five wants a ten.

646
00:38:10.353 --> 00:38:13.695
Like, why don't you find your four and a five?

647
00:38:13.735 --> 00:38:16.316
Find a two and a three and just give to them and love on them.

648
00:38:17.437 --> 00:38:19.297
And if you're a two and a three, find that one.

649
00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:24.100
Put a bag over them and give to them.

650
00:38:27.721 --> 00:38:28.662
Hallelujah.

651
00:38:29.182 --> 00:38:29.562
Amen.

652
00:38:29.582 --> 00:38:31.423
I mean, that's what Catherine did.

653
00:38:31.463 --> 00:38:32.463
Right now, I'm just joking.

654
00:38:36.771 --> 00:38:37.591
Just playing.

655
00:38:38.352 --> 00:38:39.272
Hallelujah.

656
00:38:41.493 --> 00:38:42.353
All right, number four.

657
00:38:44.334 --> 00:38:45.914
How you use your time.

658
00:38:47.295 --> 00:38:48.996
Oh, I just kissed your finger, man.

659
00:38:49.016 --> 00:38:50.276
You wash your hands after the bath.

660
00:38:50.296 --> 00:38:51.156
No, you're very clean.

661
00:38:51.176 --> 00:38:51.917
That's right, okay.

662
00:38:52.197 --> 00:38:54.858
Because I'm going to kiss your finger, and that's so awkward.

663
00:38:55.398 --> 00:38:56.638
So, hallelujah.

664
00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:58.079
Hallelujah.

665
00:38:58.959 --> 00:38:59.359
Hallelujah.

666
00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.840
Hallelujah.

667
00:39:01.520 --> 00:39:01.820
One more.

668
00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.801
Hallelujah.

669
00:39:04.561 --> 00:39:06.122
How you use your time.

670
00:39:08.138 --> 00:39:11.380
See then that you walk circumspectly.

671
00:39:12.281 --> 00:39:14.262
Not to be confused with circumcision.

672
00:39:15.963 --> 00:39:17.464
Circumspectly.

673
00:39:19.044 --> 00:39:22.707
Which means you're looking around.

674
00:39:25.348 --> 00:39:26.129
Hallelujah.

675
00:39:29.631 --> 00:39:30.851
You're looking around.

676
00:39:32.552 --> 00:39:34.594
Circumspectly.

677
00:39:35.434 --> 00:39:35.654
Right?

678
00:39:38.937 --> 00:39:43.939
You know what the opposite of circumspectly is, is that emu bird with its head in the sand.

679
00:39:57.545 --> 00:40:00.926
Mom, go on AI right now and find out what kind of bird it is.

680
00:40:02.086 --> 00:40:02.387
Please.

681
00:40:04.707 --> 00:40:04.988
It is?

682
00:40:05.568 --> 00:40:05.808
No.

683
00:40:11.232 --> 00:40:11.812
Give me that back.

684
00:40:11.832 --> 00:40:12.233
I need it.

685
00:40:14.134 --> 00:40:14.374
Whoa.

686
00:40:14.515 --> 00:40:18.738
All right.

687
00:40:18.978 --> 00:40:20.059
You're paying attention.

688
00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.541
You haven't fallen asleep.

689
00:40:24.782 --> 00:40:30.487
And you realize that if you just took out half an hour, it would make you 1% better a day.

690
00:40:30.547 --> 00:40:31.288
Come on, somebody.

691
00:40:31.688 --> 00:40:40.755
If you took out half an hour and you weren't scrolling or some kind of time-wasting activity, you could actually use it to benefit yourself, to build yourself up,

692
00:40:47.192 --> 00:40:55.998
Most people greatly overestimate what they can accomplish in a month, and they greatly underestimate what they can accomplish in a year.

693
00:40:56.518 --> 00:41:00.941
Here's number five, really important, how you respond to correction.

694
00:41:02.542 --> 00:41:06.344
Vivian, may I use you as an example, since you're messing with me so much this morning?

695
00:41:07.285 --> 00:41:12.028
You don't have to come up, but I'm just saying, can I use something that we go through as an example?

696
00:41:12.829 --> 00:41:13.209
Thank you.

697
00:41:14.793 --> 00:41:18.675
I did it in the first service without your permission, so it doesn't matter anyway.

698
00:41:19.856 --> 00:41:21.616
See, Vivian's eight years old now, right?

699
00:41:22.777 --> 00:41:24.098
And which means several things.

700
00:41:24.138 --> 00:41:26.019
She's developing, her mind is developing.

701
00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:29.380
It also means that the ego is developing.

702
00:41:30.361 --> 00:41:32.282
And your ego is not your amigo.

703
00:41:33.937 --> 00:41:38.382
Your ego is where the pride comes from, defensiveness.

704
00:41:38.682 --> 00:41:40.825
So she's just learning how to balance these things.

705
00:41:40.845 --> 00:41:42.486
So we go bicycling every morning.

706
00:41:43.127 --> 00:41:46.330
And sometimes I have to just correct certain things.

707
00:41:46.431 --> 00:41:49.394
Like she'll have her bicycle helmet in the beginning.

708
00:41:50.695 --> 00:41:51.256
She'll have it on.

709
00:41:51.456 --> 00:41:53.378
And when it's time to take it off, if it's time to just tear it off.

710
00:41:53.832 --> 00:41:54.973
Well, you can't just tear it off.

711
00:41:54.993 --> 00:41:56.094
You've got to do the little click thing.

712
00:41:56.414 --> 00:41:59.636
If you just tear it off, you're going to stretch that thing out, then it won't fit right the next time, right?

713
00:41:59.736 --> 00:41:59.896
Right.

714
00:42:00.717 --> 00:42:03.278
So I said, hey, you've got to click the thing off.

715
00:42:03.298 --> 00:42:04.079
And she'll go, I know.

716
00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:06.561
And I'll go, well, no, you don't know.

717
00:42:07.141 --> 00:42:08.782
Because we're doing this for the very first time.

718
00:42:10.383 --> 00:42:11.004
And you didn't know.

719
00:42:11.224 --> 00:42:11.784
What do you mean you know?

720
00:42:11.824 --> 00:42:12.244
You didn't know.

721
00:42:12.264 --> 00:42:13.065
That's why I have to tell you.

722
00:42:13.105 --> 00:42:13.645
Now you know.

723
00:42:16.227 --> 00:42:17.748
That honest laugh.

724
00:42:18.028 --> 00:42:18.889
You're the best.

725
00:42:20.490 --> 00:42:20.730
Right?

726
00:42:21.070 --> 00:42:23.252
That's all cute and fine and normal when you're eight.

727
00:42:23.272 --> 00:42:23.392
Right?

728
00:42:24.293 --> 00:42:28.497
Some adults are still like that, completely unteachable.

729
00:42:29.178 --> 00:42:36.786
They're like walking wounds, never dealt with their ego, so they can't take correction from anybody.

730
00:42:36.806 --> 00:42:42.252
They're like that Kanye West song, Nuh-uh, you can't tell me nothing.

731
00:42:43.195 --> 00:42:45.417
And that's like the theme song to their life.

732
00:42:46.318 --> 00:42:49.301
They won't receive correction from a book, a sermon.

733
00:42:49.561 --> 00:42:52.744
They already don't like me because it was just from the beginning.

734
00:42:52.924 --> 00:42:54.246
Oh, this guy's going to correct me?

735
00:42:54.986 --> 00:42:56.468
And they found something wrong with me.

736
00:42:57.764 --> 00:42:58.825
It has nothing to do with me.

737
00:42:58.845 --> 00:43:00.005
It has everything to do with them.

738
00:43:00.386 --> 00:43:04.608
Because I brought the word of God that's sharper than any two-edged sword that's correcting them.

739
00:43:05.009 --> 00:43:07.330
And they can't stand to be corrected.

740
00:43:07.610 --> 00:43:09.631
Because they're a slave to their ego.

741
00:43:09.651 --> 00:43:11.232
By the way, people who have this problem.

742
00:43:11.713 --> 00:43:13.214
They cannot separate.

743
00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:16.822
The problem issue from their own identity.

744
00:43:17.542 --> 00:43:23.007
Like a mature person says, oh, the problem issue is how I remove the bicycle helmet.

745
00:43:23.607 --> 00:43:25.649
That's separate from who I am as a person.

746
00:43:26.249 --> 00:43:26.689
Two total...

747
00:43:27.270 --> 00:43:35.516
But somebody who's a man child or a woman child, someone who hasn't fully developed and grown, to them it's all the same thing.

748
00:43:35.796 --> 00:43:39.519
That's why you correct them about, hey, don't put the towel there, put it there.

749
00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:41.221
What do you mean?

750
00:43:41.241 --> 00:43:42.882
I'll put that towel anywhere I want!

751
00:43:44.741 --> 00:43:46.302
Hey, it's not that deep.

752
00:43:46.342 --> 00:43:47.143
I was just telling you.

753
00:43:48.283 --> 00:43:49.364
You know what I'm talking about.

754
00:43:50.925 --> 00:43:53.647
It can't be just us and my daughter who knows what I'm talking about.

755
00:43:57.510 --> 00:43:59.371
The demoniac in the Bible.

756
00:44:00.692 --> 00:44:01.192
Legion.

757
00:44:01.272 --> 00:44:02.053
Legion.

758
00:44:04.295 --> 00:44:07.117
Jesus commands the devils to leave.

759
00:44:08.150 --> 00:44:11.393
And do you know what the first sign of demonic deliverance was?

760
00:44:12.094 --> 00:44:16.878
It says that this now delivered man was sitting down.

761
00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:22.023
Sitting down is the posture of a disciple and a student.

762
00:44:22.884 --> 00:44:29.610
That means he submitted and teachable, whereas before he was completely rebellious and unteachable.

763
00:44:37.638 --> 00:44:45.700
There's doctors who will say, one of the biggest gauges of mental health, overall mental health, is how defensive you are.

764
00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:49.441
You know when the Bible says love is not touchy?

765
00:44:50.521 --> 00:44:52.802
What it means is love is not like an open sore.

766
00:44:53.622 --> 00:44:54.702
An open sore.

767
00:44:55.182 --> 00:44:55.903
Nasty thing.

768
00:44:56.003 --> 00:44:56.323
Puss.

769
00:44:56.923 --> 00:44:57.723
You can't even touch it.

770
00:44:57.743 --> 00:44:59.564
I'm touchy.

771
00:44:59.624 --> 00:45:00.544
I'm fretful.

772
00:45:02.004 --> 00:45:02.964
That's how some people are.

773
00:45:03.585 --> 00:45:05.305
They can't hear anything.

774
00:45:07.749 --> 00:45:12.912
And you need to take a long look at the man in the mirror.

775
00:45:14.152 --> 00:45:14.572
Can I get that?

776
00:45:14.592 --> 00:45:15.253
Let me get that.

777
00:45:17.694 --> 00:45:19.015
I got that, and I got to have the hat.

778
00:45:21.516 --> 00:45:22.556
Give me that MJ hat.

779
00:45:26.018 --> 00:45:27.379
I'm looking at the man in the mirror.

780
00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:31.501
I'm telling him, I got to make a change.

781
00:45:33.362 --> 00:45:33.642
Hallelujah.

782
00:45:33.662 --> 00:45:33.982
Hallelujah.

783
00:45:35.203 --> 00:45:35.683
Number six.

784
00:45:37.985 --> 00:45:40.607
What you do when no one is watching.

785
00:45:40.627 --> 00:45:52.516
A lot of the stuff I share, some of it, it's old stories because the Lord wouldn't let me share it for 10 plus years.

786
00:45:54.017 --> 00:45:59.861
In fact, I tell the story now of when I was 17 and in the hotel room and I was in the Lord's hand.

787
00:46:00.181 --> 00:46:02.163
Probably my greatest vision of the Lord.

788
00:46:03.001 --> 00:46:05.422
It was a supernatural experience that marked me for life.

789
00:46:06.002 --> 00:46:07.403
I was not allowed to share that.

790
00:46:07.423 --> 00:46:08.283
That happened in 1993.

791
00:46:08.363 --> 00:46:12.185
I was not allowed to share that until 2003 and beyond, the year after City Light started.

792
00:46:12.225 --> 00:46:12.725
I remember.

793
00:46:13.245 --> 00:46:14.326
I would even think about it.

794
00:46:14.346 --> 00:46:15.406
And I mean, not from the pulpit.

795
00:46:15.846 --> 00:46:17.327
No human being.

796
00:46:19.468 --> 00:46:20.308
I couldn't share it.

797
00:46:20.929 --> 00:46:24.750
A lot of stuff we lose because we blab about it.

798
00:46:25.090 --> 00:46:30.853
You know what Jesus' most famous line is over and over and over and over and over again after miracles is, Don't tell nobody.

799
00:46:31.949 --> 00:46:33.090
Except he used proper grammar.

800
00:46:35.591 --> 00:46:37.291
See that you tell no one.

801
00:46:37.832 --> 00:46:39.432
Don't tell anybody.

802
00:46:40.693 --> 00:46:43.554
And really preachers are the first ones to mess that up.

803
00:46:43.574 --> 00:46:45.075
Because as soon as something happens, testify.

804
00:46:46.235 --> 00:46:48.336
Yeah, maybe they're not supposed to just yet.

805
00:46:49.057 --> 00:46:50.357
Some things are holy.

806
00:46:51.158 --> 00:46:53.078
Some things the Lord doesn't want spoken.

807
00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:56.340
Until later, if ever.

808
00:46:59.549 --> 00:47:01.630
It's like Jesus never said, but he did.

809
00:47:03.170 --> 00:47:04.290
Don't tell others.

810
00:47:04.630 --> 00:47:08.111
And when you do good things, if you tell others, then you have your reward.

811
00:47:08.451 --> 00:47:10.132
Your reward is them knowing.

812
00:47:14.272 --> 00:47:19.214
Like, were you around when there was that homeless guy in the Tompkins Square Park?

813
00:47:20.454 --> 00:47:24.735
No, there's a lot of homeless guys, but specifically the one I took in and I took to your apartment.

814
00:47:26.951 --> 00:47:27.931
No, but you know this story.

815
00:47:27.972 --> 00:47:29.232
I told you several years later.

816
00:47:31.413 --> 00:47:32.234
Like a decade later.

817
00:47:32.254 --> 00:47:32.514
Okay.

818
00:47:33.254 --> 00:47:37.656
So he hadn't bathed in months.

819
00:47:38.897 --> 00:47:40.518
He had dreadlocks and he was white.

820
00:47:42.118 --> 00:47:43.639
That speaks to how filthy his hair is.

821
00:47:45.340 --> 00:47:47.581
I wanted to bathe him and then I realized there is no bathing.

822
00:47:47.601 --> 00:47:49.382
It was like tubes of concrete.

823
00:47:51.612 --> 00:47:53.632
So I took him from Tompkins Square Park.

824
00:47:54.673 --> 00:47:56.013
It was back when my mom worked.

825
00:47:56.273 --> 00:47:57.213
Dad worked.

826
00:47:57.253 --> 00:47:58.693
This was like teenager stuff.

827
00:47:58.813 --> 00:47:59.413
I'm 27, 28.

828
00:47:59.433 --> 00:47:59.934
I took him in.

829
00:48:00.614 --> 00:48:03.194
I took him to Parky Towers, to the 22nd floor.

830
00:48:04.354 --> 00:48:05.575
Buzzed off all his hair.

831
00:48:05.915 --> 00:48:07.675
Because there was no shampoo.

832
00:48:07.695 --> 00:48:08.635
Then I got him in the shower.

833
00:48:08.655 --> 00:48:09.635
I disinfected Mom.

834
00:48:10.275 --> 00:48:11.336
I disinfected the whole show.

835
00:48:11.976 --> 00:48:13.476
And then I took him to the Gap.

836
00:48:13.636 --> 00:48:14.616
Actually, we did that before.

837
00:48:14.656 --> 00:48:15.996
I got him all these clothes.

838
00:48:18.257 --> 00:48:18.477
Now...

839
00:48:19.978 --> 00:48:21.580
Have you ever heard me share that story before?

840
00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:21.800
No.

841
00:48:22.961 --> 00:48:24.582
That happened in 2003, 2004.

842
00:48:26.564 --> 00:48:30.628
Today, if somebody did that, it wouldn't just be on social media.

843
00:48:30.648 --> 00:48:31.949
It would be like a whole series.

844
00:48:34.111 --> 00:48:37.374
Like no good deed should go unrecorded and unadvertised.

845
00:48:38.695 --> 00:48:41.538
Any good thing that we do, we got to let others know about it.

846
00:48:42.554 --> 00:48:43.996
And we really helped that young man.

847
00:48:44.016 --> 00:48:46.699
But there's stuff that we've done you have no clue about.

848
00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:49.803
I actually only share stuff that I feel released from the Lord.

849
00:48:50.243 --> 00:48:54.048
And that the Lord says, all right, this will encourage them or inspire them.

850
00:48:54.308 --> 00:48:54.989
But there's tons.

851
00:48:55.089 --> 00:48:58.132
Make sure there's tons of good that you do that nobody knows about.

852
00:48:58.152 --> 00:48:58.473
Amen.

853
00:48:59.072 --> 00:49:03.134
By the way, when you give to City Light, you never ever get the phone call from me.

854
00:49:03.774 --> 00:49:05.014
Hey, thank you so much.

855
00:49:06.075 --> 00:49:07.355
Really appreciate you.

856
00:49:07.995 --> 00:49:10.917
Really just know, you know, you're different than the rest.

857
00:49:10.937 --> 00:49:13.217
You're one of those special pillar type members.

858
00:49:15.218 --> 00:49:16.159
You're never going to get it.

859
00:49:16.499 --> 00:49:17.379
Some people need that.

860
00:49:17.659 --> 00:49:18.660
They're wired for that.

861
00:49:19.020 --> 00:49:22.121
They want their name and the lobby and stuff.

862
00:49:22.981 --> 00:49:24.542
This is a faith thing.

863
00:49:26.587 --> 00:49:30.368
If you're truly giving to God, you know he knows.

864
00:49:31.108 --> 00:49:32.228
Nobody gives me a call.

865
00:49:33.749 --> 00:49:35.309
I gave $2.1 million.

866
00:49:35.349 --> 00:49:36.609
Nobody gave me a that-a-boy.

867
00:49:37.349 --> 00:49:38.050
I don't need one.

868
00:49:39.450 --> 00:49:42.331
My that-a-boys, my pats on the back, they come from God.

869
00:49:42.351 --> 00:49:46.912
Okay, this is a good time to say amen.

870
00:49:47.012 --> 00:49:48.492
All right, hallelujah, amen.

871
00:49:50.068 --> 00:49:57.355
Because I know that my Father who sees in secret will himself reward me openly.

872
00:49:57.375 --> 00:50:00.237
I'm living it right now.

873
00:50:00.798 --> 00:50:02.759
I'm demonstrating it right now.

874
00:50:02.860 --> 00:50:03.760
Hallelujah.

875
00:50:05.822 --> 00:50:06.543
Number seven.

876
00:50:09.145 --> 00:50:13.049
Yeah, this message has all the excitement of a dental visit for sure.

877
00:50:20.438 --> 00:50:23.841
Oh, if you didn't like it so far, you're going to love point number seven.

878
00:50:25.082 --> 00:50:25.362
This.

879
00:50:29.766 --> 00:50:32.868
How you manage sexual purity.

880
00:50:35.330 --> 00:50:36.591
Why lately do songs?

881
00:50:38.372 --> 00:50:40.234
I know it's really corny, but it's like songs.

882
00:50:40.274 --> 00:50:43.957
Whenever I say something, like I hear songs, especially from the 80s and 90s.

883
00:50:48.314 --> 00:50:50.876
Like, you know that old song, let's talk about sex, baby.

884
00:50:51.176 --> 00:50:52.797
Let's talk about, like, I just heard that.

885
00:50:53.297 --> 00:50:54.638
I should probably keep that to myself.

886
00:50:55.739 --> 00:50:58.060
Unless it's a new prophetic thing the Lord is working out.

887
00:50:58.981 --> 00:51:01.642
And then we can get some tracks and I can lip sync to those songs.

888
00:51:01.982 --> 00:51:02.703
And the Lord will work.

889
00:51:03.944 --> 00:51:05.505
Kate, can you help make that happen?

890
00:51:12.269 --> 00:51:13.449
1 Corinthians 6, 16 to 18.

891
00:51:15.818 --> 00:51:17.219
This is important stuff.

892
00:51:17.720 --> 00:51:24.485
It's important stuff, by the way, because, well, we live in a time, and this has been happening slowly.

893
00:51:24.505 --> 00:51:25.827
They've been cooking us like frogs.

894
00:51:27.308 --> 00:51:30.230
One degree a month until we're boiling.

895
00:51:31.151 --> 00:51:35.154
The message is that sex is simply physical.

896
00:51:36.175 --> 00:51:39.658
That's really the root of all the weirdness and perversion.

897
00:51:40.279 --> 00:51:41.300
It's just physical.

898
00:51:42.064 --> 00:51:48.289
When people absolutely used to understand that, no, it's powerful and it's spiritual.

899
00:51:49.290 --> 00:51:54.074
It has long-lasting effects and consequences.

900
00:51:54.774 --> 00:51:56.376
It's not a handshake.

901
00:51:56.976 --> 00:51:58.578
It's not a side hug.

902
00:51:58.918 --> 00:52:01.040
There's actually a transfer.

903
00:52:01.060 --> 00:52:03.742
There's actually an energy release.

904
00:52:06.104 --> 00:52:06.444
Yeah.

905
00:52:08.526 --> 00:52:09.747
So Paul says...

906
00:52:10.937 --> 00:52:15.660
Do you not know, oh by the way, this is writing to the Corinthians.

907
00:52:16.241 --> 00:52:19.103
Corinth, if you can believe it, was worse than New York City today.

908
00:52:20.544 --> 00:52:25.348
See, my son, look it all cool in the front row, is fond of calling me an unk.

909
00:52:27.849 --> 00:52:35.515
And he often tells me, dad, dad, dad, things were different in your day, like I'm from the 17th century.

910
00:52:36.776 --> 00:52:36.996
Right?

911
00:52:37.076 --> 00:52:38.317
Things were different in your day.

912
00:52:38.577 --> 00:52:39.478
Things are different now.

913
00:52:44.336 --> 00:52:46.098
And people think that about Christianity.

914
00:52:48.621 --> 00:52:51.464
They'll think, oh, it was different back then, or it's different now.

915
00:52:51.584 --> 00:52:59.614
Surely the Bible-disantiquated book wouldn't have the same boundaries and lines as it did back then.

916
00:52:59.634 --> 00:53:02.097
Because, of course, no one knew what sin was in the past, right?

917
00:53:02.497 --> 00:53:02.837
Come on.

918
00:53:03.664 --> 00:53:05.185
Corinth was awful.

919
00:53:05.585 --> 00:53:07.486
It was New York City times 10.

920
00:53:08.246 --> 00:53:12.489
It was a major metropolitan urban center in the pagan world.

921
00:53:13.209 --> 00:53:14.490
You talk about New York City.

922
00:53:15.110 --> 00:53:17.831
I mean, at least we don't have temples with prostitutes.

923
00:53:17.871 --> 00:53:19.412
They were called temple prostitutes.

924
00:53:19.432 --> 00:53:20.673
They were part of the whole thing.

925
00:53:21.313 --> 00:53:24.415
With 20 temple prostitutes outside of a pagan temple.

926
00:53:24.835 --> 00:53:26.536
I mean, we got Tinder that's very similar.

927
00:53:26.896 --> 00:53:28.537
But we didn't have the physical structures.

928
00:53:29.828 --> 00:53:31.109
I'm wasting good jokes today.

929
00:53:31.469 --> 00:53:32.109
What's going on?

930
00:53:32.990 --> 00:53:33.610
That was funny.

931
00:53:40.094 --> 00:53:45.017
And Paul says, do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her?

932
00:53:46.498 --> 00:53:58.866
So he says, you're joined to a hoe, which is the modern word for harlot, which I just felt like saying, because you seem asleep.

933
00:54:00.678 --> 00:54:03.840
And you're teaching me that there's nothing I can say that will shock you awake.

934
00:54:03.880 --> 00:54:04.640
How did we get here?

935
00:54:08.962 --> 00:54:12.964
So if you're joined to a hoe, you're one body with her.

936
00:54:14.825 --> 00:54:18.006
For the two, he says, shall become one flesh.

937
00:54:18.087 --> 00:54:18.547
Why?

938
00:54:19.167 --> 00:54:20.668
Because there's a transfer.

939
00:54:23.128 --> 00:54:27.050
See, this is important because I've counseled people.

940
00:54:27.090 --> 00:54:36.734
Especially in the East Village, when we just had the East Village location, everybody was in their 20s, and all of a sudden, this normally emotionally healthy person, like, you know, I got all this anxiety.

941
00:54:37.274 --> 00:54:38.735
Where's all this anxiety come from?

942
00:54:39.395 --> 00:54:40.796
Oh, you were sleeping with that person.

943
00:54:40.816 --> 00:54:42.036
They battled with anxiety.

944
00:54:42.276 --> 00:54:43.497
And they battled with depression.

945
00:54:43.717 --> 00:54:47.738
And now magically and mystically, you're dealing with the same thing.

946
00:54:48.058 --> 00:54:50.059
Hmm, how could these things be?

947
00:54:50.619 --> 00:54:54.281
Yeah, because the passengers aboard their train, you two united.

948
00:54:54.581 --> 00:54:56.781
Now, those passengers came aboard your train.

949
00:54:57.602 --> 00:55:01.703
And you're scratching your head wondering why you're dealing with these things, why your emotions are all over the place.

950
00:55:02.143 --> 00:55:02.924
Various reasons.

951
00:55:03.064 --> 00:55:04.624
One, you're out of bounds.

952
00:55:04.964 --> 00:55:05.785
You're out of bounds.

953
00:55:06.945 --> 00:55:08.887
This is not God's, this is a gentle way.

954
00:55:09.287 --> 00:55:10.929
This is not God's best for you.

955
00:55:11.709 --> 00:55:12.530
What a euphemism.

956
00:55:12.550 --> 00:55:13.891
This is not God's best for you.

957
00:55:14.291 --> 00:55:19.876
Yeah, you just like open the door and the windows and say, well, come on in.

958
00:55:19.896 --> 00:55:22.198
Look, I got some hors d'oeuvres for you.

959
00:55:22.558 --> 00:55:23.779
Pitcher of lemonade.

960
00:55:23.839 --> 00:55:24.800
Come on in, Satan.

961
00:55:43.482 --> 00:55:49.943
Even scientists today are saying when you come together sexually, oxytocin is released.

962
00:55:50.063 --> 00:55:52.024
Oxytocin is the pair-bonding chemical.

963
00:55:54.624 --> 00:55:55.565
It's what connects you.

964
00:56:03.326 --> 00:56:04.827
I'm about to go Tiger Dad on that.

965
00:56:08.790 --> 00:56:11.631
You have dishonored me and your ancestors.

966
00:56:19.554 --> 00:56:22.815
Scientists are saying oxytocin is the pair bonding chemical.

967
00:56:25.596 --> 00:56:35.940
And so what's happening today is when people are having so much uncommitted sex without covenant, without each time, each successive time less oxytocin is released

968
00:56:37.116 --> 00:56:47.382
And I know the way our whole society is set up is messed up because the economics are broken, because the fiat money system is broken, and people have to marry way later in life, and they make mistakes before then.

969
00:56:47.402 --> 00:56:49.363
Yes, the Lord will forgive you, and the Lord can cleanse you.

970
00:56:49.383 --> 00:56:50.024
I believe all that.

971
00:56:50.044 --> 00:56:50.884
I've experienced all that.

972
00:56:51.204 --> 00:56:57.328
The Lord can make you really emotionally and spiritually and even biochemically, I believe, a virgin again.

973
00:56:57.348 --> 00:56:58.469
All that stays.

974
00:56:58.949 --> 00:57:00.430
But you can't be reckless.

975
00:57:00.770 --> 00:57:08.237
And the reason why now people get together and at the first sign of trouble, they're bouncing out, they want a divorce, is because nobody has any more oxytocin to release.

976
00:57:09.198 --> 00:57:10.239
They've already wasted it.

977
00:57:10.639 --> 00:57:13.081
Every time you come together, I'm saying come together, I'm trying to be nice.

978
00:57:13.622 --> 00:57:19.027
Every time you have sex, it's like taking a petal off of the flower.

979
00:57:21.049 --> 00:57:23.231
And eventually there's no more petals, your freaking stem.

980
00:57:23.251 --> 00:57:23.371
Right?

981
00:57:25.372 --> 00:57:26.513
What do you have to offer now?

982
00:57:26.533 --> 00:57:32.115
You need to fall on your face, repent, and say, Lord, bring the petals back, and he'll do it.

983
00:57:32.755 --> 00:57:34.936
But then quit giving away your petals for free.

984
00:57:38.058 --> 00:57:38.798
Go to ring or fling.

985
00:57:38.818 --> 00:57:40.639
They're going to be much nicer and much gentler.

986
00:57:41.740 --> 00:57:44.781
They have something prepared, but that's just the uncut version.

987
00:57:49.063 --> 00:57:49.723
All right, you know what?

988
00:57:49.743 --> 00:57:51.784
I have other points, but you cannot bear them now.

989
00:57:52.144 --> 00:57:53.165
Let's receive communion.

990
00:57:57.587 --> 00:58:00.609
That's a great lesson to learn from preaching.

991
00:58:00.649 --> 00:58:01.429
Know when to quit.

992
00:58:03.730 --> 00:58:04.651
Thank you, Jesus.

993
00:58:06.051 --> 00:58:06.912
Hallelujah.

994
00:58:08.353 --> 00:58:09.953
Do we have a Joseph in the house today?

995
00:58:10.654 --> 00:58:11.014
Yeah.

996
00:58:11.574 --> 00:58:11.994
All right.

997
00:58:13.035 --> 00:58:14.176
They said no rain.

998
00:58:14.476 --> 00:58:15.196
That was nowhere.

999
00:58:15.256 --> 00:58:16.597
And then the rain came.

1000
00:58:18.198 --> 00:58:18.918
That old devil.

1001
00:58:22.994 --> 00:58:23.534
Hallelujah.

1002
00:58:23.554 --> 00:58:24.795
Guys, get your heart ready.

1003
00:58:25.095 --> 00:58:25.736
Worship team.

1004
00:58:26.276 --> 00:58:26.596
Yeah.

1005
00:58:27.397 --> 00:58:37.843
So we're going to just receive the communion elements and just hang on to them and truly expect to receive something when you partake of communion.

1006
00:58:39.584 --> 00:58:47.528
Nothing, once again, nothing that I shared is to be received with condemnation, but with holy conviction.

1007
00:58:48.769 --> 00:58:52.011
And you're not the one who changes you, but the Holy Spirit changes you.

1008
00:58:57.071 --> 00:58:58.091
We're decluttering.

1009
00:58:59.331 --> 00:59:00.292
We're unclogging.

1010
00:59:02.832 --> 00:59:07.653
We're clearing the runway so the Lord can do what he wants to do, which is bless us.

1011
00:59:11.574 --> 00:59:12.554
Hallelujah.

1012
00:59:16.535 --> 00:59:17.155
Thank you, Jesus.

1013
00:59:17.175 --> 00:59:18.215
Do you guys have communion?

1014
00:59:20.495 --> 00:59:23.276
When you receive communion, let the power of God go in you.

1015
00:59:28.732 --> 00:59:30.133
Look at this piece of matzah.

1016
00:59:31.713 --> 00:59:32.613
Take a good look at it.

1017
00:59:32.633 --> 00:59:33.734
This is what Jesus had.

1018
00:59:34.874 --> 00:59:36.635
This is what they would have eaten on Passover night.

1019
00:59:38.095 --> 00:59:38.896
Do you see any holes?

1020
00:59:38.916 --> 00:59:40.136
If you don't, hold it up to the light.

1021
00:59:41.396 --> 00:59:42.357
And you'll see little holes.

1022
00:59:42.817 --> 00:59:43.517
That's prophetic.

1023
00:59:43.817 --> 00:59:44.758
The gospel is in there.

1024
00:59:45.018 --> 00:59:46.098
Do you see the burn marks?

1025
00:59:46.798 --> 00:59:47.839
Do you see the stripes?

1026
00:59:50.720 --> 00:59:52.540
Jesus said, take heed, this is my body.

1027
00:59:52.820 --> 00:59:54.381
This has always been unleavened bread.

1028
00:59:57.114 --> 00:59:58.775
You know where we get, this is Jewish matzah.

1029
01:00:01.598 --> 01:00:04.600
We don't get the little wafers that changed over time.

1030
01:00:04.620 --> 01:00:05.501
This is what he would have had.

1031
01:00:05.541 --> 01:00:18.692
And it's Jesus pierced for your transgressions, striped, whipped because by his stripes you were healed, and burnt because the fire of God's wrath rested upon him instead of you and I.

1032
01:00:19.860 --> 01:00:23.061
This is a physical reminder of what he did for us on the cross.

1033
01:00:23.961 --> 01:00:29.302
And believe that when you partake of it, remember this is not religion and it's not merely symbolic.

1034
01:00:31.183 --> 01:00:35.924
Paul said many of you fall asleep in death prematurely.

1035
01:00:35.944 --> 01:00:40.005
Many of you are dying too young because you don't understand what communion is.

1036
01:00:40.385 --> 01:00:42.766
You're taking it in an unworthy manner.

1037
01:00:43.946 --> 01:00:45.786
It means you don't really get what's in here.

1038
01:00:46.047 --> 01:00:47.887
So you just eat it, you're like having a cookie.

1039
01:00:49.047 --> 01:00:50.248
And you're drinking some Welch's.

1040
01:00:50.908 --> 01:00:54.751
So you don't get the benefits of communion when you don't understand the power of communion.

1041
01:00:55.711 --> 01:00:57.993
So here's what I believe every time I receive communion.

1042
01:00:58.053 --> 01:01:01.535
I believe all of the benefits of the cross come upon me and my family.

1043
01:01:02.196 --> 01:01:03.977
And the benefits of the cross are fivefold.

1044
01:01:05.338 --> 01:01:05.778
You ready?

1045
01:01:06.118 --> 01:01:06.939
They're spiritual.

1046
01:01:07.760 --> 01:01:09.861
They're soulical for your soul area.

1047
01:01:10.241 --> 01:01:11.022
And they're physical.

1048
01:01:13.223 --> 01:01:18.727
Spiritual, soulical, physical, and social and financial.

1049
01:01:19.987 --> 01:01:23.550
Any problem you have will touch one of those five things.

1050
01:01:23.951 --> 01:01:26.713
There's nothing you'll encounter that it won't touch one of those five things.

1051
01:01:27.154 --> 01:01:33.019
And Jesus suffered in every one of those five things so that you could be blessed in each of those five things.

1052
01:01:33.620 --> 01:01:38.864
And that's what I believe, according to the Word of God, you get to receive when you partake of communion.

1053
01:01:38.944 --> 01:01:39.465
Are you ready?

1054
01:01:40.286 --> 01:01:42.107
Thank you, Jesus, for your broken body.

1055
01:01:42.227 --> 01:01:43.749
Partake of the body of Jesus.

1056
01:01:48.517 --> 01:01:50.939
And your precious blood shed for us.

1057
01:01:51.779 --> 01:01:54.701
In Jesus' name, partake of the blood of Christ.

1058
01:02:00.786 --> 01:02:02.247
Shout a big hallelujah.

1059
01:02:04.018 --> 01:02:06.200
This is the City Light Church podcast.

1060
01:02:06.600 --> 01:02:15.926
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1061
01:02:16.227 --> 01:02:18.949
That's citylightnyc.com.

1062
01:02:19.409 --> 01:02:22.471
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1063
01:02:22.911 --> 01:02:24.453
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1064
01:02:25.353 --> 01:02:32.960
We pray that you have been encouraged today, that you have been reminded how much God loves you, and that you are surrounded by grace.

1065
01:02:33.741 --> 01:02:34.682
Thank you for listening.

1066
01:02:35.162 --> 01:02:40.647
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