8-21-2016 Tithing is a Heart Issue

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Good morning, everyone.

So we're about to start off with praise and worship. Can you guys please stand and sing with us how awesome God is?

My God is awesome. He can keep in mind.

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God Is Awesome from the red planet

Wait a minute. Bring it back. Wait a minute.

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What you can do to get it up to you if he can play with Jesus.

Nobody can say no.

What you going to do today? I guess it all belongs to you.

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Nobody can say no.

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Kim's testifies in when Jesus says yes. Nobody can't say no, right? I think that's an awesome song because it testified to everything that's going on in our lives right now because things happen and bad things happen, but then when you trust in God, you know that he's going to deliver and I love the song. So good morning. Are y'all doing today? Good, I'm before you guys to do the announcements. And so we wanted to do a couple of house cleaning things just to let you know what's going on in our church. So the first thing that I want to talk about is Bible Study Bible study happens on Tuesday nights in Morgan Hill at the church office. We have an awesome time. We're talking about James were talking about trials and tribulations or talking about standing firm with God and then we also have snacks and food. That's alright encourage all of you guys to come out to Bible study so that we can all fellowship and one of the things that I love about Bible study is that you can ask a million questions. We have amazing discussions. You can just dive deeper in the word. So I encourage all of you guys to come out on Tuesday nights at 7 sharp and it's only like an hour and a half. So you're not missing that much out of your night and it's a really great time. And then also in September we're going to have a back-to-school weekend for all the kids.

I was looking for my mama, but she's not here. So on September 10th, we're going to have a school supply giveaway. We know that it's important for our kids to have an education and it's important that they're prepare for school. And so we want to help out with the community and provide school supplies so that your kids can begin to start the school year off right and get A's and B's and eventually go on to college and things.

And so then the following day on September 11th, we're going to have a kids day at church. And so that's more to come. My mom says to kill me when she gets here. If you see her after service, you can talk to her if you want to get involved with that if you want to participate in any way, I know that she has a sign-up list of things I need to be done. And so please invite your family and friends and after church, we will Point her out so that you can get involved with that. And then also the following week after that we got big things going on in September. So after that, we have the UCF friends and family National back to church today. And so that's going to be on September 18th. That's all we're looking for people who want to be involved in that and so that we can have this national day be a success and so we're hoping that all of you guys can come out on this day so that we can Fellowship. And then how many you guys like ribs and barbecue and potato salad macaroni and cheese? Okay. So we're going to have a fundraiser. What we're trying to do is we're trying to raise money for a new church building and so one of the first but yeah.

We have a really big huge go but we know that through Christ we can do everything and sell one of the first run fundraisers that we're going to do is a barbecue fundraiser and so system. sister bears She's in charge of this fundraiser. And so we're going to be selling chicken ribs potato salad macaroni and cheese, bread a whole bunch of stuff in food that we like to eat. And so please look out for that. We're also going to be delivering to people's homes were going to be taking orders. And so if you're interested in that if you just want to purchase some food, we love that and if you want to help out when it's telling you or preparing the food, we also encourage that as well. And then who knows what's happening on October 16th? Yes the church anniversary.

Yes, that's awesome. In our first year is going to be coming up in less in like 2 minutes and we really want this to be a success. We've had an amazing time during church service on Sundays and now is going to be coming up on our first year anniversary and we really want us to be a special day. We want all of you guys to invite all your friends and your family and we want to just have a amazing celebration. And so if you're interested in helping with that you can ask rent or you can ask us the bass and they're both involved in those things as well. And we really wanted to be a success because we wanted to be the light in this community. We want to bring God's word to people's world and so to celebrate that we're going to have those special event on October 16th. What time does Ohio and get some hugs and kisses me and green time?

Thank you for having your seeds. Thank you. I like to see how your smiling faces. Everybody loving on each other. I mean that's where the church should be about right as everybody loving each other everybody speaking to each other and showing love.

Treating everybody how Christ treated us, right?

Allowed to see all your smiling faces.

So before we move on to the connection cards, I'm going to have my mom sister Campbell come up and talk about the back to school night. Are the back-to-school weekend the children's weekend?

Good morning.

I thank God for all the professionals that we have in our congregation right away past teacher Financial experts nurses. So we have just about anything that you need in this church. So if you need help with anything, just let us honor. Oh, yeah, that's me.

My mama bragging on me now, but we have a lot of we want to know what your talents are so that we can begin to serve the community. And so if you guys have any talents that you wish to help tide with cuz it's not always about money. I think we're ever going to talk about that scene. I don't hear but it's also about what your talents are as well. And so if you have any talents that you want to give to the church, just let us any one of the leadership know so does everybody have a program?

Does everybody have a pen? Okay, Joel bring a pan to.

Okay, so in the program we have the connection cards and the connection cards. This is how we stay connected to you. So if everyone can take a minute and fill out the friend of the connection card this with your name your address your phone number we want to do a lot of things in the coming years in the church. And so we really want to stay connected with you. We wanted to

Call you we want to check on you. We want to send birthday celebrations Mary celebrations. We want to do all these things for you. And so the one of the ways that we can do this as if you fill out your connection card and turn. It's also on the connection tires in also said whether or not you're a first-time visitor at member or leader. And so if you can check that off as well.

And then on the back of the connection card. On the back of the connection card is one of the most important reasons why we had this instead of pray for you. If so, if you have any prayer requests, you can also put that on the back of the card as well.

The pastor also has mixed up and so that's something you can fill out as he's going through his message today. And then also if you're interested in any more information or anything like that. You just take this minute to fill out your connection card would be greatly appreciated.

Every single member here is El Gato connection card because it's Italia stay connected. And so it's our joy to pressure you is confidential because he was the only people who see this.

Here at UCF. We feel like prayer matters and it changes things. So you'll get another opportunity during service to fill out your connection card. When I breathe comes around you can put it in.

You put your name on it. So then we all go and you talk about your offering in here as well. But we also have another way to give which is your good luck by and that's an electronic wait again for all of those people who don't have the cash by is giving her the message about that far is the fastest and easiest way to donate to the church charity or cause of your choice. You're not limited to the cash you have on hand. There's no need to write checks in a complicated sign up forms to fill out websites are text message codes to remember givelify automatically pinpoint your location and intelligently identifies the fundraiser or church service you attend without the need to search since givelify automatically detects where you are making intonation can be completed in as few as three Taps temp one use one of the pre-configured denominations to specify the donation amount tap to select a specific campaign to which you'd like to contribute Tab 3 with your store credit card complete your donation in one tap UK. The media donation receipt and you can share your generosity on Facebook or Twitter givelify. Lets you easily see your donation history with any church or charity you donate to you can also accurately track your donations for your taxes without needing to hunt down receipts bank statements or acknowledgement letters. You can also set your home and favorites bar churches is your favorite so you can donate it is frequently in generously. Is he black even when you're thousands of miles away Mark the church you normally attend as your home church for a quick one tap access. Givelify tap give. So one last thing that I want to talk to you guys about today. Okay, so our pastor always talks about that church doesn't mean just existing in these four walls. They also means going out into the community going out and being Fishers of Men going out and bringing people to Christ and introducing and living our lives like Christ called us to be until we would like for you guys to invite people to church with this club card. And so if you have this the last time I was up here I challenge you guys to invite people to church. So I want to do that again. I want to challenge you guys to pass it out to someone and invite someone to church Can I get a raise of hand of how many people want to do that? Okay. Okay. I'm looking at all y'all. Okay, so I'm remembering all your guyses faces and we really want to invite people to church and want to be overflowing not because we just want to see bodies here, but we want to see people come to Christ. And so that's what I focus is at the church is Jesus Christ and God and so now what I want to do is welcome back up the praise team.

And you guys have a wonderful day and Wrecking Service?

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I just want to be I just want to go with you. your birthday

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weathers depression weather is anxiety. Whatever that shackle is loneliness, you know, you know, they were singing to God say take these shackles off my feet so I can dance so I can praise you I mean, when will you stop and think about it the stuff that we're going through is like a chain is it keeps us Shackled up and keeps us from really being free, even though we we believe we're free, but when we're going through things, we're really bound amen and someone went when they're singing take the shackles off my feet so I can dance is there's nothing like being free from whatever the issue is. That you've ever gone through right when you're free from that manual You Can Dance right? I remember going through some stuff and when God deliver me from it, you can't stop from giving him praise a man. You just you know, you clap your hands, you know, you move your feet, you know, whatever it is. You going to give him praise amen. And so I think I praise team y'all. Come on. Let's go.

Anna and I thank God for my time ministry.

Old man and then we going to have a mind some minds and some more praise dancers. And so I'm sister Viola if you would stay in one second. I have a sister over to be our worship Arts administrator. So she's going to be making sure that we get we get all but the fullness of worship and praise not only with the song but with sign with dance with everything cuz I'm talking about taking this to a whole nother level a man wear wear it when people come in so not only is God present. I want posted to leave our worship service going. Man, I was amazing now. I can't wait to get back. So it's going to take all of us to have a part in bringing the worship and bring in the praise and and being being a participant in his I'm excited about what God is doing will have one year coming up in October a man. So I'm excited about that. So I just asked everybody to pray for pray for a man anytime you trying to do something big for the king the devil gets bigger a man, but our God is bigger a man and he'll put obstacles. In other folks way to prevent them from doing all the goddess called them to do and so that's why we got to keep each other covered. Amen, cuz it may not be you going through something but it may be the person next to you going through something they meant so you really want to keep family members church family members friends in prayer cuz you never know what they're going through a man. All right, y'all ready. I got to tell you we going to talk about I must be hitting something in my isn't me? Okay, so it's me, so it's not in my wife. So don't don't y'all look at her crazy, and I'm not going to look at her crazy.

We going to keep moving forward. So we going to talk about two concepts today. The first one is tithing and when we going to deal with Tide and because what God gave me for our ministry is that we're going to be tithers and givers, you know, some you can go and find out all the way out. That's the Old Testament and it's not there you go find that but what God has given to me as the undershepherd of this ministry is that we're going to be tithers and we're going to be exceptional givers and man and an in the kingdom of God, it's different than the world. God blesses you when you give more of yourself, when you give up of what he has given to you when you get back to him first and then you give to those that he has a charge due to give to so that's the first thing we going to talk about title little bit. But before we we deal with that, there's also the heart issue. I know sometimes we a lot of us were brought up in a lot of people brought up in the church and they were heard about tithing and it became an obligation like I got to do. So, I just thought we study the text today as we listen to the look at the text today. It is really a heart issue. It's where your heart is which drives what do you tithe or where you whether you become an exceptional Giver it so we're going to deal with the issue of tiny. But we also want to deal with the issue of where is my heart at when it comes to that the ordinance of tithing. Amen. Alright, so sorry. I found it. Thank you. Let stand the number to the third letter John and the second verse. So let's read that together says beloved. I pray that you may prosper in all things and being held as your soul prospers listen beloved. I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health just as your soul prosper and y'all know we have a confession of Faith a man because you can't do anything in the church. You can't please God unless you operate by faith. So we going we going to speak the said after me I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel.

I am moved by what I believe.

I believe the word of God.

The victory is mine. I have it now. I can see it through the ice in my face. In Jesus name amen. You may be seated. Amen. Alright, so we've been talking about this last week. We talked about receiving your inheritance and we're talking about the whole concept of being prosperous and to prosper and we know the definition is 2XL to prosperous take Celtics to go to the highest place in anything to operate an overflow. So when we talkin about prosperous, we're not talking about just being mediocre. We're not talking about just being a benchwarmer. We're talking about running the game. Alright, we're not talking about just going to to to the stadium return my own in the stadium a man. We're talking about moving to a place where God's people are on top of everything cuz we're the head and not the tail. We're talking about not struggling for everything. It's too many of us struggling for too much that when God says when he blesses you you can rest in that blessing ain't you? We've got to get it in our hearts and our mind that we're God is calling us to prosper to be the head and not the tail to run the mountain to be on top of the mountain. Whatever it is that you doing in your work in your in your neighborhood. Whatever it is being the best. Tell your neighbor to be the best. All right. And so we go look at tithing as a component of this whole concept of being prosperous.

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so This is really important to me. So What about young people? Cuz it was for a while. I have been preaching on faith, right? They man everybody know I've been preaching on faith if anybody's really listening I come to realize yes, there are people are listening. So what are young people wrote in there in his notebook? He says I have faith in my family. Another reason that's important because you you hear a lot of folks say I love my family. But when you talk about having faith, that means you trust your family your trust dad to be there your trust mom to be there. You trust your brother you trust in them to be there for you. And I know that takes it to a whole nother level and so when I saw that when I got it I said man, this means a lot for young person to be operating in faith to say, you know what I trust my family now, I got another note that I'm going to post up in my office where you goes a little deeper, but I got to tell you what when we hear young people operating in faith and talking about faith it moves from just that dimension of yeah, I love my mom, but no I'm trusting y'all to be examples. I'm trusting y'all to be there. I'm trusting y'all to do what you said your going to do. That's a whole different dimension. That's what God is asking us to do is to trust A man, that's the one I saw this I said man my bus my heart at least one person listening to what I'm saying. So come on up here.

Baseball princi. Thank you, man. He's already told me when we get our kids ministry. He going to be the preacher for the kids ministry. I said, alright, we got it going on. Thank you, man. You going to be a preacher for the kids ministry?

amen So if I can get my notes together cuz you know, the devil is always busy and anytime. I was telling time back there anytime I use technology. I have to I have to watch what I say because you know the power of life and death is in the tongue and if you speak something out trust me, it'll happen. So I don't speak all the technology will work. It will work. I'm not I'm not speaking anything negative because when you speak something negative it show comes back. Alright.

So it's so yes, I'm speaking. It's going to work. I'm going back to the introduction. So I've been studying this one of the essential components of dealing with this whole issue of prosperity and being prosperous is is understanding what God wants us to do. Okay. So God is calling his people to have faith in him. That's number one because without faith. It's impossible to please God and then he gives us some ordinances and and and he says to to listen to my word to to heed to my word to to operate in the in the word that I'm giving you and don't stray from it. And there's a reason why God wants us to follow his work because he knows what the outcome is going to be a man. And so when we when we get these when we get these guide words in our spirit will prepare to move in the direction that he's calling causing us to move into so my flesh would want to do this but God is saying stay here a man and so it's really important that we get the word in us so weak will know what to do in any and every situation So when I said Okay God, how do we handle this issue of being obedient obedient through the time and it just teach the people what I say about tithing amen. And so I realize I was studying this that there was more to the scripture in Malachi that we we really hit we will talk about what year we hear the scripture will a man rob God, right? You heard that in church me a time when we can look at it from a different perspective.

He was he was reaching out to his children his people saying there's something I want you to do to show not me, but the world how you feel about me. Don't know is it's really pouring. So if if if I'm going to show my father my my biological father, right if I'm going to show him that I love him. There may be some things I want to do the show him that it was some physical things I want to do to show him that and it's the same thing with God when we say we love God, there's some physical things that we can do as well as some spiritual things are you with me? And so I want to look at this text. So grab them if you have to buy those go to Malachi chapter chapter 1 I don't want you to kind of follow along with me because we going to see God from a little different perspective in in Malachi chapter. 1 starting with verse one that says this is the message that the lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi. Go to verse number to the first thing. God says is he says I have always loved you. Now now when I read that the Holy Spirit just kind of resting my heart in sand and help me and made me say I made me go back and reread it. He said I've always loved you. When I realize how much God love through all the stuff that I've been through through all the decisions that I made that we're not in line with what he wanted. He still says I have always loved you. Interesting thing is there's so many people out of work Looking For Love or desire for someone to to care about them and love them and God is saying I've always loved you. I've always cared about you. I've always wanted the best for you and someone we start from that premise of God always loving you then it deals with a heart with the heart. It's so when someone tells you I love you, they're not dealing with with with with.

They're dealing with the heart issue. That's why I want to say. They're dealing with a heart issue and your mama tells you she loves you. That's a hard as you have your daddy tells you he loves you if your wife her or her husband tells you that's a hard as you there chance babe. I want you to know something about how I'm feeling about you. I have no matter what we go through no matter how hard it is. I want you to always know. I've always loved you and will always love you. That's important for us to know as we walk through understanding why God is asking us to do some things because he's always love this no matter how challenging life is. God always loves you. Tell your neighbor. God loves you. What you got to say it like you mean it God loves you. As always loves you. When you get that in your spirit, then you can you can think about things or some guy says I've always loved you. Here's what we do just like the children of Israel. We say really

Walmart, it comes in different variation, but we're always challenging what the word of God says in the fact that God loves for the first thing they say is really and then how have you love it? Because I'm going through some stuff. And if you love me, why am I going through what I'm going through and not in that the question is not what we go through for being transparent. It would being real with ourselves. Don't we always ask God really? Show me how you love me. When when all the stuff that's going on that God is taking care of her life. The one thing that goes wrong and we don't like we like okay really God if you really love me. Why am I going through this?

So when was Sam Mills no different than what the children of Israel said in this recorded in Malachi. The Bible says they returned it really how have you Lord have that how have you loved us? And the Lord reply is how I show my love for you. I love your grandma. Your great grandma your grandaddy when they was trying to hang him up. I took care of that so that you could get here and then I didn't abort you. I have always loved you. I took care of you. I put a roof over your head. I put clothes on your back. I put food on the table. I've always loved you and giving you air to breathe. I put shoes on your feet. I've always loved you and you still asking well, tell me how you love me. A man, he said I took care of your your ancestors in front of children is really went all way back to Jacob. He something I made a promise and when I make a promise, I'm not like a man. I don't lie. And when I tell you I'm going to do something I'm going to do something. I will always love you when everyone else kicks you to the curb. I will always love you when you do the worst thing that anybody can possibly think of doing I will always love you and when I got that in my spirit, I realize that God was talking to me about a heart issue. It wasn't about a money issue. It was a heart issue because when you love somebody you want to make sure they're happy you want to do the best for them. You want to give back to them with their given to you a man don't have any Witnesses hear anybody ever felt love a man. You know what that feels like a man. I will save that for later. All right, go to the go to the next.

So let's jump down to six. It says the Lord of Heaven's Army says to the priests. A son honors his father and a servant respect his master. If I'm your father. and your master Where is the honor? Did I deserve and respect where is the honor and respect I deserve so he sent to the people you say I'm your lord you say I'm glad you say all that you need and you say I'm the beginning in the end in your life. You say all of those things then where is the owner? Where's the respect? And it really really applies to worship. How is it that you can honor someone and not give them your best? How is it that you can respect someone and not do things that they are asking you to do? Where is the honor? Where is it? He asked if he's asking us the same thing today as children of God as Believers of Jesus Christ. Where is the Earth?

How is it that we can give respect to everything else? and dishonor God

How is it that God can be low on the totem pole and people that don't even like us are in the higher state than him. He asked the question if I'm your father. And master, what is the honor respect I deserve cuz it says I hope your show is content for my name. And again, we are so arrogant and our religion we say but showing contempt in your name.

That's that's that human flesh. Wait a minute. You going to have to show me? How did that that's what that's just fine. You know what when somebody say this is you hurt my feelings if I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry.

No, I'm telling you. You hurt my feelings. There's no if about it. You just have to accept the responsibility that you've done it. Is it bugs me when people will if I hurt your feelings or if I did this thing then I guess you did it. I saw water saying the same thing. Wait a minute, you're showing contempt and disrespect for me. What how am I showing disrespect you is if I showed this is not for you then I'm sorry. Is happening in in the body of believers.

He says in this instance, you have shown me contemporary offering defile sacrifices on the altar now. Y'all know and Old Testament. They were supposed to bring the best bulls and goats that she whatever they were on top of it was supposed to be the best. Number one. No blemishes. Nothing today. We're supposed to bring up that's worship. We supposed to bring our best friend was supposed to bring our best offer and I don't give were supposed to take out Temple and make it the back, please. And yes, you look back then they were bringing booze and Goten and all of them had defect my question and the Holy Spirit arrested me and said and said, where is your worship at? Are you giving me your best priest? preacher Reverend are you giving me your best? And if he challenging those who are supposed to be in leadership, and the people are following the leader than everything is jacked up in my van. I'm not giving the best friend those were looking at me and follow me at Benjamin the best. Show me Spring Rolls downhill a man chases. Then you ask how have we the father's sacrifice. He says you can find them by saying alter the little or no respect you coming to Sanctuary you do whatever you want to do. As a child of God you say whatever you want to say you act. However you want to act that's how you show contempt. That's how you disrespect. God people have to tell you away. You can use that language. Oh, no, you can't do that. I'm living my life. Wasn't you the following God as a child of God? Can we get this thing real? No, we can't do everything we want to do we can't act the way we all just cuz we want we're bringing this respect to God. But nobody wants to hear that. Because everybody wants to believe what the world is saying you do whatever you want to do and God is going to be happy with it. But it just right here. He said you were bringing disrespect and dishonor. So what boils down to is we all have a heart issue. Because trust me if we truly love somebody we wouldn't disrespect them or Dishonored. amen All y'all not shown on that one. Ain't nobody got up and said a little your praise the Lord. That's me. Jesus. Help me change me and I look around like I wish you would move off that point. Hey, man, let's see. We can't have the bitter. I mean we can't have the sweet without the bitter amen and all throws through so they can use us and give us everything that he wants to give us keep going for me. When you get blind animals that sacrifice at in that wrong. And isn't around all four animals that are crippled and disease try giving gifts like that to your governor and see how please he is says the Lord of the heavens Army try try not to give Uncle Sam his money see what happens you will end up under the jail a man trying to give Uncle Sam less than what he is asking for something that we can relate to cuz he don't take his off the top cuz he don't trust you. You might be giving him some blind crippled and crazy stuff a man. When was think about it? Why wouldn't we give God our best? How dare we in our religious arrogance say I can do and say and be whatever I want to be and bring dishonor to God. Churches be open all over the United States into end and folks are acting like the church belongs to them. What would happens to respect and in the temple respect in the end in the in the sanctuary? What happened to that? What happened to when you're away from church people still know when you save What happened? And why are we constantly dishonoring God and giving him less than a man?

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I let let me say this to everybody here. I'm only giving you what God has given to me. If if if if it moves you in a different way, that's a good thing. Because that's God Quicken you. And saying I need your attention in this area. And it should be pretty in all of us. Because the word is designed to cut through stuff. A man and sometimes we get Cloud it in in the world. We things in the religious things and we forget what the word of God is said. Amen. It's always says 9 go ahead big guy to be merciful to you. But when you bring that kind of offering why should why should he show any kind of favor at all? So he says this

number one start with bringing God your best. That we can all say God. I'm sorry. Write how many of us know we we been sorry for a lot of stuff. Right? We we said we sorry, you know in the next week we bring back the same thing. And we wonder why God isn't showing the mercy and favor Lord. Why are my finances jacked up? Well, maybe look at your relationship with me.

Why is this happening in my life? Well, maybe you disrespecting me.

Why is this? Why is this? Okay Lord? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay, can't you get over it lower? Yeah, I'm over it. But obviously you're not because you keep doing it. a man So he says why would God be moved to show any of us any favor when we keep bringing him that saying stuff. Tell your neighbor to hardest. All right. Can we get some errands here before? I pass out and you may say it's a heart issue. It's a note say it's it's my heart issue. A man. Alright go to the next one.

Reverse number 10 and says how I wish one of you would shut the temple door so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered. I'm not pleased with you.

You come to church and you act like you doing God a favor? Not pleased with you. You hold back on everything know you have talents and gifts and you give it to the world but not to the church. I'm not pleased with you you come up with excuses for why you can't do whatever it is. God is asking you to do he says I'm not pleased with you. This is scripture. I'm not making this up when I read it it convicted me. Because there's always much more than we can be doing for the kingdom of God, but whenever God asks us either through the church the man of God the woman of God, we always come up with an excuse as to why we can't do it. God says, I'm not pleased with you a man. And he says when you come and this is the thing that got me because on Sundays a lot of us get it together for Sunday for those two hours and we coming out religion in our Holiness and we act like all of this and we give God these offerings and Jesus that we start speaking in tongues and we start running around. He said I'm not impressed with that.

24 women shot her sister father this Brothers don't look at him. He can tell you that it said I'm not pleased with you.

What you been doing away from here you go so you can get her for a couple hours. That's my folks, but I just don't touch it to him. I got to get out of here cuz that's all.

But don't nobody want to hear that. The only one here Bless Me Lord. Give me Lord. Take care of me Lord. when fixing the Covenant agreement Where is your end of the bargain?

What are you accountable for? And God says I watch it all. I know your secrets. I know what you hide from people so that you can come up in here and act only in religious night and talk about y'all. Don't get me wrong. I ain't talking about y'all, but I will tell you being transparent I had to put on some shoes and they fit. Hey, man, can I keep this thing real? Amen? He says I'm not accepting your offer before God and we trying to pray and we thinking and prayers going through the wall and coming right back down because God knows. Where are hearted? Are you with me? Tell your neighbor? God knows where your heart is?

Hit me with the next one. He says but my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night all around the world. They offer sweet and sense of pure offerings and honor of my name for my name is great among the Nations. Now, what is it that over in Africa? They can give God praise. Over in Russia. They can give God praise in China. They can give God praise. But over here in America in the Silicon Valley. We act like we doing God a favor. Oh, I ain't got time for that. I want to be a part of that all like sisters annoying brother thoughts on this was talking to her we got issues as to why we can't offer God his due. But he says you can you keep staying up. Because I know there are other nations other people who will give me prep to a worship me who will give honor to my name. And if you travel at all, you know, it's some folk and other places that's giving God Crazy Praise Worship in him in spirit. And in truth man. We have to be we got to get the praise team to get us up and get up and move it then you should be coming in here with your worship you because you should be coming in here with your place. And when you bring your crazy and I'll bring the appraiser this whole thing is what if I ain't got nothing to do. Looking for somebody that's always getting me something. The first thing I don't know cuz I didn't get nothing out of church and then when you don't bring nothing to church today, amen and you wonder what's wrong with your life. A man y'all got to watch religion cuz religion has domed us down religious. It has told us wait for the preacher to tell you and God it says study to show yourself approved. Religion is saying no just get folks to come in today for a while. Don't go out. Don't increase the kingdom of God. Y'all just take care of your little self and that's what's happening with churches. Now, they're turning Inward and if we all turn in with the only person I can focus on as you are the only person you can focus on in me cuz we only want to hear a man. But if we keep our Focus outward why I always have to go out and bring new people and introduce them to Jesus. You know what I ain't got too much time to be focusing on you. Amen. And so my parents don't look right with my jacket you be my brother. You know what I'm happy you hear, you know, I ain't got no time to be focusing on what you have and don't have we got to go out and tell somebody about Jesus. A man, so we have to watch that at any point in time members of UCF. We start turning inward y'all stop. Telegraph pass. We turning inward. We focusing on ourselves. That's the key that we got to get back out of these four walls and tell somebody about Jesus Christ. That's what's happening with churches today. They're imported and they got so comfortable because of religious. They can't do anything else a man.

Tell me what the next is this making sense. Where's the closest but you did sound of my name with your actions? He clearly states you dishonor my name with your actions. I can point it everybody else. But God is pointing at me. He said your actions see we good at pointing at other folks. You know what I can't believe this sister got caught up in the And God said you dishonor in me with you action. You look secret stuff that you don't think nobody know about God does contemptible food. You're saying it's all right to the following statement you bring that prays that that that don't mean anything ain't touch nobody heart worship. You think God is impressed with that? Who's the god of having the nerve he knows exactly when that worship is coming for my heart. He knows when it's coming from a place where we care and love about him. You need to bring me to lift up my hands. I ain't got to worry about what somebody else is thinking, but I praise is what they going to think of me. Who care. We heard what God is doing for you. God is good for you. And when God is happy for you. You got to give him all of your friend. What do you think of me and how I felt so real they can't put you in heaven or hell? So why you worried about what they think to be honest? We're going to be like you. And you worried about her. Can I keep that real?

Hit me with the next.

First 13 you say it's too hard to serve the Lord. Man. I can't do this. I want so much. I still want to have this this this that and do this this that another I wanted my way so it's too hard to turn the Lord. I don't know man. I ain't going to church. That's why you always talking about this man. Is this like this? I want this stuff my way. It's always say it's too hard to serve the Lord. so we run away from but you know, that's go through song.

when the first ones at the church Pastor where you at? Talk to you.

It's too hard to Circular and you turn your nose is up in my command think of it animals that are stolen and crippled and sick of being presented as offering. You should ask you should accept from such offer. Should I accept from you such offering this did not think about that. We don't give animals today, but we do give him our praise. It's so what's crippled about your praise. What's blind about your prayers? And it is not the actual Act of it is what is behind it. It's the heart. Is your heart really into worship is your heart really into praise? Do you understand how important it is to give of yourself to God and to give him your best and when you give got your best he'll take care of everything else. Amen. Alright, give me one more. I have the problem y'all y'all got to get this y'all even you will know about me will stay here until we begin to get it a man. Ask him in Bible study. We've been on 101 chapter 4 seem like eternity. Amen, but every week is good ain't it? Every week the Holy Spirit brings another component of it up a man. It ain't like a classroom when you got to run through it in. Okay, we finish with that but it hasn't changed your life. What talking about influence and effect we're talking about what the word is designed to do is to get in and cut stuff up like a surgeon. Oh, I didn't realize I had that anger issue but the work each. Oh, I didn't realize that. I have a list issue man that hurts, you know, but when he cut it up he's going to cut it out. And in that at the end of that surgery, it's a new person. One that looks more like Jesus Christ in the world. That's why he's cutting that stuff out. But you know what a bunch of folks don't want to go through surgery. They want to walk around cripple and crazy and wondering can I get a witness? amen He says cursed is the cheat who promised to the give a fine ran from his flight, but then sacrifices of defective one to Lloyd. You can't fool God.

You can't fool you can fool me. I need the brightest person in the world. But I got got somewhere I'm weak and strong so I don't worry about it. Amen. So you can fool your neighbor. Yo your momma your daddy your husband your why you can fool in but you can't fool God. Hey, man, he knows what you bringing to the table. Amen. He knew all about it. And then before you even thought it up in your mind or let me see if I can get away with this at church. amen Oh, yes sister. I see you later. Cuz you know we both go to church so ain't nothing wrong with us doing nothing.

What kind of dresses that you even early so y'all can go to Denny's together? Ain't nobody here. Don't get me wrong. I ain't talking about nobody here. Amen. Nobody here. Don't song Don't stop looking at each other. You know that that is as an example. Amen. but if the shoe fits and my name is filled among the nation's. Okay. So you get the point. It's a heart issue, right? And in the thing about this, this is this once we get this piece done. The next thing that God is asking for it becomes so easy. Once I get my heart, right? I don't worry about anything else. Once my heart is right with God I get out. I realize I get to be apart of what God wants to do in this earth round because my heart is right. It's not a burden to me because when it's all said and done either a I'm going to meet him face-to-face and he's going to say Well done or he's going to say, I don't know you YouTube Well regardless it's a heart issue. Amen. We got quick and put our focus on God and Deuteronomy chapter 20, when you enter into the landlord that God has given you as a special possession. Then you have conquered and settle there. So so now that I get the next one hit the hit the next one puts on the first from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship. Okay, okay. So now I got to say back in the Old Testament. He told his people say I'm one of God's people.

Say it like you mean, okay. So Wendy's when heat when we're reading is he speaking to us? Amen? Can you go back or can you just go back one screen, please? When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settle there now. Listen, I want you to see two things. God wants to bless us, but they're still going to be some work to do. We going to still have to conquer it.

so he took away that abusive person out of your life, but you still going to have to conquer some issues that you're dealing with.

so he paid your light bill. He paid your rent, but you going to have to cancel concrete some issues as to why you keep getting into that financial situation.

He wants to give you all of the blessings that he has purpose for you, but you still got got to Country some issues that are going on with you.

We we all we all want God to take care of them and have a blessed day and make it happen. But daddy said I can do that. That's not a problem. The problem is are you doing with you?

Because I want you to answer the land that I'm give you I want you to answer to your blessings, but you still don't have to come to something. There's some stuff used to dealing with which is the cat. That's the way you keep getting yourself in these situations. You're going to have to come to her what's going on and you and the only one you can go to his dad about that. You can ignore you got to say God. I am broken in this area. What I needed you in this area. I need wisdom. I've been trying to do this thing all by myself and it has gotten me nowhere yet. You keep rescuing me. You keep taking care of situations. You keep blessing me. And God is saying I need you to come for that. a man He says he says put some of the first produce from this crap you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship. So he said now listen, this is your ties. This is what I want you to give back to me. The first sum of the first produce from each crop you are not there are Agricultural Society, right? It's a remember. I told you guys several weeks ago. He wanted us to live off the Harvest a man and so is this the fruit that the sea produces cuz we can't get nowhere eating seeds a man. You can't you can't survive in the sea, but you can survive on the Harvest from the sea. Amen. I'm going to take you out some pictures of my tomatoes.

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be arrogant. But I'm so proud up with the real season that guy just took care of it makes up some tomatoes and stuff and some peppers and those of you who are who are. I know it's nothing to you, you know, you lived up you grew up there I get that but for me, it's a big thing blew up in the concrete jungle. The only thing I found was brick Rice and Noodles was at the grocery store and I thought I didn't even think about how it got there. It was just there to look for tomatoes you got from Julie Opera Safeway or whatever. They just did. I never knew that same phone number. I mean, I guess I knew it but I didn't read it didn't resonate with me cuz I'm living in Chicago you go to store and you get food or you get tomatoes and stuff, right? I didn't know somebody had a fantasy to take care of in water and they had to be a harvest and they have to cut it up stand transport to Safeway so I can get there and eat it.

It's all perspective. Right? If you don't know you don't know but when God show me this is what you have to do. And he was like don't touch it yet. It's still great. Cuz I don't my wife will tell you I go out there. I'll be looking at what's going on anybody entire potential and sometimes y'all we be touching stuff before it matures. Hey man, this is so take some of that produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place to work. I will tell you when we don't necessarily operate like that. So, please don't bring no tomatoes in here that ain't going to help us get our building.

You know, I might if you know, but based on my limited knowledge, you know, so our Harvest is our money today. Amen. I work I have business. So I tied I bring my my seed in and my seat is my money. Amen. That's why I'm not a farmer. Amen. I work and so what I want to give to God as the first of what he gives to me a man, I want to give it back to him a man. He says and hesitant to the designated place of worship today. It's typically where you where you were where you working you bring your tired your first into the place where you worship and some people said, well, I'm given to this online Ministry. What do you go there every Sunday? I want you to stop and think about I'm giving the TD Jakes. Well, do you live in Texas? And then you a member of this church? Why do it online? You don't understand? What where is the place that you worship the local church? That's where you have to bring the first fruit of your Harvest a man. And so we have to be careful because we had all kind of stuff I could just give it don't matter where I know it says bring it to the designated place of worship and where you worship at. It's typically your local church or the place where you remember the place the Lord that God chooses for his name to be honored which is United Christian Fellowship a man. Alright, let's go to next one. Go to the priest in charge at the time and say to him with this gift. I acknowledge the Lord your God that I've entered the land he swore to reassess and he would give his name is why this is important.

Can y'all give me 5 more minutes it is it that God is always and will always be about a heart issue looking what he said. This is what you teleport. Now, this is different when you when you give to God as this is different than something like what I got to do this. I'm obligated to do this. That's different than what he saying here. He said go to the priest and acknowledge the Lord your God that I have entered into the land. He swore to give our ancestors. He will get so now that I said, I'm giving back to God because God is true to his word and I want to give to him because he has blessed me and I thank him for my heart. Does that make sense? That's different than all I got to pay my ties here. You know. I ain't I ain't going to have enough money to even take care of my bills or or do this ass man. I don't know if I'm going. Realize it was about the heart. And he said go to the police and say I'm grateful that God has given me this. I'm thankful that God has blessed me with this and so I'm giving this back to God. Sanasa, heart issue. I'm not feeling obligated. Then. I become a cheerful Giver. Amen. That's why the Bible talks about being a cheerful Giver because now I understand why I'm doing what I do, and I want to do it. Obligated to do it right? I'm giving God my best. Amen real quick. We don't we don't finish this next week the priest and will take the basket from your hand and said it before the altar to the Lord your God. Keep going.

Technology is going to work. You must didn't say in the presence of the Lord your God. My ancestor. Jacob was a Wandering aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt his family arrived few in number, but in Egypt, they became a large in mighty nation. See God can take a little. and when you give him your best he can make a mighty nation out of it. Y'all weak man, when we when we change a hard about giving to God and doing forgot he can take that and and multiply exceedingly abundantly more than we can even think or imagine. But if we have a hardened heart when we give to God he's going to be like, why would I bless you when I know your heart is like that don't like what I'm tired. What do you charge with the right heart I give do you give with the right heart or you giving out of obligation like a little child having a pity party you ask me again? Imma do it cuz you asked me what kind of car does that?

Hey, man. And this is the stuff that God is singing in the church today. And we wonder why were struggling and we wonder why we don't have any power to influence other people to come to the kingdom. And we wonder why life after years and years. We're still dealing with certain sicknesses and certain relationship issues in church. Where is our heart and all of this? Does that make sense?

Keep keep going up. When the Egyptians oppress humiliated Us by making us there slaves We Cried Out to the Lord the god of our ancestor. He heard our cries and so are hard to pull in the pressure to here's the problem when we have hard hard we go through hardship toil and oppression.

I'm just keeping it real for it. Cuz when when God showed me this and he arrested my heart and he made me see this is why you struggling in these areas. Where's your heart? So I just I just say this to each and everyone of us. You'll see it next week. We'll deal with it attitude of gratitude. Amen. not complaining but being grateful being grateful because God has given us an opportunity. God has taken care of us on so many levels God is always loved us and the question is have we given him our best? What are we bringing to the table? And where is our heart at? And it doesn't make us weak. But it gives us the strength to say that I get to do anything for the forgot. And when my heart is changed, I don't worry about what people say. All I'm concerned about is how does God see me? How does God give me? God is my heart right with you. It's right challenges all today. The test where your heart is around your giving back to God around your availability to God around the things that you do for God. Are you doing them with a cheerful heart? Are you giving God your best? with a grateful heart Where do you feel obligated? I have to do this. What shows God that you have a hardened heart? and he cannot do as much as he would like to do. with a hardened heart a man If we going to finish this up next week, amen. I got a lot more than to talk to you about. But in the interim I got some work for us cuz y'all know I don't believe in us coming in here in this word and then going away and not doing anything with it. So I want you to go back and read Malachi chapter 3 this week read it a couple times this week. I want you to I want you to ask God to speak to you as you're reading it. Amen. Did I want you to make a commitment if your tithing grape? If you're tired, if you're not tithing ask God to to show you how to tie what is that? We didn't get to the definition of but we'll get to it next week. She got show me I want to be a tight, but I want to be a grateful tied up and I know got you going to take care of all this other stuff that I'm worried about my bills and how I'm going to pay for this, you know, give me a heart to be at either a man. And if your tithing I've got to give you a hard to be an exceptional give more than the tie a man Lewis show me how to take my tithing to the next level. What can I do God to help you move forth the kingdom of God, that's what this thing is about a man and God knows your heart then get involved with the ministry of project at UCF. We always got some stuff we need volunteers. We need people to to look for the for the the the back to school event were having we need poster sign up a man and make sure you're donating what we need come out tell somebody about the church, you know that this is what we're doing. We there's a lot of work that week you can do. If you haven't I'm challenging you if you haven't been to one out Tuesday night bible study. I'm trying to get ready. I'll challenge you to come if you can if you like man. I work. Tell your boss. I have that night off. I just want to check it out. Check time one time one time one time tonight. I can't but come at least 1 time a man. And then invite someone to I worship service on Sunday. If you've gotten anything out of this if it has Jah told you to think about things differently to feel something differently. I want you to invite somebody to our worship service. Here's what I would tell you. I'm always going to be biblically-based a man cuz we going to teach from the word now. I might throw in my flavor on something, you know, they don't quite feel like I don't know about that but it's always going to be biblically-based. Amen. And it's going to be designed to challenge us to grow a man. So so keep that in mind and I challenge you to invite just like Sean said somebody ucf10 you've heard this word and you like I don't even know what he's talking about tithing. That's a little bit. You like to something that I'm feeling right now that I believe.

If you were here and you never accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord say maybe mom is say maybe dad and safe and your present day, but you know in your heart of hearts, you know, if that's you are you ready to make that commitment. God makes it very simple. And you know what? We all participate in this is so I'm going to ask everybody because it's yours. You can never utter these words. First of all, I want you to save you know, what.

I want to do something. I'm out here on the streets up and now here doing nothing. I'm tired of that. I want you to repeat after me heavenly father. I'm a sinner. I need a savior. I Believe In My Heart. The Jesus loves me.

He died for me.

Dairy Queen rose again from me and I want Jesus to come into my heart. God will you accept me as your child.

I want to change. I want to live for you. I want to know you. I asked God right now. If you would accept me as your child, I believe by faith. the Jesus Is My Lord and my safe and I thank you for saving me.

Pray that prayer with me and you meant it in your heart. Your name goes in the Lamb's Book of Life, and you don't have to worry about what happens when you

Cuz you'll be with John for recipes for the New Deal. Guess who's not happy about that. the Devil Boy and so what he's going to do he's going to try to turn up the fire in your life or turn off the fire in the live with someone that you love to get you distracted to go back out then by the power of the Holy Ghost. You say devil I bind you in the name of Jesus. Cast the demons out of your situation or someone at posted you was going through you cast them out in the name of Jesus, Amen and say Lord. I'm a steel beam. Now here's a deal if you knew and and this is all not. This is all new to you. Somebody's got to walk alongside you and disciple and that's okay. Someone disciples me. That means when I didn't know what I was doing. I did not read the Bible. I know these these people and I couldn't understand this language of stuff. Somebody came right alongside of me in and explain that to in love then try to make me feel stupid or if I'm bad cuz I didn't know it just in love and so on your connection car just checked off. Is that shoot a you know what I need somebody to walk with That's confidential information comes to me because of my wife to pray over it will call you and make sure that we can get somebody to walk with you a message that cuz it's really important. I think the church today. We're not developing disciples in math. We got a lot of churchgoers, but we don't have to type two disciples are people who can walk along with a new person or someone who's been in the church for a while and can feel embarrassed. If they don't know all that they should know and walk along with him and show him what I don't want to study the Bible. Pray with them do all okay, but that you just checking in to let your car and when you hand them in we want you to put the connection card in the envelope when are Usher the freezer, law to take up the off of a man? And so now we're going to have our are giving the collection cartoon someone give me a electric Kart Wii. Unexpected car here. Remember there's a couple ways you can give today a lot of people don't carry money with them. But if you do when you want to give up your ties are offering, you know, you can you can just put what it is on the envelope a man but more importantly for me at Castor. It's all important a really important for me is that if you have prayer request, please write the prayer request on the back of the connection card and then put it in the basket or put it in the envelope giving on the most a man if you're going to give online it would be really great. If you say hey, I'm a gift to give a flight if givelify and just write down how much you plan a tutu to bless the ministry with their here's the deal. I say this all the time. This ministry is a member Focus Ministries. We're all members of this and we can't do anything unless we get to the ministry. What is what I do on PBS pictures of Timber Oaks Ministry a man and it's really important that you guys understand. We rent this location here. And unless you guys can we can continue the rent this the church office will we have Bible study is because of what you guys did to the ministry that allows us to have that the food is that was so I'm telling you when you give we're making sure the money goes back out. We do Feed the Homeless. The money is being used y'all. Like I showed you I'm not taking anything. I don't take a salary. I can use my car just like everybody else. But at some point we got to go because we don't need a musician right to help out and work is being mean that when we going to need something like a church administrator a Church secretary some people who and at some point we're going to have to get old be a blessing to them and then but right now, Everyone is giving up their time and their talents and their gifts are at their finances so that we can build. No, for those of you who have not been what does the sum of our meeting? We're we're we're strategizing on how to raise fun. We're trying to raise a million dollar. A million dollars so that we can purchase and have leverage the purchase thing for this ministry because there's a deal a lot of times people don't listen to you. So you can show evidence that God is moving a man. It's just that's accumulated you are I'm not making it I tell you who God has blessed us to be in a nice house and I'll remember people coming business and I know what that you know what I know it's possible now because I've seen someone who God has blessed them with amen. It's just the reality of human nature a man people will listen to you when you can show evidence that God has blessed you a message. If so, what we're trying to do is is by faith and we know it's already that we know the money is here already. We just got to ask God to release it to us. So we have to be obedient to his word so that we can do the things God has called us to do a man. I was talking to a couple of the brothers and I said, you know what? I'm one of my one of my desire Is this to every member should only own home. I'm serious every desire and want to own a home and it should be paid off. That's the same God that saves us. He's a shame. You can give us the finances to purchase a home. Amen. We shouldn't be struggling and and robbing Peter to pay Paul because that's not the kind of God we serve so all my job now is to help us release that so that God can bless us and we can we can bless others in that overflow a man. That's what this thing is about y'all. It's it's time for us to stop being down here and move to the top and it doesn't that make sense. Cuz I watch your kids be struggling why should grandkids be struggling a man is good working to develop some steel shed. But, you know a lot about Peter's a man. They can do volunteer work if they don't have to worry about the wish. So they can go out and do these exceptional things where I can have the struggle that got to work and you don't do this and do that as well as going to school. So I know we have some exceptional young people because they try to get AIDS and B's in school they meant so what would happen if we have generation of kids was going to have to worry about tuition and they took templates online and make a move in an in a dimension in the level at place where God is saying, this is where you belong And they were dispatched to be a blessing to somebody else because that's all it's about is that we be a blessing to someone else they let me guess. I want y'all to think about a play about it. Ask God to show you how you can come at either continue Tylenol become an exceptional Giver to the week and be a blessing to the kingdom of God. What did I miss you? I miss anything. Okay, everybody's like.

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