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Bobby Chandler: Authentic Church

Bobby Chandler - Power of Generosity (Part 2)

March 19, 2026 | 26:14

Bobby Chandler - Power of Generosity (Part 2)
Pastor Bobby Chandler has found hope in Jesus and wants as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom.
#Generosity #Giving #Stewardship #Obedience #TrustGod #SpiritualGrowth

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Bobby Chandler: Authentic Church | Bobby Chandler - Power of Generosity (Part 2) | March 19, 2026
  • She. how many use it for your kingdom?
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  • Because everything good comes from where it comes from above.
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  • Even though you go to a 9 to 5,
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  • Or you work even more than that,
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  • Even though you put in the effort.
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  • Everything that you have today is because god
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  • Has given it to you.
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  • And you may say, well, that's that's by me.
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  • That's by my talents and my abilities.
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  • Who put the talent in you?
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  • Who gave you the abilities to do this?
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  • He could give it to you today and take it away tomorrow.
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  • What about on the other side of that?
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  • Okay, let's go to the new testament here.
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  • You just follow along on the screen if you want to.
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  • But we got the example of the poor widow
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  • And mark chapter 12,
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  • And she gives to the temple two copper coins.
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  • Okay.
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  • In today's terms, it's like dropping two pennies.
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  • I believe technically it's less than that.
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  • So, financially it's nothing.
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  • It seems insignificant to everybody around you
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  • Or anybody that would see her drop it in
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  • To the temple's giving.
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  • But the bible makes it clear that it was
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  • Everything she had.
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  • And i want you to hear the words of jesus in mark chapter
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  • 12, verse 41 through 44.
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  • Jesus set down near the collection box in the temple,
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  • And he watched as the crowds dropped in their money.
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  • Now listen to this.
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  • Many rich people put in large amounts
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  • That a poor widow came and she dropped
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  • Two small coins.
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  • And jesus called the disciples to him.
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  • And he said, i tell you the truth.
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  • Now listen to this.
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  • The poor widow has given more than all the others
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  • Who were making contributions,
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  • For they gave a tiny part of their surplus.
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  • I want you to look at that.
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  • If you if you look at that
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  • In your text, you could underline that,
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  • Because this means jesus is saying
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  • They're giving god leftovers.
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  • Notice how he words is
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  • A tiny part of their surplus.
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  • This is the leftover.
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  • This isn't even 10% of what they should be giving.
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  • This doesn't hurt them.
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  • This doesn't become uncomfortable.
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  • They already had more than enough.
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  • Here's just a little percentage of that.
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  • They're so rich, they look good on the outside.
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  • Everybody says, wow, that's a lot that they're giving.
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  • But jesus saw the heart.
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  • And so on the outside,
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  • They look like they're doing the right thing.
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  • But he makes it known to the disciples
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  • They're only given a tiny part of the surplus.
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  • But she listen to this, poor as she is,
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  • Has given everything
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  • She had to live on.
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  • They're giving costs and nothing but
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  • Her giving costs her everything.
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  • And so what does this say about generosity?
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  • Generosity is about trusting god.
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  • Generosity means that.
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  • Lord. okay.
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  • I want to impact your kingdom so much.
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  • Or impact somebody to know your love, to make a difference.
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  • To help people that are in need. god.
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  • When, when, when you have put it in my hands,
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  • I want to use it for your kingdom
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  • Because everything good comes from where it comes from above.
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  • Even though you go to a 9 to 5,
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  • Or you work even more than that,
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  • Even though you put in the effort,
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  • Everything that you have today is because god
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  • Has given it to you.
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  • And you may say, well, that's that's by me.
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  • That's by my talents and my abilities.
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  • Who put the talent in you?
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  • Who gave you the abilities to do this?
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  • He could give it to you today and take it away tomorrow.
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  • It still comes from him.
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  • You need to recognize that
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  • Otherwise god will humble you to save your life.
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  • Because
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  • Again, he is a loving father.
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  • Pride always leads
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  • Its into a fall.
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  • But one more example.
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  • I thought this was really cool.
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  • Okay, listen to what the paul said again.
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  • He's writing to the corinthian church
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  • And he starts speaking about macedonia
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  • Macedonian church and listen what he says.
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  • Second corinthians chapter eight, verses one through four.
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  • He said, i want you to know, though,
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  • Dear brothers and sisters, what god in his kindness
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  • Has done through the churches in macedonia.
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  • They have been tested with many troubles.
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  • Listen to this.
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  • They are very poor.
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  • The church itself is very poor,
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  • But they are also filled with abundant joy,
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  • Which has overflowed in rich generosity.
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  • You see this physically poor, but spiritually
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  • They got the faith that most of the rich didn't even have.
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  • You can
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  • Be physically rich, but still spiritually poor.
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  • You can be broken on the inside and trust god.
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  • You can look like you have everything
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  • That you've ever wanted and still be depressed.
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  • Still have anxiety.
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  • Still have trust issues.
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  • But you could also have peace when it looks like
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  • You have nothing when you have jesus.
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  • This is.
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  • They're filled with abundant joy
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  • Which is overflowed in rich generosity.
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  • For i can testify that they gave not only what
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  • They could afford, but far more.
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  • And they did it of their own free will.
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  • And get this.
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  • They begged us again and again for the privilege
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  • Of sharing in the gift for the believers in jerusalem.
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  • He makes it so clear this this church
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  • Doesn't have a lot of money, but they're so eager to give.
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  • They're so eager to love.
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  • They're so eager to help.
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  • They're so eager to make an impact. why?
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  • Because it means they trust god with everything.
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  • This is why our vision as a church
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  • Is to give back 10% into the community.
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  • And we've had the privilege over
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  • The last couple of years to help with struggling mothers.
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  • Men with addictions, feeding the homeless, care
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  • During natural disasters, and much more.
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  • Okay.
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  • We've been able to give 10% back into the community.
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  • If i could be honest with you for a second.
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  • We've given over 10%
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  • Every time.
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  • And this is not a pat on the back for me.
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  • This is because i serve with an amazing leadership team
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  • That is very generous, and they care about people.
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  • And god has put that burden on their heart.
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  • And there are times we look at it,
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  • We're like, we're going to get more,
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  • We're going to give more back.
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  • And this year, very, very soon,
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  • In the next couple weeks, i get to reveal to you
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  • We are giving our largest
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  • Giving back into the community in this series.
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  • The largest we've ever had before.
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  • God is making an impact. why?
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  • Because we should be eager to give, eager
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  • To help, eager to step in, right?
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  • Because there's another side
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  • To this that i need you to understand.
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  • My second point is this sin
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  • Thrives in a selfish heart.
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  • Sin will grow in a selfish heart, right?
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  • And this started in the very beginning.
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  • Sin. it has always attacked the concept of tithing.
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  • Sin has always attacked the concept of offerings,
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  • Of giving over to the lord. i mean, just look.
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  • Today, especially within social media,
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  • How many churches are being attacked
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  • Even just on the giving principle alone?
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  • So we're going to dive into that.
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  • But i want to show you biblically
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  • Where it all started, started with cain.
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  • It started in the very beginning.
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  • Genesis chapter four, verse three through seven.
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  • When it was time to harvest came, presented
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  • Some of his crops as a gift to the lord.
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  • Notice the wording?
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  • Not his first, not his best.
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  • Some of it, whatever he felt was right.
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  • Some leftovers.
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  • But listen to abel.
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  • Abel brought a gift.
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  • The best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock.
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  • And here's the thing that i want you to pay attention to.
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  • The lord accepted abel in his gift, but he did not
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  • Accept cain in his gift.
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  • Cain gave god leftovers.
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  • Abel gave god his first and his best.
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  • You know what?
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  • I think it's insanely crazy.
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  • Just a different concept to my.
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  • Cain is holding back for himself
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  • According to the world's standards.
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  • Shouldn't he be happier than abel?
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  • Because abel is giving it all away?
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  • Cain is racking up material possessions
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  • Or just things for himself, yet he is the one depressed.
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  • He is the one that is angry.
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  • He is the one jealous of his brother,
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  • Who keeps giving everything in everything away to the lord.
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  • But finding favor.
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  • And so cain got very angry and he looked dejected.
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  • So the lord said, why are you so angry?
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  • Why do you look so dejected?
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  • You will be accepted if you do what is right.
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  • But if you refuse to do what is right,
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  • Watch out
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  • Because sin is crouching at your door,
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  • Eager to control you,
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  • And you must do it.
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  • Listen to this because it wants to be your master.
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  • I think it's pretty powerful to look at that text
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  • And then look at the text where jesus said,
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  • You cannot serve two masters.
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  • You will love one. you're despise the other.
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  • So i think it's the same revelation right here.
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  • He's telling cain,
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  • Your selfishness wants to control you,
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  • To hold everything back from me.
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  • But it's a it's a form of worship.
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  • It's a form of trust.
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  • I will bless you. i will guide you.
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  • Just like i'm doing with abel. abel is not better than you.
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  • But he's walking in obedience, and you're not trusting me.
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  • And so look at the heart difference here.
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  • Cain gave. god is leftovers.
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  • Abel gave god his first and his best.
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  • And i need to make this clear.
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  • Cain was not rejected because of the amount.
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  • He was rejected because of his attitude,
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  • Because of his heart posture where he was.
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  • So let's ask a really big question out.
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  • Is tithing still a thing
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  • For today? yes.
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  • But also let me make this, known to you as well.
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  • You can not tithe and still go to heaven.
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  • Okay.
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  • Giving tithing doesn't get you into heaven.
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  • Only the blood of jesus christ gets you into heaven.
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  • I just wanna make it clear.
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  • I don't want anybody to say i'm manipulating in any way.
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  • Listen, you can not tithe.
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  • And still getting to the kingdom of god.
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  • So get into the kingdom of heaven,
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  • But again and say heart posture.
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  • Okay?
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  • And so, so many people say, but it's according to the law.
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  • We'll talk about that too.
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  • But did you know that tithing was a principle
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  • Before the law was established?
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  • Okay, abraham, tithe in genesis chapter
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  • 14 to melchizedek, the high priest.
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  • Many scholars believe that melchizedek is jesus christ.
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  • Jacob tithe in genesis chapter 28 at bethel,
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  • The name of bethel actually means the house of god.
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  • Okay, and so i did a little, little study.
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  • And anytime you look up the word tithing, tithing means
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  • To give 10% of what belongs to the lord.
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  • Anytime you look up the word, it always involves
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  • The temple of god and the priest, right?
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  • One of the most famous verses of this is in malachi
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  • Chapter three, verses 8 to 10.
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  • Listen to this.
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  • Should people cheat god?
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  • Yet you have cheated me.
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  • But you asked. what do you mean?
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  • When did we ever cheat you? you.
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  • You've cheated me with your. now listen.
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  • Tithes and offerings.
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  • They're different.
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  • They're not the same thing.
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  • Tithes and offerings.
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  • Okay. do to me. now listen to this.
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  • Because some people get offended over this.
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  • You're under a curse
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  • For your whole nation has been cheating me.
  • 00:11:46.937 --> 00:11:49.306
  • When god is mentioning you're under a curse.
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  • Listen, god is not cursing you because you're not giving.
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  • He's saying we live in a fallen, cursed world.
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  • You're already cursed.
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  • It's the blood of jesus that redeems you and protects you.
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  • But you gotta walk with me
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  • For me to protect you from the curse of this world.
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  • Okay, but this is crazy cool.
  • 00:12:08.859 --> 00:12:11.061
  • But again, look at this same concept here.
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  • Bring all the ties into the storehouse.
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  • The temple of the lord,
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  • So that there will be enough food in my temple.
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  • If you do, says the lord of heaven's armies,
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  • I will open up the windows of heaven for you.
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  • I will pour out a blessing so great
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  • You won't have room for it. yes.
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  • You know what i love about this passage? god says, try it.
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  • It's.
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  • It's the only one. put me to the test.
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  • It is the only scripture out of the entire bible where
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  • God says, test me on this.
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  • Let's see what happens.
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  • Trust me.
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  • Let's talk about the concept of tithing.
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  • Tithing is the bare minimum.
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  • Back to god.
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  • And so honestly, i know
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  • We're in this this phase
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  • Where we're raising money for the building.
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  • And i'm so excited about it.
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  • And i'm going to again, i'm going to share it with you
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  • Very soon.
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  • But let me encourage you before you even think
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  • About giving to the building, start tithing.
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  • Amen.
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  • Because i look at the building as an offering.
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  • But you need to learn the biblical principle of tithing.
  • 00:13:17.895 --> 00:13:21.732
  • And again, for me, i wanted to become a generous giver.
  • 00:13:21.732 --> 00:13:25.436
  • I needed this discipline.
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  • If you want to get in shape, guess what?
  • 00:13:27.972 --> 00:13:29.673
  • You need discipline.
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  • If you want to learn more and grow and start a business,
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  • You need discipline.
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  • If you need discipline in everything else, okay,
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  • Why wouldn't you need it in this area of your life?
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  • This is how you grow and you train your mind, okay?
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  • To trust the lord
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  • And to become a cheerful giver.
  • 00:13:48.525 --> 00:13:51.362
  • But for those who say that i don't have to tithe,
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  • It's old testament law.
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  • I'm under grace.
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  • Okay, yes, it is according to the law.
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  • Yes, today we are under grace.
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  • But let me also ask this question.
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  • This grace lowered the standard erase it.
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  • Because under the law there's also the ten commandments.
  • 00:14:09.780 --> 00:14:13.083
  • Thou shalt not murder.
  • 00:14:13.083 --> 00:14:15.152
  • You could also say, well, i'm not under the law,
  • 00:14:15.152 --> 00:14:16.987
  • And i could do whatever i want to. sure.
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  • Go ahead.
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  • But morally it's incorrect.
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  • There's still moral, morally good things
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  • Out of the law, concepts that we should understand
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  • And do because we love the lord.
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  • Tithing. it's not about legalism.
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  • It's about loving what god loves investing into the kingdom.
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  • Think about it.
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  • How much grace has god shown you?
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  • How much mercy rich mercies has he poured upon you?
  • 00:14:40.044 --> 00:14:44.381
  • And i started thinking about it like this.
  • 00:14:44.381 --> 00:14:45.549
  • Like jesus taught us to pray like this
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  • God, today give me my daily bread.
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  • Yes, we're asking god for bread every single day.
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  • God bless my business.
  • 00:14:54.758 --> 00:14:56.660
  • God bless my family.
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  • God bless my relationships, my future, my job, my school.
  • 00:14:58.329 --> 00:15:03.133
  • God bless, bless, bless bless, give me.
  • 00:15:03.133 --> 00:15:06.537
  • And yet we invest in to mcdonald's
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  • And to starbucks and to amazon and to apple and to doordash.
  • 00:15:09.907 --> 00:15:14.611
  • Right, samuel?
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  • Just get out of the house and go get it yourself.
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  • You know what i mean?
  • 00:15:17.381 --> 00:15:18.415
  • Like, why are you spending so much on doordash?
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  • It's tempting pastor, it's tempting. all right.
  • 00:15:20.751 --> 00:15:23.153
  • And here's here's the image i sold my head.
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  • This is why i brought bread here.
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  • We're asking god for bread.
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  • But we're giving god crumbs
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  • About him.
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  • And this was me for most of my life.
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  • They go, god,
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  • Thanks for the bread. i'm.
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  • And we give them crumbs.
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  • Here's what hit me hard.
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  • Okay?
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  • For those who say, you
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  • Know, tithing is part of the law of fine, fine.
  • 00:15:51.949 --> 00:15:55.152
  • But for me, i don't want to stand before god
  • 00:15:55.152 --> 00:15:58.155
  • And realize i invested millions
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  • Into all of these other things.
  • 00:16:02.793 --> 00:16:05.162
  • Amazon, doordash restaurants,
  • 00:16:05.162 --> 00:16:10.300
  • But invested nothing into the kingdom of god.
  • 00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:14.338
  • The very thing that god told me to impact to make a difference.
  • 00:16:14.338 --> 00:16:19.176
  • And that's why it matters.
  • 00:16:19.176 --> 00:16:23.480
  • It's about loving what god loves.
  • 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:26.650
  • And again, for me,
  • 00:16:26.650 --> 00:16:27.851
  • Some of my most powerful stories of encountering god
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  • Is when i gave it all,
  • 00:16:31.088 --> 00:16:33.123
  • When i gave, when i
  • 00:16:33.590 --> 00:16:35.092
  • Felt like i needed just for god to show up and say, no, no, no.
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  • I'm what you need.
  • 00:16:39.129 --> 00:16:43.901
  • But here's my last point.
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  • We are called to be a cheerful giver. why?
  • 00:16:47.004 --> 00:16:48.605
  • Because god is a cheerful giver. man.
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  • This is his character.
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  • This is who he is.
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  • All right.
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  • You want to hear a kind of a gut wrenching concept here?
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  • What if god gave like, you give.
  • 00:17:00.984 --> 00:17:05.022
  • Well, why are you looking like that?
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  • You know what i mean?
  • 00:17:07.291 --> 00:17:08.425
  • Like, what if god gave to you like you give to him?
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  • I will bless you.
  • 00:17:12.062 --> 00:17:12.796
  • But i don't feel like it today.
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  • I would.
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  • I know i've been hearing your prayers over and over again.
  • 00:17:16.300 --> 00:17:18.001
  • But you know what?
  • 00:17:18.001 --> 00:17:19.036
  • I'm away.
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  • I'm away when the time you know
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  • I'll give sporadically
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  • Here and there.
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  • God is a cheerful giver.
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  • From genesis to revelation, god gave adam and eve a garden.
  • 00:17:30.948 --> 00:17:34.485
  • They didn't deserve.
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  • God gave the rebellious israelites
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  • In the wilderness manna from heaven,
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  • Even though they complained about it.
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  • God gave jonah a second chance.
  • 00:17:43.427 --> 00:17:46.864
  • God gave peter a purpose, and god gave us his one
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  • And only son.
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  • And he paid the price that none of us
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  • Could pay by our own strength.
  • 00:17:56.373 --> 00:17:59.543
  • None of us are righteous enough to be freed of our sins.
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  • So he gave his only son.
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  • God is a cheerful giver.
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  • This is part of his love.
  • 00:18:11.221 --> 00:18:12.656
  • And so when you know the father in such a way, and again,
  • 00:18:12.656 --> 00:18:15.692
  • Maybe it doesn't happen overnight for you,
  • 00:18:15.692 --> 00:18:17.961
  • Maybe you struggle with this like i did,
  • 00:18:17.961 --> 00:18:21.265
  • But understand
  • 00:18:21.598 --> 00:18:22.533
  • The biblical principle where it comes from.
  • 00:18:22.533 --> 00:18:26.303
  • You gotta remind yourself, what does the bible say about
  • 00:18:26.303 --> 00:18:28.539
  • This?
  • 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.540
  • Not every podcast person out there that i smart
  • 00:18:29.540 --> 00:18:33.343
  • That you real that you see on social media,
  • 00:18:34.278 --> 00:18:36.380
  • But actually what the bible says about it.
  • 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:39.917
  • And so how do we become a cheerful giver?
  • 00:18:39.917 --> 00:18:43.187
  • The first thing is this start with gratitude.
  • 00:18:44.121 --> 00:18:50.327
  • And let me say something crazy.
  • 00:18:50.961 --> 00:18:54.164
  • There are a lot of needs for this church right now.
  • 00:18:54.164 --> 00:18:56.833
  • A lot of needs.
  • 00:18:56.833 --> 00:18:59.536
  • But if you are not giving
  • 00:18:59.536 --> 00:19:01.138
  • From a cheerful heart
  • 00:19:01.138 --> 00:19:04.408
  • Or you're giving out of bitterness,
  • 00:19:04.408 --> 00:19:05.709
  • I would rather you not give it all.
  • 00:19:05.709 --> 00:19:10.280
  • Because i don't want this church
  • 00:19:10.914 --> 00:19:12.683
  • To accept the giving.
  • 00:19:12.683 --> 00:19:15.719
  • If you're not doing it to please the lord.
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  • We gotta give with gratitude.
  • 00:19:20.457 --> 00:19:22.659
  • So before you give it anything, what do we do?
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  • We thank god for everything.
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  • God. i'm just.
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  • I give today because you've given me so much
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  • That i do not deserve.
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  • The second thing is just give intentionally.
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  • I stop giving god your leftovers.
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  • The crumbs.
  • 00:19:43.981 --> 00:19:45.949
  • Again, the tithing principle is tithing is 10% to the lord.
  • 00:19:45.949 --> 00:19:49.319
  • Offering is anything above that separate from that.
  • 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:54.224
  • But give intentionally.
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  • Don't just give over what's what's left over.
  • 00:19:55.726 --> 00:19:57.694
  • Don't give god a second thought.
  • 00:19:57.694 --> 00:19:59.496
  • Like cain, give with purpose.
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  • You know, i grew up in this and i want to see this change.
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  • I don't like this in me.
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  • I want to teach my children what it means to be
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  • A cheerful giver, to love, to love on people.
  • 00:20:11.742 --> 00:20:15.045
  • And so let's do this together.
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  • Make it fun,
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  • Make it fun.
  • 00:20:19.082 --> 00:20:21.218
  • Trusting the lord should always be fun,
  • 00:20:21.218 --> 00:20:24.087
  • Even though at times it may feel scary.
  • 00:20:24.955 --> 00:20:26.957
  • But listen, it's scarier to walk in disobedience.
  • 00:20:26.957 --> 00:20:31.061
  • What's scarier?
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  • Not to trust the lord?
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  • I rather follow him and give everything.
  • 00:20:34.564 --> 00:20:38.201
  • My last thing is just to trust god completely.
  • 00:20:38.201 --> 00:20:41.371
  • When you release what's in your hands,
  • 00:20:42.205 --> 00:20:45.375
  • God will release what is in his.
  • 00:20:45.375 --> 00:20:48.679
  • And again we see the theme over and over again.
  • 00:20:49.646 --> 00:20:52.482
  • God blesses, he provides,
  • 00:20:52.482 --> 00:20:56.053
  • He protects, and he leads.
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  • If you truly believe that god
  • 00:20:59.523 --> 00:21:00.891
  • Is the god of the impossible.
  • 00:21:00.891 --> 00:21:04.194
  • In every area of your life,
  • 00:21:04.795 --> 00:21:06.363
  • Will you give it to him today?
  • 00:21:06.363 --> 00:21:09.700
  • For some of you, maybe you're good with giving.
  • 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:13.003
  • Maybe it's the relationships that you're struggling with.
  • 00:21:13.003 --> 00:21:16.540
  • For some of you, maybe it's pride.
  • 00:21:17.307 --> 00:21:20.243
  • Maybe it's an addiction to lust.
  • 00:21:20.243 --> 00:21:23.246
  • Maybe it's something that has consumed
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  • You for many years and you can give it over
  • 00:21:25.115 --> 00:21:29.686
  • To god today.
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  • Walk into that obedience
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  • And you will see his miracles every single time.
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  • All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today.
  • 00:21:37.961 --> 00:21:40.364
  • But i pray that today's message bless your life.
  • 00:21:40.364 --> 00:21:44.101
  • There is a reason you heard this word today.
  • 00:21:44.101 --> 00:21:46.636
  • It's not by mistake.
  • 00:21:46.636 --> 00:21:48.105
  • You're here for a reason and god has a plan for you
  • 00:21:48.105 --> 00:21:52.008
  • And listen, if you love this church
  • 00:21:52.008 --> 00:21:54.177
  • And thinking about giving to this church, all you have to do
  • 00:21:54.177 --> 00:21:57.047
  • Is visit our website at bobbie chandler ministries.com.
  • 00:21:57.047 --> 00:22:00.951
  • And it's very easy to give and once you give, listen,
  • 00:22:00.951 --> 00:22:03.620
  • You're helping change lives.
  • 00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:06.056
  • Because of your faithful giving, we're able to reach
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  • Not only the nation, but the world.
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  • We're bringing the gospel of jesus christ
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  • Into everyone's home as much as we can,
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  • So that they know the love of god.
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  • And listen.
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  • If you want to hear more sermons as well, don't forget
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  • You can join us live every sunday, 815, 10:00, and 1145.
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  • So thank you for watching today
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  • And i can't wait to see you again very soon.
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  • All right, before you go, i got one more announcement to make.
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  • And this one's a big one.
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  • Okay.
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  • This year
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  • We held
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  • Our very first awaken conference in hickory, north carolina
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  • For authentic church and we saw people come out
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  • From everywhere, from all over the nation
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  • And even outside of the country
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  • To experience what god is doing here.
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  • So we're doing it again in 2026, from june 4th to june 7th.
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  • We would love for you to plan and be here with us.
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  • And if you want to look into more details
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  • Over the conference,
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  • All you have to do is click the link below.
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  • In fact, here's a recap video to show you what all god did.
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  • For me.
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  • And the
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  • Reason i even bring it up tonight
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  • Is because when it comes to you knowing jesus.
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  • The man, the gospel message is all about your understanding.
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  • Of the message about the man who will inform your methods
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  • Of getting to know the man. who?
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  • Left his job doesn't work out for me.
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  • What if i move my life by faith and it all just
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  • Crumbles to the ground? what if it works?
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  • What if god shows up and changes your life forever?
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  • But i would rather move by faith
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  • And even fail and fail and fail and know that i follow god.
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  • And i ended up exactly.
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  • Where i needed to be.
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  • You know what today is
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  • Pentecost sunday,
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  • Pentecost sunday.
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  • You better
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  • Not ask the holy ghost preacher to preach on pentecost sunday.
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  • I came here to remind you
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  • You need the holy
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  • Spirit. we.
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