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Tim Timberlake - The Barnabas Blueprint

November 16, 2025 | 28:30

Tim Timberlake - The Barnabas Blueprint
Tim Timberlake deep biblical wisdom empowers audiences to create transformative change in their lives.
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Tim Timberlake | Tim Timberlake - The Barnabas Blueprint | November 16, 2025
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  • Hey, family and friend is pastor tim timberlake of celebration
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  • Church, and i believe today's broadcast is going to bless you.
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  • Our text today as we've been journeying
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  • Through the book of acts.
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  • It's one that i believe is a blueprint.
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  • It allows us
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  • To see the hearts of generosity, the mind of christ,
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  • And what he desires to do in and through our life.
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  • I don't want us to waste any time.
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  • Let's continue on this journey through the book of acts
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  • With today's message entitled the barnabas blueprint.
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  • To give some brief historical context,
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  • To the passage that we read
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  • The early church,
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  • The church in jerusalem was in its infancy.
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  • Brand new, if he would have it.
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  • The upper room had changed and transform the
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  • Lives of a few hundred people that got contagious.
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  • And it began to change the lives of thousands.
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  • And churches begin
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  • To birth out of this great move of the holy spirit.
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  • Along with that came
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  • Great persecution and persecution was increasing.
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  • Believers were being ostracized from their families
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  • And the places where they worked.
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  • And many became impoverished because of their allegiance
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  • To jesus.
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  • And so, community generosity, it was not a luxury.
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  • It was survival.
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  • And so with this, there was a couple of economic practices.
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  • This was not forced communism or, government re
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  • Distribution of funds.
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  • This was voluntary generosity, spirit led generosity.
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  • And as property was valuable, the men and women of god
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  • Valued the lives of their brothers
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  • And sisters over their possessions.
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  • Can i go to get. amen.
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  • Believers willingly liquidated assets
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  • For the sake of their spiritual family.
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  • They laid it at the apostles feet.
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  • This was symbolic of complete and total surrender,
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  • Demonstrating that what i have i do not own.
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  • I am just a steward over it.
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  • When we receive that as a revelation,
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  • Nothing that we have we own, we are stewards over it.
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  • When god places his hands on it, we can give it freely.
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  • We can return it freely.
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  • We can surrender it freely.
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  • And so it was a demonstration.
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  • The men and women of god lay their offerings
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  • At the apostles feet as a sign of complete
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  • And total surrender, to be obedient to god.
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  • They recognized stewardship wasn't theirs,
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  • But god's and barnabas being a levite.
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  • Now, i want you to
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  • Underline this, because the bible gives us great detail
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  • To the things that it wants us to pay attention to.
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  • It teaches us that barnabas was a levite.
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  • Everyone said levite,
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  • Which means, according to the numbers chapter
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  • 18, verses 20 through 24, he was not supposed to own land.
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  • He was not supposed to qualify to possessed land in his name.
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  • The fact that he had a field in cyprus suggest
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  • That he operated in a loophole.
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  • He operated in jewish law under roman
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  • Rule, yet he gave it up freely.
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  • So something that
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  • He had to fight for, something that he had to strive for,
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  • Something that he had to work really, really hard for
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  • And probably cut a few corners for.
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  • He gave up freely when jesus placed his hand on it.
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  • Amen.
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  • And so a levite giving his inheritance
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  • Back to god is an act and a motto
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  • That we must follow today as a blueprint.
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  • It did not belong to him.
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  • He recognized who it belonged to, so he returned it to who
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  • He knew it rightfully belonged to.
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  • When we understand that principle
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  • And that concept with the finances
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  • That we steward, with the possessions
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  • That we steward, when we understand
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  • It is not ours, but it is all god's anyway.
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  • When god desires for us to return it,
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  • We don't have to struggle for it.
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  • Here's the
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  • Reality god will never ask us to return anything
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  • That he does not already have in his mind to bless us
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  • With more, for if we operate in obedience.
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  • Amen.
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  • And so when our mentality changes,
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  • As it concerns to how we steward finances
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  • And how we steward possessions, then we will stop making money,
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  • Our god and start trusting god to be god in our lives.
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  • That if he allows us to be stewards over what we currently
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  • Are stewarding, don't you believe
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  • He can do so much more for us when we operate in obedience?
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  • So, going right through the text,
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  • I want us to write this down as point number one.
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  • Money is neutral
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  • Here.
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  • Me it becomes a weapon
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  • Or a witness, depending on whose hands it's in.
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  • I got $20 here.
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  • This $20 bill,
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  • It has no breath.
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  • It has no legs,
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  • No hands, no voice.
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  • It can't verbally speak to me.
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  • The only identity this takes on
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  • Is the person's hand that it's in.
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  • So in the wrong hands,
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  • It can be used the wrong way.
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  • Why? because this in and of itself is neutral.
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  • It does not have any breath in its paper.
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  • It cannot dictate and determine where it goes,
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  • What can dictate and determine where it goes
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  • Is the person that stewarding it.
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  • So money in and of itself is neutral.
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  • Again, it becomes a weapon
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  • Or a witness, depending on whose hands it's in.
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  • Now i want you to ask yourself this question,
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  • And this may be a convicting question, but it's okay.
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  • We're going to make it through this together.
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  • Is money a witness in your hand or is it a weapon in your head?
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  • How do you know when money becomes a weapon?
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  • When you utilize it to impress other people?
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  • Just keep looking forward.
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  • It's okay, i promise.
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  • How do you know when money becomes a weapon?
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  • When it central focus is about you
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  • Instead of the kingdom of god?
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  • How do you know when money has become a weapon?
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  • When you think more about money than you do
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  • About your savior?
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  • Barnabas gift became
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  • A witness of encouragement. yes.
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  • This is what money is.
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  • It is a microphone.
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  • It will amplify either your faith or your flesh.
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  • People say often money.
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  • Change them.
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  • They change when they got a little bit of change.
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  • They change when they got some money,
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  • They didn't change.
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  • Nothing changed about them.
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  • Things were just revealed
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  • That were already there.
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  • And as this money is a microphone,
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  • It will either raise the volume
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  • On your faith or it will raise the volume on your flesh.
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  • How are you stewarding what god has entrusted to you?
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  • Is it amplifying your lifestyle
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  • Or is it amplifying the kingdom of god?
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  • You see, in the hands of pride,
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  • Money builds idols
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  • In the hands of faith.
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  • It builds altars.
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  • Money doesn't bend the knee,
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  • But it will reveal
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  • What you've been bowing to.
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  • Here's the reality.
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  • The bills and the credit cards in your wallet,
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  • In your purse, in your pocket.
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  • They are silent
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  • Until your character gives them a voice.
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  • How does your money speak?
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  • Because money talks.
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  • But is yours talking by faith
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  • Or talking by flesh?
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  • When surrendered, money becomes a witness.
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  • When worship money becomes a weapon.
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  • We have to make sure
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  • That money does not become our god.
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  • Scripture teaches us
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  • That you can't serve two masters,
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  • Doesn't say you can't serve both god and satan.
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  • Doesn't say you can't serve both god and lucifer
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  • Doesn't say you can't serve both god and demons.
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  • It says you can't serve both god and money.
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  • Why did god utilize money as the other little god?
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  • Because we don't mind worshiping this.
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  • And quantifying it and qualifying it
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  • As this is what god wants for me.
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  • No, this is what god wants you
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  • To utilize for his glory and for his kingdom.
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  • Anytime we believe we own this,
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  • We become slaves to it.
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  • Some of us have so many chains on us
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  • That we can't move beyond this,
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  • When in fact this is a tool.
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  • There's a resource,
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  • But it is not your source.
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  • Money has no soul.
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  • But it will absolutely take on
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  • The identity of whoever is stewarding it and holding it.
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  • So if you are stingy,
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  • Your money takes on the identity
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  • Of a stingy person.
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  • But if you are generous,
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  • Your money takes on the identity
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  • Of your savior.
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  • The kingdom of god is so much greater
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  • Than what you possess.
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  • The reality of your circumstances
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  • When it pertains to money, this $20 bill, it doesn't serve
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  • God or satan.
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  • It serves whoever is holding it.
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  • And however you steward, it
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  • Will determine who your god actually is.
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  • The reality of your life is that your money
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  • Will preach louder than your mouth up, up.
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  • So what is the sermon
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  • That you're preaching?
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  • Point number two.
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  • True power
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  • Is not in what you keep,
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  • But in what you release.
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  • Let's look at what the book says
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  • With great power,
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  • With great power.
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  • The apostles were giving their testimony
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  • To the resurrection of the lord jesus christ and great
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  • Grace was upon them all,
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  • And there was not a needy person among them, for as many
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  • As were owners of lands and or houses
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  • Sold them, and bought the proceeds of what was sold.
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  • Now hear me.
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  • I'm not encouraging you to sell your possessions.
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  • I'm not encouraging you to sell your house.
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  • I'm not encourage you to sell your car.
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  • What i am encouraging you to do is to check your heart and the
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  • Motives behind how you steward what god has entrusted you with.
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  • Hey family, as we take a break,
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  • My prayer is that this broadcast is blessing you.
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  • I pray this message, as we journey
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  • Through the book of acts,
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  • Unlocks destiny
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  • On the inside of you, removes the scales from your eyes,
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  • And it removes whatever earmuffs you may have on your ears
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  • That are blocking you from hearing god.
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  • Better, there's some bumps that we have
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  • To navigate, some mountains that we have to scale,
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  • One encourage you do whatever you can to purchase this book.
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  • The bumpy road to better at thebumpyroadtobetter.com.
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  • Let's go back into today's message as we continue to learn
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  • The word of god.
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  • And so with great power,
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  • They had great generosity
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  • With great power.
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  • It was accompanied by great grace.
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  • Grace flow not just through their words,
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  • But also through their wallets.
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  • So to my wealthy people,
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  • Don't let your financial advisors manage your faith.
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  • God, not wall street.
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  • Direct your generosity.
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  • To my family.
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  • They're struggling.
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  • Don't let overdue bills silent.
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  • Show obedience.
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  • Faith always speaks louder
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  • Than fear.
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  • To my comfortable people.
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  • Don't let convenience shrink your generosity.
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  • What cost you?
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  • Nothing will change. nothing
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  • To my skeptical people.
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  • Don't let culture convince you that
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  • Giving to god's house is wasted.
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  • Heaven's economy multiplies
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  • What earth counts as small.
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  • Before you clap
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  • To my wounded people,
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  • Don't let past disappointments
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  • Rob you of present obedience.
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  • You're still your seed, still has power in god's hands.
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  • If you
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  • Fall in any one of those five categories, hear me?
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  • Obedience is still better
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  • Than sacrifice.
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  • You get a revelation of this.
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  • You understand? money in your hand is currency.
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  • Money in god's hand is power.
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  • We fight for our money.
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  • We work for our money.
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  • We grind for our money.
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  • We hustle for our money.
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  • We have statements that surround our money
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  • That says hustle until you get it.
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  • If you don't get it, keep hustling.
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  • I'm going to live or die trying.
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  • We have all these different cliches about what we need to do
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  • To get more money, when in fact, what we need to do
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  • Is surrender our hearts to jesus christ.
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  • Seek ye first his righteousness
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  • And all these things shall be added unto you.
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  • Here's the reality
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  • You can't take your money with you to heaven.
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  • You can't take your house with you to heaven.
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  • You can't take that beautiful car with you to heaven.
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  • You can't take your credit cards with you to heaven.
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  • They all stay here.
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  • So if they all stay here, why not store them in a way
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  • That advances the kingdom of god?
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  • So more people make it with you
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  • Into the pearly gates on the streets of gold.
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  • Don't make your possessions your god.
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  • Don't make your money, your god.
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  • The kingdom of god is far greater than what you possess.
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  • The scripture says
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  • They came together in unity.
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  • They gathered their things.
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  • They sold their things.
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  • They bought their resources to the house of god.
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  • They laid them
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  • At the feet of the apostles as a sign of what people did
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  • At the feet of jesus, meaning i surrender everything i am
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  • Stewarding back to the person
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  • That created it in the first place.
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  • And they rejoiced and they bonded,
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  • And they made sure that
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  • Each one of their brothers and their sisters had no need.
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  • And this is the reality.
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  • If we were to pull together
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  • All of our resources as the body of christ,
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  • We wouldn't have to depend on banks.
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  • We wouldn't have to depend on loans.
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  • We wouldn't have to depend on mortgages. hear me?
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  • That is not the will of the intent of god.
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  • What he desires
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  • Is that we operate from a place of generosity,
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  • Steward what he's entrusted to us
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  • Will be generous with our brothers
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  • And our sisters, so that no one has need.
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  • So you will never hear me apologize
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  • For talking about generosity here at celebration church.
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  • Have people steward it.
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  • Money wrong?
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  • Absolutely.
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  • Have pastors misled people and fleeced street
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  • For money in their personal lifestyle?
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  • Absolutely.
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  • And people often say pastors just want your money.
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  • Not all of them.
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  • No, no.
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  • Some of them actually want to teach you the word of god
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  • And allow you to see how obedience serves
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  • Your life better than your selfishness.
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  • There are certain pastors
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  • That have integrity and godly character.
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  • And so i encourage you whenever you feel tempted
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  • To not be obedient to text like this, search your heart.
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  • Ask yourself the question, why is it that
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  • I don't want to return what does not belong to me?
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  • Why is it that i have a hard time
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  • Releasing what god gave me in the first place?
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  • And maybe it's because of
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  • How you define success.
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  • Maybe you define success
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  • By how much you accumulate.
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  • When heaven define success differently,
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  • Heaven define success by how many people you helped
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  • Get into the kingdom of god.
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  • So the world measures wealth by accumulation.
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  • Heaven measures it by distribution.
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  • And for some of us, your greatest impact
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  • May not come from a sermon,
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  • But it will absolutely come from your sacrifice.
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  • Point number three.
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  • Stewardship is not ownership.
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  • It's trust on loan.
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  • So whenever
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  • God entrust you with his things, it is him saying,
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  • I trust you enough to steward
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  • What you currently are stewarding trust on loan.
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  • It does not belong to you.
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  • You do not own it.
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  • I know you like well,
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  • I worked hard for this, but you do not own it.
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  • According to deuteronomy, scripture teaches us
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  • It is god who gives you the ability to get wealth
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  • So let's break it all the way down.
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  • You say, well, pastor, i work hard for this.
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  • I work 13 hours a day for this.
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  • Well, who woke you up?
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  • Who made you
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  • The little genius that you are?
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  • Who clothed you in your right mind?
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  • Right. now.
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  • It is he who gave you
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  • The ability that you have.
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  • So you are stewarding
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  • What it is that he has entrusted for you to steward.
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  • It does not belong to you.
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  • You are not an owner of it.
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  • You are just a steward over it.
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  • Don't allow things to become more important
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  • Than jesus in your life.
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  • Look at what scripture says.
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  • Scripture says, and barnabas sold what he was stewarding.
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  • He bought the resources to the apostles feet,
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  • And he laid it down.
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  • It did not say barnabas lost his field.
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  • It didn't say
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  • Barnabas lost his resources.
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  • It said he sold.
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  • And he laid.
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  • Stop communicating to god
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  • That you're losing something when you return to him.
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  • What belongs to him anyway?
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  • The scripture teaches us that if we, being evil people
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  • In our core,
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  • Because all of us
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  • At certain points in our life are evil
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  • Because we have flesh on us,
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  • If we desire to do good for our children, how much more does
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  • God desire to do for us?
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  • So when we lay it at his feet,
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  • You know what he does?
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  • He turns dirt into destiny.
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  • Only god can take what little you have
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  • And multiply it
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  • And say, okay, steward more.
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  • Scripture teaches us he or she
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  • That is faithful over few things.
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  • He will make rulers over many.
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  • What if that rulership is not here on earth?
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  • Well, what if what you are going through right
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  • Now, this journey you life is a test for eternity.
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  • Because in the grand scheme of things,
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  • No matter how much you can accumulate here on earth,
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  • It's still a few things in the eyes of god.
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  • You think god isn't
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  • Impressed by your millions?
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  • Point number four is this.
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  • When you loosen your grip on money,
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  • You prove death has no grip on you.
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  • The apostles testify to the resurrection,
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  • And the people testify through their generosity.
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  • Giving became evidence that jesus was alive.
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  • Every gift laid at
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  • His feet was another sermon that said, he is risen.
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  • You're giving is the echo of an empty tomb.
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  • It is not to impress the people beside you.
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  • It is not even to impress you.
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  • Your sacrifice is a witness that jesus is still alive and well.
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  • He still does miracles.
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  • He still performs. he still provides.
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  • He's still alpha and omega, beginning and the end.
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  • And my generosity testifies more than my shouting,
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  • More than my crying, more than the lifting of my hand.
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  • If i can't lift my wallet and my purse
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  • And my bank account, me lifting my hands is of no result.
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  • So the greatest
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  • Proof of the resurrection may be seen
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  • In you surrendering all
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  • To the feet of jesus.
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  • Not just the hidden things and the secret things
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  • And the secret sin, but the things that you value
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  • And call treasures here on earth.
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  • How should you hope this broadcast has blessed you today?
  • 00:24:59.447 --> 00:25:02.617
  • And i pray that you would not only hear
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  • About this barnabus blueprint,
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  • But you would apply it to your life.
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  • The word of god teaches us that for god so loved the world
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  • That he gave.
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  • Are you a reflection of the heart of god?
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  • Are you a reflection of the stinginess
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  • Or the selfishness that you may have wrestle
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  • With all your life?
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  • Right now i want to pray with you.
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  • Maybe you need to align your heart with the heart of jesus.
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  • Operate from the place and from the posture of generosity.
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  • No more selfishness, but living a life of selflessness.
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  • I want you to repeat this prayer to me, lord jesus,
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  • I repent for my sin.
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  • I ask you to cleanse me from my unrighteousness.
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  • Come into my heart.
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  • I thank you for your grace and mercy.
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  • And so i confess with my mouth that you are my lord and savior,
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  • And i believe with my heart of hearts
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  • That you were raised from the dead for me.
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  • In jesus name i pray.
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  • Amen.
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  • Family.
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  • As we talked about generosity today.
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  • Would you prayerfully consider sharing
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  • And being a partner with us here at timberlake ministries.
  • 00:26:02.544 --> 00:26:06.047
  • It is because of your generosity that we're able to take
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  • This message of the gospel of jesus christ far and wide.
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  • It's because of your generosity
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  • That we're able to continue to serve our brothers
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  • And sisters in areas of need all around the world.
  • 00:26:17.058 --> 00:26:20.061
  • So our team is going to throw
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  • Some information at the bottom of the screen.
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  • Would you pull out your phone, scan that qr code,
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  • Shoot us a email. call us.
  • 00:26:26.468 --> 00:26:28.136
  • Let us know.
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  • I want to partner with timberlake ministries.
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  • I want to help you all advance the gospel of jesus christ.
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  • Take this message around the world.
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  • There's no contribution, no partnership to small or large.
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  • Everything goes to help us advance the kingdom of god
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  • And push back the veil of darkness all day long.
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  • If you're ever in the jacksonville area, stop by.
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  • Visit a celebration church.
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  • Sunday is 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
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  • If you're not within driving distance, it's okay.
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  • Continue to watch us right here on this incredible network
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  • As we continue to spread the gospel of jesus christ.
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  • I want you to know god loves you.
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  • I love you,
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  • And i can't wait to continue on this journey with you
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  • Through the book of acts. be blessed.
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  • ♪♪
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