Episode 13
If Jesus Walked Into Your Church Today
Takeaways:
- The podcast emphasizes the importance of Jesus' teachings, which serve as a central theme for understanding faith and spirituality.
- Listeners are encouraged to reflect on how modern churches have shifted from true discipleship to merely attracting converts.
- The discussion highlights the dangers of commercializing faith, transforming sacred spaces into marketplaces for profit.
- The speakers assert that genuine ministry should focus on nurturing relationships and fostering spiritual growth, rather than merely generating revenue.
Links referenced in this episode:
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Transcript
Welcome to Freedom Through Faith and the Red Letter Crusade, where the words of Jesus take center stage.
Speaker A:Join us as we bring healing, unity and clarity to your walk with God by focusing on one thing.
Speaker A:What did Jesus say now?
Speaker A:Now let's join Pastor Robert Thibodeau for the Red Letter Crusade.
Speaker A:Because when it comes to understanding the entire Bible, his words matter.
Speaker B:Hello everyone, everywhere.
Speaker B:Pastor Bob Thibodeau here.
Speaker B:Welcome to Freedom Through Faith.
Speaker B:Glory to God.
Speaker B:We are so blessed you're joining us today.
Speaker B:We're gonna have a good time around the word of the Lord today.
Speaker B:I've been looking forward to today's Bible study all week long.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Let's go to Lord with a word of prayer.
Speaker B:We're going to jump right into this.
Speaker B:Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we just thank you and praise you right now for the technology you made available for us to share the word.
Speaker B:Father, we thank you that your Holy Spirit leads, guides and directs the conversation today.
Speaker B:We praise you, Lord, for your blessings in our life.
Speaker B:We pray, Father, that someone somewhere this day would receive Jesus as their Savior as a result of today's conversation.
Speaker B:And we give you all honor, glory and praise in Jesus name.
Speaker B:Amen and Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:We're just gonna jump right into today's Bible study.
Speaker B:Turn with me to Matthew chapter 21, Matthew chapter 21.
Speaker B:And this is.
Speaker B:I've been looking forward to this all week long.
Speaker B:Today I titled today's teaching.
Speaker B:If Jesus walked into your church today, would he flip the tables or take the pulpit?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:I mean, that's a powerful, powerful statement, isn't it?
Speaker B:And it's so relevant to what we're looking at today.
Speaker B:I mean, Jesus said, you know, my house here, Matthew 21, let's turn over there.
Speaker B:Matthew 21, verse 13.
Speaker B:We'll go to verse 12.
Speaker B:We'll go down here to verse 12.
Speaker B:And folks, imagine that's what I want you to do here.
Speaker B:Imagine Jesus walks into your church.
Speaker B:Here he is.
Speaker B:He says, jesus went into the temple of God and cast out everyone that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of them that sold doves.
Speaker B:And he said, it is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer.
Speaker B:But you've made it into a den of thieves.
Speaker B:Now, why this message matters today?
Speaker B:Let's look at this.
Speaker B:We live in a time where faith is monetized.
Speaker B:It really is.
Speaker B:Ministries, churches, Christian platforms, you know, they're all becoming marketplaces really, instead of fields of, you know, being able to nurture.
Speaker B:And instead of mission fields, we have marketing fields.
Speaker B:And what makes this so dangerous is that often it happens in the name of good things.
Speaker B:You know, missions and outreach and building programs, feeding the poor poor.
Speaker B:But the danger is not in raising money for righteous causes.
Speaker B:The danger is when money becomes the cause and the people become the product.
Speaker B:Jesus never once said, go into all the world and raise as much money as you can, did he?
Speaker B:He said, go and make disciples.
Speaker B:Somewhere along the way, the focus shifted.
Speaker B:The mission got blurred.
Speaker B:We stopped measuring success by lives being transformed and started measuring it by the budgets being meant.
Speaker B:Now let me be clear.
Speaker B:This is not a message about against giving.
Speaker B:Not at all.
Speaker B:I mean, churches and ministries need money to survive, just like your family needs money to survive.
Speaker B:I mean, we pay bills too, right?
Speaker B:We create resources, we reach people.
Speaker B:But when our ministry focus begins to operate like a spiritual vending machine, demanding a price to access what God gave freely, there is a serious problem in that situation.
Speaker B:And that is what we see happening in many churches and many ministries today.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Now this message is about reclaiming what the church was meant to be.
Speaker B:A house of prayer, a place of healing, a center for discipleship.
Speaker B:And to understand just how far we've drifted, we need to look at a moment in scripture where Jesus didn't just teach with words, he used a whip.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:I mean, the temple wasn't built for business.
Speaker B:It was built for broken people to have access to God.
Speaker B:And like I said, you go over here.
Speaker B: In Matthew: Speaker B:I mean, this was meant to be a sacred place and it become self serving.
Speaker B:Instead of the sound of prayers rising to heaven, there was the clinking of coins and the loud haggling of merchants.
Speaker B:Think about that.
Speaker B:Instead of hearts broken in repentance, there were pockets being broken because they are full of prophets.
Speaker B:This wasn't just a few guys either.
Speaker B:This just wasn't a couple of people selling doves.
Speaker B:This was a full blown operation, a religious cartel, if you want to call it that.
Speaker B:And the worst part, it was all approved by the religious elite.
Speaker B:Every Jewish family folks was commanded to bring a spotless lamb once a year for the atonement of sins.
Speaker B:This was not just a religious formality, it was deeply personal.
Speaker B:Often these families had raised that lamb themselves all year long.
Speaker B:It lived with them, it ate with them, it slept in the house.
Speaker B:It was part of their home.
Speaker B:That lamb symbolized their repentance.
Speaker B:It was raised almost like a family pet would be today.
Speaker B:And that's the part that we often miss.
Speaker B:It wasn't just livestock.
Speaker B:It was a beloved part of the family, and especially by the children.
Speaker B:Imagine your small children.
Speaker B:That lamb would follow the kids around the house or the yard.
Speaker B:They play with it, they give it a name.
Speaker B:It became their companion.
Speaker B:And they just didn't observe the sacrifice.
Speaker B:They felt the cost of that sacrifice.
Speaker B:Because when that lamb was handed over to the priest to be offered up for the sins of the family, it was not some abstract ritual.
Speaker B:It was deeply emotional.
Speaker B:Imagine sacrifice.
Speaker B:You get a new puppy in January or February, and all year long, this puppy brings joy, and you raise it, and now it's time give it to the priest who will cut its throat and offer its blood in sacrifice for your sins.
Speaker B:This is how serious.
Speaker B:This is how the seriousness of sin was communicated to the next generation.
Speaker B:Okay?
Speaker B:That's how the parents were brought up.
Speaker B:And this is how they teach their children that innocent lamb had to die so the family could be forgiven.
Speaker B:The children were taught that forgiveness cost them something, that sin was not cheap, that righteousness was not easy.
Speaker B:Those lessons stayed with them the rest of their life, long after the smoke from the altar had cleared.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Today, many of us just do not grasp the cost of our salvation because we never felt the weight of what it meant.
Speaker B:But those children did.
Speaker B:And what the merchants and the priests were doing wasn't just robbing the people financially, they were robbing the families of that experience, of that reverence, of that holy moment of connection between repentance and restoration.
Speaker B:The lamb symbolized their repentance, their desire to be right with God.
Speaker B:When they arrived at the temple, the lamb was inspected by the priests.
Speaker B:You know, they took care of that lamb all year long.
Speaker B:But almost always, the priests in that temple in the days of Jesus would always find something wrong.
Speaker B:There was always this blemish making it unacceptable.
Speaker B:Maybe the lamb had one slightly discolored hair, or at least the priest would tell him that.
Speaker B:Or the priest claimed it had some flaw that the normal person couldn't see with their eye.
Speaker B:Sorry, they'd say, this one doesn't qualify.
Speaker B:Now, the family, in many instances, had traveled days to get to Jerusalem for this sacrifice, sometimes weeks.
Speaker B:And some of these families, by traveling great distances for this ritual, now they're faced with no offering, and that means they got to go the whole next year carrying their sins.
Speaker B:So what do they have to do?
Speaker B:Well, about this time, someone come up and tap the dad on the shoulder say, don't worry, we got pre approved lambs over here that you can buy.
Speaker B:And of course, these lambs were sold at a premium price.
Speaker B:But the family facing the dire consequences of not having a sacrifice, feeling obligated and powerless, they'd have to pay it up.
Speaker B:And in some cases, some families just gave up trying to get their lambs through year after year after year.
Speaker B:They just said, we'll go up there, we'll buy one when we get there.
Speaker B:That's what I mean.
Speaker B:They're robbing.
Speaker B:These merchants were robbing the teaching power that God had imposed to let everyone know the sacrifice that it would take to cover their sins.
Speaker B:Instead of doing this and teaching this all year long, using as a teaching moment for their kids, it became just another exchange, kind of like what we see in churches today.
Speaker B:You just go to church, drop your money in the bucket and move on.
Speaker B:Ah, don't shut me down, I'm preaching good.
Speaker B:But folks, here's where the corruption gets even worse.
Speaker B:Because the original land that was supposedly rejected, you know, the priests would say, you know, we'll, we'll take it off your hands.
Speaker B:We'll, we'll give it to the merchants or the, the person who's, who has given the father and the family this pre approved lamb, say, we'll give you a discount.
Speaker B:It's this much money, but we'll give you a discount.
Speaker B:We'll take this one off your hands and we'll sell it in the marketplace and all that.
Speaker B:And that's what would happen.
Speaker B:And then it'd be taken around back, given a bath, brushed up and put right back into the clean pen to be sold to the next unsuspecting family.
Speaker B:The same lambs were being recycled and resold over and over again.
Speaker B:This entire system was sanctioned and profited by the Pharisees.
Speaker B:This just wasn't just being dishonest.
Speaker B:It was spiritual extortion, if you want to call it that.
Speaker B:These families believed this was their only way to receive forgiveness for God from this coming year, to find peace with God.
Speaker B:And the very people who were meant to shepherd them were the ones who were exploiting them.
Speaker B:Kind of sounds like the Catholic Church selling intercessory prayers for salvation in our day and age too, doesn't it?
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Even mafia leaders could buy their way to heaven if they had the right amount of cash for a donation to the church.
Speaker B:Ah, don't shut me down.
Speaker B:I'm preaching good.
Speaker B:I know I'm stepping on toes today, praise God.
Speaker B:But here, Jesus Wasn't just flipping tables because someone sold a few birds.
Speaker B:No, he was flipping tables because people's hunger for God was being exploited for personal gain.
Speaker B:He was furious because the place that was supposed to welcome the broken had become a wall that was blocking them.
Speaker B:They took what was holy and turned it into a hustle.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Jesus didn't come to reinforce that kind of system.
Speaker B:He came to destroy that kind of system.
Speaker B:He came to say, no more barriers, no more games, no more buying your way into heaven for forgiveness.
Speaker B:And the same Jesus who drove out the corruption in the temple that day is walking through our churches, churches and our ministries today, asking, what have you turned my house into?
Speaker B:Think about that.
Speaker B:Think about that.
Speaker B:Somewhere along the lines, the modern church changed the mission from making disciples to making converts.
Speaker B:Turn to Matthew 28.
Speaker B:I want to show you something here, Matthew 28, just a couple pages over.
Speaker B:And let's look here at verse 19.
Speaker B:What does it say?
Speaker B:Well, let's go to verse 18.
Speaker B:And Jesus came, spoke to him, to, spoke to them, the disciples, saying, all power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
Speaker B:Now you go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things, what whatsoever.
Speaker B:I've come at you and I am with you always, even to the ends of the earth.
Speaker B:All power has been given to him.
Speaker B:Now go teach.
Speaker B:Go teach them.
Speaker B:One translation says, go and make disciples of all nations.
Speaker B:Because after flipping the tables in the temple, Jesus just didn't walk away.
Speaker B:In frustration, he redirected the focus of his ministry.
Speaker B:His final command, his followers, which includes us, was clear.
Speaker B:Go and make disciples.
Speaker B:He didn't say, go build bigger buildings to hold more people.
Speaker B:Don't go form committees to discuss what should happen.
Speaker B:Don't even go and plant churches.
Speaker B:He said, go and make disciples.
Speaker B:That's his command.
Speaker B:The church today has largely mastered the art of making converts.
Speaker B:We know how to draw a crowd.
Speaker B:We know how to put on a great show.
Speaker B:We know how to conduct a great service that'll have people crying.
Speaker B:We know how to count hands raised and decisions made.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But far too often, that's where the journey stops.
Speaker B:A convert is someone who says yes in one moment of time.
Speaker B:A disciple is someone who says yes every single day.
Speaker B:Many churches and ministries today will then hold a Bible study class, and they call it discipleship training, or they'll hold a membership class after someone saved, baptized, and joined the church and say, that's their discipleship class.
Speaker B:But according to what I read in the Bible, neither of these things are what Jesus told us to be doing.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:There's nothing wrong with a Bible study class.
Speaker B:Absolutely not.
Speaker B:Just don't call it a discipleship training.
Speaker B:There's nothing wrong with holding a new believers class.
Speaker B:Absolutely not.
Speaker B:Just don't call it discipleship training.
Speaker B:There is a profound difference between a moment of emotional response and a life of spiritual commitment.
Speaker B:Conversions are important, okay?
Speaker B:That's the starting point.
Speaker B:They just crossed the starting line.
Speaker B:But Jesus never asked us to stop at a handshake or filling out a salvation card, did he?
Speaker B:He called us to teach, to train, to mentor, to walk alongside people as they grow in him.
Speaker B:Jesus did not invite these fishermen to come to his scripture study group, did he?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:What did he say?
Speaker B:Come and follow me.
Speaker B:That's what a rabbi would say to someone who is to be his student for the next several years.
Speaker B:How are we missing this in today's church environment when we're supposed to be so educated we got all these resources available to us?
Speaker B:How is the church today missing this discipleship?
Speaker B:Folks, if you want to get right down to it, discipleship's messy because it's relational.
Speaker B:It's not something you can automate.
Speaker B:It's not something you can mass produce.
Speaker B:It takes time.
Speaker B:It takes investment.
Speaker B:Frankly, it's not always flashy or impressive either.
Speaker B:But it's what Jesus did.
Speaker B:He didn't hold conferences.
Speaker B:He walked with 12 men day and night for three years.
Speaker B:12.
Speaker B:We gotta stop equating big numbers with big success.
Speaker B:Jesus ministered to crowds, yes, but he built his kingdom with the disciples.
Speaker B:The Great Commission was not just a marketing plan.
Speaker B:It was a mentoring model that we're supposed to follow.
Speaker B:If we're gonna reclaim what the church is meant to be, we have to move from celebrating emotional responses to cultivating enduring relationships in Christ.
Speaker B:Jesus didn't say, go and get people to raise their hands.
Speaker B:No, he said, go and make disciples.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Ministries need money, okay?
Speaker B:That's where we started.
Speaker B:Ministries need money just like families do.
Speaker B:And you can see that in Second Corinthians, chapter 9, verse 7, where Paul says, each one, each one must give as he's decided in his heart.
Speaker B:It does it.
Speaker B:Notice this says nothing about the tithe, does it?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Oh, I just pour cold water over all those church pastors out there that want and need people to be under conviction.
Speaker B:I mean, if they're not giving their tithes to the church, we got to convict their hearts, let them know that they're Going to hell.
Speaker B:Yeah, I know.
Speaker B:I can hear pastors out there right now saying, blasphemer.
Speaker B:Blasphemer.
Speaker B:He's blasphemy.
Speaker B:They've come to demand those tithes be paid.
Speaker B:Why?
Speaker B:Well, after everything I just said, you might be wondering, am I saying churches and ministries should not receive money?
Speaker B:Absolutely not.
Speaker B:Not at all.
Speaker B:In fact, quite the opposite.
Speaker B:They need more money.
Speaker B:They need money to function, just like your family needs money to function.
Speaker B:The problem isn't with.
Speaker B:It is not with having resources.
Speaker B:The problem is when we forget the purpose of those resources.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Just like, you know, your household has monthly expenses that have to be paid.
Speaker B:Well, so do ministries.
Speaker B:There's lights to keep on, equipment to maintain, salaries and staff to pay, materials to be printed, websites and podcasts that need to be hosted and paid for, and resources to create and distribute.
Speaker B:None of that happens without financial support, folks.
Speaker B:Ministry is not free.
Speaker B:Not at all.
Speaker B:Ministry.
Speaker B:Ministry is not free.
Speaker B:I'll just leave it there.
Speaker B:It may be freely offered.
Speaker B:Ministry can be freely offered, but somebody still has to pay the cost to get it delivered.
Speaker B:Yeah, that area.
Speaker B:Thank you, Lord.
Speaker B:Thank you for that.
Speaker B:That's what I was trying to say.
Speaker B:There is a cost of ministry, even if our ministry does not have a church building.
Speaker B:Okay?
Speaker B:But there are still a lot of costs that have to be covered.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:In order to do what I'm doing right now to reach the gospel to you, wherever you're listening to me at, there is a cost involved with that.
Speaker B:So I'm not saying ministries do not need money, okay?
Speaker B:I'm just saying it should not be the folks, okay?
Speaker B:Scripture does not shy away from that reality.
Speaker B:Paul taught the churches to give generously and joyfully.
Speaker B:Giving is not just a transaction on a ledger sheet.
Speaker B:Giving is an act of worship.
Speaker B:It is a way for us to partner with what God's doing through his people on this earth right now.
Speaker B:Not last generation or two generations ago, not next generation, but right now, now the question is not whether giving is even necessary.
Speaker B:The question is whether the purpose of the giving is clear and Christ centered.
Speaker B:Now we've lost that touch of giving an offering.
Speaker B:Like I talked about, most times, it's now it's actually an electronic transaction.
Speaker B:If you want to get right down to it.
Speaker B:Some people still write checks.
Speaker B:You know, usually the elderly generation, you know, they'll write their check or they'll give some cash.
Speaker B:Not many.
Speaker B:Not many.
Speaker B:Most people will use that electronic app and, and, you know, PayPal and all this other stuff to send their money in why?
Speaker B:Listen to this.
Speaker B:They don't want to write a check.
Speaker B:They don't want to be identified as writing a check for $3 or $5 or giving $2 via a debit card.
Speaker B:So these people, they'll actually drop cash in the bucket.
Speaker B:Usually it's all wounded up into a little square or something, folded multiple times, and they can drop it in the bucket and nobody will know how much it is until they get it in the back room and start counting it.
Speaker B:And by then, they don't know who deposited it in the bucket.
Speaker B:Huh?
Speaker B:Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
Speaker B:If you are, it's probably you.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:But seriously, though, there is a difference between giving out a conviction and giving under compulsion.
Speaker B:Paul made that distinction clear.
Speaker B:God gives or.
Speaker B:I'm sorry.
Speaker B:God loves a cheerful giver, not a guilt ridden one.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:We're not here to pressure people to give.
Speaker B:I've been in service where that was the offering.
Speaker B:Call the minister up there crying and sobbing.
Speaker B:He needs to raise $2,000 right now.
Speaker B:Right now.
Speaker B:I need this.
Speaker B:We need.
Speaker B:We need folks.
Speaker B:We need to get this buddy in.
Speaker B:Give till it hurts.
Speaker B:He'll have to go home, become a Walmart greeter instead of going to the orphanage in Africa and digging them a well of water.
Speaker B:Oh, look at the pictures of these poor children.
Speaker B:It breaks my heart or whatever.
Speaker B:I mean, you've probably experienced the same thing in some form or fashion.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Those are not the people you really want to sow into.
Speaker B:Yes, they need help.
Speaker B:Yes, they need the money.
Speaker B:Yes, they want to do God's work.
Speaker B:But to beg and cry and try and guilt you into giving, that's not how Jesus did it.
Speaker B:We're here to cast vision.
Speaker B:So people want to give into the ministry because they see the fruit, they feel the calling.
Speaker B:They believe in the mission.
Speaker B:They believe that you're doing God's work.
Speaker B:Then you hear that crowd, you know, that says, never ask for money, just believe God for it.
Speaker B:Well, as you've been reading your Bible, did you ever.
Speaker B:Jesus.
Speaker B:Did you ever hear Jesus beg for an offering?
Speaker B:No, he never did.
Speaker B:He never begged for an offering.
Speaker B:Did he accept offerings?
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:Everywhere he went, people were giving him money.
Speaker B:Oh, wait a minute.
Speaker B:People were giving Jesus?
Speaker B:Yeah, they.
Speaker B:Everywhere he went, they chase him down and give him money.
Speaker B:How do I know?
Speaker B:He had to have a treasurer.
Speaker B:Poor people or people who.
Speaker B:Ministries who don't have money, they don't need treasurers.
Speaker B:They don't need accountants either.
Speaker B:Why do you think he called Matthew into the ministry.
Speaker B:Matthew was his accountant.
Speaker B:Wait a minute, Brother Bob, where does it say that?
Speaker B:Listen, Judas was the treasurer, right?
Speaker B:We know that Matthew was the one who could accurately assess the amount of tax being due.
Speaker B:And he had to do it quickly and he had to do it accurately, right?
Speaker B:He could look at the books and see what's happening in a matter of minutes.
Speaker B:He had to be able to function that, in that manner and in that calling, or he'd have been beheaded by the Romans for not collecting the accurate amount of taxes.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And that's why Jesus told him, he seen the potential Matthew had and he needed an accountant for his ministry.
Speaker B:That's why Jesus said, hey, follow me, I'll take care of you.
Speaker B:Well, why do you have Jesus there, Brother Bob?
Speaker B:What I don't understand.
Speaker B:Well, Judas was the one who was carrying the money bag.
Speaker B:He was the one in charge of distribution, collections and distributions.
Speaker B:Matthew was there for the accountability.
Speaker B:Matthew was the one who's supposed to be doing periodic audits and then bringing the reports to Jesus.
Speaker B:In fact, if you want to look at it like this, that's why Judas was getting a bit nervous.
Speaker B:It must have been almost time for his next audit, what with Passover and all that at hand.
Speaker B:He expected Jesus to ask for the audit.
Speaker B:So Jesus would knew how much to give as an offering from the bag of money.
Speaker B:The CEOs need to know that stuff.
Speaker B:So Jesus, Judas needed money to replace what he had, quote, unquote, borrowed from the bag, which is why he conspired with the Pharisees.
Speaker B:So they wanted him.
Speaker B:They wanted Judas to tell them where Jesus was going to be.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:I mean, just think about it, how much sense this makes.
Speaker B:Every time a group tried to capture Jesus, he just supernaturally walked right through the midst of them.
Speaker B:They never laid a finger on him or the disciples because they were with him.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Well, Jews expected this to be the same way this time too.
Speaker B:Then he could replace the money that the Pharisees gave him back into the bag.
Speaker B:If the Pharisees ever came up to him and said it and said, hey, I led you right to the guy.
Speaker B:That was the deal.
Speaker B:It's not my fault if your guards couldn't catch him.
Speaker B:And he'd have been right.
Speaker B:And then nobody would have known anything else about it.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:But this time it's not how it all played out.
Speaker B:I mean, the.
Speaker B:There's a quote.
Speaker B:The best laid plans of mice and men.
Speaker B:There's a quote from a novel I was required to read.
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker B:50 years ago, way, way Back in high school, I, I think it was the Grapes of Wrath, but I, I don't really remember.
Speaker B:But I remember that quote though.
Speaker B:The best laid plans of mice and men.
Speaker B:But anyway, why are we talking about this?
Speaker B:Well, that's what, that's what, what happens when Pastor Bob goes off on a rabbit trail.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:What are we talking about here, Lord?
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:Money, money, money.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's right.
Speaker B:Do preachers and ministries and churches need money?
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Jesus needed money.
Speaker B:The apostle Paul needed money.
Speaker B:The disciples needed money.
Speaker B:Your pastor needs money.
Speaker B:Your church needs money.
Speaker B:Pastor Bob needs money too.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Don't look at me at that tone of voice.
Speaker B:You don't need money.
Speaker B:If you answer no, you don't need money, email me@Brother BobPFM.org because I'll be more than willing to help ease that burden.
Speaker B:You know, you having too much money, it's just dragging you down.
Speaker B:I don't need that to happen.
Speaker B:So, you know, Brother Baba help you offload a little bit of it and he'll help us out in the process.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And I'll, I'll help you lighten that load and you can help our ministry do more work with all that extra that's burdening you right now.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:You think I'm joking?
Speaker B:Email me and we can talk.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Seriously though, even Jesus addressed the matter of money and generosity more than one time.
Speaker B:Matthew 6:21.
Speaker B:He said, where your treasure is, that's where your heart will be also.
Speaker B:And he wasn't just talking about gold or silver.
Speaker B:He's talking about what we value.
Speaker B:We give something that we value.
Speaker B:If you value your wife, you give her some extra cash, she values you.
Speaker B:She spends that cash on stuff she thinks will increase her value in your eyes and heart.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:If you're dating and you spend money on things you think your partner will value, a good dinner or whatever the case may be.
Speaker B:If you have kids, go buy some ice cream on a hot day, they'll think you're the greatest parent ever.
Speaker B:They'll value you.
Speaker B:And all you did was exchange something of value to you, money for something to bless them with ice cream.
Speaker B:And that increased your value in their eyes.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That's how it works.
Speaker B:If the kingdom is our priority, then giving becomes a natural response to it, not a forced obligation.
Speaker B:We want people to give in the kingdom projects.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:We will want to give as well.
Speaker B:Not feeling obligated to give because some preachers up there crying, praise God.
Speaker B:But if you hear about a project the preacher's working on.
Speaker B:And it resonates in your heart.
Speaker B:That's the Holy Spirit saying, this is something you need to give into, boy.
Speaker B:This is something you need to be part of.
Speaker B:That's your cue.
Speaker B:That's your spirit telling your natural mind, you know, your wallet, son.
Speaker B:Give to that preacher.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:There's an angel.
Speaker B:That's an angel whispering in your ear.
Speaker B:Tell your husband to double what he was just thinking about.
Speaker B:Give.
Speaker B:My wife said that to me several times.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:I'll pull out somebody, she'll say, give more.
Speaker B:Hey, man, don't shut me down.
Speaker B:I'm preaching.
Speaker B:Good wives, they hear the Holy Spirit.
Speaker B:The man a lot of times doesn't.
Speaker B:But the wives, they hear the Holy Spirit.
Speaker B:I can testify to that.
Speaker B:My wife hears the Holy Spirit.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:But all joking aside, Jesus also said In Matthew, chapter 10, 8, 9, somewhere in that area, freely you have received.
Speaker B:Freely give.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:If you want to receive freely, give.
Speaker B:You got to learn how to give freely, too.
Speaker B:That was spoken to the disciples as they went out to minister.
Speaker B:He was reminding them that the power and the message they carried didn't come at a price, and it should not be sold like merchandise.
Speaker B:What God gives freely should never become the product of a sales pitch.
Speaker B:Here's the truth.
Speaker B:When people know their giving has eternal impact, they're more likely to be generous.
Speaker B:When they see lives changed, families restored, souls saved, disciples being made, they realize they're not funding a budget, they're funding a movement.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:But when ministry shift from vision to manipulation, when giving becomes about emotional appeals and limited time offers, or sow a seed for your need gimmicks, we start selling blessings instead of sharing burdens.
Speaker B:And that's where it all starts to fall apart.
Speaker B:Because as leaders, we must never lose sight of this.
Speaker B:Money is a tool, not a testimony.
Speaker B:Money.
Speaker B:Money can fund the mission, but it must never become the mission.
Speaker B:The minute we begin making decisions solely based on and what brings in the most revenue instead of what fulfills the calling of Christ, we're back in the temple selling lambs right next to the Pharisees all over again.
Speaker B:We must never hear me now.
Speaker B:Never.
Speaker B:We must never be ashamed to talk about the financial needs of ministry.
Speaker B:But when we also never weaponize guilt to try and squeeze those finances out of the people.
Speaker B:Because the goal is not to pressure people, is to invite them into a partnership, to give people the opportunity to sow into something eternal, not to scare them into paying for a blessing.
Speaker B:You are not the blesser folks, you cannot promise them anything, so don t even try.
Speaker B:If the invitation is one that is focused on partnering with you to accomplish the mission the Lord has placed on your heart and from your heart you share about that mission, then the Holy Spirit can do his part.
Speaker B:And the right people, hear me now, the right people, not all the people, but the right people in the crowd will respond.
Speaker B:The right people always will.
Speaker B:So yes, ministries need to raise money, but more than that, they need a mission.
Speaker B:That mission must always come always, always, always come before the money.
Speaker B:And that's where many churches and ministries are missing the boat on this project.
Speaker B:They're putting money before the mission like the cart before the horse.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Because in a biblical economy everyone gives something.
Speaker B:Everyone.
Speaker B:The poor widow casting in the two mites, right?
Speaker B:Acts chapter four.
Speaker B:Let's turn over there.
Speaker B:Acts chapter four.
Speaker B:Praise the Lord.
Speaker B:Thank you Jesus.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:Acts chapter four, verse where are we at here?
Speaker B:34.
Speaker B:Neither was there any among the disciples that lacked as many as were possessors of land or houses sold and brought the price of the things that were sold laid down at apostles feet.
Speaker B:Distribution was made to every man according as he had need.
Speaker B:So here there was not a needy person among them.
Speaker B:The early church had something that modern churches lack.
Speaker B:Oh boy.
Speaker B:Ah Lord, you really would say this.
Speaker B:Praise God, here we go.
Speaker B:The early church had something many churches today do not have and that is a shared responsibility and a genuine community.
Speaker B:People that truly care for each other.
Speaker B:Nobody waited on a wealthy few to bankroll the mission.
Speaker B:Think about that.
Speaker B:Everybody gave, everybody participated.
Speaker B:Everybody saw themselves as part of something bigger than their own needs.
Speaker B:That's lacking in a lot of churches and a lot of ministries today, isn't it?
Speaker B:Jesus himself gave us a model of simple but profound generosity.
Speaker B:Mark chapter 12, verse 43 and 44.
Speaker B:Jesus said about that poor widow woman with the two mites, said truly I tell you this poor widow put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box right now.
Speaker B:For all of them, out of their abundance, they gave a little bit.
Speaker B:She, out of her poverty, gave all she had to live on.
Speaker B:That's not just about the money, that's about the heart.
Speaker B:And Luke 6:38, Jesus taught give and what?
Speaker B:It'll be given to you again.
Speaker B:Give and it will be given to you again.
Speaker B:Give and what?
Speaker B:It?
Speaker B:What's the it?
Speaker B:What you gave will be given to you again.
Speaker B:In other words, you'll get it back.
Speaker B:Given to the work of God, you'll get back what you give.
Speaker B:But then he didn't stop there.
Speaker B:He said, you're going to get back a good measure.
Speaker B:Pressed down, shaken together.
Speaker B:Now, everybody uses it as a great example.
Speaker B:Cup of flour, right?
Speaker B:You scoop out that cup of flour, it's full.
Speaker B:But you start tapping on it, shaking on it.
Speaker B:You can tap it down and, and you can double, sometimes triple the amount of flour you got in that cup.
Speaker B:That's what he's talking about here.
Speaker B:A good measure, pressed down, shaken together.
Speaker B:But he doesn't stop there.
Speaker B:No, he said, that's what you're going to get back.
Speaker B:But when you operate in faith like that, men will run over to you and sow into your bosom.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Think of it.
Speaker B:Go read it.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:But folks, Luke 6.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's where it's at.
Speaker B:Luke says, trying to remember where it was at.
Speaker B:Luke 6.
Speaker B:Where are we at here, Lord?
Speaker B:Praise you, Jesus.
Speaker B:38, 6.
Speaker B:38.
Speaker B:Give and it what you give shall be given to you.
Speaker B:Again, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over and it says, and running over and running over.
Speaker B:What men shall give into your bosom, men will give into your bosom for the same measure you measure with it should be measured to you.
Speaker B:Again, he wasn't promising a money back guarantee.
Speaker B:He was teaching a kingdom principle.
Speaker B:Generosity creates overflow.
Speaker B:Not materially, but spiritually.
Speaker B:He did not say God would rain money down from heaven to bless you.
Speaker B:It's not in there, is it?
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:He did not say angels will deposit a million dollars in your living room tomorrow night and you'll find it when you wake up in the morning.
Speaker B:No, he did not say that.
Speaker B:He said God would use who?
Speaker B:Other men, Other people.
Speaker B:God would use other people to replace what you sowed into his kingdom work and not just replace what you sow.
Speaker B:He bless you with an abundant overflow because you're helping his work.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Read the scripture again.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Give and it'll be given to you.
Speaker B:Again, a good measure.
Speaker B:Pressed down, shaken together, running over, men will sow into your bosom.
Speaker B:What if we stop relying on one or two big givers and instead urged everyone to sow something, even if it was small in our eyes?
Speaker B:Personally, I'd rather have 100 people give me $1 a month than one person give a hundred dollars a month.
Speaker B:Because if one of those hundred falls on hard times, the other 99 can lift them up.
Speaker B:But if that 1 donor we rely on disappears, the whole ministry is going to take a hit.
Speaker B:That's biblical economics 101, folks.
Speaker B:Again, it's kingdom culture Amen.
Speaker B:Where?
Speaker B:Where each one gives according to their ability.
Speaker B:And nobody feels like their gift is too small to matter.
Speaker B:Huh?
Speaker B:The church is not a place where a few carry the many.
Speaker B:It's a body where every part does its work.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Think about the.
Speaker B:Think about the hand.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Oh, Lord.
Speaker B:Oh, Jesus.
Speaker B:Really think about the hand.
Speaker B:The thumb is a major joint that allows humans to do things that other animals can't, like grasping things.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:The index finger.
Speaker B:Without that index finger, we can't point.
Speaker B:We can't point.
Speaker B:More importantly, do you know how hard it would be for you to pick your nose if you didn't have that index finger?
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:I mean, don't shut me down.
Speaker B:I'm preaching.
Speaker B:Good.
Speaker B:Pray.
Speaker B:I bet you never had a preacher teach I'm picking your nose before.
Speaker B:Have you?
Speaker B:Ah, praise you, God.
Speaker B:You never know what the Holy Spirit's gonna reveal when Pastor Bob's preaching.
Speaker B:I'm telling you.
Speaker B:Now.
Speaker B:Let's look at your ring finger.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:If you're married, that's a very important finger.
Speaker B:And a pinky, right?
Speaker B:Well, the pinky part of the.
Speaker B:Bob, what's the pinky?
Speaker B:Got to do it.
Speaker B:Well, that's the one that demonstrates your sophistication to others.
Speaker B:You know, drinking your tea with your pink.
Speaker B:Your little pinky sticking out.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:All your fingers on your hand are important.
Speaker B:What about the middle finger, Brother Bob?
Speaker B:Do you really want me to go there?
Speaker B:Oh, Jesus.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker B:Let's just say the middle finger.
Speaker B:The Lord gave you your middle finger, so you can, let's just say, express your thoughts in one gesture, and everybody will understand what you're saying.
Speaker B:And I'm just gonna leave it at that prayer, God.
Speaker B:Oh, I think I'm gonna buy this recording myself.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:I can't believe the Lord lead me down these rabbit trails.
Speaker B:Praise you, Jesus.
Speaker B:Where was I?
Speaker B:Good Lord, I don't even know if I have time to get back on the trail I started on.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Somebody.
Speaker B:Somebody, I guess, needed to hear that.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:I. I can't believe I just.
Speaker B:Anyway, I'll just say amen.
Speaker B:All right, now, Lord, help me, Jesus, let's get back where I was.
Speaker B:I mean, when?
Speaker B:When?
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:Okay, here.
Speaker B:Here's one.
Speaker B:When Jesus multiplied the loaves and the fish, he didn't ask for a banquet to show up.
Speaker B:He just asked what they had.
Speaker B:We taught on this a few weeks ago.
Speaker B:Little boy's lunch was enough in the hands of Jesus.
Speaker B:What we offer today, no matter how small it may seem to us can still be multiplied when it's given to him and his ministry.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:If there's a clear mission, no matter what you're able to give to Jesus at that moment, he can take it and multiply it to meet the need and then give you back a harvest.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Don't try and argue that point in your mind.
Speaker B:Read the scriptures.
Speaker B:Read what Jesus did with that little tiny two sardines and three biscuit lunch that boy had.
Speaker B:That brings me to share about what our ministry is working on right now.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:We need you.
Speaker B:We need you to step up and help us complete this major, major project we're working on.
Speaker B:You know, we need you to partner with us to spread the red letter words of Jesus across this nation and literally across the world.
Speaker B:And we need to do it right now.
Speaker B:We need you right now.
Speaker B:Not next month, not next year.
Speaker B:We need you now.
Speaker B:We actually needed you last month, but we still need you now.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Jesus said in John663, the words I've spoken to you are spirit and life.
Speaker B:His words are not just religious texts.
Speaker B:They are living, breathing truth that brings transformation to hearts and homes and entire communities.
Speaker B:Yet so many people have never heard those words for themselves.
Speaker B:That's why this ministry is committed to one thing right now above all others.
Speaker B:Getting the red letter words of Jesus into the hands of the people.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Imagine what could happen if the words of Jesus reached someone in prison, someone in crisis, someone who's given up hope.
Speaker B:Imagine a young person scrolling online, stumbles across a verse from Jesus and pauses, convicted, curious.
Speaker B:Imagine an exhausted pastor in a small town trying to lead a divided congregation who reads one simple quote from Jesus and feels renewed.
Speaker B:That's what we're building together right now.
Speaker B:We are actively involved in supporting a project called what Did Jesus say?
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:This book up here, remember?
Speaker B:So I'm talking about right here.
Speaker B:This book has transformed our ministry, folks.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:And it's a powerful outreach tool.
Speaker B:It's the red letter words of Christ in a story style format that is easy to read and easy to digest.
Speaker B:There's no commentary, no distractions, just Jesus speaking clearly and directly.
Speaker B:For many, it'll be the first time they encounter his voice in such a personal way.
Speaker B:And here's where you come in.
Speaker B:Your giving fuels this mission.
Speaker B:When you give, you're just not donating, you're discipling.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:That's what Jesus told us to do.
Speaker B:How do we disciple by sharing his words?
Speaker B:You're not just funding print runs, you're Planting seeds.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Every dollar enables us to print more books, expand podcast outreach, train more leaders, create content that highlights not our message, not Pastor Bob's message, but his message, the message Jesus came here to share.
Speaker B:His words matter, folks.
Speaker B: Jesus said in Luke: Speaker B:It's not a guilt trip.
Speaker B:It's an invitation to realign our hearts.
Speaker B:When we invest in eternal things, our hearts begin to beat with the rhythm of heaven.
Speaker B:Oh, praise God.
Speaker B:Did you.
Speaker B:Oh, man.
Speaker B:Did you hear that?
Speaker B:That's w. Wow.
Speaker B:That was the Holy Spirit right there.
Speaker B:I've never uttered that phrase before.
Speaker B:That I know of.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:The rhythm of man.
Speaker B:I got Holy Ghost goosebumps all over me right now.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:The rhythm of heaven.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:I'm asking you to be part of that rhythm.
Speaker B:We're not asking for equal amounts.
Speaker B:We're asking for equal obedience.
Speaker B:If God stirs your heart to give a dollar a month, praise God.
Speaker B:If he nudges you to give $100, praise God.
Speaker B:Obedience is what brings the blessing.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Matthew, chapter 25.
Speaker B:Jesus told about the parable of the talents, not to praise the one who had the most, but to celebrate the one who is faithful with what he was given.
Speaker B:Because faithfulness is the key.
Speaker B:That's the point I'm trying to get to.
Speaker B:Here's our invitation.
Speaker B:Would you consider becoming a faithful giver to this movement?
Speaker B:We're entering one of the most sacred seasons of the year, Easter time.
Speaker B:A time when the world pauses.
Speaker B:Even unbelievers have to pause, even briefly, and recognize the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus is the reason.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:What better time to share his words?
Speaker B:What a better.
Speaker B:There's no better season to flood hearts with the very voice, the risen Christ.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That's why we're launching a special giving campaign right now, this Easter season.
Speaker B:Our goal is to get thousands of copies of what Did Jesus Say?
Speaker B:Into the hands of people around the world.
Speaker B:Those who don't go to church, who don't read the Bible, who might just open a small book filled with nothing but the pure red letter words of Jesus.
Speaker B:No preaching, right?
Speaker B:Just his words.
Speaker B:This is the moment, folks.
Speaker B:This is the time, and we need you right now.
Speaker B:We're not just inviting you to give.
Speaker B:We're inviting you to make a bold kingdom impact.
Speaker B:Give a hundred dollars.
Speaker B:If just 100 people would sow $100, we could take the message to the world right now.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:That's how far along we are in the preparation for this distribution.
Speaker B:Project.
Speaker B:Right now, we are at the point where now it's time to sow this word into the world.
Speaker B:Give $500, you're helping launch a regional outreach right now.
Speaker B:We can target market selected regions of this nation and others for distribution.
Speaker B:If 50 people would give $500 right now, we can impact this world like never before.
Speaker B:Imagine that ripple effect.
Speaker B:And it all begins with you.
Speaker B:If you give a thousand dollars, praise God, now you're fueling the mission in a big way.
Speaker B:If just 25 of you would give a thousand dollars, we could cover printing, shipping, digital content distribution so the red letter words of Jesus would reach people not just in print, but on podcasts, on YouTube, and social media as well.
Speaker B:You're multiplying the outreach exponentially.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Give 2,500 or more, you can become a cornerstone, partner and this level of support, entire campaigns, radio spots, podcasting, multi city distribution projects, you're not just giving, you're launching a movement.
Speaker B:And you can become an investor and not just a donor.
Speaker B:Yeah, praise God.
Speaker B: site at wdjitwe jdsbookproject: Speaker B: Wjdsbookproject: Speaker B:Become an investor.
Speaker B:Find out what you'll be able to reap as a harvest on your contribution.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:Oh, man, it's been good today.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B: Jesus said in Matthew: Speaker B:That's exactly what your giving will allow us to do, to amplify the words of Jesus from the rooftops, from the inboxes, and into the hands of people who desperately need him right now.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:What a better gift.
Speaker B:There's no better time, no better season than right now as we celebrate what Jesus did during this season.
Speaker B:Right now, we need your help right now.
Speaker B:Glory to God.
Speaker B:This Easter, we're believing for 100 partners to step up.
Speaker B:Will you be one of them?
Speaker B:Will bu be the one who says, I will not let another resurrection Sunday go by without helping others to hear the words of my resurrected king?
Speaker B:This isn't about pressure.
Speaker B:It's about purpose.
Speaker B:You're not just funding a book, you're fueling a breakthrough.
Speaker B:You're just.
Speaker B:You're not just supporting a project, you're spreading a person, Jesus himself, in his own words.
Speaker B:You can be the catalyst.
Speaker B:You can be the one who says, not on my watch will this generation go without hearing the voice of Jesus.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Let me say this plainly.
Speaker B:I know there's at least one, if not a couple of people listening to me right now who could sow $5,000 in this project without blinking an eye.
Speaker B:If that's you, we need you right now.
Speaker B:We have a special offer and special recognition for our $5,000 partners is more than just a thank you.
Speaker B:It's a powerful opportunity to become a kingdom level partner in a movement that will echo into eternity.
Speaker B:It will react with the rhythms of heaven.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:That was a great saying, Lore.
Speaker B:Please, please reach out right now.
Speaker B:Don't wait.
Speaker B: w.wday.wdjs, wdjs, bookproject: Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Make your significant partnership contribution today.
Speaker B:No matter the level, no matter the amount.
Speaker B:Remember the widow woman?
Speaker B:Her two mites, no amounts too small, but we're still talking about her gift 2,000 years later.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So make your donation right now.
Speaker B:Discover how you can be blessed in return as a true partner in the gospel.
Speaker B:Let us show you what that means, both spiritually and practically.
Speaker B:Because this isn't just giving.
Speaker B:This is creating a kingdom legacy.
Speaker B:And as Jesus said in Luke 6:38, give and what it shall be given to you.
Speaker B:The amount you give will be given back to you again.
Speaker B:But a good measure pressed down and then and shaken together and then running over men will pour a blessing in your lap.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:This is not just about prosperity, folks.
Speaker B:It's about participation.
Speaker B:You're joining a kingdom work, a kingdom outreach.
Speaker B:And what we give into the kingdom, never, never, never, never, never returns void.
Speaker B:You have Jesus's promise on that.
Speaker B:I hope you believe him.
Speaker B:You do believe him, right?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:So today, would you say yes?
Speaker B:I need you to say yes.
Speaker B:We need you to say yes.
Speaker B:Jesus needs you to say yes today.
Speaker B:Not to a pitch, not to a program, but yes to Jesus.
Speaker B:To spreading his words, to honoring his voice through the red letter words.
Speaker B:Will you say yes to partnering with a movement that believes his words can still change everything?
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Together, let's flood this generation with the red letter truth of Christ.
Speaker B:Amen.
Speaker B:Right now I'd love to pray over your offering of support for this very important project.
Speaker B:Just join me in prayer.
Speaker B:Lord Jesus, you said Lord, in Matthew 6:33, you said, Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these other things shall be added to you.
Speaker B:So right now, Lord, right now, right now, we seek your kingdom first.
Speaker B:We lift up every offering that's going to be sown, Lord, into this ministry, not as a transaction, but as a holy act of worship and obedience.
Speaker B:You also said in Luke 6:38, given to be given to you again a good measure.
Speaker B:Pressed down, shaken together and running over, men will sow into your bosom.
Speaker B:We believe this will be something that our partners that are sowing now will see happen.
Speaker B:Men running over, giving to them.
Speaker B:Lord, we're standing on your words, your red letter promise, Lord, that as we give, you will give back not just in provision, but in peace and purpose and kingdom reward.
Speaker B:I pray that every seed sown today multiplies.
Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:That every giver, every sower receives in return, not just financially, but spiritually as well.
Speaker B:That doors would open, families would be blessed.
Speaker B:Praise the Lord.
Speaker B:Favor be poured out for those who give sacrificially.
Speaker B:May their sacrifice be honored in heaven and multiplied on earth.
Speaker B:For those giving boldly, let them see breakthrough and joy in their giving.
Speaker B:For those who desire to give but can't give right now, bless them too, Lord.
Speaker B:Open the doors, make a way.
Speaker B:Show them you are their provider.
Speaker B:That every dollar be given, stretched, blessed and directed with divine purpose.
Speaker B:May these offerings, Lord, may these offerings be used to lift up your name, to spread your word, to lead many to the saving knowledge of you, Lord Jesus.
Speaker B:Hallelujah.
Speaker B:In your name, Lord Jesus, we pray.
Speaker B:Amen and amen.
Speaker B:Praise God if you can do so.
Speaker B:So right now, the links will be down below.
Speaker B:If you're watching this on video, if you live here, I am.
Speaker B:It's www.what did Jesus say?
Speaker B: Book Project: Speaker B:Praise God.
Speaker B:Hallelujah, man.
Speaker B:This was.
Speaker B:This is good.
Speaker B:Today.
Speaker B:This is different.
Speaker B:Holy Spirit led.
Speaker B:That's the third.
Speaker B:Ah.
Speaker B:That's all time we have for today.
Speaker B:Till next time, Pastor Bob, reminding you, be blessed in all that you do.
Speaker A:Thank you for joining us for this session of the Red Letter Crusade.
Speaker A:Remember, in a world full of noise, only one voice still speaks with eternal truth.
Speaker A:That's the voice of Jesus through the red letter words in the Bible.
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Speaker A:Remember, in a world where clarity is needed now more than ever, his words matter.
