The Danger of Transactional Faith: A Theological Audit

• Generosity and Sowing/Reaping Principle [00:04:36 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor analyzes 2 Corinthians 9:6, emphasizing that the principle of sowing generously applies to 'whoever' does it, even those outside the faith, and that sparing sowing yields sparing results.
• Faith vs. Planned Walk [00:03:55 ▶️ 📄]
  > Contrasts the desire for a 'planned walk' with the biblical reality of a 'faith walk,' using Abraham as an example of stepping out without knowing the full outcome.
• Heart Posture in Giving [00:11:48 ▶️ 📄]
  > Argues that giving should be a 'duh' (natural instinct) for believers, not a reluctant act under compulsion, and extends the definition of giving beyond money to time, energy, and effort.
• Overcoming Fear in Giving [00:07:49 ▶️ 📄]
  > States an intent to 'extract all fear out of giving' by highlighting that the biblical principle works even for non-believers, thereby removing the fear that God is manipulating believers.
• Pre-decision in Giving [00:17:17 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues that one cannot be manipulated if their mind is already made up, urging listeners to pray and decide on giving before the need arises.
• Emotional Manipulation vs. Cheerful Giving [00:23:06 ▶️ 📄]
  > He warns against giving under pressure or emotional manipulation (from family, church, or strangers), emphasizing that God desires cheerful, pre-planned giving rather than reluctant or impulsive acts.
• Stewardship and Budgeting [00:21:53 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor critiques poor stewardship, such as giving away essentials or using delivery services when one could walk, urging listeners to know their debt and budget to honor God without becoming destitute.
• Heart Posture Over Amount [00:27:26 ▶️ 📄]
  > Using the example of the widow's mites, he asserts that the attitude of giving is more valuable to God than the monetary amount, encouraging a lifestyle of generosity.
• Attitude of Giving [00:28:29 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues that God values the cheerful attitude of the giver more than the amount given, emphasizing that giving is a decision and a lifestyle rather than just a spiritual feeling.
• Faith and Sowing [00:31:16 ▶️ 📄]
  > Using the analogy of a farmer, the pastor explains that barren land represents opportunity for those with seed (faith), contrasting those who wait for miracles without sowing with those who act in faith.
• Mindset Modes (Need, Greed, Seed) [00:35:57 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor introduces three mental 'modes': 'Need mode' (survival/fear), 'Greed mode' (scarcity/control), and 'Seed mode' (faith/generosity), urging listeners to switch from the former two to the latter.
• Sacrificial Giving [00:44:20 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor briefly mentions a higher level of giving called 'beast mode' or 'sacrificial offerings' that goes beyond tithing and standard offerings.
• Generosity and Giving Modes [00:44:06 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor defines three modes: 'need mode,' 'greed mode,' and 'seed mode,' urging the congregation to adopt seed mode, with a higher level called 'beast mode' involving sacrificial offerings beyond tithing.
• Biblical Illustration of Solomon [00:44:51 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor recounts Solomon's offering of a thousand bulls instead of the customary one, illustrating how sacrificial generosity moves God to reveal His heart and grant wisdom and abundance.
• Testimony of Prison Ministry [00:49:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > A story is shared about an inmate in the 'God Behind Bars' program who tithed from his commissary funds ($2.50), demonstrating faith and 'seed mode' despite extreme scarcity.
• Eternal Perspective on Wealth [00:54:24 ▶️ 📄]
  > Using an analogy of TSA Pre-Check, the pastor explains that the goal of life is to 'empty out' earthly possessions through giving so that one is not 'stopped' or burdened by materialism at the gates of heaven.
• Divine Generosity and Salvation [00:58:11 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor explains that God gives before asking, specifically citing the gift of His Son as the ultimate act of generosity that enables everlasting life for those who receive Jesus by faith.
• Personal Testimony and Repentance [00:58:30 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares his personal history of addiction and manipulation to illustrate the transformative power of giving one's heart to God, using his own change as evidence of the invitation's validity.
• Universal Invitation to Salvation [00:58:55 ▶️ 📄]
  > An urgent appeal to all listeners, regardless of their location, past actions, or secrets, to make a choice for Jesus today as a day of salvation.
• Corporate Confession and Community [01:00:14 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor transitions to a corporate confession, emphasizing that the church is a family where 'nobody prays alone,' contrasting individual privacy with communal faith practice.

• Sermon Illustration [00:02:38 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about his daughter tying for first place in a college race, using her excitement and his pride to illustrate the principle of unlocking new levels of life through foundational actions.
• Sermon Illustration [00:09:59 ▶️ 📄]
  > Uses the analogy of a farmer who doesn't need to prove he sowed seed, but simply shows the harvest, to critique believers who claim to believe but lack visible fruit or results in their lives.
• Sermon Illustration [00:11:48 ▶️ 📄]
  > Compares the expectation of giving to basic basketball skills (dribbling, shooting), arguing that just as 'duh' is the answer to whether players dribble, 'duh' should be the answer to whether believers give.
• Sermon Illustration [00:16:13 ▶️ 📄]
  > Illustrates the concept of proactive generosity by suggesting one should mow a neighbor's lawn without being asked, noting that the neighbor will likely allow the trespass rather than get angry at the kindness.
• Sermon Illustration [00:15:29 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor humorously describes giving away five dollars to 'bless somebody's socks off' and suggests mowing a neighbor's lawn without asking as an act of love, noting that people rarely get cussed out for this.
• Sermon Illustration [00:17:32 ▶️ 📄]
  > He shares a personal anecdote about his and his wife's finances, explaining that they became so generous they had to check with each other to ensure they weren't being 'reckless,' having already planned their giving through their budget.
• Sermon Illustration [00:19:46 ▶️ 📄]
  > He uses the analogy of a 'missile' to describe his seed/giving, explaining that he directs it to specific places for the future even while he is currently using the resources.
• Sermon Illustration [00:22:22 ▶️ 📄]
  > He describes the progression of giving: it starts in the head (thinking/praying), drops to the heart (faith/decision), and finally comes out in the hand (action), contrasting this with those who start with the hand.
• Sermon Illustration [00:27:50 ▶️ 📄]
  > He references the biblical story of the widow who gave two mites, noting that Jesus highlighted her sacrificial attitude over the large amounts given by the wealthy.
• Sermon Illustration [00:35:57 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about finding different driving modes in his car (off-road, fast, cruise) to illustrate how believers can switch their internal 'modes' regarding money and giving, specifically from need/greed to seed mode.
• Sermon Illustration [00:42:13 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses a hypothetical scenario where someone decides they want Olive Garden, then Ice Cream, then Abs, to illustrate how making a decision to sow (bless a family) triggers God to send the necessary 'seed' or resources.
• Sermon Illustration [00:44:51 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor tells the story of King Solomon offering a thousand bulls instead of the required one, which led to God appearing to him in a dream and granting him wisdom and resources because of his generous heart.
• Sermon Illustration [00:50:50 ▶️ 📄]
  > A testimony is shared about a young man in prison who, despite having only $2.50 for commissary (food/snacks), decided to tithe and send it to the church as an act of faith and honoring God.
• Sermon Illustration [00:54:24 ▶️ 📄]
  > An analogy is drawn between airport TSA security checks and entering heaven: just as TSA Pre-Check allows you to bypass screening by having your info pre-vetted, believers should 'empty out' their attachment to earthly wealth through giving so they are not 'stopped' by materialism at the pearly gates.
• Sermon Illustration [00:58:30 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor recounts his previous natural state as a 'manipulator, addicted to pornography, a liar,' and describes how God invited him to give His heart and help change his habits, serving as a personal anecdote to validate the power of salvation.

• Pastoral Charge [00:03:24 ▶️ 📄]
  > Look at the person next to them and verbally acknowledge the levels of blessing.
• Pastoral Charge [00:06:09 ▶️ 📄]
  > Underline and circle the word 'whoever' in their Bible.
• Pastoral Charge [00:08:49 ▶️ 📄]
  > Look at their neighbor and verbally declare that they are the 'whoever' who receives the promise.
• Pastoral Charge [00:15:00 ▶️ 📄]
  > Self-evaluate their recent history of fasting, praying, and giving.
• Pastoral Charge [00:16:37 ▶️ 📄]
  > Go mow a neighbor's lawn without asking for permission.
• Pastoral Charge [00:16:25 ▶️ 📄]
  > Mow a neighbor's lawn without asking for permission.
• Pastoral Charge [00:17:17 ▶️ 📄]
  > Decide on giving before the moment of need arises.
• Pastoral Charge [00:19:02 ▶️ 📄]
  > Pray about what to give before the offering or need occurs.
• Pastoral Charge [00:20:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > Pray for direction on giving future possessions (shoes, house, car).
• Pastoral Charge [00:21:27 ▶️ 📄]
  > Evaluate and cut off luxuries to honor God.
• Pastoral Charge [00:21:53 ▶️ 📄]
  > Create a budget, know debt, and stop unnecessary spending (like door dashing).
• Pastoral Charge [00:23:06 ▶️ 📄]
  > Refuse to give if feeling emotionally manipulated or pressured.
• Pastoral Charge [00:25:58 ▶️ 📄]
  > Pre-decide specific giving amounts for family members in need without telling them.
• Pastoral Charge [00:26:42 ▶️ 📄]
  > Start praying in May about gifts to give in December.
• Pastoral Charge [00:29:12 ▶️ 📄]
  > Decide to be the most generous person they know.
• Pastoral Charge [00:40:50 ▶️ 📄]
  > Give one item or act of service away daily for the upcoming week.
• Pastoral Charge [00:28:54 ▶️ 📄]
  > Make a conscious decision to become a generous person.
• Pastoral Charge [00:56:28 ▶️ 📄]
  > Lift hands to signify a commitment to switch from need/greed mode to seed/beast mode.
• Pastoral Charge [00:59:04 ▶️ 📄]
  > Pray for those listening who are on the verge of salvation.
• Pastoral Charge [00:59:45 ▶️ 📄]
  > Raise hand and verbally commit to prayer and accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]
[00:00:00] What's going on family? I am so grateful that you joined us right here on the Transformation Church YouTube because today's sermon is part five in a series that we are doing called Six Figures and I believe this sermon is going to help you figure out what mode you're in. I'm talking about your soul mode. Like there are certain things that it's hard to soul if you're in the wrong mode and today I'm going to help you be able to identify, understand, and then ignite
[00:00:30] a brand new mode in your life. This is going to take your relationship with generosity, stewardship, finances to a whole nother level. And I think it's going to cause you to be transformed. Before we get into today's sermon, I want to let you know, we got some more good
[00:00:46] content on the way for you. Me and PC, that's Pastor Charles for everybody that's new here, are starting a podcast and it's called POP, Progression Over Perfection. It's coming this summer. And what I need you to do is help us by subscribing. We want everybody to understand that
[00:01:04] this life with Jesus is about progression, not perfection. And the sooner that you give up perfection, you get to see this beautiful journey unfold where God takes you from step by step, place by place, glory to glory, and you become something you never thought you could be
[00:01:20] without him. And so listen, we're starting from the ground. We're not using any of our other YouTube channels. We're starting from the very beginning and about 4,000 of y'all have subscribed.
[00:01:30] We're going to see if we can take it over the 5,000 mark. And then this summer, I believe it's June, we are releasing the first episode of the Pop Podcast. So we want you to look out for that
[00:01:41] and go subscribe now. Today's message is going to help you in every area of your life. Get ready because my mode just changed is the title of today's sermon. Subtitle, Need, Greed, or Seed.
[00:01:54] I hope you're blessed by this today. I have an assignment to help you understand really my favorite part about generosity, giving, sowing. Last week was the one that everybody takes a big gulp on when I start talking about the tithe. And I think last week, everybody got it. It was
[00:02:16] like, yeah, God's going to give me a test. I'm going to pass the test because I'm prepared for the test. I already know every time I get increased 10%, it belongs to God. So I'm not
[00:02:28] going to hoard what is mine. I had somebody I really love just, um, is in her sophomore year at college, um, came up to me after church out the side of the car. And she was like,
[00:02:38] pass a bite. I was like, what? She was like, I tied for the first time. And I mean, her family was around everybody was hooping and hollering and I just went up to her and I was like
[00:02:51] I am so proud of you and I just started just big because at that age it the principle that got into her heart at this level is going to unleash this next level that I'm about to talk
[00:03:08] about today see look at your neighbor and say there's levels to this and a lot of us spend our time fighting with the basement of blessing. Oh gosh. Should I tithe? Should I give? Should I do
[00:03:24] this? The church just won my money. You are on the basement floor of what God wants to do in the area of blessing your life. Today, I want to show you the future as you surrender to God and give him
[00:03:39] what you, watch this, may not understand fully, but you will get an understanding as you walk in the whole journey of trusting God is a faith walk and most people want a planned walk there's
[00:03:55] nowhere in the bible that you find God saying do all of these steps and then I'll I'll show you everything and then it will be fine because you know the outcome he told Abraham go to the land
[00:04:05] I'm going to show you hold on wait I'm gonna make you the father of many nations but I ain't got no kids. Hey, go there, leave these people. It's always like somebody's got to take a step of
[00:04:17] faith. And so today I want to give you, when it comes to your finances, generosity, giving, being abundant, I want to give you what I'm calling the best way to go about walking into this level of life. And I'm going to start with scripture. Second Corinthians chapter nine, verse
[00:04:36] six second corinthians chapter nine verse six it says remember this what are we supposed to do come on help me preach we're supposed to remember this whoever sows or gives sparingly or a little will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously
[00:05:02] will reap generously each of you should give each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver and God is able to
[00:05:22] bless you abundantly so that in all things at all times having all that you need you will abound in every good work. Somebody say amen. Now, most people who've been in church your whole life have
[00:05:35] never heard that scripture outside of offering time. Nobody's actually going to preach on this scripture. So I am today so that you can get an understanding so that you will never be played by not knowing what the word of God is talking about. So we're going to jump right in verse
[00:05:51] chapter six, verse one. Remember whoever so sparingly will reap sparingly. Could you underline circle in your bible the word whoever because i just need to know i need to ask you a question i need you to pick up the context clues who's the bible talking to in this scripture
[00:06:09] whoever he he literally says whoever how many people in this room qualify as a whoever if i said whoever gets to this stage first gets a thousand dollars no i didn't sit down what what i'm saying is at the moment i said whoever that that would
[00:06:34] literally be based on your ability to believe. If I said all men, that would segregate. Or if I said all short people, depending on the height, that would segregate other people. But the Lord really
[00:06:56] wants everybody to get that the principle he's about to share is for whoever. So this is the point I want you to put down. Whoever can sow whatever. Today, I have to focus on the thing
[00:07:15] that distracts many believers from giving because a lot of people don't give because you said there are people who don't serve God and go against God and people who do debauchery and they live on the
[00:07:26] world. And why are they so blessed? Because they picked up the principle. They're a whoever.
[00:07:34] The reason I'm telling you this is because this principle works even if you are not connected to God. Oh my gosh. The reason I have to tell you this is because people have used the Bible
[00:07:49] to fear you into serving God. And today I want to extract all fear out of giving.
[00:07:56] God literally says about this one principle on giving, I don't care who you are and I don't care what you do if you put this principle into play it'll work in your life and the crazy thing is
[00:08:14] people who don't believe in god work a principle made for his children and we still up here defy fighting about the semantics of things and we're not walking in the abundant life that he put out
[00:08:28] here for you but he said whoever believed this whoever walks in this whoever gets this they get the promise look at your neighbor and say you're whoever whoever gets this principle gets the promise so i want you to get this please whoever includes your haters whoever includes people who
[00:08:49] hurt you whoever gets this principle includes the people that live like hell it does not matter somebody shout at me whoever so why not you if whoever can work this principle why not you so the first thing god's telling us is whoever sows like this is gonna reap like this what is
[00:09:17] the way that they sow if they sow a little they're getting a little back newsflash it works even if you do it at the smallest level whoever so sparingly still gets back sparingly but they
[00:09:34] still got something back and whoever shows generously or largely they get back at the same level what I'm trying to tell you is if sowing works if seed works why don't you do it and I can't be the one to qualify if you do or not but what I'm saying is a farmer never has to
[00:09:59] prove he sowed seed a farmer never has to convince you all he has to do is show you the harvest there's so many believers like I promise I'm so deceived I promise I promise I'm so good
[00:10:19] I promise I got it and it's like where is your harvest where is the trees where is the fruit where is where is it and the truth of the matter is many people have not fully believed in the
[00:10:37] word of God and the principles and so what I wanted to tell you is I don't want God to make a principle for his kids that his kids don't work. And then people who don't even know our
[00:10:48] father work the principle and they're living in the blessing that we should have because whoever works this principle gets the promise of the principle. Okay. So then it goes to verse seven.
[00:11:00] It says, each of you should, could you just put it on the screen? It said, each of you should give. Let's stop right there. Write this point down. Giving is a duh to God. Did y'all hear what
[00:11:17] I just said? Giving is a duh. Y'all got it. Y'all was like, what are you talking? Giving is a duh.
[00:11:26] He's, watch this. He's assuming that you already know as a believer, this is what we do. So he's telling you, each of you should give. Oh, what you've already decided to give because he's not
[00:11:43] trying to convince you to do what the normal practice is of people who do what we do.
[00:11:48] That would be like a basketball player being like, do we dribble? Duh. Do we shoot the ball?
[00:11:58] Duh. Do we play in pants or shorts? Put your shorts on. The only people who would ask those type of questions are people who were unfamiliar with the pattern of whatever we're talking about.
[00:12:17] There are too many people that when God tells us that we're supposed to give, we act shocked.
[00:12:25] What? You know what I'm dealing with? He's like, hold on, wait, wait, wait, wait.
[00:12:33] If you're a believer, you should already get it in your mind. I give. I'm not just talking about money, time, treasure, connections, energy, effort, encouragement. What is your giving record this past week? I'm not talking about to a church or nonprofit or organization. I'm just talking about
[00:12:59] your giving. What's your giving record this week? The reason why I'm saying this is because the natural, watch this, the natural state of a believer should be one of generosity. Me and my friend was talking before service and, and the comment came out this, I need people to stop
[00:13:24] saying they serve God and they love God and they'll do anything for God. And they never give you, you can't, you can't, you have, you have to for God. So love the world that he,
[00:13:40] it's one of his natural characteristics and people I'll do anything for God, except what he did for all of us. The reason I'm saying this is it sounds elementary. Watch this. But it's affecting people's eternity because people are here trying to figure out why would God ask
[00:14:02] me to do this? And I'm trying to tell you, when God tells you to give, he tells you to give a certain way. Pastor Mike, break it down to me just a little more. He said, verse seven, each of you
[00:14:11] should give watch watch this what you have decided in your heart to give not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves what type of giver a cheerful giver this is why giving is supposed to be a duh because in Matthew you can go read it chapter six I think it starts in verse two but
[00:14:32] you got to read the whole thing it says Jesus is talking he says when you give when you pray when you fast. These are three things. If the giving's taking you off too much, I need to let
[00:14:43] you know, God expects every one of his children to at some point fast, pray, and give. Not if you give, if you pray, or if you fast, when you do. Okay, self-evaluate. When's the last time you
[00:15:00] fasted, you prayed, and you gave? There are not many things that God is saying, this is a prerequisite it for you walking in the way that I have called you to walk and so I need you to understand church
[00:15:14] we have to get it into our minds that my disposition is generosity that's who I am I'm generous I don't have a lot to give right now but I'm what generous I can give what I got
[00:15:29] all I have is all I need I'm out here about to bless somebody's socks off and by socks I mean this five dollars about to really turn somebody's day upside down no i'm because generosity is not
[00:15:47] about an amount generosity is about a heart posture is this about hold on what can i do how can i do it where am i at what do i got in my closet how many of these pins do i have how many
[00:16:01] of these sandals do i have how much time could i give to somebody that lady's yard that you've complaining about needs to be mowed for six weeks. Go mow it. Somebody, I'm about to call
[00:16:13] the people on him. You about to call the people on a person you've never even talked to. Yet the Bible tells us we're supposed to love our neighbor. Take your dusty lawnmower over to that. Don't ask
[00:16:37] them. There has never been in the history of ever that somebody that you just start mowing their lawn and they're going to cuss you out. Never in the history. Well, is there a lawn I don't want
[00:16:48] a trespass, they will let you trespass to mow their lawn. But watch, but if your heart is not set on giving, you won't give your time to that. You won't give your sweat to that. You won't give.
[00:17:05] And God's saying, I need you to be like me and watch this. I need you to decide before it's time to give. Oh, this is where people get in trouble right here. Write this down. You can't be
[00:17:17] manipulated when your mind's already made up. Me and my wife decided a long time ago, I showed you y'all that gray book that I talked about our finances being able to change as we honored God
[00:17:32] and put out our budget and wrote everything down and put our tithe there and all this other stuff.
[00:17:36] God has continued to increase us in different ways. But one of the things that me and my wife had to learn is like our disposition on giving, because we have now become so generous in our
[00:17:48] giving that we got to check with each other because sometimes it gets reckless. And when I say reckless I mean it's reckless like it's like at the moment she'll look at somebody or see something or feel something in her spirit and she was like I think we're supposed to do this for
[00:18:04] such and such and I was like whoa that's crazy because God told me he was supposed to do this for such and such and she was like whoa did he tell us at the same time we're supposed to do
[00:18:17] this and why I'm saying this is we've already decided talked about prayed through started to looked at our budget before it's time. The reason why people get manipulated and feel like people are trying to get something from them is because they're undecided. A double-minded man is unstable
[00:18:43] in all of his ways, but you can't be decided on something you've never thought about.
[00:18:50] Most people don't think about giving. When it comes to your thing, God's like, hey, one of the things I need you to pray for is what you're supposed to give. And I need you to
[00:19:02] pray it before you're supposed to give. Because when you know what God said before, you're not swayed. My question to you today, I got a lot of questions. When's the last time you asked God,
[00:19:15] what am I supposed to give? Before. Before offering, before somebody has a need, before.
[00:19:24] There are things that I have planned for things that I currently have. Like I currently have them.
[00:19:29] Mo, you already know this.
[00:19:30] I've told the people close to me, I was like, yeah, when I'm done with this, I'm giving this to sir and so.
[00:19:35] Done.
[00:19:36] I've already planned it in my head.
[00:19:38] I'm still using it right now and I'm taking good care of it right now.
[00:19:40] But when I'm done with this, I've already, watch this, sent my seed.
[00:19:46] My seed is like a missile.
[00:19:52] My seed has to be directed.
[00:19:54] My seed is something that I place in places for a future.
[00:19:59] So even though I'm here right now, I'm sending my seed somewhere.
[00:20:05] My question is, when's the last time you prayed?
[00:20:08] God, where am I supposed to send this seed?
[00:20:11] When I'm done with these shoes, when am I supposed to wear these?
[00:20:15] Father, when I'm done with this house, who am I supposed to give it to?
[00:20:20] God, when I'm done driving this car, who am I supposed to sow this into?
[00:20:26] God, what am I supposed to do with what you've placed in my hand?
[00:20:31] And listen to me.
[00:20:32] I'm trying to give you the secrets.
[00:20:33] if you don't pray about it before you have two responses to clinch up in fear or to give frivolously. And I have to say this because there are people who have given what they needed to keep
[00:20:49] because they were poor stewards. I got to say this because there are some churches you go to and be like, give the light bill, get the thing, get the thing and get a thing. And now that person
[00:21:00] is destitute on the street, nowhere to go. And they felt like they were doing it in faith.
[00:21:06] But what they were doing, it was in out of order. There was no priority to what was happening.
[00:21:14] Now, this is where you got to check your priorities because some of the things that we're calling essential are actually luxuries. So if God is calling you and asking you to do something, you have to evaluate, God, what are you asking me to do? What are you asking me to
[00:21:27] cut off? What are you asking me to give up for a season so that I can honor you? The reason I'm saying this is because God will require what you have, but he will never require what you don't.
[00:21:36] Oh, God. And there are people that think maybe this is what God wants for me is just to be broken right around the mouth and begging. No, but he does want you to figure out your budget.
[00:21:53] And he does want you to know how much debt you have. And he does want you to stop door dashing when you could get up and go pick up that taco bell. Oh, come on, y'all. Okay. I see the resistance.
[00:22:11] Pastor Mike, why are you saying this?
[00:22:12] Because if you never think about what you're going to give, watch, it's hard to see it come out in your hand if it hasn't started being thought about in your head.
[00:22:22] Because the progression is it goes to my head.
[00:22:24] Maybe I can give this.
[00:22:25] Then it drops to my heart.
[00:22:26] God, is this what you're asking me to give?
[00:22:28] Then it comes out in my hand.
[00:22:29] Here it is, God.
[00:22:31] Most people want to start with their hand.
[00:22:33] Well, I got it.
[00:22:33] Uh-huh.
[00:22:34] And your head is like, why did we do that?
[00:22:36] We don't have enough money to do that.
[00:22:39] Where in the world is that coming from?
[00:22:40] and God says, he's not a God that just wants you to do. Think about it. Think about it and I'll show you and it'll drop to your heart and then you will move by faith and it'll come out in your
[00:22:51] hand. So this is what I need everybody to understand. This scripture is giving us the playbook. Don't give under manipulation. Do not give if you feel like your arm is being twisted.
[00:23:06] Do not, y'all ain't never heard no pastor say this. I'm trying to, do not give anything.
[00:23:12] if you feel like somebody's trying to lean on you emotionally, even your family. Oh, you thought I was talking about the church. Oh, because the problem is most of you are in financial ruin because you're helping somebody that won't help themselves. Okay. He's giving you principles that
[00:23:36] are supposed to help your whole life. Not just everybody want to use it when it comes to the church, but you don't use it concerning baby. You paying for this young man's stuff or you paying
[00:23:47] for this young lady's stuff. You flying somebody out. You paying for this thirst trap on Instagram.
[00:23:52] You paying for all of these different things and you don't ever have no pressure or no problem giving to them. You look so strong, big daddy. What'd you mean? Ain't worked out in 10 years.
[00:24:08] What'd you mean? Oh, this old thing. Stop. I'm trying to teach you. Don't you give to that with manipulation. If you know somebody's preying on your weakness right now, if you know they did, oh, I just have a guard there. Some of us are suckers for sad stories. Y'all know y'all. Y'all
[00:24:31] know who y'all are. Y'all know that y'all always give to them little puppies that come on like with the eyes of the angel. And all they put is them sick dogs on there. And you're like,
[00:24:41] $9.99. Y'all know that's manipulation. They know they don't put no healthy dogs on there.
[00:24:50] all them dogs every dog every dog ain't been given no water get a dog some water but they do that on purpose why because if I can pray on their emotions for a second maybe I can get something out of God's telling you I don't care if it's at church
[00:25:16] if it's at your house if it's at the family reunion if your cousin is in jail do not give if there's manipulation involved. I'm trying to give you a principle that will work whether you
[00:25:29] believe or not. Okay. What does it say to give? You should already decide it. You got a brother or a cousin or a son in jail. You should decide this, how much money I'm going to give them till
[00:25:43] they get out before they start asking. I'm trying to save your family. You should decide. I'm going to put $500 so I can do it at $50 increment. I can do it at $1 increment. I can do, but you should
[00:25:58] decide. And don't tell them. Wisdom. I'm saying that. Pastor Mike, why are you going so hard on this? Because when you give to the wrong thing out of the wrong motive, you don't have what you need
[00:26:16] to give to the right thing when God asks you. I'm trying to save you from not being ready to sow when God tells you to. Okay. All right, here we go. So write this down. You shouldn't make up
[00:26:32] your mind in the moment when it comes to giving you should never make up your mind in the moment at the end of the year every year we give an offering we call it a crazy faith offering and
[00:26:42] we give I'm telling you right now you should start praying in May God what is the gift that me and my family are supposed to give in December so you don't have to think oh shoot it's December it's
[00:26:58] Christmas time it's this no no no no no I'm telling you in May I'm gonna tell you again in October. I'm going to tell you, because I don't want anybody in this church to ever feel that
[00:27:09] there is an ounce of pressure when it comes to give. Why? Because God wants us all to give cheerfully. This is the attitude. Write this down. The attitude is greater than the amount.
[00:27:26] The attitude of giving is more valuable to God than the amount of your giving. And most people usually give with an attitude okay here God finally and God was like I don't want that I would rather you give and be excited skipping cheerful about it knowing my character as a good
[00:27:50] father than to feel like I'm taking something from you and today I need you to understand there was a woman in the bible that gave two mites and Jesus is there all the big ballers is out dropping
[00:28:01] they making it rain and throwing stacks and God calls the disciples over and you say you see that woman right there she just gave two mites and they're like so he's like but but the attitude
[00:28:13] in which she's given this is sacrificial this ain't about amounts he said anywhere the gospel is talked about this woman is going to be remembered why it was because of her attitude of getting giving not the amount of giving today what I'm trying to do is teach you that God
[00:28:29] wants your attitude to be one that is cheerful, but we have to get into the right idea and thought processes about giving. I'm just a giver. This is what I do. It's how I show up. It's how I wake up.
[00:28:41] It's how I go to sleep every day. And y'all say, Pastor Mike, that's so easy for you to say. I got proof when I was younger and didn't have nothing. I've always been, I decided, watch this, I decided
[00:28:54] to be a giver. Pastor Mike, how do you decide? Decide. Y'all try to make stuff so spiritual, but the truth of the matter is today you could decide, I'm going to be the most generous person
[00:29:12] I know. Think about it. Who's the most generous person you know? Think about it in your head.
[00:29:19] Somebody saying me? Would anybody else say that? The question is, would anybody else say you're the most generous person. If you have multiple people bragging on you that when you're not in the room, they are so generous. Wow. You're starting to get into the territory, watch this,
[00:29:41] that speaks Jesus no matter what room you're in. Okay. All right. Some of y'all want to go in and you're selfish. And every time you come into the room, you suck all the energy.
[00:30:03] You give nothing. Y'all know them people that I'm talking about. What would happen if everywhere you go, you've been filled up so much that you got to give it out, that there's so much abundance on
[00:30:17] the inside of you that some of this got to fall off of me because I don't even need all of this.
[00:30:21] okay the last part of this verse 8 it says and God is able to bless you abundantly so that in all things I love this language at all times having all that you need you will abound or
[00:30:38] be abundant in every good work that's the promise of a sower if you sow all things all times all needs, man. There's not a better deal on the market. When you look at the word of God, he says,
[00:31:00] this is how I want my children to live. This is the point that I want you to get from right here.
[00:31:06] The reason why is sowing interrupts every atmosphere. Sowing interrupts every atmosphere.
[00:31:16] Right now, if I was a farmer and I showed you barren land, barren land, if you got a picture that, just throw it up on the screen. If I showed you barren land right now, most people would look
[00:31:30] at this and see nothing, but a farmer with faith with a bag of seed sees nothing but space and opportunity. Why? Because all I need is some land if I have seed. All I need is soil if I have seed.
[00:31:58] some of you are looking at a situation that looks like this right now and God's saying what we gonna do and you like God send the rain even if I send it you ain't got no seed in the ground okay let
[00:32:11] me come over here the seed will only be activated when it's in the ground that's when he has to send the rain but some of God do a miracle you ain't saw nothing now I wasn't great at math
[00:32:25] but anything times zero, 765,672,000 times zero is zero. I got an A on that test. When we did zero times table, killed it, killed it. That's the multiplication many of us are doing right now.
[00:32:53] We're saying, God, multiply it. And he said, you have not sown any seed, but a farmer with faith, a person like you with crazy faith all you got to do is have some seed some time and guess what
[00:33:09] there will be put up what a harvest looks like in this same place I need you to see what your life is about to look like somebody by faith needs to see this you've been sowing seeds for such a long
[00:33:22] time you've made up your mind I'm gonna keep giving even if I don't see anything the seasons have not fully changed yet, but this is about to be my lifestyle. Go back to the other one.
[00:33:43] But at one point, that looked like this. It takes faith to sow seed when it looks like this.
[00:33:55] Genesis 8 and 22 says, as long as the earth remains, there will be seed, time, and then what?
[00:34:07] Sow the seed. Just decide, I'm going to sow. Pastor Mike, are you making me a promise? I'm not making you a promise. God's making you a promise. I ain't got none. I'm trying to do this myself.
[00:34:21] I don't got nothing for you except to tell you what the word says. And then me and Natalie and our four kids going to try to live this out. And we have been living it out. And I'm telling you,
[00:34:30] it works. I have empirical data that my life used to look dry like this.
[00:34:37] And I need everybody to help me. I need, I need to help you understand. It didn't happen. I, sometimes I hate being a pastor because people think the things work in my life because of my
[00:34:47] position. There are people that think, well, I guess you got it because you're the pastor. No, you don't understand. I don't have a special access point to obeying God that gets me ahead of the line. I got to actually do this stuff. And it's more pressure because if I'm telling you it
[00:35:10] worked and it ain't working on my life, it's really a lie. If I can't preach nothing that ain't real. So I learned this for myself. And today I just see so many people that are trying
[00:35:24] to figure out, does God really honor his word? And I'm trying to tell you, he does. If your life looks like this. So if you've hit a plateau, so whatever area you're in, you might have a lot,
[00:35:41] but if you hit a plateau, so, and your situation changes. Okay. This is, this is, this is how we're going to end this. I need to acknowledge something. It's hard to sow when you're in the wrong mode.
[00:35:57] Okay. Just everybody hear me. A lot of us are in modes that make it hard for us to do what God has told us to do. In my car recently, I found a different mode there. I was looking at my car
[00:36:08] and it has this button that says off-road mode and it, and it looked like it's going up a hill and I just hit it one day and I was on the regular street and it started driving differently.
[00:36:21] all the wheels started doing something. And then I saw there was a fast mode. And then I saw there was a cruise mode. And then I just start hitting all the modes. And what I realized is that the
[00:36:34] modes were a one-button touch, a one-button decision to change my car into a totally different way of maneuvering the terrain. And I said, could it be that a lot of believers are just in the wrong mode when it comes to giving. And today, I'm going to give you three modes
[00:36:53] that you may be in today that I need you to potentially shift or change your mode in.
[00:37:01] Three so modes, okay? Identify yourself. The first one is need mode. If you're in need mode, welcome to human. You're born needing things. Need mode is our default setting. Watch this.
[00:37:17] and need mode is defined. Watch this by survival. If everything in your life, you're trying to survive right now, you're always in need mode. Think about it. It's hard to be able to give when
[00:37:31] you're always in need mode. And that mindset thrives on fear. When you're in need mode, maybe we're going to run out. Need mode, who's going to help me if? Need mode, it didn't work last time, so how are we going to? When you're thinking like this, you literally limit what God
[00:37:51] can do through you. But if all you ever do is need, watch this, you become one that is a consumer mindset. Everywhere you walk into, you're trying to see, what can I get? What you going to do for
[00:38:05] me? How is this going to benefit for me? And then it starts to affect your relationships. Your relationship to become what can you do for me your faith becomes how does this benefit me and right
[00:38:16] now I need everybody to switch modes if you're in a need mode I need you to switch modes because this mode ends up in greed mode I don't know where you're at you may be in need mode and if
[00:38:31] you're in need mode the international sign of need mode is because you give me something this also is the sign that children make all the time because when you come out when you're in a place where
[00:38:52] you don't understand you always are looking up for somebody to give something more to you so when you come into rooms give me more I need something what I'm saying is it's okay if you're
[00:39:04] there you don't have to stay there a seed can interrupt that cycle and if you don't check this right here, it turns into greed mode. Let me tell you what greed mode is. Greed mode is a mode that
[00:39:20] thrives on scarcity. So a lot of people think greedy is about rich people. Because if I say, who's greedy? You would think of probably somebody that got a lot of money. The truth of the matter
[00:39:31] is you can be greedy with barely a little bit because it's all about me being in control with what I got. And it thrives on scarcity. And I know there are people in here that's like,
[00:39:47] Pastor Mike, you don't know my story. What I'm telling you is you can change it.
[00:39:51] You can change your relationship with money. You can change your relationship with finances. You can change your relationship with stewardship. You can change your relationship with generosity by just switching modes. You don't have to live in need mode. You don't have to live in greed mode.
[00:40:11] What I want you to live in is seed mode. One switch, seed mode. Pastor Mike, what's seed mode?
[00:40:19] Oh, seed mode. It thrives on faith. It looks at what, what you have and says, what can I do with this? Do you know, you don't need any more than you have right now to live in seed mode today.
[00:40:36] You could flip right now, sitting in this chair, seed mode. I'm going to give something away every day this week. I dare you to try it. I dare you to give one thing away every day this week. It
[00:40:50] doesn't even have to be an actual object. You could say, I'm giving 30 minutes to help somebody do a task they are having trouble doing every day this week. And just at the thought of it right now,
[00:41:06] some of y'all just got mad at me. My week? My day, pastor? Need mode? Greed mode? Or what?
[00:41:18] Seed mode. Once you get in seed mode, there's beautiful things that happen. The Bible says God gives seed to the sower. Hold on, wait. So the prerequisite for more seed is a decision to already sow. So right now you could qualify yourself for more seed by just sitting in your
[00:41:41] chair and saying, God, I'm going to sow. And God's like, all right, send them seed. I saw that they've decided to sow. Do you know how powerful that is? That right now, I mean, I'm going to bring it to
[00:41:58] a really natural example. If you decided, I want olive garden in your heart right now. And at the moment you decided somebody came from the back and handed you olive garden, you will be thinking
[00:42:13] all kinds of thoughts. I want ice cream. And then at the moment you thought somebody brought you ice cream, I want abs. And then somebody brought from the back about the power of what God is
[00:42:31] saying. All you would have to do is decide, I really want to bless that family before they go back to school. Before that family goes back to school, I really want to be able to buy all their
[00:42:46] kids supplies and buy them kids backpacks and shoes. That's three months away. God, I would really, I would really, even if I can't do the whole thing, God, I would really like to be a
[00:42:54] part of blessing this family before they go back to school. At the moment you decided that in your heart. Guess what starts happening? Send the seed because they've decided to sow. Church, when you get this, it changes everything. It removes idols. Pastor Mike, why are you saying
[00:43:22] that? Because the only other place that God compared himself to anything was when it came to money. He said, I just need to let y'all know something real quick. This is why I got to deal
[00:43:34] with this. You can't serve me and serve money because he knew the human heart would be in tension to believe God or believe money. Because some of y'all have said either God needs to come
[00:43:51] through or I just need some more money. You still need God to come through if you got all the money in the world. Do y'all hear what I'm saying? Pastor Mike, you've been on this because I want
[00:44:06] you to get it. Don't live in need mode. Don't live in greed mode. Live in seed mode. And I'm just going to get this to all the real crazy people. There's one more level that wasn't in the notes.
[00:44:20] It's beast mode. Now, don't tell nobody, but this is for the people who to tithe. They know that's the basement. And when they get into offerings, like, yeah, I live in seed mode. I give. But then
[00:44:36] there's another level of giving because there's levels to this. It's called sacrificial offerings.
[00:44:40] and I'm just telling you about it. You can read through it all in the Bible. One of the greatest places that it's seen is with Solomon and Ecclesiastes or no, no, no, no. This was in
[00:44:51] first Kings when, when, when God, it was customary for there to be one bull sacrifice to God.
[00:44:58] And at the moment that it was time to sacrifice the bull, everybody else did one. Solomon did a thousand. The requirement was one. His offering was a thousand. This moved God so much that he
[00:45:21] came to Solomon in a dream that night. He's like, what you want, bro? I was really expecting you to do one, two, five. What you want? Only one of the only places in the Bible where we see God
[00:45:34] literally come to somebody and say, tell me what you want. Cause I saw my heart. I saw a heart that could handle abundance I saw a heart that was not just trying to give the
[00:45:47] basic I saw a heart that looked like mine what do you want then watch how gangster Solomon is he says God all I need is wisdom to govern your people God was like no you didn't no you didn't just ask for wisdom no you didn't he got
[00:46:14] excited again cuz he could have used that moment moment to be greedy he could have if God comes to you and says what do you want okay I'm so glad you asked let's start you upset come on y'all let's be honest I am so glad you asked list like what was Solomon's request
[00:46:36] what I need to help them give me wisdom to govern your people it was an act of generosity I'm not going to use this moment to hoard something to me I need to get what I need so I
[00:46:50] can give them what they need and God was like you know what because I see my reflection in you I'm not begging you I'm not taking nothing from you really want this because you want to be
[00:47:04] generous he said now I'm gonna bless you with the wisdom and I'm gonna give you all the resources there's a there's a beast mode to sowing that has nothing to do with what God requires
[00:47:19] it has everything to do with you trying to respond to God's goodness and one day I'll do a whole series on it because it's gonna have to be people who ready for this level but there is a level that
[00:47:34] you get to where the harvest overtakes the sowing where you start telling other people somebody come and get some of this dad there's a level that you can get to where you're saying my boat's sinking
[00:47:48] too many fish if i keep getting this type of load i'm gonna drown with all it is some my competition come get some of this some of y'all businesses is gonna be so blessed you're gonna be able to
[00:48:05] call your competition y'all don't hear me some of y'all are about to walk in abundance where you're gonna be able to tell your neighbors hey i can't deal with all i don't even i can't manage all of
[00:48:17] oh god i just decided i want to be accused of abundance if i'm guilty of something i want to be guilty of giving i i that's i i i want to be blasted for blessing people you want to blast me for something that boy always blessing somebody
[00:48:50] what if that was the disposition of god's people that's what we were known for forget everybody that's what you was known for today i asked the holy spirit how i was supposed to end this
[00:49:08] message and something really awesome came and fell into my lap. This right here is somebody's faith from prison. Many of you know that we have a partnership with God Behind Bars and we've put a significant investment in providing inmates all over the world who the
[00:49:39] Bible many times calls the least of these, those who are forgotten about. We want them to have a way to connect with God and people on the outside. And so we've bought hundreds, if not
[00:49:51] thousands of tablets through the generosity and giving of people in this church. And it's going into prisons all over the country. I was on a call with the people from God Behind Bars and they were telling us all the stats and these beautiful people who made bad mistakes and
[00:50:08] ended up in jail, some of them for life, are still souls that God cares about. I thought I was going to get more amens than that. And these people write in, send us letters, tell us how the message
[00:50:33] has transformed their life. And I got this. I'm going to not say the name, but a young man that was in prison, heard a message similar to this and decided to start honoring God with a tithe
[00:50:50] and an offering off of the money that was coming in from his family for a commissary. Now, listen to me say this to you. Listen to me say this to you. So impacted by the revelation and how many
[00:51:07] years he just didn't know. His whole thing is, I just didn't know. Nobody told me. And he saw the scriptures and went through, he was like, I'm going to honor God. And now if you don't know
[00:51:16] what commissary is, this is where people literally send you money. And then you can get like Twinkies and ramen noodles and all this. It's their only like exciting thing that they can do. And some
[00:51:26] people it's like this, what'd you say? Bricks? Oh, Ritz crackers. Okay. Bricks, whatever. That was some prison talk. I don't know what he said. Uh, text me later. Uh, but, but what I'm saying is people, people, people, this is their enjoyment in prison. This is $2.50. Hear, hear, hear, hear
[00:51:55] what I'm saying. And this person wrote the letter and basically said, I want to live how God asked me to live. And this is my faith step in walking this out and put this in an envelope and sent a
[00:52:19] letter to the church with two dollars and fifty cents this brother lives in seed mode because it wasn't about an amount this was his faith and today this is going to ground and for somebody
[00:52:52] else you're going to be able to give two thousand dollars and twenty five hundred dollars and it wouldn't even matter but what if we all got into seed mode and said God I'm going to honor you at
[00:53:07] the top that's yours already but I'm going to ask you beforehand what do you want me to give how often do you want me to give what you want me to do God open my eyes to see like a farmer
[00:53:16] to know that every seed that goes in has to produce fruit it interrupts every atmosphere I have gone into places where I know I was hated and I sowed a seed and it changed the whole
[00:53:31] atmosphere in that in that room where you know your co-workers don't like you bring coffee every Thursday. Just bring it. I'm just saying maybe you could interrupt the things that are happening in that atmosphere if you thought more like God standing all over this building. This morning
[00:54:05] I was reminded of I fly a lot and when I fly one of the most one of the most troubling things about flying is going through the the security checkpoint and I don't know if you've ever flown
[00:54:24] there, but part of it is you have to think about what you have on. You got to think about if your shoes got metal in it. You got to think about if you had a surgery and your knee got a screw in it.
[00:54:34] You got to think about all these other things. And to bypass all of that, there's this thing called TSA, pre-check. And if you get TSA pre-check, what you do basically is you send all your information ahead and they know where to find you if anything is wrong. And the goal of
[00:54:53] actually going through TSA is to be able to go through it without getting stopped.
[00:54:58] My friend and I were talking earlier and he said, the goal in heaven is to go through the TSA before you get to heaven and not get stopped because you've already emptied everything out. Think
[00:55:11] about it. Think about it. The thing is going to beep in heaven for many of us. Deep, deep, deep.
[00:55:17] Oh, you got so much still. Beep, beep. You're like, I'm coming. And it's still.
[00:55:22] he said that can't come in here don't store up for yourselves on this earth some of y'all are trying to take stuff when you get to heaven you can't take it through so the goal is to sow as
[00:55:35] much the international sign for those who are in need is this the ones who are in greed is this the ones who are in seed because when we get to heaven he said what did you do with what I gave
[00:55:57] you? How many families did you help? How many lives did you transform? How many people did you send on missions trips? How many churches did you build? How many neighbors did you help?
[00:56:11] I want to be found guilty of giving. That means that I might need to switch my mode.
[00:56:19] If you're in this room and you might need to switch your mode from need mode or greed mode into seed mode or even beast mode, I want you to lift your hands all over this place
[00:56:28] and all of us have a place that we can grow and journey to.
[00:56:33] Father, in the name of Jesus, you see us, you know us, you made us.
[00:56:39] And today, God, I thank you that there was some revelation shared that could help all of us move into another level of generosity.
[00:56:48] Father, there is no pressure, there is no offering, there is no moment right now that we're asking for anything.
[00:56:54] God, I'm asking that you would speak to us clearly and move us out of a fear mindset or a scarcity mindset into abundance.
[00:57:04] God, I thank you that we can start living by faith when it comes to our finances right now with those bills on the table, with that student loan lingering, with all the things that you already know.
[00:57:19] Father God, thank you that we're moving into a mindset that switches to we will be just like you.
[00:57:32] We will be ones who give.
[00:57:34] over and over and over and over again. Give us faith like a farmer. Let us be able to see dry and barren land and be able to see the future because of the seed that we possess in our hand.
[00:57:47] And God, I thank you that your children know your voice and a stranger they will not listen to.
[00:57:53] Make us abundant, not for a show, not for people to be drawn to us, but so people can be drawn to you, Father God. Today, we're asking you to do a work in our hearts so that we can be made more
[00:58:11] like you. In Jesus' name. Even in this same mode, I want you to know that God never asked you for anything without giving to you first. So if you're in this room and you've never received Jesus,
[00:58:24] I want you to know that he already gave his son so that you could have everlasting life.
[00:58:30] If you want to know what it's like to experience overwhelming generosity, all you have to do is receive Jesus by faith. It's the thing that took me from being a manipulator, addicted to pornography, a liar, a manipulator. All of those things is who I was. That was my natural state. And God said,
[00:58:48] come on, give me your heart and I'll help you change your habits. And today I want to give you the same invitation. I don't care if you're watching. I don't care if you was at the club
[00:58:55] last night. I don't care what you're planning to do tomorrow. I don't care if you have tons of secrets right now. God wants your heart. And I need the church to begin to pray because
[00:59:04] somebody's life is in the balance. Whether you're watching this on the Pando app, or you're watching this on a rebroadcast, or you're watching it six years from now, and somebody just sent you this message, today is your day of salvation. Today, I believe that God wants to introduce you to his
[00:59:20] son, Jesus. If that's you, and you want to make Jesus Christ your personal Lord and Savior, I'm telling you, it's going to set you on a journey of progression that will change your life forever.
[00:59:31] but it starts with one choice and the choice is Jesus if you're saying pastor I want to be added into that prayer on the count of three I just want you to slip your hand in the air whether
[00:59:45] you're in the room or you're watching online I just want you to say pastor I want to be a part of that prayer I want to make Jesus my Lord and Savior I see you sis already one you're making
[00:59:53] the greatest decision of your life I see you my brother two your name is going to be written in the Lamb's book of life three just shoot your hand up all over this place I see you I see you come on
[01:00:02] TC, more than I see you, God sees you. Glory to God. I see you, my brother. You can put your hand down. We're not going to make you confess. Hopefully one day you'll get with some community
[01:00:14] that you trust and you can be able to share what God's doing in your life. But today we're going to make a confession together because at TC we're a family. Nobody prays alone. So I want everybody
[01:00:24] just lift your hands and say, God, thank you for giving Jesus just for me. Today, I admit I'm a sinner and I need a savior. And I turn to you. I repent and I ask you to redeem my life. I believe
[01:00:45] you lived you died and you rose again with all power just for me here's my life change me renew me transform me I'm yours forever in Jesus name amen oh can we celebrate with all of those oh
[01:01:07] come on TC that should be the loudest shout of the day hallelujah God will never require from you what he has not already given to you.
[01:01:18] This is why we have to be in seed mode, not greed mode, not need mode.
[01:01:23] God gives seed to the sower.
[01:01:26] And I'm believing that your life would get enlarged because you decide today, I'm switching modes.
[01:01:31] I'm going into seed mode and some of y'all are going into beast mode that when God asks you for something, it's not about what's required.
[01:01:38] It's about my response because of what he's done to us and for us.
[01:01:43] And so today I'm believing that your mind has shifted, your heart has shifted, and then what comes out of your hand has shifted. Today, I want to let you know that God has a great plan for you
[01:01:53] and a great future. And it starts by sowing the seeds today that create the future forward.
[01:02:00] Listen, this is just part five and next week is going to be amazing because I'm talking about rest, but we'll get to that next week. If this ministry has literally blessed you in any way,
[01:02:11] I'm going to ask you for two things.
[01:02:12] Number one, I'm going to ask you to share this with somebody.
[01:02:15] There is somebody that you know that needs this revelation.
[01:02:18] And transformation starts with an invitation.
[01:02:21] So send this to your family member.
[01:02:22] Put it in the group chat.
[01:02:24] Send it on an email blast.
[01:02:25] Because you desire that generosity be something not just for you, but for everybody around you.
[01:02:32] And number two, would you pray about partnering with us and giving so that we can further this mission?
[01:02:37] There are some huge things that are on the horizon that we're believing God to do to reach more people and to touch lives.
[01:02:45] And it takes all of us doing our part.
[01:02:47] So if you pray and God tells you to do something, obey.
[01:02:51] Until next time, I want you to know that I'm praying for you.
[01:02:55] I'm believing for your world to expand.
[01:02:57] And I want you to go out and live a transformed life.
[01:03:00] Peace.