Few have any sermons ever given on how God tells us to give as bad as believers not as Old Testament tithers under the Levitical priesthood which was what tithing was for to support love the Levites not Jesus but the Levites and have never really preach sermons on how God says for a new born again believer to to give and so in the 8th chapter there are 8 points that are mentioned there 1st of all he said that the people gave 1st of all they gave themselves to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will so the 1st thing is to be sure that we've given our hearts to the Lord and then the 2nd point is to see that you excel in the grace of giving not in the law of tithing but in the grace of giving and then in the 3rd it says that people we should be ignored to do. Or to to give it other words as kind of hilarious giving if we can and then were told that. That the gift is acceptable according to what one has not according to what he does not have now that applies to you right now that your gift is acceptable in accordance to what you do have not in accordance to what you don't have that didn't tithing tithing say you give where the a got it or not and that's a legalistic tithing Mary and it has nothing to do in excelling in the grace of giving. Our desire is that others might be relieved while you're hard pressed I've told people before I said if your finger was broken What were the rest of your handy Well I'd make up for the finger one of these days I told a guy your fingers kind of broken right now you're in tough shape. Your other fingers will make up for that one of these days your finger will be well and some other verses finger will be heard and you'll make it up and so quit trying to get under this legalistic code of giving that God never called us to. The 5th point is that to give enthusiastically the 6 point is to give generously not grudgingly never give grudgingly well how you're going to give grudgingly I don't have the money but I've got to give it said don't do that give joyfully if you know only give a dollar give and do it joyfully that's what you give in the 7th that each man should give Here's another one for every man should give what he has decided in his heart to give not what the pastor's decided for you to give not what tithing is decided for you to give but what is what you've decided in your heart to give not reluctantly are under compulsion high thing is a compulsion you've got to do it that's nonsense. Not reluctant layer under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver and God is able to make all Grace he said I vowed to you so that in all things at all times having all you need you will a van in every good work and that is how God wants us to give the tide is Old Testament we're told we're under a new covenant and where there's a change in the priesthood there must also be a change in the law we're no longer under the Levitical priesthood Jesus is our priest and the law has been totally changed not for compulsive not for giving under a compulsion but giving freely and joyfully and so if you're in a financial situation right now you pay your bills you do the best you can and when you get on your feet financially and start giving again don't give under a time give under joyful giving in accordance to what you do have not in accordance to what you don't have. And I have a church. Just like you go to a church I have a church and I would absolutely die rather than to teach our people that they should be tithing because it is not New Testament giving and for people to continue hammering people and putting people on guilt trips that you're robbing God that's Old Testament Malakai and has nothing to do with what even anybody's talking about the Old Testament tied was foodstuffs that's why they kept it in barns the New Testament giving freewill joyful grace giving is giving out of your heart and that's what God is looking for man may be looking for the tide God is looking for gifts out of your heart might be very helpful thank you very much. Read the chapter 8 and 9 2nd Corinthians ferrying in. God devoted ball devoted almost 2 chapters to teach us how the attitudes of giving and it's amazing to me how we have perverted truth why would Paul have devoted this amount of time to teach us how to give if we're still under tithing he should have just said Keep on a tithe and folks. Here your tithing Avalos keep on a tie than and never said a word about how to give under Grace he said excel in the grace of giving not the law of giving and it's amazing to me how we as Christian pastors who we have been told in the scripture by God in His Word that we are ministers of a new covenant not of the old that kills the law but of the new that gives life and we still insist on dragging Old Testament principles into New Testament giving. It's wrong to do and there is no biblical justification for it at all and nothing mentioned about tithing in the new covenant that we live in. Same area yes it's very very helpful I really appreciate your explanation for your sure welcome Marianne and whatever you have to give give a joyfully Marianne hold the line we have a product that might be helpful to you it's called giving the New Covenant way would be glad to send that to you Ok thank you. God bless you Mary and thanks for your call you hang on hang on now we're going to put you on hold right now have a good day we're going to go to Corpus Christi Texas listing on k c t a Dale you're on the air. Hi Dale how you doing I'm doing fine brother Thank you good and I have a question about doing other groups. I'm a trucker Oh Mon trucking I would leave the company that was supposedly a company and everything with working with them is always. A but you know I thought. I had a family. For health really gone so I. Quit on me when I worked for the Downey Dick and I left there with the people only about $4000.00 and. Now they refused me and. They legally owe the money to me. Spirit keep down the well. Give the guy on the floor to handle it I guess part and get my money. I did want one on. Well there when it talks about a scripture is going to lawsuits over disputable batters this is not a disputable matter this is a matter where you have the I'm sure the documentation that they owe you this money and you work for this money and I am no and a worker is worthy of his hire and so that money is due to you and what you have is somebody with a crooked mind I don't care what they call themselves with a cricket mind and they're saying I'm not going to pay you for the work that you did and you have gone to them I assume and love to say this money is owed are you going to pay it and they're saying to you No Well then you've got that's not a disputable matter that's not a little easy deal that's that's that is you owe it and you refuse to pay it the only way that you can solve those problems is in a court of law you're not going to the court of law to crucify somebody or going into court to. Make some buy look bad you're going into court with the documentation that this is owed and judge they're going to they evidently have something where they don't know it and I'm leavin it's up to you to decide what to do and that there's nothing wrong with that at all. I've got a. Company Forte development out in California that. My son of bought a house there was a leak in the in the plumbing from the day forth and they came in it soaked everything a walls and everything and they will not pay $1500.00 they will not pay what is due on that type of thing and you're saying well what do you do it that way you try every way shape and form to try to appeal to them. All the documentation all the plumbers that. Or there said it was a leak that took place at this construction site and Forte has refused to pay the money for refused to answer phone calls I don't I don't think he's got any option except to go to small claims court and go to the judge and say here's the facts when you make the decision I think it's the most logical thing to do it's not a disputable matter it's a matter of somebody not wanting to live up to their responsibility and when they make a mistake to live up to taking care of it and I thank very much. A lot Ok brother it was good to talk to you today oh God bless you pal father. 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Traveling down the road reading my. Own stations for I am stations then from my your station am to come up and eat I don't know 3 usually their knowledge and food. Am stations but yours did come up and so I started listening and I and I usually don't don't listen to the time the programs that you're that you're on at this time. Usually I listen that I'm listening to music. And but I was listening because it's something that I'm very interested in I have remained interested in and that was one time thing and I'm also happen to be a lawyer or an attorney by trade Oh I've got to listen to the 2nd topic was concerning and I'm at long last the matter but I I came on the inside and I met my wife we were getting ready to 8 so I thought to myself Why aren't I and 9 need partners and to actually be telling the truth. And giving biblical using it the Bible. So to show it. Because. You know I here I am heard throughout my life with people in the. That used I was the Full Gospel. Of Christianity or I'm a care only. To practice Catholicism and. And it's usually that about times I hear this story about tithing in that you are supposed Every much but give 10 percent. And I am lying and when I have argued that we fall under the New Testament and that the timing was the end of the Old Testament right that we are fallen to the testament of blood yet brought by crime and that the Old Testament does not apply as far as having as confirmed because that is was under the Old Testament they all have a gym and hundreds of the old law all because of Christ reigning in order to bring a greater commandment a greater law and that was one of the law of this thankful to get an opportunity chance to get to live in the somebody like you and in Christ. Telling when I believe that would be the truth and what I feel as the truth spoken from the heart and I feel really privileged to get and you are really if you reach affirming it my belief in true. Through Christ teachings and I just thought it was wonderful that somebody was willing and able to be on radio and speak the truth to thousands and thousands of people that are listening feel real fortunate that I just happened to me in there and get to hear Find out who you are. And get the number for the. Conference was coming up that I just heard on the advertising place for the show I'm sure. But I. I just felt that a real desire to Collier and Faith thank you. For for explaining something that if so. Called there's a lot of strides with a lot of people. At that because I you know I have I'm of the New Testament and I have. Heard in the daytime and so on I've always felt that it but at odds with what Christ was teaching and that it was . That there were those who drove Cadillacs and more $1000.00 and proclaim that kind of thing was the answer to have and and I just didn't feel like that was the true answer. That Christ had in mind the way and whittling it was preached or when Paul was giving his. For their career his message to the current in that rebel high Christ right now I am just want to tell you how much I appreciate it and that now that I do have the station Mark I can listen to you I don't know if you're on there every day at the same time or you're just oh I don't know on Monday Monday through Friday in same time yeah thank you thank you part of my brother thanks so much for calling fast will look forward to hearing again Ok thank you and I will Ok God bless you my friend we're going to go to Mike Allen Texas a donkey c.t.a. Rudy you're on the air. Hello Bob I'm Bob and. I really enjoy your program I listen to you all the time I think you guys are great and I agree with everything you guys that I did not well that's another you're welcome I have a question that we were talking about the 10 Commandments and I had mentioned that . Your Honor your father your mother had a promise a long life and and somebody told me that one does not count anymore because we should not bring our children to wrath and I'm all confused what I think. And I don't know the exact scripture but we're not supposed to I guess make our children angry I'm Compiz I'm lost. Well it says in the in the in the New Testament that fathers are not to provoke their children into anger and we ought to know the truth of that that's you know that we would have a tendency sometimes to provoke her children. Into anger and what he's saying there is don't do that you have sometimes fathers who can absolutely provoke their children to do anger it's all about opinions one when one is going oh no no that's that's that's where you're provoking a child for no reason are really in the book of the fish and Chapter 6 that says Children obey your parents and the Lord for this is right that's that's why you should it's the right thing to do honor your father and your mother which is the 1st commandment with a promise that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy a long life on the earth fathers do not exasperate your children instead of bring them up in the training and instruction in the Lord so he's saying to fathers that we should bring our children in the training and the instruction in the Lord and so training involves teaching people how to do something and how to live the Christian life and the instruction in the Lord of course is instruction from the Lord to teach you again how to think and so that is really the job of a Christian father is to train these children and to instruct his children in the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so that the those are great instructions and he also said in their slaves he didn't say to stop slavery he said slaves obey your earthly Masters masters with respect and fear and with sincerity of heart just as you would have a Christ obey them not to win their favor when their eye is on you but like slaves of Christ doing the will of God from your heart so he did a lot of things you see people would sit around there and it says Masters treat your slaves in the same way don't threaten them or exasperate them don't threat them threaten them since you know that it is he it was both their master as he is yours and there's no favoritism with him so in a person who as an example own display back in those days really listening if again if he didn't listen to the Word of God would say to himself that there's no favoritism with God whether you're master or a slave in other words you're both the same one of my doing with a slave but he never said get rid of slaves he just ministers to your heart and to your reasoning and to the slaves was saying to obey your master's wife well . It'll just like pouring. Like pouring water over cold water over somebody it's. It's one of those things that brings a person to the reality of their condition their slave owners and this is not this should not be so but and yet Jesus doesn't say this should not be so so many times where taking off on our. Own our little hobby horses just to stop this or to stop that where Jesus didn't do that he just appealed to the heart and when he appealed to the heart why things change you know the man who wrote Amazing Grace was a slave owner and and through the Word of God through passages like this came to realize this is not what it should be this is not the way that I'm supposed to live as a Christian and fell on his face in total repentance and that's when he most he wrote Amazing Grace. So it's the same thing with instruction for our families that we should not exasperate our kids but bring them up in training and instruction in the war so I hope that helps rather Ok We're going to go to Houston Texas was it on k.c. T. Hey Mark you're on the air I want to know I'm a baptism from Bali and I want to know if a nuclear going to get up time and the one doing the baptism how many people need to be present. To accomplish what Mark you just like through to people to the president well no you see what you have to do is what are you being baptized for. You. But it is already here. Well you're not you're not baptized you're not being baptized to be saved no no no no after you I meant all but after your saved up would make a difference that baptism is an open expression you can sit there and count people how many were there you'd be baptized with the person bad guys if you wanted to that would be a witness to one person but the issue is that it's not how many people are there it's to be sure that you understand that this is just an outward expression of an inward reality that Christ has come to take up residence in your life. It's merely a visual aid for people now that's why I think that a person is going to be bad guys and I would certainly want to be bad guys in the presence of many people because if people were lost then they would certainly become saved by seeing and hearing my testimony and seeing that I follow that up by baptism but it's not a necessity it doesn't accomplish anything except that oh for you that way without it anyway oh yeah it's valid if being bad guys in valid because of how many people are there it's it is barely a visual aid so it's really not valid for anything except being a visual aid to those who who year by being baptized in front of Ok then accomplish anything in your life from God standpoint Ok Oh Ok thank you Ok brother Yeah Ok back. Now. 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And of God when it don't make it through you want where you have come I don't care how be of value we me naturally all I want to. God where. When I found out on low carb I go out to try to cure Oh god to be you or do you. Remember we. Had a bad experience but I have. Tried theory out of. People will have no trouble what a man up if anything happened who knows why but it's got to be the Lord. So little so. Finally. He convinced getting anyone. To do something for he. Said before I can you you're good you know you got to clean your backyard up. You gotta clean your house. Backyard I don't obey you. The thing that God told. Not to do was Cheney's backyard and in order for God to use him he had to clean the bail out of these backyard and a for God can use you when I he's got to get the bagels out of our life he's got to get the idols out he said I want you to tear down all the burial priests a little bit last Sunday that was an idol made of metal. Nothing but a heap burning chamber. And they would put their babies and children in its arms and they would be burnt up the hive priest and all the priest would be drums and chariot screen so you could hear the cries of the baby being tormented as it was burning up being an offering to bail. And he said I want you to take the grooves and where were you see the word Groban King James Asteroth it means idol to the female goddess of sex said you could or would not go down because they get a Treo 67 feet high put the top out of it in court when I don't and that was the groves where they worship me to go to the top of the mountain gods chorus to the top of the mountain but you can't go to the top about the prayer to get the idols out. God is trying to get the eyeballs out this morning he's trying to get the idol Sapt the tear down Bale crushers I don't not sacrifice our children because you see the only answer to the dilemma of I'm generation and our children don't cure you when I and if we fail we will have sacrificed our children to bail. Take and put our baby in a toss and not paying attention while they're crying Can we hear the cries of our generation I just heard really that was found by all them do you much can we not hear the cries of those that are bound by this generation of boys don't. It's not about God don't think must and sucks and all the other day much of our generation where they only accept the chair. And one God judges this generation if they die out the 1st thing he will appear ready beforehand will be the preacher and say preachers you are supposed to tell the people. And the 2nd one he's going to parade before is that members of the church that heard and didn't do. They compromised they didn't. Train their children they didn't. Teach them the right way Sunday school should be full. Instead of you've got to force them to come to church and they're only coming to church till they're 18 then they're going to say so long. Because you haven't showed them the God of job nor his power. They haven't seen God's power to entice them they have been sold the God of Jehovah can do miracles all they have seen is the demon lords. That we've sacrificed him to. Cause trying to clean our idols out. Break down those things that has stopped the anointing and blessing of God that blinded us cost us the sacrifice our children to the bale of this day and it's a terrible bail they love drugs and demons and Aids death and hell. Goodness a sad epitaph that our young generation is dying and 20253050 our young people our strength there will be no church next generation no if you keep it up the generation that's 10 in 152025 they're dying and the older ones are dead there is no church in 20 years now being on chart. If it takes that long and what happens what happens when there's no winner since there are no people want to got so violent that it was like so many go by what I do is all I could know was they didn't God cast a sign just 510. Tono. Total destruction our generation saw no course of time the structure and one to the church would have been compromised so if I don't sin they're lying or asleep but God gave me a vision and we're in the last stage of that vision he gave it to me at the end of William Street when I 1st got it I thought that it would mean cause God was talking about more than that turned into the Vietnam War I thought that we would have the war in America and we bombed and I was running down what is called the Inner Harbor where we had our church and as I ran down in the harbor there was nothing but poles of bricks in stone. Everything was torn down devastated either like a war or what it turned out to be the renovation when they tore all the buildings down and I was trying to find my church I was running and all that rubble all over South Baltimore and from a distance. I began to see church buildings that were built like caskets and the 1st 2 caskets Sasol that I have seen met lives or close in other words they were sealed they were absolutely dead they were ready to go be put in the ground and the Spirit of God began to write their names on the casket of the denominations I won't tell you who they are doesn't make any difference but I've seen those that on the nation stop by and did just like God predicted in the Holy Ghost is not there anymore buried. Then I saw the start casket but the lid wasn't down yet it was still open. And as I got closer it turned into a building as it was built like bricks mortar and I could see the windows. In the windows there was a whole lot of people looking out the windows just look and and then the Holy Ghost let me look through the walls and go into the building. And it was one gigantic Dhamma Torrie all in the midst sanctuary. Well right we didn't wrong him wrong with 2 beds and the people were laying on their T.V.'s or sleeping and God told me he said this is the Full Gospel movement a movement they had were already dead. Live shot. The pentecostal people were at ease in sign at the windows. Unconcerned about the conditions. And a whole lot of were asleep that was 20 years ago I'm afraid. The lids been shot. And it's only a few people scattered here and they are only $300.00 like Kitty and that God can rally. I wonder how many of Gideon's 300 this church this morning I wonder if we'll just unconcern all we're worried about is let's go to church and let God give me everything and that brother Hardy lay hands on me let him be a channel of God put the spirit on me and bounce me a little bit but I'm not concerned about my city. I'm not concerned about my generation I'm not going to deny myself. I'm not going to put my body and bring it under I mean we can't quit we've got to see good things to the have. I don't want this to be another social club I don't fit in that top I'm not that type you wouldn't like me in that type I can't play that role I'm too crude I don't know how to do that Richie I'm just an old playing street ordinance and a fight I just had a fight to see every since I've been as high as I remember I had to fight I was just small in the world and a little fellow in the world and everybody would pick on me and I had to be the best fighter in the group and I was but God was trained in the to be a fighter how to fight the devil and deliver our boys and girls and how to do it and me punches me to know what white buttons fight some more I remember this boy and he was good and shoulders above me every time I come in and big fish hit me right in those delays splattered by and it was all over my face and I kept coming in and I had a robin's blue sweater on and it was red from the elbow down for me wiping the blood. And every time I come in he must mean you know and there come the blood again but I come again and you know what I want to be a guitar to hit. He lost heart and I beat and every day I mean to me after school. I've been eating them a lot in the last like you've been to bore and they were done with the I'm going to be 2 and I don't care to do you know those I'm a white but come on I'm going to be by the way was on the way I want to begin. We're going to move over the big I'm going to be put up or to kill so you think you can kill somebody that's their new character or go bad that's dead brother you can forgo part it instead I want to kill her but instead what like the bottles that nevertheless Amero crimes that are that there may be and are doing a proper process I'm a good old god was that I'm a star God certainly all or I know by heart up ready to present it with the way I may get there I don't doubt that I want to go get them out the prayer of. God damned thought of God And what's the sacrifice but God said hope to God when I hear from heaven I must apply. To the studio board of the Apollo about 2 weeks I was going to deliver on the ride so 8 men would have a parable message 5 my father brother Hardy Gideon's 300 the test of leadership I hope you'll start by the Holy Spirit to see how God tests us in order to qualify us for ministry and his kingdom it's remarkable that Gideon began with 32000 men but God only used 300 to go against the formidable Midianites who were grasshoppers and number 2 they were the ones who passed the test we really want you to had to special cd and you can all get rich by sending in a lot get done and the $15.00 for the radio ministry and request offer 214 And when you order a Gideon's $300.00 a test of leadership you will receive the bonus message Gideon's call building the altars because before Gideon could go to war with his 300 qualified hand chosen men he 1st. 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On today's program Joyce will be teaching from her series killing the soul of a woman this series is about getting free from emotional wounds in our lives it's about receiving healing we need and can receive with God's help when you order today's resource that all proceeds will go to project girl and initiative to see young women across the globe heal and restore this Christmas we have a special gift for you we call it the greatest gift it's an immersive Christmas experience you can find it Joyce Meyer dot org forward slash greatest gift it includes a special Advent Bible study you can enjoy with family and friends focusing on the joy of the season again that's Joyce Meyer dot org board slash greatest gift Now here's Joyce with today's series healing the soul of a woman. We're talking about the healing of the so you are spirit you have a soul you live in a body. We can all see your body but we can't see what's going on on the inside of you and you know we all get fairly good at pretending and lots of times we act like everything's just fine when really nothing is fine and sometimes we even get pretty good at pretending to ourselves and got a pretty good size mess going on in our lives but we've gotten so good at ignoring it that we've just kind of learned to live with it I wonder how many people live a much lower level of live for as far as joy and pays them what's available to them but they've just been in that condition so long they don't even know there's anything wrong with it you know you can be dysfunctional so long that you learn how to function within your dysfunction and you don't even realize that there's a better life available to you but I want you to know that Jesus said The thief comes only only to kill stale and destroy but Jesus said I take. It you might have and enjoy your life. And have an abundance to fall until. It overflows we call our daily t.v. Program enjoying every day alive because I don't think that Jesus saved us just so we could be miserable until the sweet day of away go home to heaven I think that a carnal lives starts the moment that we receive Christ and that we I think it I think it hurts God when we don't enjoy the life that Jesus died to give us and we are so work accomplishment oriented in our western society that I think sometimes we forget that after God work for 6 days creating everything he rested and so Adam's 1st full day on the earth was a day of rest and wait as we get it upside down we go or if I work over everything else and course we should work and not be lazy but. God wants you to enjoy your life you want you to enjoy yourself you want you to enjoy your family your kids don't just raise your kids enjoy your kids don't be married to somebody enjoy them the Bible says that it was a wife should enjoy her husband and man and man. Well you guys were way too quiet on that one. And I better back off and try that again the Bible says that a wife should enjoy her husband. And mountain. And you know you did you enjoy yourself. You have a home take time to enjoy it don't just gripe because you've got to clean it all the time. Enjoy it I said this morning if you hate your job then go get one you can enjoy Don't spend your life doing stuff that you hate you've only got one lies how about making a decision to live it and if you need to enjoy your life more than what you did. You know we don't want to just exist in drift from day to day and just be in the survival mode all the time you know when I was growing up I just I basically just tried to survive every day and I looked forward to the day when I was 18 and could leave home and. Hopefully have a happy life but I thought when I walked away from the problems that I grew up in that I didn't have a problem anymore but I really just took it with me it was edged in my soul and it was adversely affecting every single area of my life until I started not just going to church on Sunday but actually being a full time serious Christian you know there's a big difference in just going to church on Sunday and really being committed to learning how to live the life that Jesus died to give you and I say that again. I think somebody watching by television needs to hear that there's a big difference in just going to church but now in your time you get your check mark on your church calendar there's a difference in that and really being serious about your walk with God and being committed to really learning how to be Christ like and to live the life that Jesus really died to give you now I want to talk to you for a minute about the painless path. You know. Getting hurt hurts. But oddly enough getting well hurts too you come to a point where it doesn't hurt any more but part of the reason why so many people stay broken is because there's also pain in the healing process you know you can injure yourself and the injury hurts but while you're in the healing process it still hurts doesn't it so I want you to understand if you're one of these people that decided with me this morning that you're going to you're ready for a live grade you want to not just be here and breathe but you want to have the mise. The best upgraded lives that Jesus died to give you I'm just going to be honest with you and tell you that it's not just going to all be easy for one thing to get well you have to face a lot of things about where you're at Jesus said If you continue my word you'll know the truth and the truth will make you free Well it's not the truth about somebody else is going to make you free. It's the truth about maybe facing the truth about me and I had problems that I was manipulative and controlling that I was in secure no matter the fact that I acted bold really way down deep inside I was insecure being honest with yourself about yourself is the bravest thing that you can ever do in your life. It's a God knows you and he loves you anyway and you need to learn how to know you and love you anyway I don't like everything I do but I do like myself I actually think that we are insulting God. If we hate ourselves and refuse to have a good relationship with ourselves because we're not the a Pitta me of the perfection that we think that we should be Jesus didn't die for perfect people died for people that are imperfect and will continue to have some emperor factions. Coming back to get us to buy was that he didn't come for those that were well but he came for those that were sick Amen and so I qualify for help from God and you do too but in the natural just the way we are our flesh is always going to look for a painless. As well as while I want to just be clear with you that if you really want to get well is there's going to be some challenges to it and is not going to happen super quick it happens little by little God changes you from glory to glory but the good news is if you're on your way to full recovery at least you're on your way somewhere. Did you hear me. And that's better than just being stuff you know where. There's 2 kinds of pain we can talk about today the pain of change are the pain of never changing. And you know what the thought of staying in the same is really scary to me. I mean it just makes me shiver to think that I could still be the way that I used to be 42 years ago there's been a lot of pain getting from there to here all but there's been more joy. Than pain. And I certainly am glad that God gave me the grace to not give up and you have to keep in mind that every little bit of progress you get you can then share that progress with somebody else people need to see people overcome. They made the courage to realize what a. I can do it then maybe I can do it and so here's a quote by an unknown author that I think is good what comes easy won't last. And what last won't come easy. A man. There's a saying my husband always had fast and fragile Slow and Solid. Or comes together fast can also come apart fast or what is built slowly. Can become solid I don't know if you've noticed it or not the gods not in a hurry. As anybody realize that God is not a hurry you know why because he's more interested in quality than quantity. And man. Don't get stuck in the trap of just trying to see how much of your Bible you can read every day so you can feel proud of yourselves. God would rather that you stare at 2 verses for an hour and get something out of it than the reads 7 chapters and not know what you read when you got done. Of all the people we need to stop trying to impress his god. Did you hear me. Because he knows us so quality over quantity don't be in such a hurry how can somebody advertise a pill on television. That says if you take 3 of these a day the fat will melt right off you. You won't have to exercise your one have to change your eating and sell millions and millions of bottles of it. I mean are we really that dumb. Yeah apparently so. You know people will pay somebody that says there are psychic $5.00 or $10.00 a minute to talk to him and then they come to something like this and don't want to give a $10.00 offer. Now it's like. Come on I got somebody I want to talk to you all or. Somebody has been talking to you now for 2 days and. We need to wise up that stop looking for everything to be easy we need to toughen up a little bit and be willing to go through whatever we need to go through to have what we say that we want to have you know a lot of people are jealous of successful people are jealous of people that I don't know stay in shape than you know is still look good in their forty's or fifty's or whatever and are jealous of somebody who's home or jealous of somebody his job or maybe you you're old enough to retire and you don't have hardly anything and you're jealous of people that you know that of got this nice income level not retirement we need to stop begin jealous of people that are blessed if we don't want to do what they did to get what they've got. More. I mean anybody that is you know in their fifty's and still. I didn't just get that way sitting on the couch I don't know. You know your report is so. 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