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 If you have your Bibles, turn with me this morning to Luke chapter 21, and I want to preach this morning on the joy of generosity.

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 And you would imagine that this is tied to what we're doing this morning, and it is, but I want to tell you it's not just about what we're doing this morning.

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 I want to talk to you not just about what we're going to be pledging and giving, committing in just a few minutes, but about a lifestyle of generosity.

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 So I hope you'll keep that in mind as I preach the message this morning.

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 I want to say one thing about this commitment time, too, that we're going to make here in just a few moments.

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 I want to be real clear about this, and I know that church leadership will agree this wholeheartedly.

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 We know that some of you have been negatively impacted by this COVID virus over the last year and a half, nearly two years now.

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 And so as a result of that, some of you have had a loss of income.

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 Some of you have had additional expenses that you haven't had in the past.

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 And I know that for some of you, it's going to be impossible to participate, and we want you to understand that's okay.

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 We understand that completely.

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 I don't want anybody here to do anything they don't feel comfortable doing, anything that you know that you can't do.

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 We don't want you to feel like a second-class citizen for not being able to do that either.

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 We're glad to have you as a part of First Baptist Church of Pickens, and you just give as God leads and enables you to be able to give.

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 So if you have your Bibles, turn with us to Luke chapter 21, and let me just tell you about the message.

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 It's going to be short in explanation.

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 Usually they're longer in explanation, shorter in application.

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 This one's going to be shorter in explanation, longer in application, but it's not going to be long, okay?

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 I'm going to preach a relatively short message this morning for me, okay?

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 So some of you are saying, well, okay, that's still about 50 minutes, right?

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 No, I promise it'll be shorter than that.

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 We've got four verses we're going to look at, and I'm going to explain those, and then we're going to go back,

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 and we're going to look at three points that I want you to see about the generosity, three principles of generosity.

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 So with that said, let's jump right in, Luke chapter 21 and verse 1.

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 He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.

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 Now, if you think about it, and you may never have thought about this before,

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 but that's kind of an odd thing to see Jesus do, because in Matthew chapter 6,

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 Jesus makes it real clear when you give, how you do to give.

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 You're to give in secret.

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 Don't let anybody know what you're doing.

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 Don't let your left hand know what your right hand's doing, right?

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 So it seems a little bit peculiar that Jesus has come into the temple area,

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 and he's in this room where they gave their offerings, the treasury room,

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 and there are trumpets on the wall.

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 Now, when you think about a trumpet like in our orchestra at times, that's what I'm talking about.

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 It wasn't an actual playing trumpet, but it was an instrument that looked something like a trumpet,

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 and it was attached to the wall, and people would go over, and they would put their offerings into this trumpet.

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 Now, keep in mind, paper currency didn't come around until about the 10th century through the Chinese,

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 and so at this point in time, everything's coinage.

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 Coins were silver and gold and other metals, and obviously the silver and gold were most valuable,

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 and the larger the coin, obviously the greater the value.

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 Well, Jesus watches, and that's what's kind of odd about it because he's actually watching them.

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 Have you ever reached in your wallet to put out money to put an offering plate,

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 and somebody from the pew behind you leans over and says, hmm, that's a 20?

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 You'd be kind of offended by that, right?

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 I mean, you'd say, well, wait a second, man.

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 This is my own business.

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 Don't watch me give.

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 But Jesus just kind of takes position here in the room, and he's watching,

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 and all these wealthy people are coming through, and they're putting their coins into this trumpet.

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 Well, because it's metal, and the coinage is metal, guess what?

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 It makes quite a racket, right, as you would expect.

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 So they're putting their offerings in, there's a lot of clanging going on,

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 and Jesus is just watching one, another, another, another, another,

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 and these people drop their money in their offering.

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 Well, look at verse 2.

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 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.

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 The scholars tell us those coins were likely what we know today as a lepta.

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 It was a tiny little, almost weightless coin.

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 I had some replicas of those several years ago, gave them away to somebody,

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 but they call them widow's mites.

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 You've heard that expression.

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 It was just a tiny, tiny coin.

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 It was the least valuable of all the coins that the Greeks used, okay?

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 If you took those two coins that I had and you had dropped them on this floor,

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 those of you only on the front would hear it, and then only faintly,

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 and those of you in the back would never know it.

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 They were just light, almost as a feather, much less weight than even a penny.

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 So verse 2 says,

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 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.

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 Verse 3.

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 I tell you the truth, he said,

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 This poor widow has put in more than all of them.

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 Now here's the picture.

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 Jesus is standing there watching.

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 We don't know what the disciples are doing.

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 They're milling around,

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 and he's watching these rich people put in their coins,

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 hearing all this clan,

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 and then here comes this widow,

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 and she's got two little leptus in her hand,

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 and she drops them in there,

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 and you don't hear anything.

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 And Jesus just suddenly just stops and says,

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 Guys, get over here.

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 And they all come to Jesus,

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 and he says,

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 Hey, you see these rich guys going there?

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 Yeah.

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 You see that little widow right there?

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 Mm-hmm.

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 She just put in more than all those guys together.

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 Wow.

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 I mean, Jesus notes what she gives and comments on it.

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 Now, those disciples,

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 if they're like us,

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 you know what they're thinking?

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 He needs to go to Costco and get a hearing test.

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 I mean,

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 did you hear all that clanging and banging

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 when they emptied those bags of money into the trumpets?

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 And I don't know what she gave,

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 but it couldn't be much.

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 Just look at how she's dressed.

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 She didn't have much,

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 but he says she's given more than all of them.

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 Now, I want to tell you something.

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 Simple little story.

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 Four verses.

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 We're getting ready to see the fourth verse.

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 You don't have to be a theologian.

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 Never had to be at seminary a day in your life.

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 In fact,

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 if we've got a sixth grade boy or girl here,

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 they can come and read this next verse,

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 and they can tell you as well as I can

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 what Jesus meant.

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 Look at verse four.

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 For all these people have put in gifts

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 out of their surplus,

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 out of their plenty.

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 But she, out of her poverty,

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 has put in all she had to live on.

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 They've given maybe lots and lots of money.

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 She's given just something that's virtually worthless.

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 And he says she's given more.

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 He's not talking obviously about dollars and cents.

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 Jesus has a different way of looking at things

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 than how we typically look at things.

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 He's not concerned about how many zeros

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 are at the end of her gift.

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 Jesus says,

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 I want to tell you something.

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 She put in more than all

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 because they gave out of their abundance,

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 out of their wealth.

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 She has given out of her poverty.

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 And here's the startling thing.

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 Everything she had to live on.

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 When you look at her,

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 we use that expression,

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 I'm broke.

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 She really is.

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 Most of the time when we say it,

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 we don't really mean that.

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 We've got stuff back at the house, right?

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 But she has given everything she had

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 going forward to live on.

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 I want to share with you three principles

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 about generosity.

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 And I hope you'll listen carefully.

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 The first is this.

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 The truest measure of generosity

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 is not what you give,

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 but what you keep for yourself.

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 The truest measure of generosity

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 is not what you give,

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 but what you keep for yourself.

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 The wealthier had given more,

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 but they had plenty left over.

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 They gave out of their surplus,

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 but she gave out of her poverty.

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 Now, I want to be real clear about this,

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 and I don't want you to miss this

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 because I think sometimes

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 when we talk about generosity,

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 we skip where we miss this.

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 What those guys did,

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 Jesus is not condemning.

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 Jesus is not saying one thing negative

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 about what those wealthy people did.

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 In fact, it was commendable.

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 I want to say to you,

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 all giving is good

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 because they're taking that which is theirs,

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 no one's forcing them to,

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 and they're giving it away to someone else.

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 So all giving is good,

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 and I'm guessing everyone in this building,

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 without exception,

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 has at some point,

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 it's hard for me to fathom

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 that anyone in this room

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 has not ever given something away.

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 That's always a good thing,

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 but some of you know what it is to be generous,

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 and generous is even a better thing.

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 The book of Proverbs repeatedly

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 commends people for their generosity.

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 Jesus speaks a number of times

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 about being generous.

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 Jesus tells his own disciples,

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 freely you have received,

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 freely give.

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 The Bible again and again commends generosity,

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 but I want to tell you something.

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 No one modeled it better than Jesus.

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 No one who has ever lived.

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 He's the absolute epitome

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 and picture of what it is to be generous.

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 He never owned a home.

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 He never owned a means of transportation

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 that we know.

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 He's always borrowing a donkey, right?

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 He owned absolutely nothing.

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 He lived day to day to day trusting God,

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 and at the end,

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 he gives everything.

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 He spills his blood

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 that humanity might have eternal life.

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 You know what's always kind of bugged me

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 when you think about generosity?

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 The media will find some athlete,

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 some actor,

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 some politician,

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 some leader in business

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 who makes kazillions of dollars,

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 literally millions and millions

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 and millions of dollars,

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 sometimes even pointing out

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 they're billionaires,

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 and they give $100,000,

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 they give $200,000,

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 they even give a million dollars,

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 and they say,

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 boy,

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 what a generous,

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 generous contribution.

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 Well,

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 that's a good thing.

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 I'm not saying anything bad

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 about those who make those donations.

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 It's a good thing,

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 but generous,

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 not hardly.

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 It's not,

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 it's not what you give,

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 it's what you got left over

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 that determines if a gift

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 is really,

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 really,

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 a generous gift.

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 I want to show you a picture

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 so you'll know,

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 you'll leave knowing

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 exactly what generous looks like.

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 In my first church out of Seminary,

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 I'm 25 years old,

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 I go to be pastor

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 of Western Avenue Baptist Church

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 in Statesville,

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 North Carolina.

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 I immediately meet

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 this older couple,

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 they're in their late 60s,

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 their names are Clyde

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 and Eula Neighbors.

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 We all called him Drag.

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 Don't ask me why,

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 I never knew why.

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 But his name was Drag Neighbors.

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 Wonderful old fella,

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 wonderful,

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 wonderful gal in Eula.

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 She became like a grandmother to me.

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 He died about two years

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 after I got there.

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 She was still living when I left,

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 but she died later in her 80s.

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 They lived about six blocks south

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 of the church.

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 They walked to church

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 on Sunday morning,

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 on Sunday night,

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 on Tuesday evening for visitation,

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 on Wednesday evening

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 for prayer meeting.

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 Any other meetings going up

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 to the church,

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 they walked that six blocks

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 to the church.

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 They walked about a half a mile

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 to the grocery store and back

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 anytime they went

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 to the grocery store.

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 He walked about a half a mile

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 to work at J.C. Steel

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 where he labored

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 for years and years and years.

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 They walked a mile to town

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 in Statesville

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 to do all their shopping.

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 Everywhere they went

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 unless someone stopped

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 and gave them a ride,

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 which was seldom,

00:12:42.319 --> 00:12:42.919
 they walked.

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 When I went there

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 and he's about seven years old,

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 they're still walking.

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 I'm told that someone

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 asked Drag Neighbors one day,

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 Mr. Neighbors,

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 you work at J.C. Steel.

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 It's a steel foundry

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 there in Statesville,

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 not far from the church,

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 Cross Street,

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 in fact, from the church.

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 And they said,

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 why is it you never owned a car?

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 All these other guys

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 at the foundry own cars.

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 They pay good wages.

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 Everybody has a car.

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 Why don't you have a car?

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 And they said that Drag

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 just tried to blow them off,

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 wouldn't say anything.

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 They kept pressing,

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 kept pressing,

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 and finally,

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 you know what Drag Neighbors,

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 told them?

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 He says,

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 I don't have a car

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 because me and you

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 had decided years ago

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 if we owned a car,

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 we couldn't give as much

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 to missions.

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 Can I tell you

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 that our secretary told me

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 that beginning January 1

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 and all through the year,

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 we received money from them

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 for a Lottie Moon Christmas offering

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 from January through December.

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 Drag died

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 about two years

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 after I'd been there.

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 years passed.

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 We relocate the church

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 on the other side of town.

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 I made a pledge

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 to those senior adults

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 who lived on the south side

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 of Statesville.

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 We'll not abandon you.

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 We'll come back

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 and pick you up

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 and give you transportation

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 to the new location.

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 Bought a van

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 to transport them.

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 Ran every service we had.

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 On Sunday nights,

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 oftentimes,

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 after I'd preached that day,

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 I would relax

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 by taking those ladies home.

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 So, one night,

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 I get on the van

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 with these ladies,

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 about six, seven, eight ladies.

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 I'm carrying them

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 to the south Statesville.

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 That morning,

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 I have announced

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 to the church

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 we've got an opportunity

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 to buy 10 more acres of land.

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 It's going to cost us

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 $100,000.

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 In about two or three weeks,

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 we're going to have a big Sunday

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 like you're having today,

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 and we'll take an offering.

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 We'll see if we can gather

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 that $100,000

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 in a single Sunday offering.

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 Well, I get on the van.

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 I take the ladies home.

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 I've dropped off two or three.

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.840
 Miss Yule is still in the van.

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 Still two or three

00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:42.580
 other ladies on the van.

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 She says to me,

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 Pastor,

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 we're pulling up to her house

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 on Fifth Street.

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 She says,

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 Pastor,

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 when we get to my house,

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 I've been a little wobbly lately.

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 She's never been wobbly.

00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.360
 She says,

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:57.340
 I'm a little wobbly lately.

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 Would you walk with me

00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:59.620
 up to the door?

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 So, I know

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 she's got something

00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:02.860
 she wants to say.

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 I stop the van,

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 get out,

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 open the door,

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 let her out.

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 She holds Marm.

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 I walk her up

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 to the front door.

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 She fumbles for her keys

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 and then as she's opening

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 the door,

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 she looks at me

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 and says,

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 I heard what you said

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 this morning

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 about that land

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 and I want to help you.

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 I said,

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 well,

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 that's great.

00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.379
 She says,

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 in my house,

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 I've got a shoe box

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 there in my closet.

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 I saw a pair of shoes.

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 She calls the name

00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.259
 of a store

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:29.480
 in Statesville

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 on Broad Street.

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 She says,

00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.220
 I've seen a pair of shoes

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:32.519
 up there.

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.379
 I've been saving for it.

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 I've got $56.

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 You wait right here.

00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:37.000
 I'm going to get

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.860
 that $56.

00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:40.759
 Boy,

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.279
 tears

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.039
 is being streamed

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.519
 down my face.

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 I said,

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 Miss Sheila,

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 I don't want you

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 to do that.

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 I said,

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 you need those shoes

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 way worse than we need

00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:48.519
 that $56.

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 You just keep that money.

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 It'll be okay.

00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.979
 Big tears now

00:15:52.979 --> 00:15:53.959
 streamed down her face

00:15:53.959 --> 00:15:54.519
 and she says,

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:55.779
 I want to get that money

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 and she goes inside

00:15:57.599 --> 00:15:58.059
 and gets it

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 and comes back

00:15:58.959 --> 00:16:00.819
 and hands me $56.

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 She says,

00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:02.740
 don't let any of them

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.600
 women on this bus

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.480
 know what I did.

00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:07.039
 That's a picture

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.740
 of generosity.

00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:08.659
 Do you know that?

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.299
 It's not that athlete

00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:11.700
 who gives $100,000

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.620
 when he's making

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.960
 $20 million a year.

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:15.799
 That's a picture

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:17.220
 of generosity.

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.120
 Second thing

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.519
 I want you to see

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:18.840
 is this.

00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.419
 Generosity

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.299
 is never about

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:23.539
 giving what is expected

00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:23.940
 of you.

00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.740
 It is about giving

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.759
 what no one

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.620
 would suspect

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:29.379
 you'd ever do.

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.320
 Generosity

00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.000
 is not about

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.740
 just reasoning

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.379
 and thinking,

00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:33.720
 okay,

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.500
 what can I afford

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:34.820
 to give

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.120
 and here's

00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.840
 what I should give

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.120
 and here's

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.860
 my fair share.

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.360
 Generosity

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.000
 is when you say,

00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:39.580
 you know what?

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.840
 Let's just do

00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.519
 what I don't say

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.100
 I'm going to be able

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.539
 to do.

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.299
 Let's just

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.539
 blow folks' minds.

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.379
 Let's just blow

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:49.039
 our minds.

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.620
 That kind of giving

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.299
 is fun.

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.159
 Let me prove it to you

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.460
 and I'm going

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.159
 to prove it to you.

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.200
 How many of you

00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.940
 have carried

00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:56.659
 your wife out

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:57.679
 for a real nice meal?

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.039
 It's a special occasion

00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.360
 or maybe you've done

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.120
 something boneheaded

00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.679
 and you want to make

00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.179
 up for it,

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.600
 you know?

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.160
 And so you carry

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.720
 your wife out

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.680
 for a real fancy meal.

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.440
 You go to somewhere

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.240
 like the Peddler

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:07.680
 or somewhere

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.539
 close by

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.960
 in the Easley

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.480
 or Pickens.

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.680
 It's a real fancy place

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.619
 and you go in

00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:12.680
 and I'm going

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.019
 to make it

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.940
 probably less

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.579
 than what you paid

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.140
 but let's say

00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:16.319
 for the sake of argument

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.140
 you paid $50

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.859
 for the meal,

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.220
 okay?

00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.279
 They bring you

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.599
 your bill.

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.180
 Well,

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.599
 what are you going

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:20.819
 to do?

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.140
 You're going

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.380
 to leave

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.779
 about a $10 tip,

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.519
 20%.

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:23.819
 You're going

00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.279
 to feel okay

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.900
 about that

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:26.079
 but I'll tell you

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.259
 something.

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.599
 You put that

00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.380
 on your credit card

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:28.900
 and you pull out

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.520
 an extra $10

00:17:29.520 --> 00:17:30.700
 and you pay

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.180
 the bill

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:33.040
 and when you walk

00:17:33.040 --> 00:17:33.660
 out of that restaurant

00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:35.520
 you don't ever

00:17:35.520 --> 00:17:36.620
 think about it again.

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:37.980
 Am I right?

00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:39.540
 No biggie.

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:41.040
 It's what is expected.

00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:42.700
 20%

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:44.460
 here's my $10,

00:17:44.760 --> 00:17:45.440
 $50 meal.

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:45.940
 Okay,

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.640
 I'm good to go

00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:48.140
 but watch this.

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:50.160
 The next morning

00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.640
 you get up,

00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:50.980
 you're heading

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.440
 on your way

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.100
 to the office

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:54.059
 and you didn't

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.439
 have time

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:54.859
 for breakfast

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.439
 so you pull

00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.139
 into your favorite

00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:56.939
 little diner

00:17:56.939 --> 00:17:57.399
 cafe

00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:59.159
 and that waitress

00:17:59.159 --> 00:17:59.779
 who waits on you

00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.319
 all the time

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.179
 she's there

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.779
 and she takes

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.119
 your order

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.759
 and all you want

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.219
 is coffee

00:18:03.219 --> 00:18:04.439
 but you notice

00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:04.859
 it's taking

00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.839
 an unusual amount

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.219
 of time

00:18:06.219 --> 00:18:06.980
 because there are

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.799
 very few working

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.279
 that day

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.219
 and some of the

00:18:09.219 --> 00:18:09.919
 customers are getting

00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.879
 kind of unruly

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.619
 and impatient

00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.699
 and they're

00:18:12.699 --> 00:18:13.219
 dogging it

00:18:13.219 --> 00:18:14.019
 where are my eggs

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.839
 and where are my grits

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.699
 and where's my bacon

00:18:15.699 --> 00:18:16.719
 and you didn't do

00:18:16.719 --> 00:18:17.199
 this right,

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.659
 you toasted

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.259
 the wrong piece

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.699
 of toast

00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:20.399
 and that kind of stuff

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:20.819
 you know.

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.519
 Giving her a hard time

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.279
 and you watch that

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.980
 and so when she

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.799
 brings your coffee

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:27.200
 you drink your coffee

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.939
 and you get up

00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.559
 to pay the bill

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.700
 and it's only two bucks

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:31.339
 but this time

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:34.240
 you pay 500%

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:34.879
 in tip.

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:37.259
 You reach in your pocket

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.779
 and you leave

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.579
 a $10 bill

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.679
 the same $10 bill

00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:40.379
 you left the night

00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:41.240
 before at the peddler

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.779
 but this time

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.839
 you leave a $10 bill

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.419
 on the table

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 for her tip

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 and then you go

00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.179
 pay the $2

00:18:47.179 --> 00:18:48.159
 at the cash register.

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.159
 Can I tell you something?

00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.480
 You will think

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.180
 about that $10

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.160
 all day long.

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.240
 It's not that you'll

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.960
 regret giving the $10

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.299
 you'll just think

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.440
 boy I hope that

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.279
 made her day

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.799
 right?

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.539
 I mean you'll look back

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.120
 as you're going out

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.660
 the door to see

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.860
 did she get that $10

00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.759
 I want to make sure

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.700
 she got that $10.

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:08.480
 You'll feel good

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.099
 about it.

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.079
 You can't wait

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.599
 to see her

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:11.220
 the next time

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.400
 you go in that restaurant

00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.400
 because you know

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.339
 you've been generous

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:16.120
 right?

00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:18.099
 Generous isn't doing

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:19.240
 what you're expected

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.500
 to do

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.019
 it's about doing

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.639
 what nobody

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.539
 would expect you to do.

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 Here's the final

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 third thing

00:19:22.939 --> 00:19:23.879
 and I close the message.

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:24.839
 I believe

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.419
 great generosity

00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:28.219
 is motivated

00:19:28.219 --> 00:19:29.740
 more often than not

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.359
 not always

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:31.619
 but more often than not

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 by three things.

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 I'm going to tell you

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 what those three things are.

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 First of all

00:19:35.219 --> 00:19:36.740
 by love.

00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:39.240
 Love is the best

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.039
 motivator

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.099
 for giving

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:42.119
 that I know of.

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 You know how I know that?

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.519
 you are most generous

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.599
 with the people

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:49.399
 you love the most.

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.180
 Your wife

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.940
 your husband

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.980
 your children

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:55.180
 your grandchildren

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.339
 can I tell you something?

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.379
 I am generous

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:58.960
 to a fault

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 when it comes

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 to any of them.

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.859
 I'm an easy touch

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.339
 right?

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.700
 They know

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.779
 they ask me for it

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.619
 if I can do it

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.539
 I'm going to help them.

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:09.420
 I'm not going to spoil them

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.019
 but I'm going to tell you something

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.899
 I'm going to do everything

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:11.700
 I can to give them

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.559
 everything they need

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:14.379
 and much of what they want

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.679
 because I love them.

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.700
 You ask me

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.659
 why did this

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.859
 woman

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:20.299
 put in the last thing

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.000
 she had to live on?

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.819
 I believe this

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.799
 first and foremost

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:24.379
 she loved God.

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.539
 Why is she at the temple?

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.159
 She's at the temple

00:20:27.159 --> 00:20:28.240
 because she loves God.

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.359
 Why is she at the temple?

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.240
 She's there to worship

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.220
 because she loves God.

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.159
 Why is she at the temple?

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.940
 She's there to pray

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:34.119
 because she loves God.

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:36.019
 She passes these

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.779
 trumpets

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.639
 and thinks

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.079
 you know what

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.759
 I've got two

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.099
 left

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:41.599
 there's not much

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:43.480
 but I want to give it

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:43.939
 to God

00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:46.099
 and motivated by love

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.339
 she does

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.599
 what she does.

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.199
 Many of you

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.779
 in this room

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.719
 have been motivated

00:20:51.719 --> 00:20:52.219
 by love

00:20:52.219 --> 00:20:53.079
 at one time or another

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.599
 to give

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 and I want to tell you something

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.719
 every time you do

00:20:55.719 --> 00:20:57.299
 it's a great feeling

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.699
 isn't it?

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.959
 You remember that special gift

00:20:58.959 --> 00:20:59.719
 you got your wife?

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:01.240
 That special gift

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.139
 you couldn't wait

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.899
 to give it to them?

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.299
 That special gift

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.619
 you got your grandchild?

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.559
 For those of you

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.980
 who are grandparents

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.879
 I'll throw this in

00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:08.740
 for absolutely free

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.180
 this morning

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:10.380
 I went online

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.779
 about six months ago

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.259
 I guess it was

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.720
 wasn't it Regina?

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.839
 And I found this little box

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.660
 it's about this high

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.359
 and about this wide

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:18.039
 and it's a truck inside it

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.440
 I can't

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.019
 you remember the name

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.539
 of that truck?

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.200
 It's something like

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:22.160
 a monster truck

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.740
 or something right?

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:25.039
 And you turn this key

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.339
 and the box goes

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.400
 to shaking right?

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.359
 It's the craziest thing

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.880
 you've ever seen

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.180
 in your life

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.839
 it cost me about

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.440
 50 bucks

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.880
 but I'm going to tell you

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.319
 it was worth

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.359
 every penny of it

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.440
 to watch him turn that key

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.259
 because that box

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.380
 it talks to you

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:40.380
 and it moves

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.000
 back and forth

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.440
 back and forth

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.120
 until finally

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:43.260
 the box explodes

00:21:43.260 --> 00:21:43.820
 and this truck

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.580
 comes running out

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:46.280
 if you want a good gift

00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:47.000
 for your three year old

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.400
 grandchild

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.300
 now that's the gift

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:49.060
 I'm just telling you

00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:49.300
 right?

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.060
 You do it

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.880
 because you love them

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:54.180
 Second reason

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.820
 you give

00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:56.660
 is because

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:58.180
 of faith

00:21:58.180 --> 00:22:00.680
 she gave out

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.380
 of her poverty

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.860
 everything she had

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:04.260
 to live on

00:22:04.260 --> 00:22:05.120
 let me ask you

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.419
 do you think

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.839
 for a minute

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.379
 she thought

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.559
 well I guess

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.139
 this is it

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.059
 I'm going to die today

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.719
 I'm giving away

00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:11.459
 everything I've got

00:22:11.459 --> 00:22:11.919
 to eat on

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.759
 here's the two leaps

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.539
 no

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:16.579
 she gave that

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.599
 because she loved God

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:19.139
 and she had this mentality

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:21.339
 God is always

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:22.199
 taking care of me

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:23.619
 I don't know

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.299
 where the next meal

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.839
 is coming from

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.359
 but he's always

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.219
 provided one

00:22:26.219 --> 00:22:28.119
 and so if he takes

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.739
 care of me

00:22:28.739 --> 00:22:29.739
 in the past

00:22:29.739 --> 00:22:31.219
 he'll take care of me

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:32.299
 it's not prosperity

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.939
 preaching

00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:33.279
 listen

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.539
 prosperity preaching

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.099
 says this

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.920
 if you give

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.619
 I promise you

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.500
 God is going to

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.500
 cause the Wells Fargo

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.119
 truck to pull up

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.980
 in front of your house

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.879
 that's not so

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:44.079
 she didn't think that

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.700
 she didn't give

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.500
 with that in mind

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:47.220
 she just gave

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.980
 thinking this

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.619
 God's always been good

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:51.359
 God's always provided

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:53.379
 I'm a person of faith

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:54.960
 don't know how

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.819
 he's going to do it

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.819
 but he's going to

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.519
 take care of me

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:59.059
 now listen to me

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.220
 if I ask you

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.799
 how many of you

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.240
 in this room

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.099
 believe that

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:03.539
 about yourself

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:05.359
 the vast

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.779
 vast

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.539
 vast majority

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.679
 if not unanimously

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.879
 everyone in this room

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.879
 would raise their hand

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:11.740
 but I want to tell you

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.099
 something

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.919
 the evidence

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.559
 says

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.439
 otherwise

00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:18.480
 I have never

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.399
 in my life

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.759
 and I'm 69 years old

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.939
 witnessed a day

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.480
 and a time

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.339
 and I'm not talking

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.139
 about with believers

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.719
 only

00:23:24.719 --> 00:23:25.379
 I'm talking about

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.199
 with believers

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.859
 non-believers

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.740
 across the board

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.839
 I have never

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.700
 seen a time

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:31.500
 in my lifetime

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.680
 where people

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.400
 thought they had

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.519
 to insulate themselves

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.640
 and protect themselves

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.839
 so much

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.960
 with their

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.059
 stuff

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.819
 I call it

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:41.900
 we have

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.240
 more

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.160
 stuff

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:45.299
 than we know

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.099
 what to do with

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:48.460
 and we dare not

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.420
 give that stuff away

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.460
 or throw it away

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.640
 because

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.660
 it makes us

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.200
 feel safe

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.920
 to have all

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.240
 our

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.460
 stuff

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:57.259
 you know

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.720
 what I'm saying

00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:00.500
 right through

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.860
 one of these

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.200
 neighborhoods

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.880
 where the houses

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.559
 are pretty close

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.940
 together

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.400
 in Greer

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.819
 we got them

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.140
 everywhere

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.900
 and

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:07.640
 they have

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.440
 for the most part

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.420
 two car garages

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:11.279
 but you'll see

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.319
 two and three cars

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.900
 parked out

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.480
 in front of that

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.480
 house at night

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:16.299
 you know why

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:18.259
 because they can't

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.819
 get them in the

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.319
 garage

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:21.700
 you know why

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.200
 they can't get

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.519
 them in the

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:22.880
 garage

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:24.480
 because they

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.980
 got their

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.500
 say it with

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.720
 me

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.860
 stuff

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:29.259
 their stuff

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.960
 is filled

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.759
 the garage

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.460
 right

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.960
 you walk

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.200
 in

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.440
 if you just

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.120
 rudely

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.640
 walked over

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:35.880
 and said

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.319
 hey what's

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.599
 in this

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:36.960
 closet

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.360
 open the

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.579
 closet

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.120
 you'd get

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.559
 killed

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.019
 right

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.920
 it'd fall

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.519
 out on top

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.900
 of you

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.059
 I mean

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.539
 it's just

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.240
 packed with

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.539
 say it with

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:45.799
 me

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.980
 stuff

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.680
 big question

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.099
 for you

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:50.599
 you do

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.160
 know don't

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.460
 you that

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.900
 you're going

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.279
 to die

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.900
 one day

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:55.200
 every one

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.400
 of us

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.640
 in this

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:55.940
 room

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.660
 unless the

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:56.860
 Lord

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.200
 come

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.600
 we're

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:57.740
 going

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.220
 to die

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.720
 I want

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.000
 to tell you

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.200
 something

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.259
 when you

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.680
 die

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.720
 big question

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.480
 what are they

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.860
 going to do

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.300
 with your

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.680
 stuff

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:07.180
 I'm going to

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.460
 tell you

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.960
 right now

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.600
 I'm going to

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.120
 put your mind

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.640
 at ease

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.820
 or horrify

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.400
 you one

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:13.640
 they're going

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.019
 to throw it

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.360
 away

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:16.560
 they're going

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.000
 to get rid

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.160
 of it

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.820
 they may sell

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.400
 some of it

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.920
 the valuable

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.940
 stuff but most

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.280
 of it

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.240
 they're going

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.539
 to pay

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.920
 somebody to

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.160
 come in

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.339
 with a

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.660
 truck and

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:22.899
 load it

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.099
 up and

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.379
 haul it

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.680
 off so

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:23.899
 they can

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.240
 sell your

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.680
 house

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:27.559
 they don't

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.099
 want your

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.700
 stuff

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:31.180
 here's how

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.440
 I know

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.660
 they don't

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:31.960
 want your

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.220
 stuff

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.559
 you go

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.000
 visit your

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.319
 kids

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.660
 you don't

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.039
 want their

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.420
 stuff

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.740
 right

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:36.779
 you walk

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.240
 in you see

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.759
 their stuff

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.200
 and you say

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.759
 hmm why

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.079
 did they buy

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.759
 that stuff

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:42.259
 man why

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.559
 didn't they

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.200
 buy furniture

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.720
 like we

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.059
 buy

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:46.779
 they come

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.059
 to your

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.480
 house and

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.660
 you think

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.119
 man this

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.019
 is great

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.599
 stuff here

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.119
 we got

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.719
 they don't

00:25:51.719 --> 00:25:52.000
 see it

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.219
 that way

00:25:52.219 --> 00:25:52.719
 they want

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:52.919
 something

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.699
 utilitarian

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.279
 they want

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.879
 something gray

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.279
 right

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.579
 they want

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:56.779
 something

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.000
 that don't

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.319
 have all

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.819
 them flowers

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.299
 on it

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.739
 they want

00:25:59.739 --> 00:26:00.439
 their stuff

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:00.859
 they got

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.319
 their taste

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.599
 they want

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.000
 their stuff

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.279
 they don't

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.619
 want your

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.119
 stuff

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.359
 and you

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.639
 don't want

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.399
 their stuff

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:06.639
 so what's

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:06.819
 going to

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.219
 happen is

00:26:07.219 --> 00:26:07.519
 they're going

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.719
 to give

00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:08.099
 all your

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.739
 stuff away

00:26:08.739 --> 00:26:10.299
 now you

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.019
 worked hard

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.359
 for that

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.759
 stuff

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.799
 and you've

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.439
 been protecting

00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:13.899
 it all

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.599
 these years

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.079
 apparently

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.779
 right

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.279
 you didn't

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.500
 want to

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.719
 throw it

00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:16.959
 away

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:17.179
 you didn't

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.319
 want to

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.539
 throw it

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.679
 out

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.379
 so you

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.759
 must think

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.039
 it's a

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.440
 value

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:21.480
 but the

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.819
 truth is

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.119
 one day

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.379
 it's going

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.539
 to all

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.000
 be gone

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.279
 so here's

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.460
 the big

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.659
 deal

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.279
 why don't

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.819
 you give

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.259
 it away

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.980
 if somebody's

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.180
 going to

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.259
 have the

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.519
 pleasure

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.819
 of giving

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.119
 it away

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.599
 giving it

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.259
 to goodwill

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.659
 or giving

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:30.980
 it to

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.779
 some

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.359
 ministry

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.420
 or giving

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.599
 it to

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:33.859
 somebody

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.339
 in need

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.759
 somebody's

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.519
 house burns

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:37.440
 or selling

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.240
 the stuff

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.940
 and donating

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.379
 that money

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:40.680
 to somebody

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.319
 or selling

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.700
 the stuff

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.019
 and going

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.259
 on a

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.720
 vacation

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.119
 or buying

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.480
 your wife

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.940
 a fancy

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.319
 ring

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.879
 or something

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:46.240
 but why

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.920
 just keep

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:48.059
 collecting stuff

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.500
 you know why

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.279
 because we're

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.779
 fearful

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.740
 unlike that

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.099
 lady

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.400
 that we

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.819
 won't make

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.220
 it to the

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.640
 end unless

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.140
 we keep

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.460
 our stuff

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:57.859
 you see

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.160
 that

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.819
 that's a

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.200
 lack of

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.559
 faith

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.339
 how many

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.539
 of you

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.039
 I don't know

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.539
 about Pickens

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.079
 but over in

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.579
 Greer where I

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.559
 live you can't

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.460
 go a mile

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.039
 and not see a

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.880
 storage facility

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:09.619
 we got a real

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.380
 fancy one now

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.839
 across from

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.420
 Riverside High

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.660
 School

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:13.099
 and it's got

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:14.279
 we've got air

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.259
 conditioned storage

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.920
 for your

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.740
 stuff

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:18.359
 I don't know

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.779
 what they put

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:18.980
 in there

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.579
 popsicles

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.079
 ice creams

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.359
 or what

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.559
 but

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:23.359
 you need

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.619
 to keep

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.019
 it cool

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.299
 you can

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.579
 keep it

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:24.799
 cool

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.140
 in that

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.920
 storage

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.339
 facility

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.740
 right

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:29.839
 and so

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.660
 folks pay

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.539
 lots and

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.960
 lots and

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.359
 lots of

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.599
 money

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.480
 to store

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.400
 their stuff

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:36.920
 and then

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.240
 they never

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.740
 go get it

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:37.920
 and they

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.420
 never use

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.700
 it

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.099
 so I'm

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.619
 asking you

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.200
 why don't

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.460
 you think

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.980
 about today

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.379
 if you don't

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.720
 get anything

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.099
 else out of

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.519
 this message

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.079
 go home

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.279
 and throw

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.659
 away some

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.059
 stuff

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.379
 right

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.839
 just call

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.059
 somebody

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.639
 hey you

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.859
 know what

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.139
 I noticed

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.539
 you could

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.399
 use this

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.879
 why don't

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.159
 you come

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.839
 get this

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.359
 sell that

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.859
 stuff and

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.159
 give it

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:55.139
 the money

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.059
 to some

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.480
 charity

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:58.899
 well here's

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.219
 the third

00:27:59.219 --> 00:27:59.740
 thing I want

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.059
 to say to

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.299
 you and I

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.740
 close the

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.099
 message

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:03.399
 there's a

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.859
 third reason

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.199
 for giving

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.740
 love

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.259
 faith

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.740
 and the

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.119
 third one

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.859
 is joy

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.859
 and if I

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.459
 had the

00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:08.980
 privilege right

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.339
 now of

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.899
 changing the

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.240
 screen

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.339
 I would put

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.059
 up additional

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.679
 word

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.880
 I didn't

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.340
 think of

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.680
 when I

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.420
 sent Colton

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.380
 the outline

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.620
 selfish

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.820
 joy

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:21.340
 selfish

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.019
 joy

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.580
 and the

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.019
 reason I'd

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.500
 say selfish

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.940
 joy is

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.900
 because living

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.840
 generously

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:28.640
 is a hoot

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.160
 I just want

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.400
 to tell you

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.039
 it's a real

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.019
 real hoot

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.580
 to live

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:32.960
 generously

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.799
 the scripture

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.759
 even tells us

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.200
 it will be

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.660
 second

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.160
 Corinthians

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.500
 nine

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.799
 seven

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.360
 says this

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.320
 each person

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.900
 should do

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.519
 as he has

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.240
 decided in

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.759
 his heart

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.799
 not out of

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.279
 regret

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.940
 or out of

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.440
 necessity

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.799
 you ever

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.319
 done that

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.899
 you ever

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.220
 looked in

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.559
 your wallet

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.940
 they take

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.160
 one of

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.759
 those quickie

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.220
 offerings

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.579
 you didn't

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.879
 know was

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.139
 coming

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.740
 you look

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.000
 in your

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.399
 offering

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.839
 in your

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.680
 billfold

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.079
 and there's

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.440
 a twenty

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.740
 and you're

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.119
 hoping there

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.480
 were some

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.920
 ones

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.779
 yeah that's

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.000
 what he's

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.440
 talking about

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:58.440
 not out of

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.819
 regret

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.339
 or out of

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.779
 necessity

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.500
 for God

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.240
 loves a

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.599
 cheerful

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.019
 giver

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.619
 that word

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.000
 literally

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.519
 means this

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.539
 hilarious

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.379
 has there

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.579
 ever been

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.920
 occasion

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.160
 when you

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.619
 pass the

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.019
 play here

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.279
 and they

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.639
 couldn't go

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:08.859
 on with

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.119
 singing

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.599
 because people

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.879
 were just

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.440
 laughing so

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.819
 hard

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:13.200
 I heard

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.700
 you a hundred

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.379
 dollars

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.339
 pass it

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.559
 on

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:17.759
 that's how

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.079
 it ought to

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.439
 be

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:20.579
 now I'm

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.899
 gonna tell you

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.139
 something

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:22.139
 you have been

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.480
 like that

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.960
 when I gave

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.279
 that little

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.839
 truck to my

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.200
 grandson

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.319
 I was way

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.240
 more excited

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.639
 about it than

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.240
 he was

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.299
 I mean I

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.740
 got my

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.019
 camera

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.359
 all right son

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.240
 keep pushing

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.759
 that box

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.279
 do what it

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.599
 tells you

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.019
 that thing's

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.460
 gonna bust

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.819
 out of here

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.179
 in a minute

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.599
 it's gonna

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.220
 be great

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.599
 right

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:39.399
 when you

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.899
 give

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:41.480
 generously

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.599
 out of love

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.379
 and faith

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:45.379
 I'm telling

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.759
 you it's

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.240
 always a

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.480
 hoot

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.799
 there's

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.199
 always

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.759
 great

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.159
 great

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.659
 joy

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:50.500
 I close

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.879
 by telling

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.219
 you this

00:29:51.219 --> 00:29:51.559
 there are a

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.859
 lot of

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.219
 folk I

00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:52.539
 know

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:54.119
 who are

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.439
 hundred

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:54.899
 heirs

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:57.059
 and thousand

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.519
 heirs

00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:00.039
 and have a

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.359
 lot more

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.699
 fun with

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:01.139
 their money

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:03.279
 than a lot

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.559
 of people

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.779
 who are

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.459
 millionaires

00:30:04.459 --> 00:30:06.079
 do you know

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.399
 that

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.240
 a lot

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.500
 of people

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.740
 who are

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.060
 thousand

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.280
 years

00:30:09.280 --> 00:30:09.620
 have a

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.040
 lot more

00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:10.580
 fun with

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:10.900
 their money

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.180
 than

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.180
 millionaires

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.420
 do

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.660
 because

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:12.840
 they're

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.060
 just

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.640
 keeping

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.000
 it all

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.620
 not all

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:14.840
 of them

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.100
 a lot

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.220
 of them

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.540
 are very

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:16.019
 very generous

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.519
 people

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.920
 but there

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.160
 are some

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.460
 out there

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.600
 who are

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:18.980
 doing that

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.620
 I close

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:19.860
 with this

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.180
 story

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:22.660
 Francis Chan

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.060
 is my

00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:23.660
 favorite preacher

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.160
 in the world

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.019
 he's a little

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.880
 Chinese guy

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.280
 he was on

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:27.600
 the west

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.940
 coast

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.480
 he's now

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.540
 overseas

00:30:29.540 --> 00:30:30.100
 in Asia

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:31.400
 he

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.820
 he's got

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.180
 about as

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.740
 good attitude

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.460
 toward money

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.100
 and things

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.500
 as anybody

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.000
 I know

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.579
 he gives

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.660
 this illustration

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.259
 he's standing

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.799
 on this car

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.119
 lot

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.579
 and there's

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.279
 a fancy

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.400
 fancy sports

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.819
 car right

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.279
 here right

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.960
 and Francis

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.420
 says

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.400
 because he

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.059
 sells books

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.420
 by the

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.759
 millions

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.960
 he could

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.500
 just buy

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.779
 anything

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.140
 he wanted

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.500
 but

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.420
 everything

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.839
 he gets

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.140
 he gives

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.480
 away

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.980
 and Francis

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.400
 says

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.700
 I could

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.339
 drive this

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.019
 fancy sports

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.380
 car here

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.700
 and there's

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.119
 nothing wrong

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.559
 by the way

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.799
 with having

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.119
 a fancy

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.759
 sports car

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.500
 if you

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.700
 want to

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:02.940
 give me

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.319
 one I'll

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.700
 take it

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:05.279
 nothing

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.500
 wrong

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.799
 with that

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.440
 he says

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.840
 I could

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.200
 have this

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.620
 sports car

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:08.880
 but I

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.299
 don't have

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.519
 it

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.860
 and he

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.220
 walks

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.600
 and here's

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.140
 another one

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.680
 and another

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:12.880
 one

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.340
 and another

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.539
 one

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.980
 and another

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.220
 one

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.160
 and he

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.360
 says

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.700
 I don't

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:15.900
 drive

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.140
 any of

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.259
 these

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.539
 but the

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.019
 truth is

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.400
 if I'm

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.019
 if I'm

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.460
 being honest

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.720
 with you

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.059
 I could

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.680
 afford to

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:19.940
 drive

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.360
 any one

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.519
 of these

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.019
 I want

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.779
 but he

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.200
 keeps going

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.519
 down to

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.779
 the end

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.080
 of the row

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.740
 and here

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:23.960
 sits

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.200
 I don't

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.460
 remember

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.740
 what it

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.920
 was

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.120
 but it

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.340
 was like

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.779
 a Honda

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.580
 or a

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.019
 Toyota

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.279
 something like

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.740
 most of us

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.000
 drive

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.240
 and he

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.480
 said

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:31.299
 this is

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.579
 what I

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.019
 drive

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.500
 and you

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.759
 know why

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.019
 I do

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.339
 that

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.440
 I do

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.660
 it

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.099
 out of

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.140
 selfishness

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:39.460
 he said

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.900
 here's why

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.380
 he said

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.220
 if I buy

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.759
 this fancy

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.160
 car down

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.299
 here

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.539
 and I

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.819
 pull it

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:42.980
 in your

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.299
 parking

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.619
 lot

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.140
 and somebody

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.599
 scrapes

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.019
 my door

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.559
 I am

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.440
 ticked

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.380
 and he

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.519
 said

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.779
 if I

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.140
 go down

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.440
 the road

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.720
 and somebody

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.240
 hits me

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.720
 I am

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.019
 just

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.640
 my day's

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.940
 ruined

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.599
 or the

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.200
 first time

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.619
 he gets

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.240
 scratched

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.200
 or even

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.640
 after a

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.059
 while I

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.460
 just get

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.740
 bored

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.259
 with it

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.119
 because we

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.460
 all know

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.660
 this

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.920
 right

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.180
 we're

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.300
 all

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.440
 going

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.600
 to get

00:31:59.600 --> 00:31:59.820
 bored

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.060
 with the

00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:00.279
 car

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.600
 sooner

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.940
 or later

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:03.820
 and he

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.220
 says

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.500
 so I

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.940
 have great

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.279
 joy for

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.600
 a while

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.539
 but it

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.960
 just goes

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.400
 away

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.920
 but he

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.300
 says I

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:10.740
 have learned

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.060
 I can

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.400
 take the

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.060
 fifty thousand

00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.720
 dollars I

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.660
 save in

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.380
 buying that

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.880
 car and

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.220
 not buying

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.759
 this car

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.640
 and because

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.720
 of the

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.340
 economy the

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.759
 way it is

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.380
 I can take

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.800
 that fifty

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.480
 thousand and

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.940
 send it to

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.600
 Africa and

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.340
 I can build

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.220
 an orphanage

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.539
 that will

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.420
 house ten

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.960
 to fifteen

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.380
 children

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:28.519
 and he

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.079
 said and

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.579
 every time

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.000
 I get to

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.460
 go there

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.879
 or every

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.279
 time they

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.660
 send me

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.000
 photographs

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.519
 and I

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.819
 see the

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.259
 pictures of

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.539
 those little

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.740
 kids not

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.240
 just this

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.720
 year but

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.359
 next year and

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.680
 the next

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.279
 decade and

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.599
 the next

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.220
 decade and

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.500
 the next

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:41.359
 decade every

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.920
 time I get

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.680
 those pictures

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.960
 he said it

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.440
 just brings me

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.940
 great great

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.639
 great joy

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.940
 and he

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.420
 says so

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:52.020
 I try to

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:53.480
 give and

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.040
 buy that

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.080
 cheaper car

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:56.640
 out of

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.240
 selfishness

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.140
 it brings me

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.160
 more joy to

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.680
 do that than

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.140
 it would if I

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.400
 had that

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.020
 sports car

00:33:01.020 --> 00:33:02.960
 can I tell you

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.560
 something you

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.080
 don't believe

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.860
 that probably

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:06.640
 deep down in

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.080
 your heart

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:08.520
 but if you

00:33:08.520 --> 00:33:09.400
 ever did it

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.020
 you'd find

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 out it's

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.200
 right

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:14.680
 it's right

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.259
 the things in

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.640
 life that

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:15.880
 have brought

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.340
 you the most

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.380
 joy are not

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.600
 those things

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.140
 you own

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 it's those

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.460
 things that

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.759
 you give

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.120
 away

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:25.360
 I hope you'll

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.819
 do well in

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.279
 this offering

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.759
 but I hope

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.340
 even more

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:28.080
 that you'll

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:29.100
 adopt today

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.740
 a lifestyle

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.259
 of being

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.819
 generous

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.240
 do it with

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.720
 your waitress

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.120
 at lunch

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.500
 today

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.600
 do it with

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.039
 your wife

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.620
 today or

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.120
 your husband

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.660
 today or

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.180
 your children

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.680
 today or

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.160
 your neighbor

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.980
 or the guy

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.460
 who works

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.900
 with you

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.680
 that person

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.000
 who's having

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.660
 a tough time

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.000
 that you know

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.279
 about

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.099
 be generous

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.299
 with it

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.660
 not just

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.379
 we a church

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:45.259
 just adopt

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.779
 a lifestyle

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.460
 of generosity

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.099
 let's pray

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.440
 Lord

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.079
 I pray

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.539
 you'd move

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.859
 on us

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.480
 right now

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:52.160
 what we're

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.759
 to do

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.139
 in this

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.480
 service

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.059
 about this

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.539
 commitment

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:56.339
 I pray

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.879
 that no one

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.259
 would feel

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.000
 coerced

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.680
 because we

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.019
 don't need

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.379
 that kind

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.759
 of giving

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.119
 and you

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.399
 don't want

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.859
 us to give

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.399
 that way

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.839
 but I pray

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.619
 God that we

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:04.980
 would be

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.720
 motivated by

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.420
 how well

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.799
 you've

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.359
 blessed us

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:09.059
 and our

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.659
 ability to

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:09.940
 give

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:11.460
 and our

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.980
 spirit of

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.559
 generosity

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:15.139
 make us

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.760
 joyful

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.460
 generous

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.119
 givers

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:19.059
 is our

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.380
 prayer in

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.880
 your name

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.820
 amen

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:35.300
 thank you