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HOMEKEEPERS, HOW IS IT GOING
FOR YOU TODAY?
I HOPE IT IS JUST MOVING RIGHT
ALONG SMOOTHLY, BECAUSE THIS IS
THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE,
AND IF YOU ARE A BRAND-NEW
VIEWER YOU ARE SO WELCOME, COME
INTO MY HOME, AND YOU REGULAR
PEOPLE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH
YOU ARE LOVED, AND WE WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO DO
THINGS FOR YOU THAT WILL MAKE
YOUR LIFE BETTER, AND NUMBER
ONE, YOU BEGIN TO SERVE THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST AND FOLLOW HIS
PRINCIPLES AND THAT IS THE BEST
THING YOU CAN DO AND THEN THERE
IS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ALONG
THE WAY AND YOU MIGHT SAY
THEY'RE OPTIONAL, I MEAN YOUR
SOUL'S SALVATION DOES NOT
DEPEND ON IT, BUT A LOT OF
THINGS CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE
BETTER, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, VAN
CROUCH WAS HERE, IT MUST HAVE
BEEN THREE MONTHS AGO I GUESS,
AND I ENJOYED HIM SO MUCH I SAID
WOULD YOU JUST HANG AROUND AND
TAPE ANOTHER INTERVIEW, AND WE
DID, AND HE HAD THIS BOOK, WHICH
I HAD NOT READ, I DID NOT KNOW
IT EXISTED, I SAID LET'S TALK
ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT
READ IT, & IT IS CALLED THE
STOREHOUSE PRINCIPLE, WELL I'VE
READ IT SINCE THEN, & LET ME
TELL YOU ALL THE BOOKS THAT WE
OF EVER OFFERED THIS IS THE ONE
OF THOSE THAT I THINK WOULD
REALLY HELP YOU IN THE AREA OF
FINANCES, AND SO, WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT IT WITH HIM, AND
IF YOU JUST WANT TO WRITE DOWN
THE NUMBER NOW AND THEN AT THE
END OF THE PROGRAM, IF YOU WANT
IT, YOU CAN ORDER IT, AND WE
WILL SEND IT TO YOU FOR A JUST A
GIFT OF $25 TO THE PROGRAM,
AND THAT WILL INCLUDE THE
SHIPPING AND HANDLING BY THE
WAY, & THAT IS A DEAL, ISN'T IT?
AND YOU CAN USE YOUR CREDIT CARD
BY CALLING 1-800-229-0059 OR YOU
CAN WRITE TO ME, I JUST LOVE
HEARING FROM YOU, IT IS KIND OF
THE FIRST THING I LIKE TO DO IS
GO THROUGH THE MAIL IN THE
MORNING AFTER I GET HERE, AND
AFTER YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT IT,
THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR
NOT YOU WANT IT, IT IS A VERY
REFRESHING VIEW OF MONEY FROM
THE SCRIPTURE, AND I'M OVER HERE
ALL BY MYSELF, AGAIN, AND WANDA
IS COMING ALONG, BUT SHE HAS
WITH AND THROUGH ITS FRIENDS,
AND I JUST TALKED TO HER A WHILE
AGO, AND SHE IS DOING GREAT, AND
THAT LINDA IS IN HAITI, ON A
MISSIONARY TRIP, AND THAT LEADS
ME HERE, AND FIRST OF ALL I'M
GOING TO MAKE A LEMON POPPY
BREAD OR CAKE, YOU COULD USE IT
EITHER ONE, AND IT IS VERY
SIMPLE, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE DO
WHEN ARTHELENE IS BY HERSELF,
AND THIS A PACKAGE OF PREPARED
CAKE MIX, AND I'M NOTICING MORE
AND MORE RECIPES THAT USE THIS
FOR A BASIS, WHY NOT?
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE IS JUST PUT ALL OF THE DRY
INGREDIENTS TOGETHER FOR YOU,
AND THEY MEASURE THEM OUT, AND
THIS IS INSTANT LEMON PUDDING,
AND YOU ADD TO THAT, YOU CANNOT
GET ANY EASIER, PARDON ME, A CUP
OF WATER, AND ONE HALF CUP OF
VEGETABLE OIL, I THINK THIS IS
CANOLA, AND FOUR EGGS, OH,
ANYBODY COULD DO THAT, AND NOW
WE WILL MIX THIS, I BAKED ONE
EARLIER, AND IT IS IN A BUNT
PAN, AND THIS ONE IS I'M GOING
TO PUT IN, AND WOULD MAKE IT
LIKE A REALLY NICE TEA BREAD,
AND IF YOU WATCH THIS PROGRAM
VERY MUCH YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I
LOVE TEA BREAD, BECAUSE I LOVE
TEA AND THE LIKE JUST THE RIGHT
THING TO GO WITH IT.
AND LET'S SCRAPE THIS DOWN A
BIT, AND PUT THE POPPY SEEDS IN
IT, IT IS ONE HALF OF ONE OF
THESE, AND IT IS A LOT, AND
THERE WE GO, AND YOU JUST PUT IT
ALL IN, AND IT IS A PRETTY BIG
CAKE, SO IT CAN ABSORB IT,
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>> AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
YOU CAN REALLY KEEP ON HAND AND
YOU FIND OUT SOMEBODY IS COMING
OVER AND YOU GET IT MIXED REALLY
GOOD, AND THEN IT GOES IN THE
OVEN AT 350°, FOR ABOUT 45
MINUTES AND YOU JUST WATCH IT,
EVERYBODY'S OVEN IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE
HARD STUFF WITH WANDA, AND YOU
WOULD REALLY THINK THAT GIRL HAD
BEEN TO A CULINARY SCHOOL, AND
HER SON IS A CHEF, ISN'T THAT A
PRETTY COLOR?
YELLOW IS MY FAVORITE COLOR, AND
THERE YOU GO, AND WANDA HAS A
GREAT GLAZE, AND I'M GOING TO
ASK WANDA TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE
RECIPE IF YOU WANT IT, AND IT IS
THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR A GOOD
GLAZE, AND THERE YOU GO, I DID
THE FIRST ONE IN A BUNT PAN, AND
THIS IS HOW IT CAME OUT, AND
THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF
TODAY'S RECIPE PLEASE SEND YOUR
REQUEST ALONG WITH THE GIFT OF
FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE TO
HOMEKEEPERS P.O.
BOX 6922 CLEARWATER, FL 33758.
>> MUSIC
>> OKAY, WHEN YOU WALKED IN WITH
THIS BOOK, IT REALLY GRABBED MY
ATTENTION, AND I CONFESS TO THE
VIEWERS I HAVE NOT READ IT, AND
USUALLY WHEN I INTERVIEWED AN
AUTHOR, I READ THE BOOK, AND I'M
COMPLETELY IGNORANT, AND YOU
HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
>> IS IN THE THIRD PRINTING, THE
FIRST TWO WERE BLURRED, AND YOU
CAN GET IT AT BORDERS, OR AT
BARNES & NOBLE'S, I WENT IN
THERE THE OTHER NIGHT AND I SAY
CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE THE
SELF-HELP BOOKS ARE?
THEY SAID IF WE DID, IT WOULD
DEFEAT THE PURPOSE, BUT, THE
STOREHOUSE PRINCIPLE, IT COMES
OUT OF THE COVENANT IN
DEUTERONOMY 28 THAT GOD MADE
WITH ABRAHAM, AND IF A PERSON
WAS WATCHING TODAY IF THEY EVER
SAID, I AM THE HEAD AND NOT THE
TAIL AND I AM ABOVE AND NOT
BENEATH,
>> THEY LIKE TO PULL THOSE OUT,
DON'T THEY?
>> BLESSED COMING IN, GOING OUT,
THAT IS IN THE COVENANT THAT GOD
MADE WITH ABRAHAM,
AND GOD DOES NOT CHANGE,
>> THEY HAD TO DO THIS FIRST?
RIGHT?
>> WELL, IT DOES HELP,
DEUTERONOMY 28:2, SAYS THE
BLESSINGS OF GOD WILL OVERTAKE
YOU, AND YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF
THE WAY OF THEM, AND THREE WEEKS
AGO IN CHICAGO SOMEBODY BROKE
INTO MY CAR AND INSTALLED A CD
PLAYER, AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY
ENJOYING THE MUSIC, BUT IN
DEUTERONOMY 28, THE BIBLE SAYS
THERE IS A VERSE IN THERE THAT
SAYS, GOD WILL COMMAND THE
BLESSING ON YOU IN YOUR
STOREHOUSE, AND THEN EVERYTHING
YOU PUT YOUR HAND TOO WILL
PROSPER, IT WAS ABOUT 1995 IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS WHEN I HEARD THE
LATE GREAT PASTOR JOHN OSTEEN,
THAT WOULD BE JOEL'S FATHER, AT
LAKEWOOD CHURCH, HE SAID WE PRAY
FOR MONEY WHEN THE BARREL GETS
DOWN TO THE TOP,
>> WOW, WHAT A PROBLEM,
>> I SAID, IS THAT A JOKE?
HE SAID NO, IT IS NO JOKE, NOT
AT LAKEWOOD, HE IS TALKING ABOUT
THE STOREHOUSE PRINCIPLE FROM
DEUTERONOMY 28, IN THE EIGHTH
VERSE, THAT GOD WILL BEGIN TO
SUPERNATURALLY MOVE ON A PERSONS
FINANCES WHEN THEY AND I SHOULD
POINT OUT, THAT AFTER, THEY
HAVE GIVEN TO GOD, I BELIEVE THE
TITHE BELONGS TO THE LORD, AND
THAT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR
TITHING, AND WE SEEK FIRST THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THINGS
ARE ADDED UNTO US, BUT I BELIEVE
THAT TITHING IS A BIBLICAL
COMMANDMENT, AND IT STARTS BY
GOING FIRST TO THE LOCAL CHURCH,
WHERE THE WORD OF GOD IS STORED
UP FOR YOU, AND THEN YOU GIVE
OFFERINGS AS GOD TO DIRECT YOU,
BUT THEN WHERE MANY VIEWERS MISS
IT, AND THE SEED TIME AND
HARVEST, IS THEY FORGET TO GIVE
TO THEMSELVES, AND GOD SAID IF
YOU WILL START A STOREHOUSE, I
WILL COMMAND THE BLESSING, I
WILL CAUSE YOUR FINANCES TO GO,
I WILL INCREASE YOUR ASSETS
>> HOW I GIVE TO MYSELF?
>> SUPERNATURALLY, ANY NUMBER OF
WAYS, IT COULD BE SIMPLY, AS A
SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AND TODAY MANY
PEOPLE'S 401(K)S HAVE BECOME AT
201K,
>> OR LESS
>> WELL, A MAN SAID TO ME HE HAD
A SMALL FORTUNE IN MUTUAL FUNDS,
I SAID HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
HE SAID I PUT A LARGE FORTUNE IN
MUTUAL FUNDS.
>> LAUGHTER
>> YOU CAN MAKE REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENTS, AND I KNOW
REAL ESTATE TODAY
>> IT WILL COME BACK.
>> IT WILL COME BACK, SOONER OR
LATER, BUT MANY PEOPLE, I HAVE
SAT THROUGH SOME OF THE BEST
OFFERING TAKERS IN AMERICA, AND
I THOUGHT IF I DON'T GIVE MY
COAT, MY SHIRT AND MY PANTS, AND
WALK OUT OF HERE IN MY UNDERWEAR
AND MAKE AN ONGOING PLEDGE, THE
PERSON MANY TIMES IN THE
EQUATION WHO IS LEFT OUT, IS THE
PERSON WHO FORGETS--AFTER
GIVING TO GOD.
>> THIS IS SO GOOD, AND I WILL
TELL YOU WHY, I READ IN THE
PAPER, WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS
THAT AMERICANS ARE AT 0%
SAVINGS.
>> YES
>> 0%.
>> AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS,
PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS IS ANOTHER
MONEY MESSAGE, IT IS NOT A MONEY
MESSAGE, IT IS A COVENANT
MESSAGE, AND GOD MADE A
COVENANT, SHE SAID IF YOU WILL
DO THESE THINGS, AND IT WILL
COME TO PASS IF YOU DILIGENTLY
OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD, IF
YOU WILL DO THESE THINGS, THIS
WILL HAPPEN.
DEUTERONOMY 28:15, TO THE END OF
THE CHAPTER IS THE CURSE OF THE
LAW, SICKNESS, POVERTY,
SPIRITUAL DEATH, BUT GOD SAID
HERE IS A CONTRACT, IT IS A
CONTRACTUAL PROVISION IF YOU
OPERATE IN THE CONTRACT, IN
OTHER WORDS, WHEN I PULL OUT A
$10 BILL AND I SAY GOD I AM
BELIEVING YOUR WORD, I AM
TRIGGERING THE COVENANT, IT IS
NOT ABOUT MONEY, I'M GIVING GOD
SOMETHING TO WORK WITH SO YOU
CAN WATCH OVER JEREMIAH 1:12, HE
CAN WATCH OVER HIS WORD, AND
HASTEN TO PERFORM IT, AND GOD
BEGINS TO COMMAND THE BLESSINGS
ON MY FINANCES,
>> AND YOU CAN PUT THEIR $10 IN
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
RIGHT?
>> AND THEY CAN PUT IT SOMEWHERE
WHERE THEY'RE NOT LIKELY TO GET
THEIR HANDS ON IT, NOW OF GOD
DIRECTS ME
>> IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
>> IS GOD DIRECTS ME AND HE SAYS
YOU NEED HELP BOB AND MARY OVER
HERE, I WANT YOU TO SEW A SEED
OUT OF YOUR STOREHOUSE, I GIVE
THAT SEED, BUT WHAT I TRY TO DO
IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS PUT
SOMETHING ANYTHING BACK, BECAUSE
IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT IS
NOT ABOUT THE BALANCE, IT IS
ABOUT ME WORKING THE COVENANT IN
MY FAVOR AND MY BEHALF, AS YOU
SAID, I'M GIVING GOD SOMETHING
TO WORK WITH.
ZERO TIMES ZERO EQUALS ZERO, AND
THE LAW OF GRAVITY, AND IF WE
TOOK JOHN DILLINGER, OR AL
CAPONE, AND DL MOODY UP TO THE
TOP OF THE SEARS TOWER IN
CHICAGO, AND HAD THEM ALL JUMP
OFF, THE LAW OF GRAVITY WOULD
SAY THEY WILL GET THEIR BRAINS
SCRAMBLED.
>> HE WOULD TAKE MOODY DOWN TOO,
>> AND YOU SAY, WHAT ABOUT THE
POWER OF PRAYER, AND MOODY GETS
TO HAVE A HAPPY HEAD CRACKING,
BECAUSE HE STILL GETS HIS HEAD
CRACKED, BECAUSE THE LAW OF
GRAVITY IS WORKING EQUALLY FOR
ALL THREE OF THEM.
AND SO,
>> AND THIS IS A FINANCIAL LAW.
>> THIS IS A FINANCIAL LAW AND
IT IS BACKED BY GOD.
>> AND WHEN PEOPLE THINK THEY
ARE PAYING THEIR TITHES, AND
ALL, GOD BLESS YOU, MAN, I'M A
SINGLE WOMAN, I DON'T HAVE A
BUSINESS, I DON'T HAVE A
HUSBAND, I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND
OF SUPPORT LIKE THAT, I'M AFRAID
NOT TO TITHE, I'LL BE HONEST
WITH YOU.
AS LONG AS I TITHE, HIS WORDS
SAYS, HE IS GOING TO TAKE YOUR
ARTHELENE.
>> AND PLUS, IT TAKES THE
PRESSURE OFF, THE STOREHOUSE
WILL TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF A
SINGLE WOMAN WHERE SHE WON'T BE
TEMPTED TO GET HOOKED UP WITH A
FLAKY CHRISTIAN, AND WHAT WOMEN
NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT GOD
GAVE ADAM A JOB BEFORE HE GAVE
HER A WIFE.
SO FOR BROTHERLY SHOWS UP AND
SAYS YO, YOU ARE THE ONE FOR ME,
YOU LOOK UP AT THEM AND YOU SAY,
ARE YOU WORKING?
DO YOU HAVE A JOB?
>> HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED JUDGE
JUDY?
>> OH, YES.
>> 90% OF THE CASES ARE STUPID
WOMEN, WHO HAVE LOANED MONEY TO
LOSERS, AND 90% OF THE CASES.
THEY BUY THEM A CELL PHONE, AND
THEY LET THE MUSIC CREDIT CARD,
AND ALL, AND REPEATED THAT,
REPEAT THAT TO MY LADY VIEWERS
OUT THERE, AND THEY THINK THAT
THE NEXT GUY THAT COMES ALONG
WOULD BE THE WILL OF GOD FOR
THEIR LIVES,
>> FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS, IT
SHOWS CLEARLY THAT GOD GAVE ADAM
A JOB BEFORE HE GAVE ADAM A
WIFE, AND A LOT OF MEN LIKE THE
BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE, WITHOUT
ANY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU NEVER MARRY A MAN, YOU MARRY
HIS VISION, PROVERBS 29:19,
SAYS, WHERE THERE IS NO VISION
THE PEOPLE PERISH.
YOU SEE ANYBODY CAN BUY FELT TIP
MARKER AND MARK UP THEIR BIBLE,
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE
READING IT, IT JUST MEANS THEY
HAVE SOME FELT TIP MARKERS, AND
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET A COUCH
POTATO PLAYING MY FRIEND FLICKA
ON SUPER BOWL DAY, AND IT NEVER
DOES ANYTHING.
AND SOME MEN WILL SAY WELL, MY
WIFE WON'T FOLLOW ME, SHE CANNOT
FOLLOW A PARKED CAR.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE LEAD OUT
OF YOUR PANTS AND GO DO
SOMETHING.
>> OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE
GUY THE REMOTE CONTROL ON SUPER
BOWL DAY, AND THAT IS THE KIND
OF LIFE I WOULD BE.
OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, DO
YOUR JOB.
>> MY WIFE AND I HAD WORDS IN
THE NIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY I DID
NOT GET TO USE ANY OF MINE
>> LAUGHTER
>> LET'S GET BACK TO THE BOOK.
>> AT SOME POINT, I THINK, I
HAVE A NEW BOOK THAT IS COMING
OUT ON MARRIAGE, ENTITLED-IF YOU
WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE, I WILL
FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO DO REALLY
WELL.
>> COMEBACK WITH THAT ONE.
>> MY BOOK HAS SOLD ABOUT 40,000
COPIES, AND I WILL TELL YOU
REALLY, ANY PERSON COULD USE THE
BIBLE, THEY DON'T NEED THE BOOK,
BUT IT WOULDN'T CHANGE A CHURCH,
AND MANY CHURCHES ARE A BROKEN
BUS, OR A BOILER, BUT DOES NOT
FUNCTION THAT CLOSE TO GOING OUT
OF BUSINESS.
AND WHEN YOU KNOW, AND IN FACT
IS A TRAVELING MINISTER, I CAN
EVEN SENSE WHEN I GO INTO A
CHURCH, THE FINANCIAL STABILITY
AND YOU CAN PICK UP, YOU JUST
KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
THAT YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE
GIVEN TO THE MISSIONARIES, THE
CHURCH BEGINS TO TITHE TO
ITSELF, AND AFTER A PERSON, AND
YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY
SAYS I AM ON RAPID DEBT
REDUCTION, IT IS A GREAT IDEA,
DAVE RAMSEY, AND DAVE RAMSEY
SAYS THE FIRST THING YOU OUGHT
TO DO IS GET YOURSELF A $1000
EMERGENCY FUND
>> I LOVE DAVID RAMSAY.
>> AND ONE BY SUSIE ORMAN WAS
TALKING TO A LADY ON TV AND SHE
SAID THE SAME EXACT THING, AND
YOU SAY I CANNOT DO THIS, IT IS
ALL I CAN DO TO PAY MY TITHES,
AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO GIVE 10%
OF MYSELF, I'M IN RAPID DEBT
REDUCTION.
ACTUALLY A PERSON WILL FIND IF
THEY WILL START A STOREHOUSE,
THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE MORE
MONEY FOR RAPID DEBT REDUCTION,
AND YOU SAY THE MATHEMATICS ARE
NOT THERE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS
SUPERNATURAL.
AND PLUS THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT,
I GREW UP AT MY GRANDPARENTS
SAID, IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION,
IT WAS A DIRTY RUMOR STARTED BY
A BUNCH OF MEN WHO ARE OUT OF
WORK, THEY SAID THINGS WERE SO
TOUGH WHEN THE DEPRESSION HIT
THEY BEGAN TO SING, LET THE GOOD
TIMES ROLL.
AND GROWING UP THEY HAD A SPIRIT
OF GRIEF, AND POVERTY, AND LACK,
AND WE WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH,
AND THE STOREHOUSE BEGINS TO
IMPACT THAT SPIRIT, AND THAT
THINKING, BUT I WILL NEVER HAVE
ANYTHING.
>> AND AMERICANS NEED TO CLEAR
UP THEIR MIND THAT THEY CAN GET
ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT WHEN
THEY WANT IT, BECAUSE THEY WANT
IT, WITH A CREDIT CARD.
>> THEY BUY THINGS, THEY DON'T
NEED, WITH MONEY THEY DON'T
HAVE, TO IMPRESS PEOPLE THEY
DON'T LIKE.
>> RIGHT.
MY DAD ONCE SAID, GOD KNEW THAT
IF YOU GIVE HIM 10%, YOU WOULD
PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF
HANDLING THE 90%.
IF YOU CAN DISCIPLINE THAT, THAT
PORTION OF IT,
>> AND YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND AS
A NATIONALLY KNOWN TRAVELING
MINISTER, AND WE TRAVEL, AND WE
START OFF EVERY YEAR WITH ZERO
INCOME.
BUT WE PAY OUR TITHES, BEFORE WE
PAY ANYTHING ELSE, AND WHEN I
WAS A NEW CHRISTIAN, I DID NOT
KNOW ANYTHING, I CARRIED WITH
ME, FOR THREE WEEKS, AND THEN I
FOUND OUT THERE WAS A BOOK MARK,
I THOUGHT THE EPISTLES WERE THE
WIVES OF THE APOSTLES, I FOUND
THE BOOK OF MALACHI, I THOUGHT
IT WAS THE MAFIA, I FOUND OUT
WHY THE MAFIA AND THE ITALIANS
DON'T CARE FOR JEHOVAH'S
WITNESSES, AND IT IS NOT
THEOLOGICAL, THEY JUST DON'T
WANT ANY WITNESSES.
>> YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN.
>> BUT I TELL YOU ONE THING,
SOMEBODY TOLD ME ABOUT TITHING,
AND GIVING TO GOD, AND I TELL
YOU, IT DOES NOT COST TO GIVE TO
GOD, IT PAYS.
>> YES, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE A
LOT OF TIME, BUT IN THE
STOREHOUSE PRINCIPLE, THAT IS
SUCH A GREAT POINT YOU BROUGHT
UP.
I'VE NEVER HEARD IT BROUGHT UP
BEFORE, PEOPLE WHO HARANGUE A
LOT ABOUT MONEY, AND IN MY
OPINION, IT IS NOT CORRECT, I
DON'T TIE MONEY INTO HEALING,
AND WITH SALVATION, AND NONE OF
THAT, AND TELEVISION, THAT IS
THE WAY I BELIEVE.
I DO BELIEVE HE IS BOUND BY HIS
WORD, HE IS BOUND BY HIS WORD.
WHEN I COME AND JESUS TALKED
ABOUT SO MUCH ABOUT MONEY, MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE ACTUALLY,
>> AND ONE THOUGHT, TOO
ARTHELENE, ONE PASTOR SAID I
DON'T WANT THIS MESSAGE PREACHED
IN MY CHURCH, THE GIVING WILL GO
DOWN, BUT ACTUALLY THE TRACK
RECORD IS, IF A PERSON HAS A
STOREHOUSE, THE GIVING GOES UP.
I USED TO HAVE THESE MINISTRY
PARTNERS, AND WE WOULD PARTNER
WITH MINISTRIES THAT WE WANTED
TO BE LIKE, AND THE BIBLE SAYS
THE LORD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER,
WHEN I GOT DOWN TO THE LAST
PARTNER, I WAS NOT VERY
CHEERFUL.
YES, I WAS GROUCHY, & THERE WAS
>> THE MONEY CAN STILL BE
BLESSED.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT.
>> AND WHAT WE DID, WE GOT AHOLD
OF THE TEACHING, WE DID NOT
ELIMINATE ANY PARTNERS, WE JUST
ADDED OURSELVES AND EVERYTHING
BEGAN TO TURN AROUND, THE
THINKING, THE SPIRIT, AND THEN
SOONER OR LATER THERE IS GOING
TO BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BANK
ACCOUNT.
>> I AM VERY ANXIOUS TO READ
THIS,
>> BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING.
BUT I WANT YOU TO READ IT.
>> I AM ANXIOUS FOR THIS.
OKAY, BUT NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT
MY PRECIOUS VIEWERS, AND THEY
ARE ON MY PRAYER LIST, MY
VIEWERS, YOU KNOW, I PRAY FOR
THEM CORPORATELY, AND I PRAY FOR
THEM INDIVIDUALLY, AND YOU HAVE
A LADY THERE THAT IS REALLY
TRYING TO MANAGE GASOLINE FOR
THE CAR AND MILK FOR THE TABLE,
AND I DON'T KNOW, I STILL
BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THESE
PRINCIPLES WORK.
NO MATTER WHAT, WHEN YOU DECIDE
TO DO IT, AND YOU PRESENT IT TO
THE LORD, AND YOU SAY BY YOUR
ABSOLUTE GRACE I'M GOING TO
CHANGE THIS THING, EVEN IF IT IS
A FEW DOLLARS.
>> AND IT WAS GOD'S IDEA TO PUT
THIS IN HERE, IT WAS WRITTEN
LONG BEFORE ANY OF US CAME ALONG
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN HE WAS
DEALING WITH ABRAHAM, AND HE HAS
NOT CHANGED, AND IF THE PERSON
WILL DO WHAT PSALM 34 SAYS,
TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS
GOOD, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED
IS TO BE IN A GOOD CHURCH, AND
WATCH YOUR PROGRAM, YOUR PROGRAM
HAS A LOT OF POSITIVE INPUT,
ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN THAT ARE
WATCHING, AND SOMETIMES, IN
THESE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES,
IF THEY WILL TAKE GOD AT HIS
WORD, AND TO BEGIN TO TITHES TO
THEIR LOCAL CHURCH, AND IF THEY
WILL BEGIN TO GIVE TO
THEMSELVES, I DON'T CARE HOW
LITTLE, BUT YOU JUST SAY GOD,
YOU SAID, YOU WOULD COMMAND THE
BLESSING UPON ME, AND UPON MY
STOREHOUSE.
AND THIS, SUCH AS IT IS, I'M
STARTING WITH THIS $10, AND WITH
THIS $100, OR WHATEVER IT IS,
>> GO PUT IT IN A MONEY MARKET
ACCOUNT.
>> AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
WATCHING TODAY AND THEY ALREADY
HAVE HAD A STOREHOUSE, BUT THE
LIGHT WILL COME ON IF THEY WILL
BEGIN TO PRAY THIS WAY OVER
THEIR FINANCES, AND SEE GOD TO
BEGIN THE COMMAND THE BLESSING.
AND SUPERNATURALLY BEGIN TO
INCREASE THEIR FINANCES BECAUSE
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU AND I HAVE IN COMMON FROM
OUR TALKING, WE BOTH HAVE
PARENTS AND THIS IS THE SANDWICH
GENERATION, THE PARENTS ARE IN
NURSING HOMES AND SOME VIEWERS
MAY NOT HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO
THE INCREDIBLE COST OF THOSE
THINGS, AND THERE IS ALWAYS
GOING TO BE A NEED FOR FINANCES.
AND GOD SAID EVERYTHING DOES NOT
HAVE TO GO TO THE CHURCH, HE
SAID YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING FOR
YOURSELF.
>> YES, AND WHEN YOU SEE A
BROTHER OR A SISTER IN NEED, AND
ONCE YOU GET IT THE OTHER WAY
AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS NOT
ALL JUST DRIPPING OUT THE
BOTTOM, AND THEN, YOU SEE
SOMEBODY IN NEED, YOU CAN GIVE
THEM A LITTLE MONEY, BUT YOU
CANNOT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY.
>> I FIRST HEARD OF THIS
TEACHING FROM JOHN OSTEEN, ABOUT
THE STOREHOUSE, AND THEN HIS
CO-AUTHOR, AL CHANDLE, HIS
CHURCH LAST YEAR LIVING STONES,
THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT
IF NOBODY HAD GIVEN ONE DOLLAR,
AND IF THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ONE
DOLLAR ALL YEAR LONG, AT THE END
OF THE YEAR HE HAD $560,000 FROM
THE INTEREST INCOME FROM THE
MONEY THE CHURCH HAS ON
DEPOSIT.
>> WHAT A PROBLEM.
>> YES, AND 300 ACRES OF
DEBT-FREE PROPERTY,
>> HE IS KIND OF LIKE MOSES,
WHEN MOSES HAD TO SAY, OKAY, WE
HAVE ALL BUT WE CAN HANDLE DON'T
BRING ANY MORE.
WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT?
>> MY POINT WAS GOING TO BE,
JOHN OSTEEN SEVEN YEARS BEFORE
HE DIED, HE GAVE $25 MILLION TO
INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN
MISSIONS,
>> WE HAVE A BIG GOD.
>> YES WE DO.
>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
AND WE HAVE JUST BARELY, WE HAVE
NOT EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE,
BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE IT HOME
AND READ IT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I
WANT TO PROSPER.
I WANT TO HAVE MORE.
I MEAN IF THAT IS REALLY BAD, I
AM GUILTY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BY,
>> ARTHELENE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LET'S DO THIS AGAIN.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO.
>> MAYBE AFTER I CAN READ THE
BOOK, AND I CAN GIVE YOU A MORE
INTELLIGENT INTERVIEW,
>> I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY IT, IT
IS EASY READING, AND THE BOOK IS
DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, AND AS
AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PEOPLE EVEN
IN THIS SEASON, AND YOU SAY
WELL, EVERYTHING IS DOWN.
WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, GO
FORWARD.
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
I'VE SAID WAS FROM A MINISTER ON
THIS NETWORK, HE WAS NOT
PROMOTING HIS OWN, AND HE
PROBABLY NEEDED THE MONEY.
AND HE SAID YOUR BEST FINANCIAL
SECURITY IS TO GIVE TO THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, AND FRIENDS IT
IS TRUE, AND I'M SORRY WE ARE
OUT OF TIME.
AND WE ARE.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> ARTHELENE WOULD LIKE YOU TO
KEEP THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
HANDY, YOU MAY CONTACT
HOMEKEEPERS BY WRITING P.O.
BOX 6922 CLEARWATER, FL 33758,
OR GO TO WWW.RIPPY.ORG, AND
REMEMBER WE ALWAYS ENJOY HEARING
FROM OUR VIEWERS AND WE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW, I'VE
SERVED THE LORD SINCE I WAS A
LITTLE GIRL, AND ALL OF THESE
YEARS AND I HAVE GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN, AND I HAVE NEVER
EVER, HEARD OF THAT KIND OF A
MESSAGE BEFORE, AND IT REALLY
SPARKED SOMETHING IN MY IN MY
OWN LIFE, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD
YOURS AS WELL, AND IF YOU WANT
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, WE HAVE
THIS BOOK HERE, THE STOREHOUSE
PRINCIPLE, AND WILL SEND IT TO
YOU FOR THE GIFT OF $25, AND
THAT WILL INCLUDE THE SHIPPING
AND HANDLING, AND YOU CAN WRITE
TO US, IF YOU WANT TO SEND A
CHECK, TO P.O.
BOX 6922 CLEARWATER, FL 33758,
AND IF YOU WOULD USE A CREDIT
CARD, AS MANY PEOPLE DO, 1 800
229-0059, AND THEY WILL TAKE
YOUR INFORMATION, IN THAT, I'VE
FOUND THIS PARTICULARLY
REFRESHING, IN CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION SOMETIMES YOU JUST
HEAR THESE JUST, JUST
HIGH-PRESSURE TYPES OF MESSAGES,
IN GIVING, GIVING, GIVING, AND I
BELIEVE IN GIVING, I'M A GIVER,
BUT THERE IS GOT TO BE SOME
BALANCE, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
LORD SAYS LET'S REASON TOGETHER,
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THOSE FEW
WORDS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF
CONTEXT, AND LET'S BE REASONABLE
ABOUT THIS, AND AS YOU
MENTIONED, THE MOST POPULAR
FINANCIAL EXPERTS ON TELEVISION
TODAY, AND THEY ARE ALL SAYING
HAVE THAT EMERGENCY FUND, I
LISTENED TO DAVE RAMSEY A LOT,
AND I'VE INTERVIEWED HIM, AND
WE'VE OFFERED YOU HIS BOOKS
HERE, I TO HIM,
ALSO-- SUSIE ORMAN, AND IT IS
ALWAYS THE SAME THING, AND THOSE
PEOPLE, THEY ENCOURAGE GIVING,
AND THESE ARE PRINCIPLES BY THAT
OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND I AM ONE
THAT THE LORD HAS REALLY, REALLY
TAKEN CARE OF, I HAVE BEEN ALONE
FOR MANY YEARS, I STILL LIVE IN
THE SAME HOUSE, I LIVED IN THE
SAME HOUSE FOR 40 YEARS, I DRIVE
MY CAR, IT IS 10 YEARS OLD, AND
THE LORD HAS NEVER ONE TIME,
FORSAKEN ME, AND I HAVE PUT TWO
CHILDREN THROUGH COLLEGE, AND
THEY ARE DOING WELL, AND WHAT IS
ALL OF THIS, IT PAYS TO SERVE
THE LORD IN EVERY SINGLE AREA
OF YOUR LIFE, AND THE THING THAT
STOOD OUT TO ME, THIS IS NOT
JUST A SAVINGS PLAN,
THIS IS A COVENANT.
AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD
OVERTAKE YOUR STOREHOUSE, AND
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE FIRST.
SO LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU, IF IT
IS TWO OR THREE DOLLARS, THAT
YOU CAN STICK IN THE DRAWER, FOR
A SAVINGS, UNTIL YOU CAN GET
ENOUGH AND GO AND GO AND OPEN A
SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD AND
SEE WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE LINE?
AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME, AND
PLEASE JOIN ME NEXT TIME AND
REMEMBER, THERE IS NO HIGHER
CALLING THAN THAT OF A HOME
KEEPER, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE A VIDEO
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