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AMEN.
[APPLAUSE]
AMEN.
SAY JESUS!
HELLO, HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING TODAY?
VERY GOOD, WE WANT TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE WATCHING IN NORTH
COUNTY, EAST COUNTY, ALL THE PEOPLE ONLINE.
I KNOW WE SAY THIS EACH WEEK, BUT WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS THERE WITH YOU AND WE PRAY FOR YOU AND KNOW
WHERE HE'S AT.
GOD BLESS YOU.
A COUPLE OF THINGS, I WANT TO HONOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, WHEN I
WAS THREE YEARS OLD HE GAVE HIS FAMOUS SPEECH IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., WHEN I WAS A KID AND OF YOU GREW UP IN THE 50S AND 40S
AND 30S.
RACIAL TENSION IN THIS COUNTRY WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT IS
NOW.
I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL ON A STREET CALLED OCEAN AVENUE.
AND ON ONE SIDE OF OCEAN AVENUE ALL WAS WHITE AND ON ONE SIDE IT
WAS BLACK.
AND WE CAME TOGETHER AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS LIKE A SAFE
HAVEN FOR US, AND IT WAS GREAT.
BUT WE COULDN'T GO TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I HAD FRIENDS
THAT COULDN'T COME TO MY HOUSE.
AND THAT'S A BLESSING TO US AND HOW WILL SHADES WE HAVE HERE AT
THE ROCK.
I SAY INTEGRATED.
NOT SEGREGATED, INTEGRATED.
WE HAVE ALL KIND OF FLAVORS HERE.
IRONICALLY ENOUGH AND SAD THAT MOST CHURCHES, AND I SAY MOST, A
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE CHURCHES ARE SEGREGATED.
NOT THAT WHITES CAN'T GO OR BLACKS CAN'T GO, IT HAPPENS THAT
WAY.
IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
WHEN YOU GO TO HEAVEN IT WILL BE ALL KIND OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND
YOU WANT TO GET USED TO IT.
AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE ROCK, MAN, I GET TO BE AROUND
BROWNIES, MAYBE YOU AREN'T.
SOME OF YOU WHAT DOES BROWNIE MEAN.
WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.
IT'S A BLESSING TO BE HERE.
AND TWO, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD OF "THE DOCTORS".
AND DR. PHIL HAS A SHOW AND PRODUCES "THE DOCTORS, I WILL BE
ON THAT SHOW TOMORROW.
AND WE HAVE PRO-ATHLETES THIS SATURDAY AT POINT UNIVERSITY.
BRING YOUR KIDS, WE WILL HAVE CLINICS AND SHARE THE GOSPEL,
AMEN.
HOW DO WE START OUR SERVICES?
GET ON OUR KNEES, BABY.
DID YOU GUYS GET YOUR WORKOUT IN THIS MORNING?
NO.
GET UP EARLY BEFORE THE BIRDS GET UP.
GET THAT SWEAT GOING.
HOW MANY OF YOU BY SHOW OF HANDS AT ALL CAMPUSES, HOW MANY OF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BLESSED MARRIAGE?
THEN SURRENDER IT TO GOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BLESSED EDUCATION?
SURRENDER IT TO GOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE A BLESSED CAREER, NOT A JOB,
BLESSED CAREER.
SURRENDER IT TO GOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BLESSED FINANCES.
I AM TRYING TO GET PAID, THAT'S RIGHT.
TRYING TO GET PAID.
SURRENDER IT TO GOD.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN GIVE ALL OF YOUR MONEY TO THE CHURCH AT ALL.
IT MEANS HONOR IT TO GOD.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
LORD, I KNOW EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET PAID.
BUT IT'S ABOUT KEEPING WHAT YOU GET PAID, IT'S ABOUT ENJOYING
WHAT YOU GET PAID.
I PRAY YOU ENCOURAGE US TO BE GIVERS.
ENCOURAGE US TO TRUST YOU WITH OUR FINANCES AND RESOURCES IN
JESUS'NAME, AMEN.
LET'S SEE YOUR BIBLES.
SAY WORD.
TURN TO GENESIS 14, FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, 14TH CHAPTER.
WE STARTED THE ROCK CHURCH IN YEAR 2000, FEBRUARY 27.
IT WILL BE 14 YEARS NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE THREE CAMPUSES.
ONE HERE IN POINT LOMA, EAST COUNTY, NORTH COUNTY.
WE HAD AN EXPLORATORY MEETING IN SOUTH BAY A MONTH AGO, AND HAD
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLED SHOWED UP AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE THERE.
AND WE ARE PLANNING AN EXPLORATORY EVENT IN CITY
HEIGHTS.
TWO PEOPLE KNOW THAT, AND PEOPLE ARE FREAKING OUT, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN.
MY STAFF, WE WILL GET ORGANIZED TO TELL YOU THAT.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AROUND SAN DIEGO TO DO MINISTRY.
WE HAD OUR EAST COUNTY CAMPUS SIX MONTHS AGO.
I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY MONTHS AGO AND THE ATTEND HAS GONE TO
1,000 PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE A MINISTRY IN HAITI, AND SHOW YOU WHAT IS GOING ON IN
THERE.
AND OF THE GROWTH WE HAVE 140 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY AND
800 IN THE CHURCH.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE GROWN ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR,
AND EXPAND AND REACH EVEN PEOPLE, THE INCOME HAS NOT
GROWN.
NOW OUR INCOME COMES FROM YOU.
SO I WANT TO TEACH ON TITHING AND WHAT IT MEANS TO GIVE.
IF YOU ARE NEW AND THIS IS TALKING ABOUT MONEY, WE DO THIS
EVERY YEAR.
BUT LET ME PREFACE IT BY SAYING THIS, MY JOB IS TELL YOU WHAT
THE BIBLE SAYS AND YOUR JOB IS TO GO TO GOD AND TELL YOU WHAT
TO DO.
WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, PEOPLE'S *** GET IN A BUNCH WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT MONEY.
GOD WANTS MORE THAN YOUR MONEY.
HE WANTS YOUR HEART.
NOW IF YOU WORSHIP MONEY MORE VALUABLE THAN YOUR HEART, THEN
THAT'S YOUR ISSUE.
BUT GOD WANTS YOUR HEART.
IF HE HAS YOUR HEART, HE HAS EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE WE GIVE OUR HEART TO JESUS.
DON'T GET HUNG UP ON TRYING TO GET MY MONEY.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO GET YOUR MONEY, WE WANT ALL THE RESOURCES
WE CAN GET, SO WE CAN DO THE MINISTRY.
BOTTOM LINE, THE MORE MONEY AND RESOURCES WE GET AND THE MORE
PEOPLE WE CAN HELP.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
SO YOUR JOB IS TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE BIBLE AND DO WHAT THE BIBLE
TELLS YOU TO DO.
THAT'S IT.
AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A
90-DAY TITHE CHALLENGE.
WHERE YOU WOULD SAY, I DON'T TITHE NOW, BUT I AM GOING TO
TITHE FOR 90 DAYS.
AND I AM GOING TO TEST GOD, AND AFTER 90 DAYS IF I AM NOT
PLEASED WITH THE RESULT OF MY TITHING, THE CHURCH, THE ROCK
WILL GIVE YOUR MONEY BACK.
I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, I DON'T TITHE NOW BUT I WILL TITHE FOR
90 DAYS.
AND AFTER 90 DAYS, THE BIBLE ISN'T TRUE AS GOD SAID, AS WE
WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU, WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK.
BECAUSE HOW CONFIDENT THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL, AMEN.
GENESIS 14, THE CONCEPT OF TITHING.
ABRAHAM HAD JUST FINISHED RESCUING HIS NEPHEW, LOT, HAD
THE NEPHEW WAS KIDNAPPED ALONG WITH FIVE CITIES, THEY WERE
TOWNS, CITY THEY CALL THEM.
AND ABRAHAM'S SON WAS KIDNAPPED AND HE GOT HIS SOLDIERS OUT OF
HIS HOUSE AND WENT AND RESCUED THEM AND TOOK THE SPOILS THEY
GOT BACK.
AND WHEN HE COMES BACK HE MEETS MELCHIZEDEK AND HE DOESN'T OTHER
PLACE IN THE BIBLE BUT SOME THINK HE'S JESUS.
MELCHIZEDEK RECEIVES THE FIRST TITHE OF THE BIBLE.
LET'S READ, MELCHIZEDEK WAS A PRIEST OF GOD AND BLESSED
ABRAHAM, BLESSED BE ABRAHAM MOST HIGH, POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND
EARTH, AND THEN ABRAHAM GAVE HIM A TITHE.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST CONCEPT OF TITHE.
IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR NOTES, IT'S THE FIRST 10th OF YOUR INCOME.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE ASK ALL THE TIME, IS IT A TENTH OF MY GROSS
OR NET.
I HAVE TO PAY THE GOVERNMENT MONEY.
AND I HAVE STATE AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL TAX.
AND MY SOCIAL SECURITY.
AND I GOT MY HEALTH.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT GOD TO BLESS.
YOU WANT GOD TO BLESS YOUR GROSS OR NET.
YOU WANT GOD TO BLESS YOUR WHOLE CAREER OR PART OF IT.
YOU WANT GOD TO BLESS YOUR WHOLE MARRIAGE OR PART OF IT.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IN YOUR MARRIAGE IS THE ONLY PART THAT
IS SURRENDERED TO GOD IS THE TIME YOU COME TO CHURCH
TOGETHER.
OR IS YOUR WHOLE MARRIAGE, THE INTIMACY IN YOUR MARRIAGE.
YOU SHOULD PRAY BEFORE YOU ARE INTIMATE WITH YOUR WIFE.
CALL --
[LAUGHTER]
CALL ON GOD IN THE BEGINNING.
YOU GOT IT.
YOU GOT IT.
NO, FOR REAL.
GOD, BLESS THIS TIME WITH MY WIFE, WITH MY HUSBAND.
FOR REAL.
SURRENDER YOUR WHOLE MARRIAGE TO GOD AND YOUR WHOLE BUSINESS.
SAY, GOD HERE IS MY FINANCES.
I AM NOT SAYING GIVE IT ALL.
GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH IT?
BLESS IT.
TURN TO GENESIS 28.
I WANTED SO BAD TO SAY SOMETHING.
[LAUGHTER]
NO, I WILL BITE MY FINGER INSTEAD.
JACOB HAD A VISITATION WITH THE LORD.
IN A PLACE CALLED BETHEL.
THE HEAVENS OPENED UP AND ANGELS DESCENDED IN THAT PLACE AND
CALLED THAT PLACE GOD'S HOUSE.
VERSE 22, IT SAYS, AND THIS STONE WHICH I HAVE SET AS A
PILLAR SHALL BE GOD'S HOUSE.
HE PUT THE STONE THERE AS A SYMBOL OF THE PLACE WHERE GOD
MET HIM.
AND OF ALL THAT I GIVE ME, GOD, I WILL GIVE YOU BACK A TENTH.
THIS CONCEPT OF TITHE.
NOW PEOPLE WILL SAY, IT'S IN THE OLD TESTAMENT SO WE DON'T HAVE
TO DO IT BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
OKAY, A COUPLE OF RESPONSES TO THAT.
THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS DON'T ***.
IS THAT STILL APPLICABLE TODAY?
YEAH.
THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT ALL THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ARE IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
EVERYTHING TAUGHT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT APPLIES BECAUSE IT'S
PART OF GOD'S CHARACTER.
THE OLD TESTAMENT CHANGES HOW YOU EXPRESS THE TRUTH.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY SAID YOU CAN'T EAT MEAT, BUT GOD SAID
YOU CAN EAT MEAT.
THAT WAS IN GENESIS IN THE FIRST NINE CHAPTERS.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T HAVE LAWS AND EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON A
PERSON IN ONE WAY.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A HOSPITAL OR SANITATION, SO THEY WOULD
EXECUTE SANITATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
IF A WOMAN HAD HER CUSTOMARY PERIOD SHE WOULD HAVE TO GO
OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN FOR A WEEK.
NO, THIS IS FOR REAL, IT'S IN THE BIBLE, TRYING TO KEEP IT
REAL.
BUT THE CONCEPT WAS SANITATION.
IF YOU GOT SICK YOU HAD TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT THEY EXECUTED IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE
NEW TESTAMENT.
BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME.
TURN TO GENESIS CHAPTER 23, WHERE JESUS TALKS ABOUT TITHING.
MATTHEW 23.
VERSE 23.
IT SAYS, VERSE 23, WOE TO YOU SCRIBES, PHARISEES AND
HYPOCRITES.
FOR EVEN THOUGH YOU PAY TITHE, YOU HAVE NEGLECTED THE MATTERS
OF THE LAW, JUST AS MERCY AND FAITH.
THEREFORE THESE YOU OUGHT TO HAVE DONE WITHOUT LEAVING THE
OTHERS DONE.
MEANING YOU SHOULD PAY THE TITHE.
LET ME READ IT AGAIN, WOE TO YOU SCRIBES AND PHARISEES AND
HYPOCRITES, FOR YOU PAY YOUR TITHE BUT YOU NEGLECT THE
WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW, JUSTICE, MERCY AND FAITH, THEY
ARE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY ARE ETERNAL PRINCIPLES.
THESE YOU OUGHT TO HAVE DONE WITHOUT LEAVING THE OTHER
UNDONE.
IN OTHER WORDS YES, PAY YOUR TITHE AND EXECUTE JUSTICE AND
FAITH.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY I LIVE UNDER GRACE, SO I DON'T HAVE DO THIS.
LET ME TALK TO TWO SIDES OF THAT COIN.
NUMBER ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS LIKE, I DON'T GOT TO DO NUTHIN BUT BE
BLACK AND DIE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, ALL OF BROWNIES REMEMBER THAT.
YOU BETTER DO THAT, I AIN'T GOT TO DO NOTHING, I WILL BE BLACK
AND DIE.
YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE BLACK YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND YOU KNOW YOU WILL
DIE.
OTHER THAN THAT EVERYTHING IS OPTIONAL.
THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO SAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRAY.
YOU JUST WON'T RECEIVE THE BLESSING THAT COMES FROM
PRAYING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECEIVE CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU JUST WON'T GO TO HEAVEN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH.
BUT YOU WON'T RECEIVE THE BLESSING OF BEING IN A FAMILY OF
BELIEVERS.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, BUT PLEASE DON'T THINK
EVER THAT YOU CAN DO NOTHING AND RECEIVE THE BLESSING OF DOING
SOMETHING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT GRACE MEANS.
WHAT GRACE MEANS, ONE OF THE MANY THINGS IT MEANS, WHEN YOU
DO WHAT GOD ASKS YOU TO DO, HE BLESSES YOU WAY MORE THAN YOU
DESERVE.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS AMEN.
SO GOD SAYS, LISTEN, I WANT YOU -- IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I AM
GIVING YOU A BUNCH OF STUFF.
YOU KEEP 90%, I GET 10.
AND I BLESS THE 90 SO MUCH THAT YOU DON'T MISS THE 10.
THAT'S GRACE.
LAW IS YOU GIVE 10, AND YOU GET 10.
GRACE IS YOU GIVE 10, AND GOD BLESSES YOU AND SEE IN A FEW
MINUTES THAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE BLESSING.
THAT'S GRACE.
GRACE IS I SAY A PRAYER AND ALL OF MY SIN KEEPS ME FROM HELL.
GOD BLESSES YOU MORE THAN YOU DESERVE.
DON'T EVER THINK YOU GET MORE THAN YOU GOT, THAT'S GRACE.
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS BECAUSE HE GRACIOUSLY GAVE HIS LIFE.
HE DIDN'T GIVE 10% OF HIS LIFE, HE GAVE 100%.
SACRIFICED HIS WHOLE LIFE.
WHEN GOD WANTS YOU TO COME TO HIM, HE WANTS YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
SO MANY OF YOU TITHE YOUR LIFE.
I AM ONLY GOING TO GIVE 10% OF MY LIFE.
ALL OF THIS IS MINE.
I AM GOING TO GO TO CHURCH TWICE A MONTH.
I AM GOING TO PUT $2 IN THE PLATE.
WHEN I CALL, I WANT MILES ON THE PHONE.
WE GET IT ALL THE TIME.
PEOPLE CURSING AT US ON THE PHONE.
OKAY.
AND IT'S LIKE, NO, NO, YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS.
AND HE WILL BLESS YOU BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN HANDLE.
HE WANTS IT ALL.
NUMBER TWO IN YOUR NOTES, NUMBER TWO, TITHE IS A SOURCE OF
BLESSING.
IT'S A SOURCE OF BLESSING.
TURN TO I CORINTHIANS 16.
AND WE WILL SEE IN A MINUTE THAT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF GIVING
TITHES AND OFFERINGS WAS TO SUPPORT MINISTRY.
WE WILL SEE A NEW TESTAMENT VERSION AND THEN GO BACK TO THE
OLD TESTAMENT.
THIS IS PAUL TALKING CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS.
BY THE WAY, HE'S WRITING THIS TO A CHURCH IN CORINTH.
AS I HAVE GIVEN ORDERS TO THE OTHER CHURCHES IN GALATIA SO YOU
MUST ALSO DO.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHICH IS SUNDAY.
BY THE WAY, THE JEWS MET ON SATURDAY, JESUS ROSE FROM THE
DEAD ON SUNDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM
THE DEAD AND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH STARTED.
WE ARE GOING TO MEET ON SUNDAY SO WE CAN CELEBRATE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
WHEN YOU COME ON SUNDAY, WE ARE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CHRIST
ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON A SUNDAY.
IT'S LIKE A MINI-EASTER SERVICE EVERY WEEK.
IN VERSE 2, WHEN YOU MEET ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, LET EACH
OF YOU LAY SOMETHING ASIDE STORING UP THAT HE MAY PROSPER.
IN OTHER WORDS I WANT YOU TO COLLECT MONEY ALL THE TIME.
WHEN I COME, I WILL BRING IT BACK TO SUPPORT OTHER
MINISTRIES.
WHEN I COME, I WILL BEAR YOUR GIFT TO JERUSALEM, BUT IF IT'S
FITTING, I GO ALSO, GO WITH ME.
TURN TO II CHRONICLES, OLD TESTAMENT, CHAPTER 31.
AGAIN IT TALKS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE TITHE.
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE LIGHTS ON IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GIVE.
THE REASON WE HAVE A STAFF, BECAUSE PEOPLE GIVE.
THE REASON WE HAVE A BUILDING, IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GIVE.
WE STARTED THIS CHURCH WITH $20,000, SOMEONE GAVE US $20,000
IN 1999.
IT WASN'T PRINCE BUT SOMEONE GAVE TO US IN 1999.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT'S ONE TALENTED BROTHER, LET ME TELL YOU.
VERSE 4, II CHRONICLES 31:4, HE DWELL WITH THE PEOPLE TO
CONTINUE THE SUPPORT, THE PRIEST AND THE LEVITES, THAT THEY MAY
FOCUS ON THEIR MINISTRY.
AS SOON AS THE COMMANDMENT WAS CIRCULATED THE CHILDREN BROUGHT
IN ABUNDANCE THE FIRST FRUITS AND WINE AND HONEY AND ALL THE
PRODUCE OF THE FIELDS, THEY BROUGHT THE TITHE OF EVERYTHING.
BY THE WAY THEIR VALUABLES WERE THE MONEY, FRUIT AND ANIMALS.
VERSE 6, AND THOSE WHO DWELL IN JUDAH BROUGHT THE TITHE AND LAID
IN HEAPS.
IN THE THIRD MONTH THEY BEGAN LAYING THEM IN HEAPS.
AND WHEN THEY FINISHED IN THE SEVENth MONTH AND WHEN HEZEKIAH
AND SAW IT IN HEAPS, THEY CAME AND BLESSED ISRAEL.
AND THEY QUESTIONED THE PEOPLE OF THE HEAPS, AND HEZEKIAH SAID,
SINCE THE PEOPLE BEGAN THE OFFERINGS TO THE LORD, WE HAVE
HAD ENOUGH TO EAT AND WHAT IS LEFT IS THIS GREAT ABUNDANCE.
IN OTHER WORDS THE PEOPLE BROUGHT SO MUCH, WE WERE ABLE TO
LIVE, AND WE HAD THIS LEFT OVER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TITHE IS TO SUPPORT MINISTRY.
THAT'S IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT.
TURN TO DEUTERONOMY, THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE OLD, CHAPTER 26.
TITHE IS A SOURCE OF BLESSING TO PEOPLE AS IT IS USED FOR
MINISTRY, IT'S ALSO A SOURCE OF BLESSING TO YOURSELF.
IT'S A SOURCE OF BLESSING TO YOURSELF.
CHAPTER 26 OF DEUTERONOMY, THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE BIBLE.
AND WHAT WE WILL SEE HERE IS THAT THE TITHE, LEVITICUS 27:30
SAYS THAT THE TITHE BELONGS TO GOD.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HOLD ON TO SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO GOD,
YOU WANT TO GIVE TO GOD.
IF YOU HOLD ON TO IT, IT'S A CURSE, IT'S THE ABSENCE OF A
BLESSING.
VERSE 12, WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED LAYING ASIDE ALL YOUR TITHE IN
THE INCREASE IN THE THIRD YEAR AND HAVE GIVEN IT TO THE LEVITE.
THE STRANGER AND THE FATHERLESS AND THE WIDOW, SO THAT THEY MY
EAT IN YOUR GATES AND BE FILLED.
THEN YOU SHALL SAY TO THE LORD YOUR GOD, I HAVE REMOVED THE
HOLY TITHE FROM MY HOUSE.
EVERYONE SAY REMOVE THE HOLY TITHE FROM MY HOUSE.
THAT MEANS THAT HOLY, MEAN IT'S SET ASIDE FOR GOD'S PURPOSE.
AND IT'S STILL WITH YOU.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO GOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD BY GOD OR FELT IT IN YOUR HEART,
THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY SORRY TO SOMEBODY.
AND THE LONGER YOU WAIT THE MORE GUILT YOU FEEL.
ANYBODY?
CAN I GET AN AMEN.
AND YOU RATIONALIZE IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU GET GUILT.
YOU HAVE THIS APOLOGY THAT YOU NEED TO GET RID OF.
GOD IS SAYING, SAY IT.
AND YOU ARE HOLDING ON TO IT.
OR COMPLIMENT, SAY IT.
OR ENCOURAGEMENT, IT'S NOT YOURS.
THE BIBLE SAYS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND NOT DO IS SIN.
ONCE YOU GIVE THE TITHE THAT BELONGS TO GOD AND GET IT OUT OF
THE YOUR HOUSE AND POSSESSION, IT'S NOT YOURS.
VERSE 13, THEN YOU SHALL SAY I HAVE REMOVED THE HOLY TITHE FROM
MY HOUSE AND I HAVE GIVEN THEM TO THE LEVITE, THE STRANGER, THE
FATHERLESS AND THE WIDOW, ACCORDING TO YOUR COMMANDMENT
THAT YOU HAVE COMMANDED.
I HAVE NOT TRANSGRESSED AGAINST YOUR COMMANDMENT, I HAVEN'T EAT
THE TITHE OR SPENT ON MYSELF, I HAVEN'T USED FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
NO, IT'S NOT MINE.
I HAVEN'T GIVEN TO THE DEAD, I HAVEN'T DEDICATED TO SOMETHING I
SHOULDN'T GIVE TO.
I HAVE OBEYED THE VOICE OF GOD, AND ONCE I HAVE DONE THAT, LOOK
DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND BLESS YOUR PEOPLE, THE ISRAEL, AND THE LAND
YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US.
GOD SAYS, I WILL GIVE YOU THIS LAND, I WILL BLESS YOU, BUT I
WANT MY TITHE.
IF YOU WANT TO SECURE THE BLESSING, IF YOU HAVE A TITHE IN
YOUR HOUSE, I AM NOT GOING TO BLESS.
BUT IF IT'S GRACE, I WILL BLESS YOU WAY MORE THAN WHAT YOU GIVE
ME.
WAY MORE.
THREE, OFFERINGS ARE OVER AND ABOVE THE TITHE.
YOUR TITHE IN OUR CONTEXT IS REGULAR, REGULAR PAYS THE BILLS,
KEEPS US GOING.
THE OFFERING I WILL GIVE A SPECIAL OFFERING FOR THIS
PROJECT.
WE HAVE THE BASIC HOPE CAMPAIGN OVER AND ABOVE TITHE.
FOR FIVE THINGS, WE WERE GOING TO PAY DOWN DEBT WHICH WE DID.
AND FINANCE CHURCHES AROUND SAN DIEGO, AND DO ONLINE CHURCH 24
HOURS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND WE WERE GOING TO DO GLOBAL EVANGELISM.
WE JUST RECENTLY ACQUIRED AN ORPHANAGE IN HAITI.
AMEN, AND IN THAT ORPHANAGE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A
KITCHEN TO FEED 1,000 PEOPLE A DAY.
THE KITCHEN HAS THE CAPACITY TO FEED 6000 A DAY.
BUT WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL GIVE US FOOD FOR 1,000
PEOPLE A DAY FREE, IF WE BUY THE KITCHEN.
YOU CAN SAY, YOU CAN EAT PRETTY MUCH WHEN YOU WANT.
BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT CAN'T EAT WHEN THEY WANT.
AND IN CITY HEIGHTS THERE ARE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE TO GET
FOOD.
SO IN HAITI WE HAVE AN ORPHANAGE.
OUR PEOPLE FOUND A BABY LAYING IN A TRASH HEAP WITH PIGS EATING
AROUND THE BABY, THE BABY WAS LEFT THERE TO DIE.
THIS IS WHAT THE BABY LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE GOT THE BABY.
OKAY, THE BABY WAS LEFT TO DIE.
THIS IS WHAT THE BABY LOOKS LIKE NOW.
BOOM.
BOOM.
[APPLAUSE]
THIS IS REAL-TIME.
THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THAT BABY'S NAME IS DANIEL.
AND I AM GETTING READY TO HAVE A GRANDSON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO DO THIS.
BUT I THINK MY GRANDSON ENVIRONMENT, THAT BABY'S
ENVIRONMENT.
TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.
AND HOW CAN I CONNECT THOSE TWO GUYS TO BE FRIENDS FROM BIRTH
AND GROW UP AND MEET ONE DAY, AMEN.
AND WE FOUND A BABY A GIRL LEFT THE BABY ON THE BEACH AND THE
LEFT TO DIE.
THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED MORE BABIES AND WE HAD NO ROOM FOR
THOSE BABIES, THEY DIED.
THIS IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S REAL STUFF.
SO THE OFFERING IS ABOVE THE TITHE.
SO WHEN WE WANT TO SUPPORT STUFF, THAT'S IT.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT HAPPENS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S A WIN/WIN.
LORD, YOU ARE ASKING ME TO TITHE AND I GET BLESSED.
WHAT IS THE CATCH?
THERE IS NO CATCH, THERE IS NO CATCH WITH GOD.
BACK UP, I AM A JERK AND SINNER, AND I GOING TO HELL.
I GIVE MY PROBLEM TO GOD AND HE BLESSES ME AND MY LIFE CHANGED.
WHAT IS THE CATCH?
NO CATCH.
JUST GLORIFY HIM.
THAT'S IT.
NUMBER FOUR IN YOUR NOTES.
A TITHE WAS A SIGN OF APPRECIATION AND TRUST BECAUSE
IT ACTUALLY BELONGED TO GOD AND CAME FROM GOD.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE COMES FROM GOD.
YOU MAY SAY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING
I HAVE IS MINE.
THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND GOD TO HAVE A
CHAT.
NO, FOR REAL.
YOU NEED TO SAY, GOD, I HEARD IN CHURCH AND THE PASTOR SAID THAT
EVERYTHING CAME FROM YOU, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT I DID THIS WORK AND I ACQUIRED THAT AND IT'S ALL
MINE.
YOU SHOULD TELL GOD THAT.
I MEAN SO YOU ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
BECAUSE IN HIS MIND HE'S PROVIDED YOU EVERYTHING.
YOUR LIFE.
YOUR TALENT.
THE OPPORTUNITY.
THE WISDOM TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE AND GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED YOU TO
SUSTAIN IT.
AND YOU MAY WANT TO BE SURE YOU ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND TELL
HIM, THAT HE CAN'T TOUCH IT.
AND THAT HE CAN'T TAKE IT EVEN IF HE WANTED TO.
BECAUSE IT'S ALL YOURS.
NOW AS A PASTOR, I WOULD TELL YOU DON'T SAY THAT.
BUT IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOUR BELIEF IS, YOU WANT TO CLARIFY
THAT WITH THE LORD.
BECAUSE HE'S UNDER THE IMPRESSION, A VERY DIFFERENT
IMPRESSION.
THIS RIGHT HERE, BELONGS TO GOD.
YEAH, BELONGS TO GOD.
[LAUGHTER]
I AM SAYING.
SO WHAT I GOT TO DO, GOD, I GOT TO DO YOU RIGHT BY THIS.
I GOT TO DO YOU RIGHT BY THIS.
MY MOUTH.
THE CHARGERS WOULD ASK ME TO TALK, AND I WOULD SAY, I AM NOT
A SPEAKER.
I DON'T SPEAK IN PUBLIC, THAT'S NOT MY GIFT.
GOD SAYS WHO SAYS.
THIS ALL BELONGS TO GOD.
OKAY, NUMBER FIVE, A TITHE IS NOT GIVING IT IS RETURNING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL IF IT BELONGS TO GOD, IT'S HIS ANYWAY.
THIS IS WHAT GOD DOES, LET ME SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT.
HOW MANY HAVE CHILDREN, LET ME SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT CHILD.
IT'S MINE BUT I TRUST YOU WITH IT.
LET ME SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY.
LET ME SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR PRETTY FACE.
LET ME SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR -- YOUR MONEY-MAKER.
UH-HUH.
ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT FOR YOU?
OR ARE YOU GOING TO GLORIFY ME?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?
I WILL GIVE YOU A HOUSE, ARE YOU GOING TO HONOR ME WITH YOUR
HOUSE.
ARE YOU GOING TO HONOR ME WITH YOUR CAR.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS YOU SAY, GOD, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT.
WHEN MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE, AND THEY WERE
THROWING BEER BOTTLES ON MY LAWN, AND I SAID DON'T THROW
BOTTLE ON MY LAWN.
AND BECAUSE I HADN'T SEE A FILIPINO, AND I SAID, WHAT ARE
Y'ALL.
THEY SAY, WE ARE FILIPINO, AND I SAY, DON'T PUT YOUR BOTTLES ON
MY LAWN.
AND THEN I SAID, I WILL HAVE A BIBLE STUDY RIGHT HERE.
I MOVED AND WHEN I LEFT THAT HOUSE I CRIED LIKE A BABY FOR
HOURS, LIKE SOMEONE SHOT MY MOTHER.
BECAUSE IN THAT HOUSE ALL OUR KIDS WERE BORN, AND MY MINISTRY
STARTED IN THAT HOUSE.
I SAID, GOD THIS IS YOUR HOUSE.
HOW YOU WANT ME TO USE IT?
SO YOU HAVE TO SAY, LORD, THIS IS IT.
IT COMES FROM YOU, AND I AM GIVING YOU BACK WHAT YOU GAVE TO
ME, SO YOU CAN BLESS ME AGAIN.
GOD IS A GIVER, HE GAVE YOU LIFE AND HIS SON AND OPPORTUNITY, YOU
WANT TO BLESS HIM.
GIVING.
AMEN.
MATTHEW 6.
LAST ONE.
TURN TO MATTHEW 6.
MATTHEW FIRST BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VERSE 19.
IT SAYS, DO NOT LAY UP FOR YOURSELF TREASURES ON EARTH
WHERE MOTH AND RUST DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND
STEAL.
BUT LAY UP FOR YOURSELF TREASURES IN HEAVEN WHERE NOT
MOTHS AND RUST DESTROYS, BECAUSE WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS WHERE
YOUR HEART IS ALSO.
THIS IS NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T HAVE A LOT OF NICE THINGS.
AND/OR IF YOU GET A LOT OF NICE THINGS YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT ALL
TO THE CHURCH.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S SAYING.
IT'S SAYING THAT EVERYTHING YOU GET HONOR GOD WITH AND USE IT TO
STORE TREASURES IN HEAVEN.
GOD, I WILL GIVE IT FOR YOUR USE.
GOD MAY SAY BUY A BIG HOUSE AND THREE CARS.
FINE, GOD IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
BUT LORD, I WILL USE IT IN A WAY TO HONOR YOU.
I AM NOT GOING TO BUY A CAR AND DRIVE 500 MILES PER HOUR EVERY
AND BREAK THE LAW.
BUT I WILL HONOR YOU.
AND SO I GET RICHES IN HEAVEN USING THIS MONEY.
I WILL GET RICHES IN HEAVEN USING MY MOUTH AND MIND.
AND THEN VERSE 21, WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THAT'S WHERE YOUR
HEART IS.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE SOMEONE'S HEART IS, LOOK AT
THEIR CHECK BOOK.
WHEN PEOPLE GET SAVED THE LAST PART OF THEIR LIFE THEY GET
SAVED IS THEIR WALLET.
PEOPLE GET SAVED LIKE THIS -- DEAR LORD, PLEASE, COME INTO MY
HEART.
BUT NOT MY POCKET.
MY HEART BUT NOT MY POCKET.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
TAKE OUT THIS, IT SAYS 90-DAY TITHE CHALLENGE.
AND I AM SORRY -- TAKE THAT OUT BUT ALSO TURN TO MALACHI
CHAPTER 3.
MALACHI IS THE BOOK RIGHT BEFORE MATTHEW.
RIGHT BEFORE MATTHEW.
THE VERY LAST PAGE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
WE ARE TALKING TO OUR BOARD ABOUT THIS TITHE CHALLENGE.
WHICH IS REALLY TELLING PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR MONEY BACK.
AND I SAID, ARE Y'ALL GOOD WITH THEM, BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE
PLACE IN THE BIBLE WHERE GOD SAYS TO TEST HIM.
AND IT'S IN MALACHI.
VERSE 8, CHAPTER 3.
IT SAYS, WILL A MAN ROB GOD, YET YOU HAVE ROBBED ME.
THIS IS A PROPHET TALK TO GO ISRAEL.
YOU SAYING WHAT WAY HAVE WE ROBBED GOD.
NOW YOU ROB SOMEBODY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO
THEM THAT YOU ARE KEEPING ILLEGALLY.
AND SAYS, IN WHAT HAVE WE ROBBED YOU, IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS.
THEY BELONG TO ME.
YOU ARE CURSED WITH A CURSE, FOR YOU HAVE ROBBED ME EVEN THIS
WHOLE NATION.
LET ME CLARIFY A CURSE.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
NECESSARILY.
BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE BLESSINGS YOU COULD BE RECEIVING
YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING.
IN OTHER WORDS SOME OF YOU ARE WORKING REALLY HARD, AND MAY BE
MAKING MORE MONEY, BUT YOUR LIFESTYLE IS THE SAME.
YOU MAY BE WORKING HARD AND YOU ARE NOT GETTING A RAISE.
YOU ARE WORKING HARD AND NOT GETTING A PROMOTION.
YOU ARE WORKING HARD AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS STILL MESSED UP.
BECAUSE GOD IS NOT BLESSING YOU.
THAT'S WHY.
BECAUSE WHEN GOD BLESSES YOU THINGS ACCELERATE BEYOND YOUR
EFFORT.
IT'S CALLED GRACE.
GOD IS SAYING, I AM NOT GOING TO BLESS YOU.
YEAH YOU CAN WORK AND NOT ENJOY IT AND MAKE MONEY AND IT
DISAPPEARS.
RAISE YOUR HANDS UP IF YOU HAVE SEEN MONEY DISAPPEAR.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IT HAS WINGS LIKE EAGLES AND FLIES AWAY.
YOU CAN SEE IT FLY AWAY.
YOU KNOW WHY?
IT'S CALLED A CURSE, IT'S NOT GOING YOUR WAY.
AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT HE SAYS, VERSE 10, BRING ALL THE TITHES
IN THE STORE HOUSE THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN THE HOUSE, IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE CHURCH, THERE MAY BE FOOD IN THE MINISTRY.
AND IT SAYS, TEST ME.
SAY, TEST ME.
SAYS THE LORD, IF YOU BRING ME A TITHE AND IF I DO NOT OPEN THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT SUCH A BLESSING AND THERE IS NOT
ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT.
LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, IF I OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR
OUT THE BLESSING THAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT, OKAY, GOD, WHAT IS
THE CATCH.
HERE'S THE CATCH, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED?
NO, YOU DON'T.
YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED YOUR WAY.
WHAT WE WILL DO, WE GO ON OUR KNEES.
AND YOU FILL IT OUT.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT TITHE.
$5 IS NOT A TITHE.
IF YOU MAKE 100,000, THEN 10,000.
FAITH.
I HAVE BEEN TITHING SINCE 1984 AND I GOT SAVED.
AND MORE SO.
GOD IS FAITHFUL.
HE IS RIDICULOUSLY FAITHFUL.
GOD IS SAYING, TEST ME.
HERE'S THE TEST.
I WILL FILL THIS OUT AND COMMIT TO TITHING.
IT HAS TO BE DONE A WAY TO TRACK IT, CHECK, CREDIT CARD, ALL THE
INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN THERE.
AND FROM THE DAY YOU GIVE US, 90 DAYS LATER, IF YOU CAN SAY THAT
GOD DID NOT BLESS YOU.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET ALL OF THIS MONEY, SAY, MONEY.
NECESSARILY.
BUT IT COULD BE MONEY.
SAY NOT MONEY NECESSARILY.
IT COULD BE MONEY.
BUT IT COULD BE --
[LAUGHTER]
AND ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES, THE
PEOPLE HERE SAID IT COULD BE MONEY.
IT COULD BE A WIFE.
AND IF YOU GET THE RIGHT WIFE THAT'S BETTER THAN MONEY.
IF YOU GET THE WRONG WIFE -- GIVE ME THE MONEY.
OR WRONG HUSBAND.
WHEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW GOD, I AM OUT OF OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I
WILL TITHE.
AND SOME WILL SAY I WILL TITHE 10%, AND THIS IS SO CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
YOU NEED TO WATCH WHAT GOD DOES.
REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT MIRACLES, HERE WE GO.
WATCH WHAT GOD DOES, BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T CALL A DIVINE
APPOINTMENT A COINCIDENCE.
AND YOU MAY SAY, I DIDN'T GET ANYMORE MONEY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I HAD PEACE.
I ENJOY GIVING.
MY HEALTH IS BLESSED.
THERE IS PEACE IN MY HOUSE.
I GOT ANOTHER JOB.
IT WORKED.
THAT'S BLESSED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T NEED ANYTHING.
WHEN YOU CAN SAY, LORD, I AM GOOD.
THAT MEANS YOUR VATS ARE OVER FLOWING.
NOT THAT YOU HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, I AM GOOD.
PEOPLE ASK WHAT DO I NEED PRAYER FOR, THERE IS STUFF TO PRAY FOR
BUT I AM GOOD.
LET'S GET ON OUR KNEES AT ALL CAMPUSES.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO, WE WILL END LIKE WE STARTED.
IF EVERYONE CAN JUST TAKE THAT CARD OUT THAT SAYS, TITHE
CHALLENGE.
IF YOU DO NOT TITHE, AND MAYBE YOU ARE A REGULAR GIVER BUT YOU
DON'T TITHE, THIS IS FOR YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO PRAY.
AND AFTER WE PRAY I WANT YOU TO CHALLENGE TO SIT IN YOUR SEAT
AND FILL IT OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE AND DROP IT OFF IN THE BOX.
AND YOUR CLOCK STARTS.
AND WATCH WHAT GOD DOES.
AND YOU DO IT BY FAITH.
AND YOU SAY, GOD, I AM DOING IT OUT OF FAITH BASED ON YOUR WORD.
NOT MILE'S WORD.
YOUR WORD.
AND I WILL HONOR YOU, AND I WILL BE HONEST.
AND YOU BLESS ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.
AND GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BLESSING IS, BUT WHATEVER IT IS,
I AM GOOD WITH THAT.
LORD, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS
KEEP YOUR PROMISE.
AND LORD, I PRAY YOU MOVE IN PEOPLE'S HEARTS NOW AND THEY
FILL THIS OUT AND COMMIT TO INVESTING IN YOUR KINGDOM, RIGHT
HERE IN THIS CHURCH.
I PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WATCH ONLINE DO IT, BECAUSE THE
FORM IS ONLINE.
AND I PRAY THAT YOU OPEN UP THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN ON THEIR LIFE.
EVEN NOW THAT IS WE KNEEL HERE AND WHEN THEY GET HOME, THEY
WILL SEE THAT YOU STARTED BLESSING THEM.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT GOT BLESSED THIS MORNING BEFORE THEY
CAME.
BECAUSE GOD KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO COMMIT TODAY.
CAN I GET AN AMEN?
DID GOD BLESS YOU BEFORE YOU CAME?
AMEN.
THANK YOU, GOD.
BLESS ALL THE CAMPUSES, BLESS THE PEOPLE ONLINE.
AND I PRAY THAT THEY OBEY YOU.
IN JESUS' NAME AMEN.
IF YOU WANT TO FILL IT OUT, SIT BACK IN YOUR SEAT, TAKE A
MINUTE.
AND WE WILL HAVE MUSIC.
AND THE REST OF Y'ALL, WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.