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CLOSED CAPTIONING
PROVIDED BY
THE STAFF OF THE
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
NETWORK.
>>ARTHELENE: HI THERE
AND WELCOME FRIEND
AND WELCOME TO
HOMEKEEPERS, I HOPE
YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO
GRAB SOME HOT TEA,
AND JOIN ME, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
I AM SO GLAD THAT
YOU ARE THERE AND I
HOPE YOU WILL STAY
WITH US FOR THE
ENTIRE PROGRAM AND
EVERY DAY I LIKE TO
SAY IF YOU ARE A
BRAND-NEW VISITOR,
AND I WANT YOU KNOW
YOU ARE WELCOME AND I
WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT
WE ARE CALLED,
"HOMEKEEPERS." AND
WE TRY TO HELP
ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING IN THE
HOME, THAT WOULD BE
ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING, AND WE
CANNOT RUN OUT OF
TOPICS VERY SOON.
AND FOR THE REGULAR
VIEWERS, AND FOR THE
ONES WHO ARE FAITHFUL
AND YOU KEEP US ON
THE AIR, AND I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU
ARE LOVED, REALLY AND
TRULY. WE HAVE GOT A
GOOD PROGRAM TODAY,
AND WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING I
WOULD SAY, THAT 99
PERCENT OF ALL OF THE
PEOPLE ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN, AND
THE MONEY, IS
INTERESTING AND WHAT
GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT
MONEY, AND MY GUEST
IS A YOUNG MAN, AND
HE BECAME INTERESTED
WHEN HE WAS 14. AND
HE ESTABLISHED AND
HE HAS ESTABLISHED A
WEALTH MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS, AND HE HAS
WRITTEN A BOOK, AND
THIS IS AN
IN-YOUR-FACE TITLE,
AND THIS IS MY LIVING
TESTIMONY AND MY
GUEST IS SO SPECIAL.
THIS IS SUCH AN
INTERESTING SUBJECT,
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
DO NOT WANT IT, BUT
I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR
ONE WORD OF IT OF
THE BIBLE, AND THERE
IS SO MUCH IN THE
BIBLE ABOUT MONEY
AND ABOUT HOW YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO HANDLE
MONEY. THIS IS VERY
INTERESTING, AND I
WAS MARRIED TO A
GREAT PREACHER AND HE
IS BEEN IN HEAVEN FOR
MANY YEARS AND HE HAD
A BOOKLET CALLED, AND
HE WAS CALLED, THE
PREACHERS
UNPARDONABLE SIN.
AND WHAT THE ESSENCE
OF THE BOOK WAS, AND
PEOPLE WILL FORGIVE A
PREACHER FOR
ANYTHING, HOWEVER
PREACHING ABOUT MONEY
IS UNFORGIVABLE. AND
I BELIEVE, I WOULD
BE NEGLIGENT IF IF I
DID NOT BRING YOU
THESE TYPES OF GUEST.
AND THIS IS THE
NEATEST BOOK. AND
THIS HAS THE GREATEST
PAPER AND LETTERING,
AND YOU WOULD ENJOY
THIS BOOK AT ANY AGE,
AND I WANT YOU TO
MEET THE YOUNG MAN
AND TALK ABOUT THIS
VERY IMPORTANT
SUBJECT. AND, I AM
GOING TO BE JOINING
STEPHANIE AND WERE
GOING TO BE MAKING
SOME LEMON AND
CHICKEN AND RICE, IT
IS GOING TO BE
MAGNIFICENT. IF YOU
LIKE THOSE ONE DISH
MEALS, AND WE PUT
THEM OUT ONCE IN A
WHILE, AND I KNOW
MANY FAMILIES DO
THIS. AND USUALLY,
THEY ARE INEXPENSIVE
AND THEY CAN HELP YOU
WITH YOUR BUDGET,
AND WE CAN JOIN HER
WORD THAT, AND I
WANT TO OFFER YOU THE
BOOK, AND THIS IS A
SPECIAL BOOK, AND YOU
WILL MEET HIM IN A
FEW MINUTES, AND
THIS IS A WONDERFUL
BOOK AND WE CAN SEND
YOU THIS, FOR THE
GIFT OF $15. I
PROMISE YOU, THE WAY
THE BOOK IS LAID OUT,
ANYONE AND THE YOUNG
ONES, AND THE
GRANDFATHERS AND YOU
WOULD ENJOY THE BOOK.
AND I AM ANXIOUS TO
KNOW WHY IT IS LAID
OUT LIKE IT IS. IT IS
ABSOLUTELY CHARMING,
AND THERE IS SO MUCH
GOOD INFORMATION
HERE. AND WE HAVE
GOT STEPHANIE HERE.
AND THE INFORMATION
IS UP ON THE SCREEN
AND GET THIS AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT. IT
SMELLS SO GOOD AND
HERE. AND DON'T WE
HAVE TO GIVE THEM,
AND WE HAVE TO GIVE
THEM AN EXPLANATION?
AND YES, AND YOU
ARE LOOKING SO SAD,
AND YOU WILL WORKING
ON THE MONKEY BREAD
AND THAT FELL APART.
>>STEPHANIE: AND
YES, AND THIS IS NOT
MADE FOR WHAT WE WERE
DOING, AND WE WERE
TRYING, AND
EVERYTHING GOT STUCK
TOGETHER.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YOU
KNOW AND MISTER KEITH
SENT US THIS. AND THIS IS
NOT FOR THIS PURPOSE.
>>STEPHANIE: THIS IS
NOT FOR THE MONKEY
BREAD LIKE WE WERE
DOING.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
THIS WAS FOR THE
POWDERED SUGAR, AND
THIS WOULD BE SO
GOOD.
>>STEPHANIE: BUT
THIS DID COME OUT OF
THE PAN.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I
DO TAKE THIS HOME
ONCE IN A WHILE, IN
ANY WAY, AND WE
ALWAYS AND WE LIKE
TO REDEEM EACH OTHER,
AND WHAT DO I DO?
AND WHAT SHOULD I DO?
>>STEPHANIE: AND YOU
HAVE THE CORN AND THE
CHICKEN BROTH, AND
THEN YOU HAVE THE
CORNSTARCH AND YOU
COULD MIX THIS ALL
TOGETHER. AND WE
HAVE GOT THE PAN
HERE, AND THEN WE
HAVE THE GARLIC AND
WE HAVE SOME BUTTER.
>>ARTHELENE: THIS IS
SO TASTY.
>>STEPHANIE: AND WE
HAVE GOT THE CARROTS
AND THIS IS SO
DELICIOUS, AND WE
HAVE THE BIG ONIONS
AND THEY ARE CHOPPED
UP. OH, THIS IS
GOING TO BE SO GOOD.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE
SAUTÉ.
>>ARTHELENE: I WILL
TELL YOU, AND THE
LEMON.
>>STEPHANIE: AND THIS
GIVES IT SUCH A NICE
KICK.
>>ARTHELENE: YES.
NOW, AND YOU WERE
OFF,
>>STEPHANIE: I WAS,
IT WAS FABULOUS FOR
TWO WEEKS.
>>ARTHELENE:
>>STEPHANIE: I DID
NOT KNOW WHY I DID
NOT HAVE ON MY
PAJAMAS.
>>ARTHELENE: AND DID
YOU DO THE COOKING?
>>STEPHANIE: I DID
NOT DO ANYTHING, AND
I WANTED TO DO SO
MUCH AND I THOUGHT I
COULD DO IT, AND THEN
I THOUGHT I COULD DO
IT AND THEN I THOUGHT
I HAD THE TIME.
>>ARTHELENE: WOULD
YOUR FAMILY LIKE
THIS?
>>STEPHANIE: AND THIS
IS WHAT I WOULD TAKE
HOME AND YES, AND WE
HAVE GOT THE CHICKEN,
AND WE HAVE CUT THIS
UP THIS IS ONE-POUND.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YES,
AND THEN WE HAVE THE
CHICKEN BREAST, AND
THIS IS THE WAY YOU
WILL STRETCH THIS
OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, AND
THERE ARE SO MANY
RECIPES ON
HOW TO STRETCH
IT OUT, AND THIS IS
THE EXPENSE AND THIS
IS THE MEAT.
>>STEPHANIE: AND
THIS IS A GREAT TIME
TO SIT DOWN AT THE
NEW YEAR, AND YOU
CAN WRITE DOWN YOUR
BILLS, AND YOU CAN
CREATE A BUDGET. AND
WE CAN PREPARE THE
MEALS.
>>ARTHELENE: AND HOW
LONG AGO DID YOU
BEGIN ON THIS?
>>STEPHANIE: THIS WAS
ABOUT TWO YEARS.
>>ARTHELENE: AND WHAT
IS THE DIFFERENCE
NOW? AND AFTER
CHRISTMAS NOW?
>>STEPHANIE: IT WAS
GREAT, I CAN SLEEP,
IT IS GREAT TO SLEEP,
AND I DON'T LIE IN
THE BED AND CRY. AND
YES, THIS REALLY
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE,
AND IT IS NICE TO BE
ON THE SAME PAGE WITH
MY HUSBAND, AND WE
UNDERSTAND AND WE
AGREE, AND THIS
HELPS TREMENDOUSLY.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I
THINK THIS IS THE
ONLY WAY TO WORK IT.
>>STEPHANIE: IT WOULD
BE SO HARD OTHERWISE.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I
SPOKE FOR A PASTOR IN
INDIANAPOLIS AND I
WAS ON THE FACEBOOK,
AND THEY HAVE DONE A
LOT OF WORK WITH
DAVID RAMSEY, AND
LAST YEAR, IT WAS,
THEY GOT ALL OF THE
STATISTICS, AND THEY
DID NOT HAVE THE
NAMES AND THE ENTIRE
CONGREGATION, AND
HOW MUCH THEY WERE IN
DEBT.
>>STEPHANIE: THAT
WOULD BE INTERESTING
AND ALSO SCARY.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
WITHIN ONE YEAR, AND
THEY WANT TO SEE HOW
THEY HAVE REDUCED IT.
>>STEPHANIE: THAT IS
AWESOME AND THAT
WOULD BE A GROUP
EFFORT. AND THIS
SHOULD BE COOKED,
BUT I WILL DO THIS,
AND THIS WILL
CONTINUE COOKING.
AND THIS SHOULD BE
COOKED UNTIL THIS IS
NOT PINK, AND
DON'T DO WHAT I AM
DOING. AND WE HAVE
GOT THE CORNSTARCH
YOU AND WE HAVE THE
LEMONS. AND THIS IS
DOING SO NICELY. AND
THIS IS SO VERY
NICELY. AND WE HAVE
THE BROWN RICE.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
YES, AND WE HAVE ONE
HERE AND I COULD PUT
THIS ON HERE.
>>STEPHANIE: AND
THEN YES, AND WE
HAVE THE PAN. AND
AFTER THIS WILL
THICKEN UP, YOU
HAVE THE RICE, THIS IS
DELICIOUS AND THEN
YOU LET THIS SIT FOR
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I'VE
ALREADY HAD A TASTE
OF THIS, AND WHEN
THE PROGRAM IS OVER,
I WOULD HAVE A PLATE
FULL OF IT.
>>STEPHANIE: AND
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD
MEAL RIGHT HERE AND
WE CAN HAVE SOME
BREAD.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YES,
AND IF YOU WANT A
SALAD. AND THIS
WOULD BE THE WAY THIS
WOULD COME OUT OF
THIS IS SO NICE.
>>STEPHANIE: IT IS SO
PRETTY.
>>ARTHELENE: AND IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO THE
RECIPE AND WE WILL
BE GLAD TO SEND THIS
OUT TO YOU. YOU CAN
WRITE TO ME AND YOU
DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR
THIS AND I WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT, AND YOU
CAN WRITE TO ME AT MY
PO BOX YOU SEE ON
YOUR SCREEN, AND YOU
CAN ASK FOR THE
RECIPE FOR THE
LEMON, CHICKEN AND
RICE. AND I
GUARANTEE YOU YOU'LL
LIKE IT. AND I WANT
YOU TO BE MY NEW BEST
FRIEND, ANDREW.
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>>IF YOU WOULD LIKE A
COPY OF THE RECIPE
TODAY YOU CAN WRITE
TO THE ADDRESS ON THE
SCREEN, YOU CAN
E-MAIL US, AT THE
E-MAIL ADDRESS YOU
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.
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>>ARTHELENE: ALL
RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO
MEET ANDREW, AND I
COULD BE HIS
GRANDMOTHER. AND YOU
KNEW WHAT YOU WANTED
TO DO WHEN YOU WERE
YOUNG.
>>GUEST: AND YES, I
WANTED TO TEACH
PEOPLE, AND I WANTED
THEM TO KNOW BUT MY
PASSION EARLY ON.
>>ARTHELENE: AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK, AND
WHY DID YOU WANT TO
GET INTO MONEY
MANAGEMENT? AND SO
FORTH?
>>GUEST: AND YOU
KNOW, THAT IS A FUNNY
STORY AND I STARTED,
AND BEFORE I OPENED
MY FIRM, I WAS 14,
I WOULD WITNESS MY
FAMILY, AND I KNOW
TO THOSE WHO WERE
LIVING THE BLESSINGS,
EFFORT THOSE WHO WERE
OBEDIENT AND
FAITHFUL, TO THE
BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP,
THAT I SHARE IN MY
BOOK. AND OF COURSE,
THEY WERE NOT WEALTHY
BUT THEY DID HAVE
WHAT THEY NEEDED.
AND I DISCOVERED
EARLY ON, AND WHAT
WOULD COME IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT FORMS, AND
MAYBE PHYSICALLY, OR
SPIRITUALLY OR
MENTALLY. AND ALSO,
AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE
SAID, AND MONEY WILL
PURCHASE A HOUSE,
THAT CANNOT PURCHASE
A HOME, IT WILL
PURCHASE A BED BUT NO
SLEEP. IT WILL FILL
UP THE OFFERING
PLATE, BUT IT DOES
NOT HELP THE
FELLOWSHIP AND I DID
DISCOVER THAT EARLY
ON.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I
WAS TALKING EARLIER
ABOUT A BOOK, WITH
HERMAN BAILEY. WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT
IT. AND IT IS A
PROPHETIC PERCENTAGE
OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
CHURCHES AND THEY DO
NOT GIVE THE TITHES.
AND IF EVERYBODY BUT
DO THAT, AND THEY
WOULD NEVER TAKE UP
AND OFFERING, THEY
WOULD NEVER TAKE UP
ANY SPECIAL OFFERINGS
AT ALL, EVERYTHING
WOULD BE TAKEN CARE
OF. AND IT WAS ONE
SPEAKER HE SAID,
EVERYTHING THAT IS
NEEDED TO TAKE CARE
OF THE CHURCH AND OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES,
AND BEYOND, IS RIGHT
HERE, AND THE
PROBLEM IS, IT IS
STILL IN YOUR PURSE.
>>GUEST: AND WE HAVE
GOT A CHANCE FOR
PROBLEM AND NOT A
MONEY PROBLEM.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YOU
KNOW, THIS IS MAKING
ME SAD, AND WE NOTED
A BLESSING, AND I
KNOW THE BLESSING OF
GETTING MY TITHING TO
THE LORD, AND I HAVE
BEEN A WIDOW FOR MORE
THAN 30 YEARS. I HAD
NO HUSBAND OR
BUSINESS AND I ONLY
HAD THE LORD HE HAS
ALWAYS CARED FOR ME,
ALWAYS. AND LIKE
YOU, I LEARNED WHEN I
WAS YOUNGER, TO GIVE
10 PERCENT TO THE
LORD. AND THAT SEEMS
PALTRY, AND THE
GOVERNMENT WANTS 40
PERCENT.
>>GUEST: AND JESUS
SAYS, YOU SHOULD GIVE
TO CAESAR WHAT HE
WANTS BUT HE TAKES
THE MOST OF IT.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YOU
KNOW, I HAVE SOME
QUOTES, AND I SENT
THESE TO MY SON, AND
HE IS A PASTOR. AND
YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD
NOT HAVE TALKED ABOUT
YOUR FIRST MILLION DOLLARS
WITHOUT GIVING THOSE FIRST FEW
DOLLARS? WHEN YOU
WERE YOUNG?
>>ARTHELENE:
>>GUEST: AND YES, AND
ONE OF THE RICHEST
MEN IN THE WORLD, ROCKEFELLER
>>GUEST: HE SAID HE
COULD NEVER COULD HAVE A
GIVEN, AND HE HAD TO
GIVE THAT FIRST $1.50
PER WEEK, AND WE
HAVE GOT TO HAVE THAT
TRUTH, AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SHARE
WITH YOUR KIDS AND
THE GRANDCHILDREN,
ABOUT THIS TRUTH.
AND I DON'T THINK
THERE IS A TIME TO
START BUT YOU DO
START NOW.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I
WANT TO GET THAT,
AND YOU HAVE HELPED
100, 150,000
FAMILIES, AND YOU SAW
MORE HAPPINESS, WITH
THOSE WHO WOULD GIVE
THE TITHE AND THOSE
THAT DID NOT.
>>GUEST: THAT IS SO
TRUE. AND YES
ABSOLUTELY.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I'VE
GOT ONE MORE, AND
GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES
WITH HER CHECKBOOK,
AND I CAN TELL YOU
WHERE THEIR HEART IS.
>>GUEST: THAT IS SUCH
A STRONG VOTE.
>>ARTHELENE: THAT IS
BILLY GRAHAM. ALL
RIGHT, AND YOU, AND
WHAT IS THE REASON
FOR AND HOW
ATTRACTIVE THE BOOK
IS, AND THE PAPER AND
THE PICTURES AND
EVERYTHING. AND DID
YOU WANT TO HAVE THE
IDEA THAT ANYBODY
COULD ENJOY IT?
>>GUEST: YES,
ABSOLUTELY, AND
MONEY CAN BE DRY.
AND I WROTE THIS TO
THE POINT, AND AFTER
I TRIED TO DO THE
BOOK, AND WHEN I
HAVE A BOOK THAT IS
120 PAGES, AND YOU
CAN GET LOST. AND I
WANTED SOMETHING
CLEAR AND TO THE
POINT AND THAT WOULD
KEEP YOUR ATTENTION.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YOU
ARE FROM A CHRISTIAN
HOME?
>>GUEST: YES.
>>ARTHELENE: AND DID
YOU GIVE YOUR TITHES
AND OFFERINGS WHEN
YOU WERE YOUNGER?
>>GUEST: AND YES.
AND I WISH, AND I
WISH THE LORD HAD
SPOKEN TO ME, AND
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
GIVE YOUR TITHES.
BUT I HAD TO GET TO
14, THAN I WITNESSED
AND WHAT HAD
HAPPENED.
>>ARTHELENE: AND ALL
THE WAY TO 14? MY,
MY.
>>GUEST: YES.
>>ARTHELENE: WELL,
AND SO, AND WHY THE
BILL? AND WHY DID YOU
WRITE THIS BOOK? AND
WHY DID YOU WANT IT?
>>GUEST: I THINK IN
LUKE 16:11 SAYS, IF
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
TRUSTWORTHY IN THE
WORLD RICHES, AND HOW
CAN YOU RECEIVE THE
TRUE RICHES? AND I
WOULD GIVE THE 10
PERCENT, AND YOU
KNOW I WOULD
CHALLENGE MYSELF AND
I GIVING ENOUGH? AND
I WANTED TO DO LIKE
RICK WARREN, AND GIVE
90 PERCENT, AND I
WANTED TO SHARE THE
TRUTH, AND I SHARED
THIS WITH OTHER
FAMILIES, AND THEY
NEEDED HELP.
>>ARTHELENE: AND DID
THAT COME TO YOUR
COUNSELING?
>>GUEST: ABSOLUTELY
YES, I BELIEVE THAT
YOU MUST BRING THE
LORD INTO YOUR
CHECKBOOK, AND THIS
IS THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN DO IT. AND WE
WOULD TALK ABOUT
WEALTH COMING IN MANY
FORMS, AND YOU MUST
HAVE THE LORD, ALSO.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
WHEN YOU LOOK AT
MONEY TODAY, AND 10
PERCENT WOULD BE SO
SMALL. IT IS SO
SMALL AS WE
MENTIONED, AND WE
ARE TAXED AT ABOUT 40
PERCENT. AND EVEN
MORE.
>>GUEST: AND YES, THE
HOTEL TAXES, THE CELL
PHONE TAXES AND IT IS
A LOT OF MONEY.
>>ARTHELENE: AND DO
YOU FIND RESISTANCE,
AND I THINK, THE
MINISTERS GET THE
FEELING AND IF YOU
WILL PREACH ON THE
MONEY, AND YOU FEEL
THE RESISTANCE. AND
IT SHOULD NOT BE, AND
I DO BELIEVE IT IS
ABUSED. AND ALSO ON
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION,
AND YES, I BELIEVE
IT WHAT WE ARE DOING,
BUT THIS CAN BE
ABUSED. AND THE
TRUTH OF THIS AND
THIS CANNOT BE
DENIED.
>>ARTHELENE:
ABSOLUTELY NOT, AND I
UNDERSTAND WHY MANY
CHURCHES SHY AWAY
FROM TALKING ABOUT
MONEY, AS A
THIRD-PARTY, I HAVE
NOBODY TO FIGHT. I
JUST SHARE WITH YOU
THE TRUTH, AND FOR
THESE EXPERIENCES,
AND FOR THE
BELIEVERS, AND THEY
HAVE TAKEN A LEAP OF
FAITH, AND THEY WILL
GIVE THE 10 PERCENT.
>>ARTHELENE: I THINK
IT IS INTERESTING, AND
THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE
COMING FROM AND YOU
DO NOT FEEL OFFENDED
AND YOU DID NOT FEEL
OFFENDED. AND MY
FATHER WAS A PASTOR,
AND HE WAS SAVED,
AND GOD KNEW IF YOU
COULD GIVE THE 10
PERCENT YOU COULD
WORK WITH A 90
PERCENT BETTER, AND
I BELIEVE THAT IS
VERY TRUE. AND YOU
CALL THIS THE
CHRISTIAN 101, THE
TITHING?
>>ARTHELENE:
>>GUEST: AND YES, AND
WE ARE TAUGHT THIS,
AND LIKE SO MANY
THINGS, LIKE
SANCTIFICATION AND
YOU CONTINUALLY
BETTER YOURSELF, AND
WE THINK AND THAT IS
GOOD AND THAT SOUNDS
GOOD, BUT WE DON'T
ALWAYS PRACTICE IT.
AND THIS DOES NOT
MAKE IT EASY BUT THIS
COULD BE DIFFICULT.
BUT WE KNOW TO DO IT.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YOU
KNOW, I FEEL, THE
PASTOR WHO WILL NOT
PREACH ON THIS WITH
REGULARITY, AND
MAYBE A COUPLE TIMES
PER YEAR. THE PEOPLE
BECOME IMPOVERISHED.
>>GUEST: ABSOLUTELY.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO
ABOUT GIVING. I WAS
A MINISTER OF MUSIC
IN A CHURCH, AND THE
PASTOR WAS JUST AND
HE WAS A PRECIOUS
MAN, AND HE HAS BEEN
THERE FOR 35 YEARS.
IN EVERY JANUARY, HE
WOULD PREACH ON
STEWARDSHIP. AND HE
WOULD HAVE THE
TESTIMONIES, THESE
ARE SO GREAT. AND
YOU COULD HAVE THE
BLESSINGS BECAUSE YOU
DID THIS. AND HE
WOULD START OUT AND
SAY, YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO LIKE IT,
BUT...
>>GUEST: THAT IS THE
WAY TO START OUT.
>>ARTHELENE: AND I
SAID, IF YOU EVER
GET, AND IF ANYBODY
EVER APOLOGIZES, I
WOULD GET OFF OF THE
PLATFORM.
>>GUEST: JESUS NEVER
APOLOGIZED.
>>ARTHELENE: AND THE
NEXT TIME HE SAID, I
DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR
ANYTHING. BECAUSE,
AND THIS IS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE PEOPLE
AND THERE IS A
BLESSING THAT COMES
WITH IT AND THIS IS
JUST 10 PERCENT.
>>GUEST: AND YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER,
AND THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT MONEY, MORE
THAN ANY OTHER TOPIC.
AND I GIVE THE
FAMILIES, AND MY
OFFICE, AND I GIVE
THEM THE ANALOGY.
AND WHEN YOU GO FOR
THE HEART PROBLEMS,
AND THEY CAN INSERT A
SPECIAL INGREDIENT TO
HELP YOU FIND OUT
WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
AND YOU KNOW MONEY
CAN SHOW YOU IN
FRIENDSHIPS, FAMILIES
AND BUSINESSES, AND
THIS CAN SHOW YOU
WHERE THE HEART OF
THE PERSON IS. THIS
IS WHY WE TALK ABOUT
IT SO MUCH.
>>ARTHELENE: AND THE
BIBLE SAYS WHERE YOUR
TREASURE IS, AND
THIS IS WHERE YOU
FIND YOUR HEART AND
OKAY YOU HAVE GOT
SOME EXCUSES IN THE
BOOK CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT THAT?
>>GUEST: AND YES
THAT IS OF THE
SYMPTOMS, I FORGOT
MY CHECKBOOK. I
FORGOT MY WALLET. I
DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
MONEY GOES. AND I'VE
HEARD THE EXCUSE,
THIS IS WHAT THE OLD
TESTAMENT SAYS, AND
THE NEW TESTAMENT
DOES NOT SAY IT.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
YES, AND WHEN IT
COMES TO AND WHEN IT
COMES TO THE OLD
TESTAMENT, AND THERE
ARE SOME WHO BELIEVE
IT AND JESUS SAYS I
DO NOT ABOLISH THE
LAW, AND I FULFILL
IT. IN SOME BE WITH
MY SAY, IT IS NOT THE
NEW TESTAMENT. BUT I
BELIEVE 10 PERCENT
AND THIS IS JUST THE
STARTING POINT AND
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT
PLACE TO START AND DO
IT CONSISTENTLY, AND
WATCH WHAT GOD WILL
DO IF YOU ARE JUST
JOINING ME. AND I'M
SPEAKING WITH MY
GUEST, ANDREW, AND
HE IS WORKING IN THE
FIELD OF THE MONEY.
HE HAS HIS OWN WEALTH
MANAGEMENT BUSINESS.
AND YOU COULD PUT
THE WEBSITE UP ON THE
SCREEN. AND YOU
COULD GET THE BOOK,
AND WE CAN OFFER YOU
THE BOOK. AND I
BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS
DIRECTED YOU TO ZERO
IN ON THIS TITHING.
AND I DON'T THINK
THAT WE HEAR IT LIKE
WE SHOULD. THIS IS A
DISCIPLINE IN
CHRISTIANITY. IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
>>GUEST: AND WE SHY
AWAY, AND THAT IS A
BIG LEAP FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE, AND WHEN THEY
COULD BARELY GET BY,
AND YOU TALK ABOUT
GIVING 10 PERCENT.
>>ARTHELENE: IT IS A
LEAP OF FAITH, AND
YOU ALSO HAVE
MENTIONED, AND I DO
NOT DOUBT BUT I HAVE
NEVER THOUGHT OF IT,
AND THE PERCENTAGE OF
THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE,
WAS GREATER IN THE
GREAT DEPRESSION.
AND THAT HAD TO BE A
DIFFERENT CULTURE AND
A DIFFERENT MINDSET.
>>GUEST: AND MY
GRANDFATHER IS 93, MY
GREAT-GRANDFATHER,
AND TO KNOW THE
STORIES, AND THEY
UNDERSTOOD THE TIME.
AND THEY GOT ALONG
WITHOUT, IT WAS LIKE
THE DARK AGES, AND
THEY DID NOT HAVE TO
GET A CAR, AND THEY
HAD TO TALK ABOUT
WALKING. AND THEY
HAD SUCH A HAPPY
HEART AND THEY WERE
SO BLESSED TO GIVE.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
THERE IS SOMETHING,
ABOUT THE DISCIPLINE
OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND THIS CAN BRING
THE BLESSING, IN NO
DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND
IF YOU COULD BE
FAITHFUL INTO THE
MARRIAGE, AND ALL OF
THAT, AND THAT WOULD
BE A BLESSING FOR
THAT. AND IF YOU
TRAIN YOUR CHILDREN
LIKE THEY SHOULD GO,
AND JESUS HIMSELF,
AND HE SPOKE MORE
ABOUT MONEY THAN
ANYTHING ELSE AND HE
UNDERSTOOD, AND HE
UNDERSTOOD, WHAT IT
WOULD BE TO US. AND
SO HE GAVE US THE
GUIDELINES.
>>GUEST: AND YES, AND
SO MANY PEOPLE, AND
THEY SAY I TALK ABOUT
MONEY AND I SAY THIS
IS MY BUSINESS, BUT
MONEY IS JUST RIGHT
UP THERE WITH OXYGEN,
AND IT IS DIFFICULT
TO TALK ABOUT.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
YES, AND THIS AND
THIS IS WHAT YOU SAY,
AND THIS IS THE NO
APOLOGY BOOK. AND
YOU SAY MY WALK WITH
THE LORD HAS NEVER
BEEN THE SAME SINCE I
BEGAN TO GIVE, AND I
WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW
TO GIVE THROUGH THIS
TESTIMONY. AND DO
YOU HAVE THE
TESTIMONIES FROM THE
OTHERS?
>>GUEST: AND YES,
AND SO MANY CLIENTS,
AND ALL OF THE MEN
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT
THE ROCKEFELLERS, AND
THE CARNEGIE'S, AND
THEY DID MANY THINGS.
AND THEY DID MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, AND THEY
BECAME PRETTY
WEALTHY. AND THEY
WOULD GIVE THE TITHES
AND THE OFFERING.
AND THIS WAS A HABIT
THEY DID ALL OF THEIR
LIVES.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
LIKE I SAY, THE BOOK
IS IN THE BOOK IS
ATTRACTIVE FOR
ANYBODY, HOWEVER,
AND WHAT WAS THE
FIRST AGE WHEN YOU
STARTED TO GIVE?
>>GUEST: I WAS
PROBABLY MAYBE 14 OR
15, AND I BEGAN TO
WITNESS, AND I DON'T
THINK YOU COULD EVER
BE TOO EARLY. I WISH
I HAD BEGUN EARLIER.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
THIS SHOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT THIS
WOULD BE A PART OF
THE WAY YOU TRAIN UP
YOUR CHILDREN.
>>GUEST: AND YES,
AND WE DO A
DISSERVICE AND WE
MIGHT GIVE THEM AN
ALLOWANCE OF $100 AND
WE SAY, AND YOU CAN
SPEND IT LIKE YOU
WANT, BUT IF WE KEEP
THE HABIT, AND YOU
KNOW, AND WE COULD BE
BROKE AGAIN AND THEY
WILL BE BROKE. AND
WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW,
AND YOU SHOULD GOD
THE MONEY, BUT YOU
MUST PUT 10 PERCENT
IN THE OFFERING PLATE
AND TEACH THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU
NEED TO PUT 20
PERCENT AND THAT
PIGGY BANK AND
STARTED YOUNG.
>>ARTHELENE: AND
YES, THE AMERICAN
WAY, IS THE CREDIT
CARD. AND IF YOU ARE
JUST JOINING ME, AND
PAY ATTENTION TO THE
WEBSITE ON YOUR
SCREEN, AND WE CAN
OFF YOU THE BOOK FOR
THE GIFT OF $15. AND
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
IT WOULD BE
DELIGHTFUL, HOWEVER,
IT IS A GOOD BOOK
THAT YOU COULD GO
THROUGH WITH THE
CHILDREN, AND YOU
CAN HAVE THIS BY
CALLING THE TELEPHONE
NUMBERS YOU SEE ON
YOUR SCREEN. AND YOU
CAN ALSO WRITE TO ME
AT THE PO BOX YOU SEE
ON THE SCREEN. WE
WOULD GET THE BOOK
OUT TO YOU FOR THE
GIFT OF $15 TO THE
PROGRAM.
I HOPE SOMEHOW, THAT
WE HAVE ENCOURAGED
YOU AND WE HAVE HELP
YOU WITH YOUR
THINKING, AND THIS
SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC,
AS TAKING A BATH
EVERY NIGHT. AND I
WANT TO SWITCH, AND
I READ THE HORROR
STORIES IN THE
PAPERS, AND YOU ARE
IN THE BUSINESS OF
WEALTH MANAGEMENT.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE,
AND THEY ARE
APPROACHING THE
RETIREMENT AND THE
CREDIT CARDS ARE
MAXED OUT, AND THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY
IN THE BANK. AND
JUST ACROSS THE
BOARD. BUT HOW DO
YOU DEAL WITH THEM
WHEN THEY COME TO
YOU? AND THEY COME TO
YOU LATE.
>>GUEST: AND YES,
AND THIS IS NOT A
POPULAR ANSWER, AND
THIS IS A DIFFICULT
QUESTION I WILL NOT
DODGE THE QUESTION, AND THE
LORD SPEAKS IT, AND
READ THE BOOK OF MARK
ABOUT THE RICH YOUNG
RULER, AND THIS
WOULD BE ODD TO TALK
ABOUT. BUT JESUS
TALK TO HIM, AND THIS
APPLIES TO YOU IF YOU
ARE BROKE HER
WEALTHY. AND HE
SAYS, HE WAS WANTING
ETERNAL LIFE, AND HE
HAD DONE THE
COMMANDMENTS, AND HE
SAID THERE SHOULD BE
ONE THING YOU NEED TO
DO AND SELL
EVERYTHING AND GIVE
IT TO THE POOR AND
FOLLOW ME. HE WENT
AWAY, AND HE WAS SAD
BECAUSE HE WAS A
SLAVE TO HIS
POSSESSIONS.
SOMETIMES, YOU MUST
GIVE UP THAT YOU DO
NOT WANT TO GIVE UP.
AND MAY BE THE NEW
CAR, AND MAYBE GET A
SMALLER HOUSE.
>>ARTHELENE: I LIKE,
AND SOMETHING YOU
SAID HERE, AND IN
ORDER TO GIVE, YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO CUT
BACK, AND WE CUT
BACK FOR EVERYTHING
ELSE AND WHY NOT THE
LORD?
>>GUEST: IT IS HARD,
AND FOR THE PREACHERS
WHO SAY, AND THIS IS
NOT A VERY POPULAR
MESSAGE. BUT THIS IS
TRUE. YES. AND THE
DISCIPLES SAY, WHO
CAN EVER RECEIVE
ETERNAL LIFE? AND HE
SAID THAT TO THE
YOUNG RULER, AND HE
SAYS, FROM IN THIS
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
BUT WITH GOD
EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE. AND WHAT I
UNDERSTOOD, AND YOU
SEEK THE LORD, AND
YOU PRAY, AND YOU
DECIDE WHAT YOU MUST
GIVE UP SO YOU COULD
BE OBEDIENT.
>>ARTHELENE: I LIVE
IN A NEW TOWNHOUSE,
AND I CANNOT BELIEVE
THE PEOPLE? AND THEY
HAVE THE TWO CARS,
IN THE CARS ARE
OUTSIDE, AND THEY
HAVE THE TOYS IN THE
GARAGE, AND THEY
DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR
THE CAR. AND WHEN I
WAS READING THIS, AND
I AM AN OLD WAR
HORSE, AND I'VE DONE
THIS ALL MY LIFE.
AND YOU SAY, AND WHEN
YOU SAY YOU CANNOT
AFFORD TO GIVE AND
MAYBE YOU WILL CUT
BACK TO DO IT. YOU
DO NOT GO OUT TO EAT
OR GO TO THE MOVIES.
AND WHEN THE LORD
SEES THAT YOU ARE
MAKING THOSE EFFORTS,
>>GUEST: AND HE WILL
HELP YOU.
>>ARTHELENE: AND YES,
THIS IS BEEN SUCH A
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU,
AND YOU ARE A YOUNG
MAN, AND YOU HAVE GOT
A GREAT MESSAGE AND
YOU ARE TEACHING SO
MANY IN THE BOOK IS
CALLED TITHING, AND
WE COULD GIVE THIS TO
YOU FOR THE GIFT OF
$15, AND FRIEND, AND
IF YOU HAVE NEVER
GIVEN IN YOUR LIFE,
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE
YOU AND SO MUCH TO
BEGIN TO PUT THE
OFFERINGS INTO YOUR
CHURCH BECAUSE, THERE
IS A BLESSING THAT
COMES WITH IT. THERE
IS A STABILITY THAT
COULD COME TO YOUR
LIFE, AND I SAY THIS
WITHOUT ANY
HESITATION OR ANY
EMBARRASSMENT. IT IS
SCRIPTURAL, AND IT
WORKS AND I KNOW IT
WORKS, IN MY FAMILY
IS, A FAMILY WHO
GIVES, AND GOD IS
GOING TO BE DOING THE
SAME FOR YOU. 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 SHOULD
MISS A HOMEKEEPERS
PROGRAM YOU CAN CATCH
UP AND YOU COULD GO
TO THE CTN WEBSITE,
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE
PROGRAM'S ONLINE AND
ON-DEMAND, AND CLICK
ON THE HOMEKEEPERS
LINK.
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