<i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WELCOME TO<i> GOSPEL TRUTH</i> WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, A TEACHING MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES ON GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL >> LOVE AND GRACE. > GOD LOVES YOU. GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU AND PROSPER YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO RESPOND > IN FAITH. >> I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT, BELIEVING IT, AND MOVE AHEAD AND OPERATE IN GIVING, BELIEVING FOR A HARVEST AND GETTING A HARVEST EVERY TIME. ONCE I DID THAT, >> I MADE MORE MONEY THAN EVER. > AND NOW, HERE'S ANDREW. WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY'S BROADCAST OF <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH.</i> TODAY I'M GOING TO START A BRAND-NEW SERIES TALKING ABOUT <i>FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP,</i> EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE SUBJECT. I'M SAYING THAT OF COURSE, LIKE SARCASTICALLY. MOST PEOPLE HATE TO HEAR TALK ABOUT MONEY, ESPECIALLY MINISTERS, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE SEE THIS AS JUST A WAY OF MINISTERS TRYING TO GET ALL OF YOUR MONEY, USING SCRIPTURE TO JUSTIFY IT AND STUFF. AND...AND I TELL YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THIS, AND YET IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. I'M GOING TO BE SHARING THINGS WITH YOU THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW ESSENTIAL STEWARDING YOUR MONEY THE WAY THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO IT, HOW IT'S ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY TO YOUR FINANCIAL PROSPERITY, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL TO EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOUR LIFE. YOU KNOW, I WAS OVER IN... WHERE WAS THIS? IT WAS IN HONG KONG, AND I WAS AT A MINISTERS' CONFERENCE. THERE WAS, I DON'T KNOW, TWO, THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE, AND I REALLY FELT LIKE GOD SPOKE TO ME ABOUT MINISTERING ON FINANCIAL PROSPERITY. BUT OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PERSPECTIVE, BUT IF YOU TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, I WOULD SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES LOOK AT AMERICAN MINISTERS AS BEING THIS HEALTH, WEALTH PREACHER. THEY REALLY RESENT IT, AND THEY THINK...ONE OF THE CRITICISMS THAT I HEAR A LOT IS THAT... THAT AMERICAN PREACHERS ARE ONLY AFTER YOUR MONEY. AND SO ANYWAY, THERE'S JUST A PREJUDICE. THERE'S A RESISTANCE AGAINST IT. SO WHEN THE LORD SPOKE TO ME ABOUT TEACHING ON FINANCES, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO IT. I TAUGHT ON SOMETHING ELSE, AND IT WAS GOOD, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE THAT THAT REALLY WASN'T WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO SPEAK ON, BUT I WAS HESITANT ABOUT DOING THIS TO ALL OF THESE FOREIGN MINISTERS. AND SO DURING LUNCH, THEY GOT TO ASKING ME QUESTIONS AND I GOT TO ANSWERING SOME THINGS, AND IT TURNED OUT...I WAS EATING WITH PROBABLY 10 OR 15 OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEY WERE ALL SAYING, MAN, WE NEED TEACHING ON FINANCES. WE ARE STRUGGLING. WE'VE GOT MORE VISION THAN WE'VE GOT PROVISION. I STARTED SHARING SOME THINGS WITH THEM AND THEY SAID, OH THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WOULD YOU PLEASE TEACH ON FINANCES? AND SO ANYWAY, AFTER TALKING TO THEM AT LUNCH I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A NEED, THAT THEY NEEDED IT. SO I GOT UP IN THE NEXT SESSION AND I SAID, I'M CHANGING EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO TEACH ON, AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO TEACH ON SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, MOST OF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR. I SAID, WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU EVER WANT TO HEAR AN AMERICAN MINISTER PREACH ON? AND I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE STARTED YELLING, MONEY, FINANCES, PROSPERITY, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I SAID, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO TEACH ON. AND IT SHOCKED THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE THING, I HAD FOUR OR FIVE SESSIONS, IT HAD MADE A HUGE IMPACT, AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A RESISTANCE AND I KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN A MINISTER PREACHES ON MONEY, ON <i>FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP,</i> IS WHAT I'M CALLING MY TEACHING, THEY THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS JUST OUT OF SELFISH MOTIVATION SO THAT YOU CAN GET THINGS. MATTER OF FACT, TO BELAY YOUR CRITICISM OF ME AND PEOPLE WHO ARE JUDGING ME, I TELL YOU WHAT I'M DOING, I'M GIVING AWAY THIS BOOK OR CDs OR DVDs OF THIS TEACHING. I THINK THAT THERE ARE SIX TEACHINGS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, EITHER FIVE OR SIX TEACHINGS IN THIS SET, AND OF COURSE, IT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK, AND I'M GIVING THESE THINGS AWAY TO YOU ABSOLUTELY FREE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT DOING THIS TO GET YOUR MONEY. NOW, YOU CAN HAVE THIS OR THESE OTHERS, AND THEN WE HAVE A PACKAGE DEAL WHERE WE HAVE STUDY GUIDES, WE HAVE VIDEOS AND TESTIMONIES ABOUT FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGHS. AND SO, WE WILL OFFER A PACKAGE DEAL AND PUT A PRICE ON THAT, BUT IF YOU WANT THIS TEACHING, YOU CAN GET THE CORE OF ALL OF THIS TEACHING ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I TEACH ON HEALING, I DO NOT TEACH ON HEALING SO THAT I CAN GET HEALED, BUT I TEACH ON HEALING TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW YOU CAN BE HEALED. I'M DOING IT TO MINISTER TO YOU. WHEN I TEACH ON EMOTIONS AND STUFF, I'M NOT TEACHING ON EMOTIONS AND HOW TO WALK IN VICTORY AND JOY AND PEACE AND ALL OF THIS FOR MY BENEFIT. I'M DOING IT FOR YOUR BENEFIT. BUT WHEN YOU TEACH ON FINANCES, PEOPLE JUST AUTOMATICALLY PUT YOU IN A CATEGORY OVER HERE AND SAY, YOU'RE JUST DOING THIS TRYING TO GET MY MONEY, AND I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO TRY AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M DOING THIS FOR YOUR BENEFIT. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR YOU. AND SOME OF YOU MAY THINK, WELL...IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I'M OKAY. I'M DOING FINE. I'VE GOT MONEY IN THE BANK, I'VE GOT RETIREMENT, I'M OKAY. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE. IT'S ABOUT ARE YOU STEWARDING YOUR MONEY? THAT'S THE REASON I'VE ENTITLED THIS SERIES, <i>FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP.</i> I'M GOING TO APPROACH THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE WHO TEACH ON PROSPERITY DO. AND LET ME JUST, AS A WAY OF INTRODUCTION, SAY SOME THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL DRAW YOU IN AND HELP YOU TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TRY AND TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO GIVE AND IF YOU GIVE, LUKE 6:38, IT'LL BE GIVEN BACK UNTO YOU, AND...AND WE USE ALL OF THESE SCRIPTURES, AND THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE, AND I WILL BE TEACHING ON THOSE THINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SERIES. BUT IF A PERSON'S HEART ISN'T RIGHT, DID YOU KNOW A WRONG HEART ATTITUDE WILL TOTALLY VOID YOUR GIFT AND IT WILL VOID THE RETURN ON YOUR GIFT AND I SAY THAT BASED ON MANY SCRIPTURES, BUT 1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13, VERSE 3 OR 4, RIGHT THERE, IS ONE OF THOSE INDICATIONS. IT SAYS, IF YOU GIVE ALL OF YOUR GOODS TO FEED THE POOR OR IF YOU GIVE YOUR BODY TO BE BURNED AND DON'T DO IT BY CHARITY, IT PROFITS YOU NOTHING. SO THIS IS SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE TAKING YOUR GOODS AND IF YOU'RE GIVING AND FEEDING THE POOR, EVEN IF YOU MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE IN SACRIFICE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT MOTIVATED BY LOVE, IT PROFITS YOU NOTHING. SO SEE IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU ARE GIVING OR SOMETHING. IT'S ABOUT YOUR HEART ATTITUDE, AND I'M GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE HEART ATTITUDE, AND THIS IS WHY I'VE ENTITLED THIS, <i>FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP.</i> LET ME JUST USE A COUPLE OF VERSES HERE, AND I'M GOING TO BE TEACHING IN GREAT DEPTH ON LUKE, CHAPTER 16, A PARABLE THAT JESUS GAVE, AND THEN THE INTERPRETATION AND THE APPLICATION THAT HE MADE OF THIS, AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS AND TEACH ON THIS IN MUCH MORE DEPTH. BUT LOOK AT THIS VERSE IN LUKE, CHAPTER 16, VERSE 1, HE SAID UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN, WHICH HAD A STEWARD; AND THE SAME WAS ACCUSED UNTO HIM THAT HE HAD WASTED HIS GOODS. AND SO, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT A MAN WHO IS A STEWARD, AND THEN IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN INTO VERSE 12, AND IT SAYS, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS ANOTHER MAN'S, WHO SHALL GIVE YOU THAT WHICH IS YOUR OWN? BOTH OF THESE VERSES ARE STRESSING THAT THIS MAN IN THE PARABLE AND THE WHOLE TEACHING THAT JESUS WAS GIVING WAS ABOUT STEWARDSHIP. NOW WHAT THE WORD, STEWARD, MEANS ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY IS, A PERSON THAT MANAGES THE AFFAIRS, ESPECIALLY THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, OF ANOTHER PERSON. IN OTHER WORDS, A STEWARD DOESN'T OWN THE ASSETS THAT HE HAS, BUT HE MANAGES ANOTHER PERSON'S ASSETS AND FINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THESE THINGS BEFORE, BUT WITH OUR TELEVISION BILL AND ALL OF OUR OFFICES WORLDWIDE AND STUFF, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH TO PAY OUR BILLS. IT'S TELEVISION STAFF, ALL OF THE MATERIALS WE SEND OUT, JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, OUR BIBLE COLLEGES. WE HAVE BIBLE COLLEGES ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S... THAT FIVE MILLION A MONTH IS JUST MY US NEEDS. WE HAVE 16 OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH THAT I NEED WORLDWIDE, AND SO MY POINT IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT FLOWS THROUGH HERE. AND DID YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T WRITE ANY CHECKS. NOW I S...OVERSEE, I GET REPORTS, I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT I'M NOT THE ONE THAT WRITES THE CHECKS. I'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE THAT STEWARD MY MONEY, THAT STEWARD ALL THE RESOURCES THAT GOD BRINGS TO ME. AND YOU KNOW, AS A STEWARD, IT'S NOT THEIRS. AT...THAT MEANS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SIT THERE AND...AND IF WE HAVE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH FLOW THROUGH THE MINISTRY, THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO SIT HERE AND TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY AND GO OUT AND BUY THEMSELF A HOUSE OR A CAR. EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE GOT ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS MONEY, IT'S NOT THEIRS, AND IF THEY WERE TO START USING MINISTRY MONEY FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL NEEDS, I GUARANTEE YOU, THAT WOULD BE JUSTIFICATION FOR FIRING A PERSON, AND DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF IT, YOU COULD EVEN SUE A PERSON. YOU COULD TAKE THEM TO COURT, YOU COULD PUT THEM IN JAIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. A STEWARD DOES NOT OWN ANYTHING; HE SIMPLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE AFFAIRS, ESPECIALLY THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF ANOTHER. AND SO THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS OUT IS TO SAY THAT THIS PARABLE THAT JESUS GAVE ABOUT A MAN WHO WASN'T FAITHFUL STEWARDING ANOTHER MAN'S MONEY, AND THEN HE CAME DOWN AND HE SAYS, IF YOU AREN'T FAITHFUL WITH THAT WHICH IS ANOTHER PERSON'S, WHO WILL EVER ENTRUST UNTO YOU THINGS ON YOUR OWN? I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO APPROACH MONEY FROM A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR MONEY. IT IS GOD'S MONEY. GOD IS THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING, AND IF YOU WOULD APPROACH FINANCES FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE AND SAY, FATHER, IT'S NOT MINE, IT'S YOURS. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GIVEN ME EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOT. AND IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, THEN YOU JUST SIMPLY GO TO GOD AND SAY, GOD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO? AND THERE IS A LOT IN THE BIBLE ABOUT FINANCES. I'VE EVEN HEARD... I WON'T TRY AND QUOTE IT BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DETAIL, BUT I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE, THE NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES ABOUT PRAYER AND ABOUT FAITH, THAT THERE'S LIKE FIVE TIMES AS MANY SCRIPTURES DEALING WITH FINANCES. AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY OWN PERSONAL STUDY, BUT I'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT, AND I CAN DEFINITELY VERIFY THAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT MONEY A LOT. RIGHT HERE IN THE 16TH CHAPTER, OF THE BOOK OF LUKE. I'M ALSO GOING TO BE USING MATTHEW, OR EXCUSE ME, MARK, CHAPTER 10, WHERE JESUS... WHICH DEALT WITH A RICH YOUNG RULER, AND HE USED MONEY TO REVEAL HIS HEART. JESUS TALKED ABOUT MONEY MORE THAN HE TALKED ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL, AND THOSE THINGS ARE DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, BUT HE USED MONEY BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TOUCHES EVERY ONE OF OUR LIVES, AND JESUS WAS PRACTICAL AND HE JUST BROUGHT THINGS DOWN TO THIS REALM. AND SO ANYWAY, MONEY IS SOMETHING THAT THE LORD TALKED ABOUT AND USED AS AN EXAMPLE A LOT, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FAITHFUL IN THIS AREA OF MONEY, THEN IT'S GOING TO AFFECT EVERY SINGLE AREA OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. NOW, THAT'S A BIG STATEMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME RIGHT NOW TO VERIFY THAT, BUT I WILL BE SHOWING YOU THAT FROM SCRIPTURE. THE FIRST POINT I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS... IS THAT IF YOU WOULD SEE THAT GOD, WHAT I HAVE IS NOT MINE, IT'S YOURS. YOU'RE THE SOURCE. YOU GAVE ME THIS. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? IF YOU WOULD QUIT OWNING EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN AND SAY, GOD, EVERYTHING I'VE GOT IS YOURS. INSTEAD OF YOU KEEPING YOUR FISTS CLOSED AND HOLDING ONTO IT AND SAYING, GOD, THIS IS MINE. IF YOU WOULD OPEN UP YOUR HAND AND SAY, GOD, ALL OF THIS IS YOURS, NOT JUST A GIFT, NOT JUST 10%, BUT ALL OF IT. GOD, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE COMES FROM YOU, YOU'RE THE SOURCE OF IT. IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, I GUARANTEE YOU, THAT IS THE ATTITUDE, I BELIEVE, THAT REALLY PRO... PROMOTES PROSPERITY. WHEN GOD FINDS SOMEBODY WHO WILL LET HIM FLOW THROUGH THEM IN THIS AREA OF FINANCES AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE, THEN WHE... AS THE MONEY FLOWS THROUGH, THERE'S ALWAYS PLENTY FOR YOU. IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE. IT'S CONTRARY TO THE WAY THAT THIS WORLD THINKS, AND I...THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT GOD SET IT UP THIS WAY, IS SO THAT IT WOULD TAKE FAITH. YOU KNOW, IT SAYS, IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER 11, VERSE 6, WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. GOD IS A GOD OF FAITH AND HE SET UP HIS KINGDOM. HE SET UP YOUR FINANCES SO THAT THE WAY TO REALLY PROSPER ISN'T TO HOARD, IT ISN'T TO BUILD A DAM AND HOLD EVERYTHING THAT COMES YOUR WAY. IT'S TO BECOME A RIVER AND LET IT FLOW THROUGH YOU. ONE HAND TO RECEIVE AND ONE HAND TO GIVE AND AS THE MONEY FLOWS THROUGH, THERE'S PLENTY FOR YOU. THAT'S THE WAY THAT GOD'S KINGDOM WORKS, BUT THE WORLD SYSTEM SAYS, NO, I'M GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING I GET AND I'M GOING TO HOLD IT. A PERSON WHO DOESN'T SEE THEMSELF AS A STEWARD, BUT THEY SEE THEMSELF AS THE OWNER, IT'S MY MONEY, THEY WILL LOOK AT GIVING, THEY WILL LOOK AT TITHING AND GIVING AND THEY WILL THINK THAT MAN, I'M GIVING AWAY MY MONEY, AND IT WILL HURT THEM, AND THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT. THEY...THEY HAVE THIS GOAL OVER HERE OF OBTAINING A BIGGER HOUSE, A BIGGER CAR, OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEIR BUSINESS PROSPERING, OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. ALL OF US HAVE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, AND SO YOU SEE THESE GOALS OVER HERE. HERE YOU ARE AND YOU THINK, IF I GIVE SOME AWAY, I'M MOVING AWAY FROM MY GOAL. I HAVE LESS. I'M NOT CLOSER TO OBTAINING THESE THINGS; IT'S LESS. THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE WORLD THINKS, AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT IF THERE WAS NO GOD WHO HAS PROMISED THAT WHEN YOU GIVE, IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU, LUKE 6:38, AND THERE'S MANY OTHER SCRIPTURES THAT TALK ABOUT THIS, IF THERE WASN'T A GOD WHO PROSPERED THAT AS... THAT PROMISED AS YOU GIVE AND TRUST HIM, THAT YOU WOULD PROSPER, IF THAT WASN'T TRUE, WELL THEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT IF THIS IS YOUR GOAL OVER HERE AND IF YOU'RE HERE, GIVING MONEY AWAY MOVES YOU AWAY FROM YOUR GOAL INSTEAD OF TOWARDS IT. BUT SINCE THERE IS A GOD WHO... THERE ARE MANY SCRIPTURES AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING OUT AND SHOWING YOU, AND HE PROMISED THAT WHEN YOU TRUST HIM THAT THAT IS THE KEY TO PROSPERITY. THE WAY TO REALLY PROSPER AND TO SEE GOD BLESS YOU ISN'T TO HOARD, BUT IT'S TO GIVE, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU LOTS OF SCRIPTURES ON THIS. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS...THIS IS THE REASON THAT GOD SET IT UP THIS WAY IS BECAUSE IT TAKES FAITH. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME TO TURN OVER AND READ THESE VERSES, BUT IF YOU GO LOOK IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 50, THE LORD SAYS, YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT GOING TO CONTEND WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR OFFERINGS. YOU'VE BEEN OFFERING ME OFFERINGS, TALKING ABOUT, THESE WERE BLOOD SACRIFICES UNDER THE OLD TESTAMENT, MORNING AND NIGHT. THEY CONSTANTLY WERE OFFERING OFFERINGS. BUT HE SAYS, IT'S THE ATTITUDE; YOUR HEART ISN'T RIGHT. HE SAYS, YOU THINK SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER I NEED THESE SACRIFICES. HE SAYS, THIS ISN'T FOR ME. I'M NOT HUNGRY. HE SAYS, IF I WAS HUNGRY, I WOULDN'T ASK YOU. I OWN ALL THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS. HE OWNS ALL THE HILLS. GOD WASN'T ASKING FOR SACRIFICE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT FOR HIS BENEFIT. HE WAS DOING IT FOR THEM BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 23, THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. EVERY TIME A PERSON SINS, IT IS...THERE IS A PAYMENT OF DEATH FOR THAT SIN. NOW, PRIOR TO JESUS COMING AND MAKING THE ULTIMATE PAYMENT AND STUFF, PEOPLE NEEDED TO BE CONSTANTLY REMINDED THAT THEIR SINS WERE SENDING THEM TO HELL, THEIR SINS WERE SEPARATING THEM FROM GOD, THAT THERE WAS A PAYMENT, THERE WAS A PENALTY TO SIN, AND HOW DID THEY DO THAT? THAT WAS THROUGH THE BLOOD SACRIFICES. GOD, BY HIS GRACE AND MERCY DIDN'T KILL THEM. HE GAVE THEM THE OPTION OF OFFERING AN ANIMAL IN THEIR PLACE, AND THEY SLIT THE THROAT OF THAT ANIMAL, SLIT...SHED THEIR BLOOD, BURNT THAT ANIMAL, AND THE POINT OF IT WAS TO REMIND THEM THAT THEIR SINS HAD A PAYMENT THAT HAD TO BE PAID, AND THEY HAD TO LOOK FORWARD TO A SAVIOR. NOW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, WE LOOK BACK TO WHAT JESUS HAS ALREADY DONE, AND TODAY WE DON'T OFFER BLOOD SACRIFICES, BECAUSE JESUS WAS THE SACRIFICE TO END ALL OF THOSE SACRIFICES. HE'S THE SACRIFICE THAT ALL OF THOSE ANIMAL SACRIFICES WERE POINTING TOWARDS. SO ANYWAY, IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 50, HE SAYS, LOOK, THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKING FOR THESE SACRIFICES WASN'T FOR ME. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY. IF I WAS HUNGRY, I WOULDN'T ASK YOU. HE SAYS, IT WAS FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WHY I ASKED YOU TO DO THIS. SO SEE, ALL OF THIS GOES BACK TO THAT VERSE THAT I WAS USING IN 1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13, ABOUT IF YOU GIVE ALL OF YOUR GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR BODY TO BE BURNED, AND YET DON'T DO IT MOTIVATED BY LOVE, IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IN RIGHT... ISN'T RIGHT, IT PROFITS YOU NOTHING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA OF FINANCES THAT THEY ARE LEARNING TRUTHS ABOUT, GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU. THEY'VE LEARNED TRUTHS ABOUT TITHING, THEY'VE LEARNED DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IF YOUR HEART ISN'T RIGHT IN THIS ISSUE, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE WRONG. SO, THE WAY I'M APPROACHING THIS WHOLE TEACHING IS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF TRYING TO GET YOU TO SEE THAT GOD IS THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT. IT'S ABOUT STEWARDSHIP. IT'S NOT YOURS. IT'S GOD. YOU KNOW, I SAW A MOVIE ONE TIME. I THINK THE TITLE OF IT WAS SHENANDOAH. IT'S AN OLD MOVIE, IT HAD GARY COOPER IN IT OR...EXCUSE ME, IT WAS JIMMY STEWART. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT A... I'M NOT A REAL ACTOR... MOVIE TYPE GUY. BUT ANYWAY, I SAW THIS MOVIE AND I REMEMBER THAT THE WIFE... YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY WAS SITTING THERE, AND THE WIFE WANTED THIS... I THINK IT WAS JIMMY STEWART, TO PRAY OVER THE MEAL, AND HE WASN'T A RELIGIOUS MAN. HIS WIFE WAS RELIGIOUS, AND SHE WANTED HIM TO PRAY. SO ANYWAY, HE PRAYED A PRAYER SOMETHING LIKE, GOD, WE PLANTED THIS... ALL OF THIS FOOD THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO EAT. WE'RE THE ONES THAT WORKED THE FIELD. WE'RE THE ONES THAT GOT THE ROCKS OUT. WE PLANTED THE THINGS, WE WATERED IT, WE MADE IT GROW. THIS IS OUR LABOR. ALL OF THIS IS HERE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE. IF WE HADN'T HAVE DONE IT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT THANKS. AND IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU COULD TELL HIS ATTITUDE. AND ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK, IS THAT THIS IS ALL MY WORK. WITHOUT...THE MONEY THAT THEY GET, WHEN THEY GO GET THEIR PAYCHECK, THEY DON'T SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO ME. THEY THINK, NO, I EARNED THIS. THIS IS MINE, I DESERVE THIS, AND PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE THINKING, I DESERVE MORE THAN THIS. THEY DON'T GO AND THANK THEIR EMPLOYER, BUT THE SCRIPTURE... AND I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU THIS IN MORE DETAIL, THE SCRIPTURE SHOWS THAT GOD IS ACTUALLY THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING. IT'S GOD THAT GIVES YOU THE POWER TO GET WEALTH, THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT AS HE SWARE UNTO YOUR FATHERS, DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 8, VERSE 18. GOD IS THE SOURCE. IT REALLY IS GOD'S MONEY, AND YOU MAY SAY, WELL I WORKED FOR IT. IT'S MY MONEY. WHO...WHO GAVE YOU THE ABILITIES THAT YOU HAVE? WHO GAVE YOU THE HEALTH THAT YOU HAVE? IF YOU HAVE TALENTS, IF YOU'RE A MANAGER, IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH FIGURES, IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST, IF YOU HAVE SOME TALENT THAT YOU CREATE THINGS AND DO THINGS, GOD IS THE ONE THAT PUT ALL OF THAT THERE. NOW YES, YOU HAVE TO WORK, AND YES, YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS, BUT HONESTLY, GOD IS THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, IF THE LORD WANTED TO, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE... THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PERSON WHO IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND RATIONAL AND FUNCTIONING AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME AND A PERSON WHO HAS MENTAL PROBLEMS AND STUFF IS JUST VERY FEW, VERY SMALL DIFFERENCES IN THE CHEMISTRY OF YOUR BRAIN. IF GOD JUST MIXED UP THOSE CHEMICALS IN YOUR BRAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT, MAN, YOU WOULD BE HAVING DROOL DRIP OFF YOUR CHIN AND STUFF, AND YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE IT, BUT GOD IS THE SOURCE. GOD IS THE ONE THAT CAUSED YOU TO BE BORN DURING THIS TIME, PROBABLY THE MOST PROSPEROUS TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT MANY OF YOU ARE IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN EUROPE, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AND WE HAVE LEVELS OF PROSPERITY THAT KINGS IN PREVIOUS TIMES NEVER HAD. YOU'VE GOT MORE THINGS GOING FOR YOU. YOU'VE GOT COMMUNICATION DEVICES, YOU'VE GOT CARS, ABILITY TO TRAVEL. WE'VE GOT THE COMPUTERS, THE INTERNET. WE'VE GOT ACCESS TO THINGS THAT EMPOWER US, ENABLE US TO DO THINGS. YOU DIDN'T DO THIS. YOU DIDN'T CAUSE THIS. GOD IS THE ONE THAT CAUSED YOU TO BE BORN AT THIS TIME. GOD'S THE ONE THAT GAVE YOU YOUR TALENTS AND ABILITY. WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT, GOD IS THE SOURCE OF ALL OF YOUR PROSPERITY, AND IF YOU WOULD GET THIS MINDSET THAT, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE TALENTS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, THANK YOU FOR THE NATION THAT I'VE BEEN BORN INTO AND THE FREEDOM AND THE LIBERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ALLOW US TO PROSPER. FATHER, THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE GOD AS YOUR SOURCE AND SAY, GOD, ALL OF THESE THINGS COME FROM YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE GIVEN ME? SEE, I THINK THAT THAT'S A STARTING POINT IN PROSPERITY, AND IF YOU GET THAT RIGHT, THEN I GUARANTEE, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU WILL LOOK AT... YOU WILL LOOK AT FINANCES COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IF YOU QUIT OWNING IT AND INSTEAD, YOU BECOME A STEWARD. SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT I'VE ENTITLED THIS ENTIRE TEACHING, <i>FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP.</i> YOU REALLY NEED TO GET HOLD OF THIS POINT THE VERY FIRST THING, THAT GOD IS THE ONE WHO OWNS EVERYTHING. YOU ARE A STEWARD OF HIS RESOURCES. AND IF YOU COULD GET THAT AND THEN JUST GO TO THE WORD, HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO STEWARD WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME? I GUARANTEE, IT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE, NOT ONLY IN THE AREA OF FINANCES, BUT IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE. SO TODAY WE'RE MAKING AN OFFER, AND REMEMBER THAT I'M GIVING YOU EITHER THIS BOOK, THE CDs, OR THE DVDs THAT WERE TAKEN FROM TELEVISION. THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU. NOW, WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GIVE AND IT'S... AS YOU HEAR THIS SERIES, YOU'LL SEE WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE THESE THINGS ABSOLUTELY FREE, YOU CAN GET IT. WE'VE GOT A PACKAGE DEAL. LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER AND HE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION, AND PLEASE JOIN ME AGAIN TOMORROW AS WE CONTINUE <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH.</i> <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> YOU SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS I'M NOT GOING BY WHAT I SEE. I GO BY WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS. THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THIS PHYSICAL REALM. THERE'S ALSO A SPIRITUAL REALM. I DON'T CARE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, I KNOW WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS. >> I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE SEVERE ASTHMA >> AND FOOD ALLERGIES. >> I WAS BORN MISSING THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HEART WITH A VERY SMALL CHANCE >> OF LIVING. >> THE DOCTORS INDICATED THAT I HAD A PERMANENT BRAIN INJURY AND THAT I WOULD NEVER FUNCTION >> IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AGAIN. >> I'M TIM MCDERMOTT AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOVER FROM AUTISM. FROM A YOUNG AGE I HAD SEVERAL DIAGNOSES INCLUDING ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME, AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. MY BROTHER JAMES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM BEFORE HE TURNED 3. FOR YEARS IT SEEMED LIKE WE WOULD NEVER BE NORMAL, BUT THEN MY PARENTS STUMBLED ACROSS THE HEALING JOURNEY OF HANNAH TERRADEZ. A FEW WEEKS LATER WE WENT TO ANDREW'S FREE GRACE AND FAITH CONFERENCE WHERE WE WERE HEALED OF AUTISM. TODAY, 10 YEARS LATER I'M STILL WALKING IN MY COMPLETE HEALING >> AND I'M NOT ALONE. >> I HAVEN'T NEEDED MY INHALER IN YEARS AND NOW I EAT >> WHATEVER I WANT. >> MY HEART GREW BACK ITS MISSING PIECE AND THE DOCTORS COULD NOT >> EXPLAIN IT. >> TODAY, I AM COMPLETELY HEALED, AND I GET TO TEACH >> GOD'S TRUTH ABOUT HEALING. >> BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU PARTNERED WITH ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES, WE HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN OUR LIVES BACK. WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, BUT THERE IS STILL MILLIONS OF LIVES OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THE SAME TRUTH THAT SET US FREE. WILL YOU HELP US BRING >> THIS MESSAGE TO THEM? >> THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. PLEASE CONSIDER >> A PARTNERSHIP. >> PLEASE PARTNER WITH THIS MINISTRY. >> IT'S AMAZING. >> PLEASE CONSIDER BEING A PARTNER >> WITH THIS MINISTRY. YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THESE PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST SAW THEM GIVE A TESTIMONY, AND I TELL YOU, JESUS CHANGED THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERS. IF YOU'VE NOT YET JOINED WITH US AND BECOME A PARTNER, I ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT AND JOIN WITH US TODAY. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> ANDREW IS OFFERING HIS COMPLETE TEACHING ON<i> FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP</i> IN YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER A BOOK, CD ALBUM OR DVD ALBUM AS HIS FREE GIFT >> TO YOU TODAY. LET ME REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN THAT I'M GIVING THIS BOOK TO YOU AS A GIFT, EITHER THE BOOK OR THE CD SET OR THE DVD SET. ANY ONE OF THESE YOU CAN GET ABSOLUTELY FREE BY JUST REQUESTING IT. WE ALSO HAVE A DVD OF TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE THAT THIS TEACHING ON PROSPERITY HAS CHANGED THEM AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THIS. WE HAVE THE BOOK IN SPANISH, WE ALSO HAVE STUDY GUIDES IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR YOU TO BEGIN TO START TRUSTING GOD IN THIS AREA. THIS IS A KEY. IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHICH IS LEAST, YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHICH IS GREATEST. SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PRODUCT, IT WILL BE A BLESSING TO YOU. >> GO TO AWMI.NET TO ORDER YOUR FREE PRODUCT TODAY. THIS OFFER IS LIMITED TO ONE FREE PRODUCT PER HOUSEHOLD AND IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE US, UK, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. THIS TEACHING IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A COMPANION STUDY GUIDE FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT WHEN YOU CONTACT US. OR YOU CAN GET THESE VALUABLE RESOURCES IN <i>THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP</i> PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES <i>THE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP</i> BOOK, STUDY GUIDE, AND YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER THE CD OR DVD ALBUM, AS WELL AS <i>THE FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGHS</i> DVD. THIS DVD INCLUDES SIX TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCED THE FREEDOM OF TURNING THEIR FINANCES OVER TO GOD. THIS PACKAGE HAS A CATALOG VALUE OF $115. BUT YOU CAN GET IT TODAY FOR ONLY $80. THIS ENTIRE SERIES IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AUDIO DOWNLOAD ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM OUR WEB SITE. 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