8 Scriptural Highways to God's Covenant of Increase, Riches, and Multiplication

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Welcome to the Jonathan Shuttlesworth Podcast. To stay connected, go to revivaltoday.com. And now here is Evangelist Jonathan.

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Proverbs 22, 4 and 7. Eight scriptural highways to God's covenant of increase, riches, and multiplication. The Bible uses the word riches. How many know God will meet your needs? You're not telling people the whole thing. Eight scriptural highways to God's covenant of increase, riches, and multiplication. Proverbs 22, verse 4, and then Proverbs 22, verse 7. This is the word of God. True humility and fear of the Lord lead to what? What else? And what else? Riches, honor, and long life. Billy Graham was one of two people that have ever been interred in the National Rotunda. He never set out to do it. When he died, they drove his body down to Billy Graham Parkway in North Carolina with people standing on the interstate cheering him on. And then the whole nation paused. People flew in from Middle Eastern countries to pay their respects to a dairy farmer's son that told people John 3.16 without wavering for 60 years. True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life. Let me see King James. And we'll do King James verse 7, too. By humility and fear of the Lord are riches, honor, and life. Well, I don't care about riches. I just want to be humble. The Bible says humility leads to riches. True humility, humility and poverty are not synonyms. Humility is not having less, it's thinking more of God and less about yourself. But they're not, they're not exclusive things. If fearing God doesn't lead to riches, and riches are of the devil, Abraham's in hell, Isaac's in hell, Jacob's in hell, Joseph's in hell, Elijah's in hell, Elisha's in hell, and David's in hell. But they're not. Because God has a plan to bless his people. Can you say amen? Verse 7 is going to tell you why God has a plan to bless his people. This will mean less to you the younger you are, and more to you the older you are. Verse 7. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. The Bible, there's no country on earth where the poor people write the laws and the rich people listen. The rich people rule over the poor. Knowing that that's Allah, if I were the devil, I would make it my plan to make sure the church, okay, you people have decided to go to heaven. Great, I can't do anything about that. But what I can do is make sure you have limited impact on this planet. And if I were the devil, I'd raise up people to make people think there's some kind of idealism about having nothing on this earth. You know, I was dealing with the, did anybody watch any of this series when I'd preached the next day in Pittsburgh? I didn't take any time on it. Here I don't think. But this doctrine came out of the Middle Ages where the priests and preachers were licensed by the kings. They told people they misread the scriptures to them. They didn't tell them the love of money is the root of all evil. They said money's the root of all evil. And they said, uh, they didn't say blessed are the poor in spirit, they said blessed are the poor. The kings used the preachers to tell the people it's good for you to have less, you'll be closer to God. Meanwhile, did the bishops live in poverty or did they live like kings? Did the kings live like in poverty or did they live like kings? Yes. Martin Luther, when he did the Protestant Reformation, that was one of his main problems. He said, it's not right for us to be telling the people that they're to be poor while we live in extravagance. And so when he did, one of the first things Martin Luther did after he broke from the Catholic Church was get married. Because he said, not only is it God's will for us to prosper, where does it say we can't get married? It tells us where to get married. Do you know why priests aren't allowed to get married? Because it's a way for the church to keep all the wealth. You don't have any children, there's nobody for you to pass it down to. Everything that's evil revolves around a love of money and wanting to hoard uh uh uh uh wealth. But God's plan is to prosper his people. God's plan is to prosper his people's children and his people's grandchildren. Can you say amen? So if the rich rule over the poor, let me ask you a question. And the Bible says, righteousness exalts a nation. God has an interest in nations not crumbling, he wants to heal nations. He said, if you'll call on me and turn from your wicked ways, I'll revive your nation. America's having that happen right now. Does God want the laws written by rich, evil people? No. And that's what we dealt with up until there's been a revolution in the last 18 months. But for a long time, there would be one politician go to Long Island, meet with eight people for dinner, they'd give them$300 million, and they'd pass things that the sinners in America didn't even want. Trans children, all that stuff was birthed out of wicked meetings with wicked men that have an excess of wealth. Because the church said they don't want it, and it's not going to lay out in the street. If the church rejects their inheritance, other people feast on it. But the wealth of the wicked is leaving their hands and coming into the hands of the just. Can you say amen? So, since the rich rule over the poor, then God, and God wants us to be leaders. You can't do that. Let me tell you something. The bankers know who has the money, the politicians know who has the money. There was a guy in Connecticut years back. He he he told people he was gonna leave the state of Connecticut. And word got to the Connecticut governor that this man was gonna move. This man's taxes represented 20% of the Connecticut state budget. And the governor came personally and said, I want to ask you, what can we do to keep you in this state? We don't want to lose you. Now I've moved before. Nobody came. Even the movers were late. What are the no people say, I don't think that's fair. If you like fair, then you should stay five years old. But when you become an adult, you find out things aren't run by what's fair, there's loss. And you can either learn how the world works or you can be frustrated your whole life. So since it works that way, now think of it. If you were some wicked person, the governor says, hey, well, you're leaving the state, you're a billionaire. Your taxes are 20%. What can we do to keep you in Arizona? You can say, Well, I don't like that they've stopped doing transgender surgeries at the hospital in Phoenix. I want that back on. And they'd listen to you. But if you're a born-again Christian, what could you say? I don't like that they took prayer out of school. I don't like that you refuse to do it. And guess what? When you have the rich rule over the poor. So you can start to see why it's God's plan for you to command wealth. When you don't, other people tell you what to do. When you're poor, other people tell you what vaccines your kids have to have, or they're gonna take the kid out of the house. When you're poor, if your child uh wants to be trans at school and you fight it, they'll take the kid out of your house. When you've got money and lawyers, people are careful with you. The day of the church getting slapped around by the devil's crowd comes to an end this year. From today, we're rising up in the provision and power of God to make an impact in our world. Can you say amen? Okay, introduction. Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 28. It's very last week, I didn't even get to the title. Deuteronomy 28, 1 to 14, NLT. I'll read it because I'm confessing the screen. If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all the commands he's giving you today, the Lord will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings. I read this like a legal. Does anybody for their work have to read legal documents? How closely do you read it? Why not read the Bible like that? Whatever, whatever the blessings are. No, I want to see what God said. If I obey him, he'll do. Your towns and your fields will be blessed. Who founded Scottsdale, Arizona? Who founded Reverend Winnifield Scott? I have his biography at home. You know why I bought his biography? I don't even like reading that much. I would take my vacations in Scottsdale and I told Adolis, my spirit relaxes here. I feel good here. I want to know how this place started. It seems different. So I found out there was a preacher who was also a military general that God so prospered him and then gave him inside information that they were gonna run a waterway into this area and it was gonna take useless desert land and make it fertile farmland. And he took a land grant, the government gave it to him. Did you know his grandmother? I think it was in New York. Their Baptist church needed to build a bigger building, and she donated 160-some acres to the church. And two generations later, her grandson was given a town. And then when he found out that water was coming, he planted orange. Uh what else do they plant here? Oranges and what else? Lemons, grapefruit, all that kind of stuff. He knew it was coming. And then he, if you go to Scottsdale, his preaching Bible is on display in the case. Scottsdale remained a dry town, I think, through the 60s. He made it a holy place. I don't think there should be one Winnifield. You know what another thing about him? When he was a general, he was also the chaplain in Kansas. He took a church that had less than 20 people, grew it to 250, then started two other campuses near the base and pastored all three while being a general. I see a new generation of Winnifield Scots coming to America in Jesus' name. Can you say amen? So let's read it. So that what what made me stop on that? Your towns and your fields will be blessed. Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed. Your fruit baskets and breadboards will be blessed. Wherever you go and whatever you do, you'll be blessed. Hallelujah. The Lord will conquer your enemies when they attack you. It's talking about like when people sue you or permit boards or people rise up against you. The Lord will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They'll attack you from one direction, but they'll run from you in seven. The Lord will guarantee a blessing on everything you do and will fill your storehouses with grain. The Lord your God will bless you in the land that he's given you. If you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways, the Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he swore he would do. Then all the nations of the world will see that you're a people. He will say, We'll see. You'll be so blessed that people that don't know God will look at you and go, What's going on? I knew you since we were in our since we were children in school. What happened to you? Things are, we're working the same job. You go up, I go down. Tell me what the difference is. The heathen will see it and know that you're a people claimed by God and they'll stand in awe of you. That happened to my wife. My wife married me. People thought she was nuts. Nobody in her family had left the house. Her and all her sisters and brothers lived in one house. No, nobody left. She married me. I'm taking her to Maine as a Puerto Rican Latino family to the capital of white people, Maine. Even the lobsters are white till you cook them. And they're like, Where are you going with this preacher? And then her cousins and aunts, what are you doing? Yeah, I had nothing. Look nuts. And then all these years later, she's doing uh opening the service up at our church in Pittsburgh. Who's a visitor here? Somebody raised their hand. Where are you from? Massachusetts. I'm from Massachusetts. Where? Framingham. That's what Jilly? It was her cousin. That was like the 20th family member that had moved to Pittsburgh. They mocked in the beginning. But after 20 years go by and your marriage is together and your child serving the Lord, they saw you when you were poor, but they saw I knew them. They couldn't have done that in their own strength. There is a blessing on their life. And they came and wanted a piece of that blessing. Your life might get mocked in the beginning, but stick with it. The same people that mocked you will come back and want a piece of what God's doing in your life. Can you say amen? The Lord will give you prosperity. Verse 11. The Lord will give you what?

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Prosperity.

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I don't like that word. Then go correct God. See if you come up to heaven and yell at him, telling them you need to take that word out of the book. That's not the devil's word, that's God's word. The Lord will give you what? I can't help it that people in weird suits preach it wrong. That happened in Paul's day. Paul said there's people that preach the gospel just as a way to get rich. That's always been how it's been. But just because there's a bad cook, you don't stop going to restaurants. I got food poisoning one time, so I don't go eat anymore. No, you'll die. Find a good chef and continue eating. Can you say amen? The Lord will give you prosperity in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. Blessing you with many children, numerous livestock. Now, see how this is an overarching principle. Whether it's Pastor Russell starting in a barn and now having multiple churches, John Wesley starting 800 churches on a horse. When you're blessed, things multiply. Want to hear a pretty cool revelation? What was the difference between Jacob and Esau? Esau found an animal, he was a hunter. He found an animal, when he found it, what did he do to it? Yep, kill it and eat it. When his brother, Jacob, found an animal, he's what the Bible calls an animal husbandman. He wouldn't kill it and eat it. He'd find it one from the opposite sex and have them have babies. Esau killed an eight, killed an eight, killed an eight. Jacob multiplied what he found. And the blessing of Jacob is on us. And so you have today, you got people that are looking for their paycheck, kill it, need it. Wait for next paycheck, kill it and eat it. But the believer has Jacob's blessing on him. Where what comes into our hand, God gives us a plan to multiply it. You're gonna multiply from today in Jesus' name. 12. The Lord will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you'll never borrow. That's what's happening in America right now. The shakeup in the money system is America is having the spirit of mammon ripped out of its money system. And it's going in this revival from a borrowing nation to a nation that doesn't borrow. Because the Bible says if a nation turns to God, they will not be a borrowing nation, they'll be a lending nation, and America is blessed by God. I'm telling you, this revival that's happening, record church attendance, murder rate falling off a cliff. Get your eyes off of Trump, Republicans, Democrats. God is answering the prayers of his people, and God is having his way in this country. 13. If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I'm giving you today, and be careful to obey them, the Lord will make you the and never the you will always be on and never at the meaning of life has ups and downs. No, that's not what it says. I mean, no, to go from the mountaintop to the next mountaintop, you have to go through the valley, amen. Um, this is not geography class. Also, that's not even true in geography. You ever hear of a mountain that has multiple peaks? You don't have to go into a valley to get to the next peak. I went to Rocky Mountain State Park and I found out in Colorado that you have to have um a reservation to go, and I didn't make one. So when I got to the thing, they said, Do you have your reservation tag? I said, I know you need one. I said, Well, it's full today, you can't go in. I said, Well, it's a one-way street and there's cars behind me. What do you want to do? They said, just pull forward and then turn around and exit the park. So I pulled forward, drove about 40 miles through the park, and then turned around and exited the park, just like the lady said. And we kept going higher. And so I thought as we kept going higher, even that stuff they tell you in church about, I mean, you know, to go from one mountaintop to the other. Why do people always preach valleys and defeat and poverty? I mean, no, to go from one mountaintop to the other, you have to go through a valley. I mean, you know, some things only grow in the valley, they don't grow on the mountain. Okay, this isn't botany. Preach the word. If you want to use illustrations to illustrate what God said, do that. But don't just come up with illustrations that run contrary to the Bible. Everybody say, I will always be the uh 13. They're trying to move me along. Everybody say, I'll always be on top. I'll always be the head. 14. You must not turn away from any of the commands I'm giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them. Joshua 1, 2 through 9. You can do NLT. Joshua 1, 2 through 9. Moses, my servant, is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you. Everybody said the time has come for me. No, no, it's it's he's a he's dead. You can say it. It's family school with it. It's been a long time. Everybody say Moses is dead. Do you know what he's telling Joshua? Quit mourning. Quit talking about Moses, man. He was great. There's churches like that. Hundred people. I mean, remember when Brother Anderson was the pastor. Yeah, he's gone. Now it's your turn. So do something instead of mourn the past. Hey Joshua, I know you like Moses. He's dead. Now the time has come for you. I remember when they shut down Pennsylvania for COVID. I was waiting for some big, powerful Christian group to sue the government and open churches back up. And I waited. And I waited. And one day, as I was playing Call of Duty, it dawned on me. It's down to you, buddy. Nobody's moving. That's what happened to David. David wasn't supposed to take Goliath out. There was a whole battalion of troops that were supposed to, but they were all afraid. As soon as you stop living in the past and talking about what you're, there's people that are in their 70s. My mother never gave me anything. Yeah, you're 71. Turn the page. There's people that are grandfathers and grandmothers still living in the hurts of their childhood. But today's the day you say Moses is dead. My past is dead. I'm gonna rise up and do what God's called me to do. I'm not blaming, you can blame your economic situation on your parents when you're 12. Not much you can do. But when you're 30, you can blame the president if you want. But when you've blamed eight presidents in a row, maybe the problem's not the president. You know, I'm having trouble under Trump. You're having trouble under Reagan. It's been nine administrations, brother. Can you say amen? Get your eyes off external things. If something changes in you by the Spirit, it if the Bible tells you one thing, it tells you if God is for you, who can be against you? If every man is for you, but God's against you, you're a dead man. But if every man's against you and God's for you, you're going straight to the top in Jesus' name. Somebody shout, I'm blessed. Moses, my servant, is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites across the Jordan River, into the land that I'm giving them. Three. I promise you what I promised Moses. Wherever you set your foot, you'll be on land that I've given to you. From the Negev wilderness in the south, tells you the boundaries. Five. No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. Doesn't say they won't try, it just says they can't succeed. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will never fail you. I will never abandon you. Six. Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people. Everybody say, I'm the one. You gotta figure out what your lane is and do it. Pastor Russell and I were doing a broadcast yesterday on TV and we opened it up for questions. Should I support Israel or Iran? Becky? It doesn't matter. You think the Moolers are gonna hear that Becky Robinson has decided to support good. Now we feel like we can win this thing. Stop focusing on things that don't pertain to you. There's people in Christianity, if they devoted half the energy that they devoted to trying to solve Charlie Kirk's murder to their own job and family and children, they'd be multi-millionaires. The devil will try to get you running in a zillion different directions. You know why my that pastor probably has a tiny church? Because he focused on Russell's ministry instead of his own ministry. I can't control what Trump's doing. I can't control what the Democrats are doing. I can't control what the Republicans are doing. I don't have any say in the war in Iran. But you know what I do have a say over? Revival Today Church Arizona, Revival Today Church Pittsburgh, my wife Adoles, my daughter Camila. And I can't say, as for me and the whole world, we're gonna serve the Lord, but I can say, as for me and my house, we're gonna serve the Lord. Be strong and courageous. For you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land. I swear to their ancestors, I'd give them seven. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all. Everybody say that word. The word with the eye. Everybody say instructions. Don't deviate from. Anytime you hear a preacher, you go, now I know the Bible says this, but that's called deviation. I know the Bible says we're to take one day and keep it holy, but you know, I have to. That's called deviating. Just do what it says. Don't argue with God. If you'll fulfill the terms of the covenant as written, you never have to pray about God fulfilling his end. But when you start jerking with it and Americanizing it. Now I know the Bible says we're to be in church once a week, but I have to work, you know. There's a guy, and I hope he's not watching. But I kind of do hope he's watching. He's my friend. I like him a lot. His life is falling apart. He goes to church. We were playing video games together. Had the headset on talking. And uh one of the friends we were playing with, I said, Where are you where what uh church are you going to tomorrow? He said, I gotta work tomorrow. I said, You know, it's Sunday, right? You know, he's in his 30s. No, yeah, I know. But the diner only has two uh servers, and um he has to go one week and I go the next week because we both go to church, and if we both go, the diner will shut down. I said, What are you more important about what's more important to you? The diner shutting down or your life shutting down? Your life is in the toilet, not yours, his. You don't know who he is, don't be offended on his behalf. Everything's not working, everything's breaking apart, and it's Sunday, and you have to make sure the diner doesn't close. Because they won't have enough servers. I refuse from the time I was a little boy. I had to tell my little league coach, hockey coach in high school, I don't come on Sundays. I'm a full-time Christian and a part-time hockey player. I'm a full-time Christian and a part-time employee. One of the things I love about Saturday church is driving past the synagogues in Scottsdale and Phoenix and watching those families dressed in Hasidic garb walk into synagogue. They don't care that their haircut's not in style. Not that it's not in style, it never was in style. They don't care that their clothes aren't in style. They've embraced being a peculiar people. And Saturday, you're never gonna see a Hasidic Jew waiting your table on Saturday, ever. Because they realize I work a job, but I am a Jew. And on Saturday, I keep that holy. When is the church? What happens in church? I always notice. I don't know you well enough for anybody to get offended. This is not geared at anybody, but it is interesting. Watching the watch them next time, Saturday. Father, mother, children, strollers, kids, holding hands. Church, broken family, broken family, broken family. And it's not because they're visitors, it's because if you have a light regard for the covenant, you can't keep it at 20% and expect it to work 100%. The Bible's telling you, all these great blessings, be careful to do everything that's written in it. Let me see Deuteronomy 28.1. Thank you. You're the only one that feels that way right now. Deuteronomy 28.1. If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I'm giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above. Let me see King James. No, I want to see a picture of King James. I'm just kidding. If thou shalt ever say, hearken diligently. Yeah, no, don't deviate. How many times does he write that and all this? Look at it, don't alter it, don't deviate, listen and do. What does hearken mean? It means like, listen, listen. When I was in geometry class, I listened. When I was in skydiving class, I hearkened. Because if I got a D on that test, I don't care. But if that chute doesn't open, me go die. And then they told me when I went to go skydiving that they strapped some dude to your back and he like does everything. I said, is there a way to like not have him do that? I don't even like shaking hands with people. They don't have some stranger tied to my back. They said, yes, but you have to take four hours extra class and it's double the money. I said, no problem. So now when I jump, it's just me. No one had to say, Jonathan, listen up. Jonathan, get off your phone. I was sitting forward, asking questions. Where's that cord again? What's the altitude where we signal? Then they said, you know, I was catching everything. Guys said, now you have to remember we're gonna be jumping Lake Winnipesaki in New Hampshire's here, and then there's land. If your chute doesn't open, you're gonna be tempted to want to land in the water. But if you land in the water at that speed, it's just like hitting the ground. And I raised my hand and said, But hitting the ground is hitting the ground. Doesn't really make any sense. Like it's some soft, fluffy ground and we're picking the water. I hearkened. Now why? Because my life was on the line. More than skydive. Your life is on the line. I could find it in the Bible, but I I don't, so don't pop it up because I'll preach a different sermon than we're gonna preach. But the Bible says they rediscovered when they when the Jews returned to their homeland, they rediscovered the scrolls. No one had been reading it, the priests hadn't been teaching it, and they read it, and the people listened to it all day and cried aloud because they realized they weren't doing what the Bible said. Let me see Hosea 4, 6. My people are destroyed for an abundance of demons? Lack of prayer. My people are destroyed for what? Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee. That thou shalt be no so who's he talking to? What's that P word? Yeah. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. It's not a rebuke to the church people. He was telling the ministers, because you don't tell the people what the Bible says, my people are being destroyed, and you've rejected knowledge. Tessa, do you have that guy um saying how he doesn't believe the supernatural parts of the Bible? Do you have it ready? Roll it. This is what he's talking about.

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So why do we still go to church? Besides the fact that we started one, and I guess we should show up. Um for me, uh, as I may have just given away, uh, I'm a little bit uncomfortable with spirituality, uh, with miracle, with um God supernaturally intervening in our world. Um and when I say I'm a little bit uncomfortable, I might not even believe that it happens at all. Uh which is probably a big downer for you to hear from me on a Sunday as a guy who runs a church. Uh so if I don't believe in that, um, for instance, I'm I'm not someone who believes that, you know, Noah's Ark was a real thing.

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Um if I don't believe why you thought he was just saying he doesn't believe in miracles now. He doesn't even believe in the miracles in the Bible. So that spirit is nothing new. That's what God was addressing to the priest in Hosea 4.6. You reject what my word says, and you don't tell the people, so I've rejected you. Do you know why Pastor Russell's in that church? That we used to be fooled, and some moron like that emptied it out. God rejected him and put somebody else in that will teach the word. If you will have an allegiance to the word, God's allegiance of his covenant to you will never depart from your life. Get ready for a different life from today. All right. I'm not going to one today. I'm going sooner. Let me do Joshua 1, 8 and 9. Calling those things that are not as though they are. Joshua 1, 8 and 9. This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth. Everybody say, What I speak. But thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do. Everybody say, Action. Action on the word. My friend that I play video games with, if I said, Do you believe that Christians should be in church every Sunday? Oh, yes. Then why aren't you? Everybody believe it's not just believing it, the action proves the belief. But thou shalt now you shouldn't get sad when I talk about my friend. You're in church. You and how many of you had other things to do today? Including rest. Yeah. But why are you here? Probably most of you, if I could answer for you. Well, I hope it changes to Jesus, because I can't get you into heaven. Not only did I not die for your sins, I wouldn't even step on a Lego for you. But Jesus died for your sins. Can you say amen? But I appreciate it. It's very nice that you care about me. Somebody say because of the blood of Jesus. Yeah. And then I would guess as you keep coming, you're going to start to notice how many of you, since you started really serving the Lord, have noticed a positive change in your life. You know what I've been reading to you up until now? That's not going to go away. That's not like a cheap perfume that God's going to sprinkle a little blessing on you. The path of the upright. The sun rises in Phoenix. It's nice and 78. But if you say, man, everybody says it's hot in Arizona, but the sun's up, it's only 78. If you live here, you say, wait a minute, you're going to turn into a Louis Vuitton suitcase-looking, wrinkled up son of a gun from this sun because it doesn't stay 78. It rises higher. At breakfast, it's 85. At lunch, it's 98. At dinner, it's 143. It keeps getting higher and it keeps getting hotter. And the blessing of God on your life is you stick with the word. It keeps going higher and it keeps getting hotter. I see the blessing of God breaking out on this church like never before in Jesus' name. For then, if you'll do it, that's why I was yelling at my friend. I've known him for a long time. He was at a youth retreat when I was the preacher. That's where we met. He helped me and my wife start a church, and now I see he's gone backwards. I'm telling him. Not for it. Don't you see? Take a step back. The Bible says that in Hosea. Consider your ways. Your bags have holes in them. You make a lot of money, but it all goes out of the holes. Why? Why are things not working? Take a step back and say, oh God, why are you? See, other churches tell you to blame the devil. Meanwhile, the devil's in Syria going, I'm over here. I never heard of that lady before. Is the devil everywhere at once? Can the devil only be in one place at a time? Okay, so for you to think that he's devoted his whole life to you, you must be the second coming of Elijah, Jesus, and Moses wrapped into one. No. Decisions determine destiny. Choose you this day whom you'll serve. Choose life. Everybody say, I choose life. So how do you choose life? Number one, verse nine, you shall have good success. Have I not commanded thee, be strong and of a good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. No, it I want you to see this. See the Bible, not as a book of promises, not as a book of encouragement. See it as a book of instruction. Joshua, let this book of instruction. I'm not looking for what God said He'd do, though it's good to read it. Mainly, what would you have me to do? Most Christianity teaches passive Christianity. Oh, you got to work during church, no problem. Now I'm not saying this to get you to come to church and you're in church. I'm not, we don't take attendance. Hey, you, you know, didn't you hear me preach that you're supposed to be in church? I heard you're at the diner. No, I'm telling you, late regard for the covenant nullifies everything that was written. And if people won't preach it, it leads to confused Christians. I'm doing everything and nothing's working because you don't know what to do. Because they haven't told you what be what keeping the covenant means. Everybody say, but that'll never be me. See the Bible as a book of instruction. John 8 39. Jesus said to them, or they said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said unto them, if you were Abraham's children, you would do the works that Abraham did. The proof that you're in covenant is you do covenant action. Can you say amen? Then uh Genesis 17, 1 through 9. And when Abraham was 90 years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God. Walk before me and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee. It was a multiply exceedingly. Three. And Abraham fell on his face and talked with God, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name anymore be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham, for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful. I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations for an ever. What kind of covenant? To be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou art as a stranger, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God. And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou and thy seed after thee and their generation. Let me see NLT. You guys are awesome. Then God said to Abraham, Your responsibility. And what would say my responsibility? So if you go to a church like that guy on the stool, they don't tell you either part. They don't tell you, they just question the Bible openly, don't tell you anything. Then if they do, some churches will say, I mean, no, God'll bless you. God's a healer. But they leave, He is. But it's there's your part. A covenant is a well-defined agreement between two parties where both have a responsibility. And God said, Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility. Let me see John 8.39, coupled with that again. We're the children of Abraham. If you're the children of Abraham, you will do the works. King James, you'll do the works that Abraham did. Faith without works is dead. So enter into the demonic interpretation of grace. I mean, no, no matter what we do, he's still there. I don't know, man. If I go have lunch after church, I'm gonna have a different Saturday than going out and stabbing someone to death after church. God's grace is still there, but God's grace doesn't cover sin. God's grace gives you power to make the right decision to be tempted and sin not. I want to tell you, it's amazing there's anybody in this church and it's not 11 people because you are in a church today that flies in the face of North American teaching. Doesn't matter what you do. Even if you fail a hundred times, he'll forgive you 101 times. That kind of belief will lead you in prison. Failed marriages. If you make a soft spot for adultery and murder and lashing out in anger, who was I talking to yesterday? Oh yeah. Uh uh one of the guys that works at the church in South Carolina. They're all Russian. His brother in Russia, his sister was got in a fight with her boyfriend, called him, he came over, punched the guy. The guy got knocked out, hit his head, the police came, took the guy to the hospital, and he died in the hospital, and now he's being charged with murder and can't afford attorney. One action. So if you start giving people a light regard for mistake, and the diner needs a server, that's how the devil suddenly gets you out of the covenant. He's not gonna get you uh to be in church today singing and stuff, and then tomorrow go, I hate God. I don't want anything to do with it. No, he doesn't have to do that. Just get you to have a light regard for the covenant. John 8 39, Deuteronomy 28, Joshua chapter 1. What's God telling you? Pay attention, do it like I tell you to do it. And that's why you read the Bible every day. You're not searching for why God's failing. What can I do? Where am I missing it? Point out anything in me that's off track that I can bring it on track. And you know what the Bible says? If this sounds overwhelming, the Bible says it's not too difficult for you to do. And the Holy Spirit will speak to you and show you exactly the path that you're to take. Again, I see 2026 being the greatest year as you commit to the covenant. Go ahead and take 15 seconds and clap your hands. Let God know you're interested. Hallelujah! Does the Bible say for you to um help the poor? Yes. Catholics know that, Lutherans know that, somebody's got that, anybody knows that. Well, I knew it, but I had never done it. Then I went to India, and I spent a day praying for people in the slums in Mumbai. Now, again, if you're watching from India, you're here. I'm not saying the whole country's poor, but where I was was rough. I'd never seen people who hadn't eaten in days, and their ribs are showing and stuff. So it bothered me. And then they kept asking for prayer and they didn't ask for prayer for money. They all wanted prayer for the same thing. So the first people they go, we have sores on our arms. Will you pray that God heals the sores? When I said, sure. Then when I went to pray, the Holy Spirit said, Don't pray for the sores. The sores aren't the problem. They don't have any food. Feed them. Sores will go away, they're malnourished. So I said, When's the last time you had something to eat? Two days ago, my husband found some berries. Okay. I had 25,000 rupees in my jacket because I'm not good at math. And I thought it would be good to have 500 US dollars in case my visa gets shut down. So I'm walking around in a suit with a brick of money in it. And I realize now the Lord prepared me ahead of time. I put a scripture up. 2 Corinthians 6.10, King James. I had no money at this time. We were living in a tiny apartment. I was late on the rent all the time. So this scripture became a reality that day. As poor, yet making many rich. Here, I'll pray for your source. But first, do you have a place you can go buy food? Yes. Here. Hand them a fistful of cash, drop to their knees and start thanking God. Do it at the next house. Do it at the next house. Do it at the next house. And then I saw how many houses there were. And I preached that night, and I was still so bothered by it. And I don't cry. I am not a soft-hearted person in the flesh at all. But that so bothered me that there were that many people that didn't have food, and I don't have enough money. I felt the Lord. I wish I'd get Adams on the phone. See if I can't get her on the phone. So you so you'll hear that this is not a preaching story that I'm making up to stir people emotionally. This is something that changed my life. And she remembers because I called crying at five in the morning. She said, Why are you crying? Every single one makes a call mid-sermon. Now, if your phone goes off, you won't feel bad. I think she's in church. So she would tell you. Or do you want to do it every day? I said, I'm gonna do it every day. So I called Lester Summerall's feeding program, and I pledged to feed 40 children a day, which was I think$800, which is what my rent was, which I couldn't afford my rent. But after seeing that, I told Adolis, if we end up not making our rent, we can sleep. We didn't have a kid. We can just get like a sleeping bag and stay in a state park or whatever. But I would rather sleep in a sleeping bag in a state park and know I was doing something about this than close my heart off to it. And she said, No, I agree. But see, that's why I'm preaching this to you. Why did I say, even if I have to sleep in a state park? No one ever told me so let me see Proverbs 28, 27. No one ever told me. He that closes his eyes to poverty will suffer many a curse. But he that gives to the poor, what? Shall never lack. If you take care of them, I'll take care of you. He who gives to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay. And when we did that, I'm not joking you. That's why I was gonna get a witness on the phone. My next meeting was in Massachusetts. 120 people in the church. Largest offering they had ever given to a guest speaker was$2,500 in 40 years.$92,000 came in the offering. That first meeting. Our record in in however many years was$9,000. The ushers came out crying. We've never heard, we don't know how this is happening. I felt, and then that verse was what the Lord triggered to me. I I I told you to do that. Did you think I was gonna have you feed them and you go without food? If you'll be my hands and feet on this earth, you'll never have to worry about your own house. Wanna hear more? So I went from 40. I'm not stupid, you find the broken slot machine. I went from 40 to 80. Money went up. Went from 80 to 100. Then we went to a church where the most they'd ever given to an evangelist was$5,000 in 40 years. Reinhard Bonkey came there and less than$2,000 came in. We had$137,000 come in. And I said to Adoles, why do you think that much came in? I mean, I went out of my way to not do much on the offering. She said, I can tell you why. You kept telling people that we went from feeding 80 kids to 100 kids, but I forgot to make the call. And so to make up for you not telling the truth from the pulpit, I upped it to 200 kids. Money increased. Then we upped to 800. Then COVID hit and they said the economy was gonna collapse. But I knew there was a law that if I give to the poor, I can never lack. And so I called that feeding ministry, and they immediately started to try to talk us out of cutting our support. Because everyone had been calling. Think of this now. All the preachers had been calling. March of 2020, we have to cut our giving back. You cut your giving back. I'd rather cut my neck. You sow to reap. If you cut your seed back, it's not gonna help there be more harvest and it facilitates less harvest. You know, I know they're saying the economy's bad, but we would you just wait a month and let's see what happens. We said, No, we're not calling to cut it. We're calling to go from 800 to 1,000. Really? Oh yeah, thank you. I said, I'm not doing it for you. I'm doing it for me. Because I realized if I'm gonna do what God's called me to do, there's things He's asked me to do, and I'm gonna do more of it, not less of it. Thousand went to 2,000. 2,000 went to 5,000. And today, whether you know it or not, you are a part of a ministry right now, you, that feeds 5,000 children every day in the poorest parts of the world, the only meal that they eat. You got the graph, Tessa? This is when I started doing that. 525,000. This is COVID, 2020. Up the up to giving. Up together, seven, fifteen, twenty-three, thirty-one, thirty-five, seven. How do you go from there to there? And there's no fundraisers, there's no golf tournaments, there's no church chicken dinners, there's no no spaghetti dinners, no, you do I actually, and I I hesitate to say this by how it'll come off. If all of you wrote a letter to the ministry and said, we're not giving anymore, and everybody in the church in Pittsburgh did, and Texas, and LA, it wouldn't change one thing I'm planning because my harvest is not determined by what I can get you to give. My harvest has been determined by what I've decided to give, and no one can stop the harvest from the seed that you've sown. I see a great harvest coming to the body of Christ in 2026. Now, you know why I put that graph up there? That was through the housing crisis 2008. That was through everything. COVID. I don't care. Uh first, me personally, I'm not monitoring Iran to know whether we can start another church or not. Jesus already said the world's gonna get worse and worse. But where darkness abounds, there the grace and power of God that much more abounds. I want to tell you something. You might live in this world, but you're not of this world, and your blessing is not determined from below, your blessing comes from above. Come on, if you receive it, go ahead and do what you're trying to do it. Clap your hands, all ye people. So I gave you one. Eight scriptural highways to God's covenant of increased riches and multiplication. One's giving to the poor. What are seven more? What are actions I can take that guarantee I step into the blessing of God? Number one, Isaiah 119. We've already covered it heavily. In the living Bible, Isaiah 119. If you'll only let me help you, if you'll only obey, what does it say? Don't say it reluctantly. What does it say? It's God's word. If you can't say that, then don't say John 3.16. It's all the word of God. He didn't say he'll meet your needs. He said he would what? I don't hear you. Yeah, rich. Rich, rich is rich. Rich in the original language means rich. You know what you can do when you're rich? There was a couple of uh there was a pastor and his wife that flew in from Romania to our church in South Carolina. They said they've been watching us on YouTube for years, and like that lady that had the heart problem. They don't have a heart problem in their baby, but they're pastoring in Romania. It's difficult to get churches to grow coming out of a communist dictatorship. And they said, we want you, and it's helped us do the church. And I came back from preaching in the upstairs room and they were there, and I just decided to go on Chat GPT. Young couple, two children, started a church. I've been there. What is the average salary in Romania? Told me. What is that in US dollars?$2,200. I said, Hey, um, you're leaving tomorrow to go back to Romania? I said, I'm gonna send you$2,000 a month for the rest of the year so that you don't have to worry about a salary, and you can add that to whatever your salary is now. The woman fell on her knees and looked up to God and began to thank him, crying. They never said they were in need, they were well dressed, but I don't need anybody to tell me. I was a young minister. Most people don't care. They clap, they shake your hand, they pat you on the back. Paul told the Philippian church, you were the only church that communicated with me in giving and receiving. And that's why I told that church God's gonna take care of all your needs. That's what you can do when you're rich. If I was a normal evangelist, I'd be waiting for him to count the offering to make sure I had enough to get home. But those days are over. I've decided I'm not gonna go out chasing the blessing. The blessing's gonna chase me, and I'm gonna funnel it to those that God speaks to me to give. Can you say amen? Number one, everybody say obedience to God's instruction. Let me see uh uh Isaiah 119, KJV. If ye be willing, what's that O word? Ye shall eat the good of the land. That means the best of the land. You know, I walked by Roos Chris Steakhouse when I was 22 in downtown Pittsburgh. I was with a bunch of preachers, and they said, We can't eat in there. What do they have? Like an anti-Christian policy? I honestly didn't know what they were talking about. I said, What do you mean we can't eat in there? When I hear that, it makes me want to go eat in there. So they said, no, every it's expensive. Well, expensive is relative to who you're talking about. And I didn't have any money back then. I had less than no money. I got declined when I was in my 20s for the Montel Williams pre- uh uh credit card that's for poor people. That they advertise earning the prices right in Judge Judy that they'll give to anybody, anybody but me. My credit score was like 43. We can't eat in there. I said, why not? Oh, it's expensive. Everything's a la carte. So what does a la carte mean? They didn't know either. So I look in the window, I'll never forget it. There's a guy smoking a cigar with his arm around two ladies. I thought to myself, don't tell me that that guy, cigar smoking adulter, can eat in there, and I can't. And then Isaiah seemed to agree with me. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. Now you don't have to go to a fancy steakhouse to eat the good of the land. You can go to Lupita hot dog in Phoenix at two in the morning, surrounded by barbed wire and gunshots, and that's the best place I've eaten in all my travels. I go there, that's what I that's my ambient. Instead of taking a sleeping pill, I just eat all those uh uh berea tacos and pass out in the parking lot. I'm laying next to a guy, he's on heroin, I'm on berea. So I'm not talking about you gotta spend a ton of money. But don't tell me what I can drive. Don't tell me where I can eat. Don't tell me because I'm a Christian, I have to have the worst when God said, if you listen to me, you'll eat the good of the land. I see you eating the good of the land in Jesus' mighty name. If you receive it, can you say amen? Number one, obedience. Number two, Proverbs 18, 20 to 21. A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the and they that love it shall eat, uh, shall eat the fruit thereof, either life or death. Those that love to talk will enjoy the fruit of what they speak. I've told you this before. What's the difference between me and another pastor that's struggling? I can tell you one of them. I could pull up on YouTube a guy that started a church. This church is 10 or 11 months old. And he said, first thing when he took the mic, this is a new church. When you have a new church, there's not much money. When you have a new church, there's not many people. When you have a new church, you don't have any property, and when you have a new church, you don't have any help. Why don't you just tie a noose and hang yourself while you're at it? Why use your mouth to curse yourself? Have you ever heard me stand and say, This is a new church? We don't have much money. No, because our blessing isn't from the people, our blessing comes from heaven. Now listen, imagine if instead somebody had got around that guy where he would get up and say, This may be a new church. But because God is our source, we're gonna have plenty of help. God's gonna open property to us, we're gonna have volunteers, and we'll always be amply supplied to do what God's called us to do. You can tithe, you can give, you can work, you can obey. But if you use your mouth to cut off your harvest, you're always gonna be in trouble. When you complain, things diminish. When you speak positively about God and His Word and give thanks unto God, the things begin to grow and multiply. Don't talk lack, don't talk what's against you. Start saying that with God, all things are possible. God is for me, who can be against me? God is making a way where there is no way, God is bringing streams in the desert, God is clothing my children, God is giving me a good place to live. Hallelujah! I don't know if I told this here or not. In LA during the 21 days of prayer and fasting, I think I did. A family got booted out of their apartment in the first week of the fast. That's like the opposite of what you want to have happen. The little boy found out about it, took an offering envelope out of the big people's church pews, brought it to children's church, put his$20 that he had in it, and wrote on it for a house for mommy and daddy. Because they had heard me teach, they told me on YouTube, about how you can believe for a specific harvest. If you can't believe for a specific harvest with what you give, then Elijah was out of line telling the woman, see that jar of oil and that cruise of oil and that jar of meal? Those two things will never run out when you do what God told you to do. If it's out of line to believe for something specific, then uh uh Isaac was out of line. In Genesis 28. If you'll give me food and clothing and protect me, bring me back to the land that you told me, then I'll give you a tithe of everything I had. God said, Not only will I do that, I'm gonna give you a plan from an angel how to multiply the animals, and Laban's herd will decrease and your herd will increase. God, church might have a problem with your prosperity, religion might have a problem with your prosperity, the government doesn't want you to prosper, but it doesn't matter if you do what God tells you to do, the same way they couldn't stop Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, they can't stop the blessing that's on your life. They ended up before the end of that fast, not with an apartment, with a house. Supernatural. The lady changed all the terms. I like you people. I want to give you a house. Speaking faith-filled words. God honored that kid's faith. Lord, I don't have enough for a house. I got 20. I'll give it to you and ask you to do something for my family. It's called childlike faith. Can you say amen? Can you say it better, amen? I preached a sermon on Wednesday night back in Pittsburgh a year and a half ago. If the language of unbelief, if that, if you can help us. And Jesus said, What do you mean if I can? All things are possible to him who believes. Everybody say that with me. All things are possible to him who believes. And so I preached out of Dake's notes, if the language of unbelief, settle with the will of God is. Don't say if. We went on vacation the next day. Camila's in her car seat. This is a while back. And we're driving around Scottsdale staying at one of the hotels. And I said to Adelaide, wouldn't it be wonderful if God gave us a house in Arizona so we didn't always have to stay at a resort and pay them money and actually had something here? Camila with her iPad in her car seat went, if the language of unbelief. I felt rebuked by the Holy Ghost. I wanted to get mad at her, but that was what I preached. So I said, Camila, what would you have said if you were me? Without looking up from her adventure, I'd just say thank you, Lord, for a nice property in Arizona. See, that's called childlike faith. See, a normal adult, even me, was that, well, you don't understand how much house costs here. In Queens Creek, the average, the median homes, 8.6 million. Children don't know that. I was even thinking when I looked at that graph, when we launched our ministry, when I broke out to launch into evangelism, was in the middle of the housing crisis in 2008. But you know what? I didn't know about a housing crisis because I didn't have a house and I didn't have TV, so I didn't even know anything was going on. When you're a child, you don't know what's going on in the world. You just know what God said and you believe what he said. As you get older, you start learning about interest rates and subprime interest rates and the economy and the war in Iran. You know, I was listening to something on the way in today. It was Carl, it was uh uh Fred Price preaching in 1988. And everything he was trying to preach faith about to get the people to not worry about, you'd think he was preaching right today. He said, Don't worry about what's going on in Iran. Don't worry about gas prices, don't worry about inflation. They were the devil's getting people worried about that 40 years ago, and you got people still worried about it now. My blessing is not determined by the Ayatollah, by the United Nations, by the Department of War. My blessing is determined by my obedience to the covenant, and you can't curse what God is blessed. I said, You can't curse what God is blessed. Say it out loud, speak faith-filled words. Number three, Matthew 6, 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Psalm 34, 9 and 10. Oh, fear the Lord, all ye saints, for there is no want to them that fear him. Fear the Lord, O ye saints. For there's what? Let me see in the NLT. So say no lack. We don't say want anymore. I'm in want of breakfast. You, his godly people, for those who fear him, will have what? Verse 10. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall never lack any good thing. Hallelujah. Number three, seeking God's kingdom first. I made a vow with my wife back when we had nothing. I'm never gonna write a check or send any amount of money for anything until I've first done it for God's kingdom. That's why we didn't have a house for 17 years. Because I also won't borrow money on the principle of Deuteronomy 28. So then she said, you know, Camila's getting older. I'd like her to be in a house, not an apartment before she goes to high school. I said, me too. But I said, you know what? Let's just build God homes. And I have a feeling we can only build him so many houses before he's gonna build us one. The builder called us a year later. I built 33 homes. I sold 32 of them within nine months. I have one of those homes that haven't sold in 18 months. And I felt the Lord speak to me. It's because you're to give it to that pastor. And he called the dolls and said, The house is yours. It's 846,000. I'm gonna round it up. I'll get you a garage around here in Pennsylvania. It's a pretty nice house. He said, I'm gonna round it up to a million so you can get any car you want and furnish it with furniture. And God, we put his thing first, and all I'm trying to get over to people is what they taught me growing up is have less so you can do more for God's kingdom. But I'm trying to tell you from the Bible, if you try that, you're gonna find out it's impossible. What you make happen for others, God makes happen for you. And I see God making great things happen for you in Jesus' name. Can you say amen? Number four. Proverbs 10 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Proverbs 22, 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings, not before mere men. Ephesians 4 28. Let him that stall steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands, the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 1 Thessalonians 4.11. And that ye study to be quiet and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as he commanded you. All these Facebook message groups and people that write nasty stuff, do you think if that pastor had more services and more campus, he'd even know Russell Johnson existed? He pastors in Florida. Why do you even why are you even commenting on somebody in the Pacific Northwest? When you're a busybody, you don't have a job. When you work, how many of you here have ever worked a 14-hour day before? Like manual, dang. If you came home from that 14-hour job and somebody said, Did you see what your aunt wrote about you on Facebook? It's really bad. If it was the nastiest thing you could write about a human being, would you care? Why not? Too tired. I'm going to sleep when I'm getting up and working. The Bible says that's what you should do. Instead of minding everybody else's business, like that lady comment does, should I back Israel? Back them with what? Are you gonna send them cookies? What are you a ruler of a nation? What are you gonna do to back Israel? I'm against Israel, I'm for Iran. You live in an imaginary world. Nobody in Iran knows you exist. Nobody in Israel knows you exist. Focus on your family. People are experts on Charlie Kirk's murder. Iran and Israel, uh, the Democrats, and their marriage has fallen apart and their kids are on drugs. Make up your mind. I'm gonna work with the thing God's called me to do, and I'm gonna build a great life for me and my family. Do you know who I stole that from? John Wesley, the circuit riding preacher that changed America. Because out of Ephesians 4.28, he was one of the first preachers. It's what's why Canada has a has a$6 trillion GDP and America has a$32 trillion GDP. Because Canada never had a preacher like that. John Wesley told Christians, you're to work as hard as you can, earn as much as you can, save as much as you can, and give as much as you can. Every preacher was telling people it's good to be poor. Put Ephesians 4.28 up. But John Wesley told people, out of the Bible, NLT. Let him that stole steel no more. But instead, use your hands for good hard work. Everybody said, good hard work. What's that big plant they're opening up when you start driving like out to Sedona? Huh? TSM, uh Taiwan semiconductor. I looked on um Chat GPT, they're gonna hire 12,000 people. And you don't need a college degree for most of the jobs. And they'll do training because they need laborers. There's more jobs available in America than there is unemployment. Say this with me. While it's getting quiet, I might as well just turn the knife more. Say this with me. Say don't follow your passion. Follow need. You know what I mean by that? If I like to paint, but nobody will buy my paintings and they need truck drivers, I'd get a CDL. And I'd start driving truck while I waited for my my art to take off. Find where there's an opening in the economy that interests you, and do Ephesians 4.28. Any see, you want to know why preachers don't preach on this? Who's shouting right now? Where's the organ? Who's dancing? Amen. Hard work. Everybody loves preaching about what God's supposed to do, but they don't want to hear what their part is. But if a preacher tells you you can have these blessings and not work, they're lying to you. I want you, if you get a chance, you should look up on ChatGPT or some unbiased source to tell you about the U.S. economy. The U.S. economy is ripping. They tell you, I know, you're quiet, because no, his economy's in trouble. They were saying that in 1988 at Fred Price's. The U.S. economy is the strongest economy in the world. It's the only place people have to invest money. I'm telling you this right now, not as an American. I'm telling you, this economy under Scott Bissent is not gonna collapse. God is answering the prayers of his people and the economy's going up. But if you turn the news on, you'd think you lived in a third world country. Because they're gonna show you downtown Minneapolis and downtown LA and the streets are boiling over with hate. If you think the streets are boiling over with hate, you need to go to Queen Creek, Arizona. Queen Cave? And then what's the cave one? Cave Creek. People love creeks around here. Are the streets boiling over with rage in Queen Creek? No. So get your eyes off of the toilet. There's bad parts in any nation, but that's not America. We have a multi as diverse a church as you can have here. What race is slapping another race? What race is shoving another race? God's blessing is on this country. It is not being torn apart, it is being turned back to God. Church attendance at an all-time high. God is shaking this nation and He's gonna shake it more in Jesus' name. The devil is getting shaken out of here. Somebody say, Diligent work. There's no factory worker that's gonna work harder than Russell Johnson this week. How many times are you gonna preach tomorrow? Six times. Work hard. He's not gonna sit on a stool and talk about other people preaching. In fact, he's working so hard, he won't even have a response video to that guy. The day will come if you live long enough, and I pray you do. There will be nine full YouTube channels that do their full broadcast criticizing Lord. We do in this church. I'm going to give them plenty of material, but I'm not going to start a response page. I'm not building blogs and YouTube channels. I'm building churches and evangelistic crusades, and that's what we're going to do until the coming of the Lord. Can you say amen? Somebody shout diligent work. Number five, tithing and honoring God. Malachi 3.

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You want me to come on on the tithe? Leviticus 27, 30 is too difficult a scripture for many preachers. I don't think ministers have to tithe. And the tithe of the whole earth, whether of the seed, of the land, or the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's and is holy unto the Lord. You don't give your tithe, you bring your tithe because it already belongs to God. You can either give it or steal it. And God said, When you tithe, do you know what you're doing? It's very deep. You're showing God. I have not come to the foolish conclusion that I did this. So I'm giving you what you asked for to remind you that I've not forgotten that you are the source of my blessing. And when you return it to God, He said, See if I won't open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that's so great, you won't have room enough to take it all in. Maybe because this is a church and not an evangelistic meeting. When I come back next week, when I receive the tithe, I'll teach on the tithe. And I don't want to get into it because I won't be able to do it quickly. Number six, important principle for increase. Matthew 25, 29. For unto everyone that hath shall be given. By the way, put the chart up of our income again in case you think I'm just telling you to tithe. 37 and a half million last year. Or 35 into 0.7. Do you think I did what most ministries would do? That's a lot. I mean, surely God doesn't expect us to give$3.57 million away. No, we did$0.3. Because I started tithing back there in 2010. What would my tithe have been back then? Think of this now.$121. This is very funny to me.$121,484. I could have done what all my Bible college instructors did. Ministers don't have to tithe. Abraham not only tithed personally, he led 318 trained men out to battle. They conquered, took the wealth, and he tithed to Melchizedek, then paid his men. Abraham tithes corporately. And that's when Melchizedek pronounced that blessing over him. Think of this now. Melchizedek brought Abraham bread and wine. Bread representing the word, wine representing the new wine of the Holy Ghost. The minister brings that to the people, and the people bring their substance to God, and the blessing flows back to the people, and the cycle repeats every week. When there's a breakdown in that, the church begins to die. And so our total income, 2010, loving God as much then as I do right now. I loved God then. I wasn't half-hearted. I was traveling just as much. Do you know yesterday, without having looked at that, I told Adallis, what did we have somebody give us two Saturdays ago for the ministry? Check for what? What's the tithe on a million? Plus, we hadn't tithe yet on the income before that. So I asked Patrick, what do we owe for tithe? He said, 125,000. So yesterday, my wife was at Jesse DuPlantis' meeting with Kathy DuPlanis, and they were having church. I texted her and said, give$125,000 in the offering to their ministry. So yesterday we wrote a check for more than our year's gross income 16 years ago. And half of it 2011. Did you know that's only a tenfold increase? And the Bible says he'll increase you a hundredfold. The day will come if you now you can't pick one of these. You can't work and not tithe. You can't tithe and not work. You can't give to the poor and not uh uh uh uh and and beat your wife. You don't pick some. He said, follow how many of the commands? But it ain't that many. And so the day will come, very soon, where you will write a tithe check that's more than your current year's income. Because that's only tenfold. If you receive that, can you say amen? Does that sound insane? Mm-hmm. I used to hear people tell me that when I was at that level and think, oh yeah, you're one of those prosperity guys, must be nice. That doesn't happen for me. But if you'll believe it, you'll find God doesn't have any favorites. And to quote my friend Dr. Fred Price, God doesn't see black, God doesn't see brown, God doesn't see white. God sees one color, faith. And when you have faith in his word and act on it, he'll do for you what he did for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If you can testify to that, can you say amen? Number six, Matthew 25, 29, for unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. I'm almost done because there's eight, that's six. I'm gonna bust out seven and eight quick. Because you were raised in American public school or just American school, even church is worse. They teach you that a lot should be spread among those that don't have. Now I just told you where to give to the poor, but if you think the government is the agency to get that done, you're smoking crack. They just found out that$17 billion of taxes that were collected to give to the poor went to non-existent daycares, non-existent show companies in California on down the line. The money never gets to the people. Can you say amen? Because the government, it's not forced redistribution of wealth. If the devil has his way, he likes to use certain scriptures to increase taxes like they did in the Middle Ages. But when you understand that it's God's people that will facilitate it, now check this out. How many of you remember the toy giveaway that we did in Houston? Who helped get us the toys? God, but the White House found out and wanted to help get toys to that poor part of Houston. Well, when they saw the video that all the toys got to the kids and no money was wasted and everything was accounted for, that 17 billion they found, they want me and Adolis to come to the White House in May and discuss a plan to take the money that was supposed to go to the poor that's not, and find a way to funnel it through righteous hands that'll get it to the people. Because literally the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just. Can you say amen? So because people have been taught socialism, they don't know this that God didn't take the talents from the guy that had 10 and give it to the one that had one. He took from the one who squandered and gave it to the one that already had ten. Because God rewards uh productivity and he rebuked those that didn't increase. You lazy, useless, wicked servant, you you could have at least put my money in the bank and I would have got interest. So that's why that guy has a problem with the nectile. Why does Russell have four churches? Because to he who uses well, God liked what he did in that barn, so he gave him a bigger church. God liked what he did in that church, so he gave him campus two, then campus three, then campus four. That's what's happening with me. I never wanted to have any churches. But the reward with God for good work is more work. Who is a faithful, sensible servant? To him will I entrust the keys of the kingdom. Don't want more. Manage, you don't get more to manage well. Pastor, one day if I won the lottery, I'm gonna, I'm gonna give my when my grandma dies. No, no, no. Don't wait to get more to do well. Manage well what you have now, and God will give you more. God didn't increase Esau. Everything he gave him, he killed and ate. But when he gave to Jacob, Jacob took and bred and increased, and God said, I like those that multiply. If you give Russell a helicopter, there's not more vacations, there's more churches. If you give me a plane, we go from two to four churches in one year. When God finds someone that'll increase his kingdom and make generational impact with the kingdom resources, they will never lack provision. I tell you for the ninth time today, you will never be broke another day in your life. You will never lack provision again. Your family is going to be different than other families because you've made a different choice. Number seven. Sowing generously. Don't have time. Luke 6, 38. Just pop that up. Give and it shall be given. Press down, shaken together, and running over. Give and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full. Pressed down, shaken together to make room for more. Running over and poured into your lap. Read that last sentence for me. Who said that? Jesus said that. These people tell people that if they give more, they'll get more. Yes. Because Jesus said it word for word. You know when we came into this church? I think we had 140 people. 240 now in less than a year. The pastor of this church, I said, You've been so kind to us. I gave him him and his family were gonna go on a vacation. We paid for the vacation. And then we paid for the wall to get knocked out and all that. So yeah, so I'm not gonna we did that, and so that's why we don't have any money. No. I'm blessing his church, and God's blessing our churches. What you give to others comes back to you. How many of you know we're we're gonna dedicate a church in Pittsburgh April 5th, 2026? It'll be one of the five largest full gospel churches from the mid-Atlantic to New England. In four years, we probably are gonna have 3,000 plus people on Resurrection Sunday. Knowing I had to build that building, I came with$200,000 to pay for surgeries in Nigeria. I gave uh uh a lot of money. I gave$125,000 yesterday. I'm not that's why there's an anointing when I teach on this. It doesn't feel pressure. I'm telling you what I learned that helped me, and if you God will do it for anybody. I didn't tell the dolls, hey, I know we owe$125,000 in tithes. Hold it until we get our church done. Church may never get done. Give and you will receive. Now, as I've been sowing these major offerings while we're building a church, a two-year building project got done in 10 months. The man that's in charge of the building made everybody that helped take a loss on the project. I didn't, he did. This is what it's gonna cost you for us to install sheetrock. You need to come down by 50%. I'm only quoting you labor and materials, not my problem. But if you don't take a loss on this one, you're gonna take a bigger loss because I won't use you to build any of my houses in the future. And he's one of the major builders in Pennsylvania. He made them$70 a square foot. That church is being built for. Because somebody got it in their heart that we're gonna do this for God, and you're not gonna ring, you're not even gonna get your expenses covered as a contractor. I didn't do that. Can't be mad at me. Wasn't the preacher saying doing it for the Lord? It was a builder saying, You're doing it for me. And because they want to build this future house, they all took a loss on it. And then he fronted the money several times and said, just pay me back when you have it. He doesn't go to our church. God stirred him up. What you make, why would he care about what I'm doing? Why would I care about people that need surgeries in Nigeria? What difference does it make to me if somebody starves to death in Mumbai? Not my problem. But when you make it happen for others, God will send other people. That's why you should never get discouraged about your mother not helping you, your father not helping you. You know, there there's there's pastors, their brother lives in the town and doesn't go to his church. The mother lives in the town doesn't go to the church. That happens all over the place. My family doesn't even go to my church. You know what? Your family's not your source. And if they don't want to bless you, it doesn't matter. God will raise other people up that'll come out of nowhere and bless you. It doesn't come from where you think, but it will always come because God is backing the blessing. I see that blessing finding your doorstep this week in Jesus' name. Number eight. Psalm 67, 5 to 7 changed my life. Anybody get anything out of today? Psalm 67, 5 through 7. May the nations praise you can leave it. May the nations praise you, oh God. Yes, may all the nations praise you. Six? Then the earth. What happens when you praise? And God, our God, will keep going. Yes, God will bless us. And people from all over the world will fear him. Do one more, do Joel 1.11 in the King James. Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen. Hallow, ye vine dressers, for the wheat and for the barley. Because the harvest of the field has perished. Keep going? The vine is dried up, the fig tree languisheth, the pomegranate tree and the palm tree also, and the apple tree. Even all the trees of the field have withered. Why did all the harvest dry up? Because joy of what? Depression repels harvest. Complaining repels harvest. When they complain in the wilderness, God sent vipers to bite them. He hates it. So when you complain, the vine dried up, nothing's bearing fruit, because you allowed your joy to wither up. The joy of the Lord is your Psalm 65, 67, 5. Praise Him, praise Him, O ye people. Then will the earth yield its harvest and God will bless us. When we praise God, it causes. In fact, Deuteronomy 28. Put Deuteronomy 28, 48. Deuteronomy 28, 48. 47? Because you would not serve the Lord with joyfulness and gladness of heart. For the abundance of all things, you'll serve your enemies. So when you come to church and praise God, it's not to kill time so people running late can come here. You're doing what the Bible says causes. Why do you think I felt led to rebuke my friend? Because you would not serve me with joy for all the benefits you received and decide to go, go, go do something else instead. Fine. But my blessing will depart. But if you're making a point, not just to serve me, well, it's time for church. We should be faithful. No. I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. God, I'm here on these Saturdays. That's why if you want to make me mad, ask me, when are you coming back to preach? Is Jay coming or your dad or you? I like Tiff. I don't like Jay. Just don't be a Christian then. I don't understand people. You is half of you were Catholic, and you went, you didn't care who the priest was. One boring guy after another. You never said one's father Larry coming. No, you went to church because you were Catholic. And then in Protestant, it's like in stand-up comedians. You come here, your favorite guy, go to a worship night somewhere else, go to some other gathering. Pick a church, plant yourself in it, and you're coming regardless of who's preaching, regardless of who's singing, regardless of whether you're like Brother BJ, regardless of whether you're like me. I'm in God's house to let him know I'm here to remind you that I please you. You've pleased me with your blessing, and I return all the praise to you. Stand on your feet, everybody. Every hand lifted, if you would. Father, I thank you for your great blessing that comes on us today in great measure. Where there was correction that came from your word, I pray that as people make the necessary adjustments, that the unhindered, unbridled blessing of God would flow into their life and never cease. I pray, Father, somebody online, somebody on television, and somebody here live would be the first to break the neck of poverty in their family. People who came from nothing, their children will never have to fight those battles. Because today they found the key to walking in your abundance for the rest of their life. In Jesus' name. All God's people said amen. As you guys begin to play a praise song behind me. Because I found the key from the word to walk in the blessing of God. Can you say amen? May I pray for you? Sir, may I pray for you? Lift your hands to the Lord. Power of God's on you. Father, I thank you for power to get wealth. I thank you for power for hardship to be broken. That 2026 would be the year that you enjoy the closest walk with God that you've ever had and be the first in your family to break out. In Jesus' name. Now, every hand lifted. I pray that anybody that has spoken lack or limitation in your life, that it would get cleared out by the Bible today. People that told you it's gonna be hard, hard to be married, hard to have children, hard to find a job. From this day forward, you begin to see his yoke is easy and his burden is light. Let me pray for you, ma'am. Lift your hand. Put one hand on your belly, lift your other hand to the Lord. Lord heals you on the inside. In Jesus' name. Your blood, organs that process blood, go right through you.

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More. More. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Take a step out of here.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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I join my faith with all of these Lord. I thank you that as you've had me teach on increase these last three weeks, you've increased this church from 190 to 250 in two short weeks. Thank you for increasing your church. Thank you for increasing the California church, the Texas Church, Arizona Church. And thank you for the explosion that's taking place in Pittsburgh. We give you all the glory. I pray the same way that you provided a home for that family in California. I pray today the thing that's been weighing on people the heaviest. Money or not, house or not, relationship, house, job, sickness, disease. Thank you that you're the bearer of every heavy burden. And you take that burden off of people today. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. May I pray for you? Would you mind if I prayed for you? Come right out. I won't do anything strange. We don't pass out snakes till Thursday. Take your hands and put them where your kidneys are. God's gonna give you two brand new kidneys and a new pancreas. All your blood levels go to normal.

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In Jesus' name. Put your hands where your kidneys in Jesus' name.

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Amen. Can you shout, praise the Lord? Lift your hands and say something after me. Say thank you, Father. That today all lack and limitation exits my family. I refuse to repeat what past generations have done. You're a God of increase. You've caused me to increase. You've called me to increase. And I receive the anointing to do so today. I'll never be broken another day in my life. In Jesus' name. Say this, thank you, Father. Every battle I had to face growing up, my children will never know those battles. In Jesus' name. Now lift your hands out of your own mouth for about 20 seconds. Just say thank you, Jesus. Thank you for your blessing coming upon me. You're helping me. You said if I'm willing and obedient, I'll eat the good of the land. I receive that today. I receive that today. In Jesus' name. I pray the greatest business owners in the State of Arizona would come out of this meeting today. A new generation of kingdom wealth takers out of the hands of darkness come out of this meeting. In Jesus' name. Thank you for the anointing that was on Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That's ours through Christ Jesus. We receive it today. We call it done. In Jesus' name. Everybody said amen. Give the Lord a mighty hand clap. Every head bowed, every eye closed. If you're here today and you've never received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, I want you to do that right now. Because you can do all those things, but if you've never surrendered your life, then you're outside of the covenant. The covenant begins by going through the blood of Jesus. And so there's some. My mother went to church every other week her whole life and was not born again. They never talked about it. They just told lessons and stuff. So I don't want to skip that. If you're here and you've never surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, or you once did, and like my friend, I play video games with the pressures of life without realizing it. Took him out of church, wrecked his life. But today I want to settle my account with God. Today I'm coming back to Christ, never to leave again. I want you to quickly put your hand up, and I'm going to pray for you right now. We're going to pray a short but yes. We're going to play a short but powerful prayer. And the Lord's going to help you. Put your hand up nice and high. Make your decision. Very quickly. Those that lifted a hand, come and join me at the altar right now. We're going to pray. Give them a hand clap as they come. Everyone that lifted a hand, come. This is your day. Keep clapping as they come. Anybody else before we pray? Awesome. Lift your hands before the Lord and say this. Even as you pray it, God's going to do a work on the inside of you. Heavenly Father, I've come forward today to give you my life. Forgive me of all my sins. Wash me in your blood. I believe in my heart. You raised Jesus from the dead. I confess with my mouth, Jesus is Lord and my Savior. Right now, I receive forgiveness by the blood of Jesus. I am saved. I am forgiven. I am clean. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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