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if you have your Bibles I’d like for you
to open them with me to the Book of
Psalms chapter 35 I love what I’m
preaching today I believe it down to my
my bones I believe it so so real that if
I had one thing that I’d like to teach
young people I guess
besides you know living right living
pure before God it would be to let God
prosper and bless the dream that he has
for your life now I want you to get a
vision and a view of our Heavenly Father
today and how he sees and desires and
yearns to bless his people look with me
in Psalms chapter 35 and verse 27 let
them shout for joy and be glad who favor
my righteous calls let them say
continually let the Lord be magnified
listen to this who has pleasure in the
prosperity of his servants you know I
know people and someone may say well I
know someone who ties and Guilds and and
and they’re not blessed well that would
be true because many people tithe and
give and they don’t use what’s left over
wisely the Bible said there is wine in
all in the house of the just listen to
this but the foolish spend a–the it up
so God gives blessing and people misuse
and mismanage the finances and they
spend it up my translation the Franklin
translation says they eateth it up they
drive it it uh they wear it it uh all
the men said amen
in the story of the prodigal son the
Bible said that when you see the
father’s attitude in the story that when
the boy came home from the Pigpen that
the father ran out to meet him and
listen to the word he listened to the
father the Bible said the father took
quote and this is in Luke 15 the best
road and then he took quote the killed
the fatted calf not some half diseased
one leg missing cause a wolf got ahold
of him ear clipped off but a fatted calf
best robe everybody say best Road fatted
calf and a jeweled ring one translation
said bling-bling put it on his servant
who had messed up beautiful clothes he
was filthy and he covered him in a best
robe and put shoes on his feet and put
the ring on his hand and said let’s kill
the fatted calf see here the abundance
of the father’s thinking and the older
brother the religious boy who’s in
church sitting out with an attitude
didn’t think that God’s people deserve
the best robe and God’s people ought not
to have the fatted calf and y’all not to
really celebrate and enjoy that music
Bible said when he heard the music and
the laughter and the fun and eaten the
fatted calf and people dancing and
having a good time the father came
outside and said what’s wrong with you
son he said I’ve been around here all
this time and you’ve never killed a
skinny goat and you just killed a fatted
calf for that guy right there that
doesn’t deserve it
notice the two different mentality I’ve
taught this before but again I say unto
thee
you you either have you either have a
fatted cat the father has a fatted calf
mentality bestrode fatted calf jeweled
ring but religion has a skinny goat
mentality just get by scrape by not
supposed to have nothing not supposed to
be nothing not supposed to do nothing
and I’m telling you that it limits you
when you have skinny goat mentality got
to hear the God who has a best robe
fatted calf jeweled ring that’s how God
thinks that’s how he thinks do you
realize how big the Garden of Eden was
it was enough food and trees and fruit
in that garden to feed thousands and
thousands and thousands of people if you
just read the measurements out of the
Garden of Eden
thousands upon tens of thousands of
people fruit everywhere and God puts two
people in there because God is a God of
abundance God is a God of abundance but
you’ll never experience it until you’re
fully persuaded that God wants to
prosper you you say you don’t understand
I’m a single mother you don’t understand
that stuff this against me you don’t
understand the playing field and my
husband left me and we’re going through
like you wouldn’t believe and you’re the
very one I’m preaching encouragement to
today God is not not forgotten about you
God has not abandoned you God has not
left you your husband might have and the
kids but God will not leave you in those
kids and he’s gonna raise you up if you
can believe he’s gonna make a way for
those kids to go to college he’s gonna
make a way that’s why I feel so
passionate about this stuff it works for
people who take hold of the promises
hallelujah so I want you to look at how
God does it in Matthew chapter 25 real
quick Matthew chapter 25 very very very
very important parable about money and
giving and obeying God with what you
have Matthew 25 and verse 1415 watch
this for the kingdom of heaven is like a
man traveling to a far country who
called his servants say I’m his servant
and delivered his goods everybody say
his goods to them and one of them he
gave five talents to one two talents to
another listen to this this is so
important each according to his own
ability
he gave one five he gave one two he gave
one one because he knew what they could
handle each person according to his
individual ability what he could be
trusted with here’s the key to it God
then gave to them and they increased it
the one with five invested it and when
he can’t when the master came back and
said give an account of what you’ve been
given he gave him double back he gave
him ten even though he only left him
originally with five the other guy had
two he gave him four back the guy who
had one said I didn’t have I didn’t do
nothing with what you gave me and watch
watch the reaction of God God wants to
trust us with more if we pass the test
that’s what this is teaching Jesus is
teaching this stuff this is not a
preacher this is Jesus Christ teaching
this lesson and he’s saying he wants to
trust you with more if you’ve passed the
test the amount that that that you think
you’re ready for if you are not using
what you have presently wisely and
managing it wisely and obeying God in
giving wisely God says it determines
whether or not the master will trust you
with more I don’t know what stage you’re
in I don’t know where you are but God
does you don’t cheat God you cheat
yourself listen to me young people
college students those of you starting
to work in the workforce and got you a
little part-time job you don’t cheat God
when you don’t give that tithe to the
Lord you cheat yourself I started when I
was young obeying God in this area and I
watched him bless me and bless me and
bless me it’s not the
out of money – it’s the management of
the money you ever seen these people win
the lottery and if they’re broke when
they win the lottery give them about one
year and they’ll be broke again it’s not
money it’s a management issue
it’s a management issue verse 24
Lord I knew that you were a hard man
reaping where you have not sown and I
was scared he says in the next verse I
was afraid and I went and hid your
talent in the ground so that you have it
and the Lord answered him verse 26 and
said to him you wicked and lazy servant
you want to reap where you have not sown
he said in verse 27 could you not have
at least deposited the money with the
bankers and drawn some interest could
you not do nothing with what I gave you
you just want somebody to come by and
give you everything could you not do
anything now watch how Dolph the Father
gets that the owner of everything gets
therefore listen to verse 28 this is
sweet lovely Jesus therefore take the
talent the money from him and give it to
the guy who has ten talents that’s not
fair
for to everyone who has more will be
given and he who will have abundance
from him who does not have God is saying
I expect you to be a productive person
and if you don’t take what I’ve given
you
you got health you got a good mind you
got a will to do something you’ve got a
dream in your heart you get out and you
may start with little or nothing but you
start and you pay the price and you work
hard and you give yourself and you study
and you read and you and you get around
people who will lift your thinking and
you hear the word of God and meditate in
it and God begins to take you from one
thing to another thing to another thing
and that’s how you get a blessed life
and God says I take pleasure in that
stuff and what I’m saying to you is that
God gives you stuff and you better not
squander it and you better not waste it
and you better not waste time you’re the
clock is ticking on your destiny right
now and there listen I feel this now
there are windows of opportunity in life
will pass you by and you’ll be playing
catch-up and God’s merciful and if
you’ve messed up it doesn’t matter where
you are I’m not preaching to you today
if you’re a single mother and all your
world has caved in there’s hope for you
God promises that he takes pleasure in
seeing you and your family and your
children prosper as you do your best
come on shout a man somebody
I want you to fill a sharp elbow and say
you need this let’s go ahead listen to
what God says in Deuteronomy 8 for the
Lord your God verse 7 is bringing you
into a good land a land of Brooks and
waters and fountains flowing milk and
honey blessing all that is goes on verse
9 a land in which you will eat bread
without scarcity listen to the mentality
of God bread without scarcity in which
you will lack nothing verse 10 where you
have eaten and when you have eaten and
are full you should bless the Lord I
don’t have a problem with you being
blessed just when you’ve eaten and
you’re full don’t you forget about me
you shall bless the Lord your God lest
when you have eaten verse 12 and are
full listen to this and have built
beautiful houses and living in them and
verse 13 when your herds and your Fox
multiply on your silver and your gold or
multiply it all that you have is
multiplied don’t you forget your hearts
lifted up verse 14 and you forget the
Lord your God and then verse 17 that you
say in your heart my power and my might
I worked so hard has gained me this well
you shall remember the Lord your God for
it is he who gives you the power to get
wealth why you better establish his
covenant how do you do that through the
kingdom through the church through the
ministry one more can I give you one
more Deuteronomy chapter 28 now it have
come to pass if you’ll diligently obey
the voice of the Lord your God observe
carefully do my commandments that I
command you this day this is God talking
to you young people this is God talking
to you young couple this is God talking
to you in a marriage with two three
babies and struggling this has got
nothing wrong with struggling we’ve all
been there I’ve been there everybody
probably in here has been there the
point is if you start doing what God
said obey His commandments he will bless
you live frugal live manage your money
wise do what I’m saying and I’m telling
you
he will prosper and smile at your
prosperity but listen what says he says
that I command you this day that the
Lord your God will set you on high got
high places for you verse 2 all these
blessings shall come upon you and
overtake you because you obeyed the
voice of the Lord your God all these
blessings will come upon you and
overtake you all these blessings will
come upon you and overtake you because
you obeyed the voice of what listen to
what he says listen he said in verse 3
blessed shall you be in the city blessed
shall you be in the country blessed
shall be the fruit of your body and the
increase of your herds the increase of
your cattle verse 5 blessed shall be
your basket blessed shall you be when
you come in and blessed shall you be
when you go out the Lord will cause your
enemies who rise up against you as long
as you’re in covenant with me to be
defeated before your face they shall
come out against you one way and flee
before you seven ways Wow listen to
verse eight this is so powerful folks
get excited about this now I’m bringing
good news this morning
verse eight the Lord will come man
listen to the wording the blessing
what’s the blessing you become a magnet
for success it’s just coming at you
you’re drawing it you draw in blessings
you the blessing is on you and it’s on
your storehouses it’s on all which you
set your hand to well it’s this magnet
thing it’s like a magnet in your life
that’s just drawing the blessings and
opportunities and open doors and
connections and resources and it’s a
blessing that’s on you and when you walk
it’s like a magnet you just have to
figure out what you got time for
anybody believe this stuff so so let me
close so come here David
man I know you’re nervous but then this
young man and everything I’m gonna share
with you he’s fine with us sharing but
David you were you were in prison for
how long 12 years and 21 days 12 years
and 21 days you’ve been out how long
about six weeks now and you started
watching free chapel in the prison yes
sir
and you went on the 21-day fast in the
prison tell me about that
well I wa I prayed and I prayed I wanted
a spirit-led fast and God led me to fast
and you know I saw your sermons and I
said man he’s giving me the truth and I
seeked it I was at a place where I had
nothing else but Jesus and man with
Jesus gave me everything I was obedient
I did what the spirit led me to do and
let me tell you something 20 days later
at this point in time my release date
was 2020 now that I took my calendars
one and said 2016 right so the 20 days
later I get a letter from the parole
board that said we have rescinded your
decision you’ll be released in 2016
now this date let listen listen you got
to hear this so he went over 21-day fast
listen to this the date that they
reviewed my case was October 31st the
day that I had began fasting and it goes
to show me that as I was being obedient
to the Spirit in a prison cell okay
in the middle of nowhere Jesus was
moving people’s hearts on a whole other
side of town and it is the love engine
and I just knew that it just like job
said you know I used to hear it about
you but now I see you and there’s so
many times from the time I was a child
and my mother and grandmother planted
these seeds in me that I didn’t see it
but all my life he had favored over me
and I he opened my eyes and now I’m his
sheep and I hear his voice and I was
born again and just the spirit this
morning when I was eating my waffles
before I drove up here for Mariette I
just dropped to my knees in the kitchen
I said God feel my spirit today I needed
this man said hey you’ll come up on
stage I said nothing let me tell you let
me tell you why I did this conch cause
he’s been coming every Sunday since he
got out of prison
every Sunday he’s here comes to all the
services just can’t get enough and and
last Sunday he came to me and he was
moved he was in tears and he hugged me
and he said pastor he said I need a job
said pray for me to get a job pray for
me pastor I need a job God knows I know
John he said these words he said God
knows no jobs too small for me I’ll do
anything I just want a job I need it I
need it for my self-esteem I need it coz
to be the man here’s his employment card
somebody got a job the next morning oh
and God is smiling at your prosperity
God is smiling at your cross I guarantee
you you put a smile on God’s face
to God be the glory stand up on your
feet all over this ring no one moving
stand up here with me David
but you you’re standing out there today
and here’s what the Lord showed me when
I was reading that story again about the
prodigal son the Lord said to me in a in
a beautiful phrase in my spirit when I
say that I’m very careful but he said to
me the pathway notice the pathway to
prosperity the pathway back to the
father’s house is the pathway back to
prosperity
there is no famine in the father’s house
and the pathway back to the Father is
the pathway back to prosperity the boy
even said in my father’s house to hire
servants are doing well in my father’s
house the food is amazing in my father
Sir there is no famine in the father’s
house and the pathway back to prosperity
in your life is the pathway back to the
Father I don’t care how bad you’ve
messed up
he’s smiling on this young man he’s
bringing him into a good land you don’t
have a good house you won’t have a good
family you’re gonna be a good man you’re
gonna tell your story and it’s gonna
change lives he’s got a good plan and he
does for you if you’re in this room and
you’d say pastor pray for me I know I’m
far from the father and I want to get
right I know that I made a mess but I
know he loves me
and I feel that love today and I would
like a change in my life pray for me if
that’s you without hesitation boldly
raise your hand right where you’re
standing don’t hold back
don’t hold back don’t hold back that’s
it hands going up all over this room
Hynde unashamed do it do
now do it because his spirit is speaking
deep to you now in your soul saying this
is your day this is your day there’s
nothing you’ve done God can’t forgive
every one of you that have your hand
race slip out of your seat say excuse me
get out of my way I’m going to the
father’s house and the pathway to the
father’s house is the pathway back to
prosperity come on come on here they
come here they come here they come come
on clap real loud clap real loud
somebody else needs to come chains are
breaking chains are breaking chains are
breaking yes he loves you yes he will
restore you yes he has a dream for you
yes he believes in you yes you’re better
than that
you’re better than whatever the enemy’s
tried to hold you then I hear the chains
breaking I hear the prison doors opening
he has the key that no man can shut that
opens the door to your life Jesus name
anybody else come on anybody else
let’s pray this prayer together let’s
pray it sincerely Lord Jesus thank you
for the cross you paid the price for my
salvation and I worship you I surrender
to you I was lost but now I’m found I
was blind but now I see because of the
blood the cross the price you paid I am
forgiven I am cleansed I am accepted
into the father’s house here comes the
best road here comes the fatted calf
here comes the jeweled ring I am a child
of the Most High God bless me O God put
your blessing on me and my house in
Jesus name
a man and a man can we give God the
biggest shout of the day lift him high
lift him high lift him high you know I I
just know that God’s will is that you
have enough to provide for your family
and to be a blessing to others the
prosperity defined is having enough to
do the will of God and left over to be a
blessing not only to you but to be a
blessing to help others and I believe
today God delights in the prosperity of
his servants those who favor his
righteous calls according to the Book of
Psalms and I believe today many of you
have listened to this and God’s gonna
bless you God’s gonna prosper you you’re
not limited I’m telling you I’ve seen
God in my own life and in this ministry
we started out with very meager
beginnings and God has helped us and God
has prospered us and he can do the same
for you in your dream he cares about you
he understands the loads that you’re
under financially I know that load huh
I’ve carried that load and I’m telling
you God can lift the load and God can
bless you and I know he’s going to as
you put him first sow seeds guilt and it
shall be given back to you good measure
pressed down let’s not just preacher
stuff that’s the Word of God and God
honors his word and maybe today you hear
that voice saying so into that ministry
and help them preach the gospel if you
will I believe God will bless you and
he’ll help you in your dream as you help
us with our dream which is to reach the
world with the gospel of Jesus Christ I
want you to pray about right now right
where you are can I should I help Jenson
should I so into that ministry you know
many of you watch this telecast many
many times why don’t you pray about what
the Holy Spirit would have you do to
help us reach others just like you’ve
been reached just like you’ve been fed
that’s all I ask you to do is pray about
it he’s our source and I believe if
you’ll pray about it God will speak to
you and if you’re low Bayon there’s a
harvest that will come back because this
is good ground you can sow the best seed
in the world
if the ground isn’t good you won’t get a
harvest but this is good ground and I
know the Lord will bless you thank you
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