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[884.50 --> 885.60] And that stuff, |
[885.76 --> 886.54] that more, |
[886.80 --> 888.10] is not what's going to satisfy |
[888.10 --> 889.34] your deepest cravings, |
[889.58 --> 890.44] your deepest hungers, |
[890.78 --> 891.66] your deepest desires. |
[892.06 --> 893.06] It is Jesus Christ. |
[893.68 --> 894.88] And those who practice gratitude |
[894.88 --> 896.38] build that relationship |
[896.38 --> 897.82] and learn that trust. |
[898.88 --> 900.04] So that's the first practice, |
[900.58 --> 901.44] practicing gratitude. |
[902.30 --> 903.70] Let's open up the second one, |
[903.74 --> 905.78] which is practicing generosity. |
[905.78 --> 908.54] Those who know |
[908.54 --> 909.90] that God owns it all, |
[910.62 --> 911.80] those who live in gratitude |
[911.80 --> 913.68] for God who gives so generously, |
[914.48 --> 917.14] learn to give their stuff away. |
[917.82 --> 919.92] Learn to open-handedly share |
[919.92 --> 920.98] what God has given them. |
[921.08 --> 922.14] And in God's economy, |
[922.26 --> 923.20] in the story of the Bible, |
[923.72 --> 925.52] those who have been given more |
[925.52 --> 927.66] get the privilege |
[927.66 --> 929.46] of giving more away. |
[930.42 --> 931.80] Now, I happen to grow up |
[931.80 --> 932.72] in a community where |
[932.72 --> 934.04] there's been some incredibly |
[934.04 --> 935.04] wealthy people |
[935.04 --> 936.20] who have modeled |
[936.20 --> 937.46] incredible generosity. |
[937.62 --> 938.60] And I praise the Lord for that |
[938.60 --> 939.72] because they see |
[939.72 --> 940.76] how God's given much |
[940.76 --> 942.30] and therefore they can give much |
[942.30 --> 942.96] in return. |
[943.34 --> 944.36] They can share with those |
[944.36 --> 944.74] who are in need. |
[944.78 --> 945.80] But that's not all of us. |
[946.16 --> 946.78] For many of us, |
[946.88 --> 947.74] the practice of generosity |
[947.74 --> 948.76] is a hard practice. |
[948.92 --> 950.42] And it's one that God uses |
[950.42 --> 952.36] to break the idols of greed |
[952.36 --> 953.68] and this hunger for more. |
[956.50 --> 957.42] I want to ask some |
[957.42 --> 958.80] diagnostic questions for us. |
[958.86 --> 959.98] Can you give your money away? |
[959.98 --> 962.46] Can you tithe without |
[962.46 --> 963.60] someone resenting |
[963.60 --> 964.98] giving money away? |
[965.32 --> 966.42] Can you live open-handedly |
[966.42 --> 967.26] with your possessions? |
[969.40 --> 970.92] I shared this story |
[970.92 --> 971.42] at the 9 a.m. |
[971.42 --> 972.56] I've shared this story before, |
[972.68 --> 974.04] but it probably bears sharing again. |
[975.16 --> 977.24] My in-laws live in Phoenix |
[977.24 --> 977.82] half the year. |
[977.96 --> 978.66] Maybe you know that. |
[979.08 --> 979.86] And while they're away, |
[979.96 --> 980.88] I have this practice |
[980.88 --> 982.18] of giving their car away. |
[983.02 --> 984.16] So over the years, |
[984.22 --> 984.84] there's been different people |
[984.84 --> 985.30] and family. |
[985.58 --> 986.42] But there's one time |
[986.42 --> 987.04] where there is someone |
[987.04 --> 987.82] we got to know. |
[988.10 --> 988.54] They're a family |
[988.54 --> 989.58] that recently moved |
[989.58 --> 990.30] from Ethiopia. |
[991.12 --> 992.52] And the young man |
[992.52 --> 992.98] in the family, |
[993.10 --> 993.94] one of the students actually, |
[994.00 --> 994.90] he just got his license |
[994.90 --> 995.88] and started a new job |
[995.88 --> 996.72] and was looking for a vehicle. |
[996.86 --> 997.20] And I was like, |
[997.50 --> 998.22] you can definitely |
[998.22 --> 999.24] use my in-laws' car. |
[999.80 --> 1000.44] And I didn't ask |
[1000.44 --> 1001.00] for their permission. |
[1001.14 --> 1001.60] They're away. |
[1002.10 --> 1003.18] And that went sideways |
[1003.18 --> 1003.86] when I realized |
[1003.86 --> 1005.46] he called me in panic |
[1005.46 --> 1006.36] because he had smashed |
[1006.36 --> 1007.02] it through a fence |
[1007.02 --> 1008.42] and through someone's garage. |
[1008.90 --> 1010.10] And I still, to this day, |
[1010.40 --> 1011.12] do not understand |
[1011.12 --> 1011.76] how that happened. |
[1011.90 --> 1012.82] It doesn't matter now. |
[1013.06 --> 1014.24] But what does matter is |
[1014.24 --> 1015.58] that phone call |
[1015.58 --> 1016.24] when I received it, |
[1016.24 --> 1017.12] my first thought was, |
[1017.12 --> 1018.56] my in-laws don't even know |
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