Yes, God is good. Sometimes you’ll see the Red Sea part; God does it instantly. He begins to turn it around. But there will be times that you come to a Jordan River. You prayed. You stood in faith. You declared His promises, but the waters didn’t part. The wind didn’t blow. The angel didn’t show up. Are you going to get discouraged, give up on what you were believing for? Or are you going to dig your heels in and say, “I’m not moved by what I don’t see. God, I know You’ve already changed things. You’ve already damned up the waters, stopped the sickness, lined up the promotion, set the right people in my path. Lord, I thank You that it’s on the way.”

Man, I just wanna talk to you today about being an strategic giver.
You know, when you live a life of giving, you live the best possible life there is.
Now sometimes we think, well, I can’t give all the time.
If I give all the time, I won’t have anything left.
Or we think if I if someone asks me for something that I don’t have, how do you expect me to give?
But can I tell you this today that there is never a time that you are empty handed.
You always have something to give.
In the book of acts, Peter and Paul were walking to the temple to worship god.
It was a time of day where everyone came to worship at the temple.
I can just imagine the crowd and everybody trying to get into the temple so they could all get a good seat.
Kinda like this morning, you know, you got out of your car. You were rushing here.
You wanna get your seat. before someone took it. You were all busy.
And so they came walking into the temple.
They were passing the gates of the temple and they passed a man who was sitting there begging.
Now the Bible talks about this man, and this man had been crippled from birth, and the people that took care of him placed him at the gate every single day.
Obviously, it was a good place to sit for spare change. because he was there every day.
I’m sure if it wasn’t a good place, they would have moved him somewhere else. Right?
So he was there that day begging believing that he was gonna get what he needed for that day, have enough money to take care of himself and the people who helped him.
Well, this particular day when Peter and John were walking past the the gate, he hollered out to them.
And he said, hey. I need some money. He was begging from them.
And I can see Peter and John, they’re probably having a good time, a good day.
It was a good day for them, and they kind of felt their pockets.
Maybe they got their money back, and they realized, I don’t have any money.
And, you know, would have been easy for them to say, well, buddy, you know what?
I I’ll I’ll catch you next time.
You know, I don’t have any money right now, but I’ll catch you next time. Have you ever done that?
Someone asked you for something you didn’t have? And you think, wow, well, I have. I okay. I’ll admit it.
I have. I was sitting at the light parked in my car at an intersection.
And I was just sitting there minding my own business when this man, I saw him walking to all the cars.
and he was begging for money. And so I reached my purse, and I
started looking for some spare money. I didn’t see any money. No change.
I began to look in my console no money at all.
And I saw him getting closer and closer to me, and I I felt bad because, you know, you always wanna give something to him.
I didn’t wanna deny the man. So I grabbed my phone and
I started talking on it.
I was like, yeah. Mhmm. Yeah. You know?
And so when he passed my car, he didn’t even know I saw him.
I didn’t have what he was asking for. So I just ignored it.
You see, I am so glad that day that Peter and John, because they didn’t have money, they didn’t ignore the man.
See, Peter realized I always have something to give as long as I have the power of the most high living in me.
He looked straight at that guy, and he said, hey.
But he’s silver and gold I don’t have, but I do have something and his name is Jesus.
And he reached out his hand. And he said, get on up and walk, buddy. You’re healed in
the name of Jesus.
And the Bible says that that guy jumped up, and there
was a miracle that everyone saw that day. He began jumping and leeping and praising god.
Listen, Peter realized he was never empty handed.
You may not have exactly what someone is asking you for.
But do you have a hand to pick up your neighbor?
Do you have an encouraging word to put someone on their feet? You know what?
I learned that day that I grabbed my phone, tried to ignore the fact that I didn’t have with that man he needed.
I realized I do. I do have something. I have the name of Jesus. And next time
I run-in that situation, I’m praying. God, thank you.
that you’ll give that man supernatural opportunity that father he’ll understand his value
and his worth. But I thank you that you’re doing things he could never, ever, ever, Expect that only you can do father.
Bless him today, father, enrich his life. You see, I have a prayer. And that prayer is powerful
when you give it in love. When you put it in the hands of Jesus, it has a ripple effect.
It makes a difference
on this earth. You see, that’s extravagant getting.
That’s a person who knows that they’re not lacking anything because they serve the creator of the world.
I may not have exactly what you need today, but I have something better. I have a prayer.
I have a hand. I have a word. I have something I can do for you.
Maybe it’s just your time. Sometimes time can be more valuable than money.
Hey, does your sister just need an encouraging word? Does she need you to just sit down for 5 minutes?
and help her out with a situation that she’s going through?
Maybe she just she needs you to nod and say, yes, you can do it.
What is it that someone needs today? You have it because you are never empty handed.
A lot of times, We don’t have enough financially. If you do have enough financially, praise god.
Give it. God always gives back. But sometimes we don’t have enough to solve someone’s problem.
We don’t have enough to get them out of the situation.
There was a young boy in the Bible. He packed his sack lunch one morning.
He decided he was gonna go see Jesus. He put five loaves of bread and two fish in it.
He thought this should take care of me at least for the afternoon when I get hungry.
I had a good breakfast, but it’ll take care
of me this afternoon. So he was standing in the crowd watching Jesus.
And all of a sudden, he got a tap on
the shoulder. And this disciple came up to
him and said, hey, young man. Can I have your lunch? I see you got lunch there.
He said, I gotta feed all these people.
And I’m sure the boy was like, uh, I’m sorry, but this is not enough to feed all the people.
Can you imagine him scratching his head thinking, where’d this guy come from? You know?
But the boy gave it anyway.
The boy said, maybe I don’t have enough, but let me just see what would happen.
In that day, the disciples took that lunch and put it in the hands of Jesus.
A little bit wasn’t enough. But in the hands of Jesus, it fed 5000 people that day.
You may not have enough to meet the entire need.
You may not have enough to solve the problem, but can you share your lunch?
Can you give a little Can you do what it takes to help a friend?
Listen, we need to have this abundant mentality because I believe when we put our little no matter what it is, is it a smile?
Are you holding a door for a stranger when
you walk through the door first? Are you just letting your light shine?
I believe when we begin to put our little
in the hands of Jesus, that’s when we’re gonna see miracles.
That’s where we’re gonna see the blinds see the purple wall, the lame jump, We’re gonna see relationships mended.
We’re gonna see the ripple effect of what we have given to Jesus,
effective on this entire earth.
You know, when we give, no matter what it is, how great or how small, that giving serves and helps others.
But do you know really what that giving does? It powerfully transforms the giver. Do you wanna transform life?
Do you wanna live at your highest level?
Do you wanna see god do things not only in your own life, but in the lives around you?
Be that extravagant giver. have that mentality of I’m never empty handed. I’ve always got something to offer.
And watch god take your little and make into a lot. Make it into much.
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