Announcer: NEXT, CREFLO DOLLAR SHARES THE STEPS

TO EXPERIENCE MORE than ENOUGH.

Creflo: MONEY BY ITSELF CANNOT DEFINE PROSPERITY

AND MATERIALS BY ITSELF CAN'T DEFINE ABUNDANCE.

GOD IS A FATHERAND HE WANTS US

TO HAVE SUCCESSIN EVERY ARENA OF LIFE.

SOME OF THE PEOPLEVIEWING THIS BROADCAST,

THEY THINK I'M GOING SOMEWHERETHAT I'M NOT GOING.

[ Laughter ]BUT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM.WATCH THIS.

Announcer:CREFLO DOLLAR NEXT.

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James: I WANT TO WELCOME YOU

TO A VERY SPECIAL LIFE TODAY.

YOU SEE, WE'VE BEEN PRAYING

VERY SPECIFICALLY.

YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES

BECAUSE YOU WATCH US

TOUCHING SUFFERING PEOPLE

ALL OVER THE WORLD

AS WELL AS HEARING

THE MOST INTERESTING GUESTS

AND TESTIMONIES, AND HOPEFULLY

WHAT BETTY AND I SHARE IS

INSPIRATIONAL AND MEANINGFUL.

YOU TELL US IT IS

AND ITS OBVIOUS, BECAUSE

YOU IDENTIFY WITH WHAT'S ON

OUR HEART THAT GOD PUT THERE,

WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON HIS HEART

AND YOU HELP US

EXTEND HIS HANDS.

I'VE SAID THAT MANY TIMES,

"EXPRESS HIS HEART

BY EXTENDING HIS HANDS."

BUT MANY, MANY PEOPLE

ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE SAID,

"JAMES, THERE IS SOME ECONOMIC

UNCERTAINTY AND WE FEEL IT.

WE FEEL THE CHALLENGE.

SOME OF OUR FAMILY DOES,

AND WE REALLY WANT YOU

TO PRAY FOR US."

WELL, AS WE PRAY AND WE HAVE,

WE'VE TAKEN IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

ANY TIME YOU CALL THAT NUMBER

THAT'S PAID FOR BY LOVE...

BY SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WHO SAYS,

"I WANT THERE TO BE A PRAYER

LINE WHERE SERIOUS PEOPLE

WILL FOCUS ON SPECIFIC NEEDS

AND PRAY WITH AND FOR PEOPLE."

SO IT'S THERE.

SOME ARE ALREADY CALLING IT NOW

EVEN WHILE I'M TALKING TO YOU

BECAUSE THEY NEED

A SPECIFIC PRAYER ANSWERED.

BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS

AND YOUR REQUESTS, WE ASKED GOD

TO SHOW US HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE

TO PUT SOMETHING NOT ONLY

IN YOUR HEART BUT IN YOUR HANDS

THAT COULD GO TO YOUR HEART,

TO YOUR MIND AND REALLY

GIVE YOU SOME STABILITY AND

SECURITY AND SOME DIRECTION.

SO WE PUT TOGETHER A SERIES,

TEACHING, HOW TO ADDRESS

CERTAIN FINANCIAL CHALLENGES

AND CONCERNS, HOW TO GET

DIVINE DIRECTION WHEN YOU FACE

SERIOUS CHALLENGES.

MORE than ENOUGH WAS

THE RESULT OF THAT.

GOD SAYS THROUGH PAUL TO

THE CORINTHIAN CHRISTIANS,

"I WILL GIVE YOU NOT

ONLY ENOUGH TO MEET YOUR NEEDS,

IF YOU BECOME A PERSON INVOLVED

IN A MINISTRY OF GIVING,

LIVING/GIVING, GIVING/LIVING,

RELEASING THE RIVER.

JESUS SAID, "RIVERS OF LIFE

FLOW OUT OF YOU."

RIVERS OF LOVE:

MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS,

ASSIST THE SUFFERING,

THE DOWNTRODDEN, THE WIDOWS,

THE ORPHANS,

CARE FOR THE HELPLESS,

THE HOMELESS, THE HUNGRY,

THE THIRSTY.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT

AND THAT IS PRECISELY

WHAT WE DO TOGETHER.

BUT MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID,

"JAMES, WE NEED HELP."

SO WE FOUND THE TEACHING

WHERE GOD SAYS HE'LL NOT ONLY

MEET YOUR NEEDS BUT

HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE THAN ENOUGH

SO YOU CAN MEET

THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.

WE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE MOST

GIFTED TEACHERS ON FINANCES.

MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN

OUR GUESTS, AND WE PUT ALL

THESE RESOURCES TOGETHER IN

THE SERIES, MORE than ENOUGH,

AS WELL AS MAKING AVAILABLE

TO YOU SOME INCREDIBLE BOOKS

THAT WILL GIVE YOU INSIGHT

FROM THE BOOK, THE WORD OF GOD

BUT WHERE YOU'LL KNOW HOW

TO APPLY IT.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM

THESE GIFTED INDIVIDUALS AND

LEARN ABOUT MORE than ENOUGH.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN

TO CREFLO DOLLAR.

NOW HE REALLY UNDERSTANDS

ABUNDANT LIVING.

LET HIM HELP YOU

IN THIS SERIES,

BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR CREFLO

IN SOME OF THE GREATEST INSIGHT

ABOUT GIVING,

NOT ABOUT GETTING.

WHY DOES GOD TRUST RESOURCES

TO US?

HOW DO WE GET THINGS IN ORDER?

LISTEN TO CREFLO DOLLAR,

A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER OF

THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE,

HE AND HIS WIFE, TAFFI,

BUT LISTEN TO WHAT HE SHARED

AS HE TALKED TO ME AND BETTY

NOT LONG AGO.

James: TELL US WHAT

YOU'VE BEEN TEACHING.

GIVE US SOME OF THE INSIGHTS

INTO WHAT YOU'RE SHARING

AS IT RELATES TO LIFE.

Creflo: WELL, WHAT WE STARTED

IN THE BOOK OF JOHN, CHAPTER 10

AND JESUS SAID THERE THAT

THE THIEF COMES TO KILL, STEAL,

AND DESTROY BUT I AM COME THAT

YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT

(LIFE) MORE ABUNDANTLY.

THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS,

"I HAVE COME THAT

YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE

IN ABUNDANCE TO THE FULL,

'TIL IT OVERFLOWS."

AND I GOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT

BECAUSE I'M SAYING, JESUS MADE

IT CLEAR TO US THAT HE CAME

SO WE CAN HAVE LIFE,

THE VERY LIFE OF GOD,

THE ZOE LIFE, THE GOD KIND OF

ABUNDANT LIFE ON THIS EARTH.

SO I STARTED DIGGING AROUND.

I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT

WAS GOING ON HERE BECAUSE

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JESUS HAS

COME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE,

AND THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS

THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE

AND ENJOY LIFE;

I THINK CHRISTIANS NEED

TO LEARN HOW TO ENJOY LIFE.

I THINK THEY NEED TO --

[ Applause ]

THEY NEED TO GET A BLOW POP

AND A JET SKI AND GET A LIFE.

YOU KNOW?

[ Laughing ]

TOO MANY OF THEM WALK AROUND

LOOKING LIKE THEY'VE BEEN

SUCKING ON LEMON, ALL DEEP

AND SERIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BUT JESUS SHOWED UP SO THAT

WE CAN HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT

MORE ABUNDANTLY, IN ABUNDANCE,

TO THE FULL, 'TIL IT OVERFLOWS.

NOW WHEN I SAW THAT, OF COURSE,

I UNDERSTAND THAT GOD WON'T

GIVE YOU WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU

OR WHAT YOU THINK YOU DESERVE

BUT GOD WILL GIVE IT TO YOU

THROUGH SPIRITUAL LAWS THAT

HE'S PUT IN PLACE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS A LAW

THAT GOVERNS LIFE.

AND SO I'M IN SEARCH OF TRYING

TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THAT LAW

THAT GOVERNS ABUNDANT LIFE.

AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT

THIS SUBJECT I WENT TO

SECOND CORINTHIANS CHAPTER NINE

BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE

HOW JESUS DEFINES ABUNDANCE

BECAUSE ABUNDANCE LIKE

PROSPERITY, WHEN MOST PEOPLE

HEAR THE WORD PROSPERITY

THEY INSTANTLY THINK MONEY,

AND WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD

ABUNDANCE THEY THINK MONEY

AND MATERIAL THINGS.

BUT NOW MONEY BY ITSELF CANNOT

DEFINE PROSPERITY AND NEITHER

WILL IT DEFINE ABUNDANCE.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PROSPERITY,

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

COMPLETE WELL-BEING

IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROSPERING

IN YOUR SPIRIT, IN YOUR SOUL,

IN YOUR BODY,

IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS,

IN YOUR POCKETBOOK,

EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.

FOR SO LONG, JAMES, WHEN PEOPLE

HEAR THE WORD "PROSPERITY,"

THEY SAY "MONEY."

MONEY BY ITSELF CANNOT DEFINE

PROSPERITY, AND MATERIALS BY

ITSELF CAN'T DEFINE ABUNDANCE.

GOD IS A FATHER AND HE WANTS US

TO HAVE SUCCESS IN EVERY ARENA

OF LIFE --

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

YOU WOULDN'T CALL IT PROSPEROUS

IF YOUR FATHER, YOUR KID GOT

MONEY, BUT THEY'RE PITIFUL,

YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE GETTING

WITH THEM.

THAT'S NOT PROSPERITY.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT

THIS WORD "ABUNDANCE"

JESUS DEFINED IT

IN SECOND CORINTHIANS

WHERE HE SAYS,

"ALL GRACE FOR EVERYTHING."

LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE;

HE GIVES US

A PERFECT DEFINITION OF

THIS AREA OF ABUNDANCE IN

2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER NINE.

"AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE

ALL GRACE ABOUND TOWARDS YOU

THAT YOU ALWAYS,

HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY

IN ALL THINGS MAY ABOUND

TO EVERY GOOD WORK."

HE DIDN'T SAY GOD IS ABLE

TO MAKE SOME GRACE ABOUND

TOWARD YOU.

HE DIDN'T SAY YOU SOMETIMES

HAVING TWO SUFFICIENCIES

IN TWO THINGS MAY ABOUND

TO THREE GOOD WORKS.

HE SAID -- ALL GRACE --

IN ALL WAYS --

ALL SUFFICIENCIES --

IN ALL THINGS MAY ABOUND

TO EVERY GOOD WORK.

NOW, I BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE

SCRIPTURE AND SAY, WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS THE LAW

THAT TURNS ON ABUNDANCE?

I WENT TO THE BOOK OF MARK,

CHAPTER TEN, WHERE HE BEGINS

TO TALK ABOUT

THE RICH YOUNG RULER.

NOW THIS IS AMAZING BECAUSE

SOME OF THE PEOPLE VIEWING

THIS BROADCAST, THEY THINK

I'M GOING SOMEWHERE

THAT I'M NOT GOING.

[ Laughter ]

AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM,

WATCH THIS.

MARK, CHAPTER TEN,

THE RICH YOUNG RULER,

HE ASKED THE QUESTION.

AND HE SAID, WHEN HE WAS GONE

FORTH IN THE WAY THERE CAME

ONE RUNNING AND KNEELED TO HIM

AND ASKED HIM, "GOOD MASTER,

WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY

INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?"

NOW THAT GREEK WORD ZOE,

THE VERY GOD KIND OF LIFE;

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO SO I CAN

HAVE THE GOD KIND OF

ABUNDANT LIFE RIGHT NOW?

JESUS SAID SOMETHING

SO INTERESTING.

HE SAYS, "WHY CALLETH ME GOOD?

THERE IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE,

THAT IS GOD.

THOU KNOWEST THE COMMANDMENTS."

HE SAID, NOW THE ANSWER TO

YOUR QUESTION HAS SOMETHING

TO DO WITH THE COMMANDMENTS,

AND THEN HE LISTS

SIX COMMANDMENTS FROM

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS:

DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,

DO NOT KILL, DO NOT STEAL,

DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,

DEFRAUD NOT, HONOR THY FATHER

AND THY MOTHER.

AND THEN HE WENT TO VERSE 20.

HE ANSWERED HIM AND HE SAID

UNTO HIM, "MASTER,

ALL THESE THINGS HAVE

I OBSERVED FROM MY YOUTH."

AND JESUS BEHOLDING HIM,

LOVED HIM AND SAID UNTO HIM,

"YOU LACK ONE THING;

YOU'RE LACKING SOMETHING."

NOW BEFORE WE GO ON WITH THIS,

LET'S FIND OUT

WHAT HE WAS LACKING.

IN LUKE CHAPTER TEN,

HE IS TALKING TO THIS LAWYER

AND IN VERSE 25 HE SAID,

AND BEHOLD A CERTAIN LAWYER

STOOD UP, TEMPTED HIM SAYING,

MASTER, WHAT SHALL I DO

TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?

SO HE IS ASKING THE SAME

QUESTION THAT THE RICH

YOUNG RULER ASKED.

JESUS COMES IN AND HE SAID,

"WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW

AND HOW READETH THOU?"

HE ANSWERS SAID, "THOU SHALT

LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD

WITH ALL THY HEART,

WITH ALL THY SOUL,

WITH ALL THY STRENGTH,

WITH ALL THY MIND

AND THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF."

SO HE SAYS, YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO LOVE THE LORD

YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,

SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH

AND YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE

SHAQUITA NEM,

POOKIE NEM, MOMMA NEM --

[ Laughing ]

RAY, RAY --

YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE ALL OF THEM.

THEN HE SAYS IN VERSE 28,

JESUS ANSWERS THIS GUY

AND HE SAID UNTO HIM,

"THOU HATH ANSWERED RIGHT!

DO THIS AND THOU SHALL LIVE."

SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO

TO EXPERIENCE THIS ETERNAL,

GOD KIND OF ABUNDANT LIFE?

THE ANSWER IS LOVE THE LORD

YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,

WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,

WITH ALL YOUR MIND,

WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.

NOW THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE

TO LOVE GOD WITH YOUR STRENGTH

IS TO BE ABLE TO LOVE HIM

WITH YOUR WEALTH,

YOUR INFLUENCE, YOUR POSITION,

YOUR ANOINTING.

SEE, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE

GOD WITH A SUIT BEFORE HE COULD

TRUST ME WITH OTHER THINGS.

HE TOLD ME TO GIVE THIS ONE GUY

THE ONLY SUIT I HAD

IN THE CLOSET.

I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SUITS

THEN, HAD SIX SUITS.

HE SAID GIVE HIM

THE ONE I LIKED THE MOST.

SO I WENT UPSTAIRS AND I SAW

TWO SUITS AND SO I CAME DOWN

AND I SAID, WELL, SURELY

THE GUY WILL LOVE ME,

I WILL GIVE HIM TWO SUITS.

HE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,

"WELL, PRAISE THE LORD."

I WENT BACK UPSTAIRS AND

GOD SAID, "YOU AIN'T READY!"

I SAID, "LORD, YES, I AM."

I WENT BACK UPSTAIRS

AND I GOT THREE SUITS.

"GOD, YOU TOLD ME TO GIVE HIM

ONE, I'M GETTING READY

TO GIVE HIM FIVE."

I BROUGHT THE THREE SUITS DOWN

AND THE GUY LOOKED AT THE SUITS

AND SAID, "WELL,

PRAISE THE LORD."

AND ON THE WAY UP GOD SAYS,

"I'M TRYING TO BLESS YOU.

YOU'RE NOT READY."

I SAID, "OKAY, GOD, FORGIVE ME,

I'LL DO WHAT YOU SAY DO."

SO I REACHED IN

AND I GOT "THE SUIT."

PULLED THE SUIT OUT

OF THE CLOSET.

WALKED DOWNSTAIRS, THE TIME

THE GUY SAW THE SUIT HE SAID,

"OH, I LIKE THAT!"

I SAID, "JUST TAKE IT!

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.

JUST TAKE THE SUIT AND GO ON!"

AND THEN I WALKED UP THE STEPS,

I SAID, "GOD, I HOPE

YOU'RE SATISFIED, I JUST GAVE

THAT GUY SIX SUITS."

HE SAID, "DON'T GET MAD AT ME,

I ONLY ASKED YOU

TO GIVE HIM ONE."

HE WANTED THE TREASURE,

THE ONE IMPORTANT TO ME

TO SOW TO THIS GUY'S LIFE.

James: I'VE GOT TO INTERRUPT

RIGHT HERE. I JUST WISH --

I COULD START CRYING --

I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN TO YOU

HOW MUCH I WANT YOU TO GRASP

WHAT HE JUST SAID.

THIS IS FIRST LOVE.

JESUS SAID THAT LIFE DOESN'T

CONSIST OF THE ABUNDANCE

OF THINGS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

THE MORE STUFF THEY GET,

THE MORE MISERABLE THEY GET

BECAUSE THE STUFF HAS GOT THEM.

AND THE THING THAT'S PRECIOUS

TO YOU, IF THE LORD DOESN'T

BECOME MORE PRECIOUS,

YOU'VE GOT A REAL ISSUE; YOU'VE

GOT AN ISSUE TO DEAL WITH.

I JUST PRAY YOU HEAR IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD IS SAYING

TO YOU BUT THERE HAVE BEEN

THOSE TIMES, DON'T YOU THINK,

THAT EVERYBODY HAS HAD

THAT MOMENT WHEN THE LORD

HAS POINTED AT SOMETHING

THAT HE SAID, TURN IT OVER

TO MY PURPOSE?

Creflo: YES, YOU KNOW GOD HAS

TO BE YOUR STRENGTH.

YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY

YOUR STRENGTH,

YOU CAN'T MAKE YOUR JOB

YOUR STRENGTH,

YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE YOUR CAREER

YOUR STRENGTH BECAUSE SEE,

YOU CAN LOSE ALL OF THAT

IN ONE DAY'S TIME.

BUT IF YOU MAKE GOD

YOUR STRENGTH, WHATEVER YOU

LOST, HE'LL GET IT BACK TO YOU.

AND GOD IS NEVER --

[ Applause ]

GOD IS NEVER GOING TO ASK YOU

TO GIVE TO HIS KINGDOM WITHOUT

COMING BACK AND BLESSING

YOU A HUNDRED TIMES OVER.

BUT HERE IS THE THING,

WHY DO WE GIVE?

WE GIVE BECAUSE WE LOVE GOD.

NOW THIS LAWYER FOUND OUT HERE,

THIS IS THE KEY

TO ABUNDANT LIFE,

WALKING IN HIS LOVE.

NOW WHY WOULD LOVE BE THE KEY

TO ABUNDANT LIFE?

THIS IS THE LAW OF ABUNDANCE.

NOW MATTHEW 22 SAYS SOMETHING

THAT I WISH I COULD PREACH

A THOUSAND TIMES OVER

AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

AND I'M WORKING ON IT

SO PEOPLE CAN GET A HOLD OF IT

BUT HERE IS THE KEY.

MATTHEW CHAPTER 22, VERSE 34,

SAYS BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES

HAD HEARD THAT HE PUT

THE SADDUCEES TO SILENCE,

THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER

AND THEN ONE OF THEM WHICH WAS

A LAWYER -- ANOTHER LAWYER --

ASKED HIM A QUESTION

TEMPTING HIM SAYING,

"MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREAT

COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?"

JESUS SAID UNTO HIM,

"THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD

THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART,

WITH ALL THY SOUL,

WITH ALL THY MIND,

THIS IS THE FIRST

AND GREAT COMMANDMENT

AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT.

THOU SHALT LOVE

THY NEIGHBORHOOD,"

THAT IS POOKIE NEM,

SHAQUITA NEM, AND MOMMA NEM;

"LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF."

ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS

HANG ALL OF THE LAW

AND ALL THE PROPHETS AND

EVERYTHING THAT CAME OUT OF

THE PROPHET'S MOUTH, HANGS ON

THIS COMMANDMENT OF LOVE."

NOW HERE IS WHAT I SAW,

IF YOU'VE EVER HUNG CURTAINS UP

IN YOUR HOUSE,

THE PRIMARY FOUNDATIONAL PIECE

TO HANGING CURTAINS IS

TO MAKE SURE YOUR ROD

IS IN PLACE BECAUSE

IF YOUR ROD IS IN PLACE,

THEN YOUR HOOKS ARE GOING

TO BE IN PLACE,

AND IF YOUR HOOKS ARE IN PLACE

YOUR SHEERS ARE GOING

TO BE IN PLACE,

AND YOUR CURTAINS

AND ALL THE CUTE LITTLE BALLS

YOU PUT WILL BE IN PLACE.

BUT IF YOUR ROD FALLS DOWN,

EVERYTHING FOLLOWS DOWN.

LET THE CURTAIN ROD EQUAL LOVE.

AND HANGING OFF OF THE CURTAIN

ROD OF LOVE

YOUR FAITH WILL HANG THERE.

THE LAWS OF PROSPERITY

WILL HANG THERE.

THE LAWS OF ANSWERED PRAYER

WILL HANG THERE,

HEALING WILL HANG THERE,

DELIVERANCE WILL HANG THERE.

BUT NOTHING WILL WORK

IF THE ROD OF LOVE HAS FALLEN

BEHIND THE COUCH.

IF THINGS ARE NOT WORKING IN

YOUR LIFE, GO CHECK YOUR ROD.

SEE IF YOUR ROD IS UP

WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET

THE FIVE STEPS --

[ Applause ]

YOU CAN'T GET THE FIVE STEPS

TO PROSPERITY

AND THE THREE STEPS TO GETTING

OUT OF DEBT IF YOUR ROD

IS ON THE FLOOR.

NOTHING WORKS IF THE ROD

OF LOVE IS NOT IN PLACE.

AND IF THE ROD OF LOVE IS NOT

IN PLACE IN YOUR LIFE YOU CAN

HAVE A GREAT GIFT OF PROPHECY

BUT I DON'T WANT

YOU PROPHESYING TO ME BECAUSE

YOUR ROD IS NOT IN PLACE

BECAUSE YOU WILL PROF A LIFE

INSTEAD OF PROPHESY.

IF YOUR ROD IS NOT IN PLACE,

THEN YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME

LAYING HANDS BECAUSE

NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT WHEN THE ROD OF LOVE

IS IN PLACE AND YOU SOW A SEED

-- WHAT DID JESUS SAY

TO THIS GUY?

HE SAID WHEN YOU BRING

YOUR GIFT TO THE ALTAR

AND YOU DISCOVER THAT

YOU HAVE AUGHT AGAINST

A BROTHER OR THAT BROTHER

HAS AUGHT AGAINST YOU,

LEAVE YOUR GIFT AT THE ALTAR,

GO AND FIX THAT SITUATION,

THEN COME BACK

AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

NOW YOU CAN GIVE AND GIVE

AND GIVE BUT NOTHING IS WORKING

IF YOUR ROD IS NOT IN PLACE.

BROTHER JAMES, I DON'T WANT

TO SPEND ALL OF THIS TIME

OPERATING THAT PRINCIPLE,

OPERATING THAT LAW,

DOING ALL THIS STUFF

ONLY TO FIND OUT MY ROD

FELL BEHIND THE COUCH AND

MY FAITH IS BEHIND THE COUCH

AND MY FANCY PRAYERS

ARE BEHIND THE COUCH

AND MY DELIVERANCE IS BEHIND

THE COUCH AND MY HEALING

IS BEHIND THE COUCH.

BUT WHEN MY ROD OF LOVE

IS IN PLACE EVERYTHING ELSE

WILL BE IN PLACE,

AND WHEN I GIVE KNOWING THAT

GOD IS MY STRENGTH THEN GOD

CAN ASK ME -- HE HAS ASKED ME

SEVERAL TIMES,

A COUPLE OF TIMES

I CAN REMEMBER.

THE FIRST TIME

THE FIRST TIME GOD ASKED ME

TO GIVE A MILLION DOLLAR GIFT.

I PRAYED IN TONGUES REAL LOUD.

[ Laughter ]

I THOUGHT IT WAS THE DEVIL!

I SAT THERE AND I SAID, "OH!"

TAFFI WAS SITTING BY ME

AND SHE HIT ME ON THE LEG.

SHE SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG?"

I SAID, "UH!"

SHE SAID, "WELL, THE LORD JUST

SAID SOMETHING TO ME."

I SAID, "WHAT DID HE SAY?"

SHE SAID, "I DON'T WANT

TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW."

AND AFTER THE THING WAS

OVER WITH, I SAID, "TAFFI,

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?"

SHE SAID, "I THOUGHT YOU WOULD

FALL ON THE FLOOR IF I TOLD YOU

WHAT GOD TOLD ME."

I SAID, "WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?"

"HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU

THAT WE WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE

A MILLION DOLLAR GIFT."

I SAID, "LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT

ME TO DO NEXT?"

AND KEITH BUTLEY,

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

HE WAS SITTING

RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

HE SAID, "YOU GOING TO DO

WHAT THE LORD TOLD YOU TO DO?"

AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND LIKE,

"WHY DON'T YOU TEND

TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS?"

YOU KNOW? AND DID IT.

BUT GOD SHOWED ME SOMETHING

THAT DAY THAT BECAUSE HE WAS

MY SOURCE AND HE'S MY STRENGTH

THAT NO AMOUNT OF MONEY

WAS GOING TO COME BETWEEN ME

AND MY LOVE ROD.

James: DO YOU WANT TO SAY

THANKS? GO AHEAD, BETTY!

Betty: ISN'T THAT THE --

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

THE TREASURE, THE REAL TREASURE

WE CAN GIVE AND THAT CAUSES US

TO HAVE ABUNDANT LIFE, BECAUSE

I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING,

LORD, WHEN DO I REALLY FEEL

THAT ABUNDANCE OF LIFE?

IT IS WHEN I'M ABLE TO GIVE OUT

THROUGH MY DAILY WALK THE LOVE,

THE COMPASSION,

THE RELATIONSHIP THAT

GOD HAS PUT IN ME,

AND THE TIME THAT I'VE ABIDED

IN HIS WORD.

THAT'S THE ABUNDANCE THAT COMES

FORTH AND THAT'S WHEN I FEEL

THE REAL FULFILLMENT

IN MY LIFE.

Creflo: BECAUSE THE LAW OF LOVE

IS THE LAW OF ABUNDANCE.

IF YOU'RE DOING ANYTHING

WITHOUT IT BEING MOTIVATED

BY THE LOVE OF GOD IT IS JUST

A BUNCH OF NOISE AND IT

JUST DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

James: YOU KNOW I REALLY DO

ENJOY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE

THAT HAVE BLESSED US WHEN

WE TALK AND BLESS OUR VIEWERS.

AND THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD

EVERYWHERE THEY GO

OF IMPACTING LIVES IN SUCH

A WAY THAT AT MANY TIMES

IT TOTALLY TRANSFORMS

THE PEOPLE WHO LISTEN

OR OBSERVE OR BECOME A PART

OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING

OR WHAT THEY'RE SHARING

AND THEY RECEIVE IT.

WE REALLY FEEL LIKE

WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO NOT ONLY

BE A BLESSING BUT TO SHARE

BLESSINGS AND TO SHARE PEOPLE

WHO ARE BLESSED.

AND WE DO IT FOR THE PURPOSE

OF BLESSING THE VIEWER SO THAT

YOU IN TURN BLESS OTHERS.

THIS IS NOT INCONSISTENT

WITH THE VERY CREATIVE PURPOSE

OF GOD WHO WHEN HE CREATED ADAM

AND EVE SAID, "BE FRUITFUL

AND MULTIPLY" AND THAT

FRUITFULNESS MEANT MORE

THAN HAVING CHILDREN BECAUSE

HE SAID, "YOU'RE GOING

TO OVERSEE EVERYTHING

I PUT UNDER YOUR WATCH CARE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE STEWARDS

OF EVERYTHING I'VE ENTRUSTED

TO YOUR OVERSIGHT

AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

DIVINE DIRECTION.

AND I'M GOING TO ENABLE YOU

NOT ONLY TO EXPERIENCE

THE BLESSINGS OF

MY DIVINE GUIDANCE, MY WISDOM,

MY COUNSEL, DON'T SET IT ASIDE,

RECEIVE IT, WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT

AND YOU'RE BLESSED,

YOU'RE GOING TO BE

A BLESSING TO OTHERS."

HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO BE

A NATION OF PEOPLE SO BLESSED,

A FAMILY OF PEOPLE SO BLESSED

THAT YOU BLESS THE FAMILIES

AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD."

AND THE NATIONS

WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD,

WHO BLESS THE LORD,

AND WHO ARE BLESSED BY GOD,

THEY BLESS OTHERS --

PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

IT'S JUST THE FACTS.

SO NO MATTER HOW GREAT

THE CHALLENGES

AND I'VE REFERENCED PSALM 112,

YOU MIGHT JUST GO THERE

AND READ IT BECAUSE GOD SAYS

HE WILL BLESS THE GENEROUS;

BLESS THOSE THAT

ARE COMPASSIONATE.

WELL, AS WE LISTEN TO

THE PRAYER REQUESTS OF PEOPLE

LIKE YOU AND OTHER VIEWERS,

SOMETIMES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

OR FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS,

SOMETIMES YOURSELF SAY,

"WE FEEL CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW."

WELL, WE PUT TOGETHER

THE SERIES, MORE than ENOUGH

BECAUSE GOD SAYS, "WHEN YOU

ALLOW ME TO DIRECT I'M NOT ONLY

GOING TO MEET YOUR NEED --"

REMEMBER PAUL SAID TO

THE PHILIPPIANS, "MY GOD,

THE GOD I KNOW PERSONALLY

WILL MEET ALL OF YOUR NEEDS --

ALL OF THEM...

ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES

IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS."

HE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

BUT PAUL ALSO SAID

WE'RE BLESSED TO BLESS...

TO BE GENEROUS.

I WANT YOU TO SEE THE INSIGHTS

AND DIRECTION THAT GOD HAS

LED US LITERALLY TO SHARE

WITH YOU FROM SOME OF

OUR GUESTS WHO TALKED ABOUT

SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN.

AND WE PUT ALL THE TEACHINGS

TOGETHER IN MORE than ENOUGH.

ALL THE DIFFERENT TEACHERS

ON THE CD'S AND IN

THE CD PACKAGE IT COMES IN IS

THE BOOK I WROTE SOME TIME AGO,

TRUE PROSPERITY.

PROSPERITY IS OFTENTIMES

ONLY DEFINED AS MONETARY,

MATERIAL WEALTH AND GAIN.

IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

IT DOESN'T LIMIT THAT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IT ENHANCES THAT.

BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

IT'S LIVING WITH WHAT

MONEY CANNOT BUY OR PROVIDE.

AND THIS WILL BE SENT TO ALL

OF YOU WHO JUST SIMPLY SAY,

"JAMES, WE WANT TO BE BLESSED.

WE WANT GOD'S DIRECTION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

WE UNDERSTAND BEING BLESSED

IS BEING A BLESSING."

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO DO RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP

PROVIDE THE MISSIONARIES'

URGENT REQUEST,

AND THEY FEEL THE PRESSURE OF

-- ECONOMIC PRESSURE FROM

VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND THEY SAY,

"WE NEED SOME MORE HELP."

AND WE DO OUR BEST

TO PROVIDE THAT.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AREAS

WHERE THERE IS FAMINE

AND HARDSHIP, THE MALNUTRITION

IS SO GREAT THAT YOU'VE GOT

TO ESTABLISH CLINICS TO PROVIDE

EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDING,

THAT'S HANDS-ON INTRAVENOUS

FEEDING, POWDERED MILK,

SUGAR AND WATER, ALL THAT

THOSE CHILDREN NEED,

THE MAJORITY OF THEM DIE BEFORE

THEY REACH THE AGE OF FIVE.

THE MISSIONARIES HAVE TOLD US

WE NEED 400,000

OF THESE FEEDINGS RIGHT NOW.

SOMETIMES IT ONLY TAKES

A MATTER OF DAYS TO BEGIN

TO TURN IT AROUND, A MATTER

OF WEEKS TO TURN IT AROUND

TO WHERE A CHILD CAN THEN BE

STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE STRONGER

NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LIKE

THE PORRIDGE OR THE SOUP MIXES.

YOU MAKE A GIFT,

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU

THE TEACHING SERIES, THE CD'S.

IF YOU MAKE A GIFT OVER $100,

WHICH WILL PROVIDE 200

OF THOSE MEALS, YOU MAY BE ABLE

TO GIVE A $1,000 OR MORE,

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE

A GREAT GIFT,

WE WANT TO SEND YOU

SEVERAL BOOKS LIKE THE ONE

BY RABBI LAPIN ON

THE OLD TESTAMENT TEACHINGS

ON PROSPERITY AND HOW GOD

BLESSES HIS PEOPLE,

WHAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE LEARNED,

AND IT OBVIOUSLY WORKS,

THE OTHER BOOKS THAT WE HAVE

THAT WILL BE A BLESSING TO YOU.

WE WANT TO BLESS YOU SO YOU

EXPERIENCE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

WE THANK YOU FOR HELPING US

SAVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN

IN DESPERATE NEED RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US

SHARE LIFE!

YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED

IN YOUR LIFE.

MAKE THAT CALL.

MAKE THE GIFT GOD PUTS

ON YOUR HEART AND WE'LL SHARE

THE GIFT OF LIFE AND LOVE

AND GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES

THAT ARE GOING TO BE AN ANSWER

TO YOUR OWN PRAYER NEEDS,

AND SOMEBODY YOU KNOW

WHO MAY DESPERATELY NEED

THESE RESOURCES AS MUCH

AS THOSE CHILDREN NEED

THE NUTRITIONAL FEEDING.

Announcer: IN RECENT WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE

YOUNG CHILDRENUNDER THE AGE OF FIVE

COMING TO OUR LIFE CENTERS, CLINICS, AND FEEDING STATIONS.

MOST ARE SEVERELYMALNOURISHED,

REQUIRING SPECIAL CARETO PROPERLY FEED THEM.

MORTALITY RATESARE QUICKLY ON THE RISE

AND IT IS A NEED THATCERTAINLY CANNOT BE IGNORED.

WITH YOUR HELPWE CAN PROVIDE

AN ADDITIONAL 400,000EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDINGS

THAT ARE SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE,

INCLUDING POWDERED MILKAND INTRAVENOUS FEEDINGS.

AT A COST OF50 CENTS PER MEAL

YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT OF $25, $50, OR $100 WILL HELP PROVIDE

50, 100, OR 200 EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDINGS.

WITH YOUR GIFT, WE'LL SEND YOU MORE than ENOUGH,

A NEW DYNAMIC EIGHT-PARTAUDIO TEACHING SERIES

THAT WILL SHOW YOUGOD'S PLAN

FOR YOUR FINANCIAL PEACEAND PROVISION.

ALSO INCLUDED IS JAMESROBISON'S INSIGHTFUL BOOK,

"TRUE PROSPERITY."

WITH YOUR GIFTOF $100 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE200 EMERGENCY FEEDINGS,

YOU MAY ALSO REQUESTTHESE DYNAMIC BOOKS,

THOU SHALT PROSPER BY RABBI DANIEL LAPIN,

MONEY, GREED, AND GOD BY AUTHOR JAY RICHARDS,

AND W HO SWITCHED OFF YOUR BRAIN? BY DR. CAROLINE LEAF.

FINALLY,AS A SPECIAL CHALLENGE,

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDERA GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE 2,000EMERGENCY FEEDINGS

AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUESTTHE BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND,

"AS THE DEER"BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE,OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY

AT LIFETODAY.ORG.

James:THIS IS A TYPICAL LITTLE...

POOR LITTLECHILD'S DOLL.

THIS LITTLE BABY CLOSESITS EYES AND OPENS ITS EYES.

THIS IS SOMELITTLE CHILD'S TOY.

ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGSOF ALL, BETTY

IS THAT MANYOF THE LITTLE CHILDREN

THAT PLAY WITH THISBEFORE THEY'RE FIVE, THEY DIE

AND THEIR LITTLE EYES CLOSELIKE THIS LITTLE DOLL.

THEY CLOSEAND NEVER OPEN AGAIN.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEMA FUTURE HOPE.

James: I REALLY DO HOPE

YOU'LL LET US SEND YOU

THE MATERIAL AND CONSIDER

MAKING A GIFT AND REQUEST

THAT BEAUTIFUL BRONZE,

"AS THE DEER PANTETH."

MANY OF OUR VIEWERS SAID,

"COULD YOU BRING THAT BACK?

WE DIDN'T GET IT

AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT."

WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR A GIFT

OF $1,000 OR MORE.

WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SEND YOU

MORE than ENOUGH BECAUSE

I CAN PROMISE YOU GOD HAS

MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR EVERY ONE

OF US IF WE JUST LET HIM

DIRECT OUR STEPS.

THAT'S THE REASON

WE'RE PROVIDING

THE INSPIRATIONAL INSIGHTS

AND INSTRUCTION

FROM THE WORD OF GOD,

ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD

THAT WILL BLESS YOU

IN YOUR LIFE.

WE THANK YOU FOR HELPING US

LITERALLY SAVE THE LIVES

OF PRECIOUS CHILDREN.

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Announcer:TOMORROW ON LIFE TODAY,

JAMES AND BETTY ENCOURAGE USTO WALK IN FINANCIAL PEACE,

PROVISION,AND PROSPERITY

AND TRULY EXPERIENCE MORE than ENOUGH!