Announcer: NEXT, RABBI DANIEL LAPIN

REVEALS PRACTICAL, TIME-TESTED BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES

THAT CAN INCREASE YOUR POTENTIAL FOR CREATING WEALTH.

THIS IS YOU AND ME, THIS IS ORDINARY PEOPLE

LEARNING TO OPERATE THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO OPERATE.

THIS IS NOT SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING

AND SAYING, "GOD, PLEASE GIVE ME MONEY."

THE GOAL IS NOT MONEY;

THE GOAL IS SERVING OTHER PEOPLE.

MONEY IS THE AUTOMATIC CONSEQUENCE.

Announcer: THOU SHALL PROSPER -- 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.

NOW I WANT YOU TO HEAR ONE

OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE GUESTS

BETTY AND I HAVE TALKED TO.

NOW THIS IS A JEWISH RABBI.

IF ANYBODY UNDERSTANDS

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,

HOW TO BE BLESSED WHEN

IT COMES TO RESOURCES,

AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT

HE SHARES FROM THE WORD OF GOD

AND IN HIS BOOK

ABOUT PROSPERITY...

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!

LET'S JOIN THE PROGRAM BETTY

AND I DID WITH RABBI LAPIN.

James: WOULD YOU WELCOME

RABBI LAPIN TO LIFE TODAY?

DANIEL, RABBI, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

[Applause]

I WANT YOU TO TAKE OFF WITH

SOME OF THESE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

YOU LITERALLY SAY

THESE ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

FOR MAKING MONEY,

FOR HAVING PROSPERITY,

WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST STUFF.

IT IS REAL LIFE.

Rabbi Lapin: YEAH,

AND YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT

WHEN YOU SAID, LOOK,

WE COULD READ BOOKS

BY BILL GATES

AND WE COULD READ BOOKS

BY DONALD TRUMP

AND WE COULD READ BOOKS BY --

James: BUFFETT?

Rabbi Lapin: BUFFETT, EXACTLY!

IT DOESN'T HELP ME

BECAUSE I'M NOT AS SMART

AS BILL GATES

AND I DON'T HAVE

THE CAPITAL OF BUFFETT

AND MY DAD DIDN'T LEAVE ME

3,000 APARTMENTS IN NEW YORK

LIKE DONALD TRUMP --

IT DOESN'T HELP ME.

BUT WHAT DOES HELP ME

IS TO STUDY WHAT MILLIONS

OF ORDINARY PEOPLE HAVE DONE,

MILLIONS OF ORDINARY

JEWISH INDIVIDUALS HAVE DONE

THROUGH HUNDREDS

AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS,

EVEN IN COUNTRIES

WITH OPPRESSION.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE

A BLIND IMMIGRANT

FROM OUTER MONGOLIA

NOT TO KNOW THAT JEWS

ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY GOOD

WITH MONEY.

I'M ALLOWED TO SAY THAT

BUT DON'T YOU SAY THAT!

James: THAT'S WHY

YOU'RE RIGHT HERE

TRYING TO HELP US ALL OUT.

Rabbi Lapin: I'M ALLOWED

TO SAY THAT BECAUSE

I'M AN ORTHODOX JEWISH RABBI.

[Laughter]

BUT THE POINT IS

WHAT IS THE REASON?

OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE POOR JEWS.

BUT DEMOGRAPHICALLY THERE

OUGHT TO BE EIGHT OR NINE JEWS

ON THE FORBES 400 LIST.

IN FACT, WE HAVE

ABOUT 100 EVERY YEAR.

THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT

AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE

YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHICKEN SOUP

OR YOU'VE GOT TO BE CIRCUMCISED

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS

OF PRINCIPLES AND TIPS

AND TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

AND TIMELESS TRUTHS

EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE

AND ALL OF ANCIENT

JEWISH WISDOM, WHICH I FELT

SOMEBODY NEEDED TO CONDENSE,

SOMEBODY NEEDED TO REDUCE

INTO A MANAGEABLE --

NOW IT IS NOT AN EASY BOOK.

THERE IS A LOT OF MATERIAL.

YOU'RE NOT GOING

TO READ IT ON MONDAY

AND MAKE MORE MONEY ON TUESDAY.

BUT IF YOU READ IT

AND STUDY IT

OVER THE NEXT MONTH,

THIS YEAR WILL BE

A BETTER YEAR FOR YOU

THAN LAST YEAR,

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHAT

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WHERE DO WE START?

YOU MADE THE POINT

IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OF

IS THIS ONLY FOR PEOPLE

OF A CERTAIN AGE

OR PEOPLE OF CERTAIN TALENTS?

NO, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

THIS IS NOT

FOR THE COMPUTER WIZARDS

OR ANYBODY ELSE.

THIS IS YOU AND ME,

THIS IS ORDINARY PEOPLE

LEARNING TO OPERATE THE WAY

GOD WANTS US TO OPERATE.

THIS IS NOT SITTING AROUND

DOING NOTHING AND SAYING,

"GOD, PLEASE GIVE ME MONEY."

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK

GOD RESPONDS TO THAT.

GOD SAYS, "I'VE TOLD YOU

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.

I WANT YOU TO CARE

FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

I WANT YOU TO BE

OBSESSIVELY PREOCCUPIED

WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS

AND ABOVE ALL

I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK

THAT YOUR VIRTUE IS COMPROMISED

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING

TO MAKE A PROFIT OF

TAKING CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE."

SO LEARN THAT THE WORD

IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT,

THE WORD IS SERVICE.

ONE OF THE WORST PIECES

OF ADVICE THEY EVER GIVE TO

YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING SCHOOL IS,

"I DON'T KNOW

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO."

"NO PROBLEM! FIND OUT WHAT

YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT

AND GO AND DO THAT."

LOOK, AS AN EMPLOYER,

SOMEBODY COMES TO ME AND SAYS,

"LET ME TELL YOU,

I WANT A JOB WITH YOU.

WHY DON'T I START OFF TELLING

YOU WHAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT?"

NO, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR

WHAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I DON'T ACTUALLY CARE

WHAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I'VE A BUSINESS TO RUN.

I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION

AND THAT IS, CAN YOU HELP ME?

WHY DON'T PEOPLE GET THAT?

I HAVE WATCHED JOB INTERVIEWS

WHERE THE APPLICANT WALKS IN

AND STARTS OFF THREE MINUTES

INTO THE CONVERSATION,

"EXCUSE ME, CAN I FIND OUT

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

WHAT ARE THE VACATION DAYS?"

WELL, THAT'S A FINE MESSAGE

YOU'RE SENDING ME.

THE MESSAGE IS,

YOU'RE NOT WORKING FOR ME EVER!

[Laughter]

THAT'S FOR SURE!

THERE IS A RIGHT WAY

TO ASK FOR A RAISE.

THERE IS A RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.

YOU START OFF WITH GRATITUDE.

WE LEARN THIS FROM SCRIPTURE.

HOW DO WE ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING

WHEN WE PRAY?

WE START OFF WITH

APPRECIATION AND PRAISE.

IF YOU'RE ALREADY

WORKING SOMEWHERE,

YOU'VE BENEFITED

FROM THAT COMPANY.

YOU NEED TO GO IN AND

YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH

YOU APPRECIATE THE COMPANY.

THEN YOU NEED TO GO IN

AND TALK ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH

YOU CAN BE OF ADDED SERVICE

TO THE COMPANY.

THAT'S THE WORD, "SERVICE."

WHAT YOU CAN --

THERE ARE RIGHT AND WRONG WAYS

TO ASK FOR A RAISE.

MOST PEOPLE DO IT WRONG.

STARTING A BUSINESS,

THERE IS NO REASON WHY ANYBODY

CAN'T START A BUSINESS

ON THE SIDE; YOU DON'T

HAVE TO QUIT YOUR JOB.

ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO

IS SIT DOWN,

EITHER WITH YOURSELF

OR WITH YOUR C.E.O.

WHO IS YOUR SPOUSE

OR YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WHO MIGHT BE YOUR FAMILY,

AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE

A SERIOUS BRAINSTORMING SESSION

OF WHAT IS NEEDED.

WHAT DO PEOPLE MISS?

WHAT COULD PEOPLE'S LIVES

BE IMPROVED BY

BY THE THINGS YOU DO?

SO STEP NUMBER ONE

IS RECOGNIZING

THAT THE GOAL IS NOT MONEY,

THE GOAL IS SERVING

OTHER PEOPLE.

MONEY IS

THE AUTOMATIC CONSEQUENCE.

THE LOVE OF MONEY GETS YOU

ON THE WRONG TRACK.

IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

I DON'T WANT

TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU

IF ALL YOUR INTERESTED IN

IS MY MONEY.

James: SEE, I HAVE HAD

FROM THE TIME I ACTUALLY WAS

CALLED TO PREACH, IT'S OBVIOUS

THAT IT SEEMED LIKE

I HAD A GIFT TO COMMUNICATE.

IF YOU THINK THE BUSINESS WORLD

DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT

AND COME TO GET THAT GIFT

TO UTILIZE IT,

THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

BUT HERE'S WHAT I DID

BECAUSE I WAS CALLED

TO DO SOMETHING

GOD CALLED ME TO DO.

BUT I OPTED OUT OF

SOCIAL SECURITY WHEN I WAS 18

SO I DIDN'T MAKE ANY PLANS

FOR RETIREMENT.

BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS,

UP IN MY 50S ADVISORS SAID,

"YOU NEED TO DO SOME THINGS."

AND I BEGAN TO -- I'VE HEARD

AND LEARNED SOME THINGS

AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME, "WELL,

A GOOD INVESTMENT IS SOMETHING

THAT WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING

EVER MADE LIKE THAT AGAIN."

SO I KIND OF THOUGHT

THERE MIGHT BE WITHOUT

HIGH SPECULATION

LAND AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

I BEGAN TO MAKE

SOME GOOD DECISIONS.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU

WHAT REALLY WORKED

AND IT IS REALLY A REEMPHASIS

OF WHAT YOU SAID.

I BEGAN TO TRY TO FIND PEOPLE

THAT I COULD SIMPLY OFFER

SOMETHING TO WITH NO THOUGHT,

AT THE MOMENT,

OF WHAT IT MIGHT DO FOR ME

BUT WHAT I COULD DO

FOR THEM.

IT IS AMAZING HOW ATTRACTED

THEY WERE TO THE COUNSEL

OR THE ADVICE.

I EVEN FOUND SOME THAT

I WOULD GIVE THEM ADVICE

WITH A LEGITIMATE INTEREST

IN THE SERVICE

THEY WANTED TO OFFER

OR THE JOB

THEY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH.

NOW RABBI, THIS WAS

AN AMAZING THING TO SEE.

THERE WAS SOME,

AND I CAN THINK OF ONE

IN PARTICULAR WHO SAID,

"YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH --

I MEAN YOU SO REVOLUTIONIZED

MY ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS,

TO DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL,

TO MAKE A LITERAL DIFFERENCE

ON PLANET EARTH

IN PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR THE GOOD

THAT I WANT TO ACTUALLY

COMPENSATE YOU."

SO FRANKLY, THEY'VE

COMPENSATED BETTY AND ME

FOR SIMPLY THE COUNSEL

AND THE ADVICE THAT IMPACTED,

AND FRANKLY, IT'S IMPACTED

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE.

IS THAT NOT WHAT

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WASN'T

LOOKING FOR A JOB PER SE,

I MEAN I HAD A JOB

BUT I REALIZED

I DIDN'T TRUST SOCIAL SECURITY

AND THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO START LOOKING

IN THE FUTURE, NOT THOSE OF YOU

THAT HAVE BEEN EXPECTING

AND WE'VE BEEN --

I'M GOING TO FIGHT TO FIND

A WAY TO BE SURE YOU GET

WHAT YOU EXPECT.

BUT ALSO TO ENCOURAGE,

WE BEGAN TO REORGANIZE PROGRAMS

THAT ARE NOT WORKING --

YOU CAN NOT KEEP DOING BUSINESS

THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT

RIGHT NOW AS A NATION.

YOU'LL AGREE WITH THAT?

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CORRECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN

AND REASON TOGETHER

AND ALL OF US PULL TOGETHER.

MY POINT IS I BEGAN

TO OFFER THE VERY SERVICE

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

AND FOUND AN

IMMEDIATE CONNECTEDNESS,

WHICH THAT'S ONE

OF YOUR COMMANDMENTS,

NOT CONNECTIONS,

BUT CONNECTEDNESS

FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE ANOTHER.

TAKE OFF ON SOMETHING ELSE

IN THE BOOK.

I'M EXCITED

ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!

Rabbi Lapin: I'M EXCITED

AT YOUR EXCITEMENT!

[Laughter]

-- BECAUSE IT IS SO TERRIFIC

TO BE WITH PEOPLE WHO GET IT.

IT'S SO OBVIOUS.

IT SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY

TO HAVE TO PROVE.

ONE OF THE WAYS OF PROVING THAT

THESE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

PRINCIPLES THAT EMERGE

FROM SCRIPTURE ARE ABSOLUTELY

THE WAY TO BUILD WEALTH

IS A VERY SIMPLE FACT

AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS

WITH WORLD RENOWNED ECONOMISTS

AT VARIOUS CONFERENCES

I'VE SPOKEN AT

AND NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO --

OR WOULD DISPUTE THIS.

NO CAPITAL MARKET

HAS EVER GROWN INDIGENOUSLY

IN A NON-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.

SO THERE IS A STOCK EXCHANGE

IN SINGAPORE NOW,

THERE IS A STOCK EXCHANGE

IN NIGERIA, SURE, THAT'S TRUE!

BUT THESE WERE ALL EMULATIONS

OF A CAPITAL SYSTEM

THAT GREW UP IN THE WEST

AND THE WEST

WAS A CHILD OF THE BIBLE.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.

James: WHICH MEANS

EACH ONE OF US,

AS CHILDREN OF GOD,

AS PEOPLE GOD CREATED,

WHETHER YOU TRUSTED HIM

OR TRUSTED IN HIM OR NOT,

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE,

TRUST THE LAWS

THAT ARE AS CERTAIN

AND ABSOLUTE AS GRAVITY.

THE WEIGHT OF GOD'S TRUTH WILL

KEEP EVERYTHING IN PROPER PLACE

AND PROPER ALIGNMENT.

THE STANDARD OF GOD

IS THE PROPER MEASURE

OF EVERYTHING.

WE NEED TO BE PLOWING

TOWARD THAT STANDARD.

IT IS THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

PRINCIPLES AND ETHICS.

WE NEED TO GET BACK

TO BUILDING ON THAT

REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

IT IS A SOLID FOUNDATION,

IF YOU'RE GOING TO RISE

ABOVE THE LAW OF GRAVITY

YOU PUT ANOTHER LAW

OF AERODYNAMICS IN EFFECT.

IF YOU DON'T DO IT AND YOU

DON'T PUT THAT IN EFFECT,

YOU'RE COMING DOWN.

WE ARE VIOLATING THE PRINCIPLES

IN THE WORD OF GOD,

WE ARE VIOLATING

THE VERY PRINCIPLES UPON

WHICH THIS NATION WAS BUILT

TO BE THE MOST PROSPEROUS EVER.

I'M TELLING YOU,

WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO IT.

I WANT TO BE A PART

OF LEADING PEOPLE BACK

INTO THE LIGHT OF TRUTH.

Rabbi Lapin: YOU'RE DOING THAT

THROUGH YOUR WONDERFUL BOOKS,

THE BOOKS THE TWO OF YOU

HAVE WRITTEN TOGETHER

AND YOU'RE DOING IT

THROUGH THIS SHOW.

I THINK BY MAKING

THOU SHALT PROSPER

AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO HELP...

YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE

GET PAST THIS.

James: BETTY, JUMP IN THE MIX.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK

THE RABBI SOMETHING?

I KNOW YOU ALWAYS SAY

I'M A GREAT LISTENER.

WHAT ARE YOU PROMPTED

TO ASK HIM TODAY?

Betty: YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT PROSPERING.

TO ME THAT TAKES IN SO MUCH

MORE THAN THE MONEY SIDE OF IT

BUT IT IS PROSPERING

IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

AND IF ANYONE HAS --

IF YOU'RE A PARENT

OR A GRANDPARENT,

I KNOW, AT LEAST JAMES AND I,

WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN

AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN

AND IT IS OUR DESIRE

THAT THEY ALL PROSPER.

WE LOOK AT THEIR WHOLE

CHARACTER, THEIR GIFTS

THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THEM.

WE WANT THEM TO PROSPER

IN LIFE;

THAT INCLUDES FINANCIALLY.

WHY? BECAUSE IT IS NOT --

SOMETIMES I GET CONCERNED,

RABBI, THAT WE'RE BEING TAUGHT

TO JUST TAKE INSTEAD OF GIVE.

Rabbi Lapin: WELL,

THIS IS EXACTLY THE POINT.

WITH AUDIENCES

I SOMETIMES LIKE SAYING,

"HANDS UP EVERYBODY

WHO WANTS TO MAKE MORE MONEY."

EVERYBODY STARTS SLIDING

UNDER THEIR SEATS.

EVERYONE IS EMBARRASSED

TO PUT THEIR HANDS UP. WHY?

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT.

I SAY TO EVERYBODY, "TAKE OUT

A DOLLAR AND HOLD IT UP."

THEN I HAVE TO REASSURE THEM,

"THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE

A COLLECTION.

I JUST WANT TO DO

A DEMONSTRATION."

OKAY, FINE,

NOW THEY TAKE THE DOLLARS OUT.

AND I FOOL THEM AT THE END.

I ASK THEM TO PASS THEM ALL

UP TO THE FRONT.

[Laughter]

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS,

IF YOU STOLE THAT MONEY,

IF YOU ROBBED SOMEBODY

TO GET THAT MONEY, PUT IT AWAY.

IF YOU DEFRAUDED SOMEBODY

PUT IT AWAY.

IF YOU MUGGED A LITTLE OLD LADY

AND TOOK HER POCKETBOOK

AND THAT'S HOW YOU GOT

THAT DOLLAR BILL, PUT IT AWAY.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

ALL THE DOLLARS

ARE STILL UP IN THE AIR.

"I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU.

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY

YOU GOT THAT DOLLAR,

YOU PLEASED ANOTHER HUMAN BEING

ENOUGH TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW

IF IT WAS YOUR BOSS,

OR A CUSTOMER, OR A CLIENT,

OR A RELATIVE, BUT SOMEBODY

VOLUNTARILY PUT IT IN YOUR HAND

BECAUSE OF SOMETHING

YOU DID FOR THEM.

HOW CAN GOD NOT SMILE AT THAT?"

AND MONEY IS

A VERY IMPORTANT THING.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE

THAT MONEY IS SPIRITUAL,

NOT PHYSICAL.

PEOPLE GET SHOCKED

BY THAT SOMETIMES.

BUT AS LONG AS YOU THINK

MONEY IS PHYSICAL,

THEN YOU WANT TO SORT OF

CLUTCH ONTO IT,

WHICH IS EXACTLY

THE WRONG STRATEGY,

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T INVEST

IF YOU'RE HOLDING ONTO IT.

YOU CAN'T TAKE BUSINESS RISKS

IF YOU'RE HOLDING ONTO IT.

YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE

THAT IT IS LIKE A TUNE.

YOU CAN'T HOLD ONTO A TUNE.

YOU SHARE A TUNE,

YOU MAKE A MORE MUSICAL WORLD.

MONEY IS NOT LIKE

THE SAXOPHONE,

IT IS NOT LIKE A VIOLIN,

IT IS LIKE A SONG,

IT IS LIKE A TUNE.

YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE

THAT IT IS NOT LITTLE DISKS

OF METAL IN YOUR POCKET

OR STRIPS OF COLORED PAPER

IN YOUR WALLET

OR A BROWN MAGNETIC STRIP ON

THE BACK OF YOUR CREDIT CARD.

THAT'S NOT WHAT MONEY IS,

THOSE ARE SYMBOLS OF MONEY BUT

MONEY IS A SPIRITUAL MEASURE

OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

FOR OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.

AND WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THAT,

YOU FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE

ABOUT TELLING YOUR WORTH.

I NOTICE HOW EMBARRASSED

PEOPLE SOMETIMES ARE

WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING FOR YOU

AND YOU SAY,

"HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU?

JUST TELL ME! I'M HAPPY!"

James: WE'VE ACTUALLY --

WE'VE MADE MONEY

AN OBJECT OF SCORN.

WE UNDERSTAND FILTHY LUCRE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE

CAN LITERALLY BE CONSUMED BY IT

TO THE POINT

THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN SEE.

THEY'RE BLINDED

BY WHAT THEY HAVE.

BUT THE MONEY

IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON

IN THE HEART.

BUT THE REAL INAPPROPRIATE

ATTITUDE TOWARD MONEY, WHICH

THE RABBI IS POINTING OUT,

THIS ATTITUDE IS THOUGH

MONEY IN ITSELF IS TERRIBLE

OR PROSPERITY.

I'M TELLING YOU,

IF JESUS SAID TO US --

AND BY THE WAY,

HE HAD STRONG WORDS

FOR THE PERSON WHO BURIED

THEIR MONEY AND HID IT

AND DIDN'T USE THE TALENT

TO INVEST AND REPRODUCE

AND MULTIPLY.

HE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

BUT HE SAID

THE GREATEST ON EARTH,

THIS IS OUR SAVIOR, JESUS,

HE SAID, "THE GREATEST ON EARTH

IS SERVANT."

YOU'RE SAYING, AS A RABBI,

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE,

LOOKING AT IT BIBLICALLY,

LOOKING AT THE OLD TESTAMENT,

LOOKING AT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD

ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE

WHEN THEY WALKED IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THOSE COMMANDS,

YOU KNOW THE PROBLEMS

WHEN WE DON'T,

BUT YOU SAID "SERVANTHOOD,

SERVICE, PROVIDING A SERVICE."

Rabbi Lapin: FOCUS ON

TAKING CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE

AND REMEMBER,

MONEY DIDN'T COME INTO BEING

WHILE GOD'S ATTENTION

WAS DISTRACTED

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN

HE LOOKED BACK AND SAID,

"OH, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?

MONEY! OH!"

NO! MONEY IS PART OF GOD'S PLAN

FOR HUMAN ECONOMIC INTERACTION.

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 ARE 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

AND THE MISSIONARIES HAVE

BROUGHT THIS 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 EVER 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 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE

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

MOST ARE SEVERELY MALNOURISHED,

REQUIRING SPECIAL CARE TO PROPERLY FEED THEM.

MORTALITY RATES ARE QUICKLY ON THE RISE

AND IT IS A NEED THAT CERTAINLY CANNOT BE IGNORED.

WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN PROVIDE

AN ADDITIONAL 400,000 EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDINGS

THAT ARE SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE,

INCLUDING POWDERED MILK AND INTRAVENOUS FEEDINGS.

AT A COST OF 50 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-PART AUDIO TEACHING SERIES

THAT WILL SHOW YOU GOD'S PLAN

FOR YOUR FINANCIAL PEACE AND PROVISION.

ALSO INCLUDED IS JAMES ROBISON'S INSIGHTFUL BOOK,

"TRUE PROSPERITY."

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE 200 EMERGENCY FEEDINGS,

YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THESE 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 CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE 2,000 EMERGENCY FEEDINGS

AND YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THE BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND,

"AS THE DEER" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK! PLEASE CALL, WRITE,

OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY AT LIFETODAY.ORG.

Translator: THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MALNOURISHMENT

I SEE IN THE CHILDREN HERE.

TWENTY PERCENT ARE MALNOURISHED.

TEN PERCENT ARE SEVERELY MALNOURISHED.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE HAVE A WEAKER IMMUNE SYSTEM

SO WHEN THEY SUFFER WITH MALNUTRITION

IT INCREASES THE CHANCES OF THEM DYING.

Jim: JAMES AND BETTY, I'M IN CENTRAL AMERICA RIGHT NOW

WITH THE MISSION TEAM AND WE'VE VISITED A CLINIC TODAY

AND TALKED TO A DOCTOR WHO JUST REACHED OUT TO US

ASKING AND SAYING THAT HE SO DESPERATELY DOES NEED

EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDING PROGRAM AT HIS CLINIC.

WHAT HE IS EXPERIENCING IS MUCH LIKE CLINICS

AROUND THE WORLD WHERE WE'RE MINISTERING.

SO I'M BRINGING THE PLEA OF DOCTORS

LIKE THE GOOD DOCTOR HERE AND OTHER DOCTORS IN OTHER CLINICS

THAT WE'RE WANTING TO SUPPORT

WITH OUR EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDING PROGRAM.

SO PLEASE REACH INTO YOUR HEART AND MAKE THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN

WHEN YOU GO TO THE PHONE OR GO ONLINE

AND HELP US FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

FOR THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE

WHO SO DESPERATELY NEED THIS EMERGENCY NUTRITIONAL FEEDING.

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.

AND 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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Beth: YOU AND I DON'T JUST NEED TO BE FULL!

WE NEED TO BE FULL OF SOMEBODY'S LOVE.

GETTING FILLED TO THE MEASURE -- TOMORROW!