>> AND MANY OF US,
IN OUR HEARTS,

UNKNOWINGLY GREW UP THIS WAY, LEARNING TO SERVE MONEY.

Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,

PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS
AND HIS WIFE, DEBBIE,

CHALLENGE BELIEVERS
TO LIVE A GIVING LIFE.

>> IT WAS AN EXCITING
TIME IN OUR LIVES.

WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ON
THIS GREAT GOD ADVENTURE.

>> AND WHEN WE LEARNED TO GIVE IT CHANGES YOUR MARRIAGE,

IT CHANGES YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, IT CHANGES YOUR HEALTH.

Announcer: EXPERIENCING
THE BLESSED LIFE -- NEXT!

♪

James: OH, BOY! THANK YOU ALL!
I WISH YOU WERE HERE.
I REALLY DO. YOU NEED TO COME.

COME BE WITH US SOMETIME.
WE TAPE EVERY WEEK.
YOU CAN CALL

AND FIND OUT WHEN AND WHO
OUR GUESTS ARE GOING TO BE.
OUR GUESTS THIS WEEK --

BY THE WAY, I'M JAMES
AND THIS IS BETTY, AND OUR
PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS IS HERE.

I NOTICE I WROTE THE FORWARD
TO THE BOOK THAT HAS BECOME
A WORLD BESTSELLER,

NOT JUST NATIONAL,
THE BLESSED LIFE:
THE SIMPLE SECRET OF ACHIEVING

GUARANTEED FINANCIAL RESULTS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,
THIS IS A WHOLE LOT MORE

THAN BLESSINGS FINANCIALLY.
BY THE WAY,
ROBERT'S WIFE, DEBBIE

HAS WRITTEN THE BLESSED WOMAN.
NOT ONLY WHAT SHE'S LEARNED,
ALONGSIDE ROBERT AS

THEY'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY
BEING BLESSED, BLESSING OTHERS
AND SHOWING PEOPLE HOW

TO LIVE THE BLESSED LIFE
BUT WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED.
AND THEN WHAT SHE SAW

IN THE SCRIPTURES,
IN THE WORD OF GOD
FROM WOMEN IN THE BIBLE THAT

INSPIRED HER TO UNDERSTAND
THE BLESSED LIFE.
NOW ROBERT IS THE PASTOR OF

GATEWAY CHURCH IN SOUTHLAKE,
WHICH IF YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE THAT IS --

BY THE WAY, VISIT SOMETIME
IF YOU'RE IN THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

IT'S JUST WEST
OF THE DFW AIRPORT, SOUTHLAKE,
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU

AT GATEWAY SOMETIME
BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU,
YOU'LL BE BLESSED.

IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA,
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHURCH HOME,
WE WELCOME YOU TO VISIT.

I WANT YOU TO WELCOME,
IF YOU WOULD,
OUR PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS

AND HIS WIFE DEBBIE
TO LIFE TODAY.
[Applause]

Robert: THANK YOU, JAMES.
Debbie: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
James: YOU KNOW, ROBERT,

BEFORE YOU BEGAN TO PASTOR,
YOU USED TO COME
ON LIFE TODAY,

WHEN YOU WERE AN ASSOCIATE
GOING THROUGH ACTUALLY
WHAT WE WOULD CALL

A RESTORATION PROCESS
YOU AND I BOTH EXPERIENCED
WHEN WE EXPERIENCED

A VERY NECESSARY FREEDOM
IN OUR LIFE AS A MINISTER
BECAUSE WE HAD

EXPERIENCED DEFEAT.
BUT YOU WOULD COME HERE
AND IT WAS AMAZING

BECAUSE WE'D BEGUN TO DO
THE TALK FORMAT
AND THE WHOLE AUDIENCE,

NOT JUST THE ONES HERE
BUT ALL OVER THE NATION
AND MUCH OF THE WORLD

THEY WERE CAPTIVATED,
IT WAS A SPECIAL TOUCH.
AND YOU BROUGHT

THE BLESSING OF THE LORD
WITH YOU AS PASTOR
IN SOUTHLAKE.

YOU BEGAN TO TEACH
ON THE BLESSED LIFE.
I'D LIKE YOU TO MAYBE SHARE

WITH OUR AUDIENCE
ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE
WE WANT THEM TO GET THE BOOK.

WE ACTUALLY WANT THEM TO GET
THE TEACHING SERIES THAT YOU
TAUGHT NOW TWICE AT GATEWAY.

WE'VE GOT A CHURCH
WITH 20,000 PEOPLE
WHO ARE SO OBVIOUSLY BLESSED

AND THEY'RE SO OBVIOUSLY
BLESSING OTHERS.
HOW DID THIS

GET BIRTHED IN YOU
TO WANT TO SHARE THIS?
Robert: WELL, REALLY,

IT ALL STARTED WITH
COMING TO KNOW THE LORD,
GIVING MY LIFE TO CHRIST

AND THEN WANTING OTHER PEOPLE
TO BE SAVED.
DEBBIE AND I WERE ON

A VERY, VERY TIGHT BUDGET --
VERY LIMITED.
WE WOULD GO OUT TO EAT

ONCE A MONTH
AND WE WOULD SHARE A MEAL.
THAT WAS OUR SPECIAL

ONCE-A-MONTH DATE.
THERE WAS A WAITRESS THERE
THAT DEBBIE AND I BEGAN

TO PRAY ABOUT.
WE JUST FELT LIKE
WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH HER

ABOUT THE LORD.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO SAY ANYTHING.

SO I GOT ONE OF THOSE TRACKS,
WE CALL THEM TRACKS,
A LITTLE BOOK

TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.
AND I ASKED DEBBIE,
"CAN WE LEAVE LIKE A $20 TIP,"

WHICH WAS MUCH MORE
THAN OUR MEAL,
"AND MAYBE SHE'LL READ

THE LITTLE BOOK."
SO WE LEFT IT.
WE WENT BACK THE NEXT MONTH

AND SHE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND SO WE LEFT A $50 TIP.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET HER
TO READ THAT BOOK BECAUSE
I WANTED HER TO BE SAVED.

AND THAT'S REALLY
WHERE IT ALL STARTED.
THE NEXT TIME WE WENT BACK

SHE SAID, "OH, I'VE BEEN
WAITING TO TALK TO YOU.
I READ THE LITTLE BOOK

YOU LEFT.
I PRAYED THE PRAYER,
GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD."

SHE SAID, "I CALLED MY HUSBAND
AND READ IT TO HIM
OVER THE PHONE."

AND AS WE GOT TO TALKING
I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOU CALLED YOUR HUSBAND?

WAS HE AT WORK?"
SHE PUT HER HEAD DOWN
AND SHE SAID,

"HE'S IN PRISON."
WE GOT THE JOY OF SEEING --
SHE SAID, "HE PRAYED

THE PRAYER ALSO."
AND ABOUT THREE YEARS LATER
HE GOT OUT OF PRISON

AND WE SAW BOTH OF THEM
BAPTIZED TOGETHER.
SO THAT IS REALLY

WHERE OUR GIVING STARTED.
WE WERE GIVING TO HELP HER,
TO BLESS HER,

TO BRING HER TO CHRIST,
AND THEN WE STARTED JUST
GIVING AS THE LORD LED US

IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
James: NOW WHEN YOU BEGAN
TO TEACH THE BLESSED LIFE

AND IT JUST TOOK OFF.
HERE'S THE THING I REALLY
WISH THAT YOU WOULD GRASP,

IT ISN'T A MATTER
OF ROBERT MORRIS,
A WONDERFULLY GIFTED PASTOR

AND A TRULY UNQUESTIONABLE
GREAT CHURCH BUT THIS IS
WHAT GOD WANTS FOR YOU.

IT ISN'T JUST WHAT JAMES
OR BETTY WANT FOR YOU,
AND WE DO EXPERIENCE

THE BLESSED LIFE,
AND THE BLESSED LIFE
IS BLESSED TO BLESS.

GOD HAS LOOKED FOR A FAMILY
THROUGH WHOM, A FAITH FAMILY,
THAT HE COULD BLESS

THE FAMILIES AND THE NATIONS
OF THE WORLD.
AND THE MORE YOU BLESS OTHERS,

YOU BLESS GOD.
AND THE MORE YOU BLESS GOD
YOU'RE BLESSED BY GOD

TO BLESS.
ROBERT BEGAN TO TEACH THIS.
THE REASON WE WANT

YOU TO HAVE IT...
WE LIVE IN CHALLENGING TIMES
RIGHT NOW ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IT'S NOT JUST TOUGH RIGHT HERE
IN NORTH AMERICA, THE U.S.
OR CANADA BUT ALL OVER EUROPE,

CHALLENGES IN AUSTRALIA
AND SOUTH AMERICA.
PEOPLE FEEL THE CHALLENGE.

DOES GOD CARE ABOUT THIS?
CAN GOD HELP YOU?
CAN HE SHOW YOU SOMETHING

ABOUT HOW TO LIVE
NO MATTER WHAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE LIKE?

NO MATTER HOW GRAVE
THE SITUATION
OR HOW GREAT THE CHALLENGES,

CAN HE SHOW YOU
HOW TO LIVE BLESSED?
I'M JUST TELLING YOU NOW,

NOT ONLY DO WE EXPERIENCE IT,
DO WE WATCH ROBERT
AND DEBBIE EXPERIENCE IT,

WE WATCH 20,000 PEOPLE
AND THEIR FAMILIES
AND PEOPLE THEY INFLUENCE

AND IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND AROUND THE WORLD
EXPERIENCE IT

AND CHURCHES AND PASTORS?
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
BUT IT IS FOR YOU --

IT IS FOR YOU.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE
THE INSIGHT, THE INSPIRATION,

AND THE SPIRITUAL BIBLICAL
INSTRUCTION THAT WILL SHOW YOU
HOW TO LIVE THE BLESSED LIFE.

ROBERT, YOU ACTUALLY REALLY
FELT LED TO TEACH THIS.
HOW DID IT COME?

Robert: WHEN WE STARTED GIVING
AND GOD JUST KEPT --
WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE MORE.

WE EVEN GOT TO THE PLACE
WHERE WE GAVE OUR HOME AWAY.
WE GAVE EVERYTHING

WE HAD AWAY.
WHAT WE SAW THROUGH THAT WAS
THE BLESSING IN OUR MARRIAGE.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS IT CHANGED
MY HEART TREMENDOUSLY
FROM BEING A SELFISH AND

REALLY A CONTROLLING PERSON,
TRYING TO CONTROL DEBBIE,
CONTROL EVERYTHING AROUND ME

TO LETTING GOD BE
COMPLETELY IN CONTROL.
AND WHEN WE SAW THAT,

WHEN WE SAW WHAT IT DID
IN OUR MARRIAGE
THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT,

I'M GOING TO START
PREACHING THIS.
I'M GOING TO START

TEACHING IT.
AND I SAW IT EVERYWHERE
IN SCRIPTURE...

AND I STILL SEE IT
EVERYWHERE IN SCRIPTURE.
THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY

IS BECAUSE WE GAVE OUR LIVES
TO JESUS.
THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY

IS BECAUSE JESUS GAVE
HIS LIFE FOR US.
I MEAN GIVING IS NOT

SIMPLY ABOUT GIVING MONEY.
IT IS AN ACTION
AND ATTITUDE OF THE HEART.

WHEN WE LEARN TO GIVE,
IT CHANGES YOUR MARRIAGE,
IT CHANGES YOUR RELATIONSHIPS,

IT CHANGES YOUR HEALTH.
WE HAVE A LOT OF
HEALTH PROBLEMS BECAUSE

WE WORRY ABOUT FINANCES;
THERE'S STRESS ON US.
BUT WHEN WE GIVE

WE'RE PUTTING GOD FIRST.
I WAS ASKED A WHILE BACK
FOR A MAGAZINE THING,

THE GUY SAID, "HOW OFTEN
DO YOU PREACH ON GIVING?"
I SAID, "EVERY WEEK."

AND HE SAID, "WHAT?"
AND I SAID, "WELL,
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME

IS HOW OFTEN DO I PREACH ON
GIVING MONEY AND THAT'S ABOUT
EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS.

BUT IF YOU ASK ME HOW OFTEN
I PREACH ON GIVING,
IT'S EVERY WEEK

BECAUSE GIVING
IS A LIFESTYLE OF OUR HEART
TO GIVE TO GOD,

TO GIVE TO OUR SPOUSE,
TO GIVE TO THOSE AROUND US."
AND WHEN I SAW THE FRUIT

OF WHAT IT DID IN US,
THAT'S WHEN I WANTED
TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE

WHAT GOD DOES THROUGH GIVING.
James: YOU JUST SHARED
AT GATEWAY THIS PAST WEEKEND,

GIVING YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST
AND 537 PEOPLE CAME AND
GAVE THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST,

AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THEM
AND THEY RECEIVE THAT LIFE
AND THEY RECEIVED FORGIVENESS.

DEBBIE, HE SAID
YOU GAVE A HOUSE AWAY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE

A FUN LITTLE TRICK.
HOW DID ALL THIS SET WITH YOU
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU

IN THIS JOURNEY?
IS THIS A GIVING HUSBAND
THAT'S IMPOSING

ALL THESE THINGS ON YOU
OR IS THIS SOMETHING GOD
IS MOVING BOTH OF YOU ALONG?

Debbie: ABSOLUTELY!
WE WERE BOTH SO EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES

THAT WE HAD TO GIVE.
WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD
TO TIMES WHERE WE COULD GIVE.

IT WAS FUN.
I HAD THE SAME ABILITY
TO HEAR GOD AND COME AND SAY,

"I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD
HELP SO AND SO WITH A CAR."
Robert: WHICH SHE'S ACTUALLY

DONE QUITE A BIT.
SHE LOVES TO GIVE CARS AWAY.
[Laughter]

James: YOUR CAR.
Robert: YEAH, MY CAR.
SHE DOESN'T GIVE HERS,

SHE WANTS TO GIVE MY CAR.
Debbie: I NEED MINE.
[Laughter]

THAT WAY I CAN GET OUT AND SEE
PEOPLE TO GIVE MORE CARS TOO.
Robert: THAT'S RIGHT.

James: WHAT HAPPENED?
GO AHEAD. HOW DID YOU --
Debbie: IT WAS JUST

AN EXCITING TIME IN OUR LIVES.
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ON
THIS GREAT GOD ADVENTURE

AND WE KEPT SEEING GOD
MIRACULOUSLY PROVIDE FOR US
AND GIVE US OPPORTUNITY

TO BLESS OTHER PEOPLE.
AND WE WEREN'T --
WE'RE NOT RICH,

WE WEREN'T RICH.
WE HAD A VERY MEAGER INCOME
BUT WE STILL WERE ABLE

TO SEE GOD DO SOME REALLY
INCREDIBLE THINGS.
THE PEACE AND JOY IN OUR HEART

KNOWING THAT WE WERE JUST
INSTRUMENTS IN HIS HANDS
WAS A LOT OF FUN.

Betty: IT'S NOT
ABOUT THE GIVING;
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE

TO WORK UP IN YOUR HEART
OR IN YOUR SPIRIT.
IT IS OUT OF THE OVERFLOW THAT

YOU SEEING GOD BLESSING YOU,
YOU WANT TO PUT
THAT BLESSING INTO ACTION

AND TO DEMONSTRATE IT.
Robert: WELL,
EVERY PERSON WANTS TO GIVE.

WE'RE BORN SELFISH
BUT WE'RE BORN AGAIN GIVERS.
ONCE YOU COME TO KNOW JESUS,

YOU WANT TO GIVE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
EVEN AT CHRISTMAS,

YOU'RE NOT REALLY THAT EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT YOU GET.
NOW AS A CHILD YOU ARE,

BUT AS WE GROW AND MATURE,
YOU'RE MORE EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT YOU GIVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES
IN OUR HEARTS.
WE'RE THE MOST LIKE GOD

WHEN WE GIVE.
WE REALLY ARE.
THE GREATEST VERSE IN THE

BIBLE OR THE MOST WELL-KNOWN:
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS,
EVERY ONE OF US WANTS TO GIVE.
BUT WHAT I REALLY BELIEVE

WHAT GOD SHOWED ME
THROUGH THE BOOK
AND THROUGH THE TEACHING IS

HOW TO BREAK THAT STRONGHOLD
WHERE WE WANT TO GIVE,
WE WANT TO DO IT

BUT WHAT'S HOLDING US BACK?
AND HOW DO WE BREAK THROUGH
TO BE ABLE TO GIVE

AND THEN LIVE
IN GOD'S PROVISION
SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE

A LIFESTYLE OF GIVING?
James: WHEN WE GIVE
AND WE BLESS OTHERS

IT BLESSES GOD,
WHICH THAT REALLY SHOULD BE
A PRIORITY DESIRE

OF OUR HEART,
"BLESS THE LORD, OH, MY SOUL
AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME."

HOW DO I BLESS THE LORD?
WELL, YOU BLESS OTHERS.
WHEN YOU BLESS OTHERS

AND YOU LOVE OTHERS
AND YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
LIKE YOU LOVE YOURSELF

AND YOU CARE ABOUT THEM
AND YOU SHOW THAT,
YOU'RE BLESSING GOD

WHEN YOU BLESS THEM.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
THAT THE DEAL IS

THAT WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE
THEY OUGHT TO GIVE AND
THE PRIMARY REASON TO GIVE

IS TO GET.
NOW WE KNOW IF YOU SOW,
YOU REAP.

IF YOU DON'T SOW
YOU DON'T REAP.
YOU CAN TAKE ANY TRUTH

OVER THE CLIFF.
YOU CAN TAKE IT TO AN EXTREME
OR YOU CAN MISS

THE REAL POINT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU MAKE SO CLEAR

IN THE BLESSED LIFE --
I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
TO GET THE VIDEO TEACHING;

IT'S BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GET IT
SO YOU HAVE TIME TO SIT DOWN

OR MAYBE SHOW IT
TO YOUR CHURCH.
THESE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN SHOWN

IN BIBLE STUDY GROUPS,
AND COMMUNITIES,
AND IN CHURCHES

AND TRANSFORMED THE WHOLE
CONGREGATION, ULTIMATELY
IMPACTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

AND THE CITY.
IT COULD IMPACT THE NATION.
WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING IS

I'M NOT GIVING TO GET,
I'M GIVING TO GIVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS ROBERT SAYS

AND I CAN REMEMBER,
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SHOT
OUT OF A CANNON BECAUSE

IT IS SO FULL OF TRUTH.
HE SAYS, "GOD IS NOT EXCITED
BECAUSE MY PEOPLE GET IT

ABOUT GETTING.
I'M EXCITED BECAUSE MY PEOPLE
GET IT ABOUT GIVING."

FOR GOD SO LOVED HE GAVE.
NOW SURE, HE GOT
A FAMILY OF BELIEVERS,

HE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
OF ETERNAL LIFE.
BUT THE POINT IS WE REALLY

IN THIS MATERIALISTIC WORLD
WE LIVE IN, WE REALLY TEND
TO HAVE THE FOCUS IN

AN UNHEALTHY WAY, OFTENTIMES
ON OURSELVES AND GETTING
AND WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME.

WE ALL CARE ABOUT OURSELVES,
THAT'S NATURAL.
WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT OURSELVES

BUT WE TAKE IT TO THE EXTREME
AND NOW WE THINK
WE'VE GOT A GIMMICK TO GET.

I THINK THAT REALLY
MISDIRECTS PEOPLE.
Robert: IT IS!

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
WHO CREATED GIVING
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, GOD DID.
THEN YOU ASK YOURSELF, "WHY?"
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T NEED

OUR MONEY TO PAY
THE LIGHT BILL IN HEAVEN,
HE IS OKAY.

[Laughter]
HE DID NOT CREATE GIVING
FOR HIS BENEFIT.

HE CREATED GIVING
FOR OUR BENEFIT.
GIVING IS WHAT WORKS

SELFISHNESS AND GREED
OUT OF OUR LIVES.
AND SOME OF THE PREACHING

WE HEAR ON GIVING
ACTUALLY WORKS SELFISHNESS
AND GREED BACK IN OUR LIVES.

JESUS SAID IN LUKE 6:38,
"GIVE AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU;

GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN,
SHAKEN TOGETHER."
WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

BUT WHEN YOU BACK UP VERSE 30,
HE SAYS, "GIVE TO EVERYONE
WHO ASKS OF YOU.

AND IF SOMEONE ASKS
FOR YOUR COAT,
GIVE THEM YOUR SHIRT TOO."

HE'S TALKING ABOUT GIVING.
AND THEN WHAT HE SAYS IS,
"WHEN YOU GIVE LIKE THIS,

WHEN YOU GIVE
WITH THE RIGHT HEART,
THE RIGHT MOTIVE,

THEN YOU'RE GOING
TO RECEIVE BACK."
I EVEN MAKE THE STATEMENT --

SOMETIMES I LIKE
TO MAKE A STATEMENT
AND PAUSE FOR SHOCK AFFECT,

AND THEN ADD
THE OTHER STATEMENT, WHICH
IS THE BALANCING STATEMENT.

I LIKE TO SAY, "GOD REALLY
DOESN'T BLESS GIVING,
HE BLESSES GIVING

WITH A RIGHT HEART."
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
IN OUR CHILDREN,

IF OUR CHILD -- IF WE
TALK TO THEM ABOUT GIVING
AND THEY GIVE AND THEY HAVE

A BAD ATTITUDE, THAT'S NOT
WHAT MAKES US PLEASED.
BUT IF THEY GIVE

WITH A RIGHT HEART.
OUR LITTLE GRANDSON
HAS TAPPED US OUT BECAUSE

HE HEARD ABOUT THESE CHILDREN
THAT DON'T HAVE CLEAN WATER
AND SO --

James: PROBABLY WATCHED
LIFE TODAY.
Robert: THAT'S RIGHT!

AND SO HE CAME TO US AND SO
WE'RE TAPPED OUT RIGHT NOW.
THE POINT IS WE WERE SO

PLEASED TO SEE HIS HEART.
HE'S NEVER EVEN
MET THESE CHILDREN

BUT HE UNDERSTOOD
THERE WAS A NEED.
SO I WANT TO BLESS HIM.

AND SO GOD REALLY DOESN'T
BLESS THE ACTION OF GIVING
AS MUCH AS THE ATTITUDE

OF GIVING, THAT'S WHAT HE IS
TRYING TO DO IN OUR HEARTS.
James: YOU KNOW, YOU SAID

SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL
AND THIS IS -- EVERYTHING
ROBERT SHARES IS POWERFUL.

HE IS A TRULY ANOINTED --
THAT MEANS DIVINELY ENABLED
COMMUNICATOR, TEACHER,

PASTOR, SHEPHERD.
SOMEBODY SAID, "WELL,
PASTOR, I'VE BEEN GIVING.

I'VE GIVEN AND I'VE STILL GOT
ALL THESE DEBTS AND BILLS."
AND ROBERT SAID,

"WAIT JUST A MINUTE.
WHEN DID YOU SUDDENLY THINK
THAT GIVING SOMETHING TO GOD

OR GIVING SOMETHING
TO SOMEONE ELSE DISMISSED YOU
FROM YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

TO BE A GOOD STEWARD,
A GOOD OVERSEER OF ALL GOD
ENTRUSTED TO YOUR WATCH CARE?"

YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD MANAGER --
I MEAN A BAD MANAGER
OF WHAT GOD GAVE YOU AND THEN

EXPECT HIM TO TAKE CARE OF
ALL THE MISMANAGEMENT BECAUSE
YOU GAVE HIM SOMETHING.

THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING
ENTITLEMENT TO EVERYBODY
AND THEY'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.

SO GIVING STUFF OUT AT RANDOM,
IF YOU DON'T MANAGE IT,
YOU'LL DIG A DEEP DITCH

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
SO IT'S NOT A TRICK.
IT'S NOT A GIMMICK.

IT'S NOT A LOTTERY.
IT'S A WAY TO LIVE.
AND THE KEY THAT YOU TEACH IS

WHEN YOU HONOR HIM
OUT OF THE FIRSTFRUITS,
WHEN YOU PUT HIM WHERE HE

BELONGS FIRST AND THEN YOU
LET HIM DIRECT YOUR GIVING,
HE ALSO GIVES YOU THE WISDOM

TO DIRECT AND MANAGE WHAT
HE'S GIVEN YOU TO OVERSEE.
Robert: I TALK ABOUT

IN THE BLESSED LIFE, IT'S
NOT THE BLESSED POCKETBOOK,
IT'S NOT THE BLESSED WALLET,

IT'S THE BLESSED LIFE.
GOD WANTS TO BLESS MY LIFE.
BUT A LIFE WALKS ON TWO LEGS.

ONE OF THOSE IS GENEROSITY,
THE OTHER IS STEWARDSHIP.
IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT

THIS, HERE'S GOD WITH ALL
THE RESOURCES IN THE WORLD,
AND OUT OF THAT WORLD

FOR THIS MATTER,
HE OWNS MARS TOO --
HE OWNS IT ALL.

GOD'S GOT ALL THE RESOURCES.
OVER HERE ARE ALL THE NEEDS.
CHURCHES NEED TO BE BUILT,

WELLS NEED TO BE DRILLED,
MISSIONARIES NEED TO BE SENT.
HERE'S ALL THE RESOURCES,

HERE'S ALL THE NEED.
WHAT'S IN-BETWEEN? WE ARE.
GOD IS SIMPLY LOOKING

FOR GOOD STEWARDS TO BE ABLE
-- HE WANTS TO HELP
THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE

BUT HE WORKS THROUGH PEOPLE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO
IN OUR LIVES, I THINK,

HE GAVE US
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS
AND WE STEWARDED THAT.

HE GAVE US A FEW THOUSAND
AND WE STEWARDED IT.
AND NOW THROUGH THE CHURCH --

THIS IS AMAZING --
OUR CHURCH LAST YEAR
GAVE $10 MILLION TO MISSIONS,

TO OTHER MINISTRIES
AND MISSIONS,
INCLUDING LIFE OUTREACH.

[Applause]
IT'S THE POINT OF STEWARDING.
WHEN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT,

"GOD, I'LL STEWARD
WHAT YOU GIVE ME.
I WILL PASS IT ALONG.

I WILL HELP OTHER PEOPLE."
THEN GOD SAYS, "WELL,
I CAN GIVE YOU MORE THEN."

AND THAT SCRIPTURE, LUKE 16:
IF YOU'LL BE FAITHFUL
WITH A LITTLE,

THEN GOD CAN GIVE YOU MORE.
James: EXACTLY.
I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING IT.

DO YOU APPRECIATE
WHAT ROBERT IS SAYING?
DO YOU GET IT?

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE?
[Applause]

WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT A MERE MONEY GAME.
ALTHOUGH, GOD SAYS THAT

REALLY WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS,
THAT'S WHERE YOUR HEART IS.
AND BASICALLY, TOO,

WHERE YOUR HEART IS
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE
YOU DIRECT YOUR TREASURE.

IT IS SORT OF A BAROMETER;
IT IS HIS THERMOMETER,
IT KIND OF TELLS YOU

A LOT OF THINGS
ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE
AS TO WHERE IT IS GOING

AND WHERE YOU'RE FOCUSED.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SO WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING

RELATED TO MONEY BECAUSE
THEY REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN
REAL CONCERNED ABOUT GOD,

WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART?
LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN
I SHARE MY HEART WITH GOD,

THERE IS NO QUESTION HE CARES.
WHAT WE FOUND REALLY SEEMS TO
CAPTURE THE FOCAL POINT OF GOD

IS WHEN HE REALIZES
THAT WE ACTUALLY --
ACTUALLY REALLY CARE

ABOUT WHAT'S ON HIS HEART.
YOU'RE ON HIS HEART.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO DIAL THE NUMBER
THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK.
THAT'S GOOD COUNSEL

RIGHT THERE.
IT IS A PLASTIC CHECK.
THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE USED.

IT IS A CONVENIENCE.
IT SHOULD NEVER BECOME
A BURDEN, AN ALBATROSS,

A WEIGHT, A YOKE.
ASK FOR THE BLESSED LIFE.
ASK FOR THE CD SERIES.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A GIFT
TO HELP US
IN THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE.

YOU'RE NOT BUYING A PRODUCT.
YOU SAY, "LOOK,
I WANT TO INVEST

IN THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE.
ALL OF YOUR MISSION EFFORTS,
DRILLING WATER WELLS, RESCUING

PEOPLE FROM THE SEX TRADE,
ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS
YOU'RE DOING."

YOU MAKE A $50 GIFT
WE'LL SEND THE BLESSED LIFE;
WE'LL SEND THE AUDIO.

IF YOU WANT
THE VIDEO AND AUDIO
AND AS A BONUS DEBBIE'S BOOK,

THE BLESSED WOMAN, WE'RE
ASKING YOU FOR A LOVE GIFT
OF $100 TO HELP US BLESS

OTHERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
TO THE CLIP;

YOU SEE THE NUMBER THERE.
YOU CAN CALL OR GO ONLINE.
SAY, I WANT THIS.

WATCH THIS CLIP WHERE ROBERT
TALKS IN THE SERIES
"THE SPIRIT OF MAMMON."

WATCH THIS.

Robert: SEE MAMMON IS A LIAR.
MAMMON IS A SPIRIT THAT
PROMISES US EVERYTHING

ONLY GOD CAN GIVE US.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN
YOU ALSO THINK ABOUT MAMMON,

JESUS SAID, "YOU'LL LOVE ONE
AND HATE THE OTHER
OR YOU'LL BE LOYAL TO ONE

AND DESPISE THE OTHER."
I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

MANY BELIEVERS LITERALLY
DESPISE GOD OVER FINANCES.
THEY'RE MAD AND

THEY'RE ANGRY AT GOD
OVER THEIR FINANCES. WHY?
LISTEN --

HERE'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
HE EXPLAINED IT TO US.
IF YOU DESPISE ONE

IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
LOYAL TO THE OTHER ONE.
SEE, STAY WITH ME NOW --

MANY OF US,
MANY OF US HAVE SERVED
AND BEEN LOYAL TO MAMMON

AND THEN WHEN OUR NEEDS
DON'T GET MET AND WHEN
THINGS DON'T GO THE WAY

THAT MAMMON TOLD US IT WOULD,
WE DESPISE GOD.
ARE Y'ALL FOLLOWING ME?

THIS SERMON IS BETTER
THAN YOU'RE AMENING RIGHT NOW.
[Laughter]

THINK ABOUT IT.
JESUS GIVES US -- HE SAYS,
"LISTEN, YOU CAN'T SERVE BOTH!

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO MAKE A CHOICE."
AND MANY OF US IN OUR HEARTS

UNKNOWINGLY GREW UP THIS WAY
LEARNING TO SERVE MONEY,
SERVE MAMMON,

AND WHEN WE SERVE MAMMON
THEN WE GET DISAPPOINTED
AND THEN WE DESPISE GOD,

WE'RE MAD AT GOD
BECAUSE GOD IS NOT DOING
WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO

YET WE'RE ACTUALLY
SERVING MAMMON.
I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE

ABOUT MAMMON
THAT MAY SHOCK YOU.
MAMMON IS THE SPIRIT

OF ANTICHRIST.
AND I CAN PROVE IT TO YOU.
IT IS EXTREMELY,

EXTREMELY SIMPLE TO
UNDERSTAND MAMMON IS
THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST

BECAUSE WHEN I TELL YOU
THE VERSE
YOU'LL ALL REMEMBER IT.

THE ANTICHRIST DOES NOT RULE
THROUGH THE THREAT
OF NUCLEAR WAR.

THE ANTICHRIST,
ACCORDING TO THIS BOOK,
RULES...

THIS IS IN REVELATION,
YOU'VE ALL HEARD THIS --
RULES -- LISTEN --

THROUGH THE THREAT OF NOT
BEING ABLE TO BUY AND SELL.
I TOLD YOU

THIS IS A GOOD SERMON.
[Laughter]
THAT'S MAMMON.

MAMMON SAYS YOU WON'T BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY
WITHOUT ME.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE
TO BUY AND SELL WITHOUT ME.
MAMMON SAYS, "I'M THE ANSWER

TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS."
YOU THINK ABOUT THIS,
THIS IS HOW WE'VE BOUGHT

INTO THE LIE OF SATAN.
MANY, MANY TIMES
WE THINK, "I NEED

EITHER ONE OF TWO THINGS:
I EITHER NEED GOD
TO COME THROUGH FOR ME

OR I NEED SOMEONE
TO GIVE ME SOME MONEY."
[Laughter]

IS THIS GOOD?
Audience: YES!
Robert: THIS IS

WHAT MAMMON DOES.
MAMMON TRIES TO
COMPARE HIMSELF TO GOD.

MAMMON WANTS TO BE YOUR GOD.
AND JESUS NEVER TOLD ANYONE
THE ANSWER TO HIS PROBLEMS

WAS MORE MONEY.
NOT ONE BLIND PERSON,
NOT ONE LEPER,

NOT ONE PROSTITUTE,
NEVER DID A PERSON
COME UP TO JESUS AND CRY OUT,

JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HELP ME!
AND JESUS TURN AROUND AND SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED?

YOU NEED MORE MONEY."
[Laughter]

James: I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY QUESTION
YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED

AND THERE IS CERTAINLY
NO QUESTION
GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU.

YOU TALK ABOUT REAL BLESSING?
-- WHEN YOU BLESS OTHERS.
YOU MAY SAY, "JAMES, I DON'T

KNOW IF I CAN DO MUCH."
HEY, LITTLE IS MUCH
IN GOD'S SIGHT.

BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LEARN
WHAT IT IS TO OVERSEE
WHAT GOD'S TRUSTED TO YOU

AND GOD WHO LOVES TO BLESS
SEES SOMEONE
WHO DESIRES TO BLESS,

YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WONDER,
AM I GOING TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO BLESS THEM?

IT WILL BE BEYOND MONEY.
IT MAY BE YOUR TIME,
IT MAY BE JUST LISTENING,

IT MAY BE A SHOULDER
FOR THEM TO LEAN ON,
IT MAY BE SOMEONE

TO WEEP WITH THEM
OR REJOICE WITH THEM.
GET THE BLESSED LIFE.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET THE VIDEO SERIES.
WE'RE ASKING YOU

FOR A LOVE GIFT.
THIS COULD BE THE STARTING
OF A WAY OF BLESSING.

YOU SAY, "JAMES,
AT LIFE OUTREACH
YOU'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO HAVE

PROGRAMS LIKE THIS TO
HELP US AND WONDERFUL GUESTS
WHO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE US

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US
A CHANCE TO BLESS PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY EVER

NOTICED ALL OVER THE WORLD,
TO GIVE THEM SOME FRESH WATER
OR SOME FOOD

WHEN THEY'RE REALLY HUNGRY."
YES. SO YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR PERHAPS MORE,

YOU MAY SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD'S BLESSED ME,
I CAN GIVE $1,000."

WELL, DO IT!
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO INVEST IT IN PEOPLE; WE'RE

GOING TO BLESS OTHERS WITH IT
SO YOU START RIGHT THERE.
BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO SIMPLY CALL THE NUMBER,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD OR YOU
CAN GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG

AND MAKE YOUR GIFT THAT WAY
AND SAY, "I WANT TO HELP,
I WANT TO BLESS OTHERS.

BUT I WANT THE SERIES,
I WANT THE VIDEO,
I WANT ROBERT'S BOOK,

THE BLESSED LIFE."
AND IF YOU ASK
FOR THE VIDEO SERIES AND

MAKE A GIFT OF $100 OR MORE
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
ALSO THE AUDIO

AND WE'LL SEND YOU
THE BLESSED WOMAN --
AND THAT PICTURE

IS A WHOLE LOT PRETTIER
THAN THE ONE
THAT'S ON ROBERT'S BOOK --

AND YOU'LL GET
THE BLESSED WOMAN.
WHAT DEBBIE DOES IS

SHE TEACHES YOU WHAT
SHE LEARNED ABOUT BLESSING
AND BEING A BLESSING

FROM WOMEN IN THE BIBLE.
GREAT INSIGHTS,
AREN'T THEY, BETTY?

AND SO WE WANT YOU
TO ASK FOR THIS.
IF YOU SAY, "JAMES,

I CAN'T DO THAT
BUT I REALLY DO WANT THE AUDIO
AND I REALLY WANT THAT BOOK,"

THEN MAKE A SPECIAL LOVE GIFT
OF $50 OR MORE.
FATHER, I PRAY FOR

EVERYONE WATCHING RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY WILL BEGIN
EXPERIENCING THE BLESSING

BY SAYING, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO GET
THAT INSTRUCTION.

I'M GOING TO GET THE WISDOM
THAT COMES FROM ABOVE THROUGH
A SHEPHERD AND A PASTOR

THAT'S HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE.
BUT LORD, I'M GOING
TO BLESS SOMEBODY TODAY

AND I WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE
TO BLESS YOU GOD
AND BLESS OTHERS,

IN JESUS' NAME."
I HOPE YOU MAKE THAT CALL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THE GIFT.
THIS COULD BE LIKE
RELEASING A RIVER -- A RIVER

OF LIFE, LIGHT, AND LOVE
ALL OVER YOUR COMMUNITY
AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKING THAT CALL.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE GIFT.

Announcer: INTRODUCING
THE BLESSED LIFE,

AN EYE-OPENING SERIES
FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS
TO EXPERIENCE A RELEASE

OF GOD'S FINANCIAL
BLESSINGS AND REWARDS.

WHILE GREED
AND MATERIALISM

CHOKE OUT
THE TRUE SPIRIT
OF PROSPERITY,

THE BLESSED LIFE GIVES
BALANCE AND TRUE MEANING
TO SCRIPTURES

THAT HAVE OFTEN
BROUGHT CONFUSION

AND DIVISION
AMONG CHRISTIANS.

WITH SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS UNVEILS

THE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO EXPERIENCE THE BLESSED LIFE.

YOU'LL DISCOVER
THE POWERFUL LINK

BETWEEN YOUR FAITH
AND YOUR FINANCES

AND EXPERIENCE
THE FINANCIAL RESULTS

THAT ARE PROMISED
IN GOD'S WORD.

>> I WAS ON THE VERGE OF TERMINATION FROM MY JOB

AND GOD SPOKE CLEARLY TO ME
AND I KNEW THIS WAS IT.

THIS WAS THE TIME
I NEEDED TO COMMIT MYSELF

AND COMMIT MY ENTIRE LIFE
TO CHRIST.

>> I WOULD SAY
THE BLESSED LIFE,
THE PRINCIPLES

SIMPLY WORK BECAUSE
IT IS THE BIBLE, BASICALLY.

GOD'S WORD JUST TALKS
ABOUT WHEN YOU GIVE,

HE RELEASES RESOURCES TO YOU
TO GET THEM THROUGH YOU

AND NOTHING PUTS IT BETTER
THAN THE BLESSED LIFE.

THE BLESSED LIFE IS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK ONLY ON AUDIO CD

AND INCLUDES
ROBERT'S BOOK

WITH YOUR GIFT OF
JUST $50 OR MORE.

OR A GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE

FOR BOTH AUDIO
AND VIDEO SERIES
WITH BOOK.

AND AS A BONUS,
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
DEBBIE MORRIS'S BOOK,

THE BLESSED WOMAN.

AND REMEMBER, YOUR GIFT TODAY HELPS OFFER THE GOSPEL

IN WORD AND DEED
AROUND THE WORLD.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY.

James: I HOPE
YOU'VE MADE THE CALL
AND I HOPE YOU JUST REALLY,

REALLY STARTED THIS JOURNEY.
IT WILL CARRY YOU BEYOND
ANYTHING YOU EVER IMAGINED --

NOT ONLY BEING BLESSED BUT
THE JOY OF BLESSING OTHERS.
JOIN WITH BETTY AND ME IN

SAYING A GREAT BIG THANK YOU
TO ROBERT MORRIS
AND TO HIS WIFE DEBBIE.

THANK YOU, ROBERT.
THANK YOU, PASTOR!
YOU'RE MY PASTOR.

YOU'RE A GREAT ONE!
YOU'RE A GREAT PASTOR'S WIFE!
Debbie: THANK YOU, JAMES.

James: WE'RE TRYING
TO BE GOOD MEMBERS.
YOU KEEP WORKING ON US.

THANK ALL OF YOU! THANK YOU.
BE BLESSED! BE A BLESSING!

Announcer: TOMORROW,
A PASTOR AND HIS WIFE

SHARE HOW ROBERT MORRIS
AND THE BLESSED LIFE

TRANSFORMED THEIR LIVES

AS WELL AS THE LIVES
OF AN ENTIRE CHURCH.