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Paula is joined by Dr. Tim Clinton as they discuss the harsh reality of "Trauma." Join the discussion on ways to find hope to overcome brokenness, horror and fear that is often associated with the effects of trauma. Trauma and Grief are so closely related but God has ways to lead you out of those areas while healing you.

Paula is again joined by Dr. Tim Clinton, along with special guest Angela Agia. She shares with Paula and Dr. Clinton about some of the affects of overcoming a divorce and finding God's purposes and plans through prevail over the pain. Dr. Clinton offers practical tips and advice for ways God can help us through those difficult times we face in our lives.

Paula is joined by Dr. Tim Clinton discussing some of the additional challenges we are currently facing during these tumultuous times. Take a moment to learn about how you may be under undue stress on our physical, mental, psychological and spiritual health. They also discuss how God cares about our needs and offer support in overcoming our fears and anxieties.

Paula continues chatting with Terri dive deeper in God's plans for your dreams. They share on ways that their Faith helped them overcome disappointments, trials and tribulations to truly impact their lives and others for the Lord.

Paula is joined by Terri Savelle Foy on this episode of the Paula Today Podcast. Terri shares on ways on how to imagine big! She is often times known as the "Vision Board Lady." Terri helps motivate us to get out of a rut and work towards the dreams that God has planned for our lives. It is not a dream or vision if it stays in your head, write it down!

Paula and Rabbi Jason Sobel continue to ask, "How do I live in Breakthrough and the Overflow of God?"

How do I get to God's Overflow?
1.) Faith: God builds our faith after everything else runs out.
2.) Risk: Taking a Risk with God brings great Reward in Life!
3.) Process: Your potential is revealed through God's process.

Paula and Rabbi Jason Sobel ask, "How do I live in Breakthrough and the Overflow of God?" What Limitation have you placed on yourself??? We have to go into agreement with what we are seeing and speaking for alignment with God's Word. God uses the "ordinary" and Transforms it into the Extraordinary, Satan will fight the hardest against...The Power of God and Provision of God.

Paula dives into the scriptures, with Esther 2 and then Esther 3, where Haman wants to destroy God's people.

Paula and Jon share on Esther, who is a person of obedience to God and positioned to obey His divine calling by the Holy Spirit!

Paula and Jon continue to share on How To Pray. What is Prayer? Communicating with the Father. God wants us to come to Him in prayer, give it over to Him, and then, Let It Go. We come to the Father in the Name of Jesus!

Paula and Jon share on How To Pray. What is Prayer? Communicating with the Father. Jesus shares how we should pray by declaring "The Lord's Prayer" found in Luke 11, verses 1-4.

Good Relationships require Good Communication! Improving Communication: Choosing the right words will convey exactly what you mean. Empathy is a key relationship skill. God First in all of your relationships. You must develop realistic expectation together in order to have Healthy and Whole Relationships.

Do you not know who you are or how to function how God has called you to be? Don't feel frustrated. You were called to lead in crisis, you are getting your courage back today.

Many are feeling frustrated because often they don't know who they are or how to function how God has called them. You are getting your courage back, today! You were called to be leaders in times of crisis.

The Bible mentions 'suddenly' over 40 times! Expect God to do a “SUDDEN” restoration in your life! A 'SUDDEN' defeat over your enemies! A 'SUDDEN' deliverance

God says he has set before us life and death, blessings and cursing. We have to remember that both blessings and curses can be generational!

There is a powerful, life-changing revelation God wants you to understand! The Principle of Stewardship. Good stewardship will lead to health, favor, and responsibility God desires to put into your hands for the Kingdom of God!

When we are connected, we are better together! That's where we do greater things for God and for His Kingdom. Connection matters!

God designed us to be connected, and God reminds us we are better together.

God is going to cause you to "Increase In Favor." This Supernatural Favor is going to open up supernatural doors that no man can shut! Favor is going to bring promotion to your life!

Join Paula for a powerful message on breaking all cycles of fear that counter your faith through Psalm 91.

What stops you from operating in the Kingdom of God and seeing God's promises? Fear. Today Paula is going to help you overcome the cycle of fear as we look in Psalm 91.

Join Pastor Paula as she shares on "Restoration" Are you facing a battle? There is about to be a "Suddenly" released into your life of increase, overflow, victory, deliverance, and revival. Tune in today to hear more!

God says he has set before us life and death, blessings and cursing. We have to remember that both blessings and curses can be generational!

God's Word has a lot to say about both blessings and curses. A generational curse not only goes to an individual, it goes onto a community. Until someone breaks that curse

Generational Curses – They are real and can be passed down from generation to generation, until they are RECOGNIZED AND BROKEN!

God has one request of you: Get alone with Him—your spirit with His Spirit in the Holy of Holies! Dive into scripture as Pastor Paula and Jon take you deep into the Holy of Holies. When it’s just you and God, nothing else matters.

The Inner Court of the Tabernacle is a place where we can find healing in Christ. Pastor Paula and Jon continue to take you through this space as we explore the Golden Altar of Incense deeper!

Pastor Paula and Jon take you through the Inner Court of the Tabernacle for an exploration of the Golden Altar of Incense, so that you too may be healed by God's grace.

God has one request of you: Get alone with Him—your spirit with His Spirit in the Holy of Holies! Join Pastor Paula and Jon as they take you into the Holy of Holies in this detailed study focusing on The Table of Showbread.

Paula and Jon dive continue exploring The Bronze Altar designed for the Burnt Offerings of the people inside the Tabernacle.

Tune in to explore The Bronze Altar with Part 1 as Paula and Jon continue diving into A Pathway To His Presence and the Tabernacle on this episode of the Paula Today Podcast!

God wants to be with us as he has laid out a way into The Holy Place, A Pathway To His Presence. Join Paula and Jonathan today as they look into the Old Testament on the setup of The Tabernacle and how it relates to our faith walk today!

How do we get into the presence of God?? Explore The Tabernacle with Paula and Jonathan as they reveal the pattern that God has revealed to enter into His Presence.

Paula and Jon work through the difficult sayings of Jesus throughout scripture. Are certain parables and stories that Jesus tell us confusing? Or worse, maybe even contradictory to our current values or cultural practices for today?? Explore and understand what Jesus was and is saying to us on this powerful episode, The Jesus Code - Part 4!

Paula and Jon conclude their exploratory journey on the difficult sayings of Jesus as the next part of The Jesus Code. Do you struggle with some of the statements or parables that Jesus said?? Listen to unfold the mysteries that may have hindered your deeper bible study.

Paula and Jon continue exploring the difficult sayings of Jesus. Let's examine some of the complex sayings of Jesus found throughout scripture.

Paula and Jon teach on the Difficult Sayings of Jesus on the Paula Today Podcast! Listen in as they explore tough scripture for us to comprehend but ultimately are powerful, life changing messages.

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Acts 2:1-4, 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

American Christianity is rapidly conforming to the values of the post-Christian secular culture. Some have been struggling, not knowing what God has for them. You have been through a season in which The Lord has revealed your need of Him in very dramatic ways. God is trying to get your attention.

In this podcast, Pastor Paula gives a teaching on the Passover season and why it must be important to us. Pastor Paula also interviews Mark Gerson. Mark is the author of books on intellectual history and education. His articles and essays on subjects ranging from Frank Sinatra to the biblical Jonah have been published in The New Republic, Commentary, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He writes a weekly Torah column for the Christian Broadcasting Network and hosts the popular podcast The Rabbi’s Husband, and recently launched Torah Academy, an online resource for channeling the Torah’s practical insight and wisdom to live a happier, more successful life.

Jonathan Cain joins Pastor Paula to discuss the Passover season. Divine supernatural season of Passover and Resurrection Sunday is one of the most important times of the year. God has set an appointment for you.

Pastor Steve Munsey joins Pastor Paula White-Cain for a special Passover season message and proclamation of a "now" word. A "now" word changes everything. It is for you here and at this time, and not by accident.

Today, we're going to talk about relationships, when it's more happy, healthy and whole. I always say, "I'm free to be me, you're free to be you. And together, we're us." If you have dysfunction, it means it's not working. If you have dysfunction in your life, or maybe you've had learned behavior or generational curse, and you keep repeating the same cycles, it's going to impact that relationship. Ultimately, either put a strain on it or break it.

When God wants to bless you, he sends someone into your life. Who you're spiritually connected to matters. Connection matters. Let's talk about who and what you're connected to.

We're going to deal with how to have good healthy whole relationships. How to make relationships work. And while we will talk about it in the context of all relationships (your children, people, you work with friendships), let's get right down to the nitty gritty and start with intimate relationships.

As I started looking into what "suddenly" meant, I went through all different translations from King James, NIV to ESB and I started categorizing all the "suddenly"s that were in the Word of God. In this episode, I am going to share with you what I discovered. I believe that God has a suddenly for you.

Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled." Fear and anxiety will clutter your spirit and it will kill your dream. The Bible says: Be anxious for nothing. I'm so excited to be with my husband, Jon, and we're going to talk about how do you overcome fear and anxiety.

Trying to let go of something in your life? That's the hardest thing for a lot of people. Anytime we let go of something, even if we know that it's not good for us, it always all change feels like loss. And so there's this resistance that is fear based. Let's talk about it.

Today, Jon and I are going to deal with an important important subject: How you legally engaged spiritually in warfare. There is a real enemy, his name is Satan (the devil). He uses and influences people to operate against God's plan and purpose. But God has already given us victory. If we don't know how to fight then we can live a defeated life. But the good news is God has given us answers.

I'm so excited to have you join my husband, Jon, and i, as we really talk about this critical hour that we're living in. I have an urgency by the Holy Spirit to call our nation to prayer.

Isaiah chapter 60 says that God will restore the ancient truths, the devastated cities, and the desolated generations. Could it be that God wants to use us for his plan to see generations restored? To see a great revival? To see an awakening?To see the greatest harvest of souls before the return of the Lord?

If you want to really transform your marriage, consider putting God's presence first in your home.
Paula and Jon discuss very practical ways they put God's presence first in their home. They also tell some personal stories to illustrate examples of principles they practice.

Today we're going to talk about spiritual warfare. We know we ultimately have a victory and all victory through Christ Jesus, but that doesn't mean you don't have battles. So specifically, I want to talk about why does the enemy show up? And there are many reasons why but there are three specific reasons that I've been able to identify throughout the Word of God.

Today we're going to continue our series "What are you thinking?" This is so important because God says so many things about renewing our mind. It's a constant work because all beliefs create behavior. We have to guard against the negative thoughts and feelings while actively receiving and pursuing the Word of God.

Today we're going to get into the word of one of the most important things that we all have struggles with. The battle that we have is really in our mind. Satan comes after us to work with our sensory mechanism. That's what you see, what you hear, what you taste, what you smell, and what you feel. There's three types of people: a natural man, a carnal man, and a spiritual man. The spiritual man is where we all want to go and where Satan will fight us the hardest because that is where your mind and your heart is connected. The Bible says in Proverbs chapter 23, for as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

I feel very compelled to my heart to call this nation to prayer. I know many of us have been praying and fasting and seeking the Lord. It is so vital because any type of solution that we try to go after outside of the Word of God will ultimately fail. The Bible says the plans of man fail, but the plans of God prevail. Everything that we do in our personal life, in a nation in a city, a family, and a ministry has to be covered with prayer. In fact, when Jesus was walking with his disciples, after they'd seen all the miracles, they came to him in Matthew chapter six and said, "Teach us how to pray." Not "Teach us how to build a big ministry", or "Teach us how to preach", or "Teach us how to do miracles"... They knew that God's will, the intention of God, would come to pass through the vehicle of prayer. Prayer is the backbone from Genesis to Revelation, and we see it over and over and over.

The Word of God tells us over and over that we're to fast. Fasting is a very powerful tool for us as believers. Over 70 times is it mentioned. We want to give you tools to work with. Today we're going to look at a roadmap to fasting made simple, one of the greatest tools that God has given us through the Word.

There are those times that we just feel so distracted, stressed out, and overwhelmed. You feel like, "How in the world am I going to get to it all done?" Then you ultimately just feel like you failed. Today, we're going to look at two sisters: Mary and Martha. One of them, Mary, is worshipping at the feet of Jesus, and one of them, Martha, is serving. Jesus says in the Bible that Mary has done the better thing. But he's not saying that Martha hasn't done a good thing because they're both doing two sides to ministry. It takes both to be effective for God.

This episode will teach you how you can begin to walk in supernatural divine favor. When Jesus died on the cross, when he was crucified, when he was resurrected and rose again, when you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you have divine acceptance. You've in relationship with God through His Son. However, that does not mean you have divine endorsement. Divine endorse is the favor of God. It's when God puts his hand upon you and marks you as His own.

Often before your greatest breakthrough, you will face your biggest battle. The Bible says in John chapter 10, verse 10, that the thief commit but to still, to kill and to destroy. If you don't understand the tactics of warfare, if you don't understand how to properly battle in the spirit, then could live a very defeated life here on Earth. Today, I want you to have an understanding and glean the wisdom of God. Also, understand how you can gain territory, defeat the enemy, break generational curses, get everything by the blood of Jesus that God has promised you pertaining to this life and to godliness.

Psalm 55:22 says, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." Your burdens weigh you down, but when give them over to God, and He will sustain you, strengthen you, nurture you, and provide for you. He will not cause the righteous (those in right standing) to be moved or to miss their purpose. In this episode we have a special guest who is going to help us in very practical ways. His name is Dr. Tim Clinton. He's a prolific author and the president of the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Do you have a dream, or an assignment in the earth? I believe we all do. If you don't have the resources to fulfill what God has called you to do, you will live a frustrated life. I want to deal with the concept and the topic of stewardship. Stewardship is how you manage what have. God wants you to increase. He wants to multiply you. He wants to enlarge you. He wants to take you to another level, both in your gifting and in your finances. The principles of stewardship are key to the spiritual side of provision and increase.

Psalm 6:10 says, "Let all my enemies be ashamed and sore vexed, let them return and be ashamed...suddenly". We know that the word enemies there means hating adversaries, those that are hostile. God is saying, I'm going to give you a sudden defeat over your enemies. But you have to understand the legalities, the technicalities, how to legally engage and defeat the enemy. If we put this in a nutshell, we know that Christ has given us victory. We understand that. But until we appropriate that victory, until we understand how to work the word, we can live a defeated life while being saved.

Teresa Kemp, the Founder of Breaking Chains International, is today's guest. She has a passion to reach a broken and hurting. Teresa's testimony of healing and restoration through the power of Jesus Christ is reaching everywhere from prisons to villages in Africa. People are hearing about the power of God by her testimony and ministry.

God has supernatural favor for you and favor is vitally important. It takes you from your current season to your destined season. Favor is a gift from God. People say "Favor is not fair", but actually it is very fair. There's a pathway in God's word that brings you to the favor of God. I want to show you how you obtain favor from the Lord. To start, let's look at Luke 2:52.

I really believe that we are in a season a divine moment and opportunity. I believe it is a time of restoration. What is restoration? It literally means back again; to the original intention of God. Think about the garden, the perfection of God. God wants to bring us back again to the original intention as individuals, as families, as a community, and as a nation. God has a purpose and a plan, and you are a part of that plan.

I know that so many of us want to look great, feel great, and that's a wonderful thing. But did you know that 9 out of 10 people who start a diet they absolutely fail? But don't get discouraged! I've got a leading expert here who's written a book think and eat yourself smart. She's going to help you not get into that failure category not be part of the 90% but be the part of the 10% because this is not just about food. There's so much more! With me is Dr. Caroline Leaf. She is a communications pathologist. She is a research neuroscience. She's an author, lecture teacher and she's got a team of researchers that all these things that we've been told in life all these things that we have come to believe are really faulty and false.

God has great plans for you. In fact, Jeremiah chapter 29 tells us that the plans that God has for you are to prosper you and not to harm you, not to do You evil. When we begin to think about the life that God has for us, the purpose that God has for us, we go, "Alright, How do we get there?" Well, it starts with the vision. God always gives you a vision. Now let me explain what a vision is. Vision is a mental picture that you carry in your spirit of your future that is forceful enough to mold your present. Also, my guest today is Dr. Lance Wallnau speaking about a revelation, "Sheep Nations Rising" as it relates to the harvest of nations for the Kingdom of God.

Are you being effective with your time? What about your resources, or the talents God has given you? Today you want to find out how you can be a good steward and what God has to say about it. Welcome to Paula Today. We have a word for you about being a great steward. In Matthew chapter 25, Jesus left us these amazing instructions on how we really steward our life, our time, our talents, and our resources. Today I have a very special guest, Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church. It is one of the greatest churches in all the world, not just in the nation. Join me today for this great opportunity to learn from Pastor Robert Morris.

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Many people have great challenges in the issue that we're going to talk about today. My guests and I are going to help you solve this problem God's way, God's way of doing it. With both biblical wisdom, practical suggestions and solutions, and experience. We're gonna talk about the money issue, but we're gonna also show you God's way of doing things as him for your source. I am so excited to be with one of the most profound preachers pastors, and not just America but all around the world. They have four campuses in the St. Louis, Missouri area, two in the west palm, but you can find them online everywhere. They pastor. Church and we have Pastor David crank he and his wife, Nicole, Pastor, some of the greatest churches have been the greatest ministries and they are here. But we're here Pastor David and I right now to help you really solve the money problem. And what does God's word have to say about it? David? Thanks for being here. Paul. It's exciting. I mean, this is a real issue.

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You are in for such a treat. I have one of the most profound Bible teachers, I'd say theologian, I mean just incredible person of the Word of God Dr. Steve Muncie, it's such a pleasure. And he is the pastor of family Christian Center in in, in Muncie, Indiana. If you're ever there in that area, you've got to go to this church. I call you the apostle of creativity, and you make the Bible come so alive. And Steve today. I believe God has a word for people, that God is your sustainer there's a law that people don't recognize often. Psalm chapter 55 verse 22 says cast your burden upon the Lord and it's not just like okay, It means hurl it, throw it. And sure wait upon the Lord and He will sustain the I'm going to hit that word in a moment. And he will he and the righteous will not be moved, which means that they will not know the word literally means will not miss their purpose. And so when it says God will sustain you, it doesn't only mean to strengthen it means to provide for you. So God will provide for you so that you will not miss your purpose. Think about that, because so many things cause worry in our life and anxiety and all these things and, and we can look where God throughout his word has this law that operates a law of sustainability, that he speaks these divine instructions. And when we obey them, there's a divine reward that happens in our life that goes against the laws of nature. I mean, because like if we go to First Kings chapter 17, and we start reading there about this profit in first out how he's down at this Brook that's drying up and got a sustaining him. With ravens who are, who are scavengers, they're not going to give to you. And then he says, Now get up and go to this place that I'm going to tell you, and they're gonna always have there for you. He has a very specific, I want you to obey this instruction. I want you to connect with this ministry. I want you to partner with this person. And when you're obedient to those divine instructions. There are divine rewards that come into our life. And so can we get into First Kings chapter 17. Now watch what God is doing here. You are very important, because God is getting ready connected you with Paul, I happen to be a guest. It's not an accident. God is saying, Listen, I'm speaking to you. And then. So we go to the 17th chapter of the book of First Kings, and this is what's happening. But there's a prophet or a man of God or a minister much like following And there is things he's concerned about in a nation. Yes. And he says, I am going to speak to kit this nation's attention back to God gets prayer back into the school, get God back into the dialogue of In God we trust. I gotta get God. How are you going to do that? Sir? You're a minister. I am going to speak to the heavens, there will be no rain. There'll be no do and that will affect the economy. Yeah. If you will read it, you will find out God did not say that to him. Neither did God. Say that. The man of God spoke because God said I put you as a minister Paula white. This is the moment in which you are about to receive something now listen closer to this because this is just for you. Because you're running out whatever it is. You're running out. You've already tuned in saying, Can anybody talk to me on this elevation set this computer, my telephone? You're running out. Now listen, this is just for you, only for you. And the Bible says that the Prophet spoke and Gods had our back up. Whatever you speak up, back up. Yeah, you better get out of town. Because the king is invisible. They're going to get after you, sir Elijah. So God puts him in hiding. God says, I'll take care of you. So he does. You mentioned it just a moment ago. There was the running broke. He was hiding. God was feeding him strangely, was a unique presentation of ravens, you know, birds that are not really clean birds, but they were bringing in fresh bread to him daily. Okay, got that. All of a sudden God says Paula white. I need you on television. Paula white. There'll be somebody. Paul white. Asked Steve to come. He passed. Outside Chicago but asked me to be on your program. Now Paula white, the moment this program goes into effect, I am going to put that person who feels that they're at the end of their rope this cancer the sicknesses high blood pressure, this family this divorce this chill child, this this emotional stress, whatever you're going through, you feel like you're at the end that you Paulo, I'm gonna back you up, whatever you do on this program, and I will back you up so speak it so like a larger a spoke, no rain. It affected all the economy and effect the orange trees, the apple trees, the grass, the cows died, they had no grass to eat, stink of death was everywhere. And the whole country went into an economy recession. collapse, of course has made all of the government very upset at the man of God, right, the prophet. Now God does something very interesting. And he's doing it right now. Right now you you're doing right now, this is a modern day, 17 chapter per case. And that is, God quits feeding the Prophet taking care of him and forces him in a position to get out of hiding. Because God has got a miracle on his mind, because there's a woman are you sir, whoever I'm talking to? She's running out. Yeah. And God says, I got to bless her. But I got to put you Paula in a position to be on television that you, you will be the minister that needs to be sustained. So God tells Elijah go to zero fat. There is someone who's going to sustain your ministry. After all, he's the weatherman. After all. God says I'll pack you up until the day you say rain comes, economy will restored cows will live horses will live people won't die, etc, etc. Now, let's fast track real quick where you are at this very moment, I'm talking to you, because today is your day. This is the moment in which you've been waiting for. You're staring at the television screen telephone, if somehow you're hearing this Paulo AI program, and you're saying, Oh my god, I'm at the end. Gopala, Gopala. But Lord, I can't go it cost to be on this time they don't give it to me for go Paula, go and put you in a position to go to their path. Now, there's a woman there and you are the You are the you're this woman, you may be a man but you are this person in business. You are this person in what you're going through in the The Bible says that, that that morning, she told her boy, honey, we're going to eat our last meal today and die. If you really take the creativity of the story, which is not. I mean, you don't want to talk about death, but they actually went out and dug their graves in advance. Yeah, because everybody was died. She tells her boy, this was our last meal. Now it may take 30 or 40 days for starvation. But maybe it's over with and there's no welfare and there's nobody we can turn to. This is it. Now, she's picking up sticks, here comes the man of God, man of God bumps into her. God puts the man of God in a position to get on television, to look into the camera and say, I want you to do something. Think about that. I want you to do something. So he enters the city. She's picking up sticks gonna cook her last breakfast, the boys waiting for the breakfast to be cooked. And the prophet who she doesn't know, I can prove it in the Bible, because if you'll read the last controversy in the chapter, she then says, I know they are the men of god meaning that she speculated I'm talking to you you're speculating right now you are saying? I'm wondering, Paul is really, really really religious statements. He really really really, really really men and women of color. Are they are they in US speculating because a woman she speculated that she wasn't quite sure about this, man. He said to her, ma'am, could you give me a drink of water? Now Paul's got wonderful cups. I don't know how you get these. But you might be able to ask her. And he said, if you could give me a drink of water, do you know how tough it was to get water? It's a famine because it's a famine, the wells are dried up, etc. But watch. And this is the secret of your miracle. She immediately responded by saying, I'll get you some water. Okay, she's a water. I could use the water. In other words, for your miracle to happen when you're about to run out, this health situation, etc, etc. If you can say, whatever you say. I'll do. So she says Just a minute, so she's gonna go give him some water. Well, wait a minute, man, man, man, man, man. I need to be sustained. If I don't stay alive, because you got to know I'm the weatherman. I'm the one The cause of this three year famine, everything that's dying. The whole country has gone down because of me. Ma'am, I need something to eat to live. I need to be sustained. But the Bible says that God has said I have prepared someone to sustain it the only reason why you're watching the only reason why you're watching right now, even though you know Paula even though you may tune in or accidentally or whatever is because God has chosen you because you are the Sustainer now in order for God, God to say I gotta keep Paula on the air, you know, she's got to be sustained. This prophet has got the lip so he can speak. She says to him, sir, I can get you the water. But sir, you're asking me to keep my last dime might you have all the food I have? And my boy he and I are are you doing our last meal I and then this doesn't do Not be here. Yeah, you do what I say That's right. If you knew who I was, I stopped the heavens in cars back me up. You give it to me and you'll never run out again. You give it to me and God will take care of your future. Oh, listen to this. Oh, listen to this. This is what's really powerful. What she did not know is that grew up in in her boy who she loved was some kind of malignancy of death working in that it just flowers. He was going to die. God knew it. God needed to make her a sustainer for ministry, ministry could live be on television, preach the gospel go over, like Paula does. But God said if you sustain not only am I going to do a miracle for you now. Yeah, materialistically but what you don't know is your boy is going to die anyway. But I'm gonna bring resurrection. Come on. See, I'm telling you. There's somebody watching me. You don't know there's a tragic Whoo. I don't know if we have time for me to praise God, but I'm telling you, the Holy Spirit is speaking so strong. As I look into that camera and stare you down and you stare me back your future a few days from now, there is a crisis coming, God put you into this moment. And God says, become a sustainer. Because I have looked through the 66 books of the BI bl E, which is still the number one selling book in the world with 767,000 King James words. And I have realized that when you become a sustainer for ministry, it is the fastest way to get a miracle. And you said something so incredible. Oh, first off, he said, he goes down. He bumps into what the Bible says. God commanded him to go to her. They eat you think about this. You think God would command him to go to the king, the wealthiest person, the big business owner, but God commands him to go to the person who is at the end. You're at the end. She doesn't. She does this. She brings a booty starts eating and the boys probably saying, What are you doing? How you doing mom? Who is this guy? He's a preacher, preacher. If he's a preacher, then why don't God take care of him? Because God has a law that anyone who sustains the kingdom. There you go. We'll get a miracle. The quickest There you go. She said, Well, honey, he told me that the meal Barrow would never be empty. And he said we will never be without oil. The boy must have been looking at the preacher, the man who spoke it into existence, watched him with a mouthful of his breakfast his last meal, and went to check to see if the truth was the truth. The cupboards wherever they might be wherever they store it. A young man or young boy breaks and looks into the meal barrel, and it's filled. supernaturally. Let me tell you a story. Let me tell you. Here's what's powerful. is nobody else had food in town. Right? She was the only one right? We don't hear the rest of the story. They lined up day after day to get food for her because it would not go without, oh, you need to hear what I'm telling you. The boy had more than enough. They were thrilled with the abundance and then her son dies with a belly full of your money is not going to get you where you need to go and God's not going to get you out of that situation. You're at the end of that court situation, the loss of the job, the Miss promotion, what she has done to you. He walked out on me he has left me with these children. And today on Paula teens program. God says how you sustain. And in less than 24 hours, there'll be a miracle. Not only that, not only that, but your future something. You think it's bad now, wait for a couple days, but then God is going to bring a resurrection. When that happened, the woman said, I'm so glad I stay the man of God, because you think about it, it goes in. So when you go back to that Psalm 55, cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you, he will provide for you. Her burden is famine, there's nothing left I'm at the end. It's an impossible situation. And God's saying, and I will be the one that provides for you I will be the one that that strengthens you. I will be the one that brings provision and the righteous those in right standing those who obey the instruction, those who hear God those who listen to God, those who get the revelation, let every veil be removed from you right now. Let every spirit of outcome downloaded the spirit of fear and intimidation be broken off of you right now and the name of Jesus. Because what God does is it gives the most crazy instruction to natural mind, but he's speaking to you spiritually. And when you obey that divine instruction, then God says, You're not only position, the righteous will not miss their purpose. She fulfills her supreme reason for being, she fulfills the intention of God. And that's what God wants you to understand about the law of sustainability. The God's ways are not man's ways. So it seems so irrational to logical mind, but not to someone who is spiritual. So it takes spiritual eyes, spiritual ears to be open, to be able to hear to be able to receive and more, more importantly, to be able to move and God wants you to move in what he has for you. Because God says, I will sustain you, I don't know what your famine is. I don't know if it's relational. I don't know if it's, I don't know if it's emotional. If it's physical. If it's finding But God is about to bring not just sustained like, you're going to make it from day to day, but God is going to use you to be a sustainer. But watch this, you said something so important that most people won't talk about Steve, you said so people in that city started coming to her. Because what God wants to do is not just sustain you like, okay, now you're going to make it till tomorrow, then you're going to make it to the next day. God wants to activate in your life in your loins in your being in your spirit. He wants to make you a sustainer so that out of you comes not just where your life is sustained, but now you are the carrier of something so that the activation there was so much more than her just getting her miracle. She became the miracle for others and that's what God's going to do for someone and but there has to be action to it because we all know that faith without works is dead. So we can hear word but Jesus always said you know it's not just here. Yes them have open yours, but it's those that do the word. You know, when he talks to us about obeying the word keeping the commandments, he's telling us to, to hear and to do. And the do part is the activation. And God wants to activate you right now. And see if I know that in your spirit, you had a word for this. There were people that are called to sustain because i'm not i'm bold to say this because it talks about in less you know, God uses preachers who are under pressure. And and without, you know, there aren't millions of dollars in the bank account right now. In fact, I don't know how I quite honestly right now how I pay next week, but God does I know when I hear God and I have never seen I have never, you know, I have never in my entire life of ministry had enough to even barely get to the next week except for one time at one period and it was the worst year of my life. It was the year that everything collapsed, which is crazy in the natural But it's not if you understand spiritual, put you in that position on purpose. So you will ask, just in the last 60 seconds, the person, you're at the end, you're like the woman today, I come before you. And in the last 60 seconds, something just spoke to me and said, Tell them to do this. Tell them to do this. Really God, tell them and I looked at my Bible, Paula. And the Bible says, when the boy died, the prophet, the man of God stretched his body on him three times, right? I was just told something that you are to give three jubilees Jubilee means 50. In other words, you will sustain this ministry of ministry. And what you're going to do is you're going to say I'm going to give three years As the Prophet stretched his body upon something that needs to be resurrected in your life, that means you can only give one now you do it as fast as you can to say, I will sustain the moment you are in the category of sustaining, which is giving to the man of God, as quick as the transfer the male, whatever, however you do business in giving, I tell you before midnight tonight, whatever time it is on the clock of yours, there's a miracle coming, an angel is coming. Your future is getting ready to be challenged. You are the one that God is getting ready to do a miracle for because you're at the end, when the man of God told the woman and Sarah fat scripturally and said, Give me food and she says I I do It's my last meal, my boy and I are going to eat. He speaks to her and says, ma'am, give it to me first. And your meal barrel will never run out your cruise oil will never run out. And what you don't know, ma'am, is your boy is going to die anyway. But if you sustain the kingdom, a broadcast Paul to preach the gospel, then I'm going to turn your world into a new world who, in the name of Jesus obey the Holy Spirit. And, you know, Dr. Monster is talking about the miracle coming but the greatest miracle that is going to come to someone is this what's dead is you have no life in Christ. You have no relationship with God so there can be no miracle in your life until you really say God, I want a real relationship through your Son Jesus Christ how the Bible says in Romans chapter 10, verses nine and 10, that if you confess with your mouth, and believe in your heart that he is the Son of God, you will be saved to be rescued. To be delivered to be made whole, to spend eternity with God, it is the greatest miracle that you will ever have. And you simply do it by saying this prayer, say, Father, I come to you, in the name of Jesus, forgive me for all my sin. I receive Jesus Christ Jesus as my Lord, and my Savior. If you prayed that Welcome to the family of God. The Bible says the angels are rejoicing. God has such a great plan for you and I want you to understand it know about it, I'd love to be your pastor. That doesn't mean you have to relocate. That means let's connect. So what I want you to do is go to the website, follow me on social media, get the information there, free downloads, there's teaching for you. I'll get you a book on salvation. So you understand what are the building blocks to faith? What is this all about? I want to help you grow and God every single day of your life. Thank you. God bless you. We will be right back with more of the politic day podcast. Hello, I'm Paula white cane, and I am so excited that I get to be a part of launching life network for women. 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Okay, we're going to talk about something that everybody wants to know about. Do you know this is like one of the most searched subjects on the internet? Maybe. And it's one of the first questions you ever asked me when we first met. It's true. Before we start dating in Southwest Airlines, you asked me the question. Can I find balance in my life? And this is what we're going to talk about. So you know, there's over 3,000,020 I think 222,000 articles on Can you find balance? And I think one of the first things that we have to recognize because life is seasonal and and we I think that the speaking into the subject I mean, here you are you've lived most your life on the road. I have their demands on us. We've been doing this for a long time combiner career lives. This is almost 90 years combined career lives. And when you look at that and think how have we done it? I think we can help you through the mistakes, the good, the bad, the ugly, but I want to take you to someone in the Bible I can use to justify myself going wherever the Titus worked himself to the point of death, and then I realized, you know, God doesn't want me to drop over dead. So, Dorcas, in in Acts chapter nine was in the habit of doing good things. She was making widows garments, wonderful woman, she's doing the work of the Lord. But she's giving so much of herself that she literally drops over dead. And Peter comes and they tell them they sin for the Apostle Peter. He comes in and the first thing he does is he puts everybody out and he prays over and it Tell me something that maybe you feel a little burnout right now maybe think like, I'm just weary. I feel out of balance. Oh my gosh, I love these kids, but they're driving me crazy. I don't have enough money. I have aging parents, like you think you're gonna get to this point in life like you just arrived. But the part of it is I don't think you ever quite go I find balance. It's this ongoing life process, that you try to get an equilibrium and you understand the ebbs and flows. And the thing that I want you to know before we give you kind of the How to is that God loves the lovers. He remembers those who are the givers because he didn't forget Dorcas and he since Peter, who speaks one word to her and says arise come into your being. And I believe that right now what area in your life is burnout, whatever area the enemy is just tried to expand you whatever area you just feel drained in that God is going to speak a word and speak life to you today. Now there are some practical things we can do. So when we talk about we made a commitment even when we got married and said we'd always be together. That's not an easy thing to do. But what are some of the things that you've learned and you've spoken in my life about finding balance? Well, you know, I'm a songwriter, and a song that isn't a song without a beginning, a middle and an end. A song isn't a song unless it has the conflict but it has the resolve, you have tension and then you have release Yeah, and that's what makes a great song. It's a balance of elements that make it interesting enough for us to continue to listen. So and and being on the road all those years I've been on the road for almost over 40 years. I have to learn to switch off the rock star when I come home. And and get be okay with doing laundry and, and cleaning and cooking and all that good stuff. Wait, she didn't do so good when I you know When I was raising my children, you know, changing diapers, making lunches, taking them to school, you know. So here I come from playing at the forum for 10,000 people to making school lunches and taking kids to school, you know. So that really took a discipline, I think, but also to recognize that these, this is your life, this is who you are. And the balances is not getting conformed in Romans 12 two it says, do not conform to the ways of the world. But be transformed, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Amen. And that's kind of what I found out. Well, it's interesting you say that be transformed by the renewing of your mind, because I think one of the healthy ways of finding balance is whether it's on a daily basis or whether it's every week or for me, I put a practice in that every three months I would I just mentally went okay, every three months, I'm going to get away. And what did that mean? a two day getaway a week getaway. Get away at a spa. But I went, I can handle anything for 90 days. So I call the first part of balancing to disconnect, turn it off. So whether it's five minutes a day, turn your phone off. Whether it's, you know, a day out of the week, Friday is just for Family Day, whatever it is, you have to interrupt all the noise and all the demands of life. Because we know I always think I gotta get to this right now. I've got to save the world, like tomorrow if I don't, they're going to hell guys. But you know what? I'll kill myself in the midst of trying to make a difference. Or I've got to get this in. I've got this demand over here, this over there, or I'm doing this in DC or we've got this disaster relief and I've got this set up. It's so true there the book of you know, how what is it the the urgent, you know, will overtake and drive out Yep. So you just have to disconnect and recognize there's always going to be a demand. The other thing comes to mind is Tony Robbins, who I listen to a lot says we're creatures of deletion, right? And we tend to delete the things that make us happy because we're over focused on, you know, the task at hand. Well, you know, so we just deleted the idea of taking a break or going to play golf or, you know, just having a walk whether whether a significant other, we don't have time for that I'm focused on this. Well, didn't you have a thought you just deleted that thought, you know, so we have to not delete the good things in our life. We have to continue to balance them. So have an attitude of gratitude. Yes, it helps you stay very balanced. All right. I'm on called this one, like, cut, cut, cut or trim. And it really has to do with boundaries. First off, ask yourself, who is the most difficult person you have a problem saying no, to identify that Right, because boundaries really have a lot to do with this. When you recognize like, well, I can say no to john, that means I actually feel very safe with you, right? But I can't say no to my mother's not living now, but say my mom, or I can say no to my mom, or I can't say no to john has to do with internal fears and how we're formed. But you have to have that boundary. And those boundaries are very important. You've got to cut out the excess. If you have a problem saying, No, say No, thank you. No, but the point is, if you don't put boundaries in, you're going to be out of balance. And you've got to look at your spiritual equilibrium. You got to look at your emotional equilibrium. You got to look at your physical equilibrium might have been in a wheelchair, but it took you to the ocean, many, many walks you did showed you the beauty of Santa Monica, and I took your mind off of all the other stuff. We found balance and the day well see this is what's so incredible with that, because my mind want to go, Oh, poor me. You're not going to get back in your Hill. As soon as you shopping you did. You're not going to show me You're not gonna walk again. You've got excruciating pain. It's never going to be the same on and on. But you know what? My mind had to shift and go. Literally being out in the sunshine. Literally, you did have someone that loves me and cares for me. You touched me, you did those things. They made a difference. When your life's out of balance, you start feeling like you're sinking. And when you start feeling like you're sinking, you get in a place overwhelmed, of overwhelmed and you start feeling helpless. And when the heart differed, it makes a person sick, but God has an answer for you. And we want to give you God's answers, so that you can have that place that beloved above all I wish that would prosper. All things in your body, your soul and your Spirit. God wants you to be whole in every area. I think a lot of people walk through life not just zombied out and not because they don't love God they don't love their family members don't love themselves but it's just we get over bird and you were talking about we like overbook ourselves we commit ourselves to too much. We can totally overbook ourselves. I think young parents find themselves, you know, totally immersed in their children's lives and tend to neglect their own, you know, or their marriage. What about date night? What about, you know, the intimacy in a marriage and it can get just drowned out by all of the noise from, you know, raising children and there has to be balance there. But and people go Yeah, that's easy for you in here and say, but I don't have an extra $20 to pay a babysitter. Do something. Find somebody at church you can exchange with it. Say hey, you aren't my kids this Friday. I want yours next Friday because you got to think long. term, you've got to look at life as the marathon. And one of the things that I think eliminates us getting out of equilibrium is I say, Get rid of the bad toxins. I'm not just talking about eating bad or, you know, whatever, like drinking or something like that. I'm talking about negativity, the bad thoughts, the negative people that drainers in life. When I say get, go put, I'm married to one well, you chose them, okay? But when I say get rid of them, I mean, you can cut the negativity off. In fact, you and I do something that I love, that will always we check each other we hold each other accountable. So if one of us starts getting in a mode that's just like, it won't ever happen, or this or that, or like speaking negative things in our life. Yeah, we check it we say Watch your words. And we hold each other accountable. It's a it's a covenant we made Yeah, be careful what you you know, you speak over yourself and it's because the words have power and the talk Since like if you find yourself around negative people, Minister to all people, but who you fellowship you get to choose. Then I say, Not only that, but balancing is you talked about the obata budget we have to financial in our financial lives oh well finances causes the most stress and that they can't balance their checkbook. How do you balance a life it's a huge part of. And so in the in the idea of balance, it's in all these elements in our life, there's layers of it in our life. So it's very important that I think that we recognize when balances kind of, you know, made when it's kind of set. I think some of the positive things that God created us for community, that part of being healthy and whole and finding our equilibrium again and not being burned out and weary. Because we can be wary and what well doing, we need to spend quality time not just quantity, but quality time with friends. And family. And we think it's also a very important thing in your personal journal. If you don't have one to create a personal journal, and to actually write down how you can balance your life, how your life is out of balance ways you can improve balance in certain areas of your life write it out, and magic things will happen. I think treat yourself people think you need some me time. And people think that's a selfish but God says the first commandment is love the Lord that God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind. And then Love your neighbor. As you love yourself. When you don't love yourself or even like yourself, it's hard to love someone else. So there are things that you need to do to take care of yourself. Assess yourself, how am I doing spiritually? How am I doing mentally? How am I doing? emotionally? How am I doing physically and treat yourself like last night I was exhausted I had a really bad headache. We've been going non stop sleeping. On some really cruddy beds, I'm like, oh, and I just looked at you and I went, babe. I know you're doing worship tonight, but I can't go to church tonight. And that to me is like the ultimate sin like, Oh my gosh, the rapture is gonna happen tonight. The night I didn't go to church, you know, but I went, I need to stay home and you bought me dinner when you got done. And then I got a massage. And I felt like a new woman today because I actually put a boundary and because we just got off the plane and my normal would be push, go stay in support john and worship. I know Brad's preaching be there edify the people do this do that. I just went it's too much. I'm I don't have what it takes. And that's how you keep your equilibrium. You know something else our body. Is, is balanced physiologically we are we're alkaline. We're acid. We're we have water. We have salts. We have needed sometimes And, and when we get out of balance and alkaline, right, we need to add that, you know, into our diet or not happy and you know, sometimes there's too much metal in our system because why we had fillings and now we have metal, we're carrying around these toxins, our body demands balance, even in our physiological state. You know, why do we really think about that? That's when you just lay it out to God like that and say, God, All I really want is you and here I am a heart abandoned in a take me take me as I am. And right now, you might be sinful. I don't have much to give God I'm just one big mess. God says I won't your mess. I won't you just as you are hurt, lonely, isolated, burned out, confused, whatever that situation may be. You might say I don't even know where to start. You start by opening the door and having a real relationship with God. The Bible says God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have eternal life. How do I do that? Romans chapter 10, verse nine, and 10 says, if you confess the Lord Jesus Christ with your mouth, make a covenant with him and believe in your heart, he is the Son of God, you will be saved. That doesn't only mean to spend eternity with God, but it also means to be rescued, to be delivered to be made whole. It's a starting place, the initial place, that you start this real life in Christ, where you find that a rise Tabitha, that come into your being, you're ready, let's pray together. Say, Father, I come to you. In the name of Jesus, forgive me for all of my sin. I received Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. If you prayed that prayer, Welcome to the family of God. I'd love for you to go to the website. We've got a digital download, would love to tell you all about About your walk with God, I'd love to be your pastor john and i would love to minister to you. And you say, how could that be possible? I don't live in Orlando, because every single day I'll send you a devotional we'll interact. We'll talk together. I'll get you the tools we'll grow together, we'll do life together, and we will do great things for God together. God bless you. Thank you for listening to the life network for women polit today podcast. 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One of the most significant things I believe in the word that is often misunderstood are the biblical feasts. You may say, "Passover? What is that?" We know that Jesus becomes our Passover lamb. But God has these moments, these "divine appointments". These divine appointments are set up by God in the Bible. When God sets up an appointment, we don't want to miss it. Right?

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Paula's Introduction: Are you ready for the secret source of power? Well, welcome to "Paula Today" as I teach you on a key that Jesus gave us a Matthew chapter six. That key that we're going to talk about today is fasting. Fasting from a biblical sense is not dieting, it doesn't mean that I'm just neglecting a little bit of food here there water. It's to afflict one's soul. This is what the Greek word means to afflict one soul, for the purposes of spiritual edification and to move yourself spiritually. In the Hebrew the word fasting means the practice of self denial. So when you fast it's not that you're changing God's mind. You're not moving God. You're clearing those frequencies, you're clearing out the clutter. It's like a radio that you find tune in, and suddenly their airwaves and their frequencies come in alignment.

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Paula's Introduction: Fear breeds over into your thinking. In fact, in the Bible, Job said the thing that I feared the most I've now brought upon myself. Well, Jon and I are going to address it today because it's a very self destructive cycle. But I believe that fear is an acronym for false evidence appearing real. Today, Jon and I want to talk to you about fear. It seems like so simple but it is literally kryptonite to the believer. Because our norm should be peace. We should be in a state of contentment where Jesus gave us promises.

The Bible declares in Psalm chapter 55, verse 22, to cast your cares upon the Lord, and He will sustain you that he will not suffer the righteous to be moved. Now what does that mean? To cast your cares (to throw, to hurl) those things that burden you and weigh you down. The Bible says that God will sustain you, God will nurture you, God will provide for you, and God will take care of you.

Dr. Lance Wallnau is our guest today. He is a compelling communicator, strategist, and futurist. Dr. Wallnau has been a speaker at places like the U.N., Harvard, London School of Theology, and Chinese Academy of Social Science. Today's topic is all about spiritual warfare. There's a natural realm. There's a spiritual realm. In those realms, there are three agendas in operation at all times for your life. The enemy's plan. God's plan. Your plan. Which one you're walking out is really dependent upon your knowledge and your decisions.

We were created as amazing human beings that have this capability to achieve greater intelligence, peace, happiness, and even prevent disease. Today we have Dr. Caroline Leaf. She is on a leading expert in cognitive neurosciences. Live health and happy lives. Understand what the mind is and what the brain is, and how the connection between the two relates to us biblically.

You have a great purpose in this life. I'm talking to you. That's right. You see God chose you created you handcrafted, you formed you with his intention, his decision, his choice. But because you have a purpose doesn't mean you're necessarily fulfilling it. How do I walk out my purpose, my destiny? Well, big part of that is that God is going to release a mantle to you say what do you mean a mantle, like is there this coat coming down for heaven, or did for Elijah and Elijah, but what it is, is it's an impartation that God uses people in your life to bring forth to develop Up to impart to you the anointing, and what all is needed, that furnishes you to fulfill that call that destiny and that purpose.

We're in a new year and a new decade, 2020. I declare to you freedom in your household, deliverance over everything that the enemy has held you back with, and that this year you will live the blessed life as you put God first you're going to see his promises. First things first is a principle in God's word that we want to share with you today. Whatever you do with the first governs what happens to the rest. Matthew 6:33, says Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all these things will be added to you.

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Unknown Speaker 0:01
Welcome to the Paula today podcast brought to you by life network for women. We hope that your life is transformed as Paula shares inspirational messages and powerful keys so you can overcome and thrive in every area of your life. And now, Paula Today

Paula White-Cain 0:20
we're in a new year and a new decade 2020 and I declare to you freedom in your household, deliverance over everything that the enemy has held you back with, and that this year you will live the blessed life as you put God first you're going to see his promises.

Jonathan Cain 0:37
It's a principle and God's word we want to share with you today.

Paula White-Cain 0:40
john and i are so honored to be with you. You know we're going to talk about the principle first fruits because whatever you do with the first governs what happens to the rest. Matthew chapter six, verse 33, says Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all these things will be added to you. It's interesting because that scripture, they were really concerned about everyday living, like, how am I going to pay my mortgage? How am I going to take care of my kids? What am I going to wear? What am I going to eat? Just the everyday necessities and God goes into this kind of long sermon, so to speak, and says, Hey, don't worry about this, do I not close the fields greater than, you know, I raid Solomon's glory. And he tells it to the birds who don't know how to sow or reap or they not taking care of. And then he says to them, that when we seek when we crave when we seek God and His kingdom, which I love the message version, because it literally says, when you seek and know God and His way of doing things, you don't fuss over these things. So when you understand God's way of doing things, and you know who God is, then you don't fuss over these things. So that principle first fruits means It all first things belong to God. Now a lot of people will get confused because in the beginning of the year, it's so important. This is kind of time to reset, right? It's a time that we can go, Hey, God, we put you first so people tend to go, God. First, then family, then finances or business or ministry, but it shouldn't be God first God first and family, God first and finances. What do you think? I think

Jonathan Cain 2:29
you're right. You know, the Hebrew literal translation for first root is degrom, which means literally translated, promise to come. So you're investing in your future. I mean, the Israelites were hearing the voice of God promising them a brand new future promising them freedom, promising them abundance. So when we observe it today, we're sowing into our future. We're actually sharing the storehouse the harvest from the year This year or the previous year, we're sharing what we've harvested with God saying thank you for last year. Yeah, this year. Yep. Amen.

Paula White-Cain 3:08
And then think about that. So it's a promise to come. So what God's saying is, it signals your future pretty much to say, as you honor God, His presence covers the rest so that's why God first in your family God first your finances God first and your business God first in your ministry. So I'm going to share a few scriptures and then I know you've got a lot of things to share and then I want to get to some really exciting things about where do you see distinction when people put God first versus they don't so there's first fruit feast there's the first fruit offering there's Jesus was the first fruit of many brother and there's many different first fruit the tide is a first fruit the 10th but then there's a first should offer

Jonathan Cain 3:51
us believers are his first were first set apart.

Paula White-Cain 3:55
Oh, see, we're gonna get into all that. This is going to be fun, says the principal. You've got to get this of all first belong to God. And he really lays claim. Now we're going to talk about what does that mean as a New Testament believer, but john, look at the scriptures. So when we honor God by putting him first, right, whether it's in our finances, with our time with our family, and our marriage, and anything his presence covers, blesses sanctifies the rest. So basically, the principle is whatever you give to God first first hours of your day, first minutes of your our first month of the year, first of your income, whether it's the whole whether it's a part of it, then his presence covers and blesses. So it basically sets the destiny and governs what happens to the rest. So all throughout the Word of God you see this happen and the activation of it, and I want to read some scriptures examples of honoring God with first fruits, and easy Gil chapter 44, verse 38 says blessings will rest on your house to cause a blessing to rest on your home. When you bring him the first fruit the priests divorce was mandated in the Old Testament because they had to was by law.

Jonathan Cain 5:11
Yeah, is by law many rules.

Paula White-Cain 5:13
So today this is not a heaven or hell issue. This is not you have to this is you get to

Jonathan Cain 5:20
exactly be choose to Yeah, that's even better you choose. But isn't it amazing that throughout the Bible, we have these great holy men, we have prophets, we have apostles, where the Holy Spirit is downloading the same message. Yeah, the same message, you know, there will be ample provisions in the temple, test me in this and see if I don't open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings

Paula White-Cain 5:44
that there's not even room enough to receive and this

Jonathan Cain 5:46
happens over and over and over again the same message from the Holy Spirit by many, many different men of faith and you know, powerful man.

Paula White-Cain 5:54
And so God says over when you honor me and put me first these are My blessing says, How many of us want the blessing glory to rest in our house? And you know what that word means? generation generations. Yeah. So it's not just like God resting on your home. It means like your kids acting up right now. Or, for me, I remember when Brad was an atheist, and people like all is a face. No, it wasn't a face, very academic. And I mean, he was crack addict. He tells his own story and testimony and I would put, I would honor God with the first route offering the beginning of the year for all my children.

Unknown Speaker 6:33
I would

Paula White-Cain 6:34
pray over him but those anointed old cloth in his commerce sneakers laying on his bed for hours, fast, 21 days during January, because I believe God I now he's 34. He's pastoring. He's a powerful voice to this generation. But I believe that our prayers and honoring God first works so the blessing the Lord rests upon my generation, my legacy, my lineage, watch these other provinces. Love this an angel will go before you to prepare the way to tackle your adversaries for you. Exodus chapter 23, verse 20, Behold, I send the angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I've prepared. All this ties in to first fruits, you'll receive multiplication of provision for more than enough to meet your needs completely. JOHN Six, five through 13. Think about the two fish and five loaves and I'm going to show you how so much ties into first fruit, you'll have the power to get wealth, and you shall remember it means to mark as to be recognized. It's, it's a similar word to As for schrute, you're marking it to recognizing it's not just like, Oh, I have a memory, you should mark to recognize the Lord your God for its he who gives you power or an anointing, to get wealth that he may establish His covenant, which he swore to your father's as it is this day, Deuteronomy 818. You will experience good health they hold I pray that you may prosper in all things and being good health even as your soul prospers. Verse third john two. So putting God first in all things is really an act of worship. It's an offering. And and by faith, what God's saying is it proves the position of the giver and the faith that they have, as they honor God to say, God, I trust you more than this world system. I trust you more than myself. And so there's so many promises connected to us first fruits.

Jonathan Cain 8:27
Well, you know, I planted a vineyard when I lived in California, above my house and the first harvest was my first fruit that was 2011 and going to sell the house and what happened was the fruit actually was bottled and then I gave it to charity. So knowing that, that was my first fruit off the hillside. The next four years, there was an abundance of wine more every year. There was a bigger yield a bigger yield. And finally, there was a full barrel. So I went from a half a barrel in four years to a full barrel. And that is because I was obedient with the first fruit and and just gave that all to charity and I'm still giving this wine to charity, because it's God's wine.

Paula White-Cain 9:17
And what you did was you said, Okay, here, I'm going to bless charity. bless the poor, which first fruits has a lot to do with the reason why God told people to give the entire because we were like, Oh, you asked for the entire The reason that God said, I don't ask for anything. I just tell people be obedient to whatever God says, See, but the first read is the whole of everything. They had to get the whole entire of it. Because Listen, when you take care of the poor and the needy, in your day of trouble, God will deliver you. There are so many hidden mysteries tied to first fruits. I love to teach about it. I've written books about it. I have lots of tapes. I'm a brand new series. is out about it. I want to take you into the contrast between Cain and Abel. How one brought a first fruit one didn't and what happened? But look here, Stephanie from Maryland writes, I sent him my first fruits offering. Two weeks later I received watch this $2,400 I was only expecting 1500 but not 20 402 weeks after that I received 1300 dollars from my university

Jonathan Cain 10:28
she invested in her future. Well,

Paula White-Cain 10:30
I mean, just testimony after

Jonathan Cain 10:32
testimony. We have Tiffany from Texas, who says I saw your TV broadcast and was led to sow a first fruit offering. I was offered a job and I started working. It wasn't even one week had passed since I sold my seed. And God moved

Paula White-Cain 10:47
in a garden so faithful. I mean, it is a principle and you see when you honor God and put him first certain things that happened and I love let's go back and look at the very first time in the Word of God. Genesis chapter 14, enable Yep, here it starts. So if we jump over to Hebrews, chapter 11, verse four, it says, By faith Abel, offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous. God testified of his gift. And by it, he does yet speak it now I could do a whole show on that. But let's go back to Genesis chapter four and find out what happened. And why was it so significant? So it starts out it says, In the course of time, let's stop right there. Because in the course of time means one thing has ended and another thing has began. So if you break the etymology down to what that means, it's like, first fruits. It's like we're coming. We came to the end of the year. So December 2019, passed away, January 2020. We're starting a new year, a new decade. So not just a new year, an entire new decade. So anytime there's an ending to one thing in a beginning, God says First belong to me. That's why when Joshua and then went over to possess the land, they cross Jericho. They go to this little town called AI, Joshua, chapter six, Joshua, chapter seven, they should have just had an easy defeat, right? But what happens? Now they start getting their behind kicked. Why? Because aken took the goods to himself. And Joshua is praying and God says, stop praying, can you imagine God's like, stop praying? It's not going to work. Why? Because you have disobeyed me the principle, right? You've broken the principle, right? And when you do that, there's consequences. And it's like we can, you can love God. But if you violate a principle, there's going to be certain consequences of

Jonathan Cain 12:43
the attitude in which you get

Paula White-Cain 12:44
very much so I'm going to get to that

Jonathan Cain 12:46
open hand or the tight fist, you know, so give freely good with gladness, right?

Paula White-Cain 12:51
That is a huge part of it, because that's what the treasures of our heart It's about our attitude. It's about so much. So again. Joshua gets up and says somebody touched and they call it an a curse thing, which is the same as a devoted thing, which is the same as the first fruit. Because that God would always say, Okay, take all the goods of the Syrians take all the goods of the enemy take all the goods of these people, they were always allowed to take them, but not in this situation. Why? Cuz it was the first city. So Cain and Abel in the course of time, one things ended and other things beginning just like you've got a brand new beginning, what are you going to do? Are you going to say, God, I put you first in my day, I put you first with my time, put you first in my heart, that you first in my family, I put you first with my finances. I put you first in my life. This is a time because it's very important because that promise to come it that that's what first fruits is what is ahead of you is largely dependent on what you do now. So Cain brings some of the fruits of the soul as an offering to the Lord. So Cain brings a grain offering right. And then what does Abel do? Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. So Abel brings to him a first fruits offering. It's called first fruits because the firstborn always belongs to God, the first of all males, the first of all animals, the first the land, the first of you know all first belong to God is the Aerie vocable, giving over to God. So then the Lord look with favor on a bow and is offering but on Canaan is offering he did not look with favor. Now, God's no respecter of persons, the Word of God is truth. It's infallible. So it's not like he's going, Oh, I just happened to like, Abel more than I do Cain know, Abel did what was right before God because it's a first fruit season. It's a first fruit time. It's a new beginning. And so he honors God with the first fruit offering. And watch what happens. Cain was angry and his face was downcast. So instead of being like, Okay, let me get this right. It's angry about it didn't have a good attitude. I'd say not Not at all. No, he doesn't. He doesn't repent right there. And this is God's grace. The Lord said to Cain, why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, and I'm going to tell you what that means, we will you not be accepted, but if you do not do what is right sin is crouching extra door it desires to have you, but that that's a whole hidden message right there. It means it's sinking get you, but it's waiting for you. And it desires to have you now Cain sent his brother Abel, let's go up to the field. You know what he does? He attacks him, he kills him. The Lord says to Cain, where's your brother? And he says, I don't know my my brother's keeper. And the Lord said, What have you done? Listen, your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you're under curse, and driven from the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood. So in verse seven, when it says if you do what's right, it would be accepted. What that literally means is an elevation Mark of excitation. So what God's saying is, I really want to elevate you. I want to get you out of this. This is about obedience. Like you've said, God says, I desire your obedience more than your sacrifice. This is about honor. And Genesis chapter four in the course of time, one thing and ended another thing begin. And Cain brings a grain offering Abel brings a first fruit because there is a way to worship and this is important. And God says, watch God in His mercy and grace said to Cain, if they'll do as well or if you do what is right. So if you do what well, it literally means is if you retrace your steps and Consider your ways, find out where you went wrong, and amend your offering in your intention accordingly. Think about that grace. God said, God, good. And just thinking you're done with

Jonathan Cain 16:56
your attitude.

Paula White-Cain 16:57
Yeah, exactly. He said, years of we go on year after year after year and God's saying, hey, I want you to consider your ways I want you to retrace your thing. Are you ready for repeat year that it's not going to work too well on your behalf because you're doing it your way, and not my way. And so when Cain violated God's principle, basically, look what happened. There were four, there were four or five major things to the last. And somehow, you know, these principles I go, it's it's not that we do so much. Sometimes even What's wrong, we don't do enough of what's right. And he was, he was unwilling to be repented to honor God first. So, four things happen. Number one, he lost the presence of God, that that's going to be the worst thing in the world. He lost the presence and he cries out, he goes, God, this is too much to bear. And he says, I'll be killed and God says no, you will not be killed, but you're going to have lost in your life. You lost the presence God. He was expelled from the Presence of God. Number two, he lost connection with his family. So there were family connections that were lost. His relationships went south. He missed out on the promises of God. Cain lost the security of his fixed position. He had to flee from his place. The Bible said he had no secure residence. He had no secure place, no places safety first life, and you ready he lost his harvest. The ground was cursed. So it was not to yield any adequate recompense for tillage, when we just go about doing business our way and we don't seek first the kingdom of God. There are consequences and we don't we love those promises that that God will rest upon your house. They'll be generational blessings, that there's help. There's goodness, there's all these things, but we don't ever want to talk about when we decide to put ourself first and save God first. There's consequences, losing the presence of God. relationship, his harvest and his fixed position and putting God in His mercy. I mean, he told him get this right. And God in His mercy said, but they're not going to be able to kill you, which shows me extreme mercy and grace, that that's still God saying, you're going to struggle with a struggle You didn't have to struggle with, but you're still mind. Whoo, there's so much teaching. Okay. I want to talk because the contrast between April and cain is so significant because he Bruce puts Abel in the basically, Hall of Fame. You know, I mean, he's in the greatest chapter of that Hall of Fame for our faith heroes. And it's because he honored God with putting things first.

Jonathan Cain 19:44
JOHN, you had some really practical revelation this morning, as you were studying when I was studying the agents had so many rules and laws regarding you know, the harvesting were the first route had to go to temple and the priests well today First fruit for us is the choice to give first to God. So we choose we choose for a sewing of our promise blessings. How awesome is that? So we don't have laws regulating. We do this with our heart, we do it out of obedience because we are hearing a voice from the Lord.

Paula White-Cain 20:21
And you know, that's what God really wants. He wants a truthful prayer. He wants a heart that's after him. And you say, Well, I don't get all this first fruits and I haven't made God first because I don't even have a real relationship with him. Romans chapter 10, verse 1910, says that if you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart, that he's the son of God, you will be saved. If you pray this prayer right now. I want to welcome you and bring you into the family of God to say, Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus, forgive me for all of my sin, Holy Spirit, fill me and baptize me that I may have power to serve God until I see him face to face to Jesus, I receive you as my personal Lord and Savior. With that prayer. Welcome to the family of God. I would love to help you. I have a free digital download that tells you what is salvation about? What is it to become a new creation? What is it to be born again? What How do I walk with God? What is faith? So just, you can go right on the web there and always visit us at Paula white.org and find out when I'm going to be in a city in your area, or doing some great things here. We've got a big conference coming up. There's always something going on that we're doing great things for God and I'd love to be connected. Part of that is doing a daily devotional that I give to you, john, and I love you. We believe 2020 is going to be a great year for you and that you're going to see the blessings and goodness of God.

Unknown Speaker 21:53
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Paula White-Cain 21:57
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Unknown Speaker 23:55
We now return to the poet today podcast,

Paula White-Cain 23:58
john or yourself. excited to have you on and to talk about a very practical principle. But it's really serious all throughout God's word. It's the principle of First things first, the principle of what we call first fruits. Now, there from Genesis to Revelation, you'll see a first fruits offering a first fruit season. A Jesus is the first fruit of many brothers, that we are the first fruit, the church ELC, this principle I mean, all throughout the Word of God, you see in Deuteronomy chapter 13, that all first belong to God. See, then easy to chapter 44. You see, then Leviticus chapter 27, God lays claim to everything that is first and he says, It belongs to me. And you think why why does he do this? Why not the third why not the 10th Why not? The You know, this month, why the first month. Now let me give you why it's so important because January in the Western world and on our calendar, because there's a solar calendar, there's a lunar calendar. January is the beginning. It's not only the beginning of a new year for us is the beginning of a new decade. And this is vitally important because what we do with the first determines what happens to the rest. And there is the core principle that you'll find why God says all first belong to Him, because God who is good, God who is good, God's presence, God's love, God's grace, God's mercy. God came to redeem man, why because sin God inside the world, we'll talk about this later. And when evil entered in, there's this curse upon all the earth. And so God says, okay, you have to redeem you have to purchase back. How did that happen through His Son, Jesus Christ. So when God's presence cover something, it redeems the rest of what is left from the curse of the fallen state of man. In a nutshell, there's the principle of first fruits, so When you honor with God with anything that's first and say, here, God, it's yours. Then he says, Okay, I bless this and it governs what happens to the rest. Therefore, we talked about on a previous show, that it also when the Hebrew words means a promise to come. So I want to read a quick scripture. And then john, you are giving some phenomenal things I want you to teach about Matthew chapter six, of course, in verse 33, says, Take note thought, for these things. So it says, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you. Now what things is he talking about? He's talking about, you know, where are you going to live? What are you going to wear? How are you going to pay your bills, your mortgage, those kind of things. I've got to be honest, there been times in my life. I've taken thought I've been anxious. I've been worried about things. But God tells us not to and I'm going to read the message and let you take it from there because it says this, the message version saying in verse 31 through 30 For after he tells you all these things, verse 25, through verse 34, he's saying, don't take any thought, which is means don't be over anxious with their life, what you eat what you're aware. Watch it in the message version, verse 31. What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving people who don't know God, this is the key and the way he works fast over these things. But you know, both God and how he works so steep your life and God reality God initiative, God provisions Don't worry about missing out, you'll find all your everyday human needs and concerns will be met. So it's really interesting because he says those who don't know God or the way he works in obsessing over these things. So if we find ourselves fussing, then chances are we don't Understand either who got is, or how God works to put things first. So the principle first roots is when you honor God with what is first, then it blesses and covers everything else with his presence.

Jonathan Cain 28:17
It's amazing, you know, way back in ancient days when Paul was teaching in Corinth, he used the first fruits idea as a metaphor to help convince the Corinthians

Paula White-Cain 28:30
so metaphor meaning a way of teaching,

Jonathan Cain 28:32
the teaching, teaching the Corinthians that Jesus Christ was first fruit. And

Paula White-Cain 28:39
because they had a hard time believing it,

Jonathan Cain 28:41
I believe in the resurrection. And as soon as he brought up the idea of Jesus, equaling first fruit, they all went, Oh, the light went on and said, Oh, yeah, Jesus, the first fruit. And he goes on, you know in Romans 823 states not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have first fruits of The spirit. So this this first fruit is a teaching that shows up again and again we see it. Matthew tells us that we should be responsible with his blessing. This would include giving for a purpose giving by leading the Bible and the Holy Spirit, giving for the spread of the gospel and the aid of the needy giving cheerfully This is teaching coming from the ages, you know, and And finally, James, which I thought was so cool. James writes, a believers facing great trials who see themselves as first fruits of the New World to Come. My goodness. So if you're facing a trial, you know, you have promised blessings to come so so you become the first fruit. And I challenge everybody watching the show today to to look at your life and and look at the first fruit blessings that already have appeared in your life and so into that into the blessings

Paula White-Cain 30:01
when let's go back to Paul for me, okay? So when they were being challenged with believing the resurrection, and he says, But Jesus is the first fruit of many brother to the church at Corinth, why did they get that? What was it out of the Old Testament? And because under the law, it was necessary, they had to follow first fruit feast. They had the gift first fruit offering,

Jonathan Cain 30:25
because it was a certainty that it was a certainty in their lives. It was a an every year an evergreen kind of event. It was a season it was an observation that they all believed in the principle of the promise blessing. And they went, uh huh, we get it,

Paula White-Cain 30:42
because I saw it saw because Israel was blessed beyond any other nation every year. Yeah. And Israel was blessed because they said, We take our entire first harvest, and we are mandated by God to give it to him. And because of that, God set this Not only because of that, but because they honor God. Part of the first route was God said, I set you apart. I make you a holy nation, my people, and therefore you are set apart. So

Jonathan Cain 31:15
they were the evidence. So they were so so the Israel's where the evidence of God's promise blessing.

Paula White-Cain 31:21
And so God carries this pattern over into the New Testament, but we don't have to do it under the law. James says that we're not bound to the law, the rituals, we don't have to this is not a heaven or hell issue but we get to, we choose to, I like that we choose to because it really has to do with our attitude and our decisions determine how we live in life, determine what our destiny is going to be. And so what begins to happen here, I want to teach a little bit on is of course, CS Lewis said when you put First things first, then second things are not suppressed, but they literally are increased. So When you honor God and you put him first, then all these other things get added to your life. And we only have a minute here. So I'm going to come back and teach you. But I really want you to understand what happens in your life on an everyday practical when you say, alright god, I'm going to put you first thing this month, I'm going to it's not going to be God than family, then business than money. It's God first, God first and family God first and business God first and ministry, God first and money. When I do that, you have a promise to come. There are things that I see happen in my life. And I'm going to teach you that because this principle is carried from Genesis to Revelation. And we get to we're not under the mandate of all that we have to we get to have the opportunity to honor God by putting him first first thing first part of the day, put God first first month of the year, put God first and we You begin to change that around. You're going to see transformation in your life now from Texas says I sewed my first root seed into your ministry. This past year my home went into foreclosure. The Sheriff's Department came and posted a 24 hour notice on my door I did not leave I still God's Word made confessions prayed in the Holy Spirit and trust in God. Guess what? No eviction. God turned it all around for me and I live in my home right now. He made away I'm telling you what God is such a faithful God. You know, sometimes we can get ourselves in situations. But that's where we activate that faith by that choice. And and faith is crazy to the world and

Jonathan Cain 33:41
just powerful principle. Sherry a California wanted to believe God for her son's tuition for two years. Well, her son came home with a scholarship that we worded for him for the next school year. $10,000 a year. It's amazing. Our full miracle. Promise blessings,

Paula White-Cain 33:59
you know, all Always know you can get a Paula white.org and send us your prayer requests are your praise reports. We love hearing this. And if you The Bible says that the judge shall live by faith. So the gesture those that are in right standing, you have a relationship with God. Well, people that are not of God, or maybe their religion, they don't understand our ways of doing things because God's ways are not man's ways. And we go back to that Matthew sikhi First, it means have a lifestyle of worship, that honors God first foremost. Now this is an important principle because first has to do with foremost first chief

Unknown Speaker 34:42
of

Paula White-Cain 34:43
first foremost importance in your life and state position, time and everything else. And when you don't have that kind of relationship or walk with God, your own family members sometimes look at you like what are you doing? Why would you bring your tied to the house God, why would you give her first fruits offering? Why would you get up an hour early? And pray? Why would you go in? And, you know, dedicate you and your husband? Why would you say this year, we honor God, we renew our wedding vows or whatever it is we put our marriage with God in the center of it as First,

Jonathan Cain 35:19
I believe we're wired to give. I believe that God, we can be the most like the Holy Spirit when we give when we offer. You know, our storehouse to God. In other words, he made us in His image, we are wired to give were wired to give offering.

Paula White-Cain 35:38
And so it says, honor the Lord with your first fruit and your barns shall be filled. So think about that. You're saying we're we're wired. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. So he tells us over and over about this pattern. And what's important is because a pattern is it what he says is People that don't know God fuss over these things. So this pattern is that God has made a divine accurate order and arrangement of things. Now you're a musician. All right? Tell me how important in a song The arrangement is?

Jonathan Cain 36:14
Well, it's very important. And I think, you know, to have the correct key to have the correct lyric to have the title first. To have the key First, the idea that seed is so important for the success of your song.

Paula White-Cain 36:29
So as a man who has written the number one downloaded ever classic rock song along with Neil and Steve, think about what you're saying. So if a musician say, starts in if God is playing deaky, right, are my god right? KMD and I'm over here playing a we're singing in a singing a that's a better thing. Yes. Okay, what would that sound like?

Jonathan Cain 36:58
That would be a word called cacophony. What's a noise? noise? says a bunch of noise ramble noise. Yeah, just just dissonance, you know? So dissonance is the opposite of harmony. So you know, it's very, this is good. So the order of things matter. And for me, I'm one of those title guys. I like that my title first.

Paula White-Cain 37:18
Oh, wait a minute, let's sound dissonance. Okay, so it's a bunch of noise. So spiritually, our life often because we don't put God first sounds like a bunch of noise in the spirit,

Jonathan Cain 37:32
not only to us, but to him.

Paula White-Cain 37:33
That's what I'm saying. So it's like, we're wondering, why are prayers getting answered? or Why don't I see blessing or breakthrough? God has a divine accurate order and arrangement of things. So if God is playing in D, and I'm singing in a, what's it called? prokop, dissonance, dissonance and what's that other word that often he would take me three programs. So that word which basically says This thing isn't working. It is just,

Jonathan Cain 38:02
I guess it would be like static, you know, you just have a lot of static, there you go. But that's understanding the principle and obeying it. And the promise blessing that follows. So,

Paula White-Cain 38:16
here's the problem. A lot of people are living static lives, right? Instead of abundant lives, because God's in D key and we're over here singing in a and what I'm trying to say is God says there's a divine accurate order and arrangement. This is what first fruits literally means john, it means the first fruits of the crop hasty fruit, to give the birthright, the best or the choice part, the first in place, the first and time their first an order, or rank. It also means beginning chief or principal thing, Captain forefront fundamental. A fundamental is a basic essential, serving as a basis that supports evidence. So when you don't have The basis of something, you're expecting evidence. And this is the biggest frustration and a lot of believers life because they have expectation and no evidence. And they go, why doesn't my expectation? or Why does my evidence look like my expectation, but there's no basis to support essential. So how can I build if I don't have a foundation? And first fruits is your foundation that's why if you don't have a relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ, you can't build a spiritual life. Sorry, he is the way the truth the lie. If you don't honor God with the first 10th Well, the barrel gets to keep on Conan and robbing and stealing. If you don't put God first in your marriage, the two of you probably are not going to have the tools to work it out. And that's why we see 50 something percent divorce rate, if We hit January, and it's just another month. Now we know God has a different calendar than our Western calendar. And that's why there's a first fruit season. But we hit January, and we go, well, it's just another year, and we don't go up. I maybe missed it some places back in 2019. But I'm not going to do that repeat. I'm not going to have a groundhog day I'm putting you first God. We're making a bunch of noise, we're going to have another static year, because again, these are choices we get to make. And when we get in God's divine order, in his divine arrangement, then instead of a bunch of noise, we actually have harmony. And harmony is God has great blessing for you. God wants your household and your generations blessed. He wants your body blessed your mind. Your helpless, your finances, bless. He wants it all. Because God wants to say, Look, you're the light of the world, the salt of the earth. This is my chosen dark My cousin's son and you shouldn't be always sour. I mean, everything should be going wrong in your life. You might have resistance and warfare. But the reality is none of it is greater than the God that you serve. But if you don't put God first, it's not God. It's us. It's our decision and our choice. Because first fruits are devoted things, which are holy things, and they belong to God and making a first fruit offering allows God to open it open us up in our lives,

Jonathan Cain 41:31
allows the blessing to come forth the promise blessing to give God with open hands rather than clenched fist and be obedient will only bless us.

Paula White-Cain 41:43
Well think about that when we open our hands. You know, purpose has a lot to do with to open your hand. And so when you open your hand, and there's a lot of teaching we get into because hands figuratively and literally means power. When you open your life. Open. hand or clinch it, it's a lot of your disposition to God. And so giving life as Okay, bring an open hand and open heart to me. And maybe your hearts clenched right now, maybe your heart is in a place that you came out of an abusive relationship or you had a bad father, or you went through hell. I mean, whatever the situation, you don't have a real relationship with God, and your hands not only clinched Your heart is, and God wants you to open that up right now, and to receive Him as your Lord and Savior. In fact, someone's been asking God, do you really love me? Are you there for me? And it's not coincidence. You might have even tuned in just sarcastically to go well, what about this girl, Paul? Or what about this thing, and God right now is tugging on your heart, because Romans chapter not 10 verse nine. And 10 says that if you confess the Lord Jesus Christ with your mouth, and believe in your heart, that is the Son of God, then you'll be saved. See, let's pray this prayer together because I invite you to the same God, the Holy Spirit right now is knocking on that clenched heart and saying, open up and allow me in. Say, Father, I come to you, in the name of Jesus, forgive me for all my sin. I repent, and I receive Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. You know, if you prayed that prayer, Welcome to the family of God. You say it's that simple. It really is. It's the beginning step. Now there's a lot more steps to take place that I'd like to help you with. I'd love to be your online pastor. I'd love to be here with you. I'd love to help disciple you have a free digital download that tells you what it is, what to be born again, what salvation is about what that prayer that you just prayed is about. So just go on, go on the website. They'll give you all the information and I'll get you that free digital download, love to also pray over you. Send us your praise reports and know that john and i love you. We're praying for you and this is Going to be your best year yet.

Unknown Speaker 44:03
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