Honoring God: A Call to Sincere Worship
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"God is saying you guys are so insulting, he says you guys insult me, you defile me, you despise my name, and the priests are gone. What do you mean, God? Well, yeah, we don't despise you, we don't defile your altar. I mean, we worship you, we come, and you gotta understand these priests were religious. These people came, and they came, and they worship God every time they're supposed to. They would bring the animals, they would bring the sacrifice, and they were there religiously to serve to worship God." [10:10]
"God says, look, the government won't even take it, and you're gonna give it to God? Who do you think I am? The things you won't even do for your own government, your own governor, you give to me, the creator of your government, the creator of this world? Are you kidding me? And you think that I'm in heaven rejoicing because I look at it as evil, I look at it as wrong." [14:37]
"God would rather you not worship Him at all than to insult him with toss him your leftovers. God doesn't want our leftovers. He says, why don't you shut the doors to that place? Won't you close the gates? I'm not pleased. You know, he looked at those people. I mean, that was in Jerusalem. That's the temple. That's the Holy of Holies." [18:15]
"God says from heaven, listen, I'm a great God. I don't care what you think of me or what you think you deserve, but I am a great God, whether you think so or not. And whether you worship me or not, there will be people on this earth all around the earth that will give me the praise that is due my name." [21:17]
"God says, you know, if you don't repent, I'm gonna curse you. In fact, I've already cursed you, and I'm not blessing you. And he says, and if you don't change, he says, I'm going to take the offal from your sacrifices and spread it on your face, and you'll be carried out with it. The offal, the offal." [26:40]
"God says, I the Lord do not change. Okay, so make sure you understand that the same God back then is the same God we worship today. He doesn't change. And he says, so you O descendants of Jacob are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers, you've turned away from my decrees and have not kept them." [29:21]
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. Then look what he says, test me in this as a lord almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you'll not have room enough for it. Why did God want these people to return to him?" [30:08]
"God says, well, you're not giving me the full ten percent for one. You're giving me these lame, crippled animals, these diseased things. You throw it up there, you're giving me half of what I deserve. Why don't you try giving me what I deserve? Bring the whole tithe in the storehouse and see what I do for your life." [30:50]
"God just, he wants to bless me. He loves me. He's crazy about me, and I don't know that I totally understood that when I started. I've shared that before. I didn't understand that love and that relationship with God. I understood the fear part, understood the reverence, but I understand how badly he just wanted to bless me." [31:57]
"When we give him our best, he's saying, you know, all I want you to do is just to test me, show me that you have faith to me, show me that you believe in me, and watch what I do for you. Give me your best and see what I give you. God's not gonna be out giving you." [32:28]
"Give God first. That means that wake up in the morning, give him your first hour so you don't come to the end day as I always spent all my time. No, give him the first. Wake up early, wake up an hour earlier, take a shower, do some push-ups, run around the block, get wide-awake, and then just say, God, here's the best." [32:51]
"First thing I do with every check is I give the first 20% back to God, say, God, this is yours, it's all yours. And then you know what happens? I get blessed beyond belief. I've never been in need. Man, I look at people that make 10 times what I make, and they're miserable. They never have enough." [33:48]
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"God says, look, the government won't even take it, and you're gonna give it to God? Who do you think I am? The things you won't even do for your own government, your own governor, you give to me, the creator of your government, the creator of this world? Are you kidding me? And you think that I'm in heaven rejoicing because I look at it as evil, I look at it as wrong." [14:37]
"God would rather you not worship Him at all than to insult him with toss him your leftovers. God doesn't want our leftovers. He says, why don't you shut the doors to that place? Won't you close the gates? I'm not pleased. You know, he looked at those people. I mean, that was in Jerusalem. That's the temple. That's the Holy of Holies." [18:15]
"God says from heaven, listen, I'm a great God. I don't care what you think of me or what you think you deserve, but I am a great God, whether you think so or not. And whether you worship me or not, there will be people on this earth all around the earth that will give me the praise that is due my name." [21:17]
"God says, you know, if you don't repent, I'm gonna curse you. In fact, I've already cursed you, and I'm not blessing you. And he says, and if you don't change, he says, I'm going to take the offal from your sacrifices and spread it on your face, and you'll be carried out with it. The offal, the offal." [26:40]
"God says, I the Lord do not change. Okay, so make sure you understand that the same God back then is the same God we worship today. He doesn't change. And he says, so you O descendants of Jacob are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers, you've turned away from my decrees and have not kept them." [29:21]
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. Then look what he says, test me in this as a lord almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you'll not have room enough for it. Why did God want these people to return to him?" [30:08]
"God says, well, you're not giving me the full ten percent for one. You're giving me these lame, crippled animals, these diseased things. You throw it up there, you're giving me half of what I deserve. Why don't you try giving me what I deserve? Bring the whole tithe in the storehouse and see what I do for your life." [30:50]
"God just, he wants to bless me. He loves me. He's crazy about me, and I don't know that I totally understood that when I started. I've shared that before. I didn't understand that love and that relationship with God. I understood the fear part, understood the reverence, but I understand how badly he just wanted to bless me." [31:57]
"When we give him our best, he's saying, you know, all I want you to do is just to test me, show me that you have faith to me, show me that you believe in me, and watch what I do for you. Give me your best and see what I give you. God's not gonna be out giving you." [32:28]
"Give God first. That means that wake up in the morning, give him your first hour so you don't come to the end day as I always spent all my time. No, give him the first. Wake up early, wake up an hour earlier, take a shower, do some push-ups, run around the block, get wide-awake, and then just say, God, here's the best." [32:51]
"First thing I do with every check is I give the first 20% back to God, say, God, this is yours, it's all yours. And then you know what happens? I get blessed beyond belief. I've never been in need. Man, I look at people that make 10 times what I make, and they're miserable. They never have enough." [33:48]
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