Trusting God: The Path to True Provision
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "So many of our fears and the things that drive us are rooted in financial concerns. Think about fear. What's going on with the economy? Every single election always seems to center on the economy, doesn't it? There's other things, you know, but the economy is always going to be one of those major things that centers around. And there's kind of a fear associated fear that I won't have enough or I won't make enough. I don't make enough. What am I going to do? And that's a fear that a lot of people live with and struggle with and wrestle with." [41:49]
2. "God doesn't want you stressed. He doesn't want you hurried. He doesn't want you unable to enjoy the good gifts that he's given you. That's not his desire. It is not about packing your calendar full of things. In fact, for a bunch of us, it might be, you know, it might very well be, examining our focus might mean, yeah, pulling some things off our calendar. Pull some things off, and just create space. Live for the kingdom without fear, because your Father is your provider. And when we understand that, we can make that kind of space. We can make those kind of decisions." [01:01:03]
3. "I want to suggest that when it comes to vision and focus, you can approach, of course, there's a time outside your job. You can approach your job with a different vision and focus. Your job, you spend 40, 50, 60 hours a week. I don't know how many. You spend hours. A bulk of your time at your work. Do you have a sense of God's calling and his plan and his vision for your work? Or are you just buying time to get out of work? Because that's one of those things I really encourage you." [58:08]
4. "Live for the kingdom without fear because your father is your provider. Keep that up for a minute. Say that with me. Live for the kingdom without fear because your father is your provider. Let's change the pronoun. My father is. Live for his kingdom without fear because my father is my provider. That's the main point. That's what Jesus is trying to tell us. He's trying to illustrate for us. He's wanting to urge us to look at the world differently." [46:52]
5. "One day, when I'm getting to that place of retiring, my father is going to be my provider. He's going to be there, the same one who has provided for us so amazingly all our lives. When nobody thought we'd be able to make it. We didn't think we'd be able to make it, but God took care of us. God met our needs. God provided for us. Do you know, after that last day at work and that last paycheck stops, you know who's still there? Father." [51:19]
### Quotes for Members
1. "We have to decide who our provider is. And I don't mean in theory. I don't mean in theology. I mean like in practice. Who's your provider? Am I my provider or is God my provider? This is the question. This is what we must decide. And here's where even, not just me, am I my provider? Here's one. Is my job or my company my provider? Or is my father my provider?" [48:07]
2. "Do an honest assessment of your focus. How is your eye doing? How is your eyes, your vision, what is your vision? And here's some ways to think about it. What do you think about a lot? What do you worry about? What do you dream about? These are indicators of, okay, what's your vision? Like the picture of your life that you have for 10 years down the road, 20 years, 30 years down the road, however long. What is that? What occupies your thoughts, your mind?" [55:56]
3. "Learn to live simply. What I mean by that is reject a life of pursuing more. You know, Jesus made it crystal clear. He's talking in Matthew 6, he talks about food, clothes. He illustrates with birds and flowers. He assumes a certain simplicity. That's the way he approaches this. And for us, again, we're bumping into, some of you right now are just going, okay, Sean, this is ridiculous. Because you're bumping into the operating system. Because acquisition is our scorecard. It's what we use to measure how we're doing." [01:01:03]
4. "Leverage the power of generosity. See, that's where one of the things Jesus, it's where he began. Leverage the power of generosity. He said, don't store up here on earth where moth, where vermin can get in and destroy it. Store up in heaven where it can't. Well, you go, okay, well, how do I do that? And his answer is generosity. He talks about this heart surgery in verse 21. He says, where your treasure is, there your heart will be. Literally, generosity being a way for us to train our hearts and to begin to rewire our operating system." [01:09:39]
5. "Choose faith over fear. Verse 25, verse 31, don't worry. Your father knows. He'll provide. He says it. Over. And over. And over. Again. It says in verse 34, multiple times in that passage, choose faith over fear. Don't worry." [47:38]
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1. "So many of our fears and the things that drive us are rooted in financial concerns. Think about fear. What's going on with the economy? Every single election always seems to center on the economy, doesn't it? There's other things, you know, but the economy is always going to be one of those major things that centers around. And there's kind of a fear associated fear that I won't have enough or I won't make enough. I don't make enough. What am I going to do? And that's a fear that a lot of people live with and struggle with and wrestle with." [41:49]
2. "God doesn't want you stressed. He doesn't want you hurried. He doesn't want you unable to enjoy the good gifts that he's given you. That's not his desire. It is not about packing your calendar full of things. In fact, for a bunch of us, it might be, you know, it might very well be, examining our focus might mean, yeah, pulling some things off our calendar. Pull some things off, and just create space. Live for the kingdom without fear, because your Father is your provider. And when we understand that, we can make that kind of space. We can make those kind of decisions." [01:01:03]
3. "I want to suggest that when it comes to vision and focus, you can approach, of course, there's a time outside your job. You can approach your job with a different vision and focus. Your job, you spend 40, 50, 60 hours a week. I don't know how many. You spend hours. A bulk of your time at your work. Do you have a sense of God's calling and his plan and his vision for your work? Or are you just buying time to get out of work? Because that's one of those things I really encourage you." [58:08]
4. "Live for the kingdom without fear because your father is your provider. Keep that up for a minute. Say that with me. Live for the kingdom without fear because your father is your provider. Let's change the pronoun. My father is. Live for his kingdom without fear because my father is my provider. That's the main point. That's what Jesus is trying to tell us. He's trying to illustrate for us. He's wanting to urge us to look at the world differently." [46:52]
5. "One day, when I'm getting to that place of retiring, my father is going to be my provider. He's going to be there, the same one who has provided for us so amazingly all our lives. When nobody thought we'd be able to make it. We didn't think we'd be able to make it, but God took care of us. God met our needs. God provided for us. Do you know, after that last day at work and that last paycheck stops, you know who's still there? Father." [51:19]
### Quotes for Members
1. "We have to decide who our provider is. And I don't mean in theory. I don't mean in theology. I mean like in practice. Who's your provider? Am I my provider or is God my provider? This is the question. This is what we must decide. And here's where even, not just me, am I my provider? Here's one. Is my job or my company my provider? Or is my father my provider?" [48:07]
2. "Do an honest assessment of your focus. How is your eye doing? How is your eyes, your vision, what is your vision? And here's some ways to think about it. What do you think about a lot? What do you worry about? What do you dream about? These are indicators of, okay, what's your vision? Like the picture of your life that you have for 10 years down the road, 20 years, 30 years down the road, however long. What is that? What occupies your thoughts, your mind?" [55:56]
3. "Learn to live simply. What I mean by that is reject a life of pursuing more. You know, Jesus made it crystal clear. He's talking in Matthew 6, he talks about food, clothes. He illustrates with birds and flowers. He assumes a certain simplicity. That's the way he approaches this. And for us, again, we're bumping into, some of you right now are just going, okay, Sean, this is ridiculous. Because you're bumping into the operating system. Because acquisition is our scorecard. It's what we use to measure how we're doing." [01:01:03]
4. "Leverage the power of generosity. See, that's where one of the things Jesus, it's where he began. Leverage the power of generosity. He said, don't store up here on earth where moth, where vermin can get in and destroy it. Store up in heaven where it can't. Well, you go, okay, well, how do I do that? And his answer is generosity. He talks about this heart surgery in verse 21. He says, where your treasure is, there your heart will be. Literally, generosity being a way for us to train our hearts and to begin to rewire our operating system." [01:09:39]
5. "Choose faith over fear. Verse 25, verse 31, don't worry. Your father knows. He'll provide. He says it. Over. And over. And over. Again. It says in verse 34, multiple times in that passage, choose faith over fear. Don't worry." [47:38]
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