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Fixing The Money Thing with Gary Keesee will educate and equip you to walk out your God-given purpose and provide insights and solutions on the topics of faith and finances.
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0:01 Well, we're gonna start a brand new series today. It's gonna be awesome. It's gonna change your life. It's called the power of rest, and I think you need that right now. It's not about0:12 taking a nap or a vacation. It's much more powerful than that. A lot of you know our situation. Many of you may not know our situation, but Drend and I lived 9 years hand to mouth financially, basically living in0:24 financial turmoil. You cannot have peace in this life without finances. Period. You can go to heaven, but you can't have life, peace life, you know, peaceful0:36 life here without finances. That's why we call it you've to fix the money thing. But we lived that way for 9 years, you know, borrowing from anybody and everyone, pawn shops, judgments and liens,0:48 everything canceled, everything broken, panic attacks, antidepressants. You know, it's just a horrible way to live. You know, buying a happy meal and dividing it 3 ways for kids. I mean, just digging in cushions for0:59 quarters to go find another meal. Mean, it's a horrible way to live. You don't have life living like that because you don't dream about anything except just making it 1 more day. You know, having your nose to the1:10 grindstone, where are you looking at? People that are living overwhelmed never can receive new direction because they don't, they're not tuned in right. They wouldn't even they1:22 couldn't even receive a new direction because they're already overwhelmed. I can't do anything else. I'm already maxed out. Now, if you're saying that today, better unmax yourself, And you1:34 got to change your processes. Change is required, but you can go past that. What I'm trying to say is that you've got to be able to hear the spirit, and you've to be able to react to it, and you can't have your nose to1:44 the grindstone. You weren't designed to live that way anyway. Your job, by the way, your spiritual occupation is not provision, by the way. Your number 1 job in life is not1:56 just to survive, just to buy the food you eat. Jesus said in Matthew 6, life is more than food and more than clothes. You have a purpose in life that supersedes paying your bills. Did2:08 you know that? Okay. Making it plain here today. So you know our story. 9 years long time. And then got to the place where we just there was nothing left. No 1 would2:19 give us any mean, we were done. In fact, my mother called Drinda, Drinda was talking to her and she said, How are things going? You know, Drinda broke down in tears. She said, what's going on? You know, she said, go to2:31 your refrigerator, open it, and tell me what you see in it. Drenda went to the refrigerator, and there's a jar of empty mayonnaise in there. That was it. And so we've been there and done that. Got the T shirt. Didn't2:42 want the T shirt. Don't want you to have the T shirt. Alright? So attorneys, bill collectors lined up. You know, they're waiting to talk. You know, so you a lot of you heard the story, essentially, I was done. I had to2:53 hear God now. I mean, I had to hear God now. I you've been there? I've got to hear God. I've got I've got to have some ant. I've got to hear God. So I went to praying,3:05 and the first thing God said to me, the mess you're in is not my fault. You ever heard people say, I don't know why God's not. You ever heard someone say that? Well, stop that. It's never his fault.3:17 Never. He said, the reason you're in this mess is because you've never learned how my kingdom operates. You'll go out and buy things on debt and you want me to pay for it. That's not how my kingdom operates. You gotta3:29 learn how my kingdom operates. We didn't know how it operated. Had no clue how it operated. So anyway, we began to learn about the kingdom. Now kingdom, it's important. Again, this is3:41 a basic kingdom is the king's dominion. A mob is not a kingdom. Kingdom infers government that ensures that every citizen enjoys the benefit of the king's3:53 dominion, or his authority flows through that government to every single citizen. King's dominion. So, you gotta learn you're in a new kingdom. It works4:04 different. In Luke chapter 5, we find a story where Jesus is walking along the lake there, and he's gathering some disciples around him. In verse number 4, he borrowed Peter's boat, went out and4:16 preached from it. When he had finished speaking, it says, he said to Simon, who is Peter, put out into the deep water and let down the nets for a catch. Simon answered, Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't4:27 caught anything, but because you say so, I'll bet down the nets. Now this this is super important. You gotta start saying because you said so instead of rehearsing the past.4:39 Now, he just rehearsed the past. We fished all night. Are you insinuating that we do not know how to fish? You're a rabbi. I mean, come on now. We're professional. I don't know what your excuse is, your past, where you4:51 come from. It doesn't matter. Just say because you say so. You got that? You just got to say because God said so to move forward. You cannot move forward saying why you're not moving5:02 forward. Well, they fished all night and caught what do you mean? Put go over there at deep water. We fished all night and haven't caught anything. Stop that. Just say, because you said so. Okay? Just do what5:14 God says and move forward. When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish. And they said, we'll put down the nets that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in5:26 the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. Now here is a picture of 2 kingdoms. 1 is in your own strength. All night, nothing, and the kingdom of5:38 God, 2 boats sinking full of fish. You choose what you want. 2 methods, 2 systems. And so Peter saw this, fell at Jesus's knees and said, go away5:50 from me, lord. I'm a sinful man for he and his companions were what? Astonished. Aren't you tired of the of the religion?6:02 Come on. You can be honest today. Aren't you tired of religion? There's nothing astonishing about it except when's it over? Friend, you should be living an6:14 astonishing life. I mean, you're not astonished at it, who wants to see it? This is going over well.6:28 They were all astonished. Then Jesus said to Simon, don't be afraid. From now on, you'll catch men. So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed him. You gotta leave the past to find the future.6:40 You've to leave the past to find the future. You've got to leave the past someone needs to hear this. You've got to leave the past to find the future. And you've got to follow the kingdom direction6:52 for your life and let go of the security you think you have catching no fish, where your confidence is in yourself and you've got to put your confidence in the kingdom. You've got to start learning some new stuff.7:05 Amen? Hi, I'm Gary Kasey and you will never fulfill your destiny until you fix your money Visit7:17 GaryKasey dot com and don't forget to hit the subscribe button below for more amazing weekly videos on fixing your money thing. And thanks for watching.
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