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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 Welcome to another edition of Fixing the Money Thing. I'm Gary Kasey.0:04 And I'm Drenda Kasey, and we're so glad you joined us today.0:08 You know, mysteries are a lot of fun, and people play detective. They like mysteries to find the answer. But when it comes to life, it gets rather serious. 1 mystery is money. Why0:20 do some people prosper and some others apparently don't prosper? Well, today on Fixing money thing, we're gonna delve into some ancient mysteries and hopefully find the answer about money. I'm0:31 Gary Kasid, and for 9 years, we lived in a financial, chaotic, stress filled, visionless life. I cried out to God.0:44 He said, you're living like many of my people are, living in debt. He said, I want my people free. Your financial0:52 freedom is closer than you think. America's financial coach, Gary Kasim, shares the kingdom principles that changed his life, defeated his debt, and set him free.1:03 Financial problems, they're slow. Down. We're trying to change the way you think about money.1:10 This is Gary Kasey, fixing the money thing.1:16 I'm so excited today to talk for Money Mysteries from the Master, because Jesus talked a lot about money, didn't he Gary? Yes. I really wanna delve into this book. It's actually my favorite, because you're1:28 talking from Jesus' parables. You're actually, the parables have been mysteries a lot of times to people. And really, a lot of them deal with provision and money. And people don't realize that. And here the world won't1:39 talk, church world won't talk about money, yet Jesus talked a lot about it.1:43 He talked more about money than heaven, Yes,1:45 he did. And so this is to me a phenomenal book. It's gone all over the world. So tell me some of the powerful teachings of Jesus from these parables, Gary.1:53 Well, Jesus taught us principles. Parables unlock a picture of how life works. But essentially, to get the idea of what we're talking about, think of how people think2:05 about life, because that's the answer. That's the mystery. You know, if you see an expensive, very expensive sports car driving down the road, you're going to find most people looking at the car,2:17 talking about the car, talking about its details, you know, 0 to 60, all the things they love about the car. But they miss the whole point. The2:29 car's not the answer. It's the driver. The question they should be asking is, I need to know what the driver knows how he got the car. How I need to know not2:41 the specs, although that's nice. I need to know this guy's story, how he prospered to get the car. That's what people need to talk about, not the car. You2:52 follow the difference?2:53 Right, want the fruit, but what were the actions prior to that that got the fruit?2:58 Exactly right. And those things are evident and can be learned. People think that prosperity or money is so distant that I could never achieve that. But really, as you begin to unwrap the3:10 mystery of money and the principles of how money is created, anyone can prosper. Just first off, anyone can. Absolutely.3:19 So the old picture of God is up there moving the pawns on chessboard, and only certain people can ever have wealth or do well financially. You say that's not true.3:29 That is not true. Anyone can prosper. Anyone can get out of debt. Anyone. And we have a covenant. The Bible gives us clear picture that we as the children of God3:41 are to prosper. But we have to do it with wisdom and strategies and principles which are in the Bible if you dig a little deeper under the story and begin to ask3:52 questions. Questions, questions, questions. For instance, there's a great story in First Samuel, a very famous story of David and Goliath. You know, and we've seen that story for4:04 since we were 3, right? You know, everyone talks about David and Goliath, but they missed the point. Behind the story is mystery of success, if they would dig into4:15 that. And if you go back to the story in 1 Samuel chapter 17, you know, David is youngest of quite a few brothers. They're on the front line in this battle against the4:27 Philistines. King Saul and the army are lined up against the Philistine. And David is a shepherd, and he's been sent by his father to the front lines to bring some provision. Never intending4:39 to, you know, he's not even in the army. He's just doing an errand. Right. But he gets down there and he hears Goliath ranting and raving, you know, against the nation of Israel. And that,4:51 you would say, oh, that's probably what motivated him. You know, kind of made him angry that this Philistine is talking about his nation that If you read the text, again, ask questions,5:03 look at the story, you're gonna find that is true. But that's not actually what happened. And there's the mystery.5:10 So what happened?5:11 The mystery is when when he came down, we'll look here in the seventeenth chapter. 25 20 fifth verse. Now, the Israelites had been saying, do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to5:23 defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He'll also give his daughter in marriage, and he'll exempt his father's family from taxes. David, of course, was standing there. David5:34 asked the men standing near him, What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?5:46 So he did take the cause of justice and righteousness on behalf of Israel. But that's not what he talked about. Because if you follow the story, he then repeated this. They5:58 then repeated what had been said. So that's twice now David has been talking, it mentions in the text. And if we drop down to verse 29 of that same chapter, we find that David begins to6:10 talk about the reward the third time. So, within a period of 5 or 7 verses, it is mentioned that David talks about the reward6:21 3 different times.6:23 So, he was focused on the promise. He was focused on what the reward was for the engagement.6:30 Well, David had a concept that this Philistine did not have a covenant. So, felt very assuredly that he could defeat this guy. But he wanted to make sure he had the small print. You know, he6:42 understood what it was and this motivated him to step into the battle. Alright. So, number 1 is the mindset. All the rest of the army including King Saul, the Bible says,6:54 were quaking in fear and hanging back. You see the difference? Right. And6:59 so He knew his covenant. He also saw the injustice and he also saw the rewards.7:03 He saw he had a different mindset. Anyone there the king offered the reward to all anyone who would take this challenge. The reward was there all along for any of them to7:15 grab, but only 1 did and that was David. It was there sitting great reward, but only 1 thought that that was possible7:27 for them to engage and to actually have that.7:30 And that's how many believers approach God's Word.7:32 Yes.7:33 The promises are all there, the answers are there. So you're saying anyone can have wealth, can succeed, can do mighty things.7:41 Yes.7:42 They've got engaged. They have the covenant.7:44 They have to engage, but before you engage, they have to have the mindset of an entrepreneur, of an opportunist, if you will. David sees an opportunity that he wants to capture. He's not in the army.7:56 So he's talking to all these guys about the reward. And then King Saul overhears him talking to all these guys about the reward. And then David talks to King Saul8:08 and says, don't worry, I'll take care of this guy. Okay, that's part of the mystery. The right mindset that it's possible to capture opportunities verse surviving in fear hanging back.8:19 Okay. Now the second part of this mystery was the actual strategy and timing. So if we were going to label today's lesson, would say strategy8:31 and timing is a mystery. Understand what I just said. Strategy, what is the strategy? And timing, what is the timing, is a mystery that8:43 you must know to engage and capture an opportunity.8:47 I see, yeah. And you've got that in chapter 3, the mystery of strategy and Absolutely. Wow, so many great mysteries. Mystery of visions and dreams, mystery of praying in the spirit, mystery of partnership, profit,8:58 mystery of assignment, the mystery of trust, the mystery of measure. These are so good.9:02 Mysteries. Me9:03 finish And they're out of Jesus' parables.9:05 Let's finish the strategy side, we can grab So David's a shepherd. So King Saul dresses him in his armor, and says, okay, you're gonna do this the traditional way. Put the9:16 armor on and David says, can't wear this. I'm not used to this. I can't do this.9:20 Doesn't fit me.9:21 Takes his staff and his sling, which he carried as he was shepherding and protecting the sheep. His staff and a sling and some stones, and he said, I'll do that. So9:33 that's the strategy was totally unique and crazy, right? I mean, it's a crazy strategy. But it worked. So we find here then in the story,9:46 David then approaches Goliath. And as he moves closer, the Bible says, David ran quickly towards the battle line to meet him, reaching to his bag and taking out a stone. He slings it. Of course, he strikes him in the9:58 forehead and he wins over the battle. But as Goliath sees him coming out, he says this, catch it. Pay attention. He looked David over and saw that he was only a boy, ready and handsome. And he despised10:10 him. He said to David, Am I a dog that you come at me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David. He said, Come here, I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air. See, the Philistine Goliath did not10:22 understand the strategy he saw the staff. Sticks. Do you see how the strategy threw him off? He was expecting a sword and a spear and this kid's coming10:34 out with sticks. He doesn't see a weapon. He doesn't see the sling. He sees the stick, the staff. And then the Bible says he runs quickly towards Goliath.10:46 Meaning that Goliath did not have time to figure it out. So timing. If David would have just run around Goliath for a long time getting his nerve up, Goliath would have eventually seen the sling and10:58 figured out what he had in his hands. But he saw the stick. You see, he said, am I a dog who'd come at me with a stick? He didn't see the sling. So the strategy was totally11:09 strange. A unique strategy and the timing was important because he ran towards Goliath, which did not give Goliath the insight to have time to investigate or figure it11:21 out. And he caught him off guard with that stone and he won the battle because of strategy. That was a Holy Ghost unique strategy that didn't make sense in the natural realm. And the timing11:33 was just as important as a strategy.11:35 Good.11:35 And this is exactly how it works in life.11:38 That's good.11:39 Exactly how it works11:39 in That's good. So Gary, how do people find those strategies? So many people are trying to copy someone That's great question. Trying to figure out, okay, this person did that, so I'll do that.11:51 Right.11:52 And it doesn't always It11:55 works. When we come back, we're gonna talk about that question. How do I pick up on my strategy? How do I discover the mystery of my future or my prosperity? Or where I can capture those opportunities?12:07 Gary, we're gonna talk about that when we come right back. It's always interesting. I get people email me all the time or talk to me and say, you know, it's gonna be a great year in my12:18 business. And I said, great. What do you changing? The first thing you want to do is you want to anchor yourself to the word of god as your absolute. You gotta you gotta choose, make a decision going into this year12:30 that the word of god is my absolute truth. Now, this next scripture I'm going to is what I believe you need to hear today. It's really what God's telling me to to share. Matthew chapter12:42 7, therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew12:54 and beat against the house, yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.13:06 The rain came down, the streams rose, the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. Now the Bible says a wise man builds his house13:18 on the rock. Now it says he builds his foundation. Notice, the foundation is not the same thing as the rock. When you build houses in sandy soil out west, they dig13:30 pillars. They drill and they build a pillar deep enough to hit the bedrock. That holds the house. You are building a foundation on something13:42 right now. Now let me give you an idea. Here's what I wanna help you figure this out now. When you have trouble or you need an answer, do you run to Google or the Word first?13:55 Now, your confidence, it'll be demonstrated by the first thing you turn to. Let me ask it again. Do you turn to Google first, what the world's saying out14:07 there, or do you turn to the word first? Do you turn to the credit card first, or you turn to the word first? I mean, what are you see, Christians think because they go to church14:18 that they believe the word of God. But the Bible's very clear. It says if you believe the word of God, you will do the word of God. That's what we just read. That they put the word into practice.14:30 If you are a wise person and you believe God, you're gonna put the word into practice. Is that right? If you don't put it into practice, you don't believe it. It's not your absolute.14:42 If it is true that the first thing you think of is something other than the word, it's going to locate your trust. And for the year to be, the year you want it to be, you must anchor14:54 your life. You must make a decision that I'm gonna anchor my life on the word of God. So there's 2 questions. Where is your foundation? You have15:05 1. You've already built 1. What is it? To help you locate it, like I said, what do you look to for the answers?15:18 We're talking about money mysteries from the master, time honored teachings, truths that Jesus gave us about money. Finances, right in the Bible, right in the parables.15:30 Gary, you're talking about strategies about David and Goliath. I was wondering, you know, in your book you say, when he was alone, the 12 and the others around him asked Jesus about the parables, and he told them, the15:40 secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside, everything is said in parables, so that they may be ever seeing, but never perceiving, and ever hearing,15:52 but never understanding. So, these are hidden, these are secrets. In the book you're talking about these secrets and unveiling them, sharing them. How do the secrets have connection to strategy?16:04 Well, they're hidden from the enemy, and evil men that would take those strategies and use them against God. So, but they are revealed to the believer. The believer has access because we have the Holy Spirit16:16 in us. They're not secrets to us. We have access to all those mysteries.16:21 So they're not to be hidden from us.16:22 They're not.16:22 We're to get those strategies.16:24 Jesus just spoke in parables so that those that did not have God's agenda, His purpose at heart, wouldn't pick up on what He was saying. But those that had ears to hear, the Bible says, would16:36 hear. Those that had a heart for God by the Spirit of God would have revelation of what the parable meant. And many times the disciples didn't get it either, and they would ask, Jesus, what is it what did this mean? And16:46 Jesus would have to explain the mystery behind the parable. Now, you mentioned the parable. Of course, we were talking about David and Goliath, which isn't a parable, but the New Testament stories all have mysteries in16:57 them. They're full of mysteries. And you asked earlier, how do we hear these mysteries? Well, have the Holy Spirit in us. And we can hear by the Spirit of God these these mysteries, revelation.17:10 We can go in greater detail about that here in just a minute.17:13 So we were to unlock the strategies. They're there for us to understand. We're not to be in the dark. We've got to unlock them. There's a key, there's keys. You give the keys to unlocking those.17:23 You have the keys.17:24 And getting the strategy. So how did David know that strategy when he was going up against Goliath?17:30 Well, I believe it was the Holy Spirit strategy that God just gave him at that moment. And David had already been anointed king. If you remember before this event, the prophet had already anointed17:42 him as king. So he he already had that anointing from the office of the of the king. He wasn't put in that place yet, But he had already been anointed in a previous chapter as king,17:54 and then finds himself in this situation. So I believe the Holy Spirit downloaded, you know, that concept to him, and he took it. And I believe God does the same thing for us.18:06 Right. We're anointed as His prophets, priests, kings,18:09 and Absolutely,18:09 And not18:09 the Holy Spirit is. So we18:10 have that Holy Spirit, we have that anointing. Those mysteries are there for us to find. Just as Jesus said, they're hidden for, their secrets. He's speaking in parables, but He's wanting us to get these secrets.18:22 Oh, they're ours.18:23 And you are.18:24 That's what's in I'm what He's gonna give us the keys of the kingdom. We have the kingdom. We have the kingdom. We're citizens. The Holy Spirit's in us. We can understand these things, as well as receive these18:35 unique strategies and timing. For instance, for instance, in our life, you know, being desperately in debt for 9 years, and then God says, you need to learn how the kingdom operates.18:47 And we, like everyone else, what does that mean? God gave us, gave me a dream to start a company. And in that dream to start a company, out of that dream18:59 came the company that actually set us free financially.19:02 And others, right.19:03 And many others, yes. But, to pick up on the mystery of the strategy is by the Holy Spirit. To pick up on the timing is by the Holy Spirit.19:13 And too many people stop at, I want to accomplish this. Like you started the program talking about, they want the car. They see the fruit, they see the car, they see the results. They want the results. And there's19:23 nothing wrong with wanting the promise, but you've got to have the strategy to get to that promise.19:27 Right. Let's let's mention another story in the Bible that we can look at. Peter had taxes to pay. He didn't have taxes, the money at the time, the temple tax. This is in their hometown, Jesus and the19:39 disciples in Nazareth. And it says, Peter came to Jesus and asked Him about that. And then Jesus gave him very specific direction. And it says in19:51 chapter 17 of Matthew, Jesus tells Peter, So that we may not offend them, Go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch, open its20:03 mouth and you'll find a 4 drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours. That's very specific. And the timing is very specific. So, go to the lake, that's the20:14 location. The method is a line. Now Peter's a fisherman, but he usually fishes with nets. This time it's a line. 1 fish, not a net full, not a boat full.20:23 The first20:24 1 fish. The first fish. That's a timing issue as well. The first fish, and you'll find that coin. Alright, you couldn't see the coin. It's a unique20:35 strategy that paid the taxes. I always say anybody can catch fish, if you know the plan. If Jesus tells the fish are there, use this lure, you know, right here, you're20:48 gonna catch fish.20:48 Yes, and in your chapter where you say the mystery is not a mystery, you say Mark 4 says, for whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. If anyone has21:00 ears to hear, let him hear. Absolutely. Jesus kept saying, seek, seek. They're hidden there. It's like God said, Come on, come on. It's like going on a scavenger hunt. Come on, I want you to get this mystery. I want you21:09 to find It's meant to be disclosed to you, but too many believers are kind of on the fence like, Does God even want to bless me? Is that even for me? And so when we recognize what God says, the covenant, like David21:21 recognized, he had the covenant, he's able to go up against Goliath, he takes the spoils of the battle, he walks away with all those promises that God gave to him. Yes. Anyone that would go up, the king gave to him,21:32 right?21:32 Right.21:32 So, I look at it like David was given these promises from the king, we're given all these promises from the king.21:39 Absolutely, we have this right. So, if the Holy Spirit is in you, the Bible says, If God be for you, who can be against you? And the Holy Spirit in you, as the book of John says, When Jesus21:51 left the earth, He told His disciples, I'll not leave you as orphans. I'm going send the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, to be with you, to help you in life. If the Holy Spirit is in you, the Holy Spirit knows where the fish22:03 is at with the coin in its mouth. The Holy Spirit knows your ability. In other words, He told Peter who is a fisherman to go catch a fish. Peter obviously knew how to catch fish. God made you unique. He made you22:15 with gifts, giftings and talents. He knows how to direct your steps to a unique strategy that catches the enemy off guard and you catch this you win the battle, you22:26 capture the opportunity, and you create wealth. And that is that's our story, and that's how it is made. Business is simply fixing a problem.22:37 Fixing the money thing about fixing the problem, right?22:39 It's simply business is solving someone's problem. That's all it is. But you have to have the answer. Right. All right. So the answer is a strategy and God will help you see that. And operating in22:51 a niche market, you know, I'm gonna be here, I'm gonna fish, not do everything else. I'm gonna do Jesus said, I'm going to fish. I'm gonna follow the direction of the Holy Spirit and God's gonna build on that.23:03 And that's how we got out of debt. It's just hearing those things by the spirit of God, strategies and timing, and understanding how it works.23:10 Yes. Because God is interested in blessing and profiting his people. Absolutely. He wants them to be blessed. Wants them to profit. Today, you can prosper according to the word of God. He'll give you provision to fix23:21 your money thing. There's strategies. There's mysteries in the word of God. They're hidden for you. God wants to disclose them to you. They're hidden from the world, but they're supposed to be revealed to you according23:33 to the word of God.
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