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- 0:19very
- 0:19day.
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- 0:22version
- 0:22relatable.
- 0:23Please
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- 0:25and
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- 0:27steps
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- 0:30in
- 0:30less
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- 0:3010
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- 0:55Here's
- 0:55today's
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- 0:57today's
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- 0:59Luke
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- 1:0113
- 1:02Reading
- 1:02from
- 1:02the
- 1:03message
- 1:03the
- 1:03Story
- 1:03of
- 1:03the
- 1:04Crooked
- 1:04Manager
- 1:05Jesus
- 1:06said
- 1:06to
- 1:06his
- 1:07disciples,
- 1:07there
- 1:07was
- 1:08once
- 1:08a
- 1:08rich
- 1:09man
- 1:09who
- 1:10had
- 1:10a
- 1:10manager.
- 1:11He
- 1:11got
- 1:12reports
- 1:12that
- 1:12the
- 1:13manager
- 1:13had
- 1:13been
- 1:13taking
- 1:14advantage
- 1:14of
- 1:14his
- 1:14position
- 1:15by
- 1:15running
- 1:16up
- 1:16huge
- 1:17personal
- 1:17expenses.
- 1:18So
- 1:18he
- 1:18called
- 1:18him
- 1:19and
- 1:20said,
- 1:20what's
- 1:21this
- 1:21I
- 1:21hear
- 1:21about
- 1:21you?
- 1:22You're
- 1:22fired
- 1:23and
- 1:23I
- 1:23want
- 1:23a
- 1:24complete
- 1:24audit
- 1:24of
- 1:25your
- 1:25books.
- 1:26The
- 1:26manager
- 1:27said
- 1:27to
- 1:27himself,
- 1:27what
- 1:28am
- 1:28I
- 1:28going
- 1:28to
- 1:28do?
- 1:28I've
- 1:29lost
- 1:29my
- 1:29job
- 1:29as
- 1:29a
- 1:30manager.
- 1:30I'm
- 1:31not
- 1:31strong
- 1:31enough
- 1:32for
- 1:32a
- 1:32laboring
- 1:33job
- 1:33and
- 1:33I'm
- 1:33too
- 1:33proud
- 1:34to
- 1:34beg.
- 1:35Ah,
- 1:36I've
- 1:36got
- 1:36a
- 1:36plan.
- 1:37Here's
- 1:37what
- 1:37I'll
- 1:37do.
- 1:38Then
- 1:39when
- 1:39I'm
- 1:39turned
- 1:39out
- 1:39into
- 1:40the
- 1:40streets,
- 1:41people
- 1:41will
- 1:41take
- 1:41me
- 1:42into
- 1:42their
- 1:42houses.
- 1:43They
- 1:44went
- 1:44at
- 1:44it
- 1:45one
- 1:45after
- 1:46another.
- 1:46He
- 1:46called
- 1:46in
- 1:46the
- 1:46people
- 1:47who
- 1:47were
- 1:47in
- 1:47debt
- 1:47to
- 1:48his
- 1:48master
- 1:49and
- 1:49he
- 1:49said
- 1:50to
- 1:50the
- 1:50first,
- 1:50how
- 1:50much
- 1:51money
- 1:51do
- 1:51you
- 1:51owe
- 1:51my
- 1:52master?
- 1:53He
- 1:53replied,
- 1:54a
- 1:54hundred
- 1:54jugs
- 1:55of
- 1:55olive
- 1:55oil.
- 1:56The
- 1:56manager
- 1:57said,
- 1:57here,
- 1:57take
- 1:58your
- 1:58bill,
- 1:58sit
- 1:58down
- 1:59and
- 1:59quick.
- 1:59Now
- 2:00write
- 2:0050
- 2:01to
- 2:02the
- 2:02next.
- 2:02He
- 2:02said,
- 2:02and
- 2:03you,
- 2:03what
- 2:03do
- 2:03you
- 2:03owe?
- 2:04He
- 2:04answered,
- 2:05a
- 2:05hundred
- 2:05sacks
- 2:06of
- 2:06wheat.
- 2:06He
- 2:06said,
- 2:07take
- 2:07your
- 2:07bill,
- 2:07write
- 2:08in
- 2:0880.
- 2:09Now
- 2:09here's
- 2:10a
- 2:10surprise.
- 2:11The
- 2:11master
- 2:12praised
- 2:13the
- 2:13crooked
- 2:13manager
- 2:14and
- 2:14why?
- 2:15Because
- 2:15he
- 2:15knew
- 2:16how
- 2:16to
- 2:16look
- 2:16after
- 2:16himself.
- 2:18Streetwise
- 2:19people
- 2:19are
- 2:19smarter
- 2:20in
- 2:20this
- 2:20regard
- 2:21than
- 2:21law
- 2:21abiding
- 2:22citizens.
- 2:23They're
- 2:24on
- 2:24constant
- 2:25alert,
- 2:25looking
- 2:25for
- 2:26angles,
- 2:26surviving
- 2:27by
- 2:27their
- 2:27wits.
- 2:29I
- 2:29want
- 2:29you
- 2:29to
- 2:29be
- 2:30smart
- 2:30in
- 2:30the
- 2:30same
- 2:31way,
- 2:31but
- 2:32for
- 2:32what
- 2:32is
- 2:33right.
- 2:34Using
- 2:35every
- 2:35adversity
- 2:36to
- 2:36stimulate
- 2:37you
- 2:37to
- 2:37creative
- 2:38survival,
- 2:39to
- 2:40concentrate
- 2:41your
- 2:41attention
- 2:42on
- 2:43the
- 2:43bare
- 2:43essentials
- 2:44so
- 2:44that
- 2:44you'll
- 2:45live,
- 2:46really
- 2:47live
- 2:48and
- 2:48not
- 2:48complacently
- 2:50just
- 2:50get
- 2:50by
- 2:50in
- 2:50your
- 2:51good
- 2:51behavior.
- 2:52God
- 2:53sees
- 2:54behind
- 2:55appearances.
- 2:57Jesus
- 2:57went
- 2:57on
- 2:58to
- 2:58make
- 2:58these
- 2:58comments.
- 2:58If
- 2:59you're
- 2:59honest
- 2:59in
- 2:59small
- 3:00things,
- 3:00you'll
- 3:00be
- 3:00honest
- 3:00in
- 3:01big
- 3:01things.
- 3:01If
- 3:02you're
- 3:02a
- 3:02crook
- 3:02in
- 3:02small
- 3:02things,
- 3:03you'll
- 3:03be
- 3:03a
- 3:03crook
- 3:03in
- 3:03big
- 3:04things.
- 3:04If
- 3:05you're
- 3:05not
- 3:05honest
- 3:05in
- 3:06small
- 3:06jobs,
- 3:07who
- 3:07will
- 3:07put
- 3:07you
- 3:07in
- 3:07charge
- 3:08of
- 3:08the
- 3:08store?
- 3:09No
- 3:09worker
- 3:10can
- 3:10serve
- 3:10two
- 3:11bosses
- 3:12who
- 3:12either
- 3:12hate
- 3:12the
- 3:12first
- 3:13and
- 3:13love
- 3:13the
- 3:13second,
- 3:13or
- 3:14adore
- 3:14the
- 3:14first
- 3:15and
- 3:15despise
- 3:16the
- 3:16second.
- 3:17You
- 3:17can't
- 3:17serve
- 3:17God
- 3:18in
- 3:18the
- 3:18bank.
- 3:20An
- 3:20interesting
- 3:21reading
- 3:21from
- 3:21the
- 3:21scripture
- 3:22here
- 3:22Today.
- 3:23We're
- 3:24going
- 3:24to
- 3:24get
- 3:24into
- 3:24it
- 3:24here.
- 3:24It's
- 3:25about
- 3:26surviving
- 3:26with
- 3:27grace.
- 3:27It's
- 3:28basically
- 3:29taking
- 3:29a
- 3:30different
- 3:31look
- 3:32at
- 3:32success.
- 3:34You
- 3:35know,
- 3:35sometimes
- 3:35we
- 3:35just
- 3:36need
- 3:36to
- 3:36see
- 3:37things
- 3:37a
- 3:37little
- 3:37different,
- 3:38differently.
- 3:39And
- 3:39this
- 3:40is
- 3:40a
- 3:40bit
- 3:40of
- 3:40a
- 3:41conundrum,
- 3:42a
- 3:42bit
- 3:42of
- 3:42a
- 3:42puzzling
- 3:43passage
- 3:44from
- 3:44Jesus,
- 3:45this
- 3:45parable
- 3:46of
- 3:46the
- 3:46crooked
- 3:47manager.
- 3:49You
- 3:49know,
- 3:49I've
- 3:50spent
- 3:50a
- 3:50lot
- 3:50of
- 3:50time
- 3:50dealing
- 3:51with
- 3:51a
- 3:51lot
- 3:51of
- 3:51people
- 3:51in
- 3:52difficult
- 3:52circumstances,
- 3:53including
- 3:54cancer,
- 3:54impacted
- 3:55people.
- 3:56They're
- 3:57in
- 3:57challenging
- 3:57situations.
- 3:59And
- 4:00sometimes
- 4:00you
- 4:00go
- 4:00into
- 4:00survival
- 4:01mode,
- 4:01you
- 4:01know,
- 4:02to
- 4:02do
- 4:02whatever
- 4:03it
- 4:03takes
- 4:03and
- 4:03however
- 4:04you
- 4:04need
- 4:04to
- 4:04do
- 4:04it.
- 4:05But
- 4:05what
- 4:06we're
- 4:06talking
- 4:06here
- 4:07about
- 4:07is
- 4:07about
- 4:08creative,
- 4:09innovative
- 4:09thinking
- 4:11interlocked
- 4:12with
- 4:12radical
- 4:13grace.
- 4:15Let's
- 4:16now
- 4:16look
- 4:16at
- 4:17three
- 4:18points
- 4:18to
- 4:18ponder
- 4:19about
- 4:19this
- 4:19passage.
- 4:21The
- 4:22first
- 4:22one
- 4:22is
- 4:22that
- 4:22survival
- 4:23isn't
- 4:23simple.
- 4:25This
- 4:25parable
- 4:26challenges
- 4:27kind
- 4:27of
- 4:27our,
- 4:28you
- 4:28know,
- 4:28black
- 4:28and
- 4:28white
- 4:29thinking
- 4:29about
- 4:29right
- 4:29and
- 4:29wrong.
- 4:31You
- 4:31know,
- 4:31my
- 4:32wife
- 4:32and
- 4:32I
- 4:32are
- 4:32raising
- 4:33our
- 4:33three
- 4:33children
- 4:34over
- 4:35our
- 4:3630,
- 4:37almost
- 4:3734
- 4:38years
- 4:38of
- 4:38marriage.
- 4:40We've
- 4:43read
- 4:43a
- 4:43lot
- 4:43of
- 4:43the
- 4:43books
- 4:44and
- 4:44tried
- 4:44a
- 4:44lot
- 4:44of
- 4:44the
- 4:45processes,
- 4:46but
- 4:46real
- 4:47life
- 4:47happens
- 4:47often
- 4:48not
- 4:48in
- 4:49what
- 4:49do
- 4:49you
- 4:49learn
- 4:49in
- 4:49a
- 4:49book,
- 4:50but
- 4:50is
- 4:50in
- 4:50the
- 4:50gray
- 4:51areas.
- 4:52How
- 4:52do
- 4:53you
- 4:53deal
- 4:53with
- 4:53things
- 4:54in
- 4:54those
- 4:54confusing
- 4:56kind
- 4:56of
- 4:56in
- 4:57between
- 4:57moments?
- 4:59The
- 4:59manager's
- 5:00actions
- 5:01here
- 5:01remind
- 5:01us
- 5:02that
- 5:02sometimes
- 5:02surviving
- 5:03means
- 5:04working
- 5:05within
- 5:06a
- 5:06broken
- 5:06system
- 5:07and
- 5:07trying
- 5:08to
- 5:08work
- 5:09within
- 5:09it
- 5:10to
- 5:10still
- 5:11create
- 5:12a
- 5:12better
- 5:12outcome.
- 5:14A
- 5:14second
- 5:14point
- 5:15here
- 5:15is
- 5:15about
- 5:15economic
- 5:16justice
- 5:16as
- 5:16sacred
- 5:17work.
- 5:18Let's
- 5:18look
- 5:19a
- 5:19little
- 5:19deeper
- 5:19when
- 5:19the
- 5:20manager
- 5:20is
- 5:20actually
- 5:22reducing
- 5:22the
- 5:23exploitative
- 5:23debts
- 5:25that
- 5:25were
- 5:25happening
- 5:26to
- 5:27the
- 5:27people
- 5:28that
- 5:28he
- 5:28was
- 5:28working
- 5:28with.
- 5:30Much
- 5:31like
- 5:31modern
- 5:31debt
- 5:32forgiveness
- 5:33movements
- 5:33that
- 5:33are
- 5:34out
- 5:34there,
- 5:36sometimes
- 5:36we
- 5:37have
- 5:37to
- 5:37kind
- 5:38of
- 5:38adjust
- 5:38and
- 5:38change
- 5:40to
- 5:41make
- 5:41it
- 5:41really
- 5:41ultimately
- 5:42fair
- 5:42for
- 5:42everyone.
- 5:43The
- 5:44manager's
- 5:44actions
- 5:45while
- 5:45unconventional
- 5:47and
- 5:47some
- 5:48may
- 5:49question
- 5:49it,
- 5:50but
- 5:51they
- 5:51created
- 5:51more
- 5:52economic
- 5:53equality
- 5:54for
- 5:54all.
- 5:56The
- 5:57second
- 5:57point,
- 5:58a
- 5:58third
- 5:59point,
- 5:59is
- 5:59about
- 5:59creative
- 6:00resistance
- 6:00to
- 6:01oppression.
- 6:02Jesus
- 6:03praises
- 6:04the
- 6:04manager's
- 6:05streetwise
- 6:06creativity,
- 6:06not
- 6:07his
- 6:07dishonesty.
- 6:09You
- 6:09know,
- 6:09like
- 6:09my
- 6:10wife
- 6:10and
- 6:10I,
- 6:10when
- 6:10we
- 6:10hike
- 6:11on
- 6:11a
- 6:11difficult
- 6:11trail.
- 6:11Sometimes
- 6:12we
- 6:12need
- 6:12to
- 6:12find
- 6:12an
- 6:12alternate
- 6:13path,
- 6:14sometimes
- 6:14we
- 6:14just
- 6:14need
- 6:15to
- 6:15be
- 6:15smart
- 6:15about
- 6:15it.
- 6:16And
- 6:17depending
- 6:17on
- 6:18resources,
- 6:18water
- 6:18and
- 6:19other
- 6:19things
- 6:19too,
- 6:20we
- 6:20want
- 6:20to
- 6:20reach
- 6:21our
- 6:21destination.
- 6:22Sometimes
- 6:23maybe
- 6:24one
- 6:24path
- 6:24is
- 6:24better
- 6:25than
- 6:25another.
- 6:26This
- 6:27story
- 6:27here
- 6:27invites
- 6:28us
- 6:28to
- 6:28think
- 6:29creatively
- 6:30about
- 6:30dismantling
- 6:32unjust
- 6:33economic
- 6:34systems.
- 6:37Let's
- 6:37talk
- 6:37about
- 6:38an
- 6:38action
- 6:38step
- 6:39today.
- 6:40Examine
- 6:41one
- 6:41way
- 6:41or
- 6:41another
- 6:41you
- 6:41might
- 6:42be
- 6:42participating
- 6:43in
- 6:43some
- 6:43sort
- 6:43of
- 6:43economic
- 6:44inequality,
- 6:46maybe
- 6:46through
- 6:47your
- 6:47spending
- 6:47habits,
- 6:48investment
- 6:48choices
- 6:48or
- 6:49banking
- 6:49practices.
- 6:50Take
- 6:50a
- 6:51concrete
- 6:51step
- 6:51towards
- 6:52more
- 6:52ethical
- 6:53economic
- 6:54participation.
- 6:56Maybe
- 6:56you
- 6:56need
- 6:56to
- 6:57move
- 6:57your
- 6:57money
- 6:57to
- 6:58a
- 6:58more
- 7:00resource
- 7:00which
- 7:01uses
- 7:01more
- 7:02equitable
- 7:03form
- 7:04of
- 7:04banking,
- 7:05a
- 7:06community
- 7:06bank
- 7:06for
- 7:06instance,
- 7:07or
- 7:08some
- 7:08worker
- 7:08owned
- 7:09business
- 7:09over
- 7:09some
- 7:10corporate
- 7:10entity
- 7:12or
- 7:12join
- 7:12some
- 7:13sort
- 7:13of
- 7:13economic
- 7:14justice
- 7:14initiative.
- 7:16Several
- 7:16things
- 7:16that
- 7:16you
- 7:17can
- 7:17do
- 7:18we're
- 7:18going
- 7:19to
- 7:19pray
- 7:19about
- 7:19all
- 7:19this
- 7:19in
- 7:19just
- 7:19a
- 7:20minute,
- 7:20but
- 7:20I
- 7:20want
- 7:20you
- 7:20to
- 7:20know
- 7:21that
- 7:21we
- 7:22have
- 7:22a
- 7:22resource
- 7:22for
- 7:22you
- 7:23about
- 7:23your
- 7:23own
- 7:23Daily
- 7:23Bible
- 7:24Study
- 7:24to
- 7:24help
- 7:24you
- 7:24to
- 7:25sort
- 7:25out
- 7:26challenging
- 7:27passages
- 7:27like
- 7:27this
- 7:28one
- 7:28here.
- 7:28Today
- 7:28you
- 7:28go
- 7:29over
- 7:29to
- 7:29our
- 7:29website
- 7:30voiceofgoddaily.com
- 7:32that's
- 7:32where
- 7:32you
- 7:33can
- 7:33pick
- 7:33up
- 7:33our
- 7:34resource
- 7:34which
- 7:34is
- 7:35the
- 7:35ABC123
- 7:37Bible
- 7:38Study
- 7:38Guide.
- 7:39Let's
- 7:40pray
- 7:40God,
- 7:40you're
- 7:41the
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