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- 0:04Hello
- 0:05my
- 0:05friend
- 0:05Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:06Miller
- 0:06here
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- 0:08Refresh.
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- 0:14Testament
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- 0:16Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:17Lectionary
- 0:18for
- 0:18this
- 0:19very
- 0:19day.
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- 0:21I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21message
- 0:22version
- 0:22relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:24listen
- 0:24to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:25ponder
- 0:25and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
- 0:26action
- 0:27steps
- 0:27you
- 0:28can
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- 0:28We
- 0:29pray
- 0:29and
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- 0:30done
- 0:30in
- 0:30less
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- 0:3010
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- 0:31It's
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- 0:48people
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- 0:55Here's
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- 1:0022
- 1:01reading
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- 1:02the
- 1:02Message
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- 1:04not
- 1:04trying
- 1:04to
- 1:04order
- 1:05you
- 1:05around
- 1:05against
- 1:05your
- 1:05will,
- 1:06but
- 1:06by
- 1:06bringing
- 1:07in
- 1:07the
- 1:07Macedonians
- 1:08enthusiasm
- 1:09as
- 1:09a
- 1:10stimulus
- 1:10to
- 1:10your
- 1:11love,
- 1:11I
- 1:11am
- 1:11hoping
- 1:11to
- 1:12bring
- 1:12the
- 1:12best
- 1:12out
- 1:12of
- 1:12you.
- 1:13You
- 1:13are
- 1:14familiar
- 1:14with
- 1:14the
- 1:14generosity
- 1:15of
- 1:15our
- 1:15Master
- 1:16Jesus
- 1:16Christ.
- 1:16Rich
- 1:17as
- 1:17he
- 1:17was,
- 1:18he
- 1:18gave
- 1:18it
- 1:18all
- 1:18away
- 1:19for
- 1:19us
- 1:20in
- 1:20one
- 1:20stroke.
- 1:20He
- 1:21became
- 1:21poor
- 1:21and
- 1:21we
- 1:22became
- 1:22rich.
- 1:23So
- 1:23here's
- 1:24what
- 1:24I
- 1:24think.
- 1:24The
- 1:25best
- 1:25thing
- 1:25you
- 1:25can
- 1:25do
- 1:26right
- 1:26now
- 1:26is
- 1:26to
- 1:26finish
- 1:27what
- 1:27you
- 1:27started
- 1:28last
- 1:28year
- 1:29and
- 1:29not
- 1:30let
- 1:30those
- 1:30good
- 1:30intentions
- 1:31grow
- 1:31stale.
- 1:32Your
- 1:33heart's
- 1:33been
- 1:33in
- 1:33the
- 1:33right
- 1:33place
- 1:34all
- 1:34along.
- 1:34You've
- 1:35got
- 1:35what
- 1:35it
- 1:35takes
- 1:35to
- 1:35finish
- 1:36it
- 1:36up.
- 1:36So
- 1:36go
- 1:36do
- 1:37it.
- 1:38Once
- 1:38the
- 1:38commitment
- 1:39is
- 1:39clear,
- 1:39you
- 1:40do
- 1:40what
- 1:40you
- 1:40can,
- 1:40not
- 1:41what
- 1:41you
- 1:41can't.
- 1:42The
- 1:43heart
- 1:43regulates
- 1:44the
- 1:44hands.
- 1:45This
- 1:45isn't
- 1:46so
- 1:46others
- 1:46can
- 1:46take
- 1:46it
- 1:47easy
- 1:47while
- 1:47you
- 1:47sweat
- 1:48it
- 1:48out.
- 1:48No,
- 1:49you're
- 1:49shoulder
- 1:49to
- 1:50shoulder
- 1:50with
- 1:50them
- 1:50all
- 1:51the
- 1:51way.
- 1:52Your
- 1:53surplus
- 1:53matching
- 1:54their
- 1:54deficit,
- 1:55their
- 1:55surplus
- 1:56matching
- 1:57your
- 1:57deficit.
- 1:58In
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- 1:58end
- 1:58you
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- 1:59out
- 1:59even
- 2:00as
- 2:00it
- 2:00is
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- 2:01Nothing
- 2:02left
- 2:02over
- 2:02to
- 2:02the
- 2:03one
- 2:03with
- 2:03the
- 2:03most,
- 2:04nothing
- 2:04lacking
- 2:05to
- 2:05the
- 2:05one
- 2:05with
- 2:06the
- 2:06least.
- 2:07I
- 2:07thank
- 2:07God
- 2:08for
- 2:08giving
- 2:08Titus
- 2:08the
- 2:09same
- 2:09devoted
- 2:09concern
- 2:10for
- 2:10you
- 2:10that
- 2:10I
- 2:11have.
- 2:12He
- 2:12was
- 2:12the
- 2:12most
- 2:12considerate
- 2:13of
- 2:14how
- 2:14we
- 2:14felt,
- 2:15but
- 2:15his
- 2:16eagerness
- 2:16to
- 2:16go
- 2:17to
- 2:17you
- 2:17and
- 2:17help
- 2:17out
- 2:18with
- 2:18his
- 2:19relief
- 2:19offering
- 2:20of
- 2:20his
- 2:20own
- 2:20idea.
- 2:21We're
- 2:22sending
- 2:22a
- 2:22companion
- 2:23along
- 2:23with
- 2:23him,
- 2:23someone
- 2:24very
- 2:24popular
- 2:25in
- 2:25the
- 2:25churches
- 2:26for
- 2:26his
- 2:26preaching
- 2:27of
- 2:27the
- 2:27message.
- 2:28But
- 2:28there's
- 2:29far
- 2:29more
- 2:29to
- 2:29him
- 2:29than
- 2:30popularity.
- 2:31He's
- 2:32rock
- 2:32solid,
- 2:33trustworthy.
- 2:34The
- 2:34church
- 2:35has
- 2:36hand
- 2:36picked
- 2:36him
- 2:37to
- 2:37go
- 2:37with
- 2:38us
- 2:38as
- 2:38we
- 2:38travel
- 2:39about
- 2:39doing
- 2:39this
- 2:40work
- 2:41of
- 2:41sharing
- 2:41God's
- 2:41gifts
- 2:42to
- 2:42honor
- 2:42God
- 2:43as
- 2:43well
- 2:43as
- 2:44we
- 2:44can,
- 2:44taking
- 2:45every
- 2:45precaution
- 2:46against
- 2:46scandal.
- 2:48We
- 2:48don't
- 2:48want
- 2:48anyone
- 2:48suspecting
- 2:49us
- 2:49of
- 2:49taking
- 2:49one
- 2:50penny
- 2:50of
- 2:50this
- 2:50money
- 2:51for
- 2:51ourselves.
- 2:52We're
- 2:52being
- 2:52as
- 2:53careful
- 2:53in
- 2:54our
- 2:54reputation
- 2:54with
- 2:55the
- 2:55public
- 2:55as
- 2:55in
- 2:56our
- 2:56reputation
- 2:56with
- 2:57God.
- 2:57That's
- 2:58why
- 2:58we're
- 2:58sending
- 2:58another
- 2:59trusted
- 2:59friend
- 2:59along.
- 3:00He's
- 3:01proved
- 3:01his
- 3:02dependability
- 3:03many
- 3:03times
- 3:03over
- 3:04and
- 3:04carries
- 3:04on
- 3:05as
- 3:05energetically
- 3:06and
- 3:06as
- 3:06the
- 3:06day
- 3:07he
- 3:07started.
- 3:08He's
- 3:08heard
- 3:08so
- 3:09much
- 3:09about
- 3:09you
- 3:09and
- 3:10liked
- 3:10what
- 3:10he's
- 3:11heard.
- 3:11So
- 3:11much
- 3:12so
- 3:12that
- 3:12he
- 3:12can't
- 3:12wait
- 3:13to
- 3:13get
- 3:13there.
- 3:14This
- 3:15is
- 3:15the
- 3:15reading
- 3:15we're
- 3:15really
- 3:16talking
- 3:16about
- 3:16here,
- 3:17community
- 3:17care
- 3:17and
- 3:18mutual
- 3:19aid.
- 3:20And
- 3:20this
- 3:20passage
- 3:21from
- 3:21Second
- 3:21Corinthians
- 3:22reminds
- 3:23me
- 3:23of
- 3:23some
- 3:23things
- 3:23that
- 3:24I've
- 3:24witnessed
- 3:24in
- 3:24my
- 3:24cancer
- 3:25support
- 3:25groups
- 3:25that
- 3:25I'm
- 3:26a
- 3:26part
- 3:26of
- 3:26when
- 3:27someone's
- 3:27going
- 3:27through
- 3:27treatment
- 3:28or
- 3:28some
- 3:28bad
- 3:28times.
- 3:29It's
- 3:29amazing
- 3:30how
- 3:30people
- 3:30come
- 3:31together,
- 3:32sharing
- 3:33everything
- 3:33from
- 3:33meals
- 3:34to
- 3:34transportation
- 3:35to
- 3:35emotional
- 3:35support.
- 3:36That's
- 3:37pretty
- 3:37much
- 3:38exactly
- 3:38what
- 3:38Paul
- 3:38is
- 3:39talking
- 3:39about
- 3:39here.
- 3:40Community
- 3:41care
- 3:42in
- 3:42action.
- 3:43Let's
- 3:43look
- 3:43at
- 3:43some
- 3:44points
- 3:44to
- 3:44ponder.
- 3:46The
- 3:46first
- 3:46one
- 3:46is
- 3:46about
- 3:47reimagining
- 3:48wealth
- 3:49distribution.
- 3:51Paul
- 3:51presents
- 3:51a
- 3:52radical
- 3:52economic
- 3:52model
- 3:53here
- 3:53that
- 3:53honestly
- 3:54sounds
- 3:54a
- 3:54lot
- 3:54like
- 3:54mutual
- 3:55aid.
- 3:55You
- 3:56know,
- 3:56it
- 3:56reminds
- 3:56me
- 3:57when
- 3:57I
- 3:57watch
- 3:57my
- 3:57favorite
- 3:58teams,
- 3:58the
- 3:58Pacers
- 3:59with
- 3:59a
- 3:59fever,
- 3:59play
- 4:00games.
- 4:00The
- 4:00best
- 4:00players.
- 4:01The
- 4:02best
- 4:02plays
- 4:02happen
- 4:03when
- 4:03everyone
- 4:03on
- 4:04the
- 4:04court
- 4:04is
- 4:04working
- 4:05together,
- 4:05sharing
- 4:05the
- 4:06ball,
- 4:06making
- 4:07sure
- 4:07everyone's
- 4:08involved.
- 4:08Paul's
- 4:09vision
- 4:09here
- 4:10isn't
- 4:10about
- 4:10charity
- 4:11from
- 4:11above.
- 4:11It's
- 4:12about
- 4:12communities
- 4:13supporting
- 4:13each
- 4:13other
- 4:14so
- 4:15that
- 4:15everyone,
- 4:16everyone
- 4:17has
- 4:17enough.
- 4:18Second
- 4:19point
- 4:19to
- 4:19ponder
- 4:20is
- 4:20about
- 4:20being
- 4:21voluntary,
- 4:22not
- 4:22coerced
- 4:23to
- 4:23giving.
- 4:25Been
- 4:25married
- 4:25for
- 4:25almost
- 4:2534
- 4:26years
- 4:26now,
- 4:26and
- 4:26I've
- 4:26learned
- 4:27the
- 4:27best
- 4:27gifts
- 4:27come
- 4:27from
- 4:28the
- 4:28heart,
- 4:28not
- 4:28obligation.
- 4:29Paul
- 4:30emphasizes
- 4:31this
- 4:31when
- 4:31he
- 4:31says,
- 4:31I'm
- 4:31not
- 4:32trying
- 4:32to
- 4:32order
- 4:32you
- 4:32around.
- 4:33This
- 4:34is
- 4:34crucial
- 4:34for
- 4:35progressive
- 4:35Christianity.
- 4:36Authentic
- 4:37generosity
- 4:38comes
- 4:38from
- 4:38genuine,
- 4:38compassionate
- 4:39and
- 4:39community
- 4:39connection,
- 4:40not
- 4:41guilt
- 4:41or
- 4:41pressure
- 4:42like
- 4:43when
- 4:43my
- 4:43wife
- 4:43and
- 4:44I
- 4:44are
- 4:44taking
- 4:44a
- 4:44walk
- 4:44or
- 4:45going
- 4:45hiking
- 4:45somewhere
- 4:46in
- 4:46a
- 4:46state
- 4:46park
- 4:47or
- 4:47a
- 4:47national
- 4:47park.
- 4:49The
- 4:49idea
- 4:49is
- 4:49to
- 4:49leave
- 4:50them
- 4:50better
- 4:50than
- 4:50we
- 4:51found
- 4:51them
- 4:52because
- 4:52we
- 4:52want
- 4:52to,
- 4:53not
- 4:54because
- 4:54someone
- 4:55is
- 4:55coercing
- 4:56or
- 4:56making
- 4:56us.
- 4:57A
- 4:58third
- 4:58point
- 4:58to
- 4:58ponder
- 4:59is
- 4:59about
- 5:00transparency
- 5:01and
- 5:02accountability.
- 5:03Paul's
- 5:03emphasis
- 5:04on
- 5:04financial
- 5:04accountability
- 5:05is
- 5:05fascinating.
- 5:06He's
- 5:07creating
- 5:07systems
- 5:08to
- 5:08prevent
- 5:09scandal
- 5:10and
- 5:10to
- 5:10ensure
- 5:11transparency.
- 5:12In
- 5:12today's
- 5:13terms,
- 5:13he's
- 5:13basically
- 5:14saying
- 5:14we're
- 5:14open
- 5:15source
- 5:16about
- 5:16our
- 5:16finances.
- 5:18This
- 5:18is
- 5:18particularly
- 5:19relevant
- 5:19for
- 5:19progressive
- 5:20communities
- 5:21thinking
- 5:21about
- 5:22ethical
- 5:23resource
- 5:23sharing
- 5:24and
- 5:25distribution.
- 5:26Here's
- 5:26your
- 5:26action
- 5:27step.
- 5:28I
- 5:28challenge
- 5:29you
- 5:29to
- 5:29identify
- 5:29one
- 5:29way
- 5:30you
- 5:30can
- 5:30participate
- 5:31in
- 5:31some
- 5:31mutual
- 5:32aid
- 5:32in
- 5:32your
- 5:32communities
- 5:32or
- 5:33things
- 5:33like
- 5:34food
- 5:34pantries
- 5:34or
- 5:35clothes
- 5:35closets,
- 5:35things
- 5:36like
- 5:36that.
- 5:37Babies
- 5:37joining
- 5:38a
- 5:38community
- 5:38fridge
- 5:39project,
- 5:39participating
- 5:40in
- 5:40a
- 5:40buy
- 5:40nothing
- 5:41group,
- 5:41or
- 5:41setting
- 5:42up
- 5:42a
- 5:42neighborhood
- 5:43resource
- 5:43sharing
- 5:43network.
- 5:44Remember,
- 5:45it's
- 5:45not
- 5:45about
- 5:46having
- 5:46extra
- 5:47to
- 5:47give,
- 5:47it's
- 5:47about
- 5:48everyone
- 5:49putting
- 5:49in
- 5:49what
- 5:50they
- 5:50can
- 5:50to
- 5:51ensure
- 5:51nobody
- 5:52goes
- 5:53without.
- 5:54We'll
- 5:54come
- 5:54back
- 5:55and
- 5:55have
- 5:55a
- 5:55prayer
- 5:55here
- 5:56in
- 5:56just
- 5:56a
- 5:56second.
- 5:56I
- 5:57just
- 5:57always
- 5:57like
- 5:57to
- 5:58share
- 5:58with
- 5:58you.
- 5:58We
- 5:58have
- 5:58a
- 5:59resource
- 5:59for
- 5:59you
- 5:59to
- 5:59take
- 6:00home
- 6:00with
- 6:00you.
- 6:01You
- 6:01can
- 6:01get
- 6:01it
- 6:02in
- 6:02your
- 6:02inbox
- 6:03by
- 6:04letting
- 6:04us
- 6:04know.
- 6:05Go
- 6:05to
- 6:06our
- 6:06Go
- 6:07to
- 6:07our
- 6:07website,
- 6:07voiceofgodaily.com
- 6:09and
- 6:09that's
- 6:09where
- 6:10you
- 6:10can
- 6:10pick
- 6:10up
- 6:10our
- 6:10resource
- 6:11which
- 6:11is
- 6:11called
- 6:11the
- 6:12ABC
- 6:131,
- 6:142,
- 6:143
- 6:15Bible
- 6:15study
- 6:16method.
- 6:17Let's
- 6:17pray
- 6:18O
- 6:18God,
- 6:19you're
- 6:19the
- 6:19Divine
- 6:19Source
- 6:19of
- 6:20all.
- 6:20Help
- 6:20us
- 6:20to
- 6:20reimagine
- 6:21what
- 6:21community
- 6:22care
- 6:23looks
- 6:23like
- 6:24when
- 6:24we're
- 6:24tempted
- 6:25to
- 6:25hold
- 6:25tight
- 6:25to
- 6:25our
- 6:26resources.
- 6:26Remind
- 6:27us
- 6:27of
- 6:27the
- 6:27abundance
- 6:28that
- 6:28flows
- 6:28when
- 6:29we
- 6:29share
- 6:29freely.
- 6:30Guide
- 6:31us
- 6:31in
- 6:31creating
- 6:32systems
- 6:32of
- 6:32mutual
- 6:32support
- 6:33that
- 6:33honor
- 6:34both
- 6:34givers
- 6:34and
- 6:35receivers.
- 6:36Help
- 6:36us
- 6:36be
- 6:37transparent
- 6:37in
- 6:37our
- 6:38dealings
- 6:38and
- 6:38authentic
- 6:39in
- 6:40our
- 6:40giving.
- 6:42Like
- 6:42Paul
- 6:42and
- 6:42his
- 6:43companions,
- 6:43may
- 6:44we
- 6:44be
- 6:44trustworthy
- 6:45stewards
- 6:46of
- 6:46whatever
- 6:47resources
- 6:47we
- 6:48share.
- 6:49Give
- 6:49us
- 6:49wisdom
- 6:50to
- 6:50create
- 6:51communities
- 6:52where
- 6:52everyone
- 6:53has
- 6:53enough,
- 6:54where
- 6:55no
- 6:55one
- 6:55has
- 6:55too
- 6:55much,
- 6:56and
- 6:56we're
- 6:56all
- 6:57valued
- 6:57regardless
- 6:58of
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