WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840 Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:11.580 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. If you are obedient in the area 3 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:16.460 of finances, there is a high probability that you are going to be very wise 4 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:21.360 regarding finances and money and the use of money and it will better your 5 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:24.960 life, it will better the life of your family and it will better the life of 6 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:28.440 the people you know and it will better the life of your church that you attend 7 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.720 and it's a good feeling because it's God-centered, it's Christ glorifying and 8 00:00:33.720 --> 00:00:40.840 it's the ministry toward others. Stop thinking that money is evil. 9 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:47.640 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 10 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:52.920 Today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled 11 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:57.840 life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings to us 12 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.360 that's like saying amen or yes then that rating will encourage others to listen. 13 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:09.680 Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. 14 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:14.520 Hey guys we're talking about money, money. In my old mind I can hear money, 15 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:19.400 money, money, money that song that makes a lot of us older kind of sick to our 16 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.760 stomach because it was played constantly until it made you sick but money is a 17 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:34.160 big deal. Everybody a very big deal. Here's the reason why. Jesus introduces us 18 00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:43.240 most recently and graphically to the fact that money is a alter of worship, money 19 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:56.440 is an alter of worship. All that is something that is determined as all worship is by the one 20 00:01:56.440 --> 00:02:02.600 who chooses to worship what the object is. It's the worshiper that makes the object an object 21 00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:13.880 of worship. Jesus said you can either worship God or Maman. Now Maman was the ancient Greek 22 00:02:13.880 --> 00:02:23.720 God of wealth and prosperity. A Maman goes back with various names, various titles through 23 00:02:23.720 --> 00:02:34.680 every culture but in our biblical worldview sense for us all the way to ancient Babylon and 24 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:42.440 the 360 guides that made up the Babylonian worship system thousands and thousands of years ago. 25 00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:50.680 Maman again manifesting itself in various ways. I think it's good to say at this moment that 26 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:56.280 when Jesus says you can either serve God or fill in the blank of course this case. Maman being 27 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:08.600 money. Remember behind the money, behind the pursuit of health or bodybuilding or looks 28 00:03:09.880 --> 00:03:16.360 or hobbies or sports or it doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter even doesn't matter 29 00:03:16.440 --> 00:03:23.000 how great it is. Our fall in nature being spiritual creatures we can take a really good thing 30 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:29.800 and idolize it and thus making it an alter of worship. Hopefully that makes sense. For example 31 00:03:31.160 --> 00:03:38.920 you can take you can take shopping you have to shop everybody has to shop so you might chuckle 32 00:03:38.920 --> 00:03:43.240 right now because you're thinking oh my goodness Pastor Jack I didn't think you'd be into shopping 33 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:51.480 I'm totally into shopping almost once a week Lisa will send me to the Trader Joe's or whatever 34 00:03:51.480 --> 00:04:00.040 Albert sends or whatever to shop to buy food and I've got my list and I go do that of course I shop 35 00:04:00.040 --> 00:04:05.000 so do you but see you might have giggled a little bit a moment ago because you thought I was going 36 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:13.000 to say Nordstroms or you know fill in the blank makes macy's I don't know what your world is but 37 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:21.800 um we can make shopping an idol because you know when we're depressed and our feelings are hurt 38 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:27.160 or we just feel like we're not having a good day I'm going to go shopping I'm interesting right 39 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:34.600 that is the exact same thing as leaning on something else and instead of leaning on God now what 40 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:39.240 I'm saying to you might be very abstract to some of your thinking but there are some people who 41 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:50.600 find their meaning in escaping by by masking themselves through the inability to cope through a 42 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:56.760 really rough day they can't handle it unless they have a drink it's been a rough day man I need 43 00:04:56.760 --> 00:05:06.040 I need I need a drink that's an idol it would be look it'd be the same for me if I say man I've had 44 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:13.640 a really rough day I I'm going to go paddle boarding or surfing or riding or walking or whatever 45 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:23.160 it's not the thing it's what I make the thing into be and money is at the top of the list 46 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.960 monies at the top of the list and first of all let's start here regarding money 47 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:37.000 the book of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verses 12 to 13 says this I know that nothing is better for them 48 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:44.760 than to rejoice and to do good in their lives and also that every man should eat and drink and 49 00:05:44.760 --> 00:05:54.280 enjoy the good of all is labor it is the gift of God what does that mean that is one of those 50 00:05:54.360 --> 00:06:07.080 verses that speaks about free trade capitalism man works with his own hands takes what he has crafted 51 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:14.280 and sells it and he makes his own life better and he makes the lives of those who are his family 52 00:06:14.840 --> 00:06:21.800 and even those who are of his community better why because he rightly used his skills listen 53 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:29.320 everyone he rightly used his skills of which I am moving my fingers announcing that this is 54 00:06:29.320 --> 00:06:39.400 the symbol for skills and I've used my hands I've used them to create something doesn't matter 55 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:48.920 if I created music if I created a brick or if I created you got my point I use the skill sets that 56 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:54.920 God has given me whatever they are for you and you didn't sit idle you use them and the 57 00:06:54.920 --> 00:07:00.120 Bible says by all means use them because you will be a blessing both to others around you 58 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:07.640 but to yourself there's a sense of self worth listen self worth and meaning by the use of your hands 59 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:16.360 and so many young people today and shame on us as parents are letting our kids sit on their hands 60 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:27.480 instead of pulling their hands out and using them an effort in work in sweat digging holes I'm not joking 61 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:40.040 digging holes planting things lane foundations digging use the hands build something look in your own home 62 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:45.400 for many of you who are homeschoolers or or you've got kids in public school have your kids 63 00:07:46.200 --> 00:07:54.680 build a bird house with hammer wood and nails and glue design it and then build it I'm not joking 64 00:07:55.560 --> 00:08:03.480 why a sense of accomplishment get up on the ladder put it on put it up in the tree nail it up there 65 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:09.800 and your kids will forever in your backyard look up and remember hey we made that bird house 66 00:08:10.760 --> 00:08:16.760 and then there's an overwhelming sense of satisfaction when you actually see a bird or a squirrel come 67 00:08:16.760 --> 00:08:22.280 in and out of that bird house what has happened you meaningful used your hands in a meaningful way 68 00:08:22.280 --> 00:08:29.000 and you have self worth because you have ascribed yourself to do something and I'm in God does 69 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:37.000 the same thing with money God wants us to use our money God listen there is no virtue in poverty 70 00:08:37.880 --> 00:08:47.000 but let me be careful to say this I am not preaching prosperity wealth and claimant doctrine I'm 71 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:56.840 against it I preach and teach against that however God blesses obedience that's a fact if you're if 72 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:03.880 you are obedient in the area of finances there is a high probability that you are going to be 73 00:09:03.880 --> 00:09:10.680 very wise regarding finances and money and the use of money and it will better your life 74 00:09:10.680 --> 00:09:14.680 it will better the life of your family and it will better the life of the people you know 75 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:21.080 and it will better the life of your church that you attend and it's a good feeling because it's 76 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:28.360 God centered it's Christ glorifying and it's the ministry toward others stop thinking that money is 77 00:09:28.520 --> 00:09:36.120 evil nowhere in the Bible does it say that money is evil it's just not there but we have pulled back 78 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:42.520 to think oh yeah it is evil because this Charlotte and preacher this guy's yelling and screaming 79 00:09:42.520 --> 00:09:49.160 about sending him a thousand dollars look I I do hope you know never send to tell a evangelist 80 00:09:49.160 --> 00:09:57.080 money never send them money don't do it I mean do it if God tells you to but don't do it if they 81 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:05.400 told you to number one way for me to not send a ministry money is if they ask will you send 82 00:10:05.400 --> 00:10:13.480 this money please yeah no way so listen so we already know that God is the creator of 83 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:22.360 free trade market man works with his hands sells what he does to the betterment of his own life 84 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:27.800 in the life of others the Bible tells us that Abraham was a man who worked with his own hands and 85 00:10:27.800 --> 00:10:33.960 God blessed him with a multitude of flocks and God blessed him when he stopped and they dug wells 86 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.760 God brought up water notice all these things are miraculous all that was needed was Abraham to 87 00:10:38.760 --> 00:10:48.280 apply his human skill and God blessed it before Adam was ever married before Adam was married 88 00:10:48.280 --> 00:10:54.760 Adam had a job I think that's significant for our day and age keep that in mind before Adam 89 00:10:55.320 --> 00:11:00.040 ever was given Eve by God God gave Adam a job 90 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:13.880 and that is a significant part nobody should get married without a job hello that's obvious by the way 91 00:11:14.520 --> 00:11:20.200 I don't care if you actually are listening to this podcast right now in your worth a hundred 92 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:26.760 million dollars and you get up in the morning and you sit on your hands you're going to get in 93 00:11:26.760 --> 00:11:33.960 trouble your idle time with your hands I don't care how much money you're worth you're not 94 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:39.880 supposed to stop using your hands for good if you're worth a lot of money and you don't have to 95 00:11:39.880 --> 00:11:47.160 work like the rest of us do and you're using your hands and your skills to get into mischief 96 00:11:47.160 --> 00:11:53.400 boy are you in trouble don't be surprised if your wealth sprouts wings like a bird and flies away 97 00:11:53.400 --> 00:11:58.120 from you instead of you using it for the advancement of God's love kingdom and grace 98 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:08.120 money first Timothy chapter 6 verse 10 for the love of money there you go the love of money 99 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:18.600 is a root of all kinds of evil you see money's not evil money is a moral okay so football is 100 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:28.040 not evil football is a moral it has no morality until humans assign morality to it um 101 00:12:29.640 --> 00:12:33.400 you can go on and on with this I hope you get that we don't have the time to develop that I wish 102 00:12:33.400 --> 00:12:42.920 we did but money is a moral it's used for good or evil based upon the person who is governing it 103 00:12:45.400 --> 00:12:56.200 I have this sharpie in my hand I could write with this sharpie with my hand that so I write love 104 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:09.560 you with the sharpie I wrote this with this same sharpie I could turn around and say something like 105 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:30.440 down with you or you know let's riot or something this pen is a moral money is a moral it doesn't 106 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:39.560 have any morality until you put it into practice that's why we are to be stewards over the resources 107 00:13:39.560 --> 00:13:45.000 we have and you might say pressure jack I don't have any resources yes you do don't don't say that 108 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:55.720 you say I'm so broke yeah no you're not listen you're not if you're living from check to check 109 00:13:56.040 --> 00:14:06.520 you have the ability with one dollar to bless someone or to use it for God's glory maybe you're 110 00:14:06.520 --> 00:14:19.160 on a pension or maybe you're on a social security God will call you and show you how to use a nickel 111 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:28.040 for his glory do you understand my friend please get this it's not in the eyes of God a million 112 00:14:28.040 --> 00:14:38.040 dollars is not more good than a nickel you can use a million dollars with the wrong motive to do 113 00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:46.120 the bad thing the wrong thing and somebody else can use a nickel and it winds up an eternity being 114 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:52.920 more honoring to God than a million dollars I hope I made that point very very clear back to 115 00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:58.840 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 10 for the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil for which some 116 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:04.440 having straight from the faith interesting faith in the use of money 117 00:15:08.680 --> 00:15:13.560 having straight from the faith become have become greedy and have pierced themselves through 118 00:15:14.520 --> 00:15:20.920 with many sorrows did you know that chasing chasing wealth will pierce you through with many sorrows 119 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:27.560 did you know that chasing wealth will get you into schemes and plots and plans that will end to 120 00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:41.240 your demise I spoke to a man that rather recently who said to me because of my greed and my pursuit 121 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:55.640 in my ambition things begin to I fudged things along the way and that man was sentenced to 127 122 00:15:55.640 --> 00:16:07.400 years in prison because of money and now the Lord's got a hold of his beautiful heart and he's 123 00:16:07.400 --> 00:16:16.200 telling people and writing to people saying seek God first do not love money what about 124 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:25.240 2 Thessalonians 3 verse 10 for even when we were with you we commanded you this one thing if anyone 125 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:34.920 will not work if anyone will not work neither shall he eat I believe this principle needs to be this 126 00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:42.600 should be the verse that is embossed in the front of the United States federal office of the 127 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:54.280 Social Security office the US Treasury health and human services if you have the ability to make 128 00:16:54.280 --> 00:17:02.920 money with your hands and you do not you should not be given food the Bible says that if you're a 129 00:17:02.920 --> 00:17:09.000 bum the Bible says let the let the guy who's a bum let him get hungry enough he'll go to work 130 00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:17.880 man is this tough love or what no it's not tough love it's a normal way of living look I'm old 131 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:27.080 but I'm not a dinosaur I grew up in a non-Christian home that had enough sense that my dad's instruction 132 00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:40.360 to us was only spend what you have save what you can put away a little bit here and there along the 133 00:17:40.360 --> 00:17:53.000 way that was from a non-Christian home and I since the day I was able to acquire money from my 134 00:17:53.000 --> 00:18:01.240 first job at the age of 15 in the summer summer job working at a grocery store did exactly that 135 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.440 in fact can I insert this at this moment I know I'm eating up time here but 136 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:16.120 this is kind of personal but I'm telling you this because it will it will make things 137 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:19.080 better for you I don't care how old you are or I don't care how young you are 138 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:27.960 so if I started at the age of 15 like a squirrel putting nuts away in a tree I can tell you right 139 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:35.400 now that I took my dad's advice on that and I started putting away nickels quarters and dimes 140 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:45.000 that eventually graduated out of a can and in my dresser drawer I started hiding an envelope 141 00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:53.080 and I would put dollars in an envelope and I would save up I'm sorry fighting something 142 00:18:56.280 --> 00:19:03.320 I have done that since I was 15 years of age the last time I checked I have an envelope 143 00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:14.440 and that envelope has a date on it and I think it's 1979 that I've been putting 144 00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:23.320 money in that envelope now today in the modern age you don't have to use an envelope there's great 145 00:19:23.320 --> 00:19:29.400 apps like capital with a queue capital there's many apps on how to save money 146 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:40.840 but why am I saying this is because if you're faithful in a little bit God will give you the 147 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:45.880 honor and the ability to be faithful with a little bit more and then a little bit more 148 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:50.360 and then a little bit more and you discipline yourself because I promise you this 149 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:57.640 if you've got $20 in your hand and you break it up and you take $5 of that and put it in an envelope 150 00:19:57.640 --> 00:20:03.320 or put it in a bank account and put it away forget about it you won't spend it 151 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:10.280 and by the way there's apps today like I said a moment ago where if I go get $10 worth of gas 152 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:18.760 I have set my app to pay that gas bill but also it sends the equal amount of gasoline 153 00:20:18.760 --> 00:20:25.320 I pay $10 for gas it turns around and it sends $10 I pay myself in a savings account 154 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:33.320 these are disciplines that are gloriously beautiful and it accumulates and God will bless you with 155 00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:38.760 that management little faithful and little make you faithful and more young people start that 156 00:20:38.760 --> 00:20:44.680 today watch what happens but I love how the Bible says if you're able body if you can make money 157 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:53.160 I'm work if you don't you're not going to get any hands out handouts if that happened today 158 00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:59.480 a bulk of America's economic problems would be solved in a weekend did you know that 159 00:21:00.520 --> 00:21:09.560 this nation suffers because it pays people not to work and that is a godless anti-Christ concept 160 00:21:10.520 --> 00:21:16.600 you don't work you're not going to get any food to those who can't work because they are 161 00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:26.760 debilitated wounded injured hey it's our honor to take care of you gladly because you can't 162 00:21:26.760 --> 00:21:37.080 participate that way Proverbs 22 verse 7 the rich rules over the poor and the borer is servant to 163 00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:44.520 the lender Proverbs 22 verse 7 is a verse that warns us against abuse and our nation is full of 164 00:21:44.520 --> 00:21:49.960 abuse this probably be a good time for me to talk to you guys about gosh look at look at me I'm 165 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:58.360 turning it into your to your parent or to your grandparent but that's okay I guess right if it helps 166 00:21:58.360 --> 00:22:12.760 you super but not not everyone can receive what I'm about to say I know that oh I can't think of 167 00:22:12.760 --> 00:22:19.320 his name you know who he is the Christian money guy whoever he is he does not agree with me but 168 00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:26.040 that's okay I don't agree with him on this in Proverbs 22 and it says the rich the rich rules over 169 00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:38.280 the poor and the borrow is servant to the lender I am a massive fan of using particular credit cards 170 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:46.680 that are worthy of my use I mean this sincerely folks now I'm taking off my pastor's hat and I'm 171 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:53.720 putting on my personal hat for Jack's life I am not for the record I'm not a financial advisor 172 00:22:54.440 --> 00:23:00.680 nor do I pretend to be one or play the rule of but I am a steward over what God has given me 173 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:09.240 as you should be over you and so for example young people listen carefully research the best 174 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:17.960 credit cards that pay the most in points and or dollars back for credit card use the best cards 175 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:27.800 are gonna have fees don't let that scare you if you for example I'm just gonna go big if you for 176 00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:35.720 example apply for a credit card because you choose to apply for this particular let's say I hope I 177 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:44.120 can say this legally I'll make one up MX American Express I'm just using as an example I'm not promoting 178 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:53.880 them I'm not doing a commercial for them but the annual fee is five hundred bucks what five 179 00:23:53.880 --> 00:24:00.840 hundred bucks to have their credit card hold on there's a they're not dumb there's a reason why 180 00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:06.920 they're charging you if you are a young person this may not be the card for you you might want to 181 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:12.280 go with something that the the annual fee is is 55 75 for a hundred dollars a year 182 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:22.840 why would I do that because every time I use this American Express card it gives me so many points 183 00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:36.280 or dollars for money spent for example if I fill my guess tank up at shell oil I get four points 184 00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:44.200 or four dollars for every dollar spent that is put into or that is in the American Express 185 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:52.920 account fast forward through all of this watch this I travel a lot and so you know that five 186 00:24:52.920 --> 00:25:01.960 hundred dollar fee here's how I justify it I pay them five hundred to have their credit card 187 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:09.160 but I don't care what their interest rate is because I will only spend on that card 188 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:19.000 what I can pay at the end of 30 days I use their money to make money I'm meaning 189 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:25.960 I pay my bill off at the end of the month so that I'm not charge so they're not charging me 190 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:33.000 interest but they just gave me let's say spent a thousand dollars on new tires for my car 191 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:39.720 I have that thousand dollars in my pocket but I'm not going to use it I'm going to use the card 192 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:45.400 and then at the end of the month send the money that's in my pocket to the credit card company 193 00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:51.880 because now we're now we just broke even right we're all zeroed out they're paid I paid for it 194 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:57.320 it's done but they wind up giving me a thousand or two or three thousand points 195 00:25:58.760 --> 00:26:05.400 are you with me attracting the points I use to travel the points I use for hotel 196 00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:16.280 it's free money I will only use a credit card that pays me to use their card I use them to make money 197 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:22.120 now people will say don't use credit cards you'll go into debt this is true for people who do not 198 00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:26.920 have self-control and for people who do not understand how to use somebody else's money 199 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:33.400 use the bank's money use the credit card companies money to your advantage they are literally 200 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:38.200 banking on you not being a good Christian steward over money does that make sense 201 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:48.120 let's beat them at their game city bank chase and I don't care who it is research for yourself 202 00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:54.920 but here's the fun thing about this I will not become indebted to the lender 203 00:26:55.800 --> 00:27:02.040 I actually use the lender to to capitalize off of their lending 204 00:27:02.760 --> 00:27:09.000 I hope this makes sense it's so simple I'm gonna I got to hurry up I can't believe it's 26 minutes 205 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:12.840 already we've been talking on this stuff you said yeah but Jack you still have the $500 206 00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:19.640 problem it's a $500 fee not not a problem at all because certain credit cards certain credit 207 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:25.480 cards all I have to do I know I know this like a science because I've been doing this on my life 208 00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:31.160 for example here's an example five hundred bucks I pay a $500 fee you know what that means to 209 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:38.440 that means I have to rent a car at least four times this year if I'm traveling and I rent a 210 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:46.840 car from Hertz I'm not paid by Hertz to say this if I rent the car from Hertz that particular 211 00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:55.320 credit card the benefit for paying the five hundred is I don't have to pay for any of the liability 212 00:27:55.320 --> 00:28:00.520 insurances that they want to charge me every day that I use that it's covered by the insurance 213 00:28:00.520 --> 00:28:07.160 company now not all cards the same you got to research this be very careful be very smart be very 214 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:16.600 shrewd about this apply yourself be a good steward but I know my math it saves me four car rentals 215 00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:24.520 and I am well on my way to to using that five hundred dollar or getting that five hundred 216 00:28:24.520 --> 00:28:30.680 dollars back of the fee that I've used on top the fact any airline I'm not going to tell you 217 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:36.040 because I don't want to get in trouble but I have a particular well known credit card that if I 218 00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:44.840 book any travel on that card during the duration ticketed dates of that card if I die during those 219 00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:50.840 ticketed dates of that travel that I use with that with that credit card it pays a one million 220 00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:57.400 dollar life insurance policy out for the duration of my life if I die while using that flight that train 221 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:05.320 that plane that cruise and the ship sinks because I bought the ticket on that credit card 222 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:12.520 that's one of the perks you see what I'm telling you to do as a Christian 223 00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:22.760 use got use money wisely and be a good steward over it what I want to do is I want to make enough 224 00:29:22.760 --> 00:29:30.840 money to feed my wife all my kids are gone now but I want to lay up a treasure for my children and 225 00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:42.760 grandchildren but first I tithe to the work of God always first always first that's between 226 00:29:42.760 --> 00:29:47.240 me and God and I'm not going to tell you what percentage I use that's between me and God 227 00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:52.360 my goodness we go on and on about this I don't know how much time you have I don't even know 228 00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:58.760 how much time I have I'm going to wait for the producers to start yelling at me um proverbs oh wow 229 00:29:58.840 --> 00:30:04.440 here it is proverbs 13 22 a good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children I just said 230 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:11.080 that I didn't even know that was the next verse uh that was printed out did you know that 231 00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:16.440 as elderly people we are not to borrow or we're not to lean upon our children for help 232 00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:24.840 did you know that as elderly people we are to have blessed our children so that they are blessed 233 00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:31.480 because we have seen to it that we're not a burden to them so in other words 234 00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:42.520 if we got our home and we paid it off um we are now no longer a burden to our children and our 235 00:30:42.520 --> 00:30:51.160 children's children because we'll never be homeless or if you bias in an America a lot of people 236 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:55.800 after they pay their home off they can buy a second home or they can reinvest in other things 237 00:30:55.800 --> 00:31:02.040 that's great that's great just don't become a burden to your children or your children's children 238 00:31:02.040 --> 00:31:06.600 but rather a blessing president trump i don't know if you know about this president trump just 239 00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:13.000 initiated the trump uh the trump anybody know what that's called you guys the trump savings account 240 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:19.560 for children it's never happened before in the history of of america trump initiated the trump 241 00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:28.840 savings plan for children that are born uh from 1920 from 20 born from 2025 on the government puts 242 00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:35.320 a certain amount of money uh it's in i think it's in the thousands uh two three or four thousand 243 00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:40.200 dollars something like that oh it's one thousand dollars the government of the united states of 244 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:45.240 america trump said this is a good idea by the way he did this with his kids that's the way he's 245 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:49.160 doing it for you which is great everybody you know i don't care what you think about him 246 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:55.880 he did a great thing here and kids get a government account with a thousand dollars 247 00:31:55.880 --> 00:32:01.160 uh deposit in it that's managed by the united states government and it's tied to the market 248 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:06.280 and when they become eighteen years of age they get a note from the united states government saying 249 00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:12.120 you have this much money now that has earned interest and increased in percentage and um it was 250 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:19.000 a thousand dollars that grew in the stock market and here you go trump did that the bible said 251 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:27.560 that thousands of years ago it's awesome and then we'll have to end with this my goodness thirty one 252 00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:33.560 minutes malachi chapter three verse ten bring all the tides into the storehouse that there may be 253 00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:40.520 food uh in my house god says and try me now in this thing says the lord of hosts if i will not open 254 00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:46.280 for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessings that there will not be room 255 00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:55.880 enough to receive it such blessings let me end with this what is such blessings this is a test 256 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:05.640 right this is a test of the national broadcast this this is a test by the national security agency 257 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:14.200 this is a test give to gods causes whatever gods concerned about 258 00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:21.880 and he will return to you blessings what does that mean if you think money you're thinking wrong 259 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:30.120 i want you to take a deep breath and relax think bigger think bigger there's a lot 260 00:33:30.760 --> 00:33:40.520 a lot that's bigger than money but god first support his work who bless you back with blessings 261 00:33:42.280 --> 00:33:49.160 you can have a billion dollars and you cannot buy health what if god blesses you with health 262 00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:59.400 you can have a trillion dollars but you have rotten relationships with your wife or your husband 263 00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:07.160 family you can't buy it two different economies you know what god does god says you know what i'm 264 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:13.080 going to do is i'm going to do because you put me first i'm going to bless you back 265 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:23.480 and let him bless you back don't tell him oh that means i'm going to get a raise it could 266 00:34:24.120 --> 00:34:31.800 i don't care about that i'd rather have my life favored by the grace of god good relationships 267 00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:45.000 with my kids grandkids my staff the ministries businesses people health influence come on you 268 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:50.280 can have all the money in the world and you can't influence anybody what if god gives you 269 00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:58.520 favor to influence people that's precious well there's one thing that god did not blesses with 270 00:34:58.520 --> 00:35:04.280 and that is with enough time which means god who is sovereign knows that 34 minutes is time to stop 271 00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:09.480 so you guys thanks for joining if you'd like to hear more stuff if you'd like me to expound more 272 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:16.040 on some of these things was this too practical to you or what about other topics please we'd love to 273 00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:22.760 hear from you give me ideas give me topics i bumped into a kid where was i um 274 00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:31.000 and doesn't matter where i was it was very recent is young man uh i'm impressed he's 17 275 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:37.800 years old the guy was like 64 and um he said pastor jack i listen to your podcast all the time i 276 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:43.080 said oh my gosh that's great um i'm blood you just bless me man by by saying that you listen to 277 00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:47.800 an old guy talk to you about life and he said no no man i'm just loving it and i said you could 278 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:54.440 really do me a favor if you just sent me ideas and questions and thoughts from your generation that 279 00:35:54.440 --> 00:36:00.360 you represent he said i'd love to i'm gonna do it i said great do it please friend do that what do 280 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:05.160 you want me to talk about from a biblical worldview what do you want me to talk about this is 281 00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:09.880 something we just got done talking about that otherwise did not look like a biblical worldview 282 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:16.360 issue did it and look how much in short period of time does the bible talk about you and i staying 283 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:28.040 clear dangerous free from on guard against the love of money nope the christian call is the wise 284 00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:38.760 to use money if it's even a widow's might a little bit be faithful in that and god will make 285 00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:44.920 you faithful in more and that's not just money make you faithful in more of life 286 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.720 until next time god bless you guys 287 00:36:52.520 --> 00:36:58.440 this jack hips podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported 288 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:05.640 will you consider partnering with us through a special gift go to jackheads.com to learn more 289 00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:07.720 and 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