on these issues pertaining to the LGBTQ community, DeSantis really seems to be aiming for that community. How do you take that on? We take that on by, number one, being bold in our messaging and calling it out for what it is. He isn't acting on education, we have to be clear. He's acting on scapegoating vulnerable communities due to his failures. He's not talking about how we're gonna increase the amount of money per student in classes. He's not talking about ensuring that we raise teacher pay, that we ensure that parents do have a say in the way that their students are being educated outside of this bigotry that he has.  It's not just the broader community. He's going for the kids, a piece of legislation that was just introduced pretty much would allow the state to seize, to kidnap trans children if they feel like they're at risk of gender affirming care and a lot of times life saving healthcare as well. This is what we're up against in Florida right now. And it's hard to keep track of because it seems like there's a new victim, there's a new bill every day, but we have to call it for what it is. He is abusing his power and using the state to target political opponents and political enemies. And there's a word for that and it's fascism. And we have to be honest about it. It's just a problem for Florida now, sure. But in a few years it could be a problem for the nation. We need everybody to pay attention to talk about it, how he's targeting trans folks, targeting not just black history, but black people in general, which is American history and targeting marginalized communities across this entire state. And here's the sad, sad part, Jim. He's doing it because it's pulling high for him in the Republican party. And I think that says a lot about the state of that party right now. You just listened to freshman congressman Maxwell Frost call it like it is when it comes to the policies coming out of Florida. They are fascistic, plain and simple. I don't know why other politicians refuse to use the effort. Maybe they don't wanna come off as being too crass or hyperbolic, perhaps they're afraid. Either way, you can't sufficiently stop something unless you know what you're dealing with. And for other politicians to pretend as if we're just dealing with traditional conservatism or evangelical extremism, I think that that's extremely naive. It's fascism and you have to call it what it is. And it's not unique to the United States or Florida. Fascism has been on the rise around the globe. But for us to bury our heads in the sand and pretend as if it isn't what it looks like is I think very, very irresponsible. So I'm glad that Maxwell Frost is one of few democratic lawmakers who's just saying it. This is fascism. And he knows he is from the state of Florida.  Case in point, a Republican state senator proposed the brazenly unconstitutional bill that would literally require bloggers who write about DeSantis or other government officials to register with the state. Yeah, it's a proposal so extreme that even Newt Gingrich of all people came out and condemned it saying via Twitter, the idea that bloggers criticizing a politician should register with the government is insane. It is an embarrassment that it is a Republican state legislator in Florida who introduced a bill to that effect. He should withdraw it immediately. That's where we're at, folks. When Newt Gingrich of all people says the Republican party is a little bit too extreme here and maybe they should rein it in, that's when you know it's time to sound the alarms. The party has gotten too extreme and Maxwell Frost provided us with a number of examples there but there's even more.  There's so many instances of Ron DeSantis wielding power in an authoritarian undemocratic way that violates freedom of speech, civil liberties that you can't just look at that and say this is traditional conservatism. I understand the instinct to do that because the entire Republican party is pretty extreme but there are elements within the Republican party that are different from other elements of the Republican party. Even compared to Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis is much more extreme and let's just dwell on the one policy that Maxwell Frost proposed because he kind of like, he glossed over it and I don't think intentionally so but you can't just gloss over something like that. So the bill that is being proposed in the Florida State Senate would essentially legalize kidnapping of trans kids or kids who have a parent that's trans. That's not just, oh, wow, these crazy Republicans are at it again. That's, oh my God, this is fascism territory and we're in genocidal territory explicitly now. As Insider explained, a proposed bill making its way through the Florida State Senate would allow the state emergency jurisdiction over children who receive or are at risk of receiving gender affirming care or if their parent receives it themselves.  The court would also be granted jurisdiction to vacate stay or modify a child custody determination of a court of another state to protect the child from the risk of being subjected to the provision of sex reassignment prescriptions or procedures according to the proposed bill text. So after hemming and hawing about parental rights, this is what is being proposed in the state of Florida. State sanctioned kidnapping of trans kids or kids who have trans parents and they're not just using their power to terrorize any families who seek out medically necessary gender affirming care for their trans youth. We're not talking about surgeries, we're talking about social transition, puberty blockers if a doctor deems them appropriate. But they're saying now, yeah, we can just let someone kidnap your kid and that's fine. And also the state of Florida has jurisdiction over these states and their custody claims. This is so far removed from what is acceptable within the bounds of our constitution and democratic societies just in general that every single person should look at this in horror. But the problem is Republicans have gotten so extreme that a lot of people I think have become desensitized and they are inclined to dismiss it. But Florida is a unique beast. Florida is not like other states, they are setting the standard for what authoritarianism is promoted. When Florida does it, other states follow suit. It's like they're creative and innovative in ways that they terrorize marginalized people. So I mean, for anyone to say, well, Maxwell Frost is wrong to characterize this fascism, they're just naive because as I stated and I wanna make this point very emphatically, we're not dealing with the Republican Party of yesteryear. Again, they've always been demons, but the Republican Party of 2023 specifically, the party led by DeSantis is fascist explicitly so. So if you were to deny that they're fascists, you'd probably find a couple of Florida Republicans that would take that as an insult because they're wearing their authoritarianism on their sleeve and in true Orwellian fashion, they're gaslighting us about what's actually happening in the state of Florida. So for politicians like Maxwell Frost to call this out, I think that that is really, really important. It's a public service and I'd argue a responsibility of all lawmakers to call fascism out where it exists because certainly fighting these policies is important. But if you can't even name it, then you're not equipped to fight or resist these policies. So step number one is admitting there's a problem in the first place. And when you admit there's a problem and you identify the problem, that's when you can propose solutions and ways to stop the rise of fascism in the United States. So I'll leave that there, Max. Well, Frost is absolutely correct.


It's the Roy Rogers Show! Happy Trey! Happy Trey! The cereal treat that's fun to eat brings you the Roy Rogers Show. Transcribed on the double R bar range with Pat Brady and the Queen of the West, Day 11. Happy Trey! Thin person, the King of the Cowboys, Roy! Well, howdy folks! Here's my good word for today. It's about a honey of a new cereal, post-sugar crisp. And it's my hunch you'll like it just as much as we do out here at the double R bar range. You see, post-sugar crisp is just downright good-eating. And it's good so many different ways. Try it real soon, won't you? Now, our story for tonight is about the greatest horse in the world, Trigger. It is late afternoon in Mineral City. Day 11's and Pat Brady are holding down a deserted fort in the Eurica cafe as Roy Rogers and Trigger and Bullitt come down the main street and stop at the hitching rail outside. Look, Pat, Roy just holds his hand up and Trigger stands perfectly still at the hitching rail. Yeah, Trigger's quite a horse. Of course, now with Nellie Bell, I just stop the motor and she stays where I'll leave. Yeah, and sometimes you don't even have to stop her motor. It stops by itself. Well, howdy, Dale. Hi, Pat. Hi, Roy. You got in town early today. Let's see you, Roy. Business is pretty slow. Well, if you want to rustle me up a sandwich, the rush is on. Hi there, Bullitt. There wasn't much to do around the double-r bar today either. I've been putting Trigger and Bullitt through their paces. You certainly spend a lot of time training those animals, Roy. Well, they have to be kept on their toes, Dale. Both Trigger and Bullitt learn things mighty quickly. And the more you work with animals, the more they catch on to sort of thinking for themselves. You know, that's the nice thing about a jeep. You don't have to teach it anything, and you don't have to worry about it thinking. Well, I've been working on hand signals with Trigger. You know how he comes to me at one whistle and goes away at two and kicks out his heels at three? Yes. Well, I've been teaching him to do the same thing on one, two, and three waves of the hand. Well, did you teach Bullitt anything new? Nothing in particular. We sort of reviewed the commands he knows. Park Bullitt. Now, growl Bullitt. Grab Roy's gun rest, Bullitt. Bullitt doesn't do that on anyone's command, but mine. And I don't ask him to do it unless it's absolutely necessary, Pat. Well, didn't you teach him anything new, Roy? Come to think of it, I did. Say, get me a pound of hamburger and I'll show you. Okay. Shucks. When I was a kid and twist and bronc falls, I had a little terrier type poodle shepherd that could carry a package of pork chops home from the meat market and never even touch them. Now, is that what you taught Bullitt? Not exactly, Pat. You just watch. Here you are, Roy. The Eureka Cafe's special ground round. All right. Thanks, Dale. Bullitt learned this trick in no time at all. You see this hamburger Bullitt? All right. I'm going to put the plate down on the floor. Now, Bullitt, eat it. Well, Roy Rogers, of all the ridiculous things I ever saw, that will cost you exactly one dollar. All right. You said things were slow, so I thought I'd drum up some business for you. Wow. I never saw a bigger moving van. Yeah, it's one of those transcontinental jobs, I guess. Zee Carney. We haul anything anywhere. Those are a couple of big men. I hope their appetites go with their size. The truck's pretty well loaded down. There's so much furniture on it, they can't even get the tailgate closed. All right, take it. This is the leading eatin' establishment in this town. Well, it's practically the only one, but it's a mighty good one. All right, we'll take a chance. Bring us anything you got, just so it's the best in the house. Hey, that dog doesn't bite, does he? Only if you happen to be a pound of hamburger. Well, a couple of nice steaks and some home-fried potatoes and salad suture. Sure, make mine medium rare, and my partner's medium well. Fine. Give this one silverware and water, Pat. Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure.  A dog. Wouldn't hurt anyone, would he? Of course not. He wouldn't hurt a flea. Of course, he hasn't got any to hurt. That's a pretty good one, cowboy.  Well, all right. Just don't like to take a chance. I'll put him outside if he bothers you. Come on, bullet. You keep trigger company.  That's right. That's our game. We were just driving through town. We saw that good-looking horse out in front and decided we were hungry. In fact, we're kind of sleepy, and if there's a hotel in town, we might rest up and do it later tonight. Uh, who's that horse belong to? It's my horse, and what's he got to do with it? Oh, nothing. He's just a magnificent animal. That's all he attracted our attention to this establishment. By the way, I don't think I caught your name. It's Roy Rogers, and the fellow who still hasn't gotten your silver is Pat Brady. Well, I'm glad to know both of you. I'm Ziggy Carney. My talkative partner here is Hank Yeagley. Howdy. Glad to know you. Yeah, sure are. If we ever decide to move, we'll get in touch with you.  Yes, sir, it's mighty flashy artillery. When I handle them, they're flashier yet. You never know what you'll run into on a long trip, you know? Ziggy's a trick shot. That's right. I'm one of the best in the world, if I do say so myself. But I don't imagine you two are interested. Oh, sure we are. But I bet there's a certain fellow right in this town who could shoot rings around you. I'll cut it out, Pat. Oh, is that so? Brady, I bet I could show you a feat of fancy marksmanship that you've never seen before. You could? What is it? I'll bet I could shoot a bullet in one of your ears and have it come out the other without touching a thing. Why anybody could do that? Now, just a cotton pickin' minute. Pat, if my sandwich and these fellow stakes are ready, this might be a good place to quit discussing guns. Yeah, maybe you're right, Roy. If I got mad at those two fellows, I'd sure feel sorry for them. Your friend can't take a joke, Roger. Let's just forget the whole thing. Oh, Roy. Honest, Sheriff. Say, what are you looking so glum about? I've got reasons. If I were you, I wouldn't leave Trigger standing outside without tying him to the hitch and rail. Trigger wouldn't budge from there unless I gave him the word. Yeah, but there's horse thieves in the neighborhood. The valuable Arabian was stolen in Hollowells late last night. No fooling, Sheriff? What else was he? Mine. What are you laughing at? Oh, nothing. It just struck me funny. An officer of the law having his horse stolen. There's nothing funny about it. Say, weren't you two fellows in the Goldmine Cafe in Hollowells last night? Sure we were. What of it? Maybe you know something about my horse. Let's not be silly, Sheriff. We're a couple of long-distance moving, man. Hollowells is only about 15 miles from here, Carney. If you were there last night, it certainly took you a long time to get to Mineral City. We passed through Hollowells going another way. Had a load for Frisco. We delivered it, picked up another and headed south again. Not that it's any of your business. I suppose not. Thanks for the explanation. Just the same you left that cafe before I did and when I came out, my horse was gone. I guess you wouldn't mind if I searched that moving van of yours. Go ahead. Only get yourself a warrant, first.   I guess you didn't steal my horse after all. That's more like it, eh, Ziggy? Well, I sure if it was horse thieves we'd have better tasting to steal anything a small town sheriff would, right? We'd grab something like that horse or rogues. Sheriff, if you want to get your car, I'd be glad to go to Hollowells with you and look for evidence. That's what I was going to ask you to do, Roy. It was too dark to look for tracks last night and I've been so busy all day I haven't had a chance to go back. But maybe we can still find something. Good. I'm gonna eat a sandwich if Pat ever gets around to bringing it in and I'll leave Trigger and the old barn behind the cafe for the night. Suppose you pick me up here in about 20 minutes. Good enough, Roy. Happy hunting, Sherlock. You two fellas watch it. Hey, here's your sandwich, Roy. Your steaks will be coming up in a minute, fellas. Well, if it takes as long to find a room we won't get any sleep till Christmas. When they thought up the word waiter, they had your customers in mind. Did you hear what the sheriff was saying, Pat? Yeah, I heard him. I think his first hunch was right. I think these two fellas probably stole his horse. Oh, wait a minute. If that remark had come from a different source I'd consider it an insult.  You just try it, Rogers. You'll see how fast a real artist can draw a pair of guns. That's something I'd like to see.  Look out, Roy. He's drawing. He's not the only one. What do you mean by firing at me? What did you do, Carney? I was just aiming at those fancy 45s of yours. Yeah, and he hit them, too. Knocked them right out of your hands. Hey, what's going on out here? Oh, nothing, Dale. Carney was going to show me what a fancy shawty is, but he changed his mind. I never saw anyone outdraw you before, Ziggy. No one ever has before and no one will ever do it again. Rogers, if you wasn't headed for hollow wells and if I wasn't a peace-loving man, I'd get revenge on you. Well, this adventure is mighty exciting, hey, listeners? And here's something every bit is exciting. The new Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys pop-out trading cards offered you by Post Serials, free of extra cost. There are 36 different pictures in this wonderful series. Real-life pictures of Roy, Dale, Trigger, Bullitt and Pat in exciting action. And here's why these cards are so extra-special. 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The sheriff reports that his own horse has been stolen, and although Carney's alibi satisfies the lawman, Roy Rogers has some doubts. Now in hollow wells, Roy and the sheriff are going over the ground where the sheriff's horse disappeared. Roy, how are we going to know whether the tire marks around here are the marks from Ziggy's truck? I took a good look at the tires and the tracks they left in Mineral City before we drove over here. Gee, I never would have thought of that. You know the hoof marks of your own horse, don't you? Oh, sure. I always have his shoes made with the imprint of a star in the toe plates. I figure he's the sheriff's horse. Sheriff, you're quite a fella. Now you look for those star prints and I'll see if I can find the marks of Ziggy's tires among these others. There ain't been many horses back here. What the word don't seem to have been shot at all. Oh, keep looking, Sheriff. Hey, here. Here are the tire prints we're looking for. Ziggy's truck was parked here all right. Pike, Collie, Roy, here's the marks of my horse's shoes. All right. Look closely now. Let's see. You're 12 feet away from me, and if Ziggy loaded your horse on his truck, the tracks should lead over towards these tire marks. No, they seem to come from the hitch and rail right to this point. And there are no marks of any kind where they stop and disappear. Well, that's strange. Guess we're howling up the wrong cottonwood, Roy. If they loaded the horse on that moving van, they would have to load them from the back. Let me take a look at those prints, Sheriff. Here they are, Roy. Just plain hoof prints. Well, I shouldn't have said just plain because they got my private star in them. But you see how they lead up to here and don't go any farther? Let's see. From the direction they're coming, the horse would have been walking parallel to the side of the moving van. Look here, Sheriff, there is another mark. Sure, but that ain't nothing. Looks like somebody had a two-by-four about four feet long right on the ground. Well, that could be the mark of the ramp, Lord, from the side of the truck. I'm convinced now that Ziggy and his partner stole your horse, Sheriff, and I think I know just how they did it. Well, they have a compartment built at the front of the van, right behind the driver's cab. One of the side panels must be hinged so they can load it and it forms a ramp. Well, chimney net, Roy. Then all we gotta do is get back and confiscate their truck and take my horse off it. Well, it won't be that easy, Sheriff. They've undoubtedly disposed of your horse by this time, and we might dismantle the whole truck without finding the secret switch used to load the panel. I can't make a case against them without evidence. And I aim to get that evidence. That's why I left Trigger in the barn behind the Eureka Cafe, and that's why I let Ziggy and his partner know exactly where he was. Now, let's get back to Mineral City and we'll see what happens when it gets dark. How long are we going to lie up here in this darn hayloft, Roy? Until Ziggy or Hank comes to steal Trigger. It's 10 o'clock. I think we can expect visitors any time. Roy, this ain't going to work. If he tries to take Trigger, Trigger won't go with him. You know nobody, but you can ride Trigger. Trigger will let somebody lead him off if I tell him it's okay. Well, sure. But if Ziggy tries it and you tell Trigger it's okay, then Ziggy'll know we're here. Hand signals, Pat. Like we were talking about this afternoon. There's enough light so Trigger can see us up here. Look, he isn't taking his eyes off us. Shh, Roy. Someone's coming in. It's Ziggy all right. Yeah, and the other muzzler's probably waiting in the truck for a getaway. Pull there, pull there.  Roy, he's untying the halter. He sure is. All right, come on with me now, horse. I like your golden color. And if I don't get more gold out of you than the last six horses I swiped put together, my name ain't Ziggy Conning. Did you hear that, Roy? Ziggy's a horse thief all right. And in a little while, he isn't going to be so proud of it. Come on.  Don't pull back. Roy, Trigger won't go with him. He will when I give him the signal. I'll wave my hand twice. There. Never see you again. Roy, we got him red-handed. Let's take him. Climb out if you're quietly, Pat. We'll follow him. Hurry. The truck's parked around the corner of the building. And I want to watch how he lowers the ramp. Gee, I hope I don't slip off this darn little ladder. You wouldn't have far to fall and be quiet. You better both be quiet.  Hey, Ziggy's partner. You bet. So you got back from hollow wells early, eh, Rogers? Yeah, it looks like I did. Thought you'd watch Ziggy put your horse in the moving van, huh? That's something you'll never see. We've got a pretty good idea how he does it. Nobody will ever get any evidence on us. Yeah, we got it. And we saw Ziggy lead Trigger out of here. There. Ziggy's ready to pull out. So I'll quit waiting and pull my Triggers. I think I'd be careful if I were you.  I ain't scared of nothing. Not even my big dog, huh? Yeah, you can't bluff me into turning around. Your dog ain't there. Maybe you'll believe it when you hear him. Growl, bullet. Hey, where is he? Grab his gun wrist, bullets.   Oh, no, you won't. Of course, I've got your other wrist. Now drop that gun. Drop that other one. My dog's killing me. Drop the gun there. All right, off of him, bullets. Let go, boy. Oh, man, Roy. Bullet wondered out here just in the nick of... Hey, Ziggy's driving away with a truck. Roy! Roy, what's happening? Come here quick, Dale. Bullet insisted on getting out the back door, and then I heard shots. They didn't hit anything. Dale, grab those two guns and take this man to the Sheriff's office right away. No, Billet, you stay here and help Dale. 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But his bullet helps them to escape blazing lead. Carney escapes with Trigger in his huge truck. Pat and Roy give chase in Nellie Bell. Now this is more like it. Now we're gaining. Hey, we're catching the truck all right. What are you gonna do, Roy? Shoot out his tires? No, I can't risk having Ziggy lose control of the truck, not with Trigger in it. We've got to take a long chance, Pat. Ziggy's never seen Nellie Bell, has he? Oh, Nellie Bell was parked inside all day. All right. After you pass him, hug the middle of the road and slow up. Yeah, but he'll certainly recognize you if he don't recognize me. No, he won't because I won't be in Nellie Bell. What? I want you to swing in close to the side of Carney's truck as you can, and I'm gonna jump. Oh, no, Roy. Not at 70 miles an hour. I can make it. Well, I wish you wouldn't try it, Roy. But if you're going to, we're close enough now. All right, Pat. Hold her steady now. Don't swerve. Here I go. Roy, you made it. You made it. Give her the gun now, Pat. Go past this truck and stop it. And I'll stop Ziggy Carney. Heap of junk out of the road.  From the restaurant, huh? Get out of the road before I blast you out.  Rogers, where'd you come from?  We got the goods on you. You've just been insulted twice, Ziggy. Aren't you gonna go for those fancy guns? Well, look, Rogers, I was kidding this afternoon, but you got nothing on me. Oh, no. There are ventilation holes in the top of your truck right behind the cab.  All right, wise guy. Show me your search warrant, and then go ahead and unload four tons of furniture. That's the law. Maybe we haven't got a warrant. And maybe we don't need one. My horse is on that van. You think so? Go ahead, find out. You know what steps are necessary. You better do, and they're simple. Triggered. There you are, fool, horse. Fool, horse, eh? Well, that's more than I can take. Look how Roy's done for his guns. But he's not getting them. Let go, Rogers. These pop guns. And then find the button or switch and let down the truck panel. Don't be necessary, Roy. Triggered done it himself. Sorry to let this rat put his hands on your bridal trigger, but we'll pay him back right now. Steal my horse, will you?  Rogers, don't. Tell you where the sheriff's horse is. We'll accept that offer, Ziggy. He folded like a $2 concertina. He could have had a stop with that search warrant business if Trigger hadn't known what to do when he got the signal. Hand signals, whistle signals. Roy, do you suppose you could teach some of them things to Nelliebell? Well, sure, Pat. You'd put in an electronic control system, but I'd rather keep on working with my animals because they've got the extra something called common sense that makes training them really worthwhile. That's all for now, folks. This is Roy Rogers saying to all of you from all of us, goodbye, good luck, and may the good Lord take a liking to you. See you next week. Happy trip until... 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There are a lot of factors that are really forcing companies to make a change in their supply chains. Of course we know about the regulation that's existing around the world in different ways. There's, for example, GDPR is a privacy regulation coming out of Europe and there's similar ones in the U.S. and other places. We know there are trade wars going on, so agility and flexibility and be able to move your supply chain to different places to get lowest cost and best value, really critical. But the single biggest change that's happened is not actually technology. Everybody knows about technology and AI, machine learning, how fabulous that is now can really change the way things work. What people really need to think about is the new customer. In fact, the customer today is far different than the customer that existed five years ago. In fact, the customer today, they want something not tomorrow, but today. They expect immediate fulfillment. They want something that happens to fill their needs specifically, market of one. Five years ago we didn't have this level of competition, this level of finding things that make the customer happy. So there's a series of things that define a new customer. The new supply chain needs to manage that and a digital supply chain can make that happen.


so youtube team keep it clean what's going on it's engraving here with another video and in this video we had to talk about the game we just finished watching and that was i knew that was gonna be a good game i didn't know it's gonna be like a great game though i knew it's gonna be a really good game but i didn't know it's gonna be a great game like that that was a crazy game uh just had a lot of back and forth a lot of ups and downs high lows it had everything just everything that you want in the game man that was a lot of fun shout out to the saints for oh barely holding on barely holding on uh latimore he he literally lost the game for the saints and then he turned around and won the game for the saints because boy on that last play uh in regulation well the second to last play and regulate well actually the third to last play in regulation because uh justin herbert who boy first give justin herbert his credit man that dude is cold he just went head to head and he was hanging with patrick mighomes he just went head to head and he was hanging with tom brady that and he just he went head to head with drew breeze and this game was lost i i can't blame it on him cannot blame it on him that dude is cold man and he's a rookie who he is cold now the whole thing with ty rott teller with justin herbert even getting this opportunity in the first place it happened on some funny business but it ain't no looking back now it ain't no looking back now and he is their guy oh man that this dude from jump like that first touchdown now he threw the keenan allen oof well because because the saints i believe they played cover zero so everybody was in man and then they sent a little bit of heat at him too and he avoided it and threw it on the run keenan allen and then what happened keenan allen's out for the rest of the game out for the rest of the game and then he follows that up with a touchdown to hunter henry caught one and then i think mike williams caught the other one all in the first half he threw three touchdowns in the first half saint's defense were just they couldn't do it they couldn't do anything tonight was a very quiet game from cam jordan too very quiet game i didn't hear his name called like all night but the saints defense they just they couldn't do anything they could not do anything even jackson i think jackson is running back's name from the chargers he got off a couple of nice runs um and the saints they were looking like they were just looking dead because initially it was looking like he was going to be a defensive game but you just knew you knew something was waiting something was waiting to happen but the the defenses they were going back and forth they were holding each other uh and then yeah herbert got that touchdown and then there was a uh a roughing the kicker call on that punt that was a game changer right there too because that gave chargers some life and sort of drain momentum from the saints a little bit and that that was like a little if he calls little tiki tacky call uh but it just and herbert in the charges they took advantage they took advantage and they had got another touchdown on that drive uh but then um right before halftime the saints they ended up marching down the field and drew breeze said man nobody want to get it into the end zone you know what here goes okay qb sneak and that was that came after uh manuel sanders who was heavily involved in this game like he feels like he had like 20 gadgets in this game but he was heavily involved in this game especially uh with michael thomas out uh we know manuel sanders he's been getting more and more comfortable as the season has gone on in this offense they even talked about it they talked about how michael thomas was getting on him about hey what what are you doing and manuel sanders like hey i ain't having no offseason i ain't had no otas just give me a break you've been here for five years this is my first year give me a break but now he said he's more comfortable and that that was expected because we all know that this has been a very rough offseason and the saints they um they won despite them taking a very powerful stance very powerful stance uh michael thomas he decided he wanted to be like Earl thomas maybe it's something in the last name thomas they just like swinging on their teammates uh so he swung on his teammate and coach said no we we we not we don't need you this game even though they really did it was it was rough a drill breeze this game early on it was rough and when he threw that pick to uh nasir adoli um it i mean it had just been rough the entire first half but that is that is big when it comes to having a veteran quarterback because a veteran quarterback and not saying that young quarterbacks can't do the same but with a veteran quarterback who may not have all the abilities that he once had like a drill breeze um he he has it up here he got the smarts and with him having the smarts he was able to use those smarts and learn from his mistakes so in the second half oh the way that he was looking off those safeties and the the way that he was just breaking down that charges defense and their different coverages and exploiting them oh boy like the jared cook the wide open touchdown like literally wide open like it and it when i when i watched it live it just seemed like there was nobody by jared cook and then they show the replay and they show drew breeze eyes and him looking off the stage i said oh boy drew breeze still he might have lost a step or two or three but he still got something left in a tank and again the wisdom the wisdom is extremely important um not to go like flip flop back and forth but in this game toward the end of the game uh when the chargers were up and drew breeze and the saints they needed to tie it they needed to tie it um whoa oh kamara kamara who hadn't made any big plays all game um he i mean he had made a couple catches here and there but he hadn't really done anything big all game he hadn't done anything kamara shaw game and i know i just made up a little cheesy word but that catch that he made over that charges safety where he saw the bobble the ball that was a big time catch big time catch you know in that same drive um the saints they showed why they love tasam hill so much and they showed that they really trusted tasam hill even though they would have to go forward on four down anyway um they put in it was third it was third and six a third and go i forgot which one but it was third down uh and they were about yeah six six seven yards away from the end zone they put in tasam hill they say drew breeze come here take some hill you up and tasam hill that's the thing with tasam hill that that is a struggle he's obviously not the best quarterback in the world he's not the best pass in the world but there's still that threat there's still that threat because we've seen him throw a bomb down the field we've seen him connect on passes to different receivers and whatnot and running backs and whatnot so that's the threat that he poses because when he has the ball in his hands he can throw there's that threat that he can throw the ball but then there's also that threat that he can take off and that's what makes it hard to defend especially down there in the red zone because in the red zone and actually by the goal line the charges who have been playing or at least they have been playing good defense in the first half um in that second half in particular in particularly on that play uh tasam hill they gave it to him and he sort of pump faked and so the defense was like hesitant because they had to take care of their assignments at the same time you got to watch tasam hill so it's almost like a uh an unfair advantage because it's it's almost a mismatch so the charges were just standing there and tasam hill he started running a little bit so the charge of defender was like do i go after tasam hill or do i leave my guy wide open and that creates confusion and you got to make a decision in a split second and by that time it was already touchdown it's already touchdown so and then they even uh they brought in tasam hill again and they brought him in throughout the game even uh early in the first half too um but they really uh they really admire and really love tasam hill and and just his ability as a player they because he's again like we always talk about every time we talk about tasam hill uh he's a do-it-all type of player he's not a quarterback he's not a running back not a tight end he's just a football player and that's it so shout out to him um joey bolsa in this game he of course he had the second he he got some nice pass rush man but that dude is clearly hurting um he was on a pitch count so he wasn't in all the time so they uh he had to be relieved a couple times and he just he looked like he was he he gave it as all he gave it everything that he could could have possibly given but he was just drained just drained drained drained drained um michael michael uh not michael thomas why can't i remember the chargers receiver's name right now it's slipping me not keenan allen hunter henry had he had a good game too uh now i gotta look it up because it's just it's it's slipping my mind mike williams mike williams i'm over here saying mike thomas mike williams he boy some serious man he is some serious man i mean chargers just got they they got some really nice receivers man and those receivers they could start anywhere keenan allen started anywhere mike williams started anywhere those dudes will start anywhere and just the the clutch and the clutchness of the hands like that that play at the end of the fourth quarter i was like oh my goodness in double coverage actually in like they were like two and a half saints over there and the reason i say half is because the safety was like like three four yards back but that play the the play call for them for the chargers to really trust justin herbert to make that throw uh that was just a beautiful thing i i love the aggression in that and he came down with the pass he came down with the catch and they set them up for the win they set them up for the win uh but of course uh badge lee i think that was a kicker's name he ended up throwing off the upright so you know that was pain oh you know that was some pain and then in overtime you you you kind of knew it was over when the saints i mean they they were having that way with the chargers defense man and on that last play on that third down play with trey quan smith he tripped up then the manual sanders he tripped up um where they they didn't convert so they kicked the field goal shout out to will lutz he formed a baltimore raven he got trained by justin tucker anyway um after they kicked that field goal they were getting ready to do the kickoff they were doing ready to get to do the kickoff and you heard that c murder once you heard that c murder playing i said oh boy okay all right that might that might be a wrap right there i think this game this game may be over they playing c murder okay all right that's it but man shout out to the saints i feel for the chargers because again they they've been in literally every one of their games this year they've been in all of them they've been coming they they came right down to the wire for all of them but they just they can't close they can't close so it's they they got the personnel to close they got playmakers on offense and defense they just they've been on the wrong side of the ball man they have been on the wrong side of the ball and it's it's been unfortunate for i almost thought like oh are we gonna go to uh not in another overtime but is are the chargers gonna end up tying this game up because on i think it was on their first their first play in overtime uh where justin herber got hit by number 90 from the saints uh he he had hit him he and it was it was on this he didn't need to do that um but they got called for the uh the roughing the passives so like oh uh oh you gave him another chance oh big yikes and then even i know they said that i know i know he did throw the ball a little bit behind the receiver on a play where his receiver dropped it and it would have been a huge game but he threw it like in a really tight window man justin herbert they that was a good selection for them um justin herbert joe borough uh they have been really good selections and and they are quarterbacks that they certainly look the part i know joe borough he didn't have his first game yesterday against the ravens but besides that he looks the part so with those selections they good job by the chargers and the bingles um but man your first monday night football game and you come out cold like that cool those to the young man uh but unfortunately for him and the charges they couldn't come out on top in this game so shout out to the saints uh for holding it down and they they needed this and now they're in first place in nfc south and fc south has been rough though i mean they the there's the the bucks with brady and them they've been kind of wishy washy uh there's the panthers they have been down now they look like they own a little bit of a come up but we'll see what happens with that um they're the saints of course uh and then the falcons falcons just been a complete mess and i know saints fans are loving that but falcons have just been terrible uh so we'll see how this thing ends up going so saints they they this gives them a nice momentum this gives them a nice boost moving forward and for the charges it's like yeah it ain't no moral victories don't nobody want to hear nothing about no moral victory don't nobody want to hear about oh man well you guys gave a lot of heart you gave a lot of effort no you still lost nobody wants to hear that but it's true they did and they continue to prove that they can rock with anybody they can hang with anybody charges can they can rock with any team but they just gotta find a better way to close so team keep it clean i appreciate y'all i love y'all and i'm out


Okay, welcome back. Let me just present the notes. Okay, so verse 10 onwards, and in this I give advice, it is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago, that now you also must complete the doing of it, that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have. But a first willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has and not according to what he does not have. Now let's look at a few things here, right? A year had passed since the time of Corinthian believers desired and decided something about giving for the needs of his, for the people in Jerusalem. Yet Paul is saying it's still a desire, a plan, nothing came out of it. Right? Now Paul reminds them that doing what they have begun planning, so it says that verse 11, but now you must also, you also must complete the doing of it, right? There was a desire to bless the church in Jerusalem. That desire was there for a long time, but that desire did not come into action, so it just remained a desire, right? So a year has gone by, Paul is saying, now he's not rebuking them, he's just saying that, listen, you have the desire about giving to the poor in Jerusalem, the believers, but that desire is still a desire, nothing is coming out of it. So Paul is saying, complete what you're doing, meaning complete that desire by putting it into action. So the willingness to give is very good, is something very good. It is the first step, but the second step is that what is that willingness must be put into action. So God accepts what one has and does not expect what one does not have, right? So whatever we have, whatever little we can do, do for God's glory. Now, when we translate this, each one of us, you know, it may not be only giving unto the Lord, it could be something very simple as prayer, right? So we may say, God, I desire to pray every day in the morning for two hours, and I'm just giving an example, right? Two hours in the morning, Lord, four to six a.m., four a.m. to six a.m. So I desire it. Now, if that desire, having the desire is very good, it could be our own desire, it could be the Holy Spirit leading us to do it, but it's good to have that desire. But if that desire remains so, and the whole of 2022 has gone, the whole of 2023 is gone, it just remains a desire. And we say, God, there's no time actually, you know, I come home, I, by the time I get the children ready and get them to sleep and, you know, it's already 10 o'clock, and then after that, I have some work to do, and then it becomes 1130 or 12, and sometimes it goes in midnight. Then by the time I sleep and I wake up, I don't have time. This is my story actually, right? But here's the thing, when we have the willingness to do something, when we desire to do something, we put it into action, or we can give excuses saying no time, God, I don't have time. But God is saying, like I said, what do you have? I don't expect anything that you have to us, for prayer. You have the time, hour to read what it says, I've given you time, how we desire to do things.  So this desire, God, I wake up at 3 a.m. and pray, you know, to 5 a.m. and 5 a.m. 6 a.m. read, meditate and pray, get the, it's very, so I had this desire, I put down my cell sheet and I said, okay, I want to do this. And it was early, it was late 2021, where January came, January came, 3 a.m. came, 4 a.m. came, nothing happened.  I was doing good things, you know, looking after the things at home, two kids, study, still small, to be looked after, small ones to be fed and so many things to do. And then you've got work, content for knowledge, so many things. And children, if you need for that, you can go to the beginning of the year, somewhere, I can go that second week, God, I don't put it in life, I am on you, you make decision and pray even now, it's just have more energy, sometimes 12 a.m., 1 a.m., wake up two hours later, I don't know where I am, but it's difficult, but after that, that desire just grows more and more. And so I thank God that it is by the grace of God that he has helped me through over this entire year, this waking up early, this spending time in his presence. I thank God for those times, even now. And so when we have a desire of willingness, we need to put it into action. Otherwise, the desire will remain a desire, and that desire will stay the same. It can be one year, it can be here, the quarantine believers, it was one year. For the other times, it can be one year, it can be five years, it can go on to 10 years. So desire, put it into action. Yes, first of all, I wanted to just mention to you that maybe there's some problem with the networking, but sometimes your voice is coming across, it's breaking. It's not coming across very clear. So I'm not sure if there is some problem, but is it just my side or is it coming across for the people also? Okay, I think there's a problem with my side itself. Let me just see if we can just get this resolved. Just give me one moment, please. Is it better now? It's still having some problem, there seems to be still some problem.  Okay, let's just see. We've tried using the other internet connection, I'm not really sure why the internet is dropping. Okay, is it somewhat better now? Yes, right now it is better, yeah. Okay, okay. Hopefully this can go through for this entire class. Okay, let me just project the notes again. Okay, so like we were talking, we were saying that whatever desire that we have or God puts in our heart, we need to put it into action. So we see the Corinthian church, they had a desire to give to the church in Jerusalem, but it's been a year, they could not do anything about it. So Paul is saying it's good, but take the step of, take the second step, because God accepts what one has and does not expect what one does not have. It was 13. For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality that now at this time, your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance may also supply your lack, that there may be equality, as it is written. He who has gathered much has had nothing left over, and he who had gathered little had no lack. So wonderful here. Paul states the goal of giving to the church is not that the others may have an easy life and we are giving, giving, and then the others have, we go through struggles and the others have an easy life because we're just giving. No. Paul is saying it's both ways, but in an equality that now at this time your abundance, Corinthians, your abundance may supply the lack of Jerusalem. I'm just giving this example, just painting a picture for you. The abundance that you have right now can supply the lack that the church in Jerusalem has and one day God will bless the church in Jerusalem and their blessing or their abundance will supply your lack. So it is not a place to say, okay, you have to give because you have to go through struggles only then they can know. Paul is saying whatever you have, you give it, whatever is your abundance. If you feel that you can give clothes, if you can give money, if you can give maybe raw materials, give it. And one day, that what you give will be given back to you and it's going to be a blessing. The church is the body of Christ. Now all of us do our part in strengthening the body of Christ. Now we know that Paul, when we look at a church, sometimes we feel that we should not talk about money. Yes, but it is true money that we are doing the ministry. So God puts in people's heart to give. So giving is also in line with the Old Testament, Exodus 16, 18. It says, so when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need. Giving is a principle of the Old Testament and that principle continues on even now. But when we give, there's a way to give. In the Old Testament, they gave, but show Jesus turned it around.  There's going to be blessing in that. Then verse 16 onwards, collection for the Judean saints. Thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus, for he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord. And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches. Now we don't know who this brother is. Not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this gift, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and to show your ready mind. Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift, which is administered to us, providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved diligent in many ways, but now much more diligent because of their great confidence, which we have in you. If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. Therefore, show to them and before the church is the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf. Now look at this very important lesson to learn here. Titus, Paul sends Titus along with another believer who seems to have some integrity and character in the churches and throughout all the churches at Corinth. Now we must remember this. Corinth is in Athens. Athens was known as the intellectual capital. So there was also people who are very well off. So remember in Paul goes into Athens and he preaches the council, people in the council accepted Christ. So there were famous people, yet there were people of integrity and character. So maybe these were people who are like leaders in the churches who are taking up the responsibility of helping churches and God has raised up these kind of people in Paul's ministry. Now this unnamed believer was chosen by the churches to travel with the to take this gift to Jerusalem and Paul welcomed this move as it removed any opportunity for Paul, for people to accuse Paul and his team of financial misappropriation. Very important lesson. See, Paul didn't say you send the amount to me, send all the gifts to me. I will take it to Jerusalem. Anyway, I'm going there. He knew he's going to Jerusalem, he's going to Jerusalem. But Paul was very careful. What does he say? Even this happened the second time also in first Corinthians, he says, he sent somebody else go take the gifts. Here again, he's saying there was this unnamed believer with Titus. So there's a team of people who will send the gifts with them. So Paul said, yes, do that. Take the gifts, go and give it to Jerusalem. But let them know that if anyone inquires about Titus, let them know that Titus is in my team and also let them know of all the gifts that have come. Show it to them and let them know that this is what we have and this is what we are giving as a gift to the church. We see that Apostle Paul was accountable to God and he was accountable to man as well. Apostle Paul didn't say, God knows my heart. So I will go give it. God knows my heart. Sometimes we say that God knows my heart. God knows our heart, but even man wants to know our heart. So it's very important that we be right before God and before man. Paul did a brilliant thing. He said, you all take money and go. I'm coming to Jerusalem, but I'll just come empty-handed. The gifts are coming from the team. The money, the gifts, whatever it's coming from the team. I will come there, but I want the church in Jerusalem to know that the believers in Corinth are giving for the ministry. Now in our ministry, each one of us, in what we are doing, there must be transparency. There must be accountability. In that way, nobody can accuse us. And I've mentioned this many times. There are many ministries across the globe, wonderful teaching, wonderful preaching and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but administratively they've done things wrong. What's happened? They've gone to court cases, they've been dragged to the courts, misappropriation of funds, using funds the wrong way, mis-accounting of funds, either the pastor or the leaders in the church have used it the wrong way. So what's happened? The whole ministry goes down, but is the teaching good? Yes. Are many people being blessed? Yes. Is there healing deliverance? Yes, but just because of this area, the entire ministry can go down. So Paul is saying in a very important lesson for us, as he does, be transparent, be accountable, especially when it comes to finances. Let the church go. So for example, you're doing a church camp, within your church, or the youth camp. So you're saying, okay, we're going to raise up funds for the church camp. This is what we need. We need one lakh for the church camp. I'm just giving an example, right? One lakh for the church camp. So church, we're going to raise funds. We're going to keep the next 30 days. You can give online. You can give to the Lord and you can mention, you're giving it to the church camp. Now, people will come and give the amount to you, saying use this for the church camp. What will you do? What must we do? If we say, okay, we take it and say, okay, I'll use it for the church camp. Right? Now, what will happen is later on, the same person may come and say, I gave the money to him. I don't know if he used it for the church camp. So what is the best way to do it? Say, okay, is this for church camp? Okay, put it in a cover, write for church camp, put it in the offering bag. What are you doing? You're being accountable to God. You're being transparent. You're being accountable to God. You're being accountable to man also. So that person knows, hey, I put it in the offering bag and I mentioned for church camp. So later on, they're not going to come and say, I think you used the money. No, right? So it's very important and also be transparent with the church. So after 30 days, let the church know. So we needed 1 lakh. We got 1 lakh, 20,000. So 1 lakh we'll use for the church. 20,000, we can keep it aside for next year's church camp. You're being transparent. Now, you don't have, the wrong thing to say is, I don't have to inform the church. The church knows, no, it's for the church. No, no, no. It's very important to be transparent and accountable to the church. And apostle Paul did both of that. As much as possible, he said, don't involve me. I will give the instructions. I'll give the instructions to you. I will get the things done. But you, whatever, in terms of gifts, everything, I'm being accountable to God. I want to be accountable to man as well. Take this team, go give the money to Jerusalem. I'll come to Jerusalem and I will also let them know that the church in Corinth did this for us. Paul recommends in verse 22 and 24, he recommends his entire team, Titus and that unnamed brother. And he says, and he exhausts the Corinthian church to receive them well and to show their demonstration and evidence of their love to them. Right? So we come to an end of this chapter. And here Paul again, he talks about this whole thing of generosity. He encourages the church to be generous. And he sends Titus and that unnamed believer to Corinth once again. And the reason he sends them is because it was time for them, they were willing to give unto the Lord for the church in Jerusalem. So he sends them there. Now, chapter nine. In chapter nine, Paul continues the subject of giving. Now, as he talks about those, he's sharing certain instructions, right? Verse one to five. Now concerning the ministry, ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you, for I know your willingness about which I boast of you to Macedonia that Achaea was ready a year ago, and your zeal has stood up majority. Yet I sent a brethren, most of you should be in way in this respect. That as I said, be ready. Let if some Macedonians come to me and find you unprepared, we are the aid of this confident post. Therefore, I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go ahead and prepare your generous beforehand, which had previously promised to be the matter of generosity as a matter policy. I'm sending the people in Macedonia also to come and do a quote. Before I come, I am sending Titus and this believer to come. I encourage you that one year back you have decided to give to the church in Jerusalem. So now they will come and encourage you. So you be prepared, give unto the Lord, because if I come with the Macedonians and the other believers and they say, Hey, what is this? The church in Corinth is not ready, not prepared, not willing to give anything. Then what about my boasting? I have boasted about you. I've said that you want to give unto the Lord. You're a good church. The church in Corinth is a wonderful church. So let my boasting be true. So I'm sending this team to prepare you ahead. Paul is sharing about their zeal. And now what he's saying is he's trying to stir them and excite the people like meaning to let them know that remind them that this promise or this thought that the desire that you'll have put out into action. I'm sending some believers to help you with that. He did this so that they might not be unprepared when he visits them. And if some believers from Macedonian churches come and see that they were unprepared, it may be a cause of embarrassment. So look at this. Paul has gone to Macedonia. Remember he visits Corinth. How is the visit in Corinth? It was a very bad visit. What does he say? I was very hurt. And then he goes into Macedonia. But to the Macedonians, what does he say? He's boasting about the church. You see the sign of a leader? Apostle Paul does not say, Oh, don't be like the Corinthian church. See, I just came from there. They're not, they're always doing this. No, no, no. A leader always looks at what a person can be. He looks at what they can be in Christ. Jesus did this beautifully, right? Jesus looked at Peter and he said, he didn't say Peter, you, the betrayer, the fisherman. He didn't say all that. What did Jesus say? Peter, you are the rock. And on this church, on this stone, on this rock, I will build my church. If you lead the church, he looked at what Peter can be. He didn't look at the doubting Thomas and say, Thomas, why did, you know, now I'll have to get somebody else. Already Judas has gone after you have somebody replace you. No, what is it? Thomas, don't doubt. Just put your finger in, see.   So, as leaders, when we look at people, we must look at what they can become. But just because we look at what they can become doesn't mean we don't correct, we don't rebuke, we don't exalt them. All of that is part of leadership. And we learn more on leadership about all of that. So, a cheerful giver, verse six to nine. But this I say, he who saw sparingly will also reap sparingly. And he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So, let each one give, as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity.  That you also, having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work as is written. He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness endures forever. Now, here are a couple of lessons that Paul teaches on giving. How much to give? Here, the question here. How much to give? Giving is like sowing. You sow 100 seeds, you may get 100. You sow 200, you may get 200. We give generously. We will also receive generously, because God is the one who blesses. Now, how to give? We give as we purpose in our heart, as our heart desires. We give cheerfully and not grudgingly, not, oh, I have to give my title, I have to give, no. Give as our heart purposes. And how not to give, not grudgingly, which not give as a matter of necessity or social pressure. But he closes that entire point by saying, our God loves a cheerful giver. So even as we give, we give to ministries, we give to people, we serve to the poor, whatever we're doing, let's give out of a generous heart. If you feel that there's something that's hindering us from giving or we feel that it's becoming a pain, pause. Don't just give this because we have to give, but pause. Go back to God and say, God, help me that I may change my heart attitude. Sometimes the enemy may put thoughts in our minds, especially in terms of giving. He may put thoughts in our mind. Why do you want to give? Why do you want to give? You yourself will need later. So the enemy may bring these thoughts. So you pause in those times of confusion or doubt, pause, pray, reflect, ask God to change your heart, ask the Holy Spirit to minister to you, then give out of what your heart desires. And there there will be blessings. Verse 10 through 15. Now I'm going a little quick because we have a lot of content to cover. So verse 10 to 15. Now, may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food supply and multiply the seed, you have sown and increase the fruit of your righteousness. While you are enriched in everything for all gravity, which causes thanksgiving through us to God, for the administration of the service, not only supplies the needs of the skins, but also is abounding through many thanksgiving to God. Now, God gives in many ways. He supplies seed to the sower so that he may sow and reap a harvest. He supplies bread. He's the one who's capable of supplying more than we can ask, more than we can think or imagine. Now, here's what Paul teaches us about generous giving. 1. People glorifying God for the obedience of other believers to the gospel. People glorifying God for the liberality of others believers. People remembering them affectionately and praying for them. So when we give generously, people will recognize, people will glorify God. Say, God, we thank you for this person, for the obedience of this giving. They glorify God for their liberality. God, thank you that they have given out of liberally for the sake of God's kingdom. And people will remember this and pray for you, affectionately pray and there will be this whole sense of oneness. The greatest generous act is all summed up in John 3.16. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. So even as we give, remember, we give not to please others, but we give to glorify God. So chapter 9 was a very short chapter. Chapter 10 again is a very short chapter. We'll try and just complete chapter 10. And then next class, we can look at 11, 12 and 13. Any questions? Any questions on giving? Yes, Sri Kumar, go ahead. Yeah, thank you, sir. Sir, I just want to know that even though when we know the church as a body of Christ, then why we have to, we are taught to show the offerings or our seed and type to a church where we are planted and not to other places. Because everywhere the gospel is only preached and they are all looking for one goal to serve Jesus. Why it is that we have to show only the seed or our offering to that particular church where we are planted and what is the reason behind it? Thank you, sir. That's a very good question, Sri Kumar. So Pastor has written a book called Divine Order in the Citywide Church and that will give you more details, but just to briefly answer your question. Now we know that God is God of order. He doesn't work arbitrarily, meaning he doesn't work randomly. He's always worked in an order. So when we look at the church, there are certain things that have been set in place. A church is where you and I as believers, we are a sheep, we are being fed. We are being fed the word of God where we have a spiritual covering within the community, within that church. And now here's the thing. Since God has established local churches, it's something that is common even from the time of the Apostle Paul, this was something new. But then over as the ministry continued on, we learned about the local church. The reason is, now if I am being blessed and being fed, I'm growing spiritually, being nurtured and developed in Christ in this local church, it is my responsibility as a way of honoring and blessing the ministry to give unto that ministry. It can be very big ministry. That's the responsibility. Our responsibility is to give to the local church because it's in the local church we are connected. We are receiving from God. It could be through word, worship, serving in the local church. God has planted us there. It's faithful where God has planted us. Now apart from every time, there are offerings and blessings that can best other ministry. For example, if I'm earning, I'm a working professional, I will give my one-tenth to the church as a type because I'm being faithful to the church. I'm doing what God has called me to do. Three, I'm growing in my community and it's happening. I have to be faithful to the church. It's a sign of faithfulness as well. Over the course of time, we may find out, okay, there are ministries around us who are struggling. Maybe ministry is looking after often children, ministries looking after poor on the streets or smaller churches in villages, which they need certain things. Now, out of that abundance, out of the desire that God gives us, we can always bless them. Now, is it all right for me not to give type to the main church saying, okay, this is a church that I go to, but they have enough. So, let me give somebody else who doesn't have anything. Maybe a village church which doesn't have anything. Now, it's a good thought. It's not a sin, but it's not aligned to what God wants to do. So, God wants us to be faithful to our local church and out of the abundance that what God has blessed us with, the desire that he gives us, we bless other ministries and other churches. So, giving to the local church where we are being fed, where we are being growing, where we are maturing in Christ, where we are planted is very important because that's where we are growing. So, there are other things we can do that can be special offerings or special things, special gifts giving unto other ministries. So, Srikumar, the reason is mainly this because, you know, we are planted, we must be faithful to our local church. All right. Yes, Mangi. Thank you, sir. Welcome, Srikumar. Mangi, go ahead. Thank you, Pastor. Just following, just to follow up on Brother Srikumar's question. For example, we are in a community, a church where tired are not needed. For example, a church builder called engineers, pilots, medical doctors, and we, the pastors themselves, they are working pastors. They've got good salaries and good money. They can still take the tithe, but it's not needed. We still need to take tithe or we can just say, oh, we don't need it, and then bless whoever you want to bless. Yeah, that's a very good question, very valid question. Like, even if you look at, you know, there are many churches that have abundance, right? But on the flip side, you look at villages and towns, you have churches that even don't have a projector and they are praying for a projector. Here, we may have five, six projectors and, you know, so all these are practical things. It's a very, very practical, true. But here's the thing. We must look at it this way. Are we giving to the church or are we giving to God? The church may have a big structure. They may have pilots and engineers and the pastor themselves are working and they have enough. But we're not giving to them. We're not giving to the pastor. We're not giving to the, you know, church building or whatever, you know, we're not looking at what, you know, what kind of people are there in the church. Okay, they will give so much. No, so we, what we give, we are giving it unto the Lord. So that will change our mindset because I had this question when I'm very young. I had this question, same question, Maggie, you know, there are many of them in the city, you know, they have abundance. But what about the poor pastors and villages and towns? They don't have anything. But I realized that God brought it to my attention that if I am being fed and learning and maturing and growing to the local church, I'm not giving to the mindset to the church, but I'm giving unto the Lord, honoring what God has done in my life through this church. So my giving is not for the church. Of course, there are certain things like a building fund and, you know, the other things. But my height is unto the Lord. But that will change the mindset. Right. Now, what about this? So the next question that I had was, you know, what about the village churches, the churches there that are struggling who look after them? God is faithful. God will, can he can use us? He can use other people. And God can, you know, put that burden. But for us, we are to see, now, look at the church in Jerusalem. Right. They were also struggling. Right. So the other churches were giving out of their abundance, but they were giving unto the church as well. Later on, Paul talks about tithing as well, not in this letter, but in different letters. I think the letter in Colossians, he talks about a bit of tithing and why is it important to tithe to the local church and the Timothy as well. So what I'm trying to get at is understand when you're giving, you're not giving. Yes, you're giving to the ministry where you're, you know, maturing, but you're giving is to the Lord and the Lord will bless you. Right. So that's a mindset that we have to, you know, and then we can definitely be a blessing. We can pray for other churches that lack. We can, you know, do our bit to raise funds, bless them. So we can do that. But being faithful to the local church is very important. So yes, Christopher, you raised your hand. Yes, Pastor.  And there may be certain reasons for, you know, feeling strongly about it. Can we, can we sort of link it, you know, our tithe with that particular ministry and, you know, sort of indicate in our, in the tithe or through some, through some communication that, you know, we want to provide that tithe to support that particular ministry. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's, that's again, a wonderful question. Yes, Christopher, I feel that you can do that. So for example, you know, there's example, right? There's maybe a church where there's, you know, the pastors writing books and they have booked ministry. So, and you like reading books, you like the fact that the books are, you know, many people. So all you can do, you can, you know, you can give the tithe, you can say, I would like this tithe to go towards the ministry of books. And then you can mention it. If it's something that you're giving online, especially now with many other churches, you know, they have the opportunity to give online or even if it's, you know, a physical cash amount that you're putting in the offering bag, you can mention there that I would like this to go. So the point is, it's going to the ministry, to the local church where you are planted within the local, there are different streams. So you can say, I wanted to go there. Or sometimes, you know, some people have mentioned, I want this to go to the counseling ministry. So those who need counseling, they can, you know, benefit from this amount. Or sometimes, you know, people want to give to the building fund. So it's all right. But it's going within the local church, right? It's a tithe going to the local church. And within the local church, it's going within the ministry of the local church. So you can do that. There's nothing wrong in that. So that's okay. That's not a problem at all. So as I understand, you know, for example, specifically on the APC, and the other churches also, you'll have a generosity fund. So we could be suggest that, you know, it goes to that generosity fund. Is that something that's possible, right? Yes, you can do that. If you're giving to the church, and like in APC, there is a generosity fund, generosity fund, I'm not sure if it's still open. But that was during the time of COVID where people were struggling, people who lost their jobs, or people who couldn't work because of COVID. So if you can mention it, it's towards generosity fund. So what's happening is you're aligning yourself to the local church or giving a tithe to the local church. And if you and you're just saying, okay, I feel that I want to bless this part of the ministry within the church. So yes, you can do that. There's nothing wrong with that. Wonderful. Okay, so we run out of time. What we will do is next week, we have chapter 10, 11, 12 and 13. So we'll complete this chapter 10, 11, 12 and 13. Next week will be our last class and we'll wrap up things. Okay, thank you so much for joining. Have a wonderful week ahead. I'll see you next week. God bless.


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