The Glory Dimension of Fire, Part B: "Fire + Wealth" | Dr. Mike Woods, Sr.

Hallelujah! So someone said that I didn't have any volume. What about now? Uh, can you hear me now? Now it will help to turn the mic on. Glory to God! That's probably why I could not be heard. The mic wasn't on. Praise God. Hallelujah. Can you hear me now? Glory to God. I don't want to start— all right, look at God. God is good. Hallelujah. Yeah, it helps. Praise God to have the microphone on. Hallelujah. Glory to God. All right, so we're going to share today. Um, I'm gonna pray again because you didn't get a chance to connect with that prayer. So we're going to pray again, uh, because I didn't turn the mic on. Glory to God. It, it helps to have the microphone on. Glory to Jesus. Glory to God. Again, if you're just joining us, please share. Well, let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you for this 12 noon midday, uh, Bible study. I decree and declare, God, that principles of the kingdom will be disseminated. I decree and declare that no person that joins us today will leave glory to the name of God, the way they came. And I thank you that the word will go out with power, authority, and glory to God that it will have so much fire upon it that the word itself will begin to consume doubt, fear, negativity, of that mindset to live beneath the privilege of the word. God, I thank you that out of this teaching today will emerge a fresh mindset for better, for more, God, and that we will have an expectation of change and transformation even in the area of our finances. And I give you glory for that now, in Jesus' name. Amen. And thanks be to God. Hallelujah. We thank him for the light, the illumination, and the intelligence of the Spirit today. Listen guys, if you join us, please by all means, uh, comment below. Praise God. Tag someone below. Let us know that you are here. Glory to the name of God. So that we can know that you're in support today. God, hallelujah! Whether you're live or by replay, please do those things today. Glory to God! We are— we're going to try this again. Hallelujah! We are continuing our series on fire plus mountains plus water plus clouds. This series is going to open up a dimension of glory and heaven that— watch this— we could practically apply to everyday life. That's my goal. Anytime I open this book, I don't want you to have a religious experience when it comes to connecting with what God has called me to do. I really and truly, family, want you to be able— hear me— to connect at a level. Listen Listen to this, where you could take what is being disseminated, what is being taught into the world, into your everyday life. Hear me, guys, and share this in a way that not only does it transform others, but hear me, but that your immediate world is seeing a result because you take revelation and make application. Hallelujah! Which propels you forward. Because when you have revelation— because you could get good teaching, good word, you could sit in a fiery service, but if you don't apply what you receive, you're gonna just remain stuck. I always say revelation without application is constipation. You're stuck. So at the end of the day, I want to make sure that the things we share, the things we disseminate, uh, you're able to go into the world and create— oh my God, kingdom results as you show up. Series on Sunday, and we're talking about the glory here, and I thought I was just a backdrop on fire, but we talked about mountains, water, and clouds, uh, but the Lord began to deal with me this morning. I said, listen, I want about how fire now, because people now how fire, fire and success, fire and prosperity— hear me— are connected, um, with this. Glory to God. So, of you again, if you're here, so we're talking once again today. Y'all stay with me, stay with me, stay with me, stay with me, stay with me. Glory to God. About fire plus wealth. This is part B again of the glory dimension of fire. Fire plus wealth. Glory to God. I want you to grab this. I want you to receive it. I want you to allow your life, glory to God, to be changed by it. Praise God. Uh, fire plus wealth. Fire plus wealth. Matter of fact, touch yourself right now and say, it is the will of God I need you to say it. Glory to God. It is the will of God for me to prosper, for me to be in good health, and for me to have wealth in my life. Say, it is not the will of God. I want you to say it. Say, it is not the will of God for me to just have good church, uh, because, you know, we want, you know, again, man, I have had so much church in my life, and I love the church. I'm a leader in church, and, you know, I, I have to be careful in saying this because the local church is very important to what we are to do in the world. However, it doesn't stop there. God didn't just call us to have good church. I'm gonna say that again. He, he didn't call us to just have good church. God actually called us to show up in the church setting to create a culture of kingdom empowerment, literally, where you come in, you worship God, you break through to God, you get what you need from him. The kingdom superimposes itself upon you, and then that experience— watch this— culminates with you showing up in the world making an impact and becoming an influence to those that need you in the system of the world. Are y'all here? Glory to the name of God. So the reality becomes, family, that we cannot— and I want you to hear me— we cannot afford, hallelujah, to move in this dimension where all we're doing is having good church. We're jumping, we're shouting, we're speaking in tongues, we're prophesying, we're laying hands, and say God is moving. And we— that never culminates with the original dominion mandate that God gave to man being fulfilled. Hear me, in the world, it shouldn't stop with good church. The church is simply a place where the culture of the kingdom empowers you and I to show up in the world. As a matter of fact, a people who are having good church and not showing up in the world making an impact in the kingdom— hallelujah— it literally makes no sense for you to be at church anyway. Okay, a lot of people not gonna like that. The reality is that's the truth. Glory to the name of God. So let's, uh, let's dive into this today. And I just want to review a little bit of what we talked about when we're with Fire. Glory to God. And, um, then we're gonna dive— I'm telling you, with both feet, my God— into this teaching. Glory to the name of God. And I promise you, uh, you're going to be blessed today. Praise God. So we just— we discovered one of the main things we discovered is that fire, glory to the name of God, can be constructive or destructive. And that seems a bit oxymoronic when you think about it, or ambiguous to the idea of fire. About fire, all you think is that it destroys. Was once is burning, you know, whatever is in its path until it is stopped, it's going to destroy it. Uh, the reality is that there's a partial truth in that. However, even in that, it can be constructive or destructive because what fire does— we found out that fire purifies, but because of the heat element that is involved It purifies, it cleanses. So if fire shows up, it cleanses, it makes whole, it makes new. Glory to the name of God. It refines it. Watch this, it makes something qualified for usage. Glory to the name of God. So the reality, again, fire can be constructive, it can build up through purity. Watch this. Fire, uh, it attracts attention, so it does something to focus. So the, the light and the illumination that comes from fire, along with the heat, shifts one's focus to pay attention when something is on fire. So I want to tell you something. If you are a believer and if you're really on fire then attention is going to be paid to you. That's why even in churches, you know, uh, that have fire flowing through their ministry, a lot of time— and again, for 35 years as a full-time minister and, uh, 40 years in ministry, glory to the name of God, totally— the reality is I've flowed in fire all my life. I've been around fire in the church all my life. It always attracts attention because it's different. The reality is that same attention that is attracted should be illuminated in the system of the world, and so that the fire that's emitting off of us, so that people in the world can be attracted to it as well. So that— watch this— if you got the fire of God to heal in your life, then when you show up in the world and go around sinners— hear me, who, listen to me guys, need to be saved. Listen, and let's say that sinner that needs to be saved has cancer. Well, the fire of God that's on you should be so powerful and contagious that when you show up, that cancer patient can be healed. Watch this, even if you don't touch them, even if you don't know that the fire should be burning so strong in you that when people come around, something happens to them because they came in your presence. All right, so I want, I want to dive in this, man, and I want to, uh, really get— I don't have a lot of time because this is our 12 noon. We'll be back tonight. But let's, let's just dive in this because here's a reality. When you start talking about fire wealth, fire success, fire prosperity, people don't want to talk about that because first of all, there are two things in church that people don't want to discuss. People don't want to talk about sex and they don't want to talk about money. Here's the reality. People don't want to talk about these two things, but they want some or both of them. And as a matter of fact, most people want a whole lot of both of them. And then we don't discuss either of these items. We don't understand how to appropriate them properly so that we can experience them— watch this— legally and in abundance. Nevertheless, the reality is everybody wants to be successful. Everybody wants prosperity. Everybody wants wealth. Everybody wants to be healthy. Uh, and anybody that doesn't, I want to venture to say that they're not telling the truth. They're lying. Um, here's a reality: only about 16.5% of humans— listen to this— actually experience true success, true prosperity, true wealth. And, uh, unfortunately, about— oh God, here we go— about 4% of that 16.5% are people who profess to know God. The reality is, people who profess to know God, when it comes down to running the numbers and looking at influence and looking at wealth— and see, this is not going to go over well with religious minds, I'm telling you right now. Looking at wealth and looking at people. The reality is we don't show up in the numbers as we should, serving a God that owns everything. And we'll be quick to worship him, and we should. We'll be quick to give him glory and acknowledge him and put on our religious face and have holy hands and empty pockets. Let me say that, let me say that again, let me say that again for the people in the back, all right. Uh, holy hands and empty pockets is not the will of God for you. And for my people out there that have stole that phrase from me, y'all keep using it. I started using it about 30 years ago. Glory to God. The reality is it's the truth God gave me. He said it to me in prayer God doesn't want your hands to be holy, pure, clean, and your pockets empty. It's not his will. I, I posted a video on TikTok, uh, from a message I was teaching at the church where I was talking about it's not God's will for us to struggle. Somebody come in and say, well, what about that scripture, Apostle, that says the poor you have with you always? I commented back, that ain't you. Because if you are a believer, you shouldn't be in that category. He was talking about those that didn't know him. We are royalty. We are royal priesthood. We have access to the King and his resources. So we should not be the poor. And watch what he said. He said, the poor you have with you. He didn't say you. He said, the poor you have with you. Oh my God. So let's deal with this. So, uh, Again, 16.5%, and only about 4%, and that's less than 1% or almost 1%, right at about 1% of the 16.5% of the entire human race who are born again, Spirit-filled children of God who actually have true success. My God, true success, guys, and let's understand this from the real— true success is the discovery and the fulfillment of your life's purpose, of God's plan, of God's desire for you. I'm gonna say it again: true success is the discovery and fulfillment of your life's purpose. It's not fulfilling somebody else's plan. Real success is finding out who you are and fulfilling the purpose that's on your head. The thing you've been tagged to do, the thing you've been created to do. Real purpose, glory to God, is the discovery of that and doing it. And I wanna submit this here. Real purpose is not you trying to be T.D. Jakes or you, watch this, trying to be Bill Gates for that matter. True success is discovering who you are, your authentic value to the planet, discovering why you were born, why you breathe, why your heart beat. As a matter of fact, can I submit to you prophetically today that your heart is beating because your purpose is still necessary? I need y'all to hear me this afternoon. Your heart is alive, your heart is beating because your purpose is still necessary. The reason you survive stuff that other people died in, because the purpose in your life still is necessary on earth. The key here is the discovery of that. How, Michael Woods, do I discover it? I'm glad you asked. First of all, you gotta accept the fact that your true purpose is not your decision, it's your discovery. Once you accept that fact, it's gonna catapult you on a journey to find and discover why you are here. Purpose is not your decision, it's your discovery. You gotta discover what God already decided. See, you trying to be T.D. Jakes or Bill Gates— watch this— is, is duplicating what another man's success, uh, is presenting. Hear me? But T.D. Jakes may have 25,000, 30,000 people in his church. He may have 75,000 partners that partner with his ministry. If you, if you duplicated that and it wasn't your purpose Can I submit to you, you're still not successful. I don't care how much money you have, how many buildings you build, the reality is you'll find yourself frustrated, you'll find yourself unhappy, you'll find yourself still unfulfilled because you built the thing that is pseudo, that is fake to who you really are. You have built the thing— watch this— that is atrocious against your true authentic nature. Oh my God. And the reality is you would have accumulated great things and you'll still be unhappy. Ooh wee. Okay. So let me just submit that you are not T.D. Jakes. You are not Bill Gates. I don't care how you try to do your voice like him and try to listen to him and do everything he tells you to do. You're not him. Find your true fire. Find your authentic purpose and real success is found in that. Watch this, if you're a pastor and your true purpose is to have 200 members with a massive outreach that's changing the city, hear me, you should rejoice in that and not be frustrated because you ain't doing what T.D. Jakes do and ain't on TV and have a million followers. Listen, that's— hey, you got to celebrate that that's happening for them, but you got to become happy and, and, and rejoice in the peace that comes with your authentic purpose. Because guess what? You can have 100 people, you have 2 people, you have 5 people. I'm a witness, glory to God. I have the right person or the right people that not even in your ministry preoccupied with what you're called to do. All you need is the right athlete, the right celebrity, the right billionaire that's preoccupied with your movement, and you can still have good success and fulfill the purpose of God. Oh my God! Without being fake, without trying to be somebody else, because you're not him, you're not Bill Gates, you're not TD Jakes, you're not Warren Buffett, you're not Tony Robbins, you're not— oh my God, you're not, you're not. You have to be authentically you. My God, my time is almost gone and I'm, I'm just in my introduction. So true success again is discovering fulfillment of your life's purpose. I'm going somewhere. Go to Proverbs 19:21. Let's read it. Glory to God. Proverbs 19:21. The Bible says many of the plans in a person's heart— here it is— but it's the Lord's purpose that prevails. That's out of the NIV. I'm gonna read it again because it's just all right to read the Bible. Many are the plans in a person's heart. So let's break that down. So there are many things in your heart that you could do. There are many things that come up in your head that you feel like you're capable of doing. There are many things you may see other people doing that you feel like you can do because they look— make it look easy. Now there are some people, glory to God, who look at Tyler Perry, glory to the name of God, make films, and because he makes it look easy, they think they can do it. The reality is it takes a lot of work to create a film, to create a documentary. It takes a lot of work. I know that because I own a production company. The reality is that's part of my purpose. But if it wasn't part of my purpose, ain't no way I would be doing all of the work that we do When it comes down to Purdue, we're working on two major documentaries right now that are going to, uh, be picked up. One Hulu, one Netflix. The reality is it's a lot of work, man. We've been working on one of them for a year and a half. We shot the footage a year and a half ago, and we're still in post. We're still tweaking things to make sure it's perfect, because at the end of the day, it's a lot of work. You just can't do things that's not authentically you because other people make it look easy. There are many plans, again, in your heart, but the only thing that prevails, the only thing that's eternal, the only thing that brings you true fulfillment, true happiness, is the purpose of the Lord. So again, that purpose is not your decision, it's your discovery. And true success— hear me— is found inside of that purpose. Oh my God, did they— Omashiantadabaye, Ukanda Shabaya. We give you glory, we give you honor. So prosperity, let's define that, and then I'm going to hit this really quick and I'm going to be out of here. It's progression progression, accumulation, and/or increase that is approved and ordained by God. Wait a minute, wait a minute. So that means all accumulation— oh boy, that's the biblical definition of prosperity. Let me say it again: progression, accumulation, and/or increase that is approved by God and ordained by God. So that means all prosperity is not God-approved. Hmm. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Okay, so yeah, there are people that do things on the side outside of a kingdom assignment to fund what God says. And I need to submit this to you because I, I believe for a long time that God needed my help funding what he told me to do, and that just ain't the case. God takes care of what's his, all right? God makes sure that where he guides, he provides. He will call— matter of fact, while I'm talking, I hear this in the spirit. There is accumulation happening in the heavens for you and I. Watch this, for purpose. And every time we align in another dimension of purpose, what is being accumulated releases. See, a lot of times there are people who are struggling with the finances to do what they need to do because they have not stepped into the realm where God is in agreement so he can release the funds. Because listen, if, if God didn't tell you to start a cannabis business, he's not going to give you the resources and make that easy for you. You're not talking to me here because it's not what he told you to do. But if God— here we go, my God— today has ordained it, he's already ordered the steps, and he's already accumulated what is needed to do what you got to do. I'm a witness. It just— that's just how it works. So let's go to Philippians 4. I'm almost done, guys. Uh, verses 17 and 19. Ah, I love this noonday. Glory to God. Whether you're joining us live or by replay, please share it. Glory to the name of God. Philippians 4, verses 17 through 19. The Bible says this— Paul is talking to the people at Philippi. Now watch this. He says— and we read the text all the time, but I want— hopefully I can show you something here that will help. He says, not that I desire your gifts. What I desire is that more be credited to your account. Act of giving and receiving. And he says to the people at Philippius, he said, now it ain't that I want or need your money. Watch this. He says, the reason I am talking to you about giving is because I want fruit. I want more to be credited to your account. Just touch yourself and say, more is about to be credited to my account. I need you to receive that. I need you to believe it. Come on, touch yourself right where you are. And say, more, my God, today is about to be credited to my account. I'm telling you right now, if you catch what's about to happen, the Apostle says, as you enter into this system of giving and receiving, my desire is for fruit, is for more to be credited to your account. Why do you need more? You need more Philippi. You need more saints of God that's listening. You need more human that's listening to me because— hear me, guys— ooh, you shy? You know, because there's a great purpose you got to complete. So Paul says, it's my desire. Now notice how the spiritual father desires for his spiritual children to have more. Listen, leaders have to be engaged in those that are connected to them, and it should be their desire for them to have more. Anytime you're in ministry for a business opportunity, for selfish gain, for money you can receive for yourself, yourself, you have missed it. Your desire should be for more to come to the people. Ah, I got to get through this, man. I gotta get through this. He says, I have received full payment and have more than enough. So Paul says, I got everything I need. God is taking care of me. I got more than enough. Now here's a— here's, here's something I want you to hear. When the fire of God comes into your life, a person who is carrying that fire, their ability not only to pray for you, lay hands on you, and be drunk in the spirit and flow in the things of God— that is, watch this, the elementary piece to where the fire that's in that leader needs to take you. Hear me, light that emanates of his life, the flame that burns in his life should become contagious, and there should be an ignition of fire in your life that pushes you into another level, another bracket of influence. Watch this, and prosperity. So this is how we— this is the foundation. And I'm going somewhere. This fire plus wealth, glory to God, we're going to get there. The reality is, whoo, a person who has never done it, who this flame doesn't burn in their life, can't teach you how to do it. Oh my God. A person who has never experienced wealth, who's never experienced true prosperity, Listen, I've made a million and lost it, made it again. Glory to the name of God. So I know full well how to teach you how to do it. I know full well how to align in congruency the fire that's in me to help others. And that's really my goal in life, with no attachment, hallelujah, at all. No, because I desire for people to see more. I want to see that number of 16.5% of humans having true success increase. So every little bit, even this live, glory to God, even every time I open my mouth, I want this fire to be contagious, that it ignites something in your mind, in your brain cell, in your spirit that says, I can have more, I can do more. That's my desire for you. And watch this, that's God's desire as well. And that's what's most important. Let's keep going. Paul says, I got full payment, I got more than enough. So, so you want to make sure you're listening to people who's operating from the standpoint of more than enough, that their mindset and their resources are in the realm of not just enough but more than enough. All right, he says, I am amply supplied. How can I talk to you about having supply in your life and I don't have supply in my life. Come on, how? That's what I'm— you have preachers who are trying to lead people down roads that they have not gone down. Oh my God, today he said, now that I have received from Ephraim— oh my God, the gifts you said. There we go. Hallelujah. The gifts you said. He said, they are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. And my, and my God will meet all your needs— watch this— according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Watch this. So God says, I'm gonna supply all your needs according to my riches in glory. So again, we found out that God is a consuming fire. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. We found out that He is a consuming fire, and out of that consuming fire, glory to the name of God, emanates a heat, a flame that consumes everything that's not like him. So when he does that, hallelujah, he releases a light that emanates an innovation. Again, a light comes on, the riches of his glory so he can supply his need. Can I tell you something? That wealth is not always tangible money. Wealth is also intelligence. Matter of fact, without mindset and intelligence, you'll never produce wealth. So God says, the riches of my glory is what I know. God says, I want to show you something in my glory about money, about wealth, about finance. I want to turn on a light through my fire so you can go in the world and innovate, create, so that in the marketplace and in the mill, which is where products are— see, people talk a lot about the marketplace, but they don't talk about the mill. See, things cannot reach the marketplace unless they go to the mill first. The mill is our manufacturing plants. It's the place where products are created. It's the place where products are produced. And once they are produced in the mill, they go to the marketplace to be sold for money. Here we go. We need some producers in the mill. God says, I have some ideas, I have some riches in my glory. But if all you want to do is have good church, oh, you won't tap into this flame. I got to get out of here, man. I got to get out of here. So I guess I'll hit these tonight. I'm almost done. So true success, true wealth, true prosperity— hear me, guys— are manifested through 4 principles. The fire of God releases these elements in our life so that wealth, success, and prosperity can come forth. And here's what they are: the crisis, the focus, time, and work. God knows I don't have time to deal with all of these. I will deal with them tonight, but I'm gonna deal with one. I'm gonna deal with crisis. Remember I said fire can be both constructive and destructive? Hear me, family. Hear me, hear me, guys. People don't want to talk about this aspect of fire. But God will send fiery trials, fiery tribulations. He will allow them in your life. He will allow crisis— here we go— to show up so that he can teach you in the midst of crisis what you need to— yes, and watch this— crisis only puts fuel on the fire. If you appropriate crisis correctly and use crisis right. Oh my God, I got to get out of here, man. I got to get— I'm preaching better, way better than y'all saying amen. But the reality is, I want you to hear me, don't curse your crisis. Matter of fact, let's go to 1 Peter 5 and verse 10. Crisis, crisis. Oh my God, crisis, crisis. Are— because most time if there's something on fire in the natural, a fire department, one of the terms used to describe the infrastructure of the fire department, department, watch this, is a type— they are a type of crisis Prevention Center, because when they get a call, they have to respond quickly to prevent the crisis the fire can cause. Crisis comes— glory to the name of God— to— watch this— prevent the destruction of God's purpose and plan for your life. And watch this, they come to cause you to see things differently, to see yourself mainly, to see God mainly different than you saw him before the crisis. Yeah, that's it. God sends crisis, he allows crisis because he wants you to see yourself and him differently than you saw them before the crisis occurred. Oh boy. So when crisis come, don't go crazy. Rejoice. Watch this. The Bible says, after you have suffered a little— hallelujah— after you had some crisis— this is 1 Peter 5:10— while the God of all grace, who imparts all blessings and favor, who has called you to his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself complete and make you what you ought to be. So the first thing that happens here, God allows you to suffer a little while. And then in the middle of the suffering, he imparts— watch this— blessing and favor. So here's what I will submit to you first, right here: nothing is ever as big as it first appears. I'm gonna say that one more time. Oh, I feel like running. Nothing is as bitter— um, as big, I'm sorry— as it first appears. Appears, glory to God, like a big huge thing and like it's about to take you out. But what you need to learn is that God is using that very thing to make you better. He's using that better thing, that, that very thing to grow you up. He's using that very thing to produce a fire. Hallelujah! To make you what you need to be, to release blessed and favor. The fire of trials is qualifying you for favor with him and favor with man. How you handle it, uh, is everything. So stop panicking because it's not as big as it looks. Stop freaking out. Oh boy, oh boy. So he imparts all blessing and favor, and he who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus. So your life is called to operate in eternal glory. Oh. So the fire of God, this dimension of glory, this dimension of fire, your life is called to burn in this dimension every single day, in every space. You should carry eternity with you everywhere you go. You know, I can say this. Yeah, I'll say this. You know, there are preachers again and leaders who instead of wanting to go to a deeper realm, and what they'll do is settle for the comfort of pleasure in their flesh and make excuses for doing the things, the carnal things that they make and find scripture to justify, like drinking, or, you know, things they like to do that are carnal and worldly. And, and it's okay, right, if that's what you want. I'm not hating on anybody. What you do is what you do. The reality is there's an eternal weight of glory, there's an eternal weight of fire that requires purity. I mean, we can sit down and deliberate all day and try to find ways to justify anything we do. Glory to God. And really start playing the grace card and make ourselves feel good about whatever we're doing. But the reality is there's some areas where only purity will produce. And so if I'm gonna operate in the eternal weight of glory where I carry eternity with me, which means that God is manifest resting wherever I go. And sickness and disease has to back up. Poverty has to back up because I'm a— I'm carrying another weight of glory into board meetings. I'm carrying another weight of glory when I go to pray for people. Oh boy. Okay, let me keep moving because yeah I'm gonna keep moving. The Bible says he's called you to this eternal weight of glory. He's— unfortunately, everybody won't operate here. This is, this is high level. This is how power, wealth produced out of fire. I'm telling you that. I'm— again, wealth is not just money, it's intelligence that comes from God. That things God will show you because you have a purity of thought, you have a liberty of expression in his glory. That is unmatched because you're operating through his mind. You've literally allowed the same mind to be in you that was also in him. He says Jesus Christ himself will complete and make you what you ought to be. So Christ is make you what you ought to be. He says he will establish you and ground you securely and strengthen you and settle you. Oh my God, I gotta go, guys. I gotta go, I gotta go. So a few things this verse tells us. One, don't curse your crisis. I already said that your crisis are necessary. Number two, this text teaches us that crisis will test our belief system. Adversity teaches you what you really believe. It's easy to believe God when bills are paid. It's easy to believe God when you don't need his favor because your credit is not good, because your credit is 800. Oh. Adversity teaches you where you really are. It's a measuring tool, and God takes you through it because your adversity— the root of the word adversity is ad. Your adversity becomes an ad, an advertisement for God. Oh God. So you go through adversity because God is advertising his glory. Yeah, so you become a walking billboard of what God can do because you survive adversity and crisis. Number 3, I'm, I'm done. Crisis It's the incubator of creativity. Lord have mercy. Oh gosh. Seldom have humans created anything outside of crisis, but most things that have ever been created of lasting value hear me, were created in crisis. Oh God. Ah, Jesus. People, it is even a known fact that couples create children 80% of the time in a crisis era of their marriage. Children are created in crisis, man. Hallelujah. Not very many people are sitting down planning and Seeing when you ovulate. Not many people's doing that. Most time this happens in crisis. Hallelujah. It's the incubator of creativity. Uh, Apple computers were created in crisis. Steve Jobs was going through a crisis, man. He was smoking drugs and doing everything trying to figure out himself. Crisis. Microsoft Windows were created in crisis. Cars were born in crisis. People were trying to solve the problem of transportation, and those guys were under pressure. They birthed out cars and engines in crisis. It's the incubator of creativity. An airplane was born in a crisis. The Wright brothers was in a crisis, man. Crisis— don't curse it. It's the incubator of creativity. See, some of you running around here mad that you're going through, but I want to tell you something: it's the incubator of creativity. Don't be mad at it. I'm almost done, guys. Finally, number 4: crisis creates a new way of thinking about an old problem. I'm gonna close my iPad. It creates a new way of thinking about an old problem. So when that fire of crisis is burning in your life, God will cause you to become innovative. He will tap you into new ways of approaching issues and problems. So I want to tell somebody today, as I close, instead of blowing up, instead of throwing in the towel, let crisis create a new way for you. And I promise you, he'll do just that. I love you guys, man. Let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name, thank you for this word. Thank you that we just were able to lay a backdrop of fire plus wealth. Father, I pray that your people won't curse their crisis. This. I decree and declare that the fire of tribulation that burns in their life, that you will get the glory out of it now. And that those under the sound of my voice will show up in the world and they will make a difference, and change will happen because they are alive. In the name of Jesus, I do pray. Amen and amen. Thank you guys so much. Glory to the name of God for listening, Glory. I love you. Heaven smile upon you is my prayer. I'll see you guys tonight. If you want to support this ministry, go to roddachurch.com/donate and get your seed in the ground. Y'all be blessed. Peace.