A pastor warns against making desperate, insincere vows to God when money gets tight, like promising to buy the church windows if he gets a raise. These promises usually get broken or balloon into bigger lies. Build real faith instead of bargaining with God.
You know what I hate the most? Some of you begin to— not you in this church— some people begin to lie. God, if you really bless me, I will bless the church. Lord, if you really— you know, how many of you know that when you are going through a financial state, that's when you begin to remember to make some very weird promises to God? If you really take me out of this thing, I'm going to buy all the windows in the church. Brother, we have no windows in this church. You know why? Because you use— come on now, I know what I'm saying. I do sometimes when things are not working. God, if you really take me out of this, I'm going to buy you a microphone. And before the money comes, I've already started pricing microphones. And when the money comes, I will never buy microphone. I will tell God, you know what, the next one is a bigger one. Why?
