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Copy that, ending in June, appreciate that. Okay, WB7MAX here, looking for check-ins, please come down with your call first. Good morning, KB7MAX in. And good morning, Kevin, KB7MAX in, go ahead. Yeah, nothing there, just good morning to all on the source today, and, um, We have a day of honoring our Lord there. KB7, Zedek Sin back to NAP. All right, real good, Brian. KB7, Zedek Sin, got you. All right, I see Mike, W7TWO out there on the SDR. Good morning, Mike. How are you doing? Good morning Pastor Max. Everyone well considering everything's relative. I'm doing really well this morning. So, break out from that 17 degrees here this morning. Hello, Nicky. No new fire requests. I did talk to Dan again on the phone yesterday. Sounds really good. Back to, pretty much back to normal. So... You can have more information on what's found there, and you can have your results. Yes. So thank you, Pastor Max. I'm looking forward to Bible study at your table. Over. Mike, W7TW copy all. Yeah, Dan's doing well. No news on his diagnosis yet, but we'll see what happens there. So anyway, Mike, W7TW, appreciate that. 17 degrees there, I think I heard you say, or 27. But anyway, it's cold. All right, Mike, it sounds like you're doing well. You said well is a relative thing, but I copy that. Okay, let's continue to take check-ins. Any more check-ins, please come down. Okay, we have a double there. I picked up one of them. Will, Keelemike 5 Foxtrot, good morning. How are you doing? I'm doing okay. No new prayer requests. Can't find us. Alright, world's doing good. No new prayer requests. Other stations that tried to check in, please come now. Yeah, call out for W7RKD. He is out there, but he's weak. YSI down there in California. Yeah, Steve W6YSI is on the air, Jim. Appreciate that. And he's with us this morning. Over. Yeah, Steve, can you copy? I hear you loud and clear, Brother Jim. My phone number, write it down, so you can give me a call when you're heading this way. 360-981-8369. Looking forward to see you someday. USL 360-981-8369. Thank you, Jim. Yeah, 73. Thanks, Pastor Mike. Alright, real good. Thank you for the cue, sir, there. Alright, this is WB7MX, that control for West Coast, there was another station trying to check in alongside Will. Other station, please come down. Papa Alpha. Papa Alpha, go ahead. Carol's been trying to get in here for a while now, Max. Who's trying to get in, Scott? Come again? Carol, KK7TPO. All right, all right. Carol, KK7TPO, we love you. We just -- you get lost in the noise sometimes. We are not ignoring you. But, Scott, N7NPA can hear you real well. Carol, thank you for being there. Carol, come back to me. Alright Scott, I need an audio hug, Mac....her voice and that's all. Can you give me a relay? Yeah, she's giving you an audio hug. No prayer requests. All right, Carol, well, good, yep, and we all giving you an audio hug, too, so appreciate you being there, Carol, and Scott, thank you for the relay. Sure glad that you're able to pick her up. Okay, all right, let me go through my... SDR is here for a minute. Okay, we've got Gene at K7 GWR. Good morning, Gene. I'll see you there on the Utah SDR. Appreciate you being there. We got Mike, we got Kevin, we got Dave, there's Carol, Brian, Jim, Scott, David, KK7 PDI. I haven't heard from you this morning. Come back to me, David. Good morning, Max. This is the day the Lord has made and I will rejoice in it. It's a great day. No further requests. Looking forward to the study. Alright, it is a great day and it's the day the Lord has made and looking forward to a good study. Thank you for that, David. Appreciate you being there. Let's see, who else do we have on our list? We've got George checked in. There's Brian, KJ7PWM. Good morning, Brian, KJ7PWM. Come back to me. Alright, not hearing anything from Brian KJ7PWM, but I am checking Brian in by way of relay from the Utah SDR. So Brian KJ7PWM, we got you. Let's see, there's Al, there's Will. There's Peter, KJ7BA. Good morning, Peter. Good to see you there. And I appreciate you being there, Peter. See you there on the Utah SDR. And Peter comes back with good morning to everyone, so good contact there. All right. So we've got Peter all checked in. And there's Phillip, K6HSV. Good morning, Phillip. See you there on the Utah as well. And you're also over here in Half Moon Bay. So we got Phillip. Let's see. Who else do we have here? Well, there's that Jeff AK-60K guy. I'll call out to him again and see if I can get him to come back to me. Jeff, are you there? Oh yeah, I'm here. I was done getting my coffee. We surmised as much. Okay, well I'm in my seat. Alright, you're on your feet and you actually got your radio in your hand so we got Jeff Corral lassoed, tied to the post and he is all checked in. Okay, any other check-ins please come down. Alright, we had a double there and for some reason I didn't get either of you guys. Let's try again, please come again with your call signs. WB7VZL. Alright, I picked up one of them that time, so you be patient with me, I'll get to the other one. Roger, WB7VZL, got you checked in. How you doing, Roger? Yeah, what a contrast. Well, it will open up later. Roger that. Okay, other station that tried to check in alongside Roger, please come now. Alpha Juliet 6 Papa Delta. Alpha Juliet 6 Papa Delta. Alpha Juliet 6 Papa Delta, got you checked in. Um............... Okay, just a second here. Okay, so we got Tony, AJ6PD. Tony, thank you for being here. Tony, any prayer requests, please come back to me. No prayer request. Thank you. Just like to tune in in the morning, I guess, the morning prayer and find out what you're studying today before I QSY over to the local station. Thank you, Pastor Max. Always a pleasure. Thank you. Always a pleasure to talk to you, Tony. Appreciate you being here. Our study today is going to be in 2 Corinthians 9, 1 to 15. That is the entire chapter. We'll be looking at that today. So, Tony, if you could read that and look that over in preparation for our study, that would be great. Okay. And I also heard Bert, W7RKD. Bert, come back to me. Yeah, we'll copy on you, Mac. We'll copy on this, then. I'm checking in later than Roger. All right. Copy. Any no prior requests, back to you, Mac. All right, copy, no prior requests. And yeah, you're really slipping when you're coming in later than Roger. We're going to have to have a chat about that. All right. I got a message here of some kind. I need to read, so give me a second here. See who is texting me. and we'll go from there. Yeah, that's Brian, KJ7 PWM. He says band is rough. Prays for first calf on the ground this morning. All right, only three left, but then there's the sheep. All right, Brian is going through calving right now. Brian, KJ7 PWM has a ranch and he's having baby calves. So had the first baby calf on the ground this morning and three left to go. So we need to pray for Brian at KJ7 PWM that all of his... His cows and sheep will have safe and healthy deliveries and healthy babies because that's how the herd multiplies. All right, Brian, real good. Okay, any more check-ins, please come down with your call sign. KJX? Okay, I think I heard George, K2KJX. George, is that you? Come back to me. OK, George, unable to copy. Can I get a relay from somebody? Yeah, George is wanting prayer requests for a couple root canals, but I didn't catch who it was. George, could you identify who's getting the root canals? Over. Oh, she had, yeah, she had root canals on Tuesday. How's she doing, George? She's doing great. Oh, copy, copy. Al, George's wife, Sue, had two root canals on Tuesday, and she's in pain. And so they're going to go see the orthodontist tomorrow there, Al. Over. All right Al, appreciate you keeping up with this. Yeah, so that's George K2KGX, his wife Sue had two root canals, she's in a lot of pain, we need to pray for the relief of that pain. All right, thank you for that George, appreciate that. Okay, any other check-ins or prayer requests, come now. Alright, we are going to get started with our Bible study today. I'm just looking one last time at my SDR to see if I'm missing anyone. For right now, I don't see anyone that I'm missing, but I will check again in a little bit. Alright, this is WB7MAX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study. We are in 2 Corinthians chapter 9. This is a section that's dealing with giving. And it has to do with giving to ministries and needs outside of the local church in foreign lands or in areas outside our geographical area. So here we have people in what is modern-day Greece. The churches up in North, like Philippi and Thessalonica, the church down South, Corinth, and Paul is giving them instructions about principles for financial giving to saints that live elsewhere when they are in financial need. And so there was saints in Jerusalem. that were poor because of a drought and because of persecution, and the saints in Greece were gathering together money to send over to what is modern-day Israel, to the city of Jerusalem, to relieve those saints. So anyway, we've looked at chapter 8, and now we are moving on to chapter 9, where Paul continues to talk about the same subject matter. So we're going to be reading together 2 Corinthians chapter 9, And I think I'll go ahead and read that because the band is so poor today. And we'll open in prayer before we do that. And so, Beck, Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, could you please open in prayer for us today? Sure. Let us all bow our heads. Good morning, Father God in Heaven. Thank you so much for giving us another day that we can all be here and rest in the peacefulness of the joy of the words that we read and share in your scripture. Please be with us and guide us. and give us the message that we need to share with one another. This we pray in Jesus' holy name. Amen. Thank you for that, Beck. Real good. Appreciate that a lot. The net would like to acknowledge Gene K7GWR. Gene, see you there in the Utah SDR. Thank you for being here with us today. That's Gene. Paul says, for as touching the ministering unto the saints, it is superfluous for me to write unto you. For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia that Achaia was ready a year ago. and your zeal has provoked very many. Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain, in this behalf, that, as I said, you may be ready. Lest, happily, if they of Macedonia come with me and find you unprepared, We, that we say not ye, should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren that they would go before unto you and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof you had noticed before that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. What is this I say? He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man, according as he purposes in his heart, shall let him give, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you. that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. As it is written, he hath dispersed abroad, he is given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth forever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seeds sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which causeth through the thanksgiving of God. For the administration of this service not only supplies the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God. Whilst by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God, for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them and unto all men, and by their prayer for you, which long after you, for the exceeding grace of God in you, thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. All right, any comments on this section, please come down with your call sign. All right, well, let me just start out with the last verse. All right. 2 Corinthians 9, verse 15, Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. And of course, it's talking here about the Lord Jesus Christ. And a gift so wonderful, there are not words to describe it. And so there's some things that you just stand in awe of. There's some things you stand... dumbfounded at, there's some things you stand speechless before, because they're so overwhelmingly magnificent that words fail you to ever begin to be able to describe them. They can only be experienced. And that's what Paul is saying here in verse 15, is that this gift of the Lord Jesus Christ is beyond suitable words to ever be able to describe. And while we have some words to describe it, it's so much greater than those words that we feel wholly inadequate using those words to be able to try to express the measure and the degree of the blessedness of the gift of Jesus Christ to us. And if God has given to that degree and to that level and to that greatness then this provides a model for us in our giving to Him and to His people. For He says, inasmuch as you've done it to the least of these, my brethren, you've done it to me. And so we give to our poor Christian brethren. What Jesus is saying is that's the same as giving to me. So if you love Jesus and you want to give to Jesus, give to his brethren and he'll take it as a gift directly to him. All right, other comments on this section? Please come down with your call, sir. Call. KK7PDI? David, KK7PDI, please go ahead. Yeah, thanks, Max. I like the way that you brought that verse 15 in because of the indescribable gift, the gift of Jesus Christ that was given in our place. Excuse me. And I appreciate that because it sets the standard looking at everything, therefore, that was said previous to this. But what always comes to mind is verse 7, because I've heard this used so many times again. And you see, it's a problem in the world, because when you speak to people that are on church, have never been saved, one of the biggest problems they have is giving. All the church cares about, they say, is my money. That's all they want. that's because they don't understand the word of God. But verse 7 again, so let each one give as he purposes in his heart. And I like that, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful gift. Because we understand he gave it all that we might live. He gave everything, and so everything that you have, is because of Him. And so when you give, don't be grudgingly about it. He provided you your daily bread. He provided you the clothes on your back. He provided you a home or whatever you have. It's because of His love for us. Kilo Kilo 7, Papagalpia, India. Back to you, Max. Yeah, well said, David. And it's not just about the amount of our gift. It's about the attitude with which that gift is given. And as you said, what do we have that we have not received? And if we have received it, because it's a privilege to be able to give. And it's a privilege and an honor to be able to serve God in that fashion. And so giving is actually a spiritual gift. It's actually a ministry that God calls us to and a stewardship that we have a responsibility with reference to. So if we're going to serve God, let's serve him with happiness. And that especially comes in the area of giving. So thank you for that. All right, I've got a comment here from Daryl WB7AOT. He says, Hi, Max. The reading this morning implies that the Christians in the early churches had jobs and were earning wages or else had businesses. That would have been the way the churches and offerings were financed. And that's exactly right. It was expected of the Christians that they would not only earn their own money, Darrell, but that they would then, out of their earnings, only provide for themselves but for others. For example, it says in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, if a man doesn't work, he shouldn't eat. And so Paul had no time and no place for grifters and freeloaders. He expected everyone to work. Elsewhere he says that, you know, work with quietness and eat your own bread. Elsewhere he said, "Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have to give to him that is in any need." So over and over again, Darrell, the Scriptures say a man needs to work, he needs to provide for his own, and then he needs to take what he has in excess of meeting the immediate needs of himself and his family, and utilize that in the service of the Kingdom of God. So, appreciate that comment, Darrell, spot on. All right, I got another comment here from Brian KJ7 PWM. In verse 10, it says, And he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for food shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness. And then here's Brian's comment. God has all the seed. God will distribute it accordingly. See the parable of the talents. Brian, good comment. That's Brian, K7CIP. And basically what he's saying here is that in verse 10, God is the one who ministers seed to the sower. And so if we have any seed, he's given it to us. and our responsibility is to distribute it. He talked about the parable of the talents. And, oh, this is PWM. Ha! I need to look at my stupid phone. I knew it was Brian. Brian, this is Brian KJ7 PWM, not Brian KJ7 ZIP. I think that's the second time I've done that to you, Brian. You're going to have to mail me a letter bomb or something. In any event, yeah, Brian, KJ7PWM. He says, or the third time you've done it to me. Well, I get my Brians confused, you know. That's what you've got to put up with when you're hanging around with WB7MAX, a confused old man. All right. Okay, so. Yeah, God has seed, and he will distribute it accordingly. Parable of the talents, right? God gave one talent to one person and five to another and ten to another, and each one needed to be a steward of what God had given to them. All right, I will shut up before I dig myself into any deeper of a hole here. Brian, KJ7, PWM, thank you for that comment. All right, any other comments, please come now. AK6, OK. Alright, I got Jeff. AK6, OK. Go ahead there, Jeff. Well, as we all know, Malachi 310, bring all of the ties into the storehouse so there will be enough food for my temple. If you do, says the Lord of Heaven's armies, I will open up the windows of Heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room. to take it in, put me to the test. You know what? We've experienced this in my family. Absolutely, we have tried to outgive God, and we have failed miserably, Max. Yeah, Jeff, what a great passage, Malachi 3.10, and that goes right along with with 2 Corinthians 9.10. He that ministers seed to the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness. So there's a double blessing there. There's a material blessing, multiply your seed sown, and then there's a spiritual blessing, increase the fruits of your righteousness. So the point that Malachi is exhorting us to and that Paul is exhorting us here to as well, and that is you can't out-give God. You know, God will be no man's debtor. And when we give to God, not only will he make it up, he'll multiply it on top of that. And so, Jeff, you know, I know that your life in ministry has been a real testimony to that. I think all of us who have been faithful in giving have experienced that. And, you know, I had somebody say to me one time, well, I can't afford to give. And my response was, you can't afford not to give. Because God will bless the 90% and make it stretch further than the 100% would if you tithe. Okay, one more thing. Go ahead, Jeff. Yeah, you know, I heard a pastor one time that really stuck with me when he said, you know, I'll tell you what, and he was speaking to me. He said, Jeff, what would happen if God provided for you just like you provided for him? Where would we be then? He can certainly drop your income based on what you give him. Yeah, that's an interesting challenge. And so, yeah, we need to reciprocate. And God tells us, you know, what he wants there. You know, the tithe is a biblical principle of giving 10%, and then, you know, we can give above and beyond that. I knew a guy who was single. He had no family. And he had a very high-paying job. He gave 90% of his income. I think R.G. Letourneau did the same thing. He wrote a book called The Mover of Men and Mountains. He was the first inventor of the bulldozer and heavy equipment. And so, you know, depending upon how much you're making, I mean, if you're making a million dollars a year, right, you can live on $100,000 a year and give 90% and still do just fine. So I'm not telling anybody how much they should give. Tithing is certainly a biblical principle. It's one that we've followed all of our lives and really seen God bless that. But at the same time, you know, I think each person needs to ask themselves, what does God want me to do in my situation with the resources He's given to me, and then just go from there. So anyway, Jeff, thank you for that. How well would God do based on your giving? I think that's a principle we can think about and incorporate into our thought process in making an evaluation there. Okay. Brian, thank you for this. Brian gave me some cover here. This is Brian, KJ7PWM. He said, in kindergarten, there were four Brians in my class. I am used to it. All right, Brian. Well, you're not going to escape in your old age, especially when you hang around with me. All right, I love my Brians. I only got two of them, but I'll keep them straight from here on out. Hopefully, God willing. All right, other comments, please come now. Steve, W6YSI, go ahead. I appreciate your comments, Max, and anybody else in that verse 7, because I've heard people, whenever we've gotten into discussions with them about why are you not giving, and they've come up with the answer, well, I can't do it carefully, so therefore I don't give. W6YSI. Yeah, that's just a lot of cop-out. Okay, that's just saying, I have a bad attitude, I'm justifying my bad attitude, and I intend to keep my bad attitude. And really what that is, that's a cloak of covetousness. Okay, and so Paul talks about that here in verse 5. In verse 5 he says, Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren that they would go before unto you and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof you had noticed before, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty and not as of covetousness. And the idea there is that, you know, if you're giving and bitter about it, then you have a real problem. God wasn't bitter about giving you His Son. And certainly we should not ever be bitter about giving to God, but grateful that we can reciprocate, because, you know, reciprocation is a principle that's very powerful in the Bible. We see that in Romans chapter 12 and verse 1. I beseech you, therefore, in light of the mercies of God that have been shown to you in salvation, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable servant. It's a reasonable thing to give back to the God who gave to us, Paul says there in Romans 12. And so we not only give ourselves, but our resources as well. And really, they're not even ours. Our body's been bought with a price, all our possessions have been given to us as a stewardship. So the whole idea that we own stuff is ridiculous. We don't own anything. You don't even own your own life. It was given to you by God. You don't own your own soul. It was purchased by Christ. And you sure don't own your possessions. They were all given to you as a stewardship. So pray tell, what do you own? You don't own anything. And so the only question is, is how does the one who gave all this stuff to me, he gave me my life, he gave me my soul, he gave me my possessions, how does he want me to manage them? And, you know, when you let go of thinking you own anything, then you just become a manager. Right. and then you become someone who can joyfully do what the true owner tells you to do with your body, with your soul, and with your possessions. So, Steve, thank you for bringing that out, and that's an attitude that certainly needs to be rebuked in anybody who would ever express such a thing. I hardly think someone would be saved if they could say such a thing. All right, other comments. Please come now. 5 Yankee. 5 Yankee, go ahead. Yeah, one of the reasons I go by Beck is because everybody seems to be named Mike. One of the problems I had with giving is I want to give non-grudgingly and with an open heart and happily. But when at church, Sandy and I purchased microphones for the girls. And because we spent $400 or $500 on mics and stands and everything, we didn't give anything that week to the church. And basically, the preacher... made it perfectly clear that when you do something like that, you still need to give what's required to the church. And then whatever's left over from the church, you know, spend that on something else if you want. My problem with that is that makes me feel like it's a necessity. And if I'm going to give cheerfully, then I think that I should be allowed to give the money where I find it necessary to help the church. Alpha Alpha Phi Yankee. Yeah, Beck, you know, we can give money in the offering plate. We can give items and a gift in kind. I mean, what's the difference between you putting... $400 into microphones and stands, and you putting $400 into the church and them going with that money and buying microphones and stands. You know, unless, you know, they, you know, the pastor's not getting his rent paid that month, and they don't need microphones and stands, they need money for the rent so he can live for, you know, another month. So, yeah, Beck, I really sympathize with your position. I think that if we're going to give to the Lord's work, if we're going to give to our church, the question is, how is that money going to be spent? I think the elders in the church can best decide how the money given to the church should be spent. I've seen people donate very expensive items to the church, you know, pianos costing tens of thousands of dollars. And yet, you know, the church needs a siding, you know, or whatever, or needs a new roof. And so to preempt the priorities of the elders by giving items that are different than what they perceive to be the most important need, I can see where that would be a problem, but to say that you need to give on top of the items you've given, there's some principles there, Beck, and I certainly understand when I give gifts in kind, that's in addition to the financial giving because I know that nobody can pay that month's heat bills with a microphone and a music stand. And if there isn't money for that, then I can see why a statement like that would be made. But assuming there's sufficient funds to meet the basic needs of the church and the pastor, then giving items like that is entirely appropriate. So back to you there, Beck. Hi, Roger. I understand what you're saying. I still feel that where I want to spend my money on the church is my business. And I want to be a cheerful giver. And these five ladies sharing one microphone to me, which is ridiculous. And only the read the... praise team person was a person with his own microphone and that was it. And as far as me giving to the church to help support the pastor, how did that pastor make it before I came along? Roger? Yeah, I copy that. Well, I certainly sympathize with your perspective there, Beck, and understand the frustration that you were feeling. Anyway, thanks for expressing that. I think it brings out an interesting discussion and some good principles. All right, any other comments anybody wants to make on this passage, please come down. PDI. Okay, I heard a call sign. Go ahead. PDI. PDI, go ahead. Yeah, thank you, Max. When I look at our faith, our faith is a spiritual discipline that we must act on. And how do we build our faith? How do we build our, you know, relationships in Christ? It's through reading of his word, and we draw on that, and we build ourselves up that way through him. And so it's a spiritual discipline that takes place. Giving is no different. It's a spiritual discipline. And you give back as you purpose in your heart, and it should not be grudgingly. It should be a willful gift, understanding the great price that was paid and given to you. And, you know, when we have people that come to worship and have never visited in the congregation where I attend, when the giving is done, they It's made very clear that you're our honored guest. We do not solicit your funds. You're not a member here. It's the members that are responsible to give for the church there. And so we give as we purpose in our hearts and we give back. But I don't require it of any visitor. You're present. You just be there if you need enough. Now, should you later become a member, then you're obligated. But at the same time, that's something that each of us will give an account to God, and that be of judgment, how we gave back with what He's blessed us with. And that's something that is personal between you and God, and you will give an account for it, and I will give an account for it. 10-10-7, Papa Del Valle, back to you, Max. Yeah, David, really well said. And I agree, the members are the ones who are the responsible to support the church. The way we handled that is, in my 34 years of pastoral ministry, we never took up an offering warrant. We never passed the plate, ever. And the reason for that is, I didn't want to be sticking a plate in someone's face who wasn't ready to give, who wasn't prepared to give, maybe who wasn't even a Christian. So we just had an offering box in the back with a slot in the top. You guys are honored guests, and we don't expect you to give. We're here to serve you, not take from you. But the message needs to be that the church is not all about money. Churches require money to operate, for sure, but that's not what we lead with. We lead with the gospel. We lead with service and sacrifice. We lead with love and grace. And then if somebody wants to reciprocate that out of their own desire, well, fine. Here's the avenue to do it. And I can tell you, we never lacked for what we needed when we used that offering box in the back, because all the members knew it was there. And if visitors were curious, that was pointed out to them, but only when they initiated the conversation. All right, good comment there. And you're right, we're going to all give account for what we have given or not given to the Lord based upon what our circumstance and situation is. All right, I got another text message here. I got a couple of them. Keith, WB7RKR, good morning. We got you checked in. Appreciate you being there. And here's what Keith says. He says, "If we store money in food for giving, where is the storing food for seven years come into the personal need?" Okay, good question there, Keith. And what he's referring to here is Joseph in Egypt. Now, you remember how Joseph bought a fifth of the grain? in the years of plenty, stored it up, and then of course in the years of famine, they had to give. And you know, elsewhere in the Bible it says there's treasure and oil to be desired in the dwelling of the wise, but the foolish man spins it up. And so the Bible lays upon us a responsibility not to live just hand to mouth, okay? To have some reserve against hard times, so that we have the ability to take care of ourselves and even give to others who haven't prepared for those hard times. And that's what Joseph was doing. So the point is here is that it's perfectly fine to have a savings account, to be a prepper, if you will. It says, go to the anthill slugger, consider her ways and be wise. So having no guide or overseer, prepares her food in the summer so that she can eat throughout the winter. And so over and over again, the Bible encourages saving, preparing, having things in reserve so that we can sail through the hard times without being destitute or destroyed. So Keith, WB7RKR, great comment. All right, I've got another comment here from Dave, KE7WKI. Dave says, I don't tithe, but a pastor of a small church of about 25... 30 miles away and don't get a salary. You don't have to mention my name. I'm sorry. I should have read this before I spoke. But, yeah, you know, there's other ways to give. And, you know, when we're not receiving income, we're not expected to tithe, bottom line. And so if there is no income, then there is no grounds for giving. So thank you for that. I apologize for not reading that before I read it out on the net. Okay, other comments, please come now. KM5F, we had a double there. Go ahead, Will. Thank you. Thank you. AM5S, go ahead. Yeah, I know. Sounds like he drifted off frequency. Yeah, you were talking about Joseph. Well, he gave not just money, but he gave food for his family because they didn't have any. So we probably should be given, you know, of our resources that have been mentioned several times, which includes food or other things, clothing, things to plow the ground, etc. came by them. Yeah, that's exactly right. And along Beck's line, when the church needs a new lawnmower, you just go buy a lawnmower and give it to them. And so there's lots of different ways to give. We can give our time, we can give our resources, we can give our ministry, we can give our money, we can give our prayers. There's lots of ways to give. The focus of our section here today is financial giving. But just because we're focusing on financial giving doesn't mean there aren't other ways to give. All right, there was another station that had a comment. Other station, come now. That was 5 Yankee. Okay, 5 Yankee, go ahead, back, go ahead. Okay, I'll make it quick because we have the military net coming up. The thing about giving, I kind of have a stigma about it. And the reason why is my parents were giving envelopes, and those envelopes had numbers on them. And those numbers were related to the person in our family that was giving. And they would track how much money you gave. And at the end of the year, they would come by and check your taxes to make sure that you gave your 10%. And if you didn't give the 10%, they'd let you know how much more money you owed the church. I think that's why I have a stigma about giving. We'll copy that back. That is completely evil, and it's completely unchristian, it's completely ungodly for a church to ever do that. And it seems like to me you've got pastors there who are greedy, of filthy lucre, and aren't even qualified to be in the ministry. So, Beck, what happened to you was wrong, and it was evil, and I understand why that would be difficult. All right. Beck is right. We have the Vintage Military Radio coming up at 6:50, which is about nine minutes from now. Al, KJ7 to Q8, you go ahead and close the prayer for us right now, please. Thank you, Pastor Mack. This is KJ, WCQH. Let's all come together in prayer. Heavenly Father, we would like to close our next day with petitions of prayer or praise. and we begin with State W6YSI who is asking for attitude improvement and giving them the encouragement that they need to accomplish that. We lift up Jerry AE-70R who had a left shoulder injury. He's afraid for his healing. So N, N6XOH, we lift up Thomas who's getting ready to head back to a military job. for some cross-training. We pray for him to be successful in that. And also we lift up Macy and her health issues. For Dave, W7, WAI, who's preaching in the Black Book today, give him the words that he needs to preach. I suppose, live through, he'll be preaching too today. We've got Brian KA730. We lift up Jay who had his first chemo treatment for his prostate cancer. He's got five more to go. And we spray the tackle as well. We know that can be rough. and uh, I'm just looking forward to the end of June where you'll be through that and you'll be able to see the results and the presence of those results as well For Brian KJ, that's a CWM, the other Brian We are afraid for his baby cows being born. We pray they all are born well and healthy and bring them to the next one. For George K2 KJX, his wife Sue has lupinella black food baby and needs more work. or a relief. We lift up Brother Doc W6RLJ and ask for more blessing on his medical mission to South Pacific. For a thief K7MEV is traveling in Skull March 16th. Pray for his safety. Roger. WB7BDL and that we lift up his wife daily following her breast cancer surgery and we have her success in her recovery. For James K7OAO, we pray for the victims of childhood sexual abuse and for David KK7PDI, we ask for safety and success of our troops in Iran and that We pray for two-year-old baby Meg who has cancer, that chemo treatments will remove the cancer without harm. Jeff, who is traveling east, March 26th for meetings with people in ministry to obtain We pray that the needs of our Bibles and Chaplain's relationships will be met. And for our brother Ron, W-A-0-J-A-E, and his wife, Doris C.S., is declining and nearing death. For Will, healer Mike 5, Foxtrot, we pray for Gordy, who has a fifth for the healing of his heart. We pray that that 16-year-old Rita return home safe. T-WB7RKR his wife wants him to recovery from heart ablation procedure. I believe that goes well. For Jim, W7BKB, he asked for a prayer for his grandchildren. Fabulous that they loved their baby during pregnancy. They prayed for their peace and comfort and ability to trust God regarding their tragedy. For Pete, W6NOX, His 98 year old Aunt Marion is improving. And we pray for her healing and recovery. For Carol, KK7TPO, for the child's custody arrangement for 7 year old Alice. and will be vetted for birth, will be arranged, and currently in litigation. For Lee AL7KG, for safety and his travel from the 14th to his work church camp for a few days. and for praying. AG5E SD We pray for Sandy that his biopsy will come back negative. Now, Lord, we turn to our big list. The Sunday portion, we pray for the Midwest Bible Study. That comes on at 4 o'clock our time. It has 39.62 point buckles. And for Darrell's WBW-AOD, it's met control for his health needs. And we thank you, George, for giving him another lap around the sun, as he had a birthday yesterday. We hope that was a happy experience. Lord, we continue to pray for our friend Jenny who recently had a surgery. And we are looking forward to her recovery. And we offer praise that she is able to get out now and visit and socialize. 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