Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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… Fear not, little flock. It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. It's his pleasure. God wants to bless you. God loves to bless you. happy are the people whose God is the Lord. Coming back to what Chappelle said, the higher up I go, the less happy I am. Does that describe you? There's certain things you thought if I had this thing, if I had this experience, if this happened to me, I know I would be happy if I reached this goal, if I reached this position, if I get this many followers on my social media, if X, Y, or Z happen, I'll be happy. And all those things happen for you and you're not happy and you're wondering why. The reason is, is you can't find it by chasing it. It comes from a relationship with God. Again, the only way you can be a happy person is to be a person who knows God. some plain truth from pastor greg laurie today here on a new beginning we're just getting started in our study of the beatitudes a study of how to be happy and there's so much more to come but listen if you want to remedy the situation pastor greg just talked about you can do that today, you can have a relationship with God and find the happiness that the Beatitudes are talking about. Pastor Greg, what would you say to the person who wants to make that kind of change today? …
… Jesus linked fear and finances in Luke 12. Do not fear, little flock, for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell what you have and give alms. Provide for yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. It's ironic that money is the one thing that we print with the words, in God we trust on it. Maybe it's kind of eerily prophetic and accurate, but you cannot trust in both God and money. You cannot trust in money as God, but then not be afraid when the volatility of the market and ebbs and flows and even the fears of, even if I set it up just right, who knows if my son's son's son will be a moron and squander it all, right? This worshiping of money, it's uncertain riches. Do not set your hope on uncertain riches. …
… deficit for those who love well. Number two, God gives treasure that will not fail. Now we're jumping forward to Luke 12, verses 32 to 34. God gives treasure that will not fail. Verse 32. Fear not, little flock. for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Oh, I just love that little flock. Modest, marginal, small, weak, little flock. He's going to give you the kingdom. running over. Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with money bags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. So this is the same spirit and holy joy-seeking as we see in Jesus' other ethic, in his line of reasoning. As you empty your earthly, aging, stealable wallets by giving to others who are in need, you provide yourselves with heavenly money bags that do not grow old, treasure that cannot be stolen by thieves or destroyed by moths. …