{"id":303203,"date":"2014-09-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/count-your-blessings\/"},"modified":"2014-09-18T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:00:00","slug":"count-your-blessings","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/count-your-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Count Your Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Kluth encourages listeners to look back on their lives and see how God has provided for them in the past, then give to God accordingly, out of a thankful heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2014-09-18.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"26.12M","filesize_raw":"27393097","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2833,2806],"tags":[5438,5437,5436,5439],"podcast_series":[8037],"cwp_profile":[3145],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-303203","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-godly-legacy","category-spiritual-development","tag-blessed","tag-generosity-anemic","tag-generous","tag-give-to-be-a-blessing","podcast_series-experience-god-as-your-provider","cwp_profile-brian-kluth","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/303203\/count-your-blessings","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/303203\/count-your-blessings","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Iiz83Zi0tK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/count-your-blessings\/\">Count Your Blessings<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/count-your-blessings\/embed\/#?secret=Iiz83Zi0tK\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Count Your Blessings&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"Iiz83Zi0tK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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I think the bigger question is: \u201cAre they observing you being generous?\u201d Here\u2019s Brian Kluth.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>We live in a day and age where I think people need to be challenged that they\u2019re generosity is somewhat anemic and somewhat unhealthy. They need to be challenged to really think about that part of their lives. They have been blessed, but I believe we are blessed to be a blessing. Some people in the prosperity gospel teach, \u201cGive to get\u2014give to <em>get<\/em> a blessing.\u201d I believe we give to <em>be<\/em> a blessing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, September 18<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to talk today about how God has blessed you and about how you can be a blessing. Our guest is Brian Kluth. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Thanks for joining us. I had a friend of mine come to me recently; and he said, \u201cWell, the company, after a decade, called me up and said, \u2018We\u2019re letting you go.\u2019\u201d I said, \u201cAny explanation?\u201d He said: \u201cNo; no explanation. They just said: \u2018We made the decision, and we\u2019re letting you go. This is your two weeks\u2019 notice.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Ten years\u2014he gets a two weeks\u2019 notice. We got together with a group of guys and prayed for our friend. I remember, in praying for him, we prayed that he would recognize that God is his Provider and that God is going to take care of him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought to myself, as I was praying it, \u201cThat\u2019s an easy prayer for me to pray.\u201d I felt a little guilty praying it. In fact, I kind of felt uncomfortable\u2014like: \u201cOkay, can I <em>really<\/em> say this is true? What if my friend, three months from now, still doesn\u2019t have a job? He comes back and says, \u2018What\u2019s this deal about God being the Provider?\u2019 What do I say to him then?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, you know, all of life is watching how God does provide for us. Sometimes, it\u2019s more obvious than others. We have a gentleman, who\u2019s really made a study out of generosity and how God provides. Brian Kluth joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Brian, welcome to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, great to be with you and your listeners. We\u2019re looking forward to sharing with them and giving them some hope and encouragement today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Brian is a speaker. He is an author of a number of books, including <em>Experience God as Your Provider<\/em>. He and his wife Mary Ellen live on the front range of Colorado, up near Denver. Brian, I just have to ask you: \u201cWhy did you write a book about God\u2019s provision? What\u2019s the first provision where God showed up in your life to kind of build this in to make this a life message for you?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>I think one of the big memories I had\u2014I was involved with a Christian ministry in northern Wisconsin. It was a place called Fort Wilderness\u2014it was a Christian camp. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was on the missionary staff, and I had to raise my support to do that. I was serving the Lord at this camp. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWinter showed up\u2014it was probably about early November\u2014the snow showed up, and the cold showed up, and I remember really needing boots. I needed a pair of winter boots, but I didn\u2019t have the money for them. I was praying, \u201cGod, I really need you to provide money for these boots.\u201d So, I prayed. At that time in my life, I didn\u2019t use a credit card\u2014\u201cI\u2019m going to trust God to be my Provider.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI go to my mailbox, and I was so excited. There were three letters in that mailbox. All three letters said they just were so excited for me, and they believed in me, and they were praying for me\u2014and there was no money.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So how did God provide?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>So, I was a little discouraged. I went down to my office\u2014I was sitting down there. I\u2019m like: \u201cLord, I\u2019m serving You. I need boots, and I don\u2019t have the money.\u201d A guy comes walking down the hall, and he has this pair of boots. He said, \u201cBrian,\u201d\u2014he said, \u201cDo you know anybody who needs a pair of winter boots?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cI do!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey were warm winter boots, and they were my exact size. I said to the fellow: \u201cWhy do you have these? Where do they come from?\u201d He said: \u201cI bought a property. In the barn, on my property, these boots were up in the barn.\u201d He says, \u201cThey don\u2019t fit me, and I was trying to find someone that could wear them.\u201d I thought: \u201cWasn\u2019t that interesting that my need wasn\u2019t money? My need was a pair of warm winter boots, and God provided.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was a defining moment for me because we\u2019re\u2014as Americans in particular\u2014we\u2019re so focused on the money. What I\u2019ve discovered in life is\u2014God is a Provider. He may choose to use money \/ He may choose to use an income, but He\u2019s so much bigger. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat particular day, that man showed up with a pair of boots when I needed them. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019d been in that barn for a year, or two, or ten years; but the day I needed them, those boots showed up. That changed my life forever\u2014just understanding that principle.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, I\u2019ve heard stories like you just shared\u2014the boot stories\u2014or the folks who are needing $200 to pay the rent at the end of the month\u2014and there\u2019s an envelope, and it has the exact amount, and they don\u2019t know where it came from. You hear those stories and you go, \u201cThat\u2019s not normal.\u201d You\u2019re a little afraid to go out and tell the next guy: \u201cWell, here\u2019s the story of how I got the boots,\u201d or, \u201c\u2026how I got the money,\u201d because people start to think, \u201cWell, then I can just count on that.\u201d Can we count on our need is going to be miraculously provided\u2014to the right size of boots that were left in the barn?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well you know, a lot of people have challenged me over the years. Some people said, \u201cWell Brian, you\u2019re a <em>special<\/em> Christian because you\u2019re serving the Lord; but the rest of us <em>normal <\/em>Christians\u2014that doesn\u2019t happen in our life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was sharing a verse with a friend one time\u20141 Corinthians 16:2: \u201cOn the first day of each week let each of you give according to how God has prospered you,\u201d or some versions say, \u201c\u2026how God has blessed you,\u201d or \u201c\u2026provided for you.\u201d The Bible actually invites us to look back over the last seven days and see how God has provided. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn my case, in my life, what that translated is\u2014my wife and I actually have a notebook. We write down, on Monday mornings, all of the provisions of God that have occurred in a week; and then we will give. It\u2019s not just counting the blessings, but it\u2019s also giving off of the blessings. What I\u2019ve discovered, in decades now, of doing this is\u2014God is way bigger than money \/ He\u2019s way bigger than a paycheck. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, my friend was challenging me, saying, \u201cWell, you\u2019re a <em>special <\/em>Christian; but I\u2019m just a <em>normal <\/em>Christian.\u201d I said to him\u2014I said: \u201cLarry, you know, outside, you were showing me your new house. You showed me how your house had trees in the front yard but nobody else did. You told me the story how the city came down your street in your new subdivision and they planted trees in your yard but nobody else\u2019s.\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDo you remember the story you told me about your dining room table?\u2014how you saved for a year to buy a dining room table\u2014and just before you bought it, your in-laws bought you that table?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said, \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd there were other things. I said, \u201cDo you remember the sprinkler system you put in? \u2014you told me about it.\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d I said, \u201cDo you remember you telling me that you got a 50 percent discount?\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cThose are <em>all<\/em> provisions of God.\u201d I said, \u201cGod provided, and provided, and provided; and you never looked, and you never noticed. He said: \u201cReally? You mean those kinds of things?\u201d I said: \u201c<em>Yes<\/em>\u2014those kinds of things. God is your Provider, and when you begin to look and notice, it changes everything. You begin to think differently about whatever needs you have.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe wrote me a few months later. He said, \u201cBrian, we started counting our blessings, like you talked to us about; and you are right. God is providing\u2014we just never looked \/ we never noticed; and therefore, we never gave thanks and we never gave financially.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, even my wife\u2014I\u2019m newly married\u2014my first wife passed away after an eight-year cancer journey\u2014but this idea of counting our blessings was a new idea to her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen we got married, she sold her house that she was living in. She moved into the house that I was in. I remember we were getting ready to go to the closing. About a week before, I said, \u201cOh, I\u2019m really excited.\u201d She said, \u201cAbout what?\u201d I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to close on your house, and they\u2019re going to give us this really big check.\u201d I said, \u201cYou know, this is your house\u2014this is money you\u2019ve put in there over the years.\u201d I said, \u201cYou think about it, you pray about it; but I would love to see us set money aside to give.\u201d She thought about it, and prayed about it, and came back and said, \u201cLet\u2019s do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have savings accounts, we have checking accounts, and we have a giving account. We, literally, transfer over money into the giving account; and we set it aside unto God. Someone says, \u201cWell, what are you going to do with all that money?\u201d I said: \u201cIt\u2019s our job to see what God has done \/ it\u2019s our job to see how God has provided. It\u2019s our job to set it aside. It\u2019s God\u2019s job to show us who, when, and where to share it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe\u2019s had so much fun. She\u2019d always been a giver, but this has taken her giving to a whole new level of just this principle of setting aside, based off of the provisions of God in her life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What would you say to a single parent, who is really struggling? I mean, things are really, really tight. Let\u2019s say it\u2019s a woman; and let\u2019s say she is really, really weary. What would you say to her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, one thing I would do is\u2014I would point her to Scripture. First Kings 17 talks about a widow\u2014who was not in a depression \/ who was not in a recession\u2014she was in a famine. And famine is where there\u2019s not enough food to eat\u2014people are dying. So, that single mom \/ that widow certainly understood fear. She was doing the best she could, and she didn\u2019t have enough. It wasn\u2019t going to be enough, and nobody was coming to help her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tElijah comes along and meets this woman. He says, \u201cCan you give me something to eat?\u201d She says, \u201cYou don\u2019t understand. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThis is my last meal\u2014I\u2019m going to make this meal, and my son and I are going to eat it, and then we\u2019re going to die.\u201d Yet, Elijah says something to her\u2014a number of things he says to her. One is\u2014the very first thing he says: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d Then he says this: \u201cFrom what you have, first make something for me. Then make something for yourself and your son.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m sure the lady was like: \u201cYou have to be kidding! This isn\u2019t going to make it for two. How are we going to do it for three?\u201d But the Bible says this\u2014it says that \u201cShe went away and did as Elijah had said.\u201d And then the Scripture says, \u201cAnd then there was food every day for Elijah\u201d\u2014she kept giving\u2014\u201cand for herself, and for her family,\u201d\u2014not just her son. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod <em>stretched <\/em>these meager, meager resources\u2014that were not enough\u2014and he sustained her life. That story cuts across <em>all<\/em> economic issues and <em>all<\/em> challenges that people face because, in everybody\u2019s heart, listening, there is either fear operating or faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat is a bottom-line reality. Even in my own life\u2014I have a unique role in my life these days\u2014I have a $1\/year salary. I had a pastor\u2019s salary\u2014my church commissioned me to a new position to be a minister-at-large\u2014came with $1\/year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s your salary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>That\u2019s the only thing I get guaranteed. So, in this role\u2014God could provide through speaking opportunities, God could provide through people ordering my materials\u2014God could do a lot of things\u2014but <em>nothing<\/em> is guaranteed. <em>Nothing<\/em> is guaranteed. There is no \u201cfor sure\u201d anything, and I don\u2019t raise missionary support\u2014so it truly was an experience. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what I\u2019ll say\u2014five years later\u2014I\u2019ve discovered that $1\/year\u2014promised and given\u2014plus God is enough. What I would say to people that are fearful or say they don\u2019t have enough\u2014I\u2019d say, one, \u201cI understand.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTwo, I would say: \u201cEven in my own life, I\u2019ve had to learn the only thing that\u2019s consistent in my financial life is my giving.\u201d What\u2019s consistent is\u2014I count my blessings on Monday morning. We <em>give<\/em> according to those blessings; and we trust God for whatever the week\u2019s going to bring or the month\u2019s going to bring, or the problems that are going to come.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve, not only had to share this by way of teaching, but I\u2019ve had to live it out in my own life. It\u2019s been an amazing five-year journey with discovering God as my Provider. But where I\u2019ve had to anchor is: \u201cDid He provide in the last week?\u201d and, \u201cWill I thank Him?\u201d and, \u201cWill I trust Him?\u201dand, \u201cWill I set aside resources to give according to what He\u2019s done, even when I\u2019m facing mountains?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had some pretty big financial mountains that I had to face. I couldn\u2019t spreadsheet a solution. What I discovered is\u2014when I anchored in faith, when I anchored in seeing the provisions, when I anchored in counting the blessings and setting aside\u2014I\u2019ve discovered that God provides in really, really amazing ways.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>When it comes to this idea of leaning into God as the Provider\u2014we have this group of people, as I described, who really are extremely needy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014on the other end of the spectrum\u2014and not at the end of the spectrum but, here in America, almost the other half of the line \/ from the middle on out to the end of the line\u2014is a group of people who live better than 80\/90 percent of the rest of the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Yes; maybe more\u2014maybe 95 percent of the world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. We\u2019re a prosperous country.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Yes we are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Those people have seen God provide in abundance. What\u2019s your word to that group of people?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, one of my words to that group of people is that we live in a time\u2014and you mentioned America\u2019s generous\u2014we live in a time where Christians have lost a spirit of generosity\u2014even those that have are afraid that they might lose. The more people get, the less generous they become\u2014by way of percentage of income. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose Christians that give ten percent or more, in our day and age, are now somewhere down in the single digits, according to Barna\u2019s research. I\u2019ve done national research on this topic also. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven though we are a generous nation\u2014even though there are many generous people, among people listening to us right now, the Christian audience\u2014a majority of Christians are, for the most part, non-givers\u2014they may give sporadically, they may give occasionally, they may give once in a while. Even in the average church, one third of the people give nothing of record\u2014that are attending. One third give under $500 a year, and only one third give over $500 a year. If it\u2019s a larger church\u2014a thousand or more\u2014half the people are giving nothing of record. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe live in a time when people of middle-class income or upper-class income have not learned the joy of generosity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey have not learned to become faithful, generous givers. They\u2019ve not learned to see the provisions of God or set aside unto God. So, we live in a day and age where I think people need to be challenged\u2014that their generosity is somewhat anemic and somewhat unhealthy. They need to be challenged to really think about that part of their life. They have been blessed, but I believe we are blessed to be a blessing. I know some people in the prosperity gospel teach: \u201cGive to <em>get<\/em> a blessing.\u201d I believe we give to <em>be<\/em> a blessing, not to get a blessing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, I\u2019m thinking about two people I know. One is the guy I talked about at the beginning of the program, who just lost his job. To say to him, \u201cWell, God\u2019s going to provide,\u201d you can say that; but in the back of your mind, you\u2019re thinking, \u201cBoy, I sure hope He does.\u201d You know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because, you just put God\u2019s reputation on the line. You feel like, \u201cCan I really make that statement?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, and the person who doesn\u2019t have and hasn\u2019t had for a number of months\u2014and who refuses to take whatever job is available\u2014I think that\u2019s a dangerous position to be in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can\u2019t presume upon others\u2014to lean into them to provide your well-being while you don\u2019t get a job and take your responsibility.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>You\u2019re right\u2014even I was teaching this to my teenage son a number of years ago. He turned 16, and he went out and applied for all kinds of jobs. He couldn\u2019t get a job\u2014nobody gave him a job. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI looked at him and I said, \u201cJosh, there may not be jobs to be had; but there\u2019s work to be done.\u201d He said, \u201cWell, what do you mean?\u201d I said: \u201cYou know, there are some widows at our church. There are some retirees at our church. There are some single moms.\u201d I said, \u201cLet me work it out with the church, and we\u2019ll do something; but you go and you serve these people.\u201d He did. There weren\u2019t jobs to be had, but there was work to be done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEverybody listening to me: \u201cIf you can\u2019t get a job for pay, then you go serve somebody. There is <em>somebody<\/em> that needs you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou were designed, by God, to work, and to serve, and to be a blessing. Maybe you volunteer your way into a position, but we are not to be lazy. We are not to be just a \u201cWoe is me.\u201d We are to be productive, productive people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So let me come to the last person I\u2019m thinking of\u2014a woman who\u2014she\u2019s a single lady \/ lives by herself. She has a basic job\u2014she can pay her bills and has about 50 bucks a month left over by the time it\u2019s all done\u201450 bucks. I mean, if she thought to herself, \u201cI\u2019d like to go buy a new outfit,\u201d she\u2019d have to save up for that for several months before she could do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think to myself, \u201cShe hears a program like this and says: \u2018Well, it\u2019s nice for you guys to be talking about God as your Provider. That\u2019s easy for you because you don\u2019t have to think twice about buying a new outfit for your wife or a new set of underwear. I have to save up for that stuff.\u2019\u201d What do you say to her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, I\u2019d tell her the story of an 88-year-old woman that I heard of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a \u201c40-Day Generous Life\u201d devotional\u2014and her son is a pastor. He gave out my devotional in their church, and she was reading through it. She called him and said, \u201cSon, I need to just confess something to you.\u201d She said, \u201cI stopped giving a lot of years ago.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d She said: \u201cWell, I was on a fixed income; and I just couldn\u2019t it. I just had to really watch every penny, and I don\u2019t have enough. So, I stopped giving, but I\u2019ve been reading through this 400 Scriptures in this little devotional. I don\u2019t know\u2014I think God wants me to give!\u201d He said, \u201cWell, what do you want to do, Mom?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, I think I want to start giving to God from what I have.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s what the Scripture teaches\u2014you give from God from what you have, even when what you have isn\u2019t enough. Anyway, she starts giving. She was going to go to a prayer retreat with the church and turns out it was like $50 or something. She didn\u2019t have the money\u2014so she decided not to go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, the church got a hold of her and said: \u201cHey, we got the prayer retreat. We\u2019ve decided we just want to invite you along. Don\u2019t worry about the money\u2014you just come as our guest.\u201d Well, that was kind of a little provision from the Lord\u2014that was kind of cool. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen she goes to the bank\u2014she just said: \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to go on this retreat. I want to go get a little bit of money out at the bank so I have something for this trip.\u201d She goes to the bank. The gal behind the counter says, \u201cOh, Mrs. Smith, isn\u2019t it your birthday today, or this week, or something?\u201d She said, \u201cYes.\u201d She said: \u201cWe talked about it, as a staff. We knew it was your birthday, so we want to give you a $100 birthday present.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen she gets a letter from a foundation in her town. The letter was something to the effect of: \u201cWe\u2019ve chosen 500 elderly people this year. We\u2019re going to pay their utility bills for the winter.\u201d The woman said, \u201cGod has provided in ways I could have never imagined.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I would just challenge people to think about: \u201cGod is bigger than we give Him credit for.\u201d He\u2019s the owner of all things. He\u2019s the giver of all things. He can be real in our life in ways we can never imagine. I have hundreds of stories\u2014this book that I wrote\u2014filled with the stories of people discovering that God is their true Provider, and that they can trust Him, that they can honor Him, and that they can be a blessing to others. God is our Provider.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I like the emphasis you\u2019ve placed here upon starting your week\u2014collecting memories of how God has provided\u2014and then giving from that spirit of feeling blessed to be a blessing for others. Here\u2019s the assignment to our listeners: \u201cJust do it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>\u201cJust do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cJust do it.\u201d Get a sheet of paper with your family\u2014look back over the last three, five, seven days\u2014make your list and then finish up by being a blessing to somebody else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s a great assignment. If you\u2019d like some help with it, go to: FamilyLifeToday.com. Get a copy of Brian Kluth\u2019s <em>Experience God as Your Provider<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s the name of the book\u2014<em>Finding Financial Stability in Unstable Times<\/em>. Again, our website: FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d There\u2019s information there about Brian\u2019s book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s also information about the <em>Because I Love You Christian Legacy Organizer<\/em> that has 40 pages of forms and lists that help you make sure you have everything you need pulled together and in one place so that you have a record for your loved ones when it\u2019s time for you to go. Again, the information about both of these resources can be found at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and look for the resources from Brian Kluth. You can order, online, if you\u2019d like at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u20141-800-358-6329. That is 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, do you know: \u201cWhat is the 13<sup>th<\/sup> largest city in the state of North Dakota?\u201d I\u2019m guessing most of you don\u2019t\u2014it\u2019s the city of Grafton, North Dakota\u2014population of 4,284, as of the 2010 census. Two of those 4,200 people are the Prestengs\u2014that\u2019s Mark and Mia Presteng\u2014who, today, are celebrating 15 years together as husband and wife. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe just wanted to take a minute and say: \u201cWay to go! Congratulations! Happy Anniversary!\u201d and, \u201cThank you!\u201d because the Prestengs are also partners with us, here at FamilyLife\u2014helping to support the work that we do. FamilyLife is a non-profit organization. We depend on folks, like this, to make possible all that we do here\u2014this radio program, and the website, and all of our outreaches. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe couldn\u2019t do it without folks like the Prestengs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI should also mention Ken and Debbie Johanson from St. Charles, Illinois. They are also partners with us here and celebrating 38 years of marriage together today. It\u2019s folks, like you, who are helping us reach more and more people, every year, with the ministry of FamilyLife with what we believe is the most critical issue facing us in our culture today\u2014the health of our marriages and our families. That\u2019s what FamilyLife is all about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can support this ministry with a donation, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a new FamilyLife calendar that has, as its focus, the fruit of the Spirit for the next\u2014well, for the next 15 months because it actually starts in October and then goes all the way through 2015. You can request the calendar when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cI Care,\u201d and make an online donation. We\u2019ll send the calendar to you. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. You can make a donation over the phone, and be sure to ask for the fruit of the Spirit calendar. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can request the calendar when you make a donation in writing. 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I think the bigger question is: \u201cAre they observing you being generous?\u201d Here\u2019s Brian Kluth.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>We live in a day and age where I think people need to be challenged that they\u2019re generosity is somewhat anemic and somewhat unhealthy. They need to be challenged to really think about that part of their lives. They have been blessed, but I believe we are blessed to be a blessing. Some people in the prosperity gospel teach, \u201cGive to get\u2014give to <em>get<\/em> a blessing.\u201d I believe we give to <em>be<\/em> a blessing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, September 18<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to talk today about how God has blessed you and about how you can be a blessing. Our guest is Brian Kluth. 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All three letters said they just were so excited for me, and they believed in me, and they were praying for me\u2014and there was no money.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So how did God provide?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>So, I was a little discouraged. I went down to my office\u2014I was sitting down there. I\u2019m like: \u201cLord, I\u2019m serving You. I need boots, and I don\u2019t have the money.\u201d A guy comes walking down the hall, and he has this pair of boots. He said, \u201cBrian,\u201d\u2014he said, \u201cDo you know anybody who needs a pair of winter boots?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cI do!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey were warm winter boots, and they were my exact size. I said to the fellow: \u201cWhy do you have these? Where do they come from?\u201d He said: \u201cI bought a property. In the barn, on my property, these boots were up in the barn.\u201d He says, \u201cThey don\u2019t fit me, and I was trying to find someone that could wear them.\u201d I thought: \u201cWasn\u2019t that interesting that my need wasn\u2019t money? My need was a pair of warm winter boots, and God provided.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was a defining moment for me because we\u2019re\u2014as Americans in particular\u2014we\u2019re so focused on the money. What I\u2019ve discovered in life is\u2014God is a Provider. He may choose to use money \/ He may choose to use an income, but He\u2019s so much bigger. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat particular day, that man showed up with a pair of boots when I needed them. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019d been in that barn for a year, or two, or ten years; but the day I needed them, those boots showed up. That changed my life forever\u2014just understanding that principle.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, I\u2019ve heard stories like you just shared\u2014the boot stories\u2014or the folks who are needing $200 to pay the rent at the end of the month\u2014and there\u2019s an envelope, and it has the exact amount, and they don\u2019t know where it came from. You hear those stories and you go, \u201cThat\u2019s not normal.\u201d You\u2019re a little afraid to go out and tell the next guy: \u201cWell, here\u2019s the story of how I got the boots,\u201d or, \u201c\u2026how I got the money,\u201d because people start to think, \u201cWell, then I can just count on that.\u201d Can we count on our need is going to be miraculously provided\u2014to the right size of boots that were left in the barn?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well you know, a lot of people have challenged me over the years. Some people said, \u201cWell Brian, you\u2019re a <em>special<\/em> Christian because you\u2019re serving the Lord; but the rest of us <em>normal <\/em>Christians\u2014that doesn\u2019t happen in our life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was sharing a verse with a friend one time\u20141 Corinthians 16:2: \u201cOn the first day of each week let each of you give according to how God has prospered you,\u201d or some versions say, \u201c\u2026how God has blessed you,\u201d or \u201c\u2026provided for you.\u201d The Bible actually invites us to look back over the last seven days and see how God has provided. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn my case, in my life, what that translated is\u2014my wife and I actually have a notebook. We write down, on Monday mornings, all of the provisions of God that have occurred in a week; and then we will give. It\u2019s not just counting the blessings, but it\u2019s also giving off of the blessings. What I\u2019ve discovered, in decades now, of doing this is\u2014God is way bigger than money \/ He\u2019s way bigger than a paycheck. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, my friend was challenging me, saying, \u201cWell, you\u2019re a <em>special <\/em>Christian; but I\u2019m just a <em>normal <\/em>Christian.\u201d I said to him\u2014I said: \u201cLarry, you know, outside, you were showing me your new house. You showed me how your house had trees in the front yard but nobody else did. You told me the story how the city came down your street in your new subdivision and they planted trees in your yard but nobody else\u2019s.\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDo you remember the story you told me about your dining room table?\u2014how you saved for a year to buy a dining room table\u2014and just before you bought it, your in-laws bought you that table?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said, \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd there were other things. I said, \u201cDo you remember the sprinkler system you put in? \u2014you told me about it.\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d I said, \u201cDo you remember you telling me that you got a 50 percent discount?\u201d He said, \u201cYes.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cThose are <em>all<\/em> provisions of God.\u201d I said, \u201cGod provided, and provided, and provided; and you never looked, and you never noticed. He said: \u201cReally? You mean those kinds of things?\u201d I said: \u201c<em>Yes<\/em>\u2014those kinds of things. God is your Provider, and when you begin to look and notice, it changes everything. You begin to think differently about whatever needs you have.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe wrote me a few months later. He said, \u201cBrian, we started counting our blessings, like you talked to us about; and you are right. God is providing\u2014we just never looked \/ we never noticed; and therefore, we never gave thanks and we never gave financially.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, even my wife\u2014I\u2019m newly married\u2014my first wife passed away after an eight-year cancer journey\u2014but this idea of counting our blessings was a new idea to her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen we got married, she sold her house that she was living in. She moved into the house that I was in. I remember we were getting ready to go to the closing. About a week before, I said, \u201cOh, I\u2019m really excited.\u201d She said, \u201cAbout what?\u201d I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to close on your house, and they\u2019re going to give us this really big check.\u201d I said, \u201cYou know, this is your house\u2014this is money you\u2019ve put in there over the years.\u201d I said, \u201cYou think about it, you pray about it; but I would love to see us set money aside to give.\u201d She thought about it, and prayed about it, and came back and said, \u201cLet\u2019s do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have savings accounts, we have checking accounts, and we have a giving account. We, literally, transfer over money into the giving account; and we set it aside unto God. Someone says, \u201cWell, what are you going to do with all that money?\u201d I said: \u201cIt\u2019s our job to see what God has done \/ it\u2019s our job to see how God has provided. It\u2019s our job to set it aside. It\u2019s God\u2019s job to show us who, when, and where to share it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe\u2019s had so much fun. She\u2019d always been a giver, but this has taken her giving to a whole new level of just this principle of setting aside, based off of the provisions of God in her life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What would you say to a single parent, who is really struggling? I mean, things are really, really tight. Let\u2019s say it\u2019s a woman; and let\u2019s say she is really, really weary. What would you say to her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, one thing I would do is\u2014I would point her to Scripture. First Kings 17 talks about a widow\u2014who was not in a depression \/ who was not in a recession\u2014she was in a famine. And famine is where there\u2019s not enough food to eat\u2014people are dying. So, that single mom \/ that widow certainly understood fear. She was doing the best she could, and she didn\u2019t have enough. It wasn\u2019t going to be enough, and nobody was coming to help her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tElijah comes along and meets this woman. He says, \u201cCan you give me something to eat?\u201d She says, \u201cYou don\u2019t understand. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThis is my last meal\u2014I\u2019m going to make this meal, and my son and I are going to eat it, and then we\u2019re going to die.\u201d Yet, Elijah says something to her\u2014a number of things he says to her. One is\u2014the very first thing he says: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d Then he says this: \u201cFrom what you have, first make something for me. Then make something for yourself and your son.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m sure the lady was like: \u201cYou have to be kidding! This isn\u2019t going to make it for two. How are we going to do it for three?\u201d But the Bible says this\u2014it says that \u201cShe went away and did as Elijah had said.\u201d And then the Scripture says, \u201cAnd then there was food every day for Elijah\u201d\u2014she kept giving\u2014\u201cand for herself, and for her family,\u201d\u2014not just her son. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod <em>stretched <\/em>these meager, meager resources\u2014that were not enough\u2014and he sustained her life. That story cuts across <em>all<\/em> economic issues and <em>all<\/em> challenges that people face because, in everybody\u2019s heart, listening, there is either fear operating or faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat is a bottom-line reality. Even in my own life\u2014I have a unique role in my life these days\u2014I have a $1\/year salary. I had a pastor\u2019s salary\u2014my church commissioned me to a new position to be a minister-at-large\u2014came with $1\/year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s your salary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>That\u2019s the only thing I get guaranteed. So, in this role\u2014God could provide through speaking opportunities, God could provide through people ordering my materials\u2014God could do a lot of things\u2014but <em>nothing<\/em> is guaranteed. <em>Nothing<\/em> is guaranteed. There is no \u201cfor sure\u201d anything, and I don\u2019t raise missionary support\u2014so it truly was an experience. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what I\u2019ll say\u2014five years later\u2014I\u2019ve discovered that $1\/year\u2014promised and given\u2014plus God is enough. What I would say to people that are fearful or say they don\u2019t have enough\u2014I\u2019d say, one, \u201cI understand.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTwo, I would say: \u201cEven in my own life, I\u2019ve had to learn the only thing that\u2019s consistent in my financial life is my giving.\u201d What\u2019s consistent is\u2014I count my blessings on Monday morning. We <em>give<\/em> according to those blessings; and we trust God for whatever the week\u2019s going to bring or the month\u2019s going to bring, or the problems that are going to come.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve, not only had to share this by way of teaching, but I\u2019ve had to live it out in my own life. It\u2019s been an amazing five-year journey with discovering God as my Provider. But where I\u2019ve had to anchor is: \u201cDid He provide in the last week?\u201d and, \u201cWill I thank Him?\u201d and, \u201cWill I trust Him?\u201dand, \u201cWill I set aside resources to give according to what He\u2019s done, even when I\u2019m facing mountains?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had some pretty big financial mountains that I had to face. I couldn\u2019t spreadsheet a solution. What I discovered is\u2014when I anchored in faith, when I anchored in seeing the provisions, when I anchored in counting the blessings and setting aside\u2014I\u2019ve discovered that God provides in really, really amazing ways.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>When it comes to this idea of leaning into God as the Provider\u2014we have this group of people, as I described, who really are extremely needy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014on the other end of the spectrum\u2014and not at the end of the spectrum but, here in America, almost the other half of the line \/ from the middle on out to the end of the line\u2014is a group of people who live better than 80\/90 percent of the rest of the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Yes; maybe more\u2014maybe 95 percent of the world.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. We\u2019re a prosperous country.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Yes we are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Those people have seen God provide in abundance. What\u2019s your word to that group of people?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, one of my words to that group of people is that we live in a time\u2014and you mentioned America\u2019s generous\u2014we live in a time where Christians have lost a spirit of generosity\u2014even those that have are afraid that they might lose. The more people get, the less generous they become\u2014by way of percentage of income. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose Christians that give ten percent or more, in our day and age, are now somewhere down in the single digits, according to Barna\u2019s research. I\u2019ve done national research on this topic also. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven though we are a generous nation\u2014even though there are many generous people, among people listening to us right now, the Christian audience\u2014a majority of Christians are, for the most part, non-givers\u2014they may give sporadically, they may give occasionally, they may give once in a while. Even in the average church, one third of the people give nothing of record\u2014that are attending. One third give under $500 a year, and only one third give over $500 a year. If it\u2019s a larger church\u2014a thousand or more\u2014half the people are giving nothing of record. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe live in a time when people of middle-class income or upper-class income have not learned the joy of generosity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey have not learned to become faithful, generous givers. They\u2019ve not learned to see the provisions of God or set aside unto God. So, we live in a day and age where I think people need to be challenged\u2014that their generosity is somewhat anemic and somewhat unhealthy. They need to be challenged to really think about that part of their life. They have been blessed, but I believe we are blessed to be a blessing. I know some people in the prosperity gospel teach: \u201cGive to <em>get<\/em> a blessing.\u201d I believe we give to <em>be<\/em> a blessing, not to get a blessing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, I\u2019m thinking about two people I know. One is the guy I talked about at the beginning of the program, who just lost his job. To say to him, \u201cWell, God\u2019s going to provide,\u201d you can say that; but in the back of your mind, you\u2019re thinking, \u201cBoy, I sure hope He does.\u201d You know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because, you just put God\u2019s reputation on the line. You feel like, \u201cCan I really make that statement?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, and the person who doesn\u2019t have and hasn\u2019t had for a number of months\u2014and who refuses to take whatever job is available\u2014I think that\u2019s a dangerous position to be in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can\u2019t presume upon others\u2014to lean into them to provide your well-being while you don\u2019t get a job and take your responsibility.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>You\u2019re right\u2014even I was teaching this to my teenage son a number of years ago. He turned 16, and he went out and applied for all kinds of jobs. He couldn\u2019t get a job\u2014nobody gave him a job. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI looked at him and I said, \u201cJosh, there may not be jobs to be had; but there\u2019s work to be done.\u201d He said, \u201cWell, what do you mean?\u201d I said: \u201cYou know, there are some widows at our church. There are some retirees at our church. There are some single moms.\u201d I said, \u201cLet me work it out with the church, and we\u2019ll do something; but you go and you serve these people.\u201d He did. There weren\u2019t jobs to be had, but there was work to be done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEverybody listening to me: \u201cIf you can\u2019t get a job for pay, then you go serve somebody. There is <em>somebody<\/em> that needs you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou were designed, by God, to work, and to serve, and to be a blessing. Maybe you volunteer your way into a position, but we are not to be lazy. We are not to be just a \u201cWoe is me.\u201d We are to be productive, productive people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So let me come to the last person I\u2019m thinking of\u2014a woman who\u2014she\u2019s a single lady \/ lives by herself. She has a basic job\u2014she can pay her bills and has about 50 bucks a month left over by the time it\u2019s all done\u201450 bucks. I mean, if she thought to herself, \u201cI\u2019d like to go buy a new outfit,\u201d she\u2019d have to save up for that for several months before she could do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think to myself, \u201cShe hears a program like this and says: \u2018Well, it\u2019s nice for you guys to be talking about God as your Provider. That\u2019s easy for you because you don\u2019t have to think twice about buying a new outfit for your wife or a new set of underwear. I have to save up for that stuff.\u2019\u201d What do you say to her?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>Well, I\u2019d tell her the story of an 88-year-old woman that I heard of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a \u201c40-Day Generous Life\u201d devotional\u2014and her son is a pastor. He gave out my devotional in their church, and she was reading through it. She called him and said, \u201cSon, I need to just confess something to you.\u201d She said, \u201cI stopped giving a lot of years ago.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d She said: \u201cWell, I was on a fixed income; and I just couldn\u2019t it. I just had to really watch every penny, and I don\u2019t have enough. So, I stopped giving, but I\u2019ve been reading through this 400 Scriptures in this little devotional. I don\u2019t know\u2014I think God wants me to give!\u201d He said, \u201cWell, what do you want to do, Mom?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, I think I want to start giving to God from what I have.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s what the Scripture teaches\u2014you give from God from what you have, even when what you have isn\u2019t enough. Anyway, she starts giving. She was going to go to a prayer retreat with the church and turns out it was like $50 or something. She didn\u2019t have the money\u2014so she decided not to go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, the church got a hold of her and said: \u201cHey, we got the prayer retreat. We\u2019ve decided we just want to invite you along. Don\u2019t worry about the money\u2014you just come as our guest.\u201d Well, that was kind of a little provision from the Lord\u2014that was kind of cool. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen she goes to the bank\u2014she just said: \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to go on this retreat. I want to go get a little bit of money out at the bank so I have something for this trip.\u201d She goes to the bank. The gal behind the counter says, \u201cOh, Mrs. Smith, isn\u2019t it your birthday today, or this week, or something?\u201d She said, \u201cYes.\u201d She said: \u201cWe talked about it, as a staff. We knew it was your birthday, so we want to give you a $100 birthday present.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen she gets a letter from a foundation in her town. The letter was something to the effect of: \u201cWe\u2019ve chosen 500 elderly people this year. We\u2019re going to pay their utility bills for the winter.\u201d The woman said, \u201cGod has provided in ways I could have never imagined.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I would just challenge people to think about: \u201cGod is bigger than we give Him credit for.\u201d He\u2019s the owner of all things. He\u2019s the giver of all things. He can be real in our life in ways we can never imagine. I have hundreds of stories\u2014this book that I wrote\u2014filled with the stories of people discovering that God is their true Provider, and that they can trust Him, that they can honor Him, and that they can be a blessing to others. God is our Provider.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I like the emphasis you\u2019ve placed here upon starting your week\u2014collecting memories of how God has provided\u2014and then giving from that spirit of feeling blessed to be a blessing for others. Here\u2019s the assignment to our listeners: \u201cJust do it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brian: <\/strong>\u201cJust do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cJust do it.\u201d Get a sheet of paper with your family\u2014look back over the last three, five, seven days\u2014make your list and then finish up by being a blessing to somebody else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s a great assignment. If you\u2019d like some help with it, go to: FamilyLifeToday.com. Get a copy of Brian Kluth\u2019s <em>Experience God as Your Provider<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s the name of the book\u2014<em>Finding Financial Stability in Unstable Times<\/em>. Again, our website: FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d There\u2019s information there about Brian\u2019s book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s also information about the <em>Because I Love You Christian Legacy Organizer<\/em> that has 40 pages of forms and lists that help you make sure you have everything you need pulled together and in one place so that you have a record for your loved ones when it\u2019s time for you to go. Again, the information about both of these resources can be found at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and look for the resources from Brian Kluth. You can order, online, if you\u2019d like at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u20141-800-358-6329. That is 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, do you know: \u201cWhat is the 13<sup>th<\/sup> largest city in the state of North Dakota?\u201d I\u2019m guessing most of you don\u2019t\u2014it\u2019s the city of Grafton, North Dakota\u2014population of 4,284, as of the 2010 census. Two of those 4,200 people are the Prestengs\u2014that\u2019s Mark and Mia Presteng\u2014who, today, are celebrating 15 years together as husband and wife. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe just wanted to take a minute and say: \u201cWay to go! Congratulations! Happy Anniversary!\u201d and, \u201cThank you!\u201d because the Prestengs are also partners with us, here at FamilyLife\u2014helping to support the work that we do. FamilyLife is a non-profit organization. We depend on folks, like this, to make possible all that we do here\u2014this radio program, and the website, and all of our outreaches. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe couldn\u2019t do it without folks like the Prestengs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI should also mention Ken and Debbie Johanson from St. Charles, Illinois. They are also partners with us here and celebrating 38 years of marriage together today. It\u2019s folks, like you, who are helping us reach more and more people, every year, with the ministry of FamilyLife with what we believe is the most critical issue facing us in our culture today\u2014the health of our marriages and our families. That\u2019s what FamilyLife is all about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can support this ministry with a donation, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a new FamilyLife calendar that has, as its focus, the fruit of the Spirit for the next\u2014well, for the next 15 months because it actually starts in October and then goes all the way through 2015. You can request the calendar when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link at the top of the page that says, \u201cI Care,\u201d and make an online donation. We\u2019ll send the calendar to you. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. You can make a donation over the phone, and be sure to ask for the fruit of the Spirit calendar. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can request the calendar when you make a donation in writing. Send it to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at P O Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you\u2019ll be back with us tomorrow as we continue to talk about generosity, about God\u2019s provision, and about being good stewards of what God\u2019s given to us. Brian Kluth will be back tomorrow. Hope you can be here as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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