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ุฅุฐุงู‹ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุงู„ ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ุงู„ุชุฏูู‚ุŒ ูˆูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุดู‡ุฑุฉ ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ุงู„ุชุฏูู‚ุŒ
So all of this money started pouring in, and all of this fame started pouring in.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃู‚ูˆู„ุŒ ู…ุงุฐุง ุณุฃูุนู„ ุจูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŸ
And I'm going, what do I do with this?
ู‚ุงู…ุช ุฒูˆุฌุชูŠ ูˆุฃู†ุง ุจุฏุงูŠุฉู‹ ุจุฃุฎุฐ ุฎู…ุณ ู‚ุฑุงุฑุงุช ู…ุน ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุงู„.
My wife and I first made five decisions on what to do with the money.
ู‚ู„ู†ุงุŒ " ุฃูˆู„ุงู‹ุŒ ู„ู† ู†ู‚ูˆู… ุจุฅุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ู„ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง."
We said, "First, we're not going to use it on ourselves."
ู„ู… ุฃุฐู‡ุจ ูˆุฃุดุชุฑูŠ ุจูŠุช ุฃูƒุจุฑ.
I didn't go out and buy a bigger house.
ู„ูŠุณ ู„ุฏูŠ ุจูŠุช ู…ุถูŠูุฉ.
I don't own a guesthouse.
ู…ุง ุฒู„ุช ุฃู‚ูˆุฏ ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุณูŠุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ููˆุฑุฏ ุฐุงุช ุงู„ุฃุฑุจุน ุณู†ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃู‚ูˆุฏ.
I still drive the same four year-old Ford that I've driven.
ู„ู‚ุฏ ู‚ู„ู†ุง ูู‚ุทุŒ ุฃู†ู†ุง ู„ู† ู†ุตุฑู ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง.
We just said, we're not going to use it on us.
ุงู„ุดุฆ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ูƒุงู†ุŒ ุชูˆู‚ูุช ุนู† ุฃุฎุฐ ู…ุฑุชุจ ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃุนู…ู„ ุจู‡ุง.
The second thing was, I stopped taking a salary from the church that I pastor.
ุงู„ุดุฆ ุงู„ุซุงู„ุซ ู‡ูˆุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฌู…ุนุช ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุงู„ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฏูุนุชู‡ุง ู„ูŠ ุงู„ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ุฎู„ุงู„ ุงู„ 25 ุณู†ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุฃุฑุฌุนุชู‡ุง ู„ู‡ู….
Third thing is, I added up all that the church had paid me over the last 25 years, and I gave it back.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฃุฑุฌุนุชู‡ุง ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ู… ุฃุฑุบุจ ููŠ ุฃู† ูŠููƒุฑ ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ุจุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจู…ุง ุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจู‡ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ู…ุงู„-- ู„ุง ุฃูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ.
And I gave it back because I didn't want anybody thinking that I do what I do for money -- I don't.
ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุดุฎุตูŠุงู‹ุŒ ู„ู… ุฃู‚ุงุจู„ ู‚ุท ูƒุงู‡ู† ุฃูˆ ู‚ุณ ูŠูุนู„ ุดุฆ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ู…ุงู„.
In fact, personally, I've never met a priest or a pastor or a minister who does it for money.
ุฃุนุฑู ุฃู† ุชู„ูƒ ุตูˆุฑุฉ ู†ู…ุทูŠุฉ. ู„ู… ุงู‚ุงุจู„ ู‚ุท ุฃูŠ ู…ู†ู‡ู….
I know that's the stereotype; I've never met one of them.
ุตุฏู‚ูˆู†ูŠุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุทุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฃุณู‡ู„ ู„ุฌู†ูŠ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุงู„.
Believe me, there's a whole lot easier ways to make money.
ุงู„ู‚ุณูŠุณูˆู† ูŠุนู…ู„ูˆู† ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุฏุงุฑ ุงู„ 24 ุณุงุนุฉ. ุฅู†ู‡ู… ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ุฃุทุจุงุก.
Pastors are like on 24 hours-a-day call, they're like doctors.
ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฌุฆุช ู…ุชุฃุฎุฑุงู‹ ุงู„ูŠูˆู…. ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฑุฌูˆุช ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ู‡ู†ุง ุจุงู„ุฃู…ุณุŒ ุจุณุจุจ ุตู‡ุฑูŠ ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุขุฎุฑ 48 ุณุงุนุฉ ู„ู‡ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฑุฌุญ ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ูŠู…ูˆุช ุจุณุจุจ ุงู„ุณุฑุทุงู†.
I left late today -- I'd hoped to be here yesterday -- because my father-in-law is in his last, probably, 48 hours before he dies of cancer.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃุดุงู‡ุฏ ุฅู†ุณุงู† ุนุงุด ุญูŠุงุชู‡-- ุฅู†ู‡ ุงู„ุขู† ููŠ ู…ู†ุชุตู ุงู„ุซู…ุงู†ูŠู†ุงุช ู…ู† ุนู…ุฑู‡-- ูˆู‡ูˆ ูŠู…ูˆุช ุจุณู„ุงู…. ุชุนุฑููˆู†ุŒ ุฅู† ุฃุฎุชุจุงุฑ ู†ุธุฑุชูƒ ู„ู„ุนุงู„ู…
And I'm watching a guy who's lived his life -- he's now in his mid-80s -- and he's dying with peace.
ู„ูŠุณ ุญูˆู„ ูƒูŠููŠุฉ ุชุตุฑููƒ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู‚ุงุช ุงู„ุฌูŠุฏุฉ.
You know, the test of your worldview is not how you act in the good times.
ุฅู† ุฃุฎุชุจุงุฑ ู†ุธุฑุชูƒ ู„ู„ุนุงู„ู… ู‡ูˆ ุญูˆู„ ุชุตุฑููƒ ููŠ ู…ุฑุงุณู… ุงู„ุนุฒุงุก.
The test of your worldview is how you act at the funeral.
ูˆุจู…ุฑูˆุฑูŠ ุญุฑููŠุงู‹ ุจุงู„ู…ุฆุงุช ุฅู† ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุงู„ุขู„ุงู ู…ู† ู…ุฑุงุณู… ุงู„ุนุฒุงุกุŒ ูุงู†ู‡ุง ุชุญุฏุซ ูุฑู‚ุงู‹.
And having been through literally hundreds if not thousands of funerals, it makes a difference.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุญุฏุซ ูุฑู‚ุงู‹ ุญูˆู„ ู…ุง ุชุคู…ู† ุจู‡.
It makes a difference what you believe.
ู„ุฐุงุŒ ู‚ู…ู†ุง ุจุฅุฑุฌุงุน ูƒู„ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ุŒ ูˆู‚ู…ู†ุง ุจุชุฃุณูŠุณ ุซู„ุงุซ ู…ู†ุธู…ุงุชุŒ ุชุนู…ู„ ููŠ ุจุนุถ ู…ุดุงูƒู„ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠุฉ: ุงู„ุฌู‡ู„ุŒ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑุŒ ุฅู†ุชุดุงุฑ ุงู„ุฃูˆุจุฆุฉ -- ุชุญุฏูŠุฏุงู‹ ุงู„ุฅูŠุฏุฒ -- ูˆุฃุณุณู†ุง ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ู†ุธู…ุงุช ุงู„ุซู„ุงุซุŒ ูˆูˆุถุนู†ุง ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุงู„ ููŠู‡ุง.
So, we gave it all back, and then we set up three foundations, working on some of the major problems of the world: illiteracy, poverty, pandemic diseases -- particularly HIV/AIDS -- and set up these three foundations, and put the money into that.
ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ู…ู†ุง ุจู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู†ู†ุง ุฃุตุจุญู†ุง ู…ุง ุฃุณู…ูŠู‡" ู†ุฏูุน ุงู„ุนูุดุฑ ุฑุฌูˆุนุงู‹."
The last thing we did is we became what I call "reverse tithers."
ูˆุฐู„ูƒ ู‡ูˆุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุฒูˆุฌู†ุงุŒ ุฒูˆุฌุชูŠ ูˆุฃู†ุง ู‚ุจู„ 30 ุนุงู…ุงู‹ ู…ุถุชุŒ ุจุฏุฃู†ุง ุจุฏูุน ุงู„ุนูุดุฑ .
And that is, when my wife and I got married 30 years ago, we started tithing.
ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุจุฏุฃ ููŠ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฏุณ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู† ุชุนุทูŠ 10 ุจุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ู…ุง ุชุญุตู„ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ู„ู„ุฃุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุฎูŠุฑูŠุฉุŒ ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจุฏูุนู‡ุง ู„ู…ุณุงุนุฏุฉ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†.
Now, that's a principle in the Bible that says give 10 percent of what you get back to charity, give it away to help other people.
ุฅุฐุงู‹ุŒ ุจุฏุฃู†ุง ุจูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูˆูƒู„ ุนุงู… ูƒู†ุง ู†ุฑูุน ู…ุณุงู‡ู…ุฉ ุงู„ุนูุดุฑ ุฎุงุตุชู†ุง ุจูˆุงุญุฏ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ.
So, we started doing that, and each year we would raise our tithe one percent.
ู„ุฐุงุŒ ูููŠ ุฃูˆู„ ุณู†ุฉ ู„ุฒูˆุงุฌู†ุง ุฃุตุจุญุช 11 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉุŒ ุงู„ุณู†ุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ ุฃุตุจุญุช 12 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุณู†ุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู„ุซุฉ ุฃุตุจุญุช 13 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉุŒ ูˆู‡ูƒุฐุง ูˆู‡ูƒุฐุง. ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ู†ูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒุŸ
So, our first year of marriage we went to 11 percent, second year we went to 12 percent, and the third year we went to 13 percent, and on and on and on. Why did I do that?
ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ููŠ ูƒู„ ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุนุทูŠุŒ ูุฃู†ู‡ุง ู†ุญุทูƒ ุงู„ู‚ูŠูˆุฏ ุงู„ู…ุงุฏูŠุฉ ููŠ ุญูŠุงุชูŠ.
Because every time I give, it breaks the grip of materialism in my life.
ุชุฏูˆุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงุฏูŠุฉ ูƒู„ู‡ุง ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุฃุฎุฐ -- ุฎุฐุŒ ุฎุฐุŒ ุฎุฐุŒ ุฎุฐ ูƒู„ ู…ุง ุชุณุชุทูŠุนุŒ ูƒู„ ู…ุง ุชุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃุฎุฐู‡ุŒ ุฃุฌู„ุณ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุนู„ุจุฉ ูˆุฃุบู„ูŠ ุงู„ุจุงู‚ูŠ.
Materialism is all about getting -- get, get, get, get all you can, can all you get, sit on the can and spoil the rest.
ูƒู„ู‡ุง ุนู† ุงู„ู…ุฒูŠุฏุŒ ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฒูŠุฏ.
It's all about more, having more.
ูˆู†ุญู† ู†ุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ุงู„ุฌูŠุฏุฉ ุชุนู†ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุฃู† ู†ุจุฏูˆ ุฌูŠุฏูŠู†. ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃู‡ู… ู…ู† ูƒู„ ุดุฆ-- ุฃู† ู†ุจุฏูˆ ุฌูŠุฏูŠู†ุŒ ุฃู† ู†ุดุนุฑ ุจุฃู†ู†ุง ุจุฎูŠุฑ ูˆุฃู† ู†ุญุตู„ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุงู„ุทูŠุจุงุช.
And we think that the good life is actually looking good -- that's most important of all -- looking good, feeling good and having the goods.
ู„ูƒู† ุชู„ูƒ ู„ูŠุณุช ุญูŠุงุฉ ุฌูŠุฏุฉ.
But that's not the good life.
ุฃู‚ุงุจู„ ุฃู†ุงุณ ุทูˆุงู„ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุชู„ูƒุŒ ูˆู‡ู… ู„ูŠุณูˆ ุจุงู„ุถุฑูˆุฑุฉ ุณุนุฏุงุก.
I meet people all the time who have those, and they're not necessarily happy.
ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ูŠุฌุนู„ูƒ ุณุนูŠุฏุงู‹ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู‡ุง ูุงู† ุฃุบู†ู‰ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุณูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ุงู„ุฃุณุนุฏ.
If money actually made you happy, then the wealthiest people in the world would be the happiest.
ูˆุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุนุฑูุŒ ุดุฎุตูŠุงู‹ุŒ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุบูŠุฑ ุตุญูŠุญ.
And that I know, personally, I know, is not true.
ุฅู†ู‡ ู„ูŠุณ ุตุญูŠุญุงู‹ ู‚ุท.
It's just not true.
ุฅุฐุงู‹ุŒ ูุงู† ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ู„ูŠุณุช ุญูˆู„ ุฃุฎุฐ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุงู„ุฌูŠุฏุฉุŒ ุงู„ุดุนูˆุฑ ุงู„ุทูŠุจ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทูŠุจุงุชุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุญูˆู„ ุฃู† ู†ูƒูˆู† ุฌูŠุฏูŠู† ูˆุฃู† ู†ูุนู„ ุงู„ุฌูŠุฏ.
So, the good life is not about looking good, feeling good or having the goods, it's about being good and doing good.
ูˆู‡ุจ ุญูŠุงุชูƒ ู„ู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†.
Giving your life away.
ุงู„ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ู„ุง ุชุฃุชูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆุถุนูŠุฉุŒ ู„ุฃู†ูƒ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชุฌุฏ ุฏุงุฆู…ุงู‹ ุดุฎุต ู…ุง ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู…ุง ู„ุฏูŠูƒ.
Significance in life doesn't come from status, because you can always find somebody who's got more than you.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ู„ุง ุชุฃุชูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌู†ุณ.
It doesn't come from sex.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ู„ุง ุชุฃุชูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุงุชุจ.
It doesn't come from salary.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุฃุชูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฎุฏู…ุฉ.
It comes from serving.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ููŠ ูˆู‡ุจ ุญูŠุงุชู†ุง ุจุญูŠุซ ู†ุฌุฏ ู…ุนู†ู‰ุŒ ุญูŠู†ู‡ุง ุณู†ุฌุฏ ุงู„ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ.
It is in giving our lives away that we find meaning, we find significance.
ูˆู‡ุฐู‡ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุดุงูƒู„ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู†ุง ู…ุชุตู„ูˆู† ุฌู…ูŠุนุงู‹ ุจูˆุงุณุทุฉ ุงู„ู„ู‡
That's the way we were wired, I believe, by God.
ูˆู„ุฐุง ุจุฏุฃู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุนุทุงุกุŒ ูˆุงู„ุขู† ุจุนุฏ 30 ุนุงู…ุงู‹ุŒ ุฒูˆุฌุชูŠ ูˆุฃู†ุง ู†ู‚ุฏู… ุงู„ุนูุดุฑ ุนูƒุณูŠุงู‹ -- ู†ุญู† ู†ุนุทูŠ 90 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ูˆู†ุนูŠุด ุนู„ู‰ 10 ุจุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ.
And so we began to give away, and now after 30 years, my wife and I are reverse tithers -- we give away 90 percent and live on 10.
ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ูƒุงู† ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฃุณู‡ู„.
That, actually, was the easy part.
ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฃุตุนุจ ู‡ูˆุŒ ู…ุงุฐุง ุฃูุนู„ ู…ุน ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฅู†ุชุจุงู‡ุŸ
The hard part is, what do I do with all this attention?
ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ุชู„ู‚ูŠ ูƒู„ ุฃู†ูˆุงุน ุงู„ุฏุนูˆุงุช.
Because I started getting all kinds of invitations.
ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฌุฆุช ู„ู„ุชูˆ ู…ู† ุฌูˆู„ุฉ ุฃุณุชุบุฑู‚ุช ู‚ุฑุงุจุฉ ุงู„ุดู‡ุฑ ู…ุชุญุฏุซุงู‹ ููŠ ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ู‚ุงุฑุงุช ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉุŒ ูˆู„ู† ุฃุฏุฎู„ ููŠ ุชูุงุตูŠู„ ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ูƒุงู†ุช ุดูŠุฆุงู‹ ู…ุฏู‡ุดุงู‹.
I just came off a nearly month-long speaking tour on three different continents, and I won't go into that, but it was an amazing thing.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃูˆุงุตู„ุŒ ู…ุงุฐุง ุฃูุนู„ ู…ุน ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดุฆุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุดู‡ุฑุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฌู„ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจุŸ
And I'm going, what do I do with this notoriety that the book has brought?
ูˆูƒูˆู†ูŠ ู‚ุณุŒ ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ู‚ุฑุงุกุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌูŠู„.
And, being a pastor, I started reading the Bible.
ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฌุฒุก ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌูŠู„ ูŠุณู…ู‰ ุณูุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฒุงู…ูŠุฑ 72ุŒ ูˆู‡ูŠ ุตู„ูˆุงุช ุณู„ูŠู…ุงู† ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ู…ุฒูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ููˆุฐ.
There's a chapter in the Bible called Psalm 72, and it's Solomon's prayer for more influence.
ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชู‚ุฑุฃ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุตู„ุงุฉุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุจุฏูˆ ุฃู†ุงู†ูŠุฉ ุจุตูˆุฑุฉ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุนู‚ูˆู„ุฉุŒ ู…ุฑูƒุฒุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฐุงุช. ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุจุฏูˆ ู…ุซู„ุŒ
When you read this prayer, it sounds incredibly selfish, self-centered.
ู‡ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ุŒ " ุฑุจูŠุŒ ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒ ุฃู† ุชุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ ู…ุดู‡ูˆุฑุงู‹."
He says, "God, I want you to make me famous."
ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุง ูŠุชู„ูˆู‡ ู‡ูˆ.
That's what he prays.
ู‡ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ุŒ " ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒ ุฃู† ุชุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ ู…ุดู‡ูˆุฑุงู‹.
He said, "I want you to make me famous.
ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒ ุฃู† ุชู†ุดุฑ ุดู‡ุฑุฉ ุฃุณู…ูŠ ุนุจุฑ ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถุŒ ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒ ุฃู† ุชุนุทูŠู†ูŠ ุณูู„ุทุฉุŒ
I want you to spread the fame of my name through every land, I want you to give me power.
ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒ ุฃู† ุชุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ ู…ุดู‡ูˆุฑุงู‹. ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒ ุฃู† ุชุนุทูŠู†ูŠ ู†ููˆุฐุงู‹."
I want you to make me famous, I want you to give me influence."
ูˆุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุจุฏูˆ ู…ุซู„ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุงู„ุทู„ุจุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุทู„ุจู‡ุง ุบุฑูˆุฑุงู‹ ุฅุฐุง ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุณุชุตู„ูŠ.
And it just sounds like the most egotistical request you could make, if you were going to pray.
ุญุชู‰ ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจู‚ุฑุงุกุฉ ูƒู„ ุณูุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฒุงู…ูŠุฑุŒ ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ูƒุงู…ู„ุงู‹.
Until you read the whole psalm, the whole chapter.
ุซู… ู‡ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ุŒ " ุญุชู‰ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ู„ูƒ"-- ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ู…ู„ูƒ ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ููŠ ุฐุฑูˆุฉ ู‚ูˆุชู‡ุง -- " ุจุญูŠุซ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ู„ูƒ ู‚ุฏ ูŠุฑุงุนูŠ ุงู„ุฃุฑู…ู„ุฉ ูˆุงู„ูŠุชูŠู…ุŒ ูˆูŠุณุงุนุฏ ุงู„ู…ูƒุชุฆุจุŒ ูŠุฏุงูุน ุนู…ู† ู„ุง ุณู†ุฏ ู„ู‡ู…ุŒ ูŠุฑุงุนูŠ ุงู„ู…ุฑุถู‰ุŒ ูŠุณุงุนุฏ ุงู„ูู‚ุฑุงุกุŒ ูŠุชุญุฏุซ ู…ุน ุงู„ุบุฑุจุงุกุŒ ูˆุฃุคู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ููŠ ุงู„ุณุฌู†."
And then he says, "So that the king ..." -- he was the king of Israel at that time, at its apex in power -- "... so that the king may care for the widow and orphan, support the oppressed, defend the defenseless, care for the sick, assist the poor, speak up for the foreigner, those in prison."
ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุณุงุณุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ ูŠุชุญุฏุซ ุญูˆู„ ูƒู„ ุงู„ู…ู‡ู…ุดูŠู† ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุน.
Basically, he's talking about all the marginalized in society.
ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู‚ุฑุฃุช ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ู†ุธุฑุช ููŠู‡ุŒ ูˆููƒุฑุชุŒ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู…ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู„ู‡ ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ุงู„ู‡ุฏู ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ููˆุฐ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ุชุชุญุฏุซ ู†ูŠุงุจุฉ ุนู† ุฃุคู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู„ุง ู†ููˆุฐ ู„ู‡ู….
And as I read that, I looked at it, and I thought, you know, what this is saying is that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.
ูˆุงู„ู‡ุฏู ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ููˆุฐ ู„ูŠุณ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุจู†ุงุก ุบุฑูˆุฑูƒุŒ
The purpose of influence is not to build your ego.
ุฃูˆ ุงู„ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ ุจูƒ.
Or your net worth.
ูˆ ุจุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณุจุฉุŒ ู‚ูŠู…ุชูƒ ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ ู„ูŠุณ ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุดุฆ ู…ุซู„ ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ู†ูุณูƒ.
And, by the way, your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth.
ุฅู† ู‚ูŠู…ุชูƒ ู„ูŠุณุช ู…ุจู†ูŠุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุดูŠุงุกูƒ ุงู„ู‚ูŠู…ุฉุŒ
Your value is not based on your valuables.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ู…ุจู†ูŠุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ ุฃุดูŠุงุก ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ.
It's based on a whole different set of things.
ูˆู„ุฐุง ูุฃู† ุงู„ู‡ุฏู ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ููˆุฐ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ูŠุชุญุฏุซ ู†ูŠุงุจุฉ ุนู…ู† ู„ุง ู†ููˆุฐ ู„ู‡ู….
And so the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.
ูˆุนู„ูŠู‘ ุฃู† ุฃุนุชุฑูุŒ ุจุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุงุณุชุทูŠุน ุชุฐูƒุฑ ุขุฎุฑ ู…ุฑุฉ ููƒุฑุช ุจุงู„ุฃุฑุงู…ู„ ูˆุงู„ูŠุชุงู…ู‰.
And I had to admit: I can't think of the last time I thought of widows and orphans.
ุฅู†ู‡ู… ู„ูŠุณูˆุง ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุงุฏุงุฑูŠ.
They're not on my radar.
ุฃู†ุง ู‚ุณ ู„ูƒู†ุณูŠุฉ ููŠ ุฃุญุฏ ุฃุบู†ู‰ ุงู„ุฃู…ุงูƒู† ููŠ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒุง -- ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุช ุงู„ู…ุบู„ู‚ุฉ.
I pastor a church in one of the most affluent areas of America -- a bunch of gated communities.
ู„ุฏูŠ ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ู…ู„ูŠุฆุฉ ุจุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุงุก ุงู„ุชู†ููŠุฐูŠูŠู† ูˆุงู„ุนู„ู…ุงุก.
I have a church full of CEOs and scientists.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุชู…ุฑ ุฎู…ุณุฉ ุณู†ูˆุงุช ูˆู„ุง ุฃุฑู‰ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ ุดุฎุต ุจู„ุง ู…ุฃูˆู‰.
And I could go five years and never, ever see a homeless person.
ุฅู†ู‡ู… ูู‚ุท ู„ูŠุณูˆุง ููŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ูŠ.
They're just not in my pathway.
ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ 13 ู…ูŠู„ุงู‹ ููŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุณุงู†ุชุง ุขู†ุง.
Now, they're 13 miles up the road in Santa Ana.
ู„ุฐุงุŒ ุชูˆุฌุจ ุนู„ูŠู‘ ุงู„ู‚ูˆู„ุŒ " ุญุณู†ุงู‹ุŒ ุณุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจุฅุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ุฃูŠ ุซุฑุงุก ูˆุฃูŠ ู†ููˆุฐ ู„ุฏูŠ ู„ู…ุณุงุนุฏุฉ ุฃุคู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู„ูŠุณ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุฃูŠ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง."
So I had to say, ok, I would use whatever affluence and whatever influence I've got to help those who don't have either of those.
ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู‚ุตุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฏุณ ุญูˆู„ ู…ูˆุณู‰. ุณูˆุงุก ุตุฏู‚ุชูˆุง ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุตุญูŠุญุฉ ุฃู… ู„ุง -- ู„ุง ูŠู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ.
You know, there's a story in the Bible about Moses, whether you believe it's true or not, it really doesn't matter to me.
ู„ูƒู† ู…ูˆุณู‰ุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุดุงู‡ุฏุชู… ุงู„ูู„ู…ุŒ " ุงู„ูˆุตุงูŠุง ุงู„ุนุดุฑุŒ" ูŠุฐู‡ุจ ู…ูˆุณู‰ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌุŒ ูˆู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุญุชุฑู‚ุฉุŒ ูˆูŠุชุญุฏุซ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ ู…ุนู‡. ูˆูŠู‚ูˆู„ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ุŒ " ู…ูˆุณู‰ุŒ ู…ุงุฐุง ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠูƒุŸ"
But Moses, if you saw the movie, "The Ten Commandments," Moses goes out, and there's this burning bush, and God talks to him, and God says, "Moses, what's in your hand?"
ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุฃุญุฏ ุฃู‡ู… ุงู„ุฃุณุฆู„ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชูุณุฃู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅุทู„ุงู‚. ู…ุงุฐุง ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠูƒุŸ
I think that's one of the most important questions you'll ever be asked: What's in your hand?
ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ู…ูˆุณู‰ุŒ " ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุนุตุง . ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุนุตุง ุงู„ุฑุงุนูŠ."
Moses says, "It's a staff. It's a shepherd's staff."
ูˆูŠู‚ูˆู„ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ุŒ " ุฃู„ู‚ู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ."
And God says, "Throw it down."
ูˆุฅุฐุง ุดุงู‡ุฏุชู… ุงู„ูู„ู…ุŒ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ูุงู†ู‡ ูŠุฑู…ูŠู‡ุง ูˆุชุตุจุญ ุญูŠู‘ุฉ.
And if you saw the movie, you know, he throws it down and it becomes a snake.
ุซู… ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ุŒ " ุฃุฑูุนู‡ุง."
And then God says, "Pick it up."
ูˆูŠู‚ูˆู… ุจุฑูุนู‡ุง ุฅู„ูŠู‡ ู…ุฌุฏุฏุงู‹ุŒ ูˆุชุตุจุญ ุนุตุง ู…ุฌุฏุฏุงู‹.
And he picks it back up again, and it becomes a staff again.
ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุฃู‚ุฑุฃ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดุฆุŒ ูˆุฃู‚ูˆู„ุŒ ุนู† ู…ุงุฐุง ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŸ
Now, I'm reading this thing, and I'm going, what is that all about?
ุญุณู†ุงู‹. ุนู† ู…ุงุฐุง ูƒู„ ุดุฆุŸ ุญุณู†ุงู‹ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุฃุนุฑู ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก.
OK. What's that all about? Well, I do know a couple of things.
ุฑู‚ู… ูˆุงุญุฏุŒ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ ู„ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู… ุจู…ุนุฌุฒุงุช ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุชุจุงู‡ูŠ.
Number one, God never does a miracle to show off.
ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู„ูŠุณ ู…ุซู„ุŒ " ูˆุงุงูˆุŒ ุฅู„ูŠุณ ู‡ุฐุง ู„ุทูŠูุงู‹ุŸ"
It's not just, "Wow, isn't that cool?"
ูˆุจุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณุจุฉุŒ ุฅู† ุฑุจูŠ ู„ุง ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุธู‡ูˆุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุบูŠู ุจุงู„ุฌุจู†.
And, by the way, my God doesn't have to show up on cheese bread.
ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ ุณูŠุธู‡ุฑุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ู„ู† ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุบูŠู ุจุงู„ุฌุจู†.
You know, if God's going to show up, he's not going to show up on cheese bread.
ุฌูŠุฏุŸ ุฃู†ุง ูู‚ุทุŒ ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุณุจุจ ุฃู†ุง ุฃุญุจ ู…ุง ูุนู„ู‡ ู…ุงูŠูƒู„ุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ู…ุซู„ุŒ ุญุณู†ุงู‹ุŒ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ูŠูƒุดู ุฒูŠูู‡ุงุŒ ุนู†ุฏู‡ุง ู„ุง ูŠุชูˆุฌุจ ุนู„ูŠ.
Ok? I just, this is why I love what Michael does, because it's like, if he's debunking it, then I don't have to.
ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ -- ุฎุงู„ู‚ูŠ-- ู„ุง ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุตูˆุฑ ู…ุฑุดูˆุดุฉ.
But God -- my God -- doesn't show up on sprinkler images.
ุฅู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุทุฑู‚ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู‚ูˆุฉ ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ูุนู„ ู…ุง ูŠุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ูŠูุนู„.
He's got a few more powerful ways than that to do whatever he wants to do.
ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠูุนู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุฌุฒุงุช ูู‚ุท ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุชุจุงู‡ูŠ.
But he doesn't do miracles just to show off.
ุงู„ุดุฆ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ู‡ูˆุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุณุฃู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ ุฃูŠ ุณุคุงู„ุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ู…ุณุจู‚ุงู‹ ูŠุนู„ู… ุงู„ุฅุฌุงุจุฉ.
Second thing is, if God ever asks you a question, he already knows the answer.
ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆุงุถุญุŒ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ู‚ุŒ ูุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฅู†ู‡ ุญูŠู†ู…ุง ุณุฃู„ูƒ ุณุคุงู„ุงู‹ุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ู„ู…ุตู„ุญุชูƒ ูˆู„ูŠุณ ู…ุตู„ุญุชู‡.
Obviously, if he's God, then that would mean that when he asks the question, it's for your benefit, not his.
ู„ุฐุงุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ู‚ุงู„ุŒ " ู…ุงุฐุง ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠูƒุŸ"
So he's going, "What's in your hand?"
ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ู…ุงุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุจูŠู† ูŠุฏูŠ ู…ูˆุณู‰ุŸ
Now, what was in Moses' hand?
ุญุณู†ุงู‹ุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู†ุช ุนุตุง ุงู„ุฑุงุนูŠ. ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุชุงุจุนูˆู†ูŠ ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง.
Well, it was a shepherd's staff. Now, follow me on this.