You look at people's car like can they help me? Make Money. Hold on y'all. Nowhere in the scripture that Jesus say that needs to be our focus. It should be our fruit. Okay, let me let me stop. When we talk about this, in the original language it this is one of the only places that God distinguishes himself against anything, because most things ain't even worth comparing him to. But he says, You cannot serve God. And the original Aramaic word is Mammon. You can't serve both of these. Let me take your backup because some of y'all looking at me like hasn't Mike really just like really taken me and show me Luke chapter 16 Verse 10. So we just read it in Matthew, But Luke is a doctor and is a little more detailed in certain things. So you're gonna see a little more right here, Luke chapter 16, verse 10, he who is faithful and what is least is faithful also in much and he who is unjust, or sloppy, or raggedy in what is the least is unjust. Also, how much clean your car let me let me put my glasses on, maybe you'll take me seriously, okay. This is what we call stewardship. He don't care what it looks like right now. Can you keep it in the condition that it is in or better right now? He's watching how you handle what's in your hand. Keep screaming for more, but he's watching how you handle what's in your hand. Okay, he says, Therefore, if you have been faithful in an in this unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust true riches hold on what we've been talking about is like money, he said, but I want to give you true riches that's what I want to trust you with? And if you have not been faithful who watch this man, I can't even I ain't got time to even talk about this. But if you have not been in faithful what it faithful over what is another man's almost see oh my boss all work for nobody. How the? If you are not storing over something that somebody else's? There are certain principles you miss. This is for another day. It says if you are not faithful or been faithful in what's another man's who will give you what is your own. No servant can serve two masters for either he will hate one and love the other or else he will be loyal to one man we've been loyal to cash. Man we wake up when we don't want to for cash. Man, we will we will throw somebody under the bus by cash. What do you really think about them because I was thinking about promoting them. You are them? Well, you know, I've seen him a couple of times. They don't always stay till it's time to leave. And that last presentation they gave subpar like why? Because you thought somehow their elevation was going to take away your ability to make more cash, oh god. How loyal have we been? We We have taken our character and put it under dirt for the possibility of more Taff. Okay. It says, You cannot serve God and mammon. This is an Arabic, Aramaic word that means riches, okay. It was a Syrian god named Mammon. It actually came from Babylon, just giving you a little history. You remember Babylon comes from the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11, verse one through nine. And these people thought that they they could get to God on their own with this spirit of Mammon is write this down. The spirit of Mammon is a belief that we don't need God if we have riches. This is the truth of the matter. Most people think if I got enough cake, don't really need God. If I got enough money, want me to pray for I'll pay for it. Oh, God, if I got enough money, I can step in and be God instead of need God. You don't say it out loud. We don't we don't actually confess this. But this is what we think. And the church has been cuffed to this spirit of Mammon. And that's why we've been cuffed to cash. And today I came to tell somebody that we've got to break this thing today. In the name of Jesus. This spirit of Mammon is arrogant, it's prideful, and makes you look to to other things then God. Write this down ma'am and promises you everything only God can deliver. I'm saying this. I'm gonna just tell them the truth. Because I used to live like this, I used to think that money if I make enough beats, and Beyonce allows me to produce her album, along with Usher, and lo Romeo, that was the time I was saying, Okay, then I'll make enough money to be able to come back to the church and impact it for God. I'm gonna go outside of God, make some cash, and then come be effective for Jesus. Don't act like you ain't never thought that your please just let me hit the lottery. They got about good fit into bill. And Lord, I'll serve you with all of it. These are the thought and it may not be at that level. But But what I'm saying is somewhere we've replaced needing God with needing money. And man, listen, man, listen, that being up to cash, it promises identity, security, significance, and happiness. And it cannot provide any of that. Only God can give you identity, security, significance, and happiness. This is the lie of Mammon. And everybody has had this thought before. This, I'm gonna prove it to you. Either, I need God to come through. I need somebody to give me some money. If you've ever had that thought, I either need God to come through. Or I need somebody to give me some money. You been cuffed to cash. And the reason I'm bringing this to you is because I don't want you to be shackled by this another day of your life. I don't want your children being growing up in a situation my daughter the other day, she Belle is becoming more aware of everything. And so literally, we're at the cash register, and we're paying for a bunch of people to get into amusement park and she sees the price. And once she sees the price, she said she said Dad, you spent that much money on data that she said no, no, nevermind. No, I don't want to do it. As maybe why wouldn't you want to do this a daddy's providing this for you? Could you you see how much it costs. You see how much there's so much. I said, I love your spirit. Watch this. But that he wants to bless you. And you have been obedient. And you've done what I've asked you to do. Let me bless you, but that he is going to bless all of them to because cuz you know, sometimes it's like, alright, bless me, but get all of them. Like, but you can bless all them. I said, Yeah. She was like, You got it like that? And I said, Yes, I do. Like, and in that moment, God said, Michael, that's how I want you to come to me. When you do what I asked you to do, when you've been faithful over what I given you, I want to bless you, you and you and bless all of them too. Yes, this ain't gotta be one person or somebody like, I'm gonna solve them. I'm like, You got her like that? And guess what God said, I got it like, this only happens when you keep him in his rightful place. So here we go. Okay. Money is not the answer to your problems. God is always the answer to your problems. And some of you right now think money, money's going to answer that. Yeah, money may help it. Money may be the tool you need. But anytime you have a problem, how did you even get into a situation in the first place? If you're going to get out of the situation and stay out of the situation, you need God to transform your mind. So what I'm saying to you is, money might be a part of the solution, but it is never the thing. That is what we need fully. God is the answer to every problem we will ever have. And I know all the way up into this point, some of y'all y'all just battle and struggling because you're thinking about your situation right now. And how a cool 30,000 would solve all your issues and take away it wouldn't take away the anxiety.