Faith in Action: From Stewardship to Financial Dominion Part 2

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Hey there, and welcome to Faith in Finance, where

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your values and your financial vision come together.

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I'm your host, Geil Thompson, Registered Rep

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for Joseph Eden Capital, a sister firm of Joseph

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Wealth Management. Every week, I'll be walking

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with you through the tools, truths, and strategies

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that help you build wealth with purpose, clarity,

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and peace. Because your money isn't just about

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what you have. It's about what you're building.

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Let's get started. Each week we break down how

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capital moves, how markets shift and how you

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can position your resources with wisdom and strategy

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to build ownership, grow wealth and establish

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lasting legacy. Today, we continue our two part

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series with a man who has shaped generations

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with his revelation on faith, wealth and kingdom

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purpose, Dr. Bill Winston. If you missed part

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one, we talked about the power of vision and

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God's blueprint for wealth. From Joseph's storehouse

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to modern stewardship. Dr. Winston, welcome again.

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Thank you, Georgie. Thank you very much. This

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has been amazing. So, Dr. Winston, I just want

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to open up this segment by talking about a scripture

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in particular. It's Deuteronomy 8 .18, where

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the Bible says he gives us power to get wealth.

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Can you talk about that power? Well, the power

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that God is really referring to there is from

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the Holy Spirit. Let's talk about it. The anointing

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that he gives you. The anointing is a performance

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enhancer. Once a person gets born again, there

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is a performance that they can have that overrides

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all the natural performance. It's kind of like

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putting a booster on a rocket. That it's this

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extra augmented power that you can have. And

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it's power to think. It's power to do something.

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And this gives you an advantage when there's

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times that other people may be failing in the

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market and so forth. But this one gives you insight.

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This one gives you the ability to actually make

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the choice that you thought about. Wow. Because

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sometimes it takes courage in investing. When

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we had our first ministry of shopping malls,

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when we first got the shopping mall in our ministry,

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in Chicago land, this shopping mall came through

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this power to get wealth. God said to me, buy

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that shopping mall. Yes. That thought was given

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to me with power. In other words, I couldn't

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think of that myself. Right. It was too big for

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me. God had to think it through you. He had to

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think it through me. And that's what... Deuteronomy

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8, 18 is all about. Pastor, now I have a question.

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When God thought that thought through you and

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he said, buy that shopping mall, we're talking

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70, literally over three acres of land. What

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immediately was your reaction? Because oftentimes

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when God gives a vision. Especially when he tells

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us to step out on our finances, talking about

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taking risk. The first thing people do is fear

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said, said. And I know you've talked about before

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that parasite spirit that comes to paralyze us,

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to keep us where we are. How did you believe

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God to push beyond yourself to say, I'm going

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to trust God. And if he says I can buy them all,

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despite what I may think about myself or what

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I feel, I believe and trust what he said. Well,

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that's where faith comes in. And faith gives

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you this power to do something or to say something

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when naturally you think you don't think you

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would have it. Yes. And so this faith came in

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my life and I got faith so that I could do things

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that were beyond my natural ability to do it.

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Yes. And this mall was 33 acres. And I said,

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wow. Now, I thought at first I was hearing things.

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So I kind of ignored it. 33 acres. Excuse me,

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you guys. Yes. But at our previous location,

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God told me, buy that brown chicken. Yeah. And

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I didn't know what I was hearing. I don't eat

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that much chicken, you know, just buy that brown

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chicken. So I didn't know what to do. I said,

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well, I just left it and so forth. The next thing

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I know. The bronze chicken was being torn down

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and they put a huge luxury condo in that place.

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So if nothing else, I could have flipped the

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property. You know what I mean? So when I heard

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this, I had been that route before. And I said,

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OK, this time I'm going to acknowledge that,

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buy that shopping mall. So what I did is I got

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some people, found out who owned it. And it was

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a. A teacher's union who owns it, and I said,

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are they willing to sell it? And I had a realtor

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go and ask them, and they said yes. And they

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were willing to sell it. Well, a number of things

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happened and so forth. You know, I was laughed

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at and all kinds of things. What is a preacher

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going to do with a mall and so forth and so on?

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You see, no vision. And the enemy tries to keep

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us in that place so that we won't progress. And

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so I realized the power. to get wealth. And it

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took me some of God's ability to overcome the

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things that were coming in my mind, the money

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and all of that. And the next thing you know,

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we bought it and it is debt free. You know what?

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That's amazing. Debt free. Did you hear that?

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And the mall is debt free. Pastor, what I do

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like that you're actually bringing out and one

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thing that I heard while you were talking about

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this power is oftentimes the power also gives

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you the endowment. for what you don't understand.

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Because did you know anything about buying a

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brown chicken? Did you know anything about buying

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them all? No, I didn't. So it's like almost like

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we allow the thing to become so big that we don't

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allow God a moment to step in and just guide

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us as to how he wants to do it or bring it to

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us. Somebody said, we're God's guides. He provides.

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That's good. And so I just noticed that if I

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just take a step, that God will help me. Stay

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in faith. I remember power steering, and I'm

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going to date myself now. Go ahead. But when

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I was young, my dad bought an Oldsmobile, 98.

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Oh, my goodness. And it was beautiful. So I got

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in it. But I noticed. That with the engine running,

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I could just put my finger on the steering wheel

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and turn it. But I noticed something else. When

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I took my finger off, it didn't turn. So I'm

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saying he gives you power to turn. It does turn,

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but it needs your agreement. It needs your permission

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so that you could do what God wants to do with

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you. Wow. And the other thing I found out that.

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The idea of ideas and what God wants to do. The

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conditions of you talking about. New money does

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not come from old ideas. And I found that out.

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Get yourself some new ideas. God is forever creating.

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That's good. He's forever creating. And you look

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at something and you look at something half empty,

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but somebody else looks at something half full.

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And sometimes a really good. can come and he

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can actually see what that property can be like.

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Wow. And so I said, wow, what I'm going to do

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is I'm going to go ahead and get this and I'm

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going to believe God for it and use my faith

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and so forth. And after a number of iterations,

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we got them all. And now we're building some

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new things in it. And the newest idea that came

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to me is a new digital studio in a very large

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space that we have that is right now vacant.

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Awesome. So I said, I'm going to do that. Another

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industry he's giving you. Another talent that

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you didn't even know you had. I didn't even know.

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Come on, talk about the story of the talents.

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He's not going to bury not one that God has given

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him. He's going to use them all. And I pray that

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each of you use yours as well. For those of you

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who are listening, I know you may hear a little

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bit in the background. There is some rain that's

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happening. But it reminds me of one of my favorite

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scripture where rather I've heard someone says

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that, you know, rain only matters when you have

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seed in the ground. So you appreciate the sound

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of rain when you know that you've sown and you

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have seed in the ground because you know that

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harvest will see you real soon. Dr. Winston,

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thinking of ownership, because I really want

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to go back to something that you mentioned. You

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talked about real estate. You talked about businesses.

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We're talking about ownership, and I know in

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one of our segments we've covered stewardship

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as part of a kingdom assignment. Can you distinguish

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what's the difference? The world teaches ownership.

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We teach stewardship. What's the difference?

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Well, stewardship has more to do with a caretaker

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and somebody who is actually watching over the

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goods of someone else and making sure that it's

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handled properly. making sure you're making the

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right investments for them, stuff like that.

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You can have that in the business that you're

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in right now, stewarding somebody else's account,

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the wealth that they put up. Ownership has to

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do more with the fact that you are the ultimate

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authority in what happens with that. property

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with that investment and so forth. Ultimately,

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ownership is where you want to be, but stewardship

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is what you need. So I look at myself as an owner

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with stewardship responsibilities. Ultimately,

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like you purchase it, but God sits at the head.

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No doubt about it. So I listen for him for the

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new ideas. Listen for him for... Like I said,

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things that I'd never thought of before and didn't

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have the power to think of. In other words, I

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didn't have the background. I didn't come to

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that kind of environment before. But that thought

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comes to me. Now, wherever God guides, he provides.

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So I can be assured that there's something he

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wants me to do that he's going to provide for.

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Now, where that's going to come from, I'm not

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sure right now. He may give me the money. Or

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he may give me a task to make the money. Yes.

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And so that kind of thing. But I found it always

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works that way. And again, new money does not

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come from old ideas. Yes. It doesn't. So if you

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just got old ideas, put those aside and ask God

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for new ones because he gives you the power.

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They get wealth. You know, I like what you're

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talking about because one thing you're also bringing

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out, Dr. Winston, is as you're talking about

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stewarding, and I know as financial advisors,

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we tend to steward money for our clients who

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are many times new money. Right. So you're coming

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into a time where you're discovering something

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about wealth, how to create a legacy for yourself,

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creating an estate for generations to come that

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maybe you otherwise did not know. For you, God

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placed this on your heart as a vision for Joseph

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Wealth Management, because you saw the need that

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the church was missing this aspect. There were

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really no places that we could go where we could

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actually talk about investing. We could talk

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about money. We could talk about real estate

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or even business, but feel comfortable enough

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in an environment that spoke the same language

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that we speak to say, you know what? I'm going

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to give them a try. I'm going to step out in

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faith. I'm going to open an account. I'm going

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to deposit my money and then see what God will

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do for me. Can you talk about what did you see?

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The Bible says that we are to leave an inheritance

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to our children's children. That means your grandkids.

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That means whatever you have, you ought to have

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enough for not only your children when you leave,

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but also your grandkids. And that is something

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that most church folk don't know much about.

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I'm not complaining in that, but I see that's

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part. of my duty is to have a company that can

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educate the body of Christ to that degree and

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also have them to invest in that gift they just

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learned. And so come up with some investment

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or real estate or whatever it might be. that

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you could leave something for your children's

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children. Now they don't have to start from scratch.

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Yes. They can start from where you left off.

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Yes. And when we talk about church, we're not

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talking about a place. We're specifically talking

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about a people and not necessarily even segmenting

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us by denomination, whether it be Catholicism,

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Orthodox, Pentecostal, whatever, Baptist, but

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just talking about us collectively as one body.

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doing the will of our father as stewards in the

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earth to carry out what he wants to do in the

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earth. That stewardship responsibility takes

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money. Everywhere you go, you're going to see.

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It takes money. Repeat it again, Pastor. It takes

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money. It's going to take money. If you go to

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school, it's going to take money. If you're going

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to build a skill, it's going to take money. That's

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right. If you're going to build a neighborhood,

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it's going to take money. So everything seems

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to take money. The Bible says money answereth

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all things. So as you look at that, you're saying,

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okay, now I've got to have enough. to meet the

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needs of the cause or the people or whatever

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it is where I'm to be steward over. Yes. So I

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go the place. I feel like I want to help the

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people and so forth. So what do I do? I said,

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okay, let's start a program of teaching skills.

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Yes. And so I'd look at what kind of skills I

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want to teach. Booker T. Washington, that's a

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school where I graduated, Tuskegee University.

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It was Tuskegee Normal and then Tuskegee University.

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Well, anyway, but Tuskegee. What happened was

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he believed his curriculum was to have people

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to have the regular studies of reading, writing,

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and arithmetic. have a skill or at least two

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skills that they could be graduated with because

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he knew they were going to have to have some

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money because most of them families were coming

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out of slavery. Yes. So if they didn't have the

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money, if they didn't have the money, they were

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going to get it, have to get it somewhere. And

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the best place they could get it. It's their

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own skill. People are poor not because they don't

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have enough money or a job that pays much. They're

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poor because of their own lack of self -production.

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And they don't have the skills to produce something

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that is of value. that somebody else wants and

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wants to pay for. Yes. So Booker T. Washington

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was making sure that they had this. Yes. And

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back in, what, 1905, he graduated and put out

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in the workforce more self -made millionaires

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than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton combined. Amen.

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Now, that's supposed to be a statistical fact.

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Wow. Now, what am I saying? That's what it took.

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It took vision. So he would pick up a student.

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Let's say there were two boys coming around the

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house stark naked. And how did they get naked?

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They had no money. They had nothing. And that

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was just after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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So now he picks them up. Why? Because he knows

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that every person, there's a gift. God made us

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like that. And he'd pick them up, then take them

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to Tuskegee. And teach them how to brush their

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teeth and the basics. And now training them up,

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giving them the skills, mathematics, so forth

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and so on. And they'd go ahead and graduate.

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And now they make something out of their lives.

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And I mean, he's got stories and stories of what

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he's done. But what he zeroed in on is a fact.

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That they had value. That inside of them was

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a gift. And that gift was designed to make room

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for them and bring them before great men. That's

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amazing. Because he read that in the Bible. That's

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amazing. You know, Dr. Winston, as you're talking,

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it sounds as though almost as if you're picking

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up the mantle. Because a lot of things that what

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you do here, talking about the 20 plus businesses

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that you have, is you're all about making sure

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that we all have some type of skill. And even

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with what we're doing here right now with this

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segment of faith and finance, Joseph Wealth Management

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is also offering an educational series that we're

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offering to our clients where you can develop

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a skill, learn something about money, learn about

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investing, learn about how to trade the stock

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market. Understanding why it's important, because

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in our current economic climate, as we look over

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things, there's tariffs. Taxes are increases.

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We have big, beautiful bills that our president

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has just put in place. But as you stated earlier,

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it all takes money. It takes money. It all takes

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money. And then when a people is not prepared,

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then ultimately you depend on the system that

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you should be ultimately trying to take care

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of. We were meant to be in the driver's seat

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that we take care of God's people. And also there's

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much food in the tillage of the poor. And saying

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that. What does that mean? Today, well, it's

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saying that the poverty is not so much a physical

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poverty as it's a mental. It's a mental poverty.

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Being able to see opportunity and so forth like

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that. And here's, for example. This young black

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man, African -American, I think he's in New York.

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He was coming up in grade school, but his parents

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were well off. They were kind of poor. But what

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he did, he got online and looked online, and

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there were free courses on how to play the cello.

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And so he looked at him and then the news media

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caught up with him. And by that time, he had

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gotten a scholarship to Juilliard. Yes. Because

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he was looking online, found free courses of

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how to play the cello and had gotten that good.

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Wow. So he played before an orchestra in New

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York. People can do that with invested. Yes.

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They can get online. You can find anything online

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now. It doesn't make any difference. There's

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so many free courses. Build your skills from

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an online course of something and that. But invest

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in yourself first and then invest in the other

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things. So that's good for me. I mean, I was

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in college and, you know. In college, everybody,

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well, for the most part, a lot of people, doesn't

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have much money. But I thought of things. I said,

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wait a second. I'm not going to come to college

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here and be poor and have no money like a lot

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of people around me. I said, okay, I can do something.

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Well, I could play the keyboard because my dad

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taught me when I was young. Yes. Well, I could

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play tennis. And I had a friend of mine to teach

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me tennis. And so I got on the tennis team and

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got a half scholarship. And I said, well, I get,

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you know, this and that. And the next thing I

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know, I was having three incomes, you see. And

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I was traveling with the music group I put together

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from New York to Nassau during my time. a break

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in school and so forth. So by the time I graduated,

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I was on my second Corvette. I mean, you don't

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need to be poor. No one needs to be poor. He's

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given everyone a gift. All you have to do is

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invest in yourself. Yes. That's all. And let

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me tell you, you'll always come out good. Investing,

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that's key. But there's much food in the tillage

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of the poor. That's excellent, Dr. Winston. You

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know, as I'm really thinking about this, if there

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is anything I really want to allow you to flow,

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because there's so much that you've just said

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that we could truly unpack in that moment. Talking

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about poverty is truly a state of mind, whereas

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broke is a physical condition. So you're not

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broke. It's just the mindset. How do we shift

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the mindset that you see investing? Not, but

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I like what you said. Don't think about it as

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investing as if like you're doing it for someone

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else. You're investing in yourself. Steward of

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your own self. Be a steward of your own destiny.

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Investing for your family, investing for your

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future, investing for the legacy that is to come.

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Dr. Winston, is there anything else you would

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like to leave with our audience? I mean, you've

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covered everything from vision to identity. And

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then I do want to say this one thing that you

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did say. You said that ultimately. He who makes

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the Bible talks about also that if you're faithful

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over little things, he'll make you rule over

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much. You said in college you had three incomes.

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Now you own over 20 businesses. You went from

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three streams to 20 plus streams of income. All

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because you were willing to be obedient first

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to the voice of God. Do what he said and then

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believe that provision would come with it. And

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they did. That's amazing. Poor because of not

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because no money or a job that doesn't pay much,

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but because of the absence of self -production.

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Everybody, if you're listening today, it is time

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for you to step out in faith. It's time for you

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to be that producer. Cooking cakes, pies, starting

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a business, writing a book, buying that piece

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of real estate, buying that shopping mall that's

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in your city, buying that real estate complex.

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It's time for us as the church, meaning not just

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a denomination, but us as people of God who understand

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the kingdom assignment to get in alignment where

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God can now use us so that we can become stewards

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of wealth. Because there are people who we need

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to touch. There are families that we need to

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save. And there are times that are coming. that

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people are going to be looking for the voice

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of God. They're going to be looking for people

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of God and places that they can come to to see

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the light of God. And so, Dr. Winston, thank

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you again. I want to thank you so much for taking

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the time. It's a pleasure that we can literally

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have someone like yourself, as esteemed as you

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are, 20 plus billion businesses, multimillionaire,

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who's willing and whose heart has always been

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for the people and continues to still be for

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the people. I just want to make mention of a

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couple of things. Dr. Winston, you started Operation

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10 Cities, where we have gone to about seven

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different cities thus far. And ultimately, can

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you just talk a little bit about what Operation

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10 Cities was? new book that's coming out, Seeding

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for the Billion Flood. Manifesting the Billion

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Flood. Okay. Well, the Ten Cities is a vision

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God gave me to actually bring hope to the cities.

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You know, without hope, people do strange things.

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I mean, careless things. And to bring hope to

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the cities. Perhaps to establish in each one

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of the cities a center of hope. Take some of

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the pastors and so forth and let them catch the

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vision of taking one of the worst neighborhoods

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and turning it around and making it a Garden

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of Eden. So these kind of things. And also we

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have people, billionaires, give us clothing.

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And we make big distributions in these cities

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as well for adults and children. Have teenage,

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a portion of the 10 cities where the teens meet

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and they get inspired with. The youthpreneur,

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teaching them entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship

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and so forth. So that's the. Operation 10 Cities,

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and we want to take it to 10 cities and establish

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that same thing in these 10 cities and get people

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started. Sometimes we feel that if we could just

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light the fire, light the fuse, and get people

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started, that some of the churches in these cities

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will pick up that mantle and run with it. So

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that's where we are with that. And tell us about

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the book. And the book. Now, this book. is going

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to be probably the most profound book I've ever

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written, and I've written quite a few of them.

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But this has to do with manifesting the billion

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flow. When I was taught seeding the billion flow,

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we had a speaker that come here, and she said

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that God doesn't want us only to be millionaires.

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But God says, why not shoot for billionaires?

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See, what she was saying is not for it to be

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for yourself, but how much more could you do

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if you had that to work with? I picked up on

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that and a couple other people like Peter Daniels

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who came in. He taught about money again. And

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he said, we sing about faith and talk about faith

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and write about faith. But how many of God's

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people are walking about faith? That's good.

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So he said, so I took that and I had an idea

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of the billion flow, meaning the billions are

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flowing in to God's people now. And so I wrote

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this book, and it happened that I preached Seeding

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for the Billion Flow in Tulsa one time. Once

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I preached that, a pastor called me the next

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Monday, and he said, I have a friend that heard

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you preach that at the auditorium, and he wants

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to know, can he come see you? He's a billionaire.

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Wow. I said, well, yeah, you can come see me.

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I preached on seeding for the billion flow. So

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then he flew up and came and I found out quite

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a bit about him. He's sending, he rented something

00:28:46.150 --> 00:28:52.930
like 22 747s to take his whole staff to Disney

00:28:52.930 --> 00:28:56.230
World or something like that. But he was doing

00:28:56.230 --> 00:28:59.329
great things. And he just asked me one question.

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How did you get this sermon? And I said, I don't

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know, except God gave it to me. And that's what

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I'm talking about. Power to get wealth. That

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God can actually speak to your mind about something

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that's much bigger than anything you could ever

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think of. And not only that, give you the. the

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:27.680
ability to carry it out. Excellent. And so that's

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:31.299
what we're doing now is called Manifesting a

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:34.519
Billion Flow. Look for it. Amen. Can we pre -order

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:36.960
the book? Yes, you can. Excellent. We're going

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.240
to open it up. for pre -ordering in about two

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:43.059
weeks. Amen. And you can get that book. So excellent.

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.119
I want you guys, if you haven't done so already,

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.960
you'll see the book is actually displayed here

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.220
on our screen. Be sure to pre -order that book,

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:51.680
Manifesting the Billion Flow, where Dr. Winston

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.660
is going to actually open up your mind to tell

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.680
you, well, really to really talk about those

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.839
skills that we talked about earlier in the segment

00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.339
that God has placed on the inside of us, gifts,

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talents, and skills that ultimately take us to

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that billion flow area. So if you feel as though

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:07.730
you're waiting on God or feel Feeling as though

00:30:07.730 --> 00:30:10.769
you're stagnant where you are. There is hope.

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Read this book. I know I'm going to order my

00:30:12.849 --> 00:30:14.910
copy. I'll be sure to make sure that you order

00:30:14.910 --> 00:30:17.289
your copy. Dr. Winston knows I read just about

00:30:17.289 --> 00:30:20.250
everything he does. But I just want to thank

00:30:20.250 --> 00:30:22.829
all of you for tuning in today to another segment

00:30:22.829 --> 00:30:25.150
of Faith and Finance. And we look forward to

00:30:25.150 --> 00:30:27.650
seeing you all next time. Thank you for coming.

00:30:27.789 --> 00:30:32.130
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00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:06.309
faith segment, Joseph went from the prison to

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the palace in one day. But his mindset was already

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prepared. Why? Because God trained him in stewarding

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long before he gave him dominion. When Pharaoh

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gave Joseph authority, Joseph didn't just spend,

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he stored. He didn't just rule, he managed. For

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seven years, he created a national savings plan.

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And when crisis came, Egypt had surplus. While

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others were panicking, Joseph was positioned.

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And here's the key. Joseph didn't hoard the wealth.

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He multiplied it. He exchanged grain for land,

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managed national infrastructure, and turned economic

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tragedy into generational transformation. That's

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kingdom. Because in the kingdom, ownership isn't

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about control. It's about impact. We are not

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called to simply accumulate. We're called to

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administer heaven's resources with excellence.

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True ownership begins with stewardship. The better

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you manage what's in your hands, the more God

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will trust you to multiply it. Your next promotion

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isn't based on hustle. It's based on how you

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handle what you have already been given. The

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Faith and Finance podcast is intended for educational,

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informational, and entertainment purposes only.

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and guests are their own and do not necessarily

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reflect those of Joseph Wealth Management, Joseph

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Eden Capital, or any affiliated entities. Nothing

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shared on this podcast should be construed as

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personalized, financial, legal, tax, or investment

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advice. All investing carries risk, including

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the potential loss of principal. Listeners are

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