Hey, welcome to the Project Church podcast. My name is Caleb Cole. I'm the lead pastor here at Project Church in downtown Sacramento, and we're so glad that you came to hear this word. We believe this is going to encourage you, build you up, and give you life. So get ready to receive a message from God.
Well, hey, my name is Caleb. If you're new, so glad you came to worship with us today. I'm continuing our series that we've titled Kingdom Builders. And so we've been in this series on building the kingdom of God. We've been talking about resources, finances, generosity. And today I want to talk to you about building the kingdom. So this is the aforementioned series dubbed Kingdom Builders. Today's all about that. Give it up for everybody who's watching online today. We got our YouTube family.
So glad you guys are tuning in. But it's interesting because we don't love when finances are the topic of conversation in the church. And I get it. I get it that the church has at times taken advantage of people. I get it that at times we've...
been bad stewards, but I believe that here at Project Church that God has given us great accountability, has given us a great leadership, an elder board that holds us accountable, and we've stewarded well through the years. Coming up on 13 years in January as a church, and God's been faithful. We have not had a year where we have not seen financial increase. For 13 straight years, God has continued to expand our generosity to the giving of this house, and I believe that this year is going to be another one of those years. We're on pace for it, and I'm just thankful for each and every one of you. It's funny because so often people will express that they don't want us to talk about money in the church, but here's the reality.
The reality is a third of Jesus' parables were about money, resources, finances. The number one cause of divorce is financial issues. A recent survey found that over 70% of people are stressed out weekly about their finances. And so ultimately, there's so much in the word of God that helps us in how to be good stewards of our finances that we have to talk about it. Jesus said, where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
And so we understand that what we do with our resources, how we manage our finances is a direct reflection of our connection to the Lord and how we are following him or serving him. I wanna be a good follower of Jesus. That's what a disciple is, right? It's a follower. And in order to be a good follower, I have to also steward the resources that he has given me well. And so if you're wondering, how much did that chain cost, Caleb? I got it on Amazon for $14. You see, I'm a good steward. My wife will tell you I'm one of the cheapest people she knows. That's why I regularly shop at thrift stores, praise be to God. But this whole series was about
being a kingdom builder, and a call to us that we would be generous people. You see, we build with our time. That's part of generosity. We build with our talent. That's part of generosity. But we also build with our treasure. And I've been pastoring now for over 20 years. I just hit 20 years of ministry, full-time pastoring this last summer. Yes, I'm two months into my 20th year of full-time ministry. And what's interesting is in all those years, here's what I found. Money is the area we want God to bless the most while surrendering the least.
And I'm guilty of this. I know some of you weren't ready for this at 8.30. The thing about generosity is it was never supposed to be about pressure. And so today is not going to be about pressure, although I am going to ask you at the end, if you would consider with the Lord, with the Holy Spirit, with your spouse, if you're with them, to prayerfully consider what you could give to end this year. It was never though meant to be about pressure. In fact, we're gonna look at the scripture that says it's not about pressure, but it is about what God has called us to build. And I truly believe that he's called us to build the kingdom. You see, you don't just give to the kingdom, you walk the path to build it.
You see, we are a part of building God's kingdom. That's why I love the local church. That's why I believe we're all called to be a part of the local church because what we're doing and partnering this is we're not just building something for ourselves. We're building something that has eternal significance. We're building something that sees people's lives change week in and week out. We saw a video just now of people being baptized, people whose life has been changed. During the team rally this morning, we have a volunteer rally before service. You ever wanna serve, you could jump in and be a part of our rally. And so we had a team rally and I was standing next to a girl in our church, 19 years old, who began to tell me, we went around and said, what are you thankful for? And she began to tell me,
about how two years ago she was an atheist and now drinking, smoking, and now she's fully devoted to the Lord at church every Sunday, serving in kids. And these are the stories that are happening week in and week out. We don't always even realize that we're building the kingdom. God is changing people's lives. So what I wanna share with you today is some pathways to build the kingdom through generosity, because I'm gonna challenge you to be generous today. If you have your Bibles, go to 2 Corinthians 9. It will be on the screen behind me, this giant Bible right there.
It says this, now it is superfluous. Everybody say superfluous. What a great word. Paul writes to the church in Corinth, now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints. For I know your readiness of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia saying that Achaia has been ready since last year.
and your zeal has stirred up most of them. But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready as I said you would be. Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me, find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated to say nothing of you for being so confident. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead of you and arrange in advance for the gift you had promised so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction. See, this is what I'm talking about. This isn't pressure. It's a willingness. Here's what Paul says. The point is this. Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver. Everybody say cheerful. And God is able to make all grace abound to you so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work as it is written. He has distributed freely. He has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
God. This is the text I want to focus on today where we dig into pathways to build the kingdom through generosity. My first point for you today is this. You got to stay ready. Look at your neighbor. Tell him, stay ready. Tell him, you don't got to get ready if you stay ready. I love that this text opens with this word of superfluous. What a word. I'm going to start using this. Y'all need to start using this in your regular vernacular. But the word superfluous actually means beyond what is needed.
So what Paul says here, he says, it's superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints. So here's what's happening. I talked a little bit about this two weeks ago. But the church in Jerusalem is in a tough spot financially. They're struggling financially. They made some bad choices. They sold everything they had and they distributed each as they had need. And we celebrated the church for this. And you read this at the end of the book of Acts. And we're like, oh, that's great that they did that. But what they weren't considering was that Jesus wasn't gonna come back any day. He might not come back for years and maybe thousands of years. They thought he was coming back like any day. So they're like, we don't need this money. We don't need this land. We don't need these resources. We're gonna sell it all, give it all away. Well, then a few months go by, three years go by, and now they're all broke. And so this is...
The stewardship portion where we're supposed to store, we're supposed to be wise, we're supposed to invest. We should have savings, right? You should be preparing for the future. It's okay to have a 401k. I talked about it a couple of weeks ago. And so Paul writes to the church in Corinth because they're in a better state financially. He says, listen, I need you to help the church in Jerusalem.
I'm coming and we're gonna take an offering. I don't know if you were paying attention when I read the whole text, but that's what he's saying. The whole text was like, I'm coming, we're gonna take an offering, it's gonna go for the church in Jerusalem, but I need to prep you. And so he writes this whole little text here, prepping them, prepping their heart. He says, I'm sending this letter ahead of time with these guys, so you're prepared for the offering that I'm gonna ask you to give. And in sending this to them, he starts by saying, I know it's superfluous for me to write this to you, meaning I know it's beyond what's needed, essentially saying, I know it's already in your heart to be generous.
He says, I know you stayed ready. So you don't got to get ready. Your heart is postured towards generosity. And that's my challenge to us. This is what we can learn from this text. Paul writes to them and he says, your heart is already postured that way. And I want to ask us, is our heart postured towards generosity? Is it postured towards giving? Is it postured towards living ready to be a blessing? And we've hit this a few weeks in a row about, are we living tight-fisted? Are we living open-handed? And I'm guilty of my heart over time becoming greedy. I'm guilty of my heart over time becoming about what I need.
about how I can get blessed rather than how I can be a blessing. Why? Because we're human beings. And naturally, especially with this culture and everything this culture tells you you need, which how many know there's a difference between a want and a need, most of the things we think we need are just things we want, is in the process of living as human beings in this culture with broken human fleshly vessels that we are, is we become greedy. We become selfish. We become self-focused. And so what Paul writes them is you gotta stay ready. I'm thankful. It's superfluous for me to even write this to you. It's beyond need because I already know you have this heart. I want the same to be said of me.
that someone would write to me and say, Caleb, I already know you love being a blessing. I already know you love being generous. I already know you're gonna be willing to give, because that's just the person you are. That's just the heart you have. We gotta stay ready. I truly don't believe that any of us are gonna stand before God one day and God's gonna go, man, you were too generous, Caleb. Do you think that's gonna happen for you?
Do you think anyone's gonna stand before God? He's gonna be like, you were just way too generous. You just gave away way too much. You blessed too many people. I mean, if anything, I'm worried it's gonna be the opposite. Caleb, you were too selfish. You were too self-focused. I mean, this is why we need the gospel. This is why we need Jesus, because we will fall short. All have sin, fall short of the glory of God, every one of us. So listen, you're not always gonna be generous. You're not always gonna be willing, but I want that to be my heart.
I want to stay ready. Why? Because I want to build the kingdom of God. I want people to look at our church and say, that Project Church, they're always willing to give. They're always generous. They have a heart for the poor, a heart for the lost, a heart for the least. And I believe that about our church. But it's a reminder for us, man, may my heart be postured towards generosity. The second pathway to build a kingdom through generosity is we have to be an inspiration. Some of you are like, me?
And inspiration, this is what Paul actually writes to them. He says, I know your readiness of which I boast about you. So he's actually bragging about the church in Corinth to the people in Macedonia. And he says, and your zeal has stirred up most of them. What he's saying is your generosity, your heart to give, your passion, your love for people, your willingness to live open-handed. It's actually inspiring others. It's inspired this other church that they too would be generous. He says, your generosity is inspiring the other church. It's inspiring the other believers. Do you want to inspire others?
or only look to be inspired. You see, we shouldn't come here on Sundays just to be inspired. And I think too often we come into church like, inspire me, Caleb. Inspire me, Chrissy. Inspire me, Pastor. Inspire me, Sam. Inspire me, worship team. No, no, no. I'm coming here to minister to the Lord and hopefully my passion for the Lord, my generosity inspires others. I wanna inspire the people around me. I wanna be a thermostat, not a thermometer. I wanna dictate the temperature in the room.
That should be the heart. You see, what you can give, how you serve the Lord, can ignite someone else's obedience. And this is what we have to remember, is that our generosity actually builds expectation around us, in the atmosphere, in the room. It's a proof when we are generous that our faith is more than words. You see, yes, there are so many ways to live out your faith. You can share the gospel with your words. You can share the gospel with your love. You can share the gospel with your servanthood. But we often forget you can also share the gospel with your generosity.
And we don't talk about that one as much because that one's difficult for us to hear because I earned this. I did this. I got this. I built this. This is my kingdom. No, we're here to build a heavenly kingdom. Too many of us are focused on building our earthly kingdoms that we're missing the heavenly kingdom opportunity that God has called us to build something eternal. Here's what I want to say. There's been an inspiration from this church already.
So at the end of today, I'm gonna show you where our end of the year miracle offering is going. We're giving the first $65,000 away to organizations around the world that are doing good works. A lot of it's going for outreach locally and then there's some things internal in our church that we need to do. But here's what's cool is just a couple of weeks ago, we met with some of the core team of Project Church. We had 27 cards given to us, the cards you guys have. 27 cards were filled out by couples or individuals, 27. And out of those 27, $97,600 was committed.
Now our goal is 250,000. So we're over a third of the way there. But I wanted to tell you because I believe that they were meant to be an inspiration to the rest of us. That the core team, 27 cars, 27 people already got us over a third of the way to our goal. And that should inspire us. I'm inspired. And that's what I want us to be, that we would be an inspiration. Paul goes on though, and he essentially tells them, but listen, can you guys not fumble the bag? You guys heard this saying, don't fumble the bag? Paul writes to them and look at this, verse three and four. He says, but I'm sending the brothers ahead so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter.
so that you may be ready as I said you would be. Otherwise, if they come with me and find that you're not ready, we would be humiliated to say nothing of you for being so confident. So Paul's like, listen, don't screw this up. Paul's like, don't humiliate me. I'm sending these guys ahead of time. I know it's superfluous for me to do so because you're already generous. You've been generous. You're generous people, but I'm sending them ahead of time because I told them you're generous. So will you please be generous? I just wanted to prep you. Now step up and release that generosity. Don't let my confidence in you be in vain. This is what Paul is saying to them. He's saying, I'm confident in you. Don't fumble the bag.
Don't mess this up. Don't let me down. It's funny. I often park my cars outside at my house. And through the years, we've been in this home now for three years. My cars have been broken into multiple times. And some of you experienced this, but a couple of years ago, I have a 2003 GMC Yukon with 242,000 miles on it. And a couple of years ago, I woke up in the middle of the night because I heard my engine trying to be started.
And, you know, I'm stupid. I don't even think. And I just ran up out the house, no shirt on, like running at these dudes like, yo. And they jumped out of my car and jumped in their car and drove off and left my car. But they jacked up the ignition and they didn't get it. But I was like so mad at myself because I'm like, Caleb, you should have let them steal it. It's worth practically nothing. And you would have got the insurance money.
You fumbled the bag. I did. I fumbled the bag. I'm like, dude, what an idiot. But it's just my natural reaction. Some of you fight or flight. Some of us flight. I fight, apparently. I ran up out there. But afterwards, I was like, what were you thinking? So I still have that 2003 GMC Yukon. Yeah. But this week, somebody broke into my other car outside my house. I know you guys feel so bad for me. It was my Kia Sorento. Now, they didn't take anything, and I'm smart now. I just leave it unlocked.
Because I'm like, y'all want to go through it? Go right ahead, okay? So I left it unlocked. But what I wasn't thinking was that my wife's in-ear monitors, because she was a worship leader for many years. You guys don't know this about her. If you ever come to the prayer rooms, she's often playing keys and singing. And so you actually get to hear her. And yeah, people come there like, I didn't know she could sing or play. And so she left her in-ear monitors in my car, which are worth like $300. But here's what's crazy. They went through my car and they just threw them on the floor. They went through everything. The key card to get into the church was in there. They just threw it on the floor. They took nothing because there was nothing of value to them.
to be taken. But this is a good example, isn't it, of how often we don't realize the things of value that are around us and how often we fumble the bag of what I believe God is really asking us to do. And for us as followers of Christ, he's asking us to be an inspiration. You see, your character is revealed in what you release, not what you keep. And so often we're about what we got to hold on to, but it's our character that shows God, what am I willing to give? And so I want to ask you, how often have you fumbled the bag with the world because of your unwillingness to give? How often have you fumbled the bag of inspiring people around you because you were too busy focusing on what you had and didn't want to let go of? Matthew 6 is a great text. Matthew 6, 19 through 21. Do we have this one? Can you throw it up for me? Because I don't have it in my notes. Thank you. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, where thieves break in and steal. I've experienced it. Keep going. But lay up for yourself. No, sorry, go back.
You did it and I didn't see it. But lay for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. I want us to watch this video about an organization called Project Rescue. We're gonna give the first $30,000 to them to start this year or to end this year. Every woman and child is an image bearer of God. But around the world, 6 million are held in sexual slavery, trapped in the horrors of exploitation.
Together, we can shine God's light into their darkness, breaking their chains of bondage so they can live free as fully empowered daughters and sons of God. Through Project Rescue, you join with more than 920 local partners operating safe homes and other life-changing initiatives in over 15 countries. Since 1997, we've helped more than 680,000 exploited people find physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Full restoration is possible. By partnering with Project Rescue, you can join hands with a survivor of sexual exploitation as they journey toward a new, hope-filled future.
We've partnered with Project Rescue since the first year of Project Church. And while we have some connections in name, we're connected by heart. And ultimately they are rescuing women every single week, every single month, every single year. They're putting into safe homes where they're rehabilitating them, teaching them real trades and skills, pulling them out of red light districts in India, red light districts in Spain, red light districts in over 15 countries all around the world. And this is an organization we've seen God do miracles through in these women's lives. And so we wanna continue to partner with them. So to end this year, the first $30,000 that comes in is going to Project Rescue.
The third pathway to build a kingdom through generosity is that we would practice preparation. How many of you know that God anoints preparation, not procrastination? And as a chronic procrastinator, this is something that I have to repent of often, that I would plan, I would prepare, I would be strategic in what I'm doing even with my generosity. Verse five, Paul writes to them, he says, so I thought it was necessary to urge your brothers to go on ahead of you and to arrange in advance for the gift you have promised so it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction, not something that I'm pulling from you or taking from you. You see, We have to have an open heart to give. But in order to have an open heart, we have to also be strategic and plan what we are to give. What's normal in today's culture is cynicism and criticism. What's normal in today's culture is to be the opposite of what Chrissy prayed over this little baby Luke. She prayed that he would be a man without guile. I don't know if you ever heard this term. But guile is having a wrong motive or a wrong heart. So when you have no guile, there's nothing imperfect in your perception or your heart or your spirit. And she prayed this over him, that we would be these kind of people.
Paul tells them, listen, I'm gonna send these brothers ahead of time with this letter so you can prepare in advance for the gift that you want to give. I want us to be more prepared. It's why this year we came into this and we asked our core team ahead of time, what can you give? What can you commit? And I was able to tell you just a moment ago about what they committed to do. It's why we've been preparing the hearts of our church over this last month, preparing us for what is it that God wants us to give. Why? Because we wanna build the kingdom of God. Generosity turns temporary resources into eternal results.
And this is something we have to shift our thinking about. That when I'm generous, I'm seeding into kingdom building. And this is what God has called us to. Not one of us, not a few of us. Project Church wasn't built on the sacrifices of just a few or the gifts of just a few. It's on the sacrifices of many. We've never been a church with like that one big giver or those five big givers. No, we just have a bunch of consistent people that consistently give, consistently release generosity. We're in this together, but we have to prepare to do it.
I just believe that God wants you to be prepared in your generosity. So this goes to this next year, 2026. Can I encourage you that you would plan better financially? You would steward better financially. You would be more strategic financially than you've ever been. You would budget better. Me and my wife, every month, we talk through our budget again. Why? Because it's always evolving. I can't set it and leave it because things change and expenses change and kids get older and kids are expensive and life gets harder and interest rates go up and down. So I have to be strategic in my planning, in my preparation. So when I get to the end of the year, like we are right now, and Chrissy and I want to make our commitment, we're prepared to do so.
We have to practice preparation. I want you to watch this video about Convoy of Hope, another organization we're gonna give the second $30,000 that comes in too. Convoy of Hope, who partners with us in doing the food distribution every month in South Sac, also is feeding, you saw, in hundreds of countries. This was from this last year. They're actually closer now to 700,000 children that they're feeding every single day all around the world. And so this is why we partner and seed and give into organizations like this who are taking the love of the gospel through real acts and works by feeding people, feeding children all around the world.
We have to practice preparation. And then finally, if the keys will come back, we have to have a God math mindset. It's not girl math. It's God math. Let me show you verse 10, 11. He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
I can't think of a better text the week of Thanksgiving. I can't think of a better perspective to have than one that says, I am trusting the blessing that my giving releases. I am trusting that what God, what I put and I take in my hand and I give unto the Lord, that he will take it, he will bless it, he will multiply it. It actually said in verse 10 that God will multiply the seed for sowing. So I believe when we give $30,000 to Convoy of Hope, to feed children all around, $30,000 to Project Rescue, to rescue girls who are coming out of sexual exploitation, sexual trafficking.
I don't believe that's just $30,000. I see souls. I see lives. I truly believe that one day we're gonna stand before God and when he says, well done, good and faithful servant, you were faithful over little. Now enter into much. I believe we're actually gonna see the fruit of those who we seeded into in our generosity. We're gonna see the souls and the lives of those who were changed because we gave and God changed their hearts and their lives and their trajectories forever. You see, God is going to turn your seed.
into something else. It's not even just about souls being saved. It actually isn't even just about what he can take and do with that seed. It actually says that he takes that seed and he produces in it a harvest of righteousness in you. So this is saying in Paul's writing, he's like, listen, I want you to give cheerfully, not reluctantly. God loves a cheerful giver. We're not trying to exact this from you. I'm not trying to pull this from you. I want to prepare you for it. Well, Paul's writing to them and he's saying, listen, but at the end of the day, when you are generous, it changes you.
When you are generous, it changes the righteousness that you walk with, the righteousness that you carry. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way. That's what verse 11 tells us. Because kingdom builders, I believe, they don't wait for revival. They seed it. We talk about revival in the church. We talk about revival online. We talk about revival in worship nights. I want to tell you right now, we seed into revival with hearts, with prayers, with faith, and with generosity. I just believe that God wants to enlarge our world.
He wants to enlarge this church. He wants to enlarge your faith. He wants to enlarge your righteousness. And my challenge to you is that you would in turn enlarge your generosity. I just believe that God sent me to unashamedly and unabashedly challenge you. I'm not trying to exact anything from you, as Paul said, coerce. I'm simply encouraging you that I believe that God wants us to be more generous. And I'm a walking, living, talking example, testimony of what living generous for a lifetime can do. Have I always felt rich? No. But have I always been blessed? Absolutely.
Have I ever gone without? No. He's been faithful to meet my need time after time, after a lifetime of being faithful and giving and giving. I give, and there's been times I didn't feel like it, but I chose faithfulness over feeling. But more of the time, there's been a cheerfulness that followed my generosity. I don't have to do this, I get to do this. So I wanna show you, and if you could grab those cards that were on your seat, I wanna show you where our miracle offering is gonna go to as we end this day together. So.
are gonna start with the outside project, $30,000 to Convoy of Hope, $30,000 to Project Rescue, $5,000 to Fire Bible. They're translating the Bible into languages that do not have the Bible written in their language. There's still hundreds of languages the Bible has not been translated into yet. Then we're going to go to the four Sacramento projects, 15,000. That's our grocery giveaways that we're doing every single month. We're trying to level that up this year. So a chunk is going to go to that. Then we have some needs. Our South Sac campus needs a bunch of renovation and a part-time admin. Our old Sac campus needs a few small renovations. You guys can see the breakdown. And then we are officially announcing Rockland campus coming in September of 2026. And so we're taking a chunk to go towards that.
Just after Easter, we're gonna start lead team meetings, vision meetings, and preparing the team that's gonna launch that campus. And so I wanted to let you guys know about it. So here's where we are and here's our goal. So here's what I want you to do. I want you to pray.
We're gonna have the band come out now. We're gonna sing. I wanna ask you to pray. What is it that God wants you to give? What is it that you as a couple, so talk to your spouse for a moment as they sing? What is it that you as an individual, God wants you to give? And so what we're asking you to do is to make a commitment to give this by the end of the year or at least by the end of January. And so I want you to be praying. And on your card, I want you to believe for and write down some miracles. Here's some miracles that I'm believing for for my life in 2026. Here's some things I'm asking God for in my life in 2026. Here's some faith declarations I'm putting over my life in 2026. I want you to write that down.
And then what we're gonna do, we have these baskets up here. I'm gonna move them a little more towards the middle. When you're ready, you can stand up, come and drop your card in these baskets. So with heads bowed and eyes closed across this room, you're here today. You say, Caleb, honestly, before I give, I gotta be honest that I've been running from God. I've had a heart of selfishness, maybe pride. You're in this room and you would say, I have not had a harvest of righteousness in my life. Maybe in your heart and life, it's been nothing but anger and sin and attack against God or maybe running from God. Maybe you've just been afraid of.
fully relinquishing control to the God of the universe. But you're in this room, you say, Caleb, that's me. I need to give my life to Jesus for the first time. I need to surrender my heart. I want the harvest of righteousness in me. Or maybe you need to recommit yourself anew and afresh. If that's you, I just want you to lift your hand. Say, that's me, Caleb, that's me. Yeah, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. I see them, I see them. You can put them down. Would you pray this with me? Say, Jesus, today I ask you for forgiveness. I'm a sinner, but I'm thankful that I'm saved by grace through faith. Not of my own works, but your work, the work of you, Jesus, on the cross. You died so I could be saved. So today, Jesus, change me.
From the inside out, I surrender wholeheartedly to you in your name. Amen. Amen. Come on, let's give God some praise for all these people. If the host team in the back, is there anyone that needs a card? I know we had them on every other chair. So if you need a card, just raise your hand real quick and they'll bring them to you. Everybody looks, okay. Up here in the front, could you bring one up to the front? Thank you.
Oh, they handed her one. Nevermind, we're good. We're good. If you need one though, raise your hand. So as we sing, I want you guys to take a minute, talk to the Lord. Lord, what do you want me to give? What do you ask me to give to end this year? And then when you're ready, you can step out and come bring them and drop them in the baskets. And we'll close here in a moment.
Thank you for being a part of our online community here at Project Church. We hope that this message and the whole service bless your life. Yeah, and if it did, we want to ask that you would do something for us. First of all, if you're not already subscribed to our YouTube channel, be sure to subscribe, like this video, but also we would ask that you would consider financially supporting what God is doing through Project Church. You can give in a variety of ways. You can text PROJECT to 97000 right now. You can give through our Church Center app, or you can give on our website, projectchurch.com forward slash give. Thanks so much for being a part of our online community. And once again, God bless you guys. We'll see you soon.