What a miracle. We are part of a miracle. And I just want to just immediately say hello to the true miracle, the people of Church of the Highlands today. We want to welcome all of our locations across the state of Georgia, every one of our Alabama locations. And a special shout out today to the campus we have down in Troy. Y'all got a picture earlier today from our campus pastor. Y'all look at Troy, Alabama right now, covered in snow. You can never know what to expect in Alabama weather. Can I get an amen? And so we say hello to Troy. And, of course, everyone joining us online or later on demand and the minimum of the Alabama correctional facilities. Come on highlands, let's put our hands together and welcome our entire church family. Oh, it's an honor to be together. I know your campus

pastor just took a moment in prayer earlier, but I just want to celebrate really what God is doing

in our 21 days of prayer. Just we are on day 15 and God's moving in a huge way I got to celebrate this yesterday

actually here at grants mill in this auditorium we had 1100 high schoolers take a day to pray

and fast and to see God we had hundreds of of college students over at graystone and I just want

to say right now as a part of this miracle God God is moving and we give him all the glory.

Come on Highlands. Can we thank God for this season? And really, again, the miracle we're a part of. And so today I'm really excited to get into the Word of God. I know that's why you've come, to get in his presence and to get into His Word. And so I have a message today as I was studying. at one point it was 12 points long. Okay, I have narrowed it down to eight, but we got to get to work. Everybody say work. So if you have your app open up, we're going to jump straight into it today and really want to begin by reflecting once again on the key verse for this series. We are in week three of a series called Seek First. But this is our rally cry. This verse is our rally cry for the entire year here at Highlands. You've seen it the last two weeks. You're going to see it a lot this year. Matthew 633. Put it on the screen, guys. But seek what? Seek first, the kingdom, his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given you as well.

I actually do want us as a church family today to repeat that scripture on the count of three,

one, two, three, but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given you as well.

What an incredible verse. This verse is all about the divine

reordering of life. God has so much for us. There are so many promises in His word, the abundant

life of God. And we've been talking about it each week. It's almost like there's a doorway here in the

middle of the stage. And all those promises are on one side. Matthew 633

gives us the key to get from where we are in every area of our life to where God wants

us to be, to experience those promises. And even that scripture, you know, but seek first.

The idea there is, in the original language, is you don't just seek once, you continually seek

God first, his kingdom, which means his rule, his reign, and his authority, and his righteousness. Oh, come on, it's mighty, the work of the Holy Spirit on the inside of us. We're not where we want to be, but we are not where we used to be because God is doing a good work on the inside. And then ultimately it comes with that promise of all these

things as well. And here's how we're saying it. When God is first, everything else finds its

proper place. So last week we talked about this idea, this truth in relationships. Today we're

going to talk about money. Now here's what I know. I know what just

happened. I've been around church for a long time. And the moment I said money, if you were here for the first time, maybe, or maybe you just hadn't been to Highlands in a while, and you're like, okay, great, I'm back and it's the money talk. Or maybe you are here for the very first time ever, and you're like, okay, I knew it.

This church is all about the money.

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