I'm excited about today's message because this could be, this could be for you, a missing piece

in being able to materialize the vision you have. You know, a lot of my friends in ministry

were so vision-oriented, and it's really a, it's a beautiful characteristic in a way that a lot of people

focus on what their passion is for what they want to do.

And then they, then hopefully they're able to marry that to, I'll do this one in red.

How's that?

And that it's something that they have a gifting for.

So, you know, I love souls.

I love, I love ministry.

I love, you know, helping people.

But then, then they run out of finances. They need money. Then right away, the big issue becomes how are you going to fund your

vision? So now you have to have some kind of money to be able to fund that passion you have, the

gifting you have. And this is constantly a problem

because most people aren't thinking about the money. But here's what I'm going to say to you.

There's a verse in the Bible that covers this subject. And I just thought of it today.

In Ecclesiastes, Solomon, who was a wise businessman with a lot of money, he said in chapter

10 of Ecclesiastes, verse 19, a feast is made for laughter. Wine makes one marry, but money

answers everything. That's an interesting verse, considering the same Bible says money's a root of all evil.

I'm going to have my buddy Ed Rush talk about that in a second because we work together with

Mercedes and we do some business coaching with different people. The money idea is awkward for people.

In fact, for Christians, because they're worried about money being evil,

they self-sabotage in terms of being able to raise it. Same thing can happen with a business.

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