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What I think is one of our greatest protections is to on purpose, somebody say on purpose,

say it again on purpose, one more time on purpose, the erratic generous outrageous giver.

I want to talk to you this morning afternoon, whatever it is, less of me more of Jesus.

Amen.

And, um, read you here what John the Baptist said.

Verse 22, John chapter 3, verse 22.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the land and the countryside of Judea,

where he remained with them and baptized.

But John was also baptizing at a e-non near Selim, for there was an abundance of water there,

and the people kept coming and being baptized.

For John had been thrown in prison.

Therefore, there was a controversy between some of John's disciples and a Jew in regard to purification.

And they came to John and reported, and I want you to listen to this.

Rabbi, the man who was with you at the other side of the Jordan, at the Jordan crossing,

and to whom you yourself have testimony, he's baptizing and everybody's flocking to him.

There weren't any different than we are.

Well, John, we got a problem. Jesus is getting a bigger crowd than you had.

Everybody's flocking to him.

How in the world could we have competition between churches over which was the biggest?

We went into the poorest area of St. Louis and started a church,

and we had some of the churches around there get mad, because this big ministry had come into their area and was starting a church,

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