Nothing will make God more real to you than when he answers your prayers.

Dr. Tony Evans reveals why that experience isn't as common as it should be.

The more of a steward you are, the more specific you can be in your request.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Doing the right thing is usually its own reward. But today, Dr. Evans talks about the extra

blessings in store for us when we get our spiritual priorities straight. Let's join him.

Airlines have incentive programs. These are programs designed to get you to fly more,

and they're designed to bring you rewards, awards. Usually these involve miles that you get

because you traveled with them, allowing you to get free vacations or take free trips because of your relationship with them.

And they give you an award, a reward, and an incentive to Heinwoodham.

In sports, athletes are given incentive clauses. These are

clauses designed to increase their productivity and to incentivize them accomplishing more.

More yardage, more catches, more tackles, and then they will make more

money or get more bonuses. They are incentivized and rewarded for their efforts.

Our salvation is free.

Salvation is by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

You can't buy it, you can't earn it, you can't work for it because God will only give it away.

Not by works of righteousness which you have done, but according to his mercy,

hath he saved us.

So salvation is free.

But once you are saved, God has an incentive clause.

He has an awards program, if you will. That awards program has nothing to do with you going to heaven because that's free,

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