Hello my friends and welcome back. It is time for you and I to get our minds aligned with

the truth of God. And today we are looking at the book of Proverbs chapter 3 verses 9 through

10. But before we get there, I want to invite you to send me a quick email and let me know

a little bit about yourself where you live, how you found the morning mindset, how

the Lord is working in your life, and also how I can be praying for you. I love to pray

for listeners. Please send me an email, carry C-A-R-E-Y, at carrygreen, just like the color,

dot com. I would love to hear from you. Alright, Proverbs 3 verses 9 through 10. This is a short

little section of the book of Proverbs, but it is packed with wisdom. It says, honor the

Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce. Then your barns will

be filled with plenty and your vats will be bursting with wine. Now remember, Proverbs are

general sayings of truth that apply in a general manner. God being sovereign and being

the one in charge really is what that means, has the right to make exceptions to the

truths contained in a Proverb. But Proverbs are given to us so that we can align our lives

with what is wise. And that really is what this Proverb is doing. It's telling us how

to handle finances. Now don't let that word wealth throw you off because you may immediately

think, well, I'm not wealthy. So this doesn't apply to me. When you see the word wealth

in Proverbs, it's typically talking about just the goods that you have, the money that

you've been given, whatever amount it is. Now let's look at what it says. It says, honor

the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce. Now stop for a

moment. This was an agrarian culture that this proverb was written to and so many times

their wealth was gauged in how much produce they had or how many animals they had in their

flock. And so what it's saying is, when you have goods, whatever they may be, it may

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