THE ECONOMIC ISSUE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. I SAID AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE DECADE — THIS IS NOW 2004, 2005. AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE DECADE –EVERYTHING WAS REALLY GOING WELL ECONOMICALLY, RIGHT, 4.2, 4.3 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT I SAID AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE DECADE THINGS ARE GOING TO START CHANGING DRAMATICALLY. ONCE THAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN THE ECONOMIC ISSUE IS GOING TO BE VERY VOLATILE AND WE WILL COME TO A TIME OF A BUBBLE AND EVERYTHING WILL LOOK LIKE IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER.AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DOESN’T GET BETTER, IT GETS WORSE. SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THINGS START GETTING ECONOMICALLY WORSE. WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, EVEN THE HEAD OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SAID THERE ARE FORMIDABLE HEADWINDS THAT WE ARE STILL FACING THAT COULD BE MUCH ROUGHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY FACED. WELL, WE DRAW CLOSER TO GOD. WELL, ONE THING I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD DO IS — — A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME THIS. I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD HOARD FOOD. I DON’T THINK YOU SHOULD STORE UP A LOT OF FOOD FOR YOURSELF.IF YOU ARE GOING TO STORE UP A LOT OF FOOD I THINK YOU NEED TO DO IT WITH THE IDEA OF HELPING OTHERS WITH THAT FOOD.AND I DON’T THINK THAT EVERY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ALL FIVE OF THESE ISSUES. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO PLACES THAT ARE. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO PLACES THAT ONLY HAVE ONE, MAYBE TWO THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO THEM. SO IT’S NOT NEARLY AS BAD IN ONE AREA AS IT IS IN ANOTHER. FOR EXAMPLE, IN SCRIPTURE, THE LORD SAYS I MAKE IT RAIN ON ONE CITY AND WITHHOLD RAIN FROM THE VERY NEXT CITY. SO GOD DETERMINES HOW ALL THIS IS GOING TO WORK OUT. GOD DETERMINES WHETHER HE FINDS A PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEKING HIM AND ARE CALLING ON HIS NAME AND HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.WE HAVE TO BE MOTIVATED BY TRUSTING GOD, RETURNING TO GOD AND BELIEVING THAT HE PUT US HERE FOR A PURPOSE.
