“The Big Bailout”

Press Conference:

Thank you all for coming. There has been lots of discussion lately about the Spiritual Bailout Plan. At this time, I’d like to address your concerns and questions. Although this plan has been in place and has remained unchanged for nearly 2,000 years, many are still unaware or uncertain of the plan.

   I’d like to be clear on a couple of key issues. First of all, this bailout plan is for everyone, regardless of financial status, race, citizenship, or age. Now, some have questioned about those who have chosen to act poorly or irresponsibly should be entitled to the same Bailout Plan as everyone else. The truth of the matter is that none of us are entitled to this relief.

   Again, I say this: The 66 books that clearly define the Bailout Plan are very specific and easy to understand. If you admit that you are responsible for your actions and acknowledge that this is the only way, then this plan is for you.

   Now many have chosen to ignore this program and feel that – for whatever reason – they do not need this bailout. However, it is to be said, that without exception, anyone who rejects this plan will fail.

   Some also suggest that this plan comes at too high a price. As it is true that no one is able to afford the price of this bailout, rest assured that the fee has been paid. The price was great – more costly that you can imagine. The sacrifice was made by a third party on our behalf. This bailout was conceived and proposed by a non-partisan Father and Son team that used every resource on heaven and earth available to them.

   Now, the Department of Eternal Security urges you to contact our offices immediately to make certain you get the relief you need. The sooner you obtain the security being offered to you, the easier things will be. Statistics also show that the longer you wait to accept this plan, the less likely you will realize that this indeed is the only way.

   There are no forms, no websites, there is no waiting. For a complete copy of the Bailout plan, you will find it at most major stores, churches, or in the night stand of most major hotels. Thank you for your attention.

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A few days ago, President Obama gave his speech to address the issue of the Auto Industry wanting to be bailed out. Why? Because people are worried about the big auto makers going bankrupt.

The President has addressed the issue of the Economic Stimulus. AIG.

I’ve noticed that, lately, our world is preoccupied with worry.

Many people are worried about their retirement funds.

Many people are worried about their jobs.

Many people are worried about the price of gas.

Many people are worried about losing their house in foreclosure.

Many people are worried about their health issues.

Worry. Worry. Worry.

Bailout – (def.) a rescue from distress and worry. Isn’t this what God does?

Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

 ²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

1) If you are tempted to worry about your finances, God has a great bailout plan . . .   when you take care of His kingdom, He’ll take care of you.

The main concern of many Americans today is our failing economy. Businesses are shutting down. People are losing their jobs. On Friday, I saw a report that in the last 16 months, over 5 million Americans have lost their job. Companies are going bankrupt. Retirement funds have dwindled down. The bad economy has affected our nation, our families, our businesses, our way of life, our churches and the kingdom of God.

I believe we are being tested by God.

The economy is testing how much we really trust in the Lord.

We need to pray for our President, whether you voted for him or not.

If you take care of His kingdom, He’ll take care of your needs.

2 Kings 4:1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves."

 ² Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?"
      "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil."

 ³ Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few. ⁴ Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side."

 ⁵ She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. ⁶ When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one."
      But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing.

 ⁷ She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left."

This lady was a single mom. I am sure she didn’t anticipate the circumstances in her life. Nevertheless, she found herself with very little left and a creditor was ready to take her boys as slaves.

That is when God’s bailout plan unfolded.

Elisha believed in a big God. He told her to get some empty jars and begin filling them with oil. The oil was God’s Stimulus plan. All they needed to do was invest a little oil, and God would create growth. A miracle unfolded right before their eyes.

Our currency states “In God We Trust.” But, do we trust God with our currency? Or are we worried about it?

Our nation is deep in debt. This is a fact. The United States deficit is . . . . ?? in the billions of dollars. As for me, I’d rather trust my resources in God than the government. In God I trust!

2) If you are tempted to worry about your calling in life, God has a great bailout plan . . .   when you obey, He’ll give you a second chance.

The Department of Social Services in Greenville County, South Carolina sent the following letter to a deceased individual. "Your food stamps will be stopped effective March, 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." There is no second chance!!

Jonah 1:3  But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

 ⁴ Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. ⁵ All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.

Jonah 3:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: ² "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you."

 ³ Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh.

Sometimes we worry about our calling in life. Our career. Our future.

Sometimes we wonder why certain things have happened.

The word Stimulus is defined as  . . .  something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:

Perhaps God’s Stimulus package is all about inciting us to focus more on obeying Him and His word, rather than on worry about the things we have no control over.

3) If you are tempted to worry about your health, God has a great bailout plan . . .  when you allow Him to come near to you, He will touch and heal you!

In John 5, we read the account of a man who was sick for 38 years. For 38 long years, no one stepped up to bail this man out . . . until Jesus walked by that day.

John 5:6  When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

 ⁷"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."

 ⁸Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." ⁹At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,  (so, how did the people respond to Jesus’ bailout plan?)

 ¹⁰and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat."

4) If you are tempted to worry about where you are in life, God has a great bailout plan . . . when you change your ways, God will change your situation.

I think it was a no brainer to conclude that the corporate executives at AIG were mishandling funds. And then they wanted the government to bail them out. What outraged the people of America was the fact that they didn’t want to make any changes.

When the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt, God came up with a Bailout Plan. Exodus 3:7 says, The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.

God’s bailout plan was to for them to make an Exodus and begin to occupy a land flowing with milk and honey.

Now, when they were in the middle of the bailout, was everything going smoothly? Nope.

Did things go exactly according to the way God had planned it to? Nope.

They made some dumb mistakes.

Psalm 81:11 "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.  ¹² So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.  ¹³ "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!

But when they finally got their act together, God changed their situation.

When they changed their ways, God changed their situation.

And in the end, the Israelites made it to their destination.

God’s Bailout plan worked.

And God’s bailout plan can work for you.

His stimulus package works if you are depressed.
It works if you are afraid - works if you are lonely
It works if you are guilty  - works if you are sick
It works if you are bitter - works if you have a hard time forgiving
It works if you are into pornography   - works if you are co-dependent
It works if you are an abuser - works if you are being abused
It works if you are in trouble - works if you are sinner!
When you change your ways, God will change your situation.

5) If you are tempted to worry about your past, God has a great bailout plan . . . when you miss God’s perfect will, you can still live in God’s permissive will.

Peter denied Christ. He knew it.

John 18:25  As Simon Peter stood warming himself, he was asked, "You are not one of his disciples, are you?"
 He denied it, saying, "I am not."

 ²⁶One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, "Didn't I see you with him in the olive grove?" ²⁷Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.

But Jesus bailed him out. 

Then, we read in John 21:15  When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?"
  "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you."
  Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."

 ¹⁶Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?"
   He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
   Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."

 ¹⁷ The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?"
      Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you."

    Jesus said, "Feed my sheep.

God’s Bailout Plan is fairly simple. He wants to take you from being stressed to being blessed.

If the circumstances in your life have placed you in a position to be tempted to worry, may I suggest God’s bailout plan?

When one door closes, be ready, because I believe God is ready to open another door. Just trust in His purpose, His economy, His plan, His bailout and His will!