 I was at the grocery store and I was just buying my groceries and someone was before me and there's this lady with her baby. She was just buying a few items and as I was just there waiting I began to just watch how they were taking a long time and I noticed that her transactions weren't going through and what I began to see is that the lady the clerk was starting to take things and items out of her grocery bags and I started to feel really uncomfortable and I was like okay I don't like this you know I just made me feel uncomfortable and I wanted to do something about it because I could tell that this lady was uneased and that she was kind of anxious ashamed embarrassed. I don't know if that happened to anybody ever if you're at McDonald's and you're like dang it I don't have a dollar or something just didn't go through your debit card didn't go through whatever it is we've all maybe have come in that situation where we just didn't have the money. So what I did is that I stepped in and I said I would like to pay for you and she said and she completely refused right away and said no no no no that's okay and I and I looked into her eyes with like tears in her eyes and I said please let me help you let me do this for you okay. I know this is uncomfortable but I just want to bless you and she just kind of you know swallowed her tears and she said okay and as we went through that transaction and um she gave me a hug and she said thank you so much and I said no problem and I went about about my day. Now I just this is my point that I wanted to make was I was on a high I was like I want to go through every single line and pay for somebody because I was just so on this emotional high because I felt like wow I just solved this lady's problem for just a moment because she was so uneased she was so ashamed she was hurt I understand how that feels when you just don't have that money you don't have enough and I was able to help her at that moment and this is what I want to say I after I left uh that grocery store I was just meditating and just singing and pondering on what happened and I realized is that when when money is in the hands of a giver that giver solves problems but when the money is in the hands of the greedy it creates problems and I just began to just really really think about that and I was like you know God wants to make each and every one of us a giver he wants you to be a person that has a heart of giving a lifestyle of giving that is not just at the church pew but wherever you go you're that light you are that solution because I want to tell you is that yes money is very powerful but it depends on whose hands it's going to be in if it's going to be in the hands of a giver you will solve problems and that is what Jesus Christ has called us to do maybe some of you guys are here wondering tonight how could I be the person to solve problems when I have problems myself I'm going to bring up a scripture if you can go to that scripture it says uh in John 14 16 and it says and I will ask the father and he will give you another comforter counselor helper intercessor advocate strengthener and standby that he may remain with you forever now I want to focus on just one word one trait of what Holy Spirit is and that is a helper if you can go to the next slide is that a helper is a person or a thing that helps or gives assistance or support so I want to tell you is that when you this evening connect yourself to the Holy Spirit that is through tidying and that is through offering when you give that moment say God I trust you with this you come into partnership and when you abide in the Holy Spirit he is a helper that is his nature it is his characteristic so when you do that he cannot help but help you he cannot help but say I want to help you with this situation I want to give you money so you can give so that you are never in lack but always in possession of more than enough to give to others so this evening I want to challenge each and every one of you guys is that God wants to make us givers is he wants you to rise to a new level but he doesn't just want you to rise to a new level so that you can have some power or have a new position or stance or prestige he wants to give you because he got a mission for you there's always a mission when you want to go to a new level because he says I want you to bless and be a blessing to others amen just like I had that moment at the grocery store I wanted to do so much more and I believe that that is the heart of God he wants to do so much more for you so you can do so much more for others amen