December 14, 2025 • 33 mins
In this timely and weighty message, Apostle Mike Signorelli leads V1 Church into a defining end-of-year consecration moment centered on generosity, legacy, and family alignment with God’s purposes. Teaching from 1 Chronicles 29, he reveals how money is not merely a financial topic but a deeply spiritual one that shapes households, values, and generations.
Through the story of King David’s public devotion to the house of God, this sermon reframes generosity as worship and legacy rather than emotion or obligation. Apostle Mike applies the framework of wise, foolish, and destructive patterns to family finances, exposing how fear, scarcity, and cynicism quietly disciple hearts, while wisdom produces freedom, unity, and long-term fruit.
This message also casts clear vision for Vision 2026, outlining the future God is inviting V1 Church into together, including:
- Building a permanent Long Island stage for preaching, training, and global broadcast
- Launching V1 College with accredited degree programs to raise the next generation of leaders
- Bringing the gospel to Times Square on Easter Sunday
- Expanding V1 Community Impact to serve families in crisis
- Completing a feature-length film centered on the Father’s heart
- Believing for a historic mortgage-burning milestone as the church steps into 2026
Families, parents, children, singles, and the global V1 community are invited to respond together with wholehearted obedience, breaking generational patterns and modeling faith for the next generation. This sermon marks a pivotal moment of unity, vision, and consecration for the future God is building.
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And last week, you know, webasically said that, you know, wise
people, they listen to thewisdom of God and they change.
Foolish people, they onlychange when the pain gets great enough,
so they need pain to be strong enough.
And then evil people, theyonly change when they're confronted
or even restricted.
And.
And a lot of you actually went home.
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And I wanna acknowledge this.
You had real conversations.
You started setting boundariesand you decided, hey, I love you,
but I can't keep letting youpoison my life.
And that all happened in partone, but today is part two.
Come on.
And so today, we're gonna takethat grid that we used from last
week, the wise, the foolish,and the evil.
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And instead of just putting iton people, we're going to put that
on something that sits at thecenter of almost every single family
conflict that occurs, everysingle family that has tension and
every silent argument.
And I'm just going to speak tothe elephant in the room.
It's actually money.
Relax.
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This is not a telethon right now.
If you're watching online,this is not a fundraiser.
If you're here in the room.
This is actual discipleship.
Because money is not just afinancial issue.
How many of you believe that?
It is a spiritual issue.
It's a family issue, and it'sa legacy issue.
And some of the deepesttoxicity in our family is not what
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gets said around the table.
It's what your family actuallybelieves about money, about scarcity,
and even about God's house.
So today, the Holy Spiritwants to heal all of that.
And this might be the firsttime that anybody's ever even spoken
into these things before.
But I want you to grab yourBible or your app or whatever you
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use, and I want you to openwith me to First Chronicles, chapter
29.
Now, that's again, FirstChronicles in the Old Testament,
chapter 29.
And I want you to see theseverses with your own eyes.
It's very important that youlook at this with me.
And once you've got it, I wantyou to shout, I've got it.
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Now, if you're still.
If you're still looking, Iwant you to shout.
Wait for me.
Come on, let's.
We're gonna become students ofthe scripture.
All right?
Come on.
Many of you are getting itright now, so let me set the scene.
David is at the end of his life.
David, the giant killer.
And he's been a warrior, he'sbeen a worshiper, he's been a king.
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And he has a dream in hisheart that.
That he's gonna build thehouse of God.
Okay?
But God actually says, david,you will not build it.
Your son Solomon will.
So what does David actually do?
He doesn't say, well, if Idon't get to put my name on that
building, I'm out.
What he says is, if I can'tbuild it, I'll fund it.
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And in Chronicles, chapter 29,David stands in front of what the
Bible actually calls the.
The whole assembly, whichbasically includes leaders, moms,
dads, kids and families.
And he begins to make a public declaration.
And it's a declaration of generosity.
So I called an assembly.
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I've got all the children here.
I've got all the leaders andthe pastors and the moms and the
dads.
And we.
We're here and we're mimickingthis holy assembly.
And I want us to take a lookat the verses, and I want you to
see them with your own eyes.
Verse 3 says, Besides, in mydevotion to the temple of my God,
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I now give my personaltreasures of gold and silver for
the temple of my God over andabove everything I've provided for
this holy temple.
And basically what David saysis, out of my own personal treasure,
I have given gold and silverfor the house of my God and.
And above everything that I'vealready provided.
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Then if you go to verse five,he asked the question to everybody
in the assembly who is willingto consecrate themselves to the Lord
today.
Now, I want to say this, and Iwant everybody to lean in and listen.
Come on.
Even the children.
Sometimes we want our givingto be private, and I understand that
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because it's between you and God.
But you see in thesescriptures that there are moments,
legacy moments, where ourgiving must be public.
And David said, hey, I'm goingto tell all of you of Israel what
I've been doing privately, butthen I'm going to show you what I'm
about to do publicly.
And he says, privately, I'vebeen already giving and giving and
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giving to the temple, but nowpublicly, I'm going above and beyond
that, and I'm giving so thatlegacy can be built.
Then he turns and he asked allof the people who's willing to consecrate
themselves to the Lord today?
And this is the thing I wantyou to understand.
He's not saying, hey, whowants to help me pay a bill?
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He's saying, who is willing toconsecrate themselves to the Lord
today?
And I want you to see whathappens in a few moments.
I want you to watch what happens.
And if you don't understandthe Word consecrate, it means to
take something and to separateit, to move it into a different space
and a different domain.
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And so what that means is you have.
David said, I have gold, butI've consecrated that gold.
It now belongs to the Lord.
I have gifting talents and nowbelongs to the Lord.
So he's saying, who now wantsto consecrate themselves to the Lord?
Who wants to separate themselves?
I keep thinking about that NewTestament scripture.
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Be in the world, but not ofthe world.
Come on.
Do not follow the patterns ofthe world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind.
So your mind becomesconsecrated to the Lord.
And you don't have a mind likethe world.
You have a mind of Christ.
Come on.
Does somebody know what I'mtalking about?
And how you'll know thatyou're consecrating your thought
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life is your friends andfamily who are not saved, who are
not Christians, who don't readthe Bible, who don't pray.
They're gonna say, you've lostyour mind.
And you'll say, yes, I didlose my mind for the sake of Christ.
I have the mind of Christ.
I've consecrated my mind to him.
Come on.
Can somebody just shout if youknow what I'm talking about?
And watch what happens next inthis story.
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The leaders of families.
The leaders of families.
Are you the leader of.
Of your children, of your families?
The officials, the commanders,they all respond.
Not some, all.
And they bring a massive offering.
And in verse nine, it saysthat the people rejoice greatly because
they had given willingly andwith a whole heart.
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I can't help but to thinkabout the Go V1 series.
And it says that Joshua andCaleb, as they begin to go into the
promised land, the land oflegacy, the land where their children
would dwell in peace.
They.
It said this.
It says that Caleb was wholehearted.
And Wholehearted means going v1.
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The plane takes off the Runway.
There's no reservation.
There's no plan B.
There's no escape hatch.
I'm wholehearted.
And I find it interesting thatDavid now and all the people of Israel
are giving to build the temple.
And it says that they're wholehearted.
God wants your whole heart.
It's not about finances.
It's not about.
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It's literally about.
It's not about how many hoursyou serve at the local church.
It's about your whole heartgoing V1.
How many of you are going V1with me?
Because David then begins topray, and he prays this powerful
prayer.
And in that Prayer.
He says to God, and we get toactually hear his prayer.
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He says, God, everything comesfrom you.
And we've actually only givenwhat comes from your hand.
Look at verse 14.
I'm going to read it exactly now.
But who am I and who are mypeople that we should be able to
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give as generously as this?
And this is what David says.
Everything comes from you,God, and we have given you only what
comes from your hand.
So this is one of the mostpowerful moments of this whole sermon
right now.
Oftentimes we think, wow, I'vegiven this big offering, this big
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amount of money.
Wow, I've given while I'mserving on the worship team.
I've given while I'm servingin the lobby or the safety team or
the production team.
But what David actually does,and it's so humbling, is he goes,
God, everything comes from you.
And we have only really givenyou what comes from your hand.
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In other words, God, I canonly work this job because you keep
squeezing my heart and pulsingthe blood through my veins.
God, I only have this becauseof you.
I would have been drunk.
I would have been lost.
I would have been separated, divorced.
I would have been, oh, come on.
Some of you, how many of youwould acknowledge if it had not been
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for Jesus, I couldn't even dowhat I'm doing now.
So, God, when I think I'mgiving you something, I'm only giving
back what came through your hand.
Oh, come on.
Has anybody been saved by God?
And David knew that.
David was a small shepherdboy, and the Lord raised him up to
be a king.
Many of you, you've beenraised up.
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The Lord's taken you on a journey.
And so in these moments, youhave to say, God, I'm really just
giving you what's already yours.
It came through your hand.
I wouldn't been able to do itwithout you.
In other words, God, you'renot lucky to have us.
We're blessed to havesomething to return to you.
Come on.
Can I get an amen on that?
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So what's happening in 1stChronicles, chapter 29?
This is not just a building campaign.
This is a consecration moment.
Their giving is the way thatthey're saying, hey, God, we belong
to you.
We live on Long island, but webelong to you.
We live in Miami, but webelong to you.
We live in Indiana, but webelong to you.
Our future belongs to you.
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No turning back.
We're bringing this thingbecause family matters.
And last week we talked aboutwise, foolish and evil people.
But today, let's talk aboutwise, foolish, and evil patterns
with money in families.
Uh, oh, we're going there.
Come on.
Freedom is in the house.
Wise families say, well,everything we have belongs to God.
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We honor him first.
We participate in his house.
We don't see generosity as a loss.
We see it as worship and legacy.
But foolish families are random.
With their money, they give.
You know, when the emotion'shigh, when the band's playing a song,
when a good sermon is preached.
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They give sometimes at badchurches, when they guilt you, when
the guilt is real heavy.
You know, some churches useguilt to motivate, but.
But they might throw somethingin here or there, but.
But there's no plan.
There's no obedience.
There's no consistency.
It feels spiritual, but itnever builds an altar.
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Evil patterns or cycles thatare in families, and this is a lot
like where I came from, theygo even further.
Evil patterns use money toeven control.
And, you know, they'll say,well, I've come and I'm receiving
from the church, but I'm not a resource.
I'll let my kids benefit fromthe church, but I'm gonna withhold
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from the church becausethey'll be okay.
They're okay.
They look like they're doingall right.
Or even worse, they'll say,I'll use my money to punish.
I'll use my money to manipulate.
I'll even use my money toprotect my pride.
And some of you grew up inhomes just like that.
So I'm reaching into yourchildhood, and I believe there's
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a healing and a freedom thatcan happen because you heard sentences
like, well, all that churchwants is your money.
Or, we don't trust pastors, okay?
Or, hey, we're gonna go, butwe're not giving.
Those sentences did not justshape your budget.
They actually discipled your heart.
So today, God is inviting yourfamily out of foolishness, out of
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evil patterns, out of cycles.
And he's bringing your familyinto wisdom, spiritual wisdom.
And just like David'sgeneration, he is inviting us to
stand together as one family.
And what are we gonna do?
We're gonna consecrateourselves through generosity.
We.
We're gonna separate ourselvesthrough generosity.
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Now, before we talk about ourvision offering, let me talk about
your heart for a second, your corazon.
Because every study ongenerosity that I read, all the scientific
literature, all thepsychological literature, every study
on charitable giving says thesame thing in different words.
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It says, people give more andthey give with joy when three things
are present.
Number one, they trust the leader.
Number two, they understandthe Vision.
And number three, they canactually visibly see the impact.
If they don't trust theleader, they close their wallet,
they put the checkbook away,they sign off the Internet.
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But if they.
And if they don't understandthe mission and what the mission
really is, they get confused.
And if they can't see visibleimpact, they start to get cynical.
Okay, so let me be very clear.
First, as your pastor, I willnever ask you to do something that
I am not doing.
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Me and my family, we tithe.
We give 10% of all of ourincome to V1 Church.
And we also give offeringsabove and beyond that.
We are giving sacrificiallyinto the vision offering today as
well.
I'm not standing in front ofyou as a fundraiser.
I'm standing in front of youright now as a participant.
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Second, the mission is crystal clear.
This is Heart for the House.
This is Family Matters in action.
This is not about my lifestyle.
This is about V1 Church, V1Church, Long island campus, every
campus.
And our global family steppinginto everything that God has shown
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us and given us for 2026.
And third, you will see the impact.
You're going to see stages built.
You're going to see collegestudents trained, Times Square activated,
families fed, a film created,and yes, I believe even mortgages
burned.
And we're not just trying tomake you feel something today.
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We are inviting you to buildsomething that will outlive you and
me.
Come on, let me talk visionand numbers for a moment because
this is where wise familiesare starting to perk up.
Wise families are starting toperk up right now because our ministry
and mission number for 2026,the part that goes straight into
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new ministry, new outreach andevangelism, is $615,000.
Everybody say 6.
15.
Now, here's what that includes.
Number one, $115,000 for theV1 Church, Long island campus stage.
I'm standing on the floorright now.
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And this is not about ego.
This is about building apermanent excellent stage where we
can preach the gospel as we'redoing right now, training leaders
and broadcast to the world.
And that's an altar where weare actually building it together.
Number two, $80,000 to buildout V1 College on Long Island.
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Now, this is two announcementsin one.
But we've entered a deal withFaith University for dual accreditation.
And our Long island buildingin 2026 is going to turn into partly
a college campus with fullyaccredited bachelor's, master's and
doctoral degrees in dualenrollment with V1 College.
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Come on.
And so you're not gonna haveto worry about where you go to college
or where you send your kid tocollege, and it is going to be significantly
more affordable than anycollege in New York State.
And there's more announcementscoming soon, but we need the initial
money, $80,000 to build outthe rest of V1 Long Island.
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That's classrooms, equipmentand space to discipline and disciple
and to send the nextgeneration of pastors, the next generation
of evangelists, worshipleaders and creatives, and now the
next generation of businessleaders, the next generations of
those in the medical fields.
We are now even going to beable to provide secular accredited
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degrees.
And there will be many thateven get Pell Grants.
And they begin to come and geteducated in this space.
And if you've ever said, well,you know, I wish somebody would have
trained me when I was younger,I wish I had a college like that,
this is your chance to be thatfor somebody else.
Number three, $170,000 for theTimes Square event.
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Now that's for all of thestaging and the production and the
lights and the sound.
And that is just brass taxwhat it's gonna take.
Nobody's getting paid topreach, nobody's getting paid to
lead worship.
Everybody's a volunteer.
But we need $170,000 toactually set all the staging up.
And these are the real numbersof the invoice.
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To be able to have the EasterSunday in Times Square, God has opened
a door right in the heart ofNew York City.
And we're gonna live stream itaround the world.
And this helps us establish ahigh visibility presence so that
what God is doing here is seenaround the world, it's felt around
the world, as many are saved.
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Number four, we need $50,000for V1 community impact.
Now, for, for those of you whodon't know, we rent a space in the
heart of New York City and wehave rent.
And what this number includesis the rent and the amount of money
it takes for the variousdifferent facilities so we can distribute
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food.
And it's called V1 Community Impact.
We're already doing it.
And as a matter of fact, westepped it up over this last year.
And this is rent support.
It's food support in New Yorkand Indiana and national distribution
to serve families who arebasically hanging on by a thread
right now.
And when a single mom keeps aroof over her head because the church
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stepped in this, that, that'sright in line with our budget.
Come on.
And so, number five, we need $200,000.
And I'm gonna tell you whatthis is for.
Because this is unprecedentedopportunity that God's given us yet
again to go into amc, toCinemark and Regal movie theaters,
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and to have our next filmwhere we literally show the nation
what the father's heart is all about.
And the door has opened again, guys.
The last time the movieindustry allowed me in with a film,
we had over 70,000 decisionsfor Jesus Christ.
We had thousands of canceledsuicides, people delivered of demons
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healed of diseases.
And that door has opened again.
And I've already filmed over80% of the next movie.
And it is all about thefather, the father's heart, fatherlessness
in society, and how the localchurch and how the gospel deals with
fatherlessness.
And I believe that a nation isgoing to be healed as a result of
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this film.
And here's the thing.
Most budgets for movies are inthe millions and millions of dollars
because we've been able to volunteer.
We only need the lastremaining $200,000 to get it to finish,
edit, to get the finishingwork done.
And then in 2026, we will haveanother movie in theaters.
Now, for those of you whodon't remember, we.
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We hit number three in the USBox office.
We were only beat by MartinScorsese, which really is not that
bad.
Come on.
And we were beat by.
But this.
This one should really prickyour heart.
This one should sting a littlebit by the Exorcist franchise.
And so, like, we literally gotbeat by a demonic franchise.
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How many of you believe thatin 2026, we're gonna fund this movie
today?
And in 2026, we're gonna hitnumber one in the box office for
the kingdom.
And we are gonna take overHollywood with the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Does anybody believe that wecan do it?
Come on.
And God will use a church like ours.
This is a tool to take thestory of what God is doing here at
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V1.
And we can put it in front ofpeople who will not walk into a building
first, but they'll go to amovie theater and they'll see a film,
and they'll be moved.
Come on.
And I'm telling you.
And they're.
And they'll find spiritualfamily as their family gets healed.
I filmed all over the world,and for this next movie, I'm telling
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you, get ready.
The topic is the father's heart.
And all of this together is$615,000, which really, in the grand
scheme of things, is not a lotof money.
If you think about how manymajor global things we can do.
This is our ministry andmission number for 2026.
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But there's one more piece.
And I'm doing this because somany people have asked the question
and they've written me.
And now I'm being very transparent.
How many of you have ever hada mortgage of your own that you wanted
that thing gone?
Come on, you wanted thatmortgage gone.
At V1, like many families, wehave mortgages.
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The remaining loan for V1Church, Long island, and is $4.27
million.
I'm just being verytransparent with you.
That's the remaining loan.
And the remaining loan for theIndiana campus that many of you are
in right now is 3, $397,000,which really is not a lot.
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And I have stewarded thefinances of this church on a level
that you would never imagine.
And I've been able to movemountains by faith, but that's it.
Our faith target now togetherfor this next season, including those
loans, is just a little over$5.2 million.
And here's the vision, and I'mbeing bold, the boldest I've ever
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been.
We are believing God to notjust pay down those mortgages, we
are believing God to pay themoff and to have a mortgage burning
as we step into 2026.
You know, people have beenasking me, you know, Pastor Mike,
what are the real numbers andwhat would it take to see that day
of a mortgage burning?
And those are the real numbers.
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So I want you to imagine thiswith me.
Imagine standing in this roomat V1 Church, Long Island.
Imagine standing in Indiana atthe start of 2026 and we literally
celebrate a mortgage burning.
We hold the papers in ourhands and say we used to owe millions
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of dollars, but a generationrose up who gave sacrificially.
And now more and more of everydollar goes straight into mission
for the rest of our lives.
That is not just aboutbuildings now.
That is about legacy.
That is about your kids andyour grandkids sitting in a debt
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free church saying, my parentsand grandparents, they did that.
Come on.
Today.
This vision offering is a steptowards that day.
So let's just connect all the dots.
Now, Family Matters is notjust a cute little title.
It's a prophetic statement.
Your family matters.
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What your family believesabout money matters.
What, what your family modelsto your children.
It matters.
Wise families don't justremove toxic people.
They remove toxic agreements.
Come on.
Agreements with fear,agreements with scarcity, agreements
with cynicism about God's house.
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Foolish families.
They sit back and they say,well, hey, somebody else is gonna
do it.
We'll just watch and evilpatterns, they whisper, we will consume,
but we will not contribute.
Today V1, we are choosing wisdom.
Now, I know some of you areactually thinking to yourself, you
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know, Pastor, you know, Ibrought my kids, you know, they're
a little wild, you know, andby the way, my kids, they don't have
any money.
Perfect.
We designed today so thatevery person can participate, even
the littles.
We told the parents, have yourkids bring something.
Some of them have piggy banks.
Come on.
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Do they still have those?
Some of them have coins.
Some of them have a toy thatthey brought here that they're getting
ready to give here in a few moments.
Come on.
Some of them brought cannedgoods from the cupboard that they're
going to use to bless families.
Man, I feel like I want to cry.
Because we're going to teachfamilies how to break evil patterns,
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and we're going to give.
And if your toddler is gettingready to walk down this aisle with
a crusty Cheerio that theythrow into the basket, listen, that
might be the most sacrificialgift in the entire church.
Why?
Because they're learning that when.
When God's family builds analtar, we move together.
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So come on, get ready to bringyour crusty Cheerio because we're
moving together.
Here's how this is going towork now at every campus.
My, my, my.
I just.
I feel the ground shakingunderneath me.
There's many of you watchingonline right now that you're being
compelled by the spirit.
And.
And here's how this is goingto work, even for our global online
family.
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Right now, at every seat,whether that's your couch, whether
that's in a nightclub in Brooklyn.
Come on.
Right here in Long island, youshould see a pen and an envelope,
and on your couch, you'regonna see right above you on the
screen a QR code.
Or you can use V1 church andyou can go to the mobile app as well.
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But I want you to grab the penand envelope and I want you to get
ready.
Now, if you're givingphysically, this is cash or check,
you can use that envelope atthe physical campuses right now.
And I want you to write Vision2026 on it.
And the amount.
Vision 2026 and the amount.
And if you're givingdigitally, you can still use the
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envelope as a point of contact.
And what do I mean by that?
You know, you can write in amemo, giving online, and you can
write that amount.
And so here's the thing.
You see the QR code on thescreen and you see a link in the
comment section where you cangive to the vision offering our online
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global family.
YouTube.
Come on Facebook, our online campus.
This is your moment, too.
You may be in another state oreven another nation, but this is
your family.
You're a part of our family.
And I want you to type even inthe chat right now if you can.
I'm in.
Or my family is giving.
Or you can even write thephrase as.
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As your step of faith, like,hey, I'm doing this.
I'm in.
Before we move, I'm going toask you to do three things, though,
because we're getting ready to move.
And just stay in your seatsfor a moment.
Number one, ask the HolySpirit, what does wise sacrificial
generosity look like for ourfamily today?
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Not equal gifts, but equal sacrifice.
For some, Wisdom might be $1,000.
For some, it might be $10,000.
It might be a million dollars.
For some, it might be thefirst time that you've ever even
tithed and you actually signup for reoccurring, giving.
But for some, it might be kidsemptying your piggy bank now bringing
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a toy.
The question is not what can I spare?
The question is, lord, whatare you asking us to consecrate,
to set apart?
And number two, come on.
I want you to refuse toxic thoughts.
When fear starts shouting,what if you don't have enough?
Remember David's prayer in 1stChronicles, chapter 29.
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Everything comes from you, God.
And we have given you onlywhat came from your own hand.
The same God who carried youthis far is not going to abandon
you because you stepped outinto generosity.
And we break that foolish,toxic thought in the name of Jesus.
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And number three, lead your children.
Let them see you give.
Let them see you walk to the front.
Let them see you click thatsubmit that give button on a sacrificial
gift.
Show them that if you'rewatching online, you are discipling
them into how to handle money.
Now you are teaching them thatin this house, we don't cling to
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fear.
We open our hands and we openthem in faith.
In just a moment, I'm gettingready to pray.
And after I pray at every V1campus, I want us to stand as one
family.
After I pray.
Parents, I want you to takeyour children with you.
If they brought canned goods,toys, piggy banks, and let them take
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those in their own hands.
And if you're a teenager, comeon, come with your friends or your
family.
If you're single, come as partof this spiritual family.
We're going to walk to the Front.
And we're gonna place ourofferings, our envelopes, our cans,
our toys, our piggy banks intothese baskets.
And this is not just puttingsomething in the bucket.
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I'm just putting.
No, no, no.
This is our first Chronicles,chapter 29 moment.
David looked at thisgeneration and said, who is willing
to consecrate themselves tothe Lord today?
Today, across seven campusesand all over the world, online, God
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is looking at V1 Church, andhe's asking each and every one of
us the same question.
Who is willing in thisgeneration to consecrate their things
before the Lord, theirfinances, their money, their resources?
And if you're online, as wecome forward to this room, I want
you to click that link, giveyour gift, and then type in the chat.
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I'm giving or my family is giving.
And that's your walkingtowards us in the altar moment.
Would you bow your heads with me?
Everybody, bow your heads with me.
Let's pray.
Father, everything that wehave comes from you.
You gave us breath, strength,opportunities, ideas, relationships,
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every open door.
And today, like David'sgeneration, we do not come reluctantly.
We come willingly.
We come with whole hearts,going V1.
We break every toxic agreementwith fear, with scarcity, with cynicism,
and we raise up wise families,moms and dads, teens and children
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who see generosity as worshipand legacy, not loss.
As we give into stages, beingbuilt into colleges, being built
into Times Square,broadcasting the gospel community,
impact, opening up todistribute food into a movie that's
shown across America, and toeven paying off these mortgages.
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Let it all be for one purpose.
That Jesus Christ would belifted up, that souls would be saved,
that disciples will be made,and that generations not yet born
would inherit a house of freedom.
Bless every gift, bless every giver.
And let us see the day that weburn those mortgages and shout, look
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what the Lord has done.
In Jesus name, amen.
Come on.
It.
And last week, you know, webasically said that, you know, wise
people, they listen to thewisdom of God and they change.
Foolish people, they onlychange when the pain gets great enough,
so they need pain to be strong enough.
And then evil people, theyonly change when they're confronted
or even restricted.
And.
And a lot of you actually went home.
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And I wanna acknowledge this.
You had real conversations.
You started setting boundariesand you decided, hey, I love you,
but I can't keep letting youpoison my life.
And that all happened in partone, but today is part two.
Come on.
And so today, we're gonna takethat grid that we used from last
week, the wise, the foolish,and the evil.
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And instead of just putting iton people, we're going to put that
on something that sits at thecenter of almost every single family
conflict that occurs, everysingle family that has tension and
every silent argument.
And I'm just going to speak tothe elephant in the room.
It's actually money.
Relax.
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This is not a telethon right now.
If you're watching online,this is not a fundraiser.
If you're here in the room.
This is actual discipleship.
Because money is not just afinancial issue.
How many of you believe that?
It is a spiritual issue.
It's a family issue, and it'sa legacy issue.
And some of the deepesttoxicity in our family is not what
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gets said around the table.
It's what your family actuallybelieves about money, about scarcity,
and even about God's house.
So today, the Holy Spiritwants to heal all of that.
And this might be the firsttime that anybody's ever even spoken
into these things before.
But I want you to grab yourBible or your app or whatever you
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use, and I want you to openwith me to First Chronicles, chapter
29.
Now, that's again, FirstChronicles in the Old Testament,
chapter 29.
And I want you to see theseverses with your own eyes.
It's very important that youlook at this with me.
And once you've got it, I wantyou to shout, I've got it.
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Now, if you're still.
If you're still looking, Iwant you to shout.
Wait for me.
Come on, let's.
We're gonna become students ofthe scripture.
All right?
Come on.
Many of you are getting itright now, so let me set the scene.
David is at the end of his life.
David, the giant killer.
And he's been a warrior, he'sbeen a worshiper, he's been a king.
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And he has a dream in hisheart that.
That he's gonna build thehouse of God.
Okay?
But God actually says, david,you will not build it.
Your son Solomon will.
So what does David actually do?
He doesn't say, well, if Idon't get to put my name on that
building, I'm out.
What he says is, if I can'tbuild it, I'll fund it.
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And in Chronicles, chapter 29,David stands in front of what the
Bible actually calls the.
The whole assembly, whichbasically includes leaders, moms,
dads, kids and families.
And he begins to make a public declaration.
And it's a declaration of generosity.
So I called an assembly.
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I've got all the children here.
I've got all the leaders andthe pastors and the moms and the
dads.
And we.
We're here and we're mimickingthis holy assembly.
And I want us to take a lookat the verses, and I want you to
see them with your own eyes.
Verse 3 says, Besides, in mydevotion to the temple of my God,
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I now give my personaltreasures of gold and silver for
the temple of my God over andabove everything I've provided for
this holy temple.
And basically what David saysis, out of my own personal treasure,
I have given gold and silverfor the house of my God and.
And above everything that I'vealready provided.
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Then if you go to verse five,he asked the question to everybody
in the assembly who is willingto consecrate themselves to the Lord
today.
Now, I want to say this, and Iwant everybody to lean in and listen.
Come on.
Even the children.
Sometimes we want our givingto be private, and I understand that
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because it's between you and God.
But you see in thesescriptures that there are moments,
legacy moments, where ourgiving must be public.
And David said, hey, I'm goingto tell all of you of Israel what
I've been doing privately, butthen I'm going to show you what I'm
about to do publicly.
And he says, privately, I'vebeen already giving and giving and
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giving to the temple, but nowpublicly, I'm going above and beyond
that, and I'm giving so thatlegacy can be built.
Then he turns and he asked allof the people who's willing to consecrate
themselves to the Lord today?
And this is the thing I wantyou to understand.
He's not saying, hey, whowants to help me pay a bill?
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He's saying, who is willing toconsecrate themselves to the Lord
today?
And I want you to see whathappens in a few moments.
I want you to watch what happens.
And if you don't understandthe Word consecrate, it means to
take something and to separateit, to move it into a different space
and a different domain.
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And so what that means is you have.
David said, I have gold, butI've consecrated that gold.
It now belongs to the Lord.
I have gifting talents and nowbelongs to the Lord.
So he's saying, who now wantsto consecrate themselves to the Lord?
Who wants to separate themselves?
I keep thinking about that NewTestament scripture.
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Be in the world, but not ofthe world.
Come on.
Do not follow the patterns ofthe world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind.
So your mind becomesconsecrated to the Lord.
And you don't have a mind likethe world.
You have a mind of Christ.
Come on.
Does somebody know what I'mtalking about?
And how you'll know thatyou're consecrating your thought
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life is your friends andfamily who are not saved, who are
not Christians, who don't readthe Bible, who don't pray.
They're gonna say, you've lostyour mind.
And you'll say, yes, I didlose my mind for the sake of Christ.
I have the mind of Christ.
I've consecrated my mind to him.
Come on.
Can somebody just shout if youknow what I'm talking about?
And watch what happens next inthis story.
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The leaders of families.
The leaders of families.
Are you the leader of.
Of your children, of your families?
The officials, the commanders,they all respond.
Not some, all.
And they bring a massive offering.
And in verse nine, it saysthat the people rejoice greatly because
they had given willingly andwith a whole heart.
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I can't help but to thinkabout the Go V1 series.
And it says that Joshua andCaleb, as they begin to go into the
promised land, the land oflegacy, the land where their children
would dwell in peace.
They.
It said this.
It says that Caleb was wholehearted.
And Wholehearted means going v1.
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The plane takes off the Runway.
There's no reservation.
There's no plan B.
There's no escape hatch.
I'm wholehearted.
And I find it interesting thatDavid now and all the people of Israel
are giving to build the temple.
And it says that they're wholehearted.
God wants your whole heart.
It's not about finances.
It's not about.
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It's literally about.
It's not about how many hoursyou serve at the local church.
It's about your whole heartgoing V1.
How many of you are going V1with me?
Because David then begins topray, and he prays this powerful
prayer.
And in that Prayer.
He says to God, and we get toactually hear his prayer.
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He says, God, everything comesfrom you.
And we've actually only givenwhat comes from your hand.
Look at verse 14.
I'm going to read it exactly now.
But who am I and who are mypeople that we should be able to
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give as generously as this?
And this is what David says.
Everything comes from you,God, and we have given you only what
comes from your hand.
So this is one of the mostpowerful moments of this whole sermon
right now.
Oftentimes we think, wow, I'vegiven this big offering, this big
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amount of money.
Wow, I've given while I'mserving on the worship team.
I've given while I'm servingin the lobby or the safety team or
the production team.
But what David actually does,and it's so humbling, is he goes,
God, everything comes from you.
And we have only really givenyou what comes from your hand.
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In other words, God, I canonly work this job because you keep
squeezing my heart and pulsingthe blood through my veins.
God, I only have this becauseof you.
I would have been drunk.
I would have been lost.
I would have been separated, divorced.
I would have been, oh, come on.
Some of you, how many of youwould acknowledge if it had not been
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for Jesus, I couldn't even dowhat I'm doing now.
So, God, when I think I'mgiving you something, I'm only giving
back what came through your hand.
Oh, come on.
Has anybody been saved by God?
And David knew that.
David was a small shepherdboy, and the Lord raised him up to
be a king.
Many of you, you've beenraised up.
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The Lord's taken you on a journey.
And so in these moments, youhave to say, God, I'm really just
giving you what's already yours.
It came through your hand.
I wouldn't been able to do itwithout you.
In other words, God, you'renot lucky to have us.
We're blessed to havesomething to return to you.
Come on.
Can I get an amen on that?
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So what's happening in 1stChronicles, chapter 29?
This is not just a building campaign.
This is a consecration moment.
Their giving is the way thatthey're saying, hey, God, we belong
to you.
We live on Long island, but webelong to you.
We live in Miami, but webelong to you.
We live in Indiana, but webelong to you.
Our future belongs to you.
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No turning back.
We're bringing this thingbecause family matters.
And last week we talked aboutwise, foolish and evil people.
But today, let's talk aboutwise, foolish, and evil patterns
with money in families.
Uh, oh, we're going there.
Come on.
Freedom is in the house.
Wise families say, well,everything we have belongs to God.
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We honor him first.
We participate in his house.
We don't see generosity as a loss.
We see it as worship and legacy.
But foolish families are random.
With their money, they give.
You know, when the emotion'shigh, when the band's playing a song,
when a good sermon is preached.
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They give sometimes at badchurches, when they guilt you, when
the guilt is real heavy.
You know, some churches useguilt to motivate, but.
But they might throw somethingin here or there, but.
But there's no plan.
There's no obedience.
There's no consistency.
It feels spiritual, but itnever builds an altar.
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Evil patterns or cycles thatare in families, and this is a lot
like where I came from, theygo even further.
Evil patterns use money toeven control.
And, you know, they'll say,well, I've come and I'm receiving
from the church, but I'm not a resource.
I'll let my kids benefit fromthe church, but I'm gonna withhold
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from the church becausethey'll be okay.
They're okay.
They look like they're doingall right.
Or even worse, they'll say,I'll use my money to punish.
I'll use my money to manipulate.
I'll even use my money toprotect my pride.
And some of you grew up inhomes just like that.
So I'm reaching into yourchildhood, and I believe there's
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a healing and a freedom thatcan happen because you heard sentences
like, well, all that churchwants is your money.
Or, we don't trust pastors, okay?
Or, hey, we're gonna go, butwe're not giving.
Those sentences did not justshape your budget.
They actually discipled your heart.
So today, God is inviting yourfamily out of foolishness, out of
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evil patterns, out of cycles.
And he's bringing your familyinto wisdom, spiritual wisdom.
And just like David'sgeneration, he is inviting us to
stand together as one family.
And what are we gonna do?
We're gonna consecrateourselves through generosity.
We.
We're gonna separate ourselvesthrough generosity.
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Now, before we talk about ourvision offering, let me talk about
your heart for a second, your corazon.
Because every study ongenerosity that I read, all the scientific
literature, all thepsychological literature, every study
on charitable giving says thesame thing in different words.
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It says, people give more andthey give with joy when three things
are present.
Number one, they trust the leader.
Number two, they understandthe Vision.
And number three, they canactually visibly see the impact.
If they don't trust theleader, they close their wallet,
they put the checkbook away,they sign off the Internet.
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But if they.
And if they don't understandthe mission and what the mission
really is, they get confused.
And if they can't see visibleimpact, they start to get cynical.
Okay, so let me be very clear.
First, as your pastor, I willnever ask you to do something that
I am not doing.
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Me and my family, we tithe.
We give 10% of all of ourincome to V1 Church.
And we also give offeringsabove and beyond that.
We are giving sacrificiallyinto the vision offering today as
well.
I'm not standing in front ofyou as a fundraiser.
I'm standing in front of youright now as a participant.
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Second, the mission is crystal clear.
This is Heart for the House.
This is Family Matters in action.
This is not about my lifestyle.
This is about V1 Church, V1Church, Long island campus, every
campus.
And our global family steppinginto everything that God has shown
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us and given us for 2026.
And third, you will see the impact.
You're going to see stages built.
You're going to see collegestudents trained, Times Square activated,
families fed, a film created,and yes, I believe even mortgages
burned.
And we're not just trying tomake you feel something today.
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We are inviting you to buildsomething that will outlive you and
me.
Come on, let me talk visionand numbers for a moment because
this is where wise familiesare starting to perk up.
Wise families are starting toperk up right now because our ministry
and mission number for 2026,the part that goes straight into
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new ministry, new outreach andevangelism, is $615,000.
Everybody say 6.
15.
Now, here's what that includes.
Number one, $115,000 for theV1 Church, Long island campus stage.
I'm standing on the floorright now.
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And this is not about ego.
This is about building apermanent excellent stage where we
can preach the gospel as we'redoing right now, training leaders
and broadcast to the world.
And that's an altar where weare actually building it together.
Number two, $80,000 to buildout V1 College on Long Island.
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Now, this is two announcementsin one.
But we've entered a deal withFaith University for dual accreditation.
And our Long island buildingin 2026 is going to turn into partly
a college campus with fullyaccredited bachelor's, master's and
doctoral degrees in dualenrollment with V1 College.
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Come on.
And so you're not gonna haveto worry about where you go to college
or where you send your kid tocollege, and it is going to be significantly
more affordable than anycollege in New York State.
And there's more announcementscoming soon, but we need the initial
money, $80,000 to build outthe rest of V1 Long Island.
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That's classrooms, equipmentand space to discipline and disciple
and to send the nextgeneration of pastors, the next generation
of evangelists, worshipleaders and creatives, and now the
next generation of businessleaders, the next generations of
those in the medical fields.
We are now even going to beable to provide secular accredited
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degrees.
And there will be many thateven get Pell Grants.
And they begin to come and geteducated in this space.
And if you've ever said, well,you know, I wish somebody would have
trained me when I was younger,I wish I had a college like that,
this is your chance to be thatfor somebody else.
Number three, $170,000 for theTimes Square event.
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Now that's for all of thestaging and the production and the
lights and the sound.
And that is just brass taxwhat it's gonna take.
Nobody's getting paid topreach, nobody's getting paid to
lead worship.
Everybody's a volunteer.
But we need $170,000 toactually set all the staging up.
And these are the real numbersof the invoice.
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To be able to have the EasterSunday in Times Square, God has opened
a door right in the heart ofNew York City.
And we're gonna live stream itaround the world.
And this helps us establish ahigh visibility presence so that
what God is doing here is seenaround the world, it's felt around
the world, as many are saved.
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Number four, we need $50,000for V1 community impact.
Now, for, for those of you whodon't know, we rent a space in the
heart of New York City and wehave rent.
And what this number includesis the rent and the amount of money
it takes for the variousdifferent facilities so we can distribute
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food.
And it's called V1 Community Impact.
We're already doing it.
And as a matter of fact, westepped it up over this last year.
And this is rent support.
It's food support in New Yorkand Indiana and national distribution
to serve families who arebasically hanging on by a thread
right now.
And when a single mom keeps aroof over her head because the church
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stepped in this, that, that'sright in line with our budget.
Come on.
And so, number five, we need $200,000.
And I'm gonna tell you whatthis is for.
Because this is unprecedentedopportunity that God's given us yet
again to go into amc, toCinemark and Regal movie theaters,
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and to have our next filmwhere we literally show the nation
what the father's heart is all about.
And the door has opened again, guys.
The last time the movieindustry allowed me in with a film,
we had over 70,000 decisionsfor Jesus Christ.
We had thousands of canceledsuicides, people delivered of demons
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healed of diseases.
And that door has opened again.
And I've already filmed over80% of the next movie.
And it is all about thefather, the father's heart, fatherlessness
in society, and how the localchurch and how the gospel deals with
fatherlessness.
And I believe that a nation isgoing to be healed as a result of
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this film.
And here's the thing.
Most budgets for movies are inthe millions and millions of dollars
because we've been able to volunteer.
We only need the lastremaining $200,000 to get it to finish,
edit, to get the finishingwork done.
And then in 2026, we will haveanother movie in theaters.
Now, for those of you whodon't remember, we.
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We hit number three in the USBox office.
We were only beat by MartinScorsese, which really is not that
bad.
Come on.
And we were beat by.
But this.
This one should really prickyour heart.
This one should sting a littlebit by the Exorcist franchise.
And so, like, we literally gotbeat by a demonic franchise.
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How many of you believe thatin 2026, we're gonna fund this movie
today?
And in 2026, we're gonna hitnumber one in the box office for
the kingdom.
And we are gonna take overHollywood with the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Does anybody believe that wecan do it?
Come on.
And God will use a church like ours.
This is a tool to take thestory of what God is doing here at
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V1.
And we can put it in front ofpeople who will not walk into a building
first, but they'll go to amovie theater and they'll see a film,
and they'll be moved.
Come on.
And I'm telling you.
And they're.
And they'll find spiritualfamily as their family gets healed.
I filmed all over the world,and for this next movie, I'm telling
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you, get ready.
The topic is the father's heart.
And all of this together is$615,000, which really, in the grand
scheme of things, is not a lotof money.
If you think about how manymajor global things we can do.
This is our ministry andmission number for 2026.
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But there's one more piece.
And I'm doing this because somany people have asked the question
and they've written me.
And now I'm being very transparent.
How many of you have ever hada mortgage of your own that you wanted
that thing gone?
Come on, you wanted thatmortgage gone.
At V1, like many families, wehave mortgages.
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The remaining loan for V1Church, Long island, and is $4.27
million.
I'm just being verytransparent with you.
That's the remaining loan.
And the remaining loan for theIndiana campus that many of you are
in right now is 3, $397,000,which really is not a lot.
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And I have stewarded thefinances of this church on a level
that you would never imagine.
And I've been able to movemountains by faith, but that's it.
Our faith target now togetherfor this next season, including those
loans, is just a little over$5.2 million.
And here's the vision, and I'mbeing bold, the boldest I've ever
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been.
We are believing God to notjust pay down those mortgages, we
are believing God to pay themoff and to have a mortgage burning
as we step into 2026.
You know, people have beenasking me, you know, Pastor Mike,
what are the real numbers andwhat would it take to see that day
of a mortgage burning?
And those are the real numbers.
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So I want you to imagine thiswith me.
Imagine standing in this roomat V1 Church, Long Island.
Imagine standing in Indiana atthe start of 2026 and we literally
celebrate a mortgage burning.
We hold the papers in ourhands and say we used to owe millions
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of dollars, but a generationrose up who gave sacrificially.
And now more and more of everydollar goes straight into mission
for the rest of our lives.
That is not just aboutbuildings now.
That is about legacy.
That is about your kids andyour grandkids sitting in a debt
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free church saying, my parentsand grandparents, they did that.
Come on.
Today.
This vision offering is a steptowards that day.
So let's just connect all the dots.
Now, Family Matters is notjust a cute little title.
It's a prophetic statement.
Your family matters.
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What your family believesabout money matters.
What, what your family modelsto your children.
It matters.
Wise families don't justremove toxic people.
They remove toxic agreements.
Come on.
Agreements with fear,agreements with scarcity, agreements
with cynicism about God's house.
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Foolish families.
They sit back and they say,well, hey, somebody else is gonna
do it.
We'll just watch and evilpatterns, they whisper, we will consume,
but we will not contribute.
Today V1, we are choosing wisdom.
Now, I know some of you areactually thinking to yourself, you
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know, Pastor, you know, Ibrought my kids, you know, they're
a little wild, you know, andby the way, my kids, they don't have
any money.
Perfect.
We designed today so thatevery person can participate, even
the littles.
We told the parents, have yourkids bring something.
Some of them have piggy banks.
Come on.
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Do they still have those?
Some of them have coins.
Some of them have a toy thatthey brought here that they're getting
ready to give here in a few moments.
Come on.
Some of them brought cannedgoods from the cupboard that they're
going to use to bless families.
Man, I feel like I want to cry.
Because we're going to teachfamilies how to break evil patterns,
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and we're going to give.
And if your toddler is gettingready to walk down this aisle with
a crusty Cheerio that theythrow into the basket, listen, that
might be the most sacrificialgift in the entire church.
Why?
Because they're learning that when.
When God's family builds analtar, we move together.
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So come on, get ready to bringyour crusty Cheerio because we're
moving together.
Here's how this is going towork now at every campus.
My, my, my.
I just.
I feel the ground shakingunderneath me.
There's many of you watchingonline right now that you're being
compelled by the spirit.
And.
And here's how this is goingto work, even for our global online
family.
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Right now, at every seat,whether that's your couch, whether
that's in a nightclub in Brooklyn.
Come on.
Right here in Long island, youshould see a pen and an envelope,
and on your couch, you'regonna see right above you on the
screen a QR code.
Or you can use V1 church andyou can go to the mobile app as well.
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But I want you to grab the penand envelope and I want you to get
ready.
Now, if you're givingphysically, this is cash or check,
you can use that envelope atthe physical campuses right now.
And I want you to write Vision2026 on it.
And the amount.
Vision 2026 and the amount.
And if you're givingdigitally, you can still use the
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envelope as a point of contact.
And what do I mean by that?
You know, you can write in amemo, giving online, and you can
write that amount.
And so here's the thing.
You see the QR code on thescreen and you see a link in the
comment section where you cangive to the vision offering our online
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global family.
YouTube.
Come on Facebook, our online campus.
This is your moment, too.
You may be in another state oreven another nation, but this is
your family.
You're a part of our family.
And I want you to type even inthe chat right now if you can.
I'm in.
Or my family is giving.
Or you can even write thephrase as.
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As your step of faith, like,hey, I'm doing this.
I'm in.
Before we move, I'm going toask you to do three things, though,
because we're getting ready to move.
And just stay in your seatsfor a moment.
Number one, ask the HolySpirit, what does wise sacrificial
generosity look like for ourfamily today?
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Not equal gifts, but equal sacrifice.
For some, Wisdom might be $1,000.
For some, it might be $10,000.
It might be a million dollars.
For some, it might be thefirst time that you've ever even
tithed and you actually signup for reoccurring, giving.
But for some, it might be kidsemptying your piggy bank now bringing
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a toy.
The question is not what can I spare?
The question is, lord, whatare you asking us to consecrate,
to set apart?
And number two, come on.
I want you to refuse toxic thoughts.
When fear starts shouting,what if you don't have enough?
Remember David's prayer in 1stChronicles, chapter 29.
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Everything comes from you, God.
And we have given you onlywhat came from your own hand.
The same God who carried youthis far is not going to abandon
you because you stepped outinto generosity.
And we break that foolish,toxic thought in the name of Jesus.
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And number three, lead your children.
Let them see you give.
Let them see you walk to the front.
Let them see you click thatsubmit that give button on a sacrificial
gift.
Show them that if you'rewatching online, you are discipling
them into how to handle money.
Now you are teaching them thatin this house, we don't cling to
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fear.
We open our hands and we openthem in faith.
In just a moment, I'm gettingready to pray.
And after I pray at every V1campus, I want us to stand as one
family.
After I pray.
Parents, I want you to takeyour children with you.
If they brought canned goods,toys, piggy banks, and let them take
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those in their own hands.
And if you're a teenager, comeon, come with your friends or your
family.
If you're single, come as partof this spiritual family.
We're going to walk to the Front.
And we're gonna place ourofferings, our envelopes, our cans,
our toys, our piggy banks intothese baskets.
And this is not just puttingsomething in the bucket.
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I'm just putting.
No, no, no.
This is our first Chronicles,chapter 29 moment.
David looked at thisgeneration and said, who is willing
to consecrate themselves tothe Lord today?
Today, across seven campusesand all over the world, online, God
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is looking at V1 Church, andhe's asking each and every one of
us the same question.
Who is willing in thisgeneration to consecrate their things
before the Lord, theirfinances, their money, their resources?
And if you're online, as wecome forward to this room, I want
you to click that link, giveyour gift, and then type in the chat.
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I'm giving or my family is giving.
And that's your walkingtowards us in the altar moment.
Would you bow your heads with me?
Everybody, bow your heads with me.
Let's pray.
Father, everything that wehave comes from you.
You gave us breath, strength,opportunities, ideas, relationships,
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every open door.
And today, like David'sgeneration, we do not come reluctantly.
We come willingly.
We come with whole hearts,going V1.
We break every toxic agreementwith fear, with scarcity, with cynicism,
and we raise up wise families,moms and dads, teens and children
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who see generosity as worshipand legacy, not loss.
As we give into stages, beingbuilt into colleges, being built
into Times Square,broadcasting the gospel community,
impact, opening up todistribute food into a movie that's
shown across America, and toeven paying off these mortgages.
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Let it all be for one purpose.
That Jesus Christ would belifted up, that souls would be saved,
that disciples will be made,and that generations not yet born
would inherit a house of freedom.
Bless every gift, bless every giver.
And let us see the day that weburn those mortgages and shout, look
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what the Lord has done.
In Jesus name, amen.
Come on.
It.
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