
{"id":1042230,"date":"2023-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awmi1.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1042230"},"modified":"2024-02-22T20:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T03:13:16","slug":"the-sky-is-not-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/blog\/the-sky-is-not-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sky is Not Falling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1042230\" class=\"elementor elementor-1042230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba4f308 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba4f308\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46afc69\" data-id=\"46afc69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9ad8cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d9ad8cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12d6113 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12d6113\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cedec10\" data-id=\"cedec10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486b983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"486b983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cRecession Starts Taking Toll: Will it lead to another crash?\u201d<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcee9df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcee9df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a8fdb1\" data-id=\"1a8fdb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76dd67c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"76dd67c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f5a5a elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"42f5a5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>\u201cWorries are building that today\u2019s sagging economy may be on the brink of collapse.\u201d<\/b>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61ec2b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61ec2b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-302472a\" data-id=\"302472a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4152448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4152448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cRisk of Global Recession in 2023 Rises Amid Simultaneous Rate Hikes.\u201d<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9836137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9836137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The World Bank<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e39dfbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e39dfbd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8273b2c\" data-id=\"8273b2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140a96b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"140a96b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">As you all know, the media has expressed these sentiments many times over the last few years. Many are even comparing our current financial situation to the Great Depression.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4decf9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4decf9b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0b9aee\" data-id=\"a0b9aee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec2037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ec2037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">It may surprise you, however, to learn that the first two articles referenced above were from November 1974 and December 1982, respectively.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0The fearmongers who made them in the \u201970s and \u201980s were predicting financial collapse. It did not come to pass then, and this current financial situation is also not the beginning of the end.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a3f5f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a3f5f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a230d5\" data-id=\"5a230d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972384d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"972384d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Let me quote a few statistics you probably won\u2019t hear from our media.\u00a0<b>\u201cUnemployment rose to 24.75 percent in 1933.\u201d<\/b> In time, that improved, but even during Ronald Reagan\u2019s first term in the latter part of 1982, the unemployment rate rose to 10.8 percent. Yet the rest of the 1980s were some of the strongest economic years of growth this country has ever had.\u00a0<b>Today, the current unemployment rate is about 3\u20134 percent. Amazingly, that means 96\u201397 percent of Americans are still working.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85468b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85468b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-135512d\" data-id=\"135512d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caba51e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caba51e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell from a peak of 381.17 in October 1929 to a low of 41.22 on July 8, 1932\u2014a decline of 89 percent. The Dow did not return to its peak for more than twenty-two years. From 1929 through 1933, about ten thousand of the twenty-five thousand banks in the United States disappeared (source: Business and Media Institute). It\u2019s nothing like that today.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">There were no federally insured deposits during the Great Depression, but today the FDIC guarantee is up to $250,000 per account.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0That simply means there will be no runs on the banks as there were during the Great Depression.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a357fad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a357fad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04add28\" data-id=\"04add28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c4d854 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c4d854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-6-768x356.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1042547\" alt=\"person with cone on head holding &quot;the end is near&quot; sign with X - The Sky is Not Falling Blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-6-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-6-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-6-1024x474.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Untitled-design-6.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8392b51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8392b51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e6a156\" data-id=\"9e6a156\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a796d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a796d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">All of this is to say, THE SKY IS NOT FALLING.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0Chicken Little is out there again, predicting the worst, and I\u2019m amazed at how many people are buying into this. I expect this from the unbelievers, but many Christians are just as worried as those who don\u2019t have the promises of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-591225b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"591225b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c39e6e8\" data-id=\"c39e6e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a7dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83a7dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Do you remember the Y2K scare?<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0The unbelievers weren\u2019t too moved by this, but some Christians predicted this was the beginning of the Tribulation. I had a pastor friend who advocated that his members move out into the country, buy a year\u2019s supply of food, and arm themselves with guns for protection. I know some people who were so stressed they lost their marriages over that scare.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Or how about the bird flu?<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0I was in Scotland in October 2005 when one of the leading experts of the British healthcare system said there was no question about\u00a0<i>if<\/i>\u00a0the bird flu would infect humans and cause a pandemic, but only\u00a0<i>when<\/i>. Then he said it might be one year or, at the most, two years, but he stated emphatically that one-third of the world\u2019s population would die by October 2007. In October 2007, I read in\u00a0<i>USA Today<\/i>\u00a0that there had been a total of twelve human deaths worldwide from the bird flu. Although it\u2019s sad that anyone died from that illness, it\u2019s a far cry from a pandemic.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Can you see a trend or pattern here?<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0The world likes to exaggerate (literally lie) and present the worst-case scenarios because bad news sells. I can\u2019t do much about the world, but I would like to use my influence to affect believers. We are not to let our hearts be troubled:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da6453b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da6453b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14d6695\" data-id=\"14d6695\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4766aa2 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"4766aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. <\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">John 14:1<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a10710 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a10710\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e7ce2f\" data-id=\"1e7ce2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae3417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fae3417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Isaac went through hard times.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0There was a famine in the land (Gen. 26:1). Isaac was a stranger in that land. He didn\u2019t own any property. But the Philistines around him panicked. They didn\u2019t work their fields. What was the use?\u00a0<b>But Isaac saw it as an opportunity<\/b>\u00a0and took advantage of their idle fields.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a69885 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a69885\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4947013\" data-id=\"4947013\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-629fbdb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"629fbdb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4da1afb\" data-id=\"4da1afb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dcc916 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9dcc916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sowing-and-reaping-1024x784.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1042548\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sowing-and-reaping-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sowing-and-reaping-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sowing-and-reaping-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sowing-and-reaping.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5893bf\" data-id=\"b5893bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96c0ee elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"d96c0ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Genesis 26:12 <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59841f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59841f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4768e40\" data-id=\"4768e40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4ca74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c4ca74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">This happened during a drought!\u00a0<b>What was he doing sowing seed when they were in a drought? He was believing God!\u00a0<\/b>That\u2019s what we should do.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">And because there was a drought, others hadn\u2019t planted, and therefore food was in short supply. Isaac got premium prices for his crops. The next few verses tell how Isaac became so prosperous that Abimelech, the king of Gerar, came to him and asked him to leave the region because he was more prosperous than that whole nation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-405a2b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"405a2b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-234886d\" data-id=\"234886d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6cc703 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"a6cc703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<i>For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. . . . And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.<\/i>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Genesis 26:14\u201316 <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45f07ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45f07ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-186e1c8\" data-id=\"186e1c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e5d84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63e5d84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">This is the news believers should be listening to. We have promises from the Lord that He will provide for our needs according to His riches IN GLORY by Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19).\u00a0<b>This world\u2019s economy doesn\u2019t limit us!\u00a0<\/b>Let those who only trust in money panic.\u00a0<b>In God we trust<\/b>\u00a0(Ps. 91:2, 118:8-9; Is. 12:2, 26:4; and Nah. 1:7). We should be rejoicing!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">I\u2019m not saying you shouldn\u2019t make adjustments. If you bought into this world\u2019s philosophy\u2014getting all you can and getting it by mortgaging your future\u2014then come to your senses, and follow the principles of God\u2019s Word. Even if you haven\u2019t been burned, you\u2019ve learned a valuable lesson, and now you can go forward with a new focus on the Lord as your source.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">And let me point out the obvious: This is not a time to cut back on your sowing. You will only reap what you sow (Gal. 6:7). This is a time to believe God as never before. This is our greatest hour. We can demonstrate to the world, as Isaac did, that<b>\u00a0there is a God in heaven who blesses His people, even in the worst times<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9923d66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9923d66\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04bcb80\" data-id=\"04bcb80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ee8a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ee8a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1003615 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-update-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-update-box.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-update-box-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">He<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">re we grow again! <\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Charis is a disciple-making machine. We\u2019ve already seen tremendous results, and the buildout of this campus is just a tool that will allow us to reach even more people and equip them for their part in this end-time harvest.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-120b24e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"120b24e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d786d5\" data-id=\"5d786d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a781941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a781941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Some will say this is the worst possible time to expand, but I\u2019m not marching to the drumbeat of the world.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0I know this is what the Lord is leading me to do, and the positive response we have received confirms it. The world is hungry for the message of God\u2019s unconditional love and grace, and we are eager to meet this need through our expanded efforts.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">We are setting personal records in every ministry category: phone calls, website contacts, mail, and teaching material orders are all at record numbers. More growth is coming, and now is the time to prepare.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Many of you have partnered with us in this ministry, and I believe God\u2019s blessing on us extends to you. You can claim prosperity and blessings because you have been planting a seed in good ground. Jamie and I are believing with you for a hundredfold return.<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Most importantly,<i>\u00a0\u201clet not your heart be troubled . . . believe in God\u201d<\/i>\u00a0(John 14:1).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07c5e5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07c5e5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00431ae\" data-id=\"00431ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92fb1b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92fb1b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1036665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blogs-dec-2022_share-fb_1200x630_v01-financial_lg-20221107-300x158.png\" alt=\"Piggy bank, financial stewardship\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blogs-dec-2022_share-fb_1200x630_v01-financial_lg-20221107-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blogs-dec-2022_share-fb_1200x630_v01-financial_lg-20221107-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blogs-dec-2022_share-fb_1200x630_v01-financial_lg-20221107-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.awmi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blogs-dec-2022_share-fb_1200x630_v01-financial_lg-20221107.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>Financial prosperity is not just about money; it is a manifestation of the anointing from God to produce wealth. Trusting God in the area of finances is the first step to prosperity, and it requires a mindset shift to view oneself as a steward of God\u2019s finances, not an owner. 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