Seed: The Kernel that Brings a Harvest | Generous Life Week 3 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

Genesis 26:12-13 NLT: When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him. 13 He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 NLT: Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1 Kings 17:7-16 NLT: But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land. Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?” As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days. There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. The Law of : You have to sow if you’re going to reap.(MULTILINE)

2. The Law of : How you sow matters!(MULTILINE)

3. The Law of : You care for what you sow.(MULTILINE)

4. The Law of : You wait for what you sow.(MULTILINE)

5. The Law of : You reap what you sow.(MULTILINE)

Tithe: the first tenth of all that we earn, returned to God as an act of worship and trust.(MULTILINE)

Offering: anything we give beyond the tithe.(MULTILINE)

Genesis 28:20-22 NIV: Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey…then the Lord will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Matthew 23:23 NLT: You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

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