Generosity: Sowing Seeds of Hope and Transformation
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "There's nothing like the church. There's nothing like the church. We are the hope of the world, right? And the church is not me. It's not this building. The church is you. It's us together. We are the local church. We are the church. And we are meeting different fellowships in the city. And it's just so amazing. And we are the hope of the world. There is no other hope. The only hope that the world has is to die. That's the only hope they have. It's going to finish and you die. But we have a different hope, right? Whenever we die, we still live in eternity." [01:09:17]
2. "Do you want more influence? Do you want to reach more people? Do you want your life to count, have meaning? Then start to become a sower. A sower. Like Jesus. Don't be stingy in your life. Don't live a selfish life, but live a life for other people. And then your world and their world get bigger and bigger. Like Catherine said before, I want to be blessed. To be a blessing." [01:16:18]
3. "Love is always generous. For God so loved the world that he gave Jesus. Love is always generous. And that's what we're doing here today in this year. I want to say something quickly though. That please also make sure you sow into your prayer life. I've seen the last year that my prayer life has completely changed. My whole life has changed as I sowed into my prayer life. You will not have a harvest in your life in any great measure if you don't sow into your time with the Lord in the secret place." [01:30:24]
4. "God loves a cheerful giver. God loves it when we act on his principles. He loves it because he made it for our blessing in this way. So are we going to use it? One of our kingdom values is love. Love is generous. Everybody say love is generous. Love is generous. That's why I love this so much." [01:29:52]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The power is in the multiplication, of multiplication, is in this seed. That's what I want you to get. It is in your back pocket. That's where the power of the multiplication lies. And everybody knows, particularly business people know, if you don't invest into anything, you won't get anything. There's people in this room, and they became quite wealthy, and how they did it, is to be faithful, stewarding the things that God gave them, and they buy something else, and they invest something else, and they invest something else, and it keeps on rolling there, and now they've got a beautiful portfolio." [01:26:21]
2. "Now I want to say something to you, because some of us don't even know, and I'm just learning now too, because it's not my paradigm, is that the harvest of our lives is actually in our own hands. We determine. Now God blesses you, sure. And there's multiplication and miracles, I get that. But the thing is though, this principle of sowing and reaping is something that the whole world can use. And they all do it. Not as Christians. It's a principle of God in nature, in the world. It's not a miracle. It's kind of like a miracle. I think it's a miracle when it goes in there and goes to the tree. It's kind of like a miracle. But it's not really a miracle." [01:27:58]
3. "There will be a multiplication through your life. Now, our mission statement, which was stated beforehand, is transforming the world with the good news of Jesus, right? Transforming people's lives. Every day, lives are being transformed. You saw the testimonies here before. And we've got some more testimonies in the second service. It's just amazing. And Jesus says the kingdom of God is like a seed. It's like a seed. And when it's sown, it yields much fruit." [01:12:23]
4. "We are called to serve other people and to sow ourselves into other people. Now, Catherine and I, we sow ourselves into this church. We sow ourselves into you guys, and we love it. We love it. We love to sow ourselves around the world. We have different things that we do in Holland and all over Indonesia, wherever. Wherever God sends us to, you know, we're going to sow, you know, the seed of the gospel. And so, we're very happy and very honored to be pastors of this church and to serve you." [01:14:43]
5. "God provides seed for the sower. And then he multiplies what we sow. And then as we, he multiplies it as we sow it, the Bible says. So God is the one who supplies the seed, our resources, income, whatever. And he supplies to us the principle. So the seed and the principle are his, given to us. Now we are stewards of this seed, and use the principle. And we stay with it. We sow it into the ground. Every farmer knows, if you buy a piece of land, you've got lots of these things, but you don't put it in the ground, nothing is going to happen, right?" [01:25:17]
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1. "There's nothing like the church. There's nothing like the church. We are the hope of the world, right? And the church is not me. It's not this building. The church is you. It's us together. We are the local church. We are the church. And we are meeting different fellowships in the city. And it's just so amazing. And we are the hope of the world. There is no other hope. The only hope that the world has is to die. That's the only hope they have. It's going to finish and you die. But we have a different hope, right? Whenever we die, we still live in eternity." [01:09:17]
2. "Do you want more influence? Do you want to reach more people? Do you want your life to count, have meaning? Then start to become a sower. A sower. Like Jesus. Don't be stingy in your life. Don't live a selfish life, but live a life for other people. And then your world and their world get bigger and bigger. Like Catherine said before, I want to be blessed. To be a blessing." [01:16:18]
3. "Love is always generous. For God so loved the world that he gave Jesus. Love is always generous. And that's what we're doing here today in this year. I want to say something quickly though. That please also make sure you sow into your prayer life. I've seen the last year that my prayer life has completely changed. My whole life has changed as I sowed into my prayer life. You will not have a harvest in your life in any great measure if you don't sow into your time with the Lord in the secret place." [01:30:24]
4. "God loves a cheerful giver. God loves it when we act on his principles. He loves it because he made it for our blessing in this way. So are we going to use it? One of our kingdom values is love. Love is generous. Everybody say love is generous. Love is generous. That's why I love this so much." [01:29:52]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The power is in the multiplication, of multiplication, is in this seed. That's what I want you to get. It is in your back pocket. That's where the power of the multiplication lies. And everybody knows, particularly business people know, if you don't invest into anything, you won't get anything. There's people in this room, and they became quite wealthy, and how they did it, is to be faithful, stewarding the things that God gave them, and they buy something else, and they invest something else, and they invest something else, and it keeps on rolling there, and now they've got a beautiful portfolio." [01:26:21]
2. "Now I want to say something to you, because some of us don't even know, and I'm just learning now too, because it's not my paradigm, is that the harvest of our lives is actually in our own hands. We determine. Now God blesses you, sure. And there's multiplication and miracles, I get that. But the thing is though, this principle of sowing and reaping is something that the whole world can use. And they all do it. Not as Christians. It's a principle of God in nature, in the world. It's not a miracle. It's kind of like a miracle. I think it's a miracle when it goes in there and goes to the tree. It's kind of like a miracle. But it's not really a miracle." [01:27:58]
3. "There will be a multiplication through your life. Now, our mission statement, which was stated beforehand, is transforming the world with the good news of Jesus, right? Transforming people's lives. Every day, lives are being transformed. You saw the testimonies here before. And we've got some more testimonies in the second service. It's just amazing. And Jesus says the kingdom of God is like a seed. It's like a seed. And when it's sown, it yields much fruit." [01:12:23]
4. "We are called to serve other people and to sow ourselves into other people. Now, Catherine and I, we sow ourselves into this church. We sow ourselves into you guys, and we love it. We love it. We love to sow ourselves around the world. We have different things that we do in Holland and all over Indonesia, wherever. Wherever God sends us to, you know, we're going to sow, you know, the seed of the gospel. And so, we're very happy and very honored to be pastors of this church and to serve you." [01:14:43]
5. "God provides seed for the sower. And then he multiplies what we sow. And then as we, he multiplies it as we sow it, the Bible says. So God is the one who supplies the seed, our resources, income, whatever. And he supplies to us the principle. So the seed and the principle are his, given to us. Now we are stewards of this seed, and use the principle. And we stay with it. We sow it into the ground. Every farmer knows, if you buy a piece of land, you've got lots of these things, but you don't put it in the ground, nothing is going to happen, right?" [01:25:17]
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