Sowing Seeds for a Lasting Legacy

"The apostle Paul tied giving to sowing the, the illustration of sowing and reaping, but he does do this. He says, don't let anybody, and I'm going to paraphrase here. Don't let anybody pull on your emotions. I want you to decide in advance what you are going to give, purpose it in your heart, give as he purposes in his heart. And I'm afraid that too often we show up and there's no purpose behind it." [00:36:47] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"Because in Galatians chapter six, starting at verse seven, I'm reading out and y 'all see, I pulled out the big Bible today. I pulled out my study Bible. I didn't even pull out the little preaching. Bible right I pulled out the study Bible right he says this he says do not be deceived God is not mocked for whatever a man sows that he will also reap for he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption but he who sows to the spirit will of the spirit reap everlasting life and let us not grow weary while doing good for in due season somebody say due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart" [00:38:27] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"Because between the time you sow a seed and the time you reap a harvest, there is a lapse of time. And that time is a test. To see if you're going to be consistent and to live out according to the seed you've sown, or if you're going to become discouraged and frustrated because you don't see it in your time. Why? Because your time is your way of doing things. Right?" [00:42:55] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"Every offering you give above your tithe is a seed. And every seed, when sown, produces a harvest. Regardless. It's the word of God. Okay? Y 'all with me? Alright? So, that's about as far as I'm going in that because we've talked about that before. I really want to hit the third, the third type of seed. So, our words are seeds. Our offering is seeds. And our decisions are seeds." [00:56:25] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"the genuine faith that is in you everybody shout in you he said there is in you Timothy a genuine faith and that faith dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and I'm persuaded is in you everybody shout in you also therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands Paul is saying this to Timothy he goes hey Timothy the faith that dwells in you okay started as a seed and that seed was sown first by your grandmother Lois and then your mother Eunice" [00:57:44] (73 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"because every word that you speak every offering that you give every decision that you make is a seed that you sow that will affect the next generation the fact is we're sitting in this building today today because a previous generation made the decisions to financially sow into harvest church so that we could reach next generation and if we are that next generation we need to own then it now becomes our responsibility to make the decisions and sow the seeds that will launch us into the next generation." [01:00:50] (69 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"Come on, because your life is the, the harvest of the seeds you have sown. And so if you're not liking the harvest you've got, you've got to change the seed you sow. And if you keep sowing the same seeds, you're going to continually get the same harvest. Come on. You keep sowing seeds of anger and frustration and cussing your spouse out, you're going to keep getting what you've got." [01:04:58] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"we've got to change what we do we've got to do something different if you don't like the harvest you're in you've got to start making different decisions you've got to go listen I don't like where I'm at financially I've got to start shifting some things I've got to switch my budget up and create some margin I don't like this I don't like how busy our week is my family just had my wife and I just had this discussion I said we've gotten to a place where we're too busy we're gone almost every night of the week we need to create some margin going into next year" [01:08:39] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


"every time I've asked God to break through in the area of our finances personally He has always demanded it to be so He has always demanded it to be so He has always demanded it to be so because whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap that's why I've told you over the last few weeks man if you man you walk into a grocery store and you see a cashier that's had a bad day walk up and smile and give a kind word watch what it does" [01:11:12] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)