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What Is The Value Of Your Seed?

Part 2 Pastor Charles Omofomah

We began to talk about Einances and Maybe it is right in their minds but I T h a n k G o d f o r t h e r e v e l a t i o n learning the principles that will liberate don’t think it is because God is not knowledge we have today, because us from lack by studying the story in I schizophrenic.

there is absolutely nothing that you will

Chronicles 11:15-19. In the Eirst part of

ever give to the gospel that will be too

this article we answered the Eirst vital After Jesus rose from the dead and He much. That is why we live, we move and question that will help us know what appeared to His disciples, Peter and have our being. the value of our seed is.

some of the other disciples went Eishing. Peter knew his onions. He knew Does It Cost You Something?

We learnt that no matter how much you his trade. He had a Eirst class in Eishing

18 So the three broke through the

pray and fast for God to lift you to and truly went Eishing after Jesus left.

camp of the Philistines, drew water

another level, without the seed Unfortunately, there was nothing to

from the well of Bethlehem that was

principle at work in your life, the way show for his work all night.

by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless David would

you go up is how you will come down.

Our Eirst stop was checking to see if our When Jesus came on the scene and told giving satisEies the longing of the King, him to cast his net, he obeyed and as stated in Matthew 28:19. Then we caught plenty Eish. When Peter

not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord.

19 And he said, “Far be it from me, O my God, that I should do this! Shall I

looked at the two dimensions to giving, recognized that it was Jesus, he dove

drink the blood of these men who have

which were giving for kingdom into the water leaving everything

put their lives in jeopardy? For at the

expansion, and giving in response to a behind to get to Him.

risk of their lives they brought it.”

divine instruction.

Therefore he would not drink it. These

The longing in the heart of God for the I don’t understand why after God souls of men is more important than removes a man from whatever business anything in the world. Are you ready to

things were done by the three mighty men.

1 Chronicles 11:18-19

they were engaged in, and calls them satisfy the longing in the heart of God? I into the Eive-fold ministry gifts, and said there are two dimensions to the suddenly they are released into a lot of gospel, which is the desire of God. We money, they will turn around wanting should constantly give to the ministry to do business. This is the vogue in of the gospel, and wherever God tells Christianity today with some preachers. you to give speciEically.

David did not drink that water but poured it before God. In the case of those three men, it cost them their lives because they risked their lives for it.

The men didn’t boast about their might, but David complimented them. Imagine

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Eighting with an opponent at

when you have problems;

the war front with their

visit them when you have

artillery all set, and that was

testimonies too.

where the water that the king longed for was. He

#2: Think Before You Give!

didn’t ask them to get him

Think about what you want

water, all he did was express

to give. Just like Jesus cried

his wish. Before David could

when He passed through

blink, they broke through

Jerusalem, I see God “crying”

the enemy’s camp, risked their lives and got him water for his thirst. I believe in the prosperity gospel but how many of you are ready to go to Iran, Iraq or Russia? Does your seed cost you something?

People say that money is life. Is your money doing the will of God? When David wanted to build a house for God, he was told that what was needed could be gotten at different locations, so he sent for them. Remember he said God forbid that he should give to God that which costs him nothing, because he was offered that property for free. That was a man who understood giving!

What does it cost you? The worth or the value of your seed is seen in what is left after you’ve given your seed. I’m not against budgeting but I believe we should not give God what is left after budgeting. The widow ’s mite is considered a great giving, not because she gave millions but because after she gave, there was nothing left. #1: Maturity Is Required!

The maturity of every Christian is weighed by their ability to postpone gratiEication. Your maturity is not

measured in how much you can accumulate. I believe the prosperity gospel, and I believe that every believer should prosper, having abundance because God wants to do a quick job and it requires a lot of money to do that job.

However, it is when that money enters your hands or hits your bank account, and you have the ability to give out that m o n e y a f t e r p o s t p o n i n g s e l f gratiEication that will measure your maturity in these last days.

Some don’t give because they are class conscious, believing that there is a class of people they measure up to. Get rid of that carnality! The question is not about the amount of money that comes to you; it is what you do with it? Do you lose your sensibilities because you have money? Do you lose your self-control because you have money? People who can’t postpone gratiEication are not tomorrow thinkers.

The attitude a lot of people have towards money is the “move me if you can” syndrome. Anointing may be spewing out of a preacher’s ears, mouth

over His children, asking what is wrong with them. He wishes that we know and do what will trigger our lifting. All I want is to persuade you to give, or to sow sacriEicially, so that we can minister the gospel.

Does Your Offering Honour God? The Bible says that David said the people risked their lives to get the water, so he poured it out before the Lord. By doing that he honoured God! Does your offering honour God? Don’t think if it already meets the longings in the heart of God, then it must honour God. No! Somebody might come to church and he gives everything needed to build the church, but he had stolen billions from the government treasury. His pastor is not aware of who gave him the money or how it came about. So, he built the church and met the longing of the heart of the pastors and members. Yet that giving did not honour God! Does your offering honour God? Does it cost you something, and does it meet the longing in the heart of God? First things Eirst: What is the value of your seed?

and nose; there may even be smoke or Eire as well, but they’d tell you they are Eire-proof. Don’t go to your pastors only

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