Let IT Work

If you had one culture's Bible calls it with Dr. Tony Evans is too often reaping turns into keeping you this is the alternative only have other speaker, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas Texas and president of the urban alternative today.ribbons talked about the importance of being a conduit of blessing as he explains how God meets needs, when we plant seeds. Let's join him. Luke 638 twice it said it will be given to you into your lap.

A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, for by your stand and measure it will be measured to you in return. Again, you will be given to you into your lap. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running by your standard of measure will be measured to you in return. Let's make sure we understand every fundamental principle. You can only give something if you have don't have it you can get. It happens to be. Which brings me to a foundational understanding that we said many times, which is key to everything. I'm getting ready to say you only have one source that one source is God, you have many resources or channels through which God can do whatever he wants to get you is your only source see what she'll make something depend on that thing back on that think on that thing and maybe even bow, but it also wants to kill you because you will never look into it as your ultimate solution in the first place.

The grocery store that you eat your food out of your food from your source merely through which you can get something they don't grow the food in the snow. Source it's just a vehicle to transfer from where it came from so we can get to you talk to one go to another store grocery store is not what the source. In the first place. It was merely a transfer of the your job is not your job is important but it's really a channel through which to work in order to receive income in order to live and pay your bill is not just see if your job is your source when you lose your job illusion about having God's only God can amaze nobody else can hold nobody else can be the ultimate control over you with your source. In the first place. Let's understand now, you only one source. That's why God calls us to fully depend on him as our source because they can switch resources on a dime. Do and say and will be given to you so let me tell you about the theology of what is what you need all legitimately from God. Given what is that you legitimately want on leave from God giving body wants something from God, but takes another step given. If you will different nobody farms brothers and sisters, so you give them something first who have not received the same when God created the theology of it. When God created way back in the book of Genesis. Here is what God said in Genesis chapter 1 verse 12 he says this brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after and trees bearing fruit with seed in there. And God saw that it was good works, what God created the sea what ever it was the seed of so apples have seen see watermelon seeds into them. The reproduction of what God did when he created all the different fruits and is he planning for their future that could be replicated. You cannot plan a and C. You can't plan up see watermelons so what it is that you plan.

That is what you received this.

So the way God wants to create life to work what you want to reproduce, use, that was in itself so you would see from what you want to replicate what was a principle of creation. Luke 638 broadens the same principle of life and yet refers to the thing you get and whatever it is given because God responds to the game.

What you need. Make sure you so whatever it is you need to be asked not to make the need without making sure you plan the same God when they are not willing to put in and wonder why the SMF, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown is 10 acres, Brown wants to have a good Sheila fruits and vegetables. So, Brown is so committed to God, Brown stanza last 10 acres and he prays every single day God gone.

I want you to bless my palm I need rain from heaven. I need sunshine I need not inclement weather so I can have a great harvest. God I need you to bless my promise to you… I am so serious about what I need you to bless my 10 acres I am so committed. I'm going to fast. I'm going to go to church.

I'm going to serve as much. I am really commit to pray for you every day you bless my 10 acres. We would say, Brown is very serious about God meeting. Would you say when you found out that father Brown prayed, Brown, Brown studied the Bible, but never plant. I would like to suggest to you, Brown wasted, because he wanted to God to meet me with the way God has structured it. Genesis 112 production the future what God is going to do is not to believe it's tied to the location of the God required that the sea be placed in the ground know why God's sake must be planted in the ground because God created the ground to receive the sea so that always know this loss would come from the ground that God created the dependency but it was not need could be all would be met with how to see. I want to teach you the same principle applies to houses and lands in says children he sent his family for a whole bunch of things that the same principle give an plant and then you God wants to meet your needs so you willing to do something with your sleep.

No, keeps everything he produces, because the pH everything he produces, he will never reproduce because his filter is built in to the that he produced the sayings of Noven to think about this principle when his legitimately use not illegitimately used material takes place of the spiritual, but where is legitimate coming out of a heart that's committed to the source.

God is the giver began to observe in Scripture.

For example, the widow of Sarah, the widow of first Kings 17 was running out of food. She was down to her last meal actually make one bread, cake leprechaun, her son and then she would be out of food and they would stop and I she cries out to God for help or she has a neat share of the need for food. God tells her mate Brad for what. I know you got me when I'll plant a seed. I want you to make a Brad cake. I want you to show she by giving she gave she gave thinks maybe she needed to food when she, the Bible says and God. In other words, when she gave it she gave Kush again where she made. She knew the game flowed God because the sea grew as a principal. Make sure what happened is you plant the seed, you must give God something to work with call frame is acting like God is telling the truth is not feeling it's a function what's your plan. So when you come to God with the lady writing what are you planning that you want me to grow that you want me to develop. Dr. Evans will have more on the importance of doing our part to start a flow of blessings when he continues her message just a moment. The first was your hearing today is the final installment of Tony's current message series return on investment. It digs deep into what can happen when we invest ourselves in God and ourselves and other believers, even in our enemies. There are six lessons in this collection, including bonus material. We haven't had time to bring you on the air and today is the last day, we are offering CDs and digital downloads of all the messages in this set, plus the in-depth study guide that goes with it is our thank you gift for your donation to make this listener supported ministry possible. So don't wait. Get details on the return on investment series and study guide today before time runs out by visiting Tony Evans.org that's Tony Evans.org or call her 24 hour resource Center at one 800 832, 22 team members are standing by to help you either wait don't wait for special offer ends today. Again that's Tony Evans.org or call 1-800-800-3222 will die back into our study right after this check shack all our sample ballots came knocking my now check shack while you're tearing right through that fee to list the political party) loading the straight party ticket. Following some family tradition doing what your friends do all common ways to vote, but not necessarily godly ways the Lord has an agenda for his kingdom and Dr. Tony Evans says we need to back it with our balance. That's the point of the newest course of the popular Tony Evans training center how Christian should vote legitimately on the God, the how Christian should vote course teaches vital principle of God's agenda on earth so you can cut through all the campaign hype and focus on the people and propositions that best reflect kingdom values.

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What Jesus asked for. He said that the little boy with some some practice in the Bible says Jesus gave thanks and grace and crackers when you got 20,000 people that would sound like a waste of time not seen cousin Bill C is the need. So when Jay is blasphemous to know now. The killer whale is laying on the beach is on the beach and people and says and they too will not live they got seconds with one of the sea, just from some practice sufficient, but when it was blessed by God multiplied and proud of the day, but one God to lead me when they're unwilling to plan, which means I don't identify on their motivation is wrong and has no connection to the glory of God the Gospel acknowledgment of the kingdom. So we don't see all that God can't do legitimately not prosper where it stopped. Say I'm talking about that which responds to God as the source so that he may need because he sees the PC that that was that in that little C would be our future growth and the Bible says talking to believers if you want to be forgiven. The April giver that the planning of the sea plant the seed for the plant to say what should they live in a relationship plan for the need. You have only met you looking to be returned to you and then he bring the point home by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you in return by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you in return.

If you want the need plant the seed if you want the need plant the seed needed legitimate plant the seed in the culture verse thereby love this verse is Philippians 419, my God, show me all of your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ, my God shall meet all your needs according to his glory in Christ Jesus promised, mutually great promise not in the house. Philippians 419, who have not read Philippians 417 19. However, if you read the two previous verses because you God shall supply your needs according to his glory.

And because you plant a seed in me nothing around me to mean that you have the Bible calls it so you know if you have been so planted anything looking for problems. People want, but that won't plant a seed of the word plant the seed and prep went to see the ministry but I want to see God move in their life. If you plan to see and by it will be measured back in Corinthians 99 cents if used sparingly.

You will reap sparingly, if you so bountifully you will reap bountifully so when you go to God with the only close by your standard of measure is how he uses it to measure it back to you remind me of the story of the little boy was in the grocery store and the grocer came with a jar of candy. He told the boy reach in and grab a handful of abortion know until you reach it. And as much as you can grab put your hand and grab anything to reach and grab no want to get you to reach and put your hand in my will put you in reaching their grab a handful of big by the standard you use. God told Israel in 2419. He told Israel and running 2419 total pharmacy says leave your field alone. Don't take machines from the edges of your field only calls for the pool for the for the alien and for the widow almost don't know if you feel but don't mess with you. Leave those alone and let the poor and the widow's plan and then in verse 19 he tells why he says because when you. The Lord will bless you when you see that side of you that is the definition of a blessing not what God does tell you it is also what God knows. He's free to do through you. God told Abraham to bless you and you all the nations of the blast.

Blessed to give than to receive more blessed to give than to receive, because when God knows he can throw mine flowing to. But the moment he knows is only about you, what you do is go flowing to you and nothing will go on interested in continuing the flow until we know we can pull through when you go something like how you will use it to be a blessing because now you have peaked his interest because he knows you going to be a blessing and not just one.

If you have plan C so that God can do something for your life, not by pays interest unless it's something because it was my interest in the bank got a plan C. If you want to see what interest blessing which is not much today, you know, we are on our campus with some vending machine some vending machine so you go to certain places pupils on campus and possibly paint chips. For example now. The chips are in this glass and they're available for purchase will just drop down just drop you just push the button and drop you got plant a financial seed you put some money in the because you need to press the button. Whatever the number is to get your chips chips fall down you plan to see because you need to issue the bag is half full biochips.

You don't need you chips so bill of goods all have a bag of chips we talk about that in all that chips and to pay a price. Let not press now shaken together all running. God says yes it does come with persecution is not all just one big blessing and there's no trouble that that's a false premise of prosperity as well. But there is a legitimate side and that is why God did you you never heard of people who never met situations you never thought about to bring him around, but he is not just listening for the need this message has disturbed because what you heard was so God can show me you wouldn't do this. I got Nancy I seen this just briefly preach about the whole truth of truth God check on this and not sowing and reaping in the New Testament is inversely struggling with this we can come to shame. In the verses. Psalm 126 verse six.

Convinced that those who sow in tears because I know from you crying right now. Those who sow in tears. I'm scared.

I'm scared.

I'm scared so into you cry God. I want to love this person want to forgive this person want to do this.

I want to do that but but because this is the principal I will so well and cry. He says those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

You may be sad on the front in which you will be glad on the back. You may be sad right now but if you take the principal and he says you will be going with the assault. Plan C. So God made the knee and so you can stop testimony and have our own about the need.net and the unique way because I planted the seed in good soil so I produce more than I ever Dr. Tony Evans with an encouraging word about reaping a return on investment in God's economy. If you like to have a full-length copy of today's lesson. Let it work, which includes material. We didn't have time to share in the year, you can visit us online@tonyevans.org to get all the details. Better yet, get this message and the other five to go with it and Tony's current series return on investment. Don't forget that today is the last day you can get the messages and the companion study guide is our thank you gift when you help us with a contribution to keep this program coming your way. Each day we have team member standing by around-the-clock to help assist with your request at 1-800-800-3222 so there's no need to wait again that's 1-800-800-3222 or get even faster service, including instant digital downloads of the messages by visiting us online@tonyevans.org and arid climates. Irrigation is absolutely essential for keeping outdoor plants healthy and thriving, but next time Dr. Evans will talk about the deadly effects of the spiritual drought and what it will take to restore the flow of living water from God's house.

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