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The Seed-Giver and the Sowers

Posted by cr0cus ... on Monday, April 16, 2012, In : Seed & Harvest 

"Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness." (2 Cor 9:10 NIV)

 

It begins, continues and ends with God. When we have a need, we can pray to ask God for a seed. That seed is not enough to meet our need, so we don’t eat it – we plant it. That seed will produce a harvest so much bigger than the original seed. God will give us seed to sow, and He trusts that we sow it. He will co...


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The Root of All Evil

Posted by cr0cus ... on Monday, April 16, 2012, In : Seed & Harvest 


"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
(1 Tim 6:9-10 NIV)

 

God wants us Christians to be rich, progressively and in due time. But just like any other extremes and excesses, we can have money to our destruction. The fine line is atti...

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Treasures from Strangers

Posted by cr0cus ... on Friday, April 13, 2012, In : Undershepherds 

“They came to the house where the child was and saw him with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their gifts and gave him treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh." (Mat 2:11 NCV)

When Jesus was about 2 years of age, a group of Magi came to where He was, opened their treasures, and gave lavishly to Him. This enormous gift financed His childhood, and maybe even up to His early adult life.


Pastors can also receive treasures from strangers. That even in t...


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