Unstoppable Seed | Generous Week 3 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

Mark 4:26-32 NLT: Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens. And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”

Jesus said, “How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it? It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”

Mark 4:26 NCV: …the kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed in the ground…

Mark 4:32 NKJV: …but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater…

GREATER

Is surpassing anything imagined or expected. Something surprising, more than expected.

Sowing the seed of our finance is a Biblical principle that positions us for greater things.

1. The seed can represent your .

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 NIV: Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2. The seed will be to you.

2 Corinthians 9:10 GNT: God, who supplies seed to sow and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity.

3. The seed must be .

2 Corinthians 9:6 MSG: Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop.

4. The seed sowed is what you will .

Genesis 1:11: Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind…”

5. The seed is a to organize reality.

Mark 4:28 NLT: The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.

6. The seed will always produce than is sowed.

2 Corinthians 9:10: …a rich harvest from your generosity…

Amos 9:13 NLT: “The time will come,” says the Lord, “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!

7. The seed sown contains the possibility for the .

Ephesians 3:20 MSG: God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!