11 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========     Faith moments are miracle moments

REASON #11 - SOME GIVE ONLY WHEN THEY 'FEEL' LIKE IT, INSTEAD OF WHEN A MAN-OF-GOD INSPIRES THEM.

    Observe Elijah.  He looked into the anguished face of a tormented widow of Zarephath.  Can u possibly imagine the depths of sorrow her soul had plunged?  She had watched her emaciated son wither and shrivel up b4 her very eyes.  She had taken a long, slow march 2 a tragedy.  Her problem was not a mere broken down automobile.  Her problem was not paying her house note on time.  Her financial dream was not 'new clothes."
     She was one meal away from death.
     Is this the kind of crisis that inspires giving?  Hardly.  It is the kind of moment that inspires hoarding.  You are angry.  You are sad.  You are hurting.  U do not want 2 hear any preacher discuss 'sowing SEED."  In fact, any talk about offerings would infuriate and anger anyone in this kind of crisis.  it would be 'normal' 4 her 2 say 2 Elijah, "If u had the Heart of God, u would be giving 2 the poor instead of asking 4 money from me.  If u really knew God, u would have brought me a meal, instead of an offering envelope."
     She had every reason 2 question his validity as a man of God.  Where was his sensitivity?  Where was his compassion, the proof that he cared?
     The proof that he cared was his refusal 2 bog down and wallow w/her in sympathy and self-pity.  He fueled her faith, not her self-pity.  She had every reason 2 question him, but , she did not.  She had something that few have-- the ability 2 recognize a man of God when he came along.  She had the ability 2 listen 2 a challenge instead of criticize it.
     When God loves u enough 2 assign a man of God 2 unlock your faith, u must recognize it as the moment of your miracle.
     I had a puzzling and troubling experience several years ago.  It was at one of my World Wisdom Conferences.  I will never 4get it as long as I live.  Someone handed me a note and said, "A minister here feels led 2 receive an offering 4 your ministry."
     "No, I have already received one.   This is not the time,"  I replied.  One of my closest friends, Nancy Harmon, came and stood beside me and whispered.
     "Mike, this man really wants 2 receive an offering.  He feels that God has spoken 2 him specifically at this point 2 receive an offering."
     "No, Nancy.  I'm the host here, and I really do not feel God in this at all."
     Within a few moments, our evangelist friend came 2 me.  Tears were in his eyes and on his face.  He was shaking his head.  "Brother, I am supposed 2 receive an offering 4 your ministry."
     It bothered me.  It almost agitated and angered me.  Nobody wants 2b led by the Holy Spirit more than Mike Murdock.  I am more sensitive than anybody could imagine.  (Anyone who has written over 5,000 songs is sensitive!)  I simply did not 'feel' the "wind of God" blowing in that service 4 finances.  I had a different plan 4 a special offering later that night and I had already received an offering earlier.  But, I could not doubt he was a man of God.
     His life  proved it.  Proven men of God embraced him as a credible evangelist.  Thousands had come 2 Christ thru him.  He was dynamic.  Articulate.  He obviously carried the Mantle of financial blessing on his life.
     So, I handed him the microphone.  I felt as cold as Alaska, but stood quietly nearby.  He cried.  Everybody else cried.  The offering was received.  Many people rushed 2 the front.  They were carrying checks for $1000 and many others came 4 faith promises.  I never did feel God in it.  Even 2 this day, as I remember those moments,  I never 'felt' God in the entire offering.  However, everyone else received incredible blessing and happiness.  Testimonies have come from that service.  Over $100,000 was promised or given 2 our ministry 2 buy television time.  Yet, I stood in the presence of the man of God and did not feel anything.  But, God required me 2 trust His man, whether I felt it or not.  Had I refused 2 trust the challenge of a man of God, my partners would have lost all their harvests.  My ministry would have lost $100,000 2 purchase television airtime.  Bills would have been unpaid.  Oh, I wonder how much has been lost thru our unwillingness 2 accept the man God sends 2 us.
     If u could C how much financial blessing has been lost bcoz of the moments u decided 2 go by 'your feelings," it would sicken your heart.  If God was 2 replay the Voice of every man of God He had sent 2 u, and remind u of your response of UNBELIEF, u would be unable 2 sleep tonight.
     Your heart would be broken.
     I was in Tulsa during the month of June, 1994.  After a board meeting, I went into a major service.  A wonderful minister friend of mine took the microphone and proceeded 2 receive an offering.  Now, I had already given this ministry several thousand dollars.  So, I sat calmly as others prepared their offerings.  My checkbook was at home (I do not usually like 2 give cash).  I had no intention of giving whatsoever.
     Suddenly, the minister Instructed, "I want everyone 2 plant a SEED of $200, every minister here."  If I remember correctly, he told us 2 focus our SEED 4 a double portion of the Presence of God, and a real visitation of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  Of course, nothing was even implied taht u could buy a miracle from God.  Any fool knows u cannot purchase a miracle from God w/money.  Certainly u cannot buy the Holy Spirit.
     Suddenly my minister friend announced, "While the Holy Spirit is hovering over this place, while the soil is moist, plant your SEED.  Do it now."
     I had no interest in sowing another SEED.  None.  I give and give and give.  Sometimes, I am simply tired of giving.  Especially 2 a ministry that had received much from me already.
     Now, I have healthy fear of God in my life.  It operates strongly.  The thought of 'missing the will of God" is terrifying 2 me.
     Something touched my spirit.  I knew it was important 4 me 2 plant this SEED of $200.  So, I reached reluctantly, but obediently, and pulled out two $100 bills.  I sowed the SEED.  And, walked out of the conference and never thought about my SEED again.  But, the Holy Spirit remembered.
     Oh, I am so thankful 4 the precious Holy Spirit in my life!  He has salvaged me from so many crises!  He has opened so many golden doors of opportunity!  He has created the Golden Connection w/so many precious friends!  He is your precious Source of Blessing too!
     My harvest came in less than 30 days.  I went 2 bed at 5:00am on a Wednesday morning, July 13, 1994.  Two hours later, I was awakened by the Holy Spirit.  That day was the greatest day in my lifetime of memories.  I had indescribable, an unforgettable encounter w/the Holy Spirit on July 13.  I would trade every other discovery of my lifetime 4 what I had discovered about the Holy Spirit on that day.  Less than 30 days after my SEED of $200... in obedience 2 a man of God.  Since then, I have written 100s of songs 2 the Holy Spirit, held scores of Schools of the Holy Spirit and watched 1000s enter into the greatest SEASON of their spiritual life.  The answer was simple.  I had obeyed the INSTRUCTION of a man of God.  
     At some point in your life, God will place His servant b4 u.  His servant will look u in the eye and challenge u 2 plant a SEED of obedience.  It will be an illogical SEED.  it will be a challenging SEED.
     It will require every ounce of your faith.  If u choose 2 reject his challenge, u will miss the most glorious Season-of-Harvest u could have ever tasted.
     If u choose 2 obey the man of God, the Golden Door of Blessing will swing wide and u will step out of famine into the  Season-of-Prosperity u have desired your entire life.
     Let us pray:
     "Oh, Father, 4give us 4 staying in the arena of self-righteousness, logic and human ability.  When u bring your servant into our life, it is 2 bless and empower us.  You are a Good God, a Wonderful God.  A Giving God.  One of the Greatest things You do is inspire us 2 let go of something in our hand so You will let go of what is in Your hand 4 us.  In Jesus Name.  Amen."
 

10 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========    #10 - MANY PEOPLE DO NOT RECOGNIZE A HARVEST WHEN IT DOES ARRIVE.

     Harvests occur daily in your life.
     What is a harvest?  A harvest is any good thing God sends into your life.  It is any person who blesses, encourages, corrects, strengthens or improves u.  It is any idea planted by your Creator that has potential 4 helping others.
    It is  any opportunity 2 increase your finances, maximize your standard of excellence or unlock a gift or skill within u.   It is any opportunity u have 2 solve a problem.  Almost no one recognizes a harvest when it occurs.
     My mother is a harvest 2 me.  I cannot believe she raised 7 of us children and still kept her Joy.  She insisted on 2 family altars every day, 2 times a day.  Every morning and every night.  She forced us 2 memorize a Scripture every day of our life.  She insisted I attend youth camps and sit and hear the Word of God daily.  She refused 2 permit me 2 attend any 'ungodly events."
     She is one who continuously speaks into my ears always saying, "Son, always remember 2 whom much is given, much is going 2b required."  She is a major and wonderful harvest in my life.  Did I recognize that as a teenage boy?  Not at all.  I hated doing dishes.  I thought that mothers had children so they could have "free servants" doing all the work at the house.  I really believed that! (If u will listen 2 teenagers around the kitchen table after a meal, u will rarely find one who has recognized their parents as harvests from God!)
     My father is a powerful golden harvest in my life.  He has prayed 6 to 10 hours every day that I can recall.  He is 80 years old today, still full of Jesus.  He is obsessed w/Scripture.  I have never heard him tell a lie, curse, or say one sentence that could not be placed on the front page of a newspaper anywhere.  He walks w/God.  My greatest and most familiar memory is him on his knees w/his hands uplifted and praying in a heavenly language.
     He  was a strong disciplinarian.  His whippings last in my memory in an unforgettable way.  I never heard him raise his voice once in my lifetime.  He never screamed.  Mother never yelled at any of us.  I am still saying, "Yes sir."  And, "No sir."  U C, he is a gift from God bcoz he warned, disciplined, and kept me in the Presence of God.
     Your harvest(s) are coming toward u every moment.
     I had spoken 4 a major trucking company several times.  Every CHRISTmas, it has been my privilege 2 speak there.  My last visit 2 Ohio, a trucker came up, "Mike, u told us about planting that SEED of $58 the last time u were here.  But, nothing happened.  It did not work 4 me."  "U did not get any harvest at all?"  I asked.  "Nope.  Nothing."
     He kept some small talk going while my mind raced 4 an appropriate question.  U C, I think any man who could look God in the face and say that he has never received anything from the Hand of God has a serious problem.  (Wisdom may not always make u bold, but I am certain ignorance always makes u bold.)  We talked awhile.  In a few minutes, he stated, "U know, something crazy happened a few weeks ago.  I was driving down this freeway over here, and my semi and my trailer jack-knifed.  Practically came off the freeway.  Could have killed me.  Luckily, I got out w/o a scratch.  Crazy, is it not?"
     This is the  same man who told me 5 minutes b4, "It did not work 4 me.  I have never received a harvest from my SEED."
      I will tell u again.  Almost nobody recognizes a harvest WHEN it occurs.  He could have been paralyzed from his neck down.  A leg could have been chopped off.  He could have died leaving his family w/o a provider.  His 'safety' was a Miracle Harvest, but he never recognized it.
     Every night u are permitted the privilege of driving into your garage, look up at that beautifullll moon and stop and say, "Thank You 4 another beautiful harvest today, Father God."
     U c, He kept His Angels around u every moment of the day.  U did not wake up in a hospital w/tubes running from your body.  Sir, listen 2 me,  That IS a Harvest!  Thousands never made it back Home today, but u did.
     When u wake up in the morning breathing, alive and well, look out your window.  If u can C a sun rising in the morning, beautiful and glowing, u have just received another harvest.   Thousands have never seen a sunrise in their lifetime, but u do!
     When u sit down tonight at supper, look carefully at the bowls full of food.  U can eat until u are stuffed and overflowing.  That IS a Harvest!  I can take u 2 parts of the world such as Calcutta, India, where children die every single night bcoz they could not find enough crumbs in the trash 2 survive another day.  When u swallow your food and digest it, u have just received another harvest.  Thousands are in hospitals this very moment who cannot feed themselves. 
     When u drove in the traffic this morning, en route 2 a full day's work, u just received another harvest.  Millions would give anything today if they knew their 'reason' 2 wake up.  But, they are unemployed.  They are looking 4 a place of significance.
     U have just received another harvest.
     Can u hear the incredible music coming across the wind, or from your stereo?  Thousands of people cannot hear a sound.  But u have just received another harvest.  As u lay your head on your soft pillow tonight, stare at the ceiling a few moments.  It may rain, but u will not be disturbed.  The winds may blow hard, but u will not sense it.  Lightning may flash, but u are safe.  U have a shelter over your head.  U are cozy.  God has again given u another harvest 2b 'thankful 4."
     When your child comes running up 2 u saying , "Daddy, Daddy," u throw your arms out and welcome that child.  U C, 1000s of parents have lost their children.  disease, accidents, irreversible situations have created a great vacuum within them.  Their house is silent, screaming w/the loneliness.  That mother would give anything in the world 2 hear her child cry in the middle of the night.  The father would trade every penny in his savings account 2C his little boy run across t he yard just one more time.  Your children are around u today. 
     You have just received another harvest from the Papa-God who loves u!
      As I awakened this morning, I swung my legs 2 the side of the bed.  I sat there, then moved into the bathroom where I punched "play" on my cassette player.  I began 2 hear the deep, powerful rich voice speaking the Scriptures aloud on the cassette.  My heart begins 2 throb.  Something in me begins 2 feel the energy of the supernatural God I serve.  U C, I have just received another harvest.
     I have found the incredible healing oil, the Word of God, that heals the wounds of my life.  Yet, millions are unsaved, unchanged, and untaught.  I have learned.  I have discovered.  I have Jesus.  he has changed my life.  I have just received another harvest.
     As u sit in your beautiful car today, air conditioned and safe, replay in your mind the 1000s of refuges who are crawling across the desert tonight looking 4 a tent where they can take their family and drink a cup of water.  A slice of bread is celebrated by them.  They have lost their home due 2 the war and conflicts in their country.  U will C it on the news every night of your life.  Yet, u will pull up at a restaurant in a few hours, purchase a hamburger, and complain bcoz something has been left off the sandwich.  Perhaps the pickles or u received mustard instead of mayonnaise.  But, u will find something 2 complain about.  By the way, do not 4get your harvest.  Oh, my friend, Count your blessings, others have so much less!  Unthankfulness was the First Sin, and God has not forgotten.
     your life has been a parade of harvest.
     See, u must learn 2 recognize your harvest.  Your harvest is any person or anything that can bless or benefit u.  It maybe someone who can contribute something u need--information, favor, finances, an explosive idea or encouragement when u need it most.  A harvest is when somebody recommends u 2 another person.  This creates the flow of favor and acceptance toward your life.  Access 2 someone who believes u is a harvest.  Your harvest already exists.
     It is walking around u!  Just as your eyes had 2b opened 2 recognize Jesus, your eyes also must 2b opened 2 recognize your harvests as they come.  The entire World missed the Harvest of Jesus.  "He was in the World, and the World was MADE BY HIM, and the World knew Him not!  He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1:10-11).  How tragic!  Spiritual leaders, such as teh Pharisees, failed 2 recognize Him!  Politicians of His day failed 2 C Him as their harvest.
     That is why I am baffled, bewildered and angered at the vicious, malicious, unexplainable attach on the message of sowing SEED 4 a harvest.  Recently, I wept b4 a large group of ministers and cried out, "Will somebody explain 2 me why Offering Time is so painful 4 u?  Please tell me why u can spend 2 hours on Friday night sponsoring a basketball game 4 your teenagers, but u think 15 minutes in a service discussing the SEED and the harvest is too long?  Please explain that!  Somebody tell me why it is permissible 2 sit for 90 minutes at a 24 hour restaurant 4 pancakes after church, but a 90 minute message on prosperity from the hand of the Multiplier and Provider aggravates, agitates and infuriates us?  Please explain 2 me.  Tell me why an offering turns u off!"
     "Somebody please tell me why it was all right 4 Jesus 2 die like a dog on Calvary;  8 inches of thorns crushed into His brow; a spear in His side and spikes in His hands and His feet; 400 soldiers spitting on His body; 39 stripes tearing His back 2 shreds 4 'OUR Healing'; His beard ripped off His sweet face.  Yet talking about bringing a dime out of each dollar back  the House of God infuriates those who claim 2b obsessed w/Him and His will.  Will somebody please explain that?"
     What do u have that God did not give u?
     It is He that keeps breathing His Breath into u.  U could not breath another minute if God did not breath into u.
      U could not walk another step if God were not there.  U could not live another day if His Presence were withheld from u.  Everything u possess came from Him.  Everything u will 'ever' own in your Future must come from Him.
     I looked at 100s of pastors in Washington, DC, and cried out, "Please explain why u are embarrassed 2 celebrate sowing a SEED into the work of Jesus Christ!  Why?  Why?  WHY?  Why is that so humiliating 2 u?  Why are u so bold and audacious and brash enough 2 ask God 4 a continuous stream of miracles 4 everybody in your church, yet u do not have enough boldness 2 look in the face of your people and Instruct them 2 bring an offering 2 the front and place it openly and Joyfully in His hand?  Why?  Is it a reward 4 a boxer 2 receive $14 millions dollars for 90 SECONDS of boxing?  Another athlete receives $40 MILLION for bouncing a basketball.  yet, why is bringing 10 CENTS 2 God so burdensome 2 us?
     Why is it painful 4 us 2 ask some one for $20 2 spread the Name of Jesus, the Greatest Name on Earth that brings men,  women and children out of hell into Heaven?
      O, Listen 2 me.  Hear my Heart today!  When your pastor receives an offering, he has just opened the door 4 YOU 2 change the SEASONS of your life.  U can whine about it.  Complain about it.  Sneer and ridicule.  U may even say idiotic things like, "I am so glad our pastor never talks about Money."  Frankly, I would never attend a church twice that did not discuss money often.  U C, I think about supply every day of my life.  The last thing I need is someone who ignores the greatest  needs in my life!
     Some board members recently discussed the salary of their pastor w/me.  They were concerned.  They felt his income might be a little larger than necessary.
     "Is your family ready 4 Heaven should they die?"  I asked.  "Whose teaching has sustained them and kept them close 2 God?"
     As we talked, their eyes widened.  They understood.  They were actually considering lowering his salary, yet he was the man who was the Prayer Covering over their lives, driving back the darkness of error, smashing the locks on their mental prisons, and bringing them into the Presence of God whose Peace and Joy was multiplied in their lives.  Their pastor had changed them 4ever.  But they did not recognize him as their harvest.
     It is possible that your miracle harvest is going past u every day.
     U are failing 2 C it.  Failing 2 appropriate it.  Failing 2b thankful 4 it.
     U must stop how busy u are, long enough 2 C what is happening around u.
     U are moving toward something wonderful.  Something marvelous is also moving toward u. Can u slow down long enough 2 discern it?  Nobody else an do it 4 u.  Nobody.  Nobody else should do it 4 u.  U are responsible 4 your life, your SEED, and your harvest(s).
     "Oh, I wish I could try one more time," a woman cried.  "I made a huge mistake w/my husband.  it was my fault.  he was the greatest man I ever knew, but I managed 2 find flaws and things I did not like about him.  I want 2 go back Home, but I cannot."
     It was 2 late.  Her harvest had gone thru her fingers.  It was over.
     Often I hear, "Dr. Mike, I give and give and give, but God never gives it back 2 me.  I never receive the harvest.  What should I do?"
      That question haunts me.  How could any person who had any discerning at all of the blessings of God stand boldly and unashamedly and say, "God never blesses me?"  It is explainable... That individual has no idea what a harvest even looks like.
     Do u?
     Oh, friend, recognize any ingratitude on your part and repent immediately.
     Let us pray 4 one moment:
     "Father God, 4give us 4 ingratitude, unthankfulness and any blindness toward the harvest You have provided.  It is true that our complaining spirit has robbed us and aborted many miracles You had scheduled 4 us.  In the Name of Jesus, I release myself 2 You.  I give all of me 2 You, knowing that You will reveal wonderful and powerful thing(s) 2 me.
     Thank You Lord 4 my health, my eyesight, and ability 2 walk today.  Thank You 4 the Mind that You have given me, and the doors of favor that have opened into my life.  You are a marvelous, powerful and Giving God!  I am thankful.  I am grateful.  And I shall not forget Your Hand of blessing in my life.
     Show me what 2 do.  I will obey You.  I will Listen 2 Your Voice, and I will be swift 2 give You the Glory and Praise 4 every good thing You do 4 me.  You will receive 10 percent of everything You bless me with, and even more as You provide.  I thank You 4 every blessing in the Name of Jesus.  Amen."

09 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========   REASON #09 - MANY DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE SEED OR THE SOIL WHEN THEY SEE IT.

     A SEED is a tiny beginning w/a huge Future.
     It is anything that can become more.   It is the Beginning.  It is anything u can do, know or possess that can improve the life of another.  

     What can u 'do' that can improve someone's life?  What do u 'know' that can improve someone's life?  What do u possess that can improve someone's life?

     Your Thoughts are SEEDS 4 desired behavior, conduct and creativity.
     Your Love is a SEED 4 relationships.
     Your TIME is a SEED.
     Your Patience is a SEED.
     Your Money is a SEED.
     Your Kindness is a SEED 2 others.
     Your Prayers are SEEDS.
     Stopping slander is a SEED.
     Thankfulness is a SEED.
     Your SEED is anything u have received from God that can be traded 4 something else.
     U are a walking warehouse of SEEDS.  Most people do not even know this.  They have no idea how many SEEDS they contain that can be planted into the lives of others.

     > Anything that improves another is a SEED.
     > Anything that makes another smile is a SEED.
     > Anything that makes someone's life easier is a SEED.

     Millions are so busy studying what they do not have they usually overlook something they have already received.
     Certainly u must inventory your own 'needs.'  But it is more important 2 inventory your SEEDS.  Stop focusing on what u do not have, and look closer at something u already have been given.
     Moses did.  He complained that he could not talk.  God Instructed him 2 shut up an acknowledge the rod in his hand.  That was his SEED.  His 'tool' 2 create his Future.
     David complained that he could not use the armor of Saul.  God Instructed him 2 look back at the slingshot he possessed.  God always gives u something that can begin your Future.
     Something u have been 'given' will create anything else u have been 'promised.'  Little things birth big things.  Acorns become oak trees.
     One of my associate evangelists has some remarkable qualities that will make him succeed w/his life.  He is willing 2b corrected.  He never pouts, never sulks, never withdraws.  When he makes a mistake, he is swift 2 admit it.  he does not have a lazy bone 2 him.  His golden attitude is a golden SEED.
     So, when God provided some extra finances 4 my ministry, the first thing I wanted 2 do is purchase him a suit.  Why?  His SEEDS of kindness, faithfulness and love were working.  His harvest was inevitable.
     Most people have no idea what a SEED really is.
 
       Showing up at work on time... is a SEED.  Showing up ahead of time is another SEED.  U C, anything that u can do 2 make life easier 4 your boss or anyone else... is a SEED.
     Millions have never used 10 percent of the SEED stored within them.  U C, mowing the grass 4 your church is a SEED.  Baby-sitting 4 a struggling single parent is a SEED.
     U are a Living collection of SEEDS, a warehouse of powerful, tiny golden passionate beginnings.
    U must recognize the SEEDS God has 'already' stored within u.  Your SEED is 'any' gift, skill, or talent that God has provided 4 u 2 sow into the lives of others around u.  Do not hide it.  Use your SEED.  Celebrate the existence of SEEDS in your life... that are carving the road 2 your Future.  Even Joseph recognized his ability 2 interpret dreams.  He wanted 2 help others.  When Pharaoh became troubled, Joseph had a SEED 2 sow toward his life.  "A man's gift maketh room 4 him and bringeth him b4 great men" (Proverbs 18:16).
     One of the greatest stories in ancient writings is in I Kings 17.  Elijah was being fed by ravens at the brook, Cherith.  When the brook dried up and the raven failed 2 show, God gave him a new Instruction 2 go 2 Zarephath, a small village in Zidon.  There, a widow would receive an Instruction 2 provide food 4 him.  When he arrived at the widow's, the scene was dismal and tragic.  She was out gathering 2 sticks (I will call them 2 pancakes).  Her son lay emaciated on his deathbed in her little house.
     Yet, the man of God spoke boldly 2 her 2 plant a SEED and give him some of her food.
     Her supply had run out.  She had no Faith 4 survival.  She had no faith 4 provision.  she was looking at her last meal on Earth 4 her and her son.
     Now, imagine the Instructions from the man of God.  "Take one of those pancakes and give it 2 me."  She  could have easily said, "Every one of u preachers have been trying 2 get my pancakes.  I received 10 letters this week from TV preachers wanting 2 share this pancake." lol
     But, Elijah starts giving Instructions that are Scriptural.  His Instructions were SEEDS.  He was sowing them toward the widow.  "Would u get some water 4 me?  While u are at it, would u bring me a little meal?"
     "I cannot do that.  I do not have enough 4 all of us.  Just enough 4 me and my son."  Elijah explained patiently,  "I understand that.  U are wise 2 take care of your son.  I want u 2 do that.  But, first bring something 2 me  as a man of God.  Sow it as a beginning, a SEED."
     Then, he suddenly gives her a 'REASON' 4 sowing.  No, he does not pull out his newsletter and show her a photograph of a dead bird lol who never showed back up 2 feed him.   He made no reference 2 the brook drying up.  He never told her that his ministry was over and he would starve if she did not cook him a meal.
     Rather he showed her a picture of a Future.  Something that she had not noticed b4.  He revealed 2 her that something she already had in her possession [oil, flour] was the golden KEY 2 getting into her Future.  He gave her a 'picture' of the potential supply, the harvest. (I Kings 17:14).
     U need somebody help u sow the SEED u already possess.  U need someone 2 show u a 'picture' of the Future within it.
  Develop an appreciation 4 the man of God who helps u discover your SEED, and provides a photograph of the harvest u can expect.
     Elijah did it.  It turned a poor woman into a miracle woman.  From poverty 2 plenty.  From famine 2 supply.
     U C, most people have not even noticed something they already have that can create their Future.  Your TME is a SEED.
     It will produce what money cannot.  A friend of mine was brokenhearted.  His teenage son had received a car, world travel tickets, and still hated his father.
     "Change the SEED if u do not like the harvest u are producing," I said.  "Stop the money flow.  Provide him 2 hours a day for 14 days of nonjudgmental time.  Give him what he cannot find anywhere else and he will return 2 u.  Create a non-critical climate.  Permit him 2 talk and discuss anything w/u for 2 hours a day.  Document what occurs."  Two weeks later they became best buddies, going fishing in the morning.  The crisis was over.  He found a SEED that would produce the desired result.
     TIME is a precious thing.  Wherever u sow it, something incredible will 'grow.'
     Think of huge space called eternity.  God reached into it and took a chunk of it and placed it on Earth, calling it TIME.  Imagine Him saying, "Here is Time.  U can trade it 4 anything else u want on Earth."  He did not give u friends.  He gave u TIME.  U sowed Time into others and created strong friendships.  God has never "handed" u any money.  He gave u TIME.  U went 2 someone w/money and exchanged your Time 4 their money.  Your boss has money, and u have "TIME" in the way of work 2 trade with.
     TIME is the currency on Earth.
     France has the franc,  Germany has the marc.  Japan has the yen.  England has the pound.  Mexico has the peso.  America has the dollar.
     Your currency on Earth is TIME.  God gave u TIME 2 exchange 4 anything else that was important 2 u.
     I have never met a poor person who was really conscious of the importance of Time.  I have never met a wealthy person who was not aware of the importance of Time.  U C, your TIME is a precious gift from God.
     TIME is your SEED that can produce what money cannot buy.
     
Imagine this scenario w/me 4 a moment.  U happen 2b in the office when your boss leans back in his chair and sighs,   "I sure wish I had a good glass of carrot juice."  Let me show u a few responses that usually occur:


     1.  $5.00  an hour employee:  "I would like 2 have a glass of carrot juice too!"


     2.  $6.00 an hour employee:  "U like carrot juice!   I like cokes myself."


     3.  $7.00 an hour employee:  "If I had some carrots, I would make u some."


     4.   $8.00 an hour employee:  "Would u like 4 me 2 find someone 2 make u some?"

     5.  Employee who can decide his own salary:  "I will be right back, sir, within 20 minutes."  He returns w/a glass of carrot juice requesting more information.  "Would u like this daily at a specific time?  It can happen, sir."  That is SEED sowing.
     Every time your boss is disappointed, u have a chance 2 prove your uniqueness and significance.  Every time u C him unhappy, it is a potential 2 a promotion.  Look, look and look again 4 opportunities 2 plant a SEED.  They surround u every day.  Hundreds of them.
     Every SEED is a Golden Door from your present into your Future.
     If u do not recognize a SEED, how could u ever recognize the harvest from it?   If a farmer has never seen what a kernel of corn looks like, do u think he would recognize a field of stalks of corn on the side of the road?  Of course not.  U cannot begin 2 recognize a harvest until  recognize a SEED-- something precious within  u God has enabled u 2 know, do or possess and sow.
     U are a Walking Warehouse of SEEDS.  Invest TIME  in the Secret Place--  your personal place of prayer.  Ask the Holy Spirit 2 show u what u have been given, supernaturally and naturally 2 plant into the lives of others.  Your Future is in your own hands.

     >  U can see something nobody else can see.
     >  Y already know something others do not know.
     >  U can solve problems others cannot solve.  Solving them is your SEED that brings any kind of harvest u desire.


     Millions have no idea what a SEED really is, so they never receive the harvest from it bcoz it goes unplanted and unsown.
     Discover the SEEDS u have already received from God and your Future can be anything u desire.

8 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========   REASON #08-  MANY NEVER FULLY GRASP THE IMPACT, INFLUENCE AND MIRACLES THAT AN UNCOMMON HARVEST COULD PRODUCE 4 OTHERS.

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     Look at the young pianist practicing at the piano.  He has a small gift.  It is a SEED.  It  will become his harvest.  He becomes renown around the world as millions buy his  albums.  He is worth millions bcoz of the impact of his music.  Something he had in his present became much bigger in his Future.
     Think about the brilliant mind of Albert Einstein.  He had a SEED of  curiosity.  It became the Bridge 2 brilliance.  He understood some scientific principles like no human who had ever lived b4 him.  Something in his present became much bigger in his Future.  David walks into an army camp w/a slingshot in his  back pocket.  It was  something in his present that became much bigger in his Future.  It brought him into the kingship of Israel as 1000s of women danced in the streets honoring him after the death of Goliath.
     A small boy hands 5 loaves and 2 fishes into the hands of Jesus.  It was his Seed.   It contained something much bigger when the hands of Jesus touched it.  Most people never grasp this.
     What u presently possess that looks 'tiny', small and insignificant is incredibly huge, powerful and overwhelming when it arrives in your Future.  Most never even grasp the power of their Seed!  So, how can they understand the power of their harvest?
     I was in Kansas City.  I shared the testimony about my Seed of $58 and the results that had occurred in many lives bcoz of it.  After my message, a little boy walked up 2 me.   I had no idea what his name was or anything.  The Spirit nudged my heart.  "Give him a $100 bill."  I was a little shocked.  "He is too little.  I could give him a dollar and he would not know the difference," I responded.  The Holy Spirit insisted.  So I reached inside my pocket, rather reluctantly, and handed him the $100 bill.  A few minutes later, a little girl walks up.  It turns out that she is his sister.  The Holy Spirit said, "Give her a $100 bill also."  I did not know her name, and still do not know her name.  But, I understood the Voice of the precious Holy Spirit.  I handed her a $100 bill from my wallet.  Then a woman walked up.  It turned out that she was their mother.  She was shocked when she saw her 2 children holding  $100 bills in their hands.  She blurted out, "What is this 4?"  "The Holy Spirit just told me 2 give it 2 them, "I explained.
     The began 2 cry.  She explained, "Tonight u told everyone of us 2 plant a SEED of $58 2 represent the 58 kinds of Blessings of the Bible.  When I went thru my purse w/tears in my eyes, I was so disheartened.  U C, my husband left me 3 weeks ago.  He has refused 2 help us financially at all.  When the children and I came 2 church tonight, we did not have a can of food in our pantry.  No milk in the refrigerator.  No food at all.  We are broke.  When I emptied my purse during the offering, I looked 4 every penny I could find, every nicket, 2 find the $58 dollars.  I did not have it.  But, the total amount of money that I found in my purse was .58 cents.  So, I said, Lord, I am planting this .58 cents as a memorial that I want You 2 remember me.  I have confidence You are going 2 bless me w/all 58 blessings."  She kept crying.  she said,   "Now, my children and I can go 2 an all-night grocery store and buy $200 worth of groceries 4 our family."  I cannot tell u how much that blessed and lifted my heart.
     U C, my $200 was my harvest God had provided 4 me.  I had no idea that I could create a 4ever memory in a small family who lacked food and desperately needed a demonstration of God 4 their life.  U cannot believe how powerful your harvest can be until u concentrate on the good it can do.
     Someone complained, "I do not believe in all this prosperity teaching."  How sad!  Are u shrinking your goals 2 accommodate your financial lack?  Are u willing 2 forfeit your dreams 2 accommodate your small harvest?  Or, are u determined 2b used by God 2 make your harvest an incredible tool 4 good?
     Not everybody is pursuing their harvest so they can stay at the shopping center a little longer.  Millions of Christians ache 2 help a minister in India, build a family life center 4 their pastor, walk thru a Christian bookstore and buy $500 worth of books 4 their children's library.  Yes, it is true.  Thousands sneer, ridicule and scorn ministers of the gospel attempting 2 unlock their flow of faith 4 a financial turnaround.  They sneer, "Money, money, money.  That is all he talks about is more money. "  They have missed the point.  Satan dreads your harvest.  He knows it's Future.  Do u ?  Can u grasp the amount of incredible things u can make happen 4 others ... after your harvest arrives?  Many never think beyond the moment of their Seed sowing.
     They cannot imagine or grasp the unbelievable impact they could make 4 good ... after their harvest arrives.  So, they never plant big Seed.  they never make big plans.  they never use great faith.  They cannot fully grasp the potential impact their one-100 fold harvest will have on the Earth, so they never reach.
     It explains one of the major reasons people never receive a financial harvest.
     Her name was Sister Maxwell.  She was an old lady attending my father's church.  Every few weeks she would shove a $5.00 bill and a $10.00 bill in my mother's hand saying, "I want 2 help send little Michael Dean 2 Bible school."  I was 17 years old.  My family had no money 2 send me.  I did not have enough money 2 buy a plane ticket 2 go.  But, she took her supply, her personal financial harvest, and began 2 sow into my life 2 send me 2 Bible school.   I went.
     While attending, an old missionary preached a sermon one day at chapel that changed my life 4ever.  He called the message, "Burn your plow."  He Instructed us students 2 do like Elisha did and burn the plow of self-sufficiency and give our lives 2 follow our ministries.  I laid on the floor of the auditorium 4 the entire day.  I skipped classes.  I cried like a baby.  I made up my mind that God could have every part of me unreservedly.  I was willing 2 give up anything 2 preach this gospel 4 Him the rest of my life.
     That was 12,000 services ago, 31 years ago, and 36 countries ago.
     Thousands have accepted Christ.  Several thousand have accepted the call into the ministry.  I could not begin 2 count the many miracles that have occurred... bcoz a little woman named Sister Maxwell took part of her harvest and helped inspire me 2 go into Bible school.  Her harvest was my bridge into my ministry.
     It is possible that I might not have gone 2 Bible school, nor heard that sermon, had she not used part of her harvest as an exit from my present into my future.  Every dollar in your hand can become a DOOR 4 someone in prison somewhere.
     Somebody will be delivered bcoz of your harvest.  Grasp that.  C it.  Shout over it and get happy.
     When u really realize the incredible Potential Impact u can make when your financial harvest arrives, your FAITH will leap.  That faith is the magnet that attracts the Supernatural Financial Harvest u long 2 experience.

07 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========   REASON #07 - MANY RELY UPON THEIR OWN ABILITIES INSTEAD OF THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD.

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      The spirit of self-sufficiency is a deadly trap.
      Millions do not pursue the principles of God or invest any time alone w/Him in the Secret Place.  They are confident, cocky and arrogant.  They 'need no one.'  The principle is, "If it is 2b, it is up 2 me."
     Now, at first glance, this looks like a wonderful philosophy.  It shows willingness 2 take responsibility.  It reveals boldness and strength.  But, God will not let u succeed alone.  In His system, u will fail w/o a total dependency upon Him.  he will C 2 it.
     God rewards humility.  "And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thy own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?" (I Samuel  15:17).
     The  Prophet Samuel showed King Saul how he had deteriorated from the attitude of humility exhibited at his beginning of kingship.  The old nature of Adam is still within us.  It craves self-sufficiency, a separation from God.  It may appear wonderful and humble that u do not need nor pursue the participation of God in you financial harvest, but it is folly, stupid, and tragic.
     It will take more than hard work 4 an uncommon harvest.  It will require more than overtime on your job.  It will require more than extra seminars and books.
     An uncommon harvest requires and uncommon provider.  God knows this.  He will not stop creating crisis until u discover it.  "It is good 4 me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy Statutes" (Psalms 119:71).
     Your hard work and efforts are wonderful seeds.  Your willingness 2 sit under college mentorship and invest hours in research is so commendable.  It is recognized and always rewarded.  But, never be so foolish as 2 pursue a harvest that does not require the supernatural intervention of an Uncommon Provider, your Jehovah-Jireh.  Nothing u could ever produce 4 yourself will satisfy the eternity part of u.
     The invisible u requires an invisible God.  The impure part of u requires a pure God.  The untaught part of u requires a Mentor and Teacher, the Holy Spirit.
     Millions forfeit a financial harvest bcoz they see themselves as their own source of every blessing.
     The pride of Nebuchadnezzar almost destroyed him.  He too became self-reliant and said about himself, "Is  not  this great Babylon, that I have built 4 the house of the kingdom by  the might of my power,  and 4 the honour of my majesty?" (Daniel 4:30).
     God responded quickly.  "The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet w/the dew of heaven, til his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws" (Daniel 4:33).
     It is a dangerous and tragic thing 2 become your own god.  U are not the only person involved in the miracle cycle of a financial harvest.  God is your true Source.
     Self-sufficiency infuriates God.  He will never let u 4get it.  "Bcoz thou sayest, I am rich, and increased w/goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou aret wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:  I counsel thee 2 buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest  be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, and anoint thine eyes w/eyesalve, that thou mayest see.  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten:  be zealous therefore, and repent" (Revelation 3:17-19).
     God  monitors every conversation that reveals self-worhip.  "This will I do:  I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods ... But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee." (Luke 12:18-20).  Jesus warned, "So is he that layeth up treasure 4 himself, and is not rich toward God" (Luke 12:21).

     When I C unbelievers ignore church yet pull their boat down the freeway toward the beach on Sunday, I C someone who has made himself his god.  He ignores the house of God, his pastor, and thinks that it is permissible 2 neglect the assembling of himself w/other believers.  He really believes that God has nothing 2 do w/his financial harvest.  He is confident of his abilities, his ability 2 make progress in a busy world.  He does not realize he is one heartbeat away from his deathbed every moment.
     His prayerlessness is proof of his ignorance (Proverbs 3:5,6).  He trusts his own abilities.  He has excluded God.
     This is one of the reasons millions never receive their financial harvest.  "When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God 4 the good land which He hath given thee.  Beware that thou 4get not the LORD thy God, in not keeping His commandments, and His Judgments, and His Statues, which I command [Instruct] thee this day:  Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and 2 dwelt therein;  And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;  Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou 4get the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage" (Deuteronomy 8:10-14).
     Recognize the importance of God.  Become addicted 2 His sweet Presence, dependent upon His counsel and u will discover financial success like u never imagined.

6 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction

=========     REASON #06-  SOME DO NOT REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY DESERVE A FINANCIAL HARVEST.
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     Roots of inferiority grow deep.

     I was born and raised in Louisiana," said Dr. Mike Murdock.  One of the most common explanations of lack and poverty I must have heard 1000 times over the years.  "I do not have an education people have said.  My father and mama have no education.  we are just poor country folks."

     I suppose those statements have been spoken into my ears 1000's of times, explaining poverty and the lack of financial supply.

     U C, 1000's are so conscious of their weaknesses and limitations, they cannot even imagine themselves in a beautiful car, luxurious home, and the ability 2 write out a check 4 any need.  Poverty can become a part of your lifestyle so easily.  Many adapt 2 lack.
     I am not talking about a false humility that many put on like a  MASK.  I am talking about a deep -rooted philosophy or feeling that success is 2 far away 2 pursue.  "Well, Mike, I do not deserve anything."  "Then why are u trying 2 get a place in Heaven?"  Do u feel that u deserve that?  Do u believe that u have a right 2 walk on streets of gold, but not have a $50 a month raise?  That is absurd.  Something is out of balance.
     What makes a man dare 2 ask God 4 an eternal residence next 2 the Apostle Paul, but think  it is prideful 2 ask Him 4 a new car?  Now, thankfulness is a beautiful and wonderful quality.  Unthankfulness is poisonous.  Humility is precious and 2b treasured.  There is nothing wrong w/feeling that God has blessed u beyond what u deserve.  Every person who has been in the presence of God 4 any length of time feels this way.  His glory is enough.  His forgiveness is enough.  It is true, if He never gave us a thing on Earth, His Presence satisfies every part of our being.  It is a wonderful attitude that God treasures.
     But, I am focusing on the devastating and poisonous Cancer-of-Inferiority and loss of confidence that makes a person crawl away from God instead of boldly approaching God.
     One lady told me, "I am afraid money will hurt me spiritually."  "If u feel that financial increase will make u get away from God, why do u  not ask the Lord 2 strip u of one half of your salary, and that will increase your spirituality," I teased.
     Late one night after a service, a man approached me feeling, in his words, "unworthy."  As he stood, w/tears that appeared very real, telling me how unworthy he was of financial blessing,  I had several thoughts.  I wonder if he tells his boss that, when his boss suggests a raise?  Does he lower his price 2 the bare minimum, when a customer wants 2 make a purchase?  Or, does he negotiate furiously at the table of business?  My guess was that he was a master negotiator fighting 4 every penny he could get his hands on.  It was only when the teaching on prosperity focused on his responsibility that he was intimidated.
      Now, it is true that u must qualify 4 blessings.  Read the 18th chapter of Deuteronomy.  The requirement is 2 obey every law and principle of the Word of God.
     Isaiah saw it,  "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:  But if u refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured w/the sword:  for the Mouth of the LORD hath spoken it" (Isaiah 1:19-20).
     Some people do not qualify 4 the blessing of God.  That is why they feel unworthy, unwanted and rejected.
     Some refuse financial mentorship.  "Poverty and shame shall be 2 him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured" (Proverbs 13:18).
     Some are disqualified 4 a financial harvest bcoz they refuse 2 work.  "For even when we were w/u, this we commanded u, that if any would not work, neither should he eat" (II Thessalnians 3:10).
     Paul saw this.  He recommened that every person withdraw from those 2 lazy 2 produce.  "And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company w/him, that he may be ashamed." (II Thessalonians 3:14).
     Stop your victim vocabulary.  your conversations may be destroying u!  When u advertise your wounds, u attract vultures and buzzards.   They will circle your life waiting 4 an opportunity 2 attack and destroy.   "DEATH and LIFE are in the power of the TONGUE:  and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof" (Proverbs 18;21).
     U may feel unworthy, but do NOT advertise your weakness and vulnerability.  God talked 2 Jeremiah about discussing his liimitations publicly w/everyone.  "Say NOT, I am a child:  4 thou shalt go 2 all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee those shalt speak" (Jeremiah 1:7).
     U are commanded 2 take courage and despise fear.  "Be not afraid of their faces:  4  I AM w/thee 2 deliver thee, saith the  LORD" (Jeremiah 1:8).
     God has not given u the spirit of fear.   "For God thath not given us a spirit of  fear; but of power, and of Love, and of a sound Mind" (II Timothy 1:7).
     Your TONGUE is deciding the currents of your life.  "Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us;  and we turn about their whole body.  Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about w/a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.  Even so the TONGUE is a little member, and boasteth great things.  Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  And the TONGUE is a fire, a world of iniquity:  so is the TONGUE among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;  and it is set on fire of hell.  for every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:  But the TONGUE can no man tame;  it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison" (James 3:3-8).
     When the Holy Spirit controls the WORDS U ARE SAYING, your entire life becomes perfected.  "If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also 2  bridle the whole body" (James 3:2).
     Do a brief study on those losers iin Scriptures who failed 2 enter Canaan.  It was their Unbelief, Inferiority and Words-of-Doubt that destroyed them.  Ten spies had returned full of Doubt and Unbelief.  They had seen grapes, but they feared the giants.  "We be not able 2 go up against the people; 4 they are stronger than we.  And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, thru which we have gone 2 search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature ... and we were in our OWN sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" (Numbers 13:31-33).
     I call this , 'the Grasshopper Complex."
     Their enemy appeared bigger than their God.  God was focusing on the grapes of blessing.  The Israelites focused on the giants of Canaan.  They forfeited the promised land of Canaan bcoz of a sense of inability, limitation and unworthiness.
     Giants never defeated the Israelites.
     Why do some people feel unworthy?  They listened 2 somebody else who felt unworthy and incapable.  "And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night" (Numbers 14:1).

     > Somebody has influenced u in your past.
     > Somebody is influencing u today.
     > Somebody  has educated u in weaknesses and limitations.
     > Somebody has destroyed the SEEDS of Faith that could produce any Future u desired.

     Who are those who have sown seeds of slaveship into your heart?  Who are those who have made u feel unworthy, inferior and lacking the ability 2 achieve great things 4 God?
     Somebody who failed 2 believe the Word of God.  Rise up.  U CAN walk away from Egypt.  U can shake off the chains of fear.  U do not have 2 stay where u are.  Something bigger is rising up within u today.  Something bigger than u have ever known in your whole lifetime.
     Tomorrow is simply a moment away.  Activate it.  Move toward it.  Move away from Unbelief.  Move away from Doubters, Scorners, and Defeated people.
     As u move toward Faith, mountains will fall at your feet, whimpering 4 Instructions.  "For verily I say unto u, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain [Life's problems, concerns, worries, fears],  Be thou removed, and be  thou cast into the Sea; and shall not Doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he SAITH shall come 2 pass;  he shall have WHATSOEVER he SAITH.  Therefore I say unto u,  What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" (Mark 11:23-24).
     
     Your father may have abused u.

     Your mother may have accused u.

     Your boss may have misused u.

     But, u are still alive and well today.  U are a survivor, a success, an overcomer!!  Look what u have come thru, gone over, and raced around.

     U are a WINNER and it  is obvious.  so, hold your head up high, put your shoulders back and march confidently and boldly toward the remarkable land of grapes, honey and supernatural provision that u have arrived  2.  They were made 4 somebody.   Why not u?

     > You were born 2 taste the grapes.
     > You are a Giant Killer.
     > You are a Mountain-Mover.
     > You can walk thru fire and not be burned.
    > The waters of life have not overflowed u.


     You are worthy 2 receive what u need bcoz u are the offspring, the Child of-the-Most-High-God who made the Heavens and the Earth. "A 1000 shall fall at they side, and 10,000 at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee" (Psalms 91:7).
     You can overcome any sickness and disease.  "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling" (Psalms 91:10).
   You are surrounded by Angels that guard over u carefully.  "For He shall give His Angels charge over thee, 2 keep thee in all they ways.  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone" (Psalms 91:11-12).
     You are afraid of nothing.  "Thou shalt not be afraid 4 the terror by night; nor 4 the arrow that flieth by day;" (Psalms 91:5).
     You will not die early but live 2 glorify God.  "With long LIFE will I satisfy him, and show him My Salvation" (Psalms 91:16).
     You will never be without access 2 God.   "Wither shall I go  from  Thy Spirit?  or whither shall I flee from Thy Presence?  If I ascend up into Heaven, Thou art there;  If I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there" (Psalms 139:7-8). 
     You will constantly and continuously be led by the Mentor of your life, the precious Holy Spirit.  "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the Sea;  Even there shall Thy hand lead me, Thy right hand shall hold me" (Psalms 139:9-10).
     You are a rare, meticulously sculptured Jewel in the crown of God.  "For I am fearfully and wonderfully made:  marvellous are They works:  and that my soul knoweth right well" (Psalms 139:14).  
     God is continuously thinking wonderful and exciting thoughts toward u.  "How precious also are They thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!  If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:  when I awake, I am still w/thee" (Psalms 139: 17-18).
     You will be revived in the midst of any trouble.  "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me" (Psalms 138:7).
     Your enemies will become the enemies of God.   "Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand shall save me" (Psalms 138:8).
     You will C every miracle completed that God started in your life.   "The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me" (Psalms 138:8).
     Sin makes u feel unworthy.  So, repent.  Turn away.   "That if thou shalt confess w/thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thing heart that God hath raised Him from the  Dead, thou shalt be saved" (Romans 10:9).
     Memories of disappointments can weaken u and remove your confidence.  So, follow the Instruction of the Prophet Isaiah.  "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.  Behold, I will do a new thing:  now it shall spring forth;  shall ye not know it?  I will even make a way in the Wilderness, and rivers in the desert" (Isaiah 43:18-19).
     Remember, it is the greatness of God that brings blessing, not our personal greatness.  It is your need that attracts His intervention.   "For I will pour water upon him that is Thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground:  I will pour my Spirit upon they SEED, and My blessing upon thing Offspring" (Isaiah 44:3).
     Some are not experiencing financial harvest bcoz they are focusing on THEMSELVES, their unworthiness and inabilities.
     So, change your focus today.  Stop analyzing your unworthiness.  Focus again on the Author and the Finisher, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End of our Faith... Jesus.  He alone is worthy of your total focus.  He is worthy of your attention.  He is the Source of EVERY GOOD thing.  "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves 2 think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;" (II Corinthians 3:5).
     Many do not feel they are worthy or deserving of any good thing.  That is why their faith has not brought them into His Presence 2 receive the miracle harvest they deserve.
     Come boldly 2 His throne today.  May we pray a brief prayer?   "Father-God You respond 2 boldness.  Needs do not move You.  Desperation does not change You.  Faith influences You.  So, today, thank You 4 receiving us as we boldly approach Your Throne in our time of need.  We do not come 2 You based on our own worthiness and abilities bcoz our righteousness is as filthy rags.  Man in his best state is vanity.  You respond 2 HUNGER, so we reach 4 You today.  You will not disappoint us.  In the Name of Jesus. Amen. "