18 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========    ~ Leviticus 27:30 ~  "And all the Tithe of the land, whether of the SEED of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S:  it is holy unto the LORD."

REASON #18 - MILLIONS STEAL THE TITHE, THE HOLY PORTION GOD  RESERVED 4 HIMSELF.

     When u keep the Tithe, u commit theft.
     When u  take something that belongs 2 another, u are a thief.  Thieves will not enter Heaven.  "But lay up 4 yourselves treasure(s) in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:" (Matthew 6:20).
     Tithe  means "Tenth."  The great patriarch, and wonderful example, Abraham, gave 10 percent of is income back as proof and evidence that he honored God as his Provider and was blessed incredibly 4 it.  "And Abraham was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold" (Genesis    
raceytay                                                                     13:2).
     Isaac, his son, continued 2 reap from the life of obedience.  "Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a 100-fold: and the LORD blessed him.  And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:  For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants and: and the Philistines envied him" (Genesis 26:12-14).
     It happened 4 the children of Abraham.  "And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I AM the God of Abraham thy father:   fear not ,  4 I AM w/thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy SEED 4 my servant Abraham's sake" (Genesis 26:24).
     The Tithe is holy unto the Lord.  "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S:  it is holy unto the LORD" (Leviticus 27:30).
     Your Tithe is the golden gate 2 Financial Supply.  "Bring ye all the tithe(s) into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine House, and Prove ME now herewith, saith the LORD of Hosts, if I  will not open u the Windows of Heaven and pour u out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough 2 receive it" (Malachi 3:10).
     The arrogant will not tithe.  U C, there are THREE kinds of atheists: (1) those who believe that God does not even exist;  (2) those who believe they are capable of doing anything God could do; and (3) those who consider themselves as god in their own life.  A non-tither's position is like the atheist--they keep the tithe.  They feel that they are their own god in their own life.  It is the ultimate proof of arrogance and pride.
     Honor the Tithe.  Tithing is the Biblical practice of returning 10 percent of your income back 2 God after u have earned it.  In the Old Testament, Abraham and others tithed.  In the New Testament, even the Pharisees, the hypocitical religious crowd, remembered 2 tithe.  "This ought 2 have done..."

     "And concerning  the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the 10th shall be holy unto the LORD" (Leviticus 27:32).

     Tithing can break the financial curse on your life and family.  U C, those who rob God of the tithe AND offerings that belong 2 Him are living under a curse.

     Oh, my friend, u can change this.  U can be the member of your family that 'breaks the curse."  Your SEED is the Proof of your faith.  It is the proof that u have conquered greed.  Obviously, God always penalized a thief.  But, He always promotes and prospers the tither and those who sow SEED.  "Will a man rob God?  Yet ye have robbed ME.  But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee?  In tithes AND offerings.  Ye are cursed w/a curse:  4 ye have robbed ME, even this whole nation" (Malachi 3:8).

     Tithe consistently.  Each tithe is an act of faith, a SEED of obedience that creates momentum.  When u tithe consistently, u will create a consistent harvest.  Establish a rhythm.  Stay in obedience long enough 2 taste the rewards of momentum.

     There are 4 basic Seasons each year.  Regularity and routine are very important forces in our lives, especially in a SEED-faith lifestyle.  Work w/the Law of Sowing and Reaping [even the World says: What goes around, comes around or what u sow, u will reap].  Do not become erratic and unpredictable.  Nature itself has a PATTERN, a rhythm and routine.  When u honor it, the benefits will far outweigh any cost and risk involved.  "While the Earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest , and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" (Genesis 8;22).

     Tithing is the proof u have conquered greed.  Satan steals.  man hoards.  God GIVES.  Your giving is the only proof that God lives within u.  It is the only evidence that the nature of God is flourishing inside your heart.  Whether it is money, mercy or love, giving is the only real evidence of Love.  "For God so Loved the World that He GAVE..." (John 3:16).

     When u tithe, u create a memory in the mind of God 4ever.  He beholds His nature in u.

     "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (II Timothy 1:7).  Fear torments.  It makes u hoard instead of release.  U become afraid that u can never replace the money that u are "giving 2 God."  The truth?  The tithe is already His.  He permits u the privilege of returning it 2 Him as proof of your confidence in Him.

     Tithing is the proof that u believe the Word of God 2 u.  The Word of God is a collection of INSTRUCTIONS.  God wants so much 2b believed.  He promised that those who would tithe and bring offerings 2 Him would C a financial harvest as a result.  "But he shall receive a 100-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world 2 come Eternal Life" (Mark 10:30).

     The Old Testament confirms it.  "Honour the LORD w/thy substance, and w/the firstfruits of all thine increase:  So shall thy barns be filled w/plenty, and thy presses shall burst out w/new wine" (Proverbs 3:9-10).

     When u write out a check 4 10 percent of your income each week and give it back 2 God, it documents your faith 2 God.  It is proof of your confidence.  U really do believe that His Word works.  U have fully embraced the wonderful truth that "God is not a man, that He should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it ?  or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?" (Numbers 23:19).

     Yet, millions attend church every Sunday and walk out w/the holy tithe still in their pockets.  Sometimes, they will drop a few dollars in its place in the offering as a substitution.

     Picture something w/me 4 a few moments.  Suppose a businessman flew home from a business transaction.  His son meets him at the airport.  The father excited, puts his arm around his son and says, "I really love u son.  I'm so proud of u.  Here is a $10 bill 2 buy yourself a little present.  I just made $100 extra that I had not planned on in this business deal."
     "Thanks, dad!"

     "Well, son, go ahead and take several more of these $10 bills. Actually, u can have 9 of these $10 bills  4 yourself.  I will just keep one w/me 4 some change,"  the father remarks, good naturedly.

     Think further w/me.  Both go home.  The son goes into his bedroom  sleep that night.  The father takes everything out of his pockets, leaving the tenth $10 bill inside the dresser drawer.  He goes  sleep.

     during the night, the son cannot sleep.  He turns and tosses.  He is thankful for the nine $10 bills ($90) that his father gave him.  But, something inside him that he cannot explain makes him keep thinking about that $10 bill in his father's dresser drawer.  What if the son sneaked up in the middle of the night, opened the dresser drawer and took and stole the tenth $10 bill?  What are your feelings about that?  I imagine u would be incensed and infuriated.  U would exclaim w/anger, "That son is an idiot, a fool and a thief.  he was so unthankful 4 the $90 that his father gave him, he stole the tenth."

    Yet... this happens every single Sunday on Earth.  Somehow, our ingratitude and unthankfulness begins 2 choke out every word of praise that should be flowing from our lips.  Instead of gratitude and thankfulness 4 our health, our energy, favor, and friendships--the last $10 bill is stolen.. from the hand of the very ONE who gave the other $90 to us.

     Another scenario.  Just suppose that I told u that the son left a $1 bill in its place in his father's drawer--thinking his father would not notice the difference between a $1 bill and the $10 bill.  Maybe, he feels that his father would not notice the missing zero!

     This would be a substitution.

     He steals the $10 by replacing it w/a $1 bill.

     Yes, u are angry again.  yet, this too happens in every church in America every single Sunday morning.  Thousands substitute a small offering in place of the tithe.  Do we think God is that stupid?

     I held 6 seminars for 6 consecutive Friday evenings in Austin, Texas.  The young man who shined my shoes in the Austin airport was so impressive.  I loved him, his little wife and child.  One day, he spoke 2 me.  "Mike, I love my pastor.  The music in our church is just fantastic.  However, there is one thing that I despise and makes me so angry every Sunday.  Every time I attend my church, my pastor wants 2 talk about offerings.  It seems 2 me that is all he talks about.. tithe and offerings, tithe and offerings, tithe and offerings."

     "Has anyone ever explained the Tithe 2 u?" I asked.

      He could not remember having anyone explain it 2 him.  So, I proceeded 2 explain that everything we have came from God.

     God established a system that would destroy the possibility of greed, The Tithe.  God is not poor.  Angels are not on ration.  Mansions in Heaven are not half finished.  God said that everything already belonged 2 Him anyway.  But, He established a system that would permit man 2 destroy his greatest enemy of prosperity, greed.  It was simple.  Bring 10 percent back 2 God, and He promised 2 bless u again and again 4 such obedience.

     Then, I explained that God guaranteed a curse on anyone who stole the holy part (Malachi 3:9-11).  The words of Jesus were also explained carefully.  When Peter felt that he had lost everything in order 2 follow after Jesus, Jesus reminded him of a wonderful result... the one 100-fold return Principle (Mark 10:28-30).

     My young shoe shine friend was ecstatic.  He had never understood the Law of the Hundredfold Return.

     It is not a mystery.  It happens everyday everywhere around us.  A farmer once told me about the Law of Return in a kernel or corn.  "Mike, one kernel or corn can produce a cornstalk.  Each cornstalk produces 4 corncobs.  Some have counted as high as 700 kernels of corn on a single corncob, meaning that one kernel of corn can produce 2,800 more kernels of corn on those 4 different corncobs combined.  So, a 100-fold return is not at all a miracle.  It is normal fact of the life in the Law of Return."

     The young man agreed 2 do something I asked.  "I want u 2 tithe every Sunday morning at your church."   The Bible says, "Upon the first day of the week let every one lay by him in store, as God has prospered him" (I Corinthians 16:2).

     I continued.  "Tithe habitually, w/o interruption, for 4 Seasons, the next 12 months.  U C, if u have been sowing SEED of Nothing, u have already scheduled 'Seasons of Nothing' in your Future.  A SEED reproduces itself.  So, if u have been bringing nothing 2 God, u have been scheduling Seasons-of-Nothing in your Future.  Give God a chance 2 cycle u thru the Seasons of Nothing until u can begin 2 C a harvest in your life,"  I explained.  He agreed.

   God did it quicker than I ever imagined.  In less than 30 days, he stood in a small prayer breakfast I held at the Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas, shouting, "It works!"

     His tip money 4 the first seven days after his commitment 2 tithe was over $800.  He had never experienced this kind of income in his life.  Today, someone told me he had started a small chain of shoe shine places, and people are working 4 him!

     Millions will never taste the financial harvest that is within their reach bcoz they have stolen the holy Tithe and kept it 4 themselves.  The ultimate act of arrogance.

17 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========        REASON #17 - MANY DO NOT PURSUE A HARVEST, BCOZ THEY  HAVE  NOT YET TASTED THE PAIN OF POVERTY

     Poverty is a Tormentor.
     Poverty is Wrenching, Tormenting, Devastating and Heartbreaking.
     Poverty is the climate  where the SEEDS of Suicide grow and flourish.  It strips a person of his self-confidence ans sense of worth.  It blurs the visions of his dreams and goals.  FOCUS is broken.
     Poverty is where the Weeds of Anger and Cynicism grow the quickest.  I cannot think of anything good about poverty.
     Yet, many have not learned 2 despise the chains of bankruptcy and poverty.
     Poverty is not a friend w/whom 2 negotiate.
     Poverty is an enemy 2b destroyed.
     Poverty is captivity.  It is slavery.  U must recognize that financial captivity is unnatural.  U must develop a hatred 2 smash the chains that hold u back from financial abundance.

     Isaiah says it so well:     "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall b4 as white as Snow,  Though they are red like crimson,  They shall be as wool.  If u are Willing And Obedient,  U shall 'EAT' the Good of the Land;  But... IF u refuse and rebel,  U shall be devoured by the sword";  For the MOUTH of the LORD has spoken (Isaiah 1:18-20).  

Note: Until we 'admit' when we have done a wrong, the 'eating' of the Good cannot begin, and it is stopped, like a wrong detour going the opposite/wrong way, turn around again and go back 2 the place where u were going right, and the 'eating' will once again resume in your life of goodness.  God loves all His children, and a parents' love is always good 4 the child.


     U may never taste the financial success u deserve until u C the tragedy of loss, bankruptcy and poverty.  I have walked the streets of Calcutta, India, and watched children w/fingers inside of food cans trying 2 find some moist soup or something left in a can so they can survive.  I have watched wagons roll thru the streets of Calcutta picking up the dead bodies of people who died along the sidewalks at night.  Yes, I have watched them burn those bodies and people weeping and crying ... bcoz of poverty.
     Poverty stops us from building more great churches, uncommon television ministries, and radio evangelism.  It stops a missionary from having enough 2 start another 10,000 churches 4 God.
     Poverty is a spirit.  It happens inside u b4 it happens around u.  Men deteriorate inwardly b4 their business deteriorates.
     Jesus knew an enemy existed.  "The thief cometh not, but 4 2 Steal, and 2 Kill, and 2 Destroy:  I am come that they might have LIFE, and that they might have it more Abundantly" (John 10:10).
     Poverty produces fear.  Fear of failure.  Fear that others will not respect us and treat us properly.
     Poverty produces insecurity and suspicion toward every other person around u.
     How do I know that poverty is a "spirit?"  It crushes and destroys the spirit of man that should be alive, vibrant and victorious.  Poverty makes u want 2 quit instead of succeed.
     The spirit of poverty will make u critical of those who are trying 2 set u free from it.
     I will never 4get the service in Houston, Texas, as long as I live.  When I finished teaching, I shared 4 a few moments about 'aiming' your SEED like an arrow.  An anointing came upon me in a powerful and unusual way.  I asked the people 2 prepare a special SEED 2 plant into the work of God.
     Suddenly, like a volcano, a man sitting on the 2nd row jumped 2 his feet yelling.  He rushed 2  the aisle and raced 2 the back of the church shouting.  Just as he reached the front door of the church 2 leave, I called out 2 him 2 stop.  I asked him 2 state clearly what was bothering him.
     He was almost crying w/a mixture of rage, shame and question.  "What do u tell your 13 year old daughter when she asks u for a dollar and u do not even have enough 2 give 2 her?" he shouted.  "I have been out of work 4 two years.  I have no money.  When my teenage daughter asked 4 an offering 2 give a few moments ago, I had nothing!"
     "That is the reason I am teaching these Principles 2 u, my precious brother. "  I explained gently.  My heart went out 2 him.
     Oh, poverty is a Cruel Task Master.
     Poverty will make u doubt every GOOD thing about yourself.
     Poverty will make u question the Truth about God, your True Source and Provider.  It will make u hate every minister who teaches on prosperity.  This is one of the proofs that poverty is a spirit-it reacts teh strongest 2 the person who can cast it out.
     Poverty is not merely a financial circumstance in your life.  Poverty is a spiritual condition of your heart and soul.
     Poverty destroys normality.  U draw unwise and ridiculous conclusions.  U make wrong decisions.  Poverty generally multiplies 2 those who are poor.  It takes an incredible impact and revelation 2 destroy the spirit of poverty in your life.
     Let me explain.  My teaching on the supernatural provision of God should have excited my brother.  He should have leaped on his feet w/joy!  He should have cried out, "Yes!  I despise poverty.  Thank u 4 coming 2 set me free."
     This did not happen.  He was angry.  He was ashamed.  The message was intimidating 2 him.  Why?  The spirit of poverty had its claws so deeply imbedded into him, he needed a supernatural experience w/a divine Deliverer, the Holy Spirit.
     "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;  bcoz the Lord hath anointed me 2 preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me 2 bind up the brokenhearted, 2 proclaim liberty [freedom] 2 the captives, and the opening of the prison 2 them that are bound" (Isaiah 61:1).
      Jesus is our Deliverer.  "If the Son there4 shall make u free, ye shall b4 free indeed" (John 8:36).
     I looked w/great compassion at my poor broken brother.  "Come back here, my brother."  He did not really want 2 go back 2 his seat, but the anointing was so strong on me, he had 2 obey.
     "My brother, this is the very reason that we are sowing SEED today--2 break the spirit of poverty on the body of Christ and people who have been broken and bruised."
     Normally, I would have carried the offering back 2 our offices in Dallas where it would be deposited in the ministry account.  Then, we would purchase television and radio air time, pay our employees, and purchase books and so forth w/the finances.  But, an unusual anointing covered me like a magnificent mantle.  I announced 2 the entire church a new Instruction.
     "I want 2 sow this entire offering into my brother and his family who have been w/o a job for 2 years.  This SEED will grow 4 every person who plants it.  Bcoz the Bible says, 'He that hath pity upon the poor Lendeth 2 the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again' " (Proverbs 19:17).  The people clapped their hands w/Joy.  The man was embarrassed at first.  I reassured him that this was the leading of the Holy Spirit.  God was using this offering 2 remind him of His deep love and commitment 2 him and his family.
     His poverty had birthed fear.  Fear makes u hoard.  Hoarding is the opposite of giving.  So hoarding cuts off any connection  the Supply.  The death cycle of the poor never seems 2 stop.

     It takes an anointing, an uncommon anointing, 4 a financial blessing.  "And it shall come 2 pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed bcoz of the anointing" (Isaiah 10:27). 

     The anointing on a servant of God can break the back of poverty in a person's life.  Since God is the Provider, the Multiplier and the Source of Supply, He wants His people 2b financially prosperous.  Perhaps, this is one of the reasons He warns us 2 keep our hands off His leaders.  "Saying, touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm"  (Psalms 105:15).
     A businessman wished 2 enter into a small debate over the issue.  I was visiting his home.  He was anti-prosperity, anti-preachers, and anti-everything.
     I interrogated him lightly.  His father had given him his money from his business.  He father owned his home.  He was the son  of a wealthy man.  He had little appreciation 4 the toil, labor and time involved in generating a financial successful life.
     He was a parasite who had never faced poverty as an enemy.  That is why he was not pursuing a harvest.  He was living off of others instead.
     Many years ago, 1000s of hippies thru-out our colleges sneered at money, achievement and productivity.  Where did they find the time and energy 2 criticize?  Their parents were paying their college bills, sending them checks 4 spending money, and making their car payments.  They were not tasting the pain of poverty.
     When u stare woodenly at a stack of bills that is impossible 2 pay, only then will gratitude and thankfulness begin 2 flow in your life 4 the super natural harvest.
     When your children are sick and finances prevent u from purchasing adequate care, u will taste the pain of poverty.
     When u watch movers take the furniture out of your house and load it in a truck 2 go back 2 the store where it was purchased, u will taste the pain of poverty.
     When u are threatened w/a lawsuit, and have not a cent in your account 2 defend yourself, u will understand the pain of poverty.
     When u look thru your dresser drawers 2 find coins 2 buy a loaf of bread bcoz u have been our of work 3 months, u will understand the pain of poverty.
     When u truly understand the sorrow poverty and the tragedy of lack, your faith will begin 2 focus on the Laws of Provision, the Financial Harvest God Guaranteed.
     Thousands have not yet hit the bottom.  Someone keeps cushioning their fall.  A mother slips some money 2 her lazy son.  A father, guilty 4 not spending more time w/his son, buys him a new car.  Consequently, they never really taste t he emptiness of poverty.
     That is one of the reasons some will never walk in a supernatural supply.  Their needs are never really big enough 2 force them 2 pursue a harvest. 
     Let's pray:
     "Father, do not let me have 2 taste the pain of poverty b4 I appreciate Your blessing.  I need Your Anointing 2 break the spirit of poverty in my life.  You are my Deliverer and I celebrate the Promise of Plenty You have made 2 me.  In Jesus sweet Name.  Amen."

16 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========    REASON #16 - MANY HAVE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT 2  SOW W/AN EXPECTATION OF A RETURN.

     You can only do what u know.
     Thousands have been taught that it is wrong 2 expect something in return when u give 2 God.
     They feel that this is proof of greed.
     "When I give 2 God, I expect nothing in return!" is the prideful claim of many who have been trapped by tragic and erroneous teaching.
     Do u expect a salary from your boss at the end of a work week?  Of course, u do.  Is this greed?  Hardly.
     Did u expect forgiveness when u confessed your sins 2 Christ?  Of course, u did.  Is this greed?  Hardly.
     Stripping EXPECTATION from your SEED is theft of the ONLY PLEASURE GOD KNOWS.
     Remember,  Remember,  His greatest pleasure is 2b BELIEVED.  His greatest pain is 2b DOUBTED.  "Without Faith, it is impossible 2 please Him.  Why? Bcoz Faith is having CONFIDENCE IN GOD.  For He that cometh 2 God must BELIEVE that He is, and that He is a REWARDER ... that He is a rewarder... of them [anyone] who diligently seeks Him" (Hebrews 11:6).  
    Motive means your reason 4 doing something.
     When someone is on trial accused of murder, prosecutors try 2 find the possible motive or reason why he should have been motivated 2 do such a horrible thing.
     He expected u 2b motivated by supply, the promise of provision.  "Give, and it shall be given unto u, Good Measure, Pressed Down, and Shaken Together, and Running Over, shall men give into your bosom" (Luke 6:38).  (This is much more than a principle of mercy and forgiveness.  This is a PRINCIPLE in Supply.)
     He offers overflow as a reason u should sow SEED!  SEEDS of forgiveness or whatever u need.
     "Honour the LORD w/thy substance, and w/the firstfruits of all thine increase:  So shall thy barns be filled w/plenty, and thy presses shall burst out w/new wine" (Proverbs 3:9-10). Notice that God PAINTS the picture of overflowing barns 2 motivate us (give us a reason) 4 honoring Him.
      He promised benefits 2 those who might be fearful about tithing.  "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine House, and prove ME now herewith, saith the LORD of Hosts, if I will not open u the windows of Heaven, and pour u out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough 2 receive it" (Malachi 3:10).
     Read Deuteronomy 28?1-14.  Here in the Scripture God creates a list of specific blessings that will occur if u obey Him.  Why does He give us these Portraits of Prosperity?  To inspire u and give u a reason 2 obey.
     Peter needed this kind of encouragement just like u and I do today.  He felt such emptiness as he related 2 Christ that he and others had 'given up everything."
     Jesus promised him one 100-fold return.  "Then Peter began 2 say unto Him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.  And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto u,  There is NO man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, 4 My sake, and the Gospel's,  But he shall receive an 100-fold [NOW in this time here on earth], houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, w/Persecutions; and in the World 2 come Eternal Life" (Mark 10:28-30). 
     Many people think this is evil 2 sow 4 a harvest.  THAT IS THE REASON 2 SOW!
     Giving is the CURE 4 greed, not hoarding.  When u sow 2 get a harvest, u have just mastered greed.  Greed hoards.  Man withholds.  Satan steals.
     The nature of God alone is the giving nature.
     When u give, u have just revealed the nature of God inside u.
     The only pleasure God receives is thru acts of faith.  I stress this again.  His ONLY need is 2b believed.  His GREATEST need is 2b believed.  "God is not a man that He should lie" (Numbers 23:19). 
     If a unbeliever confesses 2 a pastor after church, "I want 2 give my heart 2 Christ, pastor."  The pastor prays.  Suppose the unbeliever then says,  "Will u pray that God will give me peace and forgiveness 4 my confession?"  Imagine a pastor who would reply w/indignation.. "Of course not!  That is greedy.  U want something back 4 giving your heart 2 Christ?" U would be shocked if your pastor said this. 
     Your  Heavenly Father offers Supply 4 SEED; Forgiveness 4 confession; order 4 chaos.
     When Jesus talked 2 the woman at the well of Samaria,  He promised her water that she would never thirst again.  Was he wrong 2 offer her something if she pursued Him?  Of course not.  That was the purpose of the Portrait of water--2 motivate her and give her a reason 4 obeying Him.
     One day, my dear friend Dwight Thompson, the powerful evangelist, told me a story about the papaya.  Somebody counted 470 papaya seeds in a single papaya.  If that was consistent, one papaya seed will produce a plant containing 10 papayas.  If each of the 10 papayas contained 470 seeds, there would be 4,700 papaya seeds on one plant.
     Now, just suppose u replant those 4,700 seeds 2 create 4,700 more plants.  do u know how much 5,000 plants containing 5,000 seeds would be?  Twenty-five million seeds... on the second planting alone.
     And we are having troubles really BELIEVING in the 100-fold return.  Why?
     Millions must UNLEARN the poisonous and traitorous teaching that it is wrong 2 EXPECT anything in return.
     Expectation is the powerful current that makes the SEED work 4 u.  "But w/o Faith it is impossible 2 please Him:  4 He that cometh 2 God must BELIEVE that He is, and that He is a REWARDER of them that diligently seek Him:" (Hebrews 11:6).  
     Expect protection as He promised.  "And I will rebuke the devourer 4 your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit b4 the time in the field, saith the LORD Of Hosts" (Malachi 3;11).
     Expect favor from a Boaz close 2 u.  "Give and it shall be given unto u; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall MEN [people bcoz things don fall from the sky lol] give into your bosom.  For w/the SAME MEASURE that ye mete withal it shall be measured 2 u again" (Luke 638).
     Expect financial IDEAS and WISDOM from God as a Harvest.  "But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God:  4 it is He that GIVETH thee POWER 2 get WEALTH," (Deuteronomy 8:18).
     Expect your enemies 2 fragment and be confused and flee b4 u.  "The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee 2 be smitten b4 thy face:  they shall come out against thee one way, and flee b4 thee 7 ways" (Deuteronomy 28:7).
     Expect God 2 bless u 4 every act of obedience.  "And it shall come 2 pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the Voice of the LORD thy God, 2 observe and 2 do all His commandments which I command [Instruct] thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the Earth:  And all these Blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shall hearken unto the Voice of the LORD they God" (Deuteronomy 28:1-2).
     A businessman approached me.  "I do not really believe Jesus really meant what He said about the 100-fold.  We have misunderstood that."
     "So, u intend 2 teach Jesus how 2 talk when u get 2 Heaven? I laughed.
     If he will do it 4 a papaya...  He will do it 4 u and me.  We are His children, not merely fruit on a tree!
     I believe one of the Major Reasons people do not experience a supernatural abundant harvest in finances is bcoz they really do not expect Jesus 2 do what He said He would do.
      Low expectations affect God.
      When u sow w/EXPECTATION your "SEED" will stand b4 God as a testimony of your Faith and confidence(s).  REMEMBER that Faith is Confidence IN God.
   
     >  Sow, expecting God 2 respond favorably 2 every act of confidence in Him.
     >  Sow, from every paycheck.
     >  Sow, expectantly, generously and faithfully.


     When u start looking and expecting God 2 fulfill His promise the Harvest u have needed so long will come more quickly and bountiful than u have ever dreamed.
     Let's pray:
     "Father, teach us the Wonder of Expectation.  Show us how it pleasures You 2b believed.  Hasten the Harvest as we depend on Your incredible integrity.  In Jesus Name.  Amen."

15 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========    ~  Proverbs 11:14  ~  "Where no counsel is, the people fall:  but in the multitude of counselors there is Safety."

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REASON #15 -  MANY ARE UNWILLING 2 PATIENTLY SIT AT THE FEET OF A FINANCIAL MENTOR.

     What u keep hearing u eventually believe.  U must treasure every moment u have access 2 a qualified Mentor.
     What u do not respect will move away from u.
     It may be a miracle, a dog, or money.  But there are currents in life just like there are in air and water.  These currents move u toward your dreams or away from them;  toward success or failure;  toward prosperity or poverty.
     What u respect will move toward u.  It may be people, or money. 
     When God wants 2 bless u, He  puts a person in your life.
     Moses was assigned 2b the Deliverer who led the Israelites out of their bondage in Egypt.  Those who respected his leadership found their bondage broken, and headed toward Canaan, the land of promise.
     Elijah was a Deliverer.  God took him away from the privacy of the brook, and sent him 2 the home of a starving widow.  The town was Zarephath.  Her son was on meal from death.  But, God sent her a man who was not intimidated by her poverty.  This prophet carried the mantle 2 unlock her faith 4 a supernatural financial harvest.
    
  >  If u are spiritually lost, u must begin 2 look 4 the man of God who has focused his life 2 bring the salvation message 2 the unbeliever.
     >  If u are sick, u must look 4 and respect the man of God who carries the mantle and anointing 4 divine healing and health.
     >  If u are facing financial problems and bankruptcy, start looking 4 the man or woman of God who carries the mantle of Financial Breakthrough.

     U C, what u respect  will move toward u.  When u respect and celebrate the financial mantle of those God sends into your life, prosperity will explode like Niagara Falls across your life.  No one fails alone.
    If u fail or experience financial devastation, it could well be bcoz u chose 2 ignore a man of God assigned 2 help u unlock the treasures and unleash your financial faith.
     Your Mentors must be recognized and pursued.
     Jesus reached out 2 help and was ignored.  U can almost feel the tears flowing down His cheeks as He cried, "O Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!  Behold, your house is left unto u desolate" (Matthew 23:37-38).
     Your Mentors can upgrade your financial decisions.  If u can make the decisions that create your poverty, then u can make decision that can create your prosperity.   If u can do something that brings decrease, u can learn 2 do that things that create increase.

     >  U must discern the Financial Mentors closest 2 u.
     > U must learn 2 celebrate the Financial Deliverers God has made accessible 2 .
     
     Reaching is a requirement.
     Reaching out 4 financial wisdom and assistance is not a sign of weakness.  Only a fool ignores a life jacket when he is drowning.  Those who overcome financial devastation never do it alone.  They conquer their pride.  They reject the trap of isolation.  They know the inevitable reward of reaching.  They pursue.  They ask.

     U must turn 2 God first.  Become thankful 4 what He has already given 2 u in your life.
     First, be thankful 4 His previous provision and supernatural supply.
     Express gratitude 4 those who have assisted u in achieving your dream, given u job opportunities, and encouraged u.
     Your Heavenly Father cares about your financial difficulties today.  U really do matter 2 Him.  Jesus said it clearly,  "Your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things." (Matthew 6:32).
      He is expecting your pursuit of Him.  In the Secret Place of prayer.  In the church services that u attend.  In your diligent research of Scripture.  "When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn 2 the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient  unto His Voice; (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor 4get the covenant of they fathers which He sware unto them" (Deuteronomy 4:30-31).
     Nobody else can do it 4 u.  Nobody else feels your pain.  Nobody else is staring at the stack of bills u are facing every night.
     Pursue worthy and proven counsel.  Somebody knows something u need 2 know.  Someone knows something that can help u survive and even succeed in the middle of the most painful chapter of your life.  Ignorance is 2 costly.  It is deadly.
     Only fools risk the consequences of ignorance.  Your pastor, or boss, or someone u love may have a recommendation of a certified financial planner or others in your area.  Whatever u do today, take the time 2 listen 2 Godly advice.  True champions do.  As the ancient writings teach, "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." (Proverbs 11:14). 
     God expects u 2 cry out 4 help in times of trouble.  "This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles" (Psalms 34:6). 
     Your humility and desperation will attract God.  Especially your faith.  U must trust God 2 stop the financial attack against u.  U serve a very capable and caring God.  he can turn the hearts of kings in favor toward u.
     U are on His mind this very moment.  Your tears, your pain, and your fears affect Him and influence His responses 2 u.  He is getting ready 2 move in your behalf.  Trust Him.  Regardless of the storms around u, remember the great promise, "He maketh wars 2 cease..." (Psalms 46:9).
     Recognize messengers who carry the message of financial solutions.  They may be packaged like a John the Baptist in a loin cloth of camel's hair, or the silk robes like King Solomon.  Do not permit the packaging 2 distract u from the message.  They may appear arrogant, cocky and self-confident.  Or, they may seem humble, timid and even reluctant 2 share their financial knowledge.  It is your responsibility 2 discern the messengers God sends into your life.  Drop your pail in their well.
     Your response 2 a man of God is carefully documented by God.  When God talks 2 u, it is often thru the spiritual leaders in your life.  Do not ignore them.  Remember-- "He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward" (Matthew 10:41).
     Recognize extraordinary and uncommon Mentors of Faith.  U C, your faith determines the flow of miracles toward u.  "But w/o faith, it is impossible 2 please Him" (Hebrews 11:6b).   "He that cometh unto God must believe that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6a). 
     Moses mentored Joshua.
     Paul mentored Timothy.
     Elijah mentored Elisha.
     Naomi mentored Ruth.
     Mordecai mentored Esther.
     Uncommon champions have uncommon mentors.  Observe carefully the lives of those who have succeeded around u.  Their secrets will begin 2 surface.  Their reason 4 unusual success will become quite clear.  Study the biographies of financial champions.  Extraordinary people have tapped into the fountain of their faith.  As u read their journey from the pit 2 the palace, u will be encouraged and strengthened.  "Where4 seeing we also are compassed about w/so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run w/patience the race that is set b4 us" (Hebrews 12:1).  
     Constantly eat faith food.  What u read will affect what u believe.  What u read influences the conversations u enter.  When u feed the Word of God into your spirit man, your faith (confidence in God) comes alive and becomes a living force within u.
     Set aside a specific time every day 2 read 3 chapters in the Bible.  Nurture and grow the explosive SEEDS of Faith within u. Invest in yourself!  Acorns can become oak trees.  "So then Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Romans 10:17). 
     Choose a proven mentor.  Those u admire will eternally affect your Future.  Choose financial mentors who increase your faith in the true Source, God.  Learn from their scars as well as their sermons.  "And we beseech u, brethren, 2 know them which labour among u, and are over u in the Lord, and admonish u;  And 2 esteem them very highly in love 4 their work's sake" (I Thessalonians 5:12-13).   
     Financial Mentors are different than Financial Deliverers.  Mentors impart expertise.  Deliverers create experiences.  U need both.
     Your mentor takes u on a continuous journey from where u are 2 the place u can be.  This involves a collection of Instructions, a series of crises and constant review of your financial situation.
     A Financial deliverer carries a mantle and an anointing that breaks the spirit of poverty over your life and unlocks a financial faith never experienced b4.

     > Somebody gave u Instructions that created your Present circumstances.
     > Somebody must give u different Instructions 2 create the circumstances that u desire.  "Poverty and shame comes 2 him that refuseth Instruction" (Proverbs 18:13).
     
     Many rebel against any correction or advice given 2 them.  This is the reason they never taste the incredible harvest God wants them 2 have. 
     Several years ago, I had a close friend I loved and admired very much.  Something agitated him and he quit attending a special weekly Bible study that I held.  His house was just minutes away.  A few months later, he began 2 experience tremendous financial losses.  One day, I met his wife in a store.
     "You have got 2 pray 4 my husband.  He is almost bankrupt."  Her face looked so pulled and stressed.  "Well, he ought 2b in bad shape,"  I said half jesting but really serious.  "He as refused 2 drive 10 minutes 2 sit under a financial mantle of a financial deliverer where God is pouring out financial blessing.  He has ignored and disregarded the access he has had 2 this anointing."
     Sometimes that which becomes familiar becomes hidden  us.  Someone I love was very concerned about a close relative.  "Unless there is a miracle, they are going 2 go bankrupt."  "You know,"  I replied, "every Thursday night I teach from the Word of God on the Laws of Financial Supply.  They could sit under this mantle within minutes if they would make the drive.  They have refused 2 sit under this anointing."  Their financial crises was not a mystery 2 me at all.
     What u ignore will move away from u.  
     I have relatives who can hardly earn their own living .  They  constantly borrow from other relatives.  Some would call them parasites, bcoz they cannot earn their own way.  yet, they refuse 2 sit for 3 days in a conference that would connect them 2 the golden flow of supply and the uncommon walk of faith.
     No, it is not a shock and surprise 2 me that many people never experience harvest.  Some will sit an hour in a car on the freeway during a traffic jam every single day of their life, but become angry if their pastor discusses financial harvest during the offering 4 more than 15 minutes.
     Think about this.  Every week contains 168 hours, or 672 compartments of 15 minutes.  If u only sit and receive faith teaching on a capsule of 15 minutes out of the 672, is it any wonder why your faith is not alive and vibrant?
     "A wise man will hear, and will increase learning, and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels" (Proverbs 1:5).
     U must start moving toward extraordinary people.  Make a habit of pursuing greatness.  Pay any price.  Purchase any book or tape series that contains the path 2 the uncommon supply.
     Elisha received a double portion of God's power bcoz he was willing 2 pay the cost 2 stay in the presence of Elijah, the great prophet.  Joshua observed Moses.  Ruth reached 4 Boaz.
     You will never possess what u are unwilling 2 pursue.   You  really have no right 4 anything u have reached toward.  "He that walketh w/wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed" (Proverbs 13:20).
     I was in South Carolina giving my testimony about the SEED of $58, the Covenant of Blessing.  This is what I shared;  I was in Washington, DC, sitting on the platform.  The pastor was receiving the tithe and offerings from his people.  Suddenly, the Holy Spirit spoke 2 me and impressed me 2 plant a SEED of $58 2 represent each of the 58 Kinds of Blessing in the Bible.  It sounded so crazy 2 me, but I knew the Voice of the Holy Spirit.  So,  I pulled out my checkbook and wrote a check for $58.  Then, I felt impressed 2 plant one 4 my son who was 12 at the time.  My divorce had been bitter.  It was difficult 2 get any time of visitation, and so forth.
     Within a few weeks after my SEED, his mother decided he could come spend the rest of his life w/me!  The miracle flow started.  After I shared this in South Carolina.  It was interesting the paths that 2 different people in that service took.
     One man called the pastor very upset.  He insisted that I was a fraud, trying 2 con people out of $58.  Here was a man who could not discern a financial anointing, a financial deliverer God had sent into his life 2 unlock his faith.  Perhaps, he had some terrible experiences or heard great criticism of ministers in his youthful days.  Chances are that his backslidden state from God made him angry at any discussion of money.  At any rate, he reacted, and refused 2 participate in the SEED of $58.
     Across the building sat another precious lady, a minister of the gospel.  Her heart was stirred.  She discerned the atmosphere of heaven in the service.  She pulled out her checkbook and sowed a special SEED of $58.  (On the left-hand side of the check, she wrote "Covenant of Blessing.")  A few months later, an old man she had been caring 4 died.  Thinking he was broke, she had been purchasing his medicine 4 him.  She thought he died impoverished.  However, after his death, he left her a church paid for, 2 Homes and 27 acres of ground completely paid for!  Within 2 years, the geological report came back they had discovered gold on the 27 acres of ground!
     Same service.  Two people.  One sneered and refused 2 recognize the anointing of God.
     The second tasted the supernatural supply.
     One man told me after a service one night, "I do not really understand about this SEED of $58."  "It is quite simple.  The SEED that leaves your hand never really leaves your life--it simply leaves your hand and goes into your own FUTURE where it multiplies."
     Those who doubt are forced 2 live w/the consequences of their unbelief.   Those who believe can expect 2 face the rewards of their believing.
     Doubt is a tragic and unfortunate cancer in the body of Christ.  Oh, precious friend, do not permit it 2 destroy your life.
     Some are intimidated by the self-confidence of a financial deliverer.  To them, financial blessing is a difficult, hard and arduous journey up the long mountain of life.  It seems impossible 2 achieve.  When they C the brash and light approach, they are turned off.
     Some are thinking about the limitations of their salary instead of hearing about the potential of their faith.
     Others simply feel that the risk of the faith life is 2 great.  They hold on  every cent.  They hoard.  They feel personally responsible 4 every dollar that comes into their life and cannot grasp the greatness of a Provider, GOD, who cares deeply 4 them.
      Thousands refuse 2 embrace the faith challenge of a financial deliverer and mentor that God sends.  They will spend the rest of their life scraping pennies, wishing their life could have a breakthrough.

14 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========    Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 - "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not 2 pay it; 4 He hath no pleasure in fools:  pay that which thou has vowed.  Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, that thou should vow and not pay."

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REASON #14 - MANY FORGET OR REFUSE 2 PAY THEIR VOWS MADE 2 GOD.

     Vows are not frivolous things 2 God.
     God is not playful, frivolous nor trivial.
     He takes your promises 2 Him quite seriously.  "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not 2 pay it; 4 He hath no pleasure in fools:  pay that which thou has vowed.  Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, that thou should vow and not pay." (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5).
     God describes promise breakers as fools.  That is why it is so important not 2 position yourself as a fool bcoz fools are ultimately destroyed.
     God humiliates fools.
     God moves away from fools.
     God uses fools as illustrations 4 destruction.  Always keep your promises.  To your family.  To your wife or husband.  To the Lord who promised u His Best.  It is important that u develop impeccable and unwavering integrity when u give your word in a business transaction or 2 your children.
     God is a covenant God.  He remembers every vow u have made b4 Him and man.
     Oh, stop and re-examine your life this very moment!  Have u made any financial vows 2 your church or 2 the man of God in your life?  Pay them.  Whatever it takes.  Pay your vows.
     It will break "The Curse".  When u keep your vow, God's very best 'begins' 2 come 2 u.  Read Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26.  God guarantees that incredible blessings always come 2 those who 'observe and 2 do all His commandments" (Deuteronomy 28:1).
     After an anointed banquet one evening, an articulate and well-dressed lady approached me.
     "I know God has spoken 2 me tonight 2 plant a SEED of $1,000 in your ministry.  U will receive it in a few days," she said wiping tears of joy from her eyes.
     A few days later, her letter arrived.  It was an apology.  "After I talked 2 my husband, I felt tha I should break my promise 2 u.  I do not believe we can really afford 2 sow this special SEED at this time," she wrote.  Oh, the heartache that broken promises are creating in  our lives.
      U C, while she was in the Presence of God and the anointing of the Holy Spirit was hovering over the congregation, the SEEDS of her faith exploded within her heart.
     God spoke.
     She heard.  She moved swiftly.
     She quickly declared her covenant w/God.  After she moved away from His Presence, discussed this gigantic step of faith w/an unbelieving husband, she withdrew from her covenant which she had entered into w/God.  Oh, only time will reveal the curse that such an attitude of frivolity and light-heartedness will produce in our lives.
    Many years ago I was sitting in my bed watching a religious television program.  Suddenly, a famous evangelist looked into the camera and said so forcibly, "If u have made a vow 2 God at any time and not paid it, u have LAUNCHED a parade of tragedies.  Please sit down today and pay your vows."  Conviction smote my heart.
     Over 2 years b4, I had promised a missionary in Africa that I would help sponsor some students 4 scholarships in his Bible college.  I had asked him 2 rush me material about it.  When I did not receive the material, I did nothing.  I did not telephone him or pursue a reason.  I simply used it as an excuse 2 'escape my vow' that I had made 2 him.
     As I watched the telecast that night, God reminded me of my promise.  As I felt my heart pound, I knelt beside my bed and prayed, "Please 4give me.  Give me another chance.  do not withhold your harvest from me."  It was midnight, but I called my secretary anyway.  "Whatever u do, when u arrive at the office tomorrow morning, please take the checkbook.  Write out a check 2 this Bible school in East Africa.  Airmail it.  I cannot live another day w/o the blessing of God flowing upon me.  I cannot afford a curse in my life and ministry."
     I have seen 100s lift their hands and make faith promises, "Yes, I will plant a monthly SEED 2 help u spread the wisdom of God."  Yet, over 50 percent will never sit down and plant that SEED of Promise they vowed publicly 2 plant.
     "Maybe they cannot afford 2 do it!"  is a common explanation.  I have seen many people make this claim, Yet they continue 2 receive salary raises, new TV sets, and purchase a new automobile.  They take their family out 2 eat at the nicest restaurants, purchase new clothes and send their children thru college.  Thru-out all of this spending, they make the same claim, "I really cannot keep my faith promise."
     "Would u like 3 me  ask God 2 make u as poor as u tell everybody u really are?"  I asked jokingly of one of my relatives one day.
     When u make a faith promise, u have entered into a covenant between u and God.  Do not treat it lightly and w/frivolity.  Make every effort 2 pay it.
     If u do not presently have enough finances 2 fully pay your vow at one time, start planting small SEEDS as often as possible.  Your harvest will start increasing.  Then, u will find it possible 2 complete your faith promise and vow and begin your days of Blessing.
     Do u truly feel that u have made a mistake?  Then ask the Lord 2 give u an extra supernatural miracle so that u can complete your faith vow 2 Him in a supernatural way.  U are only responsible w/what He provides.  If He does not provide, u are released of your part.
     It is not merely the man of God who is authorized necessarily 2 'let u off."  This faith promise is between u and God.  It must be settled between u and Him.
     An unpaid vow is one of the powerful reasons 1000s have never tasted the reward of their step of faith.

     Let's pray together:
     "Father, 4give me 4 any unpaid vows.  U will come first from this day on.  I will keep my covenant w/You bcoz I need the Harvest far more than I need my SEED.  Provide 4 me and make it possible 4 me 2 have the finances necessary 2 keep my word 2 You.  U know my heart of faith and will not disappoint me.  I believe Your Word today.  In Jesus sweet powerful Name.  Amen and Thank You."

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By Gabrielle Bernstein | Tuesday September 13, 2011

 

Ever feel like you’re constantly striving for financial abundance, but can’t get there? It’s time for a new perspective on abundance itself.

Follow these three steps to recalibrate your money mindset and boost your bank account:

• Check your thoughts. Become conscious of the stories you tell yourself about your finances, like “I’ll never get out of debt” or “I can’t ask for more money in a recession.” List the fear-based money thoughts you’ve been replaying. What have been the consequences?
  
• Get creative. Open up your creative capacity by actively thinking (or saying out loud) a positive money affirmation that you can truly get behind, even if it feels unfamiliar at first. Not sure where to start? Try “I welcome creative ways of making money.”
  
• Take abundantly aligned ACTION. Practice using your affirmation before an interview or meeting. The outside world reflects your internal condition, so be mindful of what you’re thinking before you act.

For the next month, take one daily action that is backed by your abundant mentality. Even if it feels uncomfortable, embrace it as a sign you’re moving forward. One shift at a time will guide you to believe in your abundance.

And if you want to make even more shifts, check out my new book, Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles. That’s all about abundance in every area of your life!

Think happy thoughts. How could you benefit from changing your money mindset?

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13 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

Introduction
=========    II Samuel 24:25 - "And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.  So the LORD was intreated 4 the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel."


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REASON #13 - MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER LEARNED THE SECRET OF GIVING THEIR SEED A SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT.

     Every SEED contains an invisible INSTRUCTION.

     Let me explain.  U cannot C it.  It is 2 small and invisible 2 the natural eye.  But, it is obviously there.  If u could look deep into the watermelon seed, u would C an invisible instruction 2 "produce a watermelon."  Tomato seeds contain invisible instructions 2 "produce tomatoes."

      There is no wavering or uncertainty.  Every seed contains an incredible assignment.  It is PRECISE, EXACT and SPECIFIC.  The Creator had decided the Harvest when He created the SEED.

     When God wanted a family, He sowed His Son.  He gave His Son an assignment 2 "seek and save that which was lost."  Jesus was the best SEED God ever planted on Earth.  But, He contained an assignment, an Instruction, a Purpose.  Everything He did was connected 2 that assignment every day of His life.

     David tapped into the incredible secret of giving his SEED a specific assignment.  When 1000s lay dead across the city, he cried out 2 God and brought Him a specific offering 4 a specific purpose.  "And  David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.  So the LORD was intreated 4 the land."  What was the Harvest?  "And the plague was stayed from Israel" (Read II Samuel 24:25).

     Elijah taught this incredible Principle of Assignment 2 the widow of Zarephath.  As she was going 2 bring water, he gave her a specific instruction... "Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand."

     Then, he did something few ministers ever do.  He gave her a photograph of what her SEED was going 2 produce.  "For thus saith  the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the Earth" (I Kings 17:14).

     When u give your SEED an assignment, incredible faith pours into u.  U can C beyond the sacrifice of the moment.  The widow did.  "And she went and did according 2 the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days" (I Kings 17:15).

     Does it really work?  If u sow 4 a specific reason, toward a harvest, does  it work?  It works  if u are doing it in total obedience 2 the Instructions of God.  "And the barrel wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according 2 the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah" (I Kings 17:16). Those Instructions may be thru (1)a servant of God, (2) the Word of God or (3) thru the inner Voice of the Holy Spirit.

     Your prayers are SEED, too.

     Job sowed a prayer of deliverance 4 his 3 friends.  What happened?  God turned Job's captivity around!  Just like David had stopped a tragedy by offering a special offering 2 the LORD.

     Many years ago, I experienced a personal attack.  It was devastating 2 me emotionally.   My mind was fragmented.  Inside, my heart was broken, and I wanted 2 die.  It was a situation that would have been complicated by any retaliation or attempts of explanation.  I flew 2 Los Angeles 4 another crusade on the same day.  The next morning, a Sunday, the Holy Spirit gave me a strange instruction.  "Plant a Battle SEED."

     I had never heard of such a thing.  When u want something u have never had, u have got 2 do something u have never done.

     Then, I remembered when David had aimed his SEED like an arrow.  He gave it an assignment.  He focused it 4 a desired result.  And the plague was stayed (II Samuel 25:25).

     I planted everything I had that day-- $3000.   Supernaturally the attack ended as suddenly as it had began.  Is it not wonderful?  U always have a SEED that becomes an EXIT from your present circumstances.

     Your SEED is always the DOOR out of trouble.  It is ANYTHING u do that helps another person.  Your SEED is anything that improves the life of someone near u.  It may be the SEED of INFORMATION, SEED of ENCOURAGEMENT or even the SEED of FINANCES.  Whatever u plant, u must remember 2 give your SEED a specific assignment so that your faith will not waver.  "But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.  For he that wavereth is like a wave of the Sea driven w/the wind and tossed.  For let NOT that man [person] think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.  A double-minded man is Unstable in all his ways" (James 1:6-8).

     Your faith must have a specific Instruction. Not 2. Not three, but ONE.  "This one thing I do," was the words of the great man of God.  David cried out, "My heart is FIXED" (Psalms 57:7).

     Do not waver. Aim your SEED.  "Turn not 2 the right hand nor 2 the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest" (Joshua 1:7). 

     Giving your SEED a specific assignment strongly impacts your FOCUS.  And focus matters.  The SECRET of success is CONCENTRATION.  The only reason people fail is BROKEN focus.

     It is a tragic situation that I have observed on many Sunday mornings in churches.   The offering is being received.  The pastor explains how the offering will be spent, "We really need a roof.  The present roof is in need of repair.  Will u help us today?"

     The people respond.  But their SEED has not really received an INSTRUCTION.  Of course it pays the bills.  But, it does not really MULTPLY back into their lives.  Why?  It has not been AIMED 2 create a specific harvest or desired result.  U C, if the only desired result involved is 2 pay the roofer, that is accomplished easily... but the SEED sowers never receive their 'personal' harvest in return.  Sow your SEED 'consistently'.  Generously.  And always in obedience 2 the Voice of God.  Then, wrap your faith around your SEED and target it like an arrow.  Enter into a covenant 4 a specific and desired result in your life.

     Thousands fail 2 do this and never enjoy the financial harvest God promised.  "U have not, bcoz u ask not" (James 4:2).

     Let us pray together:

     "Father, You gave Jesus, Your best SEED, an Assignment.  You wanted a Family.  Now, millions are born again and changed 4ever.  You are producing the Harvest Your desired.  Teach us the Principle of Assignment--giving every SEED we sow, a specific assignment.  Remind us 2 water and nurture the SEED w/Expectation, Doubting nothing.   In Jesus Name.  Amen."

12 of 31 Reasons People Do Not Receive Their Financial Harvest

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=========        REASON #12 - MANY ARE NOT WORKING AT THEIR PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT.

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     Your assignment is always 2 a place.
     The early disciples knew this very well.  "As they ministered 2 the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabus and Saul 4 the work where unto I have called them" (Acts 13:2).
     The Holy Spirit is the only One who knows where your gifts will flourish and where u really belong.  "So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost departed unto Seleucia; from thence they sailed 2 Cyprus" (Acts 13:4).
     Philip also knew the importance of obeying the Voice of the Holy Spirit 2 go 2 a certain place.  "And the Angel of the LORD spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the South unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.  And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace Queen of the Ethiopians... Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.  Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself 2 this chariot (Acts 8:26-29).
     Jesus understood the importance of being in the right place at the right time.  "He left Judaea and departed again unto Galilee (John 4:30).   It was here He changed the life of the woman of Samaria 4ever.

     > The right people are waiting 4 u at the right place of assignment (Ruth 1-4).
     >  The right miracles always occur when u are at the right place (John 6:19-21).
     >  Prosperity and Provision are always available when u are at the right place (John 6:12-13).
     >  Favor always flows toward u when u are  laboring at the right place (Ruth 2:3-18).

     It happened 2 Ruth  when Boaz, the wealthy land owner observed her working in his field.
     Those u love the most may not discern where u really belong.  Ruth experienced this when her embittered mother-in-law insisted she return w/her sister-in-law back 2 Moab instead of following her 2 Bethlehem.  "Behold, they sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods:  return thou after they sister-in-law" (Ruth 1:15).
     Working and saying NO at the right place of your assignment may require uncommon tenacity and persistence.  Naomi saw this in the heart of Ruth when she tried 2 discourage her from accompanying her 2 Bethlehem.  "When she saw that she was steadfastly minded 2 go w/her, then she left speaking unto her" (Ruth 1:18). a
     You may have 2 exit a place of comfort 2 enter a place of promotion.  "And Ruth said, "Intreat me not 2 leave thee, or 2 return from following after thee, 4 whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: they people shall be my people, and thy God my God:  Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:  the LORD do so 2 me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me" (Ruth 1:16-17). 
     The place that often  appears 2b the wrong place may become the right place.  This may be where u make the Golden Connection of your lifetime.  "And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were  bound:  and he was there in the prison.  But the LORD was w/Joseph, and showed him mercy and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison" (Genesis 39:20-21).
     It was in this same prison where false accusation placed him that Joseph met the butler who connected him 2 Pharaoh.  There, he became the prime minister of all of Egypt.  Do not be discouraged today bcoz it appears your dreams and goals will never come 2 pass.
     The greatest friendships are often birthed in very terrible places and difficult circumstances.
     Difficult places often turn out 2 be great places.  "The keeper of the prison looked not 2 anything that was under his hand: bcoz the LORD was w/him, [Joseph] and that which he did, the LORD made it 2 prosper" (Genesis 39:23).
     Geography greatly matters in your success.  It is so important 2b led by the Holy Spirit.  "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Romans 8:14).  God promises that u will hear a Voice behind u saying "This is the Way, walk ye in it" (Isaiah 30:21). 
     The right place often appears 2b  the wrong place at first.  Joseph discovered this.  The prison could not have looked appealing.  he did not exclaim, "Yes!  Exactly like I saw in my dream!"  Hardly.  But, it was the place where God was directing his steps.  This is Trust.  This reveals confidence in the god of his life.  "Trust in the LORD w/all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6).     
      When u  are  where u really belong, u will find yourself becoming excited about your work.  U even arrive early and often work overtime.  Why?  You are in the center of your assignment-- the place where u are celebrated instead of tolerated.  U will look 4 changes that can improve the environment, solutions that solve problems, and continuously find something 2 improve.
     When u are working at the wrong place, u may habitually start arriving late.  Subconsciously, u are dreading getting there.  U wait 15 minutes ahead of time at the punch-out clock anxious 2 leave 4 home.  U complain and gripe about every little change that occurs.  U work slower than everyone else.  Your mistakes increase bcoz of your inability 2 focus.  Attentiveness becomes impossilbe.
     You are simply at the wrong place or have a wrong attitude towards it.
     It is so easy 2 understand why many people never receive promotions, an extra bonus or a raise.  They are not where they should be.  Their lack of desire 4 excellence is proof.
     What should u do when u realize u are out of place?  Wrong job?  Or, u are not fulfilling the center of your assignment?
     First, recognize that the Holy Spirit may have u there 4 reasons u may not understand.  things may be difficult but u can still be the catalyst 4 change.  Titus received this special and unique word from the Apostle Paul.  Paul recognized that "The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies" (Titus 1:12).  He agreed that the witness was true (Titus 1:13). But, he explained this 2 Titus, "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee...  Where4 rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;  Not giving heed 2 Jewish fables, and commandments-of-men, that turn from the Truth" (Titus 1:5,13-14).
     Your assignment will never be 2 someone who is perfect or u would have no place 2 go.
     Your assignment will not always be 2 a perfect environment; u may be the one assigned 2 bring it 2 a new level of excellence.
     Wherever u are presently assigned, determine 2 excel.  As u do, u will receive the special attention of God.  "Servants, be obedient 2 them that are your masters according 2 the flesh, w/fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;  Not w/eye-service, as men pleasers;  but as the servants of Christ;  doing the will of God from the heart" (Ephesians 6:5-6).
     Your aim should be the highest level of excellence bcoz u are doing it unto God and not simply 2 your boss.  "With good will doing service, as 2 the LORD, and not 2 men" (Ephesians 6:7).         
     Whatever u do 2 excel (even in your present position) will be honored, compensated and fully rewarded by the God who observes u continually.  "Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the LORD, whether he be bond or free" (Ephesians 6:8).  It is a powerful Golden KEY that I have used countless 100s of time in my life:  What U Make Happen 4 Others, God Will Make Happen 4 U.  Do your work w/such excellence that your standard excels and surpasses that of your co-workers.
     Exceed your supervisor's expectations so that u are chosen 2 replace him.  "And the keeper of the prison committed 2 Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it" (Genesis 39:22). 
     Continually explore opportunities 2 solve uncommon problems.  Joseph did.  "And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad" (Genesis 40:6).  It was this keen observation and the attentiveness 2 the problems of others that brought Joseph 2 the golden door of the palace.  When he accurately interpreted the dreams of the butler and the baker, he created a corridor 2 the heart of Pharaoh.
     Interpreting dreams was not on his job resume.  Nobody else had discerned this gift within him.  He alone knew his gift and calling.  He continuously looked 4 an opportunity 4 God 2 use them.  Within 24 months he was the prime minister of  the greatest nation on Earth, Egypt.
     Uncommon diligence always attracts attention.
     Do your work w/such diligence that u become the topic of conversation of others.  This happened 2 Ruth.  Boaz asked his servants, "Whose damsel is this ?"  She was so diligent they discussed her incredible schedule of work,  "She came and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house." (Ruth 2:7b).  
     Financial crisis can make u vulnerable.  May u accepted the most convenient or accessible job opportunity available.  Deep in your heart u have become frustrated and discontented.  Your greatest gifts are lying dormant.  Undiscovered.  Undiscerned.  Unused.  Unrewarded.
     Oh, I want 2 encourage u today!  SEASONS WILL CHANGE.  U will not stay where u are very long.  Using the Golden KEY of Diligence (speedy attention 2 an assignment task) and Integrity (doing exactly what u promised your boss u would do on the schedule he expected) u will rise above it all.
     Many years ago, I read that 7 out of 10 employees in America were working on the 'wrong' jobs, performing tasks they dreaded and never receiving a promotion bcoz of it.
     That is  one of the major reasons u may not be receiving the financial harvest God wants u 2 enjoy.
     I will never 4get the conversation.  After I spoke one evening, an older man walked up 2 me and complained, "Dr. Mike, this prosperity stuff never worked 4 me."  "Well, tell me about it,"  I replied.  "I have worked on my job 27 years."  "U must love your job,  "I admired.   "I hate my job,"  was his surprising reply.  "Well, then why are you working there?"  I asked.
     His reply should be carved in concrete.  I will never 4get it as long as I live.  "It is only 10 minutes from my house."
     I stared in disbelief.  Convenience had made a slave out of an incredible potential champion.
     Then, he added another shocking statement that explained why he stayed on the same job for 27 long dreary years.
     "In 3 years,  I will get a gold watch."  Imagine exchanging one half of your working life 4 a little gold watch.  How tragic!
     Are u working on your job bcoz it is near your house?  Are u working at your job bcoz the demands are few?  Have u really spent time in the Secret Place, inquiring of the Holy Spirit as 2 the place where u should empty your life?  Is it serious enough 2 u 2 enter a special time of fasting?  Are u working at your job bcoz it appears 2 pay more money than were u really belong?  Does this indicate that u can be "bought" if the money is right?
     "Well, u know, a man has got 2 eat, Dr. Mike."  Is that your major goal in life, 2 have just enough money 4 survival?
     Provision is only guaranteed at your place of obedience.  Ruth had 2 be at the place where Boaz could C her.  Joseph had 2b seen by Pharaoh b4 he was promoted.
     If u never want 2 go 2 work early, I wold start questioning if I were really at the right place.  If u never have a a passion 2 stay late and complete a project, I would ask the question 2 make certain I was at the right place of assignment.
     If u are at the place where God has presently assigned u, give your best.  Stop looking across the fence at 'greener grass.'  Make your present responsibilities your total focus.  Become obsessed w/achieving the highest level of excellence any one has ever reached in your position.
     If u are not where God has assigned u, start moving.  Talk it out w/your mentor, your boss and your family.  Find out where u would excel and do your very very best.
     When u are at the right place, the right people move toward u.
     One day of favor is worth 1000 days of labor.  U cannot work hard enough 2 get everything u want.  U must move in the currents of uncommon favor.
     Uncommon favor only occurs when u are where God has assigned u.
     When u are where u belong, u will LOVE what u do.  u will not require the constant encouragement and motivation from others.  Instead u will excite those around u.
     When u are where u belong, there will be a natural Joy that creates an incredible environment of motivation 4 others.
     An intriquing story occurs  in I Kings 17.  The prophet Elijah is commanded 2 go 2 the brook Cherith.  There he finds his miracle of Provision during the famine.   A  raven feeds him daily, and the brook supplies his water.  He was where he belonged.
     Suddenly, a crisis occurs.  The brook dried up.  The raven did not return w/food.  Why?  His place of assignment had changed.
     Lack may be a clue that it is time 2 make a geographical change in your assignment.
     Jesus Instructed Peter 2 go fishing.  When he caught 'the' fish, a coin 4 Tax Money was in its mouth.   Why?  He was where he had been assigned.
     When u are at your place of assignment, u will notice things others may overlook.  A tailor notices a missing button.  The hair stylist sees the roots of the hair need dying again.  The mechanic hears a sound in the car engine nobody else heard.
     Your assignment determines the problems that get your attention.  This occured in Joseph's life.  He noticed the sad countenance of 2 prisoners, the butler and the baker.  Joseph responded and it was the vital link 2 his promotion.
     When u are at the wrong place, u may often overlook problems that u should solve.
     When u are at the right place, u may be more discerning and intuitive than everyone else around u.  Why?  U are at the place of your assignment.  Nobody is seeing what u C, knows what u know or cares as much as u care.
     Someone asked me once, "What are the major differences u C between the wealthy and the poor?"  I answered, "When I talk 2 the poor, they are always doing something they hate.  But, when I talk 2 the wealthy, they are always doing projects  and things they really LOVE.  When I talk 2 the poor, they are anxious  get home from work.  When I talk 2 the wealthy, their PASSION is like a magnet keeping them at their place of business."
     Somebody said it so well:  "If u LOVE your work, u will never really work a single day in your life."  Oh, how true!
     Stop and evaluate your life today.  Do not keep rushing into a Future u have not gazed upon.  Do not amble and wonder aimlessly thru life.  Life is 2 precious and SHORT 2 throw away!
     What topic would u rather discuss than any other topic on Earth?  What books do u love 2 read?  If u could write a book about any subject, what would it be? (Mind is about the Kingdom of God) These are CLUES 2 your life assignment.
     Many never find where they really belong and consequently never reeceive the Financial Harvest(s) their Heavenly Father is longing  give 2 them.


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