Without faith it’s impossible to please God.
Hebrews 11:6

Faith is confidence that God is and will do what he promised to do.

⁹ If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
Romans 10:9,10

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. ¹⁷ For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
Romans 1:16,17

God’s Laws of Planting and Harvesting

As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest…
Genesis 8:22

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
Galatians 6:7

1) Everything starts as a

.

Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.”
Genesis 1:11

• A seed is anything valuable that I give away.

2) Nothing happens until it is

.

Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 12:24

²⁶ Then Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed in the ground. ²⁷ Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows.”
Mark 4:26-27

3) Whatever I plant is what I

.

“The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others, and ignoring God, harvests a crop of weeds. That’s all he’ll have to show for his life! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life!”
Galatians 6:7-8

4) I always harvest in a

season than I plant.

¹ For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven… ² A time to plant and a time to harvest… ⁵ A time to scatter…and a time to gather.
Ecclesiastes 3:1,2b,5a

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9

5) I always harvest

than I plant.

“Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
Mark 4:8

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:25

6) I increase my harvest by planting more

.

⁶ Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. ⁷ You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
2 Corinthians 9:6,7

The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.
Proverbs 11:24

7) The more seed I plant the more God

.

⁸ And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others… ¹⁰ For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
2 Corinthians 9:8,10

8) Plant by faith not

.

⁵ Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. ⁶ They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
Psalm 126:5,6

⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; ¹⁰ then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9,10

… Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10b

9) The best time to plant is

.

Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
Ecclesiastes 11:4

“God sees our finances and faith as inseparable.” —Author, Randy Alcorn