Abundance.
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
You plant a "dead" seed; soon there is a flourishing plant. There is no visual likeness between seed and plant. You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don't look anything alike.
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.
God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you're ready for anything and everything... As one psalmist puts it, He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out. This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.
If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
1 Corinthians 3:6 1 Corinthians 3:7 1 Corinthians 15:35 2 Corinthians 9:10 2 Corinthians 9:8 Galatians 3:29
Winning in life depends on God – not good luck.
LIFEgroups – together experiencing God
Glenn
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
You plant a "dead" seed; soon there is a flourishing plant. There is no visual likeness between seed and plant. You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don't look anything alike.
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.
God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you're ready for anything and everything... As one psalmist puts it, He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out. This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.
If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
1 Corinthians 3:6 1 Corinthians 3:7 1 Corinthians 15:35 2 Corinthians 9:10 2 Corinthians 9:8 Galatians 3:29
Winning in life depends on God – not good luck.
LIFEgroups – together experiencing God
Glenn
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