Sower- 100 fold

Sower

Mark 4:3–7 ESV

“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

Mark 4:

Mark 4:14–19 ESV

The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Mark 4:14-

Mark 4:20

Mark 4:20 ESV

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

Why some only have 30 & others 60 & others 100?

a little fruit

joy

contentment

effectiveness in sharing Jesus

power over sin

fruitfulness

b/c some have good soil but there are areas in our lives that still have bare spots, weeds, rocks

Malachi 3:7–9 ESV

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.

Mal 3:7-

God wants to do something through me but I’m blocking Him so He does it though someone else

we are worn out in our giving

when God wants to do something through me but I’m blocking Him so He does it though someone else

Malachi 3:10–12 ESV

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

Praise unblocks the glory of God

opens us up to recieve the blessing of God

2 Corinthians 10:13 ESV

But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.

Malachi 3:8–12 ESV

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

Some are praising God but are worshiping the things that God gives

when we do that we won’t be willing to give it back

After the parable of sower both in Mark & Luke

Mark 4:21–25 ESV

And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

blessings increase with our faithfulness

Woman with a little oil and flour

It comes to be when we allow God to do something in us knowing that He desires for us to allow it to flow through us

finances

time

talents

NOT YOURS BUT HIS THAT HE GAVE YOU TO FLOW THROUGH YOU

so that you don’t spoil

finances

job, extra giving

Time

so busy- take time from family; skip fishing hole/golf trip, wake up a little earlier

invest in your personal growth

invest in others spiritual growth

give to a ministry

help the hurting

It’s be more than 30/60 fold but your fruitfulness will be 100 fold

CLOSING

Paul’s Prayer

Ephesians 3:14–20 ESV

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Ephesians 3:

baptized get ready

stand