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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, it's Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're continuing with this series called Daring Faith, The Key

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<v Speaker 1>to Miracles. And in this series you're learning how to

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<v Speaker 1>have a bold, unshakable faith. And so far this series

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<v Speaker 1>is giving all of us powerful tools to share our faith,

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<v Speaker 1>a faith that gives you courage to impact the world around.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't wait to get to today's message. Here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with part one of a message called Daring to Plant

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<v Speaker 1>in Faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week, in part five of Daring Faith, we learned

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<v Speaker 2>that God says you can learn a lot about living

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<v Speaker 2>by faith by looking at three kinds of people. Successful athletes,

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<v Speaker 2>successful soldiers, and successful farmers.

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<v Speaker 3>We covered that in pretty good detail.

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<v Speaker 2>But I told you I wanted to come back to

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<v Speaker 2>this farmer metaphor because the Bible compares the Christian life

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<v Speaker 2>to gardening over and over and over again.

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<v Speaker 3>They're on your outlines. This is eight twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, as long as the earth endures, there

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<v Speaker 2>will be seed time and harvest. There are laws of

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<v Speaker 2>seed time, and there are laws of harvest. In Galatians

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<v Speaker 2>six seven says this don't be misled. No one makes

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<v Speaker 2>a fool of God. Whatever a person plants, he might harvest.

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<v Speaker 2>Though it says that says he what hey will count

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<v Speaker 2>on it circle that word will Now today, one I

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<v Speaker 2>want to teach you is daring to plant in faith,

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<v Speaker 2>and specifically I want to teach you God's laws of

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<v Speaker 2>the harvest, God's laws of planting and harvesting. Or in

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<v Speaker 2>the olden days, it was called the laws of sowing

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<v Speaker 2>and reaping. Most people, if you say the word sowing today,

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<v Speaker 2>they think of like a needle and thread sew, not

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<v Speaker 2>sw But when you talk about sowing and reaping, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the old style. Before there were you know, farm machinery,

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<v Speaker 2>people had to sew seed by hand, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>literally called broadcasting. It was broad casting. You get carried

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of seed in a sack and as you

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<v Speaker 2>walk through you broad cast it, which is, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>where we get the terms broadcasting for television and radio

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<v Speaker 2>and things like that. Because you're sowing seed on a

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<v Speaker 2>wide distance. It's not just planning one little seed at

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<v Speaker 2>the time, you're broadcasting it or you are sewing. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you ignore the laws of sowing and reaping in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, it's going to hurt you. It will harm

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<v Speaker 2>you if you wisely use the laws of sowing and

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<v Speaker 2>reaping in your life, You're going to be blessed by it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you can use the laws I'm about to teach

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<v Speaker 2>you literally in every single area of your life, daring

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<v Speaker 2>to plant in faith. You can use the laws of

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<v Speaker 2>sowing and reaping and relationships.

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<v Speaker 3>You can use the laws.

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<v Speaker 2>In your health. What you sow, you will reap. You

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<v Speaker 2>can use it in your finances. You can use it

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<v Speaker 2>in your career learning how to plant wisely in your

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<v Speaker 2>career and how to harvest wisely in your career. The

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<v Speaker 2>point that I want to make before I get into

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<v Speaker 2>these laws is this, whatever you need more of in your.

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<v Speaker 3>Life, you need to plant in faith.

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<v Speaker 2>If you need more you feel like you need more appreciation,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to start appreciating other people, plant seeds of appreciation.

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<v Speaker 2>If you feel like you need more talent, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to start using the little talent you've got and God

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<v Speaker 2>will give you more. If you need more time, if

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<v Speaker 2>you need more money, if you need more energy.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever you need more of, you need to learn.

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<v Speaker 2>The laws of planting and harvesting, or sowing and reaping.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to plant what you need. Now, let me

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<v Speaker 2>go through these laws pretty quickly. Number one, write these down.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything starts as a seed. That's the first law of

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<v Speaker 2>the harvest. Everything starts as a seed. Every idea started

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<v Speaker 2>as a seed. Idea, Every dream started as a dream seed.

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<v Speaker 2>Every achievement, every nation America started as an idea, a

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<v Speaker 2>seed idea of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>This church started as a seed. Your life started as

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<v Speaker 2>a seed. When your father's seed was connected with your

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<v Speaker 2>mother's egg, your life began. Literally, everything that is living

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<v Speaker 2>on the planet Earth came from a seed. If it

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<v Speaker 2>didn't come from a seed, it's not alive. And so

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<v Speaker 2>everything starts as a seed. Now, in Genesis chapter one,

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<v Speaker 2>God says this, let the land have seed bearing plants

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<v Speaker 2>and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according

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<v Speaker 2>to their varieties. Now circle that phrase according to their varieties,

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<v Speaker 2>because I'll come back to that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, what are we talking about when we're talking about planning?

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<v Speaker 3>A seed?

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<v Speaker 2>A seed is anything? Write this down. A seed is

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<v Speaker 2>anything value that I give away. A seed is anything

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<v Speaker 2>valuable that I give away. When you give away praise,

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<v Speaker 2>there's value to that. When you give away advice, that's

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<v Speaker 2>good advice. There's value to that. When you give away

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<v Speaker 2>your time, there's value to that. When you give away

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<v Speaker 2>your money, there's value to that. When you give away

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<v Speaker 2>your experience to help other people, there's value to that.

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<v Speaker 3>Anytime you give any.

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<v Speaker 2>When you give your love away, there's great value to that.

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<v Speaker 2>A seed is anything that I give away in order

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<v Speaker 2>to help somebody else.

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<v Speaker 3>So it all starts as a seed.

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<v Speaker 2>It could be time, money, appreciation, wisdom, energy, whatever. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, words can be seeds. Words can be seeds

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<v Speaker 2>that you plant in people's mind, all right, and they

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<v Speaker 2>can grow, they grow, they do grow, and they bear fruit.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you need to choose your words wisely, especially

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<v Speaker 2>when you're talking with people that you love, children, husband,

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<v Speaker 2>your wife, your friends.

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<v Speaker 3>Those are seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>What kinds of Let me just ask you, what kind

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<v Speaker 2>of seeds are you planning in your relationships? Are you

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<v Speaker 2>planning seeds of trust? Are you planning seeds of distrust?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you planning seeds of kindness? Are you planning seeds

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<v Speaker 2>of crankiness and anger and bitterness meanness? Are you planning

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<v Speaker 2>seeds that build up? Are you planning seeds that tear down?

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<v Speaker 3>You will reap whatever you sew. Okay, number two long

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<v Speaker 3>number two.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing happens until the seed is planted. Nothing happens until

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<v Speaker 2>the seed is planted. It must be given away. It

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<v Speaker 2>can't do any good in a bag. Now, Jesus used

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<v Speaker 2>this principle explain why he came to die in John

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<v Speaker 2>twelve twenty four. Jesus said this, unless a grain of wheat,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a seed. Unless a grain of wheat is buried

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<v Speaker 2>in the ground, it cannot reproduce. But if it dies,

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<v Speaker 2>it produce much fruit. You know, a year ago I

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<v Speaker 2>bought some pumpkin seeds and they never sprouted.

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<v Speaker 3>I forgot to plant them. They're still in the packet.

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<v Speaker 3>I found them this week.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, no wonder, no wonder that a seed is worthless

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<v Speaker 2>in a bag. Now, imagine a farmer going to a

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<v Speaker 2>feed store, buying a big sack of feed or a

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<v Speaker 2>seed for some crop he's going to grow, and then

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<v Speaker 2>he puts it in his barn, and then he's afraid

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<v Speaker 2>to give it away, and he goes.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you know, I want to hold onto it. I

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<v Speaker 3>might not have enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I might not have We would say that is foolish.

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<v Speaker 2>Seeds are meant to be planted. Seeds are meant to

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<v Speaker 2>be given away. What I'm teaching you is that planting

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<v Speaker 2>and sewing is an act of faith. It's an act

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<v Speaker 2>of faith because it's saying, when I plant the seed,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that something great is going to happen. Because

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<v Speaker 2>I plant this seed, something great will happen. Because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give away what I've got. I'm not gonna keep

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<v Speaker 2>it in my bag. I'm gonna give it away, and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it's gonna produce some fruit. Now, planting seeds

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<v Speaker 2>is also risky because you can't see what's happening under

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<v Speaker 3>Most of you know, I'm a farmer at heart.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of years ago, I actually grew fifty six

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of vegetables that year. This year, I've cut it

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<v Speaker 2>way way back, but I am growing a lot of kale,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going you know, vegetables and tomatoes and peppers

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<v Speaker 2>and all kinds of different stuff. Now I can't go

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<v Speaker 2>out to my garden and every day dig it up

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<v Speaker 2>to see if it's growing. When you plant a seed,

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<v Speaker 2>it's covered up and it's buried, and you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>is that thing gonna sprout or not? Is it gonna

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<v Speaker 2>sprout or not? And That's where the faith comes in.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you can't see it. What if it doesn't sprout,

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<v Speaker 2>You're tempted to dig it up.

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<v Speaker 3>What if it fails. What if I give my seat

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<v Speaker 3>away nothing comes.

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<v Speaker 2>Of it, Then I'm up a creek without a paddle.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where the faith comes in. Jesus said it like this,

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<v Speaker 2>Mark chapter four. The Kingdom of God is like someone

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<v Speaker 2>who plants seed in the ground.

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<v Speaker 3>Notice this is a parable of the Kingdom.

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<v Speaker 2>The Kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed

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<v Speaker 2>in the ground night and day.

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<v Speaker 3>Whether the person is asleep or awake.

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<v Speaker 2>The seed is still growing, but the person doesn't know

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<v Speaker 2>how it grows. You can't see it until it sprouts.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the element of faith. Okay, number three. When

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<v Speaker 2>I have a need, I should plant a seed. When

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<v Speaker 2>I have a need, I should plant a seed. When

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<v Speaker 2>a farmer looks out on his barn crop a baron

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<v Speaker 2>field and he sees no crops in his field, he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't gripe, he doesn't complain, he doesn't even pray, He

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<v Speaker 2>just starts planting. There's sometimes you should not pray. There's

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you should plant instead of prey. The farmer can

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<v Speaker 2>look at a barnfield go, oh, God, please make my

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<v Speaker 2>corn crop grow, and God saying, did you plant any seat?

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<v Speaker 3>No? But I really make it grow? Did you plant

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<v Speaker 3>any seed?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

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<v Speaker 2>But make it grow. It isn't going to happen. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you don't pray, you plant. This is the law of

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<v Speaker 2>sowing and reaping. And so he just starts planning because

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<v Speaker 2>no sowing, no harvest. The Bible says this an Ecclesiastes eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Do your planting in the morning, and by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, in the evening too.

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<v Speaker 3>In other words, all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>You never know whether it will all grow well, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether one planting will do better than the others. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you ever heard the phrase don't put all your eggs in. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what investor's saying. This is what the Bible said

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<v Speaker 2>this year. By the way, that verse, that idea is

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<v Speaker 2>from the Bible. It's from Ecclesiastes. But here's another example.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, when you sew, sew in a bunch of areas,

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<v Speaker 2>plant in a bunch of areas. Do your planning all

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<v Speaker 2>the time. You should be planting good seeds all the

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<v Speaker 2>time with your life, because you never know where it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to grow. Now, let me just be re lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you think you're waiting on God, and you're not.

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<v Speaker 2>He's waiting on you. Some of you think you're waiting

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<v Speaker 2>on God for a job, or for a miracle, or

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<v Speaker 2>a spouse or something that you want. God is waiting

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<v Speaker 2>on you. He's waiting on you. To start planting seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>When I have a need, I plant a seed. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't make a deposit, there is no return. So

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<v Speaker 2>whatever I need more of, I need to give it away.

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<v Speaker 2>If I need more energy, I use the energy in

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<v Speaker 2>the gym to get more energy. If I need more talent,

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<v Speaker 2>I give away what I've got, and I get more

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<v Speaker 2>talent by using what little i've got, time, money, anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever I need more of, I give it away when

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't needed Plant of seed number four. Whatever I

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<v Speaker 2>plant is what I will reap. This is the law

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<v Speaker 2>of reproduction. Whatever I plant is whatever I will reap.

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<v Speaker 2>If a farmer plants a field with beans, what crop

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<v Speaker 2>should he expect to get?

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<v Speaker 3>Watermelon? No?

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<v Speaker 2>If I plant corn in the ground, do you think

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna expect zucchini? No, You're gonna get in life

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you plant. This is an inviolable rule of the universe.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll either work for you or against you. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>wonder about what's gonna grow. He doesn't doubt what's gonna grow.

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<v Speaker 2>If I plant corn, I'm gonna get corn, because whatever

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<v Speaker 2>I plant is what I'm going to reap. Galatians sixty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's read it aloud together. You will reap exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>you plant. Now, there's a phrase in jenis Us over

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<v Speaker 2>and over that's used, and it's the phrase after its

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<v Speaker 2>own kind, and that phrase is talking about here that

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<v Speaker 2>we always reap the same thing that we sew. Now again, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>this works both ways. It can either work for you

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<v Speaker 2>or it can work against you. Whatever I dish out

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<v Speaker 2>is what I'm going to get back in life. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible talks about this a lot. In fact, let

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<v Speaker 2>me just show you some verses on the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>Here. Look at these. Here's some negative examples.

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<v Speaker 2>Job four eight. People who plant trouble harvest it. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at the next one, Proverbs twenty two, verse eight. Whoever

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<v Speaker 2>sows sin reaps weeds Proverbs twenty two eight. And the

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<v Speaker 2>New Living Translation says those who plant seeds of injustice

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<v Speaker 3>Hoseah ten thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>You planted wickedness, and now you reaped evil Matthew seven

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<v Speaker 2>to two. Whatever measure you you used to judge others

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, what you sew you're gonna reap.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let me show you some positive examples. Proverbs eleven eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>The one who sows righteousness will reap a sure reward.

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<v Speaker 2>Hoseah ten twelve. Plant good seeds of righteousness, and you'll

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<v Speaker 2>harvest a crop of my love James three four three eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Peacemakers plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you getting the idea that this is not some

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<v Speaker 2>minor message of the Bible?

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<v Speaker 3>The laws of the harvest.

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<v Speaker 2>You will reap what you sew with your children, with

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<v Speaker 3>It'll either work for you or it'll work against you.

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<v Speaker 2>You sow anger, guess what you're gonna get angry kids,

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<v Speaker 2>you sew patients, Guess what you're gonna get patient kids.

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<v Speaker 2>You will reap what you sow, and you get exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what you put out. I cannot sow irresponsibility and reap success.

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot sow laziness and reap reward. I cannot sow

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<v Speaker 2>stinginess and reap a bless him. The Bible is full

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<v Speaker 2>of examples of this, both negative and positive. Jacob, Jacob,

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<v Speaker 2>his name's supplanter meant he was going to cheat people.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jacob cheated his brother and cheated his dad.

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<v Speaker 3>So you know what happened. His father in law cheated him.

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<v Speaker 3>He reaped what he sewed.

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<v Speaker 2>Hayman was a man who reaped a bitterness, and he

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<v Speaker 2>built these gallows to kill a guy named Mordecai. He

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<v Speaker 2>ended up being hung on his own gallows. This happens

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. Galatians six seven and eight.

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<v Speaker 3>I love this. In a message, it says this.

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<v Speaker 2>The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others

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<v Speaker 2>and ignoring God, harvests a crop of weeds. That's all

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<v Speaker 2>he'll have to chaw for his life. But here's the

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<v Speaker 2>good news. The one who plants in response to God,

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<v Speaker 2>letting God's spirit do the growth work in him, harvests

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<v Speaker 2>a crop, a real, eternal, real life, eternal life. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going to harvest whatever you plant. Okay, everything starts a seed.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing happens to the seed's planted. Whatever I have, when

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<v Speaker 2>I have a need, I plant a seed, and whatever

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<v Speaker 2>I plan is what I'm going to read. Number five,

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<v Speaker 2>here's a big one. I'm not the only sower. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not the only planter in the universe. Other people are

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<v Speaker 2>planting all around you. And by the way, you are

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<v Speaker 2>reaping both good and bad from those who went before you.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of you grew up sadly.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sorry for this in families with a history

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<v Speaker 2>of abuse and a history of alcohol, and maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>history of divorce, and you have to decide the chain

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<v Speaker 2>breaks now. I can't control the past, but I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to break the chain now.

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<v Speaker 3>I talked to a guy in college one time.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a good friend of my name Rick, who

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<v Speaker 2>he said, four generations of my family all got divorced.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I am bound intermined. That is not going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen in my life. The chain breaks now. You

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<v Speaker 2>are harvesting both good and bad from your past because

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<v Speaker 2>you're not the.

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<v Speaker 3>Only person who sold.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything you do has consequences, and by the way, your

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<v Speaker 2>life is going to affect future generations.

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<v Speaker 3>So you need to take it very very seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message today from pastor Rick. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always can use in my own life after listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this show. All right, would you like to step

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<v Speaker 2>How'd you like to have a bold, unshakable faith that

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<v Speaker 4>That's not a dream. That's exactly what God wants to

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