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On Reaping <strong>Your</strong> Harvest, God Says, "GIVE It Time! and Don't<br />
Give Up!"<br />
seeds first, then reaping our harvests which is<br />
God's absolute promise to us.<br />
This thing of "PAYING" God through our<br />
tithes and offerings has not only hurt God's<br />
ministers from being seen as "workmen worthy<br />
of their hire" (Luke 10:7) and having their needs<br />
met to inspire others to get their needs met, it has<br />
also hurt many lay people and caused them to get<br />
a bad view of their ministers.<br />
A woman put it aptly when she said to a<br />
minister friend of mine who was urging the lay<br />
people to sacrifice: "The trouble is, preacher, you<br />
sac it and we fice it."<br />
When he told me this I replied, "Good for her.<br />
I feel the same way. Because God's giving and<br />
receiving works both ways for Him and for each<br />
of us whether we're a minister or a lay believer."<br />
He said, "She opened my eyes and since then<br />
I've got away from this PAYING thing, this<br />
sacrifice thing, and preached the Word of God as<br />
it is on giving and receiving, sowing and reaping,<br />
and seedtime and harvest."<br />
I've discovered you can't attack your lack as<br />
long as you are under bondage of "PAYING" God<br />
your tithes and offerings. Why? Because you can<br />
never pay. For that reason God sent His Son to the<br />
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