In life, it is so easy to understand, that when you plant a seed, you get what you planted when the harvest comes up!  Plant an apple seed and you get an apple tree.  Plant corn and you get corn.  Today, I would like to talk to you about “Life Seeds” and not natural seeds.

God’s principles that he applies to life are the same.”I will just start with kindness.”  We are taught, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you!”   When you plant or “sow” kindness, it will come back to you through kindness from others.  When you have relationship problems, it doesn’t come easy, to be kind in the midst of the turmoil.   It is natural for us to repay unkindness with being unkind.   We sometimes want  retaliation!  You hurt me, I will hurt you!  God taught us a new way to react.  When people hurt us, we are to respond in love.  Sometimes we have to step into the other room and have a talk with God and say,  “God, what can I do in this situation, to restore a peaceful relationship with this person who has hurt me!  Could you give me some “seeds” to plant, that will help me repair the damage that was done?   And can you help me forgive them for what they have done to me?  When you do this, God will walk with you and help you plant good seed and he will guide you in nurturing the broken relationship and restoring it.  It confuses people who are rude and unkind, to be treated with respect and love!  This is not natural!  Repaying evil for  evil is the normal pay back!  Feeling you will never trust that person again is also a normal feeling.  But, when you let God step into that situation and you follow his lead and plant a good seed back into that person, it gives God a place to start an amazing healing process!   I am convinced, the seed of  “LOVE” is the most important seed you will ever plant!  The seed of “HURT”, “ANGER,” RESENTMENT,” and” UNFORGIVENESS” are the most destructive seed you will ever plant!  Remember to plant, “HEALING SEED,” FORGIVENESS SEED,” ” ENCOURAGEMENT SEED,”  and most of all plant seeds of  “LOVE.”  Galatians 6:7 says “Whatever you sow, you will also reap!”  If you want healing in a relationship, use kind words when you have a conversation with the individual you are having a problem with.  If someone has hurt you, forgive them and work to restore that relationship.  If someone has fallen into a situation where they have lost all hope, plant seeds of hope into them, by painting a picture of a situation that can be seen in faith, and encourage them to see things, not as they are, but as they can be!

There are also seeds that we plant in our minds.  In today’s sermon at my church, there were some good points brought out in the message.  A good place of worship, is a good place to get good seeds to plant in your spiritual garden!  One of the seeds I picked up today was, “change the way you think, and it will change the way you live!” Once again, when things are not going our way, or we are put in a place where we are leaning on our faith to see us through a situation, it seems more natural to allow seeds of despair, doubt, and frustration, come into our garden.  In my little flower garden, I often have plants come up, that really look like the flower I planted.  They will take over my planting area, if I don’t pull them out.  You have to watch out for despair in every trying situation you go through.  You have to “think on the good things!”  In Philippians 4:8, it says to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, and lovely!  Now sometimes, we have to get ourselves to realize that the lie we are looking at is not the truth.  We have to see things in faith ourselves.  Remember, if Satan can get your thoughts, he is slipping in that seed that will destroy you! Guard your seed and get the weeds out of your garden!  Listen to what God is saying about your situation and watch that seed grow. Be sure to nurture it and water it with good thoughts!

God wants you to be blessed and prosperous!  He can make a financial blessing come your way, when it seems there is not a way!  As we become a blessing to others, there is no way we cannot be blessed by God. Financial seed is a blessing!  Time and time again, it has been proven by time that planting a financial blessing in someone’s life is like planting a seed of financial blessing in your garden.  God loves to prosper us in ways we have never dreamed possible.  The seed that you leave in your hand, will never have an impact on your life!  God may sometimes tell me to bless some one who is in need.  It is a blessing to be a blessing!  God’s blessing, or harvest on that seed, may come back in ways you never dreamed of.  I like to give, when God puts it on my heart to do so.  Time and time again, throughout my life, I have watched the seed come up that has  been a result of someone giving out of their heart and then receiving unexpected return on that gift.  We shouldn’t give, just to get.  We should give to be a blessing!  God knows what we have need of, even before we ask.  If you can be faithful over a little, God will cause you to be faithful over a lot. Get rid of the seed of “UNSELFISHNESS”  and plant seeds of “COMPASSION.”  Don’t just throw your seed out there.  Ask God where you are to plant it.  Everyone will want your seed!  Plant it in the right garden and watch it grow!  Giving to God’s plan, may definitely go outside of the church doors.  Giving can help, or it can hurt.  If you give in a situation where you cause someone to be lazy and not work, you are actually hurting them by doing so, and you are really doing it, to make you feel good about yourself!  So many parents do this with their children.  I have been there and when I heard this concept, it changed my life!  Never had I thought I was hurting them by giving and never had I thought that I was doing it because it made “Me” feel good!  Giving to a child or someone who worries about the payback can also put a seed of “guilt” on them, for not being able to repay the debt.  Sometimes, you need to really seek God’s advice before giving, and sometimes, you need to have a lot of faith when God ask you to give in a situation where you see it could cause you a hardship.  If God puts it on your heart and you know it is him and you give because of that, he will see that you are covered.  He says, to give and it shall be given to you.  Pressed down, shaken together and running over will God give it back to you.  He takes care of the payback!   Be a giver of financial seed when God ask you to do it.  Don’t miss out on a financial blessing of harvest by not planting that seed!  Also, you may not just be giving a seed of finances, but also a seed of just giving or yourself.  Helping a friend in need, taking care of someone in need, sending out a message of encouragement and volunteering to help others who have been hurt or had a loss in some way.  These seeds are all valuable in the Kingdom of God!

God wants to bless his people.  He is working all over the planet to see that his people are not only blessed, but to see that they are a blessing.  He wants to prosper you and he knows where your seed needs to go to see that that happens.  Let him guide you as well in your investments, financial decisions, getting out of debt and all aspects of your life.  As you do this, your seed will increase and you will have more seed to plant!  It’s fun to see the harvest and God is delighted to see you reap a harvest of blessing!  Find the Power you need to Achieve in your harvest from your seed!


 

 

 

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