Mark 4:14 The Sower Sows the Word!
Sowing! When We Give What God Gives!

Review – I. Sowing: When We Say What God Says! We Sow the Word!

II. Sowing: When We Give Like God Gives! We Sow God’s Gifts!

God Gave His First and His Best!
Jesus:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.

Eternal Life 1 John 5:11-12 And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

His Holy Spirit! Acts 5:32 “And we are witnesses of these things; and {so is} the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

His Word! John 17:14 “I have given them Thy word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

His Power! 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.

His Gifts! Ephesians 4:8 Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and He gave gifts to men.”

His Grace! Titus 2:11-13 – His grace that Saves, That instructs, That Empowers

Your Family, Provision, Ability, Jobs, Health, Freedom. Ephesians 1: 3 Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly {places} in Christ,

We Sow, When we give like God Gives!

We Give Our First and Best!

We Are To Give of Our Lives! It proves Our Position.

1 John 3:16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.17 But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Not only world’s goods, but kingdom goods! Like Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness!

We Are To Give of Our Time and Gifts! It Proves Our Faithfulness

Service – To Our Children, To Our family, To our church, To the Community.
Ephesians 5:16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
Galatians 6:10 So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

We Are To Give of Our Resources! It Proves God’s Faithfulness.

Malachi 3:8-12

Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

How Do We Sow! 2 Corinthians 9:6-14

Sow Bountifully! (Life, Time, Gifts and Resources) 6

Sow With Purpose!

What You have purposed in your heart.
Out of Faith and Obedience!
To Meet the Need
To Demonstrate Love
To Glorify God!

Not Grudgingly – Not under compulsion –

Sow Cheerfully! With Hilarity!

Sow With Expectation of Return! Verse 10

Spiritually Rich 8-10
It Births Thanksgiving 11-13
It Spurs on Prayer! 14
It Advances the Kingdom of God. 13-14