SEED FAITH GIVING

Now that you have a revelation (understanding) of tithing, it's time to talk about offerings. "What? You mean God wants more of my money?" Well, let's clarify some things. First, the tithe belongs to God! It is not yours. Thus, having paid your tithe, you have only returned to God what belongs to Him. When you withhold it, God calls it stealing. The tithe is the minimum commitment of the Believer. It is minimum obedience. God told the Israelites that they were robbing Him in tithes and offerings (Malachi 3:8)! God expects His children to bring Him offerings!

If you want to live a supernatural life, you must pay your tithes and give offerings. A supernatural life is an extraordinary, exceptional lifestyle that the Believer lives as a result of following biblical principles. So what is Seed Faith Giving? It is an international investment based on a godly principle that can handle an existing need, a future need, or desire. Seed Faith Giving is the plan of God to take you to that place of supernatural abundance and favor: "Knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free" (Ephesians 6:8 NKJ).

So when you make a commitment to make something happen for someone else, God gets involved. Whenever God gets involved, it's supernatural. When you target your giving intentionally and start to make things happen for others, God gets involved to make the same thing happen for you. When you live this type of giving, you will walk in whole life prosperity-every area of your life will be blessed. When you give, you cannot see it as money going into a bank: " For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God make, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God" (Romans 1:20 NLT). God uses the the natural things that you can see to explain-make understandable to you-His invisible ways. So, in order for you to understand what is happening when you give over and above your tithe, that is giving offerings, you are sowing seed.

Now you see the results of sowing seed all around you. From the fruit you eat to the grass you walk on, it all came about because of seed sown in the soil. In like manner, you must see your giving of offerings as a seed into the soil; and it must produce a harvest. If you can understand the seed principle in nature, you will understand how your giving will work: "Remember this- a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves a person who gives cheerfully"

(2 Corinthians 9:6-7 NLT). Your giving is like a farmer sowing seed.

And, if you give (sow) sparingly, you will reap sparingly.

Here are some general understanding of sowing seed:

• A seed looks nothing like what it can become. But it is preprogrammed to produce. When the seed is planted, its programming is activated to produce a harvest.


• You will always reap in a greater measure than you sow.


• You will always reap later than when you sow. It will take some time, but it works! It must come to pass. All of heaven's integrity is depending on it.


• There cannot be a harvest without a sowing. You determine in advance the size of your harvest based on what you sow.

Your giving supernaturally impacts more than the offering plate. It's not about just paying bills at the church. It sets into motion blessings-supernatural blessings-coming towards you: "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJ).

Grace (favor) is the willingness of others to use their power, ability, and influence to help you! When you sow your seed, God puts you on someon's mind for them to help you. Something happens when you release money out of your hand, It leaves your hand, but it never leaves your life.

Look at one situation in Scripture where God gets involved based on offerings: " Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. Then I will draw near to you for judgement. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts" (Malachi 3:4-5 ESV). In this prophetic Scripture, God says He will get involved on the basis of His children's offerings.

You can sow a seed for God to get involved in negative situations against you! God will show up quickly on your behalf and judge the situation. Whether it is someone using manipulation against you, someone encroaching on your marriage, someone lying on you, someone withholding wages from you, or someone taking advantage of you because you are in a vulnerable position, God will judge it in your favor! And your seed faith giving will make it work.

Now, up to this point, you have seen the seed explained. It becomes seed faith giving when you stand in faith for the preprogrammed harvest based on the seed you have sown. When you target your giving towards a biblical promise and you continue to confess that promise over what you have sown, it will produce in your life. Over the next couple of days, you will see specific examples of how seed faith giving works.

People who are not spiritually minded will challenge this type of giving. But not you! You understand that God wants to maximize every part of your life and that includes your money! Begin to live by your giving and you will experience a level of supernatural living that your never thought was possible (Proverbs 10: 22; Deuteronomy 8:18; Mark 10:30).

Maximized Prayer:

Father, I an not afraid to give! I push past all resistance to seed faith giving. My offering invite You to get involved in my situation! I rejoice in Your plan to bring me into a supernatural lifestyle. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Maximizing Moments:

What kind of giver are you? Do you intentionally and regularly give over and over and above your tithe? Do you target your giving towards certain promises?

What are reasons that have kept you from sowing seed regularly?

What situations are you facing that you need God to judge? Today set apart a seed for that need (make certain, when the next opportunity comes to give, you will sow the seed). Then stand in faith that it is done!

Maximizing Mantra:

What I make happen for others, God makes happen for me!