God Gives the Increase

GOD GIVETH THE INCREASE

𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟑:𝟔
𝟔 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄.
𝟕 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄.

GOD GIVES THE INCREASE.

The growth.

Addition.

Multiplication.

It's GOD who gives that.

Not our effort.

All we have to do, is do faithfully whatever He has given to us to do, and He will do the rest.

Isn't that GREAT.

It's like the thrill of checking up on an old investment - one you'd nearly forgotten you had - and discovering not only that it's still there, not only that it's been added to - it's been MULTIPLIED.

We are contributing to something that already has its own built-in increase-factor.

When you minister in whatever way God has allocated to you, it's like sowing or watering something that already has its own built-in growth factor.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟐:𝟒𝟐-𝟒𝟕
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬' 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝟒𝟑 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬.
𝟒𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧;
𝟒𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝.
𝟒𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭,
𝟒𝟕 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞...

They just did their God-given part...

...𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝.

...and the Lord did His.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝟔:𝟕
𝟕 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.

He causes the increase. From addition to multiplication.

And you don't even need to know how it works.

In another context, JESUS touched on this:

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝟒:𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟗
𝟐𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝;
𝟐𝟕 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩, 𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐖.
𝟐𝟖 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅; 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫.
𝟐𝟗 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.

After the man sowed seed, the growth took care of itself. The man didn't even have to know how it works. All 𝘩𝘦 did was sow. Then one day, he gets to enjoy the HARVEST. Just because he sowed.

Whatever God has allocated to you to do - whether sowing or watering - it is really God who makes it grow.

And we don't even really need to know 𝘩𝘰𝘸 it can happen. That's not your burden. Just flow in the Holy Ghost: and God will take care of the rest.

Talk about 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 seminars! Faithful sowing and watering, when truly done in God, is really all we need to know or be responsible for.

"Just relax, and let God do it," a good friend said once - and it's still timeless good advice.

Before my beloved dad went to be with the Lord recently, a friend visited and spoke at length of many of the blessings they'd received from the Lord in their family through him, desiring to honour dad. Dad's response was just, "Well, you just do what you have to do, meanwhile God does...

They're two separate things," dad said.

𝟖 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫.
𝟗 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝: 𝐲𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲, 𝐲𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

We are labourers together with God. We just have to do our part - He does His.

And He really does do it! You can be confident of that.

Revivalists throughout church history often acted quite simply, in comparison to the vast blessing that ensued. Churches which experienced extraordinary growth - often the pastors themselves weren't quite expecting the extent of it at the time.

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟑:𝟐𝟔,𝟐𝟕
𝟐𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.
𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.

All men came to Jesus - because heaven gave it Him.

"No one comes to me, except the Father draw Him," Jesus said.

The Father was doing that - Jesus did his part.

But even Jesus' part, was given to him by His Father - it wasn't of himself nor his own judgment:

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟓:𝟑𝟎
𝟑𝟎 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭; 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝟏𝟒:𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟎 ...𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬.

God causes the increase: we only have to do our part.

But even our part is not of ourselves - God gives even that to us.

𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝟏𝟐:𝟓-𝟕
𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.
𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
𝟕 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥.

The Holy Spirit gives our contribution to us - then He does what we cannot do: causes growth.

And our contribution mightn't always be quite the same, in each time and place.

When we contribute only what the Spirit has given us, for each time and place - whether sowing, watering, or praying - your contribution will be like hitting the sweet spot on the cricket bat - that precise part of the bat that gives maximum effect - with comparative ease you watch the ball go all the way to the boundary, with seeming elasticity like a super ball. All you had to do was hit the sweet spot. God gives us each our personal sweet spot. When we hit it, we contribute best to the team win.

Because what you contributed, you did in God.

It came from the Spirit.

You carried it out with meekness.

Unity.

And faithfulness.

He rewards faithfulness to our part, not the publicity and size of the result. Because the size of the result is His doing, not ours. He rewards us for our part in it.

My beloved parents, for example, were for many years, over 60 years, called to minister among Japanese. I've occasionally said Japan may be one of the hardest mission locations in the world, after Mecca perhaps. The mission they were part of has seen many churches planted across Japan. There were years of their lives when my parents were part of other things too in different places.

At the Gold Coast Japanese Church, there was one Sunday when no-one turned up. Mum and dad waited about 40 minutes, then went home. But my parents never missed a single Sunday, not even at Christmas time, never took a holiday - the only two Sundays they ever missed in nearly 24 years pastoring that particular church was when Dad was in hospital having surgery, and another time when he was away ministering for Japanese people elsewhere anyway.

Dad and mum spent time studying the language; dad prepared and preached probably thousands of sermons in Japanese; and mum baked cakes and fed many weekly. They did much of the setting up. And dad never expected to be paid for it. He worked with his own hands, supplying others needs. But God was working with them and the congregation, and many were baptised, over the years. It was a precious and beautiful thing.

The Gold Coast Japanese Church never got as big as some churches elsewhere in the world might with similar effort. But God rewards each man in each place not necessarily for the publicity or size his work attains, but for his faithfulness to yield to the Holy Spirit in service.

We each want to accurately discern what the Spirit wants us to do. We don't want to be like the kids' game ‘shapes’, and try to put the wrong shape in the wrong hole.

What the Spirit genuinely gives you to do and to aim for, can be done while always esteeming others above ourselves. It's not something you'll ever have to step on anyone else's feet to do.

Have the right purpose, not one that may have fitted you better at a different time and place.

Otherwise that's not hitting the sweet spot on the bat. You'll get too much vibration that way, friction, with minimum output, not maximum power for minimal effort.

Play the game of putting the right shape in the right hole for you for this time and place.

Let it be seen that what you do, you do in God, not of yourself.

𝐏𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐌 𝟐𝟕
𝟏 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭: 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐧.
𝟐 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩.
𝟑 𝐋𝐨, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
𝟒 𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧; 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡.
𝟓 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦: 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞.

It is the Lord who builds, keeps, gives, bequeaths and rewards. And He gives fully.

So partner-up with God. With what He is doing. Do exactly what the Spirit gives you supernaturally for here and now. And watch Him do the rest, no stress about that part.

As we each do that, He causes the increase.

He has a gift for us as a church.

It's all the gift of God, the work of the Spirit.

“There shall be revival,” as Dr Rodney Howard-Browne said.

Can it get any better, easier and more enjoyable than that?

Okay, heading off to church now...