Rick Warren - Daring To Plant In Faith Part Two

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So we're continuing with this series called Daring Faith the

Key to Miracles. And in this series you're learning how

to have a bold, unshakable faith that gives you courage

to impact the world around you.

And if you're like me, you'd really like to be.

More bold and have more courage to share your faith

in Christ. And now here's Rick with the final part

of a message called Daring to Plant in Faith.

You know, a couple of years ago, PBS was doing

a series of family histories of famous Americans. Hey, Oprah

Winfrey and just a bunch of different people. And the

guy who did it came and said, we want to

do a pastor.

We want to do you. Is it fine?

So they actually took a swab of DNA out of

my mouth and they went back and traced my family

tree back a thousand years. I'm a king and you

should all bow down to me. I'm just teasing, just easing,

But they, you know, they found all kinds of interesting

things and did a TV special on my family tree.

One of the things I discovered is the amount of

godly ancestors I had in my family. I am reaping

the benefit and blessings from grandparents and great grandparents who

were praying for their great grandchildren. I'm reaping that in

my life because I had some people who parents, grandparents,

great grandparents who loved God and were praying for their

future generations. Now I know many of you say, well,

you know I didn't have a family like that.

I'd like to have a legacy like that. Well, you started.

You started started with your family name that you determine that.

But the future generations of your family name are going

to be blessed because you're going to plant seeds of

prayer and love and godliness and generosity and faith and

all these other things. And the people that you come

out of your family tree have a blessing and heritage.

You're not the only sower. Jesus said this John four

thirty eight. I sent you to reap where you did

not plant, and others had already done work before you,

and you will now gather the harvest. I would say

to you that if you have children at home during

this time, involve them in the process of your generosity discussion.

Talk about this what you're going to sew and what

you're going to reap with them. I remember during the

time to build, sitting around with my three kids and

praying about what we were going to give, and my

two boys, Matthew and Josh deciding that they were going

to give their.

Baseball card collections.

And so they had quite a collection and we put

it all together and we took it out and we

sold it. And I think their contribution for this building

was five hundred dollars because of their commitment. That is

leaving a legacy, that is leaving a heritage. Are you

leaving a legacy of generosity or stinginess? Are you leaving

a legacy of faith or doubt or fear. I'm not

the only one sewing number six. It always I always

reap in a different season than I sow. I always

reap in a different season than I sow. You know,

plants take time to grow. There's no instant maturity, and

so you don't plant today and this afternoon get the fruit.

There's always a delay.

And that's true when you plant anything in life, there's

no such thing as instant success. There's instant fame, but

no instant success. It takes time together wisdom. The Bible

says in Ecclesiastes three, there's a time for everything. There's

a season for every activity under heaven. There is a

time to plant, which is now, and there's a time

to harvest. There's a time to scatter, there's a time

to gather. In other words, there's a time to sew

and a time to reap. Fruit ripens gradually, and by

the way, it doesn't all ripe. And at the same time,

do you know the difference between a vine ripened tomato

and a gased tomato?

Which one tastes better? Yeah? The vine?

Yeah, you miss the flavor when you get in a hurry.

You just need to understand when you plant. When you

plant a seed, if you don't get the harvest immediately,

there's always a delay, and the better the you know,

grapefruit takes two years. It takes two years before you

get a grapefruit. I got a grapefruit tree in my yard.

And some things take time, but they're worth it. Okay,

Number seven, I must be patient and not give up.

As you're waiting on the seed you are planted. You planted,

don't become impatient. I must be patient and not give up,

because you reap in a season that's different than the

one you sowed. In Galatians six' nine tells us. This

we let us not get tired of doing what is,

right for after a, while we will reap a harvest

of blessing if we don't get discouraged and give. UP

i have to be. Patient number eight this is a big.

ONE i will always reap more THAN i. Sow now,

again this can work for you or against. YOU i

will always reap more THAN i. Sow this is the

law of. MULTIPLICATION a couple of weeks, AGO i planted

giant sunflowers in my. Backyard take a little sunflower seed

from the giant the. Sun giant flint sunflowers grow to

about twelve feet, tall and the flowers about almost a foot.

Wide.

Enormous one little seed doesn't give me back one little.

Seed one little seed will give me.

Back a thousand.

Seeds you always reap more than you sow in the parable.

Soils jesus said it this. Way mark four. Eight some

seed fell on good, soil and it came, up and it,

grew and it produced a clop, crop multiplying circle that

thirty sixty and even one hundred. Times now, again this

will work for you against you depends on what kind

of seed you're. Planting you plant, gossip you're going to

get a lot more gossip about. You you plant, criticism

you're going to get a lot more criticism about. You

there is an exponential potential in every, seed as that old,

line that old cliche, says anybody can count the seeds

in an, apple but Only god can count the.

Apples in a.

Seed because one seed can produce an awful lot of,

Apples i'll always reap more THAN. I so number, nine

the ninth law of suing, HARVESTING i can increase my

harvest by planting more. SEED i can always increase my

harvest by planting more.

Seed and this is.

The law of, proportion that we always reap in proportion

to what we sow Two corinthians, nine six and. Seven

we actually looked at this verse last week and it says.

This remember, this whoever sows sparingly will reap, sparingly and

whoever sows generously will reap. Generously each one should give

what he's decided in his heart to, give not, reluctantly

not under pressure or under, compulsion For god loves a cheerful.

Giver now what that verse says is, This you get

to choose how big the harvest is in your. Life

you get to choose how Much god blesses your. Life

don't blame anybody. Else you get to choose how Much

god is blessing your. Life you so, sparingly you will reap.

Sparingly you so, generously you will reap. Generously that is

the word Of. God that is the law of the,

universe and it applies.

In every single area of your. Life it.

Works the law of generosity works for anybody who follows.

It it works for non believers Because god is just like.

Gravity works for believers and non. Believers it's just a

law of the. Universe proverbs eleven twenty. Four the world

of the generous gets larger and, larger and the world

of the stingy gets smaller and. Smaller number, ten the

tenth law of the. Harvest the more SEED i, plant

this is. Amazing the more SEED i, plant the More

god will give.

Me.

Hello the more SEED i, plant the MORE i give

away the More god gives. Me god is looking forgivers to,

bless and he looks. Down he hadn't looked for stingy

people to. Bless he looks forgivers to, bless and looks

than he. Goes is there anybody on earth like me

who wants to be, generous who wants to be, unselfish

who wants to think of other? People is there anybody

who trust? Me he's always looking for people to, use

and he blesses people who are. Generous my life is

a testimony of this. Verse you know my story on

giving that the more SEED i, plant the More god

will give. Me The bible says that Second corinthians nine,

ten For god who supplies seed to the farmer and

breaks and bread to, eat will give you more and

more seed to, plant and will make it grow so

that you can give even more and, more get, more

give away more and more fruit from your. Harvest that

verse is a promise about being generous with. Money it's

specifically about. Money that's What god. Says number, eleven the

eleventh law of. HARVESTING i plant by, faith not by my.

Feelings it's a very important. POINT i plant by, faith

not by my. Feelings people aren't generous because they don't

feel like being, generous and so they go by their. Feeling,

no you plant by, faith not by. Feeling when the

farmer gets up in the, morning do you think every

farmer expects to feel good about going and working on his. Farm,

no it's just hard. Work if a farmer only worked

his crops when he felt like, it not much would get.

Done he doesn't want to get up. Early you don't

want to, go you, know a harvest and plant and

weed and do all those. Things, no he does what

he doesn't feel like, doing and he's planting when he

doesn't feel like. It you don't go by your, Feelings

you go by your. Faith let me look give your little.

Confession confession is good. RESULTS i don't always feel like

being nice to. PEOPLE i hate to admit. That don't

think less of, Me BUT i don't always feel like

being nice to. People SOMETIMES i want to be. Cranky

SOMETIMES i just want to say leave me. Alone you,

KNOW i don't always feel like being. KIND i don't

always feel like being. GENEROUS i don't always feel like

giving people. Hope and this is a, SERIOUSLY i don't

always feel like. Preaching BUT i don't happen to live

by my. FEELINGS i happen to live by. Faith SOMETIMES

i plant When i'm. Tired SOMETIMES i plant When i'm,

distracted sometimes i'm PLANT i plant When i'm stressed. Out

SOMETIMES i plant When i'm.

In, deep deep.

Grief AND i move ahead and faith in spite of my,

feelings Expecting god to ask. ACT i told YOU i

didn't want to be here For. Easter it was a

second anniversary Of matthew's, death my youngest. SON i really

didn't want to be. Here AND i, said What i'd

rather do is just celebrate the resurrection at home with my,

wife My, lord my, kids and just get through the second.

Anniversary but all that, week BECAUSE i was crying all,

WEEK i was in tears most of that. Week AND

i Claimed psalm one five as a promise the next,

verse those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of.

Joy they weep as.

They go to plant their, seeds but they sing as.

They return with the.

Harvest and you know, What AS i was planting seeds

in Fourteen easter, Services god gave a harvest of two

thy six hundred and four people came To.

Christ that's a. Deal that's.

You those who so in tears will reap in. Joy

and all those people are gonna be in heaven BECAUSE

i didn't do WHAT i felt like.

DOING i did WHAT i did by.

Faith and Sometimes god's gonna call you to make a sacrifice, money,

yes but also time and also talent and maybe your.

Life And god's gonna call you to, sacrifice and you're

gonna GO i don't feel like, it and you will

miss the blessing That god wants to do in using.

YOU i plant by, faith not by my. Feelings and,

finally number, twelve the twelve point is. This the best

time to plant is. Now the best time to plant is,

Now and you don't wait for a better.

Time the, sooner the, better people.

Say you, know WHEN i, Retire i'm gonna get serious About.

God.

Now then you'll be. Worthless you, know you won't have

any energy to do. Anything ecclesiastes eleven. Four those who

wait for perfect weather will never plant, seeds and those

who look at every cloud will never reap a. Harvest

perfection paralyzes. Potential one of these days is none of these?

Days that's power. Heads, okay you're going to do.

Anything about this.

Message if you don't like the kind of life you are,

reaping change the way you're. Planting whatever you need more

of you need to give. Away when you have a

need in any, area plant a. Seed would you pray

this Prayer Your, God thank you for the universe on universal.

Laws you have said that no one makes a fool of,

you that whatever person, plants he will. Harvest And, LORD

i REALIZE i can use that negatively or positively in my.

Life help me to practice these twelve laws of the.

Harvest help me to plant good seed in abundance in

every area of my.

Life help me.

To be patient and realize THAT i reap in a

season different than the ONE i sow, in but that

is inevitable that the fruit will. Come help me to

remember THAT i always reap more THAN i. Sow THAT

i can increase my harvest by planting more, seed and

that the more SEED i, plant the more you will give.

Me help me to not live by my, feelings but

to live by. Faith help me to realize the best

time to plant is right. Now if you've never opened

your life To Jesus, christ Say Jesus, christ come into

my life and make me the person you want me to.

BE i want to know you and love.

You trust.

You.

Father as each of us face the kind of lives

we're going to, live help us to realize that we

are leaving a legacy for future, generations that everything we

do has an impact on people we don't even, know

and just as we've been influenced by good and bad

in our, past that our lives will make it harder

or easier for somebody. ELSE i thank you for the

people who sacrificed and lived in faith and planted in

this church for thirty five.

YEARS i thank.

You for those who will have the faith to do

so in the. FUTURE i thank you in advance for

the answer to all of our, prayers AND i thank

you in advance for the achievement of all of the

goals that we've set in. Face we give you honor

and glory In jesus's. Name. Amen, hi, Everybody this Is,

rick AND i hope you enjoyed today's. Broadcast you, know

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You what a fantastic message From Pastor. Rick you Know

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TODAY i want to share with You marty's. Story marty

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rick it's through your teachings on The Father's word THAT

i have renewed and rebuilt my. FAITH i left the

church AND i turned my back On god because of

the abuse of my, stepfather a. MINISTER i reasoned in my,

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my stepfather's hand was Not god's. Will it was my

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Go he doesn't deserve, it but none of us. Forgiveness

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Right thing to.

Do you, know the person who won't forgive is burning

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Heaven i'm going to need forgiveness the rest of my,

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