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“Give, and it will be given to you”
This is the ultimate paradigm shift! While utterly incomprehensible to worldly wisdom, it is the very foundation of true Christianity. What we keep, we lose. What we give, we have.

A Lifestyle of Giving
To be a successful sower of seed, you must be willing to GIVE! You must be willing to throw the seed out there, OUT of your hands, letting it go and trusting God for the return.

Love Gives
GOD'S LOVE doesn't just gracefully accept mistreatment, but it GIVES on top of that. And God promises it will eventually return to you. Lk 6:35-38

The Dutiful Slave
We are not to pat ourselves on the back for doing what we are SUPPOSED to be doing! (Lk 17:7-10)

“Give, and it will be given to you”
This is the ultimate paradigm shift! While utterly incomprehensible to worldly wisdom, it is the very foundation of true Christianity. What we keep, we lose. What we give, we have.

We must give love in order that we might “have it” fully.

Loving
The greatest seed we can ever sow is the Gospel. This seed is the very expression of God’s love, and therefore, when sown righteously, an expression of our own love (Jn 3:16; Eph 5:25-27; 1Jn 4:19).

1Jn 4:19
We love, because He first loved us.

We must give love in order that we might “have it” fully.

Love Gives
The love that Christ revealed to His sheep through His life, ministry, and Cross was sacrificial. He gave His perfect understanding, His forgiveness, His mercy, and His love to unworthy creatures.

Love Gives
Maybe just maybe, if we love this way, we will find some more brothers and sisters for the kingdom of God, and they will forever be the testimony of our loving like Jesus did.

Love Gives
What is good, we ask??? Love is. (1Jn 4:7-5:4)

1Jn 4:16
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Love Lives On
God’s love is boundless, as is His Word. This journey of growing in and living out God's love NEVER ENDS. And that is a very good thing! And we will reap if we do not grow weary! Gal 6:9

1Co 9:23
I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

Php 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ro 5:5
and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

What Is Good?
To love like Christ does. To abide in a love that cannot help but express itself, and to be honest about those who receive it and those who don’t.…

Who Gets To Define It?
God does. His fingerprints are all over His creation and through the various special revelations of Himself, including His manifestation as Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.