David Rathel - September 25, 2016
The Miracle of Multiplication
THE MIRACLE OF MULTIPLICATION 09.25.16 - In God We Trust Series Would It Be Ok With You If God Multiplied Your Resources? Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 1Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4The Jewish Passover Festival was near. 5When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. 7Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wagesa to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” 8Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” 10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. 12When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. Three Acknowledgements: God Always Starts With What You HAVE. The Miracle Happened IN The Disciple’s HANDS - Not The Lord’s. Multiplication Always Produces A Party - In God’s Honor! ONE PRINCIPLE: Everything Has To Be RETURNED To It’s Creative Source BEFORE It Can Be Multiplied. I Am Learning To Believe That God CAN And WILL Multiply The RESOURCES I Return To Him. The Only Alternative Belief Is That God DOES NOT LOVE ME & SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED With The Resources He Created. Tithing Isn’t Giving, It’s RETURNING. Tithing Is The Financial Training Wheels (10%) For Us To Learn The Principle Of Multiplication As A WAY OF LIFE in ALL THINGS! We Don’t GIVE More To GET More. We RETURN Everything We Have To MULTIPLY Everything He Touches. The Goal Of Multiplication: To Make A Multiplied Meal For Many From My Measly Morsels. The Benefit Of Multiplication: SATISFACTION And LEFTOVERS. The Choice Of Multiplication: Control Or Surrender?
From Series: "In God We Trust "
Part 1: God's Path to Promotion In God We Trust, Part1 God's Path to Promotion In God We Trust Explained: AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS, WE ARE INVITED INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IN HIS FAMILY BUSINESS. I. How to get a DEMOTION? Never do any more than you are required to do. Never express disagreement or take a stand on an issue. Never stick your neck out on a new project. Never grow in other areas of your life. Never stay in a job very long. II. The Promotion YOU WANT can only come from GOD. For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert. But God is the judge; he puts down one and sets up another. ~ Psalm 75:6-7 (JUB) The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes. ~ Proverbs 21:1 (NASB) Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.” ~ John 19:11 (NIV) Become the person who can do that job better than anyone else. Make a detailed case to the Boss. Leave the Time, Place and Position up to God. Let God promote you someplace else, if He desires. His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” ~ Matthew 25:21 (NIV) III. You must be Promoted SPIRITUALLY before you’re Promoted PUBLICALLY. Moreover, as you Philippians know… not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account. And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 15, 17, 19 (NIV) But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. ~ Matthew 6:6 (NKJV)
