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Good Soil, Open Hands | Seeds & Sowers, Week 1
Jason Gore
Main Text: Luke 12:11-34
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (ESV)
Series Framework:
God – supplies the seed.
Seed – what God entrusts.
Sowers – receive with open hearts and open hands.
Harvest – of righteousness, joy, thanksgiving to God, and mission fruit.
Luke 12:11-15 (ESV)
Covetousness isn’t a budget problem— it’s a soil problem.
Luke 12:16-19 (ESV)
Luke 12:20-23 (ESV)
Fear closes hearts and hands. Faith opens them .
Luke 12:24-26 (ESV)
Fear makes bad soil.
Luke 12:27-31 (ESV)
If you don’t know God as Father, you’ll live like an orphan.
Luke 12:32 (ESV)
Do trust the heart of the Father?
When you know God as the Father, the soil changes.
Luke 12:33-34 (ESV)
Generosity is how Jesus re-trains the soil.
The soil of the heart determines the direction of your treasure.
A fearful church is a frozen church.
When we’re free from fear, we’re free for mission.
3 Lanes of Stewardship:
1. Gratitude.
2. Generosity.
3. Faithfulness.
Give. Save. Live on the rest.
Give first. (Worship)
Save second. (Wisdom)
Live on the rest. (Contentment)
Giving Pathway:
Initial -> Consistent -> Intentional -> Sacrificial -> Legacy
God wants your heart free— and He wants the mission fueled.
Fear closes hearts and hands. Faith opens them.