The Blessed Life Week 6
THE PRINCIPLES OF MULTIPLICATION
DON’T EAT THE BLESSING

God is a God who can MULTIPLY resources!

LUKE 9:12-17 (NIV)
12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
13 He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” 14 (About five thousand men were there.)
But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15 The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.17 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

1. IT HAS TO BE BLESSED TO MULTIPLY
LUKE 9:16 (NKJV) Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

BLESSED > BROKEN < MULTIPLIED

JOHN 12:24 (NCV)
I tell you the truth, a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die to make many seeds. But if it never dies, it remains only a single seed.

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2. IT HAS TO BE GIVEN AWAY BEFORE IT CAN MULTIPLY.
DON’T EAT THE SEED

Matthew 17:20 (ESV)
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

What if the disciples had eaten it after it had been blessed!
LUKE 9:12-17
12 baskets = OVERFLOW …. Are you living in the overflow
The bread was blessed and had the potential to multiply, but what if they had eaten it themselves?

AS A CHRIST FOLLOWER YOU ARE BLESSED SO YOU CAN BLESS OTHERS

3. TRUST HIM
Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

APPLICATION:
WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING TO YOU?
TAKE THE CHALLENGE TO TRUST GOD WITH THE FIRST (THE TITHE)
WHERE THIS WEEK CAN YOU TRUST GOD MORE?