Oral Roberts - Attack Your Lack

By Oral Roberts

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Copyright  !"#$ by %ral &oberts 'll &ights &eser(ed BK )!) *rinted in the United States of 'merica

+'B- % C%/+-/+S 1 Do You Know What Your Real Problem Is?...7 2 You Attack Your Lack With the aith You Alrea!" #a$e.......................................................2% % Learn rom the &ible #ow to 'tart Your Attack....................................................................27 ( #ow a )other*s aith Attacke!+An! Won,%- You an Attack Your Lack With Your /i$in0 ...............................................................................( n Rea3in0 Your #ar$est4 /o! 'a"s4 5/I6 It 8ime, an! Don*t /i$e 93,5.................................-7 You #a$e a Di$ine Ri0ht to Ask4 5LRD4 What*s in It :or )e?5...........................................7% ; Roses Will &loom A0ain,.................................;7

< Do You Want )iracles b" the 8eas3oon or 8rainloa!?............................................................<1= 8he /o!>Kin! o: Pros3erit" an! the )an> Kin! o: Pros3erit"+#ere*s the Di::erence.....1=1 11 When You 8hink You*re ut o: 3tions+the Wor! o: /o! 'a"s You*re ot.........................111 12 #a$e You #ear! About the )an Who 'owe! in amine an! Rea3e! a 1==>ol! #ar$est?..............................................................121 1% #ow to Attack Your Lack b" 9sin0 /o!*s 6ocabular".........................................................1%1( What*s Your Decision?.................................1-1 1- 'umme! 93@ 8wel$e '3iritual 8ools to #el3 You Attack Your Lack.......................................1-I Will A88AK )" Lack..................................11

Chapter 1 1

0o 1ou Know 2hat 1our &eal *roblem 3s4

0o you 5now what your real problem is as a Christian belie(er4 6etting to hea(en4 '(oiding hell4 0eath4 +he national go(ernment budget deficit4 +hreat of nuclear war4 /o7 +he single most urgent problem you face as a Christian belie(er is not whether you are going to hea(en when you die. 1ou 5now in your inner self that your faith in Jesus Christ of /a8areth, who recei(ed you into 9is 5ingdom, guarantees your eternal destiny will be with 6od. 0eath holds no fears for you. 3t is only a transition to a greater life 6od has for you. 7

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'nd while national and international issues are important, they are not the 5ey issue of your life, e(ery hour of e(ery day. +he most urgent problem facing you is 9%2 +% 6-+ YOUR /--0 :-+ 293- 1%U 3V- %/ +93S -'&+9 %/ 1%U& 2'1 +% 9-'V-/ S*3&3+U'1 *91S3C'1 3/'/C3'1 'S 1%U 23+/-SS %& C9&3S+ '/0 C'&&1 %/ 93S 2%&K. +housands of persons write me e(ery month. +hey are from the mainstream of the human race, but e(ery one of them, without e;ception, e(entually gets to the Key Issue...to the main thing they are facing and must o(ercome in order to be a happy and successful person. 3t is a need they are facing that they canrelenting opposition, seems li5e a storm cloud blotting out the sun. 3t tries to hide 6od from your (iew. 3t fills you with an;iety and fear, and it births doubt that causes ;

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you to question if you are sa(ed, if 6od cares about your e;istence on earth, if you can ma5e it in a world filled with unbelief, cursed with sic5ness and disease, filled with lac5, and which defies you e(ery day of your life. 2hen this need?in whate(er form spiritually ...physically...financially?is not being met in a way that gi(es some breathing room, some peace of mind, some e(idence that you are going to ma5e it, there is a feeling of gi(ing up. #rustrat$on arises inside because the need @ust won
+hen the bottom>line question begins to rise up in you, =2hy me4 3s there something wrong with me4=

When the Doubter Comes 't this point the 0oubter of all 0oubters, Satan, slips in and begins to insinuate that being born again is not so great...wal5ing with the ord doesn
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/eed after need hits you with hammer>li5e blows...day after day...wee5 after wee5...year after year. 3t pounds at you, wears you, wea5ens you, scares you, pulls you down... down... down. 1ou go to church and often you find you can

you tal5 about 6od or the church that is different from the one you li(e with the other !) hours of the wee5 when you face your problems outside the church ser(ice. 3tgritty of your day> by>day needs4 +he singing lifted you up, but why are you so down again4 +he prayers at church inspired you that better things are coming, but where are they4 2hen are they going to get here4 1ou heard all this the last time you were at church and the times before that. But nothing is happening. 2hy4 2hy4 2hy4= 1ou cry, =2hy doesn
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they did4 2ere their problems as real as yours4 0idnboggling times4 2hy isn
When Things Look So Easy +ele(ision ma5es e(erything loo5 so easy. +he instant crimes, one>night se;, (iolence, and horrors come right into your li(ing room...yet you feel no sting of hate, anger, or grief. 1ou see people shot or mutilated...and you donbelie(e. 1ou see wars brea5ing out, world leaders trying to 5eep the lid on and smiling cheerfully...but if you loo5 closely, their faces show their fear that the world is out of control. =:y 6od, what
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had about enticing cosmetics, instant foods, glamorous clothes, the newest touch>button cars, and e(ery sort of gadget that promises if you will only run out and buy it, it will fi; you up and you
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spea5 to me4= 2o5e up feeling good. 't F oand>so wouldn

cares4= oo5 at that on +V, another terrorist bombing. =2hy doesn
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3s there an answer4 3s there a Bible formula for success and prosperity4 're there 5ey principles of Seed>aith you can apply and 5now they will wor5 for you4 Seeds you can plant out of your need and get yourself in position to -A*-C+ ' :3&'C-4 'nd recei(e miracles4 1ou4 9ere4 /ow4 1es, there is an answer. +he 2ord of 6od is as close as your reaching out and pic5ing it up and opening it and loo5ing up that Scripture that spea5s directly to you at the point of your need. *reachers are in churches and on tele(ision who do 5now 6od and care for you and are able to help you into aith>+al5 rather than doubt>tal5 or fear>tal5 or gi(e>up>tal5. +he F Key *rinciples of Seed>aith are profoundly simple and they wor5 if you will only wor5 them by ta5ing a step of faith beginning right now. 6od is real and 9e means e;actly what 9e says when the 2ord says, &'y (o% shall supply all your nee% accor%$ng to h$s r$ches $n glory y Chr$st )esus& H*hilippians D!"I. But you ha(e to ta5e control of yourself and say, =Self, belie(e it. Self, go for it. Self, you can do it. Self, you will do it, for 6od will help you do it.= 1


1ou must order yourself to belie(e the 2ord of 6od is true, that 6od still spea5s today, and that 9e spea5s to you if you
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3 can

begin to get more and more depressed. Suddenly you find yourself ill. Something doesn
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1ou start to thin5 about it. 2hy did 3 lose my @ob4 2hy not someone else4 2hat

on the attac5. 29-/ 1%U '&- 'C-0 23+9 ' 'CK...'++'CK7...'++'CK7 ...'++'CK7 0uring the dar5 days of the Ci(il 2ar, the bloodiest war in our nationworth. 'gain and again he attac5ed that lac5. 9e attac5ed and attac5ed and attac5ed. 9e ne(er quit until on that lonely mountain he gathered his last strength to push his pen across the pages until the final detail was written, the last word said. oo5ing the last time at the sun muted by the mist o(er the (alleys, he bowed his head and died, a man of faith and courage. +he lac5 he had attac5ed all his life was gone. 2hat is your need today4 2hat 'CK did it grow out of4 2hat does 6od say about your lac54 9ow can you begin to '++'CK 1%U& 'CK4

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Chapter  2

1ou 'ttac5 1our ac5 2ith the aith 1ou 'lready 9a(e

et me tell you four things about how 6od sees your lac5 and your faith irst, 6od has ordered that you &lack -or noth$ng& H! +hessalonians D!I. 2hat does that mean4 3t means 6od is on your side. 9e doesn
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noth$ng& H0euteronomy I. 'fter Jesus< death, resurrection, ascension, and 9is sending the 9oly Spirit, we are told &ne$ther was there any a!ong the! that lacke%...& H'cts DFDI. 1es, it
'nd fourth, 6od has pro(ided the :-'/S for you to use in o(ercoming your lac5. 2hat is that :-'/S4 3t is your faith. But, you say, how do 3 get faith4 :y friend, you already ha/e it. *aul said in &omans !F, &(o% hath g$/en to e/ery !an the !easure o- -a$th.& +hat includes you. 3 used to pray for 6od to gi(e me faith. 3 pleaded, 3 begged, 3 cried for it. +hen one day 3 opened my Bible and read &omans !F. 3 was so e;cited that 3 too5 my pen and wrote my name ne;t to the (erse so it read, =6od has gi(en e(ery man?that includes %ral &oberts?the measure of faith.= 3t came li5e a flash faith is not something 3 ha(e to get, it
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we ha(e the ability to release our faith to 6od?to send it up from our heart to 9im. 2e 5now it because we see other ordinary people, warts and all, do mighty wor5s for 6od because they release their faith. aith in what4 'ctually it
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B-3-V-S that the shed blood of Jesus co(ers your sins... B-3-V-S that 6od can ma5e a way for you when there doesnone tool to attac5 your lac5. 'nd as a Christian belie(er, you ha(e this 'C+3V- faith. 1ou can use it to '++'CK. 1ou already 5now your lac5 is attac5ing you, causing needs to rise up that will destroy you if you don
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earn rom the Bible 9ow to Start 1our 'ttac5

3n  Kings ) and , we are told the city of Samaria was surrounded on all sides by the o(erwhelming forces of the mighty Syrian army. +he people of the city were shut up inside the walls, slowly being star(ed to death by the Syrian bloc5ade. +hey had gi(en up and were now eating the flesh of their own children. /o more hideous scene of lac5 is described in the Bible. i(e men rose up and struc5 a blow for deli(erance. +hese fi(e men attac5ed their lac57 our of these men were lepers sitting at the entrance of the gate of Samaria and the fifth was a man of 6od li(ing inside the walls where all the gi(ing>up was. +he man inside was -lisha the prophet who was sent there by 6od to sit where the people sat, to feel what they felt, to gi(e a word of

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&e(elational Knowledge that would destroy the brutal forces star(ing the city into submission and to sa(e the people?if only someone would as5 for his help. 2hen all human hope was gone, someone in the 5ing
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Knowledge of the prophet -lisha promising deli(erance in D hours. +hey didncalled =safe= place at the gate of the city and go stumbling in their hunger and disease toward the enemy, it would ha(e been hard to belie(e theirs was a march of faith through which they were attack$ng the$r lack. =oo5 at those cra8y guys7 +hey
Learn #ro! the $le +ow to ,tart Your Attack

+hey stumbled, fell, got up, fell again, but they attac5ed. 3t was twilight, the worst time of all, but they attac5ed.

Remember the umbebee +he scientists tell us that the bumblebee cannot fly. 3ts wingspread is too small for the si8e of its body. But the bumblebee doesn
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night,= lea(ing e(erything behind. 2hen the four men who came marching in faith to attac5 their lac5 reached the first row of tents, they found them empty7 1es, empty7 3 tell you... you ne(er 5now what your faith sounds li5e to the de(il...how it frightens him...how it puts him on the run. 3hour period was now at an end. +hings were happening e;actly as he had predicted. +he people rushed out of the city and plundered what the Syrian army had left behind. ood was so abundant it was @ust as the prophet had said>pennies would buy all the food a person needed. +he 5ing
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do this. Stop7= 9e got caught in the rush and was trampled underfoot and died. 9e had failed to attac5 his lac5 because he refused to belie(e the 2ord of 6od from the mouth of the man of 6od...and to act on it. 2hat does this mean to you today4 're you desperate4 're you caught in a crisis that crowds you in from all sides4 3<(e got good news from the 2ord of 6od. Because of your -a$th $n (o%2 you too can '++'CK 1%U& 'CK. +he fact is, 6od is at the point of your need. 1our lac5 is 9is concern e(en more than it is yours. 9e cares more about you than you can possibly care about yourself. 6od is that good7 6od gets no pleasure out of your lac5. 'nd 9e has made a way for you. 2hat must 1%U do4 1ou must start to attac5. 1ou must start to arouse your faith inside you and start your march against your lac5. 1ou must rise up and ta5e action?now7 &ead the story in  Kings ) and  for yourself. 1ou
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S+'&+-0 to march B-%&- 6od caused the angels to act and the Syrian enemy to hear the sounds of soldiers, panic, and flee. +hese men did something with their faith before 6od mo(ed in. 's these men rose up, a miracle was put into motion in their personal behalf. 2hen these men rose to their feet and set their face toward the Syrians, it was li5e the 5ey being put into the ignition of a car...li5e the faucet being turned on...li5e the light switch being touched. 6od
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9ow a :other
2hen a mother came before me with her little son in the healing line in the Jac5son(ille, lorida, crusade and as5ed me to pray for 6od to gi(e him a new hip soc5et, it @ust blew my mind. She was as5ing me to pray and belie(e for a creat$/e !$racle. +here is a difference. ' healing is a reco(ery of something in the physical body that has been damaged or wea5ened by sic5ness or disease. ' creati(e miracle is when 6od creates something that has ne(er been there before. +he ord spea5s of prayer for =the sic5 to reco(er= and for =the ord to raise them up,= or to =heal them.= +here was no e;perience in my healing ministry when 3 had seen 6od put something in the body that was not there before. 3 reached down and placed my hand on this %-

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young boyup emotions they
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will come in the resurrection.= 3 usually as5ed people to lay their hands on the bac5 of the chair in front of them as their *oint of Contact while 3 prayed. +his time 3 didn
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:y associates loo5ed pityingly at me. =Come and see for yourself.= 3 heard the loud praises of the audience and hurried to the platform. Sure enough, the little boy was holding his crutches high o(er his head and wal5ing and running. 3 as5ed that he be brought behind the stage. 9is mother came with him and stood there triumphantly. +he little fellow threw his arms around my legs and began to cry. 3 was still not impressed. 3 put my hand on his right hip as 3 had done the night before when it was flat. +o my absolute ama8ement it had filled in and as 3 touched it and the left hip, they felt e;actly the same. =2hat has happened4= 3 as5ed the mother. =6od has gi(en him a new hip soc5et,= she said sweetly. =9a(e you ta5en him bac5 to his doctor to e;amine him4= =1es, 3 ha(e. 2hen we got up this morning and found my son
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2hen she told me this, 3 said, =Bring him on the platform again.= +o the audience 3 said, =1ou remember last night 3 prayed for this boy but stated publicly this would require a creati(e miracle and that 3 belie(e creati(e miracles are reser(ed for the resurrection.= +hey began to laugh and applaud before 3 could finish. 3 said, =2ell, here he is with a new hip soc5et7= +hat crowd leaped to their feet to praise 6od. 3 @oined in with them, weeping and telling 6od 3 didnday crusade, she brought her little son each night and let the people see him as he wal5ed normally for the first time in his life. +he faith of the people rose higher and higher until one night near the close of the crusade the :'SS :3&'C- that 3 had been saying was coming almost happened in front of our eyes.

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'fter 3 finished my sermon and made the in(itation to the people to recei(e Christ as their personal Sa(ior, 3 sat down in my chair at the front of the platform and began praying for the sic5 as they came one by one up the ramp to stand before me. +his woman had been loo5ing for a creati(e miracle for her son

3n a few moments it happened again, only this time it was so strong 3 yelled at the top of my (oice. 3 remember 3 thought 3 was seeing thousands of lights flashing on and off and the power of 6od was going through me li5e an electrical current although it was not hurting me li5e electricity would. 3nstead, 3 was feeling something li5e a burst of light and energy totally engulfing me, ma5ing me feel as if 3 could lift that entire audience of !E,EEE people with my hands. +he third time 6od
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+his lasted for about ten minutes. 's suddenly as the power of 6od swept down on that crowd, @ust that suddenly it lifted. ' calm, li5e that which follows a fierce wind, settled on us and soon we dismissed the ser(ice. +he ne;t morning my associates in the tent crew gathered up armloads of crutches, hearing aids, and eye glasses. +hey par5ed do8ens of wheelchairs in a section where those who no longer needed them could come and get them later. 's 3 wal5ed o(er the grounds seeing all this, 3 remembered the motherbelie(ing what 6od can do? when we thin5 that what webelie(e 6od. 1ou can ne(er belie(e for something that is beyond 6od

soc5ets. Jesus too5 clay and put it in that man
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1ou Can 'ttac5 1our ac5 2ith 1our 6i(ing

'ccording to the 2ord of 6od, you can attac5 your lac5 by gi(ing... and by e;pecting to recei(e bac5 from your gi(ing. =0o you really mean 3 should e;pect ack from my gi(ing4= 3sided affair of my gi(ing but not recei(ing anything bac5. -(en among us humans in our daily affairs, we 5now that life is a two> (-

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way street. Both sides ha(e to profit or it
#our Sa$ation Was A %art &' (o)*s Recei$ing Something ack +rom ,is (i$ing 6od was trying to show me that 9e ga(e... and 9e?6od himself?e;pected to recei(e and 030 recei(e as a result of 9is gi(ing. 3 had not been close enough to 6od to understand this. %ne reason was that in my first ! years of life 3 had ne(er wanted to recei(e Jesus Christ into my heart as my personal Sa(ior. +hat
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a @udge in 3ndian +erritory in %5lahoma where 3 was born and raised...and who was my grandfather and my hero. +hat dream was so big in me 3 couldn
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desire at all to repent of my sins and as5 6od to sa(e my soul. 3 had ne(er felt any feelings that 3 wanted to be sa(ed. But as *apa raised up on his 5nees and lifted his (oice so that 3 could loo5 right down o(er my body to the end of the bed and see his face, 3 must ha(e had a (ision. Suddenly *apa

present hour...plus all those who are go$ng to belie(e on Jesus and be sa(ed7 +hat, my friend and *artner, is awesome. 3topener on gi(ing?'/0 &-C-3V3/6 B'CK7 3t means all 6od has is a result of what 9e has gi(en. 3 am able at last to understand, and 3 belie(e you are too, that when 'dam sinned in the garden of -den and fell from his sinless relationship with 6od, all his descendants fell also. Both spiritually and organically we were lost from 6od who created us. 6od lost us all5 -(elyn and 3 ha(e lost two of our four children to death, and one of our grandchildren. +hey are gone. 2e still hurt. But we ha(e not lost ' of our children and ' of our grandchildren. 2e don
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+he grief of 6od is indescribable, e(en as the smaller grief of -(elyn and me cannot be described but can only be e;perienced. But 6od 5new 9e was /%+ out of optionsM 9e had one left. 9e could gi(e. 'nd 9e chose not an angel, not another creation, but 93S %/1 B-6%++-/ S%/?93S %/- S%/?and 9e ga(e 9im. 'nd here
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6od ga(e one Son...and 9e got bac5 many sons and daughters. 6od ga(e 9is lo(e...and got bac5 our lo(e. 6od ga(e...and 6od recei(ed bac5 from 9is gi(ing. 3 repeat 6od ga(e to get a return. 2hat 9e ga(e produced bac5 to 9im all 9e has of us, including all those who will yet lo(e and ser(e 9im. 3n the same manner, you gi(e to get bac5 a return. 2hat you gi(e produces bac5 to you all you ha(e...plus all you w$ll recei(e through the seed you continue to plant. 9ebrews ! says that Jesus endured the shame and death of the cross for =the @oy that was set before him.= +he @oy of the har(est7 +he @oy of your sal(ation and restoration to 6od7 +his is the @oy set before you too7 1ou are to recei(e, you are recei(ing, and you will continue to recei(e on and on and on. 1ou are with 6od and 6od is with you in the @oy and the power of your Seed>aith. 1ou are gi(ing of your time, money, talents, lo(e. +herefore you are to &-C-3V-. +here
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of e;pecting a miracle from the ord. 3n fact, while 3 was writing this chapter 3 got a call from a totally une;pected source of a gift of money 3 had to ha(e before the sun goes down this e(ening. 3t was e;actly what 3 had to ha(e, plus a little more7 *raise 6od, 3 recei(ed it7 'nd 3 had opportunity to bless the person on the other end of the line with an idea from 6od greater than his gift7 2hat does this ha(e to do with '++'CK3/6 1%U& 'CK4 3t means that your 'CK is '++'CK'B-. 1our 'CK can be o(ercome. 1ou C'/ win. 1ou C'/ find fulfillment and @oy in this life. 3t

start learning what 3 had not been taught. 'nd that was to attac5 my lac5 by an act of my faith? and my will?to recei(e. 2hat 3 mean is that @ust as 3 had to shift gears in my thin5ing about gi(ing...planting my seed ... then 3 had to shift gears again in my thin5ing '+-& 3 had gi(en. 3 had to get into aith>+al5 and say, =%ral, 6od wants you to recei(e bac5 @ust as 9e recei(es bac5 from 9is gi(ing.= +ime after time -(elyn would see me finding it difficult to recei(e, especially on a personal le(el. She would say, =%ral, you gi(e of yourself for your ministry and you eagerly recei(e for the ministry. But in our personal gi(ing you are reluctant to recei(e for our personal needs.= +here was that old bad teaching influencing me again. 3n effect, it was li5e 3 was hating myself, 3 was not worthy, 3 was not supposed to recei(e bac5 for myself. -(elyn had seen me gi(e all but a tiny part of e(erything 3 am and earned to the ministry and only a fraction to myself and family. She was much clearer>eyed on this than 3 was. 6radually 6od spo5e to me through her to practice what 3 preached to others 6i(e '/0 recei(e. 3t was for me too. +he way 3 began to change was to see that -%

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6od had recei(ed bac5, and who was 3 to try to be different or better than 6od4 Just as it too5 an act of 6od'3+9. 2hy is it called Seed>aith4 Because 6od shows us it ta5es a seed for you to gi(e... to plant with...to order your har(est in ad(ance. 'nd it ta5es faith both to sow it and to e;pect to reap? or recei(e bac5?from it. 1our seed and your faith are inseparably lin5ed together. %nce again 3 say ta5e your Seed>aith and attac5 your lac5. 'ttac57 'ttac57 'ttac57

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Chapter 7

%n &eaping 1our 9ar(est, 6od Says, =63V- 3t +ime7 and 0on
2hen 3 was a child growing up on a farm, 3, li5e other farm children, began early to help *apa plant and har(est our crops. 3 remember how *apa had to teach me about the grow$ng t$!e of a seed. 'fter we planted 3
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e;perienced in planting seed with *apa and my brother Vaden, 3 began to understand there is a growing time that comes between seedtime and har(esttime. 0uring the growing time we would water the seed when the rains didn
There Is a (rowing Time 'or #our "iraces 2hen 3 became a Christian the first thing 3 did was to start tithing, gi(ing the first tenth of my earnings to the orddefeating habit of not e;pecting anything e(er to come bac5 from 6od from the tithes and offerings 3 was planting

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into 9is 5ingdom. 3t was as if 3and we were earning precious little. 2e had no scriptural concept that our earnings were meant to increase through regular har(est times 6od had promised us. -7

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3n short, we grew poorer and poorer. 2e were ten percent poorer with each dollar we ga(e, when all the time we could ha(e been increasing our incomes had we 5nown we were supposed to reap our har(ests from our seed sown. +his was one of the chief reasons that we gradually were drawn into Satan
%o$erty Is -ot a essing %f course, had we really understood the teaching of the 2ord of 6od on gi(ing and recei(ing, sowing and reaping, seedtime and har(est, we would ha(e seen that if po(erty is 6odaith of planting our -;


seeds first, then reaping our har(ests which is 6od
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cross and there 9e paid the debt for us. +herefore your gi(ing is /%+ a debt you %2- but a seed you S%27 +he same is true for e(ery other type of gi(ing. 3<(e used tithes and offerings here because we human beings tend to thin5 of gi(ing as relating to our money. 'nd that

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Why Do We (i$e Then? 's a little boy helping plant seeds, 3 remember the e;citement we all felt about what we were going to get bac5 when har(esttime came. 3t didn
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the pastor said, =/ow e(eryone pay your tithes and offerings this morning to the ord,= for he didnaith day after day. 2hy do you gi(e4 1ou gi(e see%s so that we might get har(ests. 1our time. 1our money. 1our acts of 5indness. 2


1our smiles and encouraging words. +hey are S--0S. +hey are compacted bundles of miracles that can burst forth. +hey are 9'&V-S+>*&%0UC3/6 gifts unto 6od.

&ur See) (rows In$isiby ' second important thing 3 learned as a child was that the seed we planted grew $n/$s$ly. 's a (ery young child 3 thought when we put the seed in the ground and co(ered it up with the dirt, it disappeared7 3t was gone and we had nothing to show for our labor. 2hat 3 didntal5 instead of doubt>tal5, to weed out of my mind my impatience, my doubt, my worry, and my feelings that 3 was to gi(e but not recei(e bac5 a har(est. 2hat do 3 do in the =growing time= of my seed4 3 confess with my mouth that 3 ha(e gi(en to 6od my tithes and offerings of e(ery dollar 3<(e earned to date and they are in 6od
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On Reap$ng Your +ar/est2 (o% ,ays2 &(I89 It I t :$!e5 an% Don4t ($/e Up5&

3 confess with my mouth that my gi(ing is caus causin ing g the the win indo dows ws of hea( hea(en en to un unlo loc5 c5.....t .to o open... and 6od is pouring out $%eas $%eas an% $ns$ghts $nto !y !$n% greater than 3 can contain about what to do and how to ma5e miracles happen in my life. 3t
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you can loo5 at them often. *apa would wait until our seeds began to sprout and push their way up as plants through the earth so we could see them. +hen he
On Reap$ng Your +ar/est2 (o% ,ays2 &(I89 It I t :$!e5 an% Don4t ($/e Up5&

2ord and 3 5new 9is 2ord could ne(er fail me.

A %ersona ,ar$est Too! ' thi hird rd thin thing g emer emerge ged d from from my chi hild ldho hood od e;perience in planting seed and being part of the har( ar(est esttime time.. 3 came ame to 5now 5now that that the the har( ar(est est wasn
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e(en got that soda pop and bit of candy now and again. 'nd when we bought those things, that helped other people in our town. +hey could eat and use part of our har(est. +he har(est helped :-... and it helped %+9-&S. 3t was a dual har(est. +he same is true in the spiritual. 1our gi(ing creates a har(est for you. 3t creates a har(est for others.

The Doube.Reease 2hen 3 saw that dual har(est, 3 began to get into the habit of a %oule=release. irst, 3 released my tithes and offerings as seedM second, 3 released my faith to 6od, belie(ing 9e would multiply my seed sown into har(ests for others '/0 for :- to recei(e bac5 for :1 greater needs. 3 wrapped my S--0 with my '3+9. +oday 3 call it S--0>'3+9. 9ow happy 3<(e been in my gi(ing since7 3 5now now that recei(ing follows my gi(ing. 3 will ha(e @oy in recei(ing which in turn gi(es me @oy in my gi(ing and brings me into a more special relationship with 6od. 3 5now what 9e means when 9e says, =6od lo(es a cheerful gi(er= H Corinthians "I.

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+here cannot be =cheerfulness= in gi(ing unless you know that you know you will &-C-3Vgreater har(ests in return. +he entire law of sowing and reaping in the 2ord of 6od guarantees this if we will only grasp it and practice it out of the @oy of our e;pecting from our 6od who is a good 6od.

,ow the ,ar$est Comes 3 remember when 3 disco(ered Jesus< words in u5e )F#, &($/e2 an% $t shall e g$/en to you> goo% !easure2 presse% %own2 shaken together2 an% runn$ng o/er2 shall !en g$/e unto your oso!...& 3
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hoping against hope wethe buyers?would gi(e us in money. 2ith the chec5 in his hand *apa would say, =Come on, boys, wewho control portions of 6od

3f you lac5 %V-...you are lac5ing a lo(ing friend, a lo(ing parent, a lo(ing husband or wife. o(e comes to you through people. 3f you lac5 :%/-1...you are lac5ing an employer, a partnership relationship with someone, a customer, a contributor, a friend. :oney comes to you through people. 3f you lac5 +3:-...you are struggling with facing demands placed upon you by people Hincluding yourselfI. eelings of stress and pressure come because of obligations you feel toward people, or obligations you put on yourself. 3t
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when you do recei(e bac5, it comes as a flood ?=pressed down, running o(er.= :en, human beings, people gi(e bac5 to your heart, your bosom, your soul, your life, your need, your lac5. 0on
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1ou 9a(e a 0i(ine &ight to 's5, =%&0, 2hat
' prosperous young man came to Jesus one day. 9e as5ed Jesus to gi(e him life?real life. 9e wanted an answer so badly that he came running and 5nelt down and as5ed what he must do. HSee :ar5 !E!.I Jesus said, =Keep the commandments.= 9e replied, =:aster, all these ha(e 3 5ept from my youth up.= &ight here 3 want to point out to you that 5eeping 6od
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as $t $s th$s %ay.&

+his young man had 5ept the co(enant made by 6od with 'braham. 9e had 5ept the commandments 6od had laid down for 9is people. et me point out to you that there is no your substitute for 5eeping 6od3, fully filled, no lac5.= Jesus supplied the missing parts that made the law U1 3-0, without lac5. 6od
+hrough obeying the commands of 6od this young ruler had become (ery prosperous. But now something has gone wrong. 9e feels lack2 a lac5 that is 5eeping him from recei(ing the fullness of Jesus< life in his being. &ead on &:hen )esus look$ng at h$! lo/e% h$!.& Jesus didn
You +a/e a D$/$ne R$ght to Ask2 &LORD2 What4s $n It -or 'e"&

other words, it ta5es money to operate 6od
The Lack #ou ,a$en*t Attacke) #et +hen Jesus said to the rich young ruler, &One th$ng you lack2& meaning, =1oung man, you ha(e a lac5 you ha(en
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away gr$e/e%@ -or he ha% great possess$ons.&

/ow 'braham had great possessions, but he didn

was doing e;actly what 6od in 0euteronomy said /%+ to do &When you are wealthy2 when you ha/e great possess$ons2 -orget not the Lor% your (o%& H0euteronomy #>EI. 2hen this man got prosperous, he started trusting in his money instead of the ord. /ow he finds it
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only S%U&C-.=

It*s -ot Either/&r 1ou don

Jesus was quic5 to answer *eter in the most positi(e way =+here is no man...not you *eter ...not any of you my followers...there is not a person who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sa5e, and the gospel fold now in this time?3/ +9- /%2 % +93S 3-? houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands H&-' -S+'+-I, with persecution ?HS%:- 23 B- J-'%US % 1%U *&%S*-&3/67I and in the world to come eternal life= H:ar5 !E",FEI. 2hat Jesus is doing here is putting e(erything in proper order. 9e is e;plaining that as we 5eep 6odfold 7<

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blessings 3 gi(e you. Satan pe persecut$on with the !EE>fold blessings won fold return in this life of following 9im with our whole heart. 9e tells us to attac5 our lac5, to attac5... attac5... '++'CK.

Don*t ,ate #ourse' 3 strongly belie(e Jesus is saying you should not hate yourself. 1ou should not get a po(erty>comple; or attitude that to be 9is follower you ha(e to be poor or downtrodden. 9e wasn

friends, lo(ed ones, real estate, money, health, influence, etc. But we don
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+&-'SU&-S7 +&-'SU&-S 3/ 9-'V-/7 Some Christians say, =2hen 3 get to hea(en 3

here @ust to gi(e you 9is SU**1 up there. 9e doesn
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,a$e #ou "a)e (o) #our Source? But, you say, 3 don

learn to do things the way 1ou do them, to thin5 the way 1ou thin5, to get into 1our 5ind of gi(ing>and> recei(ing, to ha(e 1%U fill up my lac5 with our good things that are poured out to me from hea(en
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&oses 2ill Bloom 'gain7

%ne day a pastor went to pray for a man who was suffering with a bad case of arthritis. 9is @oints were badly swollen and he was in constant pain. +his sic5 man also had a doctor friend who came each wee5 to wor5 with him. 0espite the prayers of the minister and the medicine of the physician, there came a day when the man belie(ed he would not get well and his spirit fell. +he smile (anished from his face and soon a terrible bitterness came o(er him. /eighb ighbo ors who had been been brin ringin ging food ood did idn n
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time in the hope my prayers would get through.= 2hile the pastor was still by the main
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come bac5 to church on Sunday4= 9e said, =+hey
(o) Is -ot Through essing #ou 3 first told this story ten years ago on one of our prime>time tele(ision specials. &ight after the program aired, -(elyn and 3 too5 a trip across the deserts of the southwestern United States. 3n one of the most barren areas we stopped our car and wal5ed a few hundred steps into the desert. 'nd for the first time 3 saw the desert rose up close. 's 3 stood there loo5ing at it, 3 stooped down and touched it, wondering how it could grow out of that hard>pac5ed crac5ed earth. 'nd the Scripture came to me from 3saiah F$! where 6od said. &An% the %esert shall losso! l$ke the rose.&

riend, it ta5es 6od to put the bloom on the rose. 3t ta5es 6od to ma5e the roses bloom again. But there
It Takes #our +aith to eie$e (o) <2

Roses W$ll loo! Aga$n5

Wi "ake the Roses oom Again 'or #ou 2hat is 6od trying to say to you in your lac54 9e
0o you 5now who said those words4 King 0a(id. 2hat had 0a(id lac5ed in his life4 9e had lost his best friend...Jonathan. 9e had struggled most of his life to stay ali(e. 9e had been threatened by wild animals... giants and their armies...and a 5ing who was enraged by @ealousy against him. 9e had huddled in dar5 ca(es, alone with his men in the wilderness, to escape years of persecution. 9e had lost an infant son. 9e lost a belo(ed son 'bsalom who had rebelled against him. 3ncest had in(aded his family. 9e had lost battles. 9e had suffered sic5ness and in@ury. 9e saw his sons feuding. 'nd he wrote, =But 3 will hope continually.= <%

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'nd what did 0a(id hope in4 &I hope $n thy wor%& H*salm !!"#!I.

0a(id trusted 6od to be true to 9is word. 9e trusted 6od to be his rewarder, e(ery time, e(ery time, e(ery time tragedy struc5 him... e(ery time, e(ery time, e/ery time he felt 'CK. 1ou may ha(e lost a lo(ed one. 1ou may ha(e something terribly wrong in your body. +here may be a problem that
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0o 1ou 2ant :iracles by the +easpoon or +rainload4 9

's 3 ha(e watched -(elyn coo5, 3 ha(e noticed how familiar she is with units of measure. She uses measuring cups and spoons and other utensils. She puts in a cup of this, or a spoon of that, or a pinch of something else in her coo5ing. 3 watch in ama8ement, especially when she gets it coo5ed and puts it on the table and 3 eat it. 3 say, =Ummmm, this is good.= 1et 3 wonder how the measured units she used somehow went together to ma5e the meal come out so perfectly. 6od bases 9is gi(ing on a di(ine and precise measurement. 3n u5e )F# Jesus describes this measurement &($/e2 an% $t shall e g$/en to you> goo% !easure2 presse% %own2 shaken together2 an% runn$ng o/er2 shall !en g$/e to you.&

+hen 9e adds, &#or w$th what !easure you g$/e shall e !easure% ack to you aga$n.& <-

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6od is saying a powerful thing to you here about your gi(ing and your recei(ing. 1ou, the gi(er, are the one who determines the measure?or e;tent?of how :-/ 23 63V- +% 1%U. =or with what measurement you gi(e, it will be measured to you again,= Jesus said. +he question is, do you want 6odfull, the tan5>car>full4 3n other words, Jesus is telling you that you gi(e and the way you measure or count up your gi(ing establishes the unit of measure that men will use in responding to you with their gi(ing. 6od says 1%U determine by what measure you will 6-+ Hor &-C-3V-I. 1ou establish that by the measure in which you gi(e. 2hat is 6odshaped containers that were scattered about the temple for that purpose. Jesus and 9is disciples were off to the side and they noticed this woman putting in her offering. +hey also saw the rich putting in their offerings, using loud prayers and <

Do You Want '$racles y the :easpoon or :ra$nloa%"

gestures to call attention to their gifts. 2hat did the widow woman gi(e4 +wo mites. /ow that would be less than a penny in our money today7 Very little. 'nd yet Jesus turned to 9is disciples and said, =+his woman has gi(en more than all the rest.= :athematically that isn
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9e didn5ind of gi(ing. :h$s $s why all (o% has $s the result o- what +e has g$/en. It $s why +e has you2 !e2 an% !$ll$ons o- others re%ee!e% ack to +$!. +e ga/e +$s l$-e to get your l$-e. <;

Do You Want '$racles y the :easpoon or :ra$nloa%"

(o% ga/e +$s !ost prec$ous possess$on o- all. )esus. +e rece$/e% ack a prec$ous possess$on*YOU5

3t5ind of gi(ing and recei(ing, this is the way the measurement system wor5s. 3t runs by the law of multiplication. 6od is still getting, still har(esting souls from 9is gift of Jesus. 6od ga(e for a 0-S3&-0 &-SU+ and 9e is still getting that desired result e(ery hour, e(ery day. 9e
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best. 2e recei(e it. 'nd that
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+he 6od>Kind of *rosperity and the :an>Kind of *rosperity?9ere
+he le(el of prosperity 6od himself has for you depends on your gi(ing and recei(ing li5e (o% does, not li5e man does. :an hasn 5ind of getting?or recei(ing?comes from gi(ing. 9e hasn 5ind of gi(ing and recei(ing has a B-SS3/6 on it that goes far beyond the (isible treasures of this earth. 1=1

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3n his relentless pursuit of getting, man in general isn
:he (o%=K$n% o- Prosper$ty an% the 'an=K$n% o- Prosper$ty* +ere4s the D$--erence

wor5 so he will 5now how to gi(e.= 3 didnCare Center so 6od
The Essence &' Li'e 3 had disco(ered that the essence of life itself is in our gi(ing and recei(ing because 6od will then see to it there are no shortages in our li(es ...no 'CK. %ne day 3 recei(ed an urgent call that this friend had to see me on an emergency basis. 2hen he arri(ed he was deeply agitated. 9e said he had to ha(e my help. 2ould 3 guarantee something at the ban5 for him4 3 reminded him 3 wasn
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money he was as5ing me to guarantee. 9e said, =1es, 3 5now. 1ou<(e put your money into this uni(ersity and in the City of aith. But you owe no money and your name is such that if you tell the ban5 you will stand with me, they5ind of &-C-3V3/6, which is the only way that what we get is going to satisfy our hearts and fulfill our li(es. 'lthough 3 did not ha(e the money he had 3 was willing to stand with him morally and to (ouch that he was an honest man. 3 could not help but remember when he wa(ed his hand o(er that beautiful (acation home and told me this was what life was all about...and why he wor5ed so hard to get money, so he could =li(e it up.= 3t didn
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The %ace o' "iraces 'nother thing this man had said to me through the years was, =3 donFD,!E">F!.I *eople ha(e often said to me, =%ral, my problem is that 3 find it hard to belie(e in 6od.= 3 tell them, =+hat
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not my problem at all. :y problem is not belie(ing in 6od, but in belie(ing that 9- belie(es in :-.= 3 am so o(erwhelmed to 5now that 6od belie(es in a human being li5e %ral &oberts who went for years without a serious thought about 6od, with no feelings toward 9im, and without a single desire to consider 9im as important to his life. 1et all that time 6od was thin5ing about me, showing 9is feelings of concern toward me, carrying a deep desire that 3 would finally awa5en to 9is dream for my life and future. 'nd when 3 lay ill with tuberculosis, forgotten by the world and with no hope of reco(ery. 9e came to me through my parents and sister and two brothers with the message 9e would sa(e and heal me. 2hen 3 thin5 of that now it @ust brea5s me up and 3 want to gi(e and gi(e and gi(e?and 3 do7

The (o).3in) o' (i$ing Is ase) on Lo$e 6od e;pands himself through us and our gi(ing. 9a(e you e(er stopped to thin5 about that4 'fter we

6od5ind of lo(ing, gi(ing, and recei(ing, and consider that 6od
The (o).3in) o' (i$ing Resuts in 4oy /ow the 6od>5ind of gi(ing is not a one>way street. 6od gi(es and '2'1S gi(es. But 6od also &-C-3V-S and always recei(es as a result of 9is gi(ing. 3t is 9is gi(ing that generates what 9e recei(es. +he seeds 6od sows come bac5 to 9im in har(ests of our sal(ation, in the reco(ering of our li(es that had been stolen away by Satan. 2hen 6od 6-+S me bac5, you bac5, or anyone else bac5, that is the two>way street of =gi(ing and recei(ing, of sowing and reaping, of seedtime and har(est= that 6od engages in D hours a day. Jesus reminds us that when a sinner recogni8es that 6od
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repenting and returning to 6od, thin5 of the @oy that 6od gets7

The (o).3in) o' (i$ing an) Recei$ing In$o$es %eo1e—ut as "eans5 "etho)s5 Instruments 1ou are actually dealing with 6od himself when you gi(e to further 9is wor5 on this earth. 'nd 6od alone determines which men 9e chooses to gi(e bac5 to you. +hey may not be, and usually aren
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money from a person who didn5ind of prosperity. '++'CK...'++'CK...'++'CK your lac5 according to (o%4s way7

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2hen 1ou +hin5 1ou
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0o you e(er feel you!), we ha(e the story of Samson, who had e(erything going for him. +hen he disobeyed 6od, lost his power, and got into bondage so deep he felt he would ne(er ha(e another option?but he did. Samson was gifted of 6od to deli(er his people, the children of 3srael, from the oppression of the *hilistines. 's the Spirit of 6od would come upon Samson, his body recei(ed superior strength and he would successfully attac5 the strongholds of the *hilistines. or e;ample, once he was trapped inside one of their fortified cities when they rushed to 5ill him. +here was no way out e;cept through the huge gate in the 111

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wall. Samson, feeling the Spirit coursing through his body, too5 hold of the hea(y door and wrenched it off its hinges and carried it off on his shoulders. 'nother time a thousand soldiers of the *hilistines caught him alone and swept down on his camp. 9a(ing no weapon and no one to help him, he pic5ed up the @awbone of a dead animal and attac5ed. 's they came at him in wa(es ...wa(e after wa(e after wa(e...he attac5ed and attac5ed and attac5ed. 2hen the battle was o(er, Samson still stood and one thousand soldiers of the enemy lay dead7 +he word swept throughout the land, =Samson will deli(er us7 Samson will deli(er us7=

3now Who #our Source Is But Samson was not the source of his own strength. 6od was. 2ithout depending on 6od and obeying 9im, Samson was li5e any other man. +his came home to him and the people when Samson grew careless, let his guard down against Satan, and thought he could handle things by himself. +he *hilistines paid the most beautiful and cunning woman in their midst to disco(er the secret of Samson
When You :h$nk You4re Out o- Opt$ons*the Wor% o- (o% ,ays You4re
easily, crying and pouting until she got Samson to re(eal to her the secret of his strength his (ow to 6od. Samsongi(en strength gone, his dream gone, the hopes of his people gone. -(erything... gone. %ne hot day he was grinding at the mill, sweating, hurting, bound to the mill wheel with brass fetters, out of options, when he felt something on the nape of his nec5. 9is hair7 3t was growing again7 9e had been sha(en by the *hilistines, stripped of the one thing that indicated his (ow to 6od. But the *hilistines hadn
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3n that moment, Samson made a new decision to obey 6od. Samson had been careless in the way he had obeyed 6od. 0elilah had ta5en him all too easily because he had not fully appreciated what 6od was doing in his life. +he moment he felt 6od return, he settled it in his mind that ne/er aga$n would he disobey or fail 6od.

&be)ience Is the 3ey 2hen a person starts obeying 6od, it causes Satan always to ma5e mista5es7 'bout that time the *hilistine leaders, three thousand of them, were meeting in the temple of their god, celebrating their (ictory o(er 3srael by ta5ing Samson capti(e, blinding his eyes and reducing him to a beast of burden. 's he entered the temple, pac5ed with the lords and ladies of the *hilistines, a cheer went up to the god 0agon. +he sightless Samson stood in the center alone. &An% they set h$! etween the p$llars that hel% up the te!ple& HJudges !)$I. +hey shouldn
2hile grinding at the mill because of his disobedience and brea5 with the Spirit of 6od, Samson was out of options. 9is attac5ing days were o(er. Standing now between the two pillars that 11(

supported the structure and height of the entire temple, his commitment to the ord 6od renewed, Samson saw a new opt$on. 2ith 6od
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it up, you don
Samson could ha(e said, =Sure, 3 once carried off the gate of a city and 5illed a thousand *hilistine soldiers with nothing but a @awbone, but how can 3 belie(e 3 can pull these two pillars down and bring the whole temple down with all the enemies of the ord 6od of 3srael and of myself4 3<(e failed the ord and myself, so 3
option7 +he option of trying again and seeing your dreams come true after they ha(e seemed shattered fore(er. +he crowd hooted and taunted, =oo57 Samson is struggling against those pillars. 0o you suppose hehating *hilistines screamed, spectators of their own doom, Samson loc5ed himself with all his new>found might and pushed the pillars o(er off their foundation and the roof began to collapse. +he temple fell... the god 0agon crashed... the *hilistines were crushed... all because a man got a new option and attac5ed and attac5ed and attac5ed7 9ad you and 3 been there and found Samson @ust after he

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had won his greatest (ictory, 3 belie(e we would ha(e heard him say, =or my eyes ha(e seen the glory of the ord.= Samson was no different from you. 9e was a man. 9e made a commitment of his life to 6od. 1ou can too. 9e had the Spirit of 6od flowing in his life. 1ou can too. 9e trusted 6od as his Source. So can you. 'nd, friend, 6od isnoptions 6od on your side?as Source of your life?you are /-V-& out of options. +here
for you. +his is your hour to attac5 your lac5 '++'CK7 '++'CK7 '++'CK7

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9a(e 1ou 9eard 'bout the :an 2ho Sowed in amine and &eaped a !EE>old 9ar(est4 6ood times and bad times. 6od teaches us to gi(e in both.

3n good times we may ha(e more to gi(e than in bad times but in each case we gi(e as a seed we plant, that is, a see% we sow -or (o% to grow. 6od shows us that we are to gi(e in good times not only because we
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+he Bible teaches this in the (ery first boo5. 6enesis. 'braham ga(e to 6od. +he Bible says he ga(e &t$thes o- all& H6enesis !DEI. 6od ga(e bac5 to him and his wife Sarah a son, 3saac, when it seemed impossible. +hen 6od told 'braham to teach 3saac how to gi(e in good times and bad times. 3saac learned the lesson so well he literally =sowed in famine.= +his is a story you should 5now and study. 3t!D. 3t has profoundly affected my sowing and reaping...gi(ing and recei(ing. 3n 6enesis )! we
+a/e You +ear% Aout the 'an Who ,owe% $n #a!$ne an% Reape% a 1=#ol% +ar/est"

they do those who loo5 to the economy and to themsel(es as their sources. 1ou woncentered in good times or down and out in bad times. 2ith the unchanging 6od as your Source, you can trust 9im always to multiply your seeds sown so you can recei(e bac5 to fill your lac5. 6etting it right down to where we li(e, your gi(ing must be cont$nual an% cont$nuous. 0ay in, day out. :onth in, month out. 1ear in, year out. /o e;cuses. /o gi(ing in to circumstances. 1our seeding must become as steady and constant as your belie(ing. 3 do not understand how people say, =3 belie(e, but 3 don'3+9. 1ou really can
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your faith and your seeds together7 Seeds and faith are the two sides of one coin. S--0> '3+9.

What About the +aith Si)e? 1our faith must be based on the 2ord of 6od if it is going to be a steady faith...a faith that doesn
2hen 3 was a young boy 3 li(ed in *ontotoc County, %5lahoma. 3 li(ed there when the oil fields struc5. *apa sold his farm to go preach full>time one year before oil was disco(ered on it. 9is two brothers and many of our neighbors got oil on their land. 3 used to go and watch the wor5ers drill for oil. +hey would build a wood derric5 o(er a spot of ground and dri(e drill bits down through it into the ground, pushing them by force to depths that were hundreds of feet into the earth. 2hen

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the drill bits struc5 the areas where the oil was, the oil would force itself up suddenly through the drill pipe, flowing completely o(er the derric5. 2e called it a =gusher.= +his was before all the modern oil equipment began to be used that contained the oil automatically. Bac5 then the oil simply started coming up out of the ground and they had to quic5ly dig earthen ponds to hold it so it would not run off into the ra(ines and be lost. %il which had been deep in the ground for centuries would CO'9. +hat
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from. 1ou came from the seed of your parents in conception and birth. 1our food comes from seed planted. So does most of your clothing and the items in the house you li(e in and @ust about e(erything else you need and use daily. Seeds are the carriers of life. or your faith to come ali(e, it must wor5 li5e a seed. 3t must grow, bear fruit, mature, bear e(en more fruit. 1our faith must come up out of your spirit and grow and produce. +he preaching of the 2ord of 6od causes the seed of your faith to begin to grow... and grow... and grow. 3 5now this personally, when 3 preach my faith comes up strongly out of me and soars. 2hen 3 hear preaching of the 2ord by men and women who are anointed, my faith comes up out of me and S%'&S7

+oow the &r)er 4esus (i$es Jesus gi(es the di(ine order for this process. 1ou wrap your faith around the seeds of your gi(ing, you sow your seeds of faith in the good soil of 6od
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Isaac ,a) Stea)y +aith5 Stea)y (i$ing 2e '3+9 or to get up and run. 9e had hit a famine. Bad times. 3n 6enesis ), 6od said, &Do not go %own $nto 9gypt. ,tay here an% I w$ll less you.& 6od said, =3 will prosper you e(en in famine if you sow your seeds in faith.= 'nd 6od said, =3 will do it to you from the oath 3 swore to your father 'braham, the man of faith, the man who ga(e tithes of all, who was a gi(er.= /ow loo5 at (erse !, &:hen Isaac sowe% $n that lan%.& +9'+ land, the land of famine. 9e belie(ed 6od. +hen he went and sowed literal seeds. 9e didn
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water and is hard and unproducti(e. +he Bible says, &:hen Isaac sowe% $n the lan%2 an% rece$/e% $n the sa!e year an hun%re%-ol%@ an% the Lor% lesse% h$!& H6enesis )!I. 9allelu@ah7 *raise be to 6od of the uni(erse7 6lory be to the 6od of seedtime and har(est, sowing and reaping, gi(ing and recei(ing7

Risk E$erything to Do What (o) Says 3saac used his faith to sow in famine...to gi(e out of his need...to ris5 e(erything to do what 6od said...to attac5 his lac5. 3t was an act of the mansystem, into your dreams and goals for your life. :hat sa!e year (o% ga/e Isaac a hun%re%-ol% return5 9e didn

!EE times the (ery same year7 /otice, he sowed according to 6od
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2hat does 6od say to 1%U today4 &(o to the place I show you" 're you in the place where 6od wants you4 0o you feel 9is peace about it4 're you in the church where 9e wants you to be4 're you acti(e in the things 9e wants you to be acti(e in4 're you doing what 9e has as5ed you to do4 &,o;ourn there.= 3n other words, stay there. 0on
9e can cause something 6%%0 to happen to you. 6od doesn 5ind of gi(ing and recei(ing. 6od wants to B-SS 1%U. &I w$ll !ake your see% to !ult$ply = 6od

seeds sown in fa(orable conditions. &I w$ll %o what I say ecause o- 'y co/enant.& 2hat is the co(enant 6od has with you today4 3taith through Jesus Christ today.=

,ow Do #ou (i$e in +amine? 9ow do you gi(e when you ha(e o(erwhelming 'CK4 +he Bible says that 6od gi(es see% to the sower. 6od will gi(e you a little of what you lac5 in order for you to plant it, to gi(e it. 0o you lac5 money4 Very few people are totally penniless, totally without a single cent. Use a little of what you 0% ha(e as a seed. 0o you lac5 friends4 Very few people li(e on a desert island alone. H3n fact, 3 don
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badly as you are. =3 can
(et #our Eyes on the (o) o' the 677. +o) Return 3 as5 you, are you fed up with your 'CK4 0o you ha(e righteous indignation o(er your 'CK4 're you mad at the de(il because of your 'CK4 're you determined to '++'CK 1%U& 'CK4 3f your answer is a positi(e 1-S, then act on 6od struc5 fields and =sowed in famine.= 6od ga(e 3saac a !EE>%0 &-+U&/ 3/ +9- S':- 1-'& H6enesis )!I. 3 as5 you to pay close attention that it came bac5 to

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3saac =in the same year=?in a definite time period. riend, e(ery seed has a %ue season of har(est. oo5 for it. riend, e(ery seed has !ult$pl$cat$on power. -;pect it. Seeds donto>one principle. Seeds always multiply. 'nd don
Don*t Sto1 Sowing When (oo) Times Come 3saac didnfold return. 9e didn
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inally, 3saac grew so great that he was e(en greater than the 5ing of the land. 9e mo(ed on. /ot to escape the famine, but to enter into e(en greater prosperity. 9e 5ept seeding. 9e also 5ept belie(ing. +he Bible says that e(erywhere he went he built an altar to the ord. 3n other words, he 5ept 6od first in his life. 9e 5ept his faith ali(e. 9e 5ept belie(ing. 3n good times. 3n bad times. 6i(ing. Belie(ing. Seeds. aith. S--0>'3+9. 3t
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:y friend Charles Capps is now a noted businessman and preacher. 9e once was a dirt>poor farmer in 'r5ansas at a time when that state ran5ed among the poorest in 'merica, and he 5new nothing about the power of his faith to attac5 his lac5 and turn things around in his life. =3 was a Christian,= he said, =and had been for years. 3 went to church, 3 ga(e what little 3 could, and 3 hoped some day 3 would ma5e it to hea(en.= =3 thought a lot about hea(en then. Being on this earth brought me discouragement, sic5ness, po(erty, and a feeling that 3 was ashamed to admit that Christianity was not wor5ing for me. 3 figured when 3 got to hea(en 3 would not ha(e those doubts and troubles. 'll my needs would be met up there. But on earth 3 didn
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3nside Charles Capps had a potential no one could see, not e(en himself. 9e was in the negati(e stream. 9e said, =%ne day when my crops failed and my ban5 loan was due, 3 wo5e up sic5 in body and head o(er heels in debt. 3 was supernaturally in debt. 3 figured 3 couldngritty problems he faced. +wo small boo5s came into his hands. +he first was one by 0r. Kenneth 9agin, a leader in the charismatic and faith>teaching ministry RI(+: A
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acted wrong in the practical matters of my life.= or the first time he saw he couldn
,e egan to See Something in the Wor) o' (o) +he ne;t step was that he began to see in the 2ord of 6od that he could pray and belie(e 6od to meet his needs, and if he belie(ed it and did not doubt in his heart, he could attac5 his lac5 and ha(e 6od
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=3 began reading my Bible with an ear to what 6od said. Jesus had told us to let 9is sayings sin5 down deep into our hearts. I4% !a%e the !$stake o- l$sten$ng to what other people sa$% aout what they ha% hear% so!eo%y else say they thought (o% ha% sa$%. +hey really didnand en@oying?6od

minute. 9e said, =ord, it sure wasn
+aith Comes by ,earing 3t was li5e a million lights had come on in his understanding when he heard 6od
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&#a$th co!es y hear$ng2 an% hear$ng y the Wor% o(o%.&

3t was then that Charles reali8ed that whether you hear 6od or whether you hear the de(il, faith comes by hearing. 9e said, =3 saw 3 had more faith in what the de(il had been saying than 3 did in what 6od had said.= Charles felt a strong leading to find out in the 2ord of 6od what 6od said about him as a belie(er an% to !ake a l$st o- $t. 9e wrote down e(ery Scripture he found about 6odpoor, you

daily part of him. 2hen he was well enough to plow and to plant seed for a new crop, he would pause at the end of the row, get out his list, and confess 6odof>6od 5ind of prayer. +his meant he had faith, but he was using it to belie(e he was not going to be able to meet his obligations. 9e had faith that he was going to fail e(en more than he was already failing. +ime after time he would hear in his spirit, =+urn your praying around. Start saying what 3 ha(e said about you.= Some days he carried his Bible to the fields with him. 2hile eating his brown sac5 lunch under the 1(1

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shade of a tree, he would find a word 6od said. +hen he would pray, =ather, 1our 2ord says, <2hatsoe(er things 3 desire when 3 pray, belie(e that 3 recei(e them and 3 shall ha(e them.< +herefore in the name of Jesus 3 pray, belie(ing that my needs are met.= 't this point there was a roadbloc5 to his brea5through. ' second boo5 fell into his hands, 'IRACL9 O# ,99D=#AI:+ Hby %ral &obertsI. 3n it he found the 5ey to act$/ate the promises of 6od. 's a farmer he understood the natural laws of sowing and reaping 6od had placed in the uni(erse, in the (ery soil he was planting to get a crop. 9e had failed to grasp in his faith>wal5 with the ord that when he had a need he had to plant a seed?wrapped up in his faith?to attac5 that lac5. 3n other words, if itfold according to Jesus< own words in :ar5 !E",FE. 'nd he was to e;pect a return in the area he had planted.

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%f all the things 6od says about gi(ing and recei(ing, u5e )F# stood out li5e water in the desert to Charles. 9e wrote it down on his list &($/e2 an% $t shall e g$/en to you> goo% !easure2 presse% %own2 shaken together2 an% runn$ng o/er2 shall !en g$/e to your oso!...& Charles had been a gi(er of one tenth of his meager income, the tithe, but without understanding it was not a %et he owed but a see% he sowe%. Up to now he had made no confession that when he ga(e, it would be gi(en to him. 9e was a g$/er to the best of his ability, but he was not a rece$/er to the best of his ability. 9is 63V-& was wor5ing but not his -A*-C+-& or his &-C-3V-&7 %ne day he was praying what 6od said in u5e )F#. 9e had read Jesus< words on when you gi(e it shall be gi(en to you so often that it was li5e he could hear Jesus tal5ing directly to him. +he words began to come ali(e in him and he was li(ing them. 's he prayed those words Jesus had said, he heard himself say, =+han5 6od because 3 ha(e gi(en, it is gi(en to me. ord, 1ou said if 3 gi(e, it shall be gi(en to me. 3 don
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an &$nner $!age& in which he began to see himself in his spirit as being prosperous before he e(er was. +9-/ when he said it with his mouth, it was the words of his spirit and his faith that he based on the absolute reality of what 6od had said about him, Charles Capps, a poor dirt farmer. 't the time, outwardly he had nothing. 'ctually, less than nothing. 9is body was sic5. 9e owed the ban5. %ther debts co(ered him. 9is land was poor. Between sic5ness bouts he barely had the strength to farm and get seed in the ground. 2orst of all he had no hope of this e(er changing. 9e could see no light at the end of the tunnel. Solomon said, &+ope %e-erre% !akes the heart s$ck& H*ro(erbs !F!I. Charles Capps< heart was sic5, and therefore he was sic5. But he had got hold of the 2ord of 6od on S--0> '3+9 and it began to ta5e root in him. 2hile outward circumstances were still blea5, when he didn

0sing (o)*s Wor)s +he de(il refused to gi(e up on Charles. %(er and o(er he would insinuate, =1ou'3+9-&. 9e could sense it coming. 0ay by day, one bad situation after another, he held on for the manifestation of what he had seeded for. %ne day a woman called. =Charles, we
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=Charles, what are you going to buy4= =3

=3 saw S--0>'3+9 as doing what the 2ord of 6od says if we gi(e, 9e will gi(e to us !EE>fold. -ach seed 3 planted 3 had gi(en, and what 3 had gi(en $s g$/en. Jesus says, <3f you gi(e, it shall be gi(en.< +hattal5 that 3tal5, to say 6od'3+9 Christian, and 3 was able to pay off my debts and hold my head up. *eople began as5ing me to 1(7

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share my testimony. 3 didnaithers. 3n a po(erty part of this country, 6od our Source began to meet our needs, to ma5e us prosperous, happy Christians. 'nd 6od is mo(ing in our area7= 2hat about you today4 isten to yourself. 're you attac5ing your lac5 with (o%4s words4 're you tal5ing about 6od
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Change your (ocabulary7 King 0a(id said, &Let the wor%s o- !y !outh2 an% the !e%$tat$on o- !y heart2 e acceptale $n thy s$ght2 O Lor%2 !y strength2 an% !y re%ee!er& H*salm !"!DI. By thin5ing 6od
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2hat about you today4 9a(e you decided to '++'CK your lac54 9a(e you recogni8ed that faith is your number>one tool in attac5ing your lac5...and that you ha(e the faith you need4 9a(e you decided '++'CK3/6 right /%24

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9a(e you accepted 6od'3+94 9a(e you started ma5ing your gi(ing a S--0, e;pecting bac5 a miracle har(est from 6odsupply in hea(en4

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9a(e you made 6od the Source of the Supply that will fill your lac54 9a(e you determined to K--* %/ attac5ing, with faith belie(ing that things will turn around, that roses 23 bloom again in your life4 9a(e you determined to gi(e your B-S+ seed... and then e;pect 6od5ind of prosperity4 9a(e you decided that with 6od as your Source, you are ne(er out of options4 9a(e you determined that you will ne(er cease to '++'CK, that you will 5eep on attac5ing the lac5 Satan tries to create in you, and that you will attac5 e(ery day of your life4 9a(e you determined that you will spea5 more about your U>3-0 life than about your 'CK4 're you e;pecting B1 29'+ 1%U S'1 that 6od will meet your need... fill your lac5... sol(e your problem...gi(e you the miracle you need4 're you tal5ing about 6od
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'nd ne(er forget... 6od wants you to '++'CK 1%U& 'CK. 9e wants you to 23/. 9e wants you to ha(e +%+' pro(ision. 9e wants you to ha(e a U, 3-0 3-. 9e wants you to ha(e an 'BU/0'/+ 3-, o(erflowing with 9is presence, 9is goodness. 'nd so do 3.

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/o matter how you ha(e poured yourself into reading this boo5 or grasped new concepts and ideas with which to attac5 your lac5, 3 want to gi(e you the twel(e concepts that are in this boo5 in a way you can use them day after day the rest of your life on this earth while you are on your way to hea(en. +hey are li5e +2-V- S*3&3+U' +%%S in your hand as you attac5 your lac5. 3f you missed some things in the boo5, then these twel(e tools will help you pull them all together and 3 belie(e you will ne(er forget them. 9ere they are in plaque form that you can ta5e out of the boo5 if you desire. *ut a plaque on your des5 or dresser drawer or 5itchen windowsill or under a magnet on the

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refrigerator where you can read it. 1ou can also use a plaque as a boo5mar5 for your Bible...for +93S boo5 you are holding... your appointment boo5. %n the inside of this plaque are the twel(e tools 3<(e shared with you in this boo5. US- +9-: +% '++'CK 1%U& 'CK 6o to the end of the boo5 to find your tear>out cards.

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City of aith 9ealth>Care Center +ulsa, %5lahoma %& '**%3/+:-/+S C'... "!# O D"F>#!#!

I Wi ATTAC3 "y Lack !. 3 already ha(e the faith 3 need to attac5 my lac5. . 3 will start attac5ing my lac5 +%0'1.

my Supply. . 3 will cheer up ?roses will bloom again for me. #. 3 will plant my best seeds7

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D. 3 can attac5 my lac5 through my gi(ing and my &-C-3V3/6.

!E. 3 am not out of options.

$. 6od has a personal har(est for me. ). 3 will trust 6od as the Source of

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