I’m often asked what a person should do between the time they sow their precious seed and they receive their awaited harvest.

As I’ve reflect on that question over the years. . .I feel led to share seven things you should do from the moment your seed goes into the offering envelope as you wait for the manifestation.

1.      Find Seed-Faith Scriptures that Reflect Your Expected Harvest and Read Them Every Day.

I encourage you to compile a list of the scriptures that stirs your faith during the offering or that were included in the letter you received from a good ground ministry.

You can compile your list on index cards, a journal or in your Smart Phone or other electronic toy.  It’s important you have easy access to this list of scriptures during the day like regardless of the instrument you use.

If God used a particular scripture to stir your faith to sow a seed. . .that seed-faith scripture should be on your list.

Here are two scriptures that confirm my faith in sowing and reaping, giving and receiving and planting and harvesting.  There are other scriptures but these verses ought to stir up the fire of your belief in seed-faith sowing.

Genesis 8:22 says:

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If you’ve been trying to stay afloat in the storms of life. . .if you need encouragement for the battles you’re in, then this teaching is just for you.

Mark 4:35-40 in the Classic Amplified Bible says:

“35 On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake].

36 And leaving the throng, they took Him with them, [just] as He was, in the boat [in which He was sitting]. And other boats were with Him.

37 And a furious storm of wind [of hurricane proportions] arose, and the waves kept beating into the boat, so that it was already becoming filled.

38 But He [Himself] was in the stern [of the boat], asleep on the [leather] cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we are perishing?

39 And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Hush now! Be still (muzzled)! And the wind ceased (sank to rest as if exhausted by its beating) and there was [immediately] a great calm (a perfect peacefulness).

40 He said to them, Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith (no firmly relying trust)?”

10.  I'm praying for you to think like you've never thought…do what you've never done...be what you've never been...all for His glory.

  9.  God's Word overrides . . .overrules. . .overflows. . .overcomes fear.

  8.  If you don't expect the seed you've sown to produce a harvest. . .you have, in fact, robbed it of its ability to do so.

  7.  No matter the adversity. . .God's desire is for you to breakthrough, break out or bust loose of what’s been holding you back.

  6.  Fear cannot thrive...where faith is alive.

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  5.  "Early to bed, early to rise until you make enough money to do otherwise." Anonymous quote from my book "Great Minds At Work"

  4.  You are becoming what you imagine yourself to be.

  3.  Many people want the blessings of God without the relationship or the lifestyle of a believer. It doesn’t work that way.

  2.  If you believe your seed won't produce a harvest…you're right. If you believe your seed will produce a harvest...you're right.

And the Rich Thought Nugget you selected as Number One is:

  1.  Success is not an accident. It happens when prior proper planning and prayer meet opportunity.

If I were to ask. . .how many of you reading this want to be blessed?  I'm sure all hands would be immediately and enthusiastically raised.  And some would even say. . .I'm already blessed.

Here are seven keys to being blessed. . .or not.  We decide.

1.         Learn to receive.

John 1:12 in the Amplified Bible says:

“But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name.”

According to Strong’s Concordance the Greek word for receive is H2943 and it means:

“to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it; to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own; to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back”

Salvation is a gift. . .but we must receive it.

Healing is a gift. . .but we must receive it.

God’s promises are a gift. . .but we must receive them.

Holy Ghost power is a gift. . .but we must receive it.

There are times when people won’t receive a gift, a blessing or a compliment because of some false sense of humility.

Stop saying you don’t deserve compliments for a job well done.

10.  The enemy of your destiny hates you...because you are a threat to all that's unholy and wrong with this world.

  9.  Fully realize today...that God chose you to be a giant slayer and a Kingdom Builder. Embrace your destiny.

  8.  Signs follow the believer. . .they do not lead the believer. Mark 16:17-18

  7.  Today, we can follow God’s Word and reap the benefits, or we can ignore God’s instructions and suffer the consequences.

  6.  Don't have friends? Neither did David. Facing your giants all alone? So did David. BUT you have what he had. God on your side.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  God uses the under-valued, unappreciated, unrecognized and the seemingly insignificant like David. Seize their mantle as a giant killer.

  4.  Never allow your circumstances to cloud your thinking; destroy your dreams or make you settle for less than His best.

  3.  You can’t control what other people say, think or do. . .but you are in complete control of your own mind, mouth and destiny.

  2.  Jesus didn't leave heaven so we could be depressed, defeated, discouraged, despondent or living in lack. John 10:10

And the # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  Aren’t you glad you didn’t go into debt this past Christmas for things you couldn’t afford. From now on. . .use wisdom and a budget.

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“The prayers are working.  A Momentum has begun!”

When I read this Tweet by my friend and ministry partner Susan from Hawaii. . .it ignited my spirit.

The word “Momentum” energized my faith and stirred an inner Holy Spirit desire for me to write about the subject.

Momentum is best defined as:

“The amount of force a moving body has because of its weight and the speed at which it is moving.”

Momentum works the same whether you’re a short person or a hefty one.

If you take a big rock. . .it will not travel very fast. . .until you give it a push on a downhill sloop. . .then watch out.

Momentum is a moving force that overcomes resistance.

David ran to meet Goliath. . .1 Samuel 17:48-49 in the Message Bible says

“That roused the Philistine, and he started toward David. David took off from the front line, running toward the Philistine. David reached into his pocket for a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine hard in the forehead, embedding the stone deeply. The Philistine crashed, facedown in the dirt.”

Here are seven keys to momentum.

1.         Stop seeing yourself the way others see you.

10.  Changing where we are in life requires us to change what we’re thinking.

  9.  Show me a winner and I'll show you a loser who never accepted failure as final.

  8.  Look beyond where you are. . .to what might have been. . .and still can be.

  7.  God allows each of us the opportunity to rewrite our destiny as long as we follow the instructions in His Word.

  6.  When we change how we think to reflect God’s Word, we will never have to worry about saying things we shouldn’t.

Here are the Top 5 Rich Thoughts Nuggets of the week.

  5.  Your future starts today. Visualize it...embrace it...plan for it...confess it...and manifest it.

  4.  Seizing greater opportunities to learn will increase our ability to earn.

  3.  One way to get high blood pressure is to spend your time worrying about something you can do nothing about. Pray! Only God can properly change things.

  2.  Make the tough decisions now. . .so you don’t have to live a life without choices later.

And the # 1 Rich Thoughts Nugget you selected is:

  1.  When we refuse to allow fear or doubt to enter our thought life. . .we’re ready for a miracle. Meditate on 2 Timothy 1:7.

The reason most people can’t see the big picture. . .is because they’re worrying about little things … that don’t really matter.

Erma Bombeck, the author and humorist, once said:

“Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.”

Now don’t get me wrong. . .attention to the details is important but worrying about them is not.  In fact, it’s counter-productive and detrimental to the achievement of your goals.

Dwight L. Moody, the famed evangelist, once said:

“There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do the little things.”

Little things are not to be ignored or improperly handled. . .lest they become big things.

As Christians. . .it’s important to discern what’s important so little things don’t wipe us out. . .emotionally, physically and spiritually.

The question becomes. . .is God concerned about the little things in our lives?

Luke 12:7in the Classic Amplified Bible says: