A Season of Increase: Cultivating Abundance Through Faith

Explore the parable of the sower from Matthew 13:18-23 as a metaphor for spiritual growth and abundance. Reflect on the importance of having deep roots to withstand trials and avoid distractions. Discover God's desire to bless with an abundant harvest, exceeding earthly expectations. Embrace the potential for a fruitful life and aim for a bountiful harvest of faith.

• Spiritual Growth
• Abundance
• Faith
• Parable
• Harvest

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1. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Matthew 13:18, 23

2. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 18 Hear then the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when

3. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. -Matthew 13:18-23 ESV

4. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 What is every farmers dream?

5. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 What is every farmers dream? Acre of seed = Acre of wheat

6. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 What is every farmers dream? Acre of seed = Acre of wheat Can you imagine a harvest, an increase, of 30x or 60x or a 100x normal?

7. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God s desire is to give you increase to give you a harvest only He can give.

8. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God s desire is to give you increase to give you a harvest only He can give. How?

9. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God s desire is to give you increase to give you a harvest only He can give. How? By using the good times and the bad times, the triumphs and the struggles, to bless us with His favor.

10. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Do I believe that God eventually turns our difficulties into increase?

11. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Do I believe that God eventually turns our difficulties into increase? Or do I believe God wants me to be stuck in the moment, stuck in time, without a future?

12. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God says

13. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God says 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. -Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

14. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God says 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. -Jeremiah 29:11 ESV Do I believe God?

15. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God says 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. -Jeremiah 29:11 ESV Do I believe God?

16. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God says 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile. Jeremiah 29:12-14 ESV

17. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 God says When you call upon Me I will hear you I will be found by you I will restore you and your future

18. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 - 22

19. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise: Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV) 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

20. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise: Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV) 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Covenant of Favor, of Increase!

21. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV) Land Great nation Great name Descendants Divine favor & protection Nations blessed through

22. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV) Land Great nation Great name Descendants Divine favor & protection Nations blessed through Blessed to be a blessing!

23. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Isaiah 42:1-3 (ESV) 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; 3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

24. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Isaiah 42:4 (ESV) 4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

25. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Isaiah 42:4 (ESV) 4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law. Who is this servant?

26. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Isaiah 42:6-7 (ESV) 6 I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, 7 to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

27. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Isaiah 42:6-7 (ESV) 6 I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, 7 to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. Are you this servant?

28. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Galatians 3:13-16 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

29. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Galatians 3:15-16 15 To give a human example, brothers: even with a man- made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, And to offsprings, referring to many, but referring to one, And to your offspring, who is Christ.

30. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Galatians 3:15-16 Those who were to be blessed through Abraham, have been blessed through Christ!

31. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Romans 9:6-9 (ESV) 6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

32. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Romans 9:6-9 (ESV) 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9 For this is what the promise said: About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.

33. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Romans 9:6-9 (ESV) 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9 For this is what the promise said: About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son. -This promise of Increase is for you through Christ!

34. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Covenant Promise of Favor: Matthew 28:17-20 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

35. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Sometimes the favor of increase takes time because God wants know and you to know what is in your heart. Abraham & Sarah Gen. 16 Abraham & Isaac Gen. 22

36. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Sometimes the favor of increase takes time because God wants know and you to know what is in your heart. 12 He said, Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me. Gen. 22:12

37. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Abraham Trusts God & His Favor Gen. 12 22 Sometimes the favor of increase takes time because God wants know and you to know what is in your heart. 16 and said, By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.

38. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Do you believe God cares for you? Do you believe that He is for you? Do you believe He wants to bless you with the increase of favor?

39. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Do you believe God cares for you? Do you believe that He is for you? Do you believe He wants to bless you with the increase of favor? Are you seeking Him and trusting Him with all your heart in obedience to Him?

40. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 Do you believe God cares for you? Do you believe that He is for you? Do you believe He wants to bless you with the increase of favor? Are you seeking Him and trusting Him with all your heart in obedience to Him? 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile. Jeremiah 29:13-14

41. A Season of Increase A Season of Increase Mt. 13:18, 23 Mt. 13:18, 23 11And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 36:11 Do you desire a favor of increase?