1. Galatians 6: 6-9

2. The three principles given to believers about sowing and reaping : God knows what you sow. What you sow is what you will get. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle One: Principle Two: Principle Three:

4. God knows what you sow. Principle One: “ Don’t fool yourself about what you are sowing because God isn’t fooled.”

5. God knows what you sow. Principle One: There are some valuable lessons for us. 1. Lesson One – Do not be a Fool (or fooled) 2. Lesson Two – God is not going to be fooled 3. Lesson Three – Sowing is the beginning of God’s Harvest (blessing) 4. Lesson Four – There can be no harvest without sowing the right seed

7. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: “ Once the seed is sown, it is settled what you will receive. ”

8. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: There are two possibilities: 1. Sowing Good Seed will bring Good Harvest. 2. Sowing Bad Seed will bring a Corrupted Harvest

9. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: Paul’s reminder about our option: You can get what you want or you can get what you do not want.

10. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: Paul was saying that whatever you sow --- whether it be physical, natural, or spiritual can only reproduce itself. So, in order to be blessed you must sow the things that are good or that increase or that are spiritual. Getting what you want:

11. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: Any person DESIRING a HARVEST must FIRST plant seed. Without SOWING seed one HARVEST would stop EVERYTHING!

12. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: - If you sow sin, you will raise up sin in your offspring. - If you sow sin, you will reap unspiritual children and families. - If you sow sin, you will raise little sinners with no knowledge or opportunity to serve God. - If you sow to the flesh, you reap corruption. - Don’t blame God for your problems and failures

14. What you sow is what you will get. Principle Two: Some people have needs, because they disobey scripture Opportunity is Abused When Disobedience Abounds 1. Refusal To Withdraw, (God To Work) - II Thes. 3:6-9 2. Refusal To Work, - II Thes. 3:10-12 3. Refusal To Wait, - Isa. 40:31 (But they that wait…) 4. Refusal To Tithe, - Mal. 3:8-10

16. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle Three: God delights in taking the little things that we give Him and turning them into GREAT THINGS!

17. Gen. 1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.” God DESIGNED seed with LIFE inside them. A seed is designed to bring forth the same kind of fruit that it came from. Kingdom Principles of sowing and reaping

18. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle Three: A. Forget about last year"s crop and focus on this years. Philipians 3:13-14 - No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be,?*?but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.?*?

19. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle Three: B. The SOIL that you plant in determines a good harvest or a bad harvest.

20. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle Three: C. You reap in proportion to what we sow. Luke 6:38, 39 - "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.?

21. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle Three: D.You will harvest more than what you sow. Proverbs 11:24-25 - "One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed."

22. If you sow, you will reap a harvest. Principle Three: E. You will only receive a Full Harvest if you take care of your seed. Phillipians 3:14 - “I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven.”

23. PROPER seed PLANTED in PROPER GROUND under PROPER CONDITIONS produces a PROSPEROUS HARVEST!