Welcome to the Food Church podcast. In today's special bricklayers offering message,

think like a farmer, Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. encourages us with the principle of sewing and reaping.

2 Corinthians 9 reminds us that generosity isn't about losing something. It's about planting seeds. God

multiplies into a greater harvest than we can even imagine.

You can accelerate the vision and plant a seed of faith today at bootchurch.com

slash give.

Now let's lean into the message together.

Everyone say that out loud.

Say, think like a farmer.

I believe that is the word of the Lord for us as we come to a close of

this collection. Some time ago, I was scrolling Instagram as you do. And normally I wouldn't say

Instagram is a great place to go and find truth. In fact, sometimes I think the devil lives on

Instagram full of deception and lies. But once in a while,

you'll find something that is worth mentioning. And I saw this post, and the post was titled,

Think Like a Farmer. And it gave seven rules for every farmer when it comes to their crops.

I thought I would give you these rules. Rule number one, thinking like a farmer, don't shout at the crops. How many of you know that

sometimes we exhaust the wrong type of energy and it's just energy in reverse? Yelling, shouting,

the crops don't need that type of energy. Rule number two, don't blame the crops for not

growing fast enough. I've always thought to

myself, if a seed is not growing, is it the seed's fault or is there something wrong with the

soil? Rule number three, don't uproot them before they can grow. That's a word for somebody as we

just start our study tonight, that some of us were just one month away, just one year away,

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