Planting the Promise - Part 1
Great People
Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NIV)
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends (stretch out, extend, direct, to point) out its roots by the stream (it has a constant source of water/life). It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
John 15:5 (NIV)
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Isaiah 61:3 (NIV)
…They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
Ezekiel 17:22-23 (NIV)
"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.
Great Impact - Vision over next 10 years
Great Sowing
Luke 6:38 (NIV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."