Sunday Morning Series - The Laws of Increase - Effective Barns

Text: Luke 12:13-37 & various

What is a Barn or Storehouse? (Genesis 41:56-57)

A place where abundance is stored to satisfy an anticipated time of need or unexpected times of lack.

Psalms 144:13 - God wants your barns to be filled.

Storage places are built for what they are intended to hold. Blessings can be stored -they're abundance. Storehouses require that I:

1)  am blessed
2)  have a plan
3)  willing to sacrifice

There is a supernatural storage. Many scriptures talk about heart and soul. The heart is always mentioned first. Check out these verses: Deuteronomy 4:29, 6:5, 10:12, 11:13 & 18, 13:1-3, 26:16, Joshua 22:5. The priority is the heart (or spirit).

Wisdom - heart
Knowledge - soul

If you don't receive sound teaching, wisdom will not enter your spirit. Our relationship with God is spirit to spirit.

What satisfies? Isaiah 55:1-3. In the long run, what feeds your soul won't satisfy. What's lasting ministers to your spirit. If you want to grow, you've got to get out of the soulish realm with all its emotion and into the spirit. Emotions have their place, but they should not rule your life.

Here is one statement that indicates a person is speaking from their soul:

"I don't feel the Lord will do that." (What does the Word say about the matter?)

*Christians are making faith statements out of their soul." - Pastor Steve

It is not wrong for a church to minister to your soul; it is wrong to make it first and foremost. Making you feel better won't prepare you for the challenges ahead. What comes to your spirit is intended to empower you, not just make you feel better.

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