a word from Richard & lindsay
a word from Richard & lindsay
Greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I’m excited as I write this month’s letter to you about God’s abundant goodness and how He wants to get His abundance into your life. I want to get this revelation into your spirit because, as you apply it, I believe it has the potential to change your life for the better!
Every day I receive calls and letters from people who are struggling to make ends meet—not knowing how they are going to pay their bills or how they will feed their families and meet their obligations. These things can weigh heavily on a person.
I want you to know that God cares deeply about the things that concern you and He has more than enough for all of your needs to be met. In fact, 2 Corinthians 9:8 tells us, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” We can look to God as our Source knowing that our help comes from Him who made heaven and earth. (See Psalm 121:1-2)
God has a Plan to Meet Your Needs
You see, God has set up a system through an eternal law so we can receive what we need from Him. God’s system is so much better than any system the world could ever put in place.
I believe that there are way too many Christians trying to live on the world’s economic system. Instead of looking to God, they only look at what they can do. They stress over their budgets and maybe even say, “I’ve got to get a second or third job in order to make it.” While we do need to be good stewards of our finances, we must look to God as our Source!
And let me say this to you from the beginning… God is not trying to get something from you, He is trying to get something to you! His wealth is beyond measure… and it’s beyond our comprehension. He’s walking on streets of gold. His walls are made of jasper and His gates are made of pearls.
Listen to me carefully… God set up a system for us; for you. It’s a system or a cycle of giving and receiving–planting seeds and reaping a harvest. Just like a farmer plants a seed, once the seed is planted, he expects a harvest—a multiplication of what he has sown. My father, Oral Roberts, called this the miracle of seed-faith. Only what you give to God can be multiplied back to you. The seeds you sow can make all the difference in the direction your life will take and the opportunities that come your way. Seedtime and harvest has everything to do with what you receive in life.
It’s a system of trust. A trust that when we give according to God’s Word, we can expect His multiplication. The farmer has faith and trust in the system of sowing and reaping. Seed, when planted, knows what to do. And then a harvest comes forth that is many times what was planted.
Natural and Supernatural Increase
No matter what your need is—no matter if it’s financial, spiritual, physical, relational or in some other area of your life—the best way I know to get that need met is to plant seed with faith and expectation that the seed will grow and be multiplied back to you. We need to keep this in mind when we plant seed into God’s kingdom.
I just heard from one of our seed-faith partners who lives in Kansas. She’s been a faithful supporter of this ministry for a long time. Two years ago she was hospitalized and was in the intensive care unit for four days. When she was released, she received a hospital bill for $44,000, which was not covered due to limitations with her insurance. She appealed the decision but was denied. So, she began making monthly payments as best she could. After making regular payments for some time, she checked on her account balance which she expected to be around $34,000. To her surprise, she found that she had a zero balance!
She told me that somehow, supernaturally, God had her debt canceled. She was rejoicing! And I rejoiced with her! In fact, I read her testimony on my healing television program, The Place for Miracles, Live. God multiplied the seed she had been sowing.
We’re receiving testimonies like this on a regular basis. People are sharing the glorious things that God is doing in their lives as a result of the seeds that they’re planting.
Just the other day, I received a seed-faith gift for this ministry from a pastor in Alabama. He told me of the challenges that his ministry has faced in his own town. He and I prayed together and I reminded him that the seed he was sowing into this ministry knows what to do. And I believe with all my heart that God will use it for His glory through this ministry and then turn around and multiply his seed back to him and his family and his ministry, in the way he needs it most.
Plant Your Seed and Expect God to Multiply It
I’m saying the same thing to you. When you plant your seed to God, you have a Bible right to believe that He will not only use it for His glory but that He will multiply it back in the way you need it. There is never a shortage in God’s kingdom. Sowing sets in motion a process to reap a harvest.
A few week ago, while I was doing my live television program, I felt impressed by the Holy Spirit to challenge people to sow a special $100 seed gift to the Lord and to believe that their seed knew exactly what to do to produce miracles. And people have already begun sowing.
Today, as I write this letter, I’m challenging YOU to plant a very special $100 seed unto the Lord.
You can find the number 100 all throughout the Bible. Here are just a few of the notable events that you can find in scripture associated with the number 100…
Abraham received God’s promise of becoming a father at the age of 100 (Genesis 21).
Isaac received a 100-fold harvest “…in time of famine (Genesis 26).
And, let’s not forget what Jesus said to His disciples in Matthew 19:29… “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.”
Luke chapter 8 tells of the seed that “…fell on fertile soil. This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times as much as had been planted!”
As I said, I believe there’s something special about the number 100. And I’m challenging you today to plant a very special $100 seed-gift unto the Lord, knowing that according to Luke 6:38, it shall be multiplied back to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over—just like Jesus said. Let me say it again, the seed you sow knows exactly what to do!
As you sow, I’m expecting you to receive a hundred-fold blessing. I am asking you to pray about what the Lord would have you to do. As 2 Corinthians 9:7(NKJV) says, “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Be sure and send me your prayer requests and tell me what you’re believing God to do as a result of the seed you’re sowing. Your generosity enables this ministry to share the saving, healing and delivering message of Jesus Christ worldwide. Thank you for continuing to lift up this healing ministry with your prayers and your support.
I’ll be waiting to hear from you so that I can set my faith in agreement with you and believe God for a supernatural breakthrough and for His abundant hundred-fold miracle supply for your life.
I’m hoping to hear from you soon.
Your Partner for miracles,
PS. Our Heavenly Father has set up a system for your needs to be met. It is a system of giving and receiving–seedtime and harvest. This applies to all areas of our lives from the thoughts we think to the words we say to the money we give and the way we treat others. The Bible makes it clear in Galatians 6:7 that we do, indeed, reap what we sow.
When you sow your best seed-gift this month, I encourage you to request my newest book, The Ultimate Source for Your Needs. I believe it will inspire you and equip you to live your life with God as your Source. Request your copy on the enclosed Prayer Sheet today. And don’t forget to send me your prayer requests so I can stand in agreement with you for the miracles you need.