CHAPTER 3
WHAT ARE YOU SOWING?
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CHAPTER 4
DEMYSTIFYING THE LAW OF ABUNDANCE
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CHAPTER 5
ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU SOW
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CHAPTER 7
YOU REAP IN A FUTURE SEASON
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CHAPTER 11
BECOMING A FORWARD-THINKING SOWER
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CHAPTER 12
ACTIVATING ANGELIC MINISTRY IN YOUR LIFE
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CHAPTER 14
FLESHLY AGENDAS THAT ROB YOUR HARVEST
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CHAPTER 15
DEMONIC AGENDAS THAT STEAL YOUR YIELD
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CHAPTER 16
AVOIDING ANGELIC DECEPTIONS
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CHAPTER 17
PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS THAT RELEASE ANGELS
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H EAR THE WORD of the Lord:
An abundant harvest is at hand. I am releasing angels of abundant harvest into the nation. You will reap what you have sown. This is a double-edged sword.
Where the enemy has resisted your harvest in years past, you will see a multiplication effect of blessing in your life. Doors will open unto you that no man can open. Opportunities will come your way that you never dreamed, imagined, or even thought to ask for. Provision will enter your life from unexpected places.
If you have sown to the Spirit, you will reap from the Spirit. If you have sown into My kingdom business, you will see a return on the investment of your time, your finances, and your relationships. Reinforcement will come to support the work of your hand. You will find that lack is no longer in your language. You will see blessings chase you down and overtake you. You will find that I am leading you and guiding you with greater precision. You will hear My voice and dream My dreams and see My visions. You will rest in Me and have confidence and faith in Me that defies the enemys plans for your life. This is a year of abundant harvest.
I will not be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap. There are laws of the harvest, and they are in effect.
If you have been holding back what belongs to Me, release it. If you have been muzzling the ox, loose him. If you have been sowing seeds of discord among My children, go to them in humility and make it right. If you have been defying My will, get in alignment with Me now.
I am releasing the angels of abundant harvest. They will minister blessings to the heirs of salvation. They will bring provision and protection from the enemys sword. I am releasing the angels of abundant harvest. Make your choice. Choose this day whom you will serve with your whole heart. I am a God of justice. I am also a God of mercy.
You have put Me to the test in the last season, and a season of abundant harvest is coming into your life. Prepare your hearts now to receive what is in store for you. I am your God, and I love you with an everlasting love. I am releasing angels of abundant harvest.
WHY IM RELEASING THIS WORD WITH GODLY FEAR
When I received this prophetic word from the Lord, I immediately began to measure it against the plumb line of the written Word of Godthe Scripture. The fear of the Lord constrains me from hopping on extreme teachings on angels with New Age names and operations that are so far beyond the bounds of the Bible that they lead people into error, even if the experience was valid.
I believe some spiritual encounters need to be kept private if they do not edify the body of Christand especially if they suggest new doctrines, cause people to chase after supernatural realms instead of the God of the supernatural realm, or breed strong confusion among believers. Although I agree that some legitimate supernatural experiences are not necessarily mirrored in Scripture and I certainly do not want to put God in a religious box, there is wisdom on what we share publicly and what we keep private.
We also need to be good Bereans and examine the Scriptures to see if our experience agrees with the spirit of the Word (Acts 17:11). After all, the Holy Spirit and the Word agree (1 John 5:8).
I could go on and on about the serious words in Jeremiah 23, but let me leave you with this one that acts as a sobering introduction to Pauls exhortation in Colossians: I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, I had a dream! I had a dream! How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship (Jer. 23:2527, NIV).
In Colossians 2:1819 Paul clearly warned: Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow (NIV).
These sorts of scriptures put the fear of the Lord in me. I do not want to be among the lying prophets. I do not want to prophesy delusions of my own mind. I do not want to be puffed up with notions of my unspiritual mind. I do not want to lose connection with the head. So I weigh and judge and examine and scrutinize prophecies before I release themand invite other more experienced leaders to do the same. And they have done so with this prophetic word.
That said, once the spirit is tested and the word deemed accurate, I do not want to hold it back. I want to release it in the Lords perfect timing. After all, Jeremiah 23:2829 says, Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain? declares the LORD. Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? (NIV).
We should not prophesy vanity, but holding back a prophetic word that could cause people to miss a visitation or encounter judgment is irresponsible.
BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE ABUNDANT ANGEL PROPHECY
With that, lets measure this prophecy against the plumb line of Scripture before we move on to its application in the chapters ahead. The concept of abundant harvest is repeated in Gods Word. Proverbs 14:4 tells us, Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests (NIV). Harvests there is plural, clearly suggesting an abundant harvest is not a one-time event. You can have many abundant harvests in your life, just as you can have many lean years.
In Luke 12:1621, Jesus told a parable about a rich man who yielded an abundant harvest. The idea in this parable was that the rich man kept building bigger and bigger barns to store his wealth but was not rich toward God. Jesus frowned on this behavior. Luke 10:2 (HCSB) speaks of an abundant harvest in the context of souls ready to hear the Word, and Jesus bemoans that the laborers are few and issues a prayer charge to send workers into the harvest.
But there is a flip side to the abundant harvest as the prophecy indicates. Nehemiah 9:3637 says, But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces. Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress (NIV).