You Reap What You Sow

Jan 28, 2024    Jacob Barnard

Real and lasting change isn’t behavior modification. It’s spiritual transformation. -Craig Groeschel


Philippians 2:12 says

Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.



What will your life look like in 5 years?


THT) - The habits you have today will shape who you become tomorrow! 


Galatians 6:7-9 NIV Says “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Galatians 6:7-9 NIV


{If possible can these populate one after the other as I say them}

Laws of Sowing and Reaping

You reap what you sow

You reap more than you sow

You reap after you sow



You Reap What You Sow


Hosea 10:13 NIV- But you have planted wickedness,

    you have reaped evil



THT- If you don’t like what you’re reaping, change what you’re sowing!!

THT)- Intentions are good but they do not determine direction. Only actions do. 


Law 2-You reap more than you sow


Mark 4:20 says- Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, and accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”




THT-Small, Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = Radical Difference



THT-Time magnifies the margin between success and failure , it will multiply whatever you feed it 



THT- Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.


3)- You Reap After You Sow


THT-You always reap a harvest in a different season. If you plant in the fall, you harvest in spring. 


THT- Our lives are the sum total of all the small decisions that we make! 


THT-We don’t judge the success of the day by the harvest we reap, but by the seeds we sow



“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Galatians 6:7-9 NIV