In the past I taught a complete two part series called "The New Way of Blessing". In this series I outlined in some detail how we can tap into what God has put into our spirits to create a life of blessing.

The New Way of Blessing is a very powerful series, and if you have never read it I suggest that you get it. But I have found that most people find that there is so much in it that they can't remember it all. They find it hard to take the principles and apply it to their normal lives.

So as I waited on the Lord, I asked Him to give me a more simple presentation of the same kind of principles. But I wanted to present them in a form in which most people can understand more easily, remember them and apply them practically.

The Lord gave me seven principles or steps that we can use to receive what we desire from Him. So in this teaching I am going to present these seven steps to you.

These are principles that you can use in any area of your life. I am not going to try and cover the many different areas, although I will mention a few as we go.

Later on though I am going to take this foundational teaching and apply it to many different areas of desires, goals and dreams that people may have.

I want to show you how to take these principles and apply them to whatever it is that you desire from the Lord. So this is our flagship teaching.

I want you to understand it very clearly and to remember it. I want you to go over it again and again, until it is totally saturated in your heart and mind and you will never forget the principles.

Pictures from Sowing and Reaping

To try and help you understand and remember it better, the Lord told me I should use the concept of sowing and reaping. We know that this is a universal law; that whatever you sow that you will reap.

Jesus told a very famous parable – the parable of the sower. The sower went forth to sow seed. And as he threw seed on different kinds of soil, it had different effects.

So with these pictures in mind, I would like to present you now with these seven steps to harvesting whatever you desire from the Lord.

I am going to mention the seven steps up front here so that you don't have to wait until the end. I will also remind you along the way and review them.

I hope that by the time we get to the end you will be totally filled with these. Then if I were to wake you up at 3:00 in the morning and ask you what those seven steps to harvesting your desires are, you would be able to rattle them off without thinking.

If you can't get there, try and play the preached version while you are asleep. They say that it goes into the sub-coconscious.

Put an audio version on and let it play while you are asleep, then wake up at 3:00 in the morning and see if you can remember all of them. Whatever you do, get these things into your spirit because they will transform your life.

Here then are the seven steps:

1. Develop a Core Desire

2. Know Your Rights

3, Prepare Your Ground

4. Sow and Water

5. Deal With Opposition

6. Grow Your Harvest

7. Reap Your Harvest

Picturing the Steps

Most of those things are very clear pictures that you can remember. This is because you have probably planted seeds and made a garden at some stage in your life. But I want to try and give you some pictures to remember these seven stages by.

If you were to hear this teaching or watch the video, if I were to ask you to repeat those seven steps, how many of them could you remember? So let me paint you some pictures to try and help you to remember them.

Step 1: Develop a Core Desire

To remember this step you need to think of a core. The easiest core I can think of is the core of an apple. That's the part that is left after you have eaten the apple and you throw it away. Remember the core when you think of a core desire.

Step 2: Know Your Rights

The best picture I have of this is when you see a movie where a policeman is about to arrest a criminal. As he arrests him and puts the handcuffs on him he says,

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything that you say, can and will be used in a court of law."

The policeman reads the criminal his rights. In the same way you need to know your rights.

Step 3: Prepare the Ground

There are two pictures that you can think of for this, depending on how big your garden is.

You can either think of one of those big graders that dig the soil and turn it over. Or you can think of a one-man job. This is where you take a pick and a shovel, and you start digging the ground, breaking it up and preparing it.

Why do you need to do that?

It is because you are going to plant some seeds. You are going to make a garden, so you must prepare the ground before you can make your garden.

Step 4: Sow and Water

Then once you have prepared the ground you are going to do the fourth step of sowing the seeds and watering them.

Once again, depending on how big your garden is, perhaps you plant big seeds by pushing them into the ground with your thumb and covering them up. Then you take your watering can, walk all the way to the tap and fill it up with water, then water the seeds from your watering can.

Maybe you stand with a hose. Or perhaps you are really fancy and you have a sprinkler system that you can just switch on to water every day automatically. Whatever method you use, you must now think of planting seeds and watering them.

Can you see the pictures? Let's summarize them again:

1. You have the apple core for your core desire.

2. Somebody being read their rights when they are arrested.

3. Breaking up the ground with a pick and shovel.

4. Sowing the seeds and watering them.

Step 5: Deal With Opposition

The next step is to deal with opposition. What is the opposition to your plants?

If you have ever tried to grow a garden, you'll notice that from who knows where a whole lot of bugs appear on your plants and start eating them.

You have insects that come and sting the fruit when it starts to form. They come and chew and attack. Caterpillars come and want to eat the leaves. You have all sorts of creatures coming to attack your plants.

You must deal with these things that are opposing the growth. You must overcome them and get rid of them.

Step 6: Grow the Harvest

Next you need to grow your harvest. How are you going to do this?

Well you have planted your seed and have been watering it. Now you must just let it come out and leave the sun to shine on it. As the sun shines on those plants they begin to mature. And as the fruit comes out the sun begins to ripen it.

The sunshine causes the photosynthesis that takes place in plants. And the reproduction and the growth that takes place in plants requires a lot of sunshine. So you must leave your plants in the sun.

Can you see the picture?

You are taking a walk through your garden. It is a beautiful sunny day and you can see the leaves are a beautiful, bright green color. Whatever you are growing is beginning to show.

You realize that your garden is growing beautifully. But is it ready yet for you to pick?

Be careful and have a good look. Check your garden out and let it grow.

Step 7: Reap the Harvest

You must grow your seed until it reaches the final stage which is when you reap it. How are you going to this?

Well you may want to pick the fruit by hand. You may need some kind of clipper or something to cut it.

Perhaps you need a fork to pull it out of the ground if it is something that grows under the ground. Whatever it is you are going to reap your harvest.

Let's summarize the principles one more time. We have:

1. Core desire: an apple core.

2. Know your rights: a person being read his rights.

3. Prepare the ground: pick and shovel, grader, etc.

4. Sow your seeds: plant them and water with a watering can or hose.

5. Deal with opposition: deal with bugs and insects that attack

6. Grow the harvest: let it grow in the sun. Keep your eye on it and make sure that it is growing, then leave it to grow to maturity

7. Reap the harvest: reap once it has grown to maturity

It is very simple isn't it? Can you remember all those stages? We will continue to review them as we go and see how well you can recall them.

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