{"id":5,"date":"2012-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/the-message\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:24:43","slug":"the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"The Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Message<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Genesis 1:29; 2:8<\/div>\n<div>Notice God didn\u2019t give the human being that He just created the food needed for him to live and survive. If He had given it to him, God would have been in violation of His own principle.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a02 Thessalonians 3:10 says\u00a0\u201dIf a man doesn\u2019t work he shouldn\u2019t eat\u201d.\u00a0What we see is Him giving the man seed. It then says,\u00a0\u201dHe put the man\u00a0in the garden to till (work)the\u00a0ground\u201d\u00a0and grow his\u00a0OWN\u00a0food. So actually one can say the way the man worked for God, was by working for himself.Mankind was created in the image and after the likeness of God. One of the characteristics of God is\u00a0HE PROVIDES FOR HIMSELF\u00a0(Genesis 22:8). If God needs something He goes and gets it or creates it. Remember He wanted to create Man like Him.\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>Deut 8:18<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI want you to Remember my People that it is The Lord your God that has\u00a0Given\u00a0you The\u00a0Ability to Get\/obtain\u201d&#8221;GIVE A MAN A FISH you feed him for a day\u201d,\u00a0DEPENDENCY, \u201cif you teach the man how to fish you feed him for a lifetime\u201d\u00a0INDEPENDENCE,\u00a0then if you teach him how to buy the pond, he then builds wealth and\u00a0provides\u00a0fishing\u00a0jobs\u00a0for others.<\/div>\n<div><strong>\u201cThe Principle of Buying and Selling is the Principle of Giving and Receiving, Sowing and Reaping in the Financial Realm\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0First,<\/strong> the Lord led me to look up the\u00a0the word<strong>\u00a0BEG\u00a0<\/strong>in the Dictionary and I discovered that\u00b4s it definition was\u00a0TO ASK<\/div>\n<div>He Then told me to read the\u00a037th Psalm verse 25\u00a0with the correct meaning : \u201d never have I seen the Righteous Forsaken neither their seed\u00a0ASKING\u00a0for Bread ( provison ). He then said to me \u201d I never intended for my children to ever have to\u00a0ASK\u00a0anybody for anything as it pertains to their provision because\u00a0I the LORD AM their PROVIDER<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Second<\/strong>,\u00a0He then told me to look up all these words in the Dictionary, so I did<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Merriam-Webster<\/div>\n<div><strong>Starting with Give and Receive, Then Buy and Sell<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>I Discovered all these Words Basically Mean the Same Thing<\/div>\n<div>\u201cGod so loved the World that He\u00a0Gave\u201d<\/div>\n<div>it Then also says<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe\u00b4ve been\u00a0Bought\u00a0with a\u00a0Price\u201d<\/div>\n<div>The Very Act of Him\u00a0Giving\u00a0He was\u00a0Paying\/Purchasing\/Buying<\/div>\n<div>He Sold\u00a0( To Give Up Property to another)<\/div>\n<div>Merriam-Webster Definitions<\/div>\n<div>A.<strong>\u00a0Buy<\/strong>\u00a0:  1.\u00a0To aquire possession,ownership,or rights to the use or services of by\u00a0payment\u00a0esp.of money:purchase<\/div>\n<div> 2a:\u00a0To obtain\u00a0in exchange for something often at a sacrifice\u00a0b: redeem<\/div>\n<div>5:\u00a0accept, believe<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>B.<strong>\u00a0Give<\/strong>\u00a0:3a: to put into the\u00a0possession\u00a0of another\u00a0for his or her use<\/div>\n<div>10a:\u00a0to yield possession of\u00a0by way of exchange:\u00a0pay<\/div>\n<div>b:\u00a0to dispose of for a price:\u00a0sell<\/div>\n<div>C.<strong>\u00a0Sell<\/strong>\u00a0: (1)\u00a0To Give\u00a0up ( property) to another for<\/div>\n<div>something\u00a0of value (\u00a0as money\u00a0)<\/div>\n<div>(2):\u00a0to Give\u00a0up in return for something else<\/div>\n<div>D. :<strong>\u00a0Receive<\/strong>\u00a0(1) to come into the\u00a0possession of: aquire<\/div>\n<div>(4) : to accept as authoritative, true or accurate:\u00a0believe<\/div>\n<div>E. <strong>Redeem:<\/strong> (1a)\u00a0to buy\u00a0back\u00a0(1b)\u00a0to Get\u00a0or\u00a0win\u00a0back<\/div>\n<div>F.\u00a0Have\u00a0(4a) :\u00a0to aquire or get possession\u00a0of :\u00a0obtain<\/div>\n<div>b:\u00a0receive<\/div>\n<div>c:\u00a0accept<\/div>\n<div>G.<strong>\u00a0Get<\/strong>\u00a0(1a) :\u00a0to gain possession\u00a0of<\/div>\n<div>b:\u00a0to receive\u00a0as a return<\/div>\n<div>(3a): to seek out and\u00a0obtain<\/div>\n<div>(3b):\u00a0to obtain\u00a0and bring where wanted or needed<\/div>\n<div>4b: to cause to move<\/div>\n<div>H\u00a0<strong>.Gain<\/strong>:\u00a0to aquire or get possession of<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>I.\u00a0<strong>Reap<\/strong>: (1b) to Gather<\/div>\n<div>(2)\u00a0obtain, Win<\/div>\n<div>J.<strong>\u00a0Gather<\/strong>: (5b)\u00a0to Gain\u00a0by gradual increase<\/div>\n<div>(5d)\u00a0to Gain\u00a0or regain control of<\/div>\n<div>K.<strong>\u00a0Harvest<\/strong>:\u00a0(1a)\u00a0to Gather\u00a0in<\/div>\n<div>(2a)\u00a0to accumulate a Store\u00a0of<\/div>\n<div>(2b)\u00a0to win by achievement\u00a0( the team)<\/div>\n<div>A.\u00a0<strong>Seed<\/strong> :\u00a0(3)\u00a0a source of development or growth<\/div>\n<div>B.\u00a0<strong>Sow<\/strong>  1) to plant seed for\u00a0growth<\/div>\n<div>(2)\u00a0to set something in\u00a0motion\u00a0:\u00a0begin an Enterprise<\/div>\n<div>C.<strong>\u00a0Enterprise<\/strong>\u00a0: (1)\u00a0a project or undertaking that is esp. difficult, complicated, or\u00a0risky<\/div>\n<div>(2) readiness to engage in daring or difficult\u00a0action<\/div>\n<div>(3a)\u00a0a unit of economic organization or activity;\u00a0a Business organization<\/div>\n<div>(3b)\u00a0a systematic purposeful\u00a0activity<\/div>\n<div>D.\u00a0<strong>Business<\/strong>: (2b)\u00a0an immediate task or objective:\u00a0mission<\/div>\n<div>(3a)\u00a0a usu. commercial or mercantile\u00a0activity\u00a0engaged in as a means of livelihood:\u00a0Trade<\/div>\n<div>(5)\u00a0creation,\u00a0concoction<\/div>\n<div>(6)\u00a0movement or action<\/div>\n<div>(8a) serious\u00a0activity\u00a0requiring time and effort and usu. the avoidance of distractions<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>E.<strong>\u00a0Profit<\/strong> :\u00a0(1) a valuable return :gain<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0(2): the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or series of transactions; esp:\u00a0the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost.<\/div>\n<div>(3) :\u00a0net income<\/div>\n<div>(5)\u00a0the compensation accruing to entrepreneurs for the assumption of risk in\u00a0business enterprise<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>F.<strong>\u00a0Work\u00a0<\/strong>: (1)\u00a0activity\u00a0in which one exerts strength or faculties to\u00a0do\u00a0or perform something:<\/div>\n<div>a:\u00a0sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result<\/div>\n<div>b: the labor, task, or duty, function, or assignment often being a part or phase of some larger\u00a0activity<\/div>\n<div>G.\u00a0<strong>Entrepreneur\u00a0<\/strong>:\u00a0one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Thirdly<\/strong>, He said I want you to minister on a subject that has never been ministered before from a pulpit. So I Searched to see on the World Wide Web if it was true and it was so.<\/div>\n<div>\u201d <strong>The Principle Of Buying and Selling\u201d \u00a0For More Go To www. drsteveparson.com<\/strong><\/div>\n<div> Dr Steve Parson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Message Genesis 1:29; 2:8 Notice God didn\u2019t give the human being that He just created the food needed for him to live and survive. If He had given it to him, God would have been in violation of His own principle. \u00a02 Thessalonians 3:10 says\u00a0\u201dIf a man doesn\u2019t work he shouldn\u2019t eat\u201d.\u00a0What we see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/sap77sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}