What Are You Sowing (August 3, 2025)

 

 


 

Sermon Outline for Sunday, August 3, 2025

 

PASSAGES: Galatians 6:7; Luke 6:36; Colossians 3:14; Proverbs 21:21; Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 17:11; Luke 6:38; James 4:10; Hebrews 12:11; 1 Samuel 15:23; Matthew 5:7; 2 Peter 1:5–7; Proverbs 11:2; 1 John 4:18

 


 

Galatians 6:7 ~ “7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.”

 

Sow kindness, reap compassion

 

Luke 6:36 ~ “36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.”

 

Sow love, reap unity

 

Colossians 3:14 ~ “14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

 

Sow integrity, reap honor

 

Proverbs 21:21 ~ “21 Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.”

 

Sow obedience, reap favor

 

Isaiah 1:19 ~ “19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;”

 

 

Sow deceit, reap ruin

 

Jeremiah 17:11 ~ “11 Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.”

 

Sow generosity, reap blessing

 

Luke 6:38 ~ “38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.””

 

Sow arrogance, reap disgrace

 

James 4:10 ~ “10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

 

Sow peace, reap righteousness

 

Hebrews 12:11 ~ “11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”

 

 

Sow rebellion, reap judgment

 

1 Samuel 15:23 ~ “23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.””

 

Sow mercy, reap forgiveness

 

Matthew 5:7 ~ “7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”

 

Sow endurance, reap character

 

2 Peter 1:5–7 ~ “5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.”

 

Sow humility, reap wisdom

 

Proverbs 11:2 ~ “2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.”

 

Sow fear, reap torment

 

1 John 4:18 ~ “18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”

 

 

Don’t like what you are reaping? Sow something different!

 

 


 

Pastor Andy Lambert

pastorandy@cvcog.church

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