2024 is all about Open Doors for you… are you ready? It begins with this principle!
2024 is all about open doors (Hebrew year 5784)… and some are describing it as “the year of open doors!” DO NOT MISS YOUR MOMENT…
Did you know that the number 24 (2024) is associated with the priesthood? It takes on some of the meaning as the number 12, since it is comprised of multiple 12’s. 2024 means “God’s Power and Authority.” It also symbolizes a perfect foundation and 24 is connected with the worship of God, especially at Jerusalem’s temple. I believe this is very special for you, and I declare God’s power and authority over your year- It all begins with honoring God with His First Fruits as instructed in His Word, I will explain…
We have to enter 2024 strong! Often, it’s not that we are doing something wrong but not doing enough of what is right! IT IS ABOUT HOW YOU ENTER 2024 and exit 2023… Let’s enter and exit STRONG!!
FIRST FRUITS: We MUST put God first in EVERYTHING!
First Fruits in Hebrew is “bikkurim” and literally means “promise to come.” And there is ONE who never breaks His covenant promise – God!
When you KEEP FIRST THINGS FIRST through faith and obedience, you turn God’s promise into provision… Because He wants to see His people who honor Him succeed greatly ~Contact.FirstName~, He has put a principle into place FOR YOU called: “First Fruits.”
He wants to see YOU succeed and prosper! …but He desires it HIS WAY, not ours… It is all about Him, not us. The Bible references first fruits or first things or devoted things no less than 32 times…
“When you come into the land which I gave you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest” (Leviticus 23:9-10)…
The first represents the total. All firsts belong to God! and there is a reason why… “Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase; so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow…” (Proverbs 3:9–10 NKJV).
Blessings flow through your obedience!
“I gave $500 for my first fruit and I was believing God to take over my son’s tuition for the next 2 years (because I never could afford it in the first place) and thanks to your ministry on 1st fruit I believed and I applied and my son came home with a scholarship that would be awarded to him for all of the next school year!” –Sherry, CA
This divine establishment of God’s order is actually the root, the foundation that governs the rest. “For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches” (Romans 11:16 NKJV).
God claims the FIRST of ALL THINGS! It rightfully belongs to Him. When we apply the Principle of First Fruits, we see that all firsts should be given to the Lord: the first of the day, week (Sabbath), month, and the first of our harvest. It is a principle…
Jesus declared, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness… all these things will be added to you,” (Matthew 6:33). God adds the “things” to you when the foundation is in place to be built upon.
When we honor God with our FIRST FRUITS, He will unlock everything for the remainder of the year- your 2024 will be A YEAR OF GOD’S POWER AND AUTHORITY… Open Doors in the name of Jesus!
You can put God first in every area of your life by:
- PRAYING: Give God your first thoughts in the morning.
- PLANNING: Where do you want to be 365 days from today?
- MAKING AN OFFERING: When you give your first fruits offering, you are planting a seed for the remainder of the year. There is a greater portion that awaits you in honor of your first fruits offering! It all begins with your obedience…
As you remember, or worship the Lord your God, according to Deuteronomy 8:18, through your first fruits offering,
He gives you the power to acquire wealth to establish His covenant…
Each January, Jon and I put God first and honor Him with the first of our sustenance by sowing a sacrificial First Fruits Offering. Some years that has been a week, other years a day or two, but there were some years we felt led to sow a month’s wages, that was our personal conviction and we obeyed.
It is not about a specific amount as much as it is about what is a sacrifice for my year – what am I willing to lay at the altar for God in worship?
Every year many others join us and sow a First Fruits Offering, but everyone gives their best- It is not that you “Have to”… you can miss your moment and the blessing that comes with it if you choose… but it is that you “Get to!” It is about Honoring God.
I believe what you do with your “first” in the opening days, weeks, and month of 2024 will greatly determine your entire year. This is about us putting God First and sacrificing to Him…
I challenge you to put First Things First and honor God! I challenge you to start activating the Word by offering God your First Fruits as a seed for your harvest in 2024. I challenge you to set aside time for God every day.
Join me in sacrificing a First Fruits Offering this month. Join me as we pray and fast for our 21 day Daniel Fast in January.
I BELIEVE MIRACLES WILL HAPPEN…
As you sacrifice your offering to Him, you set a precedent of what will come. You release a great promise of provision as a result of your obedience. C.S. Lewis wrote; “When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased…”
Everyone is to give their Best First Fruits offering!
God says in Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three gather in MY name, there am I with them.” ACTIVATE IT… God is with us— This is your year, 2024!
According to Ezekiel 44, I will raise your offering up as a sacrifice, believing God to pour out His promises through your obedience! “The best of all the firstfruit and of all your special gifts will be given to the priests. You are to give them the first portion so that a blessing may rest on your household” (Ezekiel 44:30).
Give your very best as a first fruits offering and watch God’s unlimited blessings pour into your life and your family. WATCH WHAT GOD WILL DO!
