• The Visionary! Brian Oldrieve • Proverbs 3:5 “….acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will make your paths straight”
A PROBLEM WITH FARMING • A farmer in Zimbabwe convicted of growing tobacco. • 1 Corinthians 10:31. • Lost his farm & was humbled. • Moved to another farm which was in financial difficulty. • Mechanical costs rising while yields were declining. • Soil, water & seed being washed away.
THE ANSWER • Romans 1:20. • God reveals • mulch cover on the surface • no ploughing in nature
GOD’S WAYS ARE BEST • God is the best farmer. • We need to follow his ways by having the humility to acknowledge that he knows best,give up our agendas & follow Him wholeheartedly. • Proverbs 3:5-6.
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The heart…….. • God placed a desire in Brian’s heart to transfer FfF to the rural peasant farmers in Africa - Isaiah 58 • FfF breaks Africa’s first yoke of oppression POVERTY
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How do we alleviate this yoke of poverty? Return to the WORD of GOD! 02/17/18
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• Faithfullness and Stewardship: Matthew 25v14-28 (If we are faithful with little, God will add to us, and conversely, if we are unfaithful with little God will take away from us) • We must be faithful with the first things God gave us – He will then add. (Industries etc) • The world system has tried yet we are getting poorer!
Proverbs 28v20 “A faithful man will abound with blessings…..”
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• Giving to receive: Break the yoke of selfishness Luke 6:38 “Give and it will be given to you” We cannot keep taking from the land without giving back to it. Giving also includes our time and effort without selfish motives. • Proverbs 11v24 “…one who witholds more than is right, leads to poverty”
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The Other Yoke of Oppression –
Dependancy!
To alleviate this dependancy syndrome, we must
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• Must impliment the theory to turn a profit. • Principals of profit making which apply to all walks of life and business.
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