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Parable of The Talents 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckoned with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of your lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of your lord. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are an hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: lo, there you have that is yours. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 You ought therefore to have put my money to the ex changers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which has ten talents. 29 For unto every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has. 30 And cast you the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matt 25:14-30) God has given each person talents. God expects us to use those talents for His service. It is not acceptable to hide the talents in the earth and earns nothing. The return God expects from us is according to our given ability. The servant who received one talent was not condemned for failing to increase his talent. He was condemned because he did nothing with what he was given. We are to use whatever God has given to us for His service. We are to invest our lives. We are not to waste our lives. We are to invest our talents. We are to gather and eat our manna each day. Those who hoards the manna , will be disappointed because the manna will become stale. Investing is righteous if it is accomplished according to God's purpose. We are to invest our talents. We are to invest our abilities and our skills and our resources. We are to use our talents for the affairs of the kingdom of God. The Master praised the two trustworthy servants, well done , good and trustworthy servants The Master cares about the results. Their methods are good. Their motivation is trustworthy. The parable shows the end result when a person doe not seek to prosper and increase what he has been given. The Scriptures does not prohibit trade, investing or doing business. The believers are to do their business according to God's standards. The position of a person's heart provides riches. How you handle what the Lord has given to you , makes you a candidate for more. After Job was blessed , Job still have to have the talent to manage what God has given him. There is no evil in being a talented businessman , investor and becoming wealthy while doing it. Just make sure you handle your business in a righteous way. The Master gave out large sum of talents. Every servant had as much as he could work with. Two trustworthy servants used their talents wisely. They were able to increase the amount. The Master praised them .As trustworthy servants the Master gave them greater responsibility. The servant with one talent tried to make excuses because he wasted his opportunity . He did nothing with the talent. He was lazy and ignore his responsibilities. He hid the talent in the earth. The wicked servant even insulted the Master. So the the Master asked him wicked and lazy. If the person does not do the good thing , he is sinning . People should use the gift that the Lord gives them. They will find that their talents will increase. But people will lose their talents, gifts, and opportunities if they fail to use them. One day the Lord will ask each person to give an account of his talents. The Lord will judge them. The Lord will judge how they have used their talent The bad servants will be punished. The Parable of the talents teaches us what we are suppose to do while we wait for the return of the Lord. We are to love God , using our God given talents to glorify God. Because we love God , we must also love our neighbor as ourselves. We are to work diligently with love , using all the talents God has given us to produce the fruitful returns expected by the Lord. How much is a talent worth ? Is a talent worth million pieces of gold ? Or is a talent worth a billion pieces of gold ? A talent is a large sum. The servant who received one talent wasted his opportunity. He was given more than enough to meet the Master's expectation. The Master called the untrustworthy servant , wicked and lazy. The lazy servant hid his talent in the earth. The Master expects his servants to produce fruits from what he have entrusted to the servants. The Lord expects us to generate a return by using our talents. The believers are given enough to produce more. God has given us gifts to produce more fruits of love. Paul wrote, For we are God's handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works which Christ Jesus to do good works which Christ prepared in advance for us to do. The Master knows the servants. The Master understands that the one talent servant was not capable of producing as much as the five talents servant. The Master gives each servant talents each according to his ability. The servants are not all given the same number of talents. One servant gets five talents. Another servant gets two talents. And the third servant gets one talent. But the Master expects the servants to give all to the Master. The Lord gives a person five talents. The Lord gives another person two talents. And the Lord give the third person one talent. But the Lord expects each servant to give all his mind , all his heart, all his soul , and all his strength to the Lord. The Lord gives us all His love , and the Lord expects us to give all our love to the Lord. The parable teaches us that we labor in love for the Lord. The Lord loves us when He gives us the talents. Remember that you do not work for your own selfish purposes. The talents given to the servants are not their own. The servants are stewards of the Master's talents. The talents the servants earn with the capital is not for the servants to keep. The Master measures the quality of their stewardship. Maximize the use of your talents not for your own selfish purposes. Maximize the use of your talents to honor and glorify the Lord. Because the curse of Adam's sin, our work in the fallen world is difficult. But fear not. We will be filled with joy from doing our best with what God has given to us. Wherever the providence of God put us , we will seek His will in order to honor God. The parable is about how we use our labor of love to fulfill our earthly calling. It is about our whole life of stewardship. The unfaithful steward wasted his opportunity. As the result he was judged to be wicked and lazy. We are stewards of the Lord. We are responsible for what we do for the Lord with what the Lord has given to us. One day the Lord will ask us to give an account of what He has given to us. The Purpose For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that who ever believe in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life(John 3:16) The Message Jesus had a gospel message he wanted people to hear. Seek ye the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you (MATTHEW 6:33) Disciples Despite His divine power , Jesus didn't try to save the lost world by Himself. Jesus enlisted the help of others. Come follow me Jesus said, And I will make you fishers of men (Matthew 4:19) Jesus knew he was going to die on the cross for the sin of the world. Jesus had to raise up others to succeed him after he died on the cross. His followers would carry on the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Signs And Wonders Jesus made great things happen. Jesus performed signs and wonders. Jesus made the impossible possible. And here's what Jesus has to say, Truly, truly , I say to you, Whosoever believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he do because I am going to the Father. (John14:12) FRUITS How many souls are you winning ? A good steward builds a profitable business. The Lord Jesus expects his servants to at least double his initial investment. A HUNDREDFOLD INCREASE 29 And every one that has forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. (MATT 19:29) May the Lord the God of your ancestors , increase you a thousand times and bless you as He has promised. (Deuteronomy 1:11) Trees that bear no fruits are destroyed. Jesus destroyed the fig tree that produced no fruit. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: 36 Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungred, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink? 38 When saw we you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you? 39 Or when saw we you sick, or in prison, and came unto you? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and you gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matt 25:1-43) Our Daily Bread Lord ,give us our daily bread. The believers do not hoard in this world. Jesus is the bread of life. God wants us to completely depend on Him. God is the Giver of the bread that keeps us alive.God is more important than the food. God wants us to feed on Him, who is the bread of life. The Lord is the food for the soul.We need our heavenly Father's provision for our daily existence. It has taken God five days to restore the earth. Then on the six day God creates man. God prepares everything for man's need, before God creates man. Only trusting in God can we get rid of our anxiety.God will supply our needs. God knows what you have need of these things. God will fill our needs but God is not bound to satisfy our selfish demands.Sometimes these demands are for selfish reasons. So don't expect God to satisfy your demands. Jesus said," Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat , or what you shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than clothes ? " ( Matt 6:25) Be not anxious about your earthly life . Don't worry about your human needs. Don't waste your time thinking about unimportant things in your earthly life. Do not waste your precious time trying to figure out what you shall eat or what you shall drink.Don't waste your time worrying about what kind of clothing you shall put on. The purpose of your life is more than just eating and drinking. Don't waste your time decorating your body with clothing. This intense concern for food , drink, and clothing will distract your mind from God. Jesus said, "Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.Are you not much better than they? "(Matt 6:26) Look at the birds of the air . The birds do not worry abour their daily needs. They don"t toil uselessly for their daily food. The birds sow no seeds . Neither do the birds reap any crops. The birds are not anxious about tomorrow.Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.Are you not much better than birds? When the Creator is your heavenly Father , why do you waste your time worrying about your basic needs? Have faith in your heavenly Father to take care of your basic need for food , drink , and clothing. Which of you by taking though can add one cubit unto his stature? (Matthew 6:27) Man can not control his own physical growth. Man has no control of the laws of the physical nature. No matter how clever man is , he is not capable of controlling life. God makes the laws of nature. everything acts according to God's law. Man's physical growth moves according to God's law that governs nature. And why take you thought for raiment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not , neither do they spin. and yet I say unto you , That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.(Matt 6:28-29) Don't waste your time worry about your clothes . God controls food essential for all growth. Since God provides food and clothes for the simple lilies , should we not trust Him to provide for us when He has told us that we are more important than flowers and wild beasts? When you pray , don't waste your time asking for basic needs.God has already supplied your needs. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (Matt 6:30) The beauty of the lilies is short-lived. It is beautiful today . Tomorrow it is out with the grass and used for man's fuel. God has told us that we are more important than these simple plants. If He will provide for the grass, surely God will provide for us. Therefore take no thought , saying , What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (Matt6:32) Don't waste your time worrying about your food and clothing. God will take care of your basic needs. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.(Matt 6:32) Don't waste your time worrying about you food and clothing.God will take care of your basic needs. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things (Matt 6:32). God is not the Father for the pagans. God is the Father for the believers.Our heavenly Father knows you have basic needs and He provides for you. But seek you first the kingdom of God , and His righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt 6:33). Use your precious time to seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness.God will take care of your basic needs while you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself .Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof (Matt 6:34) FORGIVE And forgive us our debts. Sin is debt owed to God.Sins are moral and spiritual debts to God's righteousness. Forgiveness always is by the grace of God and based on Christ's atonement. Since God has such an abundant forgiving spirit, it is expected that the believer should have a forgiving spirit. God has already forgiven us so much .(Eph 4:32) An unforgiving spirit is sin. The forgiveness here has to do with the covering of sins of daily weakness and faults of the saved. We are not perfect yet. But we are perfect in Christ, who is perfect and without sin. The Lord tells that asking forgiveness, we must always say, As we forgive". We are to reconciled with our neighbors before we offer our gift at the altar. God does not forgive an unforgiving spirit. Our hearts must reach out for our debtors in compassion and in forgiving love. THE LORD LEADS US IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Jesus appears at the Sea of Galilee. 5 Then Jesus said unto them, Children, have you any meat? They answered him, No. 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.(John 21:5) The Lord takes care of our daily bread. The Lord is in charge of your needs. God gives you the strength to gather food each day. Each day gather your manna. A Thousand Times More Increase God has the blessing for you. But you have to reach out and take it. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Isaiah 55:11-13 3 That then the LORD your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, whither the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 If any of your be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD your God gather you, and from thence will he fetch you: 5 And the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers. 6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live. 7 And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on them that hate you, which persecuted you. 9 Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers, 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. 10 if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live . 20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Deuteronomy 30:3-13) 1 And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God. 3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your store. 6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be smitten before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways. 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 9 The LORD shall establish you an holy people unto himself, as he has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that you have called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the LORD shall make you plenteous in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD shall open unto you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in his season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow. 13 And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if that you hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them: 14 And you shall not go aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. (Deuteronomy 28:1-14) Give and it will be given unto you. 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete withal it shall be measured to you again. (Luke 6:38) 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD your God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: (2 Samuel 24:30) Be content with what the Lord has given to you. A faithful believer believes in the Lord. A doubtful person lacks faith in the Lord. A doubtful person receives nothing from the Lord, 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed you. 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. (Mark 10:28-31) 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year, an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. (Genesis 26:12-140 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some an hundredfold , some sixty, some thirty. (Matthew 13:23) 29 And every one that has forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. (Matthew 19:29) 36 And he said unto them, What would you that I should do for you? 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left hand, in your glory. 38 But Jesus said unto them, You know not what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? 39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall you be baptized: 40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. 41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. 42 But Jesus called them to him, and said unto them, You know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest , shall be servant of all. 45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Mark 10:39) 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. (Mark 10:29-30) 11 Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. (Matthew 5:11,12) 10 Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, said the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10 14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Be you mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations: (1Chronicles 16:15) 6 The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. 9 And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!) (Deut 1:6-11) The anointing will help us defeat our enemies. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. (1 Samuel 18:7) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:10-13) The anointing will give natural and Supernatural provisions for the believer. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and,behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for you and for your son. 14 For thus said the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. (1King 17:10-12) 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than clothes? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:25-28 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. (Isaiah 10:27) David is speaking of a thousandfold blessing. David asked the help of the Lord. 9 I will sing a new song unto you, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto you. 10 It is he that gives salvation unto kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword. 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. (Psalm 144:13) David is appealing to the Lord to the unlimited multiplying power. Take what we have and multiply it abundantly. Ten Thousand people were fed. Jesus did that with the fish and the loaves of bread. They gave to Jesus the two fishes and five loaves of bread. 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give you them to eat. 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. (Matthew 14:13-21) There were more than ten thousand people .Men, women and children did eat and were filled . ..................................