FIRSTFRUITS

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WHAT IS FIRST FRUITS? First fruits is the first portion of any harvest in a year, any increase or new source of income given to God as an offering to acknowledge that He has first priority in our lives and that He is the owner and source of our fruitfulness and increase.  THE GIVING OF FIRSTFRUITS TO GOD SYMBOLIZES:
  1. HONOR (Proverbs 3:9)
  2. GRATITUDE-First fruit is a thanksgiving offering to God
  3. FAITH - The level of your giving is the level of your faith
18 BLESSINGS OF THE FIRSTFRUITS OFFERINGS (Exodus 34:22 - 24)
  1. SECURITY OF PROPERTY
  2. EXPANSION AND INCREASE OF TERRITORY
  3. ABUNDANCE AND OVERFLOW (Proverbs 3:9-10)
  4. BLESSING ON YOUR ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD 
(Ezekiel 44:30)
  1. A PROMISE OF A LATER AND FULL HARVEST TO COME (Romans 11:16)
  2. SANCTIFICATION AND BLESSING ON THE REST OF YOUR PRODUCE (Romans 11:16)
  3. ANGELS GUARD YOU (Exodus 23:23)
  4. PROTECTION (Exodus 23: 27 - 30)
  5. PROVISION (Exodus 23:25)
  6. GOOD HEALTH /NO SICKNESS
  7. NO MISCARRIAGES
  8. NO BARRENNESS /NO INFERTILITY
  9. LONG LIFE
  10. JUDGEMENT ON YOUR ENEMIES (Jeremiah 2:3) 
  11. VICTORY AND CONQUEST (Exodus 23:27 - 28)
  12. SPECIAL FAVOR (Genesis 4:4)
  13. HONOR (1 Samuel 2:30)
  14. BLESSING AND PRAYER OF THE MAN OF GOD / PRIEST (Leviticus 23:10 – 11)
WHEN IS FIRSTFRUIT GIVEN? A.) EACH YEAR B.) FIRST HARVEST – IN A NEW VENTURE OR JOB C.) WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCREASE