Invest what you want to get back.

Positive thinking by itself is not enough. You must be willing to invest something before you can expect a return.

I lived in a rural area for five-and-a-half years. I didn't learn much about farming, but two things I do know. I know you reap what you sow, and you reap more than you sow.

• If you plant cotton, you'll get cotton.
• If you plant wheat, you'll get wheat.
• If you plant corn, you'll get corn.
• If you plant love, you'll get love.
• If you plant friendship, you'll get friendship.
• Invest what you want to get back.

I invest my one friendship into my home church, which has about 4,000 members, and I get back 4,000 friends. Isn't that a fantastic return?

Now, if when you invest cotton, you get cotton; if when you invest wheat, you get wheat; if when you invest friendship, you get friendship; if when you invest love, you get love; what will you get when you invest money? Usually people freeze up on this point.

But Luke 6:38 reminds us, "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

Invest what you want to get back.