The Deceptions About Seeds and Seeding: What God Actually Receives and Why It Costs You

True giving is not a transaction with God — it is a sacrifice through the right vessel that costs you something and connects heaven to your life.

Every believer gives, but not every act of giving reaches God. The principles of receiving, grace, sacrifice, and divine transaction are misunderstood at every level of the church. God only accepts what He has ordained, only receives through those He has graced, and only responds to giving that genuinely costs the giver something.

Teaching Overview

God operates on the principle of receiving only what He has ordained — He is self-sufficient and is not pleased by anything originating outside of Himself.
Who you give to on earth matters as much as what you give — unless the recipient is received by God, your giving does not reach heaven.
Grace flows through specific people God has chosen — believers must learn to identify and transact with the right vessels.
Sacrificial giving must genuinely cost you — a gift that does not create internal conflict is not yet a sacrifice.
Faith is built through testing, and certain curses cannot be broken without a costly sacrifice offered through a graced vessel.

Key Distinctions

	Tithe	Sacrificial Giving
What it is	A tenth of your income returned to God	A costly, self-involving offering that exceeds obligation
Basis	The Law	Love
Under grace	Not commanded — you are no longer under the Law	The expected expression of love under grace
Amount	Fixed at 10%	No fixed amount — defined by what costs you
Internal effect	May be given without conflict	Must produce an internal fight within you
Outcome	Sustains an earthly ministry	Can break curses and attract angelic backing

	God's Nature	Satan's Nature
Self-sufficiency	Completely self-sufficient — needs nothing from you	Needs you to do things to complete him
What pleases Him	Only what He Himself has produced and ordained	Requires external acts to be satisfied
Source of all things	Owns and created everything — silver, gold, earth	Cannot produce; only exploits what God created
Relationship to praise	Worship is owed — it is deserved by His nature	Demands worship to compensate for what he lacks

	Law	Grace
Basis of giving	Compulsion — a required 10%	Love — motivated from the heart
Freedom	Bound by percentage and command	Free to give more because there is no ceiling
Motivation	Obligation	Devotion
Result	Legal compliance	Genuine sacrifice and divine transaction

	Testing	Temptation
Purpose	To stretch your faith and increase capacity	To destroy, derail, or disqualify you
Source	God — to prove and build what you claim to believe	The enemy — to exploit weakness and induce sin
Effect	Faith, grace, and capacity are increased	Damage, guilt, condemnation if yielded to
Response	Sacrifice, obedience, and trust	Resistance and prayer

	Transactional Obligation	Love-Motivated Sacrifice
Why you give	To fulfill a requirement	Because you love God and His kingdom
What you give	The minimum required	What costs you — something that creates internal conflict
Who benefits	Primarily the institution receiving	Heaven is engaged; curses break; angels are attracted
God's response	May or may not be received depending on the vessel	God responds because the giving carries you in it

God's Self-Sufficiency and What He Will Receive

God does not accept anything He did not ordain — He is only pleased by what He Himself has produced.
God is self-sufficient; He does not need anything external to complete Him — unlike Satan, who needs people to do certain things to satisfy him.
When you praise God, you are not giving Him something He lacks — worship is owed to Him by virtue of His nature.

"God is self-sufficient. So if you have to give God something to make God feel amazing, then he is a God that is lacking. You see Satan needs you to do certain things to complete him. God doesn't because God is self-sufficient."

God Is Attracted to His Own Nature in a Person

God is not attracted to good people — He is attracted to His own nature in a person.
God follows only what He has ordained — believers who attempt to deal with God on their own terms, not His terms, will be rejected.
The silver and gold you bring to God were already His — nothing you offer is truly yours to give.

"God is attracted to his nature in a person. God is not attracted to good people."

"The worst thing that you can ever do as a child of God is to try to deal with God on your terms and not his terms."

Who You Give To Matters as Much as What You Give

Unless the person receiving your tithe is received by God, your tithe goes nowhere — it sustains only an earthly organization.
In Scripture, only the Levites were permitted to do priestly duties because God had ordained their bloodline to be received — the same principle governs giving today.
God sent an angel to Cornelius not to receive him directly, but to point him to Peter — because Cornelius needed a graced man on earth to transport him to God.

"Unless you give a man that God can receive, your tithe goes nowhere."

"Who you give to is extra deep."

Grace Flows Through Specific Vessels

There are blessings that God transacts directly, and there are blessings that must go through a man — knowing the difference is wisdom.
When Jacob deceived Isaac to receive the blessing, God did not object — because Jacob acted through the right vessel with the right offering, and the blessing was legitimately released.
The question every believer must ask is not only whether a minister speaks good words, but whether they carry the grace to fulfil those words.

"There are blessings that you deal with God directly and there are things you need to go through a man. What you need to go through a man, you just need to soften their heart."

"What merchandise has God given somebody that you can transact with God through that person?"

Sacrificial Giving Must Cost You

A sacrifice that does not create internal conflict is not yet a real sacrifice — if there is no internal fight, you are not giving enough.
When God told Jesus to give His life, even Jesus had a moment of conflict — every genuine sacrifice must include that same tension.
Some curses cannot be broken unless there is a sacrifice — certain graces will never be received until giving genuinely costs the believer something.

"A sacrifice has to cost you. What you can use for McDonald's doesn't cost you anything. If it doesn't cost you, it's not a sacrificial seed."

"That's when you know you should give. If that debate is not there, it means you're not giving enough."

Giving to a Graced Vessel Transfers What That Vessel Carries

When the Pharaoh gave a great seed to Abraham, what was in Abraham transferred to him — and God could no longer act against the Pharaoh.
When you sacrifice to God through a graced person, that person loses the power to curse you — what they speak will return to themselves.
Giving to a graced vessel is not buying a blessing — it is a spiritual transaction that connects you to the grace that person carries.

"By giving to Abraham, what was in Abraham was transferred also to him. When God looks at him, he cannot treat him."

"The moment somebody... You sacrifice something to God through a person, that person has no power to curse you anymore."

Faith Is Built Through Testing, Not Merely Declared

Faith is not a one-time confession — every word you claim to believe, expect to be tested on it.
When you are challenged to give beyond your comfort, you are being stretched — and stretching increases your faith, grace, and capacity.
Jesus was exalted to the highest place because He gave what no man could give — the measure of exaltation is proportional to the measure of sacrifice.

"Faith is worked. Faith is built. It takes work, diligence to build faith. Faith is not a one-time thing. Every word you claim you have prepare for a test concerning it."

"Your capacity is increased by your ability to sacrifice. Our Lord Jesus was exalted the highest because he gave what no man could give."

Key Definitions

Sacrifice — A gift that genuinely costs you something, creates internal conflict before giving, and causes you to fight with yourself over whether to release it — if there is no internal debate, it is not yet a sacrifice.

Tithe — A tenth of income returned to God, originating as a legal requirement under the Law; under grace it is not commanded but may be given freely as an act of love.

Sacrificial Giving — Giving beyond the tithe that is self-involving, costs the giver significantly, and carries the giver's very self within the offering — distinguished from ordinary giving by the internal conflict it produces.

Graced Vessel — A person specifically ordained and received by God to carry divine merchandise, through whom spiritual transactions between the giver and heaven can legitimately take place.

Spiritual Transaction — The exchange that occurs when a believer gives through a graced vessel, connecting heaven to the giver's life — transferring the grace that vessel carries and allowing God to act on the giver's behalf.

Praying Amiss — Directing prayer toward the wrong target because the pray-er lacks revelation of what is actually operating — the Holy Spirit must reveal what to pray for before prayer can be effective.

Key Takeaways

God only accepts what He has ordained — attempting to deal with God on your own terms, not His, results in rejection regardless of sincerity or effort.
Who you give to determines whether your giving reaches heaven — giving to a ministry not received by God sustains only an earthly organization and produces no heavenly transaction.
Sacrificial giving must cost you and carry you within it — if the giving does not produce internal conflict, it has not yet qualified as a sacrifice and will not produce the breakthrough reserved for sacrifice.
Giving through a graced vessel transfers the grace that vessel carries — the receiver's spiritual authority becomes a covering over the giver, and what that person carries is made accessible to those who transact through them.
Faith is proved and increased through testing — every declaration of faith is followed by a test, and the stretching of sacrifice is the mechanism through which capacity, grace, and faith are enlarged.

Reflection Questions

When you give — whether tithe, offering, or seed — are you prayerfully discerning whether the vessel you are giving through is genuinely received by God, or are you giving based on familiarity, agreement, or convenience?
Have you ever given something that truly cost you and created an internal conflict before releasing it? If that kind of giving is rare in your life, what is holding you back from moving into sacrificial giving?
Is there a person you have wronged — like the woman in this teaching whose unanswered prayers were connected to an unresolved wrong — whose cry before God may be creating a spiritual blockage in your life right now? What would it mean to go and make it right?
What grace are you currently sitting under, and are you positioned under it because of genuine spiritual discernment or because of personal preference and agreement with a minister's style?
You have been told that faith must be tested — which area of your life are you currently facing a challenge, and are you interpreting that challenge as a test to stretch your faith or as a sign that God is not moving for you?

Prayers and Declarations

Opening prayer:

"I pray in the name of Jesus that you will depend on Him, that you will rely on Him, that you may see His mighty hand that is able to lift and to change lives. In Jesus' name."

Prayer activation for deliverance — "Lift your hands to Jesus. Say after me:"

"Father in the name of Jesus. Every demonic agenda over my life. Let it be broken in Jesus' name."

Congregational declaration — "Lift up your voice and begin to break it:"

"Father, every demonic agenda — let it be broken in Jesus' name."

Prophetic prayer and declaration over the daughter:

"Leave her and never return. Come out of her. You spirit of death. Leave her. Out."

"She will not die, she will live. Not only is she going to be well, mama, she will even give you children."

"Touching you is touching all of them. Your blood is running through them. They are okay."

Prophetic prayer and declaration over the husband:

"Come out. Come out. In the mighty name of Jesus. Come out. You spirit of death. Leave him. And never return. Come out. In the name of Jesus. Take everything you brought into him. Out. Out."

"Your effect over this family is finished. Take everything you came with. And never return."

Declaration of life — "Touch your neighbor and say:"

"You shall live and you shall not die."

Congregational declaration — "Lift up your voice and begin to declare it:"

"I shall live and you shall not die. My children shall live and you shall not die. You shall live and not die."

"Declare it over your children. Declare it over your family. I shall live and not die."

Scripture References

Hebrews 7:8 — "And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth." (KJV)
Genesis 12:10–20
John 12:6
Matthew 10:11–14
Matthew 7:6
Romans 8:26
James 4:3
Luke 22:42 — "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done." (KJV)

Golden Nuggets

"God is attracted to his nature in a person. God is not attracted to good people."

"Unless you give a man that God can receive, your tithe goes nowhere."

"A sacrifice has to cost you. There are certain graces you will never receive until you sacrifice."

"By giving to Abraham, what was in Abraham was transferred also to him. When God looks at him, he cannot treat him."

"The moment you sacrifice something to God through a person, that person has no power to curse you anymore."

"Angels fall in love with people who are always sacrificing for the kingdom of God. Sacrificial people don't lack."

"Faith is worked. Faith is built. Every word you claim you have, prepare for a test concerning it."

"Your capacity is increased by your ability to sacrifice. Our Lord Jesus was exalted the highest because he gave what no man could give."

"If that debate is not there, it means you're not giving enough. You need to push yourself until there's an internal conflict."

"It's not about anyone laying hands on me. It's about him eating my money. If he uses it, I'm blessed."

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