First Fruits

Proverbs 3:9-10

Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty,and your vats will be bursting with wine.

1. Obedience 

1 John 2:5-6
but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 John 5:2-3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

2. Trust

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalms 37:4-5
Delight yourself in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him, and he will act.

3. Hope

Psalms 119:114
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;

Isaiah 40:31
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

4. Assurance 

Isaiah 12:2
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?