In the parable of the Sower found in Matthew 13 and other places in the the Gospels, the farmer continues to scatter the seed, even as God continues to speak. The Word continues to be offered. The question is not whether God is still sowing. The question is whether we are ready to receive. Perhaps today your heart feels like hard soil. God can soften it. Perhaps your faith feels shallow. God can help you grow deeper. Perhaps your life is crowded with worries and distractions. God can help you clear the thorns. Perhaps you are already growing. Then continue to let God’s Word take deeper root. The seed is good. The Sower is faithful. The question is: What kind of soil will I offer God today? Are we the rocky path that is too hardened by anger or cynicism to even accept the seed? Perhaps we need to break up our hardened hearts. Are we the soil that has only a thin veneer of soil and receive God’s Word with joy only to become faint-hearted when challenge and difficulty come our way? Then we need to allow God’s Spirit to help us grow deeper roots that can withstand adversity and difficulty. Are we the ground that is full of weeds and thorns that accepts the seed of God’s Word only to have it choked out by worried and cares and misplaced priorities? Then we need to clear away the weeds and thorns that are choking out the grow of God’s Word in our lives. The good news is we can all be the good fertile soil that accepts God’s Word and allows for deep roots of growth, and pushes back that which would take the place of the proper priorities in our life. Only then will we grow and bear fruit that is a true blessing to God and others.
Prayer:
Lord, help my heart to receive your Word like good soil and through the nurture of prayer and the Holy Spirit help to grow and bear fruit that touches others’ lives. Amen
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There is no heart that God cannot reach, there is no place God’s love cannot reach if we but open our hearts.
Wishing you a great week!—Pastor TJ
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Prayer:
Lord, help my heart to receive your Word like good soil and through the nurture of prayer and the Holy Spirit help to grow and bear fruit that touches others’ lives. Amen
Quote
There is no heart that God cannot reach, there is no place God’s love cannot reach if we but open our hearts.
Wishing you a great week!—Pastor TJ
Listen to recent sermons by Dr. TJ Jenney YouTube & YouTube
Podcast on Spotify: Inspire Messages
http://inspiresundaymessages.blogspot.com
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