How is Your Soil?
“The good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God’s message and produce a huge harvest — thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted.” This would have sounded interesting to Jesus’ hearers. A harvest of one hundred percent was unheard of! What farmer could ever expect that
How Can I Put My Roots Down?
“The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don’t go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word.” Why don’t their roots go
Are You Struggling to Breathe?
“The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.” “Worry is temporary atheism.” Being able to breathe is a key to staying alive. No breath equals no life. There are
Help Wanted: Positions Available
“The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” Maybe its because we spent many years as foreign missionaries, but this passage always seems to jump off of the page at me. Jesus made