HE WANTS TO…. Our King Jesus wants to make the best things happen in our lives. Right near Jesus, He can give us so much.

“Jesus came down the mountain with the cheers of the crowd still ringing in his ears. Then a leper appeared and went to his knees before Jesus, praying, “Master, if you want to, you can heal my body.” Jesus reached out and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be clean.” Then and there, all signs of the leprosy were gone. Jesus said, “Don’t talk about this all over town. Just quietly present your healed body to the priest, along with the appropriate expressions of thanks to God. Your cleansed and grateful life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8:1-4‬ ‭MSG‬‬

I’m sitting with my husband on this Saturday afternoon and I asked him, “Why do you think that Jesus told the leper not to say anything about the healing?”

He responded, “Because that would limit him in the town that he was ministering in…”

Then I come to read further that Jesus said, “Let your cleansed life be the testimony!” Continue reading

The continuation of “The Parable of the Sower” in this writing is the seed sown among thorns.

First we read about the beaten path.

We then read about the gravel ground.

Now we will read about the thorns….

“Other seeds fell among thorns, so when the seeds sprouted so did the thorns, crowding out the young plants so that they could produce no grain.”
Mark 4:7 [The Passion Translation]

Verse 18 explains, “And the seed sown among thorns represents those who hear the Word, but they allow the cares of this life and the seduction of wealth and the desires of other things crowd out and CHOKE the Word so that it produces nothing.

Thorns hurt.

A thorn is a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-point aborted branch; spine; prickle. It is something that wounds, annoys or causes discomfort.

A lot of times we think that things in our lives are okay to have around but that is not actually the case according to the word. It is only a matter of time in which we see that it produces nothing. Continue reading

This week is a series of the Sunday sermon, “The Parable of the Scattering Seed.” Yesterday I wrote about the beaten path titled, “Shattered Places” and today’s writing is on the second type –the gravel ground.

Oh how important it is for us to get ourselves deeply rooted in the Word of God. It is not just flash prayers, not just weekly…monthly or annual church attendance. It is not just giving an offering. It is investing in you –deep roots of the infallible Word of the Living God Almighty. So that when the rain comes, we are able to stand strong. When the storm comes, we are going to survive it. When the clouds of darkness try to hover over us, we shine right through.

Other seeds fell onto gravel with no topsoil and the seeds quickly sprouted since the soil had no depth. But when the days grew hot, the sprouts were scorched and withered because they had insufficient roots.
Mark 4:5-6 [The Passion Translation]

By the time we get to verses 16-17 it explains, “The seed grown on gravel represents those who hear the word and receive it joyfully but because their hearts failed to sync a deep root in the Word, they don’t endure for long. For when trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, they immediately wilt and fall away.”

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