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Planting Seeds Day 16: Shelter Them
People who need shelter often have many other issues to solve. Jesus proposes a radical response to a neighbor who needs help: The man asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going from Jerusalem to Jericho who was stripped, beaten and left half dead by robbers. A priest and a Levite man…
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Planting Seeds Day 15: Loving the Homeless
Homelessness is not new, but we often try to fix it with modern, systemic solutions. Maybe there is another solution. Planting seeds of help for the homeless could start with seeing them with God’s eyes of love. In the days of affliction and homelessness, Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers which have now…
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Planting Seeds Day 14: Feeding the Hungry
Planting seeds of God’s care in people’s hearts may grow from the soil of fullness in their belly. And especially when they feel a connection to the person who plants and fills them with God’s happy Word. Jesus withdrew to a secluded place, and when the people heard, they followed Him on foot from the…
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Planting Seeds Day 13: Covering Shame
God calls us to plant seeds of love that might include clothing that covers shame and His words that free us all from shame. The LORD God said to Adam, “You shall not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for you will certainly die.” … Then the LORD God said,…
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Planting Seeds Day 12: Covering the Naked
Planting seeds of God’s love can start from meeting people’s basic needs and clothing is a big need! The Prodigal Son: The younger of two sons asked for his share of his father’s estate and the father’s wealth was divided. The younger son went away and squandered it with wild living. The only job he…
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Planting Seeds Day 11: Repent!
You can plant seeds one by one with your own green or not so green thumb, or use a big noisy and smelly machine to do all the work for you. Not that God has anything against machinery for farmers! But when we move forward to plant seeds for His kingdom, God wants a personal…
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Planting Seeds Day 10: Humility
The role of a farmer is one of total dependence upon God for the sun and the rain and the growth of the seeds he plants. But this can be a humbling experience for us when we plant seeds for God on our knees. We hardly ever see the full fruit of what we are…
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Planting Seeds Day 9: Bear Fruit
We plant seeds that grow and eventually bear fruit. Let’s keep connected to Jesus and bear fruit that brings true joy! I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch that doesn’t bear fruit, and He prunes what does bear fruit so that it will be even more…
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Planting Seeds Day 8: Holy Spirit Guide
There are so many types of guides we may run into in our life. We mostly aren’t shy about respecting the expertise of others and we welcome help when we can find it or afford it. We may engage a marriage counselor, a business mentor, a life coach, an accountant, a lawyer, a tax-preparer, a…
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Planting Seeds Day 7: Build and Rebuild
However God calls you to plant seeds for His kingdom, you won’t get far if you haven’t paid attention to the building that is the foundation for your faith: Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them is like a man building a house who dug deep and laid a…
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HABITS OF JESUS, MARCH 12 – APRIL 4
Daily posts to learn more about how Jesus modeled His life for us. For 21 days leading up to Easter, explore the habits of Jesus that kept Him hungering for His Father and continuing His mission. Even though He was separated from Him on earth and about to be separated in a different way by His death on the cross, He was faithful and believed in His resurrection.
Coming Next: FASTING IN THE BIBLE, APRIL 8 – MAY 29
Posts every Wednesday and Friday to learn about fasting in the Bible. We will review the whole Bible, exploring what happened when fasting was a special focus for the people of Israel, in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Keeping in mind the way that Jesus taught us to fast, we will find new ways for us to enact a spiritual habit of fasting in our modern lives.
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