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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 are not 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,…
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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 have not 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…
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Planting Seeds Day 6: Good Soil
Our eagerness to plant seeds for God is a wonderful thing! It spurs us on with added emotion to our spiritual demeanor. When God shows us something new, we become filled with joy and enthusiasm for such blessings. The energy we feel from serving God and being His voice can be exhilarating! But in this…
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Planting Seeds Day 5: Send Me
Isaiah the prophet was called to plant seeds for the people of Israel to clearly follow their God, but his awareness of their sin blocked his own sense of confidence in this role. But God had a special vision for Isaiah that made all the difference! We know that we are sent to plant seeds…
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Planting Seeds Day 4: Feed My Sheep
This is one of my favorite passages in Scripture, because I have been on this John 21 beach! In 2002 I spent four months in Israel and was able to jump in the car and in a few hours reach pretty much any place mentioned in the Bible. This beach is by the Sea of…
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Planting Seeds Day 3: Good News
Jesus’ ministry started officially when He was in the synagogue in Nazareth. He didn’t list things for us to do, but described a vision of what it will look like already done. And who would do it! Jesus stood up to read the scroll of Isaiah: The Spirit of the LORD is on Me, because…
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Planting Seeds Day 2: I AM
Planting seeds for His harvest starts with a clearer understanding of just Who it is that designed and commanded this cycle of life that originated with our One and Only God. He is a sending God and sends us out to labor for this harvest of souls, supplied with all that He is in our…
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Planting Seeds Day 1: The First Gardener
God is the Creator. He not only created the heavens and the earth that we now see, but He created the seasons, the rain, good soil and all the processes that had to happen for Him to be the First and best Creator-Gardener. Those systems serve to bring about a physical and a spiritual harvest…
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New Habits 8: Sabbath Rest
We want to follow our new habit with fervor and faith, but also with the same grace toward ourselves that God gives us and with an understanding of the role that rest plays in growing our spiritual life. When you plant a garden, there are many different places in the process where letting the soil…
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New Habits 7: True Family
The new habit that God has spoken to you about may affect other people that you live with, live to care for and live around. Make sure it is a positive effect and make sure that it fits in with the family roles that God has currently ordained for you. Blessed is everyone who fears…
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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.
COMING NEXT: HUNGER FOR THE HARVEST, JUNE 2 – AUGUST 21
Posts every Wednesday and Friday to learn about the connection between fasting and His harvest. We will explore together how fasting increases your hunger for God, creating a position of humility that thirsts for holy intimacy and holy maturity. Helping others and planting seeds will become a natural and a supernatural response. Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest, He will use you in the lives of others to further His kingdom.
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