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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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Planting Seeds Day 6: Good Soil
Our eagerness to plant seeds 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 parable Christ…
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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. God had a special vision for Isaiah that made all the difference! We know that we are sent to plant seeds for…
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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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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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