Spiritual Garden (2) Bible Reading: Galatians 5:16-26Galatians 5:16 What I am saying is this: run your lives by the Spirit. Then you will not do what your old nature wants. 17 For the old nature wants what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is contrary to the old nature. These oppose each other, so that you find yourselves unable to carry out your good intentions. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, then you are not in subjection to the system that results from perverting the Torah into legalism.
19 And it is perfectly evident what the old nature does. It expresses itself in sexual immorality, impurity and indecency; 20 involvement with the occult and with drugs; in feuding, fighting, becoming jealous and getting angry; in selfish ambition, factionalism, intrigue 21 and envy; in drunkenness, orgies and things like these. I warn you now as I have warned you before: those who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God!
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.
24 Moreover, those who belong to the Messiah Yeshua have put their old nature to death on the stake, along with its passions and desires. 25 Since it is through the Spirit that we have Life, let it also be through the Spirit that we order our lives day by day.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
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Today many farmers do not plow their fields before planting. Because of new kinds of seeds and fertilizers, farmers can plant in fields where there are still old plants and weeds. But without these seeds and fertilizers, the farmer must plow the ground. Plowing softens hard ground and makes it ready to receive the seed.
Areas of sin in our lives are like weeds, dead plants and hard ground. Until the weeds and old plants are removed and the soil is softened, a new crop cannot grow. We must get rid of sin in our lives. Then God's Word can grow and produce good things. Maybe you have the sin of pride or doubt or stubbornness in your life. You need to remove these things before you can produce a good spiritual crop.
Our Bible verses today talk about good things that we should be producing in our lives. Allow God to work in your life to produce a good crop for Him![Jo Krueger]
"But the fruit that the Spirit
produces in a person's life is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."[Galatians 5:22-23a]
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to remove the sin from my life and produce good things for You. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Spiritual Garden (1) with the Daily Bible Reading: Matthew 13:3-9 for Wednesday, 26 April 2017Matthew 13:3 He told them many things in parables:
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow; 6 but when the sun had risen, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown. 9 Those who have ears, let them hear!”
Areas of sin in our lives are like weeds, dead plants and hard ground. Until the weeds and old plants are removed and the soil is softened, a new crop cannot grow. We must get rid of sin in our lives. Then God's Word can grow and produce good things. Maybe you have the sin of pride or doubt or stubbornness in your life. You need to remove these things before you can produce a good spiritual crop.
Our Bible verses today talk about good things that we should be producing in our lives. Allow God to work in your life to produce a good crop for Him![Jo Krueger]
"But the fruit that the Spirit
produces in a person's life is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."[Galatians 5:22-23a]
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to remove the sin from my life and produce good things for You. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Spiritual Garden (1) with the Daily Bible Reading: Matthew 13:3-9 for Wednesday, 26 April 2017Matthew 13:3 He told them many things in parables:
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow; 6 but when the sun had risen, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown. 9 Those who have ears, let them hear!”
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I live in a farming community. At this time of year, the farmers are preparing the soil to plant crops. Many years ago, farmers threw seeds onto the ground and hoped they would grow. Today farmers use modern machinery to prepare and fertilize the ground. They can plant many rows of seeds at a time. Farmers spend much time and money in order to grow crops.
In our Bible Reading, Jesus talked about a farmer planting seeds. The seed in this story is God's Word, the Bible. The different types of ground are different types of people. We should want to be like the good ground. That kind of person accepts God's Word and shares it with other people. That produces a good "spiritual garden."
I am sure that you want your life to be a good spiritual garden. For the next few days we will look at what we should do to allow God's Word to grow in our lives. Ask God to help you remember these things and apply them to your life.[Jo Krueger]
"...the seed that fell on the good ground...is like the people who hear the teaching and understand it."[Matthew 13:23a]
PRAYER: God, I want to be like the good soil and share Your Word with others. In Jesus' name. Amen.
I live in a farming community. At this time of year, the farmers are preparing the soil to plant crops. Many years ago, farmers threw seeds onto the ground and hoped they would grow. Today farmers use modern machinery to prepare and fertilize the ground. They can plant many rows of seeds at a time. Farmers spend much time and money in order to grow crops.
In our Bible Reading, Jesus talked about a farmer planting seeds. The seed in this story is God's Word, the Bible. The different types of ground are different types of people. We should want to be like the good ground. That kind of person accepts God's Word and shares it with other people. That produces a good "spiritual garden."
I am sure that you want your life to be a good spiritual garden. For the next few days we will look at what we should do to allow God's Word to grow in our lives. Ask God to help you remember these things and apply them to your life.[Jo Krueger]
"...the seed that fell on the good ground...is like the people who hear the teaching and understand it."[Matthew 13:23a]
PRAYER: God, I want to be like the good soil and share Your Word with others. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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