I'm preaching Sunday and I need your help...

[Codie]

tgil and Texas8-
Thanks fellas. Exactly what I was looking for.

Matthew 13 is what I'm teaching, the Parable of the Sower. Jesus paints pictures of 4 different kinds of soil that represent our heart's desire to hear and understand what He has to say to us.

1 - The deceived heart represented by the soil of the beaten-down pathway is too hard to receive anything, and God's Word is snatched up by the Enemy like seed scattered on hard ground is snatched up by the birds (that's what the pic is for). No seed, no sprouts, no fruit.

2 - We can also have a distracted heart represented by the shallow, rocky soil. The seed is scattered and sprouts, but is quickly burned up by the midday sun. This is when we hear what The Lord is saying and move to act on it, but the pressures of temptation, pushback from friends and family, etc... kill it off too soon. The result is quick growth, but no fruit.

3 - The 3rd soil represents the divided heart. The seed is scattered and sprouts again, but this soil is also claimed by thorn bushes that choke out the new sprout. Again, no fruit to be had. This happens when we want to receive God's Word, but the cares and lies of this world capture our attention.

Finally, Jesus teaches about the good soil. The delighted heart that is prepared to receive God's Word, understands it, and produces fruit. Sometimes as much as 100x over.

So how is your heart? Deceived? Distracted? Divided? Delighted? If I'm not careful, I can spend a lot of time being distracted and divided. Lord, help me and my heart to delight in You!

Thanks again y'all! TBH rocks!

Lord please hide this man behind the cross so the people can hear you speak! Great message!

[jkf123]

tgil and Texas8-
Thanks fellas. Exactly what I was looking for.

Matthew 13 is what I'm teaching, the Parable of the Sower. Jesus paints pictures of 4 different kinds of soil that represent our heart's desire to hear and understand what He has to say to us.

1 - The deceived heart represented by the soil of the beaten-down pathway is too hard to receive anything, and God's Word is snatched up by the Enemy like seed scattered on hard ground is snatched up by the birds (that's what the pic is for). No seed, no sprouts, no fruit.

2 - We can also have a distracted heart represented by the shallow, rocky soil. The seed is scattered and sprouts, but is quickly burned up by the midday sun. This is when we hear what The Lord is saying and move to act on it, but the pressures of temptation, pushback from friends and family, etc... kill it off too soon. The result is quick growth, but no fruit.

3 - The 3rd soil represents the divided heart. The seed is scattered and sprouts again, but this soil is also claimed by thorn bushes that choke out the new sprout. Again, no fruit to be had. This happens when we want to receive God's Word, but the cares and lies of this world capture our attention.

Finally, Jesus teaches about the good soil. The delighted heart that is prepared to receive God's Word, understands it, and produces fruit. Sometimes as much as 100x over.

So how is your heart? Deceived? Distracted? Divided? Delighted? If I'm not careful, I can spend a lot of time being distracted and divided. Lord, help me and my heart to delight in You!

Thanks again y'all! TBH rocks!

I don't have any pics but thanks for the message. I have a distracted heart at the moment and this spoke volumes. Praying for you and your delivery of the Word.

[Leemo]

How about the Proverb? Psalm ? I'm not sure which it is, but it tells us not to worry, look at the birds, they not worry about their next meal, surely God loves us more?
Something like that, I can't quote scripture but I do remember what it says

[Tmag]

Lord please hide this man behind the cross so the people can hear you speak! Great message!

Amen!

[Bro. Bill]

Preach truth....show love. You will do great!!!

^^^^ all in a nut shell

[deano70]

This passage has been in my quiet time recently and I shared it with my family for Christmas as a challenge for the new year. Thank you for sharing this.

[LukeDuke]

Say hello to Brandon Pollard on staff there at Harvest for me...great guy!

Our boys play baseball together.

[Tmag]

How did it go?

[lotsofshots]

I appreciate all the support, fellas. I hesitate to do this, and please believe me when I say there's no self-promotion going on, but several of y'all have asked for the video link to the message. If you'll go to www.theharvestchurch.org and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page the video can be seen there.

Thanks again for all the help and blessings to you and yours!

[Tmag]

Great message, He prepped you well.

[jkf123]

Great job! I really enjoyed your sermon.

[Recon77]

Dude, you rock! Glad to call you friend!!

[Pineywoods]

tgil and Texas8-
Thanks fellas. Exactly what I was looking for.

Matthew 13 is what I'm teaching, the Parable of the Sower. Jesus paints pictures of 4 different kinds of soil that represent our heart's desire to hear and understand what He has to say to us.

1 - The deceived heart represented by the soil of the beaten-down pathway is too hard to receive anything, and God's Word is snatched up by the Enemy like seed scattered on hard ground is snatched up by the birds (that's what the pic is for). No seed, no sprouts, no fruit.

2 - We can also have a distracted heart represented by the shallow, rocky soil. The seed is scattered and sprouts, but is quickly burned up by the midday sun. This is when we hear what The Lord is saying and move to act on it, but the pressures of temptation, pushback from friends and family, etc... kill it off too soon. The result is quick growth, but no fruit.

3 - The 3rd soil represents the divided heart. The seed is scattered and sprouts again, but this soil is also claimed by thorn bushes that choke out the new sprout. Again, no fruit to be had. This happens when we want to receive God's Word, but the cares and lies of this world capture our attention.

Finally, Jesus teaches about the good soil. The delighted heart that is prepared to receive God's Word, understands it, and produces fruit. Sometimes as much as 100x over.

So how is your heart? Deceived? Distracted? Divided? Delighted? If I'm not careful, I can spend a lot of time being distracted and divided. Lord, help me and my heart to delight in You!

Thanks again y'all! TBH rocks!

Good stuff....thanks for sharing. I hope God used you in a mighty way last sunday and whatever the outcome that He receives all the glory. Preach it!

[ftwmedic]

I know where that church is, and I've been looking for a church, what time are you preaching, if I get off work on time I might be able to come

[lotsofshots]

Dude, you rock! Glad to call you friend!!

Thanks bud. Backatcha!

I know where that church is, and I've been looking for a church, what time are you preaching, if I get off work on time I might be able to come

Our Sunday morning service starts at 11. This thread was started a few weeks back and I preached on 1/12, but you're always welcome at Harvest. We'd be honored for you to be our guest anytime. If you want to check it out, let me know and I'll save you a seat!