1 Once again Jesus went to teach the people on the shore of Lake Galilee and a massive crowd surrounded him. The crowd was so huge that he had to get into a boat and teach the people from there. 2 He taught them many things by using parables to illustrate spiritual truths, saying:
3 “Consider this: A farmer went out to sow seeds. 4 As he cast his seeds some of it fell along the beaten path and soon the birds came and ate it. 5 Other seeds fell onto gravel with no topsoil and the seeds quickly sprouted since the soil had no depth. 6 But when the days grew hot, the sprouts were scorched and withered because they had insufficient roots. 7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, so when the seeds sprouted so did the thorns, crowding out the young plants so that they could produce no grain. 8 But some of the seeds fell onto good, rich soil that kept producing a good harvest. Some yielded thirty, some sixty—and some even one hundred times as much as was planted! 9 If you understand this, then you need to respond.”
Tori's Comments:
"Some yielded ... even one hundred times as much as was planted!" Are we taking the gospel with us wherever we go?
Terrie's Comments:
The seed is the word of God. How do we respond when we hear the word of God? Do we guard it and tend to it like a treasure so it will grow and change us? Do we allow it to be stolen from us or just walk away and forget what we have read?
Day 16
- Read Luke 2:1-12
- Use Operation World to pray for people in a different country each day to know Jesus.
- Pay for someone else's food
- Make a Paper Garland
- Read Christmas books together
- Make cocoa for a cozy drink for the kids
We have a praise music list that we add to on a regular basis. You can find the link to it in the right hand column of this blog or by scrolling to the bottom of this page. We also have a Christmas list which you will find in the right hand column as well :-)
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