Post by Woody Williams on Jun 28, 2006 5:15:30 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Mark 4:1-10
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Again he began to teach beside the lake. Such a very large crowd
gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat
there, while the whole crowd was beside the lake on the land. He
began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he
said to them: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some
seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed
fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang
up quickly, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it
was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed
fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it
yielded no grain. Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth
grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a
hundredfold." And he said, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve
asked him about the parables.
Devotional
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This familiar parable of the sower and soils reminds us that there
are a variety of responses to the Word of God. Such responses as
momentary excitement but no deepening growth, continuing to live in a
sinful way, or just plain "no" are all negative possibilities. If the
word is to bear fruit in and through us into the world, there is a
positive response needed, an opening of the heart to God and others.
Ingest the promises and life offered in the Scriptures.
Prayer
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Give me courage to trust in your word, O Lord. Amen
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Again he began to teach beside the lake. Such a very large crowd
gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat
there, while the whole crowd was beside the lake on the land. He
began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he
said to them: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some
seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed
fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang
up quickly, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it
was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away. Other seed
fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it
yielded no grain. Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth
grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a
hundredfold." And he said, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve
asked him about the parables.
Devotional
----------
This familiar parable of the sower and soils reminds us that there
are a variety of responses to the Word of God. Such responses as
momentary excitement but no deepening growth, continuing to live in a
sinful way, or just plain "no" are all negative possibilities. If the
word is to bear fruit in and through us into the world, there is a
positive response needed, an opening of the heart to God and others.
Ingest the promises and life offered in the Scriptures.
Prayer
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Give me courage to trust in your word, O Lord. Amen