Luke 8:10-15

We discovered that God's Word is a seed (Luke 8:11). Now we see that the Bible says that we, as believers, are God's garden the place where seed is planted. The question for you to consider is: who determines the harvest? God, or you? The harvest I speak of is the fruit, or result, of the Word of
God. The harvest of blessing that God's Word produces in your life. I suggest that the harvest is mainly controlled by the one who determines what seed is planted. Would you agree? If wheat seed is planted, it is unreasonable to expect a harvest. If only a few seeds are planted, it is unreasonable to expect a large harvest. Wouldn't you agree? Yes, you are God's field, but He allows you a lot of freedom to
choose what will be produced in your life. And the main way you choose is by choosing what seed will be planted in your heart and mind. You can choose something other than God's Word. You can also
choose different areas of God's Word. Planting different scriptures will produce different results in your life.
If all you ever plant are scriptures on the new birth, you cannot expect to have a huge harvest of healing or financial blessing in your life. The choice is yours.



10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:10-15).

Forgiveness is as much for the other person as it is for you

We must forgive others  no matter what they have done to us. Not forgive hurts us. We must forgive.

Forgiving  for a deep hurts seems to be one of the hardest things a human being can do. In fact  very few are successful in forgiving. Yet, in the Bible God commands us to forgive. Is God overly
demanding?  He commands us to forgive.God knows how terribly destructive it is for us to harbor unforgiveness. Not forgiving someone can literally kill us, stress, high blood pressure and even a heart attack sleepless night loss or gain of weight and even depression all because we are unable to forgive another who harmed us. Knowing that, God strictly tells us to forgive. But how can we?
We are just human, and we don't feel like forgiving when someone has hurt us to very bone.
 God's help,  will enable you to forgive, which goes against the flesh.
We must  ask God to help us forgive the person who hurt us. Having done that, we must make a firm decision to quit holding anything against that person. Forgiveness is not a feeling but a decision to quit holding
something against someone. When we forgive we must be ready and able to release the pain and give it to God, He tells us in Matthew 11 to come to him with our burden and he will take them from us, so stop carrying what God has already said give it to me and be free. Free of the pain free of the burden and anger etc.. You might be pondering how can humans forgive each others just as God has forgiven us is the answer to that question. For through Christ Jesus all things are possible forgiveness is necessary for your healing as well as theirs because until you forgive them Christ will not forgive you. Perhaps that anger is all you got its what wakes you up in the morning and tucks you in at night, its the food you eat and fuel that you run by.
Sometimes we forget its not  impossible to forgive someone who hurt us. With God it is possible. He never asks us to do something we cannot do. So trust Him and let go of all that garbage  you been holding onto.





13 Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do (Colossians 3:13)

1 John 4:16

Although I have endeavored to walk with the Lord for decades, only in recent times have I started to really believe God loves me. My problem was that I kept focusing on myself, instead of God. I saw myself in my immaturity with all my faults and failures. I was not looking at Jesus the perfect sacrifice, but focused
on myself and my shortcomings. Even though I preached messages on the love of God, I never had
confidence that God truly loved me just as I was. Instead I thought more in terms of God tolerating me, but not being too happy with me. I was trying my best to do what I thought God wanted, not really realizing that I could never earn God's love. Now I am realizing that God's love is not dependent on me, but
is entirely dependent on God alone. He does not love me because I am lovable, but because by nature He is perfect love. As long as I thought God's acceptance of me and good standing with Him was based on my performance, it made it hard to believe God loved me. I could believe God accepted me, that He didn't want me to go to hell. I could believe God tolerated me. But I did not believe God was happy with me. I did not think He took any delight in me. Have you ever had a child? I can tell you, as a parent, that it is a great delight! Every child, no matter how many you have, is very special to you. You love them so deeply it is difficult  to express. So I have decided to believe the Bible. God is my Father. He is the perfect father, so He loves me! Nothing else needs to be considered. Because He said He was my Father, and every good father loves their child. There is another major reason I know God loves me  what He did for me through Jesus  who was God living in a human body. He died for me! No greater love can be shown than to die for
someone.





16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him (1 John 4:16)

Thy Will Be Done

By understanding these verses we can see that those who tell us God is sovereign and everything that happens on earth is God's will, are clearly wrong. It is true that God is sovereign. He can do whatever He wants to do. No one is higher than God and can tell Him what to do. But God voluntarily and freely, without any rush or pressure, chose to speak words expressing His sovereign choices. And now He will not do anything contrary to what He has already spoken, because that would make Him a liar, which is against His
nature. So we can trust God's Word, the Bible, and know that it expresses His will. Jesus told us to pray that God's will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. That means some things happening on earth are NOT
God's will. Just because something happens does not mean it is the will of God. The way we can know God's will is from the message of the Bible. In heaven God's perfect will is always done. Is there sickness in heaven? No! Then clearly it is not the perfect will of God for there to be sickness on earth either.
Is there poverty or lack in heaven? No! Then clearly it is not the perfect will of God for there to be poverty or lack on earth either. Is there sadness in heaven? No! Then clearly it is not the perfect will of God for there to be sadness on earth either. God's Word reveals that believing prayer makes a difference. We do have a part to play. Our prayers are not just vocal exercise, but make a difference. (Matthew 21:22, James 5:17-18)

22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive (Matthew 21:22).

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit (James 5:17-18).

Acts 10:38

Before Jesus of Nazareth came into the world, the human concept of God was a bit fuzzy.
But Jesus perfectly revealed to us what God is like. He was Heaven's perfect representative. Notice that Jesus went about DOING GOOD not doing bad. Not hurting people, but helping people. After all God is love, Jesus told His disciples that if they have know Him they have also know the Father. Do you know Jesus as your personal savior???  Jesus reflected His Father to all that He can into contact. He made himself of no reputation but point everyone to the Father. Who does your life point to? How many can say when they see you they can see Christ shining through you? By the love you have for others. Who shall show the world what God is like? How shall they come ot know his love? unless it through his children.

38 "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him (Acts 10:38).

John 8:31-32

Jesus actually said. It is not those who "start in the word" or "try the word for awhile" who will be
made free. You must continue in Jesus' message His Word. It must be His accurate message -- not just someone's idea of it, or tradition. Some translations use the word "abide" instead of "continue."
Abide means to stay somewhere continually. Either way, the meaning involves staying with it.
, "and you will know the truth," Just hearing the truth does not necessarily make you free. You must know that it is the truth. When you know something, you will act on it. If you are not acting on something, you do not yet truly know it. You act on what you know. Hearing the truth is not enough. Loving the truth is not
enough. Even speaking the truth is not enough. You must continue until you know that you know that you know that you know. Only then are you at the point where truth will make you free. The reason is that only then will you be able to act with faith and boldness on God's Word. The devil is against you and is intent on keeping you in bondage. Only when you know where you stand will you act in faith and overcome the strategies of the devil. You may ask, "How can I know the truth? I just have weak faith." Jesus gave the answer: continue in His Word. As you continue in the Word of God you will become convinced you will know you will have faith. When you reach the point of knowing something  you will act on that knowledge. In this way the truth will make you free. This works in every area of life: your relationships, your health, your finances everything. Continue in the Word of God in any subject  and you will eventually see the fruit of
freedom in that area of your life. God gave you His Word for your benefit  not for His benefit. He already knows the truth, and always acts on it. You are the one who needs help. Because God loves you, He gave you His Word.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31-32)

LUKE 18:1-8

Jesus told a parable about a widow and an unjust judge which some have misunderstood. We need not harass God until He finally gives in and answers our prayers. In verse one Jesus revealed why He told this story: to encourage us not to give up on prayer. The idea that we must keep on begging God for the same thing until He finally answers instills no confidence and gives us no encouragement to pray! God is not like the unjust judge. You do not have to come to Him repeatedly asking for the same thing until you finally
convince Him. Jesus is teaching persistence in prayer, but not persistence in praying for the same thing over and over. The literal meaning of the word translated "lose heart" in verse one is "not give in to evil." It means giving up in view of difficulty. Jesus' purpose in telling this parable was to impress on us that we must continue to pray to God and not give in to the evil we see around us. We should not be cowards who lose
courage and quit praying. Jesus told us that was His purpose, so we should not try to extract another meaning from this parable. Jesus' message is that God is nothing like an unjust judge, but infinitely better. So, if a poor widow can get help from a human judge who has no regard for what God thinks, much less
what people think  HOW MUCH MORE can we expect our wonderful Father God to provide help for us when we come to Him. After telling the parable, in verse eight Jesus gives us His interpretation: God will answer quickly! So we don't have to approach God like this widow did the unjust judge! It may seem to us that God is not answering our cries for help speedily. But Jesus said otherwise. God is working! Although God actually answers speedily, from our human viewpoint the answer may seem delayed. I think Jesus is saying, "Don't let circumstances cause you discouragement. You can have confidence in God. When you pray He will listen and answer speedily. So keep on praying." Why would people become discouraged and quit the practice of prayer? Only if it did not seem to work. If they always saw answers quickly, there would be no temptation to stop praying. That is why Jesus told this story, so we would be encouraged to
stand in faith no matter how long it took for the answer to show up. We can have faith because God is merciful, gracious, and dependable nothing like the unjust judge. God does not have to be convinced or coerced to help you. God loves you and desires the best for you. You can expect God to speedily help you. And don't worry about people hindering your provision. If a poor widow can influence an evil judge to do
right, how much more can your Father God influence people! So keep praying! Why do answers to prayer not always manifest quickly even when God immediately grants our request. God does not violate
people's freedom to choose. So, in answering our prayers, it may take some time for God to work with people to get them to change. But we can be confident that God is working on our behalf, even though we may not see any outward change yet. Instead of thinking it does no good to pray, because God probably won't answer anyway, this story was told to make us think the opposite. So, we are to pray in faith, and never doubt. We are to be confident and keep looking to God, knowing that God is working and our answer is on its way. When we know that, it would be foolish for us to "keep on asking" for the same thing over and
over. Jesus summary statement in verse eight, which concludes with a question about faith, has this idea: God will be faithful. You can count on Him. There is not any chance that God will not be faithful to answer the cries of His people. But will His people be faithful? Will they persevere in their faith in God? Will they keep trusting God and believing in His goodness, even when it seems like answers do not always immediately come? Will people continue to believe what Jesus said, that God will answer speedily? Or will people give up and think it is useless to pray to God?



 1.Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,
2 saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.
3 "Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying,'Get justice for me from my adversary.'
4 "And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself,'Though I do not fear God nor regard man,
5 'yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.'"
6 Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said.
7 "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
8 "I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:1-8).

John 14:6-7

With His Word God gave us a firm foundation to base our life on. Something absolutely unchanging. Something God Himself will never change. So we can be certain about God's will. If we want
to know God's will, we only need to see what He said in His Word, the Bible.  The integrity of God is wrapped up in His Word; if He did not keep His Word He would be a liar  and that will never happen!  God will not change the words He has spoken. God will never break His Word. God will always do what He said He will do.  God never lies! He is always alert, making sure every word He has spoken is fulfilled. God's Word is more dependable than the stars in the sky and the ground you stand on. That will all eventually be changed, but God will never change any word He has spoken.

 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him (John 14:6-7).

Are you a follower or a Fan????

My Savior bleed and suffered and died and rose again for a sinner like me. Marine says it God , then country and then marine Corp, what comes first for you? Jesus said to live like HIM, love like HIM but then does that mean we must be willing to die for HIM as he died for you and I?? SO are we followers or fans??? Have you lost something in following Jesus??? think about this before you answer  this question. Did you loose friends, family, a job, home, car??? What has following Jesus cost you?

 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul (Matthew 16:24-26)?
Are you okay with hearing the preacher on Sunday and but not feeling getting involved in church ministry? Well that for the deacons and the pastor not just a simply guy like you?  Ask Peter what  seminar did he attend, oh wait he didn't he trust in Jesus. Maybe that the issue that you trust him with prayers, but no such to use you as he wills?
 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:21-22).

Jesus was very clear about us taking up our cross and follow him, have you done that yet??? Perhaps you think God will send you and your family to Africa to live with a some native villagers ?  Or maybe Jesus will ask you to actually take a stand in your home and utter the words that Joshua said " As for me and my house we shall serve the Lord", which would mean you would have to start reading the bible to your spouse and children. Are you fan or a follower, you show up Sunday and you the know the words to many of the praise songs, you even have a fish own your bumper of your vehicle or maybe your a Klove listener. What would be willing to lose to follow Jesus??? What did Abraham, Moses, Job, Peter, Paul, lose to be followers of Jesus? Can we truly be followers of Jesus and be sitting on the side line? Is that where the fan sits on the side line?

Which Jesus do you serve????

 Its back again I will continue to repeat this till i know that each of us has answered this question for ourselves. This for me is probably the most important question that  I could ever answer for myself.  Father help me to be a earthly representation of Christ my Lord and Savior, I want to be more like Jesus and less like me. I want to ready willing to lay my life down for my wife as Christ did for the Church, not for just for a bullet but daily that she would know that I love her like Christ loved the church. I want to love my children like Christ love the little one's. I want to be a true brother to my brothers, by putting them first and even be willing to be servant to them. As Christ washed the feet of his disciples. That is the Jesus I want to serve what about you!!!!

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2)

 The call to imitate God is a call to separate ourselves from the world though we may be in but not of it  (Ephesians 4:17-19) and how we have been made new (Ephesians 4:20-24) and then gave us specific ways to do that (Ephesians4:25-32).

Our call is to live with the same love that Christ has demonstrated.  Jesus laying down his life for us, was first of all an expression of his love for his Father. Jesus did it, not only because of his love for us, but because first of all he loved the Father and this was  the Father’s will. This ‘life of love’ is not to be something we do to make ourselves feel good or appear good, it is to come out of and be an expression of our love for God Himself.  When John says, “We love because he first loved us,” (1 John 4:19). The first thing we need to do in the Christian life is become utterly convinced of God’s love.

On Sunday they raise their hands to heaven and declare that it is Jesus that they serve.

Then why do we look so much like the world?

Did you know that the wheat and the tare, the world can't tell which is which and quite frankly neither can I. So I pose the question again, which Jesus do you serve?