PLANTED: a life of thriving growth and blooming possibilities
Part 3 - Beware of the Shallow Heart
Matthew 13:3-9 (NASB)
3 (Jesus) told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and they sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of soil. 6 But after the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. 8 But others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much. 9 The one who has ears, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:18-21 (NIV)
18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: … 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.”
Hebrews 10:32-35, 39 (NIV)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 39 … We do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Trouble?
Persecution?
Jesus didn’t come to make you safe;
He died to prove you are loved.
Confidence = knowing you are loved
Faith = activating your love toward others
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