Then he said, “Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.” Later, when Jesus was alone with the twelve disciples and with the others who were gathered around, they asked him what the parables meant. He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders, so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they see what I do, they will learn nothing. When they hear what I say, they will not understand. Otherwise, they will turn to me and be forgiven.’” Then Jesus said to them, “If you can’t understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables?
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3 Days
As we sit in the storm of the Coronavirus pandemic, we’re embarking on a journey that none of us have been on before. In this 3 day devotional plan, 24-7 Prayer's International Prayer Director Brian Heasley explores how we can gain peace at this time by trusting in God, unpacking the story of Jesus calming the storm in Mark 4.
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Your heart must never become a well-beaten path. It must be guarded well. Too many voices, too many words, too many circumstances can cause your heart to be worn and incapable of grasping what God wants to whisper to it. Let's clear the path and keep the heart healthy and intentionally moving forward.
Raise your hand if you want to be more loving, joyful, at peace, patient, kind, full of goodness, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled? Yep, me too! These traits are the fruit of the Spirit, and we can grow in the amount of these fruits our life produces. Let’s learn some lessons from natural gardening that will help us have abundantly fruitful lives.
Seeds, they’re everywhere. Your words, your money, your children and even you, yourself, are a seed! How do these seeds work and why should it matter to us? Let’s see what the Bible has to say and discover how it can apply to our lives in order to bring us closer to God and His purpose for us.
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