Jesus shares an incredible picture with us in Matthew 13. It is in this parable that we understand that the state of our heart is essential to our growth. Many will claim they understand and are living in the Kingdom, and yet few are willing to endure the painful process it takes to become THE GOOD SOIL.
Read MoreAs I look around I see the remnants of God's standard strewn about. Our belief and our heart’s position towards His standards will reveal so much about the closeness of our relationship with Him.
The enemy comes against us in many ways in order to draw us away from God, but it seems to me that one of the most prevalent ways he is working right now is to minimize the necessity of God’s design and order for this world and for all of us who inhabit it.
Read More…it would probably look similar to that of many others.
What would you do if you had a million dollars? If you were the president for a day? If you had three wishes?
Our humanity thrives on the possibility of these questions. In some ways they become a kind of hope, a what if, that keeps us going and keeps us dreaming beyond the circumstances we are currently in.
And if God one day handed you a key and said, this is to your kingdom, make it whatever you would like it to be. What would you do?
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