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My father was a planter. As a young child, I learned from him that when you plant a seed, you have to expect it to grow. He helped me to plant orange seeds and I remember getting impatient while waiting for something to happen to the seeds. But it was worth the wait! The seeds grew and my orange tree occupied a special spot in our plantation for many years. It provided many more trees, not only for my family but for other people.
There is life in a seed! As a Christian, I learned the meaning of this spiritual lesson later in life.
There is life in a seed! As a Christian, I learned the meaning of this spiritual lesson later in life.
Everything starts with a seed. Every blessing God gives are like seeds that have the potential to grow and reproduce more blessings. Our gifts, talents, money, time, testimonies are our seeds. Everything we can give is a seed. Imagine God's disappointment with us because we have kept for ourselves the blessings he bestows upon us. Is this why there is barrenness in our lives; families, communities, churches? We've become unfruitful because we are not using our gifts in the areas where they are needed.
What are we doing with those seeds? A seed is nothing unless it is sown. We cannot expect something from nothing!
Sowing seeds during personal evangelism
Befriending someone is one of the most natural thing to do. Friendliness is a gift that opens up many opportunities for sowing seeds of prayer, for sowing seeds of encouragement and for doing acts of kindness for others. My confidence grows from regular praying and sharing my faith. I find that opportunities open up when I'm on the bus, at the shopping mall or at work. The more I do it, the more confident I become, and the more seeds I can sow. I think of it as my way of thanking God for the blessings I receive from him.
Befriending someone is one of the most natural thing to do. Friendliness is a gift that opens up many opportunities for sowing seeds of prayer, for sowing seeds of encouragement and for doing acts of kindness for others. My confidence grows from regular praying and sharing my faith. I find that opportunities open up when I'm on the bus, at the shopping mall or at work. The more I do it, the more confident I become, and the more seeds I can sow. I think of it as my way of thanking God for the blessings I receive from him.
Prayer-walking -Last week we prayer-walked with our church in our local community. With my prayer-walk partner, we found several opportunities to befriend people, pray, witness and give out Christian tracks.
Overcoming fear. Fear holds us back from many opportunities. I found out that I can overcome the fear of talking to a stranger by simply saying "hello". So by getting out there and talking to people, we overcome fear. We take the risk of being rejected, yes, but we will never know until we actually step into it.
Be yourself -Many of us have attended conferences on evangelism, and heard many great men and women evangelists share how God has used them to lead people to Christ. We get so inspired however, when we are back to our usual surroundings, we lose all that inspiration and nothing more is done about it.
God gave us gifts and made each of us unique. He has given me gifts and abilities so I can help others. The more I use these, the more room I give Him to bless me. I have so much to thank God for. He never runs out of blessings!
God is always present in our lives. He has promised that "surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
Be yourself -Many of us have attended conferences on evangelism, and heard many great men and women evangelists share how God has used them to lead people to Christ. We get so inspired however, when we are back to our usual surroundings, we lose all that inspiration and nothing more is done about it.
God gave us gifts and made each of us unique. He has given me gifts and abilities so I can help others. The more I use these, the more room I give Him to bless me. I have so much to thank God for. He never runs out of blessings!
God is always present in our lives. He has promised that "surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
HAPPY SOWING!
Prayer of Jabez
Oh, that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory!
Let your hand be with me..." 1 Chronicles 4:10
In Jesus Name, Amen.
Posted on Face book by -Heidi Blennerhassett :
ReplyDelete"Planting & keeping the faith, however hard it seems at times! I have my mum to thank for the keeping of the faith & you Salome who keeps me in check & keep it going! thank you for ever reminding me! I need it a lot of the time! Bless! *_~ xo."
Thanks Heidi!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Heidi Blennerhassett those seeds of prayers... that were sown many years ago, still bearing bearing fruit. Thank you for Heidi Lord, I truly appreciate her!
God bless
Salome Mitchell