"And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest." (Luke 8:15 NLT)
"By your steadfastness and patient endurance you shall win the true life of your souls."
(Luke 21:19 AMP)
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Accompanying Jesus and the Twelve were "Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means." (Luke 8: 2-3)
Their labor was not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15: 58)
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"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain."
( 1 Corinthians 15:10)
"Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding."
(Proverbs 3:5 AMP)
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"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
( 1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
"God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." ( Romans 5:5)
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"Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles,
second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages. (1 Corinthians 12:28 NLT)
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit."
( 1 Corinthians 12:4)
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"But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed." ( 1 Peter 4:13)
"Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons." (Hebrews 12 :7)
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"With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses." (Numbers 21: 4,5)
Is your patience tried by your struggles? Family, Finances, Job, Health, Property and Tools?
Bring your trials to Jesus in prayer.
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"Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built."
( Luke 6:47-48)
"Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them." (John 13: 17)
Change happens not because of what you know but because of what you do daily.
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"For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly." (Psalm 84: 11)
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need."
(Matthew 6:33 NLT)
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“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
(Luke 6:37 NLT)
"Do not speak evil against one another." (James 4:11)
God is in control.
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“God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours.
(Luke 6:20 NLT)
"Behold your reward will be great in heaven." (Luke 6: 23)
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"I chose you from the world, that you may go and bear fruit that will last." (John 15:16)
"I will bear witness to You in the world O Jesus, I will spread the knowledge of your name among my brothers." (Psalm 18: 50; 22: 22)
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“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means God is with us” (Matthew 1:23)
If God is with us, then it is accomplished.
Happy Birthday O Blessed Virgin Mary!
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“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." (Romans 13: 9-10)
"If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food.... " (James 2: 15)
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“Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
(Luke 6:2)
"[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God)." (Exodus 20:8 AMP)
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"Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart."
(Psalm 37:3-4 AMP)
Do your part and be certain that God does His part.
God Never Fails!
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“Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”
(Luke 5: 10)
They left everything and followed Jesus. (Luke 5: 11)
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"For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building." (1 Corinthians 3:9)
"The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives." (Luke 4:18)
"Every soul with Christ is a missionary ; every soul without Christ is a mission field." - (Our Daily Bread)
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"Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God.
(1 Corinthians 2:12 AMP)
"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." (2 Timothy 1:7)
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1 Corinthians 2:2
"For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified."
"Then Jesus said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me."
(Luke 9:23 NLT)
Rejection of the cross is rejection of Jesus Christ.
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