Day 54 - Reading the New Testament in one year.
4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 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. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
February 23rd Let the Spirit prevail
“Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.” ACTS 16:6-7
The apostles were attempting to preach the Word of God in Asia, but the Holy Spirit was forbidding them. They then attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them to do so. This means that the Spirit prevailed over the reasoning mind. For example, they could have reasoned, “Shouldn’t we go to Asia? Shouldn’t we go to Bithynia? Isn’t it right to go?” But the Spirit prevailed and forbade them. This simply means that to overthrow the stronghold of our reasoning, we must let the Spirit prevail. When we follow the Spirit, when we go along with the Spirit, then our reasoning mind can be overthrown. Then we can be in a position to catch the thoughts. One by one, we take captive every thought that comes in — even a right thought. A right thought may come, and then we surround that thought with reasons — more and more reasons. We just live by reasoning. Maybe concerning someone, you have a view, you have an opinion, you have reasons that affect the way you speak to each other and think about each other. When you speak, though what you say may be right, your self comes out. Your speaking does not taste like Christ, even though you are trying to help each other. It is because you are too enmeshed in your own thought, you are too mixed with your own view. So we have to let our spirit prevail to overthrow the reasonings in our mind.
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 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. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
February 23rd Let the Spirit prevail
“Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.” ACTS 16:6-7
The apostles were attempting to preach the Word of God in Asia, but the Holy Spirit was forbidding them. They then attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them to do so. This means that the Spirit prevailed over the reasoning mind. For example, they could have reasoned, “Shouldn’t we go to Asia? Shouldn’t we go to Bithynia? Isn’t it right to go?” But the Spirit prevailed and forbade them. This simply means that to overthrow the stronghold of our reasoning, we must let the Spirit prevail. When we follow the Spirit, when we go along with the Spirit, then our reasoning mind can be overthrown. Then we can be in a position to catch the thoughts. One by one, we take captive every thought that comes in — even a right thought. A right thought may come, and then we surround that thought with reasons — more and more reasons. We just live by reasoning. Maybe concerning someone, you have a view, you have an opinion, you have reasons that affect the way you speak to each other and think about each other. When you speak, though what you say may be right, your self comes out. Your speaking does not taste like Christ, even though you are trying to help each other. It is because you are too enmeshed in your own thought, you are too mixed with your own view. So we have to let our spirit prevail to overthrow the reasonings in our mind.
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17eWXuUTq5s
No copyright infringement intended
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