Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. He is Risen Paul Baloche Paul Baloche LIVE Here I Am to Worship Eoghan Heaslip His Passion Praise to the Lord, the Almighty HYMN Hosanna Hillsong United All of the Above Revive Us Again - HYMN
1 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.
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.
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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.
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God..
Establish a consistent time with Jesus
Make a habit of attending Sunday morning worship
Make a habit of attending Sunday morning worship Hebrews 10:24-25 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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.
Worries of this life
Deceitfulness of riches
Forbes: The typical person in the bottom 5% of the American income distribution is still richer than 68% of the world s inhabitants.
Worldwatch Institute As many as 2.8 billion people on the planet struggle to survive on less than $2 a day, and more than one billion people lack reasonable access to safe drinking water.
Worldwatch Institute As many as 2.8 billion people on the planet struggle to survive on less than $2 a day, and more than one billion people lack reasonable access to safe drinking water. The 12% of the world s population that lives in North America and Western Europe accounts for 60% of private consumption spending, while the one-third living in South Asia and sub-saharan Africa accounts for only 3.2%.
Worldwatch Institute As many as 2.8 billion people on the planet struggle to survive on less than $2 a day, and more than one billion people lack reasonable access to safe drinking water. The 12% of the world s population that lives in North America and Western Europe accounts for 60% of private consumption spending, while the one-third living in South Asia and sub-saharan Africa accounts for only 3.2%. The United States, with less than 5 % of the global population, uses about a quarter of the world s fossil fuel resources burning up nearly 25 % of the coal, 26 % of the oil, and 27 % of the world s natural gas.
Desire for Other Things
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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.
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. who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.
Identify one area in which you want to grow Ask God, how can I grow in this area?
Identify one area in which you want to grow Ask God, how can I grow in this area? Study God s Word
Identify one area in which you want to grow Ask God, how can I grow in this area? Study God s Word Memorize Scripture
Identify one area in which you want to grow Ask God, how can I grow in this area? Study God s Word Memorize Scripture Read a Christian book in this area
Identify one area in which you want to grow Ask God, how can I grow in this area? Study God s Word Memorize Scripture Read a Christian book in this area Take action
Identify one area in which you want to grow Identify a spiritual discipline you want to grow in consistent times with the Lord day or half-day with the Lord in silence & solitude, keeping the Sabbath rest fasting