"The Sower"

Another great evening at "The Five" Sonni Rea Lavine shared her testimony and it was great. I think the highlight of it was when she said

"I hated everyone and I hated myself, I couldn't love anyone because I didn't love myself. I didn't really know love until I found God"

It is amazing how God has used her life!!

Notes from the Sower
Mark 4:13-20
v 14 Seed - The Word - Logos - core or essence of what God wants to say
Different kinds of soil are different conditions of the heart.
v 15 Pathway - Hard heart
-No interest in God or not willing to let pride down. Gospel
-Not willing to listen to God’s guidance for life
application. Open heart and mind to things of God -prayer

v 16- 17 Stony Soil - Shallow no depth - does not know what the Bible says about our lives.
- Tribulation - to- Teach, direct, shape, alert
- Persecution - John 15:18-25 world hates

application. Develop roots- read, Bible study- nav book offer

v 18-19 Thorny soil - Distracted heart
-Cares of world (worry) Phil 4:6-7
-Deceitfulness of riches Heb 13:5
** Two ways to become rich is accumulate more or desire less
-Desire for other things. Moth and rust destroy
1 John 3:17 Use your resources for God’s work
application- Keep your focus on God - pray

v 20 Good soil-
-Heart is soft to God
-Not shaken by tribulation or persecution
-Not overtaken by worry, finances or possessions
- Fruit is the evidence that God is allowed to work in their lives.

Who is the sower?
Seed is the essence of what God wants to say. Our lives need to be the essence of what God is saying to other people.
We have no control over the conditions of their heart we just need to be faithful in living and telling others about Christ.