The Source of the Sower

B. The Source of the Sower

1. The word of God

Ps. 119:11
It is important that a child of God hid the word of God in his heart. That will help us often in times of need. It can keep us from doing those things that are not pleasing to God. And it will help us to maintain a good testimony.

Ps. 119:105
God’s word will help up along the way. It will give us direction, security, and peace of mind.

Ps 119:9
The word of God will help a child of God to keep his way clean, if we take heed unto it.

Ps. 119:50
The word of God is a comfort in the time of affliction. It will make you come alive

Ps. 119:89
A child of God can know with out a doubt, that Gods word is established in heaven and will not changed.

2. The house of God

Heb. 10:25
A child of God needs constant fellowship with Gods people. Even so more as it gets closer to the Lords return.

3. The man of God

I Pet. 5:2-3
The man of God has the responsibility of the care of Gods people. So he should most knowledgeable about God and his word

4. The people of God

Acts 2:42
A child of God should have fellowship around Gods people and his word.

II Cor. 4:16
A child of God can only have fellowship with Gods people.

I John 1:3
The fellowship of Gods people is truly around one another and the Son of God.

No Power

“Where there’s no faith in the future, there’s no power in the present.”

From: Turning Points Magazine & Devotional pg. 42

Sorry

Sorry for not posting in quite some time. I've been real busy with work, church, family and recent death of my wife's sister. It has been hectic here for some time but God is still supplying all my needs. I will be posting other post soon and look forward in hearing from you. Once again, please forgive me for not posting sooner than this.

Louis

Clay Balls

A man was exploring caves by the Seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.

He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock . Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!

Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.

Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!

It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it.

We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.

There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.

May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

Sent to me by a friend.

Louis