Hey DARE! Here are sermon snippets for you…
- God gave man seed to sow in the garden, and the seeds shall be for food. (Gen 1:29)
- God gave man the responsibility of tending/ keeping/ guarding the garden. (Gen 2:15)
- Our heart is likened to a ground/ garden. Seed is likened to the Word of God. (Matt 13:3-9; 18-23)
- What we see on the outside is a result of what we are in our hearts; a good heart brings forth good things and vice-versa, so lets guard what we watch and hear! (Mark 7:20-23, Matt 12:35)
- One way we guard our hearts is by hearing the Word of God, for your heart determines the course of your life. (Prov 4:23)
- Our feelings are the result of our thoughts. So, to change our emotions and the course of life, we need to change the thoughts in our hearts.
- What we play in the reel (film) of our minds become real in our lives. (Phil 4:8)
- Bring those wrong thoughts of not being good enough, thoughts or feelings of condemnation, into captivity to the obedience of Christ by replacing them with a higher thought, which is the Word! E.g. When you’re feeling lousy because your test marks dipped, instead of feeling lousy, listen (meditate) to God’s Word that reminds us that we are the head and not the tail. (2 Cor 10: 4-5)
Let our hearts be good ground so that we receive the 100-fold blessings, amen! (Matt 13:23)
