April 22, 2005

[Rev. Doc]

It's Planting Time

"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life."
Galatians 6:7-8

It's time to plant our gardens.

PLANT three rows of squash ....

1. Squash gossip
2. Squash criticism
3. Squash indifference

PLANT three rows of peas ....

1. Purity
2. Patience
3. Perseverance

PLANT six rows of lettuce ....

1. Let us be unselfish and loyal
2. Let us be faithful to duty
3. Let us search the scriptures
4. Let us not be weary in well doing
5. Let us be obedient in all things
6. Let us love one another

NO GARDEN is complete without turnips ....

1. Turn up for church, prayer service and scripture study
2. Turn up with a smile, even when things are difficult
3. Turn up with determination to do your best for God's cause

Prayer: Ask God to help you to be mindful of what you are sowing in life.

"Most of us spend the first six days of the week sowing wild oats, then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure."
~Fred Allen