Are the Seeds of Your Life only Empty Husks?

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Dear Child,

Sow seeds of holiness and a “seeking after Me”, and the harvest will be the same as the seed. Every seed bears fruit after its own kind. Do not fear man! Be bold and sow those seeds of holiness in the church, that they may overcome the seeds of apathy and carnality sown by the enemy.

The seeds you sow must be authentic, and to be authentic they must be seeds from the fruit of your own life.

Authentic seed is holy seed!

Authentic seed is truth!

Authentic seed is the Word of God

Authentic seed is truth that you have walked!

Because you have lived it, this seed has life!

                                            Walk boldly yet humbly before Me

                                           Thus saith Papa.

1 John 3:18-19 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

Amplified Bible 1 Corinthians 4:20 For the Kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but moral power and excellence of soul.  

If the seeds we try to sow are not authentic, they will blow away like the wind for they are only “empty shells of words” with no life or conviction! 

CHALLENGE: Does your walk bring credibility to your words or do others say, “What you are doing is so loud I can’t hear what you are saying”?

Are you Sowing What you Want to Reap?

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Dear Child,

Whatsoever you sow, you will reap! Sow abundantly into others lives and you will reap an abundant harvest. Whatever you sow in others’ lives will reap in your own life.

                              Whatever you want in your own life, sow into others.

If you want hope, sow hope

If you want integrity, sow integrity

If you want love, sow love

If you want faithfulness, sow faithfulness

If you want motivation, sow motivation

If you want edification, sow edification

If you want encouragement, sow encouragement.

Whatever seeds you sow in the garden of your life is what will grow, and as you care for the seeds, it will reveal where your treasure is. Where you spend your finances, time, and talent is where your heart is at.

                                                            Thus saith Papa

Galatians 6:7  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

2 Corinthians 9:6  But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

After I faithfully plant a seed in my garden, there is nothing I can do to cause it to germinate and grow, because the life is in the seed not in the sower. But I must be responsible and sow the seed.  Remember although the life is in the seed, the responsibility is in the sower!

Challenge: Don’t complain of lack in an area of your life, but rather sow that which you want to harvest in that area.

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God is Working Sovereignly behind those Clouds

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As I was meditating in my garden on a summer’s day in August covered by a beautiful blue sky spotted with white fluffy clouds, I noticed in a fresh way how slowly but steadily the clouds were moving as opposed to the sun which remained steadfast as its rays broke through the clouds, when Papa dropped this encouraging word in my heart.

Dear Child,

Look at the sky! See how the clouds are always moving away. Remember the sun is always there behind those clouds, ready to break through but the clouds are not always there. Trials only last for a season but I am always there working in My sovereignty behind the trials that all things may work together for good.

Without clouds there is no rain to nourish your garden. Without clouds in your life, the sun cannot break through. Without trials there is no sweet fragrance of victory!

Just as the clouds work for good and become refreshing rain, there is a divine purpose behind every cloud in your life.

                                        Thus saith Papa

1Peter 4:19  Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Andre Crouch penned it so well in his song, 

“ Through it all, I’ve learned to trust in Jesus, I’ve learned to trust in God.

 For if I never had my problems, I would never know what faith in God could do.

 I have learned that my trials only come to make me strong.”

CHALLENGE: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

 

Is He Leaving an Imprint on the Pages of Your Life?

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One day I had a problem with my printer, and although it went through the motions, it didn’t print the words, there was only a blank page. God used this as a window to my soul and spoke this parable to my heart.

Dear Child,

Am I only an impression on your life or is there an imprint on your life when you leave My presence?

Is your life only a blank page that has gone through the motions but no lasting imprint?

Live what I impress upon your heart, and it will be read of men.

As you live what I impress upon your heart, your life will be anointed with the indelible ink of the Holy Spirit to make an imprint on the hearts of others.

                                                                      Thus saith Papa

2 Corinthians 3:2-3  Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.

CHALLENGE:- As you walk in authenticity and integrity, your life will leave a godly imprint on all those within your circle of influence.

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Have We Lost the Fear of God?

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Dear Child,

If you truly fear Me it will set you free! not punish you, because that fear will give you the courage to let go, the motivation to walk away from that which holds you in bondage. It is sin that is the slave master, not the fear of my presence and facing me as you come to fellowship with me.

As you reverently fear me, child, you will walk uprightly and have no reason to lack boldness and confidence to come into my presence.

                                                Thus saith Papa

Surely the fear of God is the motivation to cause us to change our ways, not only for our own good but for the good of our children!

Jer 32:39-40  And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:  And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Proverbs 14:27  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

CHALLENGE: Have we lost a reverent fear and respect for God’s holiness in our lives and churches? Has society lost respect and fear of all earthly authority because the church has lost respect and fear for God’s authority? If the church is God’s light in the world surely we lead the way for the world! 

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This Book and accompanying Study Guide will revolutionize your quiet time with God. Available now at Amazon/ Barnes & Noble/ Walmart/Kindle Nook / Ibooks/ Lulu/ Rhema Publications/ Cl France or a bookstore near you.

Or you can order the book directly from me today and receive a personal signed copy. Thank you for your support of my ministry. Walk with the King and be a blessing! e-mail maggiebass@epix.net or message me on Facebook