HARVEST - week 4
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HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE LAST WEEK?
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT?
PRUNING
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE IN A PRUNING SEASON RIGHT NOW?
HOW MANY OF YOU DISCOVERED THAT THIS WEEK? LOL
YOU GOT HOME LAST SUNDAY AND YOUR WEEK INSTANTLY STARTED TO UNRAVEL....SO IT SEEMED
AREN’T YOU GLAD YOU CAME AND HEARD THE MESSAGE SO THAT WHEN IT STARTED COMING APART..... YOU KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
I’M TELLING YOU WHAT
I BELIEVE...GOD MOVED IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE
THIS WEEK I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT......THE HARVEST.
.....OPEN IN PRAYER....
34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY FOR HARVEST?
LOOK AT YOU NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM....GET READY....IT’S COMING
NO,
ACTUALLY TELL THEM....IT’S HERE
I THINK ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS ABOUT PREACHING IS...
CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE UNDERSTAND ARE AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL
WE DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL
OFTEN TIMES OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES CAN BE SO ABSTRACT THAT...
WHAT WE’VE HEARD DOESN’T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES.
LIKE WE LIKE THE CONCEPT AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF THE BIBLE
BUT SOME OF US STRUGGLE TO APPLY THE BIBLE TO OUR DAILY LIVES
IF YOU JUST SAT HERE FOR 45 MINUTES AND NEVER GOT ANYTHING OUT OF MY SERMON....
I WOULD FEEL LIKE A FAILURE
MY JOB IS TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT WILL STRENGTHEN YOU!
IT’S A CHALLENGE THOUGH BECAUSE
LETS TAKE VERSE 35 THAT WE JUST READ FOR EXAMPLE
HERE WE SEE....
JESUS STATED A PROVERB
A FARMING OR MIDDLE EASTERN PROVERB
IT’S ANCIENT....IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WALK AROUND SAYING
PUT IT BACK ON THE SCREEN REAL QUICK VERSE 35...
35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
WE DON’T HAVE THAT SAYING!
SO NOW I’M TRYING TO TAKE A SAYING THAT THEY SAID AND THAT WOULD BE UNUSUAL FOR US TO SAY.
I MEAN MOST OF US…DON’T SAY THIS
MAYBE YOU DO, I DON’T KNOW…LOL
THIS IS AN AGRICULTURAL CULTURE THEREFORE,
THIS VOCABULARY MADE THE MOST SINCE TO THEM
AND IT’S HARD BECAUSE MOST OF US IT NOT ALL OF US
ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH FARMING
ANY FARMERS IN THE HOUSE?
IT’S HARD FOR ME TO USE AN AGRICULTURAL EXAMPLE TO PEOPLE
ESPECIALLY NEW CHRISTIANS OR NON BELIEVERS
WHEN WE LIVE IN AN “APP STORE” KIND OF WORLD
OH COME ON....
CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
IT’S SO IMPORTANT
IT’S HOW YOU HAVE COMPASSION FOR SOMEONE
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO, BUT
YOU ARE NOT THEM, AND IF YOU WERE THEM...
YOU MIGHT NOT BE DOING AS GOOD AS THEY’RE DOING
WITH THE SITUATION THEY’RE LIVING UNDER.
OH COME ON...
WITHOUT HAVING CONTEXT IT’S VERY HARD TO HAVE COMPASSION FOR SOMEONE.
THIS IS WHY IT’S GOOD FOR US DADS TO BE LEFT ALONE TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR
SO WE CAN BETTER APPRECIATE WHAT OUR WIVES GO THROUGH.
OH COME ON DADS...
I KNOW HOW WE DO THINGS
WE CAN GO AWAY FOR A WEEKEND ON A MEN’S CAMPING TRIP BUT....
WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU LET HER GET AWAY WITHOUT THE KIDS FOR THE WEEKEND
THERE BABE I SAID IT....
NOW YOU CAN PLAN THE WOMEN’S RETREAT....LOL
CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT
EVERY CONCEPT NEEDS A CONTEXT
CONTEXT IS WHAT BRINGS CLARITY
MAYBE SOMEONE TEXTED YOU SOMETHING
YOU GET OFFENDED
THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT THEY HAD THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIFE
I MEAN THEY WERE AT THE HOSPITAL
AND IT REALLY WASN’T THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO BE SHORT WITH YOU
IT’S JUST THAT THEIR WORLD DOESN’T REVOLVE AROUND YOU
TURNS OUT YOU WERE MAD AT THEM FOR NOTHING
BUT YOU WOULDN’T HAVE KNOW THAT UNLESS YOU GOT THE FULL CONTEXT
OH COME ON....
CONTEXT BRINGS UNDERSTANDING
SOMETIMES IN CHURCH WE HAVE SAYINGS....
FOR EXAMPLE:
SHOUT TILL THE WALLS FALL DOWN
NOW IF SOMEONE NEW WAS HERE AND HAD NO BACKGROUND IN CHURCH
THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR SOME
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW ABOUT JOSHUA CHAPTER 6
WHERE THEY GO INTO CANAAN
AND HAVE A COMMAND FROM GOD TO GO IN AND DEFEAT ALL OF THESE POSSESSORS OF THE LAND SO THEY CAN HAVE THE PROMISE
IN THEIR MIND.....
IF THE WALLS COLLAPSE
THAT’S BAD…WE DON’T WANT THAT
BUT THE CONTEXT OF IT IS THIS..
THERE ARE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE KEEPING YOU
FROM WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED YOU
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL…IS THE PROMISE OF GOD
OH COME ON...
NOW WHEN I TELL YOU....
”IF YOU PRAISE HIM, WHATEVER IS BLOCKING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
EVERY WALL THAT IS KEEPING YOU FROM POSSESSING THE PROMISE OF GOD
IS GOING TO FALL IN YOUR LIFE
NOW, “SHOUT AND THE WALLS WILL FALL”
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SO NOW THAT THE WALLS HAVEN FALLEN...
NOW YOU GOTTA FIGHT
NOW THAT WE HAVE CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT MEANS...
DO YOU STILL WANT THE WALLS TO FALL?
OH COME ON.....
I HEAR PEOPLE SHOUT OVER VICTORY ALL THE TIME..
BUT THEY DON’T WANT ANY BATTLES
THE CONCEPT...”I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR”
YEAH BUT YOU DON’T WANT ANY CONFLICT
HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GONNA BE A CONQUEROR WITHOUT A CONFLICT?
CONTEXT IS SO IMPORTANT.
I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE AND
SO MANY THINGS ON THE INTERNET...
THAT ARE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
IN FACT,
THERE IS SOMEONE I WAS WATCHING THE OTHER DAY AND THEY WERE BAND FROM ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
BECAUSE SOMETHING THEY SAID WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
DON’T GET ME WRONG THE GUY NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE INTERNET.
BUT CONTEXT IS HUGE
THINK ABOUT THE STATEMENT
“I’M GOING TO CHURCH TODAY”
THE EARLY CHURCH DIDN’T SAY THAT...
THEY COULDN’T
CHURCH WASN’T A BUILDING
IT WASN’T A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION
THEY DIDN’T HAVE THAT
CHURCH COULDN’T BE A PLACE THEY WENT
IT HAD TO BE WHO THEY WERE
PEOPLE CALLED THEM A CULT
THEY DIDN’T CARE
THEY KNEW WHO THEY WERE
“WE ARE THE CHURCH”
CALL US WHAT YOU WANT
THE MORE YOU PERSECUTE US
THE MORE WE WILL POPULATE
SO OUR COMMENT...
“WE’RE GOING TO CHURCH”
IT WOULD BE FOREIGN TO THE EARLY CHURCH
WE SAY SAY THINGS LIKE...
“I WAS LATE FOR WORSHIP, BUT I MADE IT FOR THE WORD”
YOU SEE…THIS WOULD CONFUSE PAUL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
TO PAUL IT WOULD BE ONE THING
YOU SEE PAUL SAID...
“IN VIEW OF GOD’S MERCY”
THIS IS THE CONTEXT
WHICH IS WHAT HE’S DONE FOR YOU
HE SAID..
“OFFER YOURSELF AS A LIVING SACRIFICE”
THIS IS WHAT THEY DID IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
AN ANIMAL WOULD HAVE TO DIE AND BE PUT ON THE ALTAR AS A SACRIFICE TO GOD IN WORSHIP
HE SAID....
YOUR LIFE OUGHT TO BE LIKE THAT SACRIFICE.
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
YOU ARE DEAD TO YOURSELF
DEAD TO YOUR PREFERENCE
AND YOU ARE ALIVE TO THE PURPOSE OF GOD
HE SAID....
THIS IS YOUR SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP
IT’S A BIGGER CONTEXT...
SOMETIMES CLARITY COMES
NOT BY ZOOMING IN BUT,
BY ZOOMING OUT AND
SEEING THE CONCEPT IN A LARGER CONTEXT
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS...
WE END UP USING TERMINOLOGY IN A WAY IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE USED
AND WE WATER DOWN THE MEANING OF IT
SO THEN THIS....(THE CHURCH SERVICE)
JUST BECOMES A PERFORMANCE
AND RATHER THAN PARTICIPATING IN IT
OR CONTRIBUTING TO IT
YOU JUST CONSUME IT
I USE TO PLAY CALL OF DUTY ALL THE TIME…LOVED IT
THERE WHERE CERTAIN MODES WHERE WHEN YOU DIED YOU BECOME A SPECTATOR
NOW YOU JUST HAVE TO WATCH THE OTHER PLAY ON YOUR SCREEN UNTIL THE ROUND IS OVER
HATED THAT....
I DON’T WANT TO BE A SPECTATOR IN GOD’S KINGDOM
I DON’T WANT TO BE A SPECTATOR IN MINISTRY
I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE ACTION
I WANT TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM
MY POINT IN SAYING ALL OF THIS IS....
EVERY CONCEPT NEEDS CONTEXT
SO WHEN WE SAY THE WORD “HARVEST”
MOST OF US HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE’RE SAYING...
MY GRANDPA USE TO TELL ME...
YOU WOULDN’T KNOW A HARVEST IF IT HIT YOU UPSIDE YOUR HEAD...
I WOULD SAY PAWPAW...”THIS IS HARD”
BOY YOU WOULDN’T KNOW HARD WORK IF IT HIT YOU UPSIDE YOU HEAD
HOW MANY OF YOU GREW UP ON A FARM?
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT CUCUMBERS IN YOUR BACK YARD
I MEAN YOU HAD REAL FARM EXPERIENCE
RAISE YOU HAND
BECAUSE I DON’T....AND I NEED A LITTLE HELP
I’M READING THIS SAYING THAT JESUS SAID...
“YOU HAVE FOUR MONTHS UNTIL HARVEST”
NOW WHEN I HEAR THE WORD “HARVEST”
I GET HAPPY
BECAUSE THAT MEANS GOD IS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING IN MY LIFE
SO WHEN I HEAR ”HARVEST”
I HEAR....I’VE WORKED HEARD
I PLOWED
I SOWED
I WATERED
I CRIED
I WAITED
I WAS PATIENT
I WASN’T WEARY
AND NOW I’M GONNA REAP WHAT I SOWED
SO NOW…IT’S TIME FOR ME TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE HARVEST
BECAUSE HARVEST IS THE TIME...
YOU JUST SIT BACK AND KICK YOUR FEET UP AND REAP WHAT YOU SOW…RIGHT?
(WAIT FOR RESPONSE AND ASK THEM WHAT HARVEST IS)
(IF NO ONE, THEN REFER TO YOUR INTERNET FINDINGS)
(I GAINED SOME CONTEXT ON MY OWN)
I DIDN’T KNOW THIS...
WHEN I HEAR “HARVEST”
I’M HEARING “THE WALLS FALL DOWN” (YEAH…SHOUTING)
BREAKTHROUGH (SHOUTING)
BLESSING (SHOUTING)
WHEN I HEAR HARVEST I FEEL LIKE IT MEANS
GOD IS ABOUT TO HOOK ME UP
BUT THAT’S NOT HOW IT IS?
SO DURING HARVEST...
YOU GET TO SLEEP IN RIGHT?
MY CONCEPT OF HARVEST IS...
BLESSING
I HEARD A PREACHER ONE TIME AND HE SAID...
“THE HARVEST IS THE HARDEST PART”
SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
THAT’S WHEN YOUR WAKING UP THE EARLIEST
THAT’S WHEN YOUR GOING TO BED THE LATEST
DURING THE HARVEST…RIGHT?
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM....
HARVEST IS THE HARD....
PREACHING IS HARD.....
YOUR EATING
YOU DON’T HAVE TO STUDY OR READ ANYTHING TO COME HERE
YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO WRITE ANYTHING DOWN
HOW MANY OF YOU ENJOYED THE EASTER PLAY WE’VE DONE THE LAST 2 YEARS?
YEAH PASTOR CHRIS...
DIDN’T YOU ENJOY IT?
NOT REALLY!
IT WAS EXHAUSTING…LOL
NOW, I’M GOING TO ENJOY THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR
I ENJOYED THE RESULTS OF IT
BUT REAPING ISN’T EASY
OH COME ONE SOMEBODY
THE BIBLE TELLS US EARLIER IN JOHN CHAPTER 4
THAT JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES WENT TO SAMARIA
ACTUALLY IT SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT
LET ME GIVE YOU CONTEXT
IT SAYS...
4 Now he had to go through Samaria.
HE HAD TO GO THROUGH SAMARIA.
NOT BECAUSE THERE WASN’T ANOTHER ROUTE BUT.....
BECAUSE HE HAD A REASON FOR GOING THROUGH THERE.
OH COME ON...
WE SEE THAT EVERY OTHER JEW WENT AROUND SAMARIA....WHY?
BECAUSE THEY HATED THE SAMARITANS AND THE SAMARITANS HATED THEM
SAMARIA WAS A PLACE OF GREAT CULTURAL CONFLICT....
NOW, OUR CONTEXT FOR A SAMARITAN IS A POSITIVE ONE....
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.....RIGHT?
OH COME ON....WE’VE ALL HEARD IT
IT’S CHARLES HELPING SIS. ERMADEAN ACROSS THE STREET
HE’S A GOOD SAMARITAN..RIGHT?
NOW, WE SEE THAT JESUS GOES TO THIS WELL.
AND HE’S WAITING THERE FOR A SAMARITAN WOMAN.
NOW I CAN’T GO INTO THE WHOLE STORY BECAUSE IT’S LIKE 42 VERSUS LONG BUT
THEY START AN ARGUMENT
JESUS IS TRYING TO GET THE WOMAN TO GET PAST THE WAY THINGS APPEAR
BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO KEEP THE ARGUMENT AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL
“WHERE SHOULD WE GO TO WORSHIP”
“THE SAMARITANS WORSHIP HERE”
“THE JEWS WORSHIP HERE”
YOU’RE A MAN AND I’M A WOMAN
YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING TO ME ACCORDING TO JEWISH LAW
AND YOUR A RABBI
AND YOU DON’T LIKE US
AND SHE’S TRYING TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION AT THIS ABSTRACT, CONCEPTUAL LEVEL
AND JESUS IS TRYING TO GET REALLY PRACTICAL
AND HE SPEAKS TO HER SITUATION
AND SHE FINALLY BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT THIS ISN’T ABOUT PLACES OF WORSHIP OR PHYSICAL WATER
THIS ABOUT SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER
OH COME ON CHURCH…
I’M TALKING TO SOMEONE.....
WHEN WILL YOU REALIZE THAT IT’S NOT ABOUT YOUR JOB?
WHEN WILL YOU REALIZE IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU INCOME LEVEL?
YOU CAN BE A BILLIONAIRE BUT.....
IF IT’S NOT RIGHT WITHIN
OH MY LORD...
I SAID IF IT’S NOT RIGHT WITHIN
YOUR LIFE WILL LEAK
LETS LOOK AT VERSE 27
27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
THE DISCIPLES DON’T WANT TO ASK AND SO THEY JUST KEEP THE QUESTIONS TO THEMSELVES...
THIS IS A PROBLEM
BECAUSE WITHOUT CONTEXT
THINGS CAN GET MESSY QUICK
STOP ASSUMING SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE
GO AND TALK TO THEM IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED CLARITY
DON’T TALK ABOUT THEM BEHIND THEIR BACKS....STOP IT
THAT IS NOT CHRISTIAN
OH COME ON.
THE SAMARITAN WOMAN HAD A PROBLEM TOO....
SHE JUST WANTED TO GET SOME WATER
BUT NOW THERE IS THIS MAN SITTING ON THE WELL
SO SHE CAN’T GET WATER
BUT HE IS THE WATER
AND SHE DOESN’T KNOW THAT
AND HE’S ALL CONFUSING BECAUSE
SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THE CONVERSATION YET
(CONVERSATION WITH SAMARITAN WOMAN)
Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 She said, “How can you ask me for a drink?”
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew who I was, you would have asked me and I would have given you living water.”
11 yeah but, “you don’t even have a bucket.
JESUS DOESN’T SAY THIS IN THE TEXT BUT,
I BET I KNOW WHAT HE’S THINKING
HE’S THINKING “I’M LOOKING AT ONE”
OH MY LORD
YOUR ABOUT TO BE MY BUCKET
BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THIS WATER INTO SAMARIA
TO THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO AROUND TO AVOID
TO A PLACE WHERE RELIGION HAS QUARANTINED THESE PEOPLE
I WANT TO GET SOME WATER IN THERE
AND I NEED A BUCKET
AND I THINK YOU’D BE A GOOD ONE
HIGH FIVE SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM
YOUR ON HIS BUCKET LIST.
SOME PEOPLE DON’T JUST COME TO CHURCH TO SEE WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR THEM
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THEY CAME TO SEE WHAT GOD CAN DO THROUGH THEM.
I’M SO THANKFUL FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS
CAN WE GIVE A HAND TO ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER SOME HOW
.....YOUR ON HIS BUCKET LIST......
THIS WOMAN HAD ISSUE AND HE STILL WANTED TO USE HER.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WITH THE MOST ISSUES MAKE THE BEST BUCKETS.
(TALK ABOUT MATT COMING TO MEET ME THURSDAY) EXPOUND...
GOD CAN YOU USE YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU CAME FROM
NO MATTER WHAT YOU’VE DONE
HE’S LOOKING FOR BUCKET TO FILL
HE’S LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET GOD’S WORD INTO PEOPLES LIVES
AND MAYBE YOUR THE ANSWER
MAYBE YOUR THE BUCKET THAT CAN INJECT THE SPIRIT OF GOD INTO PLACES NO ONE ELSE CAN
.....THE FIELDS ARE RIPE FOR HARVEST....
HARVEST IS HARD
IT’S TIME FOR REAPING
OH COME ON.....
I SAID IT’S TIME FOR REAPING
THE CORN IS NOT GOING TO PICK ITSELF.
OH MY LORD...
HE SAID THE FIELDS ARE RIPE
BUT WERE SITTING AND WAITING FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE FOR US
THE FIELDS ARE RIPE BUT
I GOTTA REAP IT BEFORE IT ROTS
SOME OF YOU KEEP WAITING FOR THE BLESSING OF GOD
AND HE GAVE IT TO YOU, BUT IT’S ROTTING
BECAUSE YOUR NOT REAPING
LORD HELP US.....
HARVEST IS HERE, CHURCH
.........WORSHIP TEAM COM.........
NOW THAT YOU HAVE CONTEXT
LETS GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR VERSE
35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
HE SAID OPEN YOUR EYES
LOOK UP AT THE FIELDS
WHAT DOES HE SEE?
AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN?
FIELD OF CORN AND WHEAT?
DID THEY SEE THE BLESSING?
REMEMBER WHEN THE SAMARITANS WOMAN RAN AND TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT JESUS?
WHAT HAPPENED?
The New International Version Chapter 4
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
THEY LEFT TOWN AND WENT TO JESUS...
SO WHEN HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES TO LOOK UP AND SEE....
WHAT DID THEY SEE?
SAMARITANS!
OH MY LORD....
AT THIS POINT THE DISCIPLES BEGIN TO REALIZE...
WHAT I’VE BEEN CALLING A PROBLEM
GOD CALLS THE HARVEST
YOU MAY SEE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE AS A PROBLEM
BUT GOD IS SAYING
OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK UP
STOP LOOKING AT THE SURFACE
STOP GETTING DISTRACTED WITH BELIEVES
STOP FOCUSING ON PEOPLE ISSUES
YOU GOTTA LOOK UP AND REALIZE....
THE HARVEST IS HERE
AND IT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
THEY ARE THE HARVEST
GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT OF PRAISE
........STAND TO YOUR FEET.....
THE HARDER THE WORK IS
THE BIGGER THE HARVEST WILL BE
PLANTING
GROWING
PRUNING
ALL OF THE HARD WORK WILL LEAD TO
A SEASON OF HARVEST
THE FIELDS ARE RIPE
THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE
EVERY HEAD BOWED AND EYE CLOSED
YOU MAY BE HERE THIS MORNING
MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE THE LIFE YOU’VE LIVED
DISQUALIFIES YOU TO BE APART OF THE HARVEST
YOU MAY THINK, WHO AM I?
THERE IS NO WAY GOD WOULD USE ME AS HIS BUCKET
THIS IS A COMMON LIE THAT MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH
THE ENEMY IS USING THAT TO KEEP YOU FROM ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU
THE BIBLE SAYS.
YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE
HE CREATED YOU FOR HIS PURPOSE
AND THE ENEMY CAN’T STOP THAT
UNLESS YOU BELIEVE THE LIE
AND NEVER GROW
NEVER PLANT
NEVER WATER
AND NEVER SUBMIT TO GOD’S PRUNING
IF THAT’S YOU AND YOU WANT TO BREAK FREE FROM THE LIE OF THE ENEMY...
COME AND LET US PRAY WITH YOU.
AS THEY PLAY
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A DECISION…TO BE FREE
COME THIS MORNING....
