The Shortest Email Devotional in the World Pt 2

The following is a copy of the Thomas Question email devotional. You can subscribe to the email edition from our website and tune into our podcast.

Let’s stick with this brief and to the point approach. I like it.

You can find the parable of the sower in Luke chapter 8 starting at verse 5. Jesus describes 4 things that happen as a sower scatters seed on the ground. In the first case the seeds never sprout, in the second they die quickly, in the third they die slowly and in the last case they produce a hundred times what was sown.

And then He said these 4 scenarios also describe what happens every time a person hears about a Jesus-based life because words are like seeds, too.

Now that’s a steep challenge – because even though there are 4 scenarios, there are only two possible outcomes. For every seed that’s sown, it either (1) doesn’t last or (2) produces a hundred times as much. Only two outcomes.

We always like to imagine there’s lost of room in between. But that’s the point. There isn’t. And if you ask me, I think the difference between them can be described in terms of the steps you take based on what you hear.

Something to think about.

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I hope to see you Sunday, and I hope you bring someone with you,

CSW

LAST SUNDAY
How to Have a God Part 1. There are some things too wild to become pets - and God might fit in that category, too. Visit our website and tune into our podcast.

THIS SUNDAY
How to Have a God - the rest of the story. If not a pet, then what?

6 TIMES 2
We haven't taken a single step, yet, to let Oakville know we exist. It's because we've been working on the inside of a great church first. But the time is coming. We'll need 6 teams of 2 people to take a simple first step. Why not you? Are you willing to try to produce a hundred times as much (see above)

BY WHAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE
Living to get is something you can't control. Living to give is something you can choose every day. Be part of giving a great church to someone else. Trying to get a great church for yourself is why so many people are so dissatisfied with their Sundays.