"don't blame the seed"

Lets share Good News together. To partner with us financially visit www.gospelchurch.co/give or text the word "FRESH" to 94000. Billy speaks on how making God the focus of your life bears more fruit. Message Notes: 1 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” – Mark 4v1-9 (ESV) 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. – 1 Corinthians 3v7-9 (ESV) Your Life is a Field Control who has access Keep it free of debris Ensure it’s tended to Field #1 - My life is too busy. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. — Mark 4v4 (ESV) Don’t confuse activity with productivity. It’s easy to be busy being busy. — Unknown Psalm 27v4 (ESV) Big miss: the moments that can’t be duplicated Field #2 - My life has no depth. Mark 4v5-6 (ESV) Judges 2v8-10 (ESV) Big miss: the next generation forgets who God actually is Field #3 - My life chases the wrong things. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. — Mark 4v7 (ESV) I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind. — Ecclesiastes 1v14 (NLT) What else is meaningless? seeking to know everything (Ecc. 1v14) working without satisfaction (Ecc. 2v11,17) gaining wealth without divine favor (Ecc. 2v26) achieving success because of envy (Ecc. 4v4,6) thriving temporarily on popularity (Ecc. 4v16) being discontent instead of grateful (Ecc. 6v9) Mark 8v34-36 (ESV) Big miss: contentment and more focus on what matters Field #4 - My life is ready to multiply. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” — Mark 4v8 (ESV) in love with Jesus deeply rooted in a forward-growing community readily available for the Holy Spirit to speak