Seek First the Kingdom: A Bountiful Harvest

Has the Kingdom come? How do we know? Jesus spoke about the Kingdom as both already here and still to come.  It has been inaugurated but not yet consummated. Has it come to our church, our homes, and our lives? Look for a harvest. Message based on Matthew 13:1-9.Quotes:Augustine: You called, shouted, broke through my deafness; you flared, blazed, banished my blindness; you lavished your fragrance, I gasped; and now I pant for you; I tasted you, and now I hunger and thirst; you touched me, and I burned for your peace.Duane Brooks: As long as we're alive, our hearts can soften to the good news that God is trying to give us.David Buttrick: There are people at Niagara Falls who hurry from the marvelous torrent to a cheap and crowded carnival. Alexander Findley: Indeed, it's not easy to be a Christian, but it is easy to start.David Redding: Christianity is fighting a losing battle in so many of our lives, not because we are bad, but because we're too busy with our backpacks of secondhand stuff that become more important to us than Christ.Charles H. Spurgeon: If you are a real Christian, you can’t fall off the boat, you can fall on the boat and break all your bones and spend the whole trip in the infirmary.Buti Thlagale: (about Desmond Tutu) at his age, he should hate a little bit more.Duane Brooks: The same seed that Jesus planted is after all the answer. The good news of Jesus Christ is enough to meet us where we are. Cast all your cares upon him because he cares for you.Audrey Assad: Love planted deeply becomes what it ought to be.Duane Brooks: Don't you want to become what you ought to be? Not a hard heart, not a shallow heart, not a divided heart, good and noble heart, good seed, good soil, good life, good God who gives it to us.#faith #healing #gospel #transformation #hopeTo discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbcFollow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptistFollow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist