And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold – Luke 8:8 Everyone of us needs hundredfold fruit from the works we do and the investments we make. But todays word emphasises on a characteristic called, “good ground”. But how can there be a good Read more…
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer – Lamentations 3:8 Here in this verse we can see God doesn’t listen to our prayers even though we cry out loud. If we try to compare this prayer to a seed, praying is like sowing and the prayer Read more…
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. -Luke 8:7 In this verse we see a different ground where thorny bushes are there. If we recollect rocky soil it prevented to have moisture. We learnt that moisture is the zeal for the work Read more…
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture – Luke 8:6 In this verse it talks about rock. But where is this rock? In the field only. When the sower went out to sow his seeds, he Read more…
A sower went out to sow his seed – Luke 8:5 Last time we saw more about seed from the same portion. Today our focus is on “went out to sow”. The seeds are designated to be sown in a field that is prepared. The field is outside his house Read more…
…and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it – Luke 8:5 There are two activities mentioned in the above verse. Trodden down and devoured. In the context and based on the explanation given by Jesus in later verses, it is refering to Satan stealing away Read more…
Luke 8:5 and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down. Wayside means on the edge of the road. When a person sows his seeds in a field, he will scatter them by throwing. Some seeds may fall on the edge of the road Read more…