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Running the Race – April Scripture Reading Guide

Our Scripture reading guide for April is now available! We will be exploring the theme of Running the Race! So, put on your shoes and strengthen your mind – we are about to enter the most important race you’ll ever run! #RunningTheRace

God the Master Gardener

Our time studying and learning lessons from the Master Gardener has come to an end. We’ve learned so much about God and His expectations for us by looking through the lens of gardening. To conclude, let’s remember who the source of all righteousness and praise truly is: Isaiah tells us just as the earth bringsContinue reading “God the Master Gardener”

The Garden of Paradise

God must love to garden and grow things. The Bible story begins with Him creating the perfect garden on earth and it ends with a glimpse into His garden in Paradise. The Garden of Eden was destroyed by sin. The perfect of earth and the garden cursed because of mankind’s sin. And it was becauseContinue reading “The Garden of Paradise”

The Garden of the Empty Tomb

After Gethsemane, God used another garden. After Jesus was crucified, Joseph of Arimathea gave up his tomb and buried Jesus there. Jesus tomb was in a garden. There’s so much symmetry in Jesus God’s only son being buried in a garden. Afterall, a garden is the first thing God made in this world so itContinue reading “The Garden of the Empty Tomb”

The Garden of Gethsemane

Remember back in the garden of Eden, man introduced sin and death into this world which severed their perfect relationship with God. Because of man’s sin, put into action His plan of salvation which He had already created knowing that mankind would be always chose to obey Him. He foreshadows this plan in Eden whenContinue reading “The Garden of Gethsemane”

The Garden of Eden

The first garden we are told God ever planted was the Garden of Eden. Eden was the perfect garden. Everything God made and planted was good. And God didn’t keep His garden private. Nope! He put Hos children – the first man and woman – Adam and Eve in His perfect garden. Moses tells usContinue reading “The Garden of Eden”

The Gardens of God

Here in my home city – there is a local group of master gardeners (a groups I aspire to join one day). They host classes on gardening and show off their gardens to other gardeners. But even Master Gardeners of West Texas pale in comparison to The Master Garden. And we’ve come the last fewContinue reading “The Gardens of God”

Planting & Watering

Ask any farmer or gardener and they will tell you that farming is a collective effort. The success of any garden or farmer is not just dependent on you (and your fellow farm hands or garden helpers) but on God. There is only some much you can do as a gardener and well the restContinue reading “Planting & Watering”

Sowing & Reaping

You will only grow what you plant. A gardener can’t want to grow roses and plant lilies, hoping to get roses. You can’t plant tomatoes hoping to grow blueberries. It just won’t happen. This principle is true in our lives. Paul tells us God is not mocked, so we shouldn’t be deceived. We will onlyContinue reading “Sowing & Reaping”

Weeds vs. Plants

No gardener wants weeds. They pull them out and destroy them. Jesus tells a parable about weeds and gardeners. In this story, a gardener plants his garden and while his workers were asleep and the enemy snuck in and threw out weed seeds with the good seeds. The plants starting growing the servants asked theContinue reading “Weeds vs. Plants”