Tag: Spirituality and the natural world
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Gardening Tips: It’s About the Harvest
They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. – Psalms 107:37-38 (NIV) Sowing seeds is always about the harvest. There is no purpose to seeding the ploughed ground if we do not expect or work toward…
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Gardening Tips: In Increasing Measure
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective…
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Gardening Tips: Tilling The Soil
Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. – Matthew 13:5-6 There is not much that I have eaten in this world the matches…
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Gardening Tips: Follow the Sun
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and…
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The Shepherd and the Sheep: Introduction
A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. – Psalm 23:1-3 The scriptures are occupied by numerous shepherds. From Abel, the favored…