The Narrow Path

 In my last blog, I mentioned a parable. This parable is in Matthew 13:1-9. Last night while I was praying, this came to my mind. I constantly am praying for people to come to know the Lord, that God would put workers in their path to share with them the message.  Now, I am reminded of a couple months ago, I was in my car, driving home from meeting a friend at the park. The Lord put something on my heart that woke me up a bit. I was praying for my family member's hearts of stone to be replaced with a hearts of flesh. BOOM. The Lord decided to just lay it on me. He said, "Why would I do that when there is nobody to plant anything there?" I try to but it can be hard  for me to do when it comes to my own family for some reason.   The Parable of The Four Soils Matthew 13:1-9 Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake. A large crowd soon gathered around Him, so He got into a boat. Then He sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore. He...

                     Recently, I facilitated a connect group at my church titled "Not A Fan." It was a group I participated in awhile ago in Montana. And I remember it impacted me so much while I was attending. The book "Not A Fan" is by a Pastor named Kyle Idleman. I've read the book many times. Sometimes reading it very fast and sometimes it takes me a few months just to finish the hundred pages. It is such a good book. The group was about being a follower of Jesus. And tonight that is what I want to write about.                          Tonight after going to watch the last part of The Chosen season 5, I came home and completed some cleaning. I was going to just go to bed because it was 11:30 pm by the time I finished that. But The Spirit was not allowing that. "Just one chapter of Matthew." So I was obedient and picked up where I left off. Chapter 13...