The Parable of the Sower Explained | Luke 8:4–15

I've heard it said before that some people tragically will miss heaven by 18 inches, which is the distance between your head and your heart.

There are some people right now that are in hell, they are separated from God.

Because what they understood with their mind, what they understood with their intellect, never transformed down to their heart.

And I would imagine that some of those people are the most miserable.

People that maybe went to church, people that experienced the joy of singing, people that maybe were interested in biblical teaching, but it never sunk down from their head to their heart.

And as we begin a new series in discipleship, I really want you to consider and even end today with assurance of the question: how can I know whether I am a disciple or just a part of the crowd?

And as we enter into Luke chapter 8, the crowds are not only running towards Jesus, the crowds are great.

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Look with me at verse 4.

And when a great crowd was gathering, and people from town after town came to him.

Okay, so at this point in his ministry, Jesus is famous.

Why are people running to him?

Well, some are running to him because he multiplies fish and bread.

He gives you amazing snacks and he's doing it from heaven.

Some are running to him because he is a fascinating teacher, and people love to listen to his stories and his parables.

And then others may be running to him for miracles.

They have bodily ailments and they really want to be healed.

And on Jesus' end, he loves the crowd.

One of the gospels says that he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd.

And though he loved them, he was not naive about all of the potential motives for why they were seeking after him.

In fact, in the Gospels it says, but Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

So the crowd on this day, was it running to Jesus just for a spectacle, just for healing, just for some fish and bread, or were they running after Jesus because they want salvation?

Jesus, amazingly, is going to use teaching.

He's going to use a story, a parable, to reveal that answer.

And if you're new to church, a parable simply means thrown alongside.

So as a rabbi was teaching, they would throw alongside a story of just normal earthly events that illustrated a heavenly meaning.

And that's what Jesus does here.

Look at verse 5.

A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot.

And the birds of the air devoured it.

So this path would separate plots of land.

It was called a wayside.

And travelers would use a wayside, and obviously it would get trampled down in the field.

Some fell along the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away because it had no moisture.

In the land of Israel, much of the land is covered by limestone bedrock.

So even though there's like two to three inches of soil that look alive, it looks green and healthy, just below that soil, it's dead.

It's lifeless, it's rock.

Verse 7.

And some fell along the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.

Okay, nice story.

What does it mean?

What's the purpose?

Surprisingly, to the crowd, Jesus doesn't tell them.

He doesn't give them the full explanation.

So I imagine that they're just left kind of scrambling and guessing, maybe they're chattering amongst themselves.

What does this parable mean?

And I like how David Gusick, a pastor, imagined this moment.

He said, maybe a farmer thought, he's telling me that I have to be more careful in the way I cast my seed.

Maybe the newspaper reporter thought, he's telling me there's a big story here about our bird problem.

And maybe the salesman thought, he's encouraging me in my fertilizer sales.

So as these whispers are chattering, Jesus throws out another surprising statement.

And as he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Well, this is confusing.

They all have ears, they're all hearing the story, but supposedly, for many in the crowd, they are hearing but not listening.

There is still a chasm between them hearing this parable and receiving it with their heart.

Helen Keller, who was famous for being both blind and deaf, when communication was uh finally established with her, uh, those doing that amazing work told her about Jesus.

And she said in response to that news, I always knew there was such a person.

I always knew there was such a person.

Though Helen could not hear with her physical ears, her heart was open to learn about Jesus.

And I want you to consider, why do you come to church?

Do you just come here for good coffee, amazing children discipleship, amazing teen discipleship and events and summer camps?

Do you come here for warm hospitality and singing and interesting teaching?

Or in your heart, is there a desperation?

I'm not leaving this building until I have Jesus.

I want to hear the word.

My heart is open to him, I'm desperate to be transformed.

To their credit, the disciples were desperate.

They were desperate for the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

And the gospel of Mark, this parable is told in three of the four gospels.

The Gospel of Mark actually says that after he told the parable to the crowd, he went away by himself.

So he was alone, and the twelve disciples and a few other disciples that were listening gather around him.

And this is what happens next.

Verse 9.

And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, To you, it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are imperables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Wow.

I find this verse to be very confusing.

And to be honest with you guys, uh, in my preparation for this week, I probably spent half of my preparation just considering what in the world this verse means.

And I want to pitch it to you kind of like this.

Is Jesus not explaining the parable as a judgment of sorts?

Because he knows what's in the heart of man, and he knows that they are not receptive to the true word.

They don't really want salvation.

So he cloaks the truth almost as if it was a treasure, and he describes the outer box and says that there's gold inside, but it still remains locked without the key until they're willing to receive the key.

Is he telling this parable as a judgment or is he telling this parable as an invitation?

Here's an earthly story that you can understand, and I'm inviting you through this story, he who has ears to hear, whoever wants to hear, I'm inviting you to learn more.

Is it condemnation or is it an invitation?

I believe that this same parable accomplishes both.

For those who are just there for the fish and bread, they don't care about Jesus, they're not interested in being transformed.

They're content to just hear the story with their ears, have a little snack, see a little spectacle, and go home.

But, but for disciples, for those who want to hear with their heart, who want to make that 18-inch journey from their head, from their ears to their heart, he says, Come and see, come and hear, come and find out the good news.

I mean, think about it.

This is the same Christ who just before he was about to be crucified near Jerusalem, weeps over the hard-heartedness that he finds.

He's not cold toward their stubborn unbelief.

Hear this, but you were unwilling.

You were unwilling.

On Jesus' end, he is willing to save, he is willing to heal.

But for some in the crowd, there is a stubborn unwillingness.

As Jesus shared this little quote, he's quoting the Old Testament, he's quoting Isaiah 6, which he does very frequently.

And the book of Matthew actually adds the conclusion of that phrase.

He who has ears to hear, sorry, in seeing they don't see, and hearing they don't hear.

That that ends by saying, otherwise they would turn and I would heal them.

What amazing news.

If there is humility, if there is faith, he will give the key to unlock the secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

So Jesus is willing to heal them, but through this parable, he's exposing whether or not they are willing to hear.

And fortunately, some are.

Okay, so that's what happens next.

Verse 11.

Look with me.

Now the parable is this the seed is the word of God.

Though all these soils have different results, they have a commonality.

They each receive the same seed.

And what does that tell us?

The problem of harvest, the problem of fruit or lack of fruit is not in the seed.

It's not in the seed.

God's word is perfect.

The gospel is perfect, it is true.

Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

It is not the word that is at fault if you find yourself in here unbelieving.

It is the condition of the soils.

And even if God's word, even if one seed of the gospel were to nestle into good soil, it would be enough to produce an abundant harvest.

Charles Spurgeon was one of the most famous prep pastors of the 1800s.

He lived in London.

And one time he was invited to preach in this place called Crystal Palace.

It was massive.

And in that day they didn't have microphones.

So Spurgeon went a day early to do a sound check.

And he was trying to figure out where to place the podium for maximum sound and to test the sound in the room.

Spurgeon began to say, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

He thought he was alone, but what he didn't realize is there was a worker in the back who heard this verse as like a message from heaven.

So he put down his tools, he went home, and after a season of spiritual wrestling, this worker man trusted in Christ.

One seed, good soil, abundant harvest.

I want you to think with me.

How many times have people in Chesapeake received the good soil of God's word?

I would imagine every Christmas and Easter.

And when that happens, what difference does it make?

Does it change their lives?

For many, no, it doesn't.

And that's not because there's something wrong with the seed.

That's not because there's something wrong with the word.

The difference is the condition of the soil.

And there's four.

I want you to look with me.

The first one is the soil along the path.

Verse 12.

The ones along the path are those who have heard.

Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Even if this first soil had infinite time, it would not make a difference because the soil is hard.

I could cast some seeds onto this hard platform until kingdom come, no fruit would happen.

Because it's hard.

And pride toward God and pride towards his word makes hard soil.

And notice this verse talks about the heart.

This group of people may understand with their intellect, they might be able to communicate even the basic truths of the gospel, but if you do not receive it in your heart, you will not be changed.

There are some scholars at prestigious universities.

They know the historicity of the New Testament.

They know that Jesus was a real man, that he was crucified under Pontius Pilate.

They know those things.

And even they wouldn't claim to be born-again Christians.

Why?

Hard heart, hard heart.

Just like a dog running around in your backyard, making a rut from his path.

Your thought life creates path, creates pathways.

And if your thoughts are hard instead of soft toward the word of God, the seed as it lands on you is going to remain exposed to the birds of the air.

What does this look like?

You can hear a message about the resurrection and understand it with your mind.

But then you think to yourself, miracles don't happen.

And that seed that was sown remains exposed.

You can hear truth from God's word, like Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through him.

And your feelings wrestle with that, and you think to yourself, there must be other ways than just Jesus.

And that seed that was sown remains exposed.

Ultimately, it comes down to this truth.

Are you trusting in yourself or are you willing to trust in God?

Like if you if you have a hard heart in this room toward God and toward his word and toward his church, perhaps, what can you do?

I want to encourage you from the book of James, this is chapter one.

Put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness.

That's a synonym for repent and receive with meekness, with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your soul.

If a heart remaining hard toward because of pride keeps the seed exposed, a meek heart, a humble heart create soil that can receive the word and bear fruit.

In my previous place of service, when I would preach, there was an old man who had his seat.

And look, y'all, we can see things from up here.

We know those of you who have your seat.

His seat was in the front row.

I commend you, front row Christians.

Y'all are bold and brave.

In fact, one of my pastors who would spit a lot, he called it the splash zone.

This older gentleman, he would sit in the front row.

He was a good friend of mine.

Every time that I began to preach, he'd nestle into his seat and fall asleep.

And inevitably, when I would pray the last prayer and say amen, no joke, he would wake up and do this.

And he was an encourager.

I knew him well.

Though his old body needed to take a rest on Sundays for some reason, maybe we should turn up the lights a little bit higher.

Um his soul was safe.

His soul was secure.

He had trusted in the good news of Christ.

There may be people in this room each week.

You are wide awake and your soul is dead asleep.

That old man is safe, but you might be in spiritual danger if you are prideful toward God.

The next soil that we see is soil on the rock.

Verse 13.

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word of God, receive it with joy.

But these have no root.

They believe for a while and in a time of testing fall away.

Not only do they hear the word, but this group actually responds with emotion.

They sing the final song with great passion.

They decide they're gonna go to Christian bookstores and buy Christian books, they're gonna start listening to Christian podcasts, they're gonna start listening to Christian music instead of the music they were once listening to.

They're excited.

And this text even says that they believe for a while.

For a while.

But after a time of testing, trials, tribulations that inevitably come, each day has enough trouble of its own, withers away, withers away.

How can we make sense of this?

Why are they not bearing lasting fruit?

It's crucial to understand that there is a difference between saving faith and shallow faith.

The book of James puts it like this you believe that God is one, you do well.

Even the demons believe and shudder.

That phrase, you believe that God is one, that's actually the Shema, the Shema for Jewish people.

It's a quote from the Old Testament The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

And we affirm that.

In fact, it was so beautiful to the Jewish people that this is the verse they would quote over their children as they're falling asleep at night.

If they had a chance before they passed away, this is the verse that they would quote and remember in their mind.

We worship the one true God, and that is vital and that is true.

But James, writing to Christians in Jerusalem, he says, You believe that Yahweh is the one true God.

Even the demons believe that.

The demons understand that Jesus is God.

The demons understand that Yahweh is powerful and they tremble.

The demons have an emotional response.

The demons have a physical response.

They shudder at the word.

So how can you know whether you have faith that even just surpasses demon-level faith?

Here's the answer: Does your faith endure trials?

Does your faith endure trials?

Think with me.

The same sun in the sky that withers shallow soil is the same sun in the sky that brings life and vitality to healthy plants.

And in a similar way, there may be someone at our church family that receives a terrible diagnosis and it's a trial.

It's a sickness that hits you out of left field and you're stunned by it.

And it's hard and it's painful, but you trust God.

You believe in his promises.

You have peace even though you're in that storm.

And someone in the community receives the same diagnosis, and it leads them away from God.

And they think to themselves, how could God ever do this to me?

And their faith.

Any fruit that was there, any belief that was there, withers away under the weight of that trial.

The same trial that strengthens the faith of one withers the faith of another.

A man in our church loses his job.

It's difficult.

Your budget got a lot tighter.

You're having to really focus on what you spend.

But you rely on God.

And you wake up each morning and you pray, give me this day my daily bread.

That's all I need.

With food and clothing, it's enough.

I have all that I need.

God, I'm gonna trust you to make it through this trial.

And another man loses his job in Chesapeake.

And he thinks to himself, I've been coming to church.

I've been trying this out.

And God's done this to me.

He's caused me to lose my job.

And any belief that was there withers away under trial.

Let me say it like this Christianity is not something to try.

Christianity makes a lame hobby.

If you're gonna have a hobby, choose fishing, decorations in your house, but Christianity must be your foundation.

The rock on which you stand, because here's the truth storms are coming for all of us.

And I want to ask you is Christianity, is Christ the foundation of your home or just a cross on the wall?

There's a big difference there.

You must be rooted in your faith.

And if you are rooted in your faith, when the wind comes to blow you down, it won't be able because Christ Christian will sustain you.

Here's the third the thorns.

The thorns.

Look with me at verse 14.

And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

I want you to notice with me the progression.

The first soil produces no fruit.

The second soil produces some for a time and then withers away.

And then this third soil actually produces fruit, legitimately.

It even says that in the text, but there are competing plants that outgrow the existing fruit and choke it away.

What are those?

Thorns.

Thorns.

And just like a rose bush is both beautiful and dangerous, the beauty and dangers of this life have the potential to choke out any fruit that's in your that's in your heart.

And Jesus in this passage actually gives us three that can do that: cares, riches, and pleasures.

First, cares.

When we choose to worry, instead of trusting Jesus, we run the risk of thorns in our faith.

God, as a good loving Father, has invited us.

Cast your cares upon me because I care about you.

But as you know, man, each day you wake up flat tire, traffic in Deep Creek, sickness.

And if you choose to worry instead of trust, as a loving warning, those cares, those worries will choke out the fruit in your life.

Number two, riches.

Homes, jobs, saving accounts, lands, they all whisper to us.

And they whisper lies.

They tell us, if you have me, you will be safe.

If you have me, you will be secure.

And if we believe those lies, we will begin to view our tangible riches and items as more safe, more lasting, more secure than our invisible God and our invisible faith.

Are you trusting in your riches or are you trusting in God?

Number three, pleasures.

Pleasures.

Okay, so last week, Pastor Eric told us from God's word, God gives us everything to enjoy.

He's a provider.

And Jesus himself was not opposed to good pleasure.

In fact, one of uh some of his opponents said he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners.

He's a glutton and a drunkard.

And of course, he was friends with sinners, but the rest was slander.

But where did they get this?

Um where did they get this slander from?

It's because Jesus went to weddings.

Jesus ate good food.

Jesus went to meals with people constantly.

Jesus enjoyed the pleasures of this life, and so should we.

So how is it that pleasures can actually take away, can choke out any fruit that exists?

Sinful pleasures can do that, and hopefully we all know what sinful pleasures are.

It's pretty obvious.

But good pleasures in excess can choke out the fruit.

So one of the best pleasures is food.

Amen.

Amen.

Look, one of the best pleasures is food.

And think about this: God is so beautiful.

He created bacon.

Well, maybe He created the pig.

We created bacon, but He created the pig.

Beautiful fruits, vegetables, all these complex flavors, and God invites us in the book of Colossians, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

So with no exaggeration, you could take your morning cup of coffee, sip, thank you, Jesus, for this flavor.

Sip, thank you, Jesus, for a new day.

I'm gonna live this day for you.

But this good pleasure of food in excess, when it when it crosses the line into gluttony, that will choke out the fruit of your life.

You can look at a beautiful house, at a well-built house, and enjoy that and be grateful for your house.

But when you look at your neighbor's house and you covet, it's crossed the line there, and it will begin to choke out your fruit.

Billy Graham, the famous preacher, he was once on a plane with the gov uh with the mayor of Charlotte.

And there was also a man on the plane who was drunk, and he was stumbling around, he was being crude in his jokings.

He was just messing everything up, making everyone feel uncomfortable.

And finally, the mayor of Charlotte had enough.

And he said to the drunk man, Do you know who is in this plane with us?

And he kind of paused and he said, No, tell me.

And he says, It's Billy Graham.

And he said, You don't say.

Put her there to Billy Graham.

And he said, Your preaching has helped me so much.

What happened to that man?

The pleasures of this life choked out the fruit.

And Billy Graham was once asked, actually, with your crusades, thousands profess uh to be Christians.

They're all walking down when just as I am swells to the crescendo.

How many of those people do you think are genuinely Christians, genuinely converted?

And Billy Graham gave a wonderful answer.

He said, Well, only God knows.

You know, hopefully all of them are genuinely Christians.

But he took a guess, maybe one-fourth, maybe one-fourth.

In our story today, think, think about it.

Three of the four soils failed to produce a harvest.

25%, one-fourth were healthy.

One-fourth.

Students, if you get a 25% on a test, you fail.

If you're an employer, if you own a business, and one of your employees is only working hard and successful, one of the four seasons, are they gonna make it to next year?

No.

But listen, with God's power, God gives the growth.

I've been thinking about this verse: neither he that sows nor he that waters is anything.

It is God that gives the growth.

That 25%, that one-fourth in the hand of God, miracles can happen.

Abundant harvest can happen.

Let's look together at the good soil.

Verse 15.

As for that in the good soil, there are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit.

Okay, so just like the other soils, they receive the seed, like the other soils, they hear the word, but unlike the other soils, they bear fruit.

And the Gospel of Mark actually says some take that seed and do 30 times fruit, 60 times fruit, a hundred times fruit.

And this is very good news for those of us with a sensitive conscience.

Because if, like me, you have really godly friends, some of them you just see it in their lives, they are a hundredfold people.

You know, they pray and it seems like God always answers uh their prayers.

They go through trials and their faith stays strong.

They encounter the temptations and pleasures of this life and they are able to resist because of the strength of their faith.

And you think to yourself, what's wrong with me?

Why am I not producing uh the same amount of fruit that they are?

Let me encourage you.

Even if you are just a 30 times person or a two-times Christian, thank God that you're bearing fruit.

Thank God that you're alive.

The fruit of the Spirit, Galatians tells us love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

If you see those in your life, thank God that you're alive.

And be encouraged.

Just because you are not a hundred times person today, and you're just a 30 times, does not mean that you won't be a hundred times person with time.

Notice the last two words of our uh chapter today.

It says, with patience, with patience, you cannot microwave Christ-likeness.

Paul tripped said it like this you cannot staple fruit onto trees.

Growth, Christian, takes time.

And what about those in the room who, in hearing this story, you're honestly a little concerned about your soul.

You're worried.

Am I in the first three of four?

And if you're considering that, let me tell you what won't help you.

Trying to remember every detail about the sincerity of your past will not be the solution.

Because you could you could get stuck there, you could be way too introspective, and it's just analysis paralysis.

You're thinking to yourself, man, uh, when I was a child and I got baptized, did I really know what I was doing?

Was I really sincere?

Because when I went to college, it really seems like I'm the shallow soil, and my faith got choked out by the cares and the pleasures of the world.

Or you think to yourself, man, I mean, I thought that I was growing in Christ, but then that trial came and boom, it crushed me.

I lost someone that I love in my family, and it almost brought my faith down to zero.

If you are in that place, let me give you some comfort.

Don't worry about the past.

Right now.

Hebrews says, today if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart.

Right now, as you sit here in this seat, I'm not in a rush.

I really want you to consider with an honest heart, okay?

This passage doesn't say with a perfect heart, with an honest heart.

Do I believe that Jesus lived a perfect life?

He never sinned.

He perfectly loved God, he perfectly loved people.

And though he was the only one who did not deserve to die, the wages of sin is death.

And instead of us receiving that death, Jesus died on the cross in our place because of love.

He paid the debt that I owed God.

I am clean because of the cross.

And three days later he rose from the dead.

He is a living savior, and right now in my seat, with childlike faith and honest heart, I receive with meekness that implanted word which is able to save my soul.

If that is true of you, with patience, you will bear fruit.

You will.

And the Christians in the room who are bearing fruit, hold on to that seed with a firm grip.

God is not the only one interested in this moment.

The Spirit is with us here, He has given us His Word.

Jesus has purchased us by His own blood.

God cares about every human heart.

He knows the number of hairs on your head, he knows you by name, but Satan is interested in this moment as well.

He knows that faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word of God, through the seed.

And he will cast every lie, he will cast every doubt, he will allow all pride so that that seed comes and gets just stolen away.

And this week I want you to know we have been praying for you.

We've been praying protection.

We've been praying metaphorically that just a bubble of protection would be over this place and over our community, so that as you hear the word of God, you would receive it with meekness.

So I want to ask you, which soil are you?

Which soil are you?

Here's the answer time will tell.

Those last two words, with patience, are key.

With patience, they all received the same seed.

They all had the same sower.

Maybe they all were a part of the same field, all these different soils.

But what was the ingredient that revealed the difference?

Time.

Time did.

In no amount of time, the birds of the air stole the first seed.

In a little bit of time, there was growth, and then trials withered it away.

In a little bit more time, in a little bit more time, genuine fruit occurred, but then it got choked away by weeds that grew faster.

But with patience, and maybe a lot of time, there was a soil that produced 30-fold, sixty-fold, a hundredfold.

This week, as I was walking through this room, I looked at one chair and I thought to myself, what if one?

What if one person today became good soil and produced a hundredfold with time?

I'm not saying that it's gonna happen tomorrow, but what if one soul, one heart of a grandma, with time, maybe a hundred years from now, thirty of your descendants are following Jesus because you chose meekness instead of pride?

What if one soul, because today with meekness you receive the word?

Fifty years from now, your neighborhood is transformed because you also sow the seed of the gospel.

What if one, let me encourage you, you can be that one.

Would you pray with me?

God, by the Spirit, I humbly even just ask for one.

If there's just one non-Christian in this room who would humble themselves, receive the good news, and produce a harvest of righteousness, everything would be worth it.

So that's what I ask for.

In Jesus' name.

Amen.

This morning we have the privilege of celebrating communion together.

And if your heart is the good soil, with meekness you've received the word.

Uh, this is a moment for Christians alone to enjoy together.

And the apostle Paul, as he was writing to the church in Corinth, he invited them to take a moment to examine their own hearts.

So, similarly, we've talked a lot about the gospel today.

Take a moment in silence to settle into the gospel and receive it with meekness in your heart.

That the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.

And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my body, which is for you.

For you.

Do this in remembrance of me.

Let's eat together.

In the same way, also he took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

Let's drink together.

Just as that little wafer that you ate was real and tangible, just as that probably grape juice that you drank is real and tangible, that is how real his body, his blood, and his forgiveness is for you.

So, Christian, rest in the gospel, enjoy the gospel.

God's word says, For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes and he will come.

Would you pray with me?

Father, um, I just want to say thank you for the gospel.

Thank you that it's true.

Thank you that Jesus was real and his forgiveness is real.

And I just I want to pray specifically over all the good soil.

Father, I believe uh from Hebrews that you are pleased with them.

You are not unjust so as to overlook uh the good service that they are doing for your saints and your people.

So I thank you for the harvest that we see.

I pray that you, by your power alone, would multiply it so that Chesapeake is touched with the good soil, uh, the good news of the gospel.

We pray this in Jesus' name.

Amen.

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