Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. -John 12:24

Good morning!!!! TGIF…Jesus in a moment before the cross taught the purpose of His sacrifice and how the release would come forth from His sacrifice. 

The release involved a seed having to die to reproduce and the dying isn’t rapid, but in stages. Each stage has a level of suffering required. 

We often unknowingly share in His suffering. No we are not nailed to the cross as that was His price; and our being martyrs couldn’t ever provide what He has done for all mankind. 

But as the seed, it is never able to reach its potential intact. The crushing is never without purpose. 

In ministry we are often asked what keeps us going. Adversity, abandonment, the pouring out of self with what appears to be nothing in return. 

It is because what we know is the seeding principle and it’s stages. In the natural death to self is futile without purpose, but in the spirit death to self means life to many. 

That said plant good seeds. You may not see the harvest but in the planting you will feel and smell the enrichment of the soil and that soil with the cooperation of all the elements will nourish and bring alive that seed into abundance. 

Go fellowship Sunday…we all need it. 

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God bless you and command your day!!!