I just broke and
said out loud “I
am a man of
unclean lips and
I live in a
world of people
of unclean lips”
Isaiah 6:5 The
next day between
services, I
brought my seed
up and planted
it, I took the
holy water and
sprinkled it on
the dirt over my
seed and I knew
beyond a doubt I
need to die to
my mouth.
So, I am dying
daily. It’s not
been easy, but
God is doing His
part. I pray
daily for Him to
“set a watch
over my lips”
Psalm 141:3 and
He’s being
faithful. There
are times He
intercepts my
thoughts before
they become
words and I
cooperate, most
of the time…. Of
course, other
times, those
words just fly
right out, and I
immediately pray
a prayer of
repentance and
acknowledge I
can’t do this
without God, but
I am going to
live!!!
April 5, 2006
During the Easter season this year we had a sermon series at church about dying to live, based on the seed that dies to reproduce.
“The truth is, a
kernel of wheat
must be planted
in the soil.
Unless it dies
it will be
alone--a single
seed. But its
death will
produce many new
kernels--a
plentiful
harvest of new
lives.” John
12:24
“What a foolish
question! When
you put a seed
into the ground,
it doesn't grow
into a
plant unless it
dies first.” 1
Corinthians
15:36
The sermon
included
interaction with
the
congregation. We
had the
opportunity to
go forward and
get a wheat seed
which symbolized
what we needed
to die to and we
would put it in
a tray of dirt.
On Easter
Sunday, those
same trays
were on the
alter with green
grass 5-6” tall!
Well, when I heard the sermons about the seeds; I of course thought I knew what I needed to die to. I was ready to stick my seed in the dirt that first night, but as I listened, Pastor Dave said something about taking it home and looking at it for a week and sitting with God with your seed and for some reason, that’s what I did.
I
put the seed in
my Bible mesh
pocket and
looked at it
every day for a
week. I prayed
about it, I
asked my small
group to pray
for me to know
what my seed
was…but all
along, I thought
I knew.
The next weekend
came and I was
serving at
church all three
services, I
forgot my Bible
at home on
Saturday so I
couldn’t bury my
seed. By this
time, I had come
up with a
different thing
my seed
would symbolize
for me…my
attitude. I
thought this had
to be it,
although I
didn’t feel as
though I had
received that
word from God,
but I still
thought it was
right.
Well, God
surprised me
again. I gave a
friend a ride
home from church
and we were
talking about
people we knew
and after I
dropped her off
at her house, it
was real clear.
I was only alone
in the car for a
second, I hadn’t
even pulled away
from the curb
yet and I heard
God say to me
“that’s what I
mean….out of the
same mouth come
blessings and
curses and that
ought not be so”
James 3:10.
(This is what we
had been
studying all
week in my
Believing God
Bible Study…what
verification!).