Scripture Seeds - Luke 6:39-42 - Let's Dive Into God's Word Together!

welcome to scripture seeds a time to get into god's word together to share what it is that he's placing on my heart in hopes that it inspires you to let him speak to yours i am no theologian biblical expert or historian i'm simply here to share what it is that i am hearing from the lord in my own prayer time in hopes that it may move your heart in some way or even inspire you to do the same so let's get started [Music] hi everybody welcome to another episode of to grow good this week we're diving into scripture together as part of our mini series scripture seeds we're going to be diving into luke chapter 6 verses 39 through 42 but before we get started i have a couple updates to announce you all to announce for you all i'm so excited about them um first of all scripture seed sessions you have two days left to sign up for scripture seed sessions i am so excited for this adventure everything that the lord has in store for us if you've ever wondered what scripture even is how we can trust it how to know that it's god's word and then how to use it to encounter him in your everyday life in a really intimate personal and unique way scripture seed sessions are for you my friend i created them for you because in my own journey there was such a long period where i felt disqualified or um [Music] like i didn't know enough to be able to dive into scripture and actually hear from god i wasn't sure where to begin or how to get started and there was a lot of self-doubt and denial that um the evil one was really placing in my in my path and i believed it um and that really kept me from opening up god's word and encountering him in such a profound way that changed my life forever and now i'm on a mission i want to help other women that were like me maybe you're in that boat and you feel overwhelmed or like you're not holy enough to hear from god like you don't know enough about religion or the bible to be able to use scripture to hear from god i want to help you and i want to show you that he wants to encounter you no matter where you are right now in your walk with god no matter what you know about religion no matter what your background is god wants to encounter you to today in his word is such a great way for the beginning of a relationship to jump off using his word as a jumping off point to dive into this intimate and personal and unique relationship so i don't want you to miss this you have two days left to sign up you can go to growgood.com scripture dash seeds to sign up and you can also just scroll on down the link is in today's episode description lastly because you're a podcast listener you can use code tgg as in to grow good pod tgg pod at checkout and get 10 off your order scripture seed sessions is going to be four sessions over four weeks with one intimate group of women as we're all seeking the same thing to encounter god no matter where we were coming from or what our background is or what our walk with god looks like so far we're gonna learn how to use his word to encounter him in a unique way in our everyday lives and i cannot wait to share this all with you and to go through these sessions i don't want you to miss it so head on over to to growgood.com scripture dash seeds today to sign up i cannot wait and next we have something also new and super exciting happening starting this coming sunday so october 3rd we are going to start releasing devotions written by catholic women i'm so so excited about this i mean it's it's really taken place over a process of discerning what god is doing with to grow good like where he wants us all to go and i really felt this invitation to begin to invite other women that i've encountered on my journey into to grow good in such a beautiful way and at first i kind of thought maybe a blog is that what it was you know but something just didn't it wasn't like sitting quite right on my heart for a while and i i didn't know i was like um i don't know something's not quite right about the blog but i feel like this is what he wants and then it just clicked one day that devotions were just the perfect way to invite these other women that i've journeyed with into to grow good in such a beautiful way that we're already reflecting on scripture here at to grow good on a regular basis so why not invite other women to do that same thing reflect on scripture and have it connect to their everyday lives their own walk with god um so i'm really exciting started starting this sunday october 3rd the first one will be released which i wrote i'm really excited about that and then every sunday after they'll be on the weekly gospel for the sunday um of that week so if you want to receive these devotions written by catholic woman every sunday straight to your inbox you can go to to growgood.com and on any of the forms on my website you can sign up and you'll be added to the email list um to receive these devotions starting on sunday i'm so excited um and also i wanted to make sure for anyone 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financial costs time costs and technology gaps and things like that so that being said we have a support goal here to reach 50 monthly supporters but in time for season three thank you thank you thank you for everyone who signed up so far so we're eight percent of the way to our goal and we're trying to get to 50 supporters 5-0 in time for season three so if we hit that i will release a new conversion story with a guest every tuesday for season three so way more conversion stories but i cannot do it without your help so let's do this guys if you want to join and support this mission that god is calling us all to head on over to to grow good.com support or patreon.com to grow good to learn more and sign up today you get a bunch of bonuses you get a bunch of freebies if it's a bunch of gifts from the to grow good shop and behind the scenes updates and more cannot wait to have you journeying along with us and to hit that goal all right now let's dive into scripture let's do it uh so this week we are going to be diving into luke chapter 6 verses 39 through 42. and he told them a parable can a blind person guide a blind person will not both fall into a pit no disciple is superior to the teacher but when fully trained every disciple will be like his teacher why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own how can you say to your brother brother let me remove that splinter in your eye when you do not even notice a wooden beam in your own eye you hypocrite remove the wooden beam from your eye first then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye oh my friends this is such a powerful one i mean there's so much here there's so much depth here but as always when i was praying with it and really just offering it up to god and asking him to reveal to me what it was that he wanted me to get from this um when i was when i first encountered it along this journey through luke there were a couple things that that really just stood out to my my heart and my mind one of them was just that first line can a blind person guide a blind person will not both fall into a pit no disciple is superior to the teacher but when fully trained every disciple will be like his teacher i just think i i think sometimes we i i don't know if you're if you relate to this but i feel like i've heard the second part a lot you know the broth the splinter and the brother's eye remove it from your own eye first but the context is so important because right before that he's talking about how we can not be our own source of knowledge we cannot be our own source of knowing what is right or wrong we cannot guide other people because it has to come from god no disciple is superior to the teacher and and then he goes on to talk about the splinter in your brother's eye you first have to remove your own but how how can we remove our own you know because i think sometimes too i've heard that and it's like oh i got to remove the splinter from my eye how do i do that you know what i mean but it's like god's explaining to us right here that it's by encountering him by loving him that we are able to heal so it's by following the lord by following god by following his word by by encountering him in the sacraments receiving him in the eucharist that is going to heal us so that we're able to remove splinters from our own eyes rather than looking to our brother or or all the other things wrong around us we first we need to be healed by the healer by the source of all love and goodness and truth and beauty he is the source so we go to that source to be changed and i don't know it was like it was like it was all clicking in my head in such a deeper way and i just felt compelled to ask the lord like make me more like you lord help me to become love to help me to grow in love and it reminded me just like how at mass during the offertory so often i feel this invitation to not only lay down all the intentions that i have on my heart but also to lay down my very self everything in me my mind my tongue my thoughts my intentions my desires i lay them down at mass at that part at the operatory um and i just tell them to make me like you make me like your perfect love for me to you and i think so often if we skip this step we we feel lost and frustrated and confused because we're basically being told we have splinters in our eye but we don't know how to remove them but it begins with this relationship with him and that realizing that none of us are superior to the teacher and so it has to come from him it cannot come from anywhere else and in order to know him we have to spend time with him in prayer in the sacraments just immersing ourselves in the presence of god so that he can change us he can begin to get in there to our hearts and make them new and it was when i was praying with this that i just heard him like so often for me i don't know it's like for for all of you but so often for me it's like this one line that i'll just hear so clearly on my heart and i know it's him because it'll be a one line just really short succinct but it will just answer so many things all at once somehow i just know it's god when i hear it um and i just heard him say loving me will change you i just think that's what this these verses are all about that it starts with loving him it starts with encountering him that's when we can begin to make sense of the world that's when we can begin to make sense of what's going on around us and that's how by being changed by him we can be lights in this world and then go out to these relationships that he talks about with your brother we have to begin with him because no disciple is superior to the teacher okay my friends that is what's on my heart this week that is what i have for you i hope something you heard just moved you or helped you and maybe it encourages you to want to encounter god to go to him and offer yourself up offer everything that you have put it into his hands and trust that in doing that that's what's changing you that's what's making it possible for you to be able to even see the splinter in your own eye i am so excited to see anyone that signs up for scripture seed and anyone that joins us over in branches of the vine as we work to hit that goal of 50 months 50 monthly supporters in time for season three and i also can't wait to send out the first to grow good devotional this coming sunday october 3rd all right friends i will see you next tuesday my friend thank you so much for listening to this episode of to grow good this show is made possible because of your support there are a number of ways to support this mission you can join us for the cost of as little as one ice latte a month in helping to get these stories of god at work out to others in the world by joining the branches of the vine community of supporters we have a platform where we can connect and share our hearts with one another i share on a monthly basis a 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Channel: To Grow Good

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Keywords: catholic, conversion story, christianity, faith story, faith journey, spiritual journey, spiritual growth, seeking God, religion, catholicism, sainthood, seeking truth, spirituality, testimony, testimonial, catholic church, seek truth, god moments, god is real, proof of god, jesus is real, jesus is alive, testimonials, catholic conversion story, catholic conversion stories, catholic testimony, catholic story, god encounter, god encounters, god winks, conversion stories

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Length: 18min 38sec (1118 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 28 2021