Daily Devotional

SOW SEEDS OF KINDNESS AND PURE LOVE

March 26

hild of God, have you ever spoken evil of someone? Did you feel some pleasure as you spoke the words against them? Are you glad that you struck out at them with words of anger and judgment? Even though you may think that you hurt them with your harsh, cruel words, you hurt yourself and those you love even worse. I can prove that to you. Remember the word of God, "Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap?" (Galatians 6:7 NKJV) When you sow a small seed do you expect to reap a crop of one seed in return? No, you don't. In fact, you sow a small seed and expect to reap many seeds in return. This is reasonable. When you sow seeds of bitterness, scorn, hatred, and evil anger, you will naturally "reap what you sow.” (Galatians 6:7 NKJV) you will reap a large harvest for a small planting of evil. In other words, if you are sad, depressed, unhappy, fearful, and feel unprotected, those are only some of the rewards against you when you sow only a few seeds of unkindness toward another person. Worse than all, your family (husband/wife and children) are sentenced to suffer from your own unforgiving attitudes. So, you decide, will you continue to sow seeds of anger, spite and hatred, or will you recall these words and repent of them in the name of Jesus. You may say, "But they deserve this anger and spite, look what they did to me!" What if the Lord Jesus had said that about you? "He/she deserves punishment in hell, after all their sin is what nailed me to the cross." If the Lord took that attitude you would be in a miserable condition. But you can rejoice and say, "Jesus freely gave His very life for me on the cross without regretting one minute of the time spent there." The Lord Jesus knew that even while you were lost in sin, He would make a loving gesture toward you and speak words toward you like these, "Father, forgive (him/her) them, for they know not what they do!" (Luke 23:34) How about that? Now can you truly hold on to your stubborn evil pride and not offer forgiveness and pardon to those who have offended you. Let go today, and you will see the results immediately come into your life. Your children and family members will be delivered from a cloud of fear and hurt. Your doors will be opened for you to go deeper in the Lord, just like you always wanted to do. This I promise you child.

Prayer

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Father, I repent for my stubbornness and pride. I have sought to hurt others with words and evil attitudes which have only proven to return to me with sorrow and pain. I have been foolish, and I need for you to pardon me for this in the name of Jesus, amen!