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Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Forgiving Pharisees
• Starting with me

Immanuel Approach Memo

I am… scattering seeds
On dry ground

The rain begins to fall
I fear it will wash away the seeds
But each raindrop is like a bullet
Drilling a seed deep into the ground
Where it dies
For now

I look for Jesus.

He is the seed I sow
He is the rain that falls
His the death that gives life

I look at the seeds.

Each a piece of my ego
A beam in my eye
That held up my self-righteousness

When I cast it away from me
And killed it
By washing with the blood of Christ

The beam-seed that died
Now grows
Into a lovely plant

That bears the fruit
Of Christ’s righteousness
Seven
Thirty
Sixty
Hundredfold

Amen

Reflection

I feel…

• Tired
• Empty
• Fertile
• Humbled
• Fruitful

Scripture

“The Lord will send rain to water the seeds you have planted—your fields will produce more crops than you need, and your cattle will graze in open pastures… Then the Lord will bandage his people’s injuries and heal the wounds he has caused. The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter than usual. It will be like the light of seven days all at once.”‭‭

Isaiah‬ ‭30‬:‭23‬, ‭26‬ ‭CEV‬‬