If you will remember… last week…we began talking about the parable of the seed sower. And in that parable …we said that the seed sower was who? The seed sower was Jesus Christ right? And the seed was the Word of God. And the emphasis last week was on the fact that… when Jesus was sowing seeds…He sowed them with a generous hand! He just scattered them everywhere! He wasn't attempting to be a soil tester...He was simply sowing seed…and that's what we're supposed to do. But this morning… we're gonna discuss the main emphasis in this parable. And the main emphasis of this parable… is the soil! Now there are four different kinds of soil in this parable. And the soil represents the hearts of men and women. It represents the hearts of those who hear the word!

If you have God's Word… be finding John 20. And as you are looking for it… I have a question for you. What is the only…man…made…thing…in heaven? The answer is the scars in the hands…feet…and the side of the Lord Jesus…that He took…back…to heaven… with Him! Now… he keeps those scars… as a memorial of His death! Don't ever get the idea that He no longer bears those scars… because the Bible tells us… that when He comes again…we will see those scars!

You know…I sure do enjoy watching a garden grow . About this time of year every year… as the cold winter weather sets in… I start thinking about the spring. And the further along we go into the winter… the more I long for it. And one of the things that really stokes that fire… is when I get those first seed catalogs. I start thinking about tilling up that garden and sowing some seeds. I just absolutely enjoy watching… as God makes those little ol' bitty things… spring up and grow! I just absolutely love to watch a garden grow. And as I thought about that this week… I began to think about something else. Did you know that we as Christians are gardeners? Did you know that we… as Christians… are seed sowers? This morning and next Sunday… I want to spend some time… taking a look at a parable… that we haven't visited in a while. So… if you have God's Word… turn with me to Matthew 13 … and let's begin talking about this subject, "Sowing seed!"

Tonight… we pick back up were we left off. Judah continues their march forward to take the Promise Land. And now they have reached the midpoint of their conquest. Why do I say that? Because in this next verse… they go with the Simeonites… to help them take the land that was promised to them. And where did their land sit? It was right square in the middle of Judah's land.

While many people will choose to call my generation "Generation X"… I choose to call my generation… and all those following it… "The Lost Generation". How did this happen? How did we go from "The Greatest Generation"… to a generation of immorality so quickly! How did we end up in the mud hole we are in today? What happened? And this isn't just a question concerning "Generation X"… this is a question concerning all the children of today! What is happening to our children?

Let me start off with a question this morning. If we don't know God's will as believers…what are we? Are we uninformed? Are we searching? What are we? If we don't know God's will as believers…folks… we're being foolish. You say, "Preacher…that's pretty rough! I can't believe you're gonna start out the message this morning that way! I mean…come on preacher! The Bible doesn't talk like that!" Turn with me if you will… to Ephesians 5:17…and let's see what the Bible has to say about understanding the Will of God.

One of the questions that I am asked a lot is this: "Preacher…How can I know… the will of God for my life?" Most of us are willing …to acknowledge that… God has a plan for our lives! But the problem is…many times…we have trouble trying figuring out… what that plan is!

Let me start out today by asking you a question. And I want you to answer it honestly. Are you…a growing Christian? Do you love and know the Lord Jesus Christ better today…. than you did last year or last week? A wise man once said, "To cease to be better…is to cease to be good." There are so many Christians who are saved… but they're not growing! And you'll never know the kind of victory that you ought to know…and you'll never have the kind of joy that is yours have …until you learn to be…a growing Christian.

This morning…we're gonna look a story… about a man who came to Jesus. And this man had a weak faith. Some people might call it a superficial faith…or maybe even worse…a superstitious faith. But he went from that superstitious faith… to a strong faith…to a saving faith.

Tonight…we're gonna pick up where we left off… and we are going to travel with Judah as they make their way into the Hill Country... and ultimately... into the Land of The Giants.