The Connection A Magazine by Connect Global - April 2022 - Issue 3

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NOISSIMBUS RENTRAP

WHERE IS YOUR HEART by Pastor Nahun Flores

On a certain occasion our Lord Jesus told the parable of the sower saying that when he went out

The apostle Peter exhorts us in his letter saying that every time we suffer persecution or find ourselves in the midst of various tests we should not be surprised as if something strange were happening to us, but we should rejoice in our Lord since we are also participants in the sufferings that our Lord Jesus experienced and not only that but also these tests perfect and make us more humble. It also tells us that those same tests are being fulfilled in all our brothers and sisters around the world.

Thirdly, there are times when our heart is in the midst of thorns, the thorns represent the

to sow a part of the seed fell by the roadside and

cares and deceit of the material riches of this

the birds of heaven ate it, another part fell among

world, Jesus said that no one could serve God

the stones, it sprouted but as it had no depth could

and money, it is necessary to know that God

not grow, another part fell among the thorns and

he is generous with all his children and will

these were responsible for drowning the seed and

never leave or forsake them, we do not need

never bore fruit, but the last part of the seed fell on good ground and it did bear fruit at thirty, sixty and one hundred percent ... Many people did not understand the comparison and even his disciples had doubts about it, so Jesus

to get entangled in the various businesses of this life so as not to fall into the greed of foolish and harmful things that rather bring sadness because where our treasure is, there our heart will also be.

privately explains its meaning to them.

Finally, the parable teaches us that to please What most calls my attention in this parable is the

our redeemer and Father we must allow and

comparison that Jesus makes with respect to the

ensure that all the time our heart is that good

earth, he compares it with our hearts, many times

land that God wants to use so that it

our hearts are next to the road, it is so because sometimes we hear the word of God and it produces joy but a short time later we allow the enemy to tear that word from our hearts and we do not put it into action, whether due to forgetfulness,

produces fruit in abundant measures, that will bring glory and honor to his name. In conclusion, God wants to trust us with his

negligence or simply rebellion,

power to bring salvation to the ends of the

The word of God reminds us that every day of our

that through us the nations are also blessed,

lives we must submit to God and resist the devil,

God wants to bring new things to his Church,

this is the only way to get him away from us, once

God wants to perform miracles and wonders

he is far away he will not be able to have more

through of his people, but, if our heart

access to our hearts and that is how he will no longer be able to uproot that precious word that has been sown within our being. Secondly, there are times when our hearts are in the midst of stony places, we hear the word and receive

earth, God wants to bless us abundantly so

remains along the road God cannot work there if our heart is in the middle of stony or thorny ground he cannot either, let our heart always be that good land that God seeks to bring his complete blessing and so we can

it, but, when the tests, temptation and persecution

live in the abundant life that our Lord Jesus

come we fail.

promised to all his children.

APRIL 2022


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